Leo Mendel

**Leopold Belinda "Leo" Mendel** is the creator of MECH-X4. His current location is unknown, but he's revealed to be alive and held hostage. He left various video messages behind for the boys to discover, but they have yet managed to find out who he really is.

## History

Leo was the one who created Mech-X4 some time prior to the events of Let's Call It Mech-X4!. He has warned that the Mech-X4 team monsters are coming and that Mech-X4 was built to defend the city. He knew that Ryan was a Technopath since birth, and that he'd be the one to discover Mech-X4. For Ryan's safety, he anonymously put him up for adoption. It's shown in Let's Get Some Air!, he is being held captive by the creator of the monsters, who is later found out to be Seth Harper.
It is also revealed he built a failed prototype of MECH-X4 called MECH-X3, which was piloted by Leo OS and was scavenged for parts in the second half of season one.

## Biography

### Season 1

In Let's Get Some Air!, Leo is held captive by the The Mastermind.

In Let's Get Some Answers!, Leo was still held captive by the Mastermind and the guards feed him lunch. The Mastermind took his lunch because he didn't say who the pilots of Mech-X4 were. Leo used the spork (spoon and fork) to get him out of the locked room. He got captured by the guards and got thrown back into his locked room.

In Let's Get Leo!. The Mastermind reminded Leo that nobody is going to rescue him since they don't know where he is. Leo got rescued by Ryan and used Spyder's Mech Link. Mark got Leo into the Med Bay.

In Let's Dig Deep!, Leo told Ryan, Mark, Harris and Spyder there is a giant pocket of Primorphous Gel. They needed to get to it first before Seth. Leo came up with a plan to get into Seth's brain to figure out where the Primorphous Gel is. Leo gave Harris and Spyder the device that will get into Seth's brain and out. Ryan and Mark contacted Leo and he reminded him that he could get brain damage if he stays there too long.

In Let's Destroy Some Ooze!, Leo was in MECH-X3 getting the drill fixed onto MECH-X4 with Ryan. Leo told Ryan about why his birth parents left him and why he was put onto adaption. Leo advised Ryan not to go to Harper Futuristics, but he went anyway.

In Let's End This! Part One, Leo saw that a missile hit MECH-X4. Ryan and Spyder threw it outside. Leo told Ryan that he had to stop the missiles with his powers and that he was lucky that he was the technopath. Leo and Spyder tried to on the power. Leo got the power on, but ended up injuring himself.

In Let's End This! Part Two, Grace woke up and found out who the pilots were. Ryan called his team because Grace went to the monster. Later, Leo and Harris were fixing any damage that was done to Mech-X4. Leo was with Grace at the Med Bay. He was watching her just in case she doesn't find out that Ryan was in the control room.

### Season 2

In Versus The Deep, Harris called Leo about the Mech Sub. Harris checked if he was at the Ferry Hanger and jumped out to scare Harris. Leo showed Harris the blueprints for the Mech Sub. Leo and Harris needed to get extra equipment so they went to the Decommissioned Submarine Yard. Leo and Harris got caught by security guards. One of the security guards saw that there was a drone in their bag. Leo and Harris tried to lie about who they were, but the security guards weren't convinced because Harris was a child. Leo asked the drone to attack which made them shoot lasers at the security guards. They escaped and got the parts they needed. They built the Mech Sub and it docked in on Mech-X4. Leo was still on the Mech Jet whilst Harris came to the control room.

In Versus Harper's Ghost, Leo and Ryan were finding Ryan's father. Leo recognized Randall Anthony through the pictures and Ryan told him that he was his biological father. Leo alerted Ryan that he found Randall's location. If they don't save him, Randall might be gone forever.

In Versus The Mountain, Leo was talking with Ryan more about Randall. Leo showed Ryan, Harris and Mark the Home Defense Unit. He explained that if they put it on Grace's house, it would be able to detect Grey or Seth. Leo showed Mark the Markmobile Leo made because he didn't want Mark to feel left out. Mark asked Leo if he could be a technopath to so he could help Ryan. Leo and Mark were on the roof installing the Home Defense Unit and Mark was still questioning if he could be a technopath. Grace came home and saw Leo and Mark were on her roof. They lied that Leo was the repairman. Leo told Mark that he gave Ryan to Mark's family because of Mark. The lights in the garage turn off and Mark wondered if they did that.

In Versus The Dark Night, Leo was figuring what was happening to Bay City but he fell asleep on a park bench. He came back in Mech-X4 and turned the power on due to Veracity's generator.

In Versus Traeger, Leo and Harris showed Ryan and Spyder the new weapon they have been working on which could defeat Traeger. Leo left to go get technology for the Mech Jet so they could defeat any flying monsters. Leo was offered something to eat and he almost revealed himself. Leo spotted Aaron and tried to hide from him. Aaron captured Leo. Randall came and untied Leo. Aaron told Leo that if he doesn't fix the technopathy problem, he would die.

In Versus The Wolves at the Door, Leo tried to inject Violet with something and it didn't work and she became sicker.

In Versus The Thirty, Leo contacted Ryan to tell him that Violet was sick. Leo surprised Ryan. Randall came as well. Leo and Randall explained why he couldn't bring his Mech-Link. Leo and Randall showed Ryan to the other failed technopaths. Leo claimed that the failed technopaths hate them. Leo and Randall showed Ryan to Violet's cabin. Leo told Ryan that he could cure her but Lincoln wanted to make sure the precedure doesn't make major changes. Leo, Randall, Lincoln and Aaron were watching Ryan manipulate the technopathic energy that was producing in Brandi. Whilst Ryan was absorbing the technopathic energy, Leo warned him to stop. Leo introduced Violet to Ryan. After Ryan cured Aaron, Brandi came to rescue Leo and Ryan. Brandi told Leo and Ryan that Randall and Violet were in the Farmhouse Celler. Leo wanted to rescue them instead of Ryan because Ryan would slow him down. Leo managed to rescue Randall and Violet but got stopped by Lincoln. Just in time, Ryan rescued them by throwing technology at them. Lincoln commanded the thirty volunteers to get Ryan. Aaron convinced them that they shouldn't take Ryan away. As a result, two men took Lincoln away. Leo and Ryan said goodbye to Randall and Violet.

In Versus Miami, Leo and Seth were trying to fix the X-Weapon but they were arguing. Mark and Veracity tried to make them stop, however, it didn't work. Leo and Harper stopped arguing when Ryan stopped them. Leo electrocuted Seth. Seth woke up and found himself captive by Leo, similar how Harper held Leo captive. Harper escaped and wasn't planning to tell the team about him making monsters with him. After that, Leo and Harper put the power back to normal.

## Trivia

* He is the only person who knows about Ryan's past and the development of his powers.
* He is the only adult on the Mech-X4 crew.
* His last name comes from Gregor Mendel who developed the Genetic Laws used in Biology.
* Leo has a genius level intellect.
* Between Harris, Veracity, and Harper, Leo is one of the only four geniuses on the show.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Let's Call It Mech-X4!
* Let's Get Some Air!
* Let's Get Some Answers! (OS form)
* Let's Get Leo!
* Let's Dig Deep!
* Let's Destroy Some Ooze!
* Let's End This! Part One
* Let's End This! Part Two

### Season 2

* Versus The Deep
* Versus Harper's Ghost
* Versus The Mountain
* Versus The Dark Night
* Versus Traeger
* Versus The Wolves at the Door
* Versus Miami
* Versus The X-Weapon
* Versus Sabotage

### (Mentioned or seen in a Recap only)

* Versus The Monster Within
* Versus The Infected

## Notes

1. ↑ Previous Episode's scene featuring this character was seen in the recap only, name mentioned by Veracity as well in the episode
2. ↑ Cut scene from Versus Traeger from the episode's recap features this character in the recap only