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Will watched Nico until he was out of sight, quickly regretting that he didn’t just let the son of Hades sleep in one of the cots while his finishing his work. Will then sat back down by his desk and started the paperwork, trying to finish it as fast as he can. His thoughts started to drift. That’s the weird thing about him, sometimes his hands just work alone as he daydreams or think of random things.
First, he was thinking about his dad, is he finally happy to be back on Olympus? Sure, the sun god visits the camp every once in awhile, but he wished he could spend some alone time with him too. Alas, being in a cabin with lots of siblings wanting the very same thing makes that quite impossible. Then he was thinking about his mom, he remembers his mom bringing a sword all the time when he was young, back then he just thought it was cool, now he understood what she was trying to do, she was keeping him safe. Will was a year rounder so that he can avoid endangering his mom, but now he really misses her, he then promised himself that he will visit his mom this upcoming thanksgiving. Then as he was nearly done with his work, his thoughts drifted into a particular son of Hades. He remembers their daily bickering, rare fights, weekly picnics, and those few times when Nico actually shows he cared, oh I don’t know like when his so tired from his father’s bidding but still went all the way to the nearest McDonald’s just to buy his significant annoyance something to eat for dinner. Will sighs, maybe I’ll take him on a date soon, oh I can take him stargazing tomorrow, yes it would be a surprise, I hope he likes it he thought.
Will was finished, he was just fixing up the cots and arranging the remaining paperwork, resisting the urge to do them because he swore and he doesn’t really like the idea of getting cursed, plus he is really excited about taking Nico stargazing tomorrow, finally some time to just relax and cuddle with my adorable ball of darkness. Will rolled his eyes at how cheesy his thoughts were.
He closed the lights and locked the door, as he was walking down the steps of the big house though, he saw a girl with long black hair and a white dress sitting at one of the steps, as he approached, the girl looked at him, she did not look familiar to Will, “Umm hi? Are you new here?”, the girl stood up then smirked “I guess you can say that” the temperature then began to drop around them, Will thought it was just the winds blowing through the night. He cleared his throat, “Do you need something from the infirmary or are you looking for anyone?”, the girl just hummed in agreement, there was amusement in her eyes, “Well I was actually looking for any child of Apollo”, Will’s doctor mode quickly turned on, “Why? Are you sick, injured, or in pain?”, the girl shook her head, “Actually I have a friend, and his life depends on me making sure that this…” she pointed at Will, “…Certain son of Apollo doesn’t escape”, Will tensed as he feel the temperature drop more, definitely not normal, he thought so he slowly tried to step backward but the girl seem to sense it as she shrugs, “I would honestly pick any other child of Apollo, but this friend of mine says he would love to take revenge on Nico Di Angelo, and I heard you two were close, am I right, Will Solace?” Will visibly winced, making the girl smiled evilly at him. “Don’t be scared, you see I’m a goddess, so I don’t think making a run for it would even matter”, even knowing he won’t be able to escape he ran down the steps of the big house anyways, he only have reached the bottom when the girl shouted “Now”, Will looked back to see a flash of blue light then he feels like something was being pulled from him, he suddenly felt dizzy and weak, he then dropped to his knees. He saw the said goddess pull him up and noticed a guy with blond hair who seemed to be flickering stand beside her, holding an object that must have caused the flash of blue light. Snow started swirling around them, before he completely passed out the last thought that came to his mind was, “Nico is going to kill me”.
Will woke up in a cold room feeling tired and incomplete. He feels like something was tugging at him slowly draining him of all he is. He then tried to stand up but he was too weak, as to how that happened he had no idea. He looked down and saw his left leg was chained to the corner of the room by some kind of chain made of ice. He then looked down at his hands and notice his fingers were flickering, no that’s not the right term, he has saw this happened before. Then he remembered seeing Nico di Angelo after the battle of Gaea, seeing the poor child of Hades fading, that’s it, he was fading. He felt a shot of panic take over, he cannot move, he cannot escape, his too weak, there’s this strange feeling of death taking over his body and he was fading. Will then tried to sing a hymn to his father adding some prayers every once in awhile, hoping his father may come to help him. Apollo did change after his trials and he tries to be a better father too. The hymn seems to slow down the fading and so he would sing every time he can, only resting when he feels exhaustion. Despite all this, all he could think of was Nico, and how worried the boy could be, then it dawned on him, if he were really slowly dying, the son of Hades will feel it, and knowing Nico, even if this rescue mission was a trap, he would come for him, he would save him. The son of Apollo can’t help but feel a tad bit of relief but also guilt at the same time. He wants Nico to save him, but he doesn’t want to endanger him too.