Chapter Two


Disclaimer: I do not own the PJO or HoO series by Rick Riodan. I do own all of the OCs mentioned, except for Walker. He belongs to Star Holder Commander.


Nico's POV

I slowly lift my head, it felt like there were a million cement blocks weighing it down. My vision was tinged in black, and it was blurry. The lights were dimmed again, which was a relief because of how bright they are when they're turned all the way on. I could vaguely make out Kyra and Mike, and that made me feel slightly better.

"Ky," I croak out.

She doesn't move.

"Mike," still nothing.

"Michael Oliver di Angelo, answer me," I say, grinding my teeth and forcing myself to stand up straighter, even though it hurt like hell.

He looks up, and I breathe a sigh of relief. He was okay. Now I needed to know why Kyra wasn't responding.

"Mike, what happened to mama?" I ask.

I hear him sniffle and he looks over at Kyra. "The mean man wrapped wires 'round her arms. She moved and they cut her skin real bad. Then she laid down and fellded asleep."

I breathe in sharply. I'd witnessed that torture being done before in Punishment, it wasn't pretty. You could hardly move, otherwise your skin would be ripped to shreds. When you're tied up like that, your muscles get tired of being in one position and you eventually give in to your screaming body and fall out of place.

It makes it even worse if you strain against it, you lose more blood that way. I can't tell from here how deep the cuts are and I can't see how much blood she's lost. She might still be bleeding.

"Where is the man who did it, Mike? Did he leave?" I ask.

He nods and moves his head towards the door behind him. "He went that way a long time ago,"

"Did he say where he was going?"

He shakes his head. "Nope. He just left."

I look back down at my feet. My vision was slowly, but surely, clearing. I could see blood splattered all over the floor and on my shoes. I was actually surprised Daemon hadn't taken them off and cut off a few of my toes. Wouldn't put it past him to save that for later.

I glance back up right as the door creaks open. There were two silhouettes of people standing in the door frame. They both step in and start making their way over to us. As they get closer, I see that one of them was Daemon, the other I didn't recognize. Daemon stops right behind Kyra and looks down at her, a sadistic grin on his face.

"Excellent handiwork, D," the other guy says, nudging Daemon's shoulder.

He laughs and kicks Kyra. "It is pretty good looking, ain't it?"

I glower at them, wishing more than anything that I could break out of these chains and rip off their faces.

"Ah, so the ghost king is awake," Daemon says, walking over to me.

"What did you do to her?" I say, straining against the chains.

"Oh, your wife over there? She was being difficult, so I wired her up. I knew she'd pull against 'em when I went back to beat on you. I got two birds with one stone," he chuckles.

"You bastard," I growl.

"I believe you've already called me that, don't have a better insult than that? That's pretty sad,"

"There are so many things I want to call you, but I'm not going to,"

"Ah, because of your son? Well, it's a good thing we're about to take care of that."

He turns away from me and starts making his way back over to Mike and Kyra. My head snaps up and I pull as hard as I can against my restraints. I knew it was hopeless, but it was worth a shot.

Mike tries to back away from Daemon, but can't because of how short the chains are. The other man that had come in with Daemon grabs Mike from behind and holds him still while Daemon unlocks the shackles.

"Daddy!" he screams, trying to kick his captive.

"No! You let him go, he hasn't done anything!" I yell, pulling against the chains.

"Mike!" I bellow.

I watch helplessly as he's dragged out of my sight. There was no telling where they were taking him, and what they were going to do to him.

"Osiris wanted to start training up little Michael, getting him used to his special power. That boy will change the world if trained properly," Daemon says.

"What is he going to do to him," I say, still pulling against the chains.

"Well, that really isn't any of your business,"

"He's my son, you ass,"

"Oh, so the little ghost king does have other insults," he chuckles, "I have to get going, but I'll be back later."

He wiggles his fingers at me as he heads towards the door. He opens it and a flood of white light streams into the room. I seethe as he closes the door behind him.

When I get out of here with Kyra and Mike, I'm going to slaughter Daemon and Osiris. Even if I die doing it, it'll be worth it knowing those scumbags will forever be off of this planet.

A/N:

Shortish chapter today, but oh well.

So, they finally took Mike away, Nico's chained up and can't do anything about it, and Kyra's unconscious from blood loss. The next few chapters in Nico's POV will be kinda boring, in my opinion. It's simply because they're chained up and can't really go anywhere. It does get a little interesting in chapter six though...

So how was everyone's week? Honestly, mine was pretty fucking awful. Mostly because my mind is trying to drag me back into a bad place again. I've got some stuff going on right now and some tough decisions to make, and that's weighing me down pretty badly. Thursday was really bad. Both of my parents were working all day, so my mom dropped me off at class (which was horrendous) and my brother picked me up. When I got home I just completely broke down. I then spent the rest of the night watching How I Met Your Mother on Netflix and eating Ben&Jerry's Red Velvet ice cream. I'll pull through this though, I always do. So don't worry. Just kinda needed to vent about it.

My parents are dragging me to Atlanta, Georgia next weekend for this concert. My mom bought me a ticket, even after I told her I wouldn't go. I've listened to the guy, and he's good and all, but it's not something I want to sit through, y'know? But after that, I think the concert is on Friday, we're going to stay through Saturday and do something then come back home on Sunday.

So yea, that's pretty much it. I got my hair cut today though. It's even shorter now than it was before, and it looks pretty kick ass!

M/A:

"'Can't get this shit off my mind
I just want to be alright
So just tell me nothing's wrong
Then get undressed and spend the night

I took a ride to meet an enemy
I faced a fear of mine and shivered but didn't blink
I took a ride to meet an enemy to end all the madness
And now I know that I'll be fine
I am fine'"

Enemy by Eve 6.

XOXO,

Mrs-diAngelo25