HAHA, here I am with another chapter! I bet you weren't expecting me to get another one up so soon. Since school is almost over I'm hoping to post more regularly. I hope you enjoy!
As soon as they finished the break they were off again. But the calm atmosphere would not last long, they weren't prepared for what would happen when they got back.
The sun had just reached the middle of the sky when the village came into view. From there point of view it looked like it always had, calm. But as they entered through the main gates, they automatically knew something was wrong. Many of the houses had broken doors and windows, the animals that had wandered around were either dead on the ground or know where in the village.
"Nico!"
Nico automatically recognized the voice and side stepped. Lucy stumbled to a halt when she missed Nico with a hug. Normally she would have pouted and complained but she just frowned "What happened to you two?"
"Nothing, more importantly, what happened here?" Nico swung his hand around, gesturing to the multiple broken houses and animal parts.
"You won't believe it!" she said, pulling his arm and leading him towards her house "Last night a pack of wolves attacked, most of us are out looking for any surviving animals."
Nico looked at Will, his eyes flickering with surprise "Do you think the hellhound had something to do with it?"
"I've never heard of a monster controlling the normal animals before…." Will whispered, scowling at the thought "We will have to contact Chiron and ask."
"What are you guys talking about?" Lucy asked sharply, tugging Nico away from Will "Don't leave me out."
Nico shot another look at Will before answering "We were just talking about the wolf you had asked us to hunt down."
Lucy still looked suspicious but she turned back to dragging Nico to the village chiefs' house. She opened the door and called "Nico and his companion are back!" letting go of his arm she said "Wait here, I'll go get my dad."
As soon as she was out of the room Nico turned to Will "Go contact Chiron."
Will nodded "Be careful." He glared at the door where Lucy had disappeared.
Sighing Nico shoved him to the door "I don't know why you're worried."
Will scowled at Nico before leaving the house. He dug a drachma out of his pack and walked to the nearest river. He had to search before finding a mist that would work. He threw the coin into the mist and said "Chiron, Camp Half Blood."
It wasn't long before Chiron appeared in the mist. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I have a question I want to ask you." Will said, taking a seat on a large rock nearby "We discovered the hellhounds' den."
"That's good, what's the problem?"
"We didn't manage to kill it but when we came back the village had been torn apart by wolves, can a hellhound control the native animals?"
"I think it's possible…" Chiron said thoughtfully "But it's not very common."
"Why would it have happened here?" Will asked
"The hellhound may have become the alpha of the pack, we didn't notice the problem until it had become a hazard so it had plenty of time."
"Thanks for the information." Will stood.
"No problem, just stay safe." Chiron's image disappeared and the mist returned to normal.
Will sighed and started the trek back to the village. If the hound could control the villagers it would be much harder to destroy it, even getting close to it would be harder. When he entered the village he noticed a lot more people in it than before, they all had some sort of animal in their arms or led behind them with a rope. They all glared at him as he walked by, as if he had been the one that let the animals out. Quickening his pace Will jumped up the stairs and entered the house, quickly closing the door behind him.
In the main room Nico, Lucy, and her father all sat at a table. A map was spread out between them.
Nico pointed to the village "If you guys can bar off the entrances with something the wolves won't be able to reach you." He slid his finger in a circle around the village "Then we can take care of the alpha without worrying about them attacking the village."
"That would work." The chief said, nodding "We can hold them back for a night, but after that it will be harder."
Looking up from the map Nico noticed Will. Waving him over he gestured to an open chair beside him "Come help us." He said, turning his attention back to the map.
Will sat down beside the son of Hades and watched them plan. They already obviously had a plan, Will would just have to wait for his orders to come up. While he waited Will fixed up his torn bag, although it wasn't perfect it would last for the remaining time the pair would spend here. The problem was his supplies. In the fight he had lost all of the nectar and bandages, all he had left was the spare supply he had left here.
'Will, hey Will!" Jumping, Will looked up from his work.
"Sorry, what did you say?"
Nico scowled at him and said again "I said that we will head out tomorrow night, it should give us enough time to get ready."
"Good plan."
Nico sighed and rolled his eyes. He turned back to the table and rolled up the map, "You should start getting ready." He said to the chief.
"Oh, yes." Nodding the chief walked out.
After the chief walked out Nico put the map in his pack and picked up his sword. Turning to Will he said "How are you feeling?
"I'll be alright after I get some nectar." He got to his feet and walked to his room saying "I'll bring out my remaining supplies."
Nico nodded and sat down to wait, all he had brought with him was a sword and a small pack. Lucy, who had been silent up until now got to her feet and walked over to Nico "What's nectar?" she asked, turning her head curiously.
Swearing to himself Nico said "It's… a kind of medicine."
Lucy pouted and took a step closer to him "What kind of medicine?"
Desperately, Nico looked to the hallway, silently hoping Will would come back soon "Just for wounds, you know, since Will got hurt."
Lucy narrowed her eyes and took another step closer, their faces almost touching "And how did he get hurt?"
"He fell."
"Liar," Lucy snapped "Tell me the truth." She wrapped her arms around his neck, cutting off any kind of escape and forcing their faces closer.
Stunned, Nico wasn't sure what to say. He didn't like how close the girl was, it was messing up his train of thought. In this situation, he wouldn't be able to come up with a good lie so he stayed silent and tried to pull back, unsuccessfully. Just when Nico thought Lucy was going to either kiss him or head butt him Will walked in.
"Hey Nico about the-" he stopped mid-sentence, staring at the scene in front of him. "What are you doing?" he said after a minute of stunned silence.
Nico opened his mouth to reply but Lucy beat him to it "Is there something wrong?" she glared at Will "I was just asking him a few questions."
"Just what were you asking him?" Will growled, walking up to them and yanking Nico from her grasp.
"That's none of your business." She reached out to grab Nico but Will pulled him closer, wrapping his arms around the shorter boy his eyes still locked in a glare.
"Were leaving." He said pulling Nico to the door "We have to discuss our battle plan." Without waiting for a reply from either of them he opened the door and drug Nico out, practically slamming the door behind them.
"What's your problem?" Nico snapped as Will led him away from the house "I mean, I'm thankful for you saving me but you didn't have to drag me out."
Will didn't reply until they had left the village "What happened?" he stopped in a clearing a good way away from the village and turned to face Nico, not releasing his grip on the son of Hades arm.
Shaking away from his grip Nico pulled back his hand "Nothing happened." He took a step back and felt his back brush up against a tree.
"What were you doing then? Will asked, moving close enough he could cut off any escape plans.
Why is this happening again? Nico asked himself "I didn't do anything, she was forcing herself on me."
Will practically pinned him against the tree "Did she do anything to you?"
"No," Nico replied quickly "Nothing."
Sighing, Will let his head fall on Nico's shoulder "Good, I was worried."
Nico, surprised, didn't say anything. This is the second time I've been surprised to silence in a few minutes, he thought to himself.
They stayed like that for another minute before Will pulled away and smiled brightly "I'm sorry I doubted you." He turned "Let's head back."
Nico simply nodded and followed him, his face flared red when he finally processed what had happened and his shoulder practically burned where Will had laid his head.
What he didn't see was Will completely flustered at his own actions. They walked back to the village in silence and split when they entered, both leaving to do something else. Will walked over to a group of kids and helped with the animals while Nico left to help with the barricade.
Done! How was it? Another Will and Nico moment! I'll try and get the next chapter up soon. Please comment!