CHAPTER 2: Dark Days
Percy didn't know how long he had been passed out for all he knew it could have been hours or even days, he hoped it wasn't the latter. He had been fading in and out of consciousness, first he woke up to see himself in the back of what appeared to be Gabe's Camaro, then to see himself being carried by his mother up a set of stairs which if he were to assume judging by the septic smell coming from the building he would say it was a hospital… he didn't like hospitals, there was always a part of him which rang a danger bell whenever he as much as passed a hospital building by, he didn't know how but whenever his senses warned him of danger, such danger always came true if he didn't back off, the inner discussion of his instincts reminded him of an incident that that occurred a few months back…
Flashback
Percy was walking home from his kindergarten, his mother always told him to wait at school and she would pick him up, but with how he was bullied by the bigger kids, he didn't want to wait a full 1 hour 25 minutes for his mother to pick him up, Percy wasn't afraid of bullies, no he was afraid of what happened when he got angry from all the taunts, whenever he got angry, sinks and pipes would explode and the water would rush out and attack all nearby people, at first he dismissed the thought, but after second and third times he started trying not to get angry, but today the school bully Matt Sloan had started taunting him again, he took a calming breath and tried not to get angry until Matt called him a freak and that single word made him snap, a lot of people had called him a freak and frankly speaking he was getting sick of it, he didn't know what compelled him to but he thrust out his right hand towards Matt, the boy sneered at him before he suddenly noticed that he could not breath he put his hand to his throat to try and force the air out, that didn't work, instead he coughed out blood and that's when it hit him, he was drowning on his own blood, he clawed at his neck in desperation until he collapsed into unconsciousness. Percy blinked as realization dawned on him, he had controlled someone's blood, it felt good at first but now he felt uncomfortable with the thought not disgusted or guilty just uncomfortable. Which is the reason why he was currently power walking as fast as he could towards home, he looked around and saw an alley which was a short cut, he made to move but his instincts screamed at him not to go through that alley which made him hesitate slightly before brushing it of as paranoia and continuing his trek home.
As he kept walking, his instincts told him to duck and this time he obeyed and ducked as a huge club swung past where his head was, he rolled out of the way and stood up getting into a defensive stance which confused him because he was damn sure that he had never fought before talk more of getting into any kind of defensive in all his four and a half years living on Earth, but that surprise was short lived as he looked at the… thing that stood in front of him. It stood at 10 feet tall, its skin was a brownish colour that was covered in grime and what appeared to be dried blood, it had only one eye right in the centre of its head; "Cyclops" he muttered to himself, he knew that it was a Cyclops because he was according to his teachers he was a "prodigy" in Greek myths he didn't know what the word meant but it sounded good to him. The Cyclops smiled at him showing yellow rotten teeth "Demigod flesh" it cried out in joy. Percy had to try really hard not to throw up at the smell of the Cyclops' breath, he immediately jumped to the side to avoid being smashed by the Cyclops club, he gulped as he back pedaled out of the Cyclops' reach "Stay still so I can eat you little demigod" the Cyclops bellowed in agitation, "Fat chance of that buddy" he quipped as he kept evading the Cyclops' swings , Percy knew he had to fight his way out of this one, he was cornered and he knew it; ordinarily he tried to stay out of fights no matter how the bullies aggravated him, but this time around he was willing to fight but there was problem…. How on Earth was he going to fight this 10 feet tall mean machine. He knew that punching it was out of the question, that would no doubt lead to crushed fingers, and he had no interest in nursing a few oddly bent digits. As he kept evading the club he thought back to school earlier that day when he controlled Matt's blood, he wondered if he could do it again with the Cyclops, he shrugged mentally as he decided to try it out anyways.
He immediately put a good distance between himself and the Cyclops, well as good he could get in an alley with a dead end. He thrust his hand out and concentrated as hard as he could, he felt a sharp tug in his gut which made him wince in pain, but he held strong. The Cyclops kept running at him making no indication of being in discomfort of any kind, he tried harder as the same tug in his gut kept going of over and over again but still to no avail, he closed his eyes and just as he was about to give up and accept his death the vibrations coming from the sound of the Cyclops running stopped. He opened his eyes to see the Cyclops impaled with icicles all over its body before it burst into golden dust and dispersed in the wind. He looked around him and noticed that all the puddles of water in the alley way were empty much to his confusion. Suddenly a feeling of exhaustion washed over him as he collapsed on his knees wondering if what just happened was a dream or if he was to cut down on his sugar intake.
FLASHBACK END
Percy snapped out of his thoughts when he noticed himself being strapped down to some sort of bed like equipment, he struggled to escape but to no avail, he tried to scream but he was gagged with something which seemed to be a part of the machine, seeing as his efforts to escape were useless he resigned himself to his fate and looked around him. He was in some sort of lab with a lot of equipment which he didn't know their names, but he sure as hell knew that they were expensive, he saw two men watching him from a high platform, one of them was tall with a bushy moustache and greying hairs, he was no doubt a high ranking military officer with his military cut hairstyle uniform and medals lined on his left breast, the number of medals made he had made Percy guess that he was a General, the other man was slightly shorter with shaggy brown hair and skinny stature, he unlike the Generals neutral expression he had an excited grin on his face. Before Percy could see anymore he was dropped into a tank with a murky green liquid while still restrained to the "bed" he tried to get out of his bonds but failed, suddenly without warning multiple injections entered his body and released a thick viscous liquid into his blood stream, images flashed through his mind at a rapid pace, after some time he finally succumbed to the darkness.
AN: Considering the fact that I saw reviews (even though I saw only two) I decided to make a longer chapter, so review, follow, favourite etc. Oh and before I forget I will say this now, I am a NIGERIAN so I do not write in American English, I write in British English so all those idiots out there sending me offensive PM's cut it out, you don't see me dissing your style of English, next time I see an offensive PM in my inbox, I am going to curse and believe me you do not want to hear me curse.
PS: I was searching for some Kick Ass fanfictions and I discovered a writer called Makokam, I read his profile and I got pissed, the fucktard was practically calling other writers idiots, I don't mean to be a dick but seriously his comments on his profile pissed me 't mind my rant, remember to vote for the pairing on the poll on my profile.
