Percy Jackson: Lights of the Future
Chapter 7 of my Percy Jackson story, enjoy.
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Disclaimer: Percy Jackson belongs to Rick Riordan.
Chapter 7
'How do I get myself into these situations.' Was the most prevalent thought going through Nico Di Angelo's mind.
He literally didn't know where to turn and he could swear he wasn't going to have a home left by the end of the day.
"Alright, everyone just calm down..." He tried, but his words fell on deaf ears.
He groaned, babysitting kids was bad enough; babysitting ADHD kids was harder; but add in the fact that all eight kids that had been left in his care were Demigods, it was chaos waiting to happen.
Shaking his head as he tried once more to put the fire on Tony's head out, Nico sighed. 'Why did I agree to this; I mean, okay, at first it probably wouldn't have been bad but...c'mon...'
Nico had idea how such scheduling conflicts occurred between his fellow Demigods, but what was supposed to just be a nice day with Uncle Nico taking care of Samuel and Casey turned into Nico running an unofficial, unpaid, babysitting service as Luke, Emma, Richard, Ralph, Lacie and Tony all got added to that mix.
'You've gotta be kidding me, how do I even...' He thought, before having to stop himself.
He had to rush over and intervene as Casey, Samuel and Lacie all wanted to see Luke manipulating the water from tape again. He had only just cleaned up from last time.
"Guys, please." He said softly but firmly. "Didn't your parents tell you this is dangerous, what can happen?"
They all turned to him, but then Casey gave her usual toothy grin. "Sure, but we're not scared of monsters, your here, Uncle Nico."
Nico honestly didn't know what to say to that.
He was jolted out of that however by the sight of something which confused him. All the cushions and pillows in the house were accounted for, yet it seemed Casey was sitting on something. It made sense when she finally stood up and he saw, of all things a tail.
'Gods, how, what…?' Were his confused jumble of thoughts.
Unsure what to make of it; he rushed to the phone and called quickly. It did not take long for Hazel to answer.
"Nico?"
He spoke at once, his uncertainty making him frantic. "Hazel, my niece just grew a tail!"
There was a brief pause before she replied. "Oh, again?"
"What do I…?" He began before stopping. "Wait, again!?"
Hazel laughed and explained. "She did it before, two days ago...Look, don't worry about it, it's just her taking after Frank. Uh, I have to go, but I will call again soon, okay."
Nico bit his lip, giving Hazel enough time to hang up. He groaned, no, it was not okay. He was stuck in the house with eight young hyperactive kids and no idea what to do.
"Nico."
He turned, almost letting out a sigh of relief, standing there, looking perplexed, was his salvation. Will Solace.
Finally, all the kids were relaxed, the younger ones were asleep, the older ones watching a Disney movie. Nico let out his relieved sigh at last.
"Thanks Will, I...I was going crazy there."
Grinning Will nodded. "No worries Nico, how could I possibly resist helping you."
Nico bit back his short laugh. "I'm serious; I was, lost till you showed up."
"Well now you know, you get saddled with babysitting again, just call me up." Will replied.
Nico smiled at that and nodded; then adding to his relief, at last he heard the cars pulling up. The various parents had arrived.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.
Right, just one more chapter to go, an epilogue if you will, ten years into the future, we will see the kids as teenagers now and of course, as full-fledged warriors and such now :)
