I do not own Percy Jackson, sadly. :(

Leo was walking in the forest of Camp Half-Blood. He was just so tired. Tired of being useless, and unwanted. He picked up a rock and was about to throw it when a whisper in his ear caught his attention. "You aren't useless," The voice said. "If you allow me I can reveal your true ability. Would you like that? You wouldn't be unwanted anymore," Leo looked around for the source of the voice, but no one was there. "If you let me help. You would be even greater than Percy Jackson. All would look up to you. So how about it? Will you let me help you?" The voice asked, Leo felt a small smile creep on his face.

"You could make me greater than Percy?" Leo asked. This was almost too good to be true. But maybe Hazel would finally notice him and finally see him instead of his grandfather. Leo nodded to no one in particular. "Alright, what do I need to do?"

"Just relax," The voice purred and with a gentle breeze, Leo Valdez was lost.

Percy was nervous, he, along with the help of Piper's charmspeak had finally gotten Leo out of his bunker so he could get some fresh air. Leo had gone for a short walk in the forest, that was three hours ago, and as far as Percy knew Leo hadn't come back. Percy decided to stop by Leo's bunker just in case he had come back. Percy arrived at Leo's bunker and pushed open the heavy door. He was greeted with the sound of a pounding hammer, and a rush of hot air. Percy saw Leo hammering a large sheet of metal. Percy grinned to himself and closed the door heading back to the main part of camp. Unfortunately he didn't notice how jerky and uneven Leo's movements were, how he stopped hammering the moment Percy closed the door, or even Leo's glowing blue eyes.

One month later, the new and improved Argo II was ready. As everyone boarded not-quite Leo handed them special bracelets and anklets. "These are for when we have to fight. If you wear them then I can send out missiles without the fear of them blowing you up," He explained, watching the others put on the bands of metal through tinted sunglasses. He followed the others onboard and stood at the control center. "You guys ready?" He asked. "Then let's get this show on the road! Setting course for Athens," He smiled to himself, they wouldn't make it to Athens. He was sure of it.

They were right at the beginning of the Pyrenees Mountains when he did it. With a flick of his Wii remote he activated the bands stopping everyone in their tracks. He brought everyone onto the main deck, they all shared the same scared look. "Leo? What are you doing? Is this a joke? Because it's really not funny," Hazel said. Frank tried to turn into something but found he couldn't. Not-quite Leo smirked.

"That isn't going to work. Those bands keep you from using your powers," He told them.

"Why are you doing this Leo?" Jason shouted. Not-quite Leo let out a sigh. He took off the sunglasses.

"I thought you would have figured it out by now. Your Leo is gone, all that's left is me, Parava Desideria. You know what that means don't you, Jason?" Jason paled.

"Twisted Desire," Jason replied shakily. "I've heard of you. You give someone what they want the most for a short while then destroy it ultimately," Parava twisted Leo's face into a sick sneer.

"Leo here desired to be useful and wanted. I made him useful by showing him how to improve the Argo II. But now it's time for him to keep his side of the bargain. To lose everything," Parava flicked the Wii remote once more, sending Leo's only friends over the side of the Argo II, thousands of feet in the air. Parava released Leo from his hold momentarily to show him what he had done. Parava formed by Leo, he resembled a foggy figure of a man.

"No!" Leo screamed, he tried to get to the control center but Parava held Leo in place, who despite his appearance was very strong.

"Don't be like that. Listen? Can you hear your friends's screams as they plummet to their deaths? Oh, Gaia will be very pleased," Parava listened for the screams but couldn't hear any. "Hmm that's strange. Perhaps they did survive. Oh well, it's not like you will," Without another word Parava tossed Leo over the side. He watched gleefully until a black blade was shoved through his chest. He smiled. "Nicely played, but are you sure you can save him?" He asked his killer, he dissipated into black powder as his life force was sent to Tartarus. The mysterious killer jumped off the Argo II and shot towards Leo.

I made some changes to this chapter and hopefully will have chapter 2 up soon. Please review and let me know how you like it!

White Tiger out, see ya later!