"Hey, try not to die, Ramirez-Arellano!" They were currently fighting the Amazons. A "small" obstacle in their path. They were going to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. How would they know when they were there? Great question. When they hear children screaming.

They weren't exactly excited when Queen Sally's crew "met up" with the Amazons. Mostly because without them in the way, they might have been able to make it there in two, maybe three, hours ago.

"Honestly, Circe!" Reyna narrowly dodged a spear, her opponent tried gutting her with. "I could have sworn we left each other on good terms!" Circe's face reddened remembering why she was targeting Reyna. Not necessarily the entire crew.

***Circe's memory***

Around two weeks backs, when the crew thought they found the island Jaso and Nico were on, they found Circe's island. Of course, though Circe did not want to let them leave. She almost never had company. Eventually, the group escaped by Reyna's brilliant plan of releasing Circe's hostages.

***Circe's memory ends***

Reyna smirked when she saw Circe's face darken. She went for Circe's side (who quickly blocked) then went to disarm Circe. "Curse you, you insufferable child," Circe quickly gathered the remainder of her crew before leaving.

Thalia sighed, "Nice job, Rey. Now I'm gonna go take a nap." Reyna rolled her eyes before following to do the same.

***

He was crying. This by far was not what he was expecting when he decided to go look for his cousin. He expected to finally get the sense of adventure he'd been looking for his sense his sister left to do the same three years ago.

Did he expect to be kidnapped with his other cousin? No, he did not. Oh, how Nico wished he stayed back at his castle and asked his father for him instead.

But alas, he, at the time, did not want to lose the limited amount of trust he had previously gained back. Of course, managing to lose and gain it back are two different stories in and of itself; stories that Nico refuse to bring back up.

"You ok over there, Neeks?" Jason knew he was still crying. He'd been doing for four days now. Of course, though, Jason didn't count it against him. Nico was still a child after all. The heir of Italy was barely passing fourteen years. Making Jason deeply regret bringing him.

Nico sniffed. "Yea yea, I-I'm fine." Liar. You shouldn't lie to your siblings, Nico. That's why Bianca left you. Remember? "Are you sure?" A pause. "...No."

Jason sighed. Yes, he deeply regretted a lot of things nowadays. From not believing Thalia would run away to telling Nico to being apart of the reason they got captured to not knowing how to escape.

A sharp yelp followed by a whimper jolted Jason out his thoughts. "Didn't I tell you a long time ago, to shut up or there'll be consequences?" A pudgy horse-like man asked. Nico shivered and cried harder as he nodded his head. "Leave him alone!" "Or what? What'll you do if u don't? You're still in chains remember?"

Nico vividly shook his head when Jason opened his mouth to respond. He knew what was coming, and he didn't want Jason to know, or go through it, too.

The guard dragged Nico up, not paying attention to his whimpers. "Come on boy. Apparently, someone needs to teach you about consequences." Nico's eyes widened in fear even though he expected this. He flashed those eyes to Jason in a panic, as he was drag he was dragged out of the room.

Jason screamed and struggles against his restraints. He didn't want this to happen to Nico. Not his baby cousin.

He could faintly hear the man in next room over say to Nico, "Let the fun begin." The laugh of the man was the last Jason heard before Nico's screams.

***
"Percy, love, calm down. I'm sure they're safe and-" "-y'know? First Thalia went missing. Then we found her-or you did- and now, Jason and Nico are gone too!"

Percy was freaking out again. He wasn't sure how they were going to find Nico and Jason. Sure, they knew where the cousins were. But the remaining question was: were they still there?

"Percy, if we could find Thalia then I'm positive we can find the boys." Luke had been trying for over an hour to convince Percy to relax. "I understand that. But what if they're not there anymore?" "We'll figure that out if it happens later. Ok, love?"

 Percy sighed and, despite the circumstances, blushed. "Yea. Yea, ok." "Good. Now come on and let's go to bed." Luke motioned Percy over to the bed. As he turned off the lamp, Percy rolled over to face him.

"Good night, Luke. I love you." 

 "...I-I love you too, Perce."