Nico And The Bat Fam

Unexpected Comfort | 06

I was surrounded by all those that I had lost in the months before.

They were blooded and bruised, in the same way they were when they died.

They stood in a half circle around me, looking at me with hatred. It made me wanna be sick.

They all started to talk over one another, blaming me for all the pain they felt.

"Nico... why'd you do it?"

"Neeks... I trusted you"

"You did this"

"You could've saved us"

"Dad was right, you are a waste of space"

"You did this!"

"I can't believe I ever wasted my time on you"

"YOU DID THIS!"

They got louder and louder by each accusation.

They got closer...

All I could do was say how sorry I was as they began to beat me.

It hurt... my heart felt as though it were torn apart, ripped into tiny little pieces and left to be stood on all over again.

The emotional wounds burned into my soul as I knew I would never be whole again.

Nothing hurt more than their words... nothing hurt more than the fact I wholeheartedly believed them...

"I was always there for you Neeks, this is what I get in return?" Bianca says with nothing but pain in her voice as I sobbed.

I shoot it from where I lay in a cold sweat, breathing heavily as my head races inside my chest.

The events of the nightmares that plagued my sleep starting to mess with my head.

My breaths quicken as I fight to breathe through my panic.

Not again, please gods not again, I think to myself as I get out of bed.

I stumble back down onto the floor, knocking something over doing so. I push myself into the corner of the room trying to push away the memories that start to flood to the surface.

I see a dark shadow loom over me, no no no, I can be back here please no.

"You cannot escape me demigod" his voice sneers, and I push myself further into the corner in hopes that it would just swallow me whole....

Tartarus.

I'm no longer on the floor of my room, I'm in the very place where I thought I'd never escape.

"Nico" I hear, it's Percy, he's chained to a wall, he could hardly speak up.

"Nico you need to get out of here" he says, I've never heard him this scared.

He then began to scream as he was whipped relentlessly.

"Percy! Stop hurting him! Please stop" I beg.

Then all I feel is pain, all throughout my body, it's as though I was set alight, everything burned. My heart felt as though it were about to explode as I cried out in anguish.

"You think you can escape death? Well that may be so but that doesn't stop me from torturing you until death is all that you crave" he says with a maniacal laugh.

The pain then grew stronger and stronger, to the point where I plead for him to stop, but at the same time there's a voice at the back of my head urging me to let it be, saying how I deserve this pain.

I hear faint mutters, it's as though underwater, everything sounds so far away.

"Goodbye little demigod" Tartarus says as the voice becomes louder and louder.

I then realise they're saying my name, "Nico you're okay, you're at Wayne manor, you're safe" the person says as the scene of the place much worse than hell begins to fade and I find myself back in my room.

I just sob, unable to hold back my tears it's then I notice the figure kneeling down in front of me.

"Nico can you hear me?" The voice sounds clearer, it's- it's Jason, I manage to give a strained nod.

"It's Jason, you're okay, I'm not gonna hurt you I promise" he says and I try to even out my breaths.

"I'm sorry, I- fuck" I practically stutter, I'm such a fucking loser.

"You don't need to apologise, we all have nightmares in this house, me especially actually" he says, there's a certain softness in his voice I didn't really expect.

"It's like I was there again" I say in just above a whisper, with fear wavering in my voice.

"Yeah... it happens to me sometimes, like you're reliving the pain all over again, it hurts and you're not sure what's real and what's not but the fear is still the same and all you see is... well your own personal hell" he says in a low voice, I nod and he sits down next to me, leaning against the wall.

"You wanna talk about it?" He asks me and I shake my head.

"That's fine, I don't like talking about what happened to me either" he says and I internally thank him for not questioning any further.

"You lived in Italy right? What was it like?" He asks me.

"It was home. My mom was the best, she had her problems but she always tried her best. I was always close with my sister, she was a typical older sister, I don't think I would've ever been okay without her. If she was never my sister, if I never had her in my life I don't think I'd be here" I say and he just listens, it's weird but nice.

We stay there for quite some time just conversing in hushed tones, he tells me about his family and how he was adopted by Bruce. Apparently he attempted to steal his tires, it's crazy how that lead to him having a family.

By the time we were done talking it was 5 am, he went back to his room and I decide to get a couple hours of much needed rest.

Maybe staying here won't be so bad after all.

I have to admit, Jason's not who I thought he was, he's nice, caring, he just doesn't show it much. He reminds me of myself in that aspect.

I fall back into my bed, closing my eyes and for once I drift off into a dreamless sleep. No unpleasant memories of the past haunting me in my subconscious, just peace.

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Ha! Now he's befriended all of em 😏

Word Count: 1050

- mayaaa 🍃