Nico's POV

~Time skipz~

I lost track of time. Nothing new happened.  I got sliced a few more times and I was beat too. After she beats me she leaves and let's me bleed out. She says so I can catch my breath and scream some more when she returns.

I heard the door creak open. The click of heels came towards me once again. Instead of beating me she undid the straps hold me down. I was too weak to move so I just laid there, waiting for something. She dragged me down the hall by the shirt collar again. I just lay limp, unmoving, except for my slowly beating heart. My eyes are closed because I don't want to see what torture I'm going to be put through next. I'm tossed into the middle of a room and I hear the door close and lock. The clicking of heels fades down the hall. I lay on the cold ground and I get onto my hands and knees. I take a deep breath and sit up. My side exploded with pain and I cried out. I lay back down and look around the room. Some weird scent fills my nose but I ignore it. The thing that catches my attention is the body laying limp in the corner. A bronze blade at his side and an orange shirt rest on his bloody chest, torn to shreds. My eyes widen. No he can't be here. That can't be him. It couldn't have been that long already. I crawl over to him and look closely at his features. It was him. It was my Percy. And he wasn't breathing.

Percy's POV

I finally found an entrance close to camp and I went down. I walked towards the ferry man and gave him the drachmas. He nodded and let me board. Cerebus barked at me but I hushed him and threw a big steak I brought at him. The gate was closed so the ferry man dropped me off next to it. I looked at it puzzled. Hades never locked the gate. He knows I come visit Nico when he's down here. Maybe my dream was true. Maybe something bad had happened. It has been three days already since I had that dream. I hope Nico was ok.

I manage to open the gate and crawl under. I walk towards the throne room and see it was empty except for the black bag and Stygian Iron Sword sitting by the throne. Something was definitely wrong. Then I heard a scream.

"PERRRCCYYYYY!!!!! NOOOO!!!!"

Nico.

#CLIFFHANGER
BYEE