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4. I ate cheeseburgers With the dead

Jackie's P.O.V

Right after she said that I felt this weird sensation in my stomach like they were forming butterflies, dammit!!!

Astrid's P.O.V

"hey... Percy where's the motel?" I asked
"Close."
"How close"
"Near"
"How nea-" as I got cut of by Nico telling Percy to stop, so he did

"What Nico..." he asked unimpressed filling his voice

"Stop... I need to visit someone" Nico muttered, as he stepped out of the car towards a graveyard holding a McDonald's paper bags then he added "I'll be back sooner or later" as Jason started to get of I grabbed his arm and told him to sit down as I muttered "I'll do it" as much as I hated Nico I still admit I care for him, I knew what he would do so grabbed some coke bottles enough to make a pit an followed him as I grabbed his arm and said "wait." then he looked at me and asked "what do you want?" As I said slowly " Doesn't mean I hate you I want you to summon dead people to fill your loneliness" as he looked up and said "I'm not lonely" as I said "well... I think I've been through enough to know what loneliness is"as he chuckled and said "are you scared" as I tighten my grip on his arm and said "of the dark" as I walked closer to him then he stopped and said "wait... This is close enough" as he got a shovel and said "wont you help" as I stretched my arm and hand facing the palm of my hand towards the ground and closed my eyes as i felt sorrow and screams of the dead waiting to be risen as I told Nico nervously "who do you want see?" As he said "ugh... anyone" as I told him "B-Bianca" as looked up and said "what?" As I added "Is hear" as his eyes widened as I asked "she wants to talk to you" as he poured the coke as he gave me 2 extra bottles and cheeseburgers giving me 2 extra as he said some Ancient Greek words as Bianca appeared in front of us as she hugged Nico but I could see in his face happiness and pain as she let go and said "I missed you." as a tear rolled down his face as he said slowly "I- I miss you too." as he added "what do you want to tell me" as she looked down and said "Nico promise me to take care of them when you go to hell. It's dangerous there you might die." As I asked "wait..how do you know about the quest?" As she said "as long as my brother is there I make it my business to know" as I nodded then she drank from the pit as she solidified as she said nervously "I-I got to go" then she added "love you. Nico."
"I love you to--" before he could finished she vanished then tears were endlessly rolling down his face as I hugged him tightly as rested his head on my shoulder as he stiffed and asked "I thought you hate me." as I looked up sand sat down in front of him as he asked "why do you hate me?" As looked down end said "well before... I was one of the employee of Circe for 3 years I started when I was...9 then by the age of 10 I became immortal I saw what she did to boys she HATED them. after I was able to make and do anything I wanted... one day Artemis came to do something with Circe but they ended up having a fight...i got sick of all the hatred Circe left I helped Artemis fight Circe after she...ugh asked if I wanted to be a hunter I said yes,still immortal so I was 10 for 3 years after 4 years we had to go to CHB cuz Artemis had to do something alone that was when ugh... Bianca and Zoë ... Then I met you we made the promise after a week we had to leave but I felt so at home I didn't want to,I ended up making enemies with my old companions by saying I have a family but they are not you then when they left I got claimed by Zeus, you were the first person I went to...but--" as I cut my self off then I felt tears roll down my eyes... then I added "you left...at first I was lonely I started to hate you and hate you until I met Jason my brother he helped me over come my rage after when you came back I as more than angry"

Nico's P.O.V

after hearing her story I felt pretty sad for her as I asked "so...ugh how old are you supposedly"
"25, you?"
"I think 84"
"Wow"
"Yup"
As I grabbed my cheeseburger and ate it so did she as she asked me "Nico is it just me or winter just arrived" as I look beside her and see a solid dead body beside her eating cheeseburgers as I said "ugh...maybe it's best if you tell me about how much you hate death" as I enphizised death she said "ugh... a dead body is beside me isn't there"as I nodded.oops wrong move. as she shouted at me " NICO DI ANGELO YOU LET FUCKING DEAD PEOPLE SIT BESIDE ME!!!!"as I I looked in her eyes and saw hatred and fear as I asked her "look. there gone why do you hate death so much" as I pulled her chin up and say tears falling down as I saw a kid.me. saying "No. Astrid no it's okay I'll be fine" then I saw her crying about the same age as me "no Nico you'll die" she cried as a huge Titan came out of the depths of Tartarus as I snatched my arm out her hand and ran towards him and shouted with all my might "GET AWAY. GET AWAY FROM ME. GET AWAY. BE GONE. DIE." as the ground started shaking as Kronos started falling down as I said "GO BACK TO TARTARUS AND STAY THERE" As he shouted "NOOOO!!!" As he reached for me but instead got Astrid and said "she's coming with me" as she said scared "no. help me Nico no I don't wanna die. Nico help me " as I ran towards her but too late the ground closed as there was nothing left...