Chapter 19

Nico's Point of View

I stood outside Kimki's house, the house looks gloomy and lonely, every light inside the house are off. I had knocked a thousand times and no one answered. A boy around the age of 6 pulled at my jeans.

"No one is inside." He said the words one by one in a poor English accent. He looked at me slightly scared because of my outfit.

"Her friends, where are they?" I asked him. He pointed to a tall building beside a huge chinese temple. I gave him a nod and said the chinese word for thank you in a bad chinese accent.

I walked towards the building too tired to shadow travel. I have been fighting for almost a week nonstop. Shadow Traveling from one country to another, I actually don't understand anything, I don't understand why I have to fight, all I wanted is for my sister to be safe. I want to go back home, where ever home is.

As I reach the tall building, a security guard stopped me from walking in. He yelled in chinese words that I don't understand. I didn't paid him any attention and walk pass him as if he didn't exist. He yelled at me and tried to catch me but he was too slow to catch me. He called for back up but the time they came I was already inside the elevator. Not knowing where to go I just pressed a random button. As I was waiting inside the elevator, it stopped on the fifth floor and a girl around my age went inside. She was about to press a number when she noticed it was already in bright red. She looked at me then she smiled.

"I haven't' seen you around here before. You are?" She asked in perfect English accent.

"Atticus Flinch." I lied. She smiled at me once again and waves her brown hair to her back.

"I'm Mei Ann. Are you from New York Atticus or is it England? I'm not very good with names."

"England." Just when I was about to say something else the door opened and the two of us went out. The 16th floor is filed with kids in long black uniforms. I can see a few adults around the age of 21 but no one is older than 30. I guess I found the right place. I went towards what I think is the information desk.

A man around the age 20 with black hair and chinese eyes talked to me. Just like Mei Ann he can speak in perfect English accent. "Atticus Flinch am I right? Mei Ann told me she saw a young man inside the elevator. What is your problem sir? Is there a monster in town that your friends need help in dealing with? Or are you part of the special task force from England sending a special assignment?" He asked in a calm voice as if this is what he talks about to people every single day.

"I am neither. May I ask if you know the location of Kimki Go?" He was shocked by my question and he examined me with his brown eyes and once he was done, he started pressing buttons on his phone. In a matter of seconds I was surrounded by kids around my age, their weapons all pointing at me.

"Are you Kimki Go's companion? Tell us her location now and we can all drink tea at the guest room peacefully." The man on the counter said with a serious look on his face. I took out my stygian sword and pointed it at them.

"I'm not afraid to fight."

From different directions they charge towards me. I fought sword to sword with a girl around 13 years old and summoned a wall of skeletons on my other side. I was wounded by a boy who attacked from by behind, making me drop my sword. Having no weapon, I summoned skeletons from the underworld to attack them but once they started appearing, everyone stopped attacking. They all stared at me as if I was some kind of strange alien. I commanded the skeletal warriors to come back to where they came from.

"You're Nico di Angelo." The girl I just fought with said. I rolled my eyes. Way to go Einstein, I said to myself.

Weapons were dropped to the ground, some disappeared, some stay there creating a sound.

"We're very sorry for attacking you. Do you still want that tea I promised a while ago?" The man on the counter a while ago asked. I nodded.

He led me to a small but comfy room. We sat on the sofa, opposite to each other. He smiled at me and hand me a hot tea.

"So..why are you looking for Kim?"

"She promised to find my sister for me. I am only wondering if she's making any process or what so ever." The man sips on his tea and with a sad look on hs face he put the tea on the table between us.

"We have your sister. She is currently with Shan Yu, she's a daughter of Mnemosyne, she is trying to restore her memories. As our friend Qiara had found her soulless, as she describes. I don't know if she will be successful, but I do hope she will." I nodded I was contented to hear my sister safe and sound.

I started to leave the comforts of the room and to go see how my little sister is doing when a girl pulled my pants and stopped me.

"Please don't leave. You got to protect us! Someone's coming! They're going to kill us. Please save us." I looked at the girl confused, I turn to look at the man on the counter he was as worried and confused as I am.

"Joanna, did you saw something again?" The girl hid behind me , she nodded a tear falling down from her eyes.

"They are coming. They want to kill us. They're downstairs, 10 mortals are already dead. We need to stop them now." Alarmed, the man run towards the counters, he pressed multiple buttons and soon everyone was armed. The elevator opened and 10 people went in, some shadow traveled, some disappeared in a flash of light.

"I am very sorry for all of this Nico. We didn't know they were coming today."

"Who are they?"

"The Madrigals, group of demi-protogenoi, demigods and demi-titans who supports Chaos. They want to end the world in order to start a new universe."

Author's Note: Its been a long time since I wrote an Author's Note. Anyways The Madrigal Singers of the Phil are really awesome but their names are so mysterious that I can't help using them! Last Year I was in my choir and we were taught by some of them yay! I missed those times soooooooo much!