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In Which Leo has a Couple of Conversations

After Chris accidently cut through the Iris message, and face planted the floor, waking up in the process, the awake members of the cabin put away their projects, and proceeded to drag some stuffing out of the store cupboard. Beckendorf yanked it into six, and gave one to each of those awake. While Jake dragged his over to the storage door, and proceeded to announce he was guarding it, Leo dragged one of the piles over to Shane, and carefully lifted him of his bench, and onto the make-shift bed; all the while careful not to wake him. When he turned around he saw Nyssa watching him with a soft smile on her face, and Beckendorf with an almost proud look. Leo flushed and immediately flopped down on his own pile of stuffing, curling up in the warmth. Before he knew it, morning had come.

Leo woke to shuffling beside him, and saw Shane sitting up on his bed, a frown on his face as he saw the rest of his siblings asleep. Leo propped himself up on one arm and turned to look at his little brother. His voice came out raspy when he spoke, and it make Shane jump.

"What's up Shane?"

"I need the toilet."

Leo grinned sleepily, It's to the right at the other end of the bunker, there's about four down there, and they all work, just go ahead." Leo flopped down again, and tried to get back to sleep. Impossibly, as Shane was now poking him. Leo rolled over and frowned at him "What's wrong?"

Shane glanced to the other end of the bunker, trying to conceal the fear on his face. It didn't fool Leo; he was a master at masks and hiding his feelings. "Leo, it's kinda dark down there and..."

Leo shrugged of the twinge of annoyance he felt. Shane was only eight, it was perfectly fine for him to be scared of the dark, and Leo couldn't judge him on it. He had been afraid of the dark when he was smaller, but he had to force himself to get over it. It was impossible to remain afraid of the darks on the streets. There were too many things worse than the dark.

Leo unwound himself from the nest he had created in his sleep, and stood up, smiling at Shane. "Well, since I need the toilet too..."

Shane matched his grin, and Leo lead the way to the toilets, squeezing the hand that ended up grasping his own.

When they returned from the toilets, Shane went right back to sleep, but Leo couldn't. After ten minutes of tossing around, he got back up, and made his way over to Shelob's web, wondering if the giant spider was asleep. As he approached he saw eight glowing eyes peering out from the darkness, and he sighed in relief, dropping to sit on the floor in front of Shelob's web.

"Hey Shelob, I didn't wake you did I?"

"No master Leo, I am generally a nocturnal creature, so I do not sleep much during the night,"

"Oh, I knew that. So, what do you think of my siblings?"

"The older ones seem wary of me, though I can't say I blame them. I am grateful master Leo, that you prevented them from sending me to Tartarus."

"Tartarus isn't a nice place, I'm not letting any of my friends end up there, giant spider or no."

Shelob sent him what looked like an admiring look, and then continued. "But the younger one, Shane, he is amusing. I rather enjoy spending time with him."

I'm glad Shelob, truly, because, I've been told I've got a pretty big destiny, and I don't want my siblings banishing you if I die. I'm glad Shane will be around to look after you if... Something happens." Leo wasn't joking when he said this. Chaos had told him to save people, and stop the war, and he planned on it. If it took his life to stop Gaia, he would gladly give it, and he was beginning to suspect that it would. If he was changing everything, then the war would not end with him as the only survivor, but the only casualty.

"One day Shelob, I'm going to have to introduce you to my friends Percy Annabeth and Grover. On second thoughts, just Percy, Grover's a bit of a scaredy cat, and Annabeth, well..."

"Is something wrong with this Annabeth master Leo?"

"She's a daughter of Athena."

"There is something wrong with this Annabeth then, master Leo".

Leo laughed at that, but couldn't help picturing the scene in his head. He'd introduce Shelob to Annabeth, and she'd probably start screaming. Then Percy would appear to see why she was screaming, see it was just Shelob, and tell Annabeth she was over-reacting. To which Annabeth would calmly reply, that no, she was not over-reacting, because there was a freaking giant spider in the middle of camp! He might have to do it just for the amusement value, and pay the Stolls to video it or something.

Leo was brought out of his musings by a large hairy head snuggling up to his. He grinned, and rubbed under Shelob's chin, to which she gave a sort of creepy purr. Leo laughed aloud at that, and continued chatting with Shelob until the others woke.

When the other five were up and ready, the six headed back through the tunnels, following the wool trail that Leo had left the day before. They left Shelob in the bunker though, figuring it wouldn't be wise to take her into camp. Especially since the Athena cabin all hated spiders with a passion.

As they followed the trail, Leo behind the others, making sure none of them turned the wrong way, Beckendorf dropped back to walk beside him.

"You alright Leo?"

Leo glanced over, surprised, "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

Beckendorf smiled. "I saw you with Shane last night, and this morning, you really like him don't you?"

Leo mentally grimaced, that was what this conversation was about then. "He's my little brother, of course I'm gonna look after him." Leo gave a little glare, "Is there a problem with that?"

"No Leo, gods no. I'm really glad that you're settling in alright. After you're nightmare, I was kinda afraid you'd close off. Just stop... Being so friendly."

"Believe me Beckendorf, by the end of the week, you'll wish I had."

+ 2 days

"Man, I wish he'd just stop being so friendly!"

Nyssa looked up from her bed with a snort as Beckendorf entered the cabin. "What did Leo do this time?" Then she took another look, "What happened to you?"

"Leo happened. Somehow he became such good friend with the Pegasi that he managed to talk them into doing laps of camp and gave a reward to the Pegasus who hit the most campers with dung!"

Nyssa looked at him shocked for a minute, then burst out laughing. "So that's why you look like... Hahaha"

Beckendorf looked disgruntled, "I'm going to have a shower, if Leo comes in, tell him to start running, or I'll drag him to Clarisse and explain to her whose fault it is her hair is now brown and reeks!"

Not two minutes later, Leo poked his head round the door; he scanned the room, and grinned, waltzing in. Nyssa again looked up from the mass of wires she was trying to unravel. "I would suggest running Leo, Beckendorf threatened to turn you over to Clarisse."

The smile dropped of his face. "That bad?"

"Worse."

"Oh, now might be the best time to practice hiding in plain sight. See you at dinner?" Leo raced back out the cabin, and dived behind a bush, scanning the area. Where could he hide that no-one would notice him? The campfire! No-one ever really paid it much attention, so it was the perfect place.

Leo made a mad dash across the grass, and dropped so close to the flames that if he was anyone else, he'd have gotten burned by the heat. Problem was, there was already someone there.

Leo backed up fast, "Sorry, I didn't mean to get in the way, I'll just go sit at the other side, ummm..." Leo looked back at the camper, who didn't actually look that much like a camper. In fact, she didn't look like a camper at all. "Sorry, who are you?"

The girl turned to face him, smiling warmly, and a tension he didn't know he had, relaxed. She made him feel safe, at home, things he hadn't truly felt since his mom's death. "My name, Leo Valdez, is Hestia."

Leo scrambled to bow, "My lady, I apologise for the disrespect..."He was cut off by a tinkering giggle, and looked up to see it was Hestia's.

"There's no need to apologise Leo, I don't mind. Please, call me Hestia."

"If you insist my... Hestia"

"Your Hestia?"

Leo blushed as red as the flames behind him, and stuttered, "I didn't mean it like that, I..."

The tinkering laugh sounded again, and Hestia grinned at him mischievously. She looked a lot like the Stolls when she did that. "I was just joking Leo, I think I'm a little old for you."

Leo grinned, two could play at that game. He made a point of looking at the childlike body she was in, around eight years old. "I don't know, I think you might be a little young. I could set you up with my little brother Shane, if you like."

Hestia was still laughing when the shell sounded for dinner, but as Leo rose to leave, she looked sad again. Leo frowned, "are you alright lady... um Hestia?"

"Oh, I'm fine; this was just one of the most exciting conversations I've had in a while. Not many people notice me you see."

Leo frowned, he knew how it felt to be not noticed, "Well, if you want to talk tomorrow, I'll be here after lunch, reaping my well earned benefit of free time after winning capture the flag. I'm sure we can schedule an appointment."

Hestia nodded and sent him a grateful smile, waving as he walked off to dinner, and he heard her giggling when he had to run to avoid a dozen angry campers. How was it his fault if the Pegasi suddenly developed a bowel problem?

Next question:

What was the name of the god who Hazel, Nico and Frank find in Venice?