The House of Hades

Chapter one- Regroup and Recover

Chapter One- Piper.

The 7 demi-gods loaded onto the Argo II. Leo immedently went to his controls. After throughly checking everything, he made the boat rise. They were off. But no one was happy.

Percy and Annabeth had just fallen into Tartarus. An endless void, an inescapeable part of the Underworld. Happy fun time!

"Pipes, you okay?" asked Jason. Piper turned to him. His face was ashen gray, his eyes hopeless. He was scraped up and upset. No wonder. He'd been jealous of Percy since they'd met. Jason and Percy were both powerful demi-gods, they had reason to be jealous of eachother. Now, Jason couldn't possibly be jealous of Percy.

"I'm okay," Piper answered shakedly. One of her best friends had just fallen into Tartarus. Nico, the son of Hades himself had barely survived in there. Her faith was with Annabeth but, deep down, she knew she might never see them again.

"Guys, meeting in the mess hall, 10 minutes." Hazel called from below. Jason put his arms around Piper and they walked down together.

10 minutes later, Hazel, Piper, Nico, Frank, Leo and Jason were seated around the table. Jason was sitting at the head of the table. That almost caused Piper to sob. Percy usually sat there.

"So, obviously, we need to talk about somethings," Leo began.

He was interuppted by Frank, who muttered loudly, "Duh." Leo's clothes started to smoke. Those two were having a rivalry, centered around Hazel. Silverware started to fly to her. Sparks started igniting from Jason's hands.

Frank looked like he was going to transform into a dragon when Nico yelled, "STOP!" All eyes to turned to the son of the death god. His obsidian eyes darted around nervously. "That was a little un-called for Frank," he said. "Annabeth and Percy just.. just.." Nico was at a loss for words. "They're gone and, some of you aren't handling it that well." Frank went to his room, slamming the door hard.

Hazel sighed. Leo's hair ignited. Jason went up on deck, where Coach Hedge was driving. Piper wanted to talk in private with him but, decided against it. She had  a question. "Camp," she uttered. "We need to tell the Camp." Leo brought out a drachma. He grinned but, you could see weariness behind those faking eyes. Hazel noticed it as well.

"Leo," she said carefully. "When was the last time you slept?" Leo dropped the grin.

"Lemme' think." he said, like he actually couldn't think when. Hazel put a hand on his shoulder. "You need rest Leo," She stood up and pointed down the hall to his room. Leo gave her a half-hearted smile. "No sleep yet. The ship is my top priority." Piper sighed. She went over to him. No charmspeak, she reminded herself. Leo was pretty good at resisting it.

"Hey,  Boy on Fire, now. Or else I'll tell the engine that Buford has a crush on her." she warned. Leo faked another smile. His eyes were cracked. Now Nico was walking over to them. "The engine already knows," Leo clipped. "But, since you all worship and adore me, I shall rest." He sad the last part eeriely, like a ghost. He stood up, took one step, and collapsed. He was far more tired then he let on. Nico and Hazel dropped next to him. Piper ran to the door to get help. Hazel was trying to hold Leo up. Perhaps that was a bad time for Frank to walk in........................(I'll post Chapter 2 soon.)