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SMOKE CURLED OFF HIS BLACK CLOTHES. Zola could see him clenching his fingers, as all the grass all around his body had turned yellow and died.
Percy rolled him over as gently as he could as Zola put her head against his chest. She felt his heart beating faintly.
"He's breathing", Zola muttered to Percy.
He nodded. "Someone get some nectar!", he yelled.
One of her siblings from the Ares cabin — Elis Wakefield, hobbled over and handed Percy a canteen. Percy then trickled some of the healing drink into Nico's mouth.
He coughed and spluttered, but his eyelids fluttered open.
"Nico what happened?", Percy started. "Can you talk?"
Nico nodded weakly. "Never tried to summon so many before...I-I'll be fine".
Zola and Percy helped him sit up and gave him some more nectar. Then he blinked at them as if trying to remember who the Hades they were.
Then he focused on someone behind them.
"Daedalus", he croaked.
"Yes my boy", Daedalus said. "I made a terrible mistake and I came to correct it.
Nico nodded slowly in understanding.
Daedalus had a few scratches that were bleeding gold oil but overall he looked better than the rest of them.
Must be his inhuman robotic body.
Meanwhile Mrs O'Leary stood behind him, licking her master's hair. Making it look greasy and stand up funny.
Gotta love Mrs O'Leary.
Briares stood near them, surrounded by awed satyrs and campers, who were shoving armour, shields and t-shirts excitedly in his face as he signed their autographs.
Honestly she understood why. He was a literal legend but overall as Zola watched the bashful expression on Briares face, she was happy that he finally got his confidence back.
"I found the Hundred-Handed One as I came through the maze", Daedalus explained. "It seems he had the same idea, to come help, but he was lost. And so we fell in together. We both came to make amends".
"Yay!", Tyson exclaimed jumping up and down. "Briares, I knew you would come. I knew it!!"
"I did not know", Briares said. "But you reminded me who I am Cyclops. You are the Hero".
Tyson blushed and Percy reached over, patting him on his back.
"I knew that a long time ago", Percy said. "But, Daedalus...the Titan army is still down there. Even without the string, they'll be back. They'll find a way sooner or later, with Kronos leading them".
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