A/N: Thanks for the reviews, Annabeth and Percy Jackson, a-halfblood-with-attitude, 64Felicity, ZenZenSilver, Sage Nicholson, and Guest.
To answer the question on who loses, well, it usually isn't random as I have to plan out the details of the pranks and how they win/lose beforehand. But usually it isn't on purpose and by the time I get to the fourth round I'm not actually actively trying to do anything, but what I do is see if in every task it would've been likely for that person to win, and usually that leaves only a few possibilities at the end. But yes, I do manipulate things at the end.
I think I should try doing it totally random once- I'll flip a coin with each person and if it lands on heads they win, if tails, they lose. Only thing is it might make some of the things less dramatic.
The worst part of it, Frank, Jason, and Percy had decided was the wait.
Oh yeah, they knew that they were going to get punished, and the one doing it would be Leo. The only thing was that while they were waiting for the punishment, there was little to do but worry. And that was bad.
"I just wish'd he'd get it over with," Frank said as they were sitting in the truck they were in slowly made its way towards their destination.
"Yeah, the last few weeks have been pretty brutal," Percy said.
Now, according to the rules Leo had four weeks since the end of the rounds to formulate the punishment- he couldn't very well extend it until forever- but he had waited until the last day for it.
The truck stopped and from the driver's seat came Leo's voice: "Come on boys, we're finally here!"
The three of them walked outside. They were somewhere in the middle of what looked like a forest. And there didn't seem to be any people around.
"So what do we have to do again?" Jason asked.
"Aww, come on now," Leo said. "Half of the fun's in not knowing."
"Yeah, for you," Frank said. He then paused as he sniffed the air. "What is that?"
"Oh that?" Leo asked. "That just happens to be one of my latest creations. I call it Leogloop, a product that's extremely smelly, hard to get out of your clothes, sticky, green, gross, and I'm pretty sure is non-toxic to humans. And the good news is that you guys get to take a bath in it!"
The other three walked towards the edge of a small cliff where, twenty feet below, there was a large pool that Leo had made filled with the icky, green substance.
"By the way, how sure is pretty sure?" Jason asked.
"Don't be a wuss Jason," Leo said. "And the thing is, I know that the three of you conspired against me during the penultimate round. And so for your treachery, I've decided that while you guys planned to back stab me, it is only fitting and poetic and yada yada whatever that you guys also back stab each other. So the deal here is that not all of you have to go and jump in that goo, only two of you. The one lucky person who doesn't have to jump will instead be accompanying me while we laugh at the other two."
"And this is real?" Percy asked. "Like, you're really going to let one of us go?"
"Oh yes," Leo said. "But only after I completely embarrass you all and force you to work against each other. So this is how it goes, all of you will be standing three paces away from the edge of the cliff. For every bad answer that you guys give, I'll make you walk one step. And I'll also be saying, 'Walk the plank, maties!' occasionally in between."
"Please don't," Jason said.
"You don't get to tell me what to do!" Leo said. "now, get in position and the first question is, I want each of you to tell me an embarrassing story about one of the others. Whoever tells the most funny story wins."
The three of them glanced at each other. "Seriously? That's how you're gonna start out this?" Percy asked.
"Yes Percy," Leo said and laughed. "Go on and betray each other!"
The three of them looked at each other apologetically and then at the huge pool of goo that they were facing. Ugh, they could still smell it all the way from there.
"Okay, okay," Percy said. "Frank once walked into the girl's bathroom in third grade by mistake!"
"I told you that was an accident!" Frank howled.
"Yeah, in his defense he had just had his eyes checked and couldn't really see the signs properly," Percy said.
"Interesting," Leo said. "Do the other two gentlemen have something to add?"
"I saved Percy once," Jason said. "That's right, while we were underwater, Percy wasn't able to Kymopoleia underwater and I was the one who saved him…"
"Hey, that was private!" Percy said.
"Good, good," Leo said. "Let the hate flow through you. Now, Frank, anything good you wanna share with us?"
Frank scratched his chin. "Okay, Jason still believes in the tooth fairy. Or at least he did until two months back."
Leo scratched his chin. "I think Percy's was the best, though they were all embarrassing. Everyone except Percy take one step forward."
"It smells even worse," Frank said.
"Now, my next question is, 'Who is my most favorite Avenger?'" Leo asked.
"The Human Torch…. is what I was going to say but he's not an Avenger," Percy said.
"It's the Hulk," Jason said. "He's just like you want to be, isn't he?"
"No, no, it's Iron Man," Frank said.
Percy, after some thought, went with, "Ant Man."
"Actually, all of you are wrong," Leo said. "My favorite Avenger is actually for that matter, Doctor Strange. But out of your three guesses I'd go with the Hulk the most, so everyone besides Jason takes a step forward."
Jason and Percy were on even footing now, and Frank was one step away from the edge of the cliff.
"Now, I want to know something else," Leo said. "Everyone has to tell me, that from the two others, who they like the best and why."
"You know, I'm just not going through with that Leo," Percy said.
"Neither am I," Jason said.
"Okay, I like Percy better," Frank said.
"Traitor!" Jason and Percy cried out.
"Hey, I'm the one losing here," Frank said. "So yeah, I think Percy's better because Jason's kind of uh, stuck up."
"Right, well, that goes to Frank as no one else answered," Leo said. "Percy, Jason, take a step forward."
All of them were one step away from the edge of the cliff.
"Next question then," Leo said. "All of you have to tell me why I'm the best friend in the whole world and why I'm so awesome. Best speech wins."
"Uh, you're so great because you're so funny Leo," Jason said. "And seriously, where'd we be without all of your inventions?"
"Yeah, and who doesn't admire the way you spontaneously burst into flames?" Percy asked.
"Okay, I'll be honest here, I got nothing," Frank said. "Yeah, I just can't say something like that with a straight face, Leo."
"Understood, Frank, understood," Leo said. "So, I think Jason had that and Percy and Frank should each take a step forward."
Percy and Frank were now standing at the edge and Jason was one step behind them. The next round, it was guaranteed that someone was going into the goo.
"Okay, next question," Leo said. "What would you give me as a birthday gift?"
"Money," Frank said. "Sorry, but that's probably the truth."
"A sombrero," Percy said. "You'd look good in a sombrero."
"A…. uh, matchbox?" Jason said/asked.
Leo shook his head. "The sad part is that Frank actually won that, so go on Percy, you're jumping off this time."
Percy braced himself and jumped into the pool. He came out of it and was covered in green, sticky, slime. "This is so gross!" He then attempted to clean himself in a nearby stream, but that goo seemed to be pretty resilient.
Once the other three were done laughing, Leo noticed that it was down to Frank and Jason. Whoever won this next one would not need to go and jump.
"So, tell me… what do you guys think that girl said to Percy? You know, back when we all were supposed to be Oracles that one time and he was dressed like a Jedi? I don't know and he's not telling us. Go on. Guess."
"Uh…" Frank said. "I thought it was something about wanting to be a girl, maybe she was saying that he'd make a cute girl or something along those lines?"
"Yeah, or maybe she was saying that she knows a good sex change doctor," Jason said.
"Oh," Leo said. "Yeah, I'll go with Jason, that one is better."
"No, no," Frank said and then dived for the pool of goo. He came out of it and then morphed into a goldfish and dived into a stream, then went out, and then changed back into a human. "It's still stuck on me! How is that possible?"
"You don't think I anticipated that?" Leo asked and high-fived Jason. And the two of them walked away, leaving Frank and Percy as they were and for them to walk back home as the two of them got in the truck.
A/N: That ends this round. I want to ask- would it have been better if Jason was betrayed at the end and Leo pushes him into the goo too? I mean, they betrayed Leo once so it could be a sort of revenge but then I thought I'd have Leo be a man of his word.
And to all of the people who were angry that Frank didn't get punished ever- y'all happy now?
And that reminds me, thanks for your support first of all and secondly the next chapter will be my 50th and I want to make it a special occasion and I'll be doing something that's been requested several times for the next chapter. It'll be up on 9th December so do keep an eye out for it. As always, thanks for reading, and do please review if you liked.