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-Previously-
I didn't recognize her, but she did look oddly familiar. She wore an older version of the Camp Half-Blood shirt; apparently they changed every hundred years, khaki short shorts, and blue vans. She had shoulder length, raven black hair which was tangled from the wind, an athletic body with tanned skin, and deep sea-green eyes that were rimmed with red, probably from crying along with the recent tear stains on her cheeks.
When she saw me, her tears stopped and we both stood there, staring at each other, neither of us making a sound. I debated turning around and running back the way I had come, but decided against it considering she probably knew this place better than I did now. She looked angry, shocked, and confused all at the same time before she whispered a single word that I hadn't heard since I had left camp.
"Percy?"
PERCY PoV
I flinched at the use of my old name. I hadn't heard someone call me that in years, so to hear someone who I didn't even know call me that, in a broken voice, didn't make me want to hear it again. I knew I had hurt people when I left, but if this girl who hadn't met me was this upset about it, then I couldn't possibly imagine what those who cared about me felt.
When I didn't answer, she asked me again.
"Percy?"
I held my breath, before giving her a small smile. Then I turned around and quickly headed back the way I had come. But she wasn't going to take this.
"Perseus Jackson! What in Hades' name are you doing?" She screamed and began to follow me. Her attitude reminded me of Annabeth, but I doubted they could actually be related.
"Look," I began, turning around to face her. "I don't know you, and I don't know how you know me. So leave me alone and if you tell anyone you saw me you will regret it. Got it?"
I had hoped I'd scare her into not saying anything, but she just looked annoyed and raised an eyebrow, which creepily looked similar to the way mine did. Who the hell is this girl?
I ignored her and continued to walk. I could hear her following behind me, but her step was clumsy and loud. I wondered if she was always like this or if this was just because I was here.
"Look. I don't know why you're pretending not to know me, but if you want to continue go ahead. Just give me some answers! Where were you? Why did you leave? Why did you join Chaos? What is your-"
I interrupted her, almost shouting back to her. "What do you mean I'm pretending? I think I'd remember my own sister if I had one! And I know I didn't have one, only the egoistical moron that is my brother! You know, you all worship the ground he walks on!"
Confusion crossed her face, and she stuttered, "S-s-sister? What do you mean sister?"
I took a step closer and gently picked up a piece of her black hair and waved it in front of her face so she could see it. Then I dropped it and made a mirror of water appear in between our faces so she could see herself. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.
"Oh…my…Gods…What happened to me?"
Now it was my turn to be confused. "What do you mean what happened to you? What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? Look at me? I look like you! Not me!" She continued to fuss about herself while I began to think. She mumbled as she pulled her hair, stretched her face, and tapped the water hoping it would some mistake.
I turned around, because it wasn't helping me concentrate, and tried to zone her out. I tried to listen to my thoughts, and decided to see if M.G. (Mystery Girl) knew anything.
Hey M.G! You there? I asked. I waited for a moment, while I was aware of the girl behind whimpering. Honestly, I was really, really confused.
What, Havok? She snapped. I'm a little busy! She sounded super stressed, and I wondered why.
I was wondering if you happen to know if there were other mutations here at Camp Half-Blood.
I doubt it. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one. Now can I go? I need to deal with something!
No! I need your help! I might have found another and I need you to come help me see if they are a mutant. I nearly begged, the desperation in my voice obvious.
Why not have one of your Warriors help you? She suggested, probably trying to get out of it.
Because I want your help.
No! I told you! You have to get Annabeth back with Percy Jackson before you can know who I am!
I growled and turned to face my female look-alike when I noticed something. She suddenly a lot paler and her hair was a medium brown now instead of black. Her eyes were more of a hazel color, too.
I stared for another minute and looked away before beginning to beg M.G. for help.
C'mon M.G! I seriously have a problem! Some girl, who is obviously a mutant, if freaking out in front of me and honestly I'm kind of creeped out! Come help me!
She didn't answer. I could tell she was still there, she just couldn't hear me. Her thoughts were jumbled, because she was thinking them very fast and very hard; panicking. Slowly, some of them became audible.
Oh My Gods! How am I going to fix this? What's happening? Should I ask Havok? He could help me couldn't he? Percy could help me too, plus he's right here! Maybe…
Her thoughts slowly drifted away until I could no longer hear them, but I no longer cared. She claimed Percy was with her, which was impossible because I was here with
…
A mysterious girl.
…
"M.G?" I whispered. I turned and looked at the girl's back, because she was facing the other way, kneeled over, like she couldn't stand her own appearance. She stopped her crying, which must have begun a second ago.
She carefully stood up, still not facing me, and her now blonde hair hung in perfect ringlets to the middle of her back. Her skin was tan again, but not as much as it had been before.
I willed the water to return me to my new, but not really new because I'd taken it when I had joined Chaos, form. I left the blond hair dye I'd worn for this trip out, so I looked like a mix between Chaos and Poseidon. Me. Havok; the Son of Chaos.
It seemed like so much time had passed since I'd whispered the nickname I had given her, but I knew it had only been seconds.
She turned. Then I came face to face with the last person I'd ever expected to be a mutation. The single person I'd felt in this camp that was worthy of serving Chaos. The daughter of Athena I had loved for four hundred and eighty four years. Annabeth Chase.
ANNABETH PoV
I heard Percy whisper "M.G.?" My nickname from Havok. I froze, wondering how Percy had found out about that. Xavier did say Percy and Havok were really close. Closer than I'd expect them to be.
Percy couldn't be…could he?
I was aware that my hair had turned back to its original color, as had my skin, but I was seriously starting to freak out. What was happening to me? I slowly turned around to face Percy.
I saw the water, which had wrapped itself around him creating a mist; leave his body returning it to its original state. His hair was the same as it always had been, messy and styled perfectly, his skin was still tan but lighter than it used to be, and his body was much more built. His muscles showed that whatever he spent his time doing worked him hard.
His eyes were the only things that had changed from the beautiful sea green I used to love. They were the eyes I had learned to accept were Havok's; black with gold specks throughout them. They looked like Percy's eyes, just a different color.
I couldn't believe myself when I felt even more drawn to him than I was almost five hundred years ago, and I could tell he was trying to control whatever emotion was trying to break free.
"Annabeth." He said, in a careful, calm voice.
"Perc-"
"Don't call me that!" He snapped, interrupting me, and I flinched back at his tone. He saw my startled look, and his face softened. "Sorry. Please call me Havok, not Percy."
I couldn't speak, but I nodded my head. I continued to look at him, and he did the same to me. I wasn't sure how long I was there, but I soon began to hear voices coming in our direction. I turned and saw the beams from flashlights coming towards us.
I felt Percy grab my hand and pull me to the side. He began to pick up his pace until he was going at a slow jog. I ran behind him, not nearly as silent though, and quietly asked,
"Where are we going?"
He looked back to make sure I was still with him, and then looked forward. The water came through the line of trees, from the ocean, and surrounded him for a second. Then it left him with the blonde hair that made him Havok.
I was about to ask what that was about, but we broke through the line of trees and I could see the big shadow that was the Chaos cabin. The stars and universes on the outside of the cabin glowed different colors.
We ran up to a door in the back and Percy stopped. (A/N: In case you guys are all confused, I decided to quickly sum up what has happened so far, just in case my writing isn't as clear as I think it is. Havok = Percy. Mysterious Girl is Annabeth. Annabeth is the Mutant that the Warriors came to recruit! We good?)
"Here," He said, handing me his red jacket. I looked at him in confusion, not taking the jacket, so he started to put it on me as he explained. "It will keep anyone in there from talking to you. Just keep close to me, keep your hair off your back," He pulled my hair forward over my shoulders as he said this. "And do not get lost!"
He once again grabbed my hand and he pushed open the door. There weren't a lot of people in the cabin, only about ten together, and all of them were Peacemakers. They looked at me with curiosity but didn't say anything.
Percy pulled me up the stairs, ignoring all but one soldier. When we'd reached the top of the stairs, we made our way over to the Warriors' rooms. Before we got there a soldier saw me and pulled his sword. I didn't have any time to react before Percy made a sound, almost like a growl, and the soldier backed off.
I prayed to the gods that none of the Warriors would be in the combined space; nobody was. I figured we'd stay in there since no one was using it, but Percy quickly pulled me over to a door which I recognized was the door to the same room I'd been in earlier.
"Why are we going into Xavier's room?" I whispered to him as he pulled open the door.
His eyebrows scrunched together, in that cute little way they always had, in his confusion. "Xavier's room? His room is over next to Raven's. This is my room."
I paled, and realization dawned on me when I thought of the picture on the wall. Xavier didn't want me to see who was in that picture, and now I'd bet it showed Percy and some of his friends from before he left. I wondered if I was one of them, but that thought was interrupted when Percy slammed the door shut and pushed me up against it.
I thought he was going to start yelling at me or demanding answers, but he didn't do either. What he did frightened me even more than it would have if he'd threatened to tell my mother I had a mutation.
He put his hands on either side of my face and pulled his lips down to meet mine.
(A/N: Now that you all know for sure Havok is Percy, I will have his PoV always say Havok! So now if it says Havok, it is actually Percy's)
HAVOK PoV
I honestly had no idea why I kissed her. It made no sense because while my body practically moved on its own, my mind kept telling it not to.
She froze at my touch before she began to softly kiss me back. The kiss only lasted for a few seconds before I finally had the ability to pull away.
I looked at her, before stuttering, "I-I have no idea…why I d-did that."
"It's okay." She whispered back while looking at her feet, her cheeks a rosy pink. I pulled her over towards my bed and she climbed onto it, before sitting on one end, me at the other. I didn't bother to inform her she was still wearing my jacket.
We sat in silence for a moment, neither of us thinking or saying anything. I tried to think of something to break it, but Annabeth beat me to it.
"Do I really have to call you Havok?" She asked. Leave it to her to think of the oddest question in our situation to ask.
"Only in public. If you want to call me Percy when we're alone you can."
She smiled a tentative smile before asking again, but in a near whisper,
"Can you help me? Figure out what's happening to me? Why I can do these…these things?" She was on the verge of tears, and I wanted to wrap my arms around her and promise her I would. But I honestly didn't know if I could.
"I'll try to. I think it's your mutation, because mine and Beast's work the same way. If we aren't paying attention to what we are doing, our mutation will take over."
She was hanging on to every little detail I said, and I could tell she had hundreds of questions.
"Now that we both know who the other is, can you tell me what your mutation is?" She asked hopefully.
"I'll need to ask my father first, because only he, my mother, and the Warriors know. Even then, they had to prove their loyalty to learn what it was. The only other people who learned what my mutation was are now dead." I thought back to all those who'd learned what my name stood for. (A/N: I am going through a First Class movie phase, so…I bet it's pretty easy to tell what his mutation is now, huh?)
"Lord Poseidon isn't going to be happy when he sees you, as Percy I mean, especially since you cut off all relations to him." Her voice quivered.
"I'll handle him. Besides, Percy won't be showing up until Lord Chaos and Lady Nyx arrive."
"Why are they coming here? And when?" Annabeth asked.
"I need to inform them that I've found a potential Warrior. Because we are so dangerous and important, both will observe you before we can officially offer you a position, but I have no doubt if you want to you can join. As for when they will get here, they will arrive within the week; hopefully by the day after tomorrow. I need to find out why I am doing some thi-" I managed to stop before I said too much, but she understood what I was thinking.
"You mean you need to figure out why you kissed me when you didn't want to." Her voice cracked on the last word, and I broke. I hurried over to her and forced her to look at me.
"No! Of course not, Annie! I'd never do that! It's just…everything…about me is…dangerous. And if you got to close, I couldn't bear it if you got hurt because of me."
"I can take care of myself!"
"Can you really? You've only seen one planet out of the thousands that inhabit life. Earth was the original planet, and Chaos learned from his mistakes. Thus, Earth is the weakest planet, but has the most protection from Chaos Army."
"I don't care! I'm willing to do whatever it takes to be with you! Even if that means-"
"Even if I don't want you?" I forced myself to ask. It took everything I had to keep my composure together. Honestly Havok! Everything you've been through and this girl has you wrapped around her little finger? Get it together! I mentally ordered myself, hoping she hadn't heard.
With my luck, she had. She smirked and scooted closer to me.
"I know I don't understand everything yet, but I know that I want to be with you. Ever since Chaos Army has arrived, I've seen nothing but reasons for joining."
"And what would those be?" I asked, willing the water to take the dye out of my hair, returning it to its shiny black self.
"One, you are here." She scooted closer as she said this.
"Two, you guys help everyone in existence. Three, even though we have hurt you guys and insulted you for being here, you stayed. You didn't leave because of it. You thought of the bigger picture."
"Or we were just following orders and had no choice in the matter." I snidely said.
Annabeth rolled her eyes and leaned up against me. "I don't believe that. Fourth, and by far the most important, I really think I'd get along with Xavier." She smiled and waited for my response, which consisted of a pretty colorful vocabulary and lots of temper controlling. Annabeth giggled at this response and kneeled so we were face to face.
"I meant as a friend, Perce. I've never gotten over you since you left, and you think your best friend would change that after one conversation?"
"You never know." I muttered, burying my face in her neck until I'd registered what she'd said. "One conversation?"
"Before I ran into you. He told me he wanted to talk to me, and then he told me how he knew I was the mutant, why you were here, what his mutation was. Stuff like that. Then I freaked out, ran for the woods, and stumbled upon the famous Percy Jackson."
I rolled my eyes. "Yes, I'm sure that's all that happened. Now I better get you back to your cabin before the riots start."
Annabeth quickly clung to me, wrapping her legs around my waist and tangling her hands behind my neck. "Please don't make me go. I thought you promised to help me figure this out!"
"Well we aren't going to figure much out at…eleven o'clock at night," I said, looking at the clock. "Besides, I seem to forget when I promised to do anything."
Fear crossed Annabeth's face and I noticed her pale. I didn't need her freaking out and changing in appearance, yet, so I stood up and pulled her with me.
"I'll help you in the morning. I'll announce that we will begin testing those of you who have potential to join individually. You will be one of the first and I'll help you then. Deal?"
She nodded before pulling away. She turned towards the door before I called out, "Wait!"
Annabeth stopped, and turned back to me. I signaled for her to wait, and headed into my closet. I found what I was looking for in the back, where no one would find it, and brought it out to her.
"When we are in public, you have to treat me like you would any of the others. You need to call me Havok, and do not mess up. We don't have the time to have to worry about that."
She nodded in agreement.
"You'll also need an alibi for where you were today. Tell them we wanted your help in getting to know the campers and gods here. Also, you were at a meeting with the Commander, who explained how if any of us in Chaos Army are hurt, the deal is off and we leave Earth immediately."
"The Gods will not believe me, and most of the campers won't either, though." She said sadly, as she wished it wasn't true.
"That, my Wise Girl, is why I'm giving you my other jacket so you have proof. Keep it, because if you lose it, it will automatically return to me, wherever I am. You can wear it if you'd like, just do whatever it takes to not lose it."
"I will, Havok." Annabeth said, as she slid into the jacket. I held open the door for her and as I was about to shut the door, she said,
"And Havok?"
I looked back over to her, and she continued before swiftly leaving me alone in the collaboration area.
"I'd prefer something a little more creative than Wise Girl by the time Lord Chaos arrives, if you don't mind."
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