A/N Sorry it took so long. It seemed like every time I would get ready to write up this chapter I would get grounded or the computer was having problems. The next one will be coming out soon.

Nico's POV

Chapter Six

I soon found me self being roughly dragged out of the room and deeper into the hell-house by Lexxi and Peter. They whipped around corners and made many twist and turns until we stopped in front of Zane.

Zane saw me and his dark eyes widened in shock, but at least he refrained from hugging me unlike a certain someone. He was on his knees with a once-yellow-now-green-and -gray-sponge in his hand and a blue plastic bucket with, from the smell of it, straight bleach in it.

"Can we borrow the bucket, Zane?" asked Peter, with an almost commanding note in his voice. Zane nodded but continued to look at me.

Peter grabbed the bucket and poured it carefully on my shirt. My poor Metallica T-shirt was now coved in white blotches, but at least you couldn't tell there had been blood there.

"Thanks guys" I told them actually thankful. I don't know how I could have explained the blood to Hawk-Eyes.

We stood there awkwardly looking at each other with reproachful expressions. Until finally Peter turned around and almost immediately Zane and Lexxi turned like Peter. I couldn't figure out why until I heard the thundering footsteps too. I placed myself behind Lexxi and Zane and successfully put on a tired expression, like I had been up doing chores all day. I guess I looked like I thought I did because when Hawky hauled herself in front of us she glanced in my direction and smirked evilly. Then she saw my shirt.

"WHAT HAPPENED?" Hawk-Eyes shrieked at us, covering each of us with spit. With my mad lying skills, I quickly came up with a story.

"Peter and I were looking for some more needles to sew the blankets and I tripped and fell on the bucket." I said evenly. The others obviously understood because they didn't show any sign of confusion. Hawky rolled her eyes and hissed a threat, but I want really paying her any attention.

After she left, I spent the rest of the working with the others. I didn't complain much because I was too busy thinking of ways to get out of here. I couldn't just walk out of here with all the kids and walk there. Camp was way too far away for that. I could shadow travel, but I knew couldn't get all of us there at the same time and there was no way I could get us too camp in one travel. I wasn't powerful enough for that, yet. It was all so screwed up I wanted to scream!

I sighed as we finally settled down to sleep for the night. Peter, who was lying next to me, raised his thick eyebrows questionly. The others all seemed to be asleep so I told him in a whisper.

"Trying to think of ways to get you guys out of here."

"What have you come up with so far?" he asked.

"Well the only plan that has any potential is me shadow traveling you guys as close to camp as I can get you. But I can only take one of you at a time to get as close as I can and I might be out of it for a while afterward."

"What's shadow traveling?" he asked questioningly.

"I manipulate the shadows to where the teleport me to wherever I need to go."

"How close could you get us?"

"About thirty miles from camp." I answered.

"Oh, well then I got nothing. " He said sadly. I sighed again. I was hoping he could come up with something.

"-but I know someone who might." He finished.

A/N WAY TOO SHORT! I just couldn't think of a way to end this chapter to save my life but the next one should be up soon. Sorry it so short!