Hell And High Water 23

More trouble and more percico. Only two more after this.

The son of Poseidon didn't come to again until the following morning. Right away, he noticed that things among the five demigods seemed pretty somber, although he wasn't sure why. It was almost as if a dark fog had covered the teens and both sides of their suite were dead silent. And, despite how clearly awkward they were all feeling, not much changed in the following days.
It took Percy a number of those silent and somber days to ask exactly what happened, since he had no clue, and there wasn't anyone who really wanted to tell him. He tried to remember for himself but his memories of that evening were blurry and confusing at best. He remembered talking to Typhon and Manti and he remembered leaving with Leo, after that he recalled the loud banging ringing through the air. But, from that point on, Percy's mind was blank.
Percy was feeling more confused than he had been in a long time and none of his old 'friends' were really helping. He went to all of them, looking for someone to pity him, to feel for him and tell what happened, but no one did. He managed to get Hazel to say a few things, but it wasn't nearly enough to enlighten him. She just told him to give it time and he would learn everything.
So Percy gave it time.

Percy had waited for quite a few days to ask the first time and he waited about as many to ask again. This time, though, he was determined to find the answer.
The son of Poseidon approached Hazel in silence. "Hazel?"
Hazel hummed a 'what'.
Percy cleared his throat despite there being nothing blocking it. He took a deep breath and thought for a few seconds about reconsidering his decision to ask again. He did, however, keep going. That was mainly because Hazel didn't look too pleased to be interrupted for, seemingly, no reason. Percy swallowed hard. "What- Can you, possibly, tell me what happened now?"
Hazel fought the urge to roll her her eyes as she turned the page of her book and shook her head. She read on in silence for a second before looking over the top of the book and speaking again. "You'll find out soon enough."
Percy silenced for a moment as Hazel read a bit further and waited for something more. When he was met with yet more silence, he grew annoyed and angry and said "I've waited long enough, Hazel. I think I deserve to know what I possibly messed up in that restaurant." A hotter anger was begining to boil but the son of Poseidon fought it back.
Hazel shook her head gently at Percy with a slight frown playing on her features. "You'll find-"
"Don't give me that s**t, Hazel!" Percys anger, to say the least, had boiled over.
Hazel gently placed her book on the bed. She hadn't known how worked up about the whole thing the son of Poseidon had been until that moment and she wasn't too happy with how he showed it. His slight outburst made Hazel want to both feel sorry for Percy and scold him for losing his temper with her.
The daughter of Hades took a second to breathe before she spoke again. "You really wanna know?"
By that time, the other three demigods had come into the room and were staring back and forth between Percy and Hazel. The daughter of Hades didn't waste any time from the moment Percy nodded to begin filling him in. The others would say a few things now and again but Hazel was the one to do most of the explaining and Leo stayed totally silent.
Hazel told Percy that things had gone well until he refused the party offer, which wasn't hard to tell. But, he still kind of had things in his favor at that time. She also made it clear she believed he would have been able to get out just fine on his own if he would have just gone and not waited for Leo's help. The daughter of Hades stressed, over and over, that Leo made things even worse. He was right to try and get Percy out but he went about it in a terrible manner that ended in him getting shot. Leo gave a mumble of a comment that earned him a glare from both Nico and Frank. They were the only ones who heard that he was kind of blaming it on Percy because he didn't really know what he was doing. Despite the fact Hazel hadn't heard the words, she still looked straight at Leo and scolded him for his stupidity and somewhat her own, too.
"Why did we ever choose to bring you with us? You're so impulsive. You always open your mouth and you have yet to learn that it gets you in trouble or, like this time, shot. If you would have just thought it through before you spoke, you would have been fine."
Hazel expected a silence but she should have known better. Leo always had to fight back and this time was no different. "If you wanted something specific done, maybe you should have gone in yourself. If you didn't want me to do things my way, maybe you should have actually told me what to do. But, no. You leave it up to me and then b***h because your not happy with how I handled things because I didn't do it your way."
Hazel stood from the bed and had every eye turned her way already. "Don't ever talk back to me, Valdez." Her voice was low and Percy was taken aback by the ferocity in it. "You're luckier than hell that we've let you stick around. Do you know how many times we've had people offer to take you off our hands for us? Do you have any clue how many nasty, low life guys want a teenager with a little bit of an attitude to keep them occupied? I could have made more money off your a*s, quite literally, than I have in any hit I've ever taken. And these guys would have done me a favor. All you have done over the past three years is just cause problems. Why couldn't you, for once in your pathetic life, have just thought things through before you tried to pull them off?"
Leo had already stood and he took a slight step forward before he opened his mouth again. "This isn't my fau-"
"Sit down and shut up!"
Percy jumped a little at Hazel's tone but it wasn't enough to frighten Leo.
As usual, the son of Hephaestsus fought back. "I'm so sick and tired of you pushing me around like you've done for years. You are no better than me and you're seriously lucky I have just a little bit of respect for women or else I would-"
Leo couldn't even finish speaking before a very angry looking Frank was in his face pushing him back into his chair.
"I swear to all the gods, you stupid, little, Pyro maniac b***h, if you speak to her like that ever again, I will rip you damned head off with my bare hands and s**t down your pathetic little neck. Sit your a*s down."
Leo gritted his teeth and took a second but he did sit. Percy was left wide eyed in surprise at the son of Ares words and he had a feeling the demigod was only exaggerating by a little bit. Frank sat back down but never took his angry eyes from the son of Hephaestsus.
Things cooled off quickly and Hazel went back to telling Percy what happened. She turned back to him and informed the son of Poseidon that their escape was a 'well organized mess', and that both demigods were lucky to have made it out alive. From there, Hazel went into detail with what she saw happen and Frank cleared things up as much as he could. She shook her head and scoffed plenty throughout the whole thing. Frank did the same although he was the one to do the glaring at Leo, and there was plenty of that. Together, they managed to tell Percy that Leo had been shot in the back, but in his vest, and that the five demigods had suffered a loss. Percy was confused until he saw the look on Nicos face. Seeing the expression Nico held made him not need to ask anything. He knew that the son of Hades was the one who had really lost something. Percy knew, right away, that Charon was gone. That he had been the loss. That he had been a casualty. Percy silently conveyed his apologies and graditude and Nico nodded in comprehension.
In time, Hazel managed to inform Percy that she had recieved a fair share of phone calls and voice messages from Typhon alone, the Manticore alone, and the two together telling her they knew what was going on. They knew who Percy was, they knew who 'Persephone' was, they knew who 'the big guy' was, they knew everything. Percy understood how dangerous things were to begin with and he also knew that they had just gotten worse.
It took a couple of hours, but Hazel, Frank, and Nico managed to fill Percy in on most everything. He felt a little overwhelmed by all of it but soon came to accept it and hoped, one day, he would be able to forget it. After all, he still had his whole life ahead of him and he didn't want this weighing on his sholders forever.
It was pretty late that night by the time Percy was finally content with all he had been told and was ready to go to bed. He still felt a little tense but he tried to sleep anyway. Tried, and failed. Very early the next morning, Percy found himself sitting awake, with tears once again threatening to fall from his eyes. They didn't threaten for long, though, before he let out a muffled sob and one fell. He hated that his only defense mechanism at the moment was to cry, but he felt he didn't have anything else he could do. His anger, confusion, and fear were so overwhelming that he was barely able to think. Another sob escaped his lips and a few tears coated his skin. Little did the son of Poseidon know, his sobbing had woken the younger demigod sleeping in the bed next to his own.
Nico sat up slowly. "Percy?"
The son of Poseidon jerked his head to look at Nico.
"A-are you okay?"
Percy sniffled and shook his head.
The younger sighed and tried to think like a normal person would. His instinct was to say 'get over it' but his instincts weren't what Percy needed at the moment. Instead, Nico cleared his throat and spoke softly. "Is there anything I can do?"
Percy wiped his eyes and looked at the wall before he took a deep breath and shifted his gaze to the boy on the bed next to his own. He thought for a second if there was anything that could be done, and was only able to come up with one thing. When Percy spoke, he did so in a whispered tone. "Kiss me."
Nico squinted his eyes and questioned the elder with a "What?".
Percy hesitated, giving himself a second to think, before he repeated the two word sentence a little louder than before. He was absolutely sure Nico had heard him clearly that time.
The son of Hades let his mouth hang agape for a second. "Are you serious?"
Percy nodded and looked a little deeper into the dark eyes of the boy on the bed beside his own. Nico shifted uncomfortably under Percys gaze.
The son of Hades responded with a shake of his own head and a few soft words."Percy, I don't think that's the best of ideas. Right about now, I'm not sure where something so simple could lead me and-"
"I don't care."
Nico recoiled. He was a little shocked to begin with but this floored him. "What?"
The son of Poseidon kept his voice totally steady despite his pounding heart and spinning head. "I don't care where it leads you. I'm ready for whatever it is."
"Percy," Nico studdered out "this is kind of a serious thing to commit to, you know that, right?"
Percy nodded. His thoughts were pushing words out of his mouth and the words made him shiver. "I don't care. At this point, everything seems so messed up I don't think doing THAT could screw up anything more than it already is. I'm curious. I want to know. I couldn't care less what happens. Nico, I need this..."
Nico swallowed hard. He could feel a ball forming in his stomach and a rush of excitement spreading through his entire body. The slight bit of a conscience the younger demigod had was telling him the whole thing was a very bad idea and that he should walk away when he still had the chance, but his body was tugging him toward what Percy was saying.
Nico shook his head a little and tore his eyes from the older demigod. "Percy, I'm gonna give you another chance to reconsider before things even get started and end up out of cont-"
"I don't need to reconsider, Nico." Percy interrupted. "Kiss me. Right now."
Nico shook his head once again but was very quick to stand from his bed and rush Percy. He snaked his hand behind Percys neck and smashed their lips together in an already heated kiss, earning a lovely moan from the elder demigod. Nico kept letting his mind repeat Percys words. First it was 'kiss me', then it was 'I don't care', then 'I'm curious', and 'I want to know' and, finally, Nicos personal favorite, 'I need this'. Nico had always hoped this day would come but he didn't expect it to go down anything like this.
Percy kissed back slowly, seemingly afraid to do anything more. Nico tried to keep things easy but Percy was starting to agitate him. Half a minute into the kiss, Nico took his lips from Percy's and pushed the elder down on the bed before straddling his waste. The son of Poseidon looked at him with something in his eyes that Nico couldn't put a name to but he didn't try for too long.
"You really want this?"
Percy waited for a second before answering with a nod.
"Prove it."
Percy started to feel a little nervous at that point. He was the one who started the whole thing, wasn't that proof enough? He thought so. Yet, here Nico was, asking for proof. Percy let a thought come to his mind before he acted on it and leaned up toward the younger slowly. The son of Poseidon was still a little nervous and leary about the whole idea but there was little hesitation noticeable in his actions.
Percy placed his hand on Nicos surprisingly toned chest and attached their lips together gently. He expected Nico to take over and do something more but the younger stayed quite still over top of him, causing a slight agitation to grow. Percy, just wanting things to keep going, got a little more aggressive. He took Nicos bottom lip between his teeth and sucked on it like it was the sweetest piece of candy he had ever eaten. Nico let out a soft moan and pushed Percy back down harshly, getting the point.
The younger leaned down to whisper something in Percys ear.
"Now that you've gotten me started, I won't stop. Don't try to get me to, either. You asked for this, Percy. All I'm doing is obliging to your request. Just keep that in mind."
Percy nodded gently and even went to speak, only to have his words turn into moans when he felt the wet muscle that was Nicos tongue slide across his jawbone.
Percy let out a sigh of pleasure as he felt his heart beat quicken and a warmth spread over his entire body. Nico wrapped his hand around Percy's wrist and moved the olders fingers to the skin that hid beneath the fabric of his shirt. Once again, Nico leaned down to whisper something in Percys ear. "Touch me."
Percy managed a nod before his trembling fingers came into contact with Nicos torso. Despite the fact he knew quite well how muscular the younger was, Percy was surprised to feel bumps along his abdomen. He slid his fingers across them and counted each one, trying to distract himself from the, soon to be overwhelming, excitement growing inside himself. Nico continued to kiss all over his lips and neck and soon moved to Percys ear, which Percy didn't know was so sensitive. Nico licked across the back of it and felt Percys short finger nails start to dig into his stomach as a rise started to make itself known in the elders jeans.
Nico started making his way back down Percy's jaw line and neck before he came to a stop on the son of Poseidons collar bone. He kissed it gently, remembering he had been there before. He streaked his tongue through the indentation and felt Percy shudder slightly from the feeling.
The son of Hades placed another gentle kiss on the bone before he moved to the side a little so he could reach the older boys neck. He opened his mouth and blew hot breath on it before he scraped his teeth across it harshly, earning a throaty moan from Percy and a few half moon marks on his torso from the elders short finger nails. That feeling sent shivers down Nicos spine and he was sure he had waited long enough.
The younger demigod sat up and began to rid himself of his shirt before standing from the bed, seeing the rise in Percys jeans that was still growing. He knew very well that he had one to match. Nico slid his shirt all the way off and requested the same of Percy before laying back down on top of him so their bare skin touched. Nico grabbed Percys arms and snaked them around his own back so there would be nothing to get in his way. He put his own hands on the two sides of Percys face and deepened the kiss even more as he rung his own tongue around the older boys. Percy pushed back a little but the fight for dominance didn't last long before Nico completely took over and Percy left more finger nail marks on Nicos torso.
The younger took his hand from the side of Percys face and streaked his pointer finger down Percys chest gently, causing the older to moan quietly and arch his back.
Nico smirked and leaned down again. "You ready?"
Percy, with difficulty, shook his head. Nico didn't like that very much. He clicked his tongue a few times and smiled devilishly.
"I already told you I wasn't gonna stop once I got started, so I'm gonna keep on like you told me yes. Since I thought we already agreed on that."
The youngers voice was so low Percy didn't even think about trying to deny it further. This was it, and that was that. Nico looked directly into Percy eyes but saw only eyelids.
"Percy, open your eyes."
The son of Poseidon didn't need to be told twice. He lulled his eyes open and saw Nico smirking above him.
The younger licked his bottom lip slightly and leaned in yet again. "Don't be shy. I'm the best."
Percy wasn't sure what that meant or where the sudden streak of confidence came from and he hated to say that he liked it and it was probably the only reason he kept his eyes open.
Once Percy opened his eyes, Nico smiled lightly and kissed him. "I'm gonna grab something. When I come back, I want these gone." He tugged gently on Percys pajama pants.
Nico stood away from Percy and the older watched as he went to his bag. He never tore his eyes from the son of Hades as he started to undo the strings on his pants. He wasn't sure why he was actually doing it, but he did know he didn't want to stop. Nico grabbed something from his bag as Percy stood to pull his pants to his ankles. Nico reached him just in time to bend down and slip them from around the elders feet.
The son of Hades stood back up again and looked deeply into Percys eyes, so deep Percy thought he could get lost looking back.
"Sit." Nico whispered darkly at the elder and Percy couldn't help but do exactly what he was told. The son of Hades placed something on the bed next to Percy before he leaned in to kiss the older demigod once again. Nico grabbed onto Percy's hands and trailed them to his own pants that were still tightly tied. He pulled their lips apart only long enough to whisper something once again.
"Take them off."
Percy hesitated as Nico resealed their lips but couldn't help make his trembling fingers undo the knot that kept Nico pants up. The younger smiled into Percys lips and slid the fabric from his legs once the string was untied. Before leaning close enough to kiss Percy again, Nico whispered something more to him.
"Scoot back and lay down. Make yourself comfortable cause you're gonna be like that for a while."
Percy moaned out from the words and the feeling of the younger pushing harshly on his chest. Nevertheless, he moved himself back far enough to plant his head on the pillow behind him and watched as Nico moved ever closer. The younger stopped himself above Percys waste band and stuck his tongue from between his lips, planting it on the skin. Percy moaned out contentedly. Nico licked back and forth between the olders hip bones and felt as Percys erection grew even more. Nico moved upward, his tongue streaking across Percy's skin.
Nico raised Percys hips and stripped the son of Poseidon completely naked. He moaned out when he saw Percys erection placed against his stomach. That's when Nico stood and slid off his own boxers. Percy saw what they hid and actually gagged.
Nico shot him a look. "What?"
"Do we really have to do this?"
Nico furrowed his brow. "We already went over this; I'm not stopping."
Percy shook his head. "Nico, I can't do this."
Nico made a sound that was something between and sigh and a growl. "I gave you plenty of time to say that earlier."
Percy closed his eyes tightly as he continued to shake his head from side to side. "Please don't make me do this."
The son of Hades took a step closer to the bed. "You started this Percy. Why are you saying now that you can't do it?"
Percys answer had only a tinge of anger and aggression in it while the rest was fear. "Because I'm not gay."
Nico closed his eyes and shook his head. He was angry that the older demigod was wasting time but the topic of conversation kind of killed what little bit of a mood there had been. "Percy, we've done things before. It's not like we've never touched. What we've done kind of hints toward you wanting this. What we've done kind of hints toward you being gay, even if you don't want to admit it."
The son of Poseidon looked away from Nico. "Are you saying... Are you saying I could be gay without even knowing it?
Nico shrugged. "You wouldn't be the first guy that's happened to."
Percy closed his eyes tightly again. "How can I find out?"
Nico scoffed. "Well, we've already gone through all the basics. There's really only one thing left."
Percy shot the son of Hades a dark look, but it quickly softened. "So... if we do this, and I don't, ya know, like it, what then?"
Nico shrugged. "Nothing. You'd just be a guy that gets his kicks wherever he can. From whoever he can. No matter what gender they are."
Percy didn't like the fact that Nico had made his sound like a player but he understood what the younger demigod meant. He enjoyed kissing Nico and he definitely enjoyed the other things they had done so, from what Nico was saying, it would be alright if Percy had a guy for just those reasons. So, even if he didn't like all of it, he could like, and get, some of it. But, he would never know unless he let the son of Hades do this.
Was it really worth it?
Percy thought about it for a second and came to a conclusion.
He gave the younger yet another nod.
Nico returned the action and told Percy to spread his legs. The son of Poseidon swallowed hard but complied. Nico climbed in between them and grabbed what he had placed on the bed earlier. Percy didn't know what it was but it was some kind of tube. Nico popped the cap and tipped it upside-down over Percy's bottom before he squeezed it a little. When the blue liquid flowed from the bottle and landed on the son of Poseidons body, he jumped a little but relaxed quickly. Nico dropped the bottle back onto the bed and looked at Percy before he started to rub the liquid around with his fingers.
Percy had never been touched like this before and he wasn't sure how he felt about it. But he did agree to this. He was in too deep to turn back now so he let it continue.
Once the lubrication, which Percy thought the liquid was, was spread over his enterence, he felt something push into him. He tensed and moved back a little.
"What is-" He couldn't keep talking on account of something being pushed in and out if his body.
"It's my finger. Just relax, Percy, please."
The son of Poseidon nodded as the movements continued. He could feel his body stretching and he definitely felt it when Nico added another finger, and the son of Hades could tell. Percy tensed again as the younger pushed both digits in and out of his body. Soon, though, he relaxed and moved to meet the fingers. He had never imagined something feeling like that in his life but it was bearable. Nico noticed the action and felt it was time to continue. He started to scissor his fingers to stretch Percys opening and ready it for what was coming soon. Percy moaned out from a mix of intense pain and insane pleasure. He had literally never felt anything like this before in his life and a very small part of him was happy he agreed to do this.
Nico pulled his fingers back out and Percy wined at the loss. The son of Hades popped the cap off the tube again and squeezed out more of the liquid before he spread in on his member. He closed it again and tossed it onto the floor before he lined up the head of his erection with Percy's enterence.
"Ready?"
Percy wined out but nodded gently. Nico pushed the tip of his member in and Percy was already clawing at the sheets. The younger progressed slowly but stopped when a blood curdling holler left the olders lips. If Nico didn't know any better, he would have thought someone had shot Percy again.
That's what it felt like, though. Actually, it was worse. Percy was really wondering how anyone could ever find pleasure in this but there was no way he would tell Nico to stop. Well, actually, there was no way he could; he was already short on breath. He could even feel a tear streak down his cheek. Nico leaned foreward and kissed where the tear fell, all the while having Percys cries of pain fill his ear.
Once his screams had faded away, Nico pushed into Percy a little further. This time, he made it over half way before the older was arching his back and crying out in pain again. Nico sighed but never moved. He had started and he needed this, badly. He wasn't stopping entirely. Percy's yells faded again and that's when Nico went all in. Quite literally. He rolled his hips foreward and pushed himself all the way into Percys body as the older continued to shout.
Happy he had finally completed one thrust, Nico pulled out and kissed Percy gently on the chest before he did it again. This time it was all in one fluid motion. Percy yelled out again and all Nico did was latch his lips onto Percy's to silence him and try to keep his mind off the pain and get him to focus on the pleasure. He thrusted again and Percy tensed enough to sink his teeth into Nicos tongue. Nico didn't care, though; he actually kind of liked feeling pain during sex, even if it was just having his tongue bit.
Nico pulled out and slammed back in quickly enough to cause Percy to push their chests together by arching his back again. The older wrapped his arms around Nico and deepened the kiss they shared, making it sloppy and wet. Percy definitely felt that pleasure Nico had talked about before and it made him feel a way he had never felt in his life. He was begining to like what he was feeling. He was begining to want more. He was begining to need more.
With each thrust Nico made, Percy moved his body to meet it. They were practically bouncing off one another but Nico was hitting the very spot that both wanted hit. Nico took his lips from Percy's and thrusted much harder than he ever had before. Percy practically screamed this time and scratched at the little bit of back he could reach. Nico loved the way that felt and he responded with even harder and quicker thrusts into that same spot.
Instead of a holler with these thrusts, Nico was met with heavy moans. He knew Percy would get used to the speed of his movements soon so he kept going. With each thrust, Nico would move a little in search for a better angle to hit the older demigods sweet spot: he wanted to make sure this was as enjoyable and memorable for the son of Poseidon as it was for him.
Nico knew Percy was adjusting very well since he had actually fallen silent, save for small whimpers here and there. But, after a decent number of thrusts, that changed. Nico had found the perfect way to hit Percys prostate and the older let the son of Hades know it. He practically screamed out an "Oh, gods!" and slammed his sweaty head into the pillow behind him.
Nico moaned, which was something he never did in his position, just knowing that was Percys voice. But, he stopped moving. He wanted this to last.
"Nicooo" Percy whined out as his whole body throbbed with pain and pleasure and a need for more. The younger hadn't liked how whiney Percy had been in the beginning but this was something else. This was a whine Nico could get used to. At that, Nico thrusted back in, hard, and hit the olders prostate again. Percy felt like he was seeing stars. It had hurt at first but the pain had been completely replaced with a pleasure so intense that it couldn't be described with words, just needy moans and groans and shallow, barely there breaths.
Nico only made a few more thrusts into Percys prostate before the moans became less and the pressure in the body of both boys increased. Nico needed this to be as amazing as possible, for both of them. That being the case, Nico thrusted one more time before he grabbed onto Percy's leg and raised it into the air before it came to rest on his sholder. From there, he pulled back out and pushed himself in harder than before. Percy couldn't do anything but tense, toss his head back, and fist the sheets, his mouth open wide trying to make some sort of noise. The new position had allowed Nico to hit his prostate at a different angle and that made him sweaty, more so than he already was, and made a whole new degree of pleasure coarse through him.
Percy let out a heavy moan one of the times Nico thrusted and the younger responded with a groan of his own. It was definitely odd, since Nico wasn't one to make noise during sex, but this was Percy Jackson. That was probably the reason he could already feel himself nearing his end. That's when he wrapped his fingers around Percy's member and listened to him moan again before he started pumping his hand. He started slow but sped up in an instant, flicking his wrist up and down quickly. His thrusts and pumps weren't in perfect time but he knew that would just add more to the entire experience for the demigod beneath him.
Very soon, Percy turned into a moaning mess and his breaths grew more shallow. His stomach muscles tightened with every breath and he knew he was close to his end. He was shocked by that, since he had lasted longer than he had during his first experience with the son of Hades. With one more tensing of his stomach, another hard, mind blowing thrust from the son of Hades, and another heavy, throaty moan, he came all over Nicos chest. The younger demigod continued to thrust into Percy until he himself came with a groan and even got another out of the son of Poseidon. He thrusted and pumped a few more times to ride out both their orgasms before he pulled out and flopped down next to the older demigod.
Both were very out of breath and Percys hair was plastered to his face with sweat.
"Well then..."
Percy nodded in agreement.
The son of Hades stood quickly and grabbed a box of tissues to lean off the both of them before he tossed it on the floor and flopped back onto the bed.
Nico looked at the older demigod. "How do you feel?"
Percy swallowed and managed to catch his breath a little before he spoke. "Amazing."
Nico chuckled through his heavy breathing. "Good. But, you'll hurt later."
Percy nodded. He had assumed as much and he didn't really care. The pleasure during was much more important than the pain after.
"Are you tired?"
Percy nodded again, his eyes already closing.
Nico gave him a half smile. "You should be. Sleep for a while, okay?"
Percy closed his eyes before he snuggled into Nico and let himself sleep. He was out before he even knew it.

Later that morning, Hazel shook the two boys awake. Nico came to first.
He spoke quietly through his sleepiness. "What?"
Hazel leaned a little closer so she could speak to him quietly and still be heard. "As lovely as you two look, you need to get up. Typhon called. He wants to meet with all of us in a few hours. We need to bring Percy, but no weapons."
As much as Nico didn't want to hear that, he had a clever response. "None of us need weapons. We were born weapons."
"Let's just hope that's enough."
Nico closed his eyes again and nodded gently in agreement before Hazel left him to wake Percy.
The son of Hades turned to the older demigod and smiled at him. He was literally having the best day of his life. Nico gently stroked Percys cheek until the son of Poseidons eyes opened slowly.
"Morning." Nico whispered gently.
Percy nodded and closed his eyes again.
"Hey, don't go back to sleep. You gotta get up."
Percy groaned at the prospect. He didn't hurt much now, although he did a little, but he knew it would get worse when he started moving. Nico stood first and wrapped one of the sheets around his waste before he held a hand out to Percy and pulled him gently from the bed and wrapped the both of them together.
The two managed to shower without Percy being put in too much pain and even dress. Nico helped with everything and peppered every inch of Percys body with small kisses. The son of Poseidon smiled and blushed madly but was able to avoid getting turned on again.
Nico led Percy from the bathroom and into Hazel, Frank, and Leo's side of the suite before setting him down again. Nico crossed his arms and looked around the room. Everyone stared at the two like they were seeing ghosts but he knew why they were getting the looks. Looks which he completely ignored.
"So, what's goin' on?"
Hazel nodded as she prepared to answer her half-brothers question. "I got a call, and Typhon and Manti wanna meet with us. They said they had a few things to discuss with us and they wanna do it today."
Percy was still tired but he managed to grasp everything and he was disagreeing already. "No. I'm not going." Nico looked at him softly. "They want Nico dead and probably me, too, now. You said they know who we all are. It would be stupid if we go out there looking for them."
Hazel nodded her head but Leo scoffed. "I see where you're coming from, Percy," She said, "but there is a reason."
Nico was confused now and his face and words were showing how much so. "I don't see how there could be a reason."
Hazel smiled weakly, barely enough to even be seen. "They told me they would be willing to leave you," She nodded her head toward Nico, "alone if we give them a good reason to. They also said our chances of that would be better if we gave them something as compensation for all the trouble you've caused them over the years."
Nico was squinting his eyes and he even cocked his head. "I don't understand."
"They didn't give specifics. But we'll find out what they meant when we meet with them. It's the only option."
Percy looked at Nico for a second before speaking. "You seem to be using that as an excuse to do stupid things very often."
Hazel sighed and glared, albeit softly, at him.
"So, what's the plan?" Nico questioned quietly.
Frank shook his head. "We don't have one."
Leo spoke up for the first time. "What?"
Hazel shot him a glare, although it was more fierce than the one she gave Percy. "Why should we plan when all hell will, no doubt, break lose when we get there?"
Nico scoffed. "That sounds pretty unwise in my opinion. Maybe this 'hell' you speak of won't be so bad if we come up with something."
"Doubt it," Leo commented.
"Shut up," Frank snapped. "Anyway, to me at least, we have a little bit of hell with us. And we plan on using it."
Nico screwed up his face. "Care to explain?"
Hazel looked at Frank and whispered something that sounded like "Why did you say anything?" before she shook her head and looked back at Nico. "He has been calling the two of you Hell and High Water since we caught up with you. If we run into any problems, we plan on using our demigod abilities to get us out of it. Specifically, you two. We'd use Leo, too, but fire can be uncontrollable, even to the son of Hephaestsus." She looked over at him. "And I'm not sure if he'd even be able to keep his head out of his a*s for long enough to do the right thing."
Nico scoffed. "Do you want me to raise an army of dead soldiers to fight them? Do you want Percy to drown them to death if they threaten to hurt any of us?"
Hazel nodded. "If that's what this comes down to, yes."
Nico chuckled dryly and pushed himself away from the wall before pulling Percy to his feet and turning to Hazel. "You plan whatever you want and come get us when you're ready to leave. As for me, you know where I stand."
The two left for their own side of the suite.

It was another few hours before Hazel knocked on the door separating the rooms and opened it slowly.
"We're ready to go."
Nico shook his head and dropped it into the headboard before he looked at Percy; the son of Poseidon was sleeping next to him. The younger demigod felt something odd within him when he looked at the elder. Even with Eros, Nico hadn't been one for the ooey gooey stuff. He wanted one thing and one thing only but, with Percy, things seemed a little different. He wanted to kiss him, he wanted to laugh with him, he wanted to hold him. Nico wanted him. He wanted every part of the son of Poseidon. His body, and his heart.
Nico kissed the older gently on the head. He moved down a little and placed his lips softly on the elders nose. He moved a little more and pushed his lips into Percys and pulled back as the son of Poseidon opened his eyes. Nico smiled at him weakly.
Percy blinked a little and yawned. "What time is it?"
Nico looked at the clock on the night table. "A little after one."
Percy nodded. "Is everyone ready to go?"
Nico nodded and sat up a little. Percy followed suit and the two soon joined the others in finishing with the preparation. There weren't any weapons being put together but the five burned, ripped up, or drenched anything and everything that could be found by anyone who came looking. They knew it would either be Typhon and the Manticore or the police but they didn't want either to know what was going on.
Nico joined them in burning all of his notebooks and even taking his phone apart and destroying each and every piece of it. Percy helped him and was quick to do whatever Nico asked of him.
In time, they felt everything was destroyed that needed to be. Percy kept Riptide with him and Nico had a small razor knife that was sharp enough to cut someone's fingers off while Leo had his zippo lighter; everything other than that had been disposed of and would never be seen again. They just hoped what they had left would be enough. When they were ready, all five, once again, piled into Hazel's car and began the long trip to the meeting place Typhon and Manti had requested. It was an old, beat up, run down warehouse that made Percy really wonder if these people had standards at all.
As soon as the five demigods entered, they were met with a beeping alarm and the bark of a large dog. All five jumped and took a few steps back when they caught sight of the angry looking doberman pinscher that had just come into the room. It was snarling and chomping his sharp teeth, warning away any intruders who dared to enter.
Nico grabbed Percys arm and pushed the son of Poseidon behind himself in order to guard the older demigod. Percy pulled his pen from his pocket and readied to use it if necessary as Nico pushed him back toward the door a little further. The dog moved closer and barked louder, baring it's sharp teeth, and the raunchy yellow spit clinging to them, enough to make Frank prepare to turn into something equally as dangerous and fight for the sake of his friends lives, but was stopped seconds before he did so with a yell.
"Back, Cerberus. They're friends, for now."
Immediately, the dog clamped it's chompers and stepped back to sit at its owners feet as he was joined by another man. All the demigods knew hey were now in the presence of Typhon and the Manticore.
The two looked the teenagers up and down and were clearly not pleased. They had been played, to say the least, and it was by a bunch of kids. And now they knew it.
"I'm impressed," the Manticore said. "You had us fooled and that's not easy." He pointed to Nico. "Hades. A.K.A. Nico Di'Angelo." He pointed to Hazel. "Persephone. A.K.A. Hazel Lavesque." He pointed at Frank. "The big guy and desk jockey. A.K.A. Frank Zhang." He pointed at Leo. "Hephaestsus. A.K.A. Leo Valdez. And, last but not least," He pointed to Percy "Pan and Don. A.K.A. Percy Jackson."
Both men shook their heads. "Can you believe it, Manti? A bunch of teenagers. And they had us fooled."
The Manticore took a step closer. "I like this one." He pointed to Percy.
"Yeah," Typhon agreed. "I do, too. You put us through a lot, kid. All of you did. It took us a long time to figure everything out. Like the fact that Nico and Hazel are half siblings. They share the same father, I believe. Although there are no records on him anywhere." He looked at the two for a second before he went on. "If I'm not mistaken, Hazel and Frank are lovers. Am I right?" Another seconds pause. "Records on Percy only came to 2012, and ended with a missing persons report filed by his mom and step-dad. But, he doesn't really have a father, either. None of you do, actually. It's kinda weird. Frank here doesn't even have a mom. He lives with his grandmother, an old Chinese woman. His mom was killed in war. I send my deepest apologies." The man shifted his gaze to the son of Hephaestsus and clicked his tongue. "Leo, now. He's something else. His mom was killed in a building fire where she worked and he grew up pretty well, although there were a few calls to the police and fire departments about some flames around your house when you were young. It's strange."
The Manticore nodded in agreement.
"But we're not here for any of that. No, we're here to... negotiate. Manti?"
The other male stepped forward a bit. "Nico Di'Angelo. You're eighteen years old and you've already gotten a name for yourself. Nice. Even more interesting than that, though, is how we know you. You have made a mess of things for us in the past. You've killed associates, underlings, bosses, and even lovers. We've always hoped to take revenge someday. And today will be it."
Hazel took a step toward the men and Cerberus stood and bared his teeth again with a deep growl. Hazel ignored the animal. "Listen, boys. Can't we work something out? Vendettas are unhealthy and revenge is just wrong. After all, it's a dirty life we live and we all just wanna make it through any way we possibly can."
The Manticore smiled and shook his finger at her. "I heard you were smart. You don't seem very smart to me right now."
Hazel actually felt kind of defeated. She knew she couldn't charm speak people like Piper could, but she was hoping to get farther than that. She was really wishing they would have brought the daughter of Aphrodite along, as well as her boyfriend.
The Manticore spoke on. "We're not the right guys to piss off and your brother managed. You tell me, that if someone killed Frank here, you wouldn't hunt them down and take reveng? It's Hammurabis code; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life."
Nico spoke darkly. "You wanna kill me?"
Both men laughed loudly and Percy wasn't sure why. He didn't find anything funny.
"No," Typhon said through his laughter. "No, we don't want you dead. We want you to suffer the same way we did. You killed our friends and family, so we're gonna kill yours. Torture them first, probably, even though it's just not us; you can thank Percy for that idea. We'll take a video of it and send it to you when we're done." He shrugged. "That's all we want. That way, you can live the rest of your life knowing you killed someone you cared about through your own stupidity and indiscretions."
Hearing that, Percy dropped his head. He knew what that felt like already. He was the reason Bianca, Nicos birth sister, was dead. He raised it quickly and just hoped no one had noticed the action.
"So, who will it be?" The Manticore asked. "Who, out of these people, do you care for most? Is it your sister?"
Hazel stood her ground. Beside him, Nico could see Leo peer over at Percy. He clenched his fists, thinking the son of Hephaestsus was giving the other demigod away.
"What about her boyfriend, Frank? Is he your closest friend in this world? Now that Horme doesn't have a head anymore."
He turned to Percy. "What about this kid? He doesn't really seem like your type. He doesn't even seem like he belongs in our world. Then maybe it isn't. After all, you always had a thing for bad boys and this kid seems too good. Even after everything he did to Horme and Hercules."
The Manticore turned to Leo. "This one, though. I heard he has a thing for fire. You used fire with Herc. Is that just chance, or is there a connection?"
"Screw a connection," Typhon said. "Why don't we just take Percy? He's pretty and I could use him for a few things."
The Manticore turned to his partner. "You know better than that. We can't base this off what WE want, Ty. We have to base it off what NICO wants."
Typhon said something under his breath that his partner didn't notice.
"Well," The Manticore stretched out his words "we could always try something?"
Typhon seemed to have gotten over his scolding quickly and acted intrigued by what the Manticore said. Despite the fact Typhon behaved as if he already knew what his associate meant, he asked "What do you have in mind, Manti?"
Both men smiled again. "We make them tell us. If we screw this kid up enough, the one he has a fling with, assuming there is one, will probably lose it."
There was a slight seconds pause before Typhon lunged forward and quickly and harshly grabbed Nico before throwing him on the floor. As the demigod slid across the concrete a foot or so, Typhon turned his back to everyone and picked up a nail gun that lay in a pile of blood stained hand and power tools. He examined the tool as he meandered his way back to Nico. He pointed it at the son of Hades without hesitation and two shouts could be heard from the remaining demigods. Both Typhon and Manti turned to the teens.
"Two?"
Hazel and Frank both shot looks at the two and Manti and Typhon studied the expressions of all four of them.
"Interesting."
Manti stepped closer and glanced back and forth between Hazel and Frank as they tore their eyes from the other two boys. "I think it was Percy and Leo."
Typhon nodded in agreement and Hazel shot both Percy and Leo another look of warning.
"Which one's just squeamish around blood, though?"
Typhon spoke up."You remember what Percy did during that weapons deal?"
Manti thought for a second. "Oh, yeah. I thought he was damn near to passin' out." He turned to the son of Poseidon. "Are to the squeamish one?"
The Manticore latched onto Percy's arm and Typhon onto Leos. The two men pulled the demigods and tossed them next to Nico. Percy stayed where he landed but Leo slid closer to Nico and grabbed his arm. The son of Hades was too in shock by the turn of events to move.
"Nico, are you alright?" The terror and tension in Leo's voice seemed all too real.
Nico didn't respond.
Leo spoke again, sounding very desperate. "Nico, are you hurt?"
Hazel squinted her eyes. She had managed to figure out, through what Nico had told her, that the son of Hephaestsus had a thing for her half-brother. But this was unreal. It was too far. Especially in a time where behaving like that was foolish and dangerous on so many levels.
"I'm fine." Nico said softly and through his confusion.
Leo sighed in relief and wrapped his arms around Nico. He whispered into the son of Hades' ear and Nico was nothing less than shocked by what he heard. "Go with it. Get Percy out of here. I may want you but I don't want you enough to let the one you want die." Leo pulled away from Nicos ear and leaned in to kiss the son of Hades. Nico was still so taken aback that he just let Leo kiss him and even tried to make it look real enough to have it be believed. He felt the son of Hephaestsus being pulled away forcefully and he yelled out in the most heart wrenching sob he could manage to fake.
Leo cried out as he was dragged away into the darkness of the warehouse by the Manticore. There was a loud bang and the son of Hephaestsus fell silent.
"Well, now that we have that all sorted, the rest of you are free to leave. But, Nico, keep an eye out for a video or something that shows you what we did to your boyfriend before we killed him." Typhon took a few steps back before he spoke again. "You have five seconds to be out of here or we kill all of you. One."
Nico stood from the floor quickly just as the man reached "Two".
Frank gripped Hazel's hand and turned as Typhon said "Three".
Nico gritted his teeth. He really couldn't have cared less about Leo before but the son of Hephaestsus had saved he and Percy all in one go.
"If you hurt him, you're dead." He was very aware that Leo was going to end up getting hurt but he had to play the part still. He even added a shake to his voice and pushed a tear from the corner of his eye for affect.
"Three. I can't wait for that, kid." Typhon smiled.
The four demigods stepped back until they felt they were close enough to turn and start leaving. Nico made sure Hazel was out first.
"Four."
Frank went next but he shot a glare at Typhon. Percy was quick to follow and Nico pushed him and stepped out just as Typhon said
"Five."
The door slammed shut behind them and Nico started shouting right away.
"What the hell is going on?"
Hazel shook her head. "I don't know." She sounded very tense and even slightly panicked. "Did he say anything to you?"
Nico ran his hands through his hair and told what Leo had said to him.
Franks eyes widened. "Holy s**t."
Nico shot him a look. "What?" He was met with silence. "Would someone explain?"
Hazel looked at her boyfriend and said something very quietly. Nico and Percy were looking back and forth between the two as they spoke. Hazel was quick to turn back to them.
"Go back to Camp Half Blood. Leave today. Get as far away from this world as you can manage."
Percy looked at Nico. "What's going on?" He seemed more fearful than any of the others.
"That exactly what I want to know." Nico agreed.
Hazel shook her head and sighed. "Leo sacrificed himself for you and Percy."

Author's Note

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