Percy's POV
Chapter 1
Dizzy. Dehydrated. Lost. Two years ago, I woke up in a field. I can't remember anything or anyone but me. My name is Percy Jackson, I was 18 years old, I was (and still am) partial to blue food. Oh, and I love the water. Sometimes if I look at a certain tree or building in New York, I get a tiny peek at what was the mystery of my life before the field. A gentle smile, blonde hair, a boy with goat legs (don't ask me, I don't know). But I don't dwell on it. It hurts my head, like I know the answer is there and I can't find it. If I'm lucky, they find me in dreams…. lakes and Greek cabins. But I only remember a girls smile and laugh, nothing else.
Marine biology is my thing. I graduated college a year early, and thanks to that, I'm pretty well of in terms of money. I work for some marine life organization, long name, and good pay. They even give me weekends and summer off. Not that it matters much, I don have anyone to spend it with.
Shower, coffee, briefcase. That's how it's always been. This morning in particular, I was running late. Very late. My dream had been so close to figuring out what Kronos had sent to kill….who? What is a Kronos, and why would it kill us? I wont dwell, Percy, don't think about it, the past is behind you. You will never get it back.
"Congrats man! The boss must really like you to give you a free, payed vacation to Montauk!"
My intern Jerry said. I nodded in reply, oblivious at Jerry's attempts to start a conversation. Montauk. Mom and I went there every summer, a place with cobwebs and dust, but cozy. We would make s'mores, and eat blue candy from her sample bag. I think that's where she met dad. Grover just had to interrupt us that night. Stupid Minotaur. Isn't that the guy with the bull horns? Why would I think about that? And my mom? I mean, I'm not as dumb as to night know that babies come from…..let's forget that.
"Percy….earth to Percy?!"
"Huh? What? Oh, sorry Jerry…..just thinking."
"S'ok boss. Anything for my bro!"
"Jerry….just, no."
"Yeah, I don't think the gangster style works for me."
"Keep trying though. Can you take these down to the lab for me? This seaweed sample looks like a contaminant and is not partial to this region of the ocean."
Jerry obliged as rolled back in my chair. Seaweed…Hey seaweed brain! Watch where you're stickin' your sword! Fine wise girl, but your still at risk practicing near me! Gah! What is with the flash backs today?! And who nicknames someone "wise girl" and "seaweed brain"?! But no longer than I had started thinking, it was time to go home.
By Friday afternoon, I was already packed and ready for the car ride. I just had this feeling that I wouldn't need my GPS; that I already knew how to get there. The content feeling of peacefulness was interrupted by a voice in my head. Yes, voice in my head. I'm not mental, or joking! Perseus Jackson, long have I awaited your destiny in our world! Or back in to our world, as I should say. You killed me once, and I will get my revenge on your daddy and you. Don't worry my little Percy; you will be safe in my house… And then I blacked out.