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Word of the chapter: Ephemeral: Lasting for a short time
Just a note, these words of the chapter are not found inside the actual writing! It is used to foreshadow what is going to happen in the chapter you find the words in.
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Kayla shrieked in horror as Nico and Will appeared in front of her eyes. They were in the Apollo cabin.
"What is happening?" Kayla asked Nico. She then only realized that Nico was crying, holding an unconscious Will. He was crying so hard and felt so melancholic that he forgot everything that happened between them and felt completely empty inside. Nico regretted to not save Will immediately.
"Nico?" Kayla asked but only found Will in front of her. She quickly took Will to the infirmary.
In a blur, Will was saved, but had broken bones everywhere in his body except for his beautiful face. Kayla was glad that he was alive at all. At least he didn't get scars or anything like that. He laid on the infirmary bed unconscious. The infirmary doors bursted open with a very worried Lou Ellen and a concerned Cecil.
Nico sat high up in a tree near the lake crying from his mistakes. He reviewed everything that he experienced with Will as he was crying like crazy. It was all his fault that Will was getting harmed from the past few days. It was all his fault and he would never forgive himself for hurting Will. He came to the conclusion that he should just get out of Will's way for the better.
He slept up high in the tree during the nighttime without returning to his cabin, unaware of the consequences that he would have to face. Nico was oblivious to the world around him now and just tried not to worry about anything anymore. His emotions died hard.
Whether Hazel and Piper liked it or not, they were not going to get a boyfriend free day. Not after what just happened to Will Solace and Nico shadow travelling. They arrived at Jason's door in the evening because the trail was huge.
"Nico what?" Jason shouted.
"He shadowed traveled away from our hike after Will got severely injured from falling down a hill." Piper explained.
"I gotta tell Percy and Frank about this!" Jason shouted in worry, "Have you two found Nico and Will yet?"
"We are suspecting that they are in the infirmary." Hazel told Jason. He nodded. He got out of his cabin and they went to the Poseidon cabin.
There was giggling inside.
"Percy, Annabeth!" Jason shouted while knocking at the door, "Nico and Will are at the infirmary!"
"What?" Percy shouted.
"Give us like... five minutes!" Annabeth shouted. There was more giggling inside.
"Ok!" Jason shouted back, "I won't disturb your private whatever you are doing inside!"
"Shut up Grace." Percy shouted from inside.
"Let's go get Frank." Jason told the two.
"I will get Frank myself." Hazel told Jason and Piper, "You two can do whatever you want. Just don't overdo yourselves."
As soon as Hazel left, Jason gave Piper a kiss. Piper frowned.
"This is not the time to make out with me." Piper told Jason.
"I was only joking!" Jason answered.
"I never know when you are!" Piper protested, "Jason, you are like totally cool with fighting and you are plenty of smart. But when it comes to something like this, you just have to make an inappropriate joke!"
"Hey, I can't help myself!" Jason told Piper. Piper rolled her eyes.
Hazel returned with Frank.
"So, what's going on here?" Frank asked.
"We are waiting for Percy and Annabeth." Piper explained. Percy and Annabeth finally came out of the Poseidon cabin. Something was odd. They looked at Percy and Annabeth's clothes and found them... on the wrong person. Annabeth was wearing Percy's blue hoodie and Percy was wearing Annabeth's girl clothes.
"Oh my." Piper muttered.
"What's wrong?" Percy asked. Piper looked at Hazel, Jason, and Frank. They immediately understood.
"Nothing." Hazel replied, "Let's go!"
They ran to the infirmary located at the Apollo cabin. They met Kayla at the reception.
"Hello, which patient are you looking for?" Kayla asked.
"Nico Di Angelo!" Jason shouted excitedly.
"Let's see." Kayla muttered and checked her papers, "Nico Di Angelo checked out a couple days ago."
She looked at their worried expressions and laughed.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. I blame it on my father." Kayla replied, "Nico isn't actually in the infirmary."
"Stupid Grace." Hazel replied, "You clearly don't know who got hurt. We are looking for Will Solace."
Kayla nodded and led them through the hallways. They turned a left, then a right. Two rights, then a left. They took the stairs up and turned a right. Then a left. Kayla knocked on the door on the right then turned it open.
Before them was Will Solace, completely bandaged up, completely unconscious. Sitting beside him were Lou Ellen and Cecil.
"Did you guys do this?" Lou Ellen shouted.
"How unforgiveable!" Cecil added.
"Look, we aren't the ones that did this." Hazel told them, "It was purely an accident that he ended like this."
They sat beside Will Solace for an hour. At the end of the hour, they were going to leave until Will regained consciousness. It was midnight.
"Will!" Lou Ellen and Cecil shouted. The six of them watched curiously as Will woke up.
"How long was I out for?" Will muttered.
"Twelve hours." Hazel informed him.
"That's a long time!" Will muttered in surprise. His melodious voice hurted.
"Will, you shouldn't talk when you are hurt!" Lou Ellen replied in sympathy. Will was her best friend after all.
Will scanned his group of friends and found disappointment.
"Where's Nico?" Will asked.
"Actually... we were asking ourselves the same question..." Hazel answered, "We thought he would be here beside you."
"He isn't." Will sighed in disappointment.
"Isn't he your boyfriend?" Lou Ellen asked. Will nodded.
"He was crying severely when you fell down the hill." Hazel explained.
"That Neeks..." Will muttered, "He shouldn't have worried so much about me. I'm worrying about him more than myself actually. I am a bit disappointed that he isn't here."
"Neeks?" Jason asked.
"That's one of the names I call Nico." Will told Jason while blushing. Will felt an ocean of sadness wipe him like last time. He started to cry.
"If he loved me." Will cried, "He would have sat here beside me. I'm starting to doubt Neeks!"
"Don't doubt him." Hazel told Will, "You know that your severe injury has greatly impacted him, right?"
Will nodded. But none of that made sense. Will longed to see Nico more than anything and was already missing his comforting presence.
"Do me a favor." Will muttered, "All of you!"
"What?" everyone shouted.
"Find Nico NOW!" Will ordered. At once, everyone left the room. There was some pushing and shoving.
"I'm going to find Nico first!" Jason shouted as he pushed through everyone like butter with his big build.
"You are dreaming Grace!" Hazel replied. The chatter disappeared soon as they got through the door.
At this point... Will felt completely lonely for once. He understood what Nico was personally going through. As if... Nico was all his brothers and sisters that disappeared on them. It reminded Will of the problems he went through, but his mother always comforted him, so that was different. Will heard the camp wake up like wildfire. He heard Nico's name through the shouting.
The first place Jason checked was the Hades cabin.
"Nico? You there?" Jason asked. The six of them bursted in the Hades' cabin and searched everywhere for Nico. He wasn't there. The rest of the camp were busy looking at other places like the archery field, the pavilion, the Big House, the Amphitheater, the Volleyball court, the Strawberry fields, the lake, the woods, the armory, the Pegasus stables, the Athena Pathenos, Thalia's tree... but Nico was nowhere to be found.
When the campers arrived at the lake, Nico noticed them up high in the trees. They had rudely woken up his sleep. But the most surprising thing of all, they were calling his name. He thought it was a joke and shut their voices out of his head. Nico sighed as he put a small red little fruit in his mouth.
By the next midnight, the six of them returned to Will's hospital room.
"Did you find him?" Will asked. They shook their heads. Will sighed in disappointment.
"Maybe he left camp." Will told them, "Maybe he doesn't like me anymore. After all the care I give him and the care he gave back... I thought we were going somewhere."
"Don't say that Will." Piper reassured him, "I'm sure he'll come by soon."
"Nico was not at the cabin at all today." Hazel informed them, "I'm starting to suspect that he has gone."
Will sighed, "Isn't he at the lake?"
They all looked at each other. They quickly scrambled out of the room.
At the end of the week, all of Will's bones healed and was disappointed to find out that they weren't able to find Nico. What had Neeks done this time? Will sighed as he checked out of the infirmary himself and walked at the path of the lake. Will was able to feel Nico's presence nearby. Suddenly, his presence was getting further away. Will walked backwards and his presence felt very close. He looked all around him, but he couldn't see Nico. Will felt the worst feeling in his throat as he looked up at the very tree Nico was sitting on, completely drained from sleeping and hunger.
"Nico!" Will shouted. There was no response. Nico fell off the tree from a strong blow from the wind. Will ran forward to catch Nico who landed on him.
Will felt a ton of weight from the small boy. He held him up and couldn't find Nico breathing. Did Nico commit suicide?
Will found himself unable to control his breathing. He found himself hyperventilating and his body went numb. His body shook so violently that he was unable to control it. Will burst into tears as he wasn't able to accept that Nico had died.
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