Jason POV:

I kick the door down, terrified of what I'll find.

My heart stops when I see the Nico's limp frame. "No." I whisper. "It can't be." I run over to check him for a pulse and start freaking out. He can't be dead . There's just no way. I refuse to believe it.

I grab him and carry him over to his bed, Will following close behind. "Will," I ask. "can you bring him back?

The end.

Jk jk.

I'm answered with actions, as Will starts rushing around Nico, hooking him back up to the IV and starting CPR on him.

After a few minutes, I heard the smaller boy breathing again and I looked at Will, who just shrugged over at me, clearly torn apart over this.

The boy he loved attempting suicide yet again. Poor kid has enough on his plate already, but on top of that, he needs to keep Nico in check. "Hey." I say. "Why don't you go get some rest, while I stay and watch over him? I promise I'll let you know if anything happens, okay?"

He just nods and walks out of the room, clearly exhausted. though I'm not sure how since he just slept for forever. Maybe he used some healing magic on Nico? Or maybe he's just stressed and depressed and that's why he's tired. Who knows?

--POV change cause watching people sleep is weird--

Will POV:

As I walked back to my cabin, I could barely keep my eyes open. I know I'd just slept for like-however long I was asleep for-but I was exhausted.

I mean I did use a few healing tricks I learned as a son of Apollo, but that shouldn't drain me this much. Should it?

I collapsed on my bed as soon as I got to my room and I was out like a light immediately.

"NICO! NICO?! NICO PLEASE!" I was screaming into darkness. "PLEASE BE OKAY! PLEASE, NICO! I NEED YOU!" I couldn't see anything, but I somehow knew he was there. I got the feeling he was laughing. At me.

"William." He laughs out. "Did you really think I'd like you back? I mean sure I'm gay, but that doesn't mean I like every guy I meet. You don't deserve someone like me." He was speaking in His voice. Yet somehow I knew it was Nico, not Him.

"NO! NO! NICO PLEASE! THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!" I started crying out and plugging my ears, trying to block him out, but it didn't work. It just made him louder somehow.

Tears were streaming down my face now, but I couldn't just leave him there. I couldn't let this go. I needed him. More than anything. I started walking blindly toward the cold laughter that was still ringing out around me.

I was blindly approaching him, but I could tell I was getting closer. I reached my hands out for him, but there was nothing there. So I kept walking, hoping.

The laughter continued.

"Oh William. You should know by now that nothing you do will bring you closer to reaching me. You'll never be able to catch me. Or hurt me. Or do anything to me. But I can always reach you. Remember that.

I cursed under my breath. Of course he'd still be impossible to feel. He wasn't real. Not this version of him at least. I knew this, but I couldn't stop. I needed to keep going. I needed that boy. I needed to know he was okay. Even if it wasn't him.

Suddenly the scene changed. We were near Camp Jupiter, on the Golden Gate Bridge. I could see Nico this time.

I ran to him, hoping I could keep him from what I knew he was planning. But, he looked back and saw me and started speeding up, shouting at me.

"YOU KNOW THIS IS YOUR FAULT! WHY DO YOU EVEN CARE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? JUST LET. ME. BE!"

He ran toward the the edge and hauled himself up over the railing and propelling himself toward the water at a terrifying rate.

I reached the edge and looked over just in time to see his limp form resurface. He was obviously dead.

I started to run back to follow him, but bounced back up when I tried to jump.

"Will?" I hear a voice and I sit up, looking around groggily. It's Austin.

"Hey." I croak out. "What's up?"

But, he ignores me, running up to my bed. He wraps his arms around me and I try to hug him back, but they pass right through him. I scream and jump up out of bed.

I turn around and see ... me. Laying in my bed. I start freaking out. What's happening? How? There was no way this was actually happening. Yet, when I tried to wake myself up, I couldn't, implying I was either awake and this was actually happening, or I was next to impossible to wake up.

Nico.

Shit. I had to check on him. I started running and when I got to his room I saw two Nicos. One laying down, asleep like one of me. The other standing and walking around.

"Nico!" He turned his head-well the standing one did. He heard me. That had to mean something. I ran over to him and pulled him into a hug. "I'm glad you're not dead." I whispered in his ear. He looked confused, but just shrugged it off.

Then I tripped and fell on the sleeping Nico. No not on him, but in him. I moved around and noticed my. Body had morphed with his. We were one in the same. But the other Nico had disappeared and I got the feeling he was in my body.

We'd switched bodies. But how? This had to be some prank of Hera's or something.

You're welcome.

At least I didn't do that cringey coma then forget everything plot.