Bronze Gold Shadow (Percy Jackson/Teen Wolf Crossover)

Our Walk

I won't lie. At first, I was disoriented. 

I was in a desert, nothing around me for miles but the rocky ground beneath my feet and the scorching sun high above me. The sky was blue all around me, barely any cloud in sight making the heat worse. 

Then there was the sound of something beeping. I looked around me. There was a rock about the size of a basketball five feet away and some gnarled shrubs along a dusty pathway driven by cars. 

Something wasn't right. 

I turned around and behind me was a roadblock on the dusty path. It hadn't been there a second ago. There were three Humvees decked out in desert camouflage with soldiers dressed the same way, walking around them, pointing rifles in my general direction and putting up blockades. They were a five yards away, everyone doing something. 

Then, there was a break in the line. One soldier stepped out, dressed in IED gear. They walked forward, closer and closer. As they did, I got a better look at the face through the partition in the helmet. 

"Jordan," I breathed. He didn't seem to hear or even see me. Just walked right by. I turned, watching intently. 

He kneeled down beside the rock. He ran his fingers over the edge of it. He slowly lifted the rock up, exposing it as a cover. "No motion sensors detected," he reported into his radio. 

"Proceed with caution," a voice said. Both from his radio and the camp. 

Jordan nodded. He set the cover aside and I got a look at the device. It had multiple pipes and wires along with a canister of...something. There wasn't a timer on it but it was beeping. 

"Located the device," Jordan said. "IED. This much power... It'll make a bonfire." 

I didn't see much it could do. But Jordan was the expert here. He was always good with technology, figuring out how to work the toaster and the oven after they had both broken. 

"Do you see a way to disarm it?" a voice over the radio asked. 

Jordan's eyes ran across the device. "Yes sir." 

"Proceed, soldier." 

Jordan pulled out a pair of wire cutters. He placed them in between the red wire. 

I didn't have experience with technology or engineering. But I had experince with electrical, hooking up the cabins and modernizing them to the electrical grid. I knew that wasn't the right wire. 

I tried to scream but my mouth wouldn't open. 

I tried to run to him but I couldn't move. 

The only thing I could do was watch as he cut the wire. 

The fire came not even a moment later. It burned big and bright. The heat scorched my skin and burned my hair. 

But I couldn't look away. I couldn't make myself. 

My brother was caught in that blast. 

I woke up crying. 

Rue was whimpering, nudging my face, trying to lick off the tears. I pushed her away and sat up. No. No, no, no, no, no. NO. No. This wasn't. That didn't. 

I didn't bother with shoes. I just ran. I ran out of my cabin and went straight for Cabin Thirteen. I wasn't sure if Rue was following me. I didn't care. I tripped on the stairs but caught myself on the doorway. I banged on the door. My face was hot. 

"NICO!" I yelled. I pounded on the door. "Nico! Nico di Angelo, open the door!" 

My eyes stung when Will opened the door. He was in sweatpants and a loose t-shirt with holes in it. His eyes were tired but the lines around his mouth said he worried.