A/N: Yo, chillins. Thanks to all who reviewed. I'll reply to your reviews in a quick minute. Just so you guys know, this chapter's kinda short and pretty depressing, but it's a necessary filler, so please enjoy and review!

Pseudonymous Soul: I'm so glad you like it :) And I like chocolate strawberries too! My friend is obsessed with them. Thanks for reviewing!

Creamtherabbit77: OMG DUDE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM CAKE= AMAZING. You have a good taste in chocolate. Glad you liked the chapter! Thanks for reviewing!

HpHgPjGone: Beautiful penname. I like all those books. Glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing!

Hope-Hikari: What does your penname mean? It's magical… anyway, I think Nico's older than Hazel, but with their crazy lives, who knows? And, yeah, she's in a mental asylum… poor Nicky indeed… thanks for reviewing!

Keeta-x-Tribias: Hi Tribias! I saw your profile so I'm not confused anymore. What does Tribias mean though? I figured Keeta is Katniss and Peeta. Anyway, nice quote. Yeah, Nico's gonna have a hard time with all of this, you'll see. Thanks for reviewing! Make Keeta review too! :)

JEC00k: Sorry this is so different from Oh, Nico, lol. Nico has so many different personalities, it's easy to write him in twelve different ways. I'm excited to see how Rick Riordan writes him in House of Hades, since I'm guessing he'll be one of the narrators. Anyway, your sister is special for making you an amazing penname. Sorry I don't know you in reality… :( That'd be cool if I did :). And don't worry about your abundant use of :P. I say anyway a lot, so we're even. Thanks for reviewing!

.Enemy.172: Your penname is also very special. It's good advice, right there. Glad you like the story. And I've never had a double chocolate muffin with Nutella, although we do have that here in America. That's so cool that you're from Germany. If you ever have any questions about English/American, ask away. And just so you know, we say 'people' as a plural of person, not persons. Just pointing that out. Other than that, your English is great. Thanks for reviewing!

And now, chapter four!

Disclaimer: If I owned something, I'd be bragging about it for like twelve pages. This is not twelve pages long. Do the math.

Chapter Four

The doors to Hades's throne room dramatically burst open, and the death god's son stomped in, angry tears streaming down his cheeks.

"What happened to Hazel?" Nico demanded.

Hades froze and stared at his son, not sure how to reply. Alecto stood next to him, giving the death god a smug "I told you so" look.

"Nico…" Hades began softly.

"Father," Nico begged. "Percy thought it was his fault I was gone. He blamed himself. If he was so upset about my so-called death… Father, what happened to Hazel?"

"I'm sorry," the death god whispered. "There was nothing I could do. You made me swear."

Nico fell to his knees and broke into sobs, muttering, "I'm so sorry, Hazel," and, "This is all my fault," through his tears.

Hades shifted uncomfortably. "Nico… she is still alive. I made sure of that. She's just… she's not…"

"Not what?" Nico asked, looking up at his father.

"Well… not… sane."

Nico frowned. "What do you mean?"
Hades glanced at Alecto. The Fury turned to Nico. "My lord, your sister resides in a mental hospital in san Francisco. She didn't take your death very well at all."

Nico stared up at the two immortals in horror. "Y-you mean… my- my sister, she- Hazel went insane because of me?!"

Hades and Alecto exchanged glances, then simultaneously nodded to the boy.

Tears welled up in Nico's eyes and he put his head in his hands, sobbing. "This is all my fault!" he exclaimed to no one in particular. "I should've told them! They suffered because of me!"

Hades glanced at Alecto, not sure whether to try and comfort Nico or not. The Fury shook her head.

"Where is she?" Nico asked, trying to calm his tears. "I—I have to see her."
"What about Bianca?" his father questioned.

Nico flinched. He had a point. That had been the whole point of this stupid plan—to find Bianca again. He had to at least carry that out.

Nico shook his head. "I- I don't know. I want to find her, but… but Hazel—"

"I'll tell her you're alive," Hades interrupted. "I'll talk to Dionysus and try to convince him to help her. You go find Bianca."

Nico nodded and wiped his tears away. "Thank you, Father."

Nico reached into his pocket and felt his Hades figurine. He took a deep breath, then shadow-traveled away.

When Percy woke up, his wife was glaring at him from a chair across from their bed, her arms crossed over her large belly.

Percy scrambled out of bed. "Annabeth, what are you doing? You should be resting—"

"I thought we were over this," Annabeth interrupted.

Percy frowned in confusion. "What?"
"You told me your therapist was helping you," Annabeth continued. "You said it probably wouldn't happen anymore. I thought for sure that seeing him alive again would end all this."
Percy shook his head. "Annabeth, I… what do you—"

"That poor kid," Annabeth cut him off. "You terrified him."
Percy said nothing. He had nothing to say—he had no idea what his wife was talking about.

"Nico, Percy," she explained. "He's gone now. He ran off after you finished your little tantrum. I wasn't gonna tell him about Hazel, Percy, but there's no doubt he'll find out now."

Percy shifted uncomfortably. "Gods, I forgot about Hazel… What do we do?"

Annabeth sighed. "I don't think there's anything we can do. But when—if— he comes back, you better assure him it's not his fault you're like this. Okay?"
Percy nodded. "Of course."

Annabeth stood from her chair and slowly made her way to the door. "I'm going to visit Rachel. I'll see you later." She paused before leaving. "Oh, and by the way, Percy, you're sleeping on the couch tonight."

With that, Annabeth left the room, leaving her husband, to sit down on their bed and sigh. "I'm sorry, Nico," he whispered. "I'll make this right. I swear it on the River Styx."

All across Manhattan, thunder was heard.

A/N: I've noticed that I'm really bad at writing Hades, and yet I do it all the time anyway… sorry about that. Sorry this chapter was so short, I'll try to make the next one longer. Also, I apologize if Nico was OOC. He hasn't really had true feelings in fifteen years, and so this is really hard for him. And please continue to let me know how I'm doing with Percy and Annabeth, I'm always worried when I write for adults. Anyway, hope you liked the chapter, and please review!

Question of the chapter: pick one of three:

1) Do you like orange juice with or without pulp?
2) When you brush your teeth, do you wet the toothbrush, and then put on the toothpaste, or put on the toothpaste and then wet the toothbrush?
3) What is your favorite smell?