Chapter 9

The answer is superpowers.

Don't you love it when time seems to be going faster when you really need to be somewhere? Me neither. It seemed to take 15 minutes to get across camp and into a beautiful black cabin labeled Cabin 13.

Okay, I'll admit, I'm slightly superstitious so it didn't make me feel better that my dying friend was being healed in lucky number Cabin 13. When I stepped/stumbled into the cabin I immediately felt sick.

Nico was in what I assumed was his bed. Around him sat Annabeth, Percy, and 3 other people that I didn't recognize. He had his shirt off and was wrapped from his midsection to his shoulder in gauze. (Like this: /|||| you know if the lines were bandages and set upright)

His face was pale and lacked any emotion, although that could've been because he was unconscious. Percy and Annabeth were sitting in fold out chairs and looked tired, as if they had been here forever. Thalia took a seat next to them.

I looked over at the people I didn't recognize. There was a middle aged man in a wheelchair that looked knowing and wise. He had a scruffy beard and looked at Nico with warmth in his eyes.

There was also a guy with tan skin and blond hair that was cut cleanly. He had blue eyes and seemed to be feeding something to Nico. The last unknown person was a girl with long ginger hair that was wavy at the tips. She had a spray of freckles across her pale face and looked at Nico with worried emerald eyes.

I shuddered and felt a wave of jealousy roar in my belly. Wait, what? Why was I jealous? I shrugged off the feeling and sat on the end of Nico's bed with my eyes on my feet. I looked around his room and saw pictures of him and his sister Bianca. I saw battle plans that lay on the walls. I grimaced when I saw his bag with the picture I had drawn for him peeking out.

While the guy fed Nico the older man looked at me with an inquisitive gaze, "Hello, Jay, is it? I'm Chiron, the activities director." I took his outstretched hand and couldn't help but wonder how a guy in a wheelchair could be an activities director.

Chiron seemingly read my mind and answered, "Oh, this chair is just a . . . outfit, you could say." I raised an eyebrow and he shook his head, "You'll found out soon enough." I nodded and pulled away. The girl smiled warmly at me and I weakly smiled back.

Thalia leaned over and whispered in my ear, "The boy is Will Solace, the healer. The girl is Rachel Dare." I nodded and glanced at Nico in worry.

We sat in uninterrupted silence that steamed of worry and dread. After Will was done feeding Nico he sat up and cracked his knuckles, "Okay, guys. You need to get out now, I have to change his bandages and use some healing magic on him."

I tried to act normal when he said healing magic but I ended up stumbling forward a little. Percy glanced one more time at Nico and waited for Annabeth as she touched his hand. Thalia looked tired and frowned a little when she looked at Nico and Rachel shivered. Chiron left and I was left alone with Thalia, Will, Rachel and Nico. I stepped towards Nico with a slightly outstretched arm.

I couldn't help but think that this was my fault. Nico had saved me and now he was on a possible death bed with a guy spoon feeding him. He shouldn't have ended up like this. I looked down guiltily.

I sat on my knees next to his bed and sighed shakily. It was only after I choked on my breath that I realized that I was tearing up. It was my fault. Annabeth, Percy, and Thalia probably think that I did this to their friend. The sucky part is that I did.

The guiltiness bubbled up inside me and I felt a tear roll down my cheek. I covered my face and leaned my elbows on his bed. If you'd forgotten, I'm a very ugly crier.

I brushed away the tears and wished that he would wake up. I calmed down and uncovered my face. Thalia looked sad while Will gazed at me in assurance. I smiled a little and touched my fingers to Nico's good arm.

I felt an electric shock go through me and flinched away. I stood up and Rachel looked at me in confusion, "What happened, Jay?" I didn't know how she knew my name but I ignored it. I sighed, "He shocked me like electrically."

Rachel glanced at Thalia but she shook her head. I would ask later. Solace jumped up, "Wait, touch him again!" He furrowed his eyebrows. I raised mine, "What?" He shrugged, "Just touch him." I sighed, "Okay," I knelt next to Nico again and touched his arm.

I sat there for exactly 4 seconds with my hand on his arm when suddenly he jumped. Not Will, Nico. Nico jumped. He opened his eyes wide open and sat up straight. Will quickly cut open the bandages and I watched in disbelief as the huge gash, filled with blood, torn muscle, and a greenish black substance healed and closed up. It was still pink and looked like it hurt but it looked way better than before.

Will took off the bandage connecting to his shoulder and I watched as that gash did the same as the other. They might've healed completely if I hadn't taken my hand of and stepped back. Thalia gazed at me in disbelief, Rachel flicked her gaze warily from the wound to me, Will was smiling hugely and replacing the bandages murmuring something about them not opening up again, and Nico was. . .

I put full, undivided attention on Nico. He looked like he had just resurfaced from being underwater too long. He was breathing heavily and his eyes were wide. He looked at me with thankfulness and something that I couldn't place but something that I felt like I was feeling too.

My eyes fluttered and I felt myself getting dizzy. Thalia was by my side in an instant and was supporting me. I felt like I was going to pass out and numbly felt Thalia sit me down in a chair.

I tried not to feel embarrassed as Thalia lifted up the back of my shirt, exposing the wound, the skin, and most embarrassingly the strap to my bra. I blushed red and pushed my shirt back down.

Turning to look at Thalia I realized she looked worried and was gazing in horror at me. I raised my eyebrows, "What?" Thalia lifted my shirt up again and I looked back to see my back in a conveniently placed mirror. I widened my eyes as I saw that my wound had turned into a sharp, black design on my back. It was like a tattoo.

It looked like a circle with a heart inside and out of the top point where the two arches meet came out a triangle that touched the edges of the circle. I watched as Thalia swiftly pounced over to Nico and lifted up the back of his shirt too. I don't know what she saw but I could tell from her face that she didn't like it.

I felt my eyes drooping. Whatever had happened with me touching Nico, it had taking every ounce of energy out of me. I closed my eyes and set my back into the chair. I took a few deep breaths and found myself asleep once again.

Hey lovelies :3 I've decided I'm going to make a love triangle. Hence the triangle sprouting out of the arches. ^ Anyways . . . I want to know if I should do a love triangle with Jay, Nico, and another girl. Where Nico is kind of liking both of them and they are both fighting. Although with that I'd have to make another Point Of View for the other girl and maybe a POV for Nico. I could also do a love triangle with Nico, Jay, and another boy. Where Jay is liking both boys. Then I might not have to make another POV unless I want to. I'm kind of leaning towards doing it with another boy though.

What I really want to know is: Will you give me ideas? I want to know who the other point of the triangle should be, boy or girl, and if so which boy or girl? It can be a character from the actual story, or you can give me your original character! If you give me an original character I won't make them look too bad or too evil :) Just send in some messages with your answers on if it should be a boy or girl and give me some OCs!

Lots of Love! XD