Percy Jackson: Outcast
Third-Person POV
In a dark, desolate plane, a lone entity walks alone. Once the Hero of Olympus, the Son of Poseidon is ousted and doomed to be alone for the rest of eternity. For a crime he didn't commit, he is cursed to wear an armor that cannot be removed, that is conjoined with his flesh. But eventually, the gods will need their hero once again, but this time, against a foe lost to the pages of time. This is Percy Jackson: Outcast.
Flashback
"Percy, come here!" Annabeth called from the laundry room. "What is it, Annabeth?" asked Percy. "I need you for something!" she replied. "OK, I'm coming." Percy walked down the stairs of his apartment to his basement, to see what his fiancé wanted. They got engaged a month after the defeat of Gaea. He took her out to Montauk for an expensive dinner, provided by Hestia, then travelled to the lake at Camp Half-Blood and proposed to her under the moonlight.
Six months later, they moved into an apartment in Brooklyn that was payed for by Poseidon and Athena, who temporarily ceased their feud to help with the couple's wedding plans and housing. After another six months, Percy's birthday was coming up in a week and Annabeth was trying to get him out of the house to plan his surprise party. "What is it Annabeth?" Percy asked.
"I need you to go to Calypso's island so that you can help Leo with a project that he's working on." replied Annabeth."Ok, but when I come back, you owe me a good time." Percy said huskily. Percy grabbed Annabeth and tured her around, kissing her on the lips. She placed a hand on his chest as he grabbed one of her ass-cheeks. He licked her lips, asking for entrance, and she happily obliged. Percy explored Annabeth's mouth with his tongue, finding every nook and cranny. Soon, the two separated, needing precious oxygen. Percy kissed Annabeth one last time before releasing her from his grasp. "Bye Annabeth, I'm looking forward to tonight." he said.
Percy opened the door to the garage and got into his car, a 2017 Maserati Spyder, a present from his mother and Paul. He turned on the car and revved, relishing in the sound of the engine. After a minute, Percy opened the garage and pulled out of the driveway, for the last time in his demigod life.
He drove to Camp Half-Blood and parked his car in front of Half-Blood Hill. Percy walked over to Thalia's tree, and pet Peleus, even though he was no longer guarding the Golden Fleece. As a reward for protecting Camp Half-Blood, Zeus removed the spell binding Thalia to the tree, so that she wouldn't have to rely on a magical item to keep her alive.
Percy walked to the stables, waving at his friends that passed by. He got to the stable that held Blackjack, his trusted steed and friend. "Hey, boss. How ya doing? How's Annabeth?" he asked. "She's good, but I need a favor from you." "What is it? Are we flying somewhere? I need to stretch my legs and wings." said Blackjack. "We are flying somewhere. I need you to take me to Calypso's island so that I can help Leo with his new project." replied Percy. "No problem, boss. Just hop on and I'll take off." Percy got onto his friend's back and grabbed hold of the reigns. Blackjack started to run towards the lake, quickly gaining speed. As they approached, Percy kind of thought that Blackjack would crash them into the lake, as a practical joke, but Blackjack pulled up into the air at the last second.
Percy enjoyed the wind going through his hair, which still had its windblown look even though it was shorter than it was before. As they were flying around, Percy and Blackjack flew over Circe's island, seeing that it was now being controlled by Hylla and the Amazonians. He looked and saw Hylla and Reyna walking on the beach. The two sisters saw him and waved. Percy waved back and continued on his way to his destination.
He soon fell asleep, letting Blackjack take over. Little did he know that when he woke up, his life would change forever.
Linebreak (6 Hours Later)
Percy woke up as Blackjack was preparing to land. He spread his wings to catch the air, in order to lessen the speed of their descent. As they approached the ground, Percy recognized the place where he was imprisoned a few years back. Blackjack circled them down towards the ground and landed on the beach. Percy felt that the atmosphere of the island was weird, since you could usually either hear Calypso singing in her garden, or the sounds of machines coming from Leo's warehouse. However, not a single sound was heard throughout the island.
Percy told Blackjack to wait for him at the beach and Percy left to go investigate. "Leo! Calypso! Are you here?!" called Percy. He went to the garden to see if Calypso was working in it. Percy looked around for a few moments, admiring the everlasting beauty of the garden and then went towards Leo's warehouse. "Hey Leo! I'm here for that project that you needed help with! Where are you?!" Percy called.
Percy walked through the warehouse, looking at Leo's many great, and terrible, inventions and weapons. One wall was made up of some kind of screen that had hundreds of blueprints and schematics floating around on it. Percy looked through them, admiring the designs that could be useful to the Olympians. There was a design for swords that would release a poison onto the blade with the push of a button. There was another for Celestial Bronze communication devices, that would allow for demigods to call for help without monsters catching their scent. Percy moved on and saw that Leo's mechanical dragon, Festus, was currently eating some scrap metal that was left in the corner of the building.
"Hey Festus, do you know where Leo is? I was told that he needed my help with something." asked Percy. Festus replied with his intricate metal-grinding language that Leo and Calypso were inside of their house. Percy petted Festus on his nose and made his way to the house. 'Knock, knock knock!' Percy waited at the door, listening for a reply, until he heard the sound of metal clanking on the other side.
Percy was met with the smiling face of Calypso, who was holding a vase with roses in it. "Hi Calypso, how are you doing?" "I'm fine, Percy. Please come in. Leo is waiting for you in the basement." said Calypso. Percy nodded to her and went down the stairs into the basement. He was met with the overwhelming scent of motor oil and the heat of a furnace. In no time, Percy started to sweat as he descended into Leo's man-cave/forge, where he would help Leo with his new project.
"Hey, Leo, where are you?!" yelled Percy. Percy walked around and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed an armor stand in the corner of the room. He walked over to it and admired the craftsmanship of the armor. The armor was composed of Stygian Iron plating forming the cuirass, gauntlets, and boots with Celestial Bronze accents on the chestpiece, sleeves, and legs of the armor. Lining the armor were what looked like light pipes running across the length of the armor. As Percy was engrossed in the armor, he failed to notice the presence sneaking up behind him.
"Hey Percy." Percy jolted up and screamed "Ahh!" Leo started cracking up as Percy was regaining his composure. "Leo, don't do that? You almost gave me a heart attack!" yelled Percy as he clutched his chest. "Ha ha, sorry Percy. I thought you would have heard me since you're experienced in battle. But, I guess not. By the way, you screamed like a little girl when I scared you." said Leo in between laughs. "Anyways, what's the project that you need my help with." "You know that armor that you were staring at earlier?" asked Leo.
"Yeah, what about it?" replied Percy. "That's the project. I needed someone to help me test it. And since your a more experienced fighter than all of our friends, you're the best candidate." "So what's the armor supposed to do?" asked Percy. "I designed the armor to be able to improve the performance of the wearer. It improves strength, agility, stamina, and intelligence a hundred-fold." said Leo proudly. "Ok, so how is the armor supposed to improve intelligence?" asked Percy.
"It contains a state-of-the-art computer system that syncs itself into the mind of the wearer via a chip that is fused to the back of the brain by means of surgery. There is also a touchscreen hidden in the left gauntlet that shows you information, such as your location, vitals, and whatever you search on various engines. There are even games on it in case you get board." replied Leo. "OK, I think I'm ready. But are you going to install the computer chip to my brain?" asked Percy. "Yes, we will be doing that first. Percy, follow me to the surgery table for the installation of the chip. Apollo is waiting for you."
Percy followed Leo to the table where Apollo was waiting, dressed in a surgical uniform with latex gloves and a face mask on.
"Percy, please lay down on the table. I will have you breath in nitrous oxide to put you to sleep. Afterwards, I will proceed with the surgery." said Apollo. Leo left and came back with a tank of nitrous oxide that had a breathing mask with a tube attached to it. Percy laid down omn the table and Leo placed the mask on his face. In no time, Percy fell asleep and Apollo started his work in Percy.
Linebreak (16 Hours Later)
"Good he's awake, now we can start the tests." said Leo. "Hey, Percy, how are you feeling?" asked Apollo. Percy groggily sat up and looked at Leo and Apollo. "How long was I out?" Percy asked. "You were out for sixteen hours, but I'm surprised. It only took me two hours to complete the surgery, and it took you the other fourteen hours to heal completely, after I injected some nectar directly into you bloodstream." replied Apollo. "Normally it would take months for someone to recovery from a surgery like that, but it only took you a series of hours. You must have really advanced physical resilience to have recovered that quickly." said Leo.
Percy reached his hand to the back of his head and felt around. He touched a scxar that was new to his hand and then tapped it. Percy was met with the sound of metal when he tapped the spot. "Percy, are you ready to don the armor and proceed with the tests?" asked Leo. "Yeah, can you guys help me up?" replied Percy.
The two helped Percy up and put the armor on him. The lights on the armor glowed a sea blue color when it was activated. Percy started to walked around the basement, getting a feel for the armor, as he was thinking about what this armor could do. He clenched his fists closed and turned around. "I'm ready." said Percy. Leo and Apollo left up the stairs, to prepare for the tests that they would conduct outside of the house. Percy quickly followed and was met with the evening sky.
The moon shined brightly, Percy thinking that Artemis would have to be in a good mood for this to happen. "OK, Percy. The first thing we're going to test is your strength. Go over to the warehouse and see if you can lift Festus. He agreed to do this under the condition that he is provided with more scrap metal after this is over." said Leo. Percy went to Leo's warehouse and lifted Festus. He carried the metal dragon over his head as he made his way back to Leo and Apollo. "Is this enough for strength, or should I lift him up with my pinkie?" asked Percy. "Try to lift him with your pinkie and see what happens." replied Leo.
Percy complied and picked up the giant dragon as if it was weightless. Leo marked a check on the clipboard that he was holding, confirming that Percy passed the first test. "OK. Percy, now go over to Calypso's garden and run back over to the warehouse. I'm going to be using a radar gun to determine your speed." announced Leo. Percy did as he was told and bade his way to Calypso's garden. He took a deep breath, then he took his first step. Percy went towards the warehouse at superhuman speeds, in which the likes of Hermes would be proud of.
Leo fired the gun as Percy went passed and read that it said '250 mph'. Before he almost collided with the building, Percy slid himself to a stop. Leo checked off the clipboard again, thinking that so far the results were above what he projected them to be.
"Percy, for the third test, I'm going to have you run through the obstacle course that I have constructed for you and I will time your performance. Ready?" asked Leo. The obstacle course was comprised of lava pits that you have to jump over, poison-dipped arrows that fire from holes in fake rocks, a replica of the lava wall from Camp Half-Blood, and robotic monsters that attack you."I was born ready. I feel like I can do anything, this will be a piece of cake." replied Percy. "OK, get ready, get set, GO!" yelled Leo. Percy took off and went through the course like it was nobody's business. He was jumping over the pits in a single bound, he simply ran through the monster lookalikes, turning them to scrap without a single scratch.
He dodged the arrows like Neo from The Matrix, and he slid under the ones that he couldn't doidge with the Matrix technique. Percy vaulted over the lava wall with a single push and landed a yard in front of Leo and Apollo. Leo paused the stopwatch and it said '30 Sec'. Percy was panting as he walked over to Leo and Apollo. "So, how'd I do?" asked Percy breathlessly. "You completed it in thirty seconds. I don't think anybody has ever done something that intense in such a little amount of time." said Leo as he marked two more boxes on his clipboard.
"Percy, for the last test, I'm going to gauge how much information you process in a second. I will then have you and Apollo check your vitals to make sure everything is running smoothly." said Leo. "How do I activate the computer?" asked Percy. "You just have to think about what you want it to do, and the computer will take care of the rest." answered Leo."OK, I'm ready." said Percy. Leo took out a tablet that was synced with the chip to calculate the processing speed/information that Percy would gather in a second. "OK, you processed 500 million pieces of information in one second. Now I need to to make the computer check your vitals. Press the gauntlet and the screen will appear." instructed Leo.
"It says that breathing is normal, my heart is beating at a normal pace, and everything is functioning properly." said Percy as he looked at the screen. "Apollo, did you get the same results?" asked Leo. "I did. It looks like all of the tests are successful, so with that, I'll take my leave." said Apollo. He summoned his chariot and then drove away in a bright ball of fire. "Come on, Percy. It's getting late and I'm sure that Calypso has made dinner. Let's go back to the house." said Leo.
The two went back to the house, and Leo opened the door. The two were assaulted with the smell of decaying flesh. Percy and Leo pinched their noses closed and held their breath, knowing full well what the smell was, death. They advanced further into the house, and what they saw immediately brought tears to Leo's eyes. Calypso was laying on the floor of the kitchen with her throat slit, blood pooling around her lifeless body. The two rushed forward and Leo started to cradle his dead girlfriend.
Leo sat down in the corner of the room and rocked while burying his face in Calypso's long, soft, brown hair. He looked up in tears and asked, "Who would do this? Why her?" Percy sat down next to Leo and patted him on the back. Leo cried for a few more minutes before setting Calypso's body back down and closing her eyes, laying her down to reside in Elysium. Leo and Percy got up and Percy embraced Leo in a brotherly hug, consoling him over his girlfriend's murder. Leo left from Percy's grasp and took a deep breath. He wiped his eyes and leaned against the kitchen counter.
"Huh. My father is going to be here soon, since he was coming over for dinner and I'm going to see if he can talk to Zeus to get Atlas to come too the fune-ahh!" Blood splashed from Leo's throat and he put a hand to his neck. In a fit of rage, Percy pulled out his sword, Riptide, and slashed at the air. He managed to cut the murderer on the arm, but the killer managed to escape. Percy stood and looked at the bodies of his slaughtered friends, their blood beginning to mix together in the center of the kitchen.
A flash appeared from behind Percy and there was Hephaestus, dressed in a tuxedo, prepared to dine with his son and his girlfriend. A look of shock came over his face as he saw the blood drip off of Percy's blade and the gigantic blood puddle spread across the room that led up to the slit throats of Hephaestus' son and his girlfriend. Percy looked down at the carnage and then at Riptide and said, "Wait, this isn't what you think. I-" Hephaestus trapped Percy in a forcefield that would render the prisoner unable to move and unable to speak. He teleported himself and Percy directly to Olympus in order to punish the killer of his son.
Linebreak (12 Hours Later)
"Bring the prisoner in!" announced Zeus. Armored Cyclopes brought Percy into the throne room in chains. He was only dressed in a pair of boxers and he was held in place in front of Zeus, who had his master bolt ready to be deployed in case Percy did something rash and tried to escape. The rest of the Olympians stood up from their thrones and looked down upon their prisoner. They all had looks of disgust on their faces as Zeus began the trial.
"Perseus Jackson, you are hereby commited to the murder of Leo Valdez, son of Hephaestus, and Calypso, daughter of Atlas. You have made yourself an enemy to the guards and are hereby sentenced to an eternity of solitude. All in favor for the punishment of this traitor?" asked Zeus. All of the Olympiams raised their hands, including Poseidon, who looked upon his most prized son like garbage in the street. "OK, now let's get to the punishment. You are cursed to wear the armor that you performed these heinous acts in, but with different attributes. Hephaestus, please take the floor and tell Perseus what the rest of his punishment shall be." said Zeus. He returned to his throne and Hephaestus proceeded with his punishment.
"The armor that I will cast upon your body will be cursed to weaken your body to that of a senile old person, to the point of which you will be almost unable to move. You will not be able to remove the armor for as long as yoiu live. I will make the chip attached to the back of your brain override all functionality your brain once had. You will become unable to speak, hear, or smell, but I will allow you to retain your senses of touch and sight. You will have no recollection of any memories that you have ever had, including the situation that you are in. So, I bid you goodbye and may you have everlasting torment where we send you." said Hephaestus as he went back to his throne.
The gods all drew their godly weapons and pointed them at Percy. The last thing that Percy heard was a single word that Poseidon had said.
"Disappointment." The gods fired their weapons, transporting Percy to the plane where he would walk alone, where they hoped that he would remain for eternity.
(A/N:) So how did you guys enjoy this first chapter? Please review and PM any comments or suggestions you have for future chapters. BTW, the next chapter will feature Percy's POV, so look out for that. Bye!