Author's note below... enjoy the last chapter!

When Jason woke up the next morning, he was in a blissful state. Just sleepy, and had gotten a good night's rest.

Then he had that moment when you realize you have places to be, and someone recently left you. His happy mood quickly dipped into a frantic, upset mode as the realization set in.

He jumped up from the chair, faster than he should have, because he slept in a chair for crying out loud, and he almost knocked over a desk with important looking papers and blueprints on it. He looked across the room, and to his horror, they had slept in. In fact, it was already 10:30. He went over to where Leo was snoring, now on the ground, as he must have fallen off the workbench sometime that night. He shook his shoulders, already fearing what rumors were going around the camp by now.

"Leo? Leo! Wake up, we slept in!"

At first, Leo was incoherent too, and then it seemed to dawn on him as well that they were going to have some explaining to do. He sprang onto his feet, pausing to look at Jason wildly, and raced to a nearby table, tossing stuff about, obviously looking for something. Then he pulled a white button up shirt off it, put it on over his Camp Half-Blood one, and pulled up his suspenders.

He looked to Jason, frantically buttoning his shirt. "You think you can fly us there?"

Jason nodded, and the second they were out the bunker and the door was sealed, he wrapped an arm around Leo's waist and shot off.

They landed a little away from camp, as not to attract anyone's attention. They strolled in, trying to look casual, but of course it didn't work. Everyone gave them strange looks, some people giggling and whispering. Jason just rolled his eyes.

Leo looked at him ruefully. "Do you know what they're saying?"

Jason nodded, grim. "I think I have a pretty good idea."

They kept walking, gods know where, until a certain Centaur walked up to them. Leo and Jason immediately paled, and Leo audibly gulped.

Chiron looked at them, but not accusingly. "Did you boys spend the night at Bunker 9?" He didn't guess.

Leo quickly nodded. "Yeah, we worked on the ship some, and then we got really tired and just fell asleep in the bunker on accident although we honestly meant to come back, we swear." Jason just nodded a little.

Chiron seemed to accept this. "I wish you two the best of luck, considering what people are already saying." Jason just sighed and Leo let out an "Aww, man," and cringed.

Chiron walked away, and they looked at each other. Then Jason realized it really doesn't matter what people think. He and Leo are best friends, and considering everything he'd just found out about him, he was not going to avoid his best friend just because some people think some things, although it honestly was just an innocent case of crashing there for the night.

Leo and Jason kept walking, looking for something to do with someone as not to look so suspicious, when Piper walked up.

Jason was just silent, looking for the words to say. His mouth just hung slightly open stupidly.

"Hey, Pipes," Leo chirped, holding his fist out.

"Hey, Leo," she replied, giving it a bump. "Haven't seen you much lately."

He shrugged. "Hard at work with the Argo II. Oh! That reminds me! " Then Leo took off, running back in the direction Chiron had gone, leaving Piper and Jason alone.

They watched him sprint like an excited child until he turned the corner, and then had to face each other. Jason kind of grimaced, while Piper looked a little forlorn, yet somehow happy.

"How's the Argo II?" she asked.

Jason nodded, looking at the people canoeing in the lake. They were having tons of fun.

"It's great. The Hephaestus cabin really did something amazing with that. It'll be perfect for the quest."

Piper nodded. "When do you think we'll leave?"

"I don't know; sometime very soon, though," he responded.

She looked at him with furrowed brows. "Wait, is it done?"

Jason nodded. "Completely. We were just doing some finishing touches."

Piper nodded, and they both watched the people canoe for a good minute. Then Jason sighed.

"Listen… I don't want this to end." He knew that was right; he didn't. Not anymore, not after yesterday. "But I think we should balance how much we hang out; you know, save time for other people. That way, we won't wear out our… relationship."

Piper nodded. "Actually, that's what I was going to say. With you gone yesterday, I was able to hang out with some of the other people in my cabin, and it was… nice."

Jason nodded again. "I guess great minds think alike." Piper smiled her smile at him, beautiful as always, and pulled her into a half-hug around the waist. She leaned in to him for a second before pulling away.

She looked up at him. "In that case, I'm going to go tell Annabeth we'll be leaving to get Percy sometime soon," she said, beginning to back away before sprinting toward the Athena cabin. Jason was glad they got off the edge of the cliff; he really loved her. Although things with them seemed bleak right now, they were going to fix it.

Then he sighed, beginning to head to where Leo took off to, when he saw him sprint out the front door of the Big House.

"Jason!" he called, running and holding something shiny in his hands. As he got closer, Jason soon identified it as… an iPod?

Leo slowed to a stop, breathing heavily. "Do you think," he said, folding his hands in a steeple under his chin and giving Jason puppy eyes, "that you could fly us to Bunker 9?"

It took Jason a second to register this, and then he smiled, putting an arm around Leo's waist. Leo sighed in relief, grinning.

They took off.

Hours later, Annabeth, Piper, Chiron, the entire of the Hephaestus cabin, and some various curious campers were all gathered in Bunker 9, chatting. A giant figure in front of them, which could only be the Argo II, was completely draped in what looked like blankets and sheets sewn together. Is that my blanket? Piper thought when she spotted the red and tan fabric that looked too much like the Cherokee blanket her father had given her. She was going to have a word with Jason and Leo after this.

The conversing was stopped as the lights dimmed, and Leo's voice came over a speaker somewhere in the room.

"Are you guys ready to see… the Argo II?!" his voice boomed. Everyone in the room cheered.

Then, lights of all various colors began moving all over the room, from spotlights hanging above the catwalks. Piper was sure those hadn't been there last time she was here, but she didn't care; it was still cool. The room lit up in beautiful shades of blue, purple, yellow, red, and green. "Back in Black" by AC-DC began to play, and the sheet of stolen blankets were lifted by wires.

Everyone in the room's reaction was the same: first their eyebrows raised and their mouths formed an O, then they smiled. Some campers cheered. The Stoll brothers let out a series of "whoop's". Leo and Jason appeared on the catwalk above the ship, and invited the Hephaestus cabin up to admire their work.

Once they were up there, Leo gestured to the ship, and everyone cheered again. Chiron smiled and nodded. The song eventually faded out, and they made their way down to greet everyone. Annabeth hugged almost everyone from the Hephaestus cabin, Leo the hardest, and her face began to look happier and more hopeful than it had in a long time.

Once everyone shared comments, Chiron cleared his throat, and everyone silenced. He regarded everyone in the Hephaestus cabin for a moment.

"You all did well." More smiles and high-fives from the group.

Then Chiron got serious. "This also means that you shall be leaving very soon for your quest, no later than the day after next." Everyone got more serious, although Annabeth looked even more hopeful. Leo couldn't blame her, though. She was going to be reunited with her missing boyfriend in only forty-eight hours.

Chiron patted Leo on the back as the group began to leave the room, with the exception of the Hephaestus cabin, who wanted to stay and admire the ship before it left in a day or so.

"You guys did a great thing, but you may want to start packing. A long journey awaits you," he said, talking to Jason, Piper, and Annabeth as well.

They made it back to the camp while later, then all dispersed to their own cabins to get some sleep. The next day around noon, Leo got his sack out and got a couple pairs of jeans and some t-shirts, then had to take a break courtesy of his ADHD to mess with some gears or something.

As he lay on the floor, fiddling with a wire and some other various things, he began to think about the upcoming quest. He was kind of excited but a little apprehensive about meeting the great Percy Jackson he'd heard so much about. And who were the two other people of the seven chosen for this quest? Where would they even begin with all of this? How are they supposed to even find the Doors of Death? The more questions he asked the more scared and nervous Leo got. He didn't even realize how panicked his breathing had gotten, so he closed his eyes to calm himself. He also didn't realize when Jason entered the room until he heard his bed squeak.

Leo jolted up, gasping, then sighed in relief. "You scared the shit out of me."

Jason laughed. "I come and go like the wind."

Leo laughed ironically at his attempt at a joke and sat cross-legged. His face went serious, and Jason noticed this, soon following. He shifted down to the floor across from Leo, also cross-legged.

Leo turned the contraption he was making around in his hands. "I was just thinking about the quest…"

Jason nodded. "Yeah, we all are."

He looked at Jason, scared. "What if… what if we don't know where to start? What if we don't finish in time… what if one of us dies, Jason? What if -"

Leo was interrupted by Jason putting his hand in the air. He then shifted to lean on Leo's bed, gesturing Leo do the same, so he did. They sat shoulder to shoulder.

"You can't think like that," Jason began. "I know it's hard not to, trust me, I feel the same. But a million things could go wrong on a quest, and thinking like that will only drive you insane. Remember the quest we did to save Hera?"

Leo nodded. "Yeah, we kicked some giant ass."

Jason laughed. "And now it's time we kick Gaea's ass, yeah?"

Leo laughed and nodded. Gaea had taken his mother from him, basically destroying his life, and because of her "plan", Jason's life was completely changed and he'd lost his memory, and Leo and Piper's had been faked. Now Percy Jackson was missing, and it all centered down to Gaea.

Leo thought of his mother's sweet face, and a lump began to form in his throat. Gaea had ruined their lives. Now she was going to pay.

He got up, zipping his bag and hauling it over his shoulder. Then he looked at Jason, sporting that devilish grin that basically said "danger."

"Let's make dirt-face wish she'd never messed with this group of half-bloods."

Jason nodded, grinning back. "Now that's more like it."

And that's the end! I decided not to make it slash, although that was what I'd initially planned, so I'm sorry if I disappointed anyone. But do not fret, for I will be writing other stories, including actual Leason, in the future.

Anywho, I had a lot of fun writing this, and thank you to everyone who read, favorited, followed, and reviewed! It really means to world to a writer when people do that, especially reviews. Now I guess it's time to begin something else, maybe some one-shots that I've thought of but not began during this story.

Also, if anyone has a request for a pairing they would like me to write, maybe like a prompt that no one seems to have written yet, I would be happy to do it! I'm having a lot of fun with this, so if anyone has a prompt or ship, PM me or leave it in a review!

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-chilledcreme