Here's a three shot! I hope you enjoy this complete mess of a story, 'Trust Issues'.


The Argo ll sailed high in the sky, the sea glistening beneath the trireme. Hazel stood on deck, Frank pacing behind her. They honestly had no idea what was going on below deck, and they didn't even know if they wanted to know.

"You okay?" Frank asked, finally stopping his pacing and coming next to her. Hazel nodded, even though her stomach felt like on of the gears on Leo's machines. She glanced at the stairs to go below deck. She almost wanted to go down there, tell the two of them to stop fighting- but she knew they were doing it for good reason. However, what she didn't know, is how they were still fighting.

Jason was more calm and collected, and could really only fight for this long with an enemy. But Leo? Hazel wanted to shake her head at the thought, but couldn't bring herself too. She almost wanted to take Jason's side. Leo had gotten himself into this, and Hazel couldn't find a reason at the moment to support him. She sighed. Frank put his hand on her back, trying to comfort her, but she knew as well as he did that there was no comforting to be done for the argument going on in the mess hall- only fact and lies.

Piper ran up the stairs, spotting Hazel and Frank almost immediately. "Guys, we need your help down here!" She was frantic, and a blind man could see something had happened- something bad. Hazel dashed to the mess hall, Frank at her tail. She gasped. Percy and Annabeth were holding hands at the back of the room, the images of Camp Half-Blood shining behind them. Some of the chairs had been knocked over, not to mention a few plates on the floor. Jason sat at the table on one of the chairs that had been lucky enough to be kept upright, his mouth in a tight line and brow creased in worry. He bolted up when he saw Piper come in, his blue eyes wide.

"What happened in here?" Frank had just noticed the damage himself, and his eyes were darting around at the mess.

Jason sighed. "Leo and I had a disagreement."

Percy gave a hollow laugh. "Understatement. Remember what happened this morning?"

Hazel nodded. Of course, she definitely remembered where this whole thing started- it was hard not to. During a run-of-the-mill monster battle- which had become more frequent- Jason had grabbed some of the Greek fire that Leo kept around for monsters and hurled it at a venti, missing the thing entirely. Now, they had an angry venti.

Wonderful.

Frank tried shooting it with arrows at first, however, the arrows simply passed through the spirit. "Hey, uh, guys? Any bright ideas? Annabeth?"

Annabeth grunted as she fended off a second venti with the help of Hazel. "Working on it!" she shouted.

"Oh, come on!" Leo yelled as the third, and final spirit tore his sails. He gripped the wheel tighter. "Hey, Sparky! Mind doing that thing you did back at the Grand Canyon?"

Jason rolled his eyes and slashed through the spirit. Having a silent celebration, Jason began to fly up to the next one.

Hazel stabbed the next. Annabeth smiled as she saw her boyfriend raise water from the sea below. He threw the mass of water at the last spirit. Percy put his hands on his hips and beamed.

"Percy!" Jason yelled. "It's still alive!"

"Are you kidding me, Grace?" he said as he pulled out his pen. "You couldn't let me have my moment?" In seconds, Riptide was in Percy's hand, ready to strike. Jason got close, ready to end the monster with the swing of his sword.

Almost.

This spirit shocked Jason, flinging him out of the air, onto the deck, 10 feet below. Ouch.

"Jason!" Piper screeched, as she ran over.

Annabeth bit her lip, her mind swirling. She had to get the venti out of the air. "Leo! Mind giving some fire?"

Leo smiled. "That's what I'm here for, senora!"

Of course, this is when things went south.

The venti shot the deck, next to where Piper was tending to the son of Jupiter. Leo's eyes widened. Crap, he thought.

"Leo! Now!" Annabeth yelled. Piper began trying to drag away Jason's unconscious body. Percy ran over to help. "Leo!"

"I-" Leo grasped for words. Frank notched an arrow.

"Come on!"

Leo shook his head. "I-I can't."

The arrow was released.

Boom.

An explosion of golden dust.


Hazel definitely remembered. "Yeah, I do. So, what happened?"

Frank cleared his throat. "Better yet, where's Leo?"

Annabeth huffed. "Good question. Jason was the only one in here. We came in after we saw Leo burst out."

Piper crouched down next to her boyfriend. "What happened.

Jason shifted in his seat. "No idea- it was more a burst of anger." Percy tipped his head in understanding. "I'm sure you at least overheard, right?"

When he received a chorus of 'no's', he sighed.

"Great."


Done with this chapter! Just a note, this is no way connected to Claustrophobic, if you've read that. I just had a lot of fun doing that, and decided to think, what other problems could Leo have? Thus, Trust Issues was born.

Just a side note: Probably my best battle scene. I'm usually pretty terrible.