A/N: Hey, two updates in ONE day? Wow.. do not ever expect this again... like seriously... actually it might be three.

Warning, this contains a minor spoiler from a trio of one shots that actually make a three shot that I will post soon, its dramatic, crazy, and who knows what else, but yeah...

This one takes place after the war with Gaea.

Festus II

They'd been back at camp for nearly a month now, and Leo and Lydia were back to doing what they do best. Building machines together.

Lydia had her jet black hair tied back with a blue, anchor designed, bandanna and wore a blue tank top, cut off shorts, and the black and silver tool belt that Leo had gotten her for her sixteenth birthday the week before.

Leo was dressed similarly, his white shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows and coated in grease, the red suspenders held up his jeans and tool belt, and his curly hairs hung all over the place, including in his face.

"Think he's ready?" Leo asked Lydia when he looked up and pocketed the screwdriver.

"Absolutely," Lydia said putting away her wrench.

Both teens stared proudly at their latest project. The celestial bronze plating gleamed in the heat of Bunker 9 and the gears whirred in rhythm with the electrics.

"Purrs like a kitten," Lydia said happily. As she said this, their kitten, Small Bob, came running up to them, demanding to be pet.

"Hey buddy, what do you think?" Leo asked as he scratched behind the kitten's ears.

Small Bob mewed and seemed to give a nod of approval.

"Wanna take him for a test drive?" Leo asked looking up at his girlfriend.

"Who wouldn't?"

The two grinned and climbed up onto the metal, grabbing the straps that they'd installed to hang on to as they flew.

"Ready?" Lydia asked.

Leo grinned and input the command and they took off, flying out of Bunker 9. The beast roared and spewed fire into the evening air as it tested its wings.

"Wanna go terrify Percy?" Lydia asked Leo as she spun to face him.

"Yes!"

Lydia grinned and climbed down the machine, hanging from the enormous foot by her knees.

"Woohoo!" Lydia shouted as her finger skimmed the top of Long Island Sound.

Leo grinned and they swooped over the trees, before coming in low over the cabins. Right as Percy came out of Cabin Three.

"Lydia!" Percy shrieked when he saw her.

"Hi, Percy!" Lydia yelped as the beast tossed her into the air, diving beneath her as Leo caught her.

The two were grinning from ear to ear and jumped off the beast as it flew low over the courtyard then perched atop Cabin Three.

"Welcome to the formal introduction of Festus II!" Leo shouted.

Lydia grinned and squealed.

"He's beautiful, can fly up to eight people at once, and has multiple settings, for spewing fire, water, acid, and even Greek Fire if necessary." Lydia explained.

"Yeah, getting those chambers right was a pain but we got it to work."

"Yup! We just had to reverse a few valves, and keep several sets of ball bearings well lubricated, and even created a whole regulating system for that." Lydia piped up. Everyone stared, not understanding a word she'd said, except for the Hephaestus cabin of course.

"That's amazing!" Piper said running up and giving Leo a hug.

"I'm just curious to know why in Hades you were hanging from its claw." Percy said sternly to his sister.

"Oh, come on Percy, you should know that it was just to freak you out, duh! It was really fun though, now I know why Jason likes flying so much." Lydia said, not dropping her excited grin.

Percy just nodded as Jason poked Leo's shoulder.

"Um… Is he supposed to do that?"

"Do what?" Leo asked Jason looking up at Festus.

The dragon was flying away.

"Oh, no… this is… FESTUS, GET BACK HERE! BAD DRAGON!" Leo yelled.

Lydia swore and sighed, "I'll go get the wings from the bunker."

"Think they'll work?"

"Always a good time for a test drive."

Everyone stared at them as Lydia ran back towards the Bunker while Leo ran, following the dragon yelling his name.

"Think they'll catch him?" Anabeth asked.

"As long as my sister doesn't crash the wings again." Percy said with a sigh.

A/N: Just some angst... don't worry they catch Festus Junior without too much difficulty. I thought it would be better to end it here though. There may be a continuation of this later, I don't know yet. Please Review! (I thrive on Reviews!)