Shadowed Heart

Chapter Twenty: Early Awakening

NICO
"Why are we going on the Argo?" I asked as Leo dragged me to the Argo II. I was frowning deeply and the ground was slowly cracking behind Leo.
"Because lots of us are needed to go to several places," Leo explained.
"Yea. Now stop cracking the ground and trying to kill Leo," Annabeth chuckled. I rolled my eyes and mentally punched her. The crack stopped growing and closed.
"C'mon."
She dragged me all the way to the Argo. I sighed as she shoved me onto the deck.
"Hello everyone. We're here to help Percy and Oliver out in their quest. Please refrain from yelling at me because you'd rather be sleeping," Leo said and then went somewhere after hearing his name be called. I was about to smack him myself.
I just rolled my eyes and shadow-traveled to the Hades cabin on the Argo II. I sighed as I plopped on my bed. The only window was showing us flying pass places in New York that I recognized. We also passed Percy's mom's apartment building. I sat up confused. Where were we going?
Someone knocked on my door, and I opened it to reveal Leo.
"What now?" I asked annoyed because I was deprived of my ten hours of sleep.
"We're detouring. Majorly," Leo added. I must've had a totally non-understanding look, so he added, "I've found another demigod to pick up."
"Oh," I said as a sigh. "Ok. Bye bye."
I closed the door in Leo's face and plopped on my bed again before taking a long, really-needed, nap.
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LEO
There was pounding on the door of Bunker Nine. I yawned and opened the door and saw Chiron.
"Si?" I asked.
"You need to take the Argo II out to help Oliver and Percy on their quest," he said.
"They have a quest?" I asked with a yawn at the end. Chiron simply replied with a nod.
"K. Who will we need?"
"Maddy, Annabeth, Nico, Adam, and Piper."
I nodded and closed the door.
"Festus! We're going out!" I yelled and I heard the whirring of the metal dragon head. I walked over to the huge wooden ship that was skillfully hidden in the walls. I pushed a button and the wall slid open and revealed tons of sunlight. Another button was under it, and I pushed it and the Argo II slowly rolled out of the huge hole in the wall. I smiled and ran out the door and to several cabins, until I came to the last one that contained Nico. I took a deep breath as I knocked on the door.
"Nico!! NICO!!! NNNNNNIIIIIICCCCCOOOO!!!" I yelled. I heard crackling sounds behind me. I slowly turned and saw the ground crackling around me.
"Come out!!" I yelled again.
"Oh my gods Leo!! Leave me alone!!" I heard him yell.
"You're needed!!" I yelled and the door opened.
"If I come of your stupid boat, will you leave me alone?!" Nico spat.
"Yes," I said and grabbed Nico's arm and dragged him.
"Why are we going to the Argo?" He asked and the crackling got louder.
"Because lots of us are needed in several places," I said.
"Yea. Now stop crackling the ground and come on," Annabeth said behind me and helped drag Nico.
I left the two and ran ahead to the Argo. Everyone slowly trickled into the meeting room. I smiled and looked around.
"Hello everyone. We're here to help Oliver and Percy on their quest. Please refrain from yelling at me because you'd rather be sleeping."
I looked around and heard someone calling me. I turned and walked towards the noise. I saw Hedge pushing buttons on the different consoles, and I heard beeping.
"What are you doing?!" I yelled at Hedge.
"This thing won't stop beeping!" he yelled back. He pushed more buttons as I walked up to a small box-like thing and pushed a small purple button that stopped the beeping.
"I did it!" Hedge yelled and looked at me, who was staring at him with an annoyed look. "Uh, what was that?"
"Demigod locator. It senses a demigod, but it says they're in Michigan. Interesting......."
"Uh, why is it interesting?" I was honestly surprised Hedge is actually listening.
"Well, they must be a descendant of the big three since I'm getting a signal from here," I said sand looked at the locator again. Hedge nodded and walked out the control room. I went around the cabins and told everyone, and Nico was a little rude. When the door was slammed in my face, I shrugged and walked back to the control room.