[A/N] Another update so soon! Are you surprised? Review and tell me if you are or not.
[DISCLAIMER] I don't own PJO or Mcdonalds, I just wish I did..
Annabeth had just given her offering and was turning away to go to her table when she noticed Thalia strutting into the dining pavilion, a noticeable spring in her step. She nudged Percy and nodded her head towards Thalia, Percy saw her and laughed.
"I hope she didn't hurt him too bad." he said still chuckling as he made his offering, Annabeth laughed. The two made their way to their respective tables, both keeping an eye out for Nico to show up, he didn't.
Nico sat on a concealed ledge, almost three quarters of the way to the top of the climbing wall, brooding silently. The angry red mark on his cheek had faded only slightly, occasionally he would rub the mark willing it to disappear faster. He scowled as his stomach growled thinking about the lunch he had missed. He stood from where he was seated and began digging in his pockets, he pulled some change from a front pocket and a black wallet out of his back pocket, he opened it examining the contents. $3.15 just enough for a lunch off the dollar menu, he smirked stepping backwards into the shadows.
He came out of the shadow of a dumpster in an alley, a homeless man pushing a shopping cart stood a few feet away rooted to the spot, his mouth hanging open. Nico gave him his best death glare causing him to turn and run, and to forget his shopping cart. Nico smirked striding purposely from the alley onto the street, the golden arches of his destination could be seen just down the street. When he was closer to his destination he crossed the street, narrowly avoiding a pair of bicyclist and a delivery truck. He pushed open the doors and moved to stand in line behind a group of teenagers who were talking animatedly about some new band or something. He did his best to ignore them but was inevitably noticed by one of them, a boy with close cut hair, baggy jeans, and an obnoxious t-shirt.
"Nice face." he said snidely remarking about the almost forgotten palm print. His friends laughed, another boy dressed similar to the first other than his polo shirt, and a girl with an almost obscene amount of cleavage showing through the unbuttoned part of her shirt, not that he minded, and a pleated skirt.
"I am pretty handsome aren't I." Nico replied glaring intensely at him, he cringed slightly but didn't back down. The other boy laughed at Nico's response while the girl seemed to take a new interest in him.
"S-someone d-didn't think so." he stammered, patting his own cheek to indicate the pink hand print, his friend didn't laugh this time noticing the dangerous aura emanating from Nico. The girl stared at Nico with a look close to awe, she liked bad boys and this guy looked twice as dangerous as the two she was with.
"Next?" the girl behind the counter called talking to the group of teens, none of which moved. Nico continued to glare at them until he walked through their group to stand at the counter. The girl smiled politely at him opening her mouth to give the usual greeting she was supposed to say.
"Can I get two double cheeseburgers and a small drink to go?" he asked speaking before she had a chance, she nodded busy inputting his order on her register. The two boys behind him were glaring at his back while the girl was undressing him with her eyes.
"That'll be $3.12." she said conversationally taking the offered money and giving him three cents in change, his receipt, and a small cup. He moved off to fill his cup with Coke and came back to stand by the counter. He noticed the two boys glaring at him and the girl's lecherous stare, he suppressed a shiver as goose bumps appeared on his skin. A bag with his food in it slid across the counter, he picked it up and made his way to exit out of the same door he entered, putting in the extra effort to yet again walk through their group, a smirk tugging at his lips at the two boys expressions.
He pulled one of the burgers from the bag, unwrapped it and started eating, as he strolled leisurely down the street. He was headed for the alley he had shadow traveled to, but he planned to finish his meal before going back to camp. He tossed the wrapper from his finished burger into a trash can, and took another sip from his drink before pulling out the second burger and throwing the bag away.
He leaned against the wall in the alley, the shopping cart was still there. He was finishing his meal savoring the last few bites. He threw the wrapper in the dumpster and finished his drink doing the same with it. He stepped deeper into the alley preparing himself to shadow travel.
"Hey you!" a feminine voice called from outside of the alley, he spun around to face the voice. It was the girl from before, the two boys were nowhere to be seen. She sauntered towards him confidently, her eyes never leaving him, he couldn't suppress the shudder as chills ran up his spine. She continued closer to him unbuttoning her shirt to reveal a lacy black bra. Nico took a step backwards bumping into the abandoned shopping cart, he wasn't sure why she was undressing but he knew it couldn't be good. She was in arms reach now, her shirt completely unbuttoned she smiled seductively staring into his eyes.
"Uh.. Um.." he sputtered, feeling himself being drawn in by her gaze. His knees felt week, his throat parched, sweat beaded his forehead, and his heart beat frantically in his chest as though it was trying to escape. Her hands reached forward to grab his jacket and tug him forward. He could feel her breath against the exposed skin of his neck, one of her hands snaked its way into his jacket while the other made its way to hair. She pulled his face down closer to her own, seductively biting her lower lip.
"Your too cute." she said to herself, a forked tongue flicking out to lick her lips. Nico's eyes were glazed over dreamily, they were close enough that their noses brushed each other occasionally.
'What the hell are you doing?' a female voice screamed inside his head, it sounded surprisingly familiar he just couldn't put his finger on who the owner was. He blinked three times in rapid succession to clear his head, realizing where he was he abruptly freed himself pushing her away from him. She stumbled backwards confusion written across her features before realization dawned and a feral snarl took its place. She pulled her shirt off and threw it to the side, a pair of black leathery wings spread out behind her, a black tail with a triangular end whipped side to side behind her, she hissed.
"Oh fuck." Nico said backing away and bumping into the abandoned shopping cart again. She sauntered towards him her teeth bared threateningly, her nails elongating into sharpened talons. Nico's eyes flitted from her wings, to her chest, to her tail, back to her chest, to her claws, back to her chest, to her feral snarl, and finally back to her chest.
"Are you scared boy?" she cackled, flapping her wings to lift herself from the ground. Nico scowled, mentally screaming at himself for being such an idiot to almost get caught in her spell.
"Your a succubus, right?" Nico asked her ignoring his fear and focusing on finding a solution. Her cackling doubled as she nodded her head, he scowled at her chest knowing not to look into her eyes again.
"And your my next meal!" she screamed as she dived towards him, her talons glinting dangerously in the half-light of the alley. Nico dove to the side as her claws cut through the air where he had just been. Unknown to both of them a homeless man at the end of the alley, who had come back for his forgotten shopping cart, had just wet himself. She turned gracefully in the air diving towards Nico again, he moved aside feeling the shadows grabbing onto him and pulling him in.
"That was, new." Nico said wiping the sweat from his forehead and doing his best to brush the dirt off his clothes, being forced to shadow travel had given him a new perspective on it, Hades laughed from where he was seated on his throne.
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