{ Does it seem weird that I would get sad? Being Leo Valdez bad boy supreme, super sized mschizzle? }

It happened a while ago.

After the trials of apollo, or what I'd like to call "Leo's fun lap around the world", festus wasn't in proper shape, as in he wasn't moving properly, different substances ( which I will not speak of ) was leaking all around his body, so I decided I would whip up some proper Leo Valdez fix it up. I opened up his circuit box.

*Creak* Festus moaned. I started to get worried in my life for the first time.

"Hey buddy, its ok, it just seems... um, ok its a little serious, but you'll be fine" I pat him on the wing. Even though my instincts told me, that my buddy won't make it.

Oh, if your wondering what went wrong, somebody, cut his life wire. Whoever that was, I was going to murder him. Then I realized, my scissors were in his circuit box. I was the only person who used them. This means I want to murder myself.

"Leo!" A rough but sweet voice yelled. "I've been looking for you everywhere, do you know how.." She saw me kneeling next to Festus, crying. "Oh..." I wiped away a tear.

"It's ok Calypso, I'm f-" Calypso leaned on me.

"No Leo, your not fine, is there anything I can do to help you out?" She asked. I shook my head. Festus was gone. He wasn't coming back, and it was all my fault.

{ A day later, }

When I woke up I found my self in bunker 9, blueprints and wires splattered all over the place, and Festus's circuit was locked in a glass case only I could open ( and for your information 12345 isn't a bad password for demigods ). Jason, my best bud, and Calypso was asleep next to me. I stared at the circuit. I have never felt so down in my life. So here's what happened after I stopped trying to bring Festus back to life.

"Leo! Leo Valdez!" A voice from across camp came from my blond best friend. "How dare you go on a quest with Apollo and only stop to check on me and Piper ONCE" He jokingly yelled. When Jason approached he stopped in his tracks. He sat next me and pet Festus.

"Well, say goodbye to festus the happy dragon, the bravest dragon which we rode on to save the world, twice" I whispered.

"No bro, don't look so down!, looks like his life wire's broken, maybe we could fix it up right, with my electricity and everything?" He beamed, trying to lighten the moment.

"Hey dude, how'd you know all this?" I questioned, nudging him on the side. "I thought you didn't care about my little inventions" I smiled, it was up to Jason to make me stay positive.

"Um, not my fault, I've spent months on a flying boat listening to you and Buford's lectures" Jason shivered. "Ok, Buford was a crazy table, you can't really ignore him".

{ Yes, he's a table, and he usually says "GET UP, PUT SOME CLOTHES ON" }

"Well, I gotta take out his circuit, and maybe we can work on the life wire" I said, slightly more hopeful.

"That's the Leo we all know. Oh hi Calypso, I didn't see you there!" Jason gasped. Hey maybe thats why Calypso sticking with us, probably wants some revenge on Jason.

Thats how I ended up in bunker nine. Actually I always end up in bunker nine. Oh well. I scooped up some wires, and the only ones I found were the ones for the robot I wanted to design a while ago, but it didn't work out that well, I didn't have enough research.

"Its hopeless" I muttered. I cleaned up Bunker 9 a little more, and then I woke up Jason and Calypso, telling them the plans off. That left me with one more thing to do. Planning the funeral of the bravest dragon on earth.

I went to Festus and it blinked a few last morse code words. "I'll miss you too" I replied

[ Festus, Died Because Leo cut the wrong wire]