Title: Chaos' Apprentices

Fandom: Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus/Kane Chronicles

Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, or Kane Chronicles, sadly. Rick Riordan does. No money is made, but I do like reviews!

Chapter 13: Losing Control

"Why are you here?"

Chaos crossed his arms, his dark gray eyes studying the four figures in front of him. Percy stood with a scowl, his green eyes darkened with anger. The boy's fists was clenched tightly, so tight that his knuckles were turning white. Sadie stood closely next to him. Her blue eyes darted between Chaos and Percy. The magician was holding Percy's wrist tightly. Jason stood to the right of Percy. His arms were crossed over his chest. and his icy blue eyes were narrowed at Chaos. Nico stood slightly behind Jason and Percy. His dark eyes bore into Chaos's. They held pain, confusion, and most of all, anger. Anger at someone, but Chaos knew it wasn't directed towards him.

"The demigods said they didn't need our help," sneered Percy. "So we left."

Chaos sighed and rubbed his temples. He knew something like this would happen. The Olympian's pride and hatred would get in the way. They would tell his apprentices that they didn't need their help. But he had hoped Percy wouldn't let his pride and the grudge get in the way. Honestly, he thought Jason's pride would be more of a problem. The blonde was raised a Roman. And Romans were very prideful and didn't take well to their pride getting hurt. Nico's fatal flaw was holding grudges. But Chaos knew that Percy was the unofficial leader of the little group. And if Percy said they would stay, they stayed. But they had left because Percy said so.

"Percy," the older man started, but was cut off.

"Save it!" he said angrily. " You made a promise you couldn't keep. You said we wouldn't go back there, but we did, Chaos! And look what happened."

"You made a promise too! Go back there and help the demigods! Think of all the innocent people!"

"I was innocent too! I didn't do anything to deserve this! I saved Olympus twice! All I wanted was to settle down, but the gods had to mess with me again. I'm done helping them! They can go rot in Tartarus! They aren't any better than the Titans," he yelled.

"You're just as bad as them!" Chaos yelled back. "You can't let go of your grudge! You're letting all those innocent people on Earth perish!"

Percy growled. The ground beneath their feet started shaking. Jason, Nico, and Sadie backed up from the furious person.

"Don't ever compare me to them," he said quietly.

"Stop this now!" bellowed Chaos. The walls started to crack. Pieces of ceiling started to fall around them.

Percy's eyes darkened. When you looked in them, they were like the raging sea. He was breathing heavily, and his muscles were taut.

"I'm done with everyone controlling me," he declared. "First Gabe, then the Olympians, now you! I'm finished being everyone's pawn!"

A huge chunk of the ceiling fell behind him. Percy heard a smash, a grunt, then screaming. The boy turned around. The shaking subsided as he stared.

Nico lay on the ground, eyes closed. He was bleeding heavily from a wound on his head. His breath came in small, light gasps. Jason was kneeling by his side, and his gaze snapped up to Percy's. The older boy tore his gaze away and looked at Sadie. Then he froze.

Sadie was looking at him in disbelief. Her blue eyes shined with something Percy had never seen on her. Fear.

Percy made a move to go towards Nico, but Jason stepped in his way.

"Don't go near him," the blonde warned.

"He's my brother," Percy said in disbelief.

"You hurt him!" Jason screamed. "You hurt your brother! You said you would protect him, but you hurt him!"

The former son of Poseidon stared, his mouth agape. He barely remembered when he had said that. When he had just met Nico, he promised to protect him. But he broke that promise.

He just stood there for a second before bolting out of the room. No one stopped him.

Sadie stared up at the ceiling. There were cracks everywhere, and dust was still falling. It wasn't stable at all.

The girl took a deep breath. She could do this. She's done it before, and that was before she had started training with Chaos. It would be easy. It had to be.

"Ma'at," she whispered. The ceiling and the walls stabilized. The cracks disappeared. That was all she saw before her vision blacked out.

Jason watched all this from the side. He watched as she spoke a single word. He didn't know what it meant, but everything started to stabilize. Then he saw as her eyes rolled up in the back of her head before she collapsed.

He ran to her side and checked her pulse. The blonde had heard once that if you tapped past your magic reserves, you could die.

Her pulse was strong though. He stared at Chaos, wordlessly looking for an answer.

"She spoke a powerful word. Very powerful. She only fell unconscious though," Chaos reassured. "She'll be fine. Maybe a little parched, dizzy, exhausted. But after a little rest, fine."

"Nico?" the blonde was next to his friend's side again. He watched as the younger boy's chest rose slightly, then fell. His skin was deathly pale, even paler than before. His hair was marred down by fresh blood and sweat.

Chaos' face showed concern. "I don't know. He took a huge hit to his head. But I'm sure he'll be fine. What we need to worry about is Perseus." The man's expression turned grave.

"Percy just has to calm down," said Jason. "His dead family was just brought up."

"Yes," agreed Chaos. "But he was losing control. If Nico hadn't of been hit, I don't know what would've happened."

"Yeah," whispered the blonde as he looked at his brother. "He needs an anchor. Someone to hold him down." The Roman switched his gaze to stare at the girl on the floor.

"We need to get these two to the infirmity," stated the man. "For some rest."

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"What's wrong with him?!"

Jason was shouting at Chaos. He was standing next to Nico's bed. The former son of Hades didn't look so good. His skin had turned ashen grey, and the bandage wrapped around his head was still a little bloody. His breathing was concerning. It was slow and short.

"I don't know," Chaos answered.

"You said he'd be better by now!" screamed the blonde boy. "Sadie's fine! Why isn't he?"

"He's gone into a coma," stated a medic. "We don't know if he will come back. The chances aren't very good."

"Save him," demanded Jason, staring at Chaos. "You can do it, I know you can. Save Nico!"

"Jason," started the man. "You know I can't do what you ask of me. If the Fates decreed this, I can't do anything."

"Screw the Fates!" the Roman roared. "Bring him out of the coma!"

"I can't!" Chaos roared back. "I can't meddle with fate!"

"Then I don't think you care!," Jason told him. "I don't think you care about us. You just wanted soldiers!"

The blonde boy stormed out of the infirmary. Chaos rubbed his temples before teleporting out of the building.

Percy watched this from the entrance with guilty eyes. This is all his fault. If he hadn't of lost control, Nico wouldn't be on the verge of dying right now.

The teen stared at his friend on the bed before striding to his room. He shoved his cloak on and slapped on his wristwatch that turned into a shield. Percy grabbed Riptide before going into the hanger.

He knew what could save Nico. No risks at all. He just needed to steal it. Percy spotted his ship and ran over there. He needed to hurry before Chaos could detect him. The boy hopped in the seat and started up the aircraft. Time to visit Camp Half-Blood again.

Authors Note: Sorry for the long wait. Jet lag is horrible. So Nico slips into a coma. I know nothing about comas so if I make any mistakes, don't judge. Some of you might think this is Jasico because of how protective Jason is of Nico, but it's not. It's more of a close brother relationship. Percy feels bad about hurting Nico and is flying back to Camp Half-Blood, knowing what can help his friend. Tell me what you think, like, and what I can fix in the reviews. See ya!