The plane ride back to New York was silent. They hadn't lost anybody in the battle but all of the demigods still acted as if they had seen another war. They hated battle, hated slaying other demigods. They wanted it to get peaceful again, but it seemed like they'd never see that peace.

Once they were safely back in camp, Annabeth and Percy went to the infirmary together. As soon as they stepped through the doors, Will hurtled towards them like a cannonball. "Annabeth, Percy, how'd it go?! Are you hurt?!"

"We're fine." Annabeth gave him a small smile. "We were actually just checking up on the others."

"Oh." Will backed off. "Nico can see. Chris' burns are almost gone. Lethia and Jesse are healthy. Amy is cured."

Percy moved to Nico. "Hey...you okay? I'm sorry we didn't find you sooner."

"I'm fine, Percy." Nico pointed to his eyes. "I can still see so I'm good."

Percy frowned. "Your eyes look different, you know."

"How so?" Nico asked.

"Lighter." Percy shrugged. "They just don't look black anymore."

"But it's okay." Will cut in. "They work fine."

Annabeth looked over from having been talking to Lethia. "Percy, are you scaring him?"

Percy held his hands up in surrender. "What? I'm not doing anything, I swear."

Nico cast them a warm smile. "I'm okay, I promise. Will already told me that they look different."

Percy gave Annabeth a look before looking back to Nico. "So...want to know how the battle went?"

Nico nodded. "Tell me everything."

Nico sat with his feet in the water, his pants rolled up. After the man had died, his effects over Lethia and the others had vanished. The Apollo kids were back to healing, Chris was helping build the new forge. Everything seemed to be going fine.

"Hey, can I join you?" Percy asked, coming up behind him on the wooden dock.

Nico nodded. "I don't see why not."

Percy sat next to him, dipping his own feet into the water. "I didn't know you liked the water."

"It's peaceful." Nic looked over at him. "What do you want?"

Percy shrugged. "I guess I came here for the same reason as you. The peace."

Nico watched him closely. "What are you planning, Jackson?"

Percy blushed. "Fine, you caught me. I...I wanted to propose to Annabeth. I was waiting until things quieted down but I guess that won't happen."

"We're demigods." Nico agreed. He thought of Will, thought of those blue eyes. "Marriage seems nice. You should go for it."

Percy grinned. "Yeah, it does. Do you think she'll say yes?"

"Yeah, I do." Nico stood up and stretched. "And things may be peaceful from here on out. Who knows."

Percy got up also. "Yeah, you might be right. Just don't jinx us."

Nico rolled his eyes. "I won't."

AN: last chapter. Hope you enjoyed. Love you all and godspeed