Percy and Nico headed straight to the infirmary.

"I cant give her ambrosia since she's a legacy and it could possibly kill her, but I wrapped up her leg and gave her some asprins, let her take it easy for a week, yeah?"

well, at least Will had tried to patch her up, even if she'd need to take it easy for a while.

Amarilla and Alethia had been staying with their mother whilst Jack and Sebastian stayed with Nico.

Percy'd been a little reluctant to be separated from his babies-and Nico, don't forget Nico- but Nico didn't agree on having Sebastian taken away, and after the sight he'd walked in on a little earlier Percy's resolve did not last, and Jack refused to be separated from his younger brother.

The six would've all just gone to the Hades cabin had Triton not refused to let Percy stay with 'the hades boy'.

And funnily enough, Nico respected Triton's decision, though that was mostly so he could try get on his good side….

So that was how the sleeping arrangements went.

The twin sisters lay asleep on the bunk above Percy's, all cuddled up together, nice and snug and warm.

Percy smiled at the two youngsters, thankful that as of yet, nothing had happened to give them bad nights.

Sighing, he wrapped tape around his mouth, better safe than sorry, because he did not want to be screaming all night and waking them up.

He laid down on his bed, wincing as his lower shoulder, where the arrow had been, made contact with the mattress.

They'd had to wrap it up and he'd been refrained from lifting anything too heavy, which Nico, of course, had blown out of proportion, not letting him eat himself, but rather with Nico feeding him. and while the thought was sweet, the doing was driving him nuts!

Thanks to Nico's 'rules' he was also not allowed to carry Sebastian. And how was that fair!? Sebastian weighed like four kilos, he was pretty sure that that wasn't 'too heavy' but Nico had insisted.

He was also not allowed to swordfight, again, courtesy of Nico, whom he'd be killing soon if he didn't stop making rules about what Percy was not allowed to do.

Seriously all he'd let Percy do was walk. That's it. he wasn't even allowed to hold an apple.

If Nico didn't quit it, he'd soon be spending time with his father. And the trip would not be pleasant…

Sighing, he turned on his uninjured side and fell asleep.

Percy's dream….. (of the future…)

Percy's dream for the night was, well, different.

He was standing in a hospital room- well corridor-. He saw Nico, Amarilla, Alethia and Jack. But something was different about Nico. Whether it was the stubble, red eyes or addition of eight year, we will never know.

He noticed that older Nico was slightly taller than his Nico, with a bit more muscle. Mmmm, he like-y.

Jack tugged on Nico's sleeve, "Dad?"

The small boy's voice seemed to take Nico out of his stupor.

"Nghh?" was his reply.

Percy would have laughed, had Nico not looked so tired and dishevelled.

"When's momma coming out with the baby?" he asked.

Percy froze, then, as if by instinct, he counted all the members of his family, the only ones missing were- ooooh, of course, he was at Sebastian's birth!

"I-I'm not sure, Jack," said Nico, groggily, "he should've been out two days ago, to be honest."

Whether it was Percy's imagination or not, he could've sworn that Nico's voice held an air of fear in it, low, but detectable.

Out walked Will, wearing his doctor's scrubs, looking grim.

"Nico, may I, uh, speak to you in, um, private?" asked the doctor.

Nico got up, heart racing, "sure."

They rounded the corridor.

"So, watch'a want to talk about?" asked Nico.

"there's no easy way to say this, but, during the birthing there were a few complications," Nico's face fell, "and, er, I think it'd be best if I just show you…"

Will took Nico into a room marked 'male birthing 1.'

Percy looked confused, why would they put that up? Huh, maybe they had ended up all moving to a city and taking over it. he then looked around and saw all the male patients. Or maybe this was just a secret floor…. (both correct, actually)

He walked in with the two.

He watched as Nico rushed to older him, who really just looked like a slightly taller version of younger him, 's side.

"Percy," he cried.

But older him was unresponsive.

Nico looked at Will, a broken sort of look in his eyes.

"W-why can I only feel half of him?" he croaked.

"We're sorry, Nico, but he's in a coma, a very dangerous one at that. Frankly, it's hard to tell at this point whether he or the baby will live…"

Nico sobbed, clutching his Percy's arm.

Percy felt a twinge of sadness that Nico had to go through that. As per the norm, he completely forgot about himself, till something big hit him. 'WHERE WAS HIS BABY!? !? !?'

"Wh-where's the baby?" Nico voiced Percy's thoughts.

Will gestured him to a room down the corridor. The infant care unit, or, the ICU (kinda like intensive care unit now that I think about it…).

Percy thought will was going to walk up to one of the cribs, but apparently that wasn't the plan.

He entered into a smaller room.

Inside it was an incubator. And Percy realized, to his horror, that the baby in it, was none other than Sebastian!

There lay his son, though he looked two kilos lighter and, frankly, like a sack of bones.

His face was red, both eyes closed, not making a peep.

Percy nearly screamed when he realized that he was on a drip.

Nico's eyes widened, "H-how?"

"Like I said, there were a few complications in the baby's birthing, though we're not sure as of yet what they were," said Will.

Nico nodded, trying to act brave, though Percy saw through the hole façade. He could tell, just by looking into Nico's eyes that the older male wanted to curl up into a ball and cry.

"I-I should, um, I should go take the kids home," he said, his voice slightly hoarse.

Will nodded.

Nico left the room and went to the corridor where their kids were.

"Hey guys, um, there's been a slight set back, momma's going to take some more time than we thought, so let's get in the car, so we can go home now, yeah?"

"Okay daddy," nodded Amarilla, as she and Alethia hopped off their chairs and walked down the corridor.

Jack stayed behind, "Something went wrong with the birthing, didn't it?" asked Jack.

Nico sighed before nodding grimly.

Jack blinked back tears, trying to be brave. Never in Percy's life had he ever wanted to comfort someone as much.

The two walked to the car, and that was where his dream ended for the night….

Percy awoke with a start, bolting up and nearly hitting his head on the bed above his due to the little jump.

He un-taped his mouth breathing heavily.

He ran outside, careful not to wake anyone up.

He ran to the lake and sat down under the Willow, hugging his knees to his chest before doing something he'd never thought he'd do. He cried. That's right, Percy Fricking Jackson bawled his heart out into his knees, and who could blame him? the sight of Sebastian haunting his mind.

He kept crying, not even caring that it was way past curfew, not even caring that it was well into the early hours of the morning, when suddenly, he felt a hand on his back.

Jumping up, slightly startled, he turned to face Nico, who's caring eyes were planted on him.

He hastily moved to wipe his eyes, but Nico's hands stopped him.

Nico sat next to him and pulled him into a hug, rubbing circles on his back.

"Hey, Perce. It's okay, just let it all out," he murmured.

"Nico?"

"Yeah?"

"Is Sebastian alright?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I-I had this dream, only I'm not so sure it was a dream."

"What happened?"

"I-It was Sebastian's birth and-" he broke down crying.

"What is it Percy? What happened?"

"He-he was so small, and bony, a-and honestly, knowing he's alright now…"

"Is like a tiny miracle?"

Percy nodded, tears in his eyes.

Nico placed a kiss on top of Percy's forehead.

"I think it's time you headed back to bed, Perce," said Nico.

Percy nodded, and got up to leave when a hand stopped him.

"Where're you going?" asked Nico.

"To my cabin," said Percy, unsure why Nico was asking that.

"Why?"

"To get some sleep."

"So why your cabin? Aren't you coming to mine?"

"Ummm…."

Nico gave him the baby Cerberus eyes and his will, not that there was one to start with, cracked.

"Fine."

And together, they headed to the Hades cabin.

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done. bed time. 'night.

-httyd4eva

peace out yo ;P