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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Jason

Leo's been acting different lately....maybe I should check on him? Jason thought, walking out the Pavillion. But....what if the guy wanted to be alone? What if Jason went there and he didn't talk? No. I'm going. I'll stay if he wants to be alone. And I'll make him open up. Just a small check in. It wouldn't hurt. So, he made his way to Bunker Nine, and found Leo, the short dude, sitting on Festus' neck, his head buried in the control panel. "Um, am I interuppting?" He asked, raising sn eyebrow. "SLIMY SHELLED SON OF A-!" Leo jumped up, fell to the ground, and burst into flames, covered in grease and oil and dirt and grime. Honestly, Jason kinda found it....a little hot. Not now. You only came for a check up. Jason offered Leo a hand up. After he stopped burning, he took it, and let Jason pull him to his feet. "Oh, my gods, I didn't mean to scare you! I just..." But Leo brushed it off, and waved his screw driver, as if pushing the apology away. "Nah, it's fine. Did you need something, Superman?" "Don't call me that. But yeah. I need to know how your doing right now. You've been....acting different since Gaea." Leo stared at the floor, and took a minute to climb back onto Festus, then said, "Who, little ol' me? I'm doing great, man, thanks for asking! Just checking on my dragon." Jason narrowed his eyes, and tried to find something that was amiss with Leo, his friend. That smile.....it was fake and forced. Jason could tell. "Seriously, dude, what's bothering you?" Jason sat in the floor, cirsscross like, and waited, since his friend was digging around the panel. "Jason, I promise you, I'm great-better than great, even! You don't need to check on me!" Leo answered, still smiling. Smiling that fake and forced smile. The one Jason saw through. "Don't make me do this, man. Just talk to me. I can help." Leo dug faster, his hands flying over wires, buttons, and disc's. "Help with what? Nothing's-Hey, HEY! WHAT IN HADES' NAME ARE YOU DOING?!" Jason had flown closer, silently, and now, he picked Leo up in his arms. "If you don't tell me, I'll make sure you puke your guts out." He said, even though he didn't really mean it, but Leo didn't know that. "Yeah, right-WHOA!" Leo fisted some of Jason's shirt, since he had started to spin around, quickly. "STOP-THIS-RIGHT-NOW-PLEASE!" "Only if you tell me what's bothering you." Leo buried his head in the crook of Jason's neck, eyes closed. "FINE, just....put us on even ground, please?" That's what he did. They touched down on Festus' back, and Jason sat, waiting.