Sorry to disappoint you guys but this one is Nico telling the others about finding Percy, and him attacking Jason. Don't worry though the next one will have a good amount of action in it.
Normally Nico loved to shadow travel it was a convenient way to get to and from some place. How ever under this much stress made it so much harder. Having to tell his closest friends that his own cousin who went to hell and back for them, now went insane and might be on a murderous rampage defiantly will not go over well.
The worst of it was what is Annabeth going to say to him or even Piper for that matter when she finds out Jason went to potentially fight Percy. He wasn't sure he was ready to face the both of them, but he had to he had to get there before Percy did to warn them. If Jason couldn't convince him, then that horde of monsters is going to be the last thing they have to worry about.
So Nico did the only thing he could do, commanded the shadows to take him, and as fast as they could, unfortunately for him, summoning all of those skeletons made him tired, even if he didn't want to admit it. It had been almost nearly three minuets he spent in what he liked to call the Land of Shadows. It was taking far to long, and he just hoped that Jason could hold them.
Then Nico felt a sudden pain in his stomach, one made him lose all breath and feel like he was about ready to throw up. He knew this pain far to well it was the one letting him know that his time in the Land of Shadows was almost over and soon he had to tell the others what he has been dreading since the moment they set foot in Greece.
"Well, here goes nothing." He said to himself before closing is eyes and stepping into the cold hard white light that led back to the normal world. When he opened his eyes he couldn't help but cough, traveling like that especially on weak power always made him feel tired out. Then he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Nico is that you?" Hazel said, she was getting dressed into her armor, as were the others. Nico noticed battle plans drawn out in the dirt and snow that covered the mountain they were on. Everyone looked at him with a confused look on their faces.
"Have any of you seen Jason at all?" He said, he knew that asking that would cause panic in them, mostly to Piper, but he had to know that he beat the two of them here.
"Jason? No we haven't." Hazel said, her eyes narrowing at her brother for more clarification on the subject.
"Shouldn't he be with you, did something happen?" Piper asked, now walking at them, with the others on her heel. "Nico where is Jason?" She asked once more, Nico knew the girl tried to put up a tough front, but her voice almost gave it away here.
"Look, I know this is going to be weird to here, it is even weirder to say, but you all need to get back on the ship." Nico said, looking over his shoulder hoping he wouldn't see his two cousins fighting to the death.
"Get on the ship? Why what is going on?" Hazel said, standing almost nose to nose with Nico said. She may have been short, kind hearted and often time too sweet, but Hazel stood up for her friends, and Percy and Jason were ones she took great protection over.
"Look just get on the ship, you guys need to go." He said, this was getting frustrating.
"What about the monster horde?" Leo said, pointing to the giant wad of monsters that no doubt knew where the demi-gods were.
"The monsters are not the problem they never were. You all just need to leave and quick, I promise Jason, Percy and myself will all join you soon, just go." He said, almost begging them.
"Did something happen to Percy, did you find him.?" Annabeth said, she didn't just come up to Nico's face, she grabbed him by the shirt and almost lifted him in the air.
"Yes, we found him, but you need to leave before he gets here, or else all of you will be in danger." That made them all raise their eyebrows. Even Annabeth looked shocked at what he just said, Nico never thought he would have to say something like that to anyone.
"Explain Nico, now." Annabeth said, looking him dead in the eyes, Nico has been to the underworld more times then the living, has played card games with zombies, and even watched the judging of the damned, but still out of everything he has ever seen, Annabeth still scares him the most.
"Okay, okay, but if I do you all need to promise me that you will go back to the ship after I say my piece."
"Depending on what you say." Piper chimed in, staring Nico down as well.
"Well first off, we found Percy, just the way I thought we would. In really bad shape, only it was worse then what I thought." Nico stared off, trying not to look at Annabeth, but when he did, he saw that she had almost no emotion, she was just going to take in every detail then decide what to do. "Well, first off, the monsters down there were nothing, I just told you all about them so you wouldn't go to the doors. Remember when I said, that I was close to Tartarus, well I was only close to it and for a few hours."
"When I left and came back to this world, nothing made sense to me and I just wanted to attack everything that did. That is what Tartarus does to you, it messes with your mind to make you face your greatest fear, then it makes you lose that battle until eventually you just snap. Percy was actually in the heart of it, and for over a week. I have never heard of someone living that long down there, without being killed or killing themselves."
"Are you saying Percy snapped when you guys saw him?" Leo asked, cutting Nico off, his question however made all of the others face's react. They must have been wanting to ask the same question.
"More then that, when we saw him, he punched Jason so hard he fell off a cliff an..."
"WHAT! Jason fell off a cliff?" Piper screamed, tears forming up in her eyes already. So much for her tough attitude.
"He flew back up before he hit the ground, but Percy left, he heard the sound of a war horn and went in that direction. I don't know what he is thinking or what he is even capable of, but what ever it is its coming this way." Nico said, hoping that he wouldn't get punched in the face by any of them for lying to them about such a big deal.
"So where are Jason and Percy then?" Frank said, interrupting the silence.
"After Percy ran off, Jason followed him, either to talk him down, or try to stall him in any way so I could warn all of you. Now please you need to leave."
"I'm not going anywhere." Annabeth said, looking at Nico, her eyes were red, he could tell she was fighting to hold back tears, weather they were anger, fear or sadness he didn't know. " I did not travel all of this way just to run when Percy needs us the most." She said, the others had the same look in their eyes. Nico was afraid of this.
"I can't let Jason face all of the danger either, besides, if Percy needs to be talked down, I think I am the best one to do it." Piper said, grabbing a hold of her blade.
"I am not telling you to run away for your health, but do you really think any of you are would be able to hurt Percy? I am not just talking about his physical ability, but also emotionally. Would you really be able to bring your self to do it?" Nico said, they all looked at him, he could tell that they were all mad at him for not telling them the truth earlier. He could also tell that what he just said hit home on all of them. Nico wasn't even sure if he could bring him self do it.
"We have to think of something, what else can we do, just leave Percy out to dry and hope he gets better?" Hazel said, Nico knew he was right but still he didn't want any of them to go through with it.
Especially Annabeth, or Piper for that matter, if Percy showed up and Jason didn't he wasn't sure she would ever recover.
Nico was going to protest, but before he could something loud and fast smashed into the side of the mountain right above them causing dust and smoke to fill the air. Nico couldn't see what it was but he had a good guess.
When the dust cleared a figure fell, form the giant crater that was now in the side of the mountain face, and when it hit the ground it made a loud thud.
Jason was tried to get up, holding his head, Nico tried to get a good look at him, but he was covered in blood and looked like he just got mauled by a pack of lions.
When he looked up and saw everyone, he was about to say something, but something behind them caught his attention, and made his eyes get as big as his palms.
When Nico and the others turned around, a giant dragon made out of complete water was headed right for them, and in the dragons mouth was Percy Jackson, the most dangerous demi-god he has ever met.
Yes a dragon, little over used I know but hey I thought it was badass. I don't really know who should tell the next chapter. Also I am kinda wondering if I should turn this story into a series, tell me what you guys think about that. One more thing, I really appreciate all of the support for this story, because of you guys, I look forward to writing a chapter almost every night because of it. Thanks.