I'm sorry. I did this late, but I'll put up another to make it up to you! Promise.

I woke up, a bit of light crashed in my eyes. I groaned, moving to the side. What happened? It was all blurry.

"Nico, you're awake," Will said, stating the obvious. He put his hand to my forehead, checking my temperature. I looked at Will, then Percy and Jason. The lights were back on, if you counted the faint glow of a light in the distance. I laid on a type of blanket, Jason was unconscious, Percy was looking in the distance (he must of been embarrassed that he farted again, or something), Will had dried blood coming from his mouth.

I tried to get up, looking around. There was leaking ceilings, wet damp places that I bet could reap my soul if I came close. I didn't have enough energy to shadow travel, if I did I'd already be out of here. A wave of nausea crashed into my head and body. "What . . . What happened?" I croaked, after laying back down.

"Ask Will, I don't remember much after I supposedly got kicked down there. . . . It still hurts," Percy said, looking down, then to Will.

I looked at Will. "Well . . . I don't know much, but Jason got a visit from an old friend," I waited for him to tell me who the friend was, "A brick. Percy got kicked down there and after punched so hard he was knocked out. You were only punched and was knocked out, me on the other hand. I was punched, but I managed to stay conscious, then I saw someone, or thing, take all our weapons. I started to tend you guys, then Percy woke up. We were waiting for you and Jason, then you woke up. No one has bothered us, since then," Will explained.

I looked at Jason then Percy then Will. Will had taken care of us. He didn't think about himself, he thought about the safety of us. He helped us and didn't even think to help himself. That's what I call selfless, even more than Percy, I guess.

I sighed, closing my eyes. Will sighed after me and laid down beside me. "Nico, you need some rest, so do I. Percy, can you take first watch?" Will asked, taking a bit of the blanket (the blanket was mine first!). Percy nodded and I didn't really bother to do anything. I was so weak and helpless. Will managed to stay awake, when I didn't. Shows I'm the weakest link.

Will looked at me. "Hey, Nico?" I didn't answer, but he kept going. "I know you're too weak for shadow travel and stuff, but you couldn't do it if you tried either." I opened my eyes, looking at him, he continued. "Percy has tried, so have I. We can't use our powers, something is blocking them. I suspect that yours can't work either, so don't try. Okay?"

I stared at him, but nodded. He nodded then we both went to sleep, side by side. It was weird to have Will by me as we slept but he was better than a rat. Trust me, you wouldn't want to sleep with rats. Anyway, we both slept peacefully, Will snored a bit, but I didn't mind. It was actually cute, that he snored like that. Who knew Will snored and mumbled stuff about the infirmary in his sleep? Not me, of course, but now I know.

I heard a noise, as I woke up. I sat up and looked at Percy. He was asleep, of course, he drooled onto his partly ripped shirt, when it was ripped, I have no clue. I looked around, it was still dark and I couldn't see anything in the cloud of darkness that surrounded us.

"Hey!" A boys voice rang in the silence. I focused my sight on where it came from, but alas. I still saw pitch black darkness. "Stop making a ruckus, we're right by those four Boys!" The boy whisper yelled.

Another voice came up, it was another boy, but he seemed a bit older and more nervous and relaxed (kinda like Will's). "Sorry! I didn't mean to. I can't see, with all this blackness, who said the world wasn't black and white?" The boy joked.

"Argh, just come on. We have to get past them before they~ Boy awake." I'm guessing he pointed at me, cause I was the only one. I quickly hid under the covers.

"Huh, I don't~ Oh, wait. He's under the blanket, yeah. Does he . . . Hear us?" I sighed and got out of the covers, then looked at where their voices came from.

"Yes, I do. You two are highly annoying. Who Are you?" I asked. One came I too view. He had blond curls, that seemed to glow also. Blue eyes and well. He basically looked like Will. Except he was more hurt and his smile was playful and childish. He was around my age, I'm guessing.

"Hey, look. We just want to pass, we don't want to do anything. We're trying to get to where we put your weapons, so we'll be ready for when they attack," he explained. I got up, which was pretty hard. "Jojo, you hurt this kid pretty hard bad. That was like, one punch, right? Jeez, you hit harder than it thought."

Another came into view, he had long dark brown hair. He had a scowl on his face, with hazel eyes. "Why wont you shut the hell up!? Now, he knows about the weapons and if you want I can give you a knuckle-sandwich, cause I know you're hungry." He put up his fist, and pounded it on his palm of his other hand.

I looked at them. "I-I want some answers," I said, simply. Jojo scowled at me.

"You think imma give you some answers, when we got to get the fuck out of here!? We're going, whether you want us or not," he threatened. The blonde smiled a sorry smile at me and pushed Jojo into the darkness.