Book Cult (New and Improved)

Leo LIII

A/N: I just want to clear up a couple things for everyone!
1. Due to plot reasons, I will not bring any more characters from the future. Leo will be the only character from the future.
2. I'm not planning on doing BoO or SoN (due to plot). I'm going to be doing MoA and HoH.
3. Leo's from the timeline in between HoH and BoO.

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"Leo LIII," Hera read.

Leo hadn't felt this jumpy since he offered tofu burgers to the werewolves. When he got to the limestone cliff in the forest, he turned to the group and smiled nervously. "Here we go."

"You're showing us the bunker?" Annabeth asked.

Leo nodded his head.

"You guys had to find out eventually." he said, ripping a piece of paper out of his notepad. He began to neatly fold the corners.

He willed his hand to catch fire, and set it against the door.

"Leo!" Nyssa cried. "You're a fire user!"

"Gee, thanks Nyssa!" Travis snickered.

Nyssa cringed. 

Really Nyssa? she thought in exasperation.

...Jake Mason, who was out of his body cast but still on crutches,

"At least I'm not still in the body cast." Jake said, still looking entirely pleased with his condition.

said, "Holy Hephaestus. That means—it's so rare that—"

The massive stone door swung open, and everyone's mouth dropped. Leo's flaming hand seemed insignificant now. Even Piper and Jason looked stunned, and they'd seen enough amazing things lately.

Only Chiron didn't look surprised.

"Of course he knew about it." Annabeth said. "He's probably known about it ever since it was in the process of being built."

The centaur knit his bushy eyebrows and stroked his beard, as if the group was about to walk through a minefield.

That made Leo even more nervous, but he couldn't change his mind now...

"Don't mind Chiron, he's been a downer since the beginning of the book." Connor said to Leo.

"Seriously, he needs to lighten up a bit." Travis agreed.

"He's probably that way because he's thinking about the history of Bunker Nine." Annabeth couldn't help but defend.

..."Welcome to Bunker Nine," he said, as confidently as he could. "C'mon in."

The group was silent as they toured the facility. Everything was just as Leo had left it—giant machines, worktables, old maps and schematics. Only one thing had changed. Festus's head was sitting on the central table, still battered and scorched from his final crash in Omaha.

A couple demigods winced at the description.

Nyssa and Jake grimaced at the reminder.

Leo went over to it, a bitter taste in his mouth, and stroked the dragon's forehead. "I'm sorry, Festus. But I won't forget you."

"None of us will." Jake said. "He's the best invention the Hephaestus Cabin ever made."

Nyssa nodded in agreement.