Book Cult (New and Improved)

Jason XX

"Jason XX," Mitchell read out loud.

"If The Entry Hall Had Been Cold, the throne was- Huh?" Mitchell blinked as a blur raced past him. He tightened his grip on the book, the pages flipped through the burst of sudden wind. Eyes widened in confusion and shock as the flash of color sped around the room. 

"Um... Could someone tell me what's going on?" Travis asked. He yelped and pulled back before the blur could crash into him.

His question was answered after the blur stopped with a loud screech, revealing the speedster to be Leo Valdez. 

The boy looked dizzy as he stumbled to and fro, but he still managed to have a stupid smile on his face.

"Holy Hephaestus!" Leo gasped, his face was turning greenish but his eyes were bright with excitement. "It actually worked." 

Athena rubbed her temples. 

"What now?" she growled in a Zeus-like tone. "Can't we just read this book without any interruptions?"

"You can have all the peace and quiet you want! I'm outta here!" Leo reached into his tool belt and pulled out a stopwatch. He began to hastily punch buttons.

"You're trying to leave again?" Phoebe rolled her eyes. "Where are you going? To the park and feed the ducks?"

"Ha. Ha. Ha. No. I'm going back to my own time period. And thanks to these bad larrys," he looked down at his haphazard shoes with a wide smile. "I don't to ask for any godly intervention. With the power of technology, I was able  to modify my shoes to go as fast as the freaking speed of light."

He punched in the last couple of buttons. "So if I can run around for about eight minutes-"

"You can go into the future..." Jake completed, looking interested at the prospect.

"Exactly!" Leo exclaimed, sounding more giddy by the second. He quickly put out a small flame that ignited on the tip of his nose. He ignored the disappointed and angry looks from Annabeth, Percy, and Thalia. "Anyways, it's been real, but I gotta go! See ya'!"

With a triumphant laugh, the son of Hephaestus started his stopwatch and took off. He couldn't  make out what the random blobs of color were as he ran towards the exit, but he could hear shouting and numerous feet stomping behind him. 

Pffft! Let them try to catch me! I'm the fastest boy alive! Leo bragged. He ignored his lurching stomach as he picked up the pace. He checked the stopwatch and grinned. I'll be on the ship in no-time.

So, of course, everything goes wrong.

There was a loud 'Dzzz' sound coming from one of his shoes. Leo grimaced and looked down. 

"Oh come on!" he complained, seeing grey smoke and sparks of electricity coming out from his shoe. 

The wires popped! This is what I get for rushing at the last second... Leo gritted his teeth. He felt himself slow down and pushed himself to move faster. Suddenly his foot caught on something and he fell over.

"Oof!" He face planted on the ground. Holding his throbbing head, he looked over to see what he tripped on, he groaned when he saw his leg draped over Clovis's body (still sleeping of course).

"You gotta be kidding me..." he muttered. He noticed the unimpressed looks of the others.

"Um..." Leo picked himself up. He didn't meet their eyes as he brushed himself off. "... I'll just go sit back down now..."