A week later, it was the first capture the flag game in which Danny would participate. The Hades cabin made alliances with the Athena Poseidon and Hephaestus cabins. The Ares cabin made alliances with everyone else. Danny would stay in the defense with Nico while the Hephaestus and Athena cabin made a distraction. Then, Percy and Annabeth would go and get the flag. It was a great plan.
Two hours after the game started, Danny and Nico were sitting next to the flag. Then, Danny´s ghost sense went off. Suddenly alert, he turned into his ghost half and started floating when he saw
"Clockwork!" The surprise was so big he almost fell of the air
"Danny, we have a problem" The ghost said
"Who is that?" Nico asked from down the floor. Danny ignored him
"He escaped" Danny literally fell a few feet from the surprise.
"Please tell me you have other captured ghosts and you are not referring to Dan" He pleaded.
"Dan escaped and stole a time medallion, so he could be anywhere." Danny started shaking "Be careful"
And with that, Clockwork disappeared. Danny slowly floated down. When he reached the floor, he turned back, almost without noticing it. He was lost in his thoughts. How did he escape? Is he coming for the camp? How is that he is still there? Does that means I will still turn into him? He was so lost in his thoughts he didn´t notice Nico running towards him
Nico (3rd person) POV
Nico was confused. Who was that Dan? Danny seemed very affected, so he ran towards him. When he was closer, he could hear Danny murmuring things.
"He can´t be free. That means I am still going to… no, I promised"
Nico was more confused, but Danny needed support. He hugged him and he realized he was shaking.
"Danny, I don´t care who this Dan is but don´t worry, we won´t let him hurt you. We are a big family; we take care of each other"
"You don´t understand he is…" Danny started crying. They heard the conch in the distance that marked the end of the game. Danny tried to control himself.
"We should probably be going" Nico said
"Y-yes." They started going to the Big House, Danny still shaking
-time skip-
They arrived to see a fight. Clarisse was insisting it was unfair that one team had all the children of the big three and nothing that anyone said made her change her mind. In the other side, the blue team was celebrating. Between all that noise and what had just happened, Nico was getting a headache.
"CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP!" Nico yelled, gaining everyone´s attention. "Something happened in the forest. A ghost named Clockwork visited Danny and told him something that doesn't make sense to me, but maybe to you-" He was interrupted by Danny, who took some steps forward, took deep breath and started talking.
"Clockwork is the master of time. Many of you might confuse him with Kronos, but they are not the same being. For what I heard, Kronos can bend the time, but not stop it completely, or make it go backwards like this ghost does. The point is, he visited me to warn me that a ghost I believed gone is back. I tell you this because he will probably try to harm all the people I care for. Why is not important. You must be very careful until he is cached again. I will explain to the cabin consulters some things you all need to know. That´s all." He turned around and walked away, leaving very confused campers. Nico knew Danny hadn´t told them everything, and he probably wouldn´t tell them. He decided he was going to find out why Danny feared that ghost so much, even if that meant doing dangerous things, like going into the Ghost Zone.
