::Last song::

::Chapter ten::

Nico Di Angelo's POV.

Ignoring the bowing ghosts I headed to my fathers palace when I sensed something. W-What!? I was wondering whether I had just gone insane. I swear I could feel Kai and Percy's presence enter the underworld. They were alive but why would they be here!? After debating it I finally decided upon finding them before they ended up dead. As I looked for them I couldn't help but let a sliver of hope that I could fix things with Kai. I just hoped that sliver wouldn't end up killing me. Now who was the idiot who said slivers can't kill you?

Nikai Laskaris's POV.

"This may be the last thing that I write for long. Can you hear me smiling when I sing this song? For you…and only you. As I leave will you be someone to say good-bye. As I leave will you be someone to wipe your eye? My foot is out the door you can't stop me now." I sang feeling comforted by the music in this place. Percy and my adventures down here really weren't the happiest.

"You wanted the best. It wasn't me. Will you give it back? Now I'll take the lead. When there's no more room to make it grow. I'll see you again. You'll pretend your naïve, is this what you want? Is this what you need? How you end up. Let me know." Last song by All American Rejects. "As I go remember all the simply things you know. My mind is just a crutch and I still hope. That you will miss me when I'm gone. This is that song. The hearts start breaking as the year is gone. The dream's beginning and the time rolls on. It seems so surreal and now I sing it. Somehow I knew that it would be this way. Somehow I knew that it would slowly fade. Now I am gone just try to stop me now…You wanted the best. It wasn't me. Will you give it back? Now I'll take the lead. When there's no more room to make it grow. I'll see you again. You'll pretend your naïve, is this what you want? Is this what you need? How you end up. Let me know." Suddenly I heard foot steps…closer.

Suddenly I looked up… "N-Nico!" I exclaimed happy and at the same time terrified. What the Hades was I supposed to do now?! Jeez. I really hadn't planned this one out. So for the next two minutes we just stood there staring at each other awkwardly.

"I-I'm sorry…" He muttered as I smiled.

"I never hated you and there's no need to be jealous of Trent and Zane!" I told him remembering Zane's words. He blushed madly as Percy smirked.

"Ah, young love!" Percy cooed tauntingly as I glared coolly and said, "Shove it, Pony princess!"

"I much prefer Prince." He retorted. I felt relieved. As if I'd been forced into the darkness, into black water, where I couldn't breath. And now, I was finally resurfacing taking a large, needed, much desired, breath.

"Okay…so, now what?" Percy asked awkwardly. Hmm…that was another question forgot to consider. Oops?

"Guess you better go to your father." I said toward Nico.

"Where are you going?" He asked me as I told him I was going to go back to camp. Either that or, school. Spring break was coming up. "Okay…but, promise me something okay?" He asked before I left despite myself I turned around and quickly sputtered, "Anything!"

He smiled at my exuberance and said, "Promise me you'll stay alive in time for Valentine's day? And I'll meet you in Camp Half-blood." I groaned in frustration with the stupid holiday.

"Fine…" I said with a grudging sigh. I kept my promise and stayed at school with Zane and Trent. But everyday since he left…dreams.

The dark tinted hall lit only by the faint glow of flickering candle flames. Deep within the corridors of stone, was Nico. He was there, but within a forest, he walked…but a dark shadow seemed to follow him. This shadow had no form but as he walked the scenery seemed to grow darker, and the Nico's face grew more tired and weary…but I couldn't contact him in any way…and the dark shadow…seemed to grow.

Till Valentine's day. I decided I'd return to camp, I'd wait for Nico there. It just felt off though. It was like an odd pit in my stomach. I couldn't describe the feeling. But I didn't like it. The night before Valentine's day I grabbed my stuff and left. The entire camp looked as if it had been decorated by Aphrodite's cabin, which, I had no doubt, it had. The next morning I awoke in my cabin. Dressed and entered. It was Valentines day so it was no surprise the rush of people and flowers as well as all the other mushy-gushy love stuff I'd been grimacing at all day. I waited, and waited. Where was he?! I began getting annoyed. The sun was beginning to set…just over the horizon.

Had he stood me up? I stayed alive like I promised now where was he!? The dream I had just last night scared me though. Last night I had traveled him all the same, but last night, the shadow took a form. It took the form of a double edged sword. The symbol of Nemesis. I swallowed down the thought and assumed he was late. Or maybe, he'd forgotten? Well, the forgotten option wasn't much worse then the one where he got killed. It was around ten now. Finally, I got so fed up. I decided to forget it. What was his problem!? Standing me up…jerk…

When suddenly a mist appeared. It was an IM. I opened it only to see…

"Thalia? What are you doing!? Why is Nico pinned down?!" I shouted in a hurry rushing my words out at the bizarre scene in front of me. Nico was pinned to a tree trunk with silver arrows. Thalia had a spear to his neck and looked as if she was ready to kill. But at the same time, he was too. His eyes, they were different. They held a lusting and an anger I remember that he directed a Percy long ago. Then I remembered the symbol of Nemesis over taking him. He went to the hunters for revenge?

"Nico!" I practically screamed threw the Iris message. "SNAP OUT OF IT!" I shouted but his angry gaze at the hunters didn't change.

"Where are you?" I asked them as Thalia told me they were in Texas.

"Artemis was trying to find out why he's in this state." Thalia told me as I thought it over…suddenly…it all made sense! "It was Hades! He must've forced Nico into believing it was your fault's that Bianca was dead. He did that so he could get Nico to kill you guys…he wanted revenge…"