Chapter 2 - Voices
Nico's point of view
My body was stiff as if I had been in a deep sleep , it was strange though I don't remember going to sleep. In fact the last thing I remember was Hazel... Oh gods Hazel. My eyes snapped open, blinking rapidly to adjust to the dark room. Blue tinted lights lined the floor casting just enough light for outlines. A glance around the room revealed there were boxs and a thick layer of dust everywhere, it must be a storage room I thought. A sudden pressure on my right shoulder caused me to whip my head around to see Jason looking at me with a worried look. "Where are we?" I hissed while shrugging his hand off.
"We don't know" he whispered, not seeming at all offended.
"We" I questioned.
He stepped to the side revealing the rest of the Seven. I jumped up and ran over to Hazel, who saw me and wrapped her arms around me, so tight I had to remind her to let me breath. "I was so worried" she said still holding onto me. "Yeah me too" I whispered lowly.
Tuning into the conversation, Leo was saying that we were on some type of mechanical ship or vehicle.
Percy contributed saying that we are not on water.
Then Hazel said " I don't feel the earth underneath us."
Everybody looked a little worried. Then I realised something " I can't feel the Underworld" I said out loud.
Now everybody was starting to look really worried. Annabeth and Jason had their eyebrows knitted together in concentration.
"We could be in the air, right" Jason suddenly said " I mean I can feel air around us, but it's weird, it's different."
"An airplane perhaps" Annabeth suggested, not looking overly confident in that answer. I saw Percy and Hazel pale at that, it didn't bode well for us children of Hades and Poseidon.
"Well then, Come on, I can't sit still any longer. Let's go find some answers."
There were mixed levels of enthusiasm, as we started to move out of the rectangular room. I overheard Annabeth muttering under her breath about "tactical advantage". Most of our small group pulled out their weapons with the exception of Percy, Jason and me.
Jason and Percy had their pen and coin in their hands and my hand was resting on the hilt of my sword, ready to pull it out if needed. Noticing Annabeth had a backpack on, I walked over. "Where did you get that" while nudging my head in the direction of the backpack. "Ohh" she said "It was on my back when we got here, I think I was holding it before we left."
Okay that was weird, if you're going to kidnap someone at least take their weapons and supplies. Percy led us down the dimly lit hallways, while I bought up the rear. We took a right and two lefts before reaching a decently lit hallway. The design of the hallways was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Annabeth and Leo were probably freaking out over it.
We all came to a sudden halt as footsteps and a conversation echoed through the hallways.
"I got stuck in a cryo pod and then in an air lock" a voice said. What In the name of my father was a cyro pod?
"Well I got attack by a training robot who was trying to kill me" a second voice responded
"Getting stuck in an air lock is worse than getting attacked by a robot" was the reply from the first voice.
"I'm beginning to think I should have left you in there" the second voice stated with a huff.
"Well, I-" the first voice was cut off by a deeper voice "Enough, boys"
There was a bit of mumbling as the footsteps got closer, until they were right around the corner.