Chapter 12

The hellhound from before, stood protectively in front of the two demi-gods. It growled as it remained in a fighting stance. That giant dog was both Nico and Leo's savior.

As the monsters reached the hellhound, she took a big scoop of them in her mouth and crushed them between her razor sharp teeth. Gold dust streamed through her fangs. She swiped, pounced, crushed and ate the monsters, but Leo could tell she was slowly getting weaker.

"We need to go on top of the hellhound and ride her to the other side. She is able to run through those monsters without getting seriously injured," Nico said, standing up.

Leo nodded, as Nico ran up to the hellhound and jumped onto its back while it was still fighting. With all his energy, Leo pushed himself up and limped towards Nico. Nico held out his hand to help pull Leo up. The hound had rough, spiky fur that poked his legs. Leo was surprised that the hellhound was okay with this.

Nico pulled on a tuft of fur and she ran forwards, crushing monsters under her. A few skeletons managed to pull themselves onto the speeding hellhound. Leo tried to summon fire, but all that came out of his palms were a gust of smoke. Nico however, drew his sword and sliced their arms off, causing them to fall onto the ground. Finally, they made it out of the crowd of monsters. The hellhound outran them and dashed through a few more hallways. She stopped, signaling them to get off. The two jumped off her. She panted as her tongue stuck out like a regular dog.

"Thank you so much!" Leo thanked the hellhound, "I really like you, and I'm going to name you Teresa."

In the distance, the sounds of monsters were able to be heard.

"Come on Teresa, Let's go!" Leo said.

Teresa looked down one hall and gestured them to go through with her head. She banged into the wall and rocks started falling from the ceiling.

"Teresa, what are you doing?" Leo shouted.

Again, she signaled them to go down one of the hallways again, making a begging noise. She slammed her whole body into the wall again, making large cracks in the ceiling. Nico grabbed Leo's forearm and pulled him into the hall. Just as he did, Teresa rapidly kicked, and smashed the wall, parts of the ceiling already falling. Past her, Leo spotted the monsters charging at them. As Teresa slammed into the wall one last time, the ceiling collapsed. As the ceiling came falling down, Leo could see Teresa's eyes shine, but then it was gone. The whole ceiling crumpled, crushing both the monsters and Teresa. She sacrificed her life for them, and they didn't even do much for her. All they (Nico) gave her was an energy bar.

A rock rolled down the boulder filled hall. He felt sadness build up inside of him, but he didn't cry. Leo noticed flames were flickering in one of his hands. That must have been the light in Teresa's eyes.

"Come on Leo, let's go," Nico said, starting to walk down the hall.

Leo nodded and followed. She has been so much help, yet they've only met her the same day.

They walked for a few more minutes and turned a corner. There were even more rows of prison cells. The prison was like a maze. The skeleton probably didn't know what he was talking about when he gave them directions. The cells looked abandoned, filled with dust and bones. This place made Leo sick. Leo scanned the cells for Calypso. In the farthest corner, he spotted her. Calypso's white dress was stained with dirt and other filth from the prison. Leo ran towards her.
"Calypso!" Leo shouted.
"Leo!" Calypso said getting up and running to the bars.
"I'm going to get you out of here."
Leo summoned flames in his hands and Calypso stepped backwards. Then, he placed his hand on top of the lock, melting it and he pulled the cell door open. Calypso gave him a tight hug. Leo noticed chains hanging from her wrists.

Leo shook his head in disgust.

"I'll melt the chains, but when we get back, I have to make a key to take off the cuffs," Leo stated, hugging her again. Leo could feel her head look up. He let go of her and noticed she was glancing at Nico.
"That's Nico," Leo said, "He helped me find you."
Nico held out his hand for her to shake, but instead she hugged him. Nico was defiantly not prepared for that. Leo felt a tinge of jealousy, but Nico does deserve a hug for helping Leo save her.
"I think it's time to get back to Camp Half-Blood," Nico said, releasing her from their hug. Nico took Calypso's hand and waited for Leo.
Instead of putting a finger on Nico's shoulder, Leo went right in the middle of them and swung his arms around both Calypso and Nico's shoulders. Nico looked very uncomfortable but Leo didn't care.
"Time to shadow travel! All aboard the Nico express!" Leo shouted, his humor returning.
Nico rolled his eyes, and then everything blurred and turned black.


~This is not the end! But it twas coming soon. There is going to be a sequel! Its going to be called: Calypso's Golden Heart. It is not up yet, but I will try to post it soon! Sadly though, I wont be able to post as often as now. though I will try to post no longer than a week. Even so, I wont abandon my story like some of those people. Anyways, I hoped you liked this chapter and the last chapter too! Sorry for the cliff hanger(ish[idek]) thing. Please review if you liked itand thanks for reading! Tumblr- krazy4fandoms kik- krazykaitlynz