AN: I'm super sorry about the wait, but sports and school are trying me crazy! I will try and update every week but no promises. Also my laptop broke with all my stories on them please kept reviewing Also Thanks Olympusgirl12 for the idea of this chapter!
Thalia POV
When I wake up in the car I realize I'm on Nico's shoulder. I cringe and slide away from him. I should probably explain what happened when I went to Nico's cabin after talking to Annabeth and Percy.
Flashback…..
I knock on the Hades cabin waiting on Nico to answer the door, and when he does I instantly blush. There stands Nico, but only in a pair of boxers. He looks down and his eyes go wide; he puts up one finger and runs into the bathroom to change. I step in his cabin and look around his room. The walls are all black but with some band posters such as Green Day. I smile and then notice a picture sitting on his desk; the picture makes me want to cry. It was a picture of Nico, Bianca, Percy, Annabeth, and me right before we left on our quest; the one where Bianca was killed.
"I love that picture," I spin around and Nico is standing in the doorway of his bathroom. This reminds me of when he came to MY room and he was the one looking at my pictures and I was standing in the doorway.
"Me too. Nico, I'm sorry." I blurt out suddenly. He cocks his head sideways and gives me a confused look. I sigh and sit down in his beanbag chair in the corner.
"I shouldn't have been as harsh as I was when telling you I wasn't quitting the Hunters," I say guiltily. He looks down and nods. Ugh, he annoys the crap out of me.
"Thalia, it's your life. If you want to be a Hunter, be a hunter. If you don't well then I'll be here." I let out a choked sob. He was willing to wait for me?
"Nico…. I don't think I can quit the hunt," I say sadly. He nods and looks away; I know tears are running down my face.
"Maybe we should have never admitted anything," He says after awhile. I gasp. Never have told each other that we had feelings for each other? Um, that would have been a worse idea. I'm suddenly very angry, I'm not sure if it's Nico or just everything finally erupting.
"So what I'm not good enough for you? You wish you hadn't told me so you can go off and be with a dumb idiotic Aphrodite girl? You're a pig Nico Di Angelo!" I yell with tears far from being able to be stopped. He looks at me shocked.
"No Thalia that's not it! I wish I hadn't told you so my heart wouldn't have gotten broken! I can't believe you think I'd choose an Aphrodite child over you! Now, I'm glad you didn't quit the hunters because now I don't have to have to deal with you playing with me! You're just a selfish ass Thalia Grace!" He screams. I muffle a cry and just then Annabeth and Percy bust through the door.
End of Flashback…..
I look over at Nico who's still asleep and want to smack him. I know he only said what he said out of anger but I don't really give a shit, I'm pissed at him. I can feel lightning dancing off my fingertips ready to shock whoever I want. I'm tempted to lean over and shock Nico and hopefully blast him so hard he lands in Hades, but I know it won't work or be effective since Hades is his father. I groan and lean my head against the seat and try and calm myself down, but all I can think about is that I have to go back to the hunters in a few days.
"Thalia, calm down please." I look up and see Annabeth staring worriedly at my hands. I look down and realize I had been creating a small lightning storm on my palms. I sigh and retract the storm. It goes away easily and I see Annabeth release a deep breath.
"Sorry Annabeth," I say glumly. She narrows her eyes and stares into my electric blue eyes with her cloudy but piercing gray eyes.
"What happened back in Nico's cabin?" She asks quietly. I grimace and look over at Nico and see him still sound asleep. I guess I can tell her, I mean I trust Annabeth with my life. I sigh and take a deep breath. You can do this Thalia; I tell myself hoping it calms me down. No such luck.
"We talked?" I try and say confident but it comes out like a question, and Annabeth rolls her eyes at me.
"No duh Thalia, what did you or him say that made you so mad/sad?" She whispers. I look over and see Percy is asleep on her lap. I smile and then remember the jerk who is sitting next to me and I can feel lightning on my fingers again.
"We both said some hurtful things that we shouldn't of." I say concentrating on the little sparks flying off my fingertips as I move them. I grin, this is kind of fun.
"What's going on with you two?" She asks removing Percy's head from her lap. I don't get to answer because Nico and Percy wake up and we had arrived at The Empire State Building. We hop out of the van thanking Argus and walking into the lobby. The mortal one charge looks up and I guess recognizes one of us and automatically lets us up. When we get off the elevator I'm shocked. Even since the last time I was here it's still drastically changed. Annabeth beams with pride as she looks at the statues she created and designed actually set up in Mount. Olympus! The home of the Greek Gods, yeah she's off to a good start! Annabeth leads us to a door next to the Throne Room and grins.
"Ready for my surprise?" Annabeth asks grinning like crazy. We nod excitedly. She opens the door and we all gasp.
Percy POV
When we got to Olympus I was expecting I dunno a lecture from Athena maybe? Anything but what I saw. When Annabeth opened the door I was in such shock I thought that I might need Thalia to zap me. Inside the room was a monument/ memorial from the second Titan war last summer. On the walls were images that kept changing of us fighting Kronus and his army. In the center of the room is a huge statue of The Empire State building and on the base of the building it had all of the names of the fallen heroes. It reminded me of our camp bead and then I remembered who designed this.
"Annabeth did you base this off our camp bead?" I ask stepping closer to it and seeing the names of my old friends.
"I did, but you guys haven't even seen the best part yet." Annabeth says walking past the monument and towards the back of the room. In case you were wondering the rest of the room was filled with pictures of campers, hunters, and satyrs who lost their lives. One picture made my chest hurt. The picture was of Silena and Beckendorf the summer before the war; sitting on the pier holding hands staring out into the lake. I guess Annabeth saw me staring and pulled me forward to the rest of the group.
"Ready? This is my favorite part of this room." We nod as Annabeth opens the door. When she opens this door I'm even more shocked than before, because this time I see my face along with my friends faces. The walls are still pictures, but now they are of specifically Annabeth, Thalia, Nico and me fighting. Im looking at the pictures and its really hard to believe that its really us up there fighting for our lives. In the center of the room it has four symbols floating above a huge plaque. The plaque says "This is a monument for the heroes who had a major role in winning this war. They will never to forgotten as long as their demigod lives let them live. Annabeth Chase official architect of Olympus, Nico Di Angelo Prince of the Underworld, Thalia Grace Lieutenant to Artemis, and finally but not lest Percy Jackson Savior of Olympus." I look up at the symbols and realize they are each of our parents weapons or items. Above my name is a trident, above Annabeth's is an owl, above Thalia's is a hunters bow with lightning in the background and above Nico's is a sword with his fathers helm on it.
"Annabeth this is amazing!" Thalia says looking at all of the pictures and memories from last year. I look at one and immediately blush. The picture is of Annabeth and I the day after the war walking on the beach holding hands.
"Wise Girl, you went overboard but I love it." I say wrapping my arms around her waist. She leans into me and looks at her careful work.
"So you like it?" She asks even though she knows the answer.
"YES!" We all yell at her. She smiles and breaks away from my grasp.
"Good. I forgot one small thing; these symbols are also a communication device between your parent or in Thalia's case parent or Artemis. They are sfae to use but they stay here. If you need to talk to you parent for some reason you can. So you don't have to sit on their thrones and almost get blasted to seaweed, Percy." Annabeth says laughing.
"Annabeth thank you this is amazing!" Thalia says giving her a hug. I walk over to a corner in the room where there is four buttons on the wall; a trident, owl, lightning bolt and a skull. I look at them trying to figure them out.
"Percy those are other rooms." Annabeth says walking over to me. I give her my famous 'What are you talking about' look.
"They are bedrooms for us incase we want to stay here. I made me a room so if I get too caught up in my work I can just go to bed here." Just as she finishes her owl symbols starts shaking and ringing. We all look at her and she walks over to it and taps it once.
"Hello?" I hear her say as it changes into a cell phone. I look over at Thalia and Nico and surprisingly see them talking and there is no lightning or skeletons so I'm guessing its all calm or otherwise we would be having some issues.
"Come on guys lets go back to camp." Annabeth says after about five minutes on the phone. We nod and head to the elevator. When we get to the bottom we walk outside and are faced with a monster I didn't want to ever face again. The Minotaur.
