Hey, so after being gone for so long, I've been trying to write more often. I'm really sorry when im late.

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Percy

My eyes opened to a blinding bright light, I shut my eyes. The light shown through them. I opened my eyes back up, trying to adjust to the light. Where was I?

"Am I dead?" I asked to no one in particular.

"No you dolt, but you almost did." I heard a voice say. The light slowly receded from my eyes and an alleyway came into view. I was laying on two green tarp sheets on the concrete. I turn my head to find Nico sitting on a nearby crate, looking at him.

"Nico?" I asked

"Hey sleeping beauty. Have a good sleep?" Nico replied

I tried to sit up, and immediately wished I haven't, a shock of pain traveled up my spine and to all other places of my body. I cried out in pain.

Nico jumped off the crate and kneeled by my side.

"Don't sit up." He ordered, "You haven't healed."

"What happened?" I groaned

"You got a spear stuck in you idiot." Nico responded.

I felt my mid section to find many bandages. I didn't know how Nico got them, and I probably didn't want to know.

"Where are we?" I asked

"Still in Crete, I had to shadow travel away, the monsters are still out there, like always." Nico answered

"Shadow travel?"

"Yeah, don't ask me to explain it." Nico said.

"How long have I been out?" I asked.

"Three days." He responded.

"Three days!" I shot up only to double over in pain. "Stop moving Percy!" Nico said.

"Have you tried water?" I asked him.

"What do you mean?"

"It helps me heal, you know, being a son of Poseidon and all, how far are we from the coast?" I explained

"What? No way Percy. There is no way you're walking in your condition." Nico said.

"Nico," I sighed, "the sooner I heal, the sooner you can get rid of me, and you'll be able to have your freedom, I'm just preventing you from it all."

"What happened back there wasn't you're fault Percy!" Nico shouted at me.

"But I was the one who did it!" I shouted back.

"I'm not arguing over this" Nico said.

"Can you just! Ugh, can you just help me get to the shore line?" I asked

Nico looked like he was going to argue but instead said, "Fine. But you're not walking"

Before I could interrupt and disagree, he said, "I'll shadow travel us both at noon, K?"

"Thank you" I said.

Nico got up, "I'm gonna go out and try to find us some food and supplies. Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone." and with that he ran off.

Leo

I was in the engine room polishing Buford, making sure it was NOT Windex. I did not need Buford running off again. It was early morning and the Argo II was on its way to Athens, again. I had finally gotten that prank glue off the door and managed to get to the control panel. The rest of the crew was sleeping, I was the only one up. Now that Festus was awake, thanks to Piper, we didn't need anyone on patrol. For now.

I had just finished polishing off Buford's mahogany surface when I heard a voice behind me.

"Is this the navigator of the Argo II?" The voice said. I spun around to see a kid all dressed in black. His image surrounded by rainbow colors. Iris message then.

"That depends, who wants to know?" I replied back.

"I'm a friend of Percy" The kid said.

"Yeah ok sure, now you can get off my ship creepy kid."

The kid glared at me, "Are you the navigator or not?"

"I prefer the term, commander, now what do you want?" I said, correcting him.

"Commanders navigate the ship, therefore, you are a navigator. As for what I want, I need you to come to Crete." He said.

I opened my mouth to comment but he beat me to it, "Percy's here"

I closed my mouth. "You guys gotta come back here and get him." He told me.

"He wants to come with us?" I asked, remembering what Annabeth said.

I saw a moment of hesitation flicker across his face, "Percy needs to go back with you guys, he's one of the seven right? So he's obviously someone you need to complete your quest."

"Does he want to come back with us or not?" I asked again.

A few seconds of silence past when he sighed and said, "Its complicated. See he knows that he must go with you, but he's scared of hurting you, what Polybotes did him... it doesn't matter, what matters is that you come and him, preferably with bandages and some nectar."

I had so many questions to ask him.

"Why what happened to him!" I exclaimed

"He got impaled."He casually said.

How do you casually say someone got impaled?

"I don't even want know the details." I said, then something hit me, the kid probably knew what had happened to Percy, "Wait a minute, what did Polybotes do to Percy?"

The kid's eyes widened, "He didn't tell you!" He exclaimed.

I shrugged, "For reasons unknown to me, Percy had sworn on Styx that he wouldn't tell us what happened to him."

"Idiot" He muttered, "He probably doesn't want you to get involved, doesn't want you to get hurt."

"So, do you know what happened?" I asked

The kid told me all about their escape from Polybotes, he told me what they had overheard, at this point in the story, he paused more often, and bit his lip to stop himself from saying some things. He was obviously hiding something, but I didn't push him. When he finished, I was in shock. Percy had gone through a lot.

"So, now you know everything, are you willing to come back?"

I inwardly groaned, we had gone to Athens, then to Crete, on their way to Athens again, and now this kid wanted me to turn us back to Crete. But wait! It gets better! After we go to Crete and get Percy, what gonna happen? You guessed it! Back to Athens, maybe with some side detours along the way. Again. I was getting really tired of going around in circles.

I stared at him, "Look kid, we had this serious talk and stuff, and decided that we were gonna move on without Percy, I didn't agree with the decision but if I go against it, the others are gonna kill me."

The kid glared at me, "Stop calling me 'kid' I'm not six, my name's Nico. Try to remember it. And I'm pretty sure, that if you guys are missing a person that is supposed to be with you, things might get messed up. Besides, you're the navigator, shouldn't you be able just turn the wheel in the other direction? The others will just see more water, and before they know it, bam, there 're in Crete."

"You don't just 'turn the wheel' but I guess I could do that, I'd still be killed though."

I thought about my options for a while, "Alright kid, ah I mean Nico," I stammered, seeing his glare, "I'll see you in Crete, maybe tomorrow."

"We'll be by the eastern coast looking for you" Nico said.

Then with a swipe of his hand, the image disappeared and the connection was severed. I got up and walked to the built in intercome, mumbling to myself on what horrible idea this was. I pressed the button and whispered into it, "Alright Festus, New plan, set course for the eastern coast of Crete, and be discreet about it."

Alright, that's it for now, I was gonna write more, but I had enough words for a chapter, and thought it be best to post as soon as possible, so there u go. Bai for now!-greekgodsrox