Second chapter up. I have news about this story too, from now on, the chapters for this story will be uploaded based on the reviews that I get. The reason for this is that this story simply isn't my priority. So, for every 5 reviews I get I will upload a chapter. Also, be sure to vote on the poll for The Sequel (rewrite) that's up on my profile. I'm going to be closing it next Friday, the 26th.
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A scream shook a middle aged woman from her sleep. She sighed and hurried into her son's room, she comforted the four year old as he trembled in her arms. It was the second month in a row that it had happened, the little boy had been having nightmares every night. However, ONI didn't know that. They snuck into the room after the woman went back to sleep, assuming it didn't occur often, after all, who would assume that a four year old had symptoms of PTSD? They took the boy, leaving a flash clone in his place. Two months later the clone just didn't wake up.
Percy stood in line as the other Spartans in his class were outfitted with their Mjolnir armor. When Dr. Halsey finally gestured for him to come forward he didn't hesitate. The armor the techs started assembling around him wasn't that of the other Spartan IIs. His was black, the armor looked essentially the same, but the battery pack on the back was slightly larger, and his visor was flat black. Nothing on the armor would reflect light at all. A glowing green chip was placed in his hand,
"The slot is on the back of your helmet, put it on first Percy." She said, not unkindly. Percy slipped the helmet on and inserted the chip, a cold feeling emanated throughout his skull, as if ice had been poured into the inside of his head. He didn't even flinch. A glowing green woman appeared on his HUD,
"Hello Percy. I'm Annabeth, I am a smart AI created to assist the top graduate of this Spartan class in battle." The woman said, a pang of emotion rushed through him at the sound of her name.
"Whoa there, your brain activity just spiked, as if experiencing emotional pain." The AI said,
"I'm not calling you Annabeth." He said, she looked slightly annoyed,
"Why not? Is it not a satisfactory name?" she asked,
"Too long, and it rubs me the wrong way. On so many levels it's not possible to describe." Percy said, the helmet kept his words in so the techs couldn't tell what was going on.
"Fine, then call me something else." She said angrily,
"Beth, would you please allow my voice to carry out of the helmet?" he asked, the AI obliged.
"It feels fine, Dr. Halsey." Percy said, the doctor smiled and dismissed the other Spartans.
"I'll let your AI fill you in on your armor's special abilities. You've been selected by the office of naval intelligence for a special assignment. Corporal." Halsey said, she smiled and dismissed him.
Percy sat in the pilot seat of a pelican patiently. Beth appeared on his HUD.
"Your armor has energy blade emitters on the arm plates, cannibalized from the dropped energy swords of Elites. You also have a powerful jet pack, capable of almost reaching orbit on small planets, you should be perfectly fine in most atmospheric conditions or in vacuum environments." She said, Percy processed the information silently,
"Not gonna say anything?" she asked,
"What type of time restrains does the jet pack have?" he asked,
"It gets its power directly from the fusion reactor you have strapped to your back." Beth said,
"Interesting." Percy commented, Beth glared at him.
"I know Spartans are supposed to be the strong silent type but jeez, you take it too far." She said, Percy sighed.
"Why me?" he asked, Beth looked slightly confused.
"Why you? Because you're the best since the Master Chief, and because ONI wanted a Spartan, they footed the bill for your armor. Cost them a hefty part of their budget for his year too." Beth said, Percy sighed as his thoughts drifted.
"Sometimes, I wonder what happened to me in a past life. I mean they are random names that I just can't handle, the only explanation I have is that I knew people by those names in a past life and something bad enough to carry over happened." Percy said, Beth's avatar blinked in shock.
"Past life?" she asked,
"I don't know. I've been thinking about this for a long time, that's the only explanation that's stuck so far." He said. Beth agreed, albeit reluctantly.
"You have clearance Olympus 1." The flight control operator's voice buzzed, Percy grimaced.
"That another name?" Beth asked,
"Unfortunately." Percy responded, he slightly increased the power to the engines and piloted the ship out of the hangar, he pointed the nose up and opened the throttle all the way.
A girl dressed all in silver watched as a pelican took off on a course for orbit. Her black hair hung into her blue eyes and she sighed. It had been 500 or so years since Percy was betrayed. Hades told them he had gone for rebirth, but that it was somehow delayed. She watched the Spartan IIs board similar pelicans and take off, but not into orbit.
"That's strange, a Spartan was piloting the pelican that went to orbit." Thalia mumbled, she jumped down from her tree and reported to Artemis before requesting a ride to orbit. She entered the pelican calmly and took a seat behind her chaperone for the day, Nico. They went up, tracking ship that had left for orbit from the base. They came up behind it and ordered it to stop. The pelican slowed, allowing them to come alongside and appear not to be moving.
"Identify." Thalia ordered over the radio.
"My name and rank are classified, what's your clearance level?" the pilot asked, his voice seemed vaguely familiar and Nico froze when he heard it.
"Alpha, Bravo, Zulu, Foxtrot, Tango." Thalia radioed,
"Identification." A female voice asked, Thalia gave it her name and rank number, not that she was actually enlisted, most of the demigods had fake id numbers just for this purpose.
"Sergeant Grace. I am Corporal Jackson, under orders from ONI to report to the UNSC cruiser a brighter dawn, for assignment. Why have you stopped me?" the male's voice came back. Thalia froze,
"Percy?" she asked quietly. She hurried into the back and put on her vacuum suit.
"I'm going over Nico. Keep him here." Thalia yelled, the younger boy nodded. Thalia left the airlock and pushed herself off the hull of her pelican, directing herself for the other. She lightly hit it and grabbed on,
"Corporal. Open your airlock and prepare to be boarded." Thalia radioed. The outer airlock door hissed as it was opened. Thalia pulled herself inside. Her boots clanged against the metal floor as she sealed the airlock and pulled off her helmet. The pilot looked back and exited the cockpit, he floated back to face her, snapped a salute and waited. She saluted back,
"Remove your helmet." Thalia ordered, he hesitated for a moment before removing a chip from the back of his helmet and pulling it off. Thalia gasped, before her stood Percy Jackson, a few new scars adorning his face, but he was almost exactly the same as he had been the last time she had seen him.
"What is the purpose of your order Sergeant?" Percy asked, he was still saluting.
"I know you. You died." Thalia said, tears brimming in her eyes, the chip Percy had pulled out had floated over to a receiver in the Pelican, a green woman appeared beside him.
"You are mistaken Sergeant. I have no memory of you." Percy said, his hand was still in a salute, Beth watched the exchange curiously,
"Sergeant, care to plug me in? I'll be able to copy the relevant memories you claim to have and show them to the Corporal. Who is still at attention, in case you didn't notice?" Beth said, Thalia quickly saluted Percy, who finally relaxed his arm, and Thalia nodded. She put her helmet back on and held her hand out for the chip, Percy pulled it from the slot on the pelican and handed it to her. Thalia inserted the chip and Beth copied the memories,
"I'm Annabeth, or at least that's my designated name. Do you have any idea why this guy you claim to know would refuse to say that name?" Beth asked, Thalia's eyes widened,
"Yeah. The Percy I knew, he had a girlfriend named Annabeth. They broke up after he found out she was pregnant with his half-brother." Thalia said, Beth flinched,
"Jeez. I'm an AI and I know that's wrong." She said, Thalia pulled her out and handed the chip back to Percy. He remained silent as memories flew through his head,
"Well?" Beth asked,
"They seem familiar, but I don't have any memory of these events." Percy said, Beth sighed.
"You're coming with me back to Olympus, the gods will want to speak with you." Thalia ordered, Percy froze. A deep sense of foreboding reverberated throughout him,
"There is no record of any UNSC base named Olympus, even in the classified files." Beth said,
"No. I'm going to report to a brighter dawn for assignment. Keep your helmet on Sergeant." Percy said calmly, Thalia looked confused for a second before the airlock hissed open, sucking the air out of the cabin and dragging her with it.
"You're going to get in trouble for that later." Beth said,
"She's not UNSC. Her id number was fake." Percy responded,
"How do you know?" Beth asked,
"Cause she gave us mine." Percy said, Beth snorted in amusement as Percy climbed back into the pilots seat and accelerated toward a brighter dawn.