The House of Hades

Nico 12

disclaimer: I am not Rick riordan so I do not own these characters. sorry for the short chapters

XII

Nico

He was furious. This wasn't just a quest to save the world anymore, now Gaea had made things personal. His best friend Percy was dead and Annabeth was left alone in Tartarus with no way to cope. The least that he could do was talk to his dad and make sure that Percy got into the Isles of the Blest.

He ran up the stairs to the deck, tears stinging his eyes. Ready to dissolve anything that got in his way. Luckily there were enough monsters to go around.

Three chariots filled with drachnae, telekhines, and empousas had landed on deck. As soon as they got off, everyone fiercely charged.

I came into contact with an empousa almost instantly. I ducked as she swung at my head, and rolled to one side. I got up on one knee and stabbed her in the back. Shock went through Nico because that was one of the first moves that Percy taught him and he hasn't used it in years. The thought made me madder as I opened a dark portal, causing a dozen monsters to fall into the underworld.

Jason was sword fighting and striking monsters with lighting. Nico guessed that he was pretty mad because there was a full-fledged lightning storm brewing around him. He was glowing with a blue aura that acted like a shield. Nico recognized it as the blessing of Zeus.

Leo was fully covered in fire, the ground beneath him smoking. He was throwing huge fireballs at every monster and yelling obscenities in Spanish.

Piper and Hazel were a bit more controlled, but they still fought more fiercely than ever. Frank was busy changing into different deadly animals, destroying all in his path. And Coach Hedge was going around mauling monsters with his club.

The demons never stood a chance. They were finished in a matter of minutes. Nico surveyed the damage. No one was hurt, just covered in little nicks and scratches. The engine room was smoking and the upper deck was basically ruined.

Leo rattled off words in Spanish and went to check the engine room. He came back shaking his head. "Festus says that repairs will take two days.”

"What! We don't have two days. We need to get to Greece as soon as possible.” Jason exclaimed.

Apparently Leo still held a grudge against Jason because he said," Listen Golden Boy. I'm not superman. The best that I can do is get it done by tomorrow. Of course that means that I won't get any sleep, but hey, who cares? While I work, you guys should do something useful, like go over the prophecy or something!" And with that he stormed off.

This is going to be difficult. I thought. Our team is falling apart and we are running out of Greeks to hold it together. And he made his way to the meeting room.