The small 8-year-old, raven haired boy knew he was done for. The large group of monsters was closing in and he was tiring. For the last 2 days, young Perseus Jackson has been on the run, sleeping in the woods and eating from a small can of Spam that had really started to smell.
This morning, he woke to the sound of very loud howling. Being the smart little kid that he is, he packed his meager possessions and ran. And ran. And ran. All the while being tailed by many different shadows.
Percy was full out sprinting, going much faster than he thought was possible, but his efforts were useless. Soon, the monsters showed themselves. 10 massive dogs with glowing, red eyes, and long yellow fangs split into 3 groups, 2 of which started flanking him.
This astounded Percy, because any normal dog was definitely not smart enough to understand hunting tactics.
They started forcing the young boy to a small rock face that stuck out in the otherwise flat landscape. He knew that whatever happened, he was destined to be a canine snack.
When the dogs finally cornered him on this particular clump of rocks, Percy turned around so he faced the monsters, put his back to the rocks, and started mentally praying to anything that he could think of.
Right before the first hound pounced, the wall that he was propped up against suddenly became non-existent. He promptly fell onto his butt, and the wall rematerialized, trapping the dogs out or him in.
With the significant less amount of light, Percy pulled out his flashlight from his backpack and gasped with what he saw: a seemingly endless tunnel made out of an early form of concrete and painted with romanesque pictures.
"Hello? Anybody there?" The little boy yelled out into the darkness. Surprisingly, somebody answered.
"Hello? Hello? Did somebody just yell?" The voice sounded old, like a man that had seen many horrible things in his life and that he just wanted comfort.
"Yes, I am over here! Please help me!" Percy replied.
"Don't worry, I am coming to help you." Soon enough, the man could be seen by Percy.
He had sea-green eyes, remarkably similar to Percy's own. He looked about 35 and wore a tight t-shirt showing off his muscles and had on jeans. The strangest thing about him was all of the technology. He had on a high-tech watch that seemed to be from 50 years in the future and had a visor with one eyepiece that made him look like some sort of Terminator. He had a futuristic rifle slung on his back.
"Hey kid, what is your name?" He asked.
"Percy," He said back.
"Hey, I think he is a son of Poseidon, boss." A new voice came from the man's visor.
"Really, Jack. I thought that was pretty obvious." The man said back to the disembodied voice.
"Who are you, why are you here, where are we, what are you going to do to me?" Percy blurted out quickly
"Whoa whoa whoa kid, you sound like an Athena child, but no bother. My name is Daedalus…"
"As in that one really smart guy from greek mythology?" Percy quickly replied back.
"Yes, I created the labyrinth, which is where we are now after I killed my nephew, Perdix, I ran into the labyrinth and have been exiled here ever since. If you want, you can come back to my house and live with me. You don't seem to have a home right now."
Percy already knew this myth (his mother was a big greek geek) so he knew that Daedalus was not a bad guy. He thought about the offer for a minute before deciding to go with this legendary inventor and start a new life.
A/N: Hello everybody, how do you think this story sounds? This is my first story and I wanna see if this writing thing is something that I enjoy. So far, besides my annoying sister, this has been fun. I promise that most other chapters will be a lot longer than this one. This story will try to be as original as possible. I don't have a definite plot for this story, like, at all. If you guys have any fun ideas for characters or plot points, let me know. I have a few other story ideas bouncing around in my head, so if you don't like the premise of this one, I could work on a different one.
