Nyssa dodged another gear that flew through the air. Her eyes widened as Leo was too spaced out to realize he was flinging things around the forge.
"I liked him better when he destroyed everything," Shane muttered dodging a flying bit of metal. "At least our lives were not in danger then."
"He's been like this since that party," said Nyssa. "Maybe we should ask Piper if anything happened then."
The others quickly agreed and left the forge for the pink Aphrodite cabin.

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Piper was rather surprised the see the entire Hephaestus at her door (missus Leo of course) again. Threats time they showed up Leo was destroying most of their materials. She hoped he wasn't doing that again.
"What's wrong with Leo this time?" she asked, almost afraid to know the answer.
"You're going to want to see this," said Harley.
Piper sighed but nodded and followed the group over to the forge.

---

Marie. Gods, was she beautiful. The perfect description of snow white. Pale white skin. Silky dark chocolate hair. Strawberry red lips. And her eyes. They were a crystal blue. The kind of blue that makes you wonder if they see more than they let on.
Leo could not stop thinking about her. Not only was she so beautiful but she invented her own clockwork legs! She was a genius! She was perfect!
Leo wished he had gotten her phone number. He so wanted to talk to her. He wanted to see her again.
Wait! Maybe he could! A one way Iris message. Sure, he'd pretty much be stalking her, but at least he could see her.
He ran from the forge towards the beach where the ocean spray made an excellence rainbow.
And no, he didn't realize that Piper and the rest of his cabin were watching/following him.

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"So he's fallen for yet another girl," said Nyssa watching her idiot of a brother creepily watch a mortal crippled girl in a one way Iris message. "I will say one thing though: she's a good pick."
Marie was in a one of a kind wheel chair in a state of the art work shop with a rather intelligent robot she called "dipstick". She had her back turned to them as she worked on some unknown project.
"Dipstick, I said a flat head drill bit!" she snapped at the robot like it wasn't the first time. (It wasn't) She held up the drill treateningly. "I'm pretty sure this drill bit is a Phillips head...which conveniently matches your screws."
The robot handed her the correct drill bit. Marie laughed. "Good boy, Dipstick." she said sweetly.
Nyssa bit down on her tongue to fight back a laugh. Even she was starting to like this girl.
Another girl entered the room, with Marie. "Marie, it's time for dinner."
Marie didn't look up. "I'm a little busy at the moment." There was a moment of silence, and Marie stopped what she was doing. "Hang on, Sophie doesn't start cooking dinner until five, it's only four."
She turned to the girl who had entered the room. "Who are you and what are you doing in my house."
Piper gasped, finally recognizing the girl. Leo froze in his spot, unable to move in shock.
"My name is Kione," the girl smiled. "A goddess of ice and snow."
Marie didn't even flinch. "Ice and snow, hunh?" She turned to Dipstick. "Sophie's hair spray please?"
She picked up a mini blow torch as Dipstick handed her a can of hair spray. "No one," she said, her ice blue eyes colder than Kione's. "enters my work shop without my permission."
With two clicks the crippled mortal melted the immortal goddess. "Ice melts stupid," she snapped. "Stay out of my house."
Kione wasn't done though. "I'm not here to hurt you," she said. "I'm here to hurt Leo Valdez."
Marie dropped her blow torch.

Notes

Marie is tough for a cripple isn't she? Also Dipstick is based off of Tony Stark's butterfingers.

--Kim