"FRANK, ANNABETH, AND I COULD EXPLORE THE TOWN FOR OIL," said Percy. Annabeth was beside him, listing the things need. "Then Jason and Piper, you guys buy tools for Leo. Now, Leo, you look for the bronze plate and come back as soon as possible, Hazel, you can go with him."
It's not like I'll go anywhere after I get the bronze plate.
"You cupcakes are leavin'," Coach Hedge butted in. "What about me?"
"Uh... that I didn't think about," Percy grinned at Annabeth who looked as if she mentally facepalmed herself.
"Idiot," Annabeth says and slaps Percy's head.
"Coach Hedge can go with us," Piper spoke up. "Who knows? We might need extra parts and our hands are full." She batted her somehow non-existent eyelashes and spared a smile at Coach.
"Damn, you child of Aphrodite," Coach Hedge mumbled under his breath. "Fine I'll go,"
Jason asked, "Sounds like a plan for everybody?"
It is a plan, I thought.
Everyone replied with a thumb up, so I did the same
"But, hey, everything is going into its dam place, am I right?" Percy asked, somehow mentioning an inside joke that no one got. Even Annabeth.
"Uh, yeah, Percy," Jason said, unsure of his reply.
"Inside joke," Percy grinned.
*
"There's a town!" Hazel yelled over the sound of the broken mechanism. "Land it over there, the trees should be enough to hide the Argo," She pointed to a large space- enough for the Argo to land on. I maneuvered the ship out to go down while the others were preparing their weapons, just in case anything happens.
"So where exactly do we look for the bronze plate?" I asked, as I shut down the ship.
"I don't really know, but this town could probably have one," Percy shrugged.
"Oh," was all I said.
Everyone got off, except for Hazel and I. We followed them minutes later, since I checked out the broken mechanism before we headed out.
An hour had passed, and we were back in the ship, and I proceeded to fix what was broken, because I honestly have no other use.
"Leo? How long until the mechanism would be fixed?" Jason asks, peeking at the gears.
"2 hours tops," I say monotonously. He nods and goes away.
After fixing everything, I decided it was time for me to sleep, and so I head on over to my bunk. Due to how tired I was, I quickly succumbed to sleep.
"Mijo, save me!" My mom pleads, tears rolling down her cheeks, yet her eyes; they were as dark as coal. I then see another figure, her back was turned to me, yet I know who it is.
Calypso.
"Leo? Where are you? Take me out of here," She cries, looking up to the skies. Then, they were blocked by darkness.
"Leo Valdez, I'm Tartarus. I could bring back your mother and I could get Calypso out of Ogygia... If you manage to stop the 6 from stopping the awakening of Gaea."
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Twist of Flames // Leo Valdez AU #TwistFateChallenge #TwistOfFateChallenge
Short Story"Because that was when the flames went dark." An entry for the Twist of Fate Challenge. All characters go to Rick Riordan, and we do not own any of them. This entry is written by: @kyle_is_a_koala @kalexandelacruz @nightlytrident And is edited by: ...
