A/N: Thanks thegamingcobra2, Annbeth and Percy Jackson (that came as a pretty random thought in my head too), BrokenMockingjay (reason I don't do that is I don't think it is that funny to continue doing it and it's been done a lot before, but maybe I'll see), FanBoyFanatic, The new age, xXBeeboXx, Anonymous, Bellatricus, and MafiaMarshMello.
Task Four: In this task, our four contestants will be acting as trainers for a triathlon competition (involving running, cycling, and swimming). They have to do and say as they're told, and at the end, who ever they're training will rate them on a scale from one to ten. The three people to get the lowest scores get a penalty point each. The person with the highest score gets two penalty points… just kidding they go scot-free.
Frank was busy wiping the sweat off his face. He had a bicycle right next to him.
"Don't you think that's it is a little extreme that three people end up getting a penalty point and only one guy wins?" Frank asked.
"No Frank, BECAUSE THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!" Jason shouted into the microphone.
"Stop screaming, Jason!" Frank said. "And it is so hot outside. Why can't we do this indoors?"
"You want to ride a bicycle indoors?" Leo asked. "Frank, Professor Oak says that that is heresy. You can't do that."
"Who's Professor Oa-" Frank began before he noticed a middle-aged man walking up towards him.
"Oh hi, I'll be your trainer for today," Frank said.
"Say that you need to start with a couple of questions," Percy said.
"I just want to start by asking you a few questions," Frank said.
"Ask him what Pot of Greed does in Yu-Gi-Oh!" Percy said.
"What does Pot of Greed do?' Frank asked.
"Excuse me, but what?" the guy asked.
"Well, see the thing is that no one really knows," Frank said. "Just asking."
"The next question is, 'What does the fox say?'" Jason said.
"I also wanted to ask, 'What does the fox say?'" Frank said.
"Look kid, it's way too hot to be making old irrelevant Internet references," the guy said. "So let's get started on the training. You see, first of all, I have a question here. I've been told by a lot of people that having a banana is good before getting started for a race for the energy, but the problem is that they tend to be a bit fattening. What's the right deal?"
Frank waited for the others to say something before he realized that they wanted him to actually give some sort of advice.
"Yeah, bananas are totally cool," Frank said.
"Frank, you don't sound believable at all," Jason said.
"Yeah, I don't think the guy bought it," Percy said.
"When you don't know something, it's fine to say that you don't know," Leo said.
"So, any tips for me before we get started?" the guy asked.
"Tell him his shirt doesn't go with his shoes, but otherwise it's all right," Leo said.
"Well, personally I wouldn't go with those shoes and that shirt together," Frank said. "They just don't match well."
"Now say that as a warm up, the two of you should start with ten thousand push-ups," Percy said. "And start doing push-ups, but each time you do a single one, say one thousand, two thousand, got it?"
"Well, with all that over, before we begin I think we should start with a basic warm up," Frank said. "Let's do something simple- like ten thousand push-ups."
"Ten thousand? Isn't that a bit-" the guy said as Frank started doing push-ups, going, "One thousand, two thousand, three thousand…" after each one.
"So, you just did ten push-ups," the guy said. "Is there a reason you say that one is a thousand, aside from the fact that it might sound hip?"
"Of course there is," Leo said. "You say ten thousand push-ups… so that it's over nine thousand!"
"Sure, I say that to make sure that it's over nine thousand," Frank said.
"What does that even mean?" the guy asked.
"Well, just forget it, it's an inside joke," Frank said.
"Right, well, see the thing is that while I'm good at the swimming and running bits, it's the cycling part of the race where I usually tank," the guy said.
"Tell him that if he's doing the bicycle part of the bit using a tank, then he's cheating," Percy said.
"Percy that is a terrible pun," Leo said. "You deserve to get… roasted for that!"
"Yeah, well when I make a joke, it's always electrifying," Jason said.
"Well, I'm sorry to say this," Frank said. "But you're not allowed to use a tank during the cycling part of the race, that's against the rules."
"No, I mean I do badly during the cycling bit," the guy said. "Geez, you kids today don't know anything, do ya?"
"Kay Frank, enough with the lame jokes, start showing him some cycling," Percy said. "Put on your helmet and say that it's super important to wear a helmet, because you need to hide how bad your haircut is."
"Well, then let's get started then," Frank said. "I'm sure if you start showing me how you do things than I can help you improve. Now, first things first of course, safety is important. So you need to wear a helmet and make sure you wear one since you need to hide that terrible haircut."
"Excuse me?" the guy asked.
"No, I wasn't talking to you," Frank said. "I mean, that's what I tell myself so I remember to wear a helmet."
"Eh, don't talk like that," the guy said. "Sure, your haircut is lame, but it isn't that lame."
"Aww, BURN!" Leo said.
"Leo, you're not the only one who's allowed to say 'BURN!' when these situations come up," Percy said.
"Sure I can, because I'm a son of Hephaestus," Leo said. "It's the law. Look it up."
"I mean, I've seen way worse hairstyles back in my day," the guy said. "You don't need to worry too much."
"So Frank, when you get started," Percy said, "tell him that you want to start off by riding your bike backwards and then ride it backwards."
"Percy, you can't ride a bike backwards even if you peddle in reverse," Jason said. "Or are you saying that you want Frank to sit on the bike backwards and then start riding?"
"I know you can't do it," Percy said. "But I want to see Frank try."
"So, my strategy is that if you want to learn how to ride a bike forwards properly, you should first learn how to ride one backwards," Frank said. He then got on his bike, the normal way, and then used his feet to propel himself backwards, not even using the pedals.
"That looks so wrong in so many ways," Leo said.
Result: Frank ended up getting a 4.5/10.
Next up was Percy, who was going to do a part of the triathlon which involved running instead of swimming since the others said that it would be cheating for him to get swimming.
After only a few minutes Percy's customer arrived- a girl who had blonde hair and a build sort of like Clarisse except she was shorter.
"Okay, hi, I'm the instructor for the running part of the triathlon race," Percy said.
"Right," the girl said and flashed a smile. "So, I mainly got into this whole triathlon business to get back into shape, and the main problem right now is trying to keep in shape and keeping, you know, the ol' diet regular and working."
"Percy, see that building over there towards your left?" Leo asked. "Say that you have to see something in there and go inside."
"Why?" Frank asked.
"You'll see," Leo said while rubbing his hands together and cackling evilly. "You'll all see."
"Just excuse me for a second," Percy said. "I'll be right back with you. You can start warming up if you want."
Percy hurried on towards towards the building.
"Good, now Percy," Leo said. "Grab every single piece of junk food you can and take it all the way back to her. Then, while talking, eat each of them right in front of her."
"Didn't she say she had trouble keeping her diet or something?" Jason asked.
"Exactly," Leo said with a grin.
Percy shook his head. "You guys are way too much."
Percy then walked outside considerably slower than he had come in because he was really weighed down by all the snacks- Leo hadn't been kidding about picking up every single piece of junk food he could find.
"Now start off with a candy bar," Leo said. "And make sure you sniff it and eat it as slowly and tantalizingly as possible."
"Hey, how're the sit-ups going?" Percy asked and then took out a chocolate bar, opened it with his teeth really slowly, and bit into one like he hadn't eaten in several days.
"Good," the girl said, staring at the candy bar.
"You can tell that she just wants a bite," Frank said. "This isn't going to end well."
Once Percy was done with the candy bar, he threw the wrapper on the ground.
Leo gasped. "Percy… you're littering? What would Grover say?"
"He doesn't have anywhere else to put it with all the stuff you gave him," Jason said. "What do you want, for him to eat it?"
Leo smiled. "You know, Jason, it's funny how you get these great ideas by accident. But no, for now Percy won't do that. Instead, Percy, hold up another candy bar in front of her face and say that her diet doesn't allow her to eat stuff like this and that she shouldn't eat stuff like this. And then eat it in front of her."
"So, you've told me you've had trouble keeping your diet or something like that?" Percy asked.
"Yeah, hard mustering the willpower, right?" the girl said.
"Right, for example, you can't eat stuff like this," Percy said, unwrapping the candy bar and waving it in the girl's face before he put it into his mouth.
"Now talk about tasty it is and remind her that she can't eat it," Leo said. "Make lots of rude noises on how good it is."
"Mmm, mmm, mmm," Percy said, making lots of smacking noises. "Man, this stuff sure is good. It's like heaven in wrapper. Make sure you don't eat any of it, no matter how good it is."
"Right," the girl said, a forlorn look on her face.
"Percy, that's just torture," Frank said.
"Yeah, Percy," Jason said. "You're doing all that to someone who's having trouble keeping their diet? There's a special place in Tartarus for people like you."
Leo gasped. "Jason, too soon!"
"So, let's get started on what other problems you're having," Percy said.
"Come on Percy, while you're talking, keep stuffing your mouth with food," Leo said.
"Well, I have this problem recently in which, you know, once I get off the bicycle it's hard to start running, you know," the girl said.
"Right," Percy said while simultaneously eating a muffin and spraying bits of it everywhere.
"Jeez Percy, learn to say it and not spray it!" Leo said.
"I would advise that you sort of, um, well, speed up at the last seconds of the cycling race," Percy said. "That'll help get your legs ready for running."
"Percy, that doesn't even sound like real advice," Frank said. "No one's going to buy that."
"Oh, okay, thanks," the girl said.
"I stand corrected."
"By the way, do you have some sort of eating disorder?" the girl asked. "Just why are you eating all that stuff right now?"
"Oh no, I have a medical condition which necessitates that I eat large amounts of junk food constantly," Percy said.
"I've never heard of that," the girl said.
"That's why it's rare," Percy said. He threw yet another wrapper on the ground, which was forming quite a pile by now. "So let's start actual running."
"Percy, show her running, but use your hands instead of your feet," Leo said.
Percy sighed. "I always believe that healthy arms lead to health legs, so this is how I run."
He then did a handstand and got five paces before he fell over.
Result: Percy got 4.2/10.
A/N: Thanks for reading, and do please review if you liked!