Lost and Powerless (Nico Di Angelo mets BatFam)

Chapter 1

Nico POV
I was just sick of the camp, I just needed to get away from all the hatred and judgement. So I decided to shadow travel out of the camp at nighttime. I knew it was a bad idea not picturing a place but I just didn't think, I needed to get away so thinking at that time wasn't really happening.

I wouldn't have done it if I knew I was going to end up in the most dangerous city in America. And worst of all my powers aren't working, which is strange to say the least.

I walked through Gotham late at night looking for a place to stay. My ears tuned out the screams and crying noises, I was desensitised to that by now considering my time in the Underworld. I was walking around aimlessly for hours.

Until I hit myself into the gate of the Gotham cemetery. I looked up at the cemetery and thought "yes perfect!" I scaled the wall rather quickly and fell onto the other side of the wall with a thump.

I scanned over the cemetery looking for a place to stay for now while I figure out how to get my powers to work again. I found a mausoleum that was looked rundown and abandoned. I dashed over there and went inside happy to have found shelter.

I pulled off my backpack and sat on the ground leaning on the stone high rise coffin next to me. I was getting fed up of how my powers weren't working and how I felt so tired. I sighed and pulled my bag closer to me.

Opening my bag I found my sword which was in its ring form, a change of clothes, Bianca's hat, some ambrosia and nectar, a few drachmas and finally some bandages. I had some money in my pockets and I was going to have this steal some food clearly. I finally let sleep overcome me and fell into a nightmarish sleep.

Bianca! I yelled out as I ran to my sister across the darkness. I was just about to touch her when all my friends appeared and my father did as well. They started saying something and were stomping towards me.

I realised they were saying "all your fault. All your fault." What was my fault I didn't mean to do anything I swear I yelled back to them. They wouldn't listen and just kept coming.

I tried to run but nothing stopped them, they just kept on coming. I then tripped and fell over as they all surrounded me. That's when I saw at the front of the crowd was my mother. I looked up at her tears in the ducks of my eyes.

My mum knelt down in front of me and said "You're the reason I'm dead Nico. I wish i never had you." And then I was falling, I fell and fell and fell for what seemed like forever when suddenly I came in contact with the ground.

I woke up with a jolt as light shining through the cracks in the mausoleum flooded my vision. I stood up and dusted myself off. Then I proceeded to grab my bag off the floor and walk out of the mausoleum. I definitely wasn't going to leave my bag here and let it get stolen.

As soon as I walked out of the mausoleum, the world flooded with light. I squinted at the sight of the light and made my wall out of the cemetery. The gate appeared to be open now so I just slipped out of the cemetery into the city.

The moment I did that I immediately felt unsafe and scared which was weird since I never felt like this without being in battle. I stuck to the shadows as I walked through the city clinging to alleyways.

As I was walking around looking for a place to find some food, I walked right into a dead end and as I turned around I noticed that there was a group of three men. All blocking the entrance. I sighed and looked at them, the one in the middle started to speak saying "Hand over all your money or we will have to turn your insides into outsides." I just stared at them and looked for an exit as I didn't want to fight these moronic mortals.