200 days of Couple prompts

(174-22)Repair Boy

Piper POV
I couldn't believe it. Leo had locked himself in Bunker Nine again. Ever since Calypso had died in a monster attack a few months ago he has been locking himself in there for hours. But he promised a while ago he wouldn't do it again. Well he promised a few times actually, so it shouldn't be a surprise that he did it again. He really did seem to mean it this time though. He had looked better, happier. I'm starting to doubt my abilities to tell when he's genuinely happy, he did this on the Argo II as well, and I'm wondering if the ship truly just needed repairs.

Perhaps the Repair Boy is in need of repairs himself.

I shouldn't think this way. He probably just lost track of time.........for twelve hours. And he could of closed the door by accident, the door automatically locks and only he can open it. Then again, his siblings tried talking to him only to get short answers. They were desperate enough to call me in from L.A. Jason would've come too but he was called to New Rome to build more temples before one of the minor gods through a tantrum and destroyed half of New Rome.

As I walk up to the door of the famous Bunker Nine I can't help but remember when Leo accidentally polished his walking table Buford with Windex. I miss the Seven and our adventures, we almost died half the time but it was nice living with your friends. We still hang out all the time and it's great, but at times like these I'd certainly like my family. And I'm fairly sure that Leo would like his family as well. With that thought in mind I steeled myself and knocked.

"Go away." said Leo. The sound of his voice broke my heart, he sounded so broken and was clearly crying.

"Leo" I say tentatively "it's me, Piper"

"Just leave me alone" he responds. I ask him to come out. No answer. So I decide to try again.

"Leo, I have some food, you need to eat. Just please let me in. I want to help you." Slowly the door opens, inch by inch until there's a big enough space for me to squeeze through. I sigh in relief as I walk in the Bunker. Once the door is closed again I search my surroundings. When I see what I'm looking for I stop.

Sitting on the floor, surrounded by little pieces of broken machines, hugging his knees to his chest, is Leo. Tears slowly tracing paths downs his cheeks. He looks up at me with puffy red eyes as I walk over to him. Then he whispers "I don't know how to fix myself." At that, tears start making their own trails down my cheeks too. I kneel on the floor and wrap my arms around him tightly and he returns the hug.

"Oh Leo," I whisper "you could've told us, we would've helped you."

"I-I didn't know how." he said starting to cry harder.

"It's alright Leo. Everything is going to be alright. We'll help you. We can Iris Message the others and I'll stay here with you until they come, okay?" I ask. He nods as I hug him tighter, wondering how none of us noticed what was happening to our friend.

By then I remember that Leo needs to eat and we need to contact the others. So I ask Leo if he's fine with eating while I go call everyone. He nods so I take a sandwich, a juice box and Fonzies out of my backpack. Then I walk to the little mist fountain Leo built for Iris Messages. I make the rainbow then throw in my first drachma and ask Iris to show me Jason.

An image of the council room in New Rome appears with Jason and Frank sitting across from each other. They stop talking when they notice me. "Piper? Are you alright?" Jason says concerned. I realize that I probably have tears on my face and wipe them away quickly while saying "I'm fine but Leo's not. Bring the rest of the seven to Bunker Nine as quick as possible."

"Wha-what's wrong?" Frank asks, right before Jason could ask. I tell them that there's no time to explain and that they need to hurry. Then I cut off the Iris Message. Percy, Annabeth and Hazel are in New Rome too, so the boys can tell them.

I walk back to where Leo is silently picking at his sandwich and had barely touched his Fonzies and sit beside him. I notice that Leo still has the TV from the Big House. A week ago he and the Stolls stole it and brought here, looks like Chiron still hasn't gotten it back. It's sitting on a platform with wheels and the gaming console is still connected to it so I decide that when in doubt, play video games.

Leo looks at me strangely as I stand up and roll the TV in front of us, when I hand him a remote he seems to understand. A small smile works its way on to Leo's face, and at that moment I know everything is going to be alright.

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