"Whoa," Jason gasped, leaning out to jump out of the hydra's way. The swinging head roared and shot a flaming pillar of fire towards him.
"Sleep!" Piper shouted from the other end of the beach, and Jason could feel her charmspeak rushing over him too. "Not you, Jason!"
Jason blinked, suddenly awake. His hand tightened around his coin.
On the other end, Leo shrieked. "Holy guacamole! Why is this thing so fast?"He darted in between heads, effectively creating a knot in between to heads.
"Leo!" Piper shouted cautiously. "Stop running, there's oil all over the boardwalk!" A few of the hydra heads perked up with interest.
"So, why are you here?" Leo yelled back, as he slammed his hammer against a hydra head. The head looked up at him as if to say, Really? That's all you got? Leo bashed his hammer repeatedly, and Jason was beginning to worry if Leo might have some repressed anger-
Wait, oil? Jason concentrated on shooting upwards towards the sky, and snatched Piper into his arms. He trusted that Leo could handle it from here on.
"What are you doing?!" Piper was pushing on his chest. Jason drifted higher, watching as Leo darted around, burning head stumps. "Leo needs help!"
"I am not going to let you die," Jason frowned. There were only about five heads now, and Leo was drenched in oil and golden ichor. Now, all he had to do was chop off the immortal head.
Piper stopped struggling, when one of the heads exhaled fire, which lit the entire boardwalk in flames. Jason winced at the amount of damage, as people began screaming.
This is probably the main reason why demigods shouldn't leave any of the camps. The three of them just burnt down Coney Island in ten minutes. Percy is going to kill Jason when he finds out.
Leo was down to three heads now, and from what Jason can see, he was getting tired fast. It probably was tiring chasing after all the heads, not that Jason would know from his aerial view.
The flames licked at Jason's feet, and he drifted higher. The wind seemed to push the flames away, giving Jason an idea. Maybe he could be of help.
Jason dropped Piper off towards the edge of the boardwalk.
"What are you doing?" Piper frowned, before turning to a running mortal. "Walk, please."
The mortal slowed into a walk, as he went towards the exit.
"Make sure no one gets hurt." Jason said, unsheathing his gladius. "Please, just make sure they're alright."
"Fine." Piper agreed looking cautiously towards the direction of the flames. "Just make sure you're alright."
Piper gave him a peck on the cheek, before running off, screaming directions to anyone in range.
Jason winced, rubbing at his cheek. He had to break up with her sooner or later. But for now, Jason had to save Leo.
By the time, Jason managed to fly back towards Leo, there was only one head left. Except, Leo was absolutely exhausted, and was resting with his hands on his knees.
Jason hovered above the burning bench. "Need help?" he teased.
"No." Leo rolled his eyes sarcastically, and wiped at his sweaty forehead. "I'm doing fine-" The final hydra head interrupted, swinging maniacally, into Leo.
Leo flew through the sky, yelling. Jason grunted as he used his gladius to strike at the head.
It fell with a sickening plop, and it took Jason a few seconds to move the wind. A strong sea breeze pushed the flames over towards the writhing neck stump. It only took a few minutes for Jason to create a funnel surrounding the flames, pulling out the oxygen. He saw it in a TV show once, and it apparently worked.
By the time Jason was done blowing out the last remains of fire, Piper was running towards him.
"You did it!" Piper cheered, giving Jason a kiss. Her arms linked around his neck. "Congrats."
Jason took a step back, pulling her hands off."No thanks to Leo- Leo!"
"Where is he?" Piper looked alarmed, and Jason groaned.
"No clue. He flew off when he got hit." Jason winced, already pushing himself in the air. "I'll go find him."
It had took nearly an hour to find him.
Leo had been tossed into a food stand, that had collapsed on impact. Jason shrieked at an abnormally high pitch, and after collecting the teen, had darted straight towards Camp Half-Blood.
Jason might have accidentally forgotten about Piper. Piper returned to camp, looking pissed but her face turned to one of fear when she saw Leo.
Leo, who was covered with splinters and cuts, along with a giant purple bruise that took up his entire abdomen. He received head trauma when his head the grill inside of the food stand, causing Leo to fall into a coma.
Jason visited him everyday. He retold Leo what happened during the days events.
"Hey, Leo. It's Jason again, and I'm still not sure whether you can hear me or not." Jason wiped at his eyes for the umpteenth time that week. "Remember that little kid from your cabin? She finally finished making her first sword. It's pretty great."
Leo didn't wake up.
"Hello Leo?" Jason frowned one day. "Still not up? You're missing a really good movie I wanted to show you. What if I told you it was a romcom? Would that make you get up?"
Leo shifted in his sleep, but remained asleep.
"Leo? It would be really great if you got up." Jason said one week. "I really miss you. I miss you a lot."
Leo was still in his coma after three months, when they told Jason what they needed to do.
Will was the one to break it down for him. Jason liked Will, after all, Will was the one who kept tabs on Nico, to make sure the kid didn't go missing or something.
"Hey," Will said in the doorway of the infirmary. He frowned, and walked over to put a hand on Jason's shoulder. "You can't hold on to him forever."
"He'll wake up." Jason muttered, more for himself than anyone else. "I just know it."
Will was quiet for a moment. "We're going to pull the plug in a few days. I'll give you time."
Jason waited until Will left the room, before scowling at Leo.
"I hate you so much right now," Jason's hand rested on top of Leo's. "You can't just quit like this."
Leo's heart monitor picked up a beat, before going back to it's normal monotone rhythm.
"Oh my gods," Jason wiped at his eyes, as his vision blurred. "You're going to die in a few days."
Jason turned away from the bed. He couldn't look at Leo, knowing that. He couldn't.
"Oh my gods, oh my gods, oh my gods." Jason chanted wiping at his eyes. He didn't want this to happen, he didn't want it to happen at all. "Oh my gods."
Jason was crying now. He was crying, and the tears wouldn't stop, because they couldn't stop. "I'm so sorry."
"Sorry for what, Sparky? And why the heck are you crying, who died?"
Jason blinked, and turned to face the bed. "Holy Hera."
The person in the bed, sat up. " Where am I? Infirmary?"
"Leo." Jason hugged the boy tightly. "Please don't do that again. I'd miss you, you idiot."
"What?" Leo frowned, patting Jason's back. "What'd you say?"
"Nothing." Jason mumbled into Leo's shirt. "Nothing."
"Alright, you big lug. Now get off me, I'm sort of in pain."
Notes: uggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh requests are so hard cause i feel like a bad person and this is wasn't you wanted. but if i don't do it, i feel like an even crappier person
Also Coney Island, is like an amusement park (I guess that's one way to describe it) with a beach and a boardwalk next to it. It's located in Brooklyn (... which is in NewYorkCity if you didn't get that). I go there every year, it's something that everyone who visits/lives in New York should do