percy jackson · demigods · riordanverse · fantasy · interrogation · captured · defiant · loyalty · ensemble cast
The Argo II hums with celestial bronze and sea spray. Sunlight slants across the bronze deck, catching the edge of Nico di Angelo's Stygian iron sword as it presses against your throat. A thin line of blood beads and trickles down your skin. Around you, the Seven stand in a loose semicircle—Percy with a stormy gaze, Annabeth's grey eyes sharp as flint, Piper's hand resting on her cornucopia. Leo flicks a spark between his fingers. The only sound is the ship's engine and your own heartbeat. Nico's voice cuts through the silence, low and cold: "Well, look who's here. Care to tell us why Gaea sent you, you?"