Chapter 8: Wills explanation

Will's eyes snapped open, and he sat up, then looked around. He was on the couch in the Big House, with Chiron at his desk, and Annabeth sitting next to him on the couch, her usually cold, storm gray eyes full of concern and worry. "Will, are you ok?" Then, it all came back. Nico....had been here...and knew Will had followed him. He had known Will would try to stop him. "Nico! He..came here for.....then left to...and made me.....I'm going to kill him I swear!" He stood, ready to track his boyfriend down with no idea where he went, but Annabeth placed a hand on his shoulder. "Will, I need you to calm down, and tell us what happened with Nico." He collected himself, pushing his anger aside for the moment. Then, he told them everything he could remember, and once he was done, they were ready to track him down too. Will didn't tell them about his suspicions of Kronos, though. Which would come back and bite him he knew. But they needed to think before charging in like Nico had. "He's alone? On a quest by himself? Has he gone mad?!" Annabeth started, but Chiron held his hand up, silencing her. "We'll find him, Will, I promise. And we'll make sure nothing should happen to him. But we need a plan, and as nice as it would be to inform others, we only need a medium-sized group." Will considered this. And Annabeth beat him to it. "Then me and Will can go with Percy, Leo, Hazel, Frank, and-" "Sending a group of Greeks and Romans would work. But I'm not sure a number of six would work that well-" "But this isn't a quest. Not for us. And it can't just be me and Will that's suicidal. Plus, I have this gut feeling we'll need more than three people and six feels right. Please, Chiron, consider it." The centaur whisked his tail, a very old nervous habit of his. He was silent for a minute. Then he sighed. "If a daughter of Athena feels a group of six would be wiser and safer, I guess I shouldn't deny the idea. But we still need a plan." Annabwth smirked. Will knew she had millions of plans in her mind right now. "Then let's gather the group and we'll formulate a plan. One that involves getting Nico back safely."