Getting to you (boyxboy)

Chapter 6

Nico's pov

We leave too early.The sun is just after reaching the sky,causing a beautiful soft pink color.Not many campers came to say goodbye to us.Not that I blame them,I'd be in bed too.

"I still don't like this."Percy grumbles sleepily.

Annabeth,leaning heavily on her boyfriend,shushes him gently.She gives him a pointed look,like she has something to tell him later.He falls silent.

Will is looking anywhere but at either Piper or Annabeth,both of which are grinning like Cupid's minnons.His cheeks are almost as pink as the sky.The color suits him.

Jason clears his throat and I snap my head to look at him.He has a small smirk as he looks at me.Turning slightly red I look away.

"You have everything you need?"Chiron asks,his tail swishing.

"Ambrosia,nectar,drachma coins.Lots of them,sleepings bags,human money,swords,bow and arrows though I don't think I'll be using them.Did I miss anything?"Will rattles off.

Annabeth digs through the bag she carried up the hill and pulls out two silver swords."I had Jake make them after Reyna told me you ran into wolves.Especially since the pack might have it out for Nico after killing their leader."

Will sheaths the sword next to his own one."Right,is that everything?"

"Food?"Piper worries.

"That's what the money is for."I deadpan.

"Still,"Jason says.

"We'll stop by a local shop."Will assures them."So shall we go?"He hoists up one bag while I take the other.I nod and we exchange goodbyes with the others.

As Annabeth and Piper corner Will,Jason squeases me close to him."Be careful."He pleads with me softly.He hesitates then even softer so that I can barely hear him,"Will you look out for him?Please?"

I sigh,"Sure."I agree even I can't stop myself from hoping that I'll see him.

As we break apart from them Will is flushed and both girls are grinning widely at him."Lets go."He tells me hurriedly when I go to ask what's that about.

Our quest goes wrong almost instantly.

After Argus dropped us off in the streets of New York so that we could walk to the park I took Percy when we went to the Underworld,we got swopped up by gryphons.Will gasps as the air slams into us at the speed of a moving car.I,on the other hand,struggle to reach my sword.

With a claw on each arm,spreading them wide I couldn't even scrape my belt let alone get my sword.

"I.Can't.Reach."I hiss between clenched teeth.

Will doesn't even bother trying to get his sword.Instead his eyes are locked on the sun."When I tell you to close your eyes do it."He tells me firmly.

"What good is that gonna do Mr Happy Pants?"I snap at him,still thrashing around trying to dislodge the hold the gryphon has on me.I don't know where the nickname came from,but it does suit him.

"Just trust me."Will retorts,he's unusually frustrated.

I fall silent and wait for his command.I even look over at him,but his eyes don't waver from the sun.We're flying for a while and I'm begining to think he doesn't have a plan at all.Then,as the gryphons stir to the left slightly,he yells,"Now!"

Shutting my eyes closed tightly I can see a brief flash of white then pained screeches erupting from both birds.Their claws release us as they scratch at their eyes.