Chapter 6: Nico POV

(Dream Chapter)

When I landed, I was in the woods.

Why?

I have no clue. I can normally control my dreams, but it wasn't letting me control it.

I felt another presence, and I had a feeling I had to follow it. It was like a rope was tied around your waist and you were being pulled. It felt like that.

I came to Bunker 9, because it was pulling me towards it. But how do I get inside? Only fire-users can go inside. I looked at the door. It looked sort of melted. Inside Bunker 9, I felt misery and pain were going on inside.

I decided that there must be a back door. I went around Bunker 9, which wasn't easy, and finally found one covered in vines and leaves. Now, the plants weren't the problem. The back door was a problem. It was a huge bolder! How am I supposed to push that?!

So, I decided that I've gotta try.

Now, the next few things I did not see correctly or I didn't see at all.

I stumbled into Bunker 9 without even pushing the rock. I guess the dream didn't want to kill me.

Now, next thing. An entire section of the floor under the table melted like it was nobody's business.

So, I went under the melted rock and found a set of stairs. I gasped at the sight once I got all the way down the steps.

It was an entire forge, better then Leo's. Now, I heard clanging and sniffling in a corner not far. By now, the rope has stopped and let me wander around.

I went to the corner that was full of clanging. It so loud, I had to cover my ears and yell over the noise. "Hello? HELLO!"

The clanging stopped.

A figure turned around to face me. "Nico?"

Nicole was standing in front of me, one of her hands holding a hammer and the other on her hip.

"How do you know me?" I muttered.

She turned back to her workstation. "One year ago in dream Italy. Does this weapon look ok to you?" She pointed to the workstation. It looked like a scythe that Kronos used in the really old Titan war.

"Oh, yeah, I remember that. Weren't you looking for your boyfriend or something? And why does this look like a scythe?" I asked.

"Yeah. So that's what it looks like. Interesting." She muttered.

"Did Leo find you?" I decided to ask.

She dropped her hammer. "Leo? Does he own this place?"

My eyes widened. "No! Only the top part. I don't think he knows about this part."

She relaxed a bit. "Ok. Good."

"Why did you run off?"

She jumped onto a table. "Because. It's not funny."

The dream watered and Nicole faded.

I woke up and ran to find Leo to tell him where Nicole went.