When Memories Fade

When Memories Are Confronted

The six demigods rushed to bunker nine, all boiling with anger and confusion. After a small knock, Leo opened up the door.

Leo's smile dropped as he saw the faces of his friends, "whatever it is you thought I did, I didn't do it,"

He was really hoping it wasn't what he thought it was. But it was.

"So you didn't split us all up?" Annabeth glared.

"Well, I guess that means you know what I've been up to. Have you come to hurt me or ask why?"

The demigods looked to each other, before Jason answered for all of them, "why. Then we'll see about hurting you,"

"Only one," Leo stated.

"What?" They all asked.

"Only one of you can come in. I'm not going to talk to all of you at once,"

Jason glances to the others, and they all had a silent conversation, "fine. I'll go,"

"No," Leo said, scanning his eyes over the six in front of him, "Percy will go. That's it,"

Percy walked forward awkwardly, giving a small smile to a hurt Jason and piper. Leo walked down to his cellar under bunker nine, motioning Percy to follow.

After closing the latch, Leo turned back to percy. The son of Poseidon finally asked his question, "why the hell did you want to break us up?"

"The same reason you might have,"

"I would never hurt my friends, I'd do anything for them, and I thought the same of you,"

"Then you still should. Because that's how it all started,"

"What do you mean?"

"When Jason nearly died six years ago, he should've died. But I made a deal with Kronos to turn back time and save him. But that meant I had to drug you,"

"Than why did you have to separate us?"

"You really don't think they would notice you acting differently? Wow, you really are oblivious,"

"You said you would drug me. What do you mean by that?"

"All the questions today," Leo remarked, moving over to his shelf and taking his multiple vials. "You see Percy, I have a few drugs I can use. Two of them were gone when I got them, and I used two other ones. Frank and hazel were both under an influencing spell, I used the memory spell on me, and I'm about to use two of them on you,"

"What are you going to do to me?"

"Nothing much. Your memories will just be changed and your going to have to be with me because if you don't you die,"

Percy realized Leo wasn't regretting what he was doing, instead, the elfish boy actually had a grin. "This isn't just about Jason. You want to do this,"

Leo's grin dropped, "maybe I was tired of being the seventh wheel. And maybe this is the best way to prove my worth,"

"What? We welcomed you with open arms, you were our family. And family doesn't betray family,"

Leo injected the drugged shot into percys arm, watching him slump to the ground. "Then I guess we were never family. Maybe that's just what happens when memories fade,"