New York City, New York – Empire State Building

A strange wheezing noise permeated the building as a antique looking blue box materialized in a dark corner of the lobby. A door in the box opened, and a strange man in a tweed jacket and a Stetson stepped out purposely and walked toward the elevator.

Outside, Percy and Annabeth were just stepping into the entrance of the building, and noticed the strange box. Already feeling uneasy, they quickly hurried inside. They saw the strange man stride toward the elevator; as he approached it they watched in awe as he seemingly forced the doors open with just his mind. He stepped in, and the doors whirred shut as the elevator headed for the top floor.

They began to sprint toward the elevator, and surprisingly the doors opened for them. Percy stepped in first, and he quickly punched in the button for the top floor. As the elevator rocketed upwards, Percy drew out his sword, Riptide, and Annabeth drew out her weapon [insert weapon name]. The elevator finally ceased moving, and Annabeth and Percy sprang out of the elevator, only to witness yet another example of the strange mans powers.

He pulled a strange spherical object from one of his pockets and held it up high. As the guards at Olympus's gates began to charge, he pointed some kind of wand like object at the sphere, and all the guards suddenly shifted into pieces of paper. He put the sphere into his pocket, but kept the wand out as he marched through Olympus's gates into the Gods' very thrown room.

"Stop!" Percy yelled as he sprinted toward the man, Annabeth right on his heels. They both skidded to a stop when they passed through the gates; all of the Gods were in the thrown room, even the minor ones, and they were all watching the strange man intently, almost as if he scared them.

He began to speak, in a voice that seemed powerful and ancient, yet young at the same time, "What are you lot doing here? I thought I finished all of you off? This is brilliant, simply brilliant, but I have just one question for you – how did you get to Earth? No, no, don't answer, just listen you sniveling cowards!"

"Who is this guy?" Percy hissed, his voice seething with rage at this being who dared to mock the Gods.

"I don't know, but the Gods seem spell bound." Annabeth quietly whispered back.

The man began to speak up again, "I destroyed you all, unless my memory is shot, and by the Eternals I wil discover how you escaped. I fought, I lost friends, and I triumphed; I brought an end to your madness, to The War, and I will not live to see that battle for causality itself brought back into time!"

An aura of rage seemed to glow around the man, and the Gods themselves appeared to almost be trembling.

I have fought and defeated worse things than you wretched lot, and I am still here. I have defeated the Daleks, Eternals, Chronovores, Great Old Ones, the Time Lords, and even the Guardians themselves. If you think you can even hope to stop me than you have already lost!"

His words echoed across the room, and the silence that followed was palpable. Percy and Annabeth stared in shock at this man, who dared compare himself to the Gods. Suddenly, Zeus spoke up:

"What is the meaning of this, mortal whelp? I am the mighty Zeus, the world trembles before me. You are nothing!"

"I am the Doctor, the Universe trembles before me. Now, please drop the act and tell me how you survived." The Doctor commanded.

Athena answered slowly, "Your… erasure… from the time line allowed us to move parts of Mictlan to Earth. Before we could again join the War, a civil war broke out between the isolationists and the expansionist. We, the isolationists, won, and we tied ourselves to Earth so we would not be erased when you re-entered time. We did what we had to to survive, is not that the very thing that you did during the War?"

Silence followed as the Doctor stumbled for words. He almost looked… apologetic, Annabeth thought. Percy was stilled stuck on the fact that this man had actually TOLD the Gods what to do.

"I... I'm… sorry for my explosive behavior," the Doctor said in a softer tone, "but I cannot simply let you all walk away without supervision. I will be back, but I have one final thing to say – The memeovore still survives on Planet 5, so please don't even think about leaving Earth."

With that, the man turned and walked straight toward where Percy and Annabeth were standing. As he passed, he tipped his hat to the two demigods and walked straight into the open elevator. It closed and he began his descent.

Annabeth turned to see what the Gods would say, but they were silent.

Percy blurted out, "Who was that? How can you just stand there listen to that person? And how did he do that thing with the ball and wand?"

Zeus spoke first, "We have not been entirely truthful with you, and I fear it is time we told you the truth. What the Doctor says is true, w-"

"What do you mean, true?" Percy exploded, entirely out of character. He angrily spun around and marched toward the elevator.

As the doors closed, Annabeth noticed a weird scar around the elbow of Percy's right arm. She turned to the Gods, and asked, "What did this 'Doctor' mean when he called you cowards."

"We were members of the Great Houses once, and we delighted in meddling in the universe, throughout time and space" Hades answered. "In our meddling we saw on the horizon a war, The War, which had the potential to annul our existence. To save ourselves, we left our people without a defense, and turned ourselves into beings of pure thought. We became conceptual entities, immortal and untouchable. So yes, we were cowards – we ran, we hid, we survived.

Annabeth stood in silence, not quite able to grasp what the Gods had revealed to her. As she thought over what she had just heard, a gut wrenching scream shattered her concentration. She rushed to the elevator and punched the ground floor button.

5 minutes earlier, downstairs

As he exited the elevator Percy saw this 'Doctor.' He was looking at brochures at the entrance of the building. He seemed to be mumbling to himself about games and the "next move".

"'Doctor,' I-" Percy began, but then stopped and began to howl in pain, He collapsed in on to the ground, and a jagged, red scar formed around the base of his left elbow and his shadow seemed to dart off of his body, heading straight for the exit.

Annabeth rushed out of the elevator I time to see the Doctor rush into a blue box, while carrying the convulsing form of Percy. She rushed after the Doctor, and stumbled into the blue box. She gasped when she realized that the inside was larger than the outside. Before she could go back out the doors, they slammed shut.

The Doctor had put Percy in some kind of chair with a head clamp, and a weird energy beam was connecting the clamp to the center console thing. The Doctor rushed to the console and began to flick switches and hit buttons. A whirring noise arose to sound, and then all was quite.

"Yes! We got out of that that. Well, your friend almost didn't make it, but he'll be fine for now." The Doctor looked straight at Annabeth, and said, "Hello, I'm the Doctor, what's your name?"

In front of the Empire State Building, a tall slender women with a mask of bone stood holding a vial of blood. Long, green, web like strands crisscrossed the vial.