The Riverclan Kids (A Nico Di Angelo fanfic)

chapter 10

Nico's POV

I woke up feeling like crap.
I remembered Tris rolling under the bed, seeing her blood on the covers, and then feeling the baby's life force ebb away to almost nothing. I heard her calling for me and I burst into tears. Me pulling her out from underneath the bed and feeling her pain course through me. It made me almost collapse it hurt so much. Me praying to Artemis and then loaning my strength to her. Reyna taught me that. The flashbacks ended and I looked down at Tris, her cut was still bleeding, probably because of the whole strength lending thing. Luckly way slower, like a river of yogurt. Ok that was way weird. There was blood all over my chest and face. I picked her up and set her on her side. I went to one of her drawers and grabbed a bathing suit top. I sat her up against my knees, planted my eyes in the middle of her shoulder blades, and pulled my shirt off of her. I slipped the straps of the bathing suit over her arms, trying not to touch anything. I fastened the straps and picked her up. I carried her to the bathroom and sat down in the shower, laying her in between my legs.
I turned on the water and as soon as it touched her she shivered and opened her eyes.
"Is the baby ok?"
I touched her stomach
"Yes. But you aren't. Sleep. it'll be ok.I'll take care of you. You are one tough girl." She held her hand to my face. I covered it with my own. "Sleep." I repeated
She closed her eyes. "I love you."
"I love you too."
I washed the blood off of her and off of me, then treated her cut. I carried her to her bedroom and laid her on her bed. I went downstairs and grabbed some crappie food like chocolate and marshmallows. Anything to get her calories up. I went back up and sat on the bed. I touched her shoulder and she opened her eyes. I smiled
"Sit up. I got you some food."
I helped her get up and wrapped my legs around her for support. I handed her some chocolate, she seemed to get tired at just lifting her hand.
"She."
"Wut? "
"The baby. Its a she."
"How do you know?"
"I dreamed a lady in silver came to me. She said that I was under her protection until the baby is born, and that she was a she. what do you want to name her?"
"Your going through all this. You choose."
"Hex Di Angelo."
I smiled."Best name ever."
She smiled,then cried out in pain and slumped against me. I Layed her down, placed my hands on her stomach and gave her a little more strength.then I fell asleep beside her.

5 o'clock pm

I woke up to Tris writhing beside me.
She was crying and calling my name.
It broke my heart to see her like that, I wrapped my arms around her and cradled her like a baby. "Shh. Its ok, I've got you."
I touched her stomach. It was throbbing as if the tiny fetus was having a bad dream. I picked her up and carried her to the bathroom. Her cut had reopened while we were asleep and we were both covered in blood again. I set her in between my legs and turned on the water. This time she didn't wake up, she just sighed a little. I got a little panicky, I sealed her cut with healing powers I didn't know I had, and started washing her off. The only way to keep myself from crying was whispering encouragement to her. All of a sudden her dad walked in.
"What the hell are you doing?! Get out of there!"
"No." I moaned it more than said it. I didn't want to leave her side.
"Get out of there you ##%)!?#%%#£©{€¤!"
I couldn't help it anymore. I started to cry. All of the stress,strength loaning, blood and worry just got to me. I pulled her closer to me and cried into her neck. She opened her eyes and looked at me, then welled up with tears. She turned her head to her dad
"I can't believe you. My baby and I are dyeing and you cuss out the one person that is keeping me alive." She gasped for air. "I hate you. I hate you more than anything in the world. And I never want to see you again. Look at all the blood, don't you see it. Its not like we're taking a shower together for pleasure." She gasped for air again. "You will never be accepted by me or Nico or our baby Hex, that is if I'm still alive to give birth to her." She writhed in pain and gasped for air. I laughed a dry, cracking, laugh and covered her mouth with my hand."That's enough. Your going to kill yourself just talking." I rasped. She turned over and cried/hiccuped into my shoulder
Her dad looked like a hollow shell, like there was nothing left inside of him. He walked out of the bathroom, dragging his feet. I wrapped Tris in a towel and took her back to her bedroom. The covers were soaked with so much blood that they would have not of been nice to lay on, so I set her on the bean bag chair. I stripped the bed and took the covers downstairs. Her dad was watching 21 jump street on the TV. I walked in front of him and shoved the blankets at him. I walked away but out of the corner of eye i saw him unravel the blankets and choke on his own words.
I came back upstairs and went from room to room grabbing every blanket I could and putting them up on her bed until I had enough to make a mole hole. When me and my now dead sister Bianca were little we would get all the blankets in our house and make a tiny fort out of them. But in this case, I am making an incubator to keep Tris warm.
I shaped the pile until it was perfect, then shoved my way inside. I rearranged everything inside until it was a cave big enough for the both of us. I looked through her drawers for a flashlight or something, and found some glow sticks. I cracked about 5 of them and set them inside. "Hey sleepy head, I made you a castle."
She opened her eyes and looked at the pile.
"How is it held up?"
"Um.. I dunno."
She got shakily to her feet and climbed inside. I went in after her. She touched the sides of the fort and they hardened as if they were frozen.
"How'd you do that?"
"Maybe because uhh your stuff was inside me, I uhh got some of your powers?"
I turned bright red, "Maybe. Or my dad likes you."
"Your dad?"
"Hades. King of the underworld. He might like you, and grant you some powers."
"Why, thank you Mr.Nico's dad, I like you too."
"Call me Hades." A voice boomed outside.
I stuck my head out and my dad was standing there, checking out the beanbag chair.
"Hi son. Can you tell me what these are called, I would like to refurnish the palace with them, they are quite interesting."
"Yeah, sure. There called beanbag chairs. Why are you here?"
"To meet your beau (pronounced bow), oh sorry girlfriend. My, times are changing.
Let me see her."
I pulled my head back in and helped Tris crawl out.
"Hi." She said
"Hello there sweetheart. What's your name?"
"Tris umm Di Angelo."
"Huh. Taken your last name already Nico?"
"Yes. She is pregnant with my baby, dad."
He smiled hugely. "Well when we're you going to tell me that! Group hug!"

OH MY GODS? Who are you and what have you done with my dad or what, people!
Tris hobbled over to him and gave him a hug, then went rigid and collapsed onto the floor. The baby's essence was completely gone.
"Well I just got a text from Charon that a teenie tiny spirit came into the lobby, I'm texting him back and telling him to send it to me. I guess that's what happens if you hug the Lord of the dead."
"What did you do!" I whispered through my tears. I felt Tris's heartbeat slowing down. I lent her as much strength as I could without dying. I collapsed onto the floor beside her and right before I blacked out I saw my dad make an iris message.

2 hours later

I opened my eyes and saw... Apollo?
He was studying a shimmering green circle about the size of a small bowling ball. Inside was what looked like a tiny alien about the size of a penny.
I sat up and looked around. Tris was laying on a yellow blanket that was hovering about 4 feet off the ground. I was sitting on the ground. On her bed was the fort I made, but it was all black
"What is that?"
I asked Apollo
He looked up and smiled
"This, my friend, is your daughter."
He gently handed the ball to me, I stared in wonder at the little fetus inside.
My amazed face turned into an angry glare.
"What's she doing out here? Get her back in!"
"Chill, man. I'm going to. I'm just making sure she's ok. She's safe in there."
He cleared his throat and raised his hands

"This is your daughter

She is so tiny

I am so awesome."

He took the ball from me, muttered some incantations in ancient Greek, and set it on Tris's stomach. It slowly melted back into her tummy. She winced,then sighed and opened her eyes. She sat up. "Is Hex ok?"
"Mmhm. Oh and by the way my sister,Artemis, she said that I couldn't heal you all the way. Nico you have to heal her the rest. I am leaving you the way you were before ol' death breath came. And I would be happy to deliver you and your friend's babies.just yell my name and throw a piece of cheese into your river whenever you need me. But only for deliveries, nothing else."
"Why cheese?"
Apollo shrugged. "I like cheese." Tris giggled. "Anyway, see ya!" He disappeared in a coughdrop scented breeze. Tris's eyes rolled up in her head and she slumped back onto her blanket, which was slowly lowering to the ground. It laid down on the ground and slid out from under her then floated to the pile and laid on top. I picked her up and climbed inside,layed her down and gave her some strength,and fell asleep beside her.