Disclaimer: I don't the characters, they belong to Rick Riordan. I don't own the plot, it belongs to MBC. I just joined them for fun.

Episode 14: Part 3

Nico woke up from his induced sleep when someone yanked his hair back tight.

His first reaction was to move his hands but realized quickly that he was tied up on a chair and unable to move freely.

"Wow! It's been a really long time for us to be meeting like this again, isn't it?" Zeus Olympia's voice didn't help with waking up but Nico soon saw that they were in a warehouse only the two of them, though he didn't doubt some of Zeus' thugs were outside keeping guard. "Ever since Nico di Angelo became CEO di Angelo Cheol, I couldn't touch you at all." Zeus told him, reminiscing old times.

Those were the good days... when you weren't even a dot in my radar...

"But now, you are dead. You've put up a show on your own that you are dead." Nico was not listening, mainly cause he was looking for a way to escape or stall for time. "So even if you die here again, no one will say anything. You're already dead."

I won't die here.

"Even if I kill you here right now, I won't be found guilty of anything." Zeus emphasized his point by grabbing him by the neck and shaking him a little. "Huh?! You dug your grave, jerk! Do you get it?!" Nico simply glared at him and said nothing. "Does it still feel foggy? Are you still out of it?" Zeus slapped Nico's cheek slightly.

Lovely, you are still concern over my wellbeing...

"Hey, aren't you curious where I got that injection?" Nico frowned his eyebrows, conveying his message.

Should I?

Zeus must have taken his expression as a green light for an explanation because he snapped his fingers and gestured to the nearby table... that had the tablet.

"It's fascinating, right?" He said, impressed, while Nico kept frowning. Zeus punched some commands in a computer connected to the tablet and, on the surface of the table appeared another syringe where there was nothing before.

The bastard figured it out...

"How can there be something like that?" He laughed as if he had won the lottery. Seconds later, he gave other commands and the syringe disappeared. "During the past weeks, I've been experimenting with it... Not just revolvers. There are all kinds of medications!" He stated, Nico still looking at him, before going to check the computer screen. "Natrium Amytal. Scopolamine, Sodium Pentothal. Amphetamine, Mescaline. There! Which injection should I give you? What do you want? Sodium?"

He absolutely lost his mind... Nico couldn't show his desperation but Zeus was beginning to scare him. And I'll lose my life if I don't get out of here and take that tablet home... He watched as Zeus made another syringe appear out of nowhere... but didn't make it disappear. He kept observing as Zeus walked to him with the syringe and placed it right next to his neck... but not stick it.

"My CEO Nico di Angelo..." Zeus began, emptying the content of the syringe in front of him. "In case you die of a drug overdose, I let you live." He chuckled at him. "You were appearing and disappearing suddenly, acting like Batman. Now that you are drugged up, even that must be hard, too." Nico said nothing, he just closed his eyes. "Isn't it a type of story that would come out in a manhwa or something?" Zeus asked, dropping the empty syringe on the table. "If you press "Enter," it appears; if you press 'Delete," it disappears again." He then turned to Nico. "Why you were in a gunfight against Orcus, now I understand. But, what I'm really curious about is, what on earth is this? This!" He emphasized while pointing at the tablet.

He's getting desperate... I need him to make a mistake...

"From now, these are the questions you have to answer." Zeus insisted before beginning the interrogation by grabbing Nico by the hair and pulling his head back hard. "Where did Orcus get that and what is your relationship with him? How did you know I have that? Who is the original owner of that thing? Who is the man who disappears after getting shot at the scene? How can you come to my office so easily?"

Like I'll tell you...

"Let's start." Zeus tapped his shoulder, realizing he wasn't going to answer in good terms. Not so shocking to Nico, Zeus pulled out a metal bar and waved it on his face. "This is the price for tormenting me for the past 10 years."

And, without any warning, Zeus began hitting Nico with it.

He started right on his chest, several times. Nico tried not to show his pain but when Zeus had the brilliant idea of kicking the chair he was tied up to, he had nowhere to move once Zeus began hitting on the side of his body. He still had the sedative in his bloodstream and it was hard to move if you were tied up.

If Zeus had been content to hit just one spot, Nico believed he could take it. But when he gave some swings against his head, he began bleeding and his shirt was more red than white at that moment. He began coughing and blood would come out.

"Ah, this bastard." Zeus complained, stopping for a second. "Hey. Hey, you won't talk? Huh?" He pushed an almost unconscious Nico around with the bar on the leg. "Hey! Huh? Hey!" Zeus insisted and Nico was relieved that he got a call, dropping the bar for a minute. "Yes." Zeus answered. "Ah, I have something to take care of. Yes, I'll be right there." Whoever was on the line, Zeus was more scared of it that what Nico could do. "That's right. Since you were young, you were pretty good at keeping your mouth shut, weren't you?" He mocked him, putting the brave facade. "But it will be a bit different this time. You should know, what is in here, too." He tapped the tablet. "You'd better be prepared." Opening his eyes a little, he realized that Zeus was about to leave.

A crazy, impulsive plan came to his mind.

"Hospital." He mumbled softly. But it was enough for Zeus to stop moving.

"What?"

"Hospital." Nico repeated in the same tone of voice, closing his eyes a little. Zeus distinguished that Nico was talking but couldn't understand the words.

"Say that again. What did you say?" He told him, kneeling next to him.

"I have to take it to the hospital." Nico explained, still in low voice.

"What about the hospital? Say it louder." Zeus was losing his patience and Nico tried not to smirk at him.

He was about to give him the shock of his life.

Meanwhile, in the real world, Kayla was getting the shock of her life.

Evidently, people wanted her to die young of a heart attack!

"So, you are telling me to believe what you said." Zeus sounded skeptical of Nico's words but Nico said nothing in comfort.

"It's true." He said though he did look desperate to be believed. If only for his plan to succeed. Nico watched Zeus as he deliberated with himself before, out of nowhere, Zeus kicked him on the face hard.

Luckily, Nico didn't pass out as he could see how Zeus took the tablet with him and left the warehouse. He ordered his thugs inside to watch over him but that wouldn't mind if his plan worked out. The men at least picked him up and placed him on the chair instead of leaving him on the cold floor.

All Nico now had to do it wait.

He waited for what it seemed like an eternity, trying not to fall asleep because of his wounds but after a while, he did the question.

"What time is it right now?"

"What?" His guards were surprised by him talking.

"Just tell me what time it is. What time is it?" Nico insisted.

"It's 2:30." One of them replied.

"2:30?" Nico repeated, stretching his neck a little, chuckling. Then, thirty minutes have passed... It's about time for it to arrive...

"What?" The thugs inquired when they saw him chuckling.

Nico didn't care, he had a message to send.

"Kayla, the material is going there. Please take good care of it."

As soon as Kayla finished reading the new update of the manhwa, he rushed to find Apollo.

"Master! Master!" He rushed into the room before stopping herself a little under Apollo's questioning look. "M- manhwa has been uploaded."

"What?" Apollo stood up from his bed, looking extremely worried. "Did something go wrong? To him, too?" He wondered, unsure.

"I'm not sure whether it went wrong or not." Kayla admitted. "Nico is almost dying." Without waiting for any more explanations, Apollo took Kayla's phone from her hands and began reading for himself. "Master, look at this." Kayla pointed at the last drawing. "He sent me a message. He put this message for me to see, right? He said the material is coming here. What could the material be? What is the material? Could it be the tablet? Right?"

Apollo wasn't listening completely, he was racing through the different scenarios of what could have happened inside the manhwa and the reason why Nico would send such message to Kayla.

Suddenly, an unknown voice spoke behind them.

"What is this?"

Of all the people in the room, no one was more surprised than Apollo about the appearance.

"Master, it's Zeus-" Kayla shut herself up, covering her mouth.

"Perhaps, are you Apollo Solace?" Zeus Olympia spoke to him.

"Yes, that's me." Apollo admitted, nodding.

"You're saying you're Apollo Solace?" Zeus evidently wanted to confirm, earning another nod. "But you weren't here just a minute ago- Wait a minute." Zeus began looking at him with more attention. "But why do you look exactly like Orcus?" Apollo knew it was impossible to explain the difference and Zeus seemed to have made his mind. "You- Perhaps, you are Orcus, right?! How did you-?"

Kayla didn't waste the opportunity and launched at Zeus, taking the tablet successfully away from him. However, Zeus reacted to the attack and grabbed Kayla by the neck, choking her a little.

Apollo didn't allow things to go further in danger as he grabbed his serum lectern and began using it as a weapon against Zeus, hitting him on the back several times until he released Kayla. Once Zeus was on the floor, Apollo took the tablet from Kayla and rushed to the nearby desk.

"Master... How could Zeus Olympia bring it personally? He isn't a delivery person!" Kayla was trying to recover from the shock but Apollo was not listening. "This is... a real table, right? So there was a copy. But do you think it will function again, Master?" Apollo connected the tablet to the laptop and turned it on. "Master. Zeus Olympia... Zeus Olympia... Zeus Olympia went back." Apollo only glanced at where Zeus was before turning to the tablet and find another twist on the story.

His hand was disappearing.

He had no time for that now.

He had to draw.

In the same world, a bit far from the hospital, two warehouse workers who were beginning their last tasks of the day were greeted with a tied-up, bloody and passed out young man inside their locked-from-outside warehouse.

Meanwhile, Percy Jackson knew he had to give explanations.

The sudden appearance of Zeus Olympia's men in the penthouse to see if Will Solace was dead raised some questions between the most loyal security members and now, he had to give the explanations as to why Olympia's men were saying that CEO di Angelo was alive.

"Yeah." He was talking to Frank while walking into Will's room. It was a habit, it was the most silent room in the apartment. "Gather in the hotel for now. There is something I need to explain to you guys." He began sighing. "CEO di Angelo is in danger. The truth is that CEO di Angelo-" As soon as he said those words, Percy's eyes laid on Will, almost dropping his phone in the process.

Will Solace, who hours prior was dead, was alive and with his eyes open, looking at him.

"Cousin?" Percy ignored Frank for now, focusing on the 'miracle' that was in front of him.

"Mr. Solace?" He checked before rushing out of the room, shouting. "Nurse. Nurse!"

He should have stayed longer.

One minute, Will opened his eyes and saw Percy Jackson.

The next one, he could barely distinguish the words 'To Be Continued' on the edge of his bed.

It would look hard to explain when someone came into the room.

Luckily, he managed to get up from the bed, feeling better than he imagined. Someone had changed his clothes, so he wouldn't need to do so, nor he would need to rush to find clothes. He walked through the hallways, trying to look like another guest until he reached the manager's office.

"Excuse me." He spoke to the manager, calmly. "Is there any possibility to use a phone?"

"This way, sir." The manager nodded at him, guiding him inside and offering him the phone before giving him some privacy. Will stopped before dialing. Who should he phone to? His Mom? No, she would get more worried... His Dad? He dialled the number several times but no one answered. Kayla? Shaking his head, he dialled someone who wouldn't ask questions.

"Hello?" Kayla's voice was welcomed openly.

"Kayla." Will called her gently.

"Big Bro?" It was obvious that Kayla was surprised.

"It's me. What happened?" Will continued, serious. However, his listener was beyond listening now.

"B-Big Bro?! Big Bro, Big Bro Will? Are you really Big Bro Will?" Kayla asked over and over again, in happiness. "But, this is imposs... Big Bro, is it really you?"

"Yeah, I'm alive. I guess I survived." Will checked that no one was coming in when he was speaking.

"But, where are you? Where are you right now, Big Bro?" Kayla wanted to know, happiness leaking in her voice.

"I- I'm in the hotel right now. I just came back so suddenly." Will explained a bit.

"Are you okay? You're fine? You can talk? Oh, you're talking right now." Kayla answered her own question before firing again. "Well, nothing's strange? You can move all your fingers and toes?" Will could not bring himself to interrupt her. It was a nice rant. "And you can remember everything? What about the place you got shot?"

"I'm not hurt." He admitted. "I'm totally fine."

"Ah, you really make people worry!" Kayla scolded him.

"How did I survive?" I have to know how...

"Ah, really! Master! Master's drawings!"

"Dad came back?"

"Of course!" That was weird...

"But, he's not answering my calls."

"Huh? Ah, he should be in the house right now. He kept waiting for the manhwa to appear." Kayla suggested, a bit calmed down. "If he saw the manhwa, he'll come to find you soon. I'm looking for Nico right now." Kayla's voice turned a little more serious and Will picked up on it.

"Where?"

"Well, the place Nico was tortured."

"What do you mean tortured?" Will emphasized, not liking this.

"I came here to find him but he's not here right now." Kayla said, serious. "They said that they were worried so they called an ambulance, but he was gone by the time they arrived. But, he would've went back to you, right?"

"Is he really hurt?" Will insisted before getting a better idea. "No, I'll look at the manhwa to see what happened. That'll be faster."

"Want me to pick you up, Big Bro?" Kayla offered to him but Will declined.

"I'll go back on my own... You keep looking for him..." It was in that moment when the manager walked back in and Will hung up. "Thanks for the phone... I was wondering if I could use a computer for a moment?" The manager nodded and offered him a computer in the same office.

Will immediately searched for the manhwa.

After reading the latest manhwa episode, Will found himself holding back the tears while waiting on the hotel's front room.

In the moment he read what had happened, a small part of him wished that it was all fake but he knew it wasn't like that. The torture Nico had been exposed to left him weak and Will began to worry when he wasn't seeing him arriving.

"Why isn't he coming?" He mumbled, looking around. His worries about Nico not arriving soon were replaced by curiosity when a loud thunderstorm was heard pouring from one second to the other. Looking around, Will thought it was strange... until he saw something that cleared some doubts.

Reyna Ramirez-Arellano was walking to the hotel with an umbrella in hand.

Will stared in her direction but Reyna didn't see him until a moment later. It was obvious that she didn't know him and kept walking inside the hotel.

Will's questions were answered when seeing floating words.

'Final Episode'.

He was back inside the manhwa.