My mate chapter 13
I do not own Percy Jackson, ooc, AU, thanks beta, slash
Nico appeared in his dad's throne room, he told him what he learned and his dad gave his blessing for Nico to bathe in the river Styx.
"Normally you would have to get the consent of your mother, but seeing as she is dead…Well; it will still work the same because I'm the ruler of the Underworld." Hades said as he led Nico to the door.
Nico looked at him hopefully, "Does that mean you can just make it give me the invincibility?"
Hades felt a smile threaten to appear on his face, but he forced it away. "Sadly, no."
"I thought so." Nico sighed as he left the throne room. He walked down the corridor with skeleton warriors marching up and down the way.
As soon as he walked out of the castle of Hades, he walked down the deaden road with poplars dotting here and there. He felt a tingling sensation on his scalp just before he jumped forward, nearly missing being impaled by a stalactite. He shook his head to shake off the creepy feeling of near death. He weaved between the stalagmites that poked in the middle of the road.
The strange mix of the smell of barbecuing and the screams of the fields of punishment assaulted his nose and ears. Nico felt a headache coming on as the stress of the thought of bathing in the Styx filled him with the disorienting surroundings. Soon the sounds and smells faded behind him as he came into sight of the Styx. He did not want to do this, but he had to. He stood on the edge of the Styx preparing to jump when Achilles spirited before him. Achilles opened his mouth to warn him of the dangers of jumping into the Styx, when Nico waved him away saying "I know of the dangers now don't come back until I'm done."
Achilles clicked his mouth shut an angry light filling his eyes as he faded away. Nico turned back to the edge of the Styx mentally preparing himself to jump when a barking sound came from nearby.
Nico ignored it as you can hear many hellhounds in the Underworld, so he was taken by surprise when a giant tongue licked him from behind as a voice called out, "Nico!"
Nico covered by saliva lost he footing, turning as he fell he saw Mrs. O'Leary and Percy who had lunged forward and grabbed onto him. Nico's eyes widened as the fell, his only thought was to protect his mate. He wrapped his wings around Percy as they fell into the polluted by lost dreams river Styx. Despite Nico's best efforts to prevent Percy being touched by the Styx, it slinked in through his wings filling the wing covered catacomb and covering Percy.
Nico could not think as the pain hit him, burning him from the inside out. Nevertheless, he still kept hold of Percy as flashes of his life filled his eyes. They were snippets of his time in the hotel, of Bianca, camp half blood, but most of all it showed his time with Percy. It was those visions good and bad that helped anchor him. Nico focused and tied his mortal point to the base of his wing. The reason was not many wound stab at the base of the wing, they would go for the middle of the wing.
-Percy's dream-
Percy felt like he was dissolving into the water. He saw the faces of his friends and his mom, sometimes accompanied by their voices.
"Be safe, brother!" Tyson pleaded.
"Enchiladas!" Grover said, Percy could not help but think, 'WTF?'
Percy knew he was losing the fight; the pain was too much to bear. "The cord," A familiar voice said. "Remember your lifeline, dummy!"
Suddenly there was a tug in Percy's lower back. The current pulled at him, but it was not carrying him anywhere. "Hold on seaweed brain." Annabeth's voice said clearly. "You're not getting away from me that easily."
Percy looked up at Annabeth standing barefoot on the pier after he had fallen out of his canoe. She held out her hand, Percy reached up to take it, memories just dancing at the edge of remembrance, when the vision changed. Percy was on the beach standing next to Nico, who was holding up his arms wanting a hug.
"Come on, Percy I don't ask of hugs that often." Nico said his cat ears flicking in the sunlight.
"Yeah, right," Percy snorted as he went to hug Nico. His arms closed around him as he said, "You've been more affectionate then all the time I've known you."
In addition, with that all of Percy's memories came rushing back, he was Percy Jackson son of Poseidon Greek God of the Sea and Sally Jackson. Step son of Paul Blowfis, friend of Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. Most importantly, he was mate of Nico Di Angelo! Percy pictures his mortal point on the small of his back that was protected by his armor when he was fighting.
With that, both demigods broke the surface of the river Styx, gasping for breath. They did not expect two pale hands to come out of nowhere grab them and pull them to shore.
"That's it, get it all out. Breath, Nico." A calming voice that they soon realized was Hades as they lay sputtering on the shore of the Styx.
After they had caught their breath, Nico wanted answers.
"What the Hades are you doing here?" Nico snapped and glared at Percy as they both sat up facing each other.
"Trying to find you." Percy wheezed as he shook his head, feeling slightly dizzy.
Nico's glare lessened, he could not stay angry with Percy for long. Not to say he will not get urked.
"How did you survive the Styx?" Nico asked.
Percy shrugged as he said, "I don't know."
Hades coughed as he shifted on the black banks. "I told the Styx to let him bathe, even without his mother's blessing."
With that, Hades disappeared back to his palace. Percy turned to Nico and said, "I have to go back to New York. The war is starting, and I have to fight. Prophesy and all that."
"I'll go with you; you'll need all the help you can get." Nico said as he stood up, he offered Percy a hand.
Percy took the hand then he quickly let go as soon as he was on his two feet again and said, "No, you have to convince your dad to join the fight."
Nico looked at him with a critical eye; Percy in desperation kissed him and said, "I can't lose you."
Nico's eyes narrowed and he hissed, "You think I can?"
"Please, Nico, just stay here."
Review this story. Help me decide, I can't choose on letting Nico go with Percy and contacting Hades in another way or having Percy sneak away after making Nico swear on the Styx to stay and convince his father to fight. Tell me what you want in your reviews or PM me. (Preferred method is review)