Leo Valdez X Reader

Chapter 15 (Y/n)

I hauled myself up the ladder into a large hallway lined with hundreds of doors and threw myself onto the floor. Liam stood analyzing the corridor, stroking his chin as I heaved myself to my feet.

"Now all we have to do is find the right door-"

I let out a groan and pressed my forehead against the wall in front of me.

"It's been a while, okay!" he defended.

It was official. We were never getting out of here.

I could feel Leo's eyes on me as I stared at the wall up close.

"Well, let's get started." I didn't budge and instead closed my eyes.

This was a lot. 

If we did get out of here, I'd have a quest to jump into, and people's lives would be in my hands. I could barely hold mine without dropping it a few times, let alone a whole team!

Then there was the prophecy; I was still trying to figure out what it meant.

And the ring, along with the mysterious people, I had to prove myself to.

Not to mention the hazy light I had seen just before we left the shrine.

And now I had to go rooting through doors with a statue of a god named Liam and a yappy demigod.

"You know you won't win that staring contest with your eyes closed. Plus, the wall's not your best opponent. He's unbreakable, I would know." Leo said as I placed my palms against the walls.

"Here, let's open this one."

A shiver ran through my body. 

It wasn't a cold shiver; this one felt as though it was inside of me, part of my spine. Something was wrong.

I opened my eyes and turned towards Leo as a gust of wind hit me.

I grabbed onto the collar of his cream shirt, yanking him back and stopping him from stepping out the door into a free fall.

"Woah," He looked at the drop beneath him, and my grip tightened on his shirt. The door opened on the side of a sizeable curved cement structure. A rectangle of water sat at the bottom of wherever we were.

The blue sky shone in, onto my face.

Whatever the construction was, it was nestled in large brown rocky hills on either side. And I could smell the scent of water somewhere beyond the wall.

"Your reflexes are good," He teased, and I realized I still had a hold on his collar, his right foot floating above the nothingness and his back arched towards me. My skin crawled, and I pulled him back into the hallway, causing him to fall to the ground at my feet.

"Close the dam door," I mumbled, "You're letting a draft in."

He shut the door and brushed the dirt off his pants and suspenders.

I walked over to another and opened it.

I was hit with the scent of flowers and milk. A cloud of steam seemed to envelop me as I pulled the handle. The sound of splashing water met my ears, and I blushed the colour of beetroot as a person wrapped in what barely classifies as a towel walked by through the steam. I slammed the door shut and pressed my back against it before I could see any more.

Leo gave me a weird look.

"Hey, what's in that one-"

"Nothing!" I blurted out. I could not stand here while Leo opened a Greek bathhouse door.

Liam stepped out of a room, pinching a tiny gnome off his shoulder by the shirt and throwing it back into the door. I spotted one fiddling with the tape on his neck and reached up, flicking it back into where it came from.