Chapter 14
"Dad! Nico! I'm coming!"
Nico glanced up for a second which caused him to het elbowed in the gut. I bounded down the cases of stairs as fast as I possibly could. I slid Noctem off of my finger and squeezed it in my hand. I felt the ring turn in to a hardened handle, in my hand now was an elongated charcoal black blade that was a tad bit longer than my arm. Without any thought I leaped into battle to help defend Nico and the Lord of the Underworld. Swinging my sword furiously from left to right I was able to make it to the center of the chaos, also known as: Dad and Nico. We formed a triangle with our backs pressed against each other's facings the oncoming sprits.
"Glad you could make it."
Nico turned and smirked at me. I did the same with a slight head nod. For some reason Dad started laughing. Nico and I both watched him puzzled.
"This is awesome."
Nico and I looked at each other once more and started chuckling right along with him. The ghosts made a unified groan and all of our attention was the focused back at the task at hand. My grip tightened on the hilt of my sword and I sprung into action. At first my fighting style was a medley if kicks, punches, and sword slices. I soon realized that physical attacks weren't working for me as well as Nico and Pluto. Their hits were actually making solid contact with the apparitions while mine were just passing through the bodies. I had to solely rely on Noctem which is harder than it sounds. It's difficult to get a grasp on what you are fighting when you can't literally get a "grasp" on it. The crowd of ghosts preceded to get thinner and thinner as it began to look like Team Pluto was winning. As the last spirit was sucked into my Stygian Iron, we all started breathing heavy and then turned to face each other.
"Thanks children, you were a big help."
Nico gazed up at the tower.
"Be right back, got to go get some supplies from the castle."
Nico ran off with a muttered goodbye and I was left there with Pluto or Hades, I have no idea which one he is right now.
"Octavian is at the gate to the River Styx. Find him and you can both leave at the door. Don't tell Death about this or he might reclaim his soul. Oh and Sophia," Dad's expression changed from caring to somewhat stern, "Watch out for that kid, I think there is more to him than you realize."
"Thanks Dad."
"No problem kiddo."
I went on my way in search of Octavian. The worst part about this is that I think that Dad might be right.