Nico's POV

     Jason drive faster you slowpoke!" Leo yelled, shoving Jason's shoulder. Jason glowered at him.

     "Unless you want me to crash and destroy Nico's car, I suggest you stop shoving me and let me drive!" Jason exclaimed, shoving Leo back. "And buckle up. We're driving in a storm, so there is a chance of crash."

     Leo huffed but sat in the back of the vehicle, putting on his seatbelt. We were on our way to the Asylum to pick up Percy. We'd paid his bail a week ago, and now he's coming back with us. Had we told our parents? Absolutely not. We'd told them we're having a huge sleepover at my place, and that I'm inviting one of our friends who's new to the school. My dad probably wouldn't come out of his office as usual, so we'd be safe. Leo said that his parents would let him live with them, but I'm not sure he told the truth about him.

     Jason turned onto the muddy dirt road and we drove the rest of the way to the Asylum in silence. "Are we really doing this?" Jason asked, parking the car in the driveway. "I mean... He can hurt us, right? There aren't and guards at our house to stop him..."

     "Relax Jason, he won't hurt us. C'mon." I opened my door and got out, not mentioning to Jason I didn't put on my seatbelt either, and began to walk up to the front door guard. He scanned my keycard and let me in.

     The other two followed close behind me, walking up to Christy. "Hey, we're here for-"

     "For Percy." She finished. I nodded and she sighed. "I had been hoping you had changed your mind. Guess not."

     "Why?" Jason asked. He tended to be the most paranoid, if you couldn't tell.

     She just sighed. "Never mind. Here." She handed me a file of paperwork to me that was about an inch thick. "Fill this out then you can take him home."

     I walked over to a chair, Jason and Leo following. We sat down, me in the middle, as I began to fill out information. About me, about my home, why I wanted to take him home, ugh. As I started to fill it out I heard a mock gasp from Leo. "That's your middle name?!" He exclaimed, pointing at the form line where it said 'Full Name.'

     I sighed miserably. "Yes that's my middle name."

     He and Jason burst into laughter while I sighed miserably. Freaking Italian names. "Adair? Isn't that... Like, a girls name?" Leo asked, taking deep breaths.

       "Shut up Valdez and let me fill out these forms. And either of you tell anyone this and you're dead men." I growled, then continued to fill out the form.

       A good forty five minutes later I was done. I stood up and handed them to Christy.

     She sighed as she flipped through them. "Alright. You can go get him."

     "Thanks." I said, nodding to her. I walked over to the guard and he let me in without my keycard. I'd been here a lot.

      I found Percy's door and knocked before unlocking it. He sat on the wooden bench, his legs crossed and eyes closed. "Percy?" I whispered. His eyes opened and he looked at me curiously.

      "We're here to take you away." I told him. "You're bail is paid and you're set to leave."

      His eyes widened. "You're kidding, thank you so so so much but where am I going to live I can't go back with my mom because she's apparently dead and my stepdad threatened to kill me if I came back so can I even leave without having a place to live?" he asked really, really fast.

       "Woah woah woah calm down, Leo's parents said you could live with them." I said, holding my hands up. He nodded and calmed back down again, leaning against the wall. There was a short awkward silence.

       "Are you coming?" Jason eventually asked. Percy raised an eyebrow.

       "You're free, you know, now. You can get up and leave with us." I told him. He nodded slowly and stood.

       He took a step and stumbled slightly, so I grabbed his arm to steady him. "Thanks." he muttered, leaning on me for support.

      "C'mon, let's go." I helped him stumble out of the room. Jason shut the door behind us and Leo stood to Percy's other side, occasionally touching his arm to help stead him.

      We got out into the lobby and Percy looked around, amazed. "It's been forever since I've seen anything other than my cell..." he whispered in awe.

       "Christy, I got him! See you tomorrow!" I yelled, waving goodbye. She nodded, her eyes flickering with worry.

       "Give me a report." she told me. I nodded and we headed out to the doors.

        We opened the doors and Percy recoiled, his eyes wide. "W-What's that?" he whispered. I looked out at the snowy parking lot.

       "What do you mean?" I asked. I couldn't see anything out of ordinary.

       "The... The white stuff..." he muttered.

       "The- Oh, snow?" I asked, looking at him curiously.

        "Snow?" Percy questioned, holding his hand out slightly.

        "Yeah, snow." I pulled him forward slightly and shut the door behind us and he winced as the snow landed on his face.

        "C'mon, let's get you in the car. Lets go." I told him. He took one step off of the steps warily before letting out a yelp and getting back onto the steps.

        "C-Cold." he muttered, pressing his back against the door. I just then remembered he had no shoes and the steps were shoveled. The ground wasn't.

        "Oh. Uh... Jason?" I asked, and he sighed.

        "Percy, jump on my back." Jason told him.

      "Like... A back ride?" Percy questioned.

       "Yeah. Put your arms around my neck and wrap your legs around my stomach after you jump on okay?" Jason asked. Percy nodded weakly an jumped up, wrapping his arms around Jason's neck and legs around his waist. Jason grabbed his legs and began to walk to the car. Percy's face pressed tightly against Jason's jacket like he was trying to hide from the snow.

         "Hey Percy? You okay?" I whispered, tapping his shoulder gently. He nodded into Jason's back.

         "Snow's cold." he muttered through Jason's jacket.

         "I know, we'll be in the car soon." I told him. I don't know how he didn't know he didn't know what snow was, I mean, he was new to the Asylum.

      Wasn't he?

       We got to my black truck and Jason looked at us helplessly. "He likes Nico best. You sit in back with him." Jason told me. I sighed and nodded, opening the door.

       I hopped in and climbed through the door to the other side, sitting in the middle seat while Jason somehow got Percy in the seat next to me.  Percy shuddered, his lower jaw rattling. Jason shut the door behind him and climbed into the drivers seat, Leo already in the passenger's seat. "Percy, can you hand me that strap over there?" I asked, pointing to his seat belt. He nodded weakly and fumbled for it before stretching it over to me.

     I grabbed it, buckling it across his chest and putting mine on. "Ready?" Jason asked.

     "Yeah." I responded, frowning at the shivering Percy. "We'll get you warmed up when we get to my house, you're going to meet some more people okay?"

     "M-More p-people?" he muttered, crossing his arms across his chest and rubbing them.

      I nodded. "Yeah, is that okay?"

      "I g-guess..." he mumbled.

       He leaned up against me, curling into my side and burying his face in my ribs. I hesitantly wrapped and arm around him, trying to give him as much warmth as possible. Leo looked back with a raised eyebrow and I shrugged with a small sigh. Percy was going to need a lot of help.