Nico's Lament

Left, straight, right, left, straight...
'just keep going. Almost there.' the air around him seemed to be getting thicker with every step making it harder to breath. Each inhale created a sharp pain and pierced his lungs, while each exhale would leave his throat feeling dry and his body weak. He could feel his blood pumping in his ears to the sound of his heartbeat. He had stumbled several times already, the darkness still working against him.

"Perhaps if we had just kept our guard up Percy wouldn't have been abducted by a kindly one"
"Perhaps if we had just kept our guard up Nico wouldn't be alone in the underworld"Left, straight, right, left, straight...
'just keep going. Almost there.' the air around him seemed to be getting thicker with every step making it harder to breath. Each inhale created a sharp pain and pierced his lungs, while each exhale would leave his throat feeling dry and his body weak. He could feel his blood pumping in his ears to the sound of his heartbeat. He had stumbled several times already, the darkness still working against him.

"Perhaps if we had just kept our guard up Percy wouldn't have been abducted by a kindly one"
"Perhaps if we had just kept our guard up Nico wouldn't be alone in the underworld"

Cover Art was paid for and drawn by KiyokoYuki