Chapter 10
Shadow travel felt weird. He had only done it once, but he wasn't really paying attention the first time. It feels like someone is twisting your insides and you have an urge to barf. It was only like a minute until they arrived at the underworld. The underworld was worse than he thought. It smelled like death and it was creepily dark. Distant moaning of the dead filled his head, giving him shivers.
"Wow this place is so..." Leo started.
"I know," Nico said
"Do you have an idea of where Calypso might be?" asked Leo.
"Most likely in the prison in Hades's Palace," Nico answered.
"Exactly how far is that?"
"Far."
"Can't we just shadow travel there?"
"Yeah but you have to wait. Shadow traveling drains my energy."
"Come on! You shadow traveled two people for hundreds of miles! It can't hurt now!" Leo complained.
"It's ok, we'll be shadow traveling soon. I just need a break." Nico said.
"Fine."
They walked in silence through the underworld. The black sand crunched beneath Leo's feet. Dark fires that gave off dim light were scattered randomly. The flames reminded him of both Nico and himself. Leo was the fire. Nico was the darkness. If the both of them were to team up, they'd be a deadly team. Maybe they should be: The Dark Flames. Noticing that he was not focused on the mission, he face palmed himself. Dumb ADHD Leo thought. Every time there was something important, there'd have to be that one squirrel that played with his mind and make him loose his focus. One day he will find it, and burn the heck out of it.
So he could focus, he thought about Calypso. Before he knew it, Leo was lost in thought, thinking about Calypso. I will find her. I will save her. Leo chanted in his head. Out of nowhere, a skeleton started to rise out of the ground in front of him. Leo screamed, and then summoned fire in his hands. He burned the skeleton until it turned into ash. Leo heard chuckling behind him. Was there another person following them? When Leo turned around, he saw that Nico was the one that was laughing. Leo has never seen Nico laugh.
"What's so funny?! Did you summon that dead guy?!"Leo demanded.
"You panicked like a little girl! And yes I did," Nico chuckled, trying to stop laughing.
"Oh, so you don't have enough energy to shadow travel, but you have enough energy to summon that skeleton?!"
"Sorry just wanted to see your reaction. And it was hysterical!" Nico said, starting to laugh again.
Leo's anger started to die down. Then he started to laugh too. The look of happiness on Nico's face looked more normal, like he was just another regular guy, pulling a prank on his friend. Nico is a regular guy, he just has to show it.
After the two stopped laughing, they moved on.
"Are you charged yet?" Leo asked impatiently.
"I'm not a phone you know," Nico said.
"I know, but you're taking so long!" Leo complained.
"Stop whining! You're getting me so annoyed. It's like a kid asking, 'Are we there yet?' a million times!" Nico scolded.
"Fine!" Leo said, trying to imitate a kid's voice, while he folded his arms and made a pouty face.
"Is that really necessary?" Nico asked, "Anyway, I think I have enough energy to shadow travel into the palace."
Nico held out his hand.
"Can I do the same thing as last time?" Leo asked.
Nico put his hand down. He looked really ticked off. Leo set his finger on Nico's shoulder. Their surroundings blurred as it darkened, turning everything black.
~Sup y'all! Sorry...SQUIRREL! Of course, I feel really bad about making my chapter short, but ill make it up to you guys in the next chapter. :) I plan to have lots of stuff in it. Thanks for reading this chapter! Please leave a review if you like my story or even just one of my chapters! Ill post another tomorrow!(Or maybe sooner) tumblr- krazy4fandoms kik- krazykaitlynz