This is a little warning for this chapter, there will be scenes of child abuse mentioned. There will be nothing graphic but if this is a difficult topic for you than I wouldn't read the memory about Leo's foster mother Teresa (I will put a warning before that memory starts.)

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Percy's P.O.V

The atmosphere felt a lot lighter after those memories. In fact, it was probably the calmest they had all felt since Hera had decided to throw the demigods into another one of her crazy schemes. Percy was glad that they had seen some of Leo's nicer memories, he had been getting really worried for the younger boy. Leo's confession about running away from everything had genuinely scared him, and although he didn't want to see Leo in pain again, he couldn't deny that he wanted to find out what had happened to their friend to make him keep running. The next video would make him regret his curiosity.

The 11 year old Leo was once again on the screen, though this time he was sitting in a fairly boring looking sitting room. He was sat on the edge of a plain, beige couch and his scrawny legs were swinging gently, though this casual motion was undermined by the look of fear on his face.

"Is this video before or after the two other videos of 11 year old Leo?" Percy turned to his left so he could ask his question to Annabeth, who sighed while giving him a look that was a strange combination of exasperation and adoration (not that he'd ever tell her that).

"It must be before, Seaweed Brain, as Leo is wearing the same clothes as those videos but if you look out the window you can see that it's daytime unlike the other two." Annabeth looked proud of her explanation but Leo was shaking his head slightly.

"That doesn't always work, as I said before, I didn't have too many clothes to change into so I often had wear clothes a little longer than I probably should have. You got lucky though because this video is definitely before those two because I'm still ..." Leo froze suddenly and his hands began twisting inside of his toolbelt. The look on his face was like a startled rabbit to Percy who stared uncomprehendingly at the increasingly distraught boy in front of him.

"Oh gods, she can't show you this." The motions of Leo's hands were becoming more rapid as Leo stared pleadingly at the ceiling, like he was begging Hera for mercy. If the situation wasn't so serious, Percy would have snorted at the though of mercy. Hera would see her plans through no matter who's feelings got hurt in the process.

Percy snapped back to attention as Leo suddenly burst into flame. Both Jason and Percy had to launch themselves off the couch (which was somehow fireproof, though this wasn't a time to focus on that) to avoid being inadvertently cindered by their friend. Their friend who had now drawn his knees up to his chest in a way that was eerily similar to the young Leo's position in the first video. He was muttering what Percy could only assume were Spanish curses under his breath and Percy ached to help his friend, an almost impossible goal as he couldn't even touch the boy. The torment he felt was reflected in Jason's eyes and Percy truly wanted to rip Hera apart for this. Hadn't she screwed with them enough? Why did she have to do this to the usually cheerful member of the team.

His hands clenched as he had the grim realisation that the best way to help Leo through this was probably to get this memory over with as quickly as possible. His eyes reluctantly made their way to the screen and after a stagnant pause the video resumed playing. Leo's flames didn't diminish in the slightest, so Percy and Jason remained on the floor.

(-Warning! This is were the scenes of child abuse will happen. I will put a notice were this memory ends if you want to skip it-)

The door slammed open, and Leo jumped like a skittish mouse at the noise. A woman who couldn't have been more then 25 years of age sauntered threw and gave Leo a dark glare. Her ice-blonde hair was tied into a sleek ponytail that bobbed above her thin shoulders. Her figure was stunning and it was encased in beautiful, pale blue dress that perfectly matched her clear blue eyes. Eyes that were staring at Leo with pure hatred, as if he was the most disgusting being on Earth. Her steps towards him were deceptively light as she was shrouded by an unmistakable aura of menace.

"Leo, dearest, look at me" The command was said in a sickeningly, sweet as syrup voice that implied severe consequences, despite the word dearest that would have otherwise been a term of endearment, but coming from her rose bud lips it was a sharp knife pretending to be an innocent stick. Leo's eyes shuddered up, almost involuntarily.

"I happened to get a call today from a concerned teacher, Leo, do you know why?" It was clearly a rhetorical question so Leo kept his mouth firmly shut.

"Apparently she saw a worrying bruise on your wrist when you sleeve slipped down in class today." Leo was shaking now as the woman stood in front of the small boy, hands placed firmly on her hips.

"Miss Teresa, I swear played it off, I told her I had slipped and simply forgotten the bruise, I promise she doesn't know anyt..." Leo's desperate pleading was cut off by a harsh slap across the face. His eyes filled with tears but he didn't cry out.

"You stupid brat!" a brutal kick found it's way into Leo's stomach and he curled into a noiseless ball to escape the pain, but this Teresa was obviously unsatisfied as she clenched her hand into Leo's black curls and ragged his head upwards to deliver another stinging slap across his face, followed by another kick to his ribs. Leo doubled up and the previously unshed tears started trickling down his face.

"I told you that no one should know anything! I said you'd get punished if anyone got suspicious. Be glad I don't have enough time to get my belt." Her perfectly manicured nails latched on to his wrist, yanking up his sleeve. A trail of bruises of varying colours were revealed. This had clearly been going on for quite a while. The nails suddenly dug into the thin wrist, and Leo yelped as bloody red crescents welled up in the shape of a was unceremoniously dragged up the stairs and thrown into a small room. The door was locked behind him Teresa called back one last remark.

"Pray that I'm in a better mood when I return you dumb waste of space or you'll wish that it had been you instead of mummy trapped in that warehouse. " She swept down the stairs, leaving Leo to sob into his hands in front of the locked door. The sobs were noiseless but they caused almost violent spasms to rock Leo's body. After a few minutes, Leo pulled himself up and replaced his sleeve over the damning marks on his wrist. Mechanically he reached under the threadbare old mattress that lay on the bed ,which was one of the only pieces of furniture in the room, and pulled out the same backpack seen in the other videos. There was a relatively small window nestled into the back wall, and Leo flung it open before fastening his backpack on and stepping onto the narrow window ledge. The clip ended with Leo leaping from the window onto a nearby tree and shinning down it before scaling the wall that surrounded the garden. He dropped into the nearest alley as the sky started darkening and the image looked like the beginning of the freerunning clip.

(-Memory over-)

The room was silent if you ignored the faint sniffles that came from Leo. Leo who was undoubtedly one of the friendliest, happiest guys Percy had ever met. Leo who had gone through so much crap in his life, only for that despicable piece of trash to hurt him. Rage welled up within Percy. No kid deserved that, especially not one like Leo who had already suffered so much at such a young age. He wanted to kill that woman, slowly. He was startled from his murderous thoughts when Jason leapt up from his position on the floor and stalked over to the nearest wall, just before he pulled his fist back and, with an almost inhuman yell of pure anger, punched the wall full force. A sizeable crater was left behind as small sparks of pure electricity danced across Jason's skin.

He made his way stiffly back to the couch and, completely ignoring the flames that were pouring from the small Latino, wrapped Leo into the tightest hug that Percy had ever seen. The flames died instantly as Leo's arms made their way around Jason's back, his head pressed into the son of Jupiter's shoulder in an attempt to stifle the heartbreaking noises emitting from his mouth and to stem the floods that were trailing down his cheeks. Percy had never hated water, but as he saw the tear tracks on Leo's face in the brief moment before the boy's face burrowed into Jason's shoulder, he was seriously falling out with his element. Leo Valdez crying was wrong, in the same way a fire user producing water was. Their was just something so fundamentally wrong with seeing the usually upturned mouth facing downwards with distress, that Percy's stomach twisted in a thousand different ways.

His arms joined Jason's in a protective circle around Leo, as if to shield him from the atrocities of humankind, though from the videos both boys knew that their efforts were in vain. Leo had seen the worst of humanity and yet he could still smile every day. The boy was damn strong. Piper's arms joined the duo, and with virtually no hesitation, Hazel also flung herself into the group hug. Frank's arms were more hesitant, though they too sort to comfort their sobbing friend. They hoped that Hera would give them a few moments to comfort their friend, but they weren't that lucky. A new scene appeared on the screen. It was the image of a workshop.

I'm sorry that this chapter was so sad, and next chapter is going to be worse (you can probably guess what memory that's going to be). However, I think it's best that I get two of Leo's absolute worst memories out the way together so that the others can give him some well deserved comfort. Feel free to review, and if there are any other moments from the books that you think should be mentioned (I have some ideas but I want to hear yours as well) then don't hesitate to ask.