Nobody's pov
"Oh no, you don't." Nico pulled him back.
"Nico, what are doing here? I thought you were on Olympus." Percy said, completely taken by surprise.
"I knew you would try something so I asked them to send me here." Nico said.
"What? I'm not trying anything. It's not like the water will kill me." Percy reasoned.
"I know you Percy. If you can order the the water to save you, you can order it to kill you. Besides, I'm the son of death. I know when someone's jumping into it." Nico said.
"What do you care? I thought you hated me?" Percy shouted.
"Whatever gave you that idea, Percy?" Nico asked.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe because you wouldn't even look at me directly and because you acted like I gave you an electric shock every time I touch you. You still blame me for Bianca, I know you do." Percy's voice lowered at the last sentence.
"Percy, I edge away from everyone, not just you. I don't even talk to Hazel properly.
It's not because of you, it's because me. I'm not a people person. I thought you knew that by now. Bianca died a hero. I understand that now. And I do care about you Percy. I've always cared. You're the reason I'm alive. You're family, Percy. Now come here." At the last part, Nico pulled Percy towards him and shadow travelled back to Percy's house.
"Sally and Paul have gone to 's house. He needs them." Nico said as they reached the house. In Percy's home, Jason, Piper, Leo, Frank, Hazel and Calypso were waiting for them.
"You bought him back!" Hazel sighed in relief.
"Got there just in time." Nico said, as his sister first hugged him, then tackled Percy.
"What were you thinking?" Piper scolded.
"I wasn't." Percy admitted, and Piper realized she'd used charmspeak.
"We need to get some things straight." Jason spoke up.
"What things?" Percy asked
"Percy, repeat after me." Piper used a lot of charmspeak when she said that.
"What? But...okay." Percy looked as if in a trance. Good, it's working, Piper thought.
"I will never try to take away my life ever again." Piper spoke and Percy unwillingly repeated. "I swear on the River Styx, on my friend's life." Piper said. Percy fought the charmspeak but eventually ended up repeating after her.
Thunder boomed in a distance.
"What was that last part about?" Percy asked.
"Percy, what happens when you break a promise that you swear on the Styx?" Piper asked.
"You die." Percy replied flatly.
"Exactly, so now that we've made you promise not to try and kill yourself, if you even break the oath, you'll die. So either way you get killed. This last line can change that." Nico said.
"Change that how?" Percy asked.
"When you swear on the river Styx on someone else's life, they die when you try to break the oath. So now that you swore on your friends's life..." Nico faltered.
"No!" Percy shouted. "No! How could you?" He cried.
"It was the only way you'd listen. I'm sorry Percy, but we had to." Frank said.
Percy scowled at them, then ran up to his room. Everyone sighed sadly as they sat down.
Calypso felt terrible for having cursed Annabeth. Now she had Leo, but Percy was alone. She snuggled next to Leo and let the tears fall freely.
Sally and Paul returned shortly. Everyone stood up to greet them. Sally's eyes were puffed and red from crying. Paul was holding her as they walked in.
"He's broken, but he's managing." Paul's voice croaked as he spoke. Everyone felt bad for Dr. Chase. How hard it must be for him.
"Where's Percy?" Sally's eyes searched the room.
"He ran up to his room." Leo said.
"Did he try to do anything to himself?" Her voice shook with grief and worry.
"Yeah, but we made him swear not to do anything like that ever again." Piper said.
"I need to talk to him." Sally ran upstairs, only to be followed by everyone else.
They were walking towards his room when suddenly Sally stopped in her tracks.
Just outside his bedroom door, Percy lay on the floor, unconscious .