Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan does, I don't own the book Cyborg - Martin Caidin does, nor do I own the old TV Show Six Million Dollar Man. I just wanted to make that clear.

Story: Cybernetic Hero

Chapter 2: Welcome Home

Camp Half Blood

Percy's POV

I awoke about an hour before the conch horn sounded for breakfast. I grabbed a towel and a change of clothes before I entered the shower. The water moving over my body felt great, and even my cyborg limbs relished the feel of the water flowing over my skin. I left the shower, and got ready for the big day. I was about to see my friends for the first time in almost seven months. I put on my orange camp shirt, and a pair of faded jeans. I wore the black converse that Apollo gave me, and I was about to leave my cabin when Chiron walked in. He was in full centaur form as he entered my cabin. He gave me a broad smile as he saw me dressed in camp clothes.

"Good morning child." He said. I smiled at him in return.

"Good morning sir, can I help you?" I asked curiously.

"I think we need to plan how we're going to introduce you to camp." Chiron said.

"You mean how you're going to let them know that I'm alive, right?" I said. Chiron cleared his throat, and looked at me sadly.

"I know child, it will be a great shock to most, but we must let them know you're alive." He said. Chiron pulled out a camp baseball cap, it was orange of course. Then he handed it to me with a pair of dark sunglasses.

"A disguise?" I asked. Chiron looked at me closely, and then smiled.

"You will sit with us at the counselor table with your disguise on until we make the announcement." He said. I nodded in agreement as I put the hat on my head, and placed the sunglasses over my eyes. I was still wearing my eye patch. I followed Chiron out of my cabin making sure no one saw us. We entered the mess hall carefully, and I sat down across from Mr. D and Chiron. Mr. D looked up at me, and smiled at my lame disguise.

"That's the best disguise you could come up with?" Mr. D asked incredulously. Chiron cleared his throat, and glared at him.

"It works; besides, he won't need one for long." Chiron said defensively. Mr. D grumbled something about old centaurs, and their hurt feelings. The conch horn sounded, and campers began to enter the mess hall. I looked around to see several familiar faces. Michael Yew and Will Solace from the Apollo cabin were talking about archery as they passed the counselor's table. I noticed Charlie Beckendorf and Jake Mason walk in; they were tinkering with some type of gadget. Clarisse came in with one of her brother's in a head lock, the kid was yelling for her to let go. I saw Silena walk in with her fellow Aphrodite girls, she gave a wink to Beckendorf, and I had to laugh to myself as his face turned red. I saw Malcolm; Annabeth's half brother walk in with some of his siblings, they all looked my way curiously as they passed me. Then I saw Annabeth; she walked in with her head down, not even looking around. I had never seen her so sullen before. My heart went out to her. After everyone was seated Chiron and Mr. D walked up to the front of the mess hall. Chiron stomped his foot on the floor causing all the campers to quiet down.

"Good morning, Mr. D has a special announcement to make, please quiet down, and listen." Chiron said. Mr. D gave me a nod, before he began to speak.

"Alright you brats, listen up. I have a special announcement, a brat; I mean camper has returned to us." Mr. D said. He motioned toward me. "Stand up boy." I stood, and I felt everyone's eyes upon me. "Welcome back, Perry Johanson." Mr. D said as he motioned for me to remove my hat and glasses. I took off my hat and my sun glasses. I heard gasps from around the mess hall, and then people began to murmur, and talk amongst themselves. I looked toward Annabeth, and she stared at me in disbelief. She looked me over from head to toe, and then her eyes focused on my eye patch. People began to ask questions out loud, until Chiron stomped his hoof on the ground. Everyone became quiet instantly.

"Let Percy enjoy his meal. We will hold a counselors meeting after breakfast. All counselors will remain in the mess hall once breakfast is over." Chiron said. "Percy, please take your seat at table three." I nodded, and walked toward my table. I could feel the eyes of every camper follow me, as I took my seat. Annabeth's gaze was the worst. Her face was emotionless, but her eyes seemed to pierce into my heart. I sat at my table, a nymph brought me food, but I could feel her look at the eye patch. I walked up to the hearth, and made an offering to my father. I knew it would only be a matter of time before I saw him. I sat back down at my table, and ate alone. This time I didn't feel alone, as I was sure every eye was trained upon me. Once breakfast was over, I waited for Chiron to call me over to the table. I looked around to see several familiar faces; Charles Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus, Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite, Pollux, son of Dionysus, Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, Connor and Travis Stoll, sons of Hermes, Katie Gardner, daughter of Demeter, and Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena. They all watched me closely as I sat down at the table next to Chiron. "I will start off by explaining what Percy told Mr. D, and me so far." All the counselors nodded in understanding.

"After the explosion on Mount Saint Helens, Percy was blown into the ocean; he washed ashore on the island of Ogygia with the help of Aphrodite of course." Chiron said as Silena giggled at her mother's actions. Annabeth gave her the death glare, and then she gave it to me. I gulped visibly.

"Percy was too injured for the daughter of Atlas to help him; therefore Lord Zeus ordered Lord Hephaestus, Lord Apollo, and Lady Athena to help him." Chiron said. At this news Annabeth's eyes grew wide in surprise. Beckendorf raised his hand.

"Yes, child." Chiron said.

"Why was my father ordered to heal Percy?" Beckendorf asked. Chiron looked toward me, and I nodded.

"Percy was gravely injured; only through your father's technology were the gods able to heal Percy." Chiron said. Michael Yew raised his hand next.

"Michael" Chiron said.

"Percy, you lost your eye in the explosion?" Michael asked. I looked around, I knew this would be the first time I had spoken to any camper. I looked around the room, but my eye landed on Annabeth in particular.

"Yes, my left eye was lost in the explosion." I said calmly. I saw Annabeth look down, and shake her head slightly. "My eye wasn't the only thing I lost. Lord Hephaestus and the others had to rebuild me; I'm no longer completely human, I guess you could say." At this statement all the counselors began to talk amongst themselves. Annabeth put her head in her hands, and she wouldn't look at me.

"Quiet everyone, I think we should let Percy get reacquainted with camp, he's been gone for a long time." Chiron said. He stood up followed closely by Mr. D. All the counselors began to leave, except Annabeth, Beckendorf, and Will Solace. Annabeth stood up, and was about to leave when I walked toward her.

"Wise girl" I said. Annabeth turned toward me, I could see the hurt, and pain in her eyes.

"Perseus, what do you want?" She said angrily, or in pain, I wasn't sure which.

"I just wanted to tell you that I missed you." I said. She glared at me with those piercing grey eyes.

"Yeah, you missed me so much that you stayed on that island with that immortal bimbo for six months." She yelled as she ran out of the mess hall. I just stared after her in disbelief.

"Annabeth" I yelled, but she just kept running. I looked around to see the sad faces of Beckendorf and Will Solace.

"I'm sorry Perce, she took your death badly she'll come around." Beckendorf said.

"Becks right, can we talk to you about your injuries?" Will asked.

"So you want to see the monster that I've become." I snapped. They both looked at me warily.

"I'm sorry, I just feel like a freak now." I said. I watched as both of them nodded in understanding.

"Let's go back to my cabin, we can talk there." I said. We walked out of the mess hall, and made our way to cabin three. I entered, and then I sat down on my bunk. Beckendorf and Will sat on the two other bunks in the cabin. "Alright, fire away."


Annabeth's POV

I ran back to my cabin; I couldn't believe Percy was back. I knew he was still alive, but after a few months I had finally convinced myself that he was gone for good. Now he shows back up, and tells us that he was on Ogygia for all this time. He was on that island with that nymph, Calypso. I felt so terrible, and well, jealous I guess. Why did I feel this way? After that kiss in Mount Saint Helens I had tried to convince myself that I only did it because I thought he was going to die, but I knew better. Somehow after all the quests, and arguments we had, I'd fallen in love with Percy Jackson. Now he was back, and I had no idea what to do. I watched the mess hall from the window of my cabin. I saw Percy leave with Beckendorf and Will Solace. They walked to cabin three, and all three of them entered. I wonder what they're going to talk about. I had a sudden idea, I slipped on my Yankees cap, and I instantly became invisible. I left my cabin, and snuck over to the cabin three. I looked through the front window of the cabin, which was across from Percy's bunk. I peered inside to see Percy sitting on his bunk with Will and Beckendorf on the other two bunks. The window of the cabin was cracked open slightly allowing me to listen in on their conversation.

"Fire away guys" Percy said.

"What did you mean by my father's technology healing you?" Beckendorf said. Percy sighed, and then stood up he extended his left arm, and then suddenly it started to glow until it was replaced by a metallic harpoon gun. I nearly fainted by the window at the sight. Beckendorf whistled loudly, then he touched the harpoon gun, I could tell he was marveling at the metal. "What kind of metal?"

"Your dad called it, Chaos metal." Percy said. Beckendorf's eyes grew wide at that revelation.

"What parts of you are cybernetic?" Beckendorf asked. At that, I realized that Percy suffered through worse injuries than anyone had thought.

"Left arm, both legs, left eye, left ear, bone structure, heart, and parts of the frontal lobe and Medulla Oblongotta." Percy said. I felt sick to my stomach. Seaweed brain had suffered terribly, and I yelled at him about Calypso, I felt terrible. Beckendorf and Will both looked at Percy in wonder. Percy's left arm began to glow again until it looked perfectly normal.

"How does the skin work?" Will asked.

"Your dad created it, its regular skin, but somehow it grows over the metal, even the muscle grows over the metal. The left arm is enchanted, that's why it can change into other forms." Percy said.

"What part did Athena play in your recovery?" Will asked. This question interested me, of course.

"She helped Hephaestus with the brain implants, and the neural connections. I owe her a great debt, but I could tell that she and the others hated themselves for doing this to me. They think that they turned me into a monster, only Aphrodite was able to convince them that they should keep an open mind." Percy said.

"What do you think?" Beckendorf asked.

"I still feel like myself, but I also feel different. You see the damage to my brain wiped out my short term memory. I can't remember what happened in the labyrinth, or on Mount Saint Helens." Percy said. I was stunned; he didn't remember the kiss.

"I wish Annabeth wasn't mad at me, she's probably the only one who could fill in the gaps." Percy said sadly.

"Perce, I think something important happened between the two of you there." Beckendorf said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Silena talks to Annabeth, she tried to help her get over your death. Silena feels that something happened between you and Annabeth in that mountain." Beckendorf said. Damn Silena, she needs to keep her mouth shut.

"What should I do?" Percy asked.

"You need to talk to her." Beckondorf said.

"She thinks I stayed on that island willingly with Calypso." Percy said.

"You didn't, and by the way is Calypso as beautiful as the myths say?" Will asked as he looked off in the distance, longingly.

"To tell you the truth, I never even saw Calypso. Hephaestus said that she would have nothing to do with me because she thought I was a monster." Percy said sadly. Now I felt really bad for yelling at him. "Also, I was on the island for over six months, but I only regained consciousness two weeks ago." I was shocked, and so were Beck and Will. "The surgeries were extensive, and took a long time. The brain surgery was the last one." I felt tears flow down my cheeks at the thought of all the pain that Percy went through. I still felt responsible for leaving him in the mountain, and now I just felt worse. I turned, and left the window, and walked back to my cabin. The boy I loved had returned, but does he love me? He can't even remember our first kiss. I felt worse than before, but at least Percy was alive, and I knew I had to help him recover.

AN: There you have it, chapter 2.