p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Hi again! Like I promised, I tried to update as soon as I could, (I think two chapters in one day is pretty good) and I hope that this chapter isn't as boring as the others. I'm sorry if my chapters are too short, and if you think they are, please tell me via reviews. Any suggestions I will gladly take, since I really don't want this story to drag./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"4/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Nico's POV/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"The boulder slammed down on the ground. Nico jumped back, clutching Will's arm. Through the dust clouds and haze, he could make out the six kids making a run for the door. "Percy!" Nico cried. Percy understood immediately. He thrust out his hand, and water from a nearby bottle rose into the air. Clearing a path through the dust, the water shot at the figure closest to them, the boy named Sokka. Sokka yelped, but instead of the water striking him, it froze in mid-air. Katara, the girl with brown hair had jumped in front of Sokka. She waved her arms in a flowing motion, and the water fell to the ground. "Go!" she yelled at Sokka./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Sokka shook his head. "Not without you!" he cried, lunging at her. He grabbed her hand, and together, they raced out of the Big House. Nico hesitated a second, before charging after them with the others. Nico heard a sound overhead, and looked up, just in time to see the bald boy with the tattoos, Aang, hovering overhead with some sort of hang glider. A crevice opened in the ground, rapidly getting larger and larger. Nico jumped to the side, barely avoiding falling to his death./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Jason rose into the air in front of Aang, a bolt of lightning forming in his hands. He fired the lightning, and Aang squawked, swerving to the side. A second blast of lightning sent Aang spiraling to the right. Jason prepared a third blast of lightning, but wasn't so lucky. Aang was expecting it this time, and as Jason fired, Aang caught the lightning in his hands, firing it back at Jason. Jason was struck on the chest, and he crumpled, plummeting to the ground./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"At the last second, Frank turned into a panda bear and caught him, lowering him gently to the ground. Hazel shouted something, and the ground sealed itself, though a thin, narrow crack still remained in the ground. Nico concentrated, and a moment later, he and will were melting out of the shadows. Will nocked an arrow, and fired. "Toph!" Katara cried. Toph turned, and for a second, Nico caught a glimpse of her eyes. They were pale, cloudy blue, and didn't focus on anything in particular. /spanspan style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"She's blind, /spanspan style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"he thought. A boulder shot out of the ground and deflected the arrow. Nico's hand shot out, and shadows gathered around the group, solidifying and clustering them together in a tight group./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Sokka lashed out with his sword, momentarily disrupting the darkness, and giving the others enough time to jump out of the ring of darkness. Nico drew his sword, and Suki rushed forward. Engaging her in combat, Nico slashed at her, but she nimbly dance out of his way. Drawing two sharp fans, she blocked his thrusts, nearly hitting him a couple times. Back and forth, back and forth they went, until Suki lunged at Nico. He slashed at her arm, but she blocked the attack with one of her fans and quickly jabbed him in a series of different places. Nico felt himself paralyzed, and watched as the group raced off, Aang flying after them./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Will ran to Nico, and checked him over. When Nico could move his limbs again, they raced off after him. They found them at the edge of the camp, locked in combat with the rest of the seven. Fully recovered, and flying through the air, Jason fired blasts of lightning at Zuko, who deflected them, firing his own blasts of lightning and fire. Suki and Annabeth fought each other in what looked like some sort of complicated dance, involving swords, daggers, and fans. Percy and Aang traded off blows, each one hitting the other with gusts of winds, and bursts of water./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"The ground rumbled beneath Nico, and he turned. Toph stood in front of him, a fighting stance adopted. With more energy then he thought he had, Nico lunged at her. At the last moment, he melted into the shadows, reappearing behind Toph in the shade of a tree. Toph didn't turn, and for a second, Nico hesitated. Was it really fair to attack someone who had a clear disadvantage? But he didn't have time to contemplate his options, because Toph had heard him somehow behind her. She turned, and the ground around him rose up in a dome, sealing them in together./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Nico ran to the wall, pounding his fists against it, but the rock held fast. He turned, and Toph kicked him in the stomache. He crumpled, and she jumped on top of him, pummeling him with her fists. He threw her off, and pointed at the ground. The ground split, and skeletons climbed out. Five of them engaged Toph in combat, while the other seven pounded at the walls./p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Once they had opened a large enough hole to climb through, Nico leapt through, and outside again. He could here Toph panting behind him, and doubled his speed. A blast of fire flew past him, singing his clothes. "Leo!" Nico yelled. "Sorry!" Leo replied. Nico looked up, and saw Jason firing blast after blast of lightning at Zuko. /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Though the latter deflected every one, Nico could tell that his energy was strained. Zuko's face was beaded with sweat, and he had a nasty burn on the side of his arm. He managed to knock Jason out of the air with a blast of fire, but Jason quickly got back to his feet. All around Nico, the battle was quickly turning in the demigods' favor. A large gold nugget flew through the air, striking Suki on the cheek. Nico could see Hazel cringe, but she kept on fighting. /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Aang barely deflected a giant wave of water from Percy with a gust of wind, and across from Nico, he saw Sokka battling Frank. The young man was sorely outmatched. With every opportunity he got, Sokka lashed out at Frank, but Frank merely changed into a new animal every time. A snake, a lizard, a lion, a chimpanzee, Frank was like a whirlwind, dodging Sokka's boomeraing, turning into an eagle and pecking at him, transforming into an iguana and scurrying between Sokka's legs, it was clear that the fight was in Frank's favor./p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Nico spied Aang and Percy to his right, fighting ferociously. Aang jumped into the air, but Percy grabbed his leg, and Aang fell to the ground. Percy drew Riptide, and raised it above his head. Nico cringed as he brought the sword down. Aang's hand shot out, and just before the blade sliced through him, his hand conected with Percy's arm. Percy dropped the sword. Nico watched as the two boys' eyes began to glow./p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Percy and Aang rose off the ground, their eyes still glowing. Water from the lake rose around them, forming a massive sphere. The fighting stopped, and everybody stared up, as gusts of wind spiraled around the sphere, swirling in and out of the water. Long tentacles of water rose out of the dome, slashing at the air. Massive gusts of wind blew through the fields, and a tidal wave rose from the sphere. "Percy!" Annabeth shouted. For an instant, Percy and Aang's eyes returned to normal. And then they dropped to the ground. /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"4/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Nico's POV/span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"The boulder slammed down on the ground. Nico jumped back, clutching Will's arm. Through the dust clouds and haze, he could make out the six kids making a run for the door. "Percy!" Nico cried. Percy understood immediately. He thrust out his hand, and water from a nearby bottle rose into the air. Clearing a path through the dust, the water shot at the figure closest to them, the boy named Sokka. Sokka yelped, but instead of the water striking him, it froze in mid-air. Katara, the girl with brown hair had jumped in front of Sokka. She waved her arms in a flowing motion, and the water fell to the ground. "Go!" she yelled at Sokka./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Sokka shook his head. "Not without you!" he cried, lunging at her. He grabbed her hand, and together, they raced out of the Big House. Nico hesitated a second, before charging after them with the others. Nico heard a sound overhead, and looked up, just in time to see the bald boy with the tattoos, Aang, hovering overhead with some sort of hang glider. A crevice opened in the ground, rapidly getting larger and larger. Nico jumped to the side, barely avoiding falling to his death./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Jason rose into the air in front of Aang, a bolt of lightning forming in his hands. He fired the lightning, and Aang squawked, swerving to the side. A second blast of lightning sent Aang spiraling to the right. Jason prepared a third blast of lightning, but wasn't so lucky. Aang was expecting it this time, and as Jason fired, Aang caught the lightning in his hands, firing it back at Jason. Jason was struck on the chest, and he crumpled, plummeting to the ground./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"At the last second, Frank turned into a panda bear and caught him, lowering him gently to the ground. Hazel shouted something, and the ground sealed itself, though a thin, narrow crack still remained in the ground. Nico concentrated, and a moment later, he and will were melting out of the shadows. Will nocked an arrow, and fired. "Toph!" Katara cried. Toph turned, and for a second, Nico caught a glimpse of her eyes. They were pale, cloudy blue, and didn't focus on anything in particular. /spanspan style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"She's blind, /spanspan style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"he thought. A boulder shot out of the ground and deflected the arrow. Nico's hand shot out, and shadows gathered around the group, solidifying and clustering them together in a tight group./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Sokka lashed out with his sword, momentarily disrupting the darkness, and giving the others enough time to jump out of the ring of darkness. Nico drew his sword, and Suki rushed forward. Engaging her in combat, Nico slashed at her, but she nimbly dance out of his way. Drawing two sharp fans, she blocked his thrusts, nearly hitting him a couple times. Back and forth, back and forth they went, until Suki lunged at Nico. He slashed at her arm, but she blocked the attack with one of her fans and quickly jabbed him in a series of different places. Nico felt himself paralyzed, and watched as the group raced off, Aang flying after them./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Will ran to Nico, and checked him over. When Nico could move his limbs again, they raced off after him. They found them at the edge of the camp, locked in combat with the rest of the seven. Fully recovered, and flying through the air, Jason fired blasts of lightning at Zuko, who deflected them, firing his own blasts of lightning and fire. Suki and Annabeth fought each other in what looked like some sort of complicated dance, involving swords, daggers, and fans. Percy and Aang traded off blows, each one hitting the other with gusts of winds, and bursts of water./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"The ground rumbled beneath Nico, and he turned. Toph stood in front of him, a fighting stance adopted. With more energy then he thought he had, Nico lunged at her. At the last moment, he melted into the shadows, reappearing behind Toph in the shade of a tree. Toph didn't turn, and for a second, Nico hesitated. Was it really fair to attack someone who had a clear disadvantage? But he didn't have time to contemplate his options, because Toph had heard him somehow behind her. She turned, and the ground around him rose up in a dome, sealing them in together./span/p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Nico ran to the wall, pounding his fists against it, but the rock held fast. He turned, and Toph kicked him in the stomache. He crumpled, and she jumped on top of him, pummeling him with her fists. He threw her off, and pointed at the ground. The ground split, and skeletons climbed out. Five of them engaged Toph in combat, while the other seven pounded at the walls./p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Once they had opened a large enough hole to climb through, Nico leapt through, and outside again. He could here Toph panting behind him, and doubled his speed. A blast of fire flew past him, singing his clothes. "Leo!" Nico yelled. "Sorry!" Leo replied. Nico looked up, and saw Jason firing blast after blast of lightning at Zuko. /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Though the latter deflected every one, Nico could tell that his energy was strained. Zuko's face was beaded with sweat, and he had a nasty burn on the side of his arm. He managed to knock Jason out of the air with a blast of fire, but Jason quickly got back to his feet. All around Nico, the battle was quickly turning in the demigods' favor. A large gold nugget flew through the air, striking Suki on the cheek. Nico could see Hazel cringe, but she kept on fighting. /p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Aang barely deflected a giant wave of water from Percy with a gust of wind, and across from Nico, he saw Sokka battling Frank. The young man was sorely outmatched. With every opportunity he got, Sokka lashed out at Frank, but Frank merely changed into a new animal every time. A snake, a lizard, a lion, a chimpanzee, Frank was like a whirlwind, dodging Sokka's boomeraing, turning into an eagle and pecking at him, transforming into an iguana and scurrying between Sokka's legs, it was clear that the fight was in Frank's favor./p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Nico spied Aang and Percy to his right, fighting ferociously. Aang jumped into the air, but Percy grabbed his leg, and Aang fell to the ground. Percy drew Riptide, and raised it above his head. Nico cringed as he brought the sword down. Aang's hand shot out, and just before the blade sliced through him, his hand conected with Percy's arm. Percy dropped the sword. Nico watched as the two boys' eyes began to glow./p
p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"Percy and Aang rose off the ground, their eyes still glowing. Water from the lake rose around them, forming a massive sphere. The fighting stopped, and everybody stared up, as gusts of wind spiraled around the sphere, swirling in and out of the water. Long tentacles of water rose out of the dome, slashing at the air. Massive gusts of wind blew through the fields, and a tidal wave rose from the sphere. "Percy!" Annabeth shouted. For an instant, Percy and Aang's eyes returned to normal. And then they dropped to the ground. /p