Chapter 43

[Third Person's PoV]

Lucian's eyes fluttered open and noticed a wooden unfamiliar ceiling, 'Is this the part I stupidly ask myself where am I?'

He tried to lift himself up and grimaced slightly, he pushed himself up and sat upright on the bed he was laying at.

Lucian looked around the room and realized his friends were all sleeping within the room. Annabeth and Thalia were at each side of his bed resting their heads.

Luke sat on a wooden chair by the door with his arms crossed and his head head down, while Grover stood by a wall leaning against it snoring and letting out little baaahs

Lucian looked down at his body and noticed that he was covered with bandages all over his body, he lifted the covers slightly and touched his neck and realized everything was covered in bandages.

He touched his face and noticed some parts of it had small patches of bandages, making him sigh.

He closed his eyes and leaned his head on the wooden bed frame behind him, remembering what he last went through.

'I take back everything I previously said, I'm the fucking main character cause that was awesome'

Lucian looked at his bandaged covered palm and tried to remember the feeling, a tiny black wisp of smokey black flames manifested in his hand.

"I wonder what I can do with you, little guy" Lucian whispered towards the flame he then heard the sound of a metal tray dropping causing him to snap his head towards the door.

Due to his trance on his black flames he didn't hear the sound of a door opening. Lucian looked at the door and saw a boy a few years older than him look at him in shock.

"Holy shit, The Unhinged Shadowborn Seraph, you're actually alive" he said in disbelief.

"Excuse me?" Lucian asked, but the metal tray hitting the ground woke up everyone in the room.

They all looked at Lucian and yelled out his name before jumping on him bringing him into a large hug.

"LUCIAN! YOU'RE AWAKE!"

"Ribs! Ribs!" He yelled out making them realize they were squishing him. They back away with an apologetic smile.

"Okay before you all scold me for whatever reason and what not, there's something that takes priority." Lucian said, stopping his friends from talking first.

He pointed towards the boy that appears to be 10 years and asked, "What the fuck did he just called me?"

Causing the boy to flinch and drop everything he was picking up.

Luke got an awkward expression but before he could say anything Lucian grabbed him by the shirt, pulling him close.

"What's with that expression, it better not have been you or I swear Luke…" Lucian asks with the threat hanging in the air.

Luke shook his head making Lucian releases him, "I actually tried to stop it, they kept trying to give you these long nicknames saying that for your accomplishment and epic battle you at least deserved it but I put a stop to it… well I least I tried to."

"But seriously, Seraph? Associating an angel with the son of the Underworld? I would have thought the devil or something would be more appropriate," Lucian sighed.

Luke snickered at that, "the Seraph part actually came from the Aphrodite cabin believe it or not."

"What?" Lucian exclaimed in surprise.

Thalia nodded while joining in the snickering. "Everyone initially considered adding 'devil' to it, but the Aphrodite Cabin wholeheartedly declined, claiming that you were too small and cute to be called a devil, and you were more like a small angel."

Lucian didn't say anything for a while and then asked, "Do they have nothing better to do?"

"You be surprised… and you should have heard the other ones they tried putting on you that I had to shutdown" Luke said with a weary smile,

"Hit me" Lucian said

"I would but you're injured" Luke said with a teasing smirk.

Lucian rolled his eyes, "Har Har Har, you're so funny Luke"

"They were planning on calling you, Netherbane, cryptic bane, Havoc Spawn, Shadowsong Ravager, Eternal abysswalker, Cryptic Underworlder, insane shadow whisper, Nether realm Marauder, Shadowborn slayer, Umbral Cataclysm"

Lucian listened to everything with his mouth hanging wide open, "H-How long have I been unconscious?"

Luke's awkward expression returned as he then said, "25 hours"

Making Lucian let out a sigh of relief, Lucian then tried to get out of bed but the others tried to stop him.

"I think you should recover Lucian, it isn't good to be up and about in your condition" Grover said with a worried tone.

"He's right Lucian," Thalia said, also worried.

Lucian just shook his head, "Don't worry I know my body more than anyone else I'll be okay"

They realize that no matter what they do or say Lucian was still going to stand up so they had no choice but to support him.

Lucian looked at his ring, slightly surprised as he hadn't expected it to turn back into its ring form. Willing it to transform into a scythe, he used it as a walking stick, limping out of the cabin door where the little boy was already gone. "Where are we actually?" he asked.

"We are in camp Half-blood young Lucian Blackheart" Chiron said, appearing next to them as they exited.

"Geez thanks man, I couldn't tell with all the kids wearing bright orange shirts that say camp half-blood on them." Lucian said with a sarcastic tone.

"I meant it as where I was sleeping" Lucian asked and looked up towards the upper part of the Cabin and saw Apollo's symbol.

Chiron's lip twitch when he first Lucian's sarcasm but he can't deny that it was a pretty stupid answer on his part as he was just trying to make the place seem more magical.

"Anyways if you guys don't mind I have some very very important things to do at the moment" Lucian said with a serious expression.

Everyone just looked at him in confusion, "it's time I get my loot, I just can't have anyone go there and take it away reaping the benefits of my hard work"

Almost everyone facepalmed when they heard that, as they thought it would actually be something of importance.

"I wouldn't worry about it if I were you young man" Chiron said, shaking his head.

Lucian tilted his head in confusion and let Chiron continue, "Your father's servants are taking care of it as we speak. The three Furies are waiting for you, where you last battled, with your spoils of war."

"Sweet" Lucian said as he started to make way towards the hill, Lucian was too focused on the loot to notice the look everyone was giving him.

The onlookers displayed a mixture of fear and awe; they hadn't anticipated him waking up until a few days later. Lucian's small and injured body seemed unfit for immediate healing with Nectar and Ambrosia.

Feeding him too much could risk burning him away, as they were foods of the gods and not made for mortal consumption, so they had anticipated his recovery and ability to walk in a few days, not a few hours.

As they walked towards the property line Lucian decided to make conversation as it was getting awkward walking in silence.

"So what do you think of this place guys?"

Luke shrugged his shoulder, "It's okay I guess I won't say I have that great of a first expression of this camp."

It was Thalia's turn to shrug her shoulders, "It's alright I guess I'm mostly excited to try out the different activities this place has to offer and fight."

"I practically live here so I can't talk bad about it, Baaaah, I love this place, this place like my home" Grover said, looking at Lucian and the others nervously thinking they would judge him, but what glad when he saw then nodding their heads in understanding.

They soon crossed the property and looked towards Annabeth but she didn't say anything and stayed quiet, which worried Lucian. He hadn't heard her say a word apart from his name since he had woken up.

Lucian looked at Luke and Thalia for help but they just shook their heads. Lucian shook his head as well but for a different reason.

He cleared his thoughts and chose to deal with what's in front of him, then deal with what's going on.

Lucian then saw three women standing before what appeared to be a pretty big pile of different parts of the monsters that he killed and they dropped/left behind.

Lucian stood in front of the three women while his friends stood a few feet back to give him some space and be at a respectable distance but not too far so they could still jump in incase something goes wrong.

The three women then bowed their head, "Young Lord"

"Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera" Lucian called them individually as they lifted their heads as their names were called so Lucian could know which ones which…