EPISODE 1: THE SEVEN FALL APART

Leo looked out into the Olympus theatre, slightly nervous at the near 1000 people he saw in the room, finding seats and greeting each other.

On the floor were the Olympians and other gods and deities who were finding their seats, interested in seeing what this new show that Hephaestus was raving about.

"New show, I've put Percy and Leo in charge of it. It's gonna be one of the greatest ones in history I'll put my money on that now, better than 'Hercules Busts Heads'." he would rumble to anyone who would listen.

And in the balcony just above them, sat some of the demigods from Camp Jupiter and Half-Blood who couldn't wait to see the show, the mortal raised ones especially having grown up with the show

Leo grabbed a rag out of his pocket and went to go wipe the beads off his forehead before it got yanked away by the wind- no wait, a cloud?

"We literally just got your makeup done Leo, don't ruin it already or the Aphrodite girls will have your head on a spear faster than you can say 'Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer'. Honestly, use this." Mellie handed him a small towel to use, as she thanked him again for the Producer role that the boys offered her.

"We knew you would be the perfect person for the job, especially with your experience with TV."

"I was his assistant not a producer on the show, for the thousandth time telling you. And plus I was only in the job for-"

"12 hours, yeah but it's about 11 hours and 50 more minutes than me, so it's good to have you on. Plus coach would kill me if I didn't help you find a job." Leo waved it off and then put a hand to his earpiece.

"Nyssa, how long till we go live?"

"Two minutes, good luck out there. Ratings already seem to be high so we gotta pull this off."

"Geez, no pressure there thanks." he muttered, wandering over to where the gang were waiting for their cue, as he let himself relax and ease back into his usual grin.

"Okay, showtime Chicos and Chicas. Let's bring the roof down. Figuratively, not literally like Greece cause that was a mess." They all laughed as the eight contestants walked out on stage and into their positions, Leo, just behind the entrance out to the set, getting the one-minute warning as the lights dimmed around them.

"Get ready for the feud Olympus." Leo muttered as he heard Harley say 'three, two-' in his ear.

The lights dimmed in the theatre as the screens either side of the curtained stage came alive as the intro to the show played and their version of the theme song played.

The camera cut to the theatre as it went over the heads of the audience and then focused on the stage, as the red curtain raised up to reveal the set, lights flashing and spotlights moving all around the theatre, as Will Solace boomed down through the speakers:

"IT'S TIME TO PLAY GODLY GRUDGE! NOW GODS AND GODDESSES OF OLYMPUS, PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST, LEO VALDEZ!"

Leo ran out to the middle of the huge light up stage in between the teams and grinned like a madman out to the masses.

"Welcome to the show everyone, I am Bad Boy Supreme, Commander Tool Belt son of Hephaestus, Leo Valdez- minus the tool belt, cause apparently it didn't go with the outfit of which I totally disagree with, but enough about me. Let's explain how this will work for those who don't know."

The rules flashed on the screen as Leo explained them.

"We have two teams of four for each game who will be playing for a money prize of 300 Golden Drachmas."

The crowd went nuts at this reveal and cheered and clapped making Leo have to shush them with his hands.

"Calm down, we haven't even started yet man you lot love your drachmas."

Someone in the crowd whooped loudly causing everyone to laugh.

"Calm down Lord Apollo, you'll have your turn soon." He shot down to the Sun God, setting off another round of laughter.

Leo explained the rest of the rules before exclaiming:

"LET'S MEET THE TEAMS."

The crowd cheered as Leo got the introductions underway.

"It's gonna be an absolute war for our first show was the Heroes of Olympus combust and do battle. On team one, we have the BOYS: Percy Jackson, Frank Zhang, Jason Grace and Nico Di Angeloooooo"

The audience cheered more and even louder as he introduced the other team.

"And playing against them, IT'S THE GIRLS: Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque and THALIAAAAAA. Let's settle the Grudge- Give me Percy, Give me Annabeth and GAME ON!" He said motioning to them, as the fire went off behind him as he walked back behind the podiums to his position as Percy and Annabeth walked up to their podiums in the middle of the stage, both with very serious looks on their faces.

Leo looked down at his cards and then back up to the contestants before stepping back, making the audience laugh.

"Oh gods CALM DOWN, it's the first episode and the first round and it already feels like in a game of Capture the Flag back at Camp."

Percy didn't take his eyes off Annabeth as he got into position with one hand behind his back and the other next to the Celestial Bronze button on the podium, with Annabeth mirroring him almost crouching. Leo eyed them both warily.

"Do I even need to explain to anyone why it's a bad idea to be between these two when they're against each other..." Sending ripples of laughter through the demigods who knew exactly what Leo was talking about, and some of the Gods too.

"Okay, here we go," as the audience cheered "We surveyed 100 people and we have to top seven answers."

Six boxes labelled 1-7 appeared on the screen as Leo read out the question.

"Name a monster or creature you would not want to encounter-"

Both contestants slammed their hands down on the buzzer, Leo motioning to Annabeth with the podium lit up orange, who just got it before her Boyfriend.

"A Hydra." She answered smirking at her opponent, who just stuck his tongue out, making Leo chuckle at his antics.

"That's not bad at all, is a Hydra up there?"

Leo turned and pointed at the screen, where it flipped over the #2 position where it said Hydra, and the point amount.

"29 points to you girls, congrats. But that's not the top answer. Percy my man, your answer?"

Percy looked smug and leaned down into the microphone and said:

"Typhon."

The crowd cheered at the answer, some of the gods wincing remembering the Titan War.

"Oh, now that just might do it. To gain control for this round- Is Typhon the number one answer."

An audible breath was held in the theatre, and then the #1 box got flipped, to raucous cheers.

"Now, do you want to play this round, or pass it to the girls?"

The crowd yelled out for them to play it, but Percy announced that they would pass it, shocking a few people

"Percy back to your team, let's play the game girls."

Percy walked back to his team gesturing that he had a plan, quickly muttering in their ears making them understand as they nodded. Annabeth walked back to her podium as well to hi-fives and quick words exchanged between her team as they got ready to answer.

Leo walked over and stood in front of their team podiums.

"Hey Beauty Queen, how's it going." He said as he walked up to her podium.

Piper rolled her eyes at the nickname but answered him, "Not bad Valdez, pretty psyched to play, to be honest."

"Did your uber famous, actor mortal dad, ever play on the show?" he asked with a shit eating grin.

Piper shot him a glare, "No unfortunately not, but I think he always wanted to so it's kinda like I'm living his dream as well."

"Well let's see if we can turn it into drachmas, eh? The same question to you Piper, Name a monster or creature you would not want to encounter."

She thought about it for a minute. "Can I lock in ...an Empousa?"

"Let's see if it's up there- Empousa?" He called out.

A giant buzzer rang through the theatre and a giant 'X' appeared on the screen, the crowd still cheered for her as all the contestants looked shocked.

"First strike ladies, but I gotta say I am surprised that wasn't up there. You're still safe though, two strikes left. Hazel Levesque, how are you today?" He moved over to the next podium as the crowd cheered for the youngest of the bunch.

"I'm ready to win this game." She said with a blaze of fire in her eyes.

"Well, no messing around here, Hazel- What's a monster or creature you would not like to encounter?"

"Based on things I've heard from friends, The Minotaur."

Percy just grinned back.

"Okay board, how about some ole Ground Beef, The Minotaur?" Making Percy laugh at his personal nickname for one of the most feared monsters in history.

The number 3 box flipped over, as Leo congratulated them and moved to the Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis.

"Thalia 'insert-last-name-here' how are you?"

"You were so close to being turned into a Jackalope there, Valdez." she said deadpan causing Leo to nervously laugh and take a tiny step away from her, making the crowd who saw him laugh.

"Heh, well because I want to stay as a human for as long as possible: What's a monster or creature you would not like to encounter?"

Thalia smirked before taking a deep breath and announcing her answer:

"Hera after Zeus has another affair or child." which sent the crowd into hysterics, Percy not even hiding, himself crying with laughter as Jason and Nico ducked down behind their podiums to hide their laughter.

Annabeth was torn between laughing and fearing for her friend's life, as was Jason, and then Frank, Piper and Hazel were cracking up as well, but more at Leo's reaction.

Leo threw his cards in the air causing them to go everywhere as he walked away, muttering loud enough for everyone to hear about how he was too young and beautiful to die, and they were already gonna be cancelled on episode one.

He walked to the front of the stage and addressed the audience.

"My Lord and Lady, she really didn't mean that."

"OH I DID." came the yell from behind him causing the crowd to laugh again as he gestured for her to shush with hand motions.

Zeus just chuckled at his daughter's antics, while calming down his wife telling her it was a pretty good answer. He may or may not have gotten hit for that, as his brothers laughed at the red hand mark on his face.

"Thalia I swear if this is up there, we're all doomed." He turned back to her and then pointed at the screen.

"For the survival of all of us on stage, and this beautiful show," The crowd chuckled. "Is, that answer on the board."

Everyone was silent as they waited, and then the #7 box flipped over reading:

"ZEUS NOT KEEPING IT IN HIS PANTS."

Everyone lost it, as everything stopped for the next few minutes as Olympus roared laughing.

"Oh gods, we're so dead, oh man that was funny, Annabeth it's back to you- only one strike up there, and a deathwish already. What's your next answer?" Leo asked her as he wiped tears from his eyes walking back up to her.

"Someone I've had personal experience with, Medusa."

The crowd clapped as the number 4 box got flipped over.

"Nice job Annabeth, Piper, only one answer left now and one strike on the board, so we might be safe, What's a monster or creature you would not like to encounter?"

"A Harpy?"

Leo repeated it and got a second X on the board.

"Oh man, what a shame and I think I jinxed it a bit. Hazel, now we have to be careful here, we have two strikes, get this one wrong and then the boys can steal it. One answer still on the board, What's a monster or creature you would not like to encounter?" he asked her, as the boys could be seen in a huddle talking.

"Okay okay hmmm, A Cyclops?" The crowd amped her up as her team clapped as well, hoping that was it."

"I like that one, let's see- For the win, is Cyclops the final answer.

The dreaded final 'X' appeared on the screen as Hazel looked disappointed but got a hug from Piper and Annabeth, who assured her that if they couldn't even get it, the boys have no chance.

Leo walked over to the boys and stood at the end of the set of podiums.

"Okay, so one shot to steal this from the girls and be a decent way towards 300, so let's do this: What's a monster or creature you would not like to encounter?"

The boys looked at Percy.

"Oh fine then, I ain't scared." he shot back at them, making Leo give him a look.

"Please don't have a deathwish like your cousin."

"It's not that bad I swear, an angry Annabeth."

The girls laughed like crazy as the boys clapped for the answer.

The crowd laughed as Annabeth gave her boyfriend a look, making Percy squirm slightly and blow her a kiss.

"Oh man, good luck when you get back to camp man, Is an angry Annabeth up there for the win?"

The boys cheered as 100 points got added to their total behind them.

Congrats boys, let's keep this rolling- Give me Frank, and give me Piper."

The crowd cheered as the two shook hands, and got ready.

"Okay, so here we go, top 5 answers on the board… right after this commercial break!"

Felt like a good time to close for now, next chapter will be the other rounds and fast money! I wanted to leave it here just to see if the way I'm writing this works and how I should change it but I'm glad to see people are liking the idea, I had no clue how to do this so tell me whatcha think.

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