Leo's pov

Not gonna lie, my day was going great. Had a great breakfast with my friends, had a nice bath, Percy was helping me with my sword fighting techniques, then after, Percy, Annabeth, and I just mostly played video games. All and all, it was a pretty chill day for me, until we went on a stupid mission to kill a lizard monster thingy and its breathe shrunk me... I should probably back track. Just so I can calm myself down.

It was nightfall, we heard that some kind of monster was killing mortals in the city. Jason and Piper have gotten an apartment in New york, so me, Percy, and Annabeth met up with them at the park where most of the killings were.

Percy, Annabeth, and I didn't wait long for them to show up.

"Hey," Jason yelled at us. He and Piper came running towards our direction. We haven't seen these two for about three months after they moved into an apartment together. Not going to lie, it kind of... bothered me. We were suppose to be an awesome butt kicking crew together, all of us, hanging out, having fun, being a family. I mean, Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and the other demigods at camp half blood are awesome, but... I went on my first quest with these guys, we saved the world together. We've been through a crap load of crap together.

"Yo, earth to Leo," Jason is in front of me, he has been in calling my name. All eyes are on me. "You okay, man?" Jason bro hugged me, and then Piper.

"Yeah," I said. Jeez, I must of been in some deep thought. "I'm just, you know a little tired, thats all. Percy really put me through the ringer during sword practice."

"Percy, I told you not to go to hard on him." Annabeth said to Percy. Percy had a goofy smile on his face.

"Well, its not fun unless I put him through his paces, and besides its not like I trashed him... to hard." Percy replied. Annabeth punched him in the shoulder. "Ouch!"

"You're hopeless seaweed brain." We all laughed. Annabeth turned to Jason and Piper "Anyway, you guys, what of this monster that is attacking people."

"Well I got word from a few nymphs that live around here in the park that some kind a monster has been eating a few people who visit the park, Piper looked at the recent missing reports and people that the nymphs described seem to add up." Jason said.

"Thats terrible, I can't wait to give this monster a Leo style whooping." I said enthusiastically.

"So how many monsters are we talking about here?" Annabeth asked.

"The nymph just saw one, but who knows, there might be more. Thats why I decided to call you guys, don't want to run into trouble to big for us to handle." Jason said.

"Jeez so all that it takes for us to hangout is a monster problem now?" I blurted out. All eyes on me now. Damn it, I made it sound so, so cry baby. Saw the looks on Jason and Piper's faces, a hint of guilt and really, you're saying that. Quickly, I shifted focus, "So where did you guys say the monster or monsters were at?"

"Nymphs mentioned a bridge or a tunnel." Jason said. We followed Jason to a bridge parkers can walk under. While we were walking we talked, like old times. Percy, Annabeth, and Jason were having their own conversation about Jason and Piper's apartment and what they were doing over the three months, playing catch up.

Piper threw one arm around me and started rubbing my head, making my hair messier then it alrighty was. Piper has always been my big sister, I know that sometimes I annoy the living crap out of her, but we've told each other over and over again how much we thought each other as siblings and we meant it every time. I didn't have any real family when my mother died, but that changed when I met Beauty Queen and Superman. They started dating and I sort of felt like a third wheeler, but they reassured me that they will always have time for me.

"So, whats been going on, Leo." Piper said.

"Not much, I've been working on some new projects, Percy has been teaching me some new moves, Annabeth has been trying to get me to learn, disgusting." We both laughed. Annabeth heard what I said and death stared at me. I immediately stopped laughing, but Piper laughed even more.

"Hey, Leo, are you okay? You've been strangely quiet. And you and quiet are a weird combination." Piper continued. I managed a smile. After that I didn't say anything. "Okay,"

Piper stopped me for a moment, while the others continued walking. "Something is obviously up, now you're either gonna tell me or I'm going to charmspeak it out of you." She was kidding about the whole charmspeak thing, she knows her boundaries, but the look on her face indicated that she was worried.

"Sorry, I was just thinking."

"About..."

"Piper, can I ask you a question and can you be honest with me?"

"Of course, shoot."

"Are you and Jason tired of me?"

"What?"

"You and Jason, you guys barely hang out with us since you've gotten an apartment, and then nothing... no calls no visits, are we even still friends are what?" Piper had a surprised look on her face. Crap, did that come out to weird. Probably, but thats how I was feeling. I felt neglected.

"Leo... um, I, we-" Piper was interrupted by Annabeth:

"Hey you guys, what's the hold up?"

"Nothing! Were coming," Piper shouted back. She then turned to me. "Leo, how about we talk after the mission okay?"

We continued to walk until we were at the bridge. Since it was night it was really dark. Luckily a built these tiny flying lanterns that illuminate the whole area around us. We walked under the bridge, all of our weapons drawn but no sign of trouble, until we ran into a giant lizard. Literally, it was a giant purple and green lizard. About the size of a small car.

"Well, what do we have here? A few lost demigods?" It talked almost snake like, didn't over exaggerate its S's. "Well I guess you can't be lost because you already have your weapons out, guess you're lookin for me aye? Well soon you're gonna wish you hadn't!" A giant lizard tongue slide out of its mouth, immediately lashing towards us, but Percy was on it, he sliced the tongue with Riptide. A pile of purple goo splat all over Percy.

The overgrown lizard didn't even winced, like it didn't hurt. "Ooh, I like it when my meals have a little fight in them. I miss that feeling, all I've been doing is eating mortal after mortal, they didn't even see what hit them." It slide its tongue from side to side of its mouth. "This is going to be good, I haven't had Demigod in a while!"

Off that, the tongue healed, shot out, sliding against the ground coming straight towards me, I tried to act, but it was way too fast. It wrapped around both my legs and like that, ask fast as it came, I was gone. The lizard, with me runaway. I was dragged into the darkness.