Chapter 3: Nick

"Get going, we have to get back fast." Carina said urgently on the back of her pegasus, Kirby.

"What's wrong at camp?" Nick asked.

"We're under attack, come on." She told them. Carina was just a demigod, daughter of Aeolus.

Alex flew into the sky, followed by Eshana, Bhavana and finally Nick. Nick flew almost directly above Alex, Bhavana behind him as usual. He loved watching her fly, her caramel hair streaming behind her, face lit with utter happiness to be flying. She was just so beautiful.

Bhavana descended down next to Eshana, gliding on her gold-yellow wings. Nick did the same, and flew next to Alex. Alex turned her head toward him wearing an expression of bliss, but there was also worry in her deep turquoise eyes too.

"It'll be okay." he assured her.

She smiled tentatively at him, "I know it's just-"

Carina cut her off. "Here we are;Demigod Camp, and guys, things aren't looking so good." They dove down. Nick realized the camp was being attacked by Scissors. It seemed like they were losing, but the campers were becoming exhausted. They recognized Shirley, a phoenix-power avian human, just like Ruidi, fighting too. Nick wasn't sure if they'd hold up. They landed. The battle raged around them one second and then the next it suddenly dissipated; the Scissors went poof. Nick looked at Alex as confused as everyone else that is except Nikkita, son of Ares, he was just a demigod.

'What just happened?' Nick thought.

"Nick, Alex, Bhavana" Ruidi called running toward them as Caiyi followed close behind him. The confusion was over and everyone else had got to work.

"You FORGOT ME!" Eshana yelled at him, annoyed.

Ruidi, unaffected by this, continued, "Thank goodness you guys are here, we need help repairing the cabins and in the hospital. Don't worry; they're just minor injuries." He said when he noticed Bhavana looking at him in fear. "Bhavana, can you go help Carina, you're good with pegasi."

"Okay." She replied and flew towards the stables.

"You guys can choose from the other two jobs." Ruidi told them and then left to resolve a fight between 3 satyrs on who was more manly.

"I'll go check on everything else while you guys find out what you are doing and get to it!" Caiyi gasped in the cool air.

"I'll take hospital." Eshana said right after Ruidi left. She dashed off to the hospital, leaving Nick and Alex alone.

"Repairs." Nick said at the exact time Alex said, "Hospital." They both laughed.

After they were done Nick looked at Alex, his face serious. "So what were you going to tell me before, when we were flying here?" He asked.

"It's just, this is the only family I have, no one else is there for me and if I lost them I'd be alone." She said, looking at her feet.

Nick brought her chin up and fastened his eyes on hers. "We'll always be there for you Alex, we'd never leave you." He leaned down and pushed her hair out of her face and kissed her gently. Then he ran toward the cabins, running over in his mind what he'd just done.

"See you at dinner!" He called over his shoulder to Alex who stood dumbstruck. She nodded, a smile coming to her face. "Yes!" Nick said, punching the air with his fist.