He felt rage fill him, he just barely held it back in time, he stopped himself from hurting anyone here, he didn't like people attacking his friends.

Bianca shook her head thinking of how Luke could betray them like that. She thought that they could trust him and yet there he was turning on them. Bianca looked at the floor trying to understand why he did it.

"clarisse and i went serching this winter. he is working with krons who is trying to come back again. youd figure he would learn his lesson when he was chopped up," she said.

"Yeah, maybe he needs another reminder, but fortunately for him, it won't be me, not until Thalia is feeling better." He felt strongely for her, and he wanted to make sure she was kept safe, as much as he wanted to chop Luke up into little pieces.

"ok. you can stay and watch thalia and percy and I will do boarder patrol" she said.

"Sounds good to me." he says.

Just then Percy walks in to the infirmary. He looks at Nico and senses he has half a mind to chop Luke into tiny pieces, it was writen all over his face. "Hey guys. Ready Anabeth?"

"yea percy. nico when thalia wakes up send us an iris message," annabeth said.

"Can do." Nico replies.

"Alright." Percy says. "Lets find this bastard."

"ok come on," she said walking towards the peguses stable then stopped and thought for a moment. "you wanna fly or shadow travel," she said.

"Shadow travel." percy answers.

"ok" annabeth said calling mrs oleary. she got on "come on," she said.

He followed along.

Nico was still by Thalia's side, not moving, making sure his friend wouldn't get harmed, he hoped that Luke would show up so he could kill him.

"lets go miss oleary," anabeth siad and they vanished in the shadows.

there was the sound of someone walked outside of the infirmary. there was a knock on the door.

Nico looked around on edge, his hand on his sword he slowly opened the door a bit to answer it.

a black and bronze sword is pointed at your throat and you see luke accompanyed by some of his thugs. "hello nic. whats up," luke siad with a smirk.

"Luke." Nico says glaring. He hoped that anabeth and Percy would get back, but if not he could fight well enough for long enough. "How nice of you to show up." he says. he opened the door and jumped back, sword out. "What do you want you thug, speak before you can't anymore." he threatened loudly, hoping to attract attention as well as be threatening.

"just came to finish the job," he said looking in thalias direction.

He stepped in between Thalia's unconscious body and Luke, you'll have to fight me fairly first, if you beat me one on one, I won't stop you, but if I win, you'll leave and so will your goons." he says meaning everyword, well, almost everyword.

"now thats unfair. we both know i will win," he said.

"Oh do we?" he challenged. "Then prove it, or do you need your goon's help? If you do your a coward."

Lukes expression was cold. "very well. it is your death wish." he siad. he bronze-and-steel sword glinted in the sun. everyone knew one cut meant death because of the poison.

Nico knew of Luke's sword very well. "If your goons interfere, it'll mean instant defeat for you." he says He holds his sword at ready position.

Luke smirked and began fighting.

He dodged lukes attacks, blocking and avoiding the poison blade.

Luke striked again almost grazing his arm.