In A Trance

~Twelve~

"Percy?" Leo asked innocently.

"Y—Yes?" Percy stuttered.

Leo just laughed and got up. "Let's go have some fun with our slaves. Change a few things and really break them,"

Now let's get a few things straight. Leo didn't just need to use his powers to break them, he had Percy Jackson on his side. And even then, he knew how to use a sword. Maybe not the best, but they would t be fighting back.

He wanted to hurt each and every one of them, and Leo Valdez was going to succeed.

Leo made his way down the steps to a dungeon, the same one he had kept Annabeth Chase in. But today he wasn't visiting her, he had already locked her up and others had been sent there that morning.

The son of Hephaestus wasn't there to talk with the pathetic Athenian, he wanted to play with people he never would've been able to play with, and his first stop was Nico Di Angelo.

Ever since the newest trance he put on, the son of Hades had been a fun toy. Percy was just there to watch and be reminded what could happen if he crossed Leo, but Nico was in the cell to be played with.

"Master!" Nico bowed down dramatically. "I love you so much,"

"Oh I'm sure you do. But I don't want that right now. So do what I say and return back to normal, got it. Great. Now Nico, you are only going to scream or make noise when I want you to. Now, I want you to stand with your back against the wall, and not to move whatever I do. You'll do that for your master, right?"

Nico said nothing.

Leo just smiled and grabbed Nicos sword from him, playing with it in his hand and putting it up against Nicos shirtless skin. "Oh this will be fun. Cutting you with your own sword. But first, I think you need a haircut,"

He knew Nico would hate it, which made it all the more fun to do. Nico just stayed there, glaring but not saying anything. He was making this too easy.

Narrowly missing Nicos skin, Leo cut off some hair and then traced the sword over his body. "So many scars," Leo murmured. "You got them from hell, right? Relive that for me. As I cut you, I want you to relive going through hell,"

Nico only nodded, tears brimming in his eyes as he started to remember. Leo pressed down into eh sword, watching as blood seeped out and Nico stifled a scream.

Leo repeated the motion on his collarbone next, watching the blood deep through the air and listening to Nico want to scream. This was getting fun.

Percy was still there watching, terrified more than his now normal 'usual' as he watched Leo torture Nico.

Leo raised the sword closer, cutting the cheek deeper than he had the rest. Using powers he had been given from Aphrodite—who got them from Apollo—Leo made it to where it stopped bleeding but still stung, just to make sure he stayed alive.

Knowing time would be running short soon, Leo moved it once more right above the eye and cut him sharp there, watching as tears streamed down Nicos face.

"Come on Slave, I'll come back later to finish Nico,"Leo smirked to himself and walked to the door, Percy following him. Leo smirked and locked the door.

Taking over the world was starting to get really fun.