While Nico lunged immediately for the witch- Leo, Percy, and Annabeth put their quite quickly made up plan into action. It was risky, but also the only thing they had left to do at this point. Every bit of this seemed bazaar and insane. All the questions had been gone through before taking action to this of course. What if it doesn't work? What if (Y/n) dies instead? What is they both die? What if nobody dies?

Against Percy's judgment, everyone decided that risking (y/n)'s and their own lives was a better option than just letting the world burn on it's own without even trying to save it.

The dagger was tossed from person to person around the room. Attempting to confuse the enchantress while she tried to snatch it for herself. Nico had taken the position of distracting and was currently doing anything he could to hold her back.

"Who told you of the dagger?!" She screamed "WHO?" She began glowing a dark black color. The scene around them flickered. Once in the house, once in a dark empty field. With every scream she gave out, the scene changed.

"TELL ME WHO!" She gave out one last shriek before the scenery around them became permanent. 

The heroes staggered back in a confounded state.

Leo blinked a few times. "How. The. Fuc-"

He was interrupted by an ear piercing scream. The four of them jumped and readied themselves to fight again. The enchantress lunged at Percy with a newly found sword that looked more like a sharp black thorn. Percy had already clicked his sword open and clashed it with hers.

Just as the other three got ready to fight along with him, a small army of black hound looking animals. 

Leo began to torch them while Nico raised a bit of hell to assist him. Annabeth slashed at everything around her in a coordinated chaotic fashion. 

"Annabeth behind you!" Leo's shouts were too late.

A hound chomped down on her left ankle. A scream f pain left her mouth unwillingly. She nearly fell to her knees, but managed to keep standing. She sent a stab to the beast and kept on slashing. Her swings got more lazy and desperate. The number of beasts grew around her at an excessively fast rate. They circled around like vultures readying to eat. 

Just with a quick glance to his side, he abandoned his place and let out a shout. "Nico!" Percy was already running before Nico could even process what was happening.

Nico was now face to face with the one person he loved and hated the most. All he wanted most was to embrace her, but his actions would have to be the opposite. The enchantress threw a blade at him which he expertly avoided. She growled and sent six more his way. All he carefully dodged. Only one managed to graze his arm slightly, leaving a thin red line close to his shoulder. He held the dagger in his hand and did his best to get close to her. Every step he made to her, she seemed to back it up with another threat. A hound. A blade. Cracking open the ground. Every step he made to her set him back two steps. He wouldn't have enough strength to shadow travel to her right now. He was hardly able to ever keep standing at this point. 

Percy had lowered the pile of hounds that once surrounded Annabeth. She managed to get back on her toes and joined Percy by his side. Back to back, they fought against these things. The ground suddenly split between them. Causing Both of them to nearly fall into the void. They both luckily held their balance and kept on going. Leo was on Percy's side while Annabeth was stuck with Nico and the enchantress.

By now the hounds were nearly through with. Nico was trying his hardest to avoid all the obstacles being thrown at him. His voice was doing him no justice either.

"(Y/n)! You need to-" He stopped to dodge another dagger. "You need to listen to me."

Only vicious screams came in return.

"I know you're there. I can help you but you need to help me too."

The screams seemed to falter for a short moment. The enchantress' yelling seized then began again.

In that short moment, Nico was able to move towards her. "Let me help you (Y/n)."

He watched her eyes change change back to their (e/c). 

"(Y/n)?"

She stared at him. That's all she did. Her eyes still shimmered like he remembered, but they were different in a way. They didn't look at him like she used to. She seemed lost.

"(Y/n), I need you to fight her. Ok? Can you do that for me? Fight her." Nico managed to walk up to her. His figure so close to being able to hold her again. To just hug her and let her know everything would be alright.

She blinked and was gone. That shimmer was faded. All there was were cold dead eyes once again. She caught hold of Nico's neck in her hand and lifted him up. "She's too far gone. You're too late." She grinned evilly. "You'll soon join her."

In her free hand was another one of her black daggers. She raised it to stab him. Aiming straight for his heart. Then she thrust her arm to dig the blade into his stomach.

A shriek of pain echoed through the open field. All other noises stopped completely. Every pair of eyes stared at the scene going on. Nothing was heard but that cry. The enchantress dropped The blade and Nico. He crumbled to the floor. 

The enchantress stared down at the hilt of a dagger which was stuck in her chest. Black ooze seeped out where blood should be.

Nico stood to his feet quickly and picked up the black dagger she had dropped. He watched her stagger back and pull the blade from her chest. Pure shock dripped from her facial features. "no no no no NO!" She yelled.

Her eyes flickered between (e/c) and the enchantress'. She clutched at her hair and screamed. A burst of some dark blue light flashed. She suddenly stopped and loosened her grip on herself. She raised her head and lowered her arms slowly. A confused gaze laced her shimmering eyes. They caught hold of Nico's and relaxed.

"Where am I?" She asked before collapsing to the floor

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~There we goes!

I'll have the final chapter up soon, but here's the second to last one. I have a nice ending planned for you all. You may want to kill me or now. We'll see.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thank you so much for reading. Have a good day or night, ily!~