When Leo had learned about Nico that he wasn't sure about Nico, he never did tell either side camp about each other. Why didn't he tell anyone about the other camp, for it could have got a lot more smoother if Nico had done that. Leo wasn't even sure if Nico could be trusted and that Nico being trapped could mean a trap for them. Knowing that they have to defeat Gaea that they may not have the time to go and get him but than again Nico apparent holds the key to the doors of death. They needed to close the doors of death before going to defeat Gaea and her giants that apparently could only be defeat by gods and demigods working together. As Percy told them about his dream that Leo was questioning Nico's loyalties, he might be Hazel's brother but Nico seems shady. Percy had also told everyone about his dream last night about his dream of Nico.
"Nico... Oh, gods. The seeds."
"You know what they are?"
"He showed them to me once. They're from our stepmother's garden."
"Your step... oh. You mean Persephone."
"The seeds are a last-resort food. Only children of Hades can eat them. Nico always kept some in case he got stuck somewhere. But if he's really imprisoned - "
"The giants are trying to lure us. They're assuming we'll try to rescue him."
"Well, they're right! Won't we?"
"Yes! It'll involve fighting, right?"
"Hazel, of course we'll help him. But how long do we have before... uh, I mean, how long can Nico hold out?"
"One seed a day. That's if he puts himself in a death trance."
"A death trance? That doesn't sound fun."
"It keeps him from consuming all his air. Like hibernation, or a coma. One seed can sustain him one day, barely."
"And he has five seeds left. That's five days, including today. The giants must have planned it that way, so we'd have to arrive by July first. Assuming Nico is hidden somewhere in Rome - " Piper hand put her hand on Hazel's shoulder before she had spoke.
"That's not much time. We'll find him. At least we know what the lines of the prophecy mean now. 'Twins snuff out the angel's breath, who holds the key to endless death.' Your brother's last name: di Angelo. Angelo is Italian for 'angel.'"
"Oh, gods, Nico..."
"We'll rescue him. We have to. The prophecy says he holds the key to endless death."
"That's right. Hazel, your brother went searching for the Doors of Death in the Underworld, right? He must've found them."
"He can tell us where the doors are and how to close them."
"Yes. Good."
"Uh... One thing. The giants are expecting us to do this, right? So we're walking into a trap?"
"We have no choice!"
"Don't get me wrong, Hazel. It's just that your brother, Nico... he knew about both camps, right?"
"Well, yes."
"He's been going back and forth and he didn't tell either side."
"You're wondering if we can trust the guy. So am I."
"I don't believe this. He's my brother. He brought me back from the Underworld, and you don't want to help him?"
"Nobody's saying that. Nobody had better be saying that."
"Look, guys. All I mean is - "
"Hazel, Leo is raising a fair point. I remember Nico from Camp Jupiter. Now I find out he also visited Camp Half-Blood. That does strike me as... well, a little shady. Do we really know where his loyalties lie? We just have to be careful."
"You... the great Jason Grace... the praetor I looked up to. You were supposed to be so fair, such a good leader. And now you..." Hazel had stormed off and away from the room, Emily knows she can be cold at time but honestly what Jason and Leo had done was really cold, even more colder than what Hercules had ever done.
"Hazel! Ah, jeez. I should - "
"You've done enough."
"Give her time. You guys, that was pretty cold."
"Cold? I'm just being cautious!"
"Her brother is dying."
"I'll go talk to her."
"No. Let her cool down first. Trust me on this. I'll go check on her in a few minutes."
"But... Fine. I'll wait." Jason and looked over at Emily and spoke.
"Elizabeth, you know I am ..." Leo had expected Emily to be on Jason's and his side of this that Nico can't be trusted but it was apparent of what Emily did next. For before Jason could finish that Emily had slammed her fists into the table with such a force that was too much from a girl of her size. Leo and the others backed away from Emily, for power radiated from her and the silver glow she has was even more bright this before making Leo worry. Huns Emily had yelled at them.
"Are you two insane?"
"He could ..."
"No, he couldn't for if know him. You are only using the excuse of him knowing about both camps as a reason not to trust him. That is the most stupidest and obscure reason ever on the fact of the planet to use for someone to be a traitor. If Nico is a traitor for that reason than I will be a traitor for the same reason, for I know about both camps. I am the protecter of the roman state and the home. I have friends in both camps and up you know me well enough to know I would never turn my back on anyone that is close to me. That I would risk everything I have to make sure they are protect even I toss myself into Tartarus just to save the whole world or even throw myself off of Mount Olympus."
"He is a son of Hades. Hades has ..."
"Hazel is a daughter of Pluto, Hades's roman aspect. For that reason she should be a traitor. Just give me a good dam reason of why we shouldn't trust Nico?" No one said a word when Emily had said that, so she had went on but she wasn't yelling this time. "You see there is no reason to not trust Nico, you are haut following back on the roman ways on this Jason and it is stupid in this war that we are facing. This is what Gaea wants guys to have us fight as well as set up traps for us to stop or delay us from our quest. We can't let her win for the world will fall if she succeeds, if we start fighting among ourselves than Gaea would win. Sure they might be traitors but for the most part she would bring back the demigods that are most dangerous or ones hat she thinks would be a use to her plans. Of which means all ten of us as well as a few others like Octavian and Nico."
"But we don't know where his loyalties lie." Emily raised an eyebrow when Jason said that.
"He is on our side, I know this for a fact, other than Hazel, Bianca and myself knows Nico the best. Nico cares about his sisters and he never ever will turn his back on his two sisters, whatever side that they are fighting on that he will be fighting on that same side."
"Why didn't he tell anyone about the two camps?"
"The same reason the gods had made that oath of not to talk about the two groups to each other and the same reason I had never told either camp about each other. That it will cause a civil war and it would be more bloody than the last civil war was of which was in the 1860s. You know from history that war was one of the bloodiest wars ever, even more so than the two World Was combine. Think of what will happen if something happened at Camp Jupiter when you got there like started blowing it up. That would have caused another civil war, I may not have been alive in the civil war but I can promise that it would be worse than the last civil war."
Emily had than stormed off after she said that, her words had hit deep as she spoke that Leo realized a few things. That Emily was right of why Nico never told either camp about each other, the other thing that hit was the fact of how he really feels towards her. Leo had kept his distance from her somewhat after knowing for sure that dating seasonal was not an option for a hunter. However he realized that he had fallen for Emily, it wasn't just what she can do and knows what she was capable of but it was spirit that drawn him to her. He wasn't drawn to her like he had been with Festus, it was more like wanting to get to know her as a person instead of thinking of her as a life form. Leo felt bad now after Emily had said about Nico, both Jason and his elf should have realized that the reason of being a son of hades and was aware of both camps had meant that they were calling Hazel and Emily traitors. Leo didn't know Hazel as week as he did Emily, but he knows that neither Emily or Hazel were traitors. It was clear that Jason felt just as bad about what he said to Emily and Hazel. It wasn't till when it was just Leo, Piper and Jason left that Piper had spoke.
"I hope you two are aware of how stupid you two were being earlier?" Leo had looked over at Piper when she said that.
"Piper, please don't rub it in. I feel bad enough."
"Well good, you two better apologize to both Hazel and Emily of what you said." However he didn't have that time since Frank and Percy and a coach Hedge had left the ship and Leo had to go up and landed the ship. Leo had remained close to the controls when the three return, than they were attack by a group that had got onto the ship by using a plane that looked old fashion but built recently. They were held in place by some sort of soldiers when Emily and the other two of the ten had come up. But than Emily had started fighting with he guy when he realized that Emily was lieutenant America when the guy called her lieutenant America that Leo couldn't believe it. For he and read comics about her and her uncle as well as hearing about the avengers and that she was one of them. After Leo had got rid of the guy that had been holding him in place that he watched as Emily fought with the sword of Lieutenant America. Leo knew that she had to be Lieutenant America with that sword in her hands for he remembered reading in the comics that only lieutenant America could hold that sword and the staff she uses. Than Emily had knocked the guy over board and than James and Emily had spoke one right after the other.
"'Cut off one head...'"
"'Two more shall take it's place.' We better keep an eye out for any more HYDRA as well as monsters. Hopefully the red skull would stay died this time." Leo didn't get that at all nor what had followed. It seem the others didn't fully get it either, of which was a surprise. Leo had went back to the controls as Emily went down below, he still feels really guilty of what he said earlier, after a hour that he managed to get Annabeth to do the driving. When Annabeth was at the controls that he had went down below and entered Emily's room quietly as Leo half hoped that Emily was laying on her bed fast asleep. Leo had closed the door behind him and walked over to her and sat down next to her, he reached out to touch her but stopped himself. He wasn't sure of what kind of reaction that he might get from Emily if he touched her and he wasn't sure if he should wake her or not.
But his feelings had won over and he lightly touched her face and hair, honestly, Leo thought her skin would feel tough. But her skin felt soft under his touch, like a rose, her hair felt like silk. Now that he was this close to her that he could smell flowers of different kinds and different kinds of trees, among them roses and pines. Leo had moved his hand away, as he did so that Emily had opened her eyes and blinked a couple of times before she had looked at him. Leo had frozen when she had looked at him, he wasn't sure what to say or do at the moment. He didn't think he could tell her that he wanted to know what her and skin felt like or even tell her that he wondered what she and smelled like. He wasn't even sure of how she would respond to that at all, he had seen three sides of her, the gentle and caring side like a mother, the anger and the warrior side that comes out like it did when she faced the red skull. Emily was a mystery to solve but yet he couldn't solve it in the way he could machines.
"Leo, why are are you?" Leo had to bite his bottom lip as he thought of what to tell Emily, than he remembered what Emily has said earlier and what Piper had said.
"I wanted to say sorry for what I said about Nico, it is haut that it is in a time of war and with Gaea waking up ..." Leo wasn't sure what else he should say but Emily had spoke.
"I understand that, but Leo, no one should jump to the conclusion that a son of Hades is a traitor, it seems like that most people jump to that whenever they talk about Hades, pluto or any of his children. But not every single child of Hades or Pluto is a traitor, look at Hazel or even Nico in the Titan war. Nico was the one that had convinced Hades to come band help fight against Kronos and that helped our fight against Kronos." Leo had nodded, he didn't say anything else as he left the room with Emily watching him leave the room without knowing what else to say to him. When Leo had got onto the deck that he had went over to Hazel of who seem to be sea sick and he did his best to help her. As he tried to help her that he notice Emily had come back on the deck and up she walked over to where Leo and Hazel were. When Emily had come over that Hazel had spoke.
"I've been mulling it over, how much you reminded me of - "
"Sammy, I wish you'd tell me who he is."
"Who he was, I've been thinking...I might be able to show you."
"You mean like a photo?"
"No. There's a sort of flashback that happens to me. I haven't had one in a long time, and I've never tried to make one happen on purpose. But I shared one with Frank once, so I thought..."
"When you say flashback... What exactly are we talking about? Is it safe?" Hazel had held her hands to him.
"I wouldn't ask you to do this, but I'm sure it's important. It can't be a coincidence we met. If this works, maybe we can finally understand how we're connected." Hazel had looked over at Emily. "Elizabeth I want your to come as well." Emily had merely nodded when Hazel had said that. Leo had looked at the helm, for some reason he felt like he forget something but he wasn't sure what it was.
"Okay, Show me." Emily had Leo had took one of Hazel's hands and the world had dissolved.
