Don't take my Death Boy

Gone

 Nico rematerialized and he immediately fell forwards, his powers completely draining him this time. He was drained before but now it felt like his soul was pulled from his body. He had nothing left to give, everything and nothing hurt at the same time. He vaguely remembers feeling himself throw up but couldn't remember it exactly because he almost blacked out. He didn't even care at this point, he just curled up in the corner. Nico was somewhere Will and the others could never find him, not without his help getting there anyways.

He was in his dad's palace in the Underworld. When Hades found out that Nico could shadowtravel he was ecstatic. Nico had a room in the palace because he often helped his dad with things and sometimes he came down here just to visit Bob before everything had happened. But Hades knew sometimes Nico wanted to get away from the palace when he was here so he built a little area in the dungeon for him to come and go as he pleases. He felt it only fair because he knew what it was like to have to hide out sometimes, afterall he was constantly hiding from Zeus and the other Olympians by staying in the Underworld 24/7. The solstices and saying goodbye to Persephone when she left for Spring were the only reasons he ever went outside The Underworld. The only way to get into this place was through teleportation, there was no door that could unlock just prison bars because that's what it was before he changed it for nico. It was an old prison cell one that was farthest away from the entrance and safely tucked away in the corner. Which made it safe for Nico, and it had been redecorated to be just like his bedroom upstairs in the palace. A small bed, full bathroom, and things Nico had brought from camp and his and Will's small house they shared when they weren't at camp.

He was hiding there now and when he realized that he ran away from his boyfriend, he got scared of what would happen when he went back and he got upset with himself for running. Why did he always run away? Why was that always his answer to everything he couldn't handle? He ran away when Bianca died, and after the war he ran away to Camp Jupiter to get away from Percy. This time he didn't have a good reason for running away, Will just wanted what was best for him and he didn't even care. He didn't care.... That's what bothered Nico most. Will was one of the only people who liked him for who he truly is and he couldn't care one bit. Nico hadn't meant truly anything he said he just got so frustrated and it all burst out of him. And because of that him and Will had gotten into yet another fight. His solution when Will wanted to talk? Just to run away again.

He was a coward who did nothing but run instead of facing his problems. He stood up and struggled to walk, swaying on his feet but right now he didn't care. He walked over to the corner by his bed and he just ripped all the photos he had on the wall. He couldn't stand to face what he had run from this time. Nico watched as the dozens of pictures of his friends, of Hazel, and of Will just fell to the ground. There was one picture of Will, it was from the day he asked Nico to move in with him permanently. They were outside of their new house, and Will's parents were there to help them move. Will just looked happy, one of his arms was wrapped around Nico with the biggest smile on his face, his free hand outstretched holding their keys. Nico even had a smile on his face as Will's mom and stepdad took the picture. He had just left all that behind because he didn't want to talk to Will.

A torment of emotions ripped their way through him. His hands found their way to his hair and he let out a guttural scream, bones flying from up from under the ground and from inside the walls surrounding him like a tornado. Nico slammed his fist against the wall, the bones falling to the floor as he looked for something to throw. His hand grabbed his sword from his belt and he just flung his sword to the side. His back slid slowly against the wall until he sank to the ground in utter despair. Why did he have to ruin every single good thing he had in his life?

Nico had never felt more alone than he did now. Fear had wrapped it's deathly hands around him and he felt trapped. The walls started closing in and the room got darker and darker. Nico's powers activated and a cage of bones built itself around him, protecting him from any unknown dangers but couldn't protect him from himself as a panic attack hit. Anxiety rolled over him like a tidal wave, his emotions now crashing out and exploding. He couldn't breathe and the air seemed toxic. Every breath that he could take felt like acid burning through his lungs. His hands shook and he couldn't move. Nico's powers were out of control reacting to his emotions. He kept disappearing and re-materializing, not being able to stay in place for more than a minute. His body not even fully forming before disappearing again. Black smoke filled the room and his lungs. He reached out a hand for help even though no one was there and Nico's eyes rolled back as he passed out.

*Nico's Nightmare*

He was back at camp but something was wrong. Something was very wrong. There was a raging battle going on and Camp Half-Blood was severely losing, hundreds of campers already laying dead on the ground, their weapons scattered everywhere, the ground a bloody muddy field. Monsters were emerging from anywhere and everywhere. Nico scanned the battlefield and almost broke down when he saw Jason's body lying on the ground, his heart broke when he heard Hazel cry out, Frank barely managing to run towards her when he too was cut down. Leo and Piper were nowhere to be seen. A tidal wave took out a few monsters as Percy was clutching to Annabeth who was badly wounded while trying to fight with one hand but even that wasn't enough. Nico started to go towards them but then amongst all the fights Nico spotted Will and changed directions running towards WIll, but he was almost running in slow motion. It felt like something or someone was holding him back, not letting him get there intime. He watched as a monster pierced Will's chest with its sword and he crumpled to the ground. Nico wanted to run to hold WIll in his last moments and scream and fight and avenge will but he couldn't. The image disappeared and turned into another that showed how Bianca died. He'd felt her death, and when Percy had explained what had happened he didn't care because all her heard was his sister was dead. Seeing how it all went down for the first time broke him even more. This repeated over and over again, just nightmares of all his loved ones dying before his eyes, helpless to save them everytime. Nico just couldn't wake himself up and break free from this cycle. The nightmares started consuming him and he lost all control, his breath fading away until he faded into the ground.