Chapter 10

Leo's POV

Leo hopped after the cyclops. The pain in his leg replaced by adrenaline. He stopped as the monsters entered the cave. Then slipped in as they began to tie up his friends. He crouched behind a poorly constructed table. His jacket matched the walls, a light brown. He pulled his hood up and stuffed his hands in his pockets. Then folded his legs under him (ignoring a small shoot of pain from his injured one) and became a small, brown, ball of Leo.

A rock was rolled in front of the entrance way. He knew that cyclopes were immune to fire, like him. Pulling something out of his toolbelt he began to frantically work. The cyclops were talking about EATING his friends! With a final tweak he released a small, robotic, dragon onto the floor. It leaped from his palm and skittered across the floor. Then spread it's wings and leaped a few feet. Leo didn't make the robot able to fly. But it did shoot fire.

It opened it's mouth and shot out a flame. That caught the cyclops attention. They huddled around it.

"Can we eat it?" One asked. Another shook his head as the dragon spit more fire. Leo grabbed a hammer from his belt, gripping it tightly. Piper sat in front of him. Her eyes were lit up with hope as she watched the tiny dragon march around. Her eyes scanned the room and landed on Leo. He gave her his mischievous grin and placed a finger to his lips. She looked away.

As the cyclops pondered over his dragon he pulled a white T-shirt out of his belt then a black marker. He wrote a crossed it, in big letters. "Leo's got all da, ladies!" Then flipped it over and on the back wrote "Team Leo!" It was a joke. One that comforted him, he slipped it on under his jacket while the monsters were occupied, then re-zipped his coat. The he began his plan.

Rapidly pulling out things from his belt he made several things to help him defeat the cyclops. For a while he fiddled. But the cyclops were getting agitated, he glanced up and saw one kicking his dragon, the stomping off, only to have his leg bit by the robot. As Leo just finished the last bit of his plan his robot was stomped under the foot of a cyclops. The scraps burst into flame. The one-eyed monster stomped it out then turned back to discuss eating their six captives.

Leo took a deep breath, it was now or never. He pulled a small lever and his plan went off. First, fireworks started to fill the room. Filling the area with smoke. He quickly threw his next contraption over near his friends. It sucked all the smoke out of the air when it got near. He clipped one to himself the rolled out from under the table. He didn't even feel his leg. He threw flames at the monsters to distract them, then pushed a button and several mechanic birds burst into the air. They dove at the cyclops who were blinded by the smoke and his fire. They caused several scratches, gold blood oozing out of the wounds.

Just as Leo was about to deploy the last stage of his plan a hard object hit him from behind. He flew a crossed the room slamming into the wall of the cave. His back took the brunt of the impact. He grunted and got to his feet. The cyclops had hit him with a wooden club. He got onto his knees and threw flames at the club. It burst into fire and the cyclops yelled in defiance as it started to reduce to a pile of ash.

Leo reached for the finale but it wasn't there. He saw it, on the floor. A gun, it looked like a toy from Toy Story but it was a LOT more dangerous. The cyclops followed his gaze and time seemed to freeze. Leo pushed himself forwards, feeling a sharp pain up his injured leg. The cyclops moved towards the weapon. Leo landed on top of the gun. Relief flooded through him. If that gun had been used against him- suddenly he was wrenched off his weapon. Two large hands wrapped all the way around his puny biceps. He fought, kicking the other cyclops that had grabbed him with his good leg.

But it did no good. He stopped struggling as the cyclops picked up his gun and aimed it at his chest. Leo stared at the monsters one eye in defiance. The thing grinned then started to laugh, his body convulsing. Leo moved his hands down bit by bit. The cyclops finally stopped laughing and pointed the gun at him again.

"You thought you could defeat us, puny demigod. HAHAHA" It said in a deep voice. Leo put on his funny face as he stood with his arms held back. He moved his hand to his belt and reached inside then gripped a knife.

"I didn't think I could defeat you, smelly dude. I knew!" Leo wrenched his arm free and flung the knife at the cyclops's ugly eye. He turned just as it met it's mark. He heard a roar and glanced back to see a pile of dust. The other cyclopes's were stunned. Leo wrenched his other arm free and grabbed a hammer, he jammed the sharp end into the monster's throat. It stared at him then crumbled to dust.

But a giant hand grabbed his neck. He yelped and instinctively shot some fire. But they lifted him off the ground, and he swung helplessly over ground.