The Fire Over My Eyes

Chp 3 - He is a child

(Bold – the memory

Italics – thoughts outside of the memory

Italics and bold – Leo narrating his memories

Underline – subtitles

'Bold, italics and with the quotation marks – Leo's thoughts inside the memory).

Clint's POV

The screen was currently showing a sunny field. With flowers dotted around the place.

It looks beautiful, I thought to myself as I hugged the silver-haired male closer to me.

Leo was sitting on the ground looking at a red flower. He was petting the flowers leaves when there was a familiar voice that called out to him, "Leo come on it's time to train."

Leo nodded and grabbed onto the woman's hand. They walked for a few minutes before they stopped and the woman handed him a knife. "Okay Leo try and do a trick with this knife." Said the angelic voice.

"Why is she letting him play with a knife? That's not safe!" Cried out a distressed Bruce,

Leo nodded and tried to do a trick only to cut his hand a bit. He gasped in shock and held back his tears. Hera sighed and said, "you need to learn to fight through the pain little hero." Leo bit his lip and nodded, he kept trying, and this went on for around an hour until he did it perfectly.

He smiled and looked up at Hera brightly she smiled back and looked at his hands they had little scratches on them but they weren't bleeding that much. She grabbed his hands gently and led him away in to the distance.

I'm actually glad that Hera made me do all of this trying no matter if I got hurt I knew she was just looking out for me,

The next memory played really quick.

On the ground a rattle snake was lying there. Leo was seen with a stick a little bit away from the sleeping animal, Hera was next to him and refer him to go and poke the snake. "But tía (aunt) that's not okay he is asleep and unsuspecting." Said Leo in a nervous voice.

Hera's eyes were determined and strict, "Leo you are going to have to learn that the world is not fair. People get things like this happen to them all the time."

She was right, I needed to learn that and fast...

Leo looked nervous and the snake started to wake up, Leo dropped the stick and smiled as the snake slithered away. He looked at Hera only to find her eyes full of dissatisfaction. He bowed his head in shame. Hera shook her head lightly and grabbed his hand and led him away, the memory faded away slowly.

"T-that was dangerous." Stuttered Peter as he adjusted his place on the couch he was in.

"She has a point though." Said Natasha,

"Very true." Pietro whispered and moved closer to me.

The screen started up again,

Leo was sitting at a picnic table with Hera he drawing with crayons when Hera spoke, "Leo why don't you use your powers to warm these old bones."

Leo nodded as if those words made so much sense. He put his hands on the table and lit his hands on fire, all of a sudden Hera disappeared. A woman came running towards the table, she looked at Leo and cried out, "Leo what are you doing?!"

The flames on Leo's hands suddenly disappeared. The lady picked up Leo and they slowly walked up to an apartment.

The young boy known as Leo slept soundly on a small couch in an apartment. The woman from before was working in the kitchen, she was putting screws into a little contraption. She was so concentrated that she didn't see the figure lift up her child and hold him over a roaring fireplace.

"What are they doing?!" yelp a concerned Steve,

Despite the heat the Leo stayed asleep as the figure was about to drop him in the fire. A shout was heard at the entrance of the living room as the woman came and snatched Leo away from the figure. Leo awoke with a fright and snuggled into his mother arms a bit scared.

"What are you doing?!" cried the woman at the figure,

"Mamá (mom)? Why are you screaming at tía (aunt)?" asked a sleepy Leo.

"He didn't notice the heat?" questioned Bucky,

"Looks like that..." said Tony as Bucky glared at him.

Leo's mother smiled at him and took him to the kitchen, "it's nothing Mijo (son) how about you do some drawing while me and tía have a talk." Leo nodded and sat down at the table as his mother went back into the living room.

He was able to hear a little bit of the conversation on accident though...

"I don't want him using powers! He is too young to learn about that world! He is just a child!" said his mother is a hiss,

"Esperanza, he needs to know, he is going to do great things when he is older." Said Hera,

"No, I don't want you around my son anymore, you are not allowed to see him again until I say so..." Esperanza shook her head and sighed as she watched Hera flash away.

She walked into the kitchen and looked at Leo drawing a picture of a car. She sat next to Leo and said, "tía (aunt) is not going to be around for a while Mijo (son)." She put her head in her hands and sighed.

Leo looked over at his mum and put down his pencil, "are you okay Mamá (mom)?" he got a hum in response and he hugged her, the memory faded.

I knew that Mamá (mom) wasn't okay and even though she said she was okay I knew she was lying. I just wanted to see her happy again... I'm sorry...

"What does he mean by I am sorry?" questioned Bruce with a raised eyebrow,

I gulped, "I have a few ideas..." I whispered.