I knew there was a lot of Nico fans, but JEEZ! Don't worry, Nico is one of my favorites too.

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Leo

That night I told Jarvis to lock my doors to everyone except Thor in case of emergencies. I Iris Messaged Calypso. She was crying. It took all my willpower not to cry too. I tried desperately to cheer her up.

After lying in bed for forever, I finally drifted into dreams.

I was at camp. Home. I ran in the border, past the big house, to the lake. Sure enough, everyone was there. All laughing and smiling.

Calypso looked as beautiful as ever. I missed her so much. She ran to me arms out. I met her with open arms.

Everyone greeted me happily. Even Nico. I knew I could never leave them. Why did I leave in the first place? It wasn't like I could just stop being a son of Hephaestus. And I couldn't mean that much to Uncle T and Aunt Pep. When I moved, I was just being selfish.

Everywhere around us, darkness began to form. My friends disappeared.

I looked at the camp in ruins. Things were burning, and flooding. Cockroaches swarmed. The Golden Fleece was gone. Actually, the whole pine tree was gone.

"No." I whispered. Then I yelled out. "Whoever you are come out here and let me kick your butt like a real man!"

A cruel laugh came. And a figure stepped out of the shadows. He was like, made of bronze, and wore a spiffy looking monkey suit. His neck was as big as my entire body. I saw a grimace as he looked down at me. Can't blame him, he must be as stiff as… something stiff.

"A real man, Leo Valdez? Is that what you call yourself?" He mocked. Then his stood at his tallest- seven feet- and raised his hands as if gesturing at the body of camp. What was left of it. "Look what I have done. Or what I plan to do. But in order to get this, the so called heroes of Olympus must be taken care of first. Starting with this one." He reached back, and to my despair pulled out a body and flung it on the ground in front of me.

"Nico!" I rushed forward. He was barely breathing.

Stiff scoffed. "Hardly a challenge. Take him as a small taste of what's to come. Return to camp, little demigod. Face me with your friends. Or stand back and let them die. We will spare you if you stay out of our way. We'll even give you the bodies of the heroes. After all, we Titans respect power. And you defeated Gaia herself."

I looked up at him, furious. "Titans, huh? Well I'll tell you something. Titans or not, I'll whoop your butt if Nico is really like this when I wake up. Heck, you surrender and I won't put my spanking hot war machine on you, cuz you can't win."

I ignited my hands and prepared to kick his sorry dream butt. I realized my head was on fire too. I was too angry to care.

He laughed again. "We'll see little demigod."

I felt something on my fist. Very hard and bumpy. And someone was shaking me awake. Thor. I blinked my eyes open and pulled my feet and hands back to me. Looking up I was surprised to see not only Thor, but the rest of the Avengers and Aunt Pepper.

"It was just a nightmare." Thor said unconvincingly. We both knew it probably wasn't.

I looked at everyone again, trying to clear my head. Oh no. What if I caught on fire in my sleep? Was I screaming? What had brought them in here? I was pretty sure I had locked the door. To everyone but Thor. I turned to him. "You let them in?"

Thor didn't answer. He just looked at me, questioning me. What had happened?

My dream! Please, please don't let it be real! I climbed out of bed, full of energy and blurted out, "I have to go!"

Everyone just stared at me. "What?" Uncle T asked, looking confused.

I ignored him and ran to my closet for shoes. I knew I should've packed an emergency escape backpack or something.

Tool belt! I had to get my tool belt! Unfortunately, it was under my pillow, which was surrounded by a bunch of super mortals.

Captain America went over to the doorway, which was for some reason, broken, and crossed his arms. "Leo! Tell us where you're going!"

Oh, joy. This keeps getting better and better. I was thinking of breaking out the fire, but Thor interrupted before I could.

"I suggest you let him pass, Captain. You saw him pick up Mjolnir. He is my brother now. My fellow prince."

PRINCE! Who said anything about being a prince?! And whoever that Mjolnir guy was, I didn't pick him up!

The Captain opened his mouth to reply, but before he could, the lights started flickering, and shadows came to form in the middle of the room. I froze. Please don't be Nico, please don't be Nico.

It was Nico. Inwardly I cursed the Fates.

The lights flickered back on and I heard Aunt Pepper gasp. I couldn't blame her. Nico was not looking good, just like his dream self. The only difference was, this Nico was somehow awake. He looked straight at me and looked like he was about to say something. Instead he dropped his sword and fell to his knees. I rushed forward to catch him.

This boy had to lay off the brownies. I laid him down as gently as I could and check his pulse. Faint. And he was still losing blood. Ignoring the others, I dove for my tool belt.

I fumbled, pulling out bandages and tape. I vaguely heard someone talking, but I tried to put all my attention on Nico. But it didn't take a genius like me to know he needed a real doctor. I wondered if Will could tell if something was wrong. I made sure no one was looking and fed him some ambrosia. His bleeding slowed a little.

I took off Nico's jacket and shirt, knowing the worst injuries were probably there. I felt someone come up behind me.

"Leo?" Aunt Pepper sounded so small, it hurt. I didn't look up.

"He needs a doctor."

Taking his cue, Dr. Banner came forward and started putting pressure on the worst of his wounds. I heard people run out of the room. Uncle Tony and Captain America came up behind Dr. Banner and gently picked Nico up. It was just me, Thor, and Aunt Pepper in the room.

I was about to follow Uncle Tony when Thor grabbed me and pulled me aside. He no longer looked at me in wonder, which I was glad about. But he called be his bro, so I was a little uncomfortable.

Thor didn't seem to notice. He looked at me expectantly. I sighed. Nico would be safe here. I had to warn my friends. I swore, if Stiff even LOOKED at Calypso.

I turned to Thor. "Can you cross camp borders?"

He nodded slowly. Then he turned and led me out the room, rubbing his hammer thoughtfully.

"I can fly you there. It will be the fastest."

I nodded, wishing Festus was there. When we got to the roof, Thor scooped me up and launched into the air. I felt like a baby.

Next stop, Camp Half-Blood. I hoped everyone wasn't dead.


Hope that cleared up some things.

Some of you have asked for longer chapters. I could make them longer, like, the equivalent of 2 or 3 chapters of what I have now, but updates will come MUCH slower. Your choice.

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