Nico wasn't sure what to feel about Kronos being inside of Percy. He could be listening to every single thing they were saying and they would never have known.
Nevertheless, he had agreed to help him. They just had to hope Percy could hold Kronos back until they figured out what to do.
"Does Annabeth know about this?" asked Nico. Percy shrugged. He looked like he hoped she didn't. Nico couldn't blame him. If he were being possessed by a Titan, he wouldn't expect Will to want to be near him.
He thought of the vase of sunflowers that was hidden under his bed. He had found it on his bedside table when he entered his cabin. It had taken a while to translate the words on the note but when he did, he smiled, something he hardly ever did unless he was really happy. And being with Will made him really really happy.
He just hoped nobody would ever find out. As much as he liked the son of Apollo, he didn't exactly want to be teased for being gay.
Nico didn't realise Percy snapping his fingers in front of his face until Percy just slapped him. Yup. He slapped him. Right across his face. "Ow! What was that for?"
"We'd been calling you for at least an entire three minutes. You were just staring at the ground and we got worried," explained Percy. "So? What we're you thinking about?" asked Hazel.
"How did you know I was thinking?" asked Nico. "What else would you have been doing?" she scoffed. "Fair point," Nico shrugged.
"So why were you calling me?" he asked. "We-" Percy suddenly froze. Then he glared at nothing. "Get out of my head," he growled. "Um...what?" Frank said nervously.
Percy glared at Frank, one of his eyes golden. "Uh oh," said Nico. Percy's mouth stretched into a cruel smile. With one swift movement, he had Riptide uncapped and at Frank's throat before anyone could even react.
"You were the one who stopped me from killing the daughter of Aphrodite, yes?" he said, his voice seeming to be doubled. Frank gulped and nodded slowly.
Percy pressed the sword harder against Frank's throat, making him wince and Hazel to cry out. "Well now, you are going to pay for your interference." Just as Percy raised his sword, Nico sprinted towards Frank and pushed him out of the way.
Riptide grazed Nico's side, leaving a shallow, yet painful, cut. Frank, now a horse, rose up on his hind legs and kicked Percy in the head. Percy fell to the floor of Nico's cabin, landing with a thud.
"Ow," Nico muttered. "Nico!" Hazel cried. "Are you okay?" She started to check his minor injury. "Fine! I'm fine!" Nico tried to reassure her, but the fact that he was wincing didn't help. "Frank, let's get him to the infirmary," said Hazel.
"Hazel, it's just a cut. It's basically nothing compared to Jason and Piper's injuries," Nico groaned. Hazel glared at him. For a little sister, she sure was scary.
After a threat of telling the entire camp of his relationship with Will, Nico agreed to go to the infirmary. "Get on Frank's back," instructed Hazel.
"My legs aren't broken, you know. I can get to the infirmary myself. And what about Percy? We can't just leave him here," said Nico. Frank walked over to Percy, who was lying facedown on the black carpet. He turned into a bear and somehow managed to get Percy onto his back.
"Come on, let's go." Hazel gave Nico a slight push. He rolled his eyes and started walking to the infirmary. At least I'll see Will there, thought Nico.
Sorry this one was quite short. I have school today and I kept thinking about it and I can't think of what to write. UGH! I hate school...And my phone sucks too. It's so laggy, it makes me wanna chuck it into a gigantic toilet and flush it down.
-Destiny
