A/N: Okay, guys. You finally got Leo. He is a little different than I have written him before, but I kind of like the way this came out.

Be warned: There IS SOME PROFANITY in this fic.

House of Hades here we come!

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO.

Leo tried very hard to keep his lunch down.

Currently, he was bent over the engine of the Argo II, trying to fix a broken barren so he could get them back home.

He was missing his partner in crime, but Buford the table had been hijacked by those Roman eagles that were crazy about stalking them. No, he was just playing. He didn't really miss Buford that much. The old guy had done his job, and Leo was really grateful for it.

He really missed Annabeth though. She had been the only one on the crew that had even remotely understood any of the engineer problems that Leo was having right now.

Since Percy and Annabeth had both fallen down into Tartarus, the whole crew was having issues. They kept arguing over stupid stuff, and Leo knew that they weren't going to make it much longer like this. Half of the crew was pissed at him for getting them stuck here, and the other half was only talking to him because they were mad at the others.

It was a big mess that Leo didn't have time to deal with.

He jerked on the barren, popped it back into place, and collapsed against the side wall panel.

He didn't have any more energy. He had been working so hard and sleeping so little lately that he could barely keep his eyes open. His rage and anger about all of this was the only thing keeping him going.

How could the gods let this happen? Why did they have to get the demigods to deal with it? Couldn't they take care of it their selves?

Leo didn't hear the sound of the engine room door open over his thoughts or the engine, but he jumped when a shadow fell over him.

"Sorry." She said. "I didn't mean to scare you."

Leo shifted uncomfortably. He knew that Hazel and Frank were fighting right now, and all he needed was to get in the middle of it and cause more drama. She had been keeping her distance from him since they had met, and Leo didn't mind. If it caused her pain or made her uncomfortable to be around him, then it was fine.

"Yeah, well." He said. He wasn't really in the mood for joking around like he normally was.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, Leo sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Hazel, why are you here?"

She just looked at him for a second.

"I know that you're fighting with Frank, and if he finds out that you came straight to me you realize that everything is just going to get worse. I don't want to be in the middle of this." Leo said. Sure, he knew it was pretty mean, but he didn't want to put this off. He didn't want to be the cause of more drama and problems.

Her jaw tightened and she shoved her hair behind her ear. "That's not why I came down here."

Leo laughed coldly. "Bullshit."

He probably shouldn't be saying things like this to her right now, but he was really tired of everyone playing games with him and telling him what to do all of the time. He was the Supreme Commander of this badass war ship and people should treat him like it!

Hazel got up and stared at him angrily, "Fine. I came down here to you to make Frank mad. Is that what you wanted to hear? Do you want me to stay away from you just because you're scared of him?"

Leo stood up just as fast. He was tall enough that he towered over her. "Look, Hazel, I am not scared of Frank, but I will not be the reason you ruin everything between you two. Just because Percy and Annabeth are gone does not give anyone a reason to be pissed with me or anybody else. I'm just as pissed off and upset as you, okay? Don't you dare think that this doesn't affect me like it affects you because it does."

Hazel shrunk back against his words, and Leo felt somewhat bad about the things he had said, but he felt better now. He needed to let all of his feelings out onto someone, and Hazel had been good enough.

She took a deep breath and said, "Do you feel better?"

Leo's eyebrows shot up. What the hell was she asking?

Hazel shrugged, "You looked royally pissed off when I came down here so I figured you might need to yell at someone for a few minutes before you blew up on Jason or someone else who wouldn't understand."

Leo felt a grin slide onto his face. How had she known that he needed to yell like that? She didn't really know him at all!

He was still grinning when he playfully said, "You hoe."

Hazel must have heard that term before because she didn't blush and fan her face like she normally did when she heard something that wasn't from the 1940s. She just grinned and punched him on the arm. "We're all sitting down for lunch. Come eat with us if you want. Hedge is going to tell us some stories about Percy and Annabeth that he got from Grover."

Leo stared after her as she walked out of the door. He couldn't believe that she had come down here for that.

He wiped the sweat off of his brow. There was no reason he should be down here by himself when he should be up there with everyone else. He had doubted that any of this was worth fighting for, but now, he knew that it was. He was going to win this freaking war for his friends and family.

And damn it all if Gaea tried to stop him.

A/N: How was it? Leave me a review of what you think!

-SomethingMoreCreative