I am full of feels today! Just read the first mortal instruments book and yet again I am hooked to another series. I have too many fandoms, wait you cant have too many fandoms! Mom cursed me cause we had to take soo many books in the suitcases, taking up most of the weight limit!

This chapt is from Nico and Percy's POV. I realised we haven't heard much of Percy so yeh thats why he's making an appearance. Thats all I am gonna say. Feel lucky cause its kinda lengthly and full of feels, I cried from just re-reading it, well maybe thats cause I know whats gonna happen in the end! Alright I will shut up now!

Nico's POV:

I am checking on the others... listening for their life signs... All is well... Then a buzz...one down...I listen harder to work out who...Annabeth...panic...shock...grief...

My eyes flash open. I am sat crossed legged in the middle of the cold hard floor of the cage. Odessa is still looking at me, she senses there is something wrong, a puzzled look crosses her face.

"My friend who I treat as a brother, his girlfriend is dead." My words hang in the air.

"I'm, I'm sorry.." Her hand comes through the bars and rests on my leg. Her head is pressed against the bars looking inwards in concern. I shuffle closer the the edge of the cage seeking her comfort, I lead against the bars next to her. She kissed the top of my head.

"Young love, how romantic." We jump apart at the sound of his voice, Chaos was back. "You know Nico, you didn't state me as the romantic type. Your being heartless loving her, she's just another person I can kill to break you." He lets out an airy laugh. "In fact thats the first person I will kill, ohhh wait. I already did kill one of your little friends!"

"What did you do to Annabeth?" I snarl

"Nothing interesting, just made her oxygen supply run out ten times as fast so that she couldn't make it back to your little ship. Who next? Your lover, Odessa Harí? Leo Valdez? Percy Jackson? One of them will have to go."

"You dare touch them." I am surprised by the harshness of my voice.

"You shouldn't worry about them, you should worry about yourself. Once your dead you have a greater value to me." He notices my confused look, "Nico, I really surprised your father didn't tell you!"

"Your just trying to turn him against his father and friends." Odessa speaks for me.

"So brave but yet so worthless," Chaos brushes the comment away, "Well as you don't know, I better tell you, actually I am going to show you."

I see the gates that lead into tartarus from the underworld. "Your father reinforced these gates after the titan war. He used three mortals, you, your mother and your sister. The gates would weaken every time one of you died. With your mother and sister dead you are the only thing stoping all of Tartarus getting loose, quite literally!"

"Your lying!" I am in denial, "My father would never do anything like that!" but my doubt is strong, why would my father go to all the trouble protect us.

"Will you try protect your lier of a father or will your rebel against him? I will leave you to choose. I will need an answer though and soon." He leaves me and Odessa staring at each other.

Percy's POV:

I am in Tartarus again and nearing where I think Nico would have headed to. I wonder how Annabeth will react when I see her again. I picture her stood on the top deck of the Argo II staring in to the horizon, her blond hair blowing in the wind. I miss her.

I reach where I saw Chaos when Annabeth and I were in Tartarus. This time I cannot see him but I feel his strong presence.

When I get closer I can see him talking to someone in a cage. I keep hidden until he leaves, then I creep forwards to the cage. I am shocked to see Nico, he is lent against the far side next to a girl about his age.

"Nico..." I stage whisper, he turns to see who is calling, angry flashes on to his face.

"I told you I didn't need help, your being stupid leaving the ship when they don't know what they are facing." He speaks quickly his words slurring.

"I had a second chance, so I took it."

"Well your here now..."

Then the girl speaks to Nico, "Is this the boy you were talking about earlier?" He nods, its easy to tell he's in love with her, I'm happy for him.

"This is Odessa, she is a daughter of Neptune."

"Uhhuh. Hey." I manage, I have a Roman sister...

"She has something to do with the prophecy." That has the pressure of a prophecy as well.

"So you worked that out too?"

"Only with her help," he turns and exchanges a smile with her.

"Lets get you guys out of here then."

Nico's face drops, "There is something you should know first." A sense of unease rushes through me.

"Chaos... Well... He killed Annabeth." I cant comprehend straight away. Numb pain and grief takes over me, I feel the tears running down my cheeks. "I'm sorry Percy."

I cant imagine growing up without her, ever since that time after the second titan war, I imagined us getting married and growing old together. Now the person next to me in those images is just an outline, with no features. Now I am completely empty, I don't feel anything, I don't think anything. Me without her was unthinkable. I don't care if I die in the upcoming battles, I am not afraid of death as there isn't much for me to live for. The hunger for the defeat of Chaos grows until, I want it to be the only thing I do without her. Luke promised her a family, maybe me, her and him will be together again as a family. Maybe thats the prophecy, maybe I will keep the oath of us as a family with my final breath. Whatever my fate, I shall always remember her.