So, Leo's wonderful friends took Jason to his bedroom and laid him down. He had passed out almost immediately after entering the building.
Leo trailed after them uncertainly. They told Leo to sit down, and they gave him some godly nectar.
Didn't take long to figure out Jason was on pretty bad shape.
Besides the obvious injuries, he had gotten an infection, and was now running a fever.
Not to mention all the "running" hadn't been good for his health. And he was cold and wet from the rain.
They all did their best. They fed him as much nectar and ambrosia as possible without reducing him to a pile of ashes. They bandaged his cut (a lot better than Leo had), and put his leg in a splint. They also gave him some mortal antibiotics, to try and bring down the fever.
After all that, they just let him rest. The group decided (well, most of them did) to leave him alone to sleep. Except, one person would stay and watch him. Not surprisingly, this was Piper.
The rest of them went to the living room. They sat there in silence for a while.
"Will he be alright?" Leo asked tentatively.
Annabeth answered. "Yeah, he'll be fine. But, he needs to stay here and rest for another day at least. Another day here will really be pushing our time limit… we'll be cutting it pretty close."
"So, what else is new?" Leo said, trying too lighten the mood.
"Anyway," Annabeth continued, "he'll be off his feet for another couple of days after that…"
"S'okay. The action doesn't really start till we get going anyway," Leo offered positively.
"Leo's right guys," Percy said. "Jason's okay, we're all alive, and we can still make it on time. Jason won't even miss much."
The rest of them started nodding in agreement.
"Now Leo; explanations," Annabeth said
So Leo explained everything, from the weapon being the trap, Jason getting injured, and Leo dragging him back to camp.
"So, that's it" he finished.
Percy nodded. "Well, we should all try to get some sleep now…"
And so they all wandered off to their bedrooms. Leo fell into bed. He was tired, and fell asleep as soon as he hit the mattress.
Leo woke up after a couple of hours. It was early for him to be awake (it was before 6:00), but he couldn't get back too sleep.
He went to Jason's room. When he entered, he found Piper sleeping in her chair, her head on Jason's bed, holding his hand. Leo gently poked her awake.
"Hey Pipes. I can take over for a bit. You should go get some sleep."
"No, I'm okay, Leo," she insisted.
"No seriously, I got this. I'll call you if anything happens."
She looked at him for a moment, and then nodded her head in resign.
"Okay, Leo."
Leo sat down on the chair. He got bored in a couple of minutes. He tried to find ways to entertain himself, but soon he was feeling sleepy.
He was just drifting off when he heard Jason stirring. The other boy moaned loudly.
"Jason, you feel alright?"
"More so than the last time you asked me. What happened?"
"Well, Percy and I brought you to the camp, and the group fixed you up."
"So how come I still feel like I got run over by a truck?"
"Cause you almost got blown up. We'll need to stay here for another day."
"But-the quest. We don't have tome too wait another day."
"Relax Annabeth say's we can still make it on time."
"That'll be cutting it a little close…"
"Wouldn't be the first time," Leo said with a smile. "Listen, I should go get the others… I told Piper I'd get her if you woke up, and the others would probably want to see if you're okay."
"You should."
So Leo left to get the other, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried. The quest hadn't even started yet, and all this had already happened. He couldn't stop himself from wondering what sort of stuff would happen on the actual quest…
But Leo smiled and put that train of thought aside. Leave that for later.
Right now, everything was fine. Jason was okay, they still had time to get their quest going, and they even had a day off.
For the last time for a while (though he didn't know that yet,) Leo felt at-ease.
So yeah, the end. It was a bit open-ended, but it sort of leads into the real story, Mark of Athena. It is a bit AU, since there is no place in the story where it could fit, but it would be after they got the Romans, but before they started the actual quest. Please review!