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Quote of the Day: Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff – Apollo, The Titan's Curse.

I don't own The Kane Chronicles or Percy Jackson.

His sword was at Anubis' throat. Now, Anubis, even though he was a god, he wasn't very good at fighting, as his cousin Horus used to always tease him about, so he tried to think of something clever to say.

"Now, now," Anubis gagged, "You don't want to hurt the baby."

Nico looked down at Angelica, who was resting in his free arm. Then he turned to Anubis, with an almost evil glint in his eyes. Angelica had been surrounded by shadows and once they had disappeared, Angie was gone. Anubis gulped, now he didn't have anything to distract Nico.

"No, why would I hurt Angie?" Nico asked, as he pushed Anubis to the ground.

It felt good to get his revenge on him, revenge that had been storing up for years. With Nico's foot on his chest; Anubis decided to fight back as well as he could. It was going to be hard to put up a good enough fight with Nico, you could tell just by looking at him that he had years of training. With yet another sword dug into his throat (if he wasn't a god, he'd probably be dead), Anubis saw someone. Her caramel hair glinted in the moonlight.

"The others are worried about you," Anubis exclaimed, still trying to make Nico release him.

"They don't care about me," Nico snapped back.

"They do," Anubis reasoned, "Sadie does."

This made Nico withdrew the sword, but still he kept his foot on his chest.

The woman behind the tombstone smiled at Anubis and mouthed something to him.

"Go back to your stupid camp," Anubis snarled, "Believe me, nobody cares about you here."

Nico stomped his foot down hard onto to Anubis chest before placing back it on the ground, he knew he couldn't kill him, he was a god after all. The young woman behind the stone had gone. Anubis stood up and brushed himself off.

"Nice meeting you," Anubis voice was heavy with sarcasm.

"You too," Nico matched his tone.

Darkness swirled around Nico, for a moment, Anubis thought Nico was going to try and kill him somehow with it. But he then realised that it was Nico's mode of transport because once the shadows went, he was gone. Good riddance, Anubis thought. Now he could get back to the more important things in life, well, the After-life.

Nico materialised in front of Percy's cabin. Not bothering to knock on the door; he entered the cabin. He found that somebody had broken the rules. And it wasn't Percy. Annabeth lay asleep in her husband's arms. Instantly, Nico felt guilt. They must've been worried sick about little Angelica; it looked as though they had fallen asleep, crying. Nico glanced over to her cot bed, where she was sound asleep, just as he wanted. Little owls and pegasi flew across the cot. The cot bed was a gift from Angie's godly grandparents. It was another example of what good came if they ever tried to work together.

Slowly, Nico exited the cabin, but just as he was through the door, Percy awoke and said,

"Thank you, Nico."

Nico smiled at him before making his way towards his cabin. He entered his cabin, only to find yet another rule breaker. But rule breaking came naturally to Sadie. Nico found her curled up on his bed; she looked so peaceful. Deciding not to disrupt her sleep, he placed the cover over her shivering shoulders. Not bothering to change into his pyjamas, he took off his boots and shirt and slipped into the empty bed in the corner of the cabin.

Morning dawned and Sadie rubbed her tired eyes; allowing the light to wake her up fully. She hoped Anubis had managed to make Nico come back to camp; whether that meant telling him politely or threatening him. She just remembered that she had fallen asleep in the Hades' cabin and quickly leapt out of Nico's bed and pulled on her boots.

"Somebody realise that they were in the wrong cabin?" A voice from behind asked in a sarcastic tone.

Sadie nearly jumped out of her skin; she thought the cabin was empty. She turned to see Nico, sitting up in his bed. At the sight of his bare chest, she was speechless. Which, for Sadie, was very unlikely.

"Well the least you could've done was make my bed," Nico laughed as he got out of bed and pulled his shirt on.

This allowed Sadie to recollect her words.

"I'm not a maid, you know," Sadie exclaimed, "Your bed was already messy anyway."

"Oh well," Nico smiled as he left both beds unmade, "It's not like its cabin inspection today."

"Now where were you?" Sadie asked, pretending to know nothing of her ba trip.

Nico said nothing.

"Tell me now, before I –

Nico put a finger on Sadie's lips and walked out the cabin, leaving a slightly flustered yet slightly confused Sadie.

Campers were practising for Capture the Flag which was taking place the next day. It was going to be an exciting one as Percy and Nico were on separate teams; usually if they were on the same team, they had a good chance of winning. In fact, in this game, the two captain teams were Poseidon and Hades. On Poseidon's side were Apollo, Hermes, Hecate, Nemesis, Demeter and Aphrodite. On Hades' side were Athena, Ares, Hebe, Iris, Hephaestus and Dionysus. It was a fairly balanced game; which meant it was going to be a very exciting one.

In the Athena cabin, Annabeth and Carter were looking after Angelica whilst they devised a plan for the following day. Despite the fact that they were older; they were still very competitive.

"Percy will definitely put himself as offence," Annabeth stated as she stroked Angelica's soft, black hair.

"So our flag and our defence should be away from water," Carter explained, "But who would be strong enough to be on defence?"

"Now that's when Nico comes in..." Annabeth smiled, "You see, Nico can use his powers almost anywhere, but Percy is stronger by water."

"Makes sense," Carter agreed.

As they continued to plan everyone's position, Nico and Sadie were practising sword fighting. They were in the arena; in their battle armour. Sadie found herself a balanced sword and challenged Nico to a duel.

"You sure you want a fight?" Nico teased, "You've not exactly been practising."

"Hmph. I'll prove you wrong," Sadie exclaimed; her fingers slowly forming the shape of a make-believe gun.

"Oh no," Nico shook his head, realising what the gun meant, "No magic."

Sadie moaned, but agreed. They both pulled their helmets on and unsheathed their swords. For a moment or so, they circled each other, wondering when the other was going to strike. It was Sadie who struck first, making a brave strike to Nico's neck. He deflected easily and managed to hit Sadie's armour, causing her to stumble backwards.

"Is that all you got?" Sadie yelled, regaining her balance.

"All I've got!" Nico laughed, "I'm going easy on you!"

Sadie aimed her sword at the hilt of Nico's, but missed and cut his hand instead. Nico didn't seem too phased about it, but Sadie hesitated; she didn't want to actually hurt him. But in the moment she'd hesitated, Nico slashed at her arm. Sadie, who was off guard, fell to the ground, clutching her arm. She whimpered with pain.

Dropping his sword, Nico crouched down beside her, checking if she was okay. Just as he was about to brush her hair away from her face, he was pinned to the ground quicker than you could say 'Half-Blood'. It all happened so fast, it was only now had he realised that Sadie's knee was dug into his chest. She stared down into Nico's face of defeat. She leant forward to his ear and whispered,

"Who's gullible now?"

Her lips lightly brushed against Nico's cool ear. She got off from him and sat next to him on the ground. Nico still lay on the floor; he was tired and didn't want to move from the sunlight. He didn't even mind the fact that Sadie was subconsciously stroking his hair. In fact, he actually liked it. Percy, who had been maiming an unsuspecting dummy, oversaw what had happened between Nico and Sadie; he knew where he would position Sadie in the game.

"You know, that you're still gullible right?" Nico stated, just to annoy her.

"No!" Sadie argued, "You so fell for my trick!"

"Well, you were a damsel in distress," Nico defended himself, "It would've been rude for me not to help!"

"A damsel?" Sadie questioned, "Since when was I a damsel?"

Nico laughed, not really knowing the answer to her question. Was it from the first time he'd met her? Or was it ever since she'd came back to camp? The conch bell for lunch broke Nico's thoughts and they got up, entwined their fingers, and headed towards the mess hall.

The hall was buzzing with excitement, everyone had been preparing for the game tomorrow. Chiron and Mr D. had stood up waiting for quiet.

"As you already know," Mr D reluctantly started, "Chiron has organised yet another one of your poxy little games which he'd like to say more about. But to be honest, I couldn't care less. Just another 43 years and I'm out of here!"

"Thank you Mr D," Chiron smiled as he watched Mr D sit back down.

"Now," Chiron continued, "Just to clarify, the two opposing teams for Capture the Flag are Hades –

There was a roar of cheering from all the cabins supporting Hades.

"And Poseidon's cabin –

Another roar of noise spread through the hall.

"I just want to clear the rules. Magical items are allowed and so are any other powers you may possess. And please try not to seriously injure your fellow campers."

Chiron's eyes swayed towards the Ares table; making it obvious that he directed his last comment at them.

"That is all for now. Enjoy your food," Chiron finally announced.

Everybody had scrapped some food into the fire; filling the hall with the most desirable smells. Once lunch was over, the campers went by their usual routines, practicing for tomorrow every so often. As the sun set, the campers made for bed earlier than usual, to make sure that they were well rested for the next day. For none of them wanted the other team to win and none of the campers wanted to be the one who let their team down.

A bit of a boring chapter, I know... Sorry about that... I know that I'm making Nico OOC, but that's part of the story...