Yay for a new chapter! This story is going about as fast as The Imp Within did, only with more meat, I suppose :)

A few of you are correct on which Leo the hoodie-wearing Leo was. Won't tell yet, it's still a surprise!

I own nothing you recognize as canon.

Four: To Storm or Fire the Beach Must Fall

Piper, Calypso, Humor, and the two-aspect Jason ran for the lake, leaving Hazel and Strength to search for Changeling in the woods. Piper felt a little bad leaving them, but she was a little more worried about the storm and bonfire raging on the beach.

Campers were fleeing, scared for their lives. Calypso stopped one and asked what was happening.

"It's so scary," the girl she'd stopped cried. "There's a storm spirit running loose! What is it the Romans call it? A ventus?"

Humor grabbed a guy and asked the same question. "A fire imp is picking a fight with a ventus! It's crazy weird on the beach!"

The four of them made their way to the lake. Piper froze in her tracks when she saw the horror show before her.

Hovering in the air was a storm spirit more riled up than Tempest or even Dylan. Its shape was humanoid, and the longer Piper looked at it, the more she picked out features that should belong to Jason. Blue eyes peered down from the storm spirit. He was hurling lightning bolts and insults towards the ground, simultaneously making the wind howl and whip around.

On the ground was a worse monstrosity. A tall, lanky teenager stood proudly. A red devil's tail whipped behind him, and red bat wings protruded from his shoulders. Where his feet should have been were golden-scaled dragon talons with obsidian claws. His skin was transparent, which allowed Piper to see the flames burning inside of the creature. His face was sharp, heralding impish features. Framing that face was a mane of fire that made forest fires look tame. This guy was surrounding himself with a bonfire so huge it evaporated every drop of water within thirty feet.

Humor whistled. "Wow. Fire must be having a blast. Ha! Get it? Blast?"

Calypso smacked him.

Jason gaped. "That's Fire? At least Storm looks relatively similar to Jason, but…that looks nothing like you, Leo."

"Humor," the red-eyed Leo corrected. "I'm not Leo, just a part of him."

Calypso stared in awe at the imp. "Such raw power," she muttered. "So ancient and strong. And you control that so easily."

"We like to use him as a tool instead of a weapon," Humor said. "Fire doesn't like it sometimes. He's been loose a grand total of two times. The first time…well, that's not important."

"And the second?" Jason asked.

"Fire was more than happy to run free that second time, even if it killed a primordial goddess."

Piper and Jason both shivered. They remembered seeing Leo when he was practically made of fire. Even then it had not looked this extreme.

Storm howled louder than the wind, "Give up, demon boy! You can't win!"

Fire spat lava at him, which hit the lake with a hiss. "Oh, I'll win, gassy! I'll poke enough holes in you to make you lose some of that hot air!"

"You'd be the expert on hot air, lava turd!"

Fire yowled and shot into the air. The two ancient powers clashed with a boom so great it might have disintegrated a whole town.

Humor and Jason both dove to the ground, bringing the girls with them. Calypso's hair got singed on the way down. Piper was blinded momentarily.

"Did I mention Fire is the reason aggression and anger aren't main aspects?" Humor said with a chuckle.

"Storm's the same way," Jason agreed.

The two clashed again, which sent a shockwave through the air. The clouds split for a few seconds, like a sword had slashed them. The fire died down a little. Storm plunged into the lake and Fire was thrown back onto the beach, smoking.

Piper nudged Humor. "So? Go on, then. Get over there and make nice."

Humor looked absolutely horrified. "Are you kidding? Fire's on fire! He'd roast me alive!"

Calypso blinked at him. "What? But you're a fire user!"

"Yeah, when Fire is joined with us! When he's free like this, me and the other Leos are normal! It's the same with Creativity. Why do you think I don't have any bright ideas? Those are in Creativity's department!"

That was when Piper noticed Leo wasn't wearing his tool belt. "You mean to tell me you're Leo without the Leo?"

"Been saying that all along, Beauty Queen." Humor sighed. "What makes up Leo, Jason, and Frank was separated by that gem. I don't have a problem being separated from a few of Leo's aspects—Inferiority and…Sadness…I could definitely do without—but I'd rather be in control of that." He pointed to Fire, who was beginning to stand up. He was already on fire.

"Then go get him!" Piper yelled. Then, she turned to Jason. "And you try and get Storm before he drowns the camp."

"Drowning sounds like something one of Percy's aspects would do," Humor pointed out.

Calypso shoved him. "Just go," she urged.

Humor looked downright terrified. Jason didn't look much better, either.

Fire's orange eyes shot over to the other Leo aspect. "Go away," he spat. "Or I'll set you ablaze!"

Humor tried for a smile. "And I don't doubt that. But, hear me out: you're trying to defeat gasified Jason over there, right?"

"Obviously," Fire growled. "He's in my territory."

"You're in mine!" Storm snarled as he rose from the water on to the pier a few hundred feet away. Jason slowly made his way over.

Fire began to spark, like he was about to become a blaze. Calypso hoped Humor would get to him before that happened.

Humor waved his arms. "Well, obviously, the whole Kill it with Fire thing ain't happening, right?"

"It will."

"Well, maybe you need something to, uh, help out. Your comebacks are terrible, Fire. Hardly enough to make Stormy-butt angry."

"What's your point?" Fire squinted at Humor.

"Um…" Humor faltered for a moment before continuing. "You need someone who can make him angry. Someone to throw him off his game so you can claim your territory. I can do that. You know me; my sense of humor always irritates Jason, it just depends on when and where. Storm here can't get my good jokes, because he's so stupid. He'll get mad and slip up."

Fire grinned, showing long, white fangs. "I like that."

Humor grinned as well, though his teeth were much flatter. "So, we got a deal?"

"What's in it for you?" Fire prodded.

"Being fireproof again and not getting burned by you," Humor said honestly.

Fire shrugged. "Works for me."

Humor held out his hand. "Deal?"

Piper and Calypso held their breath. Jason was still talking to Storm, who kept shifting between humanoid and horse form. If Fire disappeared before Jason could fuse with Storm, the storm spirit might bolt.

Fire hesitated for a moment, then shook Humor's hand. Humor kept hold of the hand for five long seconds. A blinding flash appeared. Storm was startled, about to run. Jason grabbed him in a bear hug and a second flash came up from the pier.

Calypso's eyes adjusted. Leo writhed on the ground, his shirt now red and orange. His hair kept going from black curls to wreaths of flame. His eyes went from red to orange. Humor was trying to keep Fire under control, but the spirit was very overpowering.

Jason looked relatively unharmed. His shirt now had a blue stripe on it, and his eyes went from purple to orange to blue. Wisdom and Honor were easily keeping Storm in check, and Storm was probably preoccupying Wisdom so the rude aspect wouldn't show himself.

Both girls ran to their respective boyfriends. Piper made it to Jason and asked, "Are you okay?"

Jason nodded. "I'll be fine. Storm doesn't like to be caged, but he's gonna have to get used to it again. Halfway there, at least."

Piper smiled. "Yeah."

Calypso, on the other hand, was not smiling. She slapped the son of Hephaestus right in the face. "Fire," she spat. "You come out and I swear I will kick your tail so hard your previous owner will feel the sting!"

Leo cooled off. His eyes flickered with red and orange. His shirt stayed half-red-half-orange. His form was human. "Thanks," he said. "I figured Fire would be furious."

"Let's just get one of the other Leos," Calypso said. "Then Fire won't be so hard to contain."

A/N: The next chapter should be around shortly. I was in the middle of writing it, thinking I would just place it at the beginning of this chapter and before I knew it it was really long. xD Oops.

Anyway, if anyone's read The Imp Within, my Imp-Leo story, they'll recognize Fire. No, this story has nothing to do with the Imp Within, otherwise Piper would have recognized Leo sooner in his initial imp form. I decided to use it here, since it's better to use than stealing the Leo with flaming hair and coal-black eyes from Iris.

Also, this story has one point that is different from Iris's. Not every Leo is creative or has the tool belt. Not every Leo is a fire user. Not every Jason has storm powers. Not every Frank is insecure or can change into animals. Just like how when Humor kissed Calypso, but lacked the part Romance gives. Without that main aspect, they cannot be the same.