Heroes Of Olympus: House Of Hades (By Rick Riordan) [COMPLETED]

Nico

Last Chapter Recap:

Hazel ran to the starboard side. She saw the Coach Hedge's limp body on the floor. The satyr had a huge bump on his head as Hazel grasped the handle of the steering oar. She gulped as she saw that there were fifty of them, and she can't seem to steer them all.

"I can do this. I can steer it." She said to herself.

Then she steered it with all her might, pushing and pulling, rotating the wheel; yanking the handle upwards with her both hands and yanking it down. Little by little, the oars creaked as the ship slowly turned away from the direction of the camp and into the vast, night sky. She heard the hull rumble as the rudder started spinning, and all fifty oars rotating in unity, as she saw the destroyed Camp Half-Blood disappearing from her sight and the moon closing in on them.

"This is your Supreme Commander speaking, and boy, am I proud to say, we are heading to Greece!" Leo's voice chuckled on the intercom as Hazel Levesque landed on her knees, a tear escaping from her eyes.

We are coming to save you, Percy, she thought. Just hold on for a couple of days

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Chapter Twenty-Five: Nico

[12 hours after]

After being chased by venti, just like what Jason called them; and the ship overcoming its probability of getting destroyed again, Leo finally finished the scrolls, which was a huge opportunity for them to get to Greece faster.

Yep, the scrolls were all about turbo mode, after all.

Nico was half disappointed that that's what the scrolls were all about, because he was expecting some kind of thing that would help them defeat Gaea, like a huge machine weapon or something, not a turbo mode. Another half of him was relieved since they would be able to save a lot of time.

Coach Hedge's grunting while he was taking over the helm was audible from the starboard deck. Apparently, he was so furious at those Roman eagles that atacked him. "Stupid eagles," He muttered.

"Where are we now, Leo?" Nico asked him.

The child of Hephaestus ran his greasy hands on his curly hair as his hands gripped on the railing, causing his veins to show up on his arms. "Uh, Spain. We're fifteen minutes away from Epirus."

Nico nodded, relieved that they were finally gonna be able to save Annabeth and Percy.

He looked at the direction of the lounge, where Hazel and Frank were quietly sitting, drinking some tea and watching Camp Half- Blood miserably.

"We need to talk about this. About what's at Epirus. To plan things out and stuff." Jason said.

"Uh, right." Piper agreed with newly found determination. Nico looked at her arm, which was now wrapped with bandage and he instantly pitied her about what the eagle had done. "Let's go to the lounge."

Leo nodded glumly as he removed his arms away from the rail and turned to Coach Hedge, "Hey, Coach, try not to blow things up, a'right? And once you sniffed something that seemed suspicious, just call us."

Gleeson just grunted.

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"So, do we enter the House of Hades like Tom Cruise did in Mission Impossible or...?"

Everybody looked irritatingly at Leo, except for one person.

"Who in Hades is Tom Cruise?" Hazel asked, completely confused. "You know what, don't explain. 'Cause that will make things much more complicated for me."