AN: Hello, Everyone. So so so sorry that I've been away for a long time. I know that's not fair of me, but school has been really kicking my a**. Anyways, I'm sorry I'm so unpredictable. I'll try to do better. Hopefully you enjoy this chapter! Also I don't own PJO or HOO.

Leo wasn't surprised how his life was turning out. Considering the things he'd been through and done, he was sure he'd end up in police custody someday; he had just hoped it wouldn't have been so soon.

There were so many things he hadn't done like built that rocket launcher he'd always dreamed about, or rig the sound system of Mt. Olympus to blare inappropriate things at random intervals. But more importantly and somewhat embarrassingly he hadn't gotten past first base. (Shocking, right?) I mean all the ladies he met fell hopelessly in love with him. I mean what wasn't there to like about a scrawny, un-groomed, short, Mexican mechanic?

Leo shook the thought out of his head. He knew he wasn't the most attractive guy out there, but he knew he had something to offer to the girl world. Although to be fair, even though his options were fewer than some, he had some girls that had liked him. It's just, call Leo old fashioned, but he wanted his first time to be with someone who meant something to him, not just a drunken hook up that he'd regret for the rest of his life. Now he was debating if that was even liable considering the situation.

For the seventh time this year, he was sitting in Mr. D's office. Leo was here so much he was starting to think that Mr. D was actually warming up to him. Unfortunately, today wasn't the case. When Percy told them about the investigation, it was only a matter of time before Leo was going to be called down for an interrogation. As he sat in the plush purple chair, he tapped his finger against his thigh nervously.

His ADD was seriously acting up right now, which was inconvenient considering that he was about to be grilled with questions. He considered running, it wasn't like they were going to notice his absence, but he knew that would only make things worse. Running would only make him look guilty and Leo had enough bad experiences with running away from his problems.

No, despite his inner subconscious' warning, he stayed planted in the chair. Not a second later, came in two people, a man and a woman. They both walked in so seriously, Leo almost wanted to burst out laughing, instead he only flashed a cheeky smile at them and straightened up in his chair.

"You're Leo Valdez, correct?" The man asked, wrinkling his nose at him. Leo only continued to smile.

"The one and only, and you sir must be the bad cop, pleasure to meet you." Leo said as he offered his hand to the tall skinny man. The man frowned and pushed his stringy blonde hair out of his face.

"It's Detective Augur to you, Mr. Valdez." He said glaring at him with pale watery blue eyes. Leo fought to role his eyes, but he thought better to push his luck. The detective sat down in Mr. D's chair, which Leo thought was sort of disrespectful, but kept his mouth as he watched the detective fix his tie.

His eyes fixed to the woman standing behind the detective, and his heart almost stopped. She was gorgeous! She stood arms crossed at around 5 foot 7 inches, dressed in a standard dark blue cop uniform (which in Leo's opinion didn't do her justice), behind the detective like a bodyguard. Although, Leo knew better not to say that, she looked like the type who would crush any person who even suggested she was a sidekick. Her dark black hair was pulled tightly in a bun, revealing a pale, beautiful, and menacing face. Leo glanced down to her badge that read: Officer Snow. Somehow it was fitting.

Leo didn't realize how hard he was staring, until Detective what's-his-face cleared his throat. Leo had to fight himself to turn his attention back to him. He was disappointed with the view.

"Mr. Valdez…" The detective trailed with disdain, as he looked through what Leo assumed was his file. "You know why you're here, right? This is about your missing teacher, Mr. Kronos."

"Aw man! You mean to tell me this isn't one of those motivational speeches to stay away from drugs?" Leo asked, feigning disappointment. The man looked up from his file and narrowed his eyes at Leo, and Leo had a feeling the wanted to gut him right then and there.

"Haha, you're very funny. I hope you'll have the same sense of humor in jail." He deadpanned.

Leo did his best to shrug off his threat. "Just trying to lighten the mood a bit." He retorted. The man grimaced, before replying, "We take our jobs on the force very seriously Mr. Valdez, so now is not the time to joke around."

Leo glanced back at Officer Snow to see if she agreed with this statement, but she only glared at him with her dark brown-almost black eyes. Leo turned his focus back to the detective.

"Mr. Valdez, so about your teacher?" The man prompted. Leo stayed casual and shrugged his shoulders.

"What about him?"

"What happened that Friday at detention?"

Leo paused for a second feigning to think. He could tell that the detective was getting irritated and that made him a little happy inside. Before Detective Asshole opened his mouth again Leo replied, "Sorry, the McSchizzle doesn't do private interviews man."

"Excuse me?" He said taken back. Leo only rolled his eyes and felt insulted that this was the guy that they sent to decode him.

"I want my lawyer man." Leo clarified with a huff. Seriously, he thought that detectives had to have some kind of training, but he guessed he was wrong. Or maybe not because the detective was quick to respond, "Why do you need a lawyer unless you're guilty?"

"I'm not guilty!" Leo shouted. As the words flew out his mouth, he realized what a mistake he'd made. The man only raised an eyebrow at Leo before smiling smugly at him.

"If you're not guilty, then answer the questions. If you don't know, then it'll be obvious that you're innocent."

Leo felt his leg shaking, but he tried to stop that, he didn't need to come off any more nervous than he already was. However Leo stood his ground and tried to play it cool. Instead replying, "How about I'll answer your questions when you get me a lawyer."

"So demanding, Mr. Valdez. What would your mother think?"

For a second, Leo felt his heart drop in despair as he thought of his mom and how much he missed her. Leo fought a sob coming from his throat, but choked it back when he realized that Detective Asshole was gazing on him intently, waiting for a reaction.

Immediately, that made Leo furious. How dare he use his mom against him? Leo wanted to go and smash his smug face in for even bringing his mom up. Thank goodness, for Leo's reasoning skills (and yes despite what people said he did have some) and fast mind, as Leo's voice in his head told him that was what the detective wanted out him. With bated breath and fist clenched on the armrests of his chair, Leo forced himself to calm down.

"My mom's dead." He told him icily and with a steely glare.

"Something that you were the cause for." The detective tossed out casually, but leaned forward onto Mr. D's desk with a fixed stare. Leo only caught his breath for a second before sending him another glare.

"They never proved that and neither can you, so are you done here? Or are you going to keep disrespecting my deceased mother because I highly doubt the police will accept your intimidation tactics in court." Leo responded as he inched forward in his chair, not backing down either. The pale guy shrugged, before grinning again.

"I'm sorry." He didn't sound the least apologetic in Leo's ears.

"I'm just trying to understand you is all. This isn't your first time dealing with the law, Mr. Valdez. I mean your mom, you running away from foster homes, and then this. You see how this makes you look suspicious?"

"So, what?" Leo said crossing his arms, he was still fuming but he knew if he blew up now then he'd surely be in trouble.

"I don't think you understand, it makes only you look suspicious."

Leo rolled his eyes again. "I'll take my chances in court… if you even have anything to charge me on."

The man only raised an eyebrow again, like he found Leo's pressure point and now it was only a matter of pokes before Leo passed out.

"You have a lot of faith in the United States Justice System Mr. Valdez, but more importantly and perhaps a little misplaced, a lot of faith in your friends."

Leo felt his arms drop to his side, as he comprehended the statement. His friends (if he could even call them that) wouldn't betray him like that, would they? They had promised that they'd all keep silent; did somebody get cold feet? No, this detective was messing with him, trying to fish for answers, but Leo wasn't going to give him any.

"Well, I'm a good person so I trust my friends." Leo felt strange using that word to describe them, but Leo tried not to show it.

"Even your friend Piper McLean?"

Leo was caught off guard. Piper was a lot of things, but she wasn't a snitch. She wouldn't tell on him or would she? She might, the back of Leo's mind voiced. Leo had seen the things she'd done to girls who just wore the same dress as her, if she was super angry Leo shuttered. Had Leo made her angry? They had been arguing before this morning, but Leo put it off as another one of their sibling arguments. Did Piper actually let him win only to rat on him later?

Leo shrugged it off; he'd talk to her later. It'd be worse to jump to conclusions now, than to wait it out. Leo realized that he'd been quiet for almost a full minute and a half, making it obvious that he was thinking about his statement.

"Like I said before I trust my friends, which means I also trust my sister." He emphasized. The detective opened his mouth, but the cop spoke first.

"Just drop it Octavian; the kid's not going to crack." Leo had forgotten that she was even still in the room, which was surprising considering how unnerving and beautiful she was. The second thing he realized was that she had called him a kid, which made him want to reply that he wasn't one, but that would only make him look childish.

"Fine." Octavian glared at him, but Leo only rolled his eyes. I mean now that he knew his name was Octavian (seriously? Who would name their child that?) it was easy to feel less intimidated.

"But Mr. Valdez, this won't be the last you see of me. And also for your sake, you should pray for once water is thicker than blood." And with that stupid and meaningless, statement, Detective Asshole left.

Leo let out a deep sigh and muttered a good riddance, before realizing the cop was standing over him and still glaring at him.

Leo grinned, "Finally, alone at last."

"You should have answered the questions." The cop said, in a hard-edged voice that matched her face.

"What?" Leo asked surprised by her hardness. She repeated herself, glaring even harder at Leo making him super uncomfortable.

"Yeah well, he was being an asshole." Leo told her dryly. She snorted, and for a second Leo thought he could make her actually smile, but she only frowned again at him.

"He is one, but that doesn't change the fact that he's good at his job. I'd be careful if I were you, Octavian's good at uncovering lies, and more specifically secrets." She gave him a pointed look.

"Yeah well, I have no secrets. I'm an open book." Leo told her honestly. She turned away from him and stared outside Mr. D's window. The sun was starting to set, and Leo realized how long he'd been being interrogated.

"I wasn't talking about you, I meant your friends." She replied, but she wasn't looking at him, but outside. Leo couldn't tell what she was looking at, but he wanted to know.

"It doesn't matter to me. I don't have to know everything about my friends." Leo shrugged. She glanced at him in pity, like he was an animal about to be slaughtered.

"You should. You'd be surprised what people will do to keep a secret a secret or who'd they'd throw under the bus."

"None of them would do that to." Leo said. Officer Snow glanced out the window before motioning him to come over. Hesitantly he walked over to her and glanced out the window. For a minute he stood there in shock, watching his sister talk adamantly with Frank, of all people, before standing on her tiptoes and giving him a full hug around the neck, while the big guy stood awkwardly returning it. Leo didn't even think they talked to each other before the incident.

Officer Snow spoke again, "Are you sure none of them would do that? Because from where I'm looking, I think a lot of them would. And I think you're gonna be the first to be run over."