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Chapter 611
The others chuckled as quickly the four kids started talking. Soon
dinner was ready and they all gathered around the dining table. Percy
sat with his mom on his left and Alexis on his right. Castle sat at the
head with Kate on his right and Algesis on his left. The Rebels
occupied the rest of the space.
Dinner was a quite affair, people chatted pleasantly.
"So Percy you ready for you job on Friday?" Kate asked.
Percy nodded, "yeah. My school starts in two days time. It should be
tough, but I can make it in time for my shift on Friday."
Lie Successful!
Of course that was a lie, Percy could run from Yancy academy to NY in
minutes.
"Good," Kate nodded, "I told a few of the people at the precinct about
you. Needless to say they are excited."
"Ha, I'll say," Castle chuckled, "we have a colleague named Esposito,
real good cop and all around badass. The moment we mentioned how
you were basically a one man army when it came to combat he was
determined to have you as his protege."
Percy smiled, "sweet."
"So what's your plan for school Percy?" Alexis asked as Castle started
talking to Sally about Percy's camp and how he could get Alexsis into
it.
"No plans," Percy admitted, "when do you join Harvard?"
"I already gave my application," Alexsis informed him, "but it's not a
sure thing. The only way you can even get in is if you're a super genius
or something."
"I see…..just out of curiosity what exactly would one have to do to join
Harvard?"
"Well...you would have to at least maintain a 4.0 GPA"
'Check,' Percy told himself. Ever since his gameing powers kicked in
Percy had never failed a single subject. In fact he had always gotten
high scores reached the A+ category. Last Percy remembered his GPA
was 4.5 or something.
"You would also need like a variety of talent. Like horse riding, knowing
how to play musical instruments, ah….maybe learning another
language or two?"
'Yeah I got that,' Percy almost wanted to hit himself. He was already
fulfilling the categories to go to one of the most prestigious college in
the world. Plus any skill he didn't have he could just learn with his
photographic reflexes. But the language thing might be a bit difficult.
"It would also help if you had a few recommendations," Alexis told him,
"or friends in high places. Like one of the reason I might have a chance
is because my dad is a famous writer. So if you know someone like
that it could help."
Again Percy chuckled to himself. He literally knew the Gods, it would
be hilarious for him to simply just hand over recommendation letters to
the head of Harvard each signed by an Olympian God. funny, but it
would probably end with him being sent out an insane asylum.
"Damn," Percy whistled, "maybe I might join."
Alexis chuckled, "sure, you go ahead and try. You can't just up and
decide to join Harvard Percy, you need to prepare for it. You need to do
your SAT's, your model papers, it's a pain."
Percy shrugged, "no biggie. I'll be doing my SAT's next year, I'm sure
I'll ace them."
"Wait, aren't you 14?"
"Wait, you're 14?" Angelina, who was sitting opposite to them, asked.
"Yeah, I know, I look and sound older," Percy shrugged as he turned to
Alexis, "and yeah, I'm 14. But I was put into an advanced class."
"So what grade are you right now?"
"Well I am supposed to be in the eighth grade right now, but last year I
skipped ahead so I already did that. So I guess I'm supposed to be in
the ninth grade right now."
"No you're not sweaty," Sally called out, "I got a call from your school,
they were offering another chance to skip ahead."
Percy blinked, "what?"
"Yes, they said you did so well they want to put you in all the advanced
placement classes and make you take your SAT's this year."
"WHAT?!" Percy cried out, "what did you say?!"
"Yes of course," Sally chuckled.
"Why did you say that?! Do you know how scary that sounds?! All my
classes will be advanced placements why did you do that?! And I'll also
have my SAT's this year! I'm so going to...wait, why am I freaking out,"
Gamer's mind took some time but it did kick in, "okay, it's cool. I'm sure
I'll do well in these as well."
Alexsis, "that was a pretty quick personality change there Percy."
Percy shrugged, "yeah, but I realised I was worrying over nothing, so
no biggy."
"But aren't you even a little bit scared? I mean they are your SAT's."
"Meh," Percy shrugged, "the way I see it I'm not even supposed to be
in higher grade level. So even if I fail it doesn't mean much."
Soon the conversation changed. The Rebowls kept asking Percy about
his life and he gladly told them. Angelina however was the only one
who knew the truth, but so far she seemed content with keeping silent.
Percy didn't really feel bad about telling her his secret tough, after all
the woman needed answers, and Percy had them. It would be a dick
move to not give her what she so desperately needed them.
Soon the night was over and Percy left with a hearty goodbye. As he
ran back to camp through his ID he wondered about what Alexis said.
Harvard seemed like a cool place, maybe Percy might even have to
study hard to try and get in. But with an Int level of 120 that really didn't
seem likely.
But still Percy wondered. After this was all over, and he did intend to
live through the war, Percy didn't know what he would do. He loved
Thalia and wanted to stay with her, but other than that….he was so
focused on fighting this war that he didn't even stop to think about what
he should do with his life.
Chapter 612
And while Percy might have some inclination towards being a cop,
after all he was volunteering part time at the police percent in New
York, he didn't know if that was what he wanted to do. Yes he wanted
to stop bad people, but he felt like he should do more than that, after all
he could do more than that. He could do so much more he could
be…..well a super hero.
Percy chuckled as he pushed that thought out from his head, that was
the future, he should focus on the now. And right now he had a camp to
protect.
The next day;
Percy stood in front of the Poseidon cabin as he sighed. He had spent
the day cleaning up his cabin and now it was time to say goodbye.
Percy had already dropped off Leo at his mom's place in the morning,
and since John still wasn't back from whatever quest their dad sent him
the Poseidon cabin will be empty.
'I'm going to miss this place,' Percy sighed. When he returned to the
cabin in the beginning of summer he was quite literally a different
person. He was smaller, weaker, lonely and so full of self doubt.
But now, in just four short months Percy had become almost
unrecognizable. And all of that was thanks to this summer, truly it was
a time he won't soon be forgetting.
Percy now stood dressed up in his Yancy academy uniform. A set of
brown slacks accompanied by a blue sweater vest and a white shirt
underneath.
Percy also wore his camp beads, this time with two more new beads.
The first one was a pink giant on a blue background, this represented
his quest to destroy Argo's base in Nassau. The second one was green
bead with a roman building carved in the center, this represented his
quest to unify both camps.
"Well...guess I'll see this place next year," Percy sighed as he closed
the door behind him locking it with his telekinetic powers.
He slowly made his way to the Mess Hall where everyone was
gathering to wish those who were leaving good bye. When Percy
arrived the meet and greet was already in full swing. Siblings wished
each other the best of luck, couples were torn apart and even a few
friends were found sobbing in each other's arms.
Percy knew he was lucky, Thalia was coming with him, they wouldn't
have to break up or something like that. But that didn't mean Percy
also didn't miss the rest of his friends.
Percy sighed as he moved to the Poseidon table. He sat down and
threw his duffle bag to the side. There was no reason he needed a
duffle bag, most of his clothes was in his inventory, but he kept it
anyway, just incase people wondered where he got all those clothes
from.
Percy looked around, he couldn't spot any of his friends, not even
Thalia. He was alone, and he didn't like it. Percy sighed and he hit his
head on the table repeatedly, "I hate this day."
"Sweety, stop hitting yourself, you're going to give yourself a migraine,"
Percy quickly turned around to see Thalia smiling down at him. She too
was wearing the Yancy academy uniform, it consisted of the same shirt
and vest but the girls had a brown skirt instead of pants.
Percy smiled as he got up and kiss Thalia, "you look awesome."
"Thanks, you look cute too," Thalia then looked at his shirt, "like a little
nerd."
"Okay first if I'm a nerd you're a dating a nerd," Percy smirked,
"second, yeah, I know. I so hate this uniform."
"I don't know Percy, I think it looks pretty good on me," Percy heard
Michael say.
Percy looked over Thalia's shoulder and there standing before him was
Michael and Clarisse dressed in the Yancy academy uniform.
"Woah," Percy blinked as he looked at the couple, "why are you guys
wearing that?"
"Because we're coming with you, duh," Clarisse rolled her eyes at
Percy's question.
"Wait what?!"
"You heard her, we're coming with you," Michael grinned.
"Seriously?!" Percy asked as a smile came on his face, "you guys are
seriously coming?!"
Michael nodded, "yup."
"We talked to Chiron about it," Thalia told him, "he pulled a few strings,
add in a touch of Mist, and boom."
"Wait where are Annabeth and Nina?" Percy asked.
"Unfortunately we won't be able to come," Annabeth called out as she
and Nina walked towards the group, "my work is far too important here
and Nina….well Nina doesn't do well in crowds."
Percy nodded, "yeah, I see. This is so cool!" Percy asked with a grin
still plastered on his face, "we are going to turn Yancy on it's head!"
"Hell yeah!" Michael cheered, "wait till they get a load of us demigods!"
Annabeth sighed as she rubbed her temples, "just don't like destroy the
school or something, okay?"
"No promises," Percy chuckled evil, "haha, WAHAHAHA!"
SMACK!
Thalia then hit Percy up the head causing the boy to groan, "fine, I
promise I won't destroy the school."
"Good," Thalia grinned, "no how exactly are we getting to this amazing
school of yours?"
Percy gave her a surprised look, "woman you and I have been dating
for months now, are you seriously asking me that?"
Thalia was confused for a while before she realised what Percy meant.
She sighed, "inventory, right."
Percy chuckled as he turned to Nina and Annabeth, "I'm going to miss
you both," he gave them both a big hug, "remember if anything goes
wrong call me right away."
"Got it Percy," Annabeth smiled, "don't worry, if the shit hits the fan you
will be the first to know about it."
Percy grinned and quickly everyone began to say their own goodbyes.
Thalia and Annabeth embraced like sisters while Nina just gave her a
polite handshake. Michael and Percy were saying goodbye to Nico and
Decker, both of whom would be staying back in camp. Clarisse was in
the corner talking to Seliena, the two were as close as sisters and it
hurt them to move away from each other.
Chapter 613
Soon they had all said their goodbyes and Percy gathered his friends
storing them in his inventory. He then slipped into his time dilation ID
and zoomed passed the state running towards Nancy academy located
towards the northern state border.
Percy stopped outside the academy gates and snuck into the bushes.
He opened his inventory and quickly took out all his friends and their
luggage before guiding them back to the front.
"Welcome to Yancy academy, home to troubled kids and the rich
delinquents," Percy said motioning to the grand gates, "but it also is
home to few of the best teacher money can buy and this is also the
kind of place you might meet those rich assholes who own big
companies only because they got it from their parents."
"So it has it's ups and downs," Michael said as he grinned at the open
gates, "not bad. Do you guys have any sports?"
"We do, our mascot is the Roaring Lions and we mainly focus on
basketball and swimming. We have a pool, and that's pretty cool, but
other than that not much. There is a chess club, but I don't think you'll
be interested in that."
"So what exactly do you do for fun here?" Clarisse asked as the small
group of four walked into the academy. Percy took the lead, as he was
the only one who knew where to go.
"Well me personally, I like to explore dungeons and study up on mortal
stuff. This is kind of like my time off from the whole camp half-blood
thing, so I like to remain mortal."
"Okay, so we are not going to be doing that," Thalia said as they
reached the main building. Percy lead them inside and quickly got
them registered. Thalia and Clarisse ended up as roommates, which
they loved. Percy and Michael on the other hand were separated,
Percy was with his old roommate Chad while Michael got someone
new.
After showing the girls where their dorm was Percy took Michael to the
boys dorm.
"So what should I expect?" Michael asked as they climbed to the first
floor.
"Well….it's kind of like any other preppy school," Percy said with a
shrug, "first off there are the nerds. Their cool once you get to know
them. When I realised I was actually smart and started studying I kind
of became their number 1 rival in the field of academics. They tried to
recruit me to the debate club, but I managed to wiggle my way out of
that.
"Then comes the jocks. Assholes, number 1 assholes. Like if one ever
approaches you and tries to bully you either kick their ass or tell them
you're with me."
"Why? What would that do?" Michael asked.
"Once the star of the swimming team tried to hit on one of my friends,
she wasn't interested but he didn't let up. I intervened and distracted
the dude, but because of that he blamed me for 'stealing his girl'. So to
make a long story short, he tried to beat me up, I kicked his ass. The
End."
"Damn….so is there anyone I can fit in with?"
"Well there are the music kids," Percy scratched his head, "but there
aren't that many of them. Just like a hand full I think. Honestly I never
really payed attention, you're just going to have to find them out by
yourself. Basically if you see a kid carrying a guitar or bragging about
how awesome he is at picking up chicks that's your guy."
Michael nodded, "nice. So any idea on what I'm going to learning?"
Percy nodded as he quickly filled Micheal in on all that would be
covered in the tenth grade. Michael was 16 years of age, which was
surprising given how childish he sometimes acted, and that meant that
he and Percy were going to be classmates. As such any advice Percy
had for the demigod was valuable.
Soon Percy dropped Michael off at his dorm, his roommate hadn't
shown up yet. Percy then went to his own room. He opened the door
and sure enough there was Chad. the room was already in a mess,
anime poster hanging on the wall, Chad even had his computer open
on the table playing reruns of his favorite animes.
"Damn Chad, couldn't you have at least waited for me to arrive before
you decorate the place?" Percy said with a shit eating grin.
Chad looked up from his computer with a confused look, "I'm sorry, do I
know you?"
Now it was Percy's turn to look confused, "yeah, I hope so. We have
been roommates for over a year."
"Wait…..Percy?!" Chad said in suddenly realisation as he got up and
gave Percy a big hug, "how have you been man?!"
"Great Chad, just great," Percy broke the hug and looked the boy over,
"you lost weight."
Chad chuckled, "yeah. But nowhere compared to you! Shit man! You
look like you got hit by the pubert space ship! I didn't even recognize
you!"
Percy nodded, "yeah, I kind of had a growth spurt over the summer,"
Percy put his bag on the lower bed, "so how's your summer been?"
"Not bad. Went to Rome, that was cool. Saw the Vatican and a few
ancient Roman buildings. Oh did you know that they are currently
reconstructing parts of the Roman Colosseum, they say they found
secret underground passages and want to try and excavate them."
"Really?" Percy asked surprised, "I didn't know that", 'I should probably
ask Julia and Rob this the next time I see them.'
"So what did you do this summer?"
Percy sighed as he pulled up a chair, "lots. Went to Nassau for
sometime, explored the Atlantic on one of my cousin's ships. Then I
visited San Francisco and took a boat ride up to Alaska and back.
Then….well I just lazied around. Nothing big."
Lie Successful!
"Wow, you went on a cruise?"
"No, not a cruise. It was more like forced labour. I told you my dad's a
sailor right?" Chad nodded, it was a lie Percy and his mother made up
incase anyone ever asked about Poseidon, "well this summer he
decided I needed to learn what it meant to be a sailor like him. Hence
the trips. I basically was forced to sail the things myself, with a little
help."
"Damn, that's amazing. Your dad trusts you with a boat, mine won't
even give me his credit card details."
"That's because he know's you'll spend all his hard earned money on
anime and other figures."
Chad rubbed his head, "haha, yeah."
"Oh, I almost forgot," Percy reached into back pocket and opened up
his inventory. He then took out 200 dollars and handed to Chad, "here."
The boy looked confused, "what's this for?"
"Over the summer I kind of ran into some trouble," Percy recalled the
time he hopped dimensions and fought Darkseid. If it wasn't for that
attack he made up in the last moment, the KAMEHAMEHA WAVE,
Percy would have been in deep do do, "and I remembered that anime,
Dragon Ball Z. It helped me out a lot, and I promised if I ever got out of
that alive I would get you whatever you wanted, so," Percy shoved the
notes into Chad's hands.
"Dude I can't accept this!" Chad protested, "I didn't even do anything."
"Just shut up and accept the money ass whipe," Percy walked to the
door, "now if you'll excuse me, some of my camp friends decided to join
Yancy academy, I need to show them around."
Chapter 614
Before Chad could argue any further or return the money Percy walked
out. He quickly meet up with Michael, who had finished settling in, and
the two went to find the girls.
The girl's dormitory was just a few short feet away from the boys, kind
of redundant that they were even separate dorms, but whatever, Percy
wasn't complaining.
Percy and Michael quickly spotted Thalia and Clarisse outside their
dorms waiting for them, only problem was they weren't alone.
Surrounding them were a couple of guys. They were trying to chat up
the girls, who were clearly doing their best not to kick their ass. Of all
the boys there there was one who stood out. A tall blonde haired boy
who was very well built, and he currently leaning up against Thalia.
"Who the fuck are these guys?" Michael growled.
"That's the swimming team," Percy sighed, "remember what I said
about them be assholes?"
"How the hell are you so calm!" Michael asked, "those are our girls
they are trying to hit on."
"Exactly, our girls. Do you really think they would be interested in
them?" Percy asked rolling his eyes, "those guys don't even have a
chance. In fact I'm more worried about their health. The way Thalia's
eyes keep twitching I'm guessing she's doing her hardest to not shove
a lightning bolt up Tyler's ass.
"Tyler? You mean that blonde douche bag?"
"Yup. He's also the head of the swimming team," Percy sighed, "come
on, let's go save those stupid mortals before they get turned into shish
kebab."
"So you know being the star if the swimming team give me certain
perks," Tyler smirked perversely, "if you want I can show you around. I
know some pretty private places you and I can go to to get
comfortable."
"Thanks," Thalia spat, "but I have a feeling my boyfriend wouldn't like
me spending time with a tool."
"Come on girl give me a chance," Tyler didn't stop the stupid smile as
he scooted closer, "I promise your boyfriend's got nothing on me."
"Yeah somehow I highly doubt that," Clarisse snorted.
Tyler it seemed didn't hear her as he continued to grin at Thalia, "you
know my parents have this really nice guest house in the town, they
never use it. If you want I can show you around."
"Tyler, Tyler, Tyler, what part of no don't you understand?" Tyler and the
other's turned around to see Percy and Michael approaching them.
Percy had a lazy smile on his face while Michael was straining to reign
in his anger.
"P-Percy?" Tyler gulped, "w-what do you want?"
Clarisse and Thalia was surprised, they clearly detected the fear in
Tyler's tone. The looked to Percy for an explanation but he gave none.
"I was just walking by with my friend Michelle here, say hi Michael."
"Hi," Michael replied as he stood next to Clarisse glaring at everyone
else, daring anyone to make a move on his girl.
"Anyway, we were just walking around when we spotted your harassing
these fine women," Percy turned to Thalia and winked, "and what
beauties they are."
"Back off Jackson," Tyler growled, guess he found a little courage after
all, "I saw them first."
"Yes yes. Good for you, here have a medal," Percy gave him the bird
as he turned to Thalia, "and who might you be."
Thalia smiled, "depends on who's asking."
"Percy Jackson."
"Thalia Grace," the daughter of lighting chuckled.
"Well Thalia, might I interest you for a tour of your new school?" Percy
asked offering his hand.
"I don't know, my boyfriend might get a little worried."
"Yeah, she has a boyfriend, so fuck off Jackson," Tyler tried to intersect
but he was ignored.
"A boyfriend you say? Wow, lucky guy," Thalia bite her lip, she was
trying her best to hold in the laughter. "Tell me Thalia what would I have
to do to get you to go out with me?"
"Hm, I don't know, I have pretty high standard. My boyfriend basically
spoiled me rotten, you would probably have to take me to Alaska or
something," the girl smiled.
"Done. Anything else?"
"You would have to teach me how to fly," Thalia took his hand as slowly
Percy stepped closer.
"I'll get right on that," Percy slowly wrapped his arms around her waist
closing the distance between them, "when I'm done you'll soar through
the sky like an angel."
"Hm..you would also have to take me concerts."
"Do you like Green Day?"
"Who doesn't like Green Day?"
Percy started at her eyes as he held her tight, "okay then, anything
else?"
"Yeah, you're going to have to kiss me," Thalia leaned in close.
"Done," Percy leaned in as he caught her lips in his own. She moaned
into his mouth as Percy lifted her off the ground biting her lower lip as
his arms curled around her waist.
Clarisse and Michael rolled their eyes while the swimming team just
looked in absolute horror and amazement. Some saw Percy as a God,
others still couldn't believe their own eyes.
Finally Percy broke the kiss as he looked into her electric blue eyes, "I
love you."
"I know," Thalia replied.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Tyler yelled, "what the fuck is going on?!"
Percy threw the blonde idiot a confused look as he put Thalia down,
"you still don't get it huh Tyler? She's my girlfriend, I'm her boyfriend."
"But, but...what about Nancy?!"
Percy shrugged, "well honestly it wouldn't have worked out, we were
too….different."
"But, but...ah!" Tyler roared, "you made me look like an idiot Jackson!"
"Well he didn't really have to do anything," Thalia shrugged, "you did
that yourself."
"Shut it you bitch!" Tyler spat.
Percy was about to beat the shit out of Tyler when Thalia moved. She
closed the distance between them in seconds as she grabbed Tyler's
crotch with one hand squeezing them hard.
"EP!"
"Call me a bitch again, insult anyone I know or care about, and I
swear," Thalia squeezed them harder, "I'll rip them out."
"EP!"
Thalia drew back her free arm and socked Tyler across the jaw. She let
go of his groin as the boy fell on his ass. His friend quickly grabbed him
as they helped to carry the boy away.
"And don't come back!" Michael yelled as he grinned in excitement.
Percy turned to Thalia, "I'm so proud of you. You managed to piss of
Tyler in the best way possible."
Thalia chuckled, "yeah, though I have to say if those are the kinds of
guys that are in your school I might have a worst time then I thought."
Percy shrugged, "it won't be that bad, I promise most of the guys here
are nice. Some are arrogant as hell, but they aren't assholes."
"So why exactly is the swim team mad at you?" Clarisse asked, "and
why aren't you part of them? Shouldn't you be like their star member or
something."
"Simple," Percy shrugged, "first off the entire swimming team is filled
with a bunch of tools and second I didn't want the drama and hate I
would get when I would eventually kick their ass."
Chapter 615
And so with that said the three demigods quickly moved. Percy still had
to show them the campus, and the others were excited to be studying
together. Clarisse would still be studying in the ninth grade, but that
didn't discourage them.
Elsewhere;
12 mysterious figured sat around a wooden table with an omega
symbol carved in it. In the center of said table floating above a hearth
was a giant crystal ball out of which rainbows flew out off. Each figure
stared at the ball with interest, displayed in the sphere was the image
of Percy currently talking with Clarisse about the female sports team of
Yancy academy.
"He's strong, very strong," the individual sitting at the head of the table
spoke up.
"It would be difficult to get him on our side," said the figure sitting near
the end.
"Not really," argued another person, "I have seen him in action, he is a
good person."
"I didn't think you would like him," a figure said.
"I don't," the first one replied, "but I can't deny he is a good person."
"And he already loves our children, he would gladly help us," said a
third person.
"I don't know where you get this faith from Iris, but we cannot let this up
to chance," the person at the end of the table spoke in a tone of
disdain, "the Olympians call him their champion, why would he help
us?"
"Because we are his family," Iris responded, "he will at the least listen
to us."
"Bullshit," the same voice cursed, ",if he found out about us he would
tell the Olympians, then all we worked for would be for nothing. He's
loyal to them, not us!"
"Come now Morpheus have some faith," the figure at the head of the
table spoke, "we must at least try. Kronos has waited so far, but the
mad titan may change his attitude at any point and simply wipe us from
existence if he so chose to. We need the demigod's help."
"And why do we?" the God of sleep asked, "we are powerful, more
than him. He can deal with Kronos and the Olympians, we don't have
to chose a side in the war. Please brother's and sisters, listen to me, let
me take our children into my realm and keep them there until this war
passes. That way we won't have to fight, and we won't have to bury our
young."
"You know as well as I Morpheus that that is not an option," another
person shot back, "your realm is unstable, it would mean trapping our
children in their own minds, and that isn't an option."
"And you would rather them risk their lives for a battle they wish no part
of?!" the God snapped as he slowly shifted into his true form. Wings of
black and white sprouted from his back as his body slowly shifted
through different human faces.
"Morpheus please, we can't-"
"-No Iris!" the God snapped in anger, "I have had enough. You people
want this don't you? You want war, and you will go through any means
to get it. You don't care about your children, you just pretend like you
do."
"Enough!" the figure at the head of the table rose up in anger, "do not
speak another word Morpheus, for if you do I will cast you out of this
council."
"Fine," Morpheus threw his chair back as he walked away, "I'll leave.
Good luck in your future endeavours brothers and sisters, may at least
one of your children live to see the ripe old age of 20."
The god of dreams vanished in a bright light leaving the now 11 beings
looking saddened by the events that just occurred.
"I know we are all...disturbed by Morpheus leaving us," Iris spoke up,
"he was often the drive that pushed this council forward. But we can't
stop now, we need to work together to try and save our children."
"Yes….yes, you're right," the being at the head of the table sighed as
they sat down in their seat. They looked at the glowing rainbow ball
that now showed Percy and his friends eating in the cafeteria.
"Do you think he will help us?" a person asked.
"Honestly, I don't know," Iris responded, "but...but we don't have any
other choice. It's either this or Kronos."
"Then we stick with Percy Jackson," the figure at the head spoke,
"when should we contact him."
"Not now," a person down the table shook their head, "he is just settling
in, let him rest for now. But we need to contact him soon."
"Fine...Iris, I leave this duty up to you," the head of this council said
turning to the rainbow goddess, "when you believe the time is right,
reach out to Percy Jackson, explain to him our situation and how
desperate we are for his help. If you're right, he won't deny us."
Iris nodded, "I understand, and believe me, Percy won't say no to us."
"You better be right Iris," the person looked at the ball and groaned, "a
war is coming. And I don't want our children suffering because of it."
Chapter 616:
Percy sat in the back row of the class with Thalia to his right and
Michael to his left. The three were in a world of their own ignoring
everyone else.
"So what's this class called again?" Thalia asked as she chewed on a
piece of gum.
"World history," Percy supplied.
"Wow, world history, so interesting," Michael rolled his eyes, the
sarcasm was obvious.
"You know Michael it could actually be an interesting subject," Percy
told his friend, "I mean maybe we might find out something we didn't
know before."
"Oh please Percy, like that will ever happen," Michael shook his head,
"I mean how do we even know that the stuff being taught is what really
happened?"
"What do you mean?" Thalia asked.
"History is written by the winners," Percy answered, "that's what I think
Michael means."
The son of Apollo nodded, "yeah. And as a son of the God of truth I
would like it if I wasn't feed bullshit on a regular basis."
Percy rolled his eyes while Thalia groaned in annoyance. "You know
Michael if you're really interested in knowing the truth you could just
ask one of the Gods," Percy said as he took out a notebook and a pen,
"they probably lived through history, I'm sure they would know both
sides to any war."
"That they weren't directly involved in," Thalia added, "because then
they would obviously be partial one way or another."
Micheal scratched his chin, "hmm, yeah, that does sound like a good
idea, but neah! Who has the time for that?"
Percy shrugged, he had to agree on that front. He was personally more
concerned about the future than the past, after all what reason does
Percy have to be look back? He's not going that way, plus he can't
change it. It was just a fruitless effort.
Just then the door to the class opened and a young woman walked in
halting the chattering and causing every guy in there, Percy included,
to stop and stare.
She had long blonde hair tied up in a ponytail reaching her lower back
and a small stack of books pressed up against her chest. Her eyes
were green like emeralds with specks of gold near the center. She
wore a very tight white blouse that emphasized her massive bust and a
form fitting black pencil skirt that showed off her wide hips.
She closed the door behind her, giving everyone there a clear view of
her toned ass. She walked elegantly across the room and stood in front
of the teacher's chair causing everyone to start to chatter amongst
themselves, wondering if she was their new teacher.
Percy looked at her name;
Tanya Jameson, Real life Lara Croft
Lv- 21
Michael whistled, "okay, since when did Aphrodite start attending our
school?"
Thalia looked at Percy, "you're drooling."
Percy blinked as he drew his eyes away from the woman, "n-no I'm
not!"
Thalia narrowed her eyes as electricity sparked between her fingers,
"don't even think about it Percy."
"A-about what?" Percy asked gulping.
"That massive rack of hers," Thalia growled as she shot the still silent
woman a jealous look.
"Well now that you mention it…." Percy immediately ducked down
avoiding a thunderbolt from Thalia. The lighting hit Michael in the ear
causing the son of Apollo to help in pain.
"Yep!" he jumped out of his seat causing everyone to turn and look at
him. Michael blushed at the attention, "ah… a bee bit me."
The woman in the front smiled, "really Mr. Yew? Then maybe it would
be best if you went to the nurse's office and have that seen too."
"Ah, nah, it's cool, it doesn't really hurt," he rubbed the spot Thalia hit
sending a side glare at said demigoddess.
Percy chuckled as he turned to Thalia, "missed me sweetie."
"You are so going to get it from me today," Thalia promised as they
turned out the mysterious new woman.
"Now then, I suppose it would be best to introduce myself," the woman
suddenly had a piece of chalk in hand, Percy didn't even see her obtain
it. She turned and wrote down her name on the board, "my name is
Mrs. Tanya Jameson, but please call me Mrs. J, I prefer it. And I am
your new history teacher."
The class immediately went into whispers as they began talking about
they had just learnt. The boys were talking about how hot their new
teacher looked while the girls mostly grumbled about how the boys
acted like horny little dogs.
Percy turned to Thalia and whispered, "her title is 'Real life Lara Croft'
so I think she might actually be good at this."
The daughter of thunder grumbled, "yeah I sure. And I'm also sure that
the title has nothing to do with the fact that she has a body type similar
to Lara Croft." Percy blushed but said nothing, Thalia was right, this
woman did have a very similar body to the tomb raider.
"Now," Mrs. J began to speak shutting everyone up, "I will be taking
world history for you all, as you might have guessed if you had more
than a few brain cells." The class laughed and the teacher smiled.
"Let's begin with a roll call," she opened her student registry and
quickly began to call out everyone's names. Percy noticed that the
woman had a strange accent buried deep within. He couldn't put his
finger on it but it sounded vaguely familiar.
Finally Mrs. J was done with the roll call as she started pacing in front
of the call, "I believe it would be best to…..start with a little introduction
first, yes?" The boys nodded eagerly, "well I'll go first. I was born in
Rome, my father was an archeologist from America and my mother
was an artist in Rome. They meet fell in love, and 9 months later I
showed up.
"I spent most of my life traveling the world with my father and mother
searching through old archeological sites and ruins. I grew a passion
for history during those formative years. And as I grew older I realised I
had a fondness for the stories of the old kings and queens of the world.
I turned my passion into a career, I spent the better half of a decade
searching the world for buried secrets and now I'm here."
The class was silent, and Percy understood why. She was a real life
Indian Jone, with boobs. Guess that's why her title was real life Lara
Croft.
"Ma'am," Tyler spoke up sitting in the first row staring at Mrs. J's tits, "d-
do you ah, well are you married?"
"That's what the term 'Mrs.' denotes you idiot," Percy called out
causing everyone in class to laugh. Tyler blushed in embarrassment
even Mrs. J held back a laugh.
"And what is your name young man?" the teacher asked looking at
Tyler.
"Tyler ma'am," Tyler spoke up, his confidence restored now that a
beautiful woman was taking interest in him.
"Well Tyler to answer your question, yes, I am married, like the young
man with the sea green eyes mentioned, that is why I use the term
Mrs. instead of Ms.," Tyler looked deflated as even the teacher started
to pull his leg.
The class laughed again before another student asked something else,
this time it was a girl, "ma'am what is your favorite time in history?"
Mrs. J smiled, "hm, I would have to say it would during the second
World War."
"Why is that ma'am?" another student asked.
"Because that was a time in history where a majority of the world came
together to fight for something they believed in."
"But what they believed in was a war," Percy spoke up, "why is that a
good thing?"
Mrs. J looked at Percy and smiled, "what's your name?"
"Percy, Percy Jackson," Percy smiled, "hi."
"Hello Percy, and yes, you are correct, it was a time of war, not peace.
But the result of that war was the unification of the world. Steps were
taken by the countries to ensure that a battle of that scale never
happened again. Yes, there was bloodshed, but it resulted in the
formation of the UNO, the first every symbol of unity this world has
ever seen."
"But don't they fail like all the time?" Thalia argued, "they aren't really
all that good."
"True," Mrs. J nodded, "but you see the reason they fail is because the
countries under them refuse to listen to them."
"So it's a failed concept," Thalia shot back, "I mean if a water bottle has
a hole in it it's a shitty water bottle."
"Again correct, but you see this isn't as simple as a water bottle. It's an
entire world, hundreds of countries trying to work together. The UNO
does achieve quite a few things, don't let the media fool you. They do
make a difference, and in this case it's better to make some changes,
then none at all."
"So wouldn't the better thing to do be to create an organisation that
actually worked?" Thalia asked, "I mean, one that is better that the
UNO?"
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Mrs. J nodded, "yes, true. Maybe one day there will be one," her
emerald eyes turned to Percy meeting his sea green ones, "maybe one
day one of you will create a program to protect the world, ending all
wars and conflicts. Maybe one of you can change the world."
The class was silent,Mrs. J's words struck a chord in them that most
didn't realise they had. And then Tyler had to break this moment by
opening his mouth, "pft, yeah right. I don't know if you didn't realise
who we are ma'am, but we are Yancy academy, we don't change the
world. It's a great thing if we just manage to pass school without getting
expelled."
The students chuckled nervously at the joke, most agreed, they had
lost hope. But the rest...they felt defeated, confined to their own fates,
to be a failure, a criminal. The stigma of Yancy academy was stuck on
them, and they knew it wouldn't go away.
"Yeah right," Percy scoffed drawing attention to him, "look Tyler you
might want to restrict yourself to a life of being basic, thinking you won't
ever be more than an annoying ass, but I'm not you. I know for a fact I
can be better, and I will. So keep you stupid pessimistic views to
yourself, or better yet shove them up your a-"
"-Mr. Jackson!" Mrs. J hissed, "that will be enough out of you! Honestly
have some self control, I'll admit I don't really mind you swearing, but
this is a class and as such you will behave."
Percy sighed, "right ma'am, sorry ma'am."
The teacher nodded, "right, oh and Tyler," she turned to the boy, "do
keep your opinions to yourself. It really is annoying hearing you sound
like a such a downer."
Tyler gasped as he started blank eyed at the teacher the students
began to whisper amongst themselves, 'did a teacher really just insult a
student?'
"Now," Mrs. J ignored all the chatter walking to the board, "let's begin
our first lesson, 'Ancient civilizations and their contributions to the
Modern world'." The student's groaned.
"I know I know," Mrs. J turned to the board as she started to write about
the various civilizations, "but I promise I'll try to make it fun," she smiled
as suddenly her emerald green eyes flashed sulphuric yellow.
After the class ended for the day Percy and the other demigods quickly
went out for lunch. They spent a good deal of the time finding Clarisse,
who had quickly found friends of her own in her class.
The group of four now sat down on a table away from the rest of the
students, clearly they had their own things to talk about.
"So how did you guys like your first day here?" Percy asked as he
munched on his mystery meat casserole.
"It's was okay," Thalia shrugged, "although I could do without you
flirting with Mrs. J."
"Well can you blame him," Michael yawned.
"I'm sorry Mrs. J?" Clarisse asked confused.
Percy and the others quickly explained to her, and when they were
done Clarisse immediately hit Micheal up the head.
"Hey! What was that for?!" Michael rubbed his head.
"For perving on the teacher."
"Why do you think I perved on her?!"
"I'm your girlfriend, I know everything," Clarisse said wiggling her
eyebrows. Michael grumbled but said nothing.
Percy chuckled as he turned to Thalia, "do you also possess the same
supernatural sixth sense?"
Thalia smiled, "yeah, I think I do. But," she looked down at her serving
of mystery meat, "for the life of me I can't seem to figure out what the
hell this thing is made off."
"Oh, that shouldn't be too hard," Percy said as he turned to his plate.
He had honestly never bothered to check what it is he was eating,
which may have been stupid, but it wasn't like he was going to get
poisoned in school or anything.
But now Percy was cursion, just what was the 'mystery meat' in the
mystery meat casserole? Percy narrowed his eyes and Observed the
food.
Immediately Percy's eyebrows rose up comically, "oh Hades no!"
Thalia turned to him, "what? What happened?"
"No, no, no, that is disgusting!" Percy grabbed his plate along with his
friends, "you guys do not want to eat this!"
"What is it Percy? Why are you freaking out?" Clarisse asked, she tried
to stop him, but Percy was too fast. One moment he was next to her
and the next he stood over the cafeteria trash can dumping their food
into it.
"You don't want to know what was in that Clarisse," Percy looked
green, "belive me. I regret even trying to know."
"Dude you're starting to freak me out," Michael said, "what was in that
meat?"
"Dude…..you don't want to know," Percy sat back down, "seriously,
don't."
"Percy stop being dramatic," Thalia rolled her eyes, "this is just like that
time your favorite character in that book series died. You know, Ned
something."
"Ned Stark, and no Thalia, this is much worse," Percy said with a
serious look that scared Thalia a little.
"Okay now I have to know, what was in that meat?!" Michael yelled.
"Yeah Percy, why are you acting so weird?"
"No," Percy stood his ground, "I won't tell you. Not because of
arrogance or to promote a sense of my own self importance," Percy
stood up striking a pose, "I do this because I care for you. None shall
carry this burden that I no do. None, I shall be the own who will hold up
the weight of this truth, and in doing so I spare thee, my friends."
Thalia grumbled, "drama queen."
"I don't know, I kind of liked it," a new voice said. The table of turned
and there standing before them was a red haired girl with dark freckles
across her pale skin. She had long curly hair that symbolised her free
spirt. The young woman was beautiful, and while she might dress like a
tomboy she carried herself with a grace not seen in most grown
women.
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Percy stared as his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, "N-
Nancy?"
The girl smiled, "hey Percy, long time no see."
"Yeah, you changed," Percy noted as he walked to her.
"I can say the same to you," Nancy chuckled, "I didn't even recognize
you at first."
"Yeah, I kind of grew up," Percy chuckled.
"I'll say," Nancy smiled as she checked out the muscles on Percy's
arms, "and in all the right places as well."
Percy blushed, "t-thanks."
"You know it's not nice checking out a boy if you don't know whether he
has a girlfriend or not," Thalia spoke as she got up and approached
Nancy glaring at the girl.
"Really? And who might you be?" Nancy asked as she tried to stare
Thalia down.
"Thalia Grace," the demigoddess replied, "you?"
"Nancy Bobofit," the redhead huffed, "I'm Percy's…... friend."
"Well Nancy, I'm his girlfriend," Thalia smirked causing the redhead to
stare with wide eyes.
Nancy turned to Percy, "is this true."
'I am so screwed. Like I have never been more screwed in my entire
life than I am right now,' Percy gulped as sweat started to fall down his
face, 'I'm so dead.'
Percy gulped, "y-yeah."
"So….this is awkward," Micheal supplied from the sidelines as he and
Clarisse watched the two women stare each other down.
"Michael, dude, you are so not helping," Percy grumbled.
Michael shrugged, "who said I wanted to help?"
Percy rolled his eyes but didn't reply. Nancy spoke first, "you know after
that day in the fair I figured we were pretty much dating Percy."
"Why because you kissed him?" Thalia asked. Nancy raised an
eyebrow at that while the daughter of Zeus smirked, "oh yeah, he told
me about that."
Nancy growled as he turned to Percy. Her feature immediately turned
soft, "Percy, I thought you….I thought you cared for me."
"I do Nancy, but….but we can't be together, it's...it's not possible,"
Percy sighed, his stomach felt like it was kicking him over and over. He
was feeling bad, right now he felt like a bigger ass than Tyler, or Argo.
Well maybe not Argo….
"I don't understand what you mean!" Nancy snapped, "what do you
mean we can't be together?! Am I not pretty enough?!"
"It's not that-"
"Is it because I don't look like her?" She pointed her finger at Thalia,
"because if you want I can colour my hair!"
"Nancy it's because we live in different worlds," Percy sighed, "you
remember that time in the fair? Remember….remember how that thing
tried to eat us?"
"Y-yeah, so? What does that have to do with us not being able to be
together?"
"Well, everything. Nancy you can't...you can't do the things I can. You
would be in danger constantly."
"And?"
"Nancy you don't understand-"
"I understand I love you Percy Jackson," tears fell down her cheeks,
"and I thought you felt the same."
"Nancy-" Percy began but the gild was already gone. Percy wanted to
follow but Thalia stopped him. He turned to his girlfriend, "Thalia I know
how this looks but she's my friend, she's is owed at the least an
explanation."
"I know," Thalia nodded, "but not from you. She hates you right now, let
me do it."
"Ah no offence Thalia, but I'm pretty sure she hates you more," Michael
said as he and Clarisse munched on a pair of sandwiches Clarisse had
bought, in case of an emergency.
"No, she doesn't hate me, she just hates that I'm dating Percy," Thalia
said walking towards where Nancy ran off, "let me talk to her, I'll
explain it to her Percy, don't worry."
"I'll come with you," Percy said but Thalia pushed him back again,
"Thalia she's my friend and my responsibility."
"I know, but you can't help her. Don't hurt others just to satisfy your own
guilt Percy. She needs to understand, and right now only I can do that,"
and without another word Thalia let the group running to catch up with
Nancy.
"Damn, your ex is currently going to track down your female mortal
best friend," Clarisse chuckled, "I do not want to be in your shoes
Jackson."
"And I don't want to be in yours Clarisse, or else I'll have to go through
the torment of having to kiss Michael on a regular basis."
"Hey! I'll have you know I'm a great kisser!" Michael yelled.
"Yeah, sure," Percy rolled his eyes.
"Yes I am! Tell him babe," Michael turned to Clarisse.
"I'll admit, he did have a little trouble at first, but with my help and a little
experience he's actually pretty good at it," Clarisse stated with a
satisfied smile.
"Ha! See!"
Percy shrugged, "whatever, I still don't want to kiss you."
"Okay now you're just begging for it!" Michael jumped up and ran
towards Percy, "you're getting a big sloppy kiss Jackson!"
"Hell no!" Percy turned and ran as Michael chased him around the
campus.
"Don't deny it Jackson, you're totally gay for me!"
"Fuck off Michael! You can never catch me and you know it!"
"I don't' have to! You'll slow down, because deep down you want this!"
Clarisse sighed as she rubbed her temples. Some days dating Michael
was the easiest thing in the world, other days….well those days were
the reason junk food was invented.
With Thalia;
The daughter of Zeus quickly found Nancy sitting under a set of stairs
as she bawled her eyes out into her shirt sleeve.
"Go away!" Nact yelled out the moment she saw Thalia approach.
"No, we need to talk."
"I don't want to listen to anything you have to say!"
Thalia sighed as she sat down in front of Nancy. The girl ignored her as
she went back to weeping.
"I get it," Thalia began, "I understand how you feel."
"What do you know?!" Nancy snapped, "you didn't have to loose him! I
did!"
"That's not true," Thalia leaned back as she remembered all the times
she thought Percy died. Alaska, Argo, in another world, "I almost lost
him so many times over the summer it isn't even funny."
"But he always came back to you didn't he?" Nancy's tears were big,
her eyes red, "he came back to you, not to me. You stole him from me!"
"He's not something to steal," Thalia snapped, "and I didn't steal him."
"Yeah you did," Nancy sniffed, "you just blinked those pretty little eyes
of yours and he fell for you, you, you whore!"
Thalia wanted to blast Nancy in the face with a bolt of lighting, but she
knew how much the girl meant to Percy. She was his first proper friend
after all. Thalia reached into her pocket and took out her flip phone,
"you know what fine, look at this."
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Nancy looked and displayed on the phone was a picture of Thalia
standing next to several beautiful girls. Thalia was pretty, but these girls
all looked like supermodels that don't need any photoshop.
"This is basically a group of kids in our camp we call the 'Aphrodite'
kids," Thalia lied, "they are the prettiest group of people you will ever
meet. They are basically the children of Aphrodite."
Nancy glared at Thalia, "yeah? And?"
"And I'm saying Percy spent an entire summer living with these people,
we both did. And believe me when I say quite a few of them wouldn't
mind being with him. But he didn't go after them, he didn't even look at
them. He didn't pick me because I'm pretty, he picked me
because…..because he believed in me."
Thalia sighed as she put away the phone, "in truth, I don't know why he
picked me. I never questioned, it, I never…..I didn't want to do anything
that would make him go away. He's….he's amazing, he's like this,
this..."
"The sun," Nancy supplied, "he's like the sun."
Thalia smiled, "yeah….he is. Every time he's with me I just feel so
warm, so safe"
"He makes the troubles to go away."
"And he does that all without even realising it," Thalia chuckled, "he
just comes in, throws your life on it's head and then leaves with that
stupid smile on his face."
Nancy smiled, "yeah….I remember the first time we talked. He literally
dragged me out for ice cream, and back then I as such a bitch to
him….I don't even know why he cared so much for me. I figured it was
because he liked me."
"No, Percy's not like that," Thalia said, "he probably just did it
because….well because he's Percy."
Nancy sighed, "yeah….stupid idiot."
Thalia got up, "look I get it, you don't like me and that's fine. I don't like
you as well. But Percy...Percy would feel horrible."
"No, he wouldn't," Nancy sniffed, "I'm not important to him."
"No, you are," Thalia replied, "he told me about you. He considers you
his first proper friend, the first one he ever felt close to."
"No, that's Grover," Nancy huffed.
Thalia chuckled, "yeah, but Grover wanted to be Percy's friend, he
didn't really have to work for it. But you were the first person he ever
tired to be friends with, you helped him become a better person Nancy,
and if you didn't speak to him anymore Percy would be hurt. And as his
girlfriend it's my job to make sure he isn't hurt."
Thalia extended a hand, Nancy looked at it and sighed, "I don't think I
stand seeing him with someone other than me."
"I get that, and you don't have to. But I have a feeling you wouldn't
want leave him just like that, Percy isn't the kind of person you just
walk away from, you would regret it, I know you would."
Nancy looked at the offered hand, "I…..you're right. I...I would regret it."
Nancy took the offered hand as Thalia pulled her up. "He was right you
know, you and him wouldn't have worked out. We live in different
worlds."
"You keep saying that, but I don't understand what you mean," Nancy
huffed.
"It's a long story."
"I have nothing but time."
Thalia smiled, "well why not," the girls walked back to the cafeteria, "tell
me Nancy, what do you know about the Greek Gods?"
Friday Night;
After an awkward reunion with Nancy, Percy and her had restarted
their friendship. Though now it was a little bit more strained.
The week soon passed before anyone noticed and the next thing he
knew Percy had to be in New York in five minutes for his first ever day
as a police intern.
If he was anyone else Percy would have been royally screwed, but
luckily Percy had super speed and the ability to create an time dilation
ID. He had made it to the 12th precinct just in time.
As Percy walked into the police department he looked around
observing all that was happening. It was just as he remembered it,
everyone was busy, detectives were working on white boards putting
up their cases in order to gain the opinion of others.
Percy smiled as he walked around getting a feel of the place. It was
very hectic and fast paced, but Percy didn't really care, he was used to
this kind of lifestyle. He quickly walked into the break room where most
of the cops when to grab a cup of coffee before heading back to their
desks.
The room looked pretty ordinary, except for various boards and
pamphlets pinned up across the wall. There was a lot to read, mostly
just bulletins regarding safety issues or other miscellaneous items. But
one board stuck out to Percy beyond anything else.
It was white with a simple graph slowly increasing in a steep curve. The
X axis showed the time passed for the graph, while the Y axis showed
the amount of crime. It seemed ever since this June crime had risen by
a steady rate.
Percy frowned, he remembered hearing about this in the news back in
the yacht to Alaska. Back then he and Thalia suspected this wave of
crime was due to Kronos being revived, since he was the Titan of evil it
would make sense that his presence caused this new wave of terror.
"Yeah, things are bad, but it's nothing we can't handle," a man spoke
up behind Percy.
The demigod turned and there standing behind him was an older man
that came from Latino descent. He looked tough, judging from the
military haircut and the muscles underneath his skin tight shirt Percy
wagered he was possibly some kind of veteran. Percy looked at his
name;
Javier Esposito, Cop
Lv- 19
Percy was impressed, his level was pretty high for a human.
"You must be Esposito," Percy said with a smile.
The man nodded, "yeah, how did you know?"
"Castle mentioned you," Percy recalled the dinner he had in Castle's
place a few night's ago, "he gave me a good enough description of
you. How did you know me?"
"I was there when you found those kidnapped siblings," the cop
answered, "I helped bring them to the hospital. Nice work by the way,
you solved that case in what, an afternoon?"
Percy blushed, "w-well yeah."
"So….Kate tells me you're some kind of genius," Esposito turned to the
white board with the crime rate graph written on it, "tell me genius, why
do you think crime has suddenly picked up?"
"Well….." 'maybe it's because the Titan of evil has risen up?' Percy
wanted to say, but obviously that was off the table, "maybe it's because
someone is causing it?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well….if it happens every summer then yeah, it's just a coincidence.
But it hasn't happened before, right?" Percy turned to Esposito who
nodded, "then that means it's not something that happens naturally. So
that means someone is causing it, someone from the shadows."
Percy meant Kronos, but he knew Esposito thought he meant a kingpin
of crime of something, which was kind of what he was going for.
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"Not a bad theory kid," Esposito nodded, "in fact it's the same
conclusion many of us here in the present have come to. We even
gave this person a nick name."
"What is it?"
"'The Master Hand'."
"Really? 'The Master Hand'?"
"What? No good?"
"No, it's awesome, it's just…..well why would you give him such a cool
name?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, this is a bad guy right?" the cop nodded, "well why would you
give this guy a cool name? That's would just encourage him. You
should give him something stupid or silly. Like… 'The Cotton Candy
Man'."
"Do you know how stupid that would be? Every time we speak about
him or file a report case about him we would have to call him by that
nickname. Can you imagine this entire precinct yelled out, 'where the
hell is The Cotton Candy Man?!'"
Percy laughed, "yeah, I guess it would be silly."
Esposito nodded, "yeah...well anyway, time to get you started."
"Wait, where's Beckett and Castle?" Percy asked, "I thought they were
going to be here."
"Yeah no, they have an active case, those two are the best team we
have on the force right now and so they rarely have free time to spare."
"So wait, does that mean I'm under you?"
"Well….sort off. Think of it like a big brother program, basically I'm in
charge of your activities here, meaning you do what I say when I say.
Got it?"
"Sir yes sir," Percy mocked saluted causing Esposito to smile.
"How did you figure out I was a soldier?"
"The hair, plus the scars and muscles. It was either a soldier or just a
really traumatised dude."
This time the officer did laugh, "you're pretty funny kid, I'll give you that.
Well alright funny guy, follow me."
Percy followed the man as he lead him towards the back of the
precinct. In front of them was a steel door Esposito went to the digital
pad on the side and punched in a code.
The door swung open and the two walked in. They entered a room with
no windows and only one entrance. The steel door shut behind them
as Percy looked around. There were stacks and stacks of boxes each
filled in with what looked like old case files. From what Percy could see
everything was in a state of disarray, the dates were mixed up, the
names were mismatched. It was a mess.
"This is our archives," Esposito said as he turned on the internal
ventilation system, "basically your job will be to go through each and
every box in this room and arrange them properly."
"Shit," Percy cursed, "there are enough boxes in here to fill up a
library!"
Esposito nodded, "yeah. Well….get to it."
"Wait, I'm guessing this is supposed to keep me busy for a few days
right?" Percy asked. Esposito nodded and Percy continued, "what if I
finished sooner than that?"
The cop smiled, "well that's impossible. It would take an army to sort
through all of this."
"Humor me boss."
" Fine, if you manage to arrange them all sooner then I suppose I
would be forced to figure some other job for you. Maybe I could
introduce you to the forensics department, most of the real detective
work starts there you know."
"I see…..can I hold you to that?"
"Always."
"Then I suppose you better get that little trip ready Esposito. I'll be
done with this by the end of the day."
The cop laughed, "sure kid, sure. You get on that. Anyway the code to
the door is 2233456, don't forget it, I don't want to keep coming here
because you forgot the code."
Percy nodded as he took off his jacket putting it on a nearby chair. He
cracked his knuckles and neck, "well, time to get to work."
Esposito smiled and walked out shutting the steel door behind him. He
figured the kid would take at least the weekend to complete the job. So
that meant the cop had three days time to figure out something for the
kid.
Inside the sealed records room a small tornado was brewing. Percy
had gone into super speed mode. He couldn't think in super speed, but
he could move in it. That plus his advanced reading skills and large
processing speed helped Percy to catalog and put away every single
file, folder and box in that room.
He didn't even notice the time fly by. There wasn't any windows in the
room and once Percy was focused on something nothing could distract
him.
That night;
Esposito yawned as he walked towards the records room. Today had
been a stressful day for the cop, but it wasn't over. He still had to check
up on Percy in the records room. He unlocked the steel door and
walked in. He looked around and his jaw dropped.
Everything was arranged properly, the room looked revived. No files
were misplaced, no boxes out of their proper place. The latino cop
turned to Percy who was currently looking through a case file with
several others stacked on the desk in front of him.
"Percy!" Esposito shouted, "what the hell is going on?!"
Percy lowered the file he was reading, "ah….I was just reading up on
some old cold cases, hope you didn't mind."
"No, not that! I mean this!" He pointed at the room.
"What? Did you want me to catalog them as well?" Percy asked,
"because that might take some time."
"No! I mean how are you already done?! This should have taken you
days! At the least the whole weekend!"
Percy shrugged, "I'm a fast worker."
"Kid, this isn't just fast, it's impossible!" Esposito went over to a random
shelf and looked over the files. And sure enough every single one was
arranged according to their case number, there was even a little tag in
each shelf explaining what numbers they contained.
"Well I guess I'm just talented then," Percy waved his hands
manipulating the Mist to a minor degree;
Mist Control, Lv-3 (60%)
The user can control the mist to create illusions.
Can be used on- Mortals
Range- 30 meters
Slowly Esposito's mind started to fog up. His thoughts began to jumble
up. What was he worrying about? He wanted the job done and now it
was done. He shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
"R-right," Esposito shook his head, "right, good job Percy, this is
amazing work."
"Thanks," Percy smiled, "anyway, I kind of got bored after all that and
took a sneak peak into some of the cold files you guys had laying
around, I hope you don't mind."
"Neah, not a problem, just don't take them out of this room," Esposito
warned.
"Got it boss."
The cop nodded before smiling again, "wow, I got to say Percy this is
amazing, I honestly didn't expect you to finish so soon." Percy readied
his Mist Control skill, just in case he had to use it again, "hell I don't
even know what I should do with you now!"
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