Perseus: Patron of the Betrayed

Chapter Six

Location: The Throne Room Of Olympus

Nico's Point Of View

Nico was pissed, mad, annoyed and countless other adjectives to describe angry. He was actually excited for the quest. It gave him a chance to reunite with the guy who was his brother in all but blood. The reason he was angry was due to the blonde quest mate he had to be with in tartarus, if the monsters didn't kill her, he definitely would. He kept staring down at his sword and thought of all the memories he had with Percy the year after he giant war. All the monsters they hunted down and killed, the spirits they put to rest. Everything had completely changed when percy was sent to Tartarus. Nico had become a lone wolf, a gun quick to fire. He himself had changed in a way Percy and his sister would be unhappy with.

Breaking out of his somnolence he noticed Thalia was attempting to get his attention.

"..yo death breath, zombie, Nicky, you there, what's wrong?" Thalia was asking rapidly.

"Yeah I'm here. Nothing's wrong. I'm just thinking of old times with Percy." Nico replied in a quiet voice.

Thalia smiled before putting her hand on Nico's shoulder before she continued speaking. "Nico everything will be fine, you and I both know he has been kicking ass 6 foot under and that there's no need to worry for him. And I know you want to kill Annabeth for several reasons but she's my friend so please don't run her through with your sword." Thalia finished with a begging look.

Nico sighed angrily. "I won't kill her but I'm not gonna speak to her or acknowledge her existence. It's her fault Percy is in Tartarus. I hope she ends up dying on this quest because if a monster won't kill her..." Nico was close too finishing but a quiet voice interrupted.

"...you'll kill me." Thalia and Nico turned round and saw Annabeth staring at them with piercing grey eyes. "I understand that you hate me but I don't expect you to end up killing me. Murder doesn't seem like your thing." Annabeth finished, her tone unchanging.

Nico was about to retort and probably stab her but a loud powerful voice interrupted them. "Nico."

"Yes dad." Nico replied.

"There is a present or a gift, hat ever you may call it, awaiting you downstairs." Hades spoke, answering Nico.

Nico looked confused but nodded anyway and replied with a simple 'Thanks' before his dad had disappeared in a flurry of shadows.

"Do you have any idea what it is?" Thalia asked confused.

Nico shook his head and decided it would be best to walk out of the throne room and exit olympus. The golden streets of Olympus that were once bustling with deities and beings was now in a quiet state as the early hours of twilight entered the world. The sun was slowly setting in the horizon and Nico thought about the countless errands and jobs he and Percy worked. He thought of how many of them would end up with one of them beaten, bloodied and in pain, and the thoughts brought a flicker of a smile on his face which was noticed by Thalia and Annabeth. He broke out of his thoughts and looked back onto olympus before entering the elevator connected the gods to earth. He looked at the restaurants filled with couples, the many buildings that were lit up with firelight lamps, the coliseum in the distance that had quieted down, and the throne room that was once brilliantly lit up was immersed in shadows. He turned his back onto the city and entered the elevator.

The elevator ride down to the Empire State Building was quiet. The silence only being broken by Highway to Hell by ACDC being played on the speakers. The only thought going through Nico's head was how ironic it was for the song to be played at this moment. He looked at Thalia and Annabeth to see what they were doing. Annabeth was buried in some kind of journal or book which looked like it was hundreds of years old and Thalia was slowly nodding her head to the best of the music completely ignoring Annabeth and Nico. They eventually got off the elevator and entered the lobby. Nico grabbed the key pass and walked over to reception, he handed the pass over but was stopped in his tracks before he could leave.

"Master Nicholas, your father asked me to give you this." The middle aged man spoke and handed over a set of keys.

Nico grabbed the keys and was suddenly graced with a smile. "So that's what he meant by the gift, he fixed my baby up, thanks Alfred." The man now known as Alfred nodded before suddenly disappearing before their eyes.

Before the two girls could ask any questions Nico walked right outside before giving a look 'whoo' of elation. The pair ran outside quickly and saw Nico hugging a car.

"Uhm, Nico, you're hugging a car." Thalia spoke out awkwardly and embarrassed.

Nico glared at her before speaking out with a tone of finality. "This isn't just a car, this is my 1967 chevrolet impala, jet black, and it was the first car I ever got, a car that Percy and I chose when I was jealous that he had a car. We're going to have to go to the docks so I can pick up a few things before we head off."

"Why do we need to go to the docks?" Annabeth asked and got no reply as Nico started rummage in the boot of the car.

"Nico answer the question." Thalia spoke and Nico froze up.

"Like I said Thalia. We need to pick up a few things. Can you go into the side of my car door and pass the piece of chalk that's there. And then once I have it get into the car." Nico replied.

Thalia complied with the confusing ask and gave Nico the piece of chalk before entering the car and sitting next to Annabeth.

"Hey Thals." "Hey Annie" Annabeth glared at Thalia for being called Annie but didn't make a retort. The both decided to look out side to see what Nico needed the chalk for. They watched as Nico grabbed a small journal out his pocket from the leather jacket he was wearing and started to draw several symbols on the trunk before entering the car.

"Hey Nico why were you drawing satanic shit on your car?" Thalia asked confused.

"That isn't 'satanic shit' it's religious symbols to keep any unwanted onlookers searching my car. And before you ask, what do you mean by 'unwanted onlookers' I'm talking about some real old shit, ancient spirits, demons, monsters, you know, the works. I've got some real important and useful shit in there that I am not losing. Now can you's stay quiet for the next fifteen minutes while I drive to the docks?" Nico spoke agitatedly.

Thalia and Annabeth nodded before speaking to each other in hushed tones. This had annoyed Nico so he had decided to blast his stereo to play classic rock songs as loud as possible in hopes to silence the pair of girls. However it was ineffective as the girls continued to talk about the quest pissing Nico off even further.

Eventually the pair remained silent before Thalia asked a pair of questions. "Nico, if I may ask who is the band and what song are they playing, and can you tell us what awaits us at the docks?"

Nico decided to turn the music down and answer the questions. "The band's Parkway Drive and the song is A Cold Day in Hell. We are going to the docks to gear up for Tartarus, we don't know what awaits us and I'm not going in half cocked.

Location: The Docks

Third Person Point of View

Thalia nodded and quieted down for the last few minutes of the ride. They eventually reached the dock and the storm front had set in, within seconds they had all exited the car. Rain was pouring down everywhere and on everything, soaking the three demigods to the bones. The wind was howling like the tortured souls of the fields of punishment. Thunder and lightening cracking and illuminating the sky a brilliant white. Nico moved swiftly and entered the key into the iron door of one of the containers. The three entered and Thalia and Annabeth were shocked day what they saw. Right along the edges of the container was a line of salt several inches wide, at both entrances was a pentacle with symbols surrounding it and a scorpion in the centre, in the middle of the container were three metal shelves with three layers they all contained boxes, mines, briefcases, bombs, several lightweight machine guns, an RPG, and several wooden cases that looked centuries old and had weird symbols on them. On the walls were metal racks that had guns, knives, swords, and several large maps.

"Right before you move do not, I repeat DO NOT, break the salt line or the keys of Solomon. We need them to keep demons out and trust me they do exist, anything with fully black eyes you better s. When I walk back in I should pass over the salt, key of Solomon, grab silver and grab iron. If I fail to do anything of them but a bullet in between my eyes. Do you understand Thalia?" Nico finished.

Thalia nodded and Nico walked out into the rain. Thalia and Annabeth stared at each other before nodding and searched around the place. They stared at the countless types of guns that were standing on the walls. They heard the roar of the impalas engine get closer to the confined before the engine stopped. Nico opened the iron doors and had the boot of the car already open. He grabbed all his weapons from the car and placed the, on one of the shelves as he bypassed the key of Solomon and salt line. He then grabbed a vial of holy water and downed it in front of the two girls, he then grabbed Thalia's silver knife and knocked a part of his forearm.

"Well I believe that's all of them. What do we need Nico?" Thalia asked.

"Grab one of those jerry cans, it should have salt which could come in handy. We need a jug of holy water in case theirs demons. Grab the iron and silver katanas. The rifle with several ammunition packs. We should take a glock each. With three types of ammunition, silver, iron, and celestial bronze. And we need to take my big journal at the back."

Thalia and Annabeth nodded and the trio set out gathering the materials. It took them the best part of fifteen minutes to gather everything and place it in the correct part of the boot.

"Right guys I'm gonna get something from the container next door. Lock my container then get in the car keep the flocks by your side at all times, anything that looks dangerous kill it. If it has black eyes, shout on me." Nico finished before handing the keys to Thalia.

Nico had opened the container next to them as Thalia locked Nico's container up. They waited around but Nico still hadn't appeared after five minutes leaving the pair to worry.

"What's taking him so long? He needs to hurry up and explain all this shit." Thalia spoke to Annabeth.

"I agree, this all seems so strange and unreal, talks about demons and monsters that shouldn't exist. It's so confusing." Annabeth replied.

Thalia was about to reply but noticed the two figures who were walking closer to them. "Nico, those BLACK EYE HUMAN DEMON THINGS YOU TOLD ME TO SHOUT ABOUT WE COULD USE SOME HELP."