Why? Why is this happening to him? What did he do to deserve all this insanity happening to him right now?

Did he kill someone in his past life? Or did someone put a curse on him without him noticing it? It must be the eyes isn't it? The fucking eyes that he had never wanted in the first place. Those fuckers who said it's a blessing or an honor to have it are fucking stupid. This is a curse. A curse! Not only can he see things he doesn't even want to see, the constant headaches he got from overusing them is just fucking annoying! Not to mention how they're literally frying his brain!!

In what way does it sounds like a blessing?!

One day! One day free of weird insanity! That was all he asked for! Was it too much to ask?! Goddammit all!!

"Such anger from such a tiny child." Femt grinned from his side of the table. Leo, too fed up with everything but still has a lot of self-preservation in him, could only frown in silence. With his eyes rendered useless thanks to this weird contraption Femt had put on him, Leo could do nothing but play along with these weird people as they have their... tea party? Dinner? Whatever it is they're doing right now.

Doesn't mean he will play along willingly though.

Aligura cackled beside him, grinning too widely to be considered sane at Femt's statement. He knew they were crazy but holy shit does it made him feel uncomfortable to see it up close. Dealing with Libra's brand of craziness is enough for him, thank you very much.

"Come now, Leonardo~! Turn that frown upside down and enjoy the celebration!" Femt crowed as he held up his glass, not minding the blue liquid sloshing violently in it. "Drink up! Celebrate!!"

"Celebrate!!" the others shouted between their mad laughter.

Leo gripped tightly around his own drink and briefly wondered if he would die if he drank it. With how crazy everyone is around him, he was 80% sure they spiked their drinks with something that would most probably cause him to die. Still, there's also that 20% chance he won't die though. What if he just gets really high or something? That sliver chance of him being able to forget today's events was very tempting to say the least.

Decisions, decisions, and he's still here with these crazy people.

Speaking of...

"What are we even celebrating about?" Leo muttered to himself, eyebrows furrowing in confusion. "Did someone died? Oh god, I hope it's not me. Am I dying?" he paled at the thought.

"You're so funny Leo!!!! You're not dying!!! Everyone else is though!!!" Aligura grinned sharply at him before she downed her purple drink.

"Oh, whew! Okay."

A beat.

"Wait no!! That's not okay!" Leo flailed, nearly hitting both Femt and Aligura in the face before some... weird creature came up and pinned his arms to his side.

"Don't worry, little Witness. I'm sure you'll enjoy it! Plus, I saved a special front seat just for you!" Femt stood up and walked away.

"What do you-aaaargh!" Leo shrieked when the creature lifted him up and carried him away, following Femt faithfully behind him. Leo cracked his eyes wide open when he realised where they were. "Are we on a fucking blimp?!?!" he gaped in terror at the sheer drop in front of him. "How are we in a blimp?! Won't the octopus crush us?!" he panicked. And here he was thinking that he would finally be able to relax at the beginning of the day.

Femt waved a dismissive hand at him. "Don't worry, Leonardo~! You're perfectly safe and free from danger here!"

Leo was tempted to point out that he was already in danger from the moment he woke up to find Femt's face just inches away from him until now but he bit his tongue and kept his mouth shut.

"You know, Leonardo, sometimes I like to watch the city from the sky and see how beautiful it is," Femt said somberly.

Leo, who doesn't want to die just yet, nodded slowly, not knowing what to say to that.

"And everytime I see this city from the sky, do you know what I think?"

Is this a rhetorical question or should he be answering that? Not knowing what's the best course of action, Leo just shrugged, despite the fact that Femt won't see him do that anyway.

Turning around dramatically near the ledge, Leo had a fleeting hope that Femt would just... trip and take a freefall skydiving with no parachute towards the cold hard ground where he will either smash into billions of bloody pieces or squashed like a tin can under someone's foot. Although he doubts Femt would die that easily, especially if he's a Beyondian.

... Oh wow, Hellsalem's Lot and Libra - especially Libra- had given him issues. Good to know.

... Fuck, he needs hot chocolate really bad right now and- is Femt still talking? How long has he been talking? What is he saying anyway?

"-that's why, I have this brilliant plan to blow those buildings up so Aligura can put pretty ones!"

Wait what? "What?"

"Ooh!! I love redecorating!!" Aligura squealed. "what color do you want, Femt?! How about pink?! Or red!! The same shade as Brody and Hummer's blood!"

Leo shuddered violently as he remembered about those creepy creatures that had attached itself to his head. Almost every building in Hellsalem's Lot was covered in those creatures' violet blood after Libra had finished dealing with them. It was a nightmare and Leo wasn't able to look at that color the same way ever again.

"Or how about blue?! I heard blue is the most in right now! Imagine all the blue buildings!!"

Leo stared at Aligura in horror. No. Blue is his favorite color and if Aligura really did use blue, he will be utterly devastated. Utterly. Fucking. Devastated.

Thankfully, Leo wouldn't have to worry about his dilemma with his favorite color because they were immediately interrupted when the blimp rocked sideways, causing both Aligura and Femt to stumble. Unfortunately, as was his case for today, he was thrown overboard when the creature slipped.

"ASFGHKLLAJSKFASJDLAL!!!!" Leo sputtered as he plummeted to the hard concrete below. Closing his eyes did nothing to block his perfect view of the very hard and very sturdy concrete below. Cussing both at Riga and almost every person he knows in his second language, Leo twisted himself around so his eyes would be looking at the sky instead of his imminent doom.

The spell that kept the barrier up around Hellsalem's Lot seemed a lot brighter than the usual but he chalked it up to some trick of light. Sending a mental apology to his sister and everyone else, Leo heaved a sigh and let go...

...only to snap his eyes open when he saw the familiar aura flickering at the edge of his vision. Before he could confirm it, he felt himself being light, as if floating before he slammed against the Weave Orb, straining it and knocking his own breath out at the same time. For a split second, Leo feared the net would snap and he would still die but thankfully it held true, as expected of its wielders.

Leo could only lie there in a daze, trying to catch his breath as he stared at the sky, his mind trying to comprehend what is happening right now. A flicker at the top corner of his eyes drew him in and there, hovering innocently above him, was a white butterfly.

"... I'm okay, White." Leo smiled and that's when it hit him. Holy fuck, he just survived being thrown out of a blimp at who knows how high it was from the ground! As his mind finally registered that yes, he almost died and yes, he is still breathing and alive and here and in one piece, Leo let out a sob that quickly dissolved into loud crying, not caring the fact that he's crying in front of almost all of the Libra agents.

He could barely hear what anyone was trying to say as he was gently placed down to the ground. He didn't even realised that he had attached himself to the first person who approached him, who was Zapp funnily enough, spreading all his tears and mucus all over him.

All he remembered was the feeling of someone awkwardly rubbing circles on his back and the familiar auras he came to known by heart surrounding him.

Hiccuping violently as he tried to draw in a breath, he took a few seconds to calm himself before he pulled away a bit and tried to look at them through blurry eyes. "Fucking finally," he said in relief before he blacked out.

Later, much much later, Leo was discharged from the hospital with a few antibiotics and a reminder to not do any strenuous activity. Yeah right, like he's got any say in that.

Arriving at the Libra office with bandages poking out of his sleeves and collar, Leo greeted the few early members before plopping on the sofa and sipping on the tea Gilbert had prepared for him, quietly listening to the soothing sound of Klaus humming while he water his plants-

-before his eyes widened in alarm and he spat out the tea he was drinking, eyes fixated at the scene that only he can see.

Fucking why did a blood breed decide to appear now of all times?

When he saw the familiar soul of Aligura, Leo threw his hands up in resigned exasperation.