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 8: Power of the Cyborg

The Black Fortress – Mount Othrys

Percy's POV

"Kronos" I spat. My back was turned to the titan, but I knew I would see the body of Luke Castellan, now possessed by the titan lord. I could see the sadness and anger in Annabeth's eyes. I knew the internal struggle she had over Luke. The boy that saved her, and then helped raise her. I always felt jealous of their relationship, but now for the moment I only felt sorry for her. I turned around with my eye patch still over my left eye. I looked at Kronos, his golden eyes grew wide at the sight of me.

"It is you Perseus Jackson. I guess I underestimated your ability to survive. I see that survival came with a cost." Kronos said. Luke's face morphed into an evil smile; that smile looked out of place on the young man that I thought was my friend four years ago. I took off my eye patch, and when the titan saw my laser red eye, he froze with shock.

"You're right titan; I paid a high price for survival." I said as the red light of my laser eye traveled from Krios to Hyperion, and then it settled on the titan lord.

"What happened to you?" Kronos asked. I could sense the apprehension in his voice, that made me smile.

"Let's just say that I've had an upgrade." I said. Kronos's face turned angry as he stared at me, and my friends.

"Hyperion, destroy them." Kronos ordered. Hyperion gave a slight not to his brother Krios, who in turn motioned for the monsters to attack us.

"Jason, you and the Romans take on Krios, and his monsters. The Greeks and I will take on Hyperion and the others." I said confidently. I think Jason wanted to argue who was in charge, but at the sight of my laser eye he just nodded, and ran off with the other Romans.

"Thalia, Bianca and Will; use your bows. Hit the monsters from long distance. Nico, Annabeth and Beck use your weapons." I said.

"Seaweed brain, what are you going to do?" Annabeth asked.

"I'm going to kick Hyperion's ass." I said as I uncapped Riptide. I ran toward the titan of light. He unleashed a fire ball toward me, but I blocked it with a shield that I made out of my left arm. The titan's eyes grew wide when he saw that.

"I guess you never fought a cyborg hero before." I said. Hyperion sent a blast of solar light toward me. Normally it would cause human skin to blister and burn, but I intercepted this blast with my left hand. I marveled when the light was absorbed into the metal of my left arm. I unleashed a blast of laser light. It struck the titan in the chest. The blast didn't injure him, but the force of the blast knocked him off his feet. Hyperion stood up to attack me again, but I was on him. I jumped high into the air as I punched the titan in the face with my left hand. I heard a sickening crack as the jaw of the titan shattered. He fell back onto his ass. His skin was still illuminated with light, and his eyes burned with the fire of the sun. He looked up at me. He was still a good fifteen feet tall, but on the ground holding his jaw in pain he looked much smaller. I walked up to him; he visibly flinched as I approached. He sent a blast like a solar flare straight towards me, but again I intercepted it with my left arm absorbing the energy into my fuel cells. My laser eye glowed with even more power now. Hyperion stood up, and then he charged. I gripped Riptide in my right hand, then I threw the blade at the titan. The sword sailed through the air, and then it sunk deeply into the chest of the titan. With a broken jaw he couldn't scream in pain. The fire in his eyes flickered as the pain radiated through his body.

He stood up as he pulled the sword from his chest. He through the sword at me, but I easily caught it before it could do any damage to me. Hyperion stumbled back on the balls of his feet. I took the advantage and charged. I ran at incredible speed towards the titan. I was a blur of movement. I struck Hyperion in the chest at full speed sending him into a massive granite column next to Atlas. When I looked up I noticed that my left fist was imbedded in Hyperion's chest wound, and then I felt strange. My left arm began to pulse with power, and then the realization hit me. My left arm was pulling the light energy out of the body of the titan. Hyperion was the titan of light and the sun. My fuel cells could recharge from three sources; direct electrical current, hydrogen from water, and solar energy. I felt the power surge through me. Hyperion's face was frozen in shock and horror as his energy was forcibly removed from his body. After only a few minutes I felt the energy drain cease. I looked toward Hyperion, his body was dark, and his mouth was frozen into an unending scream. His body had frozen into black cinder, almost like a black dwarf star; the remnant of a star that had gone supernova. I looked away from his horrified expression. I heard Atlas whispering in fear from beside me. I looked toward the giant titan that held the sky. He was shaking visibly with fear; I watched as he cowered before my glare.

I turned towards Annabeth and the others. They were surrounded by three remaining monsters; all Laestrygonians.

"Hey, meat heads" I yelled. The three giants turned towards me. I gave them a gesture that most demigods wouldn't give a monster, but at the moment I didn't care. The monsters walked away from my friends. I felt incredible power course through my body. My fuel cells were strained under the pressure of so much energy. The monsters came closer, and then I let loose with an incredible blast of energy from my laser the eye. The blast wasn't focused into a tight beam, instead it enveloped all three Laestrygonians. Typically, these giants could survive heat and energy blasts, but the amount of energy hitting the three monsters rivaled that of the sun. The three monsters screamed horribly as the energy blast ripped their bodies to pieces until nothing was left except black ash.

I looked toward the Romans, and they had destroyed the monsters, but Jason was still fighting Krios. They looked evenly matched, which made me extremely proud of the young demigod. Krios threw a white powder into Jason's eyes causing him to fall to the ground unable to see. Krios held his axe over his head; he was about to kill Thalia's younger brother, but I had enough of his treachery. I unleashed a focused laser blast from my eye that cut both of Krios's hand off, the giant axe that he held over his head fell onto his body. The axe cut through the titan's skull dropping him to the ground like a lead weight. He was a titan, and he couldn't die, but it would be a long time before he could reform. I turned toward Kronos; his eyes never left me. If the titan lord could feel fear, I believe that I saw that fear in his eyes. I walked towards the titan that held control over Luke's body.

"You can't hurt me, this body has bathed in the Styx." Kronos boasted. My laser eye looked at the body of Luke, and then the HUD came up with a complete analysis of the demigod's body. The computer determined based on its analysis that there was a eighty six percent chance that the Achilles spot was under Luke's right arm. I focused the laser light onto Kronos's right under arm. The titans's gold eyes widened with shock. "How did …?" He said, but I didn't let him finish as I pointed towards my eye and then to my head.

"A little computer told me." I said. I stepped closer to the titan, but then Kronos touched a diamond on a gauntlet that was placed around Luke's left wrist. Suddenly, the room grew white with a bright light. When the light finally receded; Luke and the titan lord that possessed him were gone. "Damn coward" I turned towards my friends, and they all stared at me in awe. "What?"

"Perce, that was incredible." Beck said. I looked at my friend, and then I looked at Krios, and then Hyperion. The realization of what I had just done hit me like a ton of bricks. I sat down on the ground, and then I just stared at the place where Kronos once stood. I felt an arm around my shoulder as Annabeth sat next to me.

"Seaweed brain, are you ok?" She asked worriedly. I put my eye patch back on, and then I looked at her. Annabeth wasn't scared of me, I looked into her eyes, and all I saw was love and concern. I sighed in relief.

"I thought you might be afraid of me." I said. Annabeth just shook her head.

"I would never be scared you. I'm so proud of you Percy. You used your abilities to save all our lives. How could we be afraid of you?" She said. I looked at all my friends, old and new. They just stared at me with concern not fear.

"Thank you all for being my friends. Sometimes I feel like a monster, but it is good to know that others are concerned for me, and not concerned about me." I said, trying to make sure that made sense. Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Where do we go now?" Nico asked. I looked at everyone, and then Jason stepped forward.

"You can come to Camp Rome. You have all proven yourselves to be friends and allies. Maybe we can help in the war to come." Jason said.

"Will we even have a war after what Percy did here today?" Will asked. A very good question.

"Kronos is out there, and now he knows about my new powers. He's smart; he'll find a way to fight me." I said. Everyone nodded in understanding. "Jason, I'll take you up on that offer. I think we will need allies." We all walked out of the now empty black fortress. The remaining monsters must have left when Kronos escaped. We made our way down the slopes of Mount Tam until we stood near a large clearing.

"Camp is only a few miles away from here; if we walked we'll be there by first light." Jason said. I turned on my night vision as I took off my eye patch. I held Annabeth's hand in mine as we followed the Romans toward their camp. I just hoped that they would listen.

AN: The cyborg Percy has some kick ass powers don't you think. Regarding his demigod abilities, he still has his child of Poseidon abilities, but for right now he seems pretty enamored with his cybernetic abilities. More to come, stay tuned.