A/N: Solangelo NOW.
Lalita
Why did she jinx herself? Of course shadow travel had negative repercussions. Everything did. Lalita would of smashed her head on the brick wall next to her if it didn't mean leaving her and Nico completely vulnerable. Nico pulled her into the shadows. It suddenly felt extremely cold. She shivered at the sudden flip of temperature. She shut her eyes tightly. When Lalita opened them again, they were in an alleyway of what seemed to be New York. Nico groaned and tilted dangerously to the side.
"NICO! BRO NO," Lalita caught the guy.
Nico let out a shaky breath. "Call a cab to Half-Blood Hill, Long Island, New York. The camp is disguised as a strawberry farm. "
With that, Nico fully conked out. That left Lalita to do all the work. She tried to heft him up by the arms but to no avail. She decided to lift him up bridal style. Surprisingly, she could carry him with some difficulty. She carried him into the sidewalk and looked down the busy street. She needed to call a cab. How to call a cab was the problem. She hoped she could get get one's attention without trying to do a taxi cab whistle. She could not do that to save her life. Sadly, fate was not on her side.
"Screw it," she mumbled.
She had searched up how to do those whistles, but it ended in failure in the past. She tried again and prayed one of those gods would help her. A loud whistle blared through the streets and a cab was already pulling towards her. Lalita blinked in surprise and grinned.
'Thank you whoever's up there,' she thought.
She hauled Nico into the back seat and got in.
"Half-Blood Hill, Long Island."
The driver looked at her strangely. "Miss, you know that's a lot ways away, right?"
"I can pay it," she responded and waved a couple of bills.
The drive was long and the man was surprisingly nice. Lalita told him she was going to visit a farm with her friend since her friend had family working there. The man had asked why he was knocked out, and she told him he fell asleep on the ride from out of state. Lying must be a talent since he fell for the lie easily. They arrived that the address, and she paid the man. Lalita slung the bag on then picked up Nico. She pushed the car door close with her foot and started the trek up the hill.
"Physical exertion is not my thing," she grumbled. "You better be thankful for this, Nico. I am doing physical work for some I just met within a day. I regret my life decisions."
She didn't stop walking. Lalita spotted a large pine tree at the top. There was someone at the top with a pile of cables next to them. Why there was cables was beyond her, but it was blurring up. The cable rippled in her sight and changed into a dragon.
"Holy cheese and cracker and everything good and holy," she gaped.
The person near the beast looked at her and then to Nico.
"Hey, punk," the person called out. "Why's Nico knocked out?"
The girl was towering over Lalita. She had stringy reddish brown hair and a spear strapped to her back. Lalita would've went into the fetal position or something if she wasn't carrying a lump of a cinnamon roll in her arms.
"He shadow traveled."
The girl nodded. "Okay. Bring him to the infirmary. Just go to the really shiny cabin and ask one of the kids for help. The Apollo cabin handles injured demigods. "
She nodded. "Thank you."
"No problem. The name's Clarisse. You better watch you back, kid."
Lalita mutely nodded her head and hurried down the hill. She did not want to know what that meant. Someone noticed her and hollered out.
"Hey, Nico!"
She turned to the guy who rushed up to her.
"Oh wait," he blinked. "You aren't Nico..."
"Nope, but this guy is," she gestured to Nico in her arms.
"Woah no!" the guy gaped. "Nico!"
Lalita sighed. "Calm down. I'm trying to find the infirmary to bring him there. I'm Lalita Luzon. Nice to meet you."
"Percy Jackson!" he smiled. "Are you a new camper or something?"
"Now I am, I guess," she shrugged. "Nico came to my school and a cyclops attacked us. Apparently I'm a daughter of Apollo. "
"Cool! The infirmary is that way," Percy pointed to a building.
Lalita thanked him and headed off to the infirmary. The place was a giant space with rows of curtains with beds set up. It wasn't very loud and not a lot of people were there. Once she was inside the building she called out.
"Anybody here?" she hollered. "I got one passed out son of Hades to go."
Someone popped out of one of the curtains. A guy with shaggy blonde hair wearing a doctor's coat had looked out of a curtain to see Lalita with Nico in her arms.
"Oh gods!" he exclaimed. "Sunshine!"
The guy rushed up to her and lifted Nico out of her arms. Lalita was thankful to get him out of her hands.
"What happened?!" the guy exclaimed while craddling Nico.
"Nico offered to shadow travel us here. I said sure. I didn't realize that would physically exhaust him," Lalita explained.
"He's not suppose to be using Underworld-y things! So stubborn," the blonde shook his head. "I'm Will Solace, son of Apollo and head of the Apollo cabin. Nice to meet you..."
"Lalita," she grinned at him. "Lalita Luzon. Apparently, the daughter of Apollo."
Will beamed at her. "Nice to meet you, little sis! Thanks for taking care of Nico."
"No problem, but what do I do now?"
"You can help me take care of Nico. Then, I'll take you to Chiron and Mr. D. They need to know you're here."
The younger child of Apollo nodded. "Sure! I'll help, but I have a question."
"Sure. What is it?"
"Why did you call Nico 'Sunshine'?"
Will blushed and turned around. "Let's go, shall we?"
"Ooooooo. Someone has a wittle crush," Lalita smirked. "Will and Nico sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"N-N-NO!"
"Too late. I ship it."
Short:
She had searched up how to do those whistles, but it ended in failure in the past. She tried again and prayed one of those gods would help her. A loud whistle blared through the streets and a cab was already pulling towards her. Lalita blinked in surprise and grinned.
'Thank you whoever's up there,' she thought.
"No problem sweetie!" someone hollered from down the street.
Lalita eyes bugged out when she saw a blonde guy happily waving at her from far away. She could see a woman next to him. The lady smacked the man in the head and dragged him off.
"I love you, Lalita!" the guy hollered. "Tell Will and the others I love them, sweetie!"
"Apollo, you're embarassing her and me," the lady yelled.
The two disappeared somewhere. People were staring at her now. Lalita gave them a sheepish smile and quick got into the cab. She paid the man and looked back to the street.
'That was my dad?'
A/N:
I'm sorry, but I couldn't help thinking that... .w. Solangelo FTW.