Should've Stuck to the Truth

I've seen so many truth or dare things that I wanted to write my own too! Basically a little fun before the real action starts. Haha, I feel like this is my experimentation book. Anyway, don't worry, I didn't forget Frank.

"Okay okay okay," Piper laughed as Leo's face glowed red. Who would've known that the best way to embarrass the Supreme Lord Commander Leo or whatever named he called himself was with a little kiss? Personally, she thought that he should be more afraid of Jason, if he didn't kill her first for daring him to kiss her. "Your turn, Leo."

"I really, really, like, really  hate you right now Beauty Queen. " he grumbled as he tried to rid himself of the imaginary Piper cooties with the back of his hand.

"I really, really hate you right now Leo," Jason jumped in, his blue eyes glowing angrily like coals in a fire. Leo raised his hands in surrender. "Hey, man, she asked me to."

Percy laughed at Jason's hateful expression from across the circle as he played with Annabeth's golden hair, who was resting her head on his chest as she sketched in a small brown leather sketchbook. Jason turned to glare at his friend. "You wouldn't be laughing if Leo kissed Annabeth."

Percy almost doubled over in a fit  before composing himself. "Um, yeah I would. Because  then Leo would have been brutally murdered."

"You know it," Annabeth lazily pointed a hand in the air.

Piper chucked one of Percy's muddy sneakers that had been lying on his floor at Leo. "Go, Leo!"

Leo rubbed his arm and looked at Piper in shock. "Jeez, Beauty Queen, you've got an arm on you."

Jason narrowed his eyes and threw a dirty sock at Leo's scrawny face. "You can't call her Beauty Queen."

"Hey, Percy? Do me a favor and clean up your cabin next time we come here to play truth or dare. They have too much ammunition." Leo said as he peeled the sock out of his hair before tossing it behind him. "Okay... Percabeth, you're up. Truth or dare."

Percy raised an eyebrow. "Percabeth?"

"Yeah, it's your ship name. Like, I don't know. Hazel, give me an example."

"An example of what?" she looked up.

"A famous ship name."

Hazel's golden eyes widened in confusion. "Uh... the Titanic?"

Leo smacked his forehead before sliding his hand down his face. "It's okay, I can use that. Rose plus Jack would be, like, Rack or something. So Percy plus Annabeth is Percabeth."

"Or Percy and Annabeth," Percy said skeptically. Annabeth glanced up from her sketches as she heard her name. "What?"

"They're trying to give us a ship name, or whatever its called. More like a shit name."

Hazel's nose scrunched up in disgust at the word. "Language," she scolded as everyone laughed at Percy's pun.

"It's not even a bad word," he complained before Leo took over the reigns once again. "Percabeth: truth or dare."

"Truth," Annabeth said without hesitation, just as Percy said dare. He looked down at her, exasperated. "No dare?"

She narrowed her eyes, which swirled grey in what could have been annoyance or concentration on the new Olympus building she was planning. "Last time you did a dare, you almost got killed. So no."

"I'm always about to be killed." He argued.

"No dares."

"Fine. Truth, Leo."

The Supreme Lord McShizzle looked up and rubbed his chin in mock thought. "Hmmm... worst day ever."

Everyone in the room froze to look at the pair. Only after the words had left his mouth had Leo realized that the innocent question was a trigger for the two: especially Percy, who tended to slip into flashbacks during the day more often than Annabeth, who was typically okay as long as she was with her boyfriend. The room seemed to drop a few degrees as everyone saw Percy's face flicker with fear for a few seconds before returning to its normal smirk. "Worst day? Um, let me think... I've had a few of those" he chuckled in an  attempt to recover himself. He hated looking vulnerable in front of his friends. "Don't answer that, Seaweed Brain," Annabeth snapped, sitting up as she squeezed his now limp hands. Annabeth's had the same feeling of sudden panic in the pit of her stomach as memories from the one horrid week went through her mind*, but luckily she had found that as a child of Athena, she could typically pull her self out of flashbacks as she had the ability to easily differentiate between dreams and reality. Percy, the Seaweed Brain he was, had trouble with this and was highly susceptible to the horrid dreams. They were getting better, but Leo's question had been a trigger. They were lucky now, but anger spurted inside of her as thoughts of what could have happened went through her mind.  Why would he ask that? What was he thinking?

*(A/N I have a different idea of what happened in Tartarus. More suffering, less hand holding, less magic soup when people got hurt... yeah I know, I'm evil. Sorry. Just baseline= it was very, very bad. They went to a place even the gods don't want to venture into, you know?)

Leo looked as white as the sea foam bubbling outside the window behind him, guilt crashing onto him like a wave. "I'm sorry," he whispered, his mouth suddenly dry. "I wasn't thinking... I didn't..."

Percy smiled. "It's okay, man. "

"No, it's not. I swear to gods, Valdez..." Annabeth growled, her hands in fists. Percy hugged her tighter to keep her from getting up and killing him on the spot. That would kind of ruin the mood (more than it already had).

"It's okay. But I want to do dare now." He glanced at Annabeth like a child beginning for candy, waiting for permission. She rolled her eyes, still shooting daggers at the curly haired latino across from her. "Fine. But Leo can't make the dare. Or Jason."

Jason's face dropped. "I said sorry for last time. How was I supposed to know they stocked the woods with poisonous dragon goat velociraptor thingies?"

Annabeth shook her head, her blonde curls bouncing around like springs. "First of all, they were venomous. Secondly, Percy almost died."

"I did not 'almost die'," her messy haired boyfriend scoffed. She turned around and looked at him incredulously. "You were in the infirmary for almost a week and you were the color of vomit the entire time. You DID almost die, you idiot."

"THANK you for that visual," Hazel fake gagged. "I'll be going back to Camp Jupiter now." Piper laughed until the daughter of Pluto stood, tossing her brown curls behind her.  Confusion crossed over the daughter of love's face. "Wait, seriously?"

"Not right now," Hazel said before gathering her stuff. "I'm going to go find Frank though; he's still upset about his truth."

Annabeth tried to snuffle a laugh. Jason had asked Frank about his most embarrassing moment that no one knew about: out came the Chinese handcuff story. It was a classic.

"Well, what if I dare you guys to go take us to a McDonald's? I'm craving some fries." Jason asked after Hazel had skipped out of Cabin 3.

Percy's eyes widened into saucers and he began to push Annabeth off of his lap. "Dude, YES. I need some greasy fries," he said over Annabeth's complaints. "Let's go, Wise Girl."

"Chiron isn't going to like it," Piper pointed out as she stood up with Jason, dusting off her leggings.

"We saved the world, he can get over it."

"Do I get to go?" Leo called out as he sprung up from the floor.

"No!" Annabeth and Jason replied in unison before marching out the door, Piper linked in Jason's hand. Percy laughed and beckoned for Leo to follow as he held the door open.

"Come on man, let's go."

Leo smiled, rubbing a hand through his curly hair as he stood. "Don't worry about it. I have some stuff I want to work on in Bunker Nine, anyway."

"If you say so," Percy shrugged, shoving his wallet into his jeans. "See ya later, Valdez."

"Bring me a burger though!" Leo shouted after him as Percy ran off to catch up with the other three. 

"Will do!"

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Percy gasped for air, his chest painfully tight. Annabeth bit her lip. "Stop it," she scolded him, stifling a laugh as she flipped a strand of curly blonde hair over her shoulder. "You're causing a scene."

His stomach burned, desperate for air. "I'm dying... oh gods." He choked out, tears brimming his eyes. He wrapped his tanned arms around his chest as a sharp pain ran through him. Piper looked at him skeptically, as did several other customers in the restaurant.

"Are you okay, man?" Jason joked. The son of Poseidon shook his head violently, breathing in gulps like a fish out of water.  "Dude, just calm down. Deep breaths."

Percy tried to utilize his advice, just to find himself shaking uncontrollably once again; he was practically falling out of his seat. Annabeth had to grip his arm just to keep him seated. At this point, Jason was no longer amused. He set his burger down and narrowed his eyes. "It wasn't that  funny."

Percy caught his breath, his eyes glowing with laughter. "You two just got escorted out of the PlayPlace by a fifteen year old cashier. That's pretty dam hilarious. "

(A/N HA. HA HA HA. HOW MANY PEOPLE DID I FOOL? None? Oh... okay then. Just enjoy the dam joke, okay?!?)

Piper's face tinted red as Jason found the need to clean his glasses with his shirt (conveniently). While they wouldn't admit it in their embarrassed state, getting stuck in the kids' swirly slide was, in fact, hilarious. They would also probably never live it down, all thanks to Annabeth's stupid (yet clever) dare.

Percy laughed, announcing, "I love this game."

Annabeth chuckled at her friends antics, extremely proud of herself for putting them through it. "Why am I friends with you guys?" she asked as she leaned against her boyfriend's shoulder. He quickly put his arm around her. "'Cause you love us."

She pretended to think about it for a moment. "I love Piper. Like Jason. Tolerate you."

"Hey!"

She laughed at Percy's complaints before pecking him on the cheek. "I'm going to go get some more ketchup. Don't eat all of our fries."

Jason jokingly made kissy faces at Percy as Annabeth strode away, past another table, near the back wall, where two of Coulson's agents sat in civilian clothing. Daisy took a long slurp out of her drink before leaning back in her chair. "Can we stalk people at McDonald's more often? The food at base isn't this good."

May stared out the window, her face unreadable as Daisy stuffed fries into her mouth. "The two kids are dating. I wonder if they were accomplices from the start."

Daisy swallowed and smiled. "Aw, nothing better than a duo of evil terrorists."

May ignored the statement. "Daisy, May. Where'd the girl go? " Mack's voice cackled over the coms.

"Getting ketchup. Keep up with the program."

Both Daisy and May heard Mack sigh in relief. "You have to get them away from the other two and out of the building."  Hunter quipped.

May rolled her eyes. As if they all hadn't been informed of the mission specs. "We know. The two are leaving anyway; the guy with glasses and the McLean girl said something about heading to some camp at 3 or something."

Why aren't we taking them in? Doesn't McLean have a history with breaking the law too?

"Our focus is Jackson and Chase."

"If you say so, May."

Minutes later, the four demigods were just finishing their meals. "Jason, it's 2:30. We should probably go," Piper sighed as she swallowed the last fry. Jason frowned, knowing that she was right but, at the same time, reluctant to leave. He loved Camp Jupiter, but he had a strong bond with the campers at Camp Half-Blood now as well- especially with Leo, Annabeth, and Percy. He was lucky Piper was willing to stay at Camp Jupiter with him.

Percy stood as he did. Jason tilted his head in question when he offered his hand. "I'm going to have to say goodbye here. I was going to hang out with Annabeth for a bit," Percy clarified, offering his calloused hand with a smile.

"Hmm?" Annabeth glanced up from her seat as Jason laughed before pulling him in for a hug. "Okay man. See you in a few weeks."

"Say hi to everyone for me, Pipes" Percy instructed as he embraced Piper quickly.

"Julia always asks about you; you had quite the impression on her," Piper laughed. "I swear, she never puts that panda stuffed animal down."

Annabeth smirked, pulling Percy back to her by his hands. She looked up at him with shining eyes, so in love she could barely contain herself. "He's so good with kids, I don't get it."

With that, the blonde stood and bid farewell to her two friends. Jason led Piper out of the McDonald's and plopped into the seat of her white Toyota before taking off for Camp Half-Blood, where Hazel would shadow travel them back with the help of Percy's pet.

"So, where are we going, Seaweed Brain?" Annabeth smirked, trying to hide her excitement for the spontaneous surprise he had sprung up on her. He completely missed the question, distracted by the unnerving glances a younger woman with a bob was sending him from across the building. "Percy," she poked him, "where are you taking me?"

"Hm, what?" he jolted back to reality, forgetting about the possible threat and easily falling into an easy banter with his girlfriend as he refused to tell her their destination.

Daisy smiled softly as she watched the two talk, ignoring the chatter between her team over the radio.  She found the way the way Jackson and Chase interacted quite heartwarming to watch. She was beginning to dread having to take them in, but she knew that the facts didn't lie. These kids, no matter how innocent they appeared to be on the outside, were criminals. The fact that they hadn't been convicted yet was shocking. Either way, as soon as the two left the restaurant, it was go time. Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter were stationed outside in a black Lexus, Coulson and Fitz were waiting in a concealed quinjet nearby, and she and May were trailing the kids on the ground. Coulson had instructed her not to use her powers unless absolutely needed after the entire Lincoln incident. A sharp pang ran through Daisy as she thought of the dirty blonde doctor. But she couldn't think of the run away, hunted fugitive right now. Daisy took a breath to stop her racing mind and to focus on the mission.

"They're leaving. We have to go," May instructed in the monotone way of hers, following the two teens with her eyes as they walked out the doors. She stayed seated until it wasn't obvious that they were following them before instructing Daisy to get up.

"May, Daisy, go ahead and jump in the car. They're heading away in a blue beat up Mazda."

The two agents quickly followed the orders as they were trained to do; Bobbi greeted them with a smirk as they climbed into the back of the utility truck, not bothering to find seatbelts. "Ready to hunt down some terrorists?" Hunter joked with a lift of his brow.

Daisy nodded briskly. "It's go time."

Hmm... the next chapter should be interesting ;). Hope to see you there, thanks for reading you wonderful soul!

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