Hi, no.311 here, with a new story! I just had this idea. That's why I wrote this chapter. Writing from my phone is a pain, but I still did it. Now I'm back, I will continue infiltration again, so if you want me to continue this before infiltration ends, review. Constructive criticism and ideas are appriciated, no insults. Blame my phone for mistakes in spelling. This chapter is in third person.

Disclaimer: I don't own PJO or HoO, only my OC's.

"It's been a while since I last saw you here, hasn't it?"

The man looked up. Before him stood an old lady. He looked a bit confused, and the woman doubted that he remembered her. He tried to think what to say, but he was still a little shaken, so it took a few seconds. Then he answered her.

"Yes, last year I suppose. But it's nice to see you again."

The old lady was surprised that he remembered, but she was happy. They had been friends for a while, and she could see that he recovered.
Last year had been horrible for him. So horrible that he didn't remember him at all.

The man's hair was wet from the rain, and his clothes sticked to his body.

"Why don't we go and drink something at my house, for old time's sake."

The man nodded and stood up. They walked through the city, one narrow lane after another. The woman was thinking while she walked.

She had first met him at the same place they just were. Her son had died at sea, and the funeral had been a week earlier. When she reached the destination of her small walk through the city, her son's tombstone, she was suprised to see a complete stranger already sitting there. They had greeted eachother, and she, polite as she was, had invited the man for a drink. They talked quite some time before the man revealed himself as her son's "dead" grandfather from her husband's side. Of course she was angry at him at first. Her husband had told her everything about the gids, but she thought that he had been a lousy grandfather, god or not. But the anger subsided when he told her the things he had done for him. He had even gone undercover for a while on her son's ship. But he ultimately failed to save him. He regretted it, even though he hadn't been able to do more, due to the Ancient Laws. Since then they had built up a friendship. That was many years ago. They would meet at the graveyard, and she would always invite him to drink something with her. He would always tell story's. Until last year. When she saw him again after six years, he was not the same. She knew something was troubling him. But she decided not to ask. She had enough experience to know when not asking was better then asking.

She out of her thoughts when they arrived at their destination. The woman beckoning him inside, for old time's sake.

The man stood on the hill. He knew that he wouldn't return, and he felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

Jimmy shot up, sitting up straight in his bed. He experienced it a lot lately. The doctor said it was nothing major, but he had it easy. He didn't see what he saw. It had started on his fifth birthday. Why? He didn't know. But he didn't like it. He was almost sixteen now and the nightmares were still there. He went to several docters, who all said something else. But other than having nightmares, there was nothing wrong with him. Yes, he did have ADHD, but it was easy to keep in check with pills. But the nightmares...

Jimmy sighed, he heard his dad calling from below. His mother was dead. Shot by some crazy person with a gun. But he had gotten over it. Breakfast was cereals with milk. For some reason, he always chuckled when looking at it. He ate quietly and fast. Today school again. Woohoo, he thought dryly. He didn't like school much. He was an oddball. Sometimes it seemed like he was the only person with a feel for what was right and what was wrong. But for some reason, he knew that it was going to be a lot worse today.

He slipped of his chair and took his bag. He told his father he was of to school and walked off to school, not really looking forward to the rest of the day. But he didn't know this would be his last day in school for a while.

Two pairs of eyes were watching him, confusion clearly visible on their face. They followed him as he went to school. But they were whispering at each other the whole time, and if their faces were visible at the time, it would be visible that they didn't get it. But they were strictly disciplined and trained, and of they had orders, they would follow them. So they continued the plan.

Still oblivious to the danger, Jimmy entered the school. It was a school with little money, which was visible from the building and the learning methods. The average student there wasn't very bright and the teachers didn't even try to pretend they liked it there. Jimmy didn't either. He had asked his dad several times why he had to go to this school, but his dad never answered. He sighed and sat down on his usual spot in the classroom. The teacher came in, busy talking in his phone. Behind him was a girl he didn't know. She sat down on the only empty spot left in the room, which happened to be the spot next to him. She was pretty, but for some reason the blonde looked at him strangely with her grey eyes. He gulped and looked away.

"Good morning. Take out your textbooks and start with reading."
The teacher took his tablet and continued with watching a movie on YouTube. The new girl didn't believe her eyes. But Jimmy knew that it was impossible for the teacher to get the students' attention for longer than five minutes. The teacher knew that too and had given up a long time ago. It was the same in almost every other class.

While many of the other students started talking happily, Jimmy took his textbook about Ancient Greek History and Myths out of his bag. For some reason, his father only cared for his AGHaM knowledge, and he would check him about it often. Not that he minded. He liked the subject. Today, he was studying about Sparta. It was pretty interesting. Amongst other things, it told him that for Spartan boys, who were trained in the army, things like stealing were honourable, as long as they didn't get caught. Or that the women were expected to look after themselves.

After a while, when he had read a lot about AGHaM, he decided that it was enough for one day. Then it happened. He suddenly felt dizzy.
It was one of these "flashbacks" again.

Suddenly, the tar began to move. It almost got one of his friends, but he was faster and stabbed it with his sword. But it didn't work.

He really hated the flashbacks. They were the same as the nightmares, only shorter and random. Luckily he had no outward signs that he had them, so nobody was bothered.

He was suprised when he looked at the new girl, she was studying too.
Well, at least I'm not the only one anymore, he thought.

"What are you reading about?" He asked her.

"Nothing special, why?" she stared at him weirdly. He was very uncomfortable.

"Just interested."

"Suppose I could tell you then." She had nice perfume, that's for sure, he thought.

"Ancient Greek Architecture."

"Interesting." On her face, a slight hint of surprise was visible.
Then she went on reading.

He tried not to think much of the way she abruptly cut off the conversation. But for some reason, she looked familiar.

A bell signaled the beginning of the lunch break. He got his sandwiches out of his bag, and started munching happily. He loved chocolate sprinkles. After he had eaten his bread, he went outside, something he did every lunch break. He was surprised to see that there were two persons outside. Normally, he was the only one. He walked over to them, and when he got closer, he saw that it was the new girl, who was talking with another girl, who he had never seen before. She had black hair, and sparks seemed to come from her eyes. Giving in to his curiosity, he listened to their conversation.

"...found him yet, but I think I know who it is."
"Any sign of monsters?"
"Unfortunately, yes. So we must act fast. But I don't think this is just your average monster."
"Damn it, and I even thought this would be easy."

Jimmy didn't understand what they were talking about, so he took his book and started reading again when he had found a nice quiet spot.
He didn't even bother to go back inside when the bell rang, signaling the end of lunch break. It was way more peaceful here then it was in the classroom. He had been reading for an hour or two after lunchbreak, when the door burst open, and the new girl ran out. The other girl was with her, and surprisingly a guy he recognized from another class too.
The girls flinched when they saw him. One took out a... Pair of daggers?! They had daggers?! Weapons were completely tolerated in the US, and he knew that, but he didn't get why people would prefer daggers instead of guns. But there were more urgent problems. She was pointing the daggers at him.

"What..." Was all he managed to say before the girl had her dagger against his throat.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't send you" she spat the word out as if it was an insult "to Tartarus."

"I... How... What...?"

"You heard me!"
She pushed the dagger a little bit into his throat.

"I don't get it... I don't..."

At that moment, pain exploded in his stomach, and when he looked down he became very pale. A spear stuck out of his abdomen, blood oozing put of the wound. But the blood was black. Suddenly, he felt like he lost a grip on his existence, as he watched his legs disintegrate.

"This one is too dangerous for reasoning." The black-haired girl said. Then Jimmy's vision went gold.

When he woke up, he was lying on a bed, but when he tried to sit up, he was pushed down by a hand. He rubbed his eyes and opened them.
He was in a small room, with a torch as it's only light source. It was pitch black outside. Before him was a woman. She looked at him in a loving way, and with a shock he realised that he was looking at his mother.

"Mom..."
"Don't worry, my child, everything will be okay."
"Were is this place?"
"It's in Tartarus."

Jimmy racked his brain. The girl had also said that name. But he had heard of it before. Then he realised.

"Oh..."
"But don't worry. You will return to the world above in a few hours."
"And you? Will you return?"
"Eventually, yes. But until then, I will have to remain here. Now come, I have much to explain to you."

Jimmy got of his bed, but he almost got a heart attack. Instead of his usual feet, there was a single snake's tail. He noticed that had one too.

"Let's start at the beginning. I am actually Lamia. Sorry if I kept it secret, but I wanted you to have a normal childhood as much as possible."

Jimmy remembered the myth. They had read it together, and now he could explain why his mother looked so sad then.

His mother started explaining how she had met his father, that the father who raised him was not his real father (it was a lot for him to process. He had never known), but a storm spirit and her friend, and that she wanted him to live a normal childhood. When he'd asked why he had to attend his horrible school, she had explained that she had known the principal for a long time, and that the principal kept an eye on him most of the time. But he was still a principal, so he had to go to an important meeting for a week. The only thing she wouldn't answer was how she was actually killed.

"But who was my real dad then?"
"I did ask him, but he didn't want to tell me. He did tell me, however, that he was not an Olympian god. However, he was very powerful."

After that they talked about monsters in general. He learned that, when a monster died, they would end up here. After a while they would reform on earth. How long depended on the cause if death and the monster. He also learned about gods and demigods, titans and primordials, camp Half-Blood and New Rome.

Jimmy was also relieved to find out that his mother had stopped eating children a long time ago. He learned that he now had a tail with poisonous barbs, and fangs with venom. He learned that normal people saw him as a human, because of the mist, but if he wanted demigods and others to see him as a human, he had to disguise himself magically with an illusion. He had further control over seduction and illusion, and the mist.

After the explanation, he decided to ask his mother the one question that really bugged him.
"Do you know about what causes my nightmares?"
"I'm sorry, but no, I don't. Nightmares aren't a good sign, so watch out, they can be caused by something."

Jimmy was really happy to see his mother again after all those years, but he had things to do in the world above, and when a soft glow enveloped him, signaling his resurrection, he embraced his mother one last time and she told him to take care of himself. Then he lost his grip on his existence again, losing himself in gold.

When he woke up he was in his old classroom again, but nobody took notice. He knew it was because of the mist, but he still found it freaky, because his tail was lying on his desk, and nobody realised he had one. He had quite some fun for a while, toying and pranking his classmates with it, but eventually he started thinking of how to start his search for answers.

He decided that when school was over, he would go and search for the blonde girl. He didn't really think that she had the answers, and that it was dangerous, but she was his only lead. But how? While he pondered on the idea, the bell rang, signaling the end of school. Jimmy got off his seat and went home, to see his 'father' once more before departing.

The end. You liked it? I will continue this eventually, but first I will finish infiltration, except if enough people want me to do this first. So it will take some time before I'll update.

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