A new enemy (Percy Jackson Fanfiction)

Will Solice

We've been walking for about a day and the only thing I can think about is our conversation earlier. Lee's not an alcoholic or a drug addict, we'd all know.

"Are we going to stop soon?" Leo complaints from in front of me.

"Do you all need to stop?" Molly asks. How do they not get tired. They take almost every watch and never even break a sweat, even if we walk all day.

"Yes." Was said by almost the whole group.

"I'll go tell them." Fos offers then runs over to the others. Solisse and Lee never walk with the group.

"Ok, let's set up camp." Molly says after Fos gives her a nod from where he is. We start to set up when Fos comes back over and talks to Molly.

"They said they'd take watch tonight." He tells her.

"Probably best for him not to sleep down here." She says back.

"Yeah." He says softly and sadly.

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After camps set up and we're all getting some food Lee and Solisse come down. Percy walks over to Lee and holds out his hand.

"Truse?" Percy asks.

"Truse." Lee agreed and they shake hands. I remember Fos's hint and look closely at Lee. His eyes are shattered into a million pieces. Glass beyond repair. Then I look closely at his face. Scars but nothing you don't expect on a demigod. He holds himself well. The boys break the handshake and I see he has scars on the outside of his arms. He doesn't eat much but that could just be a lack of appetite. Solisse also seems to notice he's not eating.

"You have to eat something." She tells him.

"I'm not hungry." He tells her.

"You're never hungry. You still have to eat." She tells him.

"It's ok. It's hard to eat after what happened earlier today." He says.

"Speaking of, you still have to let me check that." She tells him.

"No."

"I heard what little is left of your heart beat so you will let me check." She tells him obviously concerned and slightly annoyed. He just remains silent for a second.

"It's bad but if you absolutely need to know..." he trailed off.

"Thank you. At least you're other wounds are healing and you're letting me help now." She says. What happened? Was Percy right? Did he get hurt in a fight? The others head off to get some sleep. I'm still not tired so I stay by the river and continue examining Lee from a distance. Solisse gets up and offers a hand to Lee. He grabs her hand and I see scars all along the inside of his arms. But not scars made by any monster I've treated wounds for. When I look closer I can tell they were made by a blade. Then I recognize it.

"You cut?!" I all but yell in bewilderment. He seems to happy to do something like this.

"Quite down. We don't need all of Tartarus knowing." Solisse says as if she's fine with the fact her boyfriend is cutting.

"How are you okay with this?" I ask lowering my volume.

"I'm not but I can't stop him." She tells me.

"It's none of your business anyway. You can't even get Nico to stop." Lee tells me. A sudden sadness washes over me. Nico cuts and I never noticed? What kind of doctor am I? What kind of boyfriend? I rush into the tent and check Nico's arms. Shur enough their are the same type of scars.

"Nico? Why would you do this to yourself?" I whisper to his small form. I lay down beside him and fall asleep.