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.
