Fortunate Son of the Sea God chapter 10
A/N: Ayyyeee I'm back my loyal subjects! This is the next to last chapter of the demigod's introductions. The next one will be my O.C, David, who is a son of Demeter from Alabama. So without further ado, here's everyone's favorite son of the God of the Dead!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing besides any O.C
Chapter 10: Sympathy for the Devil
Nico stood alone in the desert outside of Las Vegas. The desert wind blew by him ruffling his black hair but he paid it no attention. He was standing in front of the makeshift grave he'd dug for his sister, Bianca.
She had been stabbed in a mugging not long after she and Nico made it out if that cursed casino. Nico felt a lone tear make its way down his cheek but he wiped it away. He needed to be strong for her.
Nico let out a sigh before he made his way back to the city. Nico really didn't care much for the city itself and that was due to the Lotus Casino.
He lost track of all the time he had spent there with his sister after they were dropped off but the noticeable changes to the city once they finally made it out indicated that at least twenty years had passed.
Nico walked down the street before he passed an electronics store with in the window. A small crowd had gathered and we're listening to Walter Cronkite talk about an incident at Kent State university.
"Reports are coming in now about several Ohio national guardsmen firing into a crowd of demonstrators on the campus of Kent State university. Four have been confirmed dead while several others have been killed." Cronkite spoke with a somber expression.
"More paperwork for dad," Nico muttered to himself as he kept walking.
Nico and Bianca had been told after they left the Lotus Casino that they were children of Hades, the Greek god of the Underworld. Nico hasn't spoken to him yet but he figured that was due to the war the mortals were fighting over in Vietnam. All the fighting and the resulting casualties must have had made life tough for Hades.
Nico continued walking the streets of Las Vegas until he found his apartment. He made his way inside and immediately crashed on the couch. The apartment was quite nice, he had been given the keys to the place by the stranger who helped him out of the Lotus Casino.
Nico was about to fall asleep on the couch when he heard the sound of the window opening from the bedroom.
"Someone is trying to break in!" Nico frantically thought to himself as he hid among the shadows.
The thief snuck into the main room of the apartment and that was the furthest the ever got as Nico snuck up behind the robber and tackled him to the floor. Nico couldn't get a good look at the perp's face because he had a ski-mask on.
After a brief struggle, the thief managed to wiggle out of Nico's grip and escaped back out of the window. Nico scraped over to the window before sticking his head out to give the robber a warning.
"IF I EVER SEE YOU HERE AGAIN YOU'RE DEAD YOU HEAR ME?!" Nico yelled out the window before shutting it and locking it.
Nico woke up the next morning and crawled out of bed and made his way over to the shower. After getting cleaned up, Nico slipped on some blue jeans and a Rolling Stones t-shirt and made his way out of his apartment.
Nico didn't read like being out in the sun that often but he had to make an exception for going to visit his sister's grave daily.
Nico made it to the spot and was surprised to see three people there waiting for him. One was an old looking man in a wheelchair with a soldier's uniform on and the other was a girl with tan white skin and black hair that was tied into a braid that hung over her shoulder. The last person was another girl but she has dark skin and curly brown hair.
"Who are you people and what are you doing at my sister's grave site?" Nico demanded.
They turned around and each of them had on an expression that was mixed between sorrow and understanding. This angered Nico, he didn't need these strangers sympathy for his sister's death.
"Your sister was very brave Nico," the man in the wheelchair spoke up making Nico's hairs stand up on end.
"H-how do you know my name?" Nico stammered out.
"Do not worry, son of Hades, we are here as friends with a proposition to give to you," the girl with the braided hair spoke up.
Nico's eyes narrowed in suspicion, he didn't trust these three people but he might as well listen to their proposal.
Nico nodded his head and motioned for them to continue.
"I'm sure you've heard about the war over in Vietnam and how it's affected everyone here in America," the man in the wheelchair spoke as the dark-skinned girl shuddered as if it had affected her already.
"I've heard about it from the news," Nico responded.
The man in the wheelchair nodded his head in understanding before continuing on, "We've received that you have already discovered your Greek parentage and we could use your help with the new demigod army we're assembling to go and fight for the United States over in Vietnam."
After he finished, Nico couldn't help but let out a chuckle of laughter.
"You can't be serious," he spoke in between chuckles.
"I swear it on the River Styx," the man in the wheelchair spoke. Thunder rumbled in the distance and that shut Nico up.
He let out a sigh, "Oh alright I'll join just give me a moment to pay my respects before I leave."
"That's fine and my name is Chiron and these two are Hazel and Reyna," he said pointing at the other two demigods who gave Nico smiles of acknowledgement.
They made space for Nico as he walked over to Bianca's grave. He kneeled down and spoke quietly so that the others couldn't hear.
"I promise I won't get hurt, Bianca, and tell dad I said hello," he said before he rubbed his hand over the ground that her body was buried under.
Nico brushed away a tear before standing up and returning his attention to the others.
After a nod, they started to make their way over to a jeep that was parked not that far away.
"This is going to get interesting," Nico thought to himself as he hopped into the jeep.