Since the twins arrived in Italy, grandpa Juno has been playing with them and had established a strong bond. They usually asked about Lia, since they missed her so much. Juno had to reassure them that their mother was still safe and she would come immediately after she saves the kidnapped children.
Stefan and Maria took turns putting the twins to bed and they loved it. Lechi was worried about his sister, he couldn't believe that his own father would be such a monster. Will he end up like him? No, he won't allow it, he is so disgusted by his own parents. They are the reason for children's suffering and some separated from their families. How could he come from such a man?
Lechi went into depression and everybody in the palace panicked. If Lia ever found out her brother was in this condition and they did nothing to help him, she would reign hell on all of them.
Maria decided to focus all of her time on him. So she started involving him in some chores, like cooking, to keep his mind from wondering about his darkest memories.
After Maria realized his love for painting, she took him to shop for some painting equipment. She set up a room for him with the help of grandpa Juno and Lechi practically lived in that room. They put a bed for him and a chair for his use.
Two weeks later, Ronia came back and the twins were ecstatic. Even Achi couldn't hold his happiness back. He hugged him with so much love. He saw Ronia as his father and Lia as his mother, and Ronia loved having a teenager to deal with who was very funny and obedient but mischievous too. He loved the boys like his own children and he never deprived them of the fatherly love they needed.
He even pampered them and spoiled them like the twins and Achi loved every moment of it. When Ronia learned of Lechi's condition, that night he cried his eyes out. He can't lose Lechi to depression. He vowed to help him too. Everybody in the house was in Lechi's case. They had to make him better before Lia came back.
The two families bonded well, the love they had for each other could be seen in their eyes.
On the other hand, Lia had been vomiting a lot, Tony had to bring in a doctor and the same doctor who treated her at first was the one that came.
After a thorough check-up, he told Tony that she was reacting to the medicines he prescribed her and that the food they were feeding her was causing her stomach problems. So he left a list of foods for her and, since Tony is not that bright, he didn't suspect the doctor at all. I mean the foods and pills he prescribed for Lia screamed expectant, but Lia caught on to it and nodded to the doctor in gratitude for not exposing her.
Lia had a tough time with training and keeping up with her diet. At the end of the day she was exhausted to the bone. This continued for another two months. Tony trusted her and started sending her on missions.
One thing that Tony didn't know was that Lia was a really good hacker, just like her uncle Xavier. She was much more dangerous and swift in her movements and she never left any traces of her visits on the web. That's why Tony's men never knew who killed their moles inside government facilities.
Nobody suspected a mole at Tony's side, they all thought that those moles betrayed each other for some extra cash. This is why when the FBI, CIA or any other government special ops sends out their spies they never reveal their status to each other.
This is common sense and even an ordinary man knows. These people must be on another level of stupidity.
This went on for almost a month and finally she got all the locations of Tony's warehouses all over the world. She sent the information to all the stationed legions near those places.
By the time Tony realized what had happened, he was in custody being dragged like a sack of potatoes. Even now, he won't go without a fight, hence the dragging.
The worst thing they did to torture him was to put him in the same black hole as Eva. Huh, even these guys know how to torture people without force.