Nicole

I managed to stand with what ever strength I had left and bring my sword through the monsters chest. The monster turned back to me and as he did that Piper sliced at the monsters back making it scream in pain. I stabbed it again this time where its heart should be but the monster just laughed and brought its knife down on me. I dodged its attack but it still managed to cut me, the cut immediately started to burn and sting. I grunted in pain and managed to stay on my feet, Piper stabbed to monster in the back and it whipped around her and tried to stab her but she was quicker and in an instant she was by its side. I sliced at the monsters side as Piper cut at the monsters legs. It fell to it's knees and screamed in pain. Piper was running around the monster slicing it with her knife and I was stabbing with my my sword trying to find to find a weak spot. It seemed like we were just making it tired and not do any real damage. The thing wasn't even fighting back it was just sitting there on its knees taking all the blows. I was weary of what it was going to do next so I kept my distance but the same couldn't be said with Piper. Since she had her knife she to get to close to the monster so I kept a close eye on her and the monster.
I was to weak to attack it so I stopped which was my fatal mistake. Once I put my sword down the monster lunged at me and stabbed me in the stomach. It was the most horrible, most excruciating pain i have ever felt in my life. I couldn't breath, I couldn't move, I couldn't do anything but stand there with my eyes wide and mouth open. I heard Piper scream and felt the sword leave my body, I started to see black and I new I fell to the ground by the pressure I felt on my side. I couldn't feel anything and everything started to get blurry. I saw some ones shoes run towards me but I didn't know who they belonged to. I knew I was dying, i'm not sure how but I could feel it. The last thing I saw was sky as someone lifted me up into their arms.

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Jason

I was going crazy. I couldn't stand it anymore, I ran out the room and onto the deck. I took off the moment I saw the sky. I went as high as I dared and looked down to saw a little dot which was the boat. I glided down thinking to my self what can I do to help? I feel so useless. AHHHHH! I'm going crazy thinking about this. Piper needs me, so I will try anything in my will to help her. Even if it coats my life.
When I landed on the deck I took my time getting back to the bunker. When I opened the door Nico and Leo were sitting by the bed and Hazel and Frank were leaning against the wall across from the bed. I walked to Pipers side and grabbed her hand.
"What do we do?" Every one was silent.
"I don't think there is we can do." Leo started to take wires and gears out of his tool belt. I can tell he was nervous and I knew he was right. What can we do to help them?
"What if we ask a god for help?" Hazel asked, she was trying to brighten the mood and give us hope.
"Who could we ask? I don't know any god who would be willing to help us now." Or any god that can help us at that matter.
"We can ask Mr.D or our parents?" Leo added. I'm not sure Jupiter would help or Mr.D since they have their own problems - fighting their roman and greek personalities for instance- but I guess it would be worth a try.
"If you think it's going to work Leo but I don't think it will."
"I can go get a quirt bottle to contact Mr," Leo got up to go get when Hazel screamed." We all looked at her as she looked at the bed with horror, when I turned to see what was the matter I almost threw up. Nicole was deathly pale and was bleeding on her stomach, I lifted up her shirt and saw a stab wound. Nico ran out the room and came back with Nectar and Ambrosia, he ran to Nicoles' side and the nectar on the wound. Thank fully it worked and the bleeding slowed but she was still losing a lot of blood.
"This is not good, this is not good at all. What do we do? WHAT DO WE DO!" Leo was seriously freaking out. He was pacing across the room like a mad man and was throwing things left and right. His tool belt seemed to be going hay-wire as things poured out. Then a blinding light came from the middle the room. As my eyes came into focus again I saw man standing in the room. He wore PJ's and a bathroom robe and was holding a teddy bear in his left hand and pillow in his right. He has the same hair and eye colour as Nicole but seemed more tired. Just by looking at him I almost fell asleep, as he walked to the bed I could smell warm milk and cinnamon. It was like I was in Clovis's cabin again.
"Who are you?" Nico demanded, his hand was on his sword and he seemed to be struggling to stay awake. Everybody was looking at him well except Frank, he seemed to have dozed off and was now lightly snoring.
"I am Nicoles father, and if you want to save her than you will have to do as I say." He sounded tired and when Nico didn't reply he kept on talking. "My name is Hypnos the god of sleep, now we have to hurry we only have about five minutes than Nicole will die and Piper will be stuck in the dream world." That got Jason awake.
"What do you mean? What happened to them?"
"It seems that Nicole and Piper are stuck in the dream world and the only way to get them back is to go in there and retrieve them."
"How do we do that? wouldn't we be stuck in there too?"
"I will put to two of you sleep, and yes you sill be stuck in there but to get out you have wake up." That seemed easy but I know there is more to it.
"Well that seems easy." Leo said.
"It's actually quite hard, you see. When you are asleep you dream right? But where Nicole and Piper are they are on a different level. There are many levels to dream world most people are on the second which is where people are dreaming random things. Nicole and Piper and on the fifth level which is where people dream there fantasies. It's also the level where people's true dreams lie."
"What do you mean by that?"
"It means what as what I say it is. Most people who enter that level don't get out, those people are what you consider in a coma because they are living their dream and can't get back to reality. You know that saying 'I'm on cloud nine'? well that is where the saying comes from, also the story Alice in Wonderland but I won't get into that. We don't have much time to waste. Now back to reality, who is going into the dream world?"
I instantly volunteered "I am." I had to get Piper back what ever the cost.
"Okay, who else?" Nico rose and said "I will."
"Then lets do, since we wasted time talking we now have three minutes." The pillow that Hypnos was carrying expanded until it became a body pillow. He layer it on the ground and grabbed blanked from inside his robe. He layer it down and looked towards them,
"alright this is how it's going to go; You will lay down and enter the dream world, once you are there you will see things that will make you lose your focus -try to fight it you will regret it- Once you find my daughter you will have to give her this-" He pulled a bottle from his pocket and handed it to Nico, "- you must make her drink it. She brought her and Piper there so she has to bring them back. I must warn you that there are doors to the other levels so try not to get lost and always remember this it is a dream. Anything can happen and you can control it. Now lay down." Once Jason and Nico where settled in Hypnos bent down beside them. "Close your eyes, once you get them back I will wake you up. But trust me if you fail I will leave you there." By the venom in his voice I believed him. I closed my eyes and instantly I was teleported to a city. Nico was beside and as I looked around I saw that it full of people. How are we suppose to them?
"Where do we start?" I ask, it was day time and the sky was clear. The buildings glittered in the sun light but there didn't seem to be a sun.
"Let's walk around, but we have to hurry we don't have much time." As Nico and I ran throughout the streets I noticed the people didn't have faces which I thought was creepy. We came to a small park and was walking around until we came across some one who looked very familiar but it impossible for him to be here.
"Percy?" Percy Jackson turned towards us and gave us a big smile. He ran towards us and he got to us, he gave us a big hug.
"Hey guys! I've been looking every where you, where have you been?" He was still smiling and he was wearing a camp half-blood t-shirt and blue jeans. He was wearing one of the necklaces that the campers wore; His had lots of beads on it and each one was colourful.
"How did you get out a Tartarus?"
"Oh! that, yeah it was easy. All we had to do was ask Bob if could get me and Annabeth out of there and he did!"
"How?" Nico seemed nervous and was looking around as his something would jump out at him.
"It doesn't matter all that matters now is that we are back and we can now spend time together!" Her gave Nico a hug which caused Nico to blush and push Percy off. Percy didn't seem to notice and started to walk in the other direction.
"Come on guys this way! I know this perfect cafe down this street, they serve blue food!" I started to follow him when Nico grabbed my arm.
"It's a dream remember? We have to go save Nicole and Piper." Shoot,how could I forget? Nico and I continued to walk throughout the park. I saw lots of things that made want to stay but Nico reminded me of what we had to do. Twice we encounter Percy again each time was different; the first time Percy wanted to take us back to camp and the second time he wanted to have a picnic. I was starting to get scared, have we failed yet? are we stuck in this world now? We haven't found Piper or Nicole yet and everything was starting to look more tempting.
"Jason?" I heard some one say my name behind me and when I looked saw Piper standing a few feet away. She was wearing a brown dress and went to her knees and a leather necklace. She had dream catcher earrings on and her hair was braided her usual way with an eagle feather in it. She had greek styled shoes on and looked absolutely gorgeous.
"Piper?" I walked towards her but Nico stopped me.
"It's not her, trust me. Look at the way she is acting." I looked at Piper again she looked like her normal self except more beautiful.
"Are you sure Nico?" Piper took a step forward and it was like a magnet pulled me towards her. I gave her a big hug and said, "Piper are you okay? I was so worried!" She was hugging me back told me that she was alright and that she loved me and that we should get back to camp. "Why what's wrong?"
"Nothing, i just thought you want to go back to camp half-blood? That's were all our friends are plus we can spend some time together at the big house don't you want that?" I did, more than anything. I was going to tell her that when Nico pulled me back.
"Jason listen to me, that's not Piper!"
Piper laughed, "of course I'm me, who else would I be?"
"Look Jason-" He was caught off as Percy ran towards, he was now shirtless and had a towel hanging from his shoulders. He was all wet and glistened in the sun.
"Hey guys! want to go swimming? the water's great!" We where all speech less, Nico's face was all red, Piper was frowning, and I was confused.
"Where would we go swimming?"
"The ocean is just out of town! come on I have a jeep waiting for us, follow me!" Percy started to walk away but Piper said "Percy you should come to camp with us! We are heading there now."
Percy looked back at us and smiled. All of a sudden he wasn't wet anymore and was wearing the camp half-blood shirt from our first encounter.
"Alright! let's go!" He and Piper walked down a small trail that appeared out of know where.
"Wait Piper! Wheres Nicole?" They both stopped and smiled at me and Nico.
"She's dead, sorry but your bit to late." They turned off the trail and left me and Nico staring at where they were just moments ago in stunned silence.

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