Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson.

Well, this story has become a bit of a demand for people. Yes; there is a rising demand for an update. To be honest, this was actually only supposed to be a one-shot at one point, but hey, I can work with it. I'm not sure how many chapters are left, maybe 2 or 3 more, we'll see. Doubtful on a sequel. Anyways, let's get to the action. This chapter does lose a bit of its humor, but it's not angst-y really.

I don't hate Luke, also, but I just feel like he was forgiven easily for what he did. He made life incredibly difficult in Percy's life and really messed with his emotions in terms of Annabeth. She was obsessed with him and than just forgot about him as she said he was a brother. I feel like she didn't mean that. No flaming me about that, I like him, but I feel like there's more to exploit there.

So enjoy and PLEASE review!


Last Time:

"Guys?" Leo asked, his eyes still trained on the night-time sky. He couldn't tell if anyone was paying attention to him, or if they were too busy high-fiving each other, but he wanted to do at least one thing this night.

"I want to do something- for Percy."


"You want to do something to Percy?" Jason asked, his eyebrows raised and a weird look on his face. Leo sighed; for once, he hated being misunderstood so often.

"No, but keep thinking like that and Piper'll have your head," Leo said with a satisfied smirk. He'd never been the best with comebacks, but judging by the way Jason's face paled, and the way the others reacted with jeers, Leo would say he'd done good in that one.

Just for effect, Nico leaned over and whispered loudly, "Burnnn."

Jason scowled at Nico but gave Leo a small smile. He gave a nod, like he was giving approval for that comeback.

Leo smiled. He than turned serious once more. "I was thinking about something Perce said. About Annabeth."

Immediately, the humorous atmosphere paled and the small camp went silent, as if the laughter had been sucked out when Annabeth was mentioned. Nico and Frank exchanged a glance, followed by a curious look from Jason.

"Remember; he said that Luke was... well, Luke. I dunno the guy, but it doesn't sound like he was really a good friend of Percy's. I mean, yeah, it sounds all heroic about his death and stuff... but there's more to the end than just the ending, right?"

A few nods.

"I just feel like Annabeth should... I don't know... be aware of this, you know? She should know," Leo explained. He didn't know what was inspiring him to want to help so much, but he just knew that Percy would do the same if he was in Leo's shoes.

"You're right," Jason said quietly. He looked at Leo with his sky-blue eyes and nodded once. "You're right. We should do this for Percy."

Nico coughed, drawing the attention of the 3 other demigods. "How're we gonna go about doing this?"

Jason and Leo exchanged an unsure look, drawing Nico to roll his eyes.

"Excellent plan, Valdez. Oh wait... there is no plan!"

Leo smirked. "Who says we need one?"

Nico rolled his eyes again. "Me; I don't want to die because someone was dumb enough to just walk up to the Athena cabin and tell her something we all know she won't take easily."

Leo seemed to consider this, his gaze settling on the fire.

"If the cabin is the issue, we could just l-"

"No lighting anything on fire, Leo," Jason said boredly.

"Come on, just one thing!"

"No."

Leo sighed and drew a stick from the ground. Prodding the fire, he watched the small embers fly into the air and scatter, as if being too close was dangerous for them.

"Why don't we just... you know, distract them?" Frank suggested with a shrug of his large shoulders. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy- than again, it could've been a look saying 'you're-a-genius!'

"Not a bad plan, Zheng," Leo mused. Frank rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

"So glad I met approval."

Leo smirked. "So who's the distraction unit?"

Frank, immediately, rose his hand. It was a bit unexpected, but when it came to surprises, everyone knew Frank was full of them.

"I can change into animals; easy distraction," Frank said proudly. Jason muttered something to Nico, who ended up snorting in laughter. The son of Mars glared over in the Romans direction, but didn't say anything in fear of being exploited aloud. Jason could be devious, if provoked.

"Can you do rabid squirrel?" Leo asked excitedly. Frank gave him a weird look but shrugged anyway.

Leo cackled, the light of the fire not helping his image any.

Nico scooted away from the fire a bit, submerging himself in the darkness more. "It's times like this where I really do question your mental sanity..."

Leo ignored the jab and rubbed his hands together, ignoring the flames that ignited upon the friction. The gleam in his eye was unmistakable for something Travis or Connor Stoll would have- it was almost like Leo was a sibling of theirs.

"So I'll join in with that. You'll be a rabid squirrel, trying to attack me. I'll run into the cabin's door and try and get them to 'help' me, while you chase me. Nico," Leo said, looking directly at Nico with the same ominously scary smile, "I need you to keep the night dark. Add some skeletons if need be; just keep them away from the cabin."

"This will not end well, I assure you!" Nico's protests fell onto deaf ears.

"What about me?" Jason asked. He was genuinely curious- and a bit terrified- to learn his part. Sure, he'd faced Giants and even a god possibly, but nothing, and he knew nothing could compare to Leo when he was on a creative-streak.

"You, Jason?" Jason nodded, albeit, hesitantly. Leo's smile grew larger, if possible. "You have the most important job of all..."


"SOMEONE, HELP!"

Cries of terror ran throughout camp, immediately drawing several lights on from the cabins. Those demigods that couldn't sleep immediately rushed outside, weapons drawn and ready for anything. What they saw, however, was not what they were expecting.

"Amateur..." Nico mumbled from the safety of his shadows. He couldn't help but smirk as Leo ran around, looking like a completely idiot, chased by a mere squirrel.

"What's the matter, Valdez?!" Clarisse yelled from the door of her cabin, a giant grin across her face. Her cabinmates were laughing hysterically at the sight of Leo. "Squirrel getting the best of you?"

"IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Leo yelled back, continuing on with his act. Nico couldn't help but admit, he seemed fairly convincing. "THIS THING HAS IT OUT FOR ME!"

If possible, the Ares cabin broke into harder laughter.

Leo, making sure he ran to the Athena cabin to set their plan into motion, couldn't help but notice how Annabeth, despite being fairly asleep still, was wearing a particular shirt that Leo was almost positive belonged to Percy. A Finding Nemo shirt.

He grinned; that was coming up later.

"Please!" Leo pleaded as he skid to a halt in front of the sniggering Athena cabin. "Help a brother out!"

Annabeth decided to answer for her cabin. With a smirk, "You're not Athena related."

Leo rolled his eyes. "You know what I mean! One demi to another!"

Annabeth crossed her arms and smirked. Turning to her half-brother, Malcolm, she sighed but couldn't keep the grin off her face. "Want to help him? Consider it 'male-bonding'."

Malcolm grumbled something about 'unfair' and 'not-related' but exited from behind Annabeth. Leo, realizing they needed all of the Athenian campers from the cabin, decided to play desperate. He sighed internally, unbelieving he'd go this far, just to help Percy.

Letting out a cry that probably couldn't be replicated, even if his life depended on it, Leo gave a loud signal to Nico, letting him know they needed skeletons.

Lots and lots of skeletons.

For effect, however, Leo decided to make it interesting.

"Yo, Nico! Wanna help a bro out?"

"Not really," Nico said, leaning against his tree causally. He suspected it was part of Leo's plan to draw him out, but he had no idea what to expect now.

"Good," Leo said with a wild smile. "Lookin' at you, I doubt you'd be able to help anyways."

That effectively ticked off the son of Hades, who growled, and summoned several skeletons warriors around Leo. This time, Leo didn't need to pretend to be freaked out. He was freaked out.

"Okay; now we all jump in..." Annabeth muttered. She turned to her sleep-dazed cabin-mates. "Help him... I'm gonna grab my dagger..."

They ran outside, still under the influence of sleep, and Annabeth sighed as she went into the cabin to find her dagger. What she found instead, caused her to freak.

"JASON!? WHAT'RE YOU DOING IN HERE?!"

He sighed.

"Most important job my ass..."