Woohoo, new chapter. Okay then :D I'm hyper today.
So, I want to say something at the end of this chapter (But don't you dare skip the story). Enjoy the story.
Hazel's POV
"Which god or goddess did we piss off now that resulted in a miniature Leo?" Percy said, eating a large piece of his pizza.
"I don't know," Jason answered, agitated that he doesn't know what to do, "What god/goddesses has the power to turn people into babies?"
"Great, a minor god/goddess" Piper said
Baby Leo giggled in my lap as he reached for Frank's slice of pie.
"No, you can't eat that. You can't chew it yet" I said as I pulled his arms away.
He pouted and then he began squirming on my lap, reaching for the slice.
"Geez, calm down, Leo. I'm almost done with the formula" Annabeth said, shaking the bottle.
Baby Leo continued squirming around my lap, desperate for the piece of pie Frank has.
Frank moved his plate farther from the baby, "No" he said.
Baby Leo glared at him. Frank glared back.
"Give him to me" Annabeth said, walking towards us with the bottle filled with baby formula. Baby Leo saw the formula and stopped reaching for the pie. He began reaching for Annabeth.
Annabeth picked him up and gave him the bottle. He began drinking from it, leaning towards Annabeth. Annabeth tried to hand baby Leo to me, but baby Leo would just dive deeper into Annabeth curly hair. He began to close his eyes, still drinking from the bottle
"Baby Leo knows his priorities. Eat and Sleep" Percy said
"And girls" Frank whispered to me. I gave him a small laugh.
Annabeth huffed, knowing that she is defeated, and sat down next to Percy, who just finished his slice of pizza.
"Percy" Annabeth asked, "Can you pull my hair back into a ponytail" she gave him a band.
"Uh, sure, okay" he said.
"Wash your hands first. I don't want my hair to smell like pepperoni and cheese" she said.
Percy stood up and washed his hands, completely under Annabeth's leash. He walked behind her and took the band from her hands. He began pulling it back into a ponytail.
"Who knew Percy can do a girl's hair" Jason smiled. Piper gave him a light slap on the shoulders. "What? It was a sort-off compliment" Jason said to her.
"Hey, when you're Annabeth's boyfriend, learning how to deal with her hair is a must" Percy laughed. He began tugging at the strands of hair baby Leo leaned into. He squirmed but he didn't wake up from his slumber.
Annabeth slightly lifted baby Leo's head and pulled the strands out under his head. Percy then finished pulling Annabeth hair back into a high ponytail.
"Thanks, Perce" she said and gave him a kiss on the lips. He smiled and sat down, Annabeth sitting next to him.
"So, who do you think did that" Piper pointed to baby Leo, "to our Repair boy?"
"A god/goddess with a grudge" I said.
"Did you piss off any god/goddess/godling when we were...away?" Percy said.
"There is Eros" Jason said, "When Nico and I went to get Diocletian's scepter"
"You met Eros?" Piper said, "Isn't he desire? What did he do to you?"
"Not to me, though. To Nico" Jason replied, "But that's not important right now. Leo doesn't have a desire to be a baby, right"
"'But remember," Frank added, "Babies get all the attention from the ladies" he said, pointing to Annabeth.
Percy glared at the sleeping baby, "That's my girl" he said at the sleeping toddler. Annabeth rolled her eyes.
"Anyone else we pissed off?" Piper asked.
"Uh...did we piss off Hecate?" I asked, "She might be doing her magic. I mean, she turned a queen into a polecat with digestive problems"
"No, I'm pretty sure we're on her good side" Piper said.
"Sciron?" Jason suggested
"Wait, isn't he like, Percy's half-brother?" Annabeth asked
"Another half-brother?" Percy said, "Gods, I hate my family tree"
"That's life for us" I said
"What about earlier in the quest? Before I followed the Mark of Athena?" Annabeth asked.
"Um..." Piper said, "Heracles?"
"Oh yeah. I hate him" Jason said.
"Well, from how much we have remembered, none of them can turn anyone of us into a baby, except for Hecate of course, but we aren't in her bad side"
We all looked at Annabeth, who was so deep in thought. Suddenly, she perked up, "Hebe!"
"Who-be?" Percy asked
"Hebe. goddess of Youth" Annabeth said, "Daughter of Zeus and Hera"
"She isn't that known, though" Jason said, "Except for her marriage with...Heracles!" he said.
"So, she took revenge on us?" Frank said, "by turning Leo into a baby? Didn't she know that we all know how to steer the ship. And since we now have Annabeth, someone can understand how the engine works"
"No, there is something more than that" Annabeth said, "Maybe she was angry about how you treated her husband"
"Or maybe Heracles just cried to her and, being the good wife she is, cursed us" Frank said
Suddenly, baby Leo started crying VERY loudly. Annabeth flinched back and accidentally (and probably, involuntarily) gave/threw baby Leo to Percy.
"Woah! What's wrong, little man!"*
Leo continued crying. Frank stood up and took the fallen baby bottle from the floor. He tried to give it to baby Leo but he swatted it away.
"What are the other reasons babies cry?" I asked.
"Uh, if they're hungry" Percy said
"We got that covered!" Frank exclaimed.
"If they are sick" Piper suggested.
"He isn't sea-sick, right?" I asked.
"No, he isn't" Jason said
"Maybe his diaper is full?" Piper asked
We all turned to Percy
"What?" he asked
"Go check" Frank said
"What!?" Percy exclaimed, "How do I do that?"
"Smell it!" Annabeth said
Percy gave her a look that said 'Did you just say that?' and took a cautious sniff. He retreated, coughing.
"Yep. It's full. And it's not good" Percy coughed. He gave baby Leo to Jason, who awkwardly carried him under the armpits.
"Hi" he said. Leo cried louder.
"Geez. Boys! go change him!" Piper said and pushed Jason out of his seat. He stumbled but regained his composure.
"What about-"
"There are already pre-made diapers in Leo's room" Annabeth said, "now go! before Coach's nose takes a whiff of...it"
Percy's POV (after changing the diaper)
"Now I know why Thalia wanted to be an eternal maiden" Jason said, "Taking care of a baby is hard"
I turned to him, "She already took care of baby you. She already knows how it feels" I said
Frank had trouble carrying baby Leo, who was pulling at his cheeks.
I took the newly-changed baby from him and went downstairs. We found the girls lounging in the deck.
"Hey!" Jason exclaimed. "How come you get to relax and we don't?"
Annabeth looked at us, "You are only in-charge of changing the baby and giving him a bath. We have to do everything else" she said
"You have a point there" Frank said.
"And," Annabeth stood up, "we have a plan"
"We will each have a turn in taking care of baby Leo" Piper said, "Since Percy is the one carrying him right now, he will take care of him for the first hour"
"What?" I exclaimed, and placed baby Leo in Jason's hands, "Okay, it's Jason's shift" I said
"Hey, that's cheating" Jason said and gave the baby back to me.
"Don't worry,Percy. You have 50 minutes left. What's the harm?" Hazel said
Percy's shift: 20 minutes later... (Percy's POV)
"Have you seen the baby?!" I said across the deck.
"You lost him AGAIN?!" Piper said
"Dude, I feel sorry for your future child" Jason said.
"Ehem" a voice behind us said. We turned around to find Coach Hedge carrying baby Leo by the ankle. Leo was giggling, reaching for his feet.
I hesitantly took the baby from him. "Thanks Coach" I said. He slapped me on the head and went back to his room, mumbling about inexperienced teenager..
Fast-forward: Jason's shift (3rd person POV)
"No! Stay away!" Jason said
Frank went down to the kitchen, finding Jason
"Frank" Jason said, "Help. My sword's in my room. Please get it. Or better yet, get Leo"
Frank saw Leo and tried to reach for him. But Leo's hand went on fire and Leo reached for Frank.
Frank, out of impulse, ran away.
"Frank!" Jason shouted
"Sorry! but good luck, though" he shouted
"Piper!" Jason shouted.
"What?" Piper said, going down the stairs.
"Help!" he shouted again.
Piper ran faster, just in time for her to see Jason being cornered by...a small robotic lion
"How the-" she said
"I already tried lightning, I ended up charging it's battery" he answered
"Who is controlling i-" Piper heard a giggle behind her. She turned around and saw a baby Leo playing with the controls. She went towards him and took the controls out of his hands and gave him a bottle with baby formula. She found the off switch and turned off the control, deactivating the lion as well.
"What did you do?" Piper asked Jason.
"We were in the engine room, finding some spare parts Leo could play with. I found a robot toy that was unfinished so I decided to give it to him. He wouldn't budge so I gave him a screwdriver. He still wouldn't budge so I gave him spare parts. He started to give in, but he kept on pointing on a remote control, so I also gave it to him." he explained.
Piper gave him a look
"I know, it was stupid" he said, "Can you give him to me now? Percy bet me 10 denarii that I can't take care of the baby"
Hazel's shift
"Eat up, Leo" she said as she tried feeding him mashed potatoes.
"Um num num" he muttered as his cheeks were covered in mashed potatoes, both inside and out.
"Shouldn't you make him swallow it first?" Frank said
"He won't swallow" she continued
"Try giving him something to drink. Water, perhaps" Annabeth suggested
Hazel got the bottle and filled it with water. When she turned around, she found baby Leo spitting out the potatoes. He turned around and smiled, his face covered in mush.
"Another bath is in order" she said, and turned to Frank
"What?" he asked
Piper's shift
"Leo, no" she said as she took away the screwdriver from Leo's hands and placed the screwdriver on top of the table.
He began mumbling and reaching for the screwdriver. Piper gave him Lego blocks to play instead.
When she turned around to find the toolbox (to return the screwdriver, of course), she didn't hear a thing.
"Probably fell asleep" she thought. When she turned around, she found baby Leo crawling up a make-shift ladder made from Lego blocks, towards the screwdriver.
"You need fresh air" she said as she carried him and brought him outside the deck. She found Frank steering the ship.
"Hey, Piper" he said, "can you call Annabeth? It's her time to steer" he said
"Um, yeah. Sure" Piper answered.
"I'll handle Leo for you while you search for her" Frank said.
Piper gave him Leo and ran down the deck
"Annabeth!" she said, then the ship tilted to the right.
Piper ran back to where Frank and Leo was. She found Leo holding the Wii controller, shaking it.
She ran towards him and carried him. "No, Leo" she said, and gave him a screwdriver.
That kept him busy
"Where's Fra-"
Suddenly, a huge seal dropped into the deck. Baby Leo clapped at it. The seal morphed into Frank, whose arms were burned.
"He suddenly caught on fire when he saw a red bird fly by!" Frank said.
Piper's watch beeped.
She gave Leo to Frank.
"It's your shift now"
Frank's shift
"No! Stay away!" Frank said as he was corned by a burning Leo.
Jason, thankfully, went down to the kitchen. He looked at the problem, then grinned.
"Jason, help" Frank said
Jason took a step towards Frank, then turned on his heel and ran away.
"JASON GRACE!" he shouted.
"Sorry! but good luck though" Jason said. Frank could feel the huge grin in Jason's face, "Karma's a female dog, Frank" Jason shouted back
"What's going o-" Percy said. He freaked out at the burning baby.
"Percy, do something!" Frank said.
"I'll be back. I'll find the fire extinguisher" Percy said, and ran off.
"But there is water here!" Frank shouted back
The burning baby was coming closer.
"Oh my gods" he muttered then turned himself into a labrador and ran off.
When he reached the bedroom area, he turned back into a human and began shouting: "Help, I'm chased by a running matchstick!"
Leo's giggles were heard behind him.
Annabeth's shift (evening)
"Annabeth, don't you think you should put him to bed now?" Percy said
Annabeth looked down to find that baby Leo was tuckered out between them.
"Okay, time for bed, Matchstick" she said and carried him. Percy followed her.
"I wonder if it's this hard to have kids" Percy said.
"Nah, it's jut Leo" she laughed.
When they reached his room, Baby Leo was already asleep. She placed him on the bed and turned off the lights.
"I wonder what will happen tomorrow" Percy said.
"That is for us to find out" Annabeth answered and took his hand.
Tada! Second chapter!
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