2 Days Later
Narrator POV
The whole camp was silent, save for the for the few sounds on crying, you would have thought it was a ghost town. The barracks were empty, the mess hall was empty, the training ground was empty. You couldn't find a single soul if you tried to, you could only hear people crying. If you ventured deep into the woods, past the woods and down at the beach you would have seen hundreds of campers, standing, paying respects to their falling comrades. More especially Percy Jackson. There was a shroud made for him. Annabeth unleashing wave upon waves of tears, Nico staying right by his shroud. Unmoving. The campers didn't know what was going on with Nico, they always thought he never cared about anyone. Well,boy were they wrong...
Nico POV
I couldn't hold it in. I was going to leave, forever. I was going to disappear from the face of the earth. I was heading to the river Lethe. I was...until Hazel stopped me. She informed me of Percy's shroud ceremony. It pains me. I can't go. I couldn't tell her. In the end I decided to just go and pay respect to my friend. It was the least that I could do. After all I did. He died thinking I hated him. Gods, why couldn't I have died? No one would have batted an eye lid. Maybe except for him.
I snap out of my thoughts and followed Hazel to the ceremony. I didn't know what overcame me but I just walked towards the shroud and knelt right next to it. Silently talking to Percy. Everyone must of thought I was crazy or something. I was however grateful that they didn't come to talk to me because I didn't know what I would have done.
I noticed Annabeth wailing right beside me. I could see the original 7...no 6. 6 Demigods who ventured to kill Gaia in utter dismay. Except for Jason. Jason kept a straight face. He was always perfect. He never cried, never did anything human. He was a perfect little demigod. I did notice something odd about him. When I looked at him, he looked back and he had a sad look on his face. I couldn't help but feel that this look was aimed towards me. It was if he was saying "I'm sorry Nico." or something like that. I quickly looked away. I stared at the shroud right in front me. I dared to look towards Poseidon direction. I could see his Aura changed alot. He usually was a calm individual however right now. He was in a state of devastation, I didn't know this God before me. I didn't realize I was staring at him until he looked back.
"You! How Dare You!" He bellowed rising from his seat. His trident beamed in his hand. The tip was radiating pure energy...it was pointed towards me. I quickly rose to my feet. I didn't know what to say, I however kept quiet. I didn't see it coming. I had a split second to react, I jumped sideways barely evading the projectile that came out of the trident.
"What are you talking about!" I screamed. I looked up and realized what was happening. He was glowing. Glowing. That means...He was transforming into a God. Everyone was turning around, why didn't they do something? What could they do? Fight a god? The only person I knew who fought a god isn't here.
"Lord Poseidon, Please I am confused. Explain to me" I urged while shielding my eyes.
"You are the reason that my son disappeared, even Hades can't find him."
"Wait what?" I said. I made the mistake of stopping. Poseidon screamed and threw his trident right at me. I couldn't move... I couldn't dodge it. I just accepted my fate. I could at least die. Even if Percy was to come back he wouldn't love me. I'm a filth. I'm a disgrace to mankind and gods alike. I'm a mistake. The trident was going to reach me in 0.24 seconds. I knew exactly when I was going to die. I closed my eyes waiting for the impact...it never came.
Annabeth POV
I didn't know what happen, everything happened so fast. I saw Poseidon throw the trident. It was moving so fast. I ran towards Nico, trying to protect him. I however didn't need to. Someone else did. My heart was imploding. I couldn't breathe. The whole place went silent. Poseidon's trident didn't impale Nico... It impaled a camper. A camper who dove right in the way. Horror filled my heart. I couldn't handle this gruesome scene.
I watched as the camper stood up to look towards us...shouldn't he be dead? When we all saw his face, we all gasped .
It was Percy. A bloodied Percy Jackson.
"Hey Dad, Is this how you greet your son?" He muttered, before falling on the floor. I begin running towards, him. I shot Poseidon a look of disgust before heading to Percy's side.
"Apollo! God of Healing and Medicine! Please I need you" I prayed. Nothing.
"Apollo!, I swear on the river styx if you don't appear right now I will have you thrown into Tartarus" Poseidon thundered. That did the trick. Apollo appeared... He picked up Percy from the floor and disappeared.
Nico was still standing in horror.
