The Depth - FanFiction
Nico POV:
West Falls Church Railway Station, near Washington DC , Binnica is holding my hand, I pull away. She says something but I cant hear her. In fact there is no sound. The station seems almost empty, in fact there is only us. Before I have chance to experience anything else the fumes from the train swirl up and onto the platform. The engulf me, the dream changes.
Lotus Casino, happiness, a proper family, change, Mythomagic, life...
I scream and wake up. I wipe my cobwebs from my eyes. I cover my mouth, it might hear me. No I will not remember then, not the times with Binnica, never. I cant face the mistakes I made, then I was a little ungrateful kid, now i appreciate the bad choices and the unfairness. Then the glass is always half full, now it is completely empty. I look around me nothing has changed since I dozed off, the same blackness as before, the same cobwebs, the same mist. No not the magical type, the real stuff.
I am in Tartarus.
No matter how much I sleep I cannot escape the reality. The reality of my life, my depressing life. If you want to compare me to somebody I would be the self-harming, depressed kid with no friends, who has lost everything. Who sees everything, but feels nothing, who is empty, who is full with pressure.
I wonder if Binnica would agree with my choices, probably not she didn't agree with anything much.
It was only a favour.
My only choice.
Saving the world... Again.
Always me...
My last day on earth, I look into Percy's green eyes, he knows what I'm thinking. He try's to speak I brush away his thought. He is carrying unconscious Annabeth, both of them are covered in green monster slime. I told the others to go back to the ship, Argo II.
"Nico you cant... I promised Binnica to protect you."
"Listen Percy. You have friends, you have Annabeth, I have nobody..."
"You have Hazel"
"Hazel can manage with out me, plus I will have Binnica."
"Even I know its not that simple, you wont die from just closing the doors, you'll have to face Tartarus again"
Percy knows, he knows, he must of faced the same thing.
Percy continues "Nobody else knows about the monster do they"
"No, and they will never hear about if I have anything to do about it. If I face it again this time I will bring it down, so it can not unleash any more Titans."
"Yes, that would be good. But I would lose you."
"Better me than anybody else."
"Nico.."
"No Percy there is nothing you can do."
"That isn't what I was going to say, I can see your mind is already made up."
"So you don't care." I step towards the doors
"NICO WAIT, THATS NOT WHAT I MENT "
To late I already through to the other side, i heave the gold and black doors shut and turn to face the darkness.
I'm awake again and aware of its presence its getting closer.
I must preserve my strength.