Will Solace was currently in an uncomfortable position. He was crouch down in the dirt, hiding behind a giant rock, where he can get a perfect view of capture of the flag, without being seen, or actually being a part of it. Technically, he was on the Ares team, the red team, but he was not a fighter, or had any skills for playing capture the flag. The only thing that he was good at was healing; he was like the doctor of the camp.

He knew enough of his team's plans to know what the plays were, though.

Tony from Ares was suppose to distract the person guarding the flag, while his siblings Kayla and Chris were going to sneak behind the person and steal the flag. Will secretly thought that it was a terrible idea, especially because they were against the Athena cabin, AKA the cabin who always have a plan, with a backup plan, and a backup plan for the backup plan, but what Clarisse wants, Clarisse gets.

Will watched as Kayla and Chris walked pass, not exactly being secretive.

Suddenly, the Earth literally busted open, and 3 skeletons jumped out of the ground. "Oh gods of Olympus!" He yelled, giving away his hiding space "What did I tell him about using his son-of-the-death-god powers?" There is only one person that could have turned a perfectly innocent game of Capture the Flag to some kind of zombie apocalypse; and it was

"Di Angelo!"

Abruptly, the screaming and clangs of swords stopped, and Will heard cheering. Were they happy because Nico practically killed himself? No wonder the kid never felt accept; how can anybody be happy that somebody, even if it was a child of Hades, practically turned into a permanent shadow?

Will peaked out from his hiding spot, and he saw that the game was over. Oh. The red team had won. For some reason, Will did not get the rush of happiness and pride whenever his siblings won a game. Instead, he felt disappointment and worried. Will jumped out of his hideout, and instead of going over to congratulate his siblings, he ran for where the Athena team's flag last stood. He wanted to make sure nobody got hurt fighting, and the scene where the flag got stolen was a great place the start.

When he got there, lying on at the bottom of the small hill was Nico di Angelo. Campers and consular alike where just walking pass him, and ignoring his body like he wasn't there.

Will crouched down, and checked Nico's pulse. His skin was ice cold, but he was breathing, thank the gods. Will started to remove his armor, but he wasn't sure why; his gut just told him to do so. When he manage to get the breast plate off, he noticed that there was a growing red spot on Nico's gray tshirt. Will yelled in horror. He lifted Nico's tshirt, and saw there was a wound that looked suspiciously similar to the wound that Annabeth got in the battle of Manhattan; which meant that this was caused by a sword. Will suddenly felt a rush of anger. He would KILL whoever did this to him.

"OH MY GODS"

Will turned around; standing about 10 feet away was Jason Grace. "What in the name of Jupiter happened?" He asked.

"It doesn't matter; here, help me lift him, we need to bring him to the infirmary, so I can check on that wound."

It was a strange sight, seeing two blond hair kids carrying a giant blur of black across the camp.

Nobody knew what to think; why in the world would Will Solace and Jason Grace care about what happened to Nico Di Angelo?

"Pass me the the nectar."

Jason passed Will the nectar. "Is he going to be alright?"

"I don't know. My powers haven't been as strong, since the gods have gone silent. And since Apollo hasn't been been answering any of our prayers..." Will trailed off. Jason didn't know what to say. His father, Jupiter, has always been silent, but he he was almost never in trouble, not enough for it to affect his kids, anyhow.

"I-I'm sorry, man."

Will shrugged. "It's okay. It's worst for the people who are good with prophecies. They have no idea what they're doing, and now that their telling-the-future-power is gone, they tend to hang around the infirmary, and they don't really do anything but take up space."

Will cleaned out the the wound with the nectar, and Nico must have felt it because he twitched. Will started to chant in Ancient Greek. Jason watched in amazement as his side started to heal.

"He's going to be okay," Will sounded relieved.

Jason looked over at him. "You really care about him, don't you?"

"He's my... friend."Will replied, sounding hesitant.

"Why don't you get some sleep? I can stay with him." Jason said, noting how worn out and tired Will looked.

Will's head snapped up. "No! I mean- no it's okay. I can stay with him. I'll just sleep here tonight, in case he starts bleeding again."

"Alright, man. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Actually, yes. Can you please get me some food? I'm starving."

Piper have been looking for Jason everywhere; he did promised her that he'll help him plan Lacey's birthday party. She spotted him coming out of the infirmary, looking concern. "Jason! Are you okay?" She asked, once she reached him.

Jason looked confused. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Why did you just walked out of the infirmary? Is it Percy? Is he okay?"

Jason's face immediately morph back into the concern expression he was wearing before. Piper took this as a sign that she was correct. "Oh gods! It is Percy. Does Annabeth know? What happened?"

"No, it's not Percy, it's Ni-"

20 feet away, Annabeth Chase was walking arm in arm with her boyfriend Percy Jackson. She noticed Jason and Piper having an intense conversation. She was just about to steer herself and Percy the other way, but then she heard her boyfriend's name; and judging by the way Percy's head lifted and looked around, he did too.

Annabeth started to pull Percy over to Jason and Piper. "Hey, I heard my name, what's going on?" Percy said.

"I don't know! Jason was just about to tell me." Piper answered. They all turned to look at Jason expectantly. He took a deep breath.

"It's Nico, he got stabbed or something during capture the flag, and he blacked out."

"Oh my gods!" Exclaimed Percy. "Will he be okay?"

"Obviously seaweed brain!" Annabeth smacked his arm, "remember when I got stabbed on the Brooklyn bridge last year? Will fixed me up just fine."

"Will said he'll be okay, but he's still asleep." Jason replied, ignoring Percy and Annabeth's banter. "I was actually going to go get Will some food right now."

"I'm coming with you" Piper said.

"So are we," Percy and Annabeth said as one.

Jason raised his eyebrows. "Okay then."

Nico slowly opened his eyes. His bones ached, it was way too bright, and for some reason his hip felt like he was being poked with by a hot needle everytime he moved.

"WHAT IN ZEUS'S NAME WERE YOU THINKING?!"

Nico groaned. "Gods, Solace, shut up"

Will glared at him, "YOU HAD ONE JOB! ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS GUARD THE FUCKING FLAG! But nope. NOPE. YOU DECIDE IT'S OKAY, WHEN I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU NOT TO DO SO, TO PULL THE DAMN DEAD OUT OF THE GRAVES AND FIGHT YOUR BATTLES!"

"I - what?" Nico questioned, confused.

"AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU HAD TO GO GET PHYSICALLY INJURED, DIDN'T YOU? HAVE YOU HEARD OF PROPER ARMOR? YOU KNOW, THAT THING THAT IS SUPPOSE TO PROTECT YOU FROM BEING BRUTALLY SAUNTER?" Nico wondered if he getting any air.

"YOU HAD YOU GET STABBED, DIDN'T YOU? DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I HATE FIXING WOUNDS? AND NOW THAT MY POWERS ARE PRACTICALLY GONE, OH MY GO-"

"Your powers are fading?" said a voice from the doorway, cutting Will off of his rant.

Thank the gods, Nico thought, relieved; he was starting to get worried, Will's face was practically purple. He looked up, and standing in the doorway was Percy, Annabeth, Jason and Piper. "What are you guys doing here?" he asked, gaping.

Jason gave Will a plate of food, which he took with a grunt, clearly still mad. Piper forced a glass of nectar into his hands, "drink this," she ordered. Nico did so without question. It tasted like... pineapples? What the Hades?

"Nico, you okay? What happened?"

"I-"

"He -"

Him and Will started at the same time. Will shooed his hand at him, as if to say go ahead. "All I remember was guarding the flag," Will glared at Annabeth, "and Tony Ruiz running towards me and I- huh. That's weird, I can't remember."

He looked up; Jason and Will both had identical murderous looks on their faces. "What?" Nico asked, now quite scared.

"I'm going to KILL him." Will shouted.

Percy, Annabeth and Piper looked as bewildered as Nico felt. "Who?" Asked Piper.

But Will was already out the door, and Jason was at the door frame.

"What in Hades?

HI!

Welcome to my new one shot but not really type story!

it's focused around Nico and Will, leading up to the point when they get together, bc these two are my new otp, after reading BOO.

this is the first chapter in about 10, so

hope you enjoy!

-heroesandsaviors