Chapter 4
"Why us?" Percy asked.
"No one knows why the souls chose you Percy." Chiron said.
"So what do we do?" Nico asked. "Live our whole lives in fear? Hide out from Zeus?"
"No, I'm afraid your task is much more difficult." Chiron said. "You must convince the gods and goddesses that you two will be as good or a better leader than Zeus. You must persuade them to your side and make them swear on the river Styx they will fight with you. Some will be easy to persuade and your fathers will readily agree, not wanting to lose you. However some of the minor gods will be a problem as will Hera."
Percy groaned. "We have to deal with her again."
"Percy the queen of the Olympus is one of the most crucial allies. Without her being willing to fight with you, to abdicate her throne, you will stand a bigger fight than I think either of you could handle, even together. You obviously have the support of Camp Half-blood, and I'm sure Camp Jupiter as well, but you must go there first, to make sure, and to gather your friends. You'll be needing their help."
"Can Will and Jake come too?" Nico asked.
"Of course." Chiron said, "Take Blackjack too in case you need to get a message back to me quickly. But, don't ride him. I can't imagine how badly he'd hurt you two if you were in the sky. Or anyone on your quest."
"Why wouldn't he hurt Blackjack?" Percy asked, worriedly.
"Zeus created pegasi." Chiron explained. "He wouldn't kill his own creation."
"Percy! Nico!" a familiar voice called through the storm outside.
Percy ran to the door and threw it open just in time for the son of Jupiter to stumble in with his girlfriend. "Jason!" Percy said, hugging him.
"Perce why is my dad trying to kill you two?" Jason asked worriedly.
"Well, it's kind of a long story." Percy said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"You and Nico got together." Piper said. Both the boys blushed darkly.
"Finally!" Jason said, smiling. His face went back to serious. "Now why are you wanted dead?"
"Nico and I are kind of immortal now." Percy said.
"Kind of?" Piper asked.
"Look, we need to get to Camp Jupiter." Nico said. "I don't know about Percy, but I really only want to explain this once."
Percy nodded. "Let's just get back there."
"Okay." Jason said.
"Piper, can you tell Will and Jake to meet us there with Blackjack?" Percy asked.
"Of course Perce." Piper said smiling.
"We brought Tempest." Jason said, "But I assume you two are shadow traveling."
"Yeah, it's not safe for us in the air right now." Percy said.
"See you there." Nico said. He grabbed Percy's hand, making Percy turn a pink shade, and they melted into the shadows.
When they emerged they were at Camp Jupiter. Nico had had them travel right to their friends, which was how they found themselves at the cafe, with Frank, Hazel, Leo, Annabeth, and Reyna. It was a bit awkward though, since they appeared to have crashed a double date.
"Percy! Nico!" Annabeth said, shocked, quickly dopping Reyna's hand, not that Percy didn't notice.
"You know you can hold your girlfriend's hand wise girl. I don't mind." Percy said.
Annabeth blushed. "Reyna and I...How could you tell?"
"Because you and Reyna look at each other like Neeks and I." Percy said, blushing.
"You two got together!" Annabeth said. "Finally! I was hoping this would happen. It's part of the reason I left. I wanted you to realize..."
"Annabeth." he said giggling. "Calm down."
"You are getting a bit too excited." Reyna agreed.
Annabeth blushed. "Sorry. I just...yeah...So why are you two here?"
"And does it have to do with why Jason left so quickly?" Leo asked.
"Yes actually." Percy said, "But we told Piper and Jason we'd wait for them and Will and Jake."
"Are we going on another quest?" Annabeth asked worriedly.
"Yes." Percy said with a sigh, "But only if you want to. This is an optional quest."
"And optional quest?" Leo asked. "I didn't think quests worked like that."
"They don't." Annabeth said, "At least not normally."
"When have our lives ever been normal?" Percy asked.
"True." Annabeth murmured.
"Would you two like to sit down until they get here?" Hazel asked. "We can pull up some more chairs."
"Actually, can we go somewhere more private...all of us go..." Nico said.
Hazel frowned and looked worriedly at her brother. "Nico..."
"We'll explain everything. I promise." Nico said, hugging her.
She hugged him back and then went back to her boyfriends. "It's okay Haz." Frank murmured rubbing her back.
"Yeah." Leo agreed. "It's gonna be okay."
Hazel smiled and hugged the two boys tightly. "I love you two."
"We love you too." They murmured. They all went back to Hazel, Frank, and Leo's house. It was the biggest out of all the friends, so it would work well for the meeting.
An hour or two later (Percy lost track), Jason, Piper, Will, and Jake arrived at the house. Once greetings and hugs were given by all everyone turned to Nico and Percy.
"Okay, now what's going on with you two?" Annabeth asked.
"Well...Percy and I are immortal now." Nico started. "Because our souls were crafted by a primordial."
Annabeth and Piper gasped while the others looked confused. "What's a primordial?" Jason asked.
"They came before the titans." Piper said.
"They were the very beginning." Annabeth said. "Ancient beings as old as time itself."
"I thought Kronos was the titan of time." Leo said. Everybody looked at him weirdly. "What I read too on occasion."
"He is, but before there was a time, like an established time, the primordials existed." Annabeth said.
"Yeah, well, it turns out the primordial Eros made two souls that were to be connected forever." Percy said, "And Nico and I are those souls."
"So why does my father want to kill you?" Jason asked, still confused.
"Jason, primordials are older and stronger than the gods and the titans. Percy and Nico...they could over throw Zeus himself."
"Woah." Jason said.
"And that's exactly what we have to do." Percy said. "We have to convince the gods and goddesses to fight with us against Zeus, that's our quest."
"Your kidding right?" Will asked. "It's a suicide mission!"
"Be that as it may," Percy said. "We have to try. I understand if any of you don't want to join, but we have to get an oath that Camp Jupiter is on our side."
Everyone looked at Reyna. "Rome will fight with you Percy Jackson."
He nodded. "Thank you Reyna."
"Percy..." Jason said, looking at him and Nico sadly.
"Jason, I understand how difficult this is for you." Percy said. "And I understand if you can't do it."
"I want to..." he said, "But my dad..."
"I know." Percy said, "Take some time and think about it."
Jason nodded. "I'm gonna take a walk."
"Well I'm going on the quest with you." Will said. "You'll need someone to patch you two idiots up when you get in trouble saving each other."
"Well I'm coming too." Jake said.
Percy nodded. "Thank you."
"We're coming too." Frank said.
"Definitely." Hazel said.
"Another road trip!" Leo said, fist pumping. Everyone laughed, causing the mood to lift at Leo's silliness.
"We're coming too." Annabeth said. "Your still my best friend Percy, you can't drive me away."
"Glad to here it wisegirl." Percy said, smiling.
Everyone looked to Piper for her decision. "Um..." she said.
"Do you want to wait for Jason?" Percy asked, gently.
"N..no." she said, shaking her head. "I know Jason will do what he thinks is right, but I need to too, and he'll respect that. I choose to go on the quest with you two."
Percy smiled. "Thank you. All of you."
"Of course Percy." Annabeth said. They all hugged Percy and Nico in a group hug. After that they spent a while just talking and enjoying each other's company. When everyone finally started heading home it was decided that Percy and Nico would stay with Frank, Hazel, and Leo. Which was totally okay with Percy and Leo. They had decided to play video games all night, which made Nico roll his eyes. He slept on a bean bag in the room so he was still with Percy even if they weren't doing anything. After a while Leo crashed and fell asleep on the couch and Percy carefully got up. He went to Nico and shook his shoulder lightly. "Neeks."
Nico stirred slightly. "Percy?"
"Hey deathboy. It's time to go to bed." Percy said softly
"Already sleeping." Nico murmured.
"Come on let's go sleep in bed." Percy said helping him up carefully. They went to the guest room and fell into bed, completely exhausted.
"Night Perce." Nico said pulling him close.
"Night." Percy said, falling asleep even as the word left his mouth.
I hope you liked the chapter please be sure and review. Any little review is welcomed. ~Blackbird
