Okay well I finished this pretty quick and I think its not my best work. But it was a good set-up for the next chapter so here you go.
IV
Nico
But as I said before, anything can happen. Right before my eyes, Iapetus disintegrated. But when I looked closer I saw the disintegrated ashes of the former Titan, his essence, being absorbed into my dagger. This day keeps getting weirder and weirder, and I should know, I'm the son of Hades. And of course it got weirder.
When the dagger melted into my skin, I felt a surge of power. Then my head started spinning and my blood started to boil. After a few minutes of agony it went away. When I finally regained my senses, I noticed the whole crew was staring at me (including Alex). Feeling embarrassed and exhausted, I went down to my room and took a nap.
When I awoke Alex was hovering over me. "My gods Alex, I'm in my underwear for Hephaestus' sake!"
"You know, before I became a goddess and began my slumber of a hundred years, I was only 17. The gods told me 'you are needed in a different era, this is the only way that you will be ready, you must be in your prime.' So they immortalized me for this one quest and when it is done I will be restored to mortality. I don't deserve immortality, I'm not a hero. But you Nico, are a true hero. When you defeated that Titan, I just stood there surprised and afraid. Then you started to glow a godly gold, brighter than even Zeus himself." She stopped talking when the sky above the ship thundered in anger. Then she did something I would've never predicted. This beautiful goddess leaned towards me and kissed me on the cheek.
Before I had a chance to say anything, she left my room. Okay, well that's a nice way to wake up.
On my way to dinner, I past by all the other rooms and caught Hazel on her way out. "You wanna come to dinner with me, Hazel?"
"Sure, I was just on my way up," she said. After a few minutes of silently striding down through the ship she finally spoke, "I've been wondering, how was it like to be in… in that jar."
"Cramped, near-death, and alone. I didn't get any Iris messages, special dreams, or even a single hint of the outside world. I had to keep myself in a trance, inches from death, waking only to eat a deathly seed of an enchanted fruit. And when the lid finally opened I thought, 'is this real, am I really being saved or is this another hallucination?' You see, every second of everyday for 5 days I dreamt of being rescued. And every time I had to go along with it because if not, I knew I would lose hope and die."
After a long time of contemplating what to say she finally spoke up. "I couldn't imagine living like that for a day, let alone a week."
"No, no you couldn't," I said, immediately realizing how much it her to see her only sibling so disturbed. So I tried to lighten the mood. "And don't be sad over that whole thing with our dad. It just hurts the gods too much to switch back and forth between Romans and Greeks. But the fact that he even switched for a mere minute means that you have an influence over him even in his Greek form. Be proud of how much he cares for you." As I finished that sentence, we arrived. We were the last ones there, and it kind of sucked that everyone was staring at me while I sat down at my spot, which had also been Percy's. Someone told me about how the seats were chosen which is the only reason I knew where I was sitting was once Percy's seat. And in Annabeth's spot sat Alex. Seeing her made me feel a little bit better than I was feeling.
As I glanced over to her she blushed a little and gave me a cute little smile. I smiled back, turned towards the rest of the heroes and noticed they were all staring at me. I guess they expected me to speak since I was there newly appointed leader. Instead, I decided that my hunger was way more important right now.
After a few minutes of watching me eat, Jason spoke up. "What was that Nico?"
"What was what?" I replied.
"Whatever it was you did to that Titan. H-How did you destroy him? Aren't they supposed to be un-killable?" Piper asked.
"Even I don't know how you did it, and I've been around," Alex chimed in.
How can I explain something I don't even know about? "Uhh, I- I don't know. It just happened."
"What do you mean you don't know, aren't you the son of death? Shouldn't you know about this stuff?" Leo questioned, growing angry. "Why you are even in charge if you don't even know what you're doi-"
"JUST STOP! We will never complete this quest or even live if we cant work together," Frank roared. "And plus if you didn't notice, the dagger is the one that absorbed the Titan, not Nico. He didn't know what he was doing, right Nico?"
"R-Right." I stammered. "I'm tired, I'll see you guys in the morning." I started to walk out. But before I left I decided to give a few words of encouragement. "I will figure out this blade, and we will defeat Gaea. Just please all of you get some rest. Judging by how much deaths are happening now, we will land tomorrow. Right Leo?"
"Yes that is correct." His face hardened.
As I was walking away, I could hear the others getting up to go to their rooms. When I went to my room I noticed that I wasn't tired anymore. I tried to sleep but I just couldn't fade into the land of dreams. So I just let my mind wander but as I thought about Camp Half-Blood more and more, I grew distraught. How can I just lay here and do nothing while people are dying over there by the second. Then a crazy thought crept into my mind.
I took the golden drachma Percy had left on his dresser and filled up the sink in the bathroom. With a drop of the coin I recited the words of an old friend, "Oh Fleecy, do me a solid. Show me the Romans and Greeks at Camp Half-Blood."
Yeah and from now on, my teasers wont be so revealing. I'll try and get the teaser out by tomorrow night and the whole chapter by Sunday night. Thanks for reading and I'll see you soon.
P.S. I won't drop anymore teasers if I don't get at least 3 more reviews after I post a new chapter.