Warning Kidnapping and one swear word.

Ch.3 Without a trace

Nico had never had so much fun in his life, first they had stopped for ice cream and had sat together outside the shop to eat their treats, then they had gone to a nearby park to play on the playground, and after that they had gone to see a movie! This was the best day ever for Nico and he was so glad that his dad had agreed to let him go with Will and his dad for the day. He couldn't wait to get home and tell his dad and Thanatos about the amazing day he was having.

He had had so much fun that by the time it was time to go back he was a little disappointed, he didn't want the fun to end just yet but he remembered that Thanatos had said that if he behaved well then Will and his dad could come to his birthday that was fast approaching so he didn't complain when he was told it was home time.

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"So how was your day out with your friend?" Thanatos asked when Nico got back.

"It was so fun! We went for ice cream and went to the park, and a movie!"

Thanatos chuckled, he was glad Nico had had so much fun with his new friend. Nico finally had the chance to have a normal childhood and just have fun.

"Can Will come over next time?" Nico asked and Thanatos smiled.

"If both your father and Will's agree than I'm sure that it will be fine."

Nico smiled as he and Thanatos headed back into the office building to wait for his father to be done with work so that they could go home together and Nico could tell him all about the amazing day he had had with his new friend Will.

…

Thanatos had worked out a schedule with Apollo for when the boys would get together.

The boys had been ecstatic about the whole thing and always looked forward to the three days a week that they would get to spend time together, going to movies, to the park, out for ice cream, and whatever else that came up. Today they would be heading to the park to meet up with the other kids.

Apollo had agreed to take the boys since Thanatos had something come up last minute, and now Nico waited for Will and his dad to arrive. His excitement was barely contained as he bounced on the balls of his feet as he looked down the street for the familiar car to pull up in front of his dad's office building.

When Wills dad drove up he parked and got out of the car as usual and went over to talk with Thanatos while Nico happily climbed into the back seat and sat himself next to Will and they chatted away.

"Sorry again about the last minute change of plans but I really need to attend this meeting today." Thanatos said as he smiled at the two boys.

Apollo shook his head.

"It's no big deal, I really don't mind."

Thanatos nodded.

"Well I'm sure they're happy regardless, I hope they don't wear you out too much."

Apollo shrugged.

"Well hopefully a day of running around at the park will wear them out more."

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Nico and Will ran around with a few other kids that they had met at the park, someone had brought along a ball to kick around so now they were just passing it around and seeing who could kick the ball the best.

Wills dad sat over on a bench at the edge of the playground and watched them play, he had reminded them to stay close and where he would be able to see them.

Nico had kicked it as hard as he could and it had ended up shooting passed the others and shot into the bushes not far from where they had been playing.

"You kicked it so you have to go get it!" one kid told him so Nico took off after the ball, Apollo had seen him start running in the direction of the trees and called out to him.

"Don't go too far, I need to be able to see you!" but before he could stand up his phone went off and he pulled it out to see that it was a call from work so he answered the call and glanced over towards where the kids were now and then as he talked, but as the conversation went on his focus was drawn more and more towards it.

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Meanwhile Nico had run into the trees and bushes and was looking around in the fallen leaves for traces of the ball; he knew that it couldn't have gone that far.

"What are you looking for?"

Nico jumped when he heard someone speak, he turned and saw that same young man from the time he had first met Will.

"I can't find the ball I kicked over here." but then he remembered what Will and Thanatos had said about strangers and he wondered if this counted since he had met this person before and they really did seem nice.

"Well how about I help you look for it? What does it look like?" he asked.

"Blue." Nico answered honestly, he appreciated the help, he didn't want to lose someone else's ball.

So together they looked for it.

"Well I don't see it here, maybe it went farther in?" the man suggested, Nico thought that made sense so he went with the man top look.

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Will wondered why Nico wasn't back yet so he glanced back at his dad and saw that he was on the phone so he turned back to the other kids.

"I'll go find him, he may have tripped or something, if my dad asks we should be back right away."

One of the other kids laughed.

"Maybe a monster got him or something, scream if you need help!" he called after Will as he ran to the trees where Nico had gone.

"Where did he go?" Will asked himself as he looked around for his friend but didn't see him, but he thought he saw traces of someone having walked between some of the trees so Will followed and came out of the treeline a ways away from where he had entered and saw a small street running along the other side of the park, the only thing insight was a car in front of him and standing by the open back door was a blond man that seemed familiar.

It wasn't until he moved slightly that Will saw Nico slumped in the back seat of the car.

Without thinking Will called out to his friend and took a step forward.

"Nico!"

Startled the man turned and saw him.

"Shit!" he seemed to panic for a second but then he rushed towards Will and grabbed him.

"DAD! SOMEBODY HELP!" Will screamed as loud as he could but his cries were cut short as the man put his hand over his mouth, Will struggled as best he could and managed to kick the man in the leg and bite his hand causing him to let go, but then the man picked up a branch from the ground and hit him with it so hard that he knocked him down.

Will's head really hurt and felt really dizzy, he also felt the man grab him and drag him toward the car and toss him onto the seat next to Nico, the man then ran to the driver's side door and got in quickly and locked the doors and windows before tearing away from the park as fast as he could.

By the time Will could see clearly he sat up in the seat and looked out the back window and saw the park falling further and further away from the car as it sped away and before turning a corner Will thought he saw his dad emerge from the trees but not in time to see the car before it was out of sight.

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Apollo had just hung up his phone and looked around to see the group of kids standing at the edge of the trees looking for something so he went over to see what they were looking for; he noticed that Will and Nico weren't with them.

"Hey where did the other two go?" he asked and one boy turned to him.

"Nico kicked the ball too hard and it went in there so he went after it, when he didn't come back Will went in too."

Apollo wasn't sure he liked the sound of this.

"And when was that?" he knew that his call had gone a bit longer than he had hoped but he had only been talking for about five minutes at most.

"A couple of minutes ago?" one boy said and the others nodded.

"Do you think a monster got them?" a younger kid asked as he looked at the trees.

Apollo almost laughed at the child's imagination but just then a scream was heard.

"DAD! SOMEBODY HELP!"

Apollo's heart almost stopped when he heard Will's voice cry for help, without a moment to spare he ran into the trees and looked around for any sign of the two boys.

By the time he broke through to the other side after hearing the squealing of tiers there was only tier tracks that showed any sign that a car had been here.

His heart clenched in ice cold terror as he wondered what could have happened to his son and his friend. With shaking hands he pulled out his phone and made the call that he had never wanted to ever have to make.

Well sorry this one took awhile to continue and also I'm sorry for all of the time jumps and different POV's, I hope it wasn't too confusing.

Please let me know what you think.