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Two Teen Demi-Gods what could POSSIBLY go wrong?

Date & Time: March 1; afternoon
Location: a few blocks from the apartments
Characters: Leo Valdez

morsecodes & Jason Grace

notthatjason
Summary: Jason decides to implement plan "find out about the masked chip guys", Leo follows his fearless leader, and it all goes down hill from there. :|
Warnings: Action and possible injuries and blood?

Jason found it difficult to sit still. He realized this was going to be difficult but he had greatly underestimated just how many of these guys there were. He stayed pressed against the wall of the building, his hand resting on the sword at his hip and waiting. This was absurd. Just how many of these masked guys were there? He had thought a simple reconnaissance mission would be easy to pull off, even with a talkative person like Leo, but he was wrong. He had underestimated their numbers and abilities and now it was taking all of his skill and Leo's to just go unseen and get back unchipped.

It would have been easier if he had left Leo back at the apartment, but he knew if anyone could figure out this impossible tech it would be Hephaestus's son. Plus, if Leo found out Jason had gone off on a mission without him he would have been pretty ticked. Jason needed Leo, though now he was wondering if either of them would make it back without a chip as a parting gift.

"Okay. The patrol is moving. We should be able to make it to the next building if we move in the next ten seconds."

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Jason had a trick up his sleeve. He glanced up. Yeah, they were close enough that this should work, Leo's added weight or not. "Yeah, I'm about to pull a Superman."

As swiftly as possible he sheathed his sword and grabbed Leo. This wasn't exactly going to be comfortable for either of them but, well, desperate times. With a command the Masked were left to gape on the ground as a burst of air caught under Jason and Leo and shot them up several stories.

Jason couldn't really control the jump and gravity was going to take control very quickly. He used one last gust of air to push them from hovering over the alley to landing on the nearby buildings roof and then let go. It wasn't the most graceful of landings on a building. But they were out of reach for the moment. "I doubt a few stairs will stop them," Jason said as he moved away from his close proximity to Leo. "We need to get out of here." Nope, he wasn't at all phased by the fact he'd just leaped up a building "in a single bound" carrying his best friend along for the ride.

Leo knew this trick well, especially after the quest the two of them went on. But that didn't mean Leo liked it. It was handy, and yeah, it would probably be awesome if they weren't always about to die when Jason used it.

When they were safely on the roof, though, Leo stumbled away from Jason, glad to have his feet back on something solid. Yeah, Festus flew, but being in the air on a dragon compared to clinging to his best friend? The dragon was a lot less awkward.

"Yeah, no. What do you say we ditch these guys and get back to our room?"

If he was perfectly honest, he'd much rather pull this move with Piper or Reyna than Leo. But, he also wasn't just going to fly out of there and leave Leo at the hands of people who couldn't even be set on FIRE.

Jason nodded at Leo's question. "I'd say that's a good idea."

He didn't like that they hadn't learned much of anything new or useful. The mission had essentially been a bust, but, well, they had tried and they had escaped without a chip in either of them. Jason turned away from the ledge of the building and started making his way to the other side. He looked between this building and the next, "Okay, we should probably go a few buildings over before heading down again. The buildings are pretty close together."

Jason took a few steps back and then ran, making a lunging jump and landing on the next building over. He turned back around for Leo, he hadn't had to use his wind powers so, hopefully, Leo wouldn't need help.

Leo is very grateful Jason was willing to save him. Like, really grateful. He may not have been crazy about the superman thing, but he'd take that any day over nonflammable, masked guys.

"After you?" He follows Jason, but at the edge of the roof, he pauses, looking from his side to where Jason had landed.

"Man, you better be glad heights don't scare me like my sibs." He took a few steps back, then ran forward, clearing the leap with no trouble. Only problem was he started to slip backwards because of the slope. In a panic, he summoned flames at his feet to push him forward, giving him enough momentum to get higher up and stay there.

"Well it's either heights or Masked guys who refuse to burn. Your choice." Honestly, the jump wasn't THAT bad. Still he continued across this roof and stopped at the roof access door. They could probably work their way down from here and sneak out.

He opened the door slowly, keeping an eye out for Masked. When he saw nothing he motioned for Leo before slipping down into the top floor of the building.

"Seeing as I like my men crispy, heights win." Making a face at Jason now, but he stumbled his way after the guy. He came to the access door and followed his friend in, closing it behind him and throwing some spikes he got out of his belt on the stairs behind him. Just in case those guys decided to follow them in here, the spikes would hopefully trip them up if nothing else.

"So, Superman, how do we get out of this joint now?"

Jason listened and waited while Leo set traps. "Same as before. You keep an eye out for any traps and we'll take the long way back home so they can't follow us. I'll take lead and keep an eye out for the Masked and hopefully we can get back without any more encounters like the one we just left."

He wasn't going to comment on the Superman thing. He had said it in jest and as a way to alert Leo to what he was doing WITHOUT saying 'Hey I'm gonna fly us out of here' since that would have tipped off the enemy.

"The coast is clear. Come on." He slipped out from the alcove they were in and started heading down the hall. It seemed the building they were in was a non-descript office building with cubicles and the like. Jason walked like he had a purpose and WASN'T sneaking around.

"Good plan." Leo nodded, mock saluting his friend. As for the nickname, he thought it was quite clever and fitting. I mean, Jason could fly. When it came to that, Superman was the perfect name.

He followed Jason, copying him and acting like he wasn't out of place, which....well, it wasn't hard for him to act it, it was just looking like be belonged there that wasn't easy. He was not only wearing his tool belt, but he was covered in oil and burnt markings. Definitely not the typical office setting attire.

Despite that they made it to the ground floor safely enough. The gods must have finally been on their side because they were able to get down and out without any hindrance. Jason kept to the stairs figuring most people preferred elevators as their modes of transport. He hoped everyone was mistaking Leo for a messy janitor because honestly that was the only excuse he could think of.

Finally at the ground floor, Jason lingered in the stair well, peeking out into the main lobby to see if anyone was about. The training facility wasn't too far from here and from there they could get back to their Unit. Unfortunately there appeared to be a problem at the front door.

More Masked.

Jason swore in Latin AND Greek (which he had been picking up at Camp) and looked back to Leo, "Exit's blocked. We need to find another door out of here."

Leo got a few looks, but most people didn't really seem to notice them on their way through the building, thank goodness. But then he caught sight of the Masked.

"Holy mother-- How the heck are we supposed to get out, then?" But he was scanning the area already, trying to find something. It was then that he spotted a red pull box on the wall. A grin appeared on his face, and he nudged Jason, before causally making his way to the wall and leaning against it.

The fire alarm was right there. If they set it off, maybe it'd set off a mass exodus and they could slip out among the workers and go unnoticed. And if they needed a real fire? Well, he had that covered.

Jason wasn't sure. At least, he wasn't sure until Leo nudged him and pointed at the box. Jason felt relief wash over him. Yeah, that could work. Hopefully fire drills worked the same even in the future.

He glanced back out at the Masked and then moved to stand near Leo, mouthing the words "Do it."

As soon as the alarm started blaring they would let some people pass them and then head out themselves.

Jason, you just made this kid's day. Leo's grin got even more mischievous. He moved to pull the alarm, but then stopped, getting another idea. So he cupped his hands behind his back, summoning fire, but cutting it out so it made more smoke than flames.

Naturally the smoke kept rising, so by the time he actually pulled the alarm, people had started to notice the smoke.

So the alarm pulled? Chaos ensued. Leo couldn't help but laugh at the chaos. It was really great, watching people freak out and panic, rushing towards the doors. Just another great prank, Leo-style.

As people started to stir he glanced at Leo, "If we get separated. Just make your way back to the unit." More people started to pass as the alarm went off. Jason slipped in among them as seamlessly as possible. This had to work because otherwise they were severely screwed.

Jason didn't relax until he was passed a good deal of the Masked.

"Yes sir." Leo gave Jason a mock salute, then slipped into the crowd of people. It honestly went better than he could have hoped. There were too many people rushing out for the Masked to see him or Jason among them, and it wasn't long before he was far enough away from them that he was able to get out of the crowds and rush off towards their unit.

Of course, he took to the shadows, keeping hidden.

The only problem was once he got back to the unit, there were Masked guarding the entrance of it. Naturally. So he hid near by, hoping to see a sign of Jason soon.

Jason made it back about the same time as Leo, spotting him hidden in an alley. He followed Leo's gaze and noted the Masked guarding the place. It was a smaller group than what they had encountered but based on that encounter Jason knew it would be no easy task getting inside the housing units.

He sighed and made his way over to Leo, as quiet as he could manage. "Any ideas or should we just rush them with a little lightning and fire?"

It Leo hadn't been on high alert and known Jason was coming, he probably would have jumped. But since he was, he turned to his friend and nodded, completely focused on what was at hand.

"Well, that didn't exactly work last time. We gotta distract them, or something." He pause, tapping his chin with his finger, his other hand twitching. Even focused like this, he had to keep his hands busy.

There had to be a way to get these guys to walk away, at least for a little bit.

"Point." There were fewer of them this time at least, but it was probably best not to engage them since they COULD potentially call more. Jason scanned the area for a minute.

"They probably have other entrances guarded or watched as well. The fire distraction seemed to work...maybe if we blew something up..."

Jason said the magic words. Leo's eyes lit up at the words 'blew something up', a mischievous grin appeared on his face.

"Jason, my friend, you are only lucky guy, because blowing things up is becoming a specialty of mine." Once upon a time, he used to be afraid to use his fire, but when he stopped fighting it and began using it as a tool for good, well...it was awesome.

"Okay, ideas. Gas lines need to be avoided. Don't want anything too bad, so that leaves cars or something I whip up fast. Thoughts?"

He knew Leo well since he had been pretty much expecting that reaction. Jason smirked and waited to hear what Leo's plan was NOW. Of course, he could always help. Jason glanced back out, scanning the area.

"There. Around the corner." He pointed and, sure enough, there was a lone vehicle. It wasn't parked near any buildings and would likely not injure any passer-bys if Leo timed it right.

Leo's gaze followed where Jason pointed, and he couldn't help but grin. It was perfect. The car rested past where they were hidden, so he could light it without crossing paths with the Masked. And for the Masked guys to check it out, they would have to walk past them, giving him and Jason to slip around and into the building. Perfect.

So with a grin, he slips away from their hiding spot and over to the car, carefully eying the Masked men, making sure they weren't looking his way. Once at the car, he pulled out some tools from his toolbelt, and got to work. He'd have to loose some things, and maybe draw out some fuel. Nothing too hard.

Once he was satisfied, he pulled out another bottle of oil, pouring some on the ground as he snuck back to where Jason waited.

"Ready, dude?"

Jason kept an eye on the Masked while Leo slipped over to the truck. It would totally suck if the Masked decided to leave their post NOW. Jason didn't relax until Leo returned.

"Ready." Jason gripped his sword...just in case he would need it if this distraction didn't work.

With a mischievous grin, flames danced around Leo's fingers, catching on the oil trail, following it back to the truck, and--

The explosion was exactly as planned. Leo had ducked, pulling Jason down as well, as it happened, and the Masked were certainly curious. It was all a game of waiting and timing the sneaking right. Once the Masked were around the truck, Leo crept from his spot, rather silent. He waved for Jason to come on, continuing his way, hoping they'd make it inside in time.

Jason waited until the Masked were heading for the explosion (which was AWESOME by the way). Their backs completely to them Jason kept low and moved fast towards the door.

As soon as they were across the threshold Jason breathed. "Up the stairs and we're home free. Go!" He wasn't sure the last time he moved so fast but he was back in their Unit before he knew it and breathing a sigh of relief.

Leo didn't stop, not even once they got inside. He kept going, just like Jason said. He wasn't the fastest one out there, but he kept it going, until they were safely in their Unit.

Then? Then he navigated around the mess he had made, collapsing into the closest chair.

"Dude--- dude. Can we just not leave ever again? I don't like those guys."

Jason flopped into a chair. That had been far too much. Since when had mortals posed such a big problem? Jason looked up, "No. We don't have to go out again." They hadn't learned as much as he would have liked, but he wasn't about to risk getting chipped or worse. And he certainly wasn't going to risk having that happen to Leo.

"I just hope they leave eventually."

"Honestly, dude? I could just stay in here forever and be okay with it." Leo mumbled, but then gave a shrug. "But you're a people person, unlike me."

But he supposed even he had to leave some time or another. He'd be content in the room as long as necessary, because he had things to do, but it would be nice to leave when he wanted. Hopefully....hopefully those guys would get lost soon.

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