The second explosion sent the rolling down a hill.

It had been smaller than the first one, so it hadn't done them any serious damage. Still, rolling top speed down a rocky, semi-steep slope was not exactly Leo's idea of a good time.

The really bad part came at the end of this wonderful ride. When he reached the bottom of the hill, Leo ran full-force into the first tree.

He groaned and grabbed his shoulder. Leo probably would have stayed right there, lying dazed on the ground, but Jason took him out of it.

The other boy came rolling down the hill nearby, yelling just like Leo had. Then he slammed his chest hard into another tree. He screamed with pain and clutched his chest.

Leo got up, and, ignoring the throbbing in his shoulder, walked over to Jason again.

Leo just stood there, trying to think of what to say. He stared at his friend, who was lying on the ground moaning and trying, not quite successfully, to keep from starting to scream again.

Truthfully, Leo had no idea what he should do. Pretty much any kind of broken or damaged machine, Leo could handle, but when there were real people who were hurt, he was at a total loss.

"Are you okay?" he asked, saying the only thing he could think of.

Stupid question. Of course he wasn't okay. Jason didn't answer, just continued moaning.

Leo sat down next to him, trying to think of something useful to say.

"Um, what's wrong?" he finally thought up. Wow, this conversation was starting to seem familiar.

He rolled Jason onto his back, trying to find out what was wrong. Then he realized that his friend's shirt was covered in blood.

"Oh gods…"

He lifted up Jason's shirt to get a look, and he almost puked. There was a gash across his abdomen, and it was gushing blood.

"Oh gods. That… that's not good," Leo was starting to panic now. The injury looked awful.

Then Jason must have seen the terrified look of his face.

"Leo, calm down," he said through gasps. His voice sounded painful. "It'll be alright."

"Yeah, sure, like you didn't just get blown 50 meters by an explosion," Leo retorted, panic spreading like a wildfire.

"Leo! Now is not the time for a panic attack!"

"Right, right," Leo said, trying to calm himself down. It worked, a little.

"Okay, yeah, it doesn't look that bad," said Leo, trying to sound positive. "Uh, what should I do?"

"Just…Uh, put pressure on it" said Jason "But don't touch directly"

"Gotcha," Leo pulled a pair of plastic gloves from his tool belt, and a piece of cloth. He did as Jason had said. Jason screamed very loudly.

"Okay, what now?"

"Uh, you could try to seal it, then wrap it up," Jason offered weakly

"Seal it with what?"

"You could use duct tape…"

"Really? Duct tape?"

"Sometimes it works."

Leo pulled out some duct tape and more cloth. He tried to wipe up some of the blood around the wound. Then he did his best to seal it up. Jason managed to scream less this time.

Honestly, Leo didn't know if he did it right, he'd never done this before.

"Kay, now I'm going to wrap it," he warned. Jason nodded and closed his eyes. Leo started wrapping it, Jason screaming through the whole process.

"There, I think that's good," he said when he was done. It did look better. It was still bleeding a bit, but barely

"So, what do we do now?"

Unfortunately, before Jason could answer, a monster burst out of a bush next to them.