Chapter 5: Guess Who's Back?!
I for one have always wanted to have Leo Valdez as a main Character together with Percy Jackson and now I will!! I love his attitude and free style of Awesomeness!! Alright so Chapter 5: let's get it on!
In the middle of nowhere,
3rd person POV:
"Not like that! You have to concentrate in your core like I've said a million times!!!" Said a guy with a tank top, black and white hair, he was built like a bodybuilder and his eyes where of different colors, one was white and the other black. He kept screaming at the two young kids who struggled to stay balanced on the edge of a volcano.
"Remind me again why I am sitting in a wood slab on top of a pointy rock, on top of a FREAKING VOLCANO?!" Screamed Leo with his eyes wide open and shifting from side to side.
"Leo calm down, I should be the one scared. I'm not fire proof like you!!!" Screamed Percy back at him.
"Silence! I swear both of you are more brothers than friends." Sighed the trainer.
Percy and Leo smiled and mentally fist pumped. After the sun set on the horizon the trainer let them get out from there. "Alright you may return to your quarters." He said flashing away.
"FINALLY!" said Leo standing up.
"NO! DON'T GET UP LEO!" Screamed Percy at Leo. Leo froze on top of the wood slab in a weird pose.
"I... Look...like...I'm... Doing... Yoga." Said Leo in between his teeth. Percy started laughing and fell off the slab holding himself to the side of the rock.
"Ah!! Damn it!" Screamed Percy.
"Pffff...hahahaha!!" Leo couldn't stop Laughing.
"Its not funny, Damn it why did I laughed! Hahahaha!!" Laughed Percy at himself from the side of the mountain.
"I hahahaha think... Hahahaha we are the unluckiest demigods in the universe hahahaha!!" Leo Kept laughing so much, he got off his pose and fell backwards. "Aaaaaaaahhhhh fuuuuuuuuuck!" Screamed Leo falling to the volcano. *splash* "so... This is lava... I mean, not the first time I've worked with it, but jumped in it... Nope"
"Leo!! You ok man?" Screamed Percy from the mountains edge, still hanging on.
"Yeah it feels like a mud bath! Jump down I'll catch you!" Screamed Leo back giggling.
"Are you crazy?!" Percy looked like he couldn't hold on anymore. "If- if only we could use our powers." Whispered Percy to himself.
"What's was that?!" Asked Leo floating on top of the lava like if he was in a pool.
"Its not fair that you get to be lava proof and I don't have any powers." Said Percy at Leo. Leo grinned and then screamed at Percy.
"Dude you can breath underwater, Talk to Horses, any underwater species and you are still complaining." Leo said sarcastically.
"You can build anything you want, you are Fire/lava proof, and you have a knack for analyzing any structure that has machinery of any kind from any time period." Said Percy feeling his fingers slip.
"Awww thank you Buddy, you do pay attention to me!" Said Leo making a heart shape with his hands.
".... No no no no no no NOOOOOO!!" Screamed Percy as he fell to the lava. Percy closed his eyes and kept screaming even when he stopped falling he kept screaming.
"Dude.... Open your eyes." Said Leo trying not to laugh. Percy opened his eyes to see his shirt stuck to a rock that was coming out of the lava tube. He was floating like a puppet.
"Do not speak of this to anyone... DO YOU HEAR ME VALDEZ!" Screamed Percy so much that the rock cracked. Percy flinched and didn't even breath.
"Ah ahhhhh calm down my young sea friend." Leo analyzed the rock and smiled. "Oh well... Let's call our trainer." Percy opened his eyes,
"No! Not him, if we call him we will owe him." Said Percy crossing his arms.
"Ok then I'll sleep here and see you in the morning." Said Leo putting his hands behind his head still floating on the lava.
"Fine..." Whispered Percy.
"What?" Asked Leo.
"I said FINE!!" Percy screamed and his shirt ripped itself from the rock.
"Order." Said Leo. In a flash Percy and Leo found themselves standing in front of a Roman Tent with a guy in armor looking at them in disappointment.
"I had higher hopes for both of you, what's wrong, can't train your body, mind and soul without powers?" Asked Order to the two of them. They shrugged their shoulders and Order sighed, "Ok Listen, Both of you have been Adopted by all of us, apart from Leo Being the real son of Aether, Both of you have your own abilities and also gained a lot of new ones from us, we can not tell you what they are and how to use them. But we can guide you in the right path so you can find it yourself and make it your own power. That is why you two have been going through rough training these past 6 years." Order sat down in a chair that appeared out of nowhere and looked at them both with a smile. "Now go and rest, tomorrow you two will have someone new come in and train you in Swordsmanship." At the sound of that Percy lit up, but Leo didn't look too excited.
"But lord Order I'm not good at Sword fighting, I'm more of a Bam Hammer. Pffff Fire hands and putting enemies on fire and them WHAM more hammer, then FLAME ON!" explained Leo to Order. Order started laughing none stop and waved at them to leave.
"I wonder who the teacher will be, because the only person that comes to mind of being an amazing Swordsman is... Never mind" said Percy as he walked into his tent. The tents where kind of identical to the ones the Hunters of Lady Artemis have, its a room inside a tent with a bathroom and TV and all. When we got them from my father Pontus, Leo modified both of ours to be how they are now.
Percy POV
"Leo!" I screamed from my tent.
"Yo?" Answered Leo back.
"Do you perhaps have those plates you made in the Argo II that make any food we want." I asked him with my stomach growling.
"Uhhh.... Hold on." I heard clatter and metals shifting, hammer sounds and a sizzle sound followed by a squeaking of a rubber duck. Then a kid with goggles and black smudge all over his face with a crazy smile came in to my tent,
"Here you go, one plate of "Give me what I want, when I want it" All made from Leo Valdez Corp." He threw it at me and I caught it, it felt as weightless as a feather.
I smiled and in a second I had blue chocolate chip cookies (I want some) when I ate one, I remembered my mother's cooking.... Sigh, I haven't seen her in so long. Even after I returned I didn't even went to see her, but I couldn't! The stupid gods would have sensed me and attacked her too. "Wait for me mom, when I finish my training, I will be stronger than any of the Olympian gods and they will pay for what they have done to me." I said to myself while munching angrily on the blue cookies that kept appearing on the plate Leo gave me. I took a shower and decided to go for a walk. At night I feel myself get stronger and also heal faster, thanks to Nyx's and Erebus's Full Blessings. But... How can I train myself if I can't use my powers?.
"You know, its not every day I get to see my best friend" said a voice behind me. I turned around with my sword in hand and saw a dark cloaked figure with a Gladius on his right hand battle ready. I waited for him to attack me and he didn't. I rushed forward fainting a slash and kicking his feet out from below, he jumped and slammed the flat part of the blade in the back of my head, I felt my head ring and everything seemed to move, but I stood my ground and readied myself, the figure smiled and charged at me this time. I ducked fast and parried his blows over and over, I was in total defence, I couldn't attack. No openings. Then I saw an opportunity and kicked his face tearing his cloak away and revealing a blond hair guy with bluish eyes, a scar that ran from his left eye to his lip and a smile that was even more mischievous than that of Leo.
"Luke is... That you?" I asked him walking forward slowly afraid he was going to fade.
"Damn Percy if only you could stop parrying all my attacks I could have hit you more. And yeah, its me Luke Castellan, Master Swordsman of Chaos's Army. I was sent here by Order to train two young Kids, one a son of Aether and the other.... A son of every Primordial... I must say Percy, Why is it that you are always so Overpowered?" Said Luke to me with a smile and putting away his sword.
"Now I know you must have tons of questions, but you need to rest, so go. I will wait for you two at the top of mount Seaside. Its about time I train you both in the true weapons of my Late Master." As he finished he vanished before I could even say anything else. I stayed there still shocked that he was alive and also with Chaos, wow Annabe- ugh nope. Thalia.... Nope. I'm just gonna go to bed.
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"Goooooooooooood Moooooorning SUNSHINE!" Greeted Leo from the outside of my tent with a megaphone.
"I swear to the gods Leo, that I will take that megaphone and shove it up your As-" I couldn't finish as he kept screaming.
"Wake up wake up wake up wake up!!!" Screamed Leo through the Megaphone.
"I AM AWAKE!" I angrily got up and got dressed, When I got out of my tent Leo smiled,
"Hey buddy ready for more training?." He asked me with a smile
I smiled and made gestures of a hug,
"Ofcourse buddy come here let me hug you!!" I said running after him.
"No! I know why you want to hug me, and it is not a friendly hug, I fell for that 5 times but not this time." We kept running and managed to get to Mountain Seaside. On top of it was waiting a warrior clad in Armor with designs of swords and mail. I laughed a bit, but got closer. Leo appeared behind a rock, "Percy?" He asked me as he walked next to me to Luke.
"Hey Luke." I said with my hand extended. He looked at my hand and kept looking out to the ocean.
"Is he the demigod that joined the bad side and had Kronos raise and into his body to destroy Olympus?! And also stole the Lightning from Zeus and-" Asked Leo in a whisper so loud that I flinched and cut him off.
"Yes... I did all those things, I was not in the best of mind. I've caused so much pain to my two best friends... And at the end I though that I did something right." Luke silenced for a while and took a deep breath. "It has been so long since I've even though about my old life. And also Percy to answer your question of my Armor, I accepted that I am the son of Hermes and I do love my dad. Now enough about me, come. I will guide you to your new training grounds." He finished and stood up walking over to us.
We followed him across the edge of the Mountain that over looked the Ocean. The sea breeze felt amazing. I felt a deep connection with this ocean. The whole Mountain had beautiful pasture with trees of every kind. We encountered animals and monsters on our path, but they continued without worrying about us.
"They do not feel threatened. All their life they have lived here without killing each other thanks to Tartarus and Gaea's Nature. I come here to relax my mind." Said Luke without looking at us. I nodded and saw Leo building something with things from the ground.
"What are you doing?" I asked him. He got startled but smiled shyly.
"I don't really know, I feel like my mind is at peace.... A first time for everything right Mom..." Said Leo while tapping his finger. I looked back at the Ocean.
"Dad...." I said to the sea breeze. An intense smell of the ocean flew by me and disappeared. Somehow I knew it will reach him.
After hours of walking and staring at nature we arrived at a cave. It just looked like a Ordinary Cave. Luke walked right in and the entrance shimmered, moving like water when you drop a pebble. Leo put his hand slowly and walked in, then out, then in, then out,
"Cool huh? I wonder how they-" he got pulled in by Luke. I laughed and walked in.
"Welcome to the pride of All the kings to had ever Live." Said Luke as me and Leo had our mouths open.
"This...is...THE...coliseum!" It looks brand new!" Said Leo running over to a statue of a Knight with a sword high up that looked familiar somehow, there were words on his sword that I couldn't read, Leo got behind the statue and clicked something. The eyes of the Gladiator lit up and an Ancient powerful energy came out from it and spoke.
"Ahhh a son of Hephaestus, in this dimension. Thank you for awakening me after Millennia of sleep. I am King Arthur, Bearer of The Legendary Sword Excalibur." Said the Statue with a smile.
"WHAT?!" me and Leo said at the same time.
LEO POV:
I couldn't believe my eyes! A statue came into life in this place and he is radiating ancient power... And how in the hell did I even know where to look to wake him up? Ugh my head hurts... I hope I don't randomly combust into flames, Luke was talking to the statue looking happy to see whatever his name was. And Percy kept mumbling away,
"He...he... Is King Arthur... I heard about him from Anna- go away memory!" I laughed a little bit seeing him fight himself. I felt a connection to this place. The sun shined bright on the Coliseum, I felt power enter me slowly and my scars from before disappeared from my arms, working with machines over the years have given me lots of damage... Yeah let's go with that. I walked inside through one of the halls, I could see the way they made the structures and gates and machinery to secure this place. I put my hand on one of the gates and felt a sudden vibration. I let go of it and walked back to Percy quick.
"Whatever happens I didn't do it." I whispered to percy.
"What do you mean by that L-" he was cut off as the sound of machines and gears started going off. Soon enough in the center of the coliseum opened a 20 by 40 squared opening from the ground and Statues that resembled The guy in front of us started popping up. We walked forward with the statue behind us following us and he started laughing.
"Who knew the kid of Hephaestus had many trick up his arms." Laughed the statue, with sarcasm clearly behind his tone.
"I got a name and it's Leo, LEO! the Hot Machinist." I said grinning.
"And I have a name Also, It is Arthur Pentdragon also King of Camelot and all of Great Britain. My Round Table held Great Britain's greatest Knights and with my Friend Merlin we managed to save the kingdom many times. So yes little demigod I know who you are, because Merlin told me about the Greek and Roman Gods knowing he was a true son of Hecate sent to help me." King Arthur continued walking towards the Statues. No one moved.
"Ha! you got told by King Arthur!" Laughed Percy. I gave him a stare and walked forward. I felt something else calling me, but why me though? How did this statue of Arthur knew who I was. Hmmm... I feel uneasy.
"Leo I know we just met, but you can trust anyone here. I have trained with all of them and passed their tests. Now come, follow me." Said Luke putting his hand on Leo's shoulder. I looked at Percy for help, but he was asking Arthur about his sword.
"Chaos told me a long time ago, 'Luke once you finish training with all of the Masters they will go into a state of sleep. Only a son of Aether Blessed by both Hephaestus and Volcan can reactivate them once more. No one else can't, telling me that I would know in time. And yet when you activated Arthur I... I still don't know how you could do that. Now please can you wake them up?." Asked me Luke with a please do it for me look.
"Luke... I don't know you. All I have heard have been bad things, but my brother trusts you, and so this hunk of hotness will too." I said patting his right shoulder.
"I still can't get used to you guys being young again." He chuckled and walked back behind me.
I walked forward slowly, stepped on the square plate that was holding the statues. The metal groaned and it came to life. Thrones appeared behind the statues and also one for King Arthur. They were all made out of white marble with different signs on each one. I looked down at my feet and saw the emblem of Hephaestus with his roman sign around it. I placed my hand on it and nothing happened. I felt weird.
"Its not working?" Asked Percy walking with Arthur.
"Trust yourself young demigod, be Leo." Said Arthur which surprised me, it reminded him of his uncle Carlos way of encouraging him when his mother was Alive. I kneeled down again and place my hand on top.
"Flame is life, Life is but a small spark that continues to grow as the fire in your hearts burns deeply forever more...." I kept chanting words that I have never heard before, my left hand glowed a white light that kept getting brighter and my right hand was on fire, Pure Black fire. I fired a pulse if both into the insignia and the whole coliseum came to life. The statues groaned and yawned. Everything was awake after so much time asleep.
"Ohhhh Arthur my old friend, it is an honor to see you again." Said A Male Statue in Egyptian clothing.
"Haha Ramesses, you old sand, It's been too long." Said Arthur shaking his hand in a warrior way.
"Shaking hands like that... To the forearm?" I asked to Percy.
"Yeah, its a form of respect between warriors, and also both of them have ruled before and also Ramesses was A Pharaoh of Egypt and an amazing General, also a womanizer hahaha he had over 100 kids." Leo had his mouth open.
"Maybe he can help me, in how to get a girlfriend that is." I said then regretted the decision. Since Calipso waited for me. The other statues walked over and spoke with Arthur. All together were 8 of them and Arthur tapped the floor and a round table came out with 11 chairs. We sat down and so did the rest.
"Now time for introductions, where should we start?" Asked Ramesses.
King Arthur stood up first and everyone chuckled slightly. "I am Arthur Pendragon King of Camelot and Bearer of Excalibur." He said with pride. As he sat down a person in Samurai Armor stood up and a full on Fu man chu on his face looked surreal.
"My name is Miyamoto Musashi, Greatest Samurai of Japan." He said with a bow and sat back down.
This one guy stood up and everyone felt uneasy and I felt something off, Percy made a show with his mouth, "Smells like Nico" I nodded. This guy smelled of Death and very bloody at that. He didn't say anything, he had a Ninja type armour and he simply nodded. We all looked confused and Arthur made the gesture of I will tell you later.
Next up stood a woman that reminded me of someone in particular, she had long black hair brown eyes like mine, her clothes looked that of a mechanic and she had a smile that showed trouble. She smiled and I felt a very familiar feeling... Why.
"Hi I am Esperanza Valdez. I have special abilities of machinery, weaponry and analyzing any structures, but that can be learn soon enough, right Mijo?" She asked me. I found myself still tapping on the table I love you,
"....Mom?" I said and everyone stared at me. "Is.... That really you?".
What Leo's mom is alive and kicking it! Awesome! It brings tears to my eyes 😭😭😭 She is not dead Leo! You are not alone!.
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