After the Blood of Olympus- Complete

Chapter 22 NICO

Nico was trashed down to the ground, along with Frank and Calypso. It's not like he didn't expect something to go wrong, but Nico was too in shock for about three seconds to react at all.

Frank was faster.

He jumped to his feet, ready to fight.

Then calmed back down. "You got out."

Confused, Nico got to see the rest of the seven and Reyna standing in front of him.

Percy stepped forward, about to say something, when a new voice interupted.

"Yep. They got out. Too bad they're going to die."

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"Annabeth. So good to see you again."

"Luke. Didn't we kill you."

"Yeah. Right. But as I was saying. Annabeth. You have lived a long enough life for a demigod. I don't even think you're a bad person. At least, you weren't. But now it's all about you. You have to be the most powerful. You have to be the smartest. But you never, never will be. The world will be a happier place without you."

Annabeth just stared. Strong, confident Annabeth, redused to nothing but a helpless little girl. Looking straight into the eyes of Luke, her first love, everyone was waiting for her to burst onto tears.

But she didn't.

So Luke moved on.

"Jason Grace. Big shot Roman. Son of Jupiter. I don't know you personally, but I know enough. Could your ego get any bigger? You are no help to anybody, you are a waste of space, a useless shell of a man. The world does not and will never need you."

Jason clenched his jaw like he was angry, but Nico could see the sadness in his eyes.

Luke kept going. "Piper McLean. Daugher of Aphrodite. Why are you here? How could you ever be important, how could you be anything? You are nothing, Piper, and you never will be great. You can think you will, but you just won't."

Piper took a step back, leaning against Jason.

"Leo Valdez. You're about the most pathetic one here. You call yourself a child of Hepheastus! Take a look at yourself! All you will ever be is in the way. No one wants you, no one needs you."

Leo looked about as mad as Nico had ever seen him.

"Frank and Hazel. You're the worst excuse for a couple ever. Hazel, you're about the worst daughter of the big three ever, you're weak, you're stupid, you're a coward. And Frank. Child of Mars. You're supposed to be tough. Strong. A good warrior. You are and can never be any of these things."

Hazel started crying, and Frank held her tight.

"Percy Jackson. If anyone here deseres to die, it's you. Only the most painful of deaths would be a fitting punishment for a person as pathetic and fake as yourself. How can your fatal flaw be loyalty, when you've got the biggest ego here? I hope you end up with the worst fate of all the souls in the underworld. You very much deserve it."

Percy stepped forward, but was again interupted.

It was Calypso.

"Luke, look."

Just as Luke turned to face Calypso, she flashed to coin in his face, causing an unexpected reaction.