Picking Up the Pieces (percico/pernico)

chapter 3: A God With Daddy Issues

PERCYS POV:

Nico is more broken then I thought, but he's also braver. It seems like everyone forgot that Nico was also in tartarus. The only difference was the i had Annabeth. She had me. We had friends that knew where we were. We both had families to run back to. Nico had no one. We didn't know where he was. He has no family to run back to. Sure he has Hazel but they barely know eachother.

Well, now he does have a family. "I Perseus Jackson, demigod, son of Poseidon swear on the River of Styx to make Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades feel and know that he does have a family. My family. Sally Blofis, Paul Blofis, and me. I will be his family." I declared and headed to my cabin. Dry lightning cracked across the sky. My message was received

NICOS POV:

After dinner I made my way to Jason's cabin. When I stepped in his head was on his hands. "Jason?" I asked standing a few feet away. He let his arms drop. "You have to tell him" He told me standing up. "No." I shook my head. "Nico, you have to! If you don't then I will!" He shouted my hands balled into fist I glared at me and turn to my native tongue.

"Hai promesso!" (Transltion: you promised) he understood, "that was before I saw what it was doing to you!" He roared the air around us tense. Shadows and lightening swirling around us under the Zeus cabin. "I'M FINE! Non posso dirgli, I can't tell him!" I yelled.

I could feel the energy from the shadows they were at my will. Surrounding my feet clinging to me like a pet would to its owner. "Why not!" He asked his voice bouncing off the walls. The truth fell out before I could stop it. "My dad kicked me out of the underworld! Io sono una vergogna per lui! (Translation: I'm a disgrace to him) Persephone forced him to! I have nowhere to go! You got that Jason?! Eu sunt o ruşin să-i" (Romanian translation: I'm a disgrace to him)

Thunder rumbled from inside. "You're not a disgrace." He softened up showing sympathy. He tried to pull me in a hug which I rejected by dodging out of the way. "I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU!" He yelled lightening landed a few feet away from me.

"What if I said I don't need your help?" I asked backing up to the door. His gaze hardened. "Tell him or I will" He growled I neared the door "vanffanculo Jason Grace, vanfanculo." (Translation: fuck you Jason Grace, fuck you) I cursed and slipped out of the room.

I headed for the campfire the was about to start and sat at the very front, the heat of the flames washing over me. Everyone sang and clapped when the flames rose higher, causing it to change color.

Not even ten minutes went by when someone stood directly in front of me. I looked up and saw Rachael, our redheaded oracle. She opened her eyes and they were a bright lime green. "Child of Hades, stand!" She commanded taking a few steps back.

The talking quickly dissolved into silence, the fire going down to small black flames. "Awe shit," I sighed and stood. Shadows piled around my legs in a protective matter.

"The child of death Shall lead this quest,
A secret concealed must be confessed.
Sky and water shall join this mission,
See that one of them has a transition.
Six in the beginning but not at the end,
The soldier of love will finally mend.
True love to break the war of love and hate,
The power of the two shall restore fate."

She bellowed, the green in her eyes dulled out to there normal color. Rachael hands went up to her head and she looked around. "What the, " she muttered then looked at me, "Nico, what am I doing here?"She asked. "Well Rach, you kind of have an old hag sharing your body with you, don't you think she would like to be the dominant one in the relationship every now and then?" I asked joking.