As I said, time doesn't matter in this. It's like if the giant war never happened. Hope you like the new chapter. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I only own my OC's. Otherwise, they belong to Rick Riordan.
Will's POV
When Hades came in and said Nico was missing, my heart stopped.
I had developed a bit of a crush on him and it may have turned into something bigger, like love.
Lily and Hades went into the Big House attic.
Everyone got up to meet them at the bottom of the stairs.
They came down.
Hades asked for the head of Apollo cabin. I raised my hand.
"You're going on the quest, Nico may need a healer. What kid went on the quest last time?" Leo sheepishly raised his hand. "Good. You're going to." Then Hades left.
"I suggest you questers go get ready. You'll leave after breakfast." Chiron said.
Leo walked Lily to her cabin. I was alone. I had no one. I would die alone.
Getting over myself, I left to go pack. When I was done, I immediately went to sleep.
I woke up feeling refreshed. We all came out of our cabins at the same time.
We looked at each other, then burst out laughing.
Once we contained ourselves, we headed to the dining pavilion.
"Are you ready for your first quest?" Leo asked. "I remember mine like it was yesterday. Good old Festus." He got a faraway look. Lily turned to me.
"It's okay if you're nervous. I bet your first quest will be better than mine." I recalled what happened.
"Sorry about that. It sounds horrible. I mean if someone tried to take Nico away from me, I'd be furious." Whoops that slipped. Lily looked at me.
"Will. Do you like my brother?" I felt my cheeks flush.
"Well…Um." I stuttered.
Lily smiled. "It's okay. I won't tell him. You can when you're ready."
We ate, then met in the forest.
"You have Ambrosia for me when we get there, right?"
"Check." Leo said.
"Okay, let's go." She grabbed both our hands, and we were gone.
Lily's POV
We Shadow Traveled to Maine.
That's what we decided The Land of Pine was.
I was getting better a Shadow Traveling, but with two other people, it was a little hard.
When we got there, my knees gave out. Leo, thank goodness, caught me and gave me Ambrosia.
Three minutes later, we were off.
We walked around for a while, not knowing where we were going.
Then I felt a little tug. Nico's sword was in the perimeter. I could feel it. Literally.
"Guys. Nico's sword is somewhere nearby."
Will was immediately on alert.
"Lead the way." He said.
I started walking in the direction his sword was pulling me. We walked in silence for twenty minutes, me leading the way.
"Are we close?" Will asked. His ADHD getting the best of him. But then maybe, it was who we were looking for, that made Will anxious to be there already.
"We're pretty close." I said.
I kept walking until I could feel his sword under us.
It was a sewage pipe. Doesn't surprise me in the least.
"Down there." I said pointing at the sewage grate.
"Great. Let's go." Will said.
Leo was silent. In fact this whole time he hadn't talked. I looked around at him, but he was gone. I whirled around on my heel.
"Will, did you see what happened to Leo?" No response. I turned to look at Will, but he was gone to.
Suddenly, I was scared. I was all alone. Leo and Will had just disappeared. I needed them. We had to save Nico.
"Where did they go?" I muttered.
"I'll help you with that." A voice said behind me.
For the third time, I whirled around, but it was too late.
The person I saw put a cloth to my mouth.
I tried to hold my breath. I was almost out of breath.
"Breathe."
He whispered in my ear. His voice made me want to do what he said. I couldn't. I held my breath as long as possible, he didn't move the cloth.
"Sleep." He whispered. I couldn't resist this one. I was tired from Shadow Traveling. I fell into his body, and closed my eyes.
Leo's POV
I was walking with Lily and Will when someone came up behind me. He put a cloth to my mouth.
"Breathe." He whispered in my ear.
He was using a form of Charmspeak. I had gotten used to resisting Piper's Charmspeak, so I was immune.
"Breathe." I didn't. He didn't seem happy.
"Breathe." He said, again.
Then he shifted his body to look at someone behind us.
"Get that other boy, I'll take care of the girl." Oh-no. I was not letting him hurt Lily.
I stomped on his foot. He let me go. I started gasping for air, then running.
I was still gasping for breathes. I stopped to take a little break and catch my breath. I was breathing, when someone put a cloth over my mouth.
Before I fell asleep, I thought, 'I'm an idiot. They're going to get Lily and Will.'
Then my eyes closed.
Will's POV
Suddenly, I realized that Leo was gone. I was about to tell Lily, when someone grabbed me and pulled me away from her.
I would have yelled at her, if there hadn't have been a cloth up to my mouth.
I knew what this was. It was sleeping gas.
I acted like I fell asleep and went limp.
"He didn't even resist." Someone said.
"I bet that di Angelo kid at least put up a fight." Said another voice.
I slightly tensed at Nico's name.
I hope he didn't notice. I was breathing deeply to act like I was asleep.
He started dragging me somewhere.
Then, he suddenly put the cloth back to my mouth.
I jumped a little.
"That's what I thought. Foolish kid, you can't fool us. Breathe." He whispered that last word. He was using Charmspeak. I tried to resist it, but I couldn't. I breathed in a deep breath.
'Dang it.' I thought. Then I was dreaming.
Nico was tied to a chair. He noticed my presence and looked up.
He looked straight into my eyes, he knew I was there.
"Will?" His voice echoed off the walls. He sounded so helpless. I wanted to go give him a huge hug.
Then someone walked in.
I blended into the shadows.
"So. Is my puppet broken yet?" I wanted to scream. Nico was no one's puppet.
"Never." Nico replied.
"This ought to convince you." He motioned to two guards standing in the back of the room. They came over with poles. "Do it."
Then they put their poles on Nico's arms. They pressed a button.
Electricity coursed through the poles.
Nico screamed out in pain. I wanted to yell at them to stop, but I couldn't. I couldn't let myself be seen.
Then they stopped. Nico's scream still echoed off the walls. Tears were streaming down his face.
The mysterious man walked up to him. He lifted his chin, so he was looking at him.
"You will break, little puppet."
With that he left.
The guards left.
I was alone with Nico. He started silently crying. A couple of sobs left his mouth.
I walked up to him and kneeled down.
I hugged him.
"It's okay, Nico." I soothed.
He finally stopped crying. He looked at me. I wiped the tears from his face.
"We're coming to get you." I put my hands on his arms. I put all my healing power into it. My hands started to glow. I took my hands away; he was healed.
"Will. What are you doing here?" He whispered.
"Saving you. What do you think we're doing? We had a setback though."
"Why? What happened?"
"Someone, took us captive. We don't know who yet." He had a worried look in his eyes. "It's okay. We'll get out and find you."
"Thank you, Will."
Then, my dream was over. Lily was shaking me awake.
"Will. Wake up."
I opened my eyes. I was suddenly alert.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"The guards have come to take us to our captor."
Hope you like the chapter. I didn't want to be mean to Nico, but it moves the plot along. Sorry to those Team Nico fans. I'm one, so don't think I'm doing this for fun.
Peace out.
