[A/N: So i finally realized how I'm gonna end my story and yall are gonna hate me lmao]
From above, Half Blood Hill almost seemed peaceful, which is one word Leo had never used to describe camp. After opening his shop in Houston, Leo decided he was forever done with the madness of the Greek gods and such, but if there's one thing Leo never does is turn his back when his best friends need him most.
As soon as he knew that a big fight was coming, he knew he had to use the bottle his dad gave him thirty four years ago on Olympus. There was a reason Hephaestus bothered to fix up The Argo II, and it wasn't so that it could decorate Leo's work bench. He hopped on Festus and made the trip back to Texas.
He just hoped he wasn't too late.
"It's too quite" Calypso muttered. She had her caramel colored hair tied in a ponytail, and wore jeans and a plain white shirt underneath an armor. It hit Leo that this was the first time he'd seen her in war attire. She had a few worry lines here and there on her face, and her hair had a few strands of white.
Just as she said those words, Leo heard a war cry coming from the far end of camp.
"Buford!" Leo yelled as he pulled his Wii remote from his tool belt. He couldn't help but feel a grin form oh his face. He was so ready to kick some monsters' booty "Prepare for battle"
Before he proceeded to fire the ballista , Calypso stopped him and kissed him
"What was that for?" Leo asked
"Be careful," Calypso said "This is gonna be a tough fight"
"I'm your Supersize McShizzle, baby" Leo smirked "No fight is too tough for me"
"Leo and Calypso's Garage: Auto Repair and Mechanical Monsters" Piper read aloud
Set against the dull shop fronts around them, Leo's shop windows hit the eye like a firework display. Casual passers were looking back over their shoulders at the windows. The left hand window was dazzlingly full of an assortment of automatons that revolved, popped, flashed, bounced, and shrieked. The right hand window was covered with a gigantic poster that read Grand Opening.
"That's right, beauty queen." Leo said "Come on in guys! Mi casa es su casa"
Everyone entered the shop. Inside, the place was split in half. On the right hand side, it was your regular old mechanic shop. Tools and gears littered the place. A laptop and a mechanical sphere sat on one of the work benches: Deadalus and Archimedes' works.
On the left side of the shop, chairs and tables were spread out neatly across the place. In the corner, a door led to the kitchen. On the far end was a small stage, that Leo had personally designed so that more people could enjoy Calypso's singing. She was reluctant about the idea at first, but Leo knows that Calypso has a musical gift.
"You guys like it?" Leo asked
"It looks great" Jason clapped Leo on his shoulder
Calypso invited everyone to sit in one large table. Percy and Jason had their usual fight on who to sit at the head, and Annabeth solved the problem by sitting there herself. Percy and Jason declared truce and sat on either side. Calypso waved her hand, and in a matter of seconds, there was stew and drinks in front of everyone.
They all talked and ate. Hazel used her magic to trick Percy into spilling his drink on his shirt and he used his Poseidon powers to dry himself. Frank and Annabeth were talking about some Roman history thing that Leo didn't care about. Calypso and Piper talked about tomorrow's plans and if she were nervous.
Mid dinner, Jason stood and clicked his fork on his glass.
"Guys," Jason said "As best man, I think it is my duty to start telling you all about all of the embarrassing things that has happened to Leo in all his years of his life up until I started this speech"
"Oh man" Leo grumbled
"I don't know if you guys know this" Jason continued "but, when I first met and Leo and told him I had amnesia, he was happy. Do you guys know why? He thought it gave him a chance to retell all his jokes to me again."
Everyone laughed.
"There was this one time aboard the Argo II, when I ran into him with his hair greased back, welding goggles on his forehead, tattoos all over his arms, and a T-shirt that read HOT STUFF, BAD BOY, and TEAM LEO... now if this was anyone else, I would've asked them about the weird costume, but knowing Leo, I just kept on walking."
Hazel laughed, and Leo vaguely remembered how he dressed the day he faced Narcissus and his nymphs.
"All I'm trying to say here is," Jason continued "Leo, there is never a dull moment around you, and Calypso has had lifetimes of dull moments. You guys make more than a perfect couple, and from what I see here in this shop, you two make an excellent team as well."
"Calypso," Jason raised his glass "I hope you're sure about this wedding, because as of tomorrow, you'll be married to Commander Tool Belt, Bad Boy Supreme, Chef Leo the Tofu Taco Expert,"
"SUPER SIZED MCSCHIZZLE" Everyone shouted in unison as they raised their glass and laughed.
Later that night, everyone was tucked into bed. Leo had bought out the place right above his mechanic shop. It was a three bedroom furnished apartment, nothing fancy.
There weren't enough beds for seven guests, so Percy and Frank crashed in the living room couches. Annabeth and Piper shared the full-sized bed in one of the bedrooms. Hazel forced Leo and Calypso to sleep apart that night, something about it being bad luck. No one argued, so she and Calypso crashed in the master bedroom, while Leo and Jason shared the third bedroom.
That night, Leo couldn't sleep. He rolled from side to side on the bed, while having to hear Frank Zhang snore like an elephant in the living room. His mind wandered to all sorts of places: the moment when he had killed Gaea, destroying himself in the process. He thought about camp and how it was a great home for him for years, and how scary it was to be away from the place he'd called his home for so long. He thought about tomorrow being the day he's waited for since he left Ogygia the first time.
But something kept gnawing at the back of his brain: The Great Prophecy. Ever since Rachel spouted the lines, Leo couldn't stop thinking about it. From the interpretations he heard, Tartarus is planning an attack and there was going to be a son of Rome that sacrifices himself to break some sort of curse. Leo was certainly not a Roman, but he's been having this uneasy feeling that told him there was going to be more sacrifices than that. Sacrifices of people close to him especially.
He turned in his bed one last time and faced Jason, who was awake this time. His lightning blue eyes seemed to flicker, as if there was an electrical current running through them.
"Why are you up?" Jason whispered
"Why are you?" Leo replied
"You kept rolling in you bed"
"Ah" Leo got up "Sorry, just too much in my head"
"The wedding?" Jason got up too, joining Leo on what looked like a lame slumber party
"Nah," Leo said "I'm looking forward to that. I was just thinking about the stuff I'm not looking forward to"
"The Great Prophecy" Jason understood "It keeps me up at night too"
"I know it doesn't mention any devilishly handsome mechanics" Leo said "But, I don't know... I feel like I would play a part in it"
"I think we're all going to" Jason muttered "I just hope it happens sooner that later"
"Did you have a concussion again?" Leo arched an eyebrow, wondering if he heard Jason right.
"I just mean," Jason sighed "We're all getting married, we might be having some kids soon... me and Piper, we..."
Jason hesitated. Something was clearly bothering him, and it was hard for him to even think about it. Leo thought they might have marriage problems. There was no way being married to a daughter of Aphrodite was easy, but then again, Piper was like no other Aphrodite girl.
"Are you guys having problems?" Leo asked
"Gods, no. We're happy, but..." Jason sighed "We've been trying to have a baby..."
"Dude!" Leo punched Jason's shoulder "That's awesome!"
"For two years now" Jason added
"Oh" Leo's shoulders tensed. He immediately felt down for his best friends. He had this usual urge to take out the perfect tool from his tool belt and fix Jason up, but he didn't quite know what tool to use for this situation.
"Hey man," Leo said "These things take time. I'm sure you guys will be have a mini Jason or a tiny Piper running around in no time"
"I wondered if it was because of Cupid" Jason muttered "We have a bad relationship"
"The dude with the diaper?"
"He's the god of love and fertility." Jason explained "The last time I saw him, I sort of insulted him"
"Man," Leo tried to sound upbeat "Cupid- or any other god for that matter- they don't have anything to do with this. You and Piper are gonna have a kid. I know it"
"You sound sure" Jason's voice sounded small
"Who do you think is gonna marry my daughter?!" Leo explained "I'm not letting her run off to just any guy"
Jason managed a smile "We should get some sleep. Big day tomorrow"
"Big day tomorrow" Leo repeated as he rested his head on the pillow. He meant what he had said to Jason, because he couldn't wait to be Uncle Leo. He dozed off to the thought of seeing Calypso in a wedding dress.