This is my first fanfic so please don't throw shade.
Me: yes I totally own everything!
Rick: What?
Nico:she lying she owns nothing!
Rick: exactly
Me: but-
Rick: no!
Me: but- But-
Fandom: no!
Me: please! Have mercy!
Obama: no! You own nothing! Get on with the disclaimer and start the story!
Me, *crying: please!
Bianca rises from the dead* : no!
Me: fine...*sniff* I own nothing. I'm just a little fan girl writing fanfics on my iPad. I'll start the story now. * crying *
Nico PoV.
I sighed and walked back to Will.
"Ready?" He asked.
"As I'll ever be." I grumble. He laughs and starts walking towards the infirmary. I follow. We arrive to the infirmary and walk down the hall.
Will opens the door to a small room. He turns on the light and I look around.
There was a bed with a night stand, a big cabinet, and lots of medical stuff.
"You'll be staying here for three days so make your self at home." Will tells me.
"Why do I have my own room?" I ask.
"Well you are a more important patient and your staying here for a while. Go ahead and sit down." I sit on the bed and lean back on the pillows.
"So do you have anything that needs immediate medical attention?" Will asks going into doctor mode.
I think about the claw marks from Lycaon. They were stitched up but hurt like hell.
"Umm no..." I lie.
"Hmm...what about those Lycaon claw marks?" He asks, giving me a pointed look.
Wait...how did he know?
"How did you know?" He chuckles.
"It's a gift. I can tell when people are injured, sick, or in need of medical attention." He explains.
Hmm.
I roll my eyes and take my aviator jacket off, hissing as the material rubs against the marks.
I throw it on the ground and look a Will. He was studying the wound.
"Jesus Nico...these are infected. Who stitched them?"
"Reyna...I've never heard a demigod say Jesus."
"My family was super religious. I'm gonna take these out because their doing more harm than healing. Okay?"
I hmm in response. He grabs a pair of medical scissors and looks at me.
"This is gonna hurt really bad so try not to scream.
"Okay." I look away.
I hear the snipping of scissors but don't feel any thing but a pinch at the beginning. Two minutes later Will sighed and muttered "done."
I looked down and almost gagged. The claw marks were dug out of my skin and it was very bloody—
"Woah woah! I didn't say you should look!" Will exclaimed.
"You said done!" I argued.
"Yeah cos i was done with that part i still need to a ton more!"
I sighed and turned away.
Will got up and opened the cabinet. He got a jar of green paste, a baggy of ambrosia, a roll of bandages, and a rag. He set them down on the table next to my bed and wiped of the blood on my arm with the rag. He smeared the green paste on the wound and muttered a prayer to Apollo.
He gave a square of ambrosia and wrapped up my arm with bandages.
The ambrosia tasted like cardboard. Before Bianca died it tasted of a sweet pastry with raspberry cream.
Will stood up and threw away the gloves.
"What did you do?" I asked
"I gave you a shot, to numb your arm—" i whimpered.
"Shot?"
"..yeah, a shot. Why?" He asked confused.
"N-no reason." I replied
He looked at me in shock and then a smirk spread across his face.
"Are you afraid of needles?" He teased. I could feel heat rising to my cheeks.
"No why would i be afraid of needles? Who afraid of needles? Not me. No sir. I'm am not afraid of needles, your afraid of needles. Not me! I'm mean their really scary, and poky and sharp and weird and scary, but like kinda I'm kinda scared of them. I mean whaaaa? I'm not scared of needles your scared of needles not me! But like nobody in their right mind isn't scared of needles. But like not me..." i trailed off realizing i was rambling and sighed.
Will laughed and looked at me in the eye.
"Yess I'm scared of needles." I said in defeat. Will laughed again and picked up a clip board off the nightstand.
"Okay. So i gave you the shot, cut out the stitches and removed the infected area. The paste is a healing paste invented by Apollo himself. It should heal it faster and stop anything from infecting it. The ambrosia helps. And you should know why the bandages are there. But while your in the infirmary ill get you new bandages and reapply the paste every day. After you're out either do in your self or have some one help with that until its healed. Now i need to ask you some questions." He said.
"Okay."
"Name."
"Nico Di Angelo." He rote it down on the clip board
"Date of birth."
"January 28, 1932." Will choked.
"What?" He asked incredulously.
"Did i stutter?" I snapped.
"N-no. Just...how is that possible?"
"I was stuck in a hotel for seventy years with my sister. Time like went fast out side of the hotel. Me and Bianca were only in there for a month." I explained.
"Oh. Um okay. Allergies?"
"None that i know of."
"Family?"
I opened my mouth to speak but closed it again not trusting my self.
"Nico?" Will said.
I sighed. "Umm my mom died when i was like 5, that was before the Lotus hotel and casino, my sister Bianca died when i was ten, on the quest with percy to go save annabeth and Artemis." It took all of my will power not to cry at the mention of Bianca and my mom. "I have a half sister Hazel, my cousins percy and Thalia and Jason but their on the godly side so it doesn't really count. Me and Reyna got really close on our quest to get the Athena Parthenon here, so i kinda consider her family." I tell Will.
He scribbles some thing down on the clipboard and says,
"Umm I'm sorry for your loss? My dog died last year so i can kinda relate?" He says it like an question. I laugh humorlessly and sigh.
"Umm thanks. Sorry about your dog. What was their name?" I say.
"Pancake. She was a pit bull." He smiles.
"Pancake. Are you serious?" I laugh. He glares at me.
"Yes, pancake. You got a problem with that Di Angelo?"
"No no. Just a funny name."
"I was four when i named her so don't judge." He snapped. "Anyway, when did you get vaccinated last?"
"Um I didn't." I say.
"What?! You didn't get vaccinated?! Nico seriously! Have you had any medical attention? Ever?"
"My mom took me to the doctor once when i had a fever but other than that no." I respond slightly worried.
Will gaped. "Well um we'll get you vaccinated another time. Umm next question. When was the last time you slept the whole night, and had at least eight hours of sleep?"
"Umm I don't know, maybe four?" I say shrugging.
"Four days? That's good—" i cut him off
"No, years. Not days."
"What?"
"It's been four years, not four days." I explain. Will makes a noise between a squawk and a whimper. He gapes and stared at me wide eyed.
"Nico do you have any idea how unhealthy that is?! You need to sleep! It's a part of life! If you don't you could pass out from exhaustion at any moment! People hav gone insane from sleep deprivation!"
"I don't have time to sleep." I say. Will rolls his eyes and groans. He face palms.
"Well now you do. Sleep. Ill come back tomorrow morning with breakfast and maybe your friends can visit. Night." He gets up from his stool and walks to the door.
"Woah woah woah, its only like 2, how can you expect me to sleep?" I argue.
"Oh when i turn off the light you'll get like really tired and sleep better, the rooms enchanted."
"Hmm. Okay...but I'm not tired right now so I don't really need sleep. Isn't that kind of unnatural?"
"No, I wouldn't say unnatural more like helpful. And nico you really need to sleep. You have dark circles under your eyes and you look really bad." I glare at him. "Not meant to be offensive! Not like your ugly! Your actually really cute and I didn't mean you look bad i just meant bad as in like you need to sleep."
It took me a moment to register his words and when I did, i would like to say I didn't blush but that would be lying so... my face turned as red as a fire truck and i almost choked on air.
"O-oh." I said.
Wills eyes widened and he looked away quickly. "Umm, yeah get some sleep." He fled from the room and my eyelids got very heavy.
Day two.
I sat up and rubbed my eyes. It took me a second to clear my thoughts and I looked at the digital clock on the night stand.
6:30 am.
Wow. I actually slept.
I could hear the noise from the other patients in the infirmary. I sigh and look around.
On the night stand there is two plates. One had a hamburger and fries and one had pancakes and bacon and a bowl of fruit. It was then that my stomach growled and i grabbed the plate with the pancakes.
The door opened and there was will. He walked in and a group of people followed. It was the remaining of the seven and Reyna.
"Hey Nico." Jason said.
"What." I said.
"Don't be rude to your guests." Will said grabbing some bandages and green paste from the cabinet. He walked over and took off my bandages, inspecting the claw marks. I glare at him.
"Yeah Nico." Percy said.
"No seriously why you guys here?"
"We wanted to visit you." Reyna said. I rolled my eyes.
"Wait." Percy said, looking at Will, and then at his hand which was wrapping bandages around my arm. "Why aren't you brutally murdering him right now?"
I frowned. "Why would i be murdering him?"
"Because you hate physical contact and almost ripped of my arm when i poked you once."
"Yeah but I can't exactly kill my doctor can i?" I said.
"Well there is the rest of the Apollo cabin." Frank said.
"And all of them are afraid of me."
"So?" Percy said.
"So I wouldn't be able to heal." I said like I was talking to a five year old.
"Oh." I rolled my eyes.
"So do you need anything?" I asked again.
"Nico we just want to see you. You don't need to be so sour." Reyna said.
"Yes mother." I muttered.
"What was that?" She snapped.
"Nothing." I grumble.
"Somebody get he popcorn I found a new show I want to watch!" Percy said. I rolled my eyes and finish my pancake.
We visited until will said that i needed to rest and everyone left.
"K. You can just chill here. Ill bring you lunch in a little. You can watch tv if you want." Will said and a tv appeared on the wall.
He left and I turned on the tv.
Next day
Running. Darkness. Blood. Monsters. Memories. Shadows swirling like endless clouds of nothing around me.
A claw raked across my arm and I screamed as poison soaked through my veins. I collapsed.
My eyes shot open. I tried to steady my breathing. My short ragged breath slowed and my fingers traced the scars on my arm.
"Nico?"
I hummed.
"You okay?"
I sat up groggily and looked around at the sevens worried faces.
"Yeah." I told Hazel. "I'm fine."
"Are you sure? You were shaking." Jason said.
"Just...dreaming."
"What about?" Annabeth said.
"Nothing of your concern." I said sternly. "Did I miss breakfast?"
"No actually. Wills said we could take you there." Percy said.
"Cool."
We headed to the pavilion and sat around a table. Will came over and sat with us.
"hey." He said.
"Morning." I said.
"How are you feeling?"
"Good."
"Good as in 'I am done healing today' or good as in 'I'm still healing and need your amazing skills to save my life'?" He asked.
"I'm done healing."
"Great."
Chiron stomped his hoof and the campers quieted.
"Campers. Today I received a pleasant surprise. I was greeted on the porch of the big house today by an old friend. She can only stay for a short time but I believe you will make the most of it." He looked directly at me. "So, welcome to camp my child. You couldn't spend much time with us before but, now you can visit for a while."
A twelve year old girl stepped into the pavilion. She had dark brown hair and dark eyes. She wore a silver parka and jeans. She had a bow over her shoulders and a quiver of arrows at her back. She smiled at me and I could feel my knees buckle.
Will PoV
I heard Nicos sharp intake of breath. Percy and Annabeth's mouths dropped open. Many campers gasped. This girl looked so familiar. Who-
No.
No way.
She said something in Italian to Nico and tears welled up in his eyes. He stood up and they rushed towards each other. Nico enveloped her in a hug and she wrapped her arms around his torso. Bianca was still twelve and nico was now fourteen so he was quite taller than her.
Nicos frame shook and a single tear fell down the side of his face. (Ghost king crying? No way!) campers cooed at the sweet site.
"Awwwwwwww!" Nico flipped them the bird behind his sisters back.
Nico let out a shaky breath and pulled away giving his sister a kiss on the cheek. They exchanged word in Italian. Given the fact that Italian is the language of music, Apollo kids can understand it.
"What are you doing here?" Nico said. "i thought you chose rebirth."
"I did. But I dined again so instead of trying again, i stayed. And then father said you where sad or something so i could visit." Bianca explained.
"Oh. How long can you stay?"
"Three days. Also i want to meet that girl, father said, hazel? Roman?"
"Oh yeah she's a daughter of Pluto." They started walking back to our table.
"Hello." Bianca said as she sat down.
"Hey. You're alive." Percy said.
"Yes. Father let me visit. He said nico was lonely and I'm staying for three days." She explained.
"Oh. Bianca, this is hazel, frank, piper, Jason, Leo-" Everyone winced. "Never mind that last one, Reyna and will." Nico said.
"Nice to meet you all. I heard something about a war?"
Later.
"Hey. Do i need to go back to the infirmary or anything or can i be done." Nico leaned over and whispered to me.
"I just need to change your bandages and stuff first." I told him. He nodded.
"Nico where were you?" Bianca asked.
"Hell." He covered his mouth with his hand. "Sorry. Tartarus." He said quickly looking at hazel. Percy and annabeth stiffened.
"Sorry! Didn't mean to say that!" They relaxed.
"What's up with them?" Bianca said.
"They went to." Piper said.
"Aw. Poor things."
Nico looked a little hurt. I could understand why. His sister had just put these to people she barely knew before her brother.
"Hey, nico we need to change your bandages." I said. He nodded and stood up.
"See ya at the campfire."
