Before I begin, I'm an idiot. I'm going to throw this out there as I thought the Watchtower was in a closer orbit to Earth. In researching, from Rhode Island to Berkeley, CA is 3,000 miles, ish. The Watchtower is 22,300 miles above. So, Nico is extremely powerful in jumping from Earth to outer space that far. So, I basically had him jumping from New York to California, going the long way, across Europe, Asia, and the oceans. Again, I'm sorry as I don't know if I should go back and change the chapter or leave it as it was when he jumped to the Watchtower. But my mistake is not the reason you are still reading and waiting for this chapter.
Before I begin, a huge shoutout to Kirin_Coyot3 for the inspiration of this chapter. I hope I do your idea justice.
Roy had been planning this for over a month. He had pieced together Oliver's teenager years to find Camp Jupiter. His vague hints that he dropped to Will, during their partnership, about it being near Berkeley and Oakland, left much to be desired in the form of a location.
Roy had pretended to be trying to reconcile with Oliver as he talked with Will about his time as Speedy and Red Arrow. He had played nice during the time spent at Will's home so he could get the information. Roy was still debating if the information paid off.
But upon his research, Roy had found several parks that people seemed to steer clear of that were right next to each other. Looking into it, he found that the same person had found the parks and were owned by said family. When he called and asked neighboring city officials, none could give him a reason why the parks were avoided and owned by the same family. Most of the parks' founding, dated back to shortly after the Civil War.
His final piece of the location puzzle, was maintenance tunnel that seemed to go nowhere. When asked, it was just an empty tunnel that had been built for no reason. Some of the people he talked to, claimed it was a maintenance tunnel. But his surveillance showed that the tunnel was guarded at all times. By people wearing armor. Armor that was very similar to those demigods when they joined the League.
Roy packed his bag of weapons and then shouldered it. Today, today he would challenge Nico to a duel and prove that the demigods were useless. Today he would show that he deserved a seat at the table as he same age as Nico, but Nico got to sit with the Justice League.
He stormed out of the apartment he had been renting. Will may have been programmed to be single minded in his objective of joining the Justice League, but he had the right idea. If someone wanted to be taken seriously, they needed a seat at the grownups' table. He was done sitting at the kiddy table.
"Um, Reyna, Frank, we have a problem," Jenna radioed in from her position as tunnel guard.
Both Praetors looked at each other in concern as they had been discussing an upcoming event. An event to host both the Greeks and the Amazons. It was going to be their own version of the Olympics so anyone who wanted to compete could do so without holding back. They were determining when they wanted to have it as the Fourth of July was in two days and they wanted to put out the information as soon as possible. They wanted to be able to announce it at the celebrations the camps would be hosting.
"What kind of problem?" Frank asked in concern.
"A kid is here demanding to speak with Nico," she replied.
The pair heard shouting in the background, and both assumed it was the kid and Jenna's other guard, Dylan.
"I tried to tell him that there was no one here by that name. He said that he knew Nico di Angelo was the son of Hades, and he should be here," Jenna continued with a sigh.
"Did he give you his name?" Reyna hissed in anger. No one was going to hurt her small emo.
"Hey, what's your name kid?" they heard Jenna shout. "He says it's Roy Harper," she relayed.
"Show him to one of our detainment rooms and then go find Hazel, she should be running drills on the Field of Mars with the fifth," Frank ordered.
Reyna was already fishing out a drachma. "Oh Iris, goddess of the rainbow, please show us Nico di Angelo." The Iris message connected and showed the pair the son of Hades.
"What?" Nico demanded as he stopped sparring with Tim.
"We have someone here demanding to speak with you," Frank started.
"If it's a disgruntled demigod wanting to talk to my father, tell them I will be back in two weeks. I'm busy here right now," Nico stated as he had to avoid Tim's last punch as the teen had thrown it before Nico stopped. Nico whipped his hand out and steadied the other teen before he could fall.
"It's not a demigod," Frank said hesitantly as he looked at Reyna.
"Our boarder guard radioed in saying that a teen showed up to speak with you. Mentioned your full name and father," Reyna said angrily.
"Did he give you a name?" Nico asked.
"Roy Harper," Frank stated.
"I'm on my way," Nico hissed as he swiped his hand through the mist.
"I'm going to Camp Jupiter," Nico stated coldly as he stalked up to Annabeth and Percy. Will was in the infirmary with Cassie, getting it stocked full of items for demigod injuries.
"What's wrong?" Percy asked in concern.
"Roy is there causing trouble," Nico hissed.
"Go grab Will and Dick, take them with you," Annabeth ordered.
Nico did not need to be told twice. He stalked over to the mat where the older hero was sparring with Conner. He grabbed him and pulled him with him to go find Will.
"Hey, I was in the middle of something," Dick whined as he tried to keep his footing. He was surprised at how strong the younger boy was. "You're acting like Damian."
Conner blinked in confusion as his partner was dragged away. "Um, what just happened?"
"Emergency," Percy stated as he flipped through his phone to call Oliver. "Oli we have a problem… Roy Harper is at Camp Jupiter demanding for Nico… We'll pick you up, where are you?… No, Zeta to Mt. Justice… see you soon."
"He's coming?" Annabeth asked as she sheathed her sword.
"Yes, and he is bringing Batman and Green Lantern," Percy sighed as he wiped his hand down his face. "Well, more like your brother is going to meet us at Camp Jupiter.
Annabeth was about to respond when the Zeta Tubes announced Batman and Green Arrow's arrival.
"What happened?" Green Arrow asked in concern.
"Roy is what happened?" Percy hissed in irritation. He knew things had been going to well since the teen had been benched. The young hero had taken to avoiding Mt. Justice in his time off the team.
Oliver sighed as he took off his mask. If he was going home, he would return as a Legionnaire, not Green Arrow. "How are we getting there?"
"Mrs. O'Leary," Percy stated as he let out a whistle. The hellhound appeared out of the shadows with a loud woof and tackled her favorite person. "Not the best time," he chuckled. He pushed her off himself. Percy climbed onto her back, followed closely by Annabeth. The pair looked at both gentlemen and waited.
Heaving a sigh, Oliver climbed on the hellhound's back. He then turned and looked at Batman.
Oh, he was not looking forward to riding on a giant dog and certainly not at the back of the other three. Huffing out a grunt, he walked over and climbed onto the back of the hellhound. He glared at his son who was trying to subtly record him.
"Camp Jupiter, Frank Zhang," Percy ordered.
She let out another woof and then took a running leap at the shadows in the corner.
Out of reflex, Bruce reached forward and grabbed ahold of Oliver, who already had his arms wrapped around Annabeth. Oliver had never shadow traveled before in all his time being a legacy. During his time in the Legion, there was no one who could. Bruce was not a fan of the fast travel through the shadows. He knew Jason had talked about his experience, and was very fond of the form of travel.
"Will, we're leaving," Nico hissed as he continued to drag Dick along with him.
"Um, okay?" Will asked in a confused tone and looked at Dick.
Dick shrugged his shoulders. He was not sure why he was being dragged around.
"We're going to Camp Jupiter, Roy Harper is causing trouble there," Nico stated as he clapped a hand on Will's shoulder. With his anger fueling him, Nico made the jump and landed the three of them in Reyna's office as said Praetor paced.
She abruptly stopped and faced the three.
"Where is he?" Nico hissed dangerously.
"Hazel and Frank are detaining him," Reyna stated as she turned to lead the three to where Roy was being kept.
Nico followed immediately. Will and Dick shared a look before the pair followed.
"I assume you will be taking responsibility for the kid?" Reyna smirked, her face taking on a predatory look.
"After a lesson," Nico stated as he twirled his ring around on his finger.
Reyna nodded her head in understanding. If it had been up to her, the selfish hero would have been throughly trounced and kicked out of New Rome. But unknown to Roy, he had challenged Nico, and that was worse. Nico's fatal flaw was holding a grudge. He had not forgiven or forgotten what happened in the simulation. No, Roy had just given Nico his opening needed to take his on his grudge match. She opened the door to where Hazel and Frank had Roy cuffed.
"Follow," Nico ordered as he made eye contact with all three in the room.
Hazel and Frank understood, they were Roman. Roy on the other hand had no idea the schist he had stirred up. He started to protest before the two yanked him to his feet and dragged him after Nico.
He waked outside and past Terminus, who was shouting, "No weapons allowed inside the Pomerian Line! You are the ambassador of Pluto! You know the rules!"
"Enough," Nico ordered as he walked past the statue. He was the son of Hades, ambassador of Pluto, prince of the Underworld, and demigod who had walked through Tartarus alone.
Terminus fell silent and no other statue of his spoke up against the group.
The group continued to follow as Nico lead the way to the Field of Mars. On the way, many stopped to watch the odd group. Some being curious, decided to follow. Once they arrived, over a hundred people had gathered around the group.
"Roy Harper, you issued a challenge on Roman soil against me. Although I am not Roman and neither are you, we will still follow Roman law for the challenge. It will be a one-on-one battle to the death or surrender. In the case of no clear winner, the crowd will decide a winner. We will both lay out our terms and swear an oath to follow them depending on the winner," Nico stated simply as he turned to glare at the other boy.
"What?" Roy hissed in anger. "I'm not agreeing to that!"
"You don't have a choice," Oliver sighed as he dismounted Mrs. O'Leary as they arrived in time for Nico to lay out the rules. "You issued the challenge, and it was accepted. I warned you to let your anger go."
"Fine, if I win, you let me have your seat at the Justice League and you help me to kill Lex Luthor," Roy stated in annoyance.
"When I win, you will stop being a hero or villain, whatever you prefer to be called. You will sit down and get yourself help. You will stop almost getting the people around you killed. You will take responsibility for your own actions and not blame anyone else. You will also never bother Camp Jupiter or Camp Half-Blood again," Nico ordered.
"Alright," Roy huffed.
"Now we swear on the River Styx," Nico ordered.
"Fine! I swear on the River Styx that I will get out of the game, I'll get myself into therapy, and I'll leave both camps alone," Roy stated in a bored tone.
"I swear that I will leave the Justice League and will use my powers to bring down Lex Luthor," Nico swore.
Roy grinned victoriously as Hazel and Frank let him go.
"Reyna, will you be the referee?" Nico asked as he turned his ring into his sword.
"Of course," she answered as she continued to glare at Roy and then to Oliver.
Percy, Annabeth and Bruce stood off to the side with Dick.
"Weapons?" Reyna asked as she stood between the two.
"As we are," Nico answered.
"I'm good with that," Roy stated cockily.
"Then on my mark," she looked between the pair. "Mark."
Roy had just started to transform his arm into the cannon when he looked down and it was gone. He blinked owlishly at his now, again, missing arm that lay on the ground. He hadn't realized Nico moved so fast. Nico had been over 10 feet away and then in less than two seconds he was standing before him. His mind catching up with what happened, he reeled back in shock.
Nico continued to press his advantage with his steel knife his had taken to carrying with him. His sword had made quick work of the robotic arm as it was not apart of his actual flesh. Nico delivered several quick slashes to his other arm so he could not grip another weapon. Next, was right above both knees, hindering how fast he was able to move. Next was a shallow cut to Roy's neck, just to prove that if Nico wanted the boy dead, he would be. Nico's next attack was several slashes to Roy's chest and stomach. He left deep gashes in the armor that Roy was wearing.
Letting out a cry of frustration, Roy attempted to swing his fist at Nico. He was not able to properly ball his fist or hold a weapon.
Nico sidestepped the fist, and then plunged his knife, hilt deep into Roy's good shoulder. He then twisted, before he yanked it out. He was making sure that Roy would never do damage again.
Roy fell to his knees and howled in agony.
"Nico is the winner," Reyna declared.
"I didn't surrender," Roy hissed out.
Nico turned around and walked up to the boy and held his knife to Roy's throat. With no emotion, he stated, "Surender."
"No," Roy refused.
"Then I spare your life with the intention of claiming a life debt," Nico stated as he left another scratch on Roy's neck.
"You can't do that!" he shouted in rage.
Nico ignored the shouting boy. He stormed up to both Batman and Green Arrow. He took a breath to calm himself. When that didn't work, he instead started to shout, "Voi idioti idioti! Perché è nella squadra in primo luogo?! Ha la capacità di attenzione di un selvaggio ed è spericolato come un ciclope! è un mistero se ha un cervello in primo luogo o Athena lo avrebbe maledetto senza averne affatto! Tagliandogli il braccio è stato facile come strappare una caramella a un bambino, è come se non si curasse minimamente dei suoi arti, protesici o meno!"
Will wrapped his arms around Nico from behind and started to lead his boyfriend away. He sent the heroes glares as the two left.
"Queen, my office," Reyna ordered as she left the Field.
"I'll go make sure she doesn't kill you," Frank sighed to Oliver as he followed Reyna.
"You are extremely lucky right now," Hazel hissed as she stormed off.
"Honestly, how have you guys not gotten heroes killed?" Percy demanded. "I am trusting you with my family as they are working with the Justice League and the team. You also know about the rest of my family. But Arsenal or Roy, or whatever you want to call him, proved that some are mentally unstable! Do you even do mental health evaluations! Or provide a counseling!"
Dick grimaced as he knew several heroes had died in the line of duty due to several reasons.
Annabeth's eyes narrowed. "Get your house in order before you get someone else killed," she ordered before she walked away.
Percy wanted nothing better to do than walk around New Rome with his girlfriend, but he needed Batman and Nightwing gone. "Come on, I'll show you out of camp and then you can make your way home."
"You brought us here," Batman pointed out.
"You're Batman, figure it out," Percy hissed as he led them up to Caldecott Tunnel.
As he was seeing them out, Terminus appeared at his boarder statue. "Take these with you," he stated sharply as several trackers appeared in both heroes' hands.
"Seriously!" Percy shouted in annoyance, bordering on rage. "Leave, we'll contact you."
"You are a part of the League, and will answer when called," Batman tried to intimidate.
"Kick us out, but for now, we will not be answering you calls until you get things in order. That includes trying to stick your nose where it doesn't belong. Diana, Cassie, Arthur, Kaldur, La'gann, and John may still be a part of the Justice League or might be leaving. We will hold a meeting and let you know," Percy stated resolutely.
With that, Terminus used his powers and kicked the two out of his boundary.
Also, Kirin brought it to my attention, because I forgot, Nico speaks Italian when he gets really upset. So, I will try to further include that. Be warned that it will be google translated as I only speak English and very few words of Spanish.
So I decided to show the mood and level of trust by using names. When the demigods trust the hero or are having fun, the hero's real name. When they are pissed or don't trust them, their hero name. Especially if that hero is in costume and in a sitting where it didn't matter on what name they could use.