Doctor's Orders- A Solangelo Story

Chapter 8- Will's P.O.V.

Chapter 8–

Will's P.O.V.

-Saturday-

"Will! Will, wake up! Come on, fast!" Nico whisper yells at me, shaking my shoulder a bit.

My eyes shoot open. Nico...?

"Nico?" I stare at him wide-eyed. "What's going on...?"

Why is he in the Apollo cabin? Who's dead? Someone must be dead for him to be waking me up like this...

"I'm going to shadow-travel you. Are you ready?"

"I...?! Do I need shoes?" I question, my brain still foggy with sleep as I sit up.

"Maybe. But we need to go fast."

I get up past him as quickly as I can, walking into my flip-flops. "Are you going to explain?"

Someone's dying, that's the only explanation. Who is it...? Did someone leave camp at a stupid time? Did a quest that I didn't know about go wrong?

"No time. Come here, let's go." He holds a hand out to me.

I snatch up my bag, slinging it on as an afterthought, before taking his hand.

As soon as our fingers interlock, we're traveling. I step back from him once we get to our destination, looking around wildly. We're...in a parking lot. I look back at him, confused.

"Hades...fuck..." Nico mumbles something incoherently, leaning on me.

I quickly wrap an arm around his waist to support him. "Woah. Take your time, but if you could explain why we're here at..." We're at a gas station. One with a McDonald's hooked to the side of it with a drive-thru and a big sign that says Open 24 Hours. "A gas station?"

It's pitch black outside, the moon hanging low in the sky. It's really just the middle of the night, isn't it? Why did he bring us here?

"This is...what we need." He clings to me weakly.

I keep a firm hold on him so he feels like he can relax. "...I don't understand. I thought it was an emergency?"

"It is."

"Okay? What do we need?" I try rephrasing myself. "Is there a monster in there that hurt someone...?"

"Oh gods. I hope not. That would make it really difficult for us to get our food."

"...Our food?" I'm confused now.

He really hardly ate dinner tonight...or, last night. It's morning now...? Probably?

He gestures vaguely and weakly over at the building. "...unless you don't want any."

He wants me to have some. I wish he wouldn't have made it out to be so urgent, but I'm glad he got me if he wanted something like this. He shouldn't have waited until he was this desperate. "I'm open to it. Sorry, I'm still asleep." I assure him. "...Are we going to have to walk through the drive-thru?"

"I- yeah, think so." He pants.

"Should we take a second for you to catch your breath?" I ask worriedly. Should I just pick him up? He's so exhausted that I'm not sure how he hasn't passed out yet.

He hugs me, so I keep him close, wrapping my arms around him to support him.. "If we can. But we can't take long."

"Are you going to pass out? I can just sit you down if you want me to go order for us."