Willco/Solangelo: A love story

XXII- Nico

I don't know what I was doing. All I knew was that I had to get down there. I expected Will to follow after me. But I guess it was too dangerous for him to follow. I got to the middle of the crater and just like I suspected, a big bronze dragon, Festus, was holding Leo and a young beautiful girl with his claws. Leo looked horrible. His clothes were ripped, his face was covered in cuts and bruises, and he had a huge gash on his right leg. The girl on the other hand looked better. Her dress wasn't even dirty. She looked completely clean. She wasn't even unconscious. She was trying to get Festus to release her but Festus was asleep. She looked up and met my eyes. She looked so beautiful. Her skin was like a silver moon on a night sky. Her cinnamon hair looked like if it was made of silk and her eyes were just like almonds.
"Hey! Can you help us? I think Leo is hurt badly." Her voice was so beautiful, it sounded like an angel from heaven. If Nico wasn't gay, he would totally make a move on her. "Excuse me?" The girl asked quite irritated. That snapped Nico out of the trance.
"Huh? What?"
"Can. You. Help. Us?" She said as if Nico was from another planet and didn't understand her.
"Oh yeah." Nico walked up to her. He pulled the Festus' claws which released the girl and then he did the same for Leo. The girl ran to Leo's side and tried to wake him up.
"Leo? Leo, babe, wake up. Wake up." She looked like if she was ready to cry. She looked up at me. "Can you help me get him to camp.. Um.. Sorry.. What's your name?"
"Hmm? Oh. I'm Nico, Nico DiAngelo, son of Hades. And you are?"
"Calypso. From the island of Ogygia, daughter of Atlas." She said. I stepped back a little.
"Calypso?" I remembered back during the Battle of the Labyrinth, that Percy had disappeared and had gone to an uncharted island called Ogygia where he met a young girl his age. Could that girl be this girl? "Aren't you like, not supposed to leave Ogygia? Like ever?"
"I would love to explain the oh-so-romantic way of how Leo saved me from that island anytime. But right now I would much rather get Leo some medical help." Then she gestured me to pick Leo up. She held him up from one arm and I held him up from the other. We slowly walked up the crater to see the campers just standing there looking down at us. When Jason and Piper saw us they stopped everything that they were doing and ran down to help us.
"Leo! Oh my gods! You're alive!" Piper was the first to help me carry Leo. Calypso looked a little jealous that Piper was helping Leo.
"What's wrong with him? Why isn't he responding?" Jason asked as he reached us. I explained that Leo was unconscious and that he just needed some medical help. Then Jason carried Leo over his shoulders and began to run towards the infirmary. Calypso said a quick thank you and followed him. Piper was about to run after them but turned around.
"Don't be mad at Zack. Will didn't leave him a choice." Then she ran off towards the infirmary. Why would I be mad at Zack? What happened to Will? I searched around to see Will on the ground with Annabeth and Zack aiding Lance. Will was asleep. I glared at Zack and clenched my fists.
"What did you do?" I said. I was ready to punch him in the face. Zack stood up. He faced me not frightened at all.
"I didn't do anything. I just put him to sleep. He's the one that hurt Lance." Then he gestured at Lance who was on the ground with a bleeding nose.
"So because Will hurt Lance you put him to sleep?" I was still mad. The temperature around us was beginning to drop. "You have no right!"
"I have no right? So I was just going to let him get away with hurting Lance?" Zack seemed unaffected by the sudden change in temperature.
"Will didn't even mean it! I'm sure it was just an accident!" I got up close to him. People were beginning to gather around us.
"Guys please. Don't fight. Will is fine." Annabeth spoke up.
"Why do you care about what happens to Lance anyways?" I asked. Zack glanced around at the crowd that had gathered. He looked over at Janet and Chris who looked frightened.
"He was just being a friend." Lance defended. "He did what-" Zack stretched his hand towards Lance and gestures him to take it. Lance looked up at Zack then took his hand. They interlocked their fingers. People began to murmur and whisper.
"I care because no one is going to hit my boyfriend. I don't care who it is. Will, you, no one is going to hit him. That's why I care." People around us gasped. The Lance blushed and Zack out his arm around him. I glared at Zack then sat down next to Will as he began to stir and wake up.