Hey! I finished the second chapter I promised you guys! I think it's a little...crappy. Do you think it's a little crappy? Cause I do...I'm tired, so either it's crappy cause I'm tired or I'm being negative cause I'm tired and it isn't crappy. Eh, you don't want to hear me talking to myself all night, so! Chapter time! :)

Leo

After Percy ducked into the cave for the Ghost King himself, the monsters had to choose just then to show up.

Earth Born and dracaena and some weird seal/dog/human hybrid things just started appearing in the stands, cheering their heads off. The door that would normally conceal a lion started shaking terribly, so fast I thought it would turn to rubble.

If Percy didn't show up with Nico in time, I'm sure we're all goners, lunch for nasties. It's adios Leo Valdez, and hola Hades. I gulped as I reached into my toolbelt. My hands were shaking badly, and I gripped the first thing I could and pulled it out.

I ended up pulling out…

Hot Tamales.

Well, at least it isn't breath mints.

"Is it return of the breath mints, Leo? Really?" Jason asked, exasperated or joking, I couldn't tell. Maybe a little bit of both. I shrugged at him, and waved the pack in his face.

"These are not breath mints, dude. These are Hot Tamales! Learn the difference!" I smiled and was about to put them back when Thalia stopped me.

She placed her hand on mine, sending electricity up my arm.

"Don't put those up. You can use them to your advantage. Pop one or two in your mouth and bite down on them," She commanded. I nodded and gripped the box, ready to pop some in my mouth.

"Curious," Frank started, "why does he need Hot Tamales?"

"I get it!" Annabeth exclaimed as the door in front of them started to break revealing some scales. "And good thing too…" Annabeth's voice started to falter as the door broke.

Pieces of stone started to fly. "HIT THE GROUND!" A voice screamed. I could hear steps behind me, and suddenly we were all on the ground, two bodies on top of us all.

Stone flew everywhere, raining down on us. A few coughs were heard, and a roar of rage.

"Hydra!" I heard Jason squeak out. Dust had rose up off the ground covering the Coliseum floor so you couldn't see your feet. Jason cleared his throat, "Nine heads!"

"Cut off the heads and burn the stumps. Might as well burn the audience as well. Ready Flame Boy?" Piper called out, drawing her knife. Percy uncapped Riptide-Man, that sword was cool!-as Annabeth drew her knife, and Thalia notched an arrow. Jason drew his gladious and Frank notched his own arrow while Hazel stood at the ready with a weird looking sword.

And I, Leo Valdez, stood ready with a box of Hot Tamales.

Percy screamed, and raised his sword. I noticed Nico sitting on the ground, clutching at his chest. His pale face was flushed a bright pink, and he looked like he was about to die-which, in fact, he might.

Everyone charged, and as I did I popped a few Hot Tamales in my mouth and bit down on them. As soon as my teeth sunk in, it felt as if my mouth was on fire.

"HOT!" I screamed. I also noticed smoke…wait.

I checked my hands, shoulders, feet, every possible burning place, until I realized the smoke as coming from…my mouth!

"HA!" I coughed out, a fireball going with it. I'll have to carry Hot Tamales into battle more often.

Percy chopped a head off and I aimed for the stump. "HA-HOT!" The fire found its target and the stump was burned like toast.

Annabeth and Piper got another. "H-H-HA!"

Bull's Eye!

Jason got one, Hazel and Frank got another. "HA! HA-HA!

Another one bites the dust! I did a little fire dance…..

Until I realized that the fire dance actually set me on fire.

"LEO!" Thalia yelled in irritation…or maybe affection! I smiled knowing it wasn't, but Thalia was just too smoking hot!

Two more heads grew on the hydra. Had I forgotten to burn a stump? Maybe that's why Thalia was yelling….

"I'm on FIRE!" I aimed my hands at the monster and made the pew-pew-pew sounds like a little kid would when pretending to shoot a Star Wars gun. I seemed to get the monsters attention. I guess it didn't want to be in the hot seat.

"Come and get me, I'm hot stuff!" I laughed. Apparently, monsters don't have a sense of humor either-reminds me of my siblings-and the hydra came towards me. Thalia was in the air-with her brother's help-and she brandished her hunting knives, she brought them down on two heads.

The heads rolled to the ground as I burned the stumps. Five more heads to go.

Nico coughed behind me. I risked the glance behind. He was glaring at the monster. The kid may only be fourteen, but he's plenty scary. Guess he got his looks from his dad-like the other Greek Big Three kids.

"I'm tired of this!" His voice was surprisingly steady for his shaking and trembling look. "I am Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades, and Ghost King! I summon the undead to destroy this monster!"

Nico pointed at the hydra, and a bunch of cracks in the ground appeared, bone hands grasping at the air, crawling its way from the Underworld into the land of the living.

The skeletons crawled out of the holes, ripping out the bones of their ribs to use as weapons. In less than five minutes, the hydra was on fire and dead. Nico dropped to his knees as Thalia and Percy rushed over to him.

"I said this once and I'll say it...again," He sighed as he took a deep breath, the skeletons disappearing back to the Underworld. "With great power…comes great need to take a nap."

And with those words of wisdom, the Ghost King passed out, leaving us to deal with a whole Coliseum of angry monsters.

Percy and Thalia smiled as they raised their weapons.

"This'll be fun," Percy smiled.

"Just like old times," Thalia laughed, as she then charged into battle, her shield out and terrifying.

One of those, 'The ending to this chapter sucks!' (least I think so!) But, YAY! They found Nico! And I completely skipped the actual meeting I know, but who wants to write about a group of eight demigods arguing and shocking *cough Thals cough* people? :) Nah, I was just lazy. :P Well, I'm tired now! Night!

(::) Virtual Cookie Midnight Snack!

~*J.C*~