Child of Light(Sequel to Son of Death in Gotham)

2) I'll Kill You

Nico jolted awake. He could feel the sweat dripping down his brow and from the sound of banging on his door he'd probably been making a ruckus.

He forced himself out of bed and stood up, quickly throwing on the shirt that he'd tossed off earlier, and going to answer the door.

Tim froze mid-knock, his fist almost hitting Nico in the face.

"Nico," He immediately grabbed the boy's arms, looking worried, "Are you okay? We heard you screaming."

"Sure," He wouldn't call his current mental state okay, but physically he was hopefully fine, "Just had a dream, need to talk to Hecate cabin."

He pulled away from Tim's grip and walked past him, planning murder as he directed himself towards Lou Ellen.

The Hecate cabin had been working tirelessly to find Nico and fix the sickness in Gotham. And Nico truthfully knew better than to judge people for their parentage, he'd suffered enough because of that same thing. But he couldn't help it. Hecate had taken Will, and she deserved worse than Tartarus.

He walked up to Lou Ellen, who was entertaining some younger kids with magic tricks. Before he could even think what he was doing he socked her in the back of her head, causing her to fall to the ground in shock and hopefully pain.

He heard someone shout and saw Tim freeze in shock. He truthfully didn't care.

He looked up to the sky and shouted, "This is what will happen Hecate! You lay one hand on him, hurt one hair on his head, and I will destroy everything you care about! I don't give a fuck what or who they are. I swear it on the river Styx, if I don't get him back I'll destroy it all!"

He realized that he was crying. Everything has been too much, he needed a break. So he took one. He turned to the closest shadow, ignoring Tim who'd run to help Lou. And he shadow traveled away.

Dick's Pov

Nico was not okay.

And it was getting more obvious every day. At first he hadn't remembered any of them, nobody he'd met after the war he recognized. But after they'd explained everything, and shown evidence that they actually were his family(pictures taken by the media) he finally believed them. Though it did break Dick's heart seeing how much shock he was in that someone actually wanted him.

Then came the hunt for Will. He didn't sleep for days at a time, the Apollo cabin had to sedate him a few times just to get him some rest. Dick didn't remember the last time he'd seen the boy eat. And the anger.

It almost matched up to Jason's Lazerus anger. He was constantly mad at everyone and everything. Dick truly believed that if it weren't for Hazel he probably would have killed Lou Ellen by then.

So he wasn't that surprised when Tim and Annabeth suddenly ran into the infirmary carrying Lou between them, who was unconscious.

"What the heck happened?" Kayla looked concerned.

"Nico snapped," Tim looked a bit scared, "There was this crazy look in his eyes. I woke him up because he was screaming and he just shouldered past be and went over to knock Lou unconscious. He looked up at the sky and declared to Hecate that he would destroy everything she cared about if he didn't get Will back. He swore it on the river stynx or something."

Annabeth froze slightly, "He swore it on the River Styx?"

Tim nodded, he looked as confused as Dick felt.

"Fuck. Do you guys know what that means?"

Dick shook his head, he saw Tim doing the same as they set Lou on a bed and Kayla came over to treat her.

Annabeth sighed, sounding stressed, "Swearing on the River Styx is an unbreakable vow. It's basically a sacred promise on the magic of the river. If he does break that, and I'm not saying that we won't get Will back, but it is a possibility. Then he would basically have to destroy everything Hecate cares about, which, hopefully not, but probably does include the entirety of the Hecate cabin."

"Oh." Well this was bad. Dick knew Nico, and he knew that he was not a murderer. He might have done something similar in the past considering his hinting, but Dick never imagined him actually killing someone. But the boy did love Will a lot, Dick didn't want to imagine what he'd do for him to be safe.

"We need to find him." He finally made eye contact with Annabeth once Lou was stable, apparently Nico had given her a concussion. He saw a look of terror in the girl's eyes, she'd gone through Tartarus yet she was scared of what Nico would do.

"Yes," Dick turned to see Chiron rolling in on his wheelchair, "We certainly do."