Hello! This happens during TLT. This is the book through the eyes of the detectives and cops who searched for Percy. Just a burst of inspiration I had. Please read.

"Okay" said detective Brian as he picked up the file "who do we have here?"

Detective Larry sighed "Male, Caucasian, New Yorker, twelve years old –"

"Whoa, twelve? No, Patrick's section's got the juvenile delinquents!" complained Thomas.

Brian raised his eyebrows "Larry…?"

Larry sighed again "Am I the only one who does anything in this place?" When his co-workers nodded, he continued "He's under suspicion of kidnapping, so Section Two gave it to us."

Thomas typed something in his laptop "So, basically, who did he kidnap?"

"His…" said Brian as he read the article "his mother"

Thomas shook his head "Another mother who does not know how to raise her kid"

Larry stopped him "No, this one has a stupid step-father. He probably hated that mother had married him, and decided to take it out on her."

Brian closed his eyes "Info"

"The subject left the house when he arrived to spend the summer holidays. He was going to go to Montauk to the beach with his mother. Gabe Ugliano, his mother's husband, said he never trusted the kid. The mother, Sally Jackson, took his '78 Camaro and went to the beach. After, the police found the car in a… eh, terrible shape"

The men winced. A '78 Camaro…

"No trace of the mother or the boy, but police suspect the guy kidnapped the mother."

"Why?" asked Thomas "Maybe the mother got a little excited, decided she didn't want a little boy that had ADHD and dyslexia in her house, decided she just needed to fake her kidnapping…"

His co-workers stared at him blankly. Thomas shut up.

"Anyway" coughed Larry, his blond hair ruffled "We need to find this kid"

Brian nodded. He just wasn't sure how.

…

"The bus exploded?" asked Larry

Brian nodded "Yep"

"They saw the kid make the bus explode." Thomas said "And two other kids that were probably his friends"

"Man, this kid is a tough one" said Larry "Section Two are jerks"

They all nodded.

"Well, miss…" began saying Brian to a pretty girl with auburn hair

"Artemis" she said, and looked up defiantly, as if she were the most powerful of them all

Brian had learned not to fall for bluffers that called themselves powerful, but something about this little girl… He decided to go with the usual rutine "So, did you see this kid?" he said, pointing to a picture of Percy Jackson.

Artemis laughed "I saw him, of course, but you won't know that" And, having said that, she snapped her fingers and disappeared.

The three men were left there, confused "Who were we talking to?" asked Thomas

…

"Whoa, he blew St. Louis Arch?" Thomas asked "And he made Santa Monica explode?" he shook his head in amazement "This kid is nuts"

"Detective Brian" said Victoria, another detective on the case, with red hair and blue eyes, very tall and attractive "Have you got any clues?"

Brian swallowed his embarrassment and raised his eyebrows "None that I'm going to sure with you"

Victoria smiled, nodded, and left.

"So, boss, exactly how many clues we've got?" asked Thomas

Larry sighed (again) "Thomas, we got nothing"
"Oh"

"But a kid couldn't have done this, even with two other people." Larry said "This is nuts2

Brian nodded "Yeah, plain nuts"

…

"You sure he was Percy Jackson?" Thomas asked

The waitress nodded "He was talking to an older guy. He didn't look happy"

"Maybe it's the father" Larry suggested when they were alone "And he wants the mother back"

"I don't think so" said Brian "The father hasn't appeared in twelve years. Why now?"

Thomas bit his lip "I'm with Brian on this one"

Larry smiled "Well, who could he be?"

"The one who helped him with the kidnapping?" Brian said

Thomas nodded "And maybe now he wants to give her back for the money"

"And the kid doesn't" Larry finished

Brian smiled and patted his co-workers backs "Exactly"

...

"You're sure he was the kid with the green eyes?" Brian asked the gang, whom he should probably arrest

"Yeah, Percy Jackson all right. Threatened me with a gun. Did nothing, though." Said the teenager

Larry sighed (again) and nodded "Okay, thanks,"

They stepped away from the gang.

"Well, I don't know if they really saw him. Everyone in L.A. has a gun this days, even kids." Said Thomas

Larry shook his head "It's hard to confuse this one, Thomas, he's a looker. My eleven-year-old daughter went nuts when she saw the picture."

Brian raised his eyebrows "O-o-okay. I'll keep that in mind"

Larry shrugged "Who understands girls? Nobody, that's who."

...

Sirens sounded, alarms flared.

"We've got the kid! We've got him!" yelled Larry

Brian nodded "Yes we do, but the other guy is here too. They have guns, Larry, and they seem to know how to use them"
"Now you're worried about our safety?" joked Thomas

Brian shot him a look "That's shotgun-to-rifle, Thomas. Shut up"

Larry smiled "Action, at last"

Victoria nodded and laughed from ten feet away "You got it Larry!"

Brian took his gun and said through the speaker "Drop the guns! Set them on the ground. Now!"

It didn't work.

"This is a private matter!" the man bellowed "Be gone!"

A wall of flame erupted. People gasped and yelled.

Brian grabbed Larry and Thomas, and was relieved to see they weren't dead. "Good. We've got to stop this"

But, before they could, a taller flame came, and they were forced to go back to the cars.

That was how five minutes passed. Eventually, the flames settled, thanks to the firemen, and Brian, Larry and Thomas went to arrest the kid, but they didn't. Percy Jackson seemed terrified, and his two friends matched the image.

Then it clicked.

"Of course!" yelled Brian "It wasn't you after all!"

The children looked stunned. The girl recovered and said "Finally, someone gets it!"

Brian smiled "Yes! Yes! The man kidnapped you, and them he just took you all the way to L.A. That bus… I'm pretty sure he made it explode. And St. Louis Arch… He made the explosion in Santa Monica! I could swear I saw that crazy kidnapper before!"

"Yeah," Larry caught on "And the waitress saw him threaten you! Finally it makes sense!"

"Then" Thomas said pointing to Percy Jackson "You stole a gun, and battled him. Man, you're brave!"

The three of them just nodded, and Percy Jackson cried and said "All I want, is to see my loving stepfather again. Every time I saw him on TV, calling me a delinquent punk, I knew… somehow…we would be okay. And I know he'll want to reward each and every person in this beautiful city of Los Angeles with a free major appliance from his store. Here's the phone number"

Thomas was so moved, he passed the hat and got money enough for three plain tickets to New York.

"Oh, thank you!" said Percy Jackson

…

"So, another case we solved" said Larry

Brian nodded with a smile, "You can tell that girl of yours he is not a delinquent anymore."

Thomas laughed, but Larry said "You know, maybe I will. He looks like a good kid, and they found the mother, didn't they?"

"Yeah," Thomas said "She mysteriously appeared at the house. Nobody knows how"

"Well, that's for Section Two to find out" said Brian.

Larry smiled and took out some beer from the fridge. They were done for today.

I hope you liked it. I'm thinking of doing a sequel about the same delinquents, but in tSoM, when he blows up a school, and so on...

Anyway, thank you for reading!

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