Will woke up in the Hades cabin. It was about five in the morning. At first he thought it was weird but then he remembered that Hazel was in New Rome and his siblings wanted nothing to do with him. He felt Nico's hands around torso. He slid out of the bed and put on some clothes.

Will headed down to the archery field. He wasn't the best one out of his siblings at archery but he was pretty good. He picked up an arrow and was just about to shoot it when he felt the temperature drop drastically. He felt something hovering behind him. He knew what it was. He felt his larynx go dry. He dropped the bow but held the stance, he was unable to move.

"Its a shame, Solace. You looked better when you were dying." An ugly distorted voice cooed.

Will coughed then snarled, "Why are you here?"

"There is no escaping it has been set, Everyone must pay their debt." Aka Manah laughed, "I'm collecting my money."

"Whats your price?"

"I'd say its more of an exchange," It laughed, "Nicos life for the removal of the voices."

"No."

Aka Manah laughed, "I thought you would say that. You'll wish you hadn't."

Aka Manah clicked its fingers and Wils hands bent backwards in an unnatural way. Will cried out in pain. He then began to levitate in the air. Black flames began to swirl from the end Aka Manahs index finger.

"Oh, Will. One small touch and you'll be completely mine!"

The creature twirled around Will, inspecting him.

"You're cleaver Will. You figured out that the 'H' was only the start of a word. I'm going to finish the word now."

Aka Manah took Wills sight and branded him. It was quick and only took a few seconds. Will glanced at the word and his hand. He knew it. 'Homosexual' had been branded onto his hand. He looked at forearm. 'Heartless' had been branded onto him. On his shoulder was 'Property of Aka Manah.'

"Any second now." It laughed.

"WILL!" Nicos voice cried.

"No, stay away."

"TOO LATE!" It growled.

Will felt a touch on the back of his neck. His sight returned. He had become a puppet. Will saw strings hanging above his limbs. He'd seen them before but the strings were thin. These strings were thicker and a lot like rope. Will lost all control of his body. He was Aka Manahs. He belonged to it. He was a puppet. A worthless pathetic puppet.

Will grabbed Nico by his throat and pushed him down onto the ground. His hands only got tighter the more he fought against Aka Manah. For a moment Will felt a need to kill Nico. He wanted to kill Nico.

"You know you want to kill Nico! You want to feel the life leave his body. YOU NEED TO KILL HIM! KILL HIM! Kill that wretched boy. KILLLLLLLL HIM!"

Nico was close to death. Will grabbed an arrow and held it above Nicos chest. He was torn. Did he enjoy this or was it Aka Manah?

"Nico, please forgiv-"

Wills arm began to bleed heavily. He turned to Aka Manah. It had torn a large hole in the puppet. It pulled Will away from Nico. It handed Will a dagger then it thrusted Will back over to Nico. Will raised the dagger to Nicos throat.

Will felt the presence of something warm. He smiled slyly.

Apollo shot an arrow through Aka Manahs hand, the one holding the puppet. It dropped the puppet and snarled.

"Fine. You've won for now." It slithered close to Apollo, "Just so you know, Will is mine forever."

"Not if we stop you."

"You cannot stop pure evil, Apollo." He paused and strode proudly around them, "The voices and flashbacks will only get worse. If you aren't dead by the end of the year, I'll be surprised."

"Whatever you are, fix my son!" Apollo growled.

The word 'fix' sent sills up Wills spine. He was broken? Will got up and rammed the dagger into its stomach.

"Aka Manah, FIX ME!" Will demanded snarling like a dog.

"Fine. You have six months. If Nico isn't dead by then, then I will make you kill him!"

It touched Will then left leaving a cloud of black smoke behind it.

Apollo tended to Nico then stitched up Wills cut.

"Dad...what do I do?" Will muttered.

"I don't know. Nothing like this has happened before."

Will sighed, "Is Nico okay?"

"Yeah, he's fine. I managed to undo most of the damage. He'll only had minor bruises now."

"Thank you."

Apollo smiled, "Don't lose hope Will, thats what it wants. We'll find a way to defeat it."

"Please be right."