AN: AN: Long time no see, people! I decided to just randomly update my stories, by this website that mixes up whatever I put in. This came up top, so please enjoy!

PLEASE NOTE: CHANGES TO CHAPTER ONE ARE ALREADY COMPLETED!

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July 4, 2010

Yawning loudly, Percy rubbed the sleep from his eyes and grinned widely. Hopping off the side of his bed, he stretched a bit before shifting through his closet. "It's been three years, hasn't it, Aunt Hestia?"

"Indeed it is, Percy." a voice replied, and Percy brightened visibly. Quickly, he threw on a hoodie and moved to a dresser next to the bed.

Picking up the small, bronze emblem with a flame engraved in the center that the voice had originated from, Percy yawned again.

Walking out of the small room that was his bedroom, he made his way straight to the kitchen, and began making breakfast

"Blue pancakes again, dear?" Hestia's motherly voice asked, more amused than worried.

Percy grinned, but didn't look away from the food. "Mhm. And things would be so much easier now that I can use the powers you and Dad gave me."

"So, what do you plan on doing with them, know that the Council has their eyes off of you?"

"I bet you already know the answer, don't you?" Percy replied casually, taking a bite of the blue pancakes, washing it down with milk.

A sigh followed his words. "I suppose I do. Be careful, alright? Don't want a repeat of three years ago."

"You know it!"

With that, Percy put on a hoodie and some shoes, and jogged out of the small, yet comfortable apartment given to him by the Hearth Goddess, paid for for the foreseeable future, and fully furnished.

"After all, today's the day!"

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Sniffing the air, the demigod frowned, standing straight as he dusted himself off.

"That doesn't look good..." Percy muttered, looking up to see a cloud of gray, and turning from the two people he was tying up. Just now, he had chased down and knocked out the pair of thugs trying to rob a young couple. Quickly, he made sure they were fully incapacitated, and looked over at the aforementioned couple.

"Can you call the cops?" he asked, motioning to the three unconscious men. "There's something I need to do..."

Nervously, the two nodded, one of them pulling out their phones. They had both seen the ease and nonchalance Percy had shown taking down two men, both of which were larger than him.

Nodding a thanks, and wondering why they were so nervous, Percy took off in the direction of the smoke.

Within minutes, Percy arrived at the fire, frowning as he saw the people still trapped inside. Lowering the hood some more, he raised his arms.

The effect was instantaneous; the water streaming from the firefighters' hoses stopped obeying the laws of physics, floating in midair and freezing in place.

One of them literally froze, providing a makeshift bridge for Percy as he jumped onto it. Without hesitation, he raced to the building's upper floors, and jumped the remaining distance.

Once inside, he glanced around, to the two people staring at him with wide eyes.

"Let's get you out of here, shall we?"

As soon as he said that, the unfrozen water formed a solid platform, hovering patiently next to the window.

Though hesitant at first, one look at the blazing flames behind them convinced them to step onto the water structure.

As the disc floated down, he flicked his other hand, the remaining water flew into the building, extinguishing the flames.

Breathing a sigh of relief, he let his hands go limp, and gravity took control the water.

A quiet 'ding' made him snap back to attention, as he ran further inside the building to investigate.

At the end of the hallway, an elevator was just about to close, but Percy had just enough time to see a tall, grayish humanoid with two horns. In other words, something not human.

"O... kay..." Percy muttered, walking over to the elevator. "That was... strange."

Reaching into his pocket, Percy withdrew Riptide and diced the silver metal easily. Grinning, he peered into the... extremely deep hole, the elevator box still heading downwards.

"Okay, that's just not right..." Percy said, frowning. Shrugging, he guided some of the water from before into the elevator shaft, and began lowering himself in.

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"Are you sure this is the place?" Aqualad asked Robin, as the trio stood in front of the Cadmus lab.

Robin glanced at the image on his holo-bracelet, before nodding. "Yup. This is it. Cadmus."

"Strange how it's not on fire, though." Kid Flash commented. Robin rolled his eyes, as Aqualad walked over to some of the firefighters still there.

"Excuse me," he said, drawing their attention. "There was a fire reported here. Did you put it out already?"

Frowning, one of the uniformed men shook their heads. "Not at all. A guy came in and wiped out the flames immediately! Still hasn't come out yet, though..."

A thoughtful look came over his face, but the man shrugged and went back to talking with his friends.

Quickly, Aqualad spoke his thanks and turned back to his teammates. "You heard what he said. Should we investigate?"

"Do you even have to ask?" Kid Flash replied.

The three shared a small grin, and entered the building.

After a short scan of the building, Robin's eyes narrowed.

"That's not supposed to be here." he muttered, bringing up a holographic blueprint of the elevator. "It's an express elevator, not something you'd see in a two-story building."

Gripping the gap between the two doors, Aqualad forced it open.

"And that's why they need an express elevator." Robing muttered.

(AN: I just reread this and realized it wasn't finished. Sorry, working on it now! T^T)

Quickly, Robin aimed a grapple gun at the roof and began his descent, his two teammates following him.

"So..." Kid Flash began, unable to bear the silence after a few minutes. "What do you think is down here? Aliens? Nuclear weapons? Maybe a dragon or two?"

"Whatever it is, I'm willing to bet that it's nothing good." Aqualad replied, narrowing his eyes as he tried to look down the elevator shaft. "By the way, what do you think of the person who put out the fire? According to the witnesses, he seems to have a great deal of power of water."

The speedster shrugged. "No clue. The Flash and I haven't encountered anyone like that before. What about you, Robin? The Bat's gotta have something, right?"

"Unfortunately, no." Robin answered, still focused on their descent. "Batman hasn't mentioned anyone like that person... Super-powered people appear very often, but someone with this level of mastery over his powers is worth looking into. I'll ask Batman later."

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Percy grunted as he released the water platform, landing on the flesh-like floor.

"What the…"

Rising from his crouch, he looked around him, seeing two paths diverting a bit outside the elevator shaft he had just come from. "Well then, what to do…?"

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Cheese. Ignore that, hope you enjoyed.