Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson

Prologue: Background Information

"Nasa has just reported a strange object that has appeared just outside our solar system. Scientist are saying that the object has no set route and seems to be floating. What are your tho-"

"Yo Percy, can you lower the TV up there? We're trying to work on something down here man." A dark man said as he poked his head out the basement door. "It's a huge project and I think we're making some real progress right now."

"Yeah no probs, was about to hit McDonalds for some lunch anyways." Percy said as he turned off the TV. He quickly grabbed his keys and gave a stretch after wasting two hours of his life watching the news. "So what are you working on down there?"

"We're trying to make some kind of gaming console that fully dives you into the game. This way people can experience how it feels to be in the game in a first person point of view." the dark man began.

"Uh-huh sounds interesting…" Percy said, slightly regretting that he ask. " Aye Beckendorf, do you want anything at McD's? Nuggets may-"

"Right now, we're trying to find a way where the console can make a server so you're able to play-" Beckendorf continued.

"Nuggets it is!" Percy claimed, trying to get out of the boring situation he got himself in.

"Wait! Don't you want to hear more?"

"Not really." And with that, Percy slammed the door, not before hearing Beckendorf give a slight shout about wanting fries instead. With a slight sigh, Percy locked the doors and made his way to McDonalds in his PJ's, not caring at all when people were staring.

You see, Percy is a very carefree kind of guy. Being only 20 with a high school diploma, he works at an aquarium. His job is to make sure all the marine animals are well kept, so you can say he is quite the marine biologist… somewhat. But that's where Percy's great characteristics come to end. Aside from being quite the eye catcher, Percy has zero desirable qualities. His dense brain has made him lose things ranging from food to family members. It also caused him unable to continue college because of his lack of motivation, thus resulting in him dropping out like a sore loser. He also has a very broken family. His parents died in a horrible accident and other relatives don't exactly know him because he lives extremely far away. Like, the other side of the Earth far away. Although he does get nice letters once in awhile from his cousins Nico, Thalia and Jason, that's the closest thing he'll ever have to a family bond.

On the other hand, Percy's roommates, Charles Beckendorf or better known as Beckendorf and his half brother Leo Valdez have it great. Being the older two of many siblings, they have a loving family. Beckendorf being 22 is ready to graduate and part ways with his college life this year. While Leo is 20 and is already on his third year of college. Both are majoring in mechanical engineer just like there dad, Hephaestus, a successful mechanical engineer and more things that could be counted on your fingers.

As of lately, the brothers have been interested in making a unique console game, calling it the next "big thing" of gaming history. It's similar to VR but instead the console connects to the brain and allows you to have reality-like experience in games. Of course the game will have to be pre-programmed to fit the console, but just making the console and introducing the idea is the first step according to the brothers. With the help of their father's materials and various doctors to further comprehend the brain, the idea doesn't seem so farfetch'd.

The concept of this next level gaming really interested Percy. Although Percy isn't an extremely gamer, he is one to be willing to try anything, and if it means that he'll be the first person to try this awesome idea then it's all fine.

As of lately, the brothers have been updating Percy on their progress and today was the day that this game console is supposed to be finished. Because of this Percy was willing to buy all their meals just so he is able to try out the console. Unfortunately for Percy, the brothers have finished 3 days prior and just wanted a slave to bring them food...

After buying lunch and making another trip to McDonalds because he forgot the fries, Percy's enthusiasm motivates him to watch the brothers finish. Well, Beckendorf to finish because Leo is in class.

"Soooo, when are you gonna be done?" Percy said impatiently. Beckendorf was currently staring at his laptop intently as if something was quite off.

"Uhhhh, should be soon… I don't know why it's taking so long for the signal to find the server." Beckendorf wondered. "Maybe Leo didn't turn the server to public yet. You might have to wait about 10 minutes."

"Wait what? But that's too long." Beckendorf was really testing Percy's shitty patience.

"Yeah, the signals been searching for the server for like five hours now. It's like it's searching in outer space now..." Beckendorf wondered, completely ignoring Percy's response. "I'll have to go back down and change some of the settings."

"Well hurry up then!" Percy said. "I wanna go do some cool stuff already."

"Okay, okay, here," Beckendorf handed Percy his laptop. "Once the 'Searching Signal' notification disappears, press enter and you should be in the server. Remember, once you press enter, you will fall unconscious. It's gonna be like you're lucid dreaming. Also remember to test out the list of tasks we gave you, like-"

"Got it! I got it!" Percy hissed. "Just do your stuff downstairs and lemme play the game."

"There's no game Percy." Beckendorf explained. "It's just a plain server with probably nothing in it but you. We're just testing if you're able to do physical stuff like, walking or jumping or talking. Simple stuff."

"Yeah yeah yeah, just do your geeky stuff downstairs." Beckendorf quickly made his way down the basement, leaving Percy to wait an agonizing 10 minutes.

Surprisingly, the second Beckendorf left the room, the notification changed and read:

'Server Found! Press enter when ready.'

"Well that was fast...:" Percy said a bit suspiciously. To Percy, something was a bit off. He knew for a fact that Beckendorf was still in room when the notification changed. Percy would ask Beckendorf but he didn't want to interrupt him and make the wait even longer.

Feeling something was off, Percy instinctively took one last look around the room and debated whether he wanted to peel off the sticky wiring off his body and rip the gaming helmet off his head. Deciding not to, Percy pressed enter and passed out on the chair. Little did Percy know, his body will be Home, but his mind will be millions of miles away...

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