XIII Leo

Had just remembered something.

"Leo, what do you mean 'our big problem'?" Piper asked.

"That- That Nico kid. The goth guy..." Leo panted.

"What about him?" Piper looked a bit annoyed.

"I just remembered it was him..." Leo said mostly to himself.

"What?" Piper demanded but Leo was busy putting the pieces together.

"...If you won't-" Piper blabbed on.

"Piper!" Leo exclaimed interruption Piper eyes wide.

"Just spit it out Flaming Valdez!" Piper yelled.

"The goth kid...I meant Nico, son of Hades. He escaped Gaea-"

"Then what's the problem with that? Annabeth and the rest would be happy he's fine." Piper interrupted.

"Yea I know but a girl was with-"

"Leo." Jason came out with a look of alarm as if wondering where they were being attacked.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"You know what? I think we should go find Percabeth first." Piper spoke up.

"Percabeth?" Jason asked Piper like they forgot they were avoiding each other.

Piper blushed.

"I-It's the couple name mom made for Percy and Annabeth."

"I like it." said Leo.

"Though it's a sign you are more Aphrodite-ish every second that's passing by." Leo commented.

Piper glared.

"Whatever, just don't tell them about it." Piper said not meeting any of our eyes.

"Do you have an idea where Percabeth is?" I asked.

"Annabeth said she was gonna check out the architectural structure of city or something...I honestly didn't get it but it was Annabeth of coarse she would be interested in that sort of stuff. Though she acted kinda weird." Piper answered.

"What do you mean weird?" Jason asked.

"Yeah aside from the Avoid Percy thing that I noticed." Leo added.

Piper looked away for a second then answered.

"She said she wasn't hungry because she ate a big lunch but Percy said she hasn't eaten at all much. It's seems like an excuse but I'm not sure."

Leo remembered passing the lower deck running out. He could've sworn someone was in Annabeth's room.

"Hey guys I think someone was in Annabeth's room, do you know who it could be."

Leo guess even in their awkward state they still are the same beauty queen and sparky that they are.

They exchanged a glance as if to say what an idiot Leo was.

Leo didn't get it.

"I don't get it." He said.

"Leo, who else would be in Annabeth's room?"

"Tyson?" I asked.

"Annabeth!" They said together. Leo couldn't help but smirk. How cute are they both.

"Then lets go. What are you waiting for?" Leo asked taking lead.

"If you want to know what I'm waiting for, the answer would be your guys first make out session so that I'd get that 50 drachmas the stolls bet against me." Leo said under his breath.

"What?" Demanded Piper in an angry voice. Her face was red but Leo wasn't sure if it was from anger or embarrassment.

Jason was just as red thought he pretended not to have heard anything and just ignore it.

"Nothing." Leo answered.

"Even with a hint you still don't get it." Leo grumbled under his breath.

Luckily the love birds didn't hear that.

They reached the Argo in the nick of time.

Annabeth's door was wide open and what the trio saw made them stop right at their tracks in confusion. They were hidden enough not to be noticed.

Annabeth and Percy were having some sort of serious conversation when Percy went over a duffel bag that was on the floor and unpacked.

They both looked like they just ended an argument or something.

Percy kissed Annabeth's forehead and seemed to have said something. Annabeth in turn smirked. At least they aren't avoiding each other like the people who are standing beside Leo.

Leo glanced at Piper.

She looked like a typical Aphrodite girl about to explode from all the mushiness. Leo have no doubt now that her lineage isn't not true.

"Hey, beauty queen, Easy now. You don't want to-"

"Oh!" Piper squealed. Percabeth whipped their heads in the trio's direction.

Piper had wide eyes.

"Oh Styx! Curse my Mother and her image in myself. I can't believe I just did that."

"Well, you are a daughter or Aphrodite and all." Leo said helpfully.

Piper just grimaced.

Percabeth had their eyebrows up in question.

Leo was getting to like calling them Percabeth instead of Percy and Annabeth. That's just to much of a handful.

"What are you guys doing here?" Percabeth asked.

Actually Percy the awesome son of Poseidon asked but Leo just can't stop thinking Percabeth.

"Leo needed to tell you guys something." Piper said.

They turned to Leo.

"Uhh yeah. I saw a closet full of mist then I instantly had a drachma in my pocket and against my will I had to throw it in then some words came outta my mouth. I remember saying...'Of fleecy do me a solid show me' something I forgot but then I saw a guy who I remembered was that Nico kid...No first I saw this Pretty girl-"

"Wait." Percy interrupted. "Nico, you saw him in an iris message?"

"Uh, yeah." Leo nodded. "He escaped."

Percabeth let out a relieved sigh.

"Thank gods." Percy said. "What else?" Annabeth asked.

"Oh uh yeah. The pretty girl called out some name. I think it was Kelly? or something..."

"Kelly?" Percy looked alarmed.

"No! It was charlie." Leo said.

"The girl kept calling Charlie-" Leo began.

"Charlie?" Percy asked.

"Pretty girl?" Annabeth asked.

"Yeah. A pretty girl who was slim. She had black hair and blue eyes-" Leo went on.

"B-blue eyes?" Percabeth asked exchanging a look.

They seemed to have a silent conversation.

"It can't." Annabeth said. "Impossible."

"Thanatos was just freed. Before that it was easy to escape the underworld." Percy reasoned.

"She made it but..." Annabeth turned to Leo.

"What about Charlie?" Annabeth asked.

"Nico said he was able to make it out but that charlie dude wasn't"

Annabeth gave Percy a worried look.

They seem to come to a bad conclusion.

They said in union, "Gaea has captured Beckendorf."

DUN DUN DUN! what was Gaea planning to do with him? Why has that earth goddess been so quiet?

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