Leo gazed at the fading Iris message he'd gotten off with Chiron back at Camp. Leo was at Percy's place for a few months, because Sally had insisted on meeting him and Percy had insisted on taking him. So he'd come. And of course, Annabeth had come too. Annabeth was out at the library, and Percy was in his room doing god-knows-what. So Leo had decided to IM Camp, and had found Chiron in his wheelchair chilling inside the Big House, listening to his antique music - it was probably older than the Titans, and worse. He'd had as much of a conversation as you can have with a centaur in a wheelchair almost as old as the music he's listening to.

But the wheel chair had been Leo's revelation. He had been forced to look at that moving seat and be enlightened about the fact that walking was a complete waste of time. Seriously, it took thirty whole seconds to walk from the couch to the fridge! Leo could easily rig up a grenade that blasted buttery popcorn in that amount of time. He needed a wheelchair. He also needed an excuse to need a wheelchair.

Making sure Percy was safely inside his room, Leo snuck out of the house without anyone's knowledge, locked the door behind him, waited five minutes, and then started banging on the door from inside. "OPEN UP, FOR THE LOVE OF ME! OPEN UP!" he shouted.

"Hold your horses!" Percy yelled from the inside. "I'm coming!"

As soon as Percy opened the door, Leo fell inside.

Percy looked befuddled, "What the- LEO WHAT HAPPENED?!"

Leo moaned, clutching his right leg.

"What happened?!" Percy cried, urgently.

"Leg...can't...handle...OH THE PAIN!"

Percy wrapped one arm around Leo's back and hoisted him up, providing him support as he walked the boy to the couch.

Once Leo was seated safely on the couch and gasping from the pain, Percy once again, a little more calmly this time, asked him what was wrong.

Leo moaned and groaned, grasping his leg, "It was outside McDonald's!" he shrieked, enjoying every minute of his act.

"McDonald's? You went there and didn't get me anything?"

"EXCUSE ME BUT MY LEG IS BROKEN!" Leo shrieked, his voice high pitched. Then he decided McDonald's wasn't a good idea, so he changed it, "Besides, I didn't go to McDonald's, I went to KFC."

"Oh," Percy said. "Continue."

"So I was at KFC, and suddenly this car comes zooming out of nowhere and - "

"Wait wait wait! There's cars in KFC?"

"I was outside KFC, Percy!"

"Oh.."

"Yeah. So I was outside KFC, and this car came zooming out of nowhere and - "

"Hold up! you should've looked if you were crossing the road, Leo! It isn't safe just crossing the road without looking right and left first! That's basic elementary knowledge! Especially in New York - "

Leo rolled his eyes. Not another Percy lecture. Percy tried to sound smart by making his lectures long, but he just ended up saying the same things over and over. It was boring as porridge.

"Percy!" Leo interrupted. "I wasn't crossing! I was on the sidewalk!"

"A car came zooming out of nowhere on the sidewalk?" Percy asked, knitting his brow.

"Well," Leo said. "Yes."

"Oh," Percy said. "That makes sense then."

"Right," Leo said. "Anyway, so I'm outside KFC, walking on the sidewalk and this car comes zooming out of nowhere and hits me right on the head!" He finished proudly. Stories don't get more believable than this.

"But," Percy said. "If it hit you on the head, how did you break your leg?"

Oops. He should've thought this through.

"N-no," Leo said. "Did I say car? I meant men! Men!"

"Men came zooming out of nowhere, hit you on the head and you broke your leg?" Percy asked.

"No!" Leo cried. "I was walking on the sidewalk outside KFC, and these two gang-men showed up, and they told me to drop my possessions. But I didn't have any possessions, so I didn't drop anything. And then they banged me up."

Percy looked worried, "Why didn't you just run away?! Or shout?! Or do anything except stand there?!"

"I was paralyzed with fear!" Leo said, hurt lining his voice.

Percy ignored that, "And if they beat you up? How come your leg is the only thing that's broken? Do you have any other bruises or cuts?"

"No," Leo said softly.

"All they did was break your leg?" Percy asked.

"Y-yeah," Leo said not-so-surely. "They did that karate chop thing on my leg. One hand and it was broken."

"Gang-men know karate?" Percy asked.

"Apparently," Leo said. "Point is, Percy, I think I'm gonna need a wheelchair!"

Percy raised a brow, as if forgetting what Leo was talking about, then his eyes widened in realization and he said, "Oh..oh, yeah! Well, let me take you to the doctor's. It still hurts?"

Leo held his leg, winced, closed his eyes and stayed there for a few seconds before opening his eyes and nodding.

"Okay," Percy said. "Let's go."

Just as he said that, a small click was heard and Annabeth entered the house. She saw a concerned Percy standing in front of Leo, who looked like he was in pain. "What's up?" she said.

"Leo broke his leg," Percy said.

Annabeth looked at Leo, "How did you manage that?"

"Well there were some gan-" Percy started.

"Long story," Leo interrupted. Annabeth was way too smart to know that gang-men don't do karate chops.

Annabeth nodded, then came over to Leo and stared long and hard at his leg. She bent down and placed a hand on it, and Leo yelped, "OH THE PAIN!"

Annabeth stood up completely, her countenance exasperated, and said, "It's not broken, Leo."

"Well, how do you know?" Leo challenged.

Annabeth raised her brow at him, giving him an I'm-a-daughter-of-Athena look. "It could be a sprain, but I doubt it. I don't see anything on your leg. If it hurts so much, just give it time. It'll be fine in the morning."

Leo groaned. This was so not going according to plan! "So.." he contemplated. "I don't need a wheelchair?"

"No, silly. And even if you had broken your leg, you wouldn't have had a wheelchair. You'd have just gotten crutches." Annabeth said before walking into her room.

Oh. For the millionth time, Leo wished he'd thought this through.

Percy, who still stood in front of the boy with the fake broken leg, didn't look too thrilled about the fact that so much of his time had been wasted for nothing. He sighed, "Leo!"

A/N: Hello! How are you guys?! I am SO SO sorry to not have updated in MONTHS! There was just a LOT going on! BUT, "(Sighs) Leo!" is back in action! So, yeah.

Okay, so I read the reviews on this story again, and first off, I would like to thank each and every one of you who takes the time to review, follow, favorite, and even just read this story. Thank you SO much for all your support. I really, really appreciate it.

Now that that's done, I would like to clear some misconceptions:

1) Regarding a few of my chapters, eg, Chapter 4, I have used characters who are supposed to be dead before Leo comes to camp in the Heroes of Olympus series. But here, in my fanfiction, I don't really want anyone to be dead. So, we include all the characters - dead in the real series or not.

2) Regarding chapter 10, someone posted a review saying that Leo's immune to heat. Yes, Leo IS immune to heat, but that does not mean he doesn't sweat or feel hot.

Yeah, that's about it.

On another note, has everyone read Blood of Olympus yet? Now is THAT a great book or what? I literally felt so, so proud of each and every good character in that book. It was a pretty amazing book. And our hero, Leo. My gods. Where do I start?! He was so amazing in the book! He totally proved himself beyond worthy of everything in the world! AND he went back to Calypso! That's Leo Valdez for you! Amazing, just amazing.

Aaand that's about it. This Author's note is getting too long. But, yes, this story will be updated and no, I have not abandoned it.

That's all for now. Hope you liked the chapter! Thanks for reading! :D