A Percy Jackson Fanfiction
Hello again everyone! I know I am WAY behind schedule, so I think I most definitely need to say thank you to those who stayed with me and followed my story. So, i'm sure those of you are here to read the actual story, so here it is.
"You ready guys?" I asked quietly. Percy and Delta were standing on either side of the door, and they quickly nodded. I licked my chapped lips, and I slammed three times on the door as hard as I possibly could. "Hey retard! You realize that you suck at tying ropes, right?"
I took several steps back, and waited for the guards I knew were standing outside. I started tapping my foot in anticipation. It had been just over thirty minutes since they took Annabeth and Sarah, and God knows what things they had already done to them. Suddenly, the door swung inward, and three guards with police batons walked in, preparing to beat me. Once they were clear of the door, they began to form a half circle around me. Before they could attack, Percy and Delta kicked the guards' legs on either side of me out from under them, and I sprung into action, swiftly taking down the shocked guard in front of me with a blow to the windpipe.
I crouched down and felt a small glimmer of satisfaction as I frisked the guard for his keys and gun. I stood once more, and together, we rushed out the door.
Twirling the baton nervously, I jogged down the surprisingly clean, iron corridors. I turned a corner, and in front of us were several cells. We checked each one, which had at least two occupants each. Every person inside was either young, middle-aged, anorexic, or brutally beaten. They simply turned their heads as we walked pass, and I couldn't take it. I moved to one cell, and swung the master key out. Immediately, Percy's hand gripped my wrist, and he looked at me with steely eyes. "Jack, two things. First, you have no clue why these people are in here, and second, we have no time to lose." I nodded at him, and replied, "Nobody deserves this though, and I agree, we have no time to lose. So if you help me, than this will take less than five minutes." We stood, stares locked, and he nodded. His jaw clenched in irritation, him and Delta darted to other cells, pulling out their own keys, and opening the cell doors. I opened the door in front of me, and the kid inside, roughly ten years old, stood up. "Are we...Are we free?" He asked. I smiled and nodded. He slowly moved forward, and as I went on to the next cells, I was aware of him just standing there. In about three minutes tops, all the cells were open, and the twenty or so occupants were all released. A bulky, bald, sour faced black man strolled up to me, stopped momentarily, then stuck out his hand. I shook it firmly, and anything that was needed to be said was simply expressed right there.
Unanimously, everybody had already agreed to stay behind us, and move as stealthily as they could. There would be no escape if anyone was caught.
Percy, Delta, and I were moving through the facility again, and we came to an intersection of corridors; There was one to the right, to the left, and straight forward. We all looked at each other, and silently agreed to go our separate ways. "Be careful," I said. Delta nodded and replied, "You too." Percy looked at me and said, "You find her, get her out of here safely." I nodded, and all three of us turned on our heels and moved down the corridors. I got the right corridor, and I instantly began scanning it. It had single, iron columns lining up against the walls on either side of the hall. It wasn't as much for support, but simply for an ugly decor. Already, I saw four rooms, two on each side of the hall. I saw three guards patrolling in front of me as well, and I was forced to dive behind a column just as one turned towards me. I held my breath as he passed, and slowly, I moved out from cover. I stalked towards him, and when I was in range, I cupped my right hand over his mouth, pressed my left hand against the back of his head, and jerked. He crumpled to the ground, but I caught him, effectively stopping him from making too much noise. I dragged him behind the column I had previously hid, then I continued moving down the hall.
I came upon one of the doors, and I looked to my left. Directly across the hall was a similar door and it appeared that symmetry was also a fashion here well practiced. I pushed my ear against the door, and since I heard nothing, I slowly opened it. There was a simple table in the center of the room with several chairs around it. On the left side of the room, there was yet another door, and I glided across the floor towards it. I repeated my earlier actions, and this time, I heard talking. I managed to pick out three voices, and all of them were clearly male. I shook my head, and unnoticed, I moved back out into the hall. I made sure that no guards were coming as I ran across to the other door. I did the same thing for the third time, and I got the same results, all except for the furniture being the same. This time, there was three simple couches around a coffee table.
Becoming frustrated, I went as quickly as I could down the hall without getting caught, but I had moved just a little too fast. One guard turned my way and asked his buddy, "Did you hear something?" They looked at each other momentarily, and each drawing a firearm, moved down the corridor. I was posted up behind a column, my breath frozen solid in my chest. I could hear each clop of their steps echoing, and each growing second grew more tense. I began hearing the clops to my left, meaning that they had passed me, and I leaned out of cover. I saw both of them still moving at the same pace, and I decided this was my time to strike, but before I had a chance to take them out, a few men yelled from down Delta's corridor, and the guards sprinted off. I knew I had no time left, and as more men rushed out of the rooms I had already checked, I realized none came from those I hadn't checked. I figured that somebody important would stop guards from rushing out of those rooms, so I figured my best chance of finding Annabeth or Sarah would be to finish searching them.
I ran to the room on the left side of the hall, and hearing loud commotion inside, I knew i'd need to draw them out. I banged on the door, and through it I said in a deep voice, "Come on! They need us out here! The-uh-prisoners are escaping!" A voice replied, "Why did you say that through the door?" Immediately, I said, "Because there's no time! Let's go!" It seemed to have worked. I took a position behind a nearby column, and instantly, six men rushed out of the room and down the hall. I moved next to the now open door, and drawing my pistol, I walked inside. The whole place was empty, so I decided to check the adjacent room. Disregarding the small voices inside, I turned the doorknob and swung the door out. I darted inside, and as three men turned towards me, I noticed Sarah tied to a chair between them, with a gag in her mouth. In moments, all of the men slumped to the floor, clutching their side, and I moved towards Sarah. She said something several times through her gag, but I couldn't understand it. I took the gag off of her and she yelled, "Look out!" I turned swiftly, but only to be hit directly in the face with a baton. Dazed, I tried to fend off the man who hit me. I rolled backwards, landing on my feet. The man swung his weapon once more, and I ducked underneath it, planting my fist in his stomach. He stumbled, and I took this as a chance to finish this while I could. Not wanting to kill anybody, I grabbed his baton from his hands and brought it down upon his shoulder. He crumpled to the floor, and once I was sure he was out, I turned around, and started untying Sarah's ropes. "Thanks for the warning," I said, "Though it came a bit slow." I dropped the ropes on the floor, and she stood rubbing her wrists. "Yeah well, it's a bit hard to talk through a gag." I nodded and continued. "We have to go across the hall to check for Annabeth." I turned my head towards her. "Are you alright?" I asked concerned. "I'm fine now," she said. "They hit me a few times when I screamed, but nothing else." "Good," I said, "Well, let's get a move on then." She nodded, and I retrieved my gun from the floor. We moved out of the room, and across the hall. This time, I heard no sounds inside, so I opened the door quickly. I searched the room, and all around stood four people. Two men were on either side of the room, pointing guns at me, and in the center stood Annabeth and a man, more specifically, Annabeth and the boss of the whole operation. He had a gun to her head and his hand over her mouth so she couldn't talk. He grinned when he saw me enter. "Well, looks like I underestimated you and your friends." His smile dropped, only to be replaced by a look of anger. "Drop your weapon now, or your friend here dies." Annabeth tried to say something, but it was muffled by his hand. I pointed the gun to his head, and making a split second decision, I bluffed. "You think I care about her?" A look of confusion replaced everybodies tense expressions. "C'mon chief, you should know how it is out here in the Wasteland. Survival of the fittest, right?" Sarah tapped my shoulder. "What are you doing?" She hissed. I ignored her, and with my thumb I pulled the hammer back on my pistol. "Now, let's think about this logically. I believe, that even though your men have guns already pointed at me, they won't be able to shoot in time to save you if I suddenly decide to finish you off. So, my proposal is that you drop your weapons, let the girl go, and stay out of my way. Sound like a deal?" He stood there, breathing heavily simply from anxiety, and I saw in his eyes he had made a decision. He swiveled his gun away from Annabeth, and straight towards me, but by the time he had his sights on, he was too late. Just as I assumed she would, Annabeth drove her elbow into the boss's stomach, and I dropped to one knee and shot the man to the right. I did the same with the left, and I ran straight forward and tackled the boss, just as Annabeth moved out of the way. I sat on his chest, and put the gun against his head.I smiled fiendishly, and said, "I think Percy would enjoy talking to you, don't you think?" I hit him across the face and stood up. I rolled him over, and taking nearby duct tape, I tied his hands together behind his back. "Sarah, help me get this fat lug up." She moved forward, and we picked him up together. "You will regret this," he said, "I swear it!" I rolled my eyes. "Be quiet," I said, bringing down the butt of the pistol on his head. He slumped in our arms as we started dragging him out, and I made sure I had a gun pointed at him, just in case something happened. As soon as we turned to walk down the hall, we were faced down by several more men surrounding Percy and Delta. I immediately pulled the hammer down, silently expressing my warning to the guards.. "Let all of us go and your boss doesn't die." We all stood there in silence after that. Several moments later, one of them said, "Let them go." Percy and Delta walked towards us slowly, and then turned around. Together, our group moved quickly around their guards, and down the hall. We turned down the forward corridor and in a moments time, we were next to the front doors of the building.
The guards, still directly in front of us, asked the question they've all been dying to ask. "Are you going to give him to us?" I rubbed my chin for a moment, then pointed my gun at them. "I decided against it." Immediately, several of my pistol's round buried itself in three separate chests, and we all rushed outside. "There's a car!" Percy said, pointing to a black SUV. "Wait, isn't there more of our people inside of there?" Annabeth asked quickly as we ran towards the truck. "No," Delta said, "They're all dead." I shook my head, and then threw the boss into the trunk of the SUV. "Let's just get as far as possible from this place," I said, slamming door to it shut. "I second that," Sarah said, scooting over in the SUV to make a space for me. I flung myself down into the seat next to her, and then rolled down the window. I stuck the gun out, speaking to Percy at the same time. "I have about two bullets left, so if we could get back to the mansion, that'd be great." He mumbled something under his breath as he toyed with the wires, then said, "Yeah, if I could actually get this piece of junk to work, then we could get somewhere." Just then, the rest of the guards, fully regrouped, rushed out the door and began firing. I ducked down underneath the window, pulling Sarah with me and away from harm. She swiped the hair from her face. "Thanks," she breathed quickly. "No prob," I said nonchalantly. I peeked out the window as the bullets stopped, and then had to duck again as they continued. They stopped again, and I moved quickly. I sat up and shot both rounds of my pistol, making their whole group scatter.
Just then, the car started, and Percy cheered. "Buckle up everybody, because we're getting the heck out of here!" He then stomped on the pedal, and we were on our way.