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Nico POV

I shot out of the door and looked around frantically for Percy. There was no one around and yet I still couldn't see him, but what I did notice was that the usually clear blue sky had turned an ashy grey despite the camp's protections. 'It must be Percy' I thought. With no further hesitation I took off towards the big house, there was only two places I could think that Percy would go and that was the closest.

A few minutes later I ran into the big house and, ignoring the shouts of a few campers, I took to the stairs two at a time – desperate to find the distraught hero. But when I got to his room it was empty, no Percy.

Quickly I spun around and dashed down the stairs to leave. But when I reached the porch I knew there would be no time to run to him. The sky was a thunderous grey and heavy rain fell to pummel the ground, the only advantage of this was the fact that there were plenty of shadows.

I plunged into the nearest one, praying to every god I could think of that Percy would be at the cove.

I stumbled as I emerged from the shadow of the rocks, but I didn't stop, picking myself up I ran around the last corner. He was there. In the middle of the beach hugging his knees as the wind whipped through his hair, was Percy.

"Percy, it's Nico." I called out to him.

A weak "Go away" was all I received in return. Undeterred I pressed on hoping to reach the son of Poseidon, but this close to the sea it was as if it was reacting on his pure emotions. As soon as I got close to him a wave surged towards me and I had to leap away to avoid it.

"Come on Perce!" I yelled "Let me come and talk to you please. It's just me!" The wind and the waves seemed to slow, but the rain kept coming down, pounding the earth. By now I was soaked to the bone, but I didn't care, if I couldn't help Percy now then I didn't know what would happen to him.

"I promise I'll answer any questions you have or just keep people away from you if that's what you want." I continued, but that seemed to be the wrong thing to say as Percy suddenly stood up and whipped around. Looking at him in that moment I could not see the boy who was broken, or my friend the living legend in his face. All I could see was pure anger and pain.

Sea green eyes glowed dangerously, flashing in the storm he had created. "What do you want from me?" Percy yelled back at me "Drop the act, I know you want something everyone does." I stepped back in shock, I never realised that he thought that way. That Percy's broken exterior could hide such anger and hatred towards not just the titans but everyone.

"You've been nice to me for weeks, why? I am not your friend, the one you tell stories about and remember he is long gone! This is what is left!" By the end Percy had tears streaming down his face but he refused to sit down. I realised that this must be how he had spent his time with Kronos just before he broke for him. Desperate but not seeing a way out.

I took a calming breath and another step back, there were now several metres between the angry son of the sea and me.

Carefully, trying not to further scare my friend, I sat on the wet sand. My hair was plastered to my face, but I didn't bother to move it I just looked up at him, waiting.

After a few moments Percy realised I was not going to move again, and the storm slowed slightly in his confusion. Now he would be able to hear me without me having to shout and possibly scare him more.

"Percy, I don't want anything from you." He looked at me suspiciously. "I swear by chaos." The storm stopped entirely, just for a second, as shock ran through him. Percy knew that to swear by the creation deities name and not instantly die I had to be telling the truth.

When the storm did pick up again the howling wind was no longer there, the only noise besides our breathing was the sound of the waves hitting the shore and the rain.

"All I want Percy is for you to be happy and safe." I told him. "Other than that, I want nothing from you, you can do as you please." The boy in question closed the distance between up down to a mere metre and sank to his knees in front of me. I so desperately wanted to go to him and hug him and tell him everything would be ok. But I knew I couldn't.

Not yet.

"Perce there will be people who want to use you, yes." He looked into my eyes, black meeting green, he was still crying but slower now. He was listening to me. "The titans" he flinched but I ignored it "wanted to use you for the war, and I am sure that there are those on our side who wish to do the same. But, I promise you that I will do everything in my power to let you have the freedom to decide what you do."

Finally, the rain slowed to a gentle stop but we both stayed sat on the wet sand. "Y-you would do that for me?" he asked me quietly.

"Percy," I replied starting to stand up "I would face the king all on my own if it meant I could save you." He looked up at me, hope shining in his eyes. "You are my friend and you are my hero, you don't deserve what has happened to you and I refuse to let it happen again." Slowly I held my hand out to him.

Shivering in the cold breeze I waited.

And waited.

And, just as my hope started to dwindle, a cautious hand clasped my own.

I pulled the son of the sea to his feet and from where he now stood above me he breathed "Okay, I believe you."

Hearing those words from him felt like the sky had been lifted from my shoulders, finally I was getting through to Percy. After weeks of trying I had finally begun to show him that I was his friend and I would help him.

I could feel myself shivering, freezing cold from being out in the storm but despite that a smile grew on my face.

Apparently, Percy also noticed as with a smile attempting to tug at his lips he tapped me on the shoulder and instantly I was dry. "C-can we go back to the big house now?" He asked innocently.

"Sure" I answered with a grin. "Are you ok with shadow travelling?" he nodded slowly and took my hand before closing his eyes. I tried to ignore the tingling of my skin where he touched me as I drew the shadows towards us and took us directly into his room. I knew he wouldn't be in the mood for other people right now.

"We're here." I told Percy as I let go of him, once we were on solid ground again.

Silently, he slipped away from me and sat on his bed. I followed slowly and sat with my back towards the window.

The son of Poseidon closed his eyes and tilted his head back to rest it on the wall. He looked so tired. Like this I could see every line of exhaustion and pain on his face.

My eyes traced the white scar that ran down from his hair line on the left to his jaw on the right. It was an evil way of Kronos showing everyone that Percy was his, he would never be able to hide the scar – to forget what had happened even if he lived for thousands of years.

But then again, every inch of him that I could see was also covered. Scars stretched out from under his pale grey t-shirt and laced along his arms. I didn't even want to think of the times I had seen his chest and its many lacerations, I imagined his back looked very similar.

I opened my mouth to ask him a question when suddenly there was a crash outside the door.

I shot to my feet and look towards it, on the bed Percy's eyes had snapped open and his hand was in his pocket. I knew he was clutching Riptide ready to use the sword should he need it.

The door swung open, banging against the wall, to reveal Jason. He was panting and sweating but he managed to get out.

"The army, it's here. The titans are attacking."

Dum Dum Dum.

So there you have it. A short chapter this time but we are finally moving away from Percy's healing and on to the war now - obviously he is still healing mentally but he will be doing that while i move the plot forwards. (It is now 10 weeks since they rescued him remember)

I have a question for you all because I'm a little confused - People keep asking if this fic is Percico or Nicercy and I thought they were just different ship names for Percy x Nico. Can someone please explain the difference to me. Thank you x

Ok that all for now, please keep reviewing because you honestly make my day, see ya.