'x'= thoughts
"x"= speech/ talking
Around 3 months later...
In the western side of the world an innocent blue slice of birthday cake slid off of the thin plastic plate onto the floor with a splat. Two pair of concern eyes turned towards the thin boy who just moments before had took the plate reverently. His face became ashen and his dark eyes were unfocused. His lips began to form a silent no only to stop midway. As if a switch was click his skin returned to his semi-pale color and his eyes once again became focused and his breathing was heard once again.
As the older boy began to form the question 'if he was okay' the younger male promptly fell onto the wooden chair behind him.
"Nico!" Rushing towards him he grabs his head to see if he fainted. "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine" was quietly mumbled out as if it was a chant. He shakes his head and turns towards Percy.
"I'm sorry Percy, b-but I need to go" Pushing his arm away he began to walk to the shadows that were swirling along the corner of the wall.
"No Nico, I'm not letting you go just like that. I'm going with you."
"Let go of me. It has nothing to do with you. I need leave now so let GO!"
Percy's strong grip became relaxed but he was still holding onto Nico's wrist. Nico jerks his wrist out of Percy's grasp and looks away to concentrate on his destination as he forms the shadows. Whisperering a low 'goodbye' to Ms. Jackson and a small 'thanks' to Percy he runs forward.
"SORRY NICO!" was yelled behind Nico as the shadows covered him. "YOU! IDIOT" He screamed at Percy who hitch a ride on the back of his shirt.
The ride was soon over and two boys emerge out of nowhere in a dark alley. A yell was heard from Nico as he crashed into the concrete wall. Percy winced at the crack that sounded 'ouch'. He stumbled towards Nico shaking the last of his dizziness off. "Nico you okay?" "Nico?"
Percy bend down and turned Nico's head to the side to see a lump beginning to form on the side of his head. "That's going to hurt when he wakes up." Traffic was heard at the end of the ally, the sun was shining and either shadow traveling took a longer time that what he felt or they were somewhere far away from New York as it was 10 at night when Nico arrived and it was clearly day wherever he was now. "Great, just great." Turning his head towards Nico he apologizes "Sorry Nico I am going to have to leave you for a little bit though I'll be right back."
He jogs up ahead blinking, his eyes adjusting to the brightness out of the alley. Seeing a small stand selling newspaper he rushes towards it hoping it would tell him the date. He ignores the looks he feels on his back which he realized is now full of dirt and is quite noticeable against the white cotton of his shirt. It was only until he reached for the paper did see that it was not his dyslexia acting up that caused him to see the words in a foreign language but the words were actually in another language. 'chinese maybe?' Percy gave a small groan. 'Well Nico did often comment that he made accidental trips to China but the way he was acting I thought he needing to go to the underworld or something. Heh, maybe I cause us to land in China when I grab onto him?' Percy returns back to Nico still knock out on the ground. His eyes widen and he grins knowing that Nico was okay with the soft moan that escaped his lips.
Groaning Nico pushes himself up reaching to the pocket in his pant and pulling out a tiny yellow square and popping it in his mouth. He gets up and walks towards Percy punching him hard on the arm.
"What was that for?"
"For following me and almost getting me killed. Do you have any idea on the danger of shadow traveling? No of course not or you wouldn't have grabbed onto me. Anyways you might as well follow me to see where we are."
"I already explored, where we are either in chinatown and it took us hours to shadow travel or we are in China."
"China? I could have sworn even with you coming along that I pass out in the right country..." Nico walk towards the busy street taking a quick glance and frowned at percy.
"I knew I landed in the right place, this isn't China Percy, we are in Japan, and I currently need to check up on a...friend."
"A friend?"
"Yeah, we need to hurry. all I know is that he was tip toeing the line between dead and living. Come on!"
on the other side of the world in the apartment...
Rubbing his eye he sit up waking from his small nap on the couch. Looking around he sees Ms. Jackson standing while looking at the wall with worry. Curious he makes his way to the kitchen.
"Where is brother?"
"Oh, Tyson" She replies with a small smile."Did you have a nice nap?"
-end of chapter-
heh added the tsyon bit if anybody was curious to where he was When nico arrived. So review please? I know this is super short but Eh I have no excuses except that it is time consuming to make sure that the characters are not ooc. Sorry if it seems rushed but this chapter is subject to change if the direction of the story changes or if I suddenly contradict what is happening.
