~~~~•~~~~~• Nico •~~~~•~~~~~

"Annabeth? I can't sense her presence anymore!" Nico said, clearly frustrated.

"What? Where did she go?" Hazel asked.

"She must have woken up! She needed to know more about Tartarus! How are they going to make it to the doors of death now?"

"They'll get there. I know Percy, and he can find a way out of anything. Hopefully one of them can contact you again."

"You should get some sleep."

"So should you. You where in a bottle-type-thing for a week. You need to sleep in a real bed."

"Well I need to figure out how Annabeth contacted me through her dream. It was probably a god, but I need to find out who."

"Nico, I can help. I want to know too."

Nico sighed. "Fine. Lets-"

He didn't get to Finnish his sentence. Coach hedge stormed in yelling, "Do you know what time it is? Get to your bunks!"

Great, Nico thought. He's gonna wake everyone up and we will have to explain what happened.

"Coach! Shut up! We contacted Annabeth!" That got him to stop.

He looked like someone smacked him. "What? How? Don't lie to me!" He raised his baseball bat.

Nico looked at Hazel and mouthed, is he always like this?

She nodded. "Coach, she spoke to Nico. We where talking about how to get them back, and Nico sensed her presence out of nowhere. She spoke in his head!"

"What's with Coach now?" Piper asked, walking towards them. Her eyes where red and puffy like she was crying.

"Nothing. Go back to sleep, Piper." Hazel said.

"Who says I was sleeping," Piper said. "I wanna know what's going on."

"I heard Annabeth speak in my head," Nico said. It was weird that he didn't even hesitate. Why did he do that?

"What?" She looked stunned. "Tell me the everything."

He looked at Hazel. He wasn't sure if he wanted to tell someone he just met about his abilities.

"You will tell me." She had a lot of power in her voice.

Nico suddenly decided that it was the right choice to tell her what happened.

Hazel looked at him and mouthed charmspeak. Charmspeak? Piper is a daughter of Aphrodite… oh, Nico thought. That was dumb, how could he not have realized before?

"Please tell me? I really want to know! I won't be able to sleep without knowing!" Piper said.

Nico sighed. "Fine. I'll tell you." He told her the whole story.

There was a silence. Then Piper said, "How do we know it's not a trick? What if its Gaea messing with us?"

"It was Defiantly Annabeth. There would be a stronger presence if it was Gaea," Nico said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know what I can sense."

"You don't have to be rude about it!"

"Guys," Hazel said. "Don't start arguing!"

"Sorry, Hazel I'm just tired," Nico said. "But I can't sleep until I find out how Annabeth contacted me."

"She probably doesn't know either," Hazel reminded him.

"Someone is probably messing with us. Again." Piper said.

"How are you gonna find out, Nico?" Hazel said.

"I have no idea." Nico said.

"Nico please get some sleep. We can find out about Annabeth in the morning," Hazel said.

"Yeah, Nico. You need sleep," Piper said.

Suddenly, Nico felt even more tired. He started to close his eyes. "Ok," he said, sleepily.

Hazel walked him to a bedroom.

He collapsed on the bed.