Chapter 9


"Why couldn't you just tell me we're headed to Chicago?" Nico huffs in exasperation. He stares down at Shinichi who was ignoring his glare at the moment.

"Where's the fun in that? Also a detective never reveals their thoughts unless they are completely certain." Shinichi throws a quick smirk in Nico's direction and resumes to look back on the computer screen.

"Is that why we are at the library?" Nico motion with his hand around them. Both boys sit at a wooden table at the Legler library. With such a large library it was easy to find a floor desolate of people who would be nosy or concern enough to bother them.

"Yes. I also wanted to research a bit more about Greek mythology. " Shinichi taps a few notes onto his phone.

Nico flips through the book titles 'Innovations of the last century.' "I can't believe that a nuclear bomb help end the war."

Shinichi glances over at Nico looking at the images. "Yeah, at school we have a trip to go visit the devastation and learn how not to repeat the past. That reminds me what did Percy talk to you about the other day?"

"Ah! I forgot about that. Just that they are sending a satyr over to take us to camp half blood. Grover is his name and was actually the one to find me and my sister. "

"Should we get moving then before they catch up to us?"

"Hmm, I think we should be good. He should be too busy to find us though he may send another satyr to find us and bring us back. "

"Well Nico go ahead and get some food. I'm going to continue researching." Shinichi motions his hands towards the computer and the stack of notes next to him. Nico pushes his chair back and stretches' his arms, popping his back.

"Anything you don't want? "

"No more McDonalds please."

Nico looked at Shinichi offended.

"What?! Why?"

Shinichi removed his gaze from the computer screen to give him a deadpan face.

"We had it 3 times in a row. I'm going to get sick if I continue to eat it. "

"Alright, alright sheesh. I pick you up some lettuce or something. "

Nico runs off and sighs. 'Healthy, healthy' I know where to go.

Shinichi cracks his back as he arches his spine in a stretch. He manage to take pictures of the information he wanted and printed out a few important images he wanted to share with Nico. Overall a productive day researching on Luke, the gods, and checking back with Asagi that he's fine and to send him some info he wanted access to.

Shinichi looks up to see Nico slump into the seat across from him. His hair disheveled and dirt on his cloths and hints of dust covered him.

"So where's the food?

Nico groaned. "I ran into a few pesky monsters. Annoyance more than anything but I had to sacrifice our dinner for it."

Shinichi looked at him concerned, "Glad you made it back safe. While you were out I set us up with a place to sleep. A bed and breakfast where you don't meet with staff and pick up your key from a lock box given with the confirmation email. So we shouldn't have any issues with adults."

"Let's go and get some dinner then. What did you get anyways? "

"Subway"

"What? but you don't even know what I like. "

"That's why I got you a plain ham and cheese with a ton of lettuce on it. "

Shinichi sigh. "Actually why don't we head to a grocery store and buy extra food we can heat at the hotel ourselves. 'I never knew how much I miss rans cooking'

"Fine by me."

It was only when they were headed to the bed and breakfast from the grocery store that Shinichi slap his face in frustration.

"We are in Chicago Nico. Why didn't we stop to get the famous hot dogs or deep dish pizza?"

Nico perked up. "Deep dish pizza? -Scoff I'm Italian that's not how pizza suppose to be like. "

Shinichi gives a sly look to Nico. "Why don't I go ahead and order some for us then?"

"Shinichi don't you dare!"

Shinichi laughs and instead they both end up getting the famous hotdogs instead while Nico argues the fact that Chicago pizza isn't even pizza.