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Ch.7
"Boys". Muttered a very annoyed Phoebe, the members have been traveling for a day now and they are getting nowhere. Percy always suggested going right since he says he has this feeling that someone or something powerful is there. While Thalia argues that they should go left, even Artemis appeared and told them to go left. While poor Bianca is confused of what was happening. Nico on the other hand was silently hiding in the shadows observing them when someone came behind his and teleported him to somewhere dark. He quickly looked around but he couldn't make out where he was, however, he can sense someone very powerful with an aura that rivals the big three, if not more.
"Hello Nico, a son of Hades I see. A fitting role for what I am about to offer you. You feel betrayed by your sister and that son of Poseidon hmm? You already know the boys curse and you said that you hate him now right? You don't care about the Olympians either do you? What did they ever do for you or for your father? Hell your father doesn't even get a throne on Olympus. Who cares if they fall? The primordals shall rise again, and if you join me, you shall have your own kingdom, you will start a new life and live forever. Join me, and we shall rule the new era together, what do you say? If you agree I will also bless you so your powers will improve greatly. I will tell you my plans after you swear on the river Styx that you will not tell anyone of what I tell you, and that you will stay loyal to me. If you think I am lying about what I offered well I swear on the river Styx that everything that I said and offered is true. By the way I am Nyx, primordal goddess of the night." She concluded. Part of him was yelling at him to decline, what about all the innocent mortals? What about dad? What about the innocent campers? What about his sister and Percy? Part of him still cared for them. While the other more evil side of him was saying who cares about the mortals and campers? His dad never really cared about him anyways, Percy and Bianca practically abandoned him in a camp he hardly knows!
"I accept Lady Nyx. I Nico Di'Angelo, son of Hades swear on the river Styx that I won't tell anyone what you tell me and that I will remain loyal to you." He said as thunder boomed sealing the oath. Nyx smiled as she told him of her plans, he seemed a bit surprised at first but then he nodded and proceeded to spy on the quest members.
"We should go right Thalia! I already told you that I sense something unusually powerful there! We should at least go and check it out! Maybe it will be a clue to finding Nyx and the hunter!" Percy shouted annoyed at the daughter of Zeus.
"No way! Just because you are leading the quest doesn't mean that you get to boss everyone around! If you are going to argue then go by yourself then! Lady Artemis already said that we should head left! Is that so hard to understand? She is a goddess for gods sake!" She yelled while the rest of the team nodded except for Bianca, who offered to accompany him, which he declined. They knew that it would not be a good idea to separate but they already argued for almost an hour already.
"Fine then! However, if anything happens to my sister, well let's just say that you all will be dead". He snapped as he walked off, while the rest of them proceeded left. Some of them looked worried while the others such as Phoebe and Thalia were happy that he was gone. Though they were all clueless that Nico was silently smirking, everything was going as planned.
-Flashback-
"I accept Lady Nyx. I Nico Di'Angelo, son of Hades swear on the river Styx that I won't tell anyone what you tell me and that I will remain loyal to you." He said as thunder boomed sealing the oath.
"Alright so here the plan, you probably already know but I am the one who stole the huntress. You might be wondering why? Why would you steal a hunter? Well you see since I want the sea spawn to help me destroy the Olympians, he would only do that if he has no feeling towards any of them, however, deep inside he loves the goddess of maidens, archery and moon, Artemis, and same goes for her. Thus I kidnapped her lieutenant since I know that she will help find her, when she comes, you or I shall kill her, that way Percy can kill them without any disturbance or hesitation. Also the powerful aura that Percy senses is actually my doing, I need to separate them and I will try to dispose of the others. However, I shall not kill them personally. I will send monsters from Tartarus to kill them. You shall not interfere either, at least not now. You may kill them as brutally as you want if they make it to Tartarus." She explained as Nico's jaw nearly dropped, surprised that he likes a maiden goddess that hates every boy/man's guts, but he soon recovered and nodded as he waited for the show to begin.
-End of Flashback-
"Uhh that's the nineteenth monster that tried to kill us!" Phoebe shouted to no one in particular. They have been walking for about an hour and they already came across a pack of hellhounds that tried to rip their heads off, a hydra that nearly burned their skin off and three Cyclopes that nearly smashed them into a pancake. Fun huh? In the meanwhile, Percy was following the presence, honestly right now he had to fight off the urge to rip someone's head off. Every time he neared the presence, it would disappear and appear again somewhere else. He started off walking, however, that soon turned into a jog, then into a run. By now, Percy was sprinting at full speed determined to find the presence no matter what.