A/N: So, how long is Will gonna stay mad at Nico?

The three trudged through the woods towards the main road, Will taking the lead, Nico trying to keep up and Lou scurrying behind them. They came to a clearing and Will sat down rummaging through his bag.

'So how are we gonna get to Olympus?' Lou Ellen asked, sitting down on a fallen branch.

'I suppose I could shadow travel us right there.' Nico shrugged.

Will froze and looked at Nico with such disgust he made Nico want to scurry away and hide.

'What...?' He spat.

'It's quickest.' Nico muttered.

'Are you stupid?' Will asked. Nico just stared at him, and Lou Ellen looked back and forth between the boys, as if they were involved in a tennis match.

'No seriously, are you stupid?' Will questioned, even though he was lower than Nico his authority was clear.

'If you try shadow travelling again there's an 80% chance you're gonna die. Is that what you want?'

Nico shook his head.

'Exactly, so don't even bring it up again.' Will turned back to his bag and pulled out a single gold drachma.

'Stêthi 'Ô hárma diabolês' He called, throwing the drachma into the clearing in front.

The sound of a whip cracked through the sky and Nico could see a light out of the corner of his eye. He turned. Once light became two and the bonnet of a car became visible. He stumbled back as the car almost ran him over stopped so abruptly the three had to cover their ears against the ear piercing screech.

'The Gray Sisters. Of course.' Nico mumbled to himself.

One of the sisters rolled down the window and lolled her ugly head out. 'Where too half bloods?' She cooed.

'Olympus.' Will stated.

'Pricey.' Another one of he sister hissed.

'Our type of ride!' The last sister sung!

Lou Ellen popped the door open and crawled into the cab, she looked like she was trying to hold back a laugh.

'Go on then.' Will shoved Nico forward a bit, and Nico, not expecting it stumbled. Will caught him suddenly, his face free from anger but pinched with worry.

'Could you at least try and be careful.' He sighed.

'Sorry'

'Just get in the cab.'

Nico obeyed Will and climbed in next to Lou Ellen, who was waiting patiently for the two of them. Will pulled the door closed behind him. There wasn't much room in the backseat and Nico was very aware of Will's upper thigh radiating heat into Nico's.

'Next stop Olympus!' The gray sisters jeered and with an almighty lurch the cabin zoomed off through the trees. Nico's head jerked back and he left Will's hand on his knee. He looked over at Will who looked especially green, and apparently in no mood to try and show any hate to Nico and instead focus on not puking.

'Ooohhh Apollo's son looks a little green.' Cooed the first sister.

'I wouldn't know, I can't see!' Said the sister behind the wheel, this didn't make Nico feel any better.

Nico found himself gripping Lou Ellens hand and her grabbing back with added enthusiasm.

They burst through the green and ended up on the main road busting around mortal cars.

Nico found himself thinking back to his dream of Apollo. He was lost and it was Nico's job to get him back. And there really wasn't anyone he'd rather be with than Will. Nico was just upset Will was mad at him. Nico knew he should have said something, but as a demigod you're just accustomed to bad dreams. How was he meant to know Apollo was actually in danger? If he even was, maybe this was just some cruel joke of Zeus. He guessed they'd find out pretty soon.

'So you're on your way to find the Sun God.' The third sister smiled.

'Yes, how do you know.' Nico shouted over the hustle of the cars.

'Know Apollo? Well he's super hot...' The first sister smiled, batting her one eye lid over a yellowing eye.

'DUH HE'S THE GOD OF THE SUN.' The second sister shouted, hitting the first on the back of the head until the eye popped out.

She spat on it and wiped it on her shoulder and popped it in her left eye. She turned to look at Nico, she was as ugly as Medusa on a bad day.

'We hear things, there a certain... people... who would do anything to jeopardize your little quest.' She smiled.

This didn't make Nico feel any better, in fact Nico noticed the road outside had gone. He looked to the right at Lou Ellen who's head was lolling on her shoulder, a thin line of dribble dangled from her lip to her chest. He spun his head to look at Will, who's head was against the window and he was snoring adorably.

'What have you done!' Nico tried to shout, but his words were slurred and his eyelids heavy.

'Don't worry little demigod, you'll be safe.' The sisters cackled and Nico grabbed his friends hands and tried to melt into the shadows. He willed himself to fall into the darkness but the darkness just wasn't there. He cursed repeatedly in his head and tried his hardest to stay awake.

Dad! He prayed. Help us. And as Nico's eyes gave in to the sleep a whole appeared in front of the car.

Nico fell asleep to the sound of the Gray Sisters screams.

Nico could taste dirt in his mouth, not the healthy earth you get at camp half blood, but the dusty earth you get when you've gone too far of route 66. He got up and coughed, spitting all the dust from this throat. Surprisingly he wasn't all that hurt, just a few scrapes and bruises. He looked round at the Barren wasteland he was in and saw a cab, smoking horrifically a few hundred yards from him.

'Will!' Nico cried. He ran over to the smoking wreck and yanked the front door open. The sisters were gone. But Will and Ellen were laying upside down in the backseat. No longer fast asleep but probably knocked out. Nico crawled into the wreckage and hauled Will by the shoulders out through the front door. A trail of blood ran from his nose and his head had a rather large bump on it. Nico left him laying where he'd waken up and went back for Lou Ellen.

She seemed unharmed at first glance but as Nico pulled at her arm she groaned in her sleep.

'Shit.' Nico cursed and pulled more gently. He managed to pull her out and haul her over his shoulder and laid her next to Will. He finally ran back to retrieve their bags and sat down between the two, rummaging through Will's bag. He found small cubes of ambrosia and managed to force feed small bits to both kids.

Nico then mopped up Will's bleeding head and nose with a handkerchief from his bag. The cut on his head has closed to a small pink line, so Nico knew the medication was working. He sat in silence, wishing that they would both wake up.

The sun was high in the sky but hidden by a blanket of grey. It was generally colder to when they had left and Nico had no idea where they were. He decided to take a walk, just to see if there were any roads near by. He'd just gotten up to leave when a groaned made him turn.

Will was moving his head side to side and grumbling incoherent sentences. Nico dropped beside him.

'Neeeeeneee.' Mumbled Will. 'Fudda car...Nico...'

'I'm here.' Nico said.

Will's eyes snapped open.

'Nico!' He shouted sitting up, then groaning, falling back and holding a hand to above his eye.

'Ambrosia,' He whispered, eyes closed. Nico fed him another piece and waited for him to come around.

'You okay?' Nico mumbled.

'Think so...' Will sighed frowning. 'What happened?'

Nico told him the story, how him and Lou Ellen fell asleep and Nico prayed for Hades as he knew something was wrong.

'I'm sorry Nico, I really thought that the taxi would take us there.' Will shook his head.

'It's okay, I'm sorry for not telling you about the dream.' Nico mumbled.

Will placed a hand on Nico's shoulder, a gentle warm hand. 'It's okay Nico, to be honest I would have done the same.'

Nico smiled. 'So you're not mad.'

Will shook his head. 'How could I stay mad at you di Angelo?' Will said moving his hand from Nico's shoulder to his face. It wasn't weird, or wrong or uncomfortable. It was just nice.

Their eye contact was broken by a pained groan from behind them. Lou Ellen was coming round.

'Will...' She chocked. Suddenly going into doctor mode spun away from Nico and began assessing Lou's injuries.

'Where does it hurt?' He said, pulling off her ripped jumper.

'Ouch!' She screeched. 'Shoulder.' She mumbled, tears dripping from her eyes.

'Okay I'm gonna need you to sit up.' Will said, his voice gentle and soothing.

Nico watched him work, completely captivated by him. He managed to get Lou sitting and he gently moved his hand around her shoulder.

'It's dislocated. I'm gonna have to put it back in. On the count of 5 okay? 1...2...3...' And he pushed the shoulder back into place with a deafening scream from Lou.

'You said 5!' She moaned.

'You would have been to tense if I left it to 5.' Will smiled. 'Here.' He handed her some ambrosia and she nibbled on it gratefully.

'Right, now we just have to figure out where we are.' Will sighed standing.

'Can you walk?' He asked Lou. She nodded.

'Right.' He picked up a random stick and pushed it into the dusty earth. He drew some circles around it and muttered to himself.

Then he nodded got up and walked.

'This way.'

Nico and Lou were in no mood to argue and Nico grabbed both their bags and they hurried after Will.

After ten minutes of walking in silence they came to a road. Just one long straight unfortunate empty road.

'What? We're just gonna wait and 'hitch a lift.''

Will nodded.

'If you didn't notice, that didn't go great the last time.' Lou moaned, rubbing her shoulder.

'Got a better idea?' Will asked?

'Let Nico do his underworld thing.'

'No.' Will cut her off. 'No way.'

That shut her up. She scowled and sat on the floor, pulling her arms around her knees. The three stood there waiting for something, anything to turn up. The minutes ticked by and Nico got progressively colder.

'You okay?' Will muttered next to Nico's ear. Nico nodded slowly. 'Just cold.'

Will brought his arm around Nico's back and the warmth flooded through Nico. He closed his eyes against Will's touch and silently wished they could stay just a little longer as a van pulled up beside the demigods.

'Get in kids, mamas going shopping.' A female hollered through the window with a thick new york accent.

A/N: Who's in the van? I will update as soon as possible.