Chapter 1
Author Note: Okay so I already have a story that's being updated every Monday. So I've decided to have this story updated ever Thursday as a sort of go-along. This story won't be as long as 'Son of Nyx', but it still is a pretty good length.
? POV
Everything was a blur around me. All I could see was a mix of colors in a room I was in. I could hear a mixture of conversations around me, floating through the air, but I couldn't concentrate to actually hear what was being said. I could smell a stench that made my nose wrinkle at the sheer volume of a cleaning agent.
"Hey…hey…young man.?" A voice called out, making me face forward to see a man in a white coat standing in front of me.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Do you know where you are?" He asked softly, getting out a pen.
I shook my head. "I'm sorry, but I don't."
"That's alright, you had quite the situation. Here's another thing you might not know, but do you know your name or age?" The man asked.
My heart dropped. My breath caught as another man and woman walked into the room, with a young teenage girl behind them. "I don't know who I am, much less how I got here. I-I don't know w-what I-I'm-" I started to hyperventilate, but was calmed down by the teenager who was now holding my hand with hers.
I looked at her, as she stared up at me with big brown eyes. "Thank you for saving me." She said softly, with a warm smile on her face.
"Don't worry about it. Just be sure to stay near your parents' next time okay? I'm sure they were worried about you playing a ways away from them. Just promise me, to be more careful when you're outside, okay?" I replied with a soft smile, looking over to the couple standing a couple of feet away.
"I promise. Thank you." The girl thanked me, hurrying back to her parent's sides.
But the man came closer to the bedside. He held out a hand for me to shake and I did. "Thank you for saving my daughter. Do you have anyone to help you here in San Francisco?"
"I don't sir. I have no clue who I am or what I'm even doing in San Francisco. Where is that?" I asked confused.
The man looked at the woman, and she nodded. The man turned back to face me, "since you have no one to go to here, and considering that you helped my family. Until you gain your memories back, I would like to adopt you into my family. Would you like that?" He asked me.
I didn't even hesitate. "Yes I would like that sir. Thank you so much for helping me. I wish I could do more, but until I get back to my normal self, I will do my best." I responded firmly.
The man smiled at my response. "Good."
All of a sudden a memory flashed by my mind. A boy with black hair, and black eyes yelling at me in warning, but it quickly fades. I duck in reaction and shield my face, then wincing in pain. I looked down to see my right shoulder in a sling.
The man made sure that his daughter left the room before speaking again. "Do you remember getting that injury?"
I shook my head negatively.
"Well, out there are creatures that will kill anything in their territory. The thing that attacked you was called a werewolf. Part-man and part-wolf." The man starts before I interrupt him.
"And how does that go with my injury?" I ask gesturing to my arm.
The woman answers this time. "It was a werewolf that attacked our daughter, but you stepped in and fought it off with a sword. And I know that you know nothing about your life up until this point. But-"
When she was talking, I felt something appear in my hospital gown pocket. I reached into it and pulled out a pen. Looking at it confused, I clicked the top of it, and in less than a second, it lengthened into a three foot long bronze sword.
"You had that sword when you killed the wolf." The man blurted out. Then he looks at an inscription near the handle. "Does that sa-" he asks before I cut him off.
"Anaklumos, meaning Riptide." I blurted out, looking at the hilt, before facing the man again. "I don't know how I know that…it just popped into my mind."
"That's written in Ancient Greek. Weird." The man said to himself. Then he turned back to me and gestured towards his wife. "My name is Chris Argent, this is my wife ,Victoria Argent. We will be taking care of you until you can take care of yourself."
"Nice to meet you two. I would tell you my name if I knew it." I dejectedly said, looking down.
The man in the white coat then came back in with another man in a blue uniform behind him. "Well, we believe that you are around sixteen years old." Then the man in blue stepped forward. "You are being taken to a foster-care home, as soon as you are ready to move."
"Wait…my wife and I have decided to adopt him into our family. He did save my daughter after all. Plus, we can help him get back any memories better than a foster-care home surrounded by other kids." Chris stepped in front of the police officer.
The officer nodded, "Then come with me to fill out the documents for our reference." Chris nodded and left the room with the officer.
The man in the lab coat smiled at the sight of the two men leaving the room, which shot off warnings symbols in my mind. The doctor looked back at me with a small grin on his face. "Hello there son."
My hand drifted to the side where the pen was laying on. My eyes narrowing as I turned to the man, Victoria turning to the man in confusion as well.
"Who are you?" I asked with a guarded voice.
The doctor snapped his fingers and Victoria fell onto a chair behind her, asleep. My fingers wrapped around Riptide, and I raised it at the man's throat. "I'll ask again. Who are you and what have you done to that woman?" I asked, my voice raising.
The man snapped his fingers again, and changed shape into a woman with purple eyes and brown hair. She walked closer to me and moved the sword away from her direction. "I am your mother. I've been looking for you for the past year." The woman said with a tearful smile as she brought me into a hug.
"Wait, you've been looking for me for so long?" I asked confused, still wrapped up in her arms.
"Yes, you've been missing for almost two and a half years. Are you okay? Do you really not remember me?" She asked, a little hurt.
"No, I'm sorry, but I can't remember anything from before waking up this morning. I have no clue who I am, or how I got here." I responded, crying into her chest.
She rubbed my back. "It's okay sweetie. I'll b-" She was cut off by voices outside the door. She turned herself back into the male doctor and stood next to my bed, but continued to talk. "My boy, I will connect with you in your dreams over the next couple of weeks, helping you regain your memories. Your friends miss you greatly, and so does your love."
Then the door opens with Chris walking back in with his daughter. He noticed his wife asleep in the chair and wakes her up. "Hey honey, time to go home. We have a new family member in the Argent name." He looks over at me and smiles as he offers up an arm and pulls me up to my feet.
"We're here." The young girl in front of me, chirped. I still didn't know her name. But I had a feeling that I was about to. There were a couple of people standing in front of the garage. A young woman, the same age as Chris, and an older man that looked to be her father.
I soon found myself standing in front of the two, next to Chris as Victoria led their daughter in the house. I was a little uncomfortable standing in front of these two. The man held out his hand. "Hello there, my name is Gerard. Chris is my son and this is my daughter, Kate." He said as he also gestured to the woman next to him.
"Hello, it is nice to meet you both." I start before Chris lays a hand on my shoulder in comfort, speaking for me. "He remembers nothing from before this morning, dad. Three days ago, he saved Allison from a werewolf. In the struggle, he dislocated his right shoulder, which is why his arm is in a sling. But he also hit his head extremely hard, and has no memory from his life before the fight. Considering he knows nothing about any friends or family near here, and that he saved my daughter, we decided to keep him in our family until he regains his memories. And if he does, but wants to stay, then he can." Chris explained.
Gerard nodded. "Of course, that is fine with me. Do you know how to fight young man?" He asked.
I nodded my head firmly, without saying a word.
Gerard smiled widely, "Well Chris, it seems like we have another fighter in this family." Then he turns to me. "Come with me, I want to see what you can do. Kate, take it easy on him."
Unconsciously I smirked, but didn't say anything. Soon we found ourselves in an arena style room. Kate was standing fifteen feet away, twirling a knife on her hand. Chris handed me a knife of the same style and stepped aside so we could start the match.
In my ear, I could hear my mother's voice. "Take her down." I nodded, and the whistle for us to start blew loudly.
I stayed in my place, waiting for Kate to make the first move. She did, by running at me, yelling loudly. She swung her knife at my head, which I stepped forward parrying her knife with mine as my momentum threw our knives away. But she tried to move backwards. I acted fast by elbowing her in the side of the head, near her ear. As she stumbled back I turned back around to face her, pulling out my pen, clicking the top and stopping the point in front of her throat all while looking her in the eye.
Then my head burned as another memory flashed into my mind. I dropped to my knees, clutching my head as memory after memory flashed into my head. Appearing one second, but disappearing the next. I saw the same boy from last time smiling at me as I pulled him into a hug. Another girl with black eyes, and dark brown hair smiling up at me as I kneeled over her, helping her back onto her feet. And a girl with blond hair and gray eyes with an arm around a blond haired blue-eyed boy. They were both smiling at me. But then it all vanished from my mind.
I sighed heavily as the pain went away. I looked up to see Chris and Victoria standing over me in worry. "You alright?" They asked concerned.
"I remembered my name, and how old I am. My name is Perseus Jackson. I turned nineteen years old on August 18th." I said as I passed out.
Yes, this was set after the Giant War ended for those of you that are wondering.
Updated: 06/07/2018
