Leo ran after Claire when she bolted from bunker nine. He had a sudden jolt of realization in bunker nine. If Claire was a child of Khione, goddess of winter, wouldn't that make her a daughter of the ice? Leo had grabbed Claire's wrist to try and test her, completely forgetting that she hated physical contact. She had entirely fled from the bunker. Leo knew that he had completely lost Claire's trust. Still he ran after her. Claire had obviously had a flashback in bunker nine, and Leo was worried that she might get hurt or scared, if she bumped into someone, or something.

He glimpsed a flash of curly brown hair behind the rock wall. Leo went behind the climbing wall. He found Claire sitting down, hugging her knees, tears streaming down her face. She was crying so hard that she was shaking.

"Claire?" Leo asked, hesitant. Her head snapped away from Leo, receding close to the edge of the wall.

"No..." Leo muttered. "Claire, stop. Please." Claire stopped moving. Leo took a step towards her. Her arms immediately flew up towards her face, shielding it. Claire tucked her knees in further to her chest, making herself smaller.

"It's okay, Claire, I'm not going to hurt you." Leo took another step towards Claire, then another, then another, until he was standing right next to her. Leo sat down next to Claire, being sure not to touch her.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Leo asked. Claire shook her head. "Well, just know that I'm here for you, okay?" She nodded. "Can I- can I hold your hand?"

Without even giving it a second thought, Claire grabbed his hand. 

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Leo had barely gotten to hold Claire's hand for more than two minutes, when he heard shouts coming from the border. One of his siblings, Nyssa, ran over to him, shouting, "Leo! Get your ass over here! Monsters are attacking the camp!"

Claire flinched at Nyssa's yelling. Leo squeezed her hand. "Claire, I need you to go to cabin six and find Annabeth. She'll make sure you stay safe." Leo didn't want to leave Claire all alone with a stranger, but he also didn't want her to get hurt.

"Leo, but what about you?" Claire asked, in a small voice.
"I have to go and fight." A flaming ball of iron flew through the air and landed right on top of the Hera cabin. Leo laughed. Serves the old cow lady right.

"Goodbye, Claire. Hopefully this battle goes well." Claire mouth rounding into an O shape.

"Bye Leo. Be safe." With that she left to find whoever the heck Annabeth was.

Claire walked around the camp, searching for the Athena cabin. Claire made it to the end of the row of cabins. She looked out into the woods. Claire wondered what Leo was doing. He was probably fighting a monster, using a sword of whatever he found with.

"Psst!" Claire heard a voice coming from behind a cabin. It sounded a little like Leo. "Claire! C'mere!" The voice whispered. It was definitely Leo. Claire walks towards him. When she got behind the cabin, she didn't find Leo.

Suddenly, a cloth was placed over her nose and the last thing she saw was a cyclops saying, "Good little demigod."

Leo ran into the Athena cabin. "Leo? Where's Claire?" Annabeth asked. Leo looked haunted. "Claire's been captured!"

HEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHHE I MIGHT BE EVEN WORSE THEN SHANNON MESSENGER AT THIS POINT!!!!! (iykyk) 

BYE BYE LUV YA GUYS -Max