AN: Hey guys!

Ok, I got some reviews (110! You guys are awesome!) And I'm gonna answer them here.

Leo is in his twelve year old body- his older body got eaten by Cyclopes before this story. So... Yeah... I'm pretty sure I mentioned that, sorry if I forgot to.

I'm pretty mad at Annabeth for hurting Leo too, but I couldn't stop her- she does what she wants.

I'm going to do Percy's P.O.V on the last chapter as a separate one-shot, called- In Which Percy Watched Leo Fall Apart- it will be up by next Tuesday- please read and review it!

On to the chapter- please R&R

Chapter 19:

In Which Leo get's a demand.

When Leo woke up, the sun was already high in the sky, and he was laying flat on the pavement. He sat up with a groan, he felt like he had run a marathon, and then ran into a mad axe man at the finish line. Well, if Annabeth was a man axe man...

He managed to sit up, and looked around the alleyway, there were two others there. Why had they stayed? They were on a quest, there was no point wasting time on him. They should be heading to the underworld, and where was Annabeth? On the plus side them sleeping gave him a good chance of getting away, he still didn't know if they believed him, and he didn't want to stick around after falling apart on Percy. Man, he was so embarrassed, although it had felt good to get it out. Still, they all probably thought of him as a cry-baby now.

Leo stood up, and removed the jacket that had been covering his legs, Percy's jacket. Glancing over he saw Percy shivering slightly, he walked over, and put Percy's jacket over him, and after a minute of thought, lit a fire by him and Grover to keep them warm. He then made his way to the top of the alleyway, and was just about to leave, when he heard a voice behind him, and a hand on his arm.

"Going somewhere?" So that was where Annabeth had got to.

"No knife this time?"

"Answering a question with a question is seen as rude."

"Is it?" Leo heard a giggle from behind him, and Annabeth pulled him back into the alley, and then stood in front of him. He saw the guilt in her eyes when she looked at the cut on his neck, he wondered if it would scar, that would be awkward. He could imagine it now.

"Hey Leo, which monster gave you that scar?"

"Annabeth, deadly when mad"

He saw her open her mouth to apologise.

"Um, I... I'm sorry for, you know... That." He watched as she fiddled with her ponytail, this was probably the most nervous he had ever seen her. It felt weird to see Annabeth like this. She was always the strong one who knew what to do. It was something to separate the Annabeth he had knows from this one. Unless the future Annabeth had insecurities like this, and just hid them.

"It's fine Annie, don't sweat it." He wondered if she would notice...

"Thanks Leo, but if you call me Annie again, that knife cut won't be the only one I give you."

Ok then, even this Annabeth hated that name; future Annabeth had said more or less the same thing. It seemed Annabeth's hatred of people shortening her name spanned all time. Leo looked around for the backpack he had with his food and tent in, he wondered if the trio had looked inside it. He saw it by the lamppost he had been tied to last night.

He retrieved it, and went and sat by the fire, beckoning Annabeth to join him. "Hungry?"

"You telling me you have food in there?"

"Now who's answering a question with a question, but yes. Didn't you guys look through it?"

"Percy wouldn't let us, said we should respect your privacy, since we had already tied you up and all."

Leo nodded, "remind me to thank him" and began withdrawing ingredients, sure he could have bought readymade stuff, but nothing tasted as good as homemade tacos. Especially his home made tacos, and no he wasn't being vain at all, whatever gave you that idea. His tacos were the best; everyone he had ever made them for had said so.

He made sure to make some vegetable tacos, and then withdrew the mini-freezer he had bought, and took the beef out from inside it, cooking it over the fire. He wasn't afraid of anyone seeing the fire, or the smoke, he may be terrible at convincing people with the mist, but he could use it to hide things, in this case, a cooking session.

"Hey Annabeth, why are you being nice today? Yesterday you were all like, 'he's the thief, kill him'."

"You swore on the Styx that you weren't the thief, and you're still alive, that means you can't have stolen the bolt, so I misjudged you, and jumped to conclusions. That is unacceptable for a daughter of Athena. I'm trying to prove to you I'm not always like that."

"Just most of the time?"

"Oh. Shut up." Then she looked away from him and at the fire, peering closely at it. "How did you make that fire, nothing's burning. You can't have fire without fuel, it goes against the fire triangle, it's impossible!"

"Not for me."

By the time the beef was cooked, Leo and Annabeth had been talking a while, and he was starting to think that this Annabeth wasn't so bad, although she was still a bit harsher that the girl Leo had known in the future. It was probably Percy's influence that changed her. Leo just finished the last taco, and stuck it on the pile with the rest of them, he had been sure to make a vegetarian pile for Grover.

Leo opened his backpack again, and withdrew five bottles of water, and opened one, pouring half of it on Percy's head. Percy leapt up, and uncapped riptide, swinging it around to point at Leo.

"Don't kill me."

Percy looked at him in shock, and then at the bottle in his hand. "Man, what the Hades was that for?" He glared at Grover, who had woken up during the commotion, and was outright laughing at him.

"It's breakfast time, I made tacos, and yes, there are some vegetable ones Grover."

Percy sat down again, and reached for a taco, hesitantly chewing a corner. "This is awesome Leo! Where did you learn to cook?"

"Here, there, just picked it up."

The four ate through the pile of tacos in no time, all hungry after the events of the previous day. Leo was starting to get comfortable, why was he afraid of being found out, this wasn't so bad, then Percy started asking questions.

"Leo, you don't have to answer, but I was kind of curious, how did you get to the Lotus casino? I mean, last I saw you, you were in medusa's garden, pretending to be stone."

Ah, how was he supposed to answer that? He didn't want to lie anymore, but he was afraid of what they would say to him following them. "Actually Percy, the last time you saw me was the top of the arch."

"You were that demigod. You were the one who gave us that food, and the one eavesdropping at the car wash. You've been following us."

"Yeah, I didn't want you to get hurt. You'd only just discovered that you were a half blood, and they send you out on what could be considered a suicide quest. I was worried, so followed you." Leo picked at his shoe, he didn't think Percy would leave, but he could get really annoyed at him anytime soon. Leo though if Percy was going to punch him, it might reopen his neck wound.

"You weren't at camp though..."

Leo snorted, "Like that would be a good idea for me, half the gods think I took the bolt, half you, but I don't have a super dad protecting me. Sure Hephaestus would do all he could, but the gods would kill me if I set foot there. I was waiting outside."

Leo had raised his hands up during his mini speech, and one of his long sleeves had slipped down his arm, enough for Annabeth to notice the start of the slashes that the fury had given him. She grabbed his wrist, and rolled it the rest of the way down, "Leo, what happened to you?"

"No biggie, just a swipe from a fury, well, three swipes, I'm ok." Judging by the look on Percy's face, he didn't think that Leo was Ok.

"You mean the fury that was trying to kill me. Leo, that fury had poison on its claws, really painful poison, it should have killed you!"

"Yeah, if I was anyone but me, then it would have killed me, but since I am me, it didn't work."

Annabeth frowned at him "anyone but you? You're going to have to explain that."

Leo sighed, and looked at the pavement, only Annabeth, and maybe Grover would understand the rarity of what he was about to say. "I'm a fire user, and the poison was meant to burn you up from the inside. But I can't burn, so it didn't affect me. Although, the scars from a fury's claws never go away, so... Do you think they make me look tough?"

Percy snorted, "Only you Leo. You've been attacked by a fury, are the only demigod that that poison doesn't effect, escaped death by a breath, and are only worried if the scars make you look tough or not? Only you."

Leo looked at Grover, who up until now had been very quiet. "Something wrong G-man?"

Grover looked at him, "I didn't believe you! I should have trusted you, but I thought you were the thief. I betrayed you, I'm a horrible friend."

Leo smiled. "No you're not. You knew me for less than a year, and I was acting suspiciously, you just jumped to the logical conclusion. The wrong one, but I can't blame you for that; it's not your fault anyway. Chiron though, I will be having words with."

"Should we warn him to run?"

"Oh, ha-ha, don't you have a quest to be on?"

Percy jumped up, and handed Leo his rucksack. "No, we have a quest to be on."

"What! No, no, no, no, no and no. I don't think you understand Percy, I can't go with you. The first god that sees me will send me straight to Tartarus, I'm not kidding. Me being with you will put your whole quest in danger. Besides, you're going to the underworld, Hades hates me. He thinks I'm the one who took the bolt, and his helm. He'll kill me as soon as I enter his domain."

"Guys" Grover whimpered, "Behind you."

Leo whirled around, catching sight of all three furies, with sinister snarls on their faces. It seemed like Hades had discovered his continued existence. "Run guys; continue with your quest, I'll hold them of." Leo mentally snorted, hold them off? No, he was going to go with them. He had checked his notebook before he got up that morning. Five words.

-Leo, go with the furies.-

He didn't know what Chaos was thinking, but he trusted the guy. So, it looked like he would take a direct route to the underworld. Via fury.

"Annabeth, make them go!" Out of the corner of his eye he saw Annabeth drag Percy away, and all three leave the alleyway. The furies approached, the one in the middle, Mrs Dodds, snarling at him. "You will come with us demigod. Lord Hades demands your presence."

OK, Done, Please review guys, pretty please. Next chapter should be up by Tuesday, but we've already establish I ignore guidelines...