As he finished his story both of his friends were looking at him amused which made Leo frown. They didn't think he made this up, did they?
"You guys don't believe me, do you?" he asked them. They were still looking at him with this annoyingly amused expression.
Piper giggled a bit at this. "I am sorry Leo, it is not that we don't believe you. It is just I don't think there is someone trapped in this building." She told him. Lately she often referenced her thought as Jason and hers. Jason did that too, which he found very weird. Was this some kind of couple thing Leo didn't understand?
"I know what I heard!" Leo protested. He really hated it when his friends didn't take him seriously. Sure, he joked around a lot but that didn't mean he never was serious about something.
Jason put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. Sometimes Leo hated it when Jason did that. As if he was a little child that needed to be calmed down. "We know." Again with that 'we'. "But that could be just about anything that made those knocks. You are seriously jumping to conclusions here Leo."
Leo wanted to argue but sighed in the end. He knew he was right. "But what about that crazy guy who tried to kill me there?" Leo mumbled.
Piper laughed at this. "I don't think anyone likes a stranger exploring their backyard. Especially if it is a little elf like you." Piper teased him. "Besides from the stories you told us he always seems that grumpy."
Leo huffed at this. "Thanks." He muttered sarcastically as he crossed his arms. His friends were right, he probably was just jumping to conclusions but why did he still doubts then?
Suddenly Piper lifted her hand and ruffled Leos hair with it. "Hey!" Leo protested glaring at his best friend. She just grinned at him.
"Your imagination is just too wild Repair Boy." She teased as she laughed. Jason chuckled a bit at this but held back his laughter to not make Leo too mad. Leo was just sitting there pouting and his arms crossed. He turned away from his friends staring outside of the window thinking about those knocks again. Of course, he knew that coincidences can happen, but he didn't like believing in them.
"Hey, you know we are only teasing, right Leo?" he heard Pipers voice sounding a bit concerned behind him.
He turned around and gave her a small smile. "Yeah, I know." He muttered but he wasn't really listening anymore to her. His thoughts drove away to that building again. Something felt odd about that place. He just knew it.
Leo had no idea why he was coming back again. He should have just listened to his friends and forget about it, but he was curious now. His gut told him something was wrong here and he was someone who trusted his gut over his brain a lot.
The house was directly in front of him now, shiny and huge as it always was. Luckily it was not raining anymore so Leo at least didn't have to fear of getting wet again. He looked around carefully just to make sure that nobody saw him before he entered the yard. To his luck there wasn't a gate hindering his way into the yard as some rich people had. Maybe he wasn't that rich after all. Who knew.
Leo carefully made his way through the sculptures and grass before he ended up at the same place again where he had heard that sound. He looked around again, nobody was here. In fact, it was silent. Except some car noises and some bird sounds, he couldn't hear anything. He decided to stay for a bit, just to see if he would hear that noise again.
Two minutes passed by, then four, then seven. Leo already wanted to jump up and run away. He hated waiting for something and his ADHD didn't help him at all.
He sighed. Maybe his friends were right, he was just being stupid. Just before he wanted to turn around and leave this place he suddenly heard a female voice crying behind him.
"What are you doing here?!" the voice cried hysterically.
Leo grew stiff in that moment. How did missed her steps? Was he so deep in his thoughts that he didn't even notice someone sneaking up on him? He needed to get away fast now before that person could get Atlas.
He turned around to see who he was dealing with and to his surprise he saw a young woman around his age who was crossing her arms and looked pretty annoyed. She had caramel brown hair and a fair skin. She had moderate clothes on, nothing fancy, but she still looked really pretty. In fact, she was one of the most beautiful girls Leo had ever seen in his life. He almost pinched himself to get over his shock. What was a beauty like her doing here in Atlas place? Surely, she wasn't one of those gold diggers, was she?
Leo decided to let out his charm to get out of situation. Besides he couldn't stop himself if he had such a beautiful girl in front of him.
"The question is rather why I wouldn't be here when such a beautiful girl is standing in front of me?" he flirted as he grinned. He was a hopeless case with girls and it probably would never end, at least till he finally got a girlfriend.
The girl though was not amused at all. Well that tactic failed obviously.
"Don't call me that!" she snapped at him. "And you shouldn't be here!"
Leo frowned at this. Now she did remind him a bit of one of those mean girls Leo had to deal with school. Though she did look hot if she was angry even if she was starting to annoy him a bit.
"Oh, I am sorry sunshine. I didn't know this was some kind of VIP area." He said sarcastically. Okay technically it was since it was not his property, but he was stubborn.
The girl intensified her glare and Leo was sure she would kill him with her glares if she could now. "Leave now." She growled. "He can't see you here or else we both will be in trouble."
She did have a point. Leo had no plans of meeting Atlas any time soon. Pretty girl involved or not. He frowned though. "Why would you be in trouble though?" he asked her.
The girl was ready to reply but suddenly a door opened behind them and someone stepped out of the house. The girl's eyes immediately widened and she began to panic. "Quick! Hide behind this!" she cried as she dragged Leo behind a big sculpture. He protested but ultimately hid behind the sculpture. He didn't want to become the first victim of Atlas today.
"Calypso! Where are you, you useless girl?!" he heard Atlas voice suddenly boom. A shiver went through his body. That man clearly was terrifying and he felt bad for the girl now.
Leo imagined Calypso flinching at this voice now. He definitely would have if he were in her position. "Here daddy…I was just checking if everything was fine in the yard." She said with a small voice clearly terrified by Atlas. Leo almost gasped at this. This girl – Calypso – was his daughter?! That did indeed explain why she was here in this yard. Leo grimaced. He couldn't imagine living in the same house with that man. And here she was being related to him. Poor girl.
Suddenly Leo heard a slap and someone falling on the ground. Did that man just hit his own daughter?!
"Get back to work you useless girl! I better not see you slacking off the next time I come out!" he cried.
Leo was fuming now. It reminded him of how his aunt Rosa would treat him when he was younger. How dare that man treat his daughter like this? Leos focus went back to the conversation but the only thing he heard now was steps going away from his hiding place and whimper from Calypso. Then seconds later he heard the door closing and he sighed in relief. At least he didn't get caught, but he still felt angry.
He slowly lurked a bit from his position to check if Atlas was really gone but there was only Calypso sitting on the ground there whimpering as a few tears ran down her cheek. Leo immediately felt sympathy for the girl and reached out for her. "Hey…that…you don't deserve that…" he told her softly.
Calypso just shook her head at this. "Please…leave." She whimpered. She looked so powerless right now, it frightened him. He almost couldn't imagine being in her shoes now, though having experienced aunt Rosa came close to that.
Leo lent her a hand. "You can't stay here. Not with that guy." He told her but again she only shook his head.
"No…he has Zoe. I can't leave." She muttered looking down.
Leo had no idea who that was, but he assumed it was her sister or cousin. Maybe even her daughter? He didn't know. Leo bit his lips. He couldn't force her to go, that wouldn't be right. But he couldn't leave her here either. His conscience wouldn't let him. He looked back to the exit. He needed to go now but he would come back.
"I will come back, I promise you that." He told her softly. He didn't know why but he felt already attached to her.
She widened her eyes at this in horror. "No! You can't come back! He will kill you!" she hissed. Leo could detect a hint of sadness in her eyes, even nostalgia. He wondered what had happened to her?
"Well sunshine. Rules aren't my thing really. He can't kill me if he can't catch me." He told her with a small wink trying to cheer her up, but it didn't work. She still sat there shaking her head and telling him not to come back. He sighed. He wouldn't convince her otherwise but that didn't mean he would back out from his promise.
He stood up wiping down a bit of dust from his jeans. "I will come back, you aren't getting rid of me that easily." He joked before he quickly headed for the exit. He didn't look back as he ran away from that place in case that monster was chasing after him. He probably wasn't but he wanted to make sure of it. On his way home, he thought about his encounter with Calypso again. She definitely was being abused by her father, something which almost made him puke. He couldn't leave her there alone, not with him. Not with that monster. He needed to do something and he would.
Sunshine, you better get ready cause this boy is going to free you.
Ahhhhhhhhh, I finally did it! I wrote a chapter! I am alive! OMG! I am so sorry guys for just disappearing. I was way too busy with university, not to mention that I lost motivation and had a hard time going on the past 2 years. It is still going rough but I kind of have my motivation back to do some of my hobbies again :D So here it is! The second chapter! And I am sorry if it sounds rusty and bad, I have been really out of practice D: (Though my works were also terrible before XD (Just kidding, they were the best the world has seen )). Anyway, I thought I couldn't leave 2018 without a fanfic so here it is! Anyway guys, Merry Late Christmas and a Happy New Year!