Percico

Chapter One

Nico's point of view

Nico had the strangest dream in which Otis was wearing a ballerina costume and was trying to kill a blond, teenage boy whilst doing pirouette .

Ephialtes was fighting Percy Jackson.

Even though Nico knew he was dreaming, his heart did a double take on seeing him.

Nico knew it was a dream because no way in Hades Percy Jackson was going to be his Knight in the shining armor and save him. And he needed no Knight in shining armour! Nico was, is and will be an one man's army.

The stupid Giants were using Nico as a bait to lure the prophetic seven here. As if anyone would care enough to save him.

At the beginning he had hoped that if not the others, Hazel would surely rescue him. She was kind that way.

But as the days slipped by, he was barely past his expiration date.

Now he had given up all the hope.

Nico heard a deafening crash. His dream started to turn blurry until all he could see was black.

"Piper!" a voice screamed. It was a male voice.

"I'm fine, I'm fine " said another femine voice.

Nico opened his eyes. It seemed like he was knocked off in between of a battle.

A teenage girl sat beside him. She had dark skin tone, chopped brown hairs, and was beautiful enough for him to notice. Her shoulders were unnaturally bent. A boy was kneeling beside the girl. He was probably of the same age as the her. He had blonde hairs and was bleeding from several cuts all around his body.

Nico scanned the battle field and nearly choked on his saliva.

Percy, Percy Jackson stood, wild eyed, about an eighty feet away from them.

The two giants surrounded him. Otis looked as if he had run, headlong into a mountain (knowing him, he probably had) and Ephialtes was halfway in the process of reforming.

"Percy!" the blond boy yelled "take the controls"

Percy dived at some machine which looked like a ballista.

Nico had to fight to stay conscious.

At least he wasn't hallucinating.

It was like someone was bombarding his head. Every inch of his body ached. The sight of his own hands scared him. The we're exactly like skeleton. Deathly white and thin.

He wanted to ask what in Hades was going on, but he couldn't. His tongue was too parched.

It was like his verbal cords had stopped working. He tried to talk but he could only groan and make awkward noices.

Nico had missed the last few minutes of the battle.

The blond boy  was now standing next to Percy. They were standing shoulder to shoulder.

Nico felt guilty. Because of him they were risking their lives.

He momentarily blacked out. When his vision returned, he saw a baby, in diapers, with wings circling Percy.

The baby said "hey dude," he winked and pointed towards Percy "nice choice"

"Cupid! " Nico screamed. In a puff of white smoke, the baby demon disappeared. He must have been hallucinating. Cupid... Or Eros, whatever, couldn't be here.

Piper's point of view

Piper was dead scared.

She was completely useless (like always) and couldn't help her comrades in the battle.