PJ620

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?"

Chapter 617

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.

Chapter 618

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."

Chapter 619

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!"