I know the last chapter was short and this one should short to. Sorry but I wanted to have at least one more chapter for this...the final one is next.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters. Flash characters belong to DC Comics/CW Channel. Percy Jackson characters belong to Rick Riodan.
"Allen? Allen!? Allen!"
With a yelp Barry jerked his head up from resting it on a stack of papers in his lab. The result was having them spill everywhere. Several wedged themselves under the racks of chemicals and others fluttered up into the air. One managed to alight itself on Captain Singh's forehead.
Barry gulped as he saw his boss's face turn a light shade of lava red, "Sorry sir..."
"How much sleep have you been getting?" his boss asked taking the piece of paper off his head and looking at it.
His voice sounded a bit annoyed with a bit of concern mixed in.
"Not much...just have not been able to drop off like I normally can," Barry admitted.
He really did not want to mention why he hadn't. For one his boss would not believe him and second that would be exposing his hero identity.
Singh sighed, "Allen...get some rest. It is late anyhow."
Frowning Barry glanced outside and saw with some surprise that night had fallen already.
"Yes sir..." he muttered.
He grabbed his coat and started out the exit door to his lab when he nearly ran into Patty.
"You are leaving quite late..." she laughed.
"Yeah...listen I um...have to take care of some stuff right now," Barry said, "I'll call you later alright?"
He brushed past her and hurried down the stairwell. He mentally cursed himself; wishing he could come up with better excuses around his girlfriend. One who was pretty good at guessing what he was thinking.
He exited the building and started walking towards the back alleyway where he could race out; literally.
"Barry!"
He winced not realizing Patty had been trailing him. He turned around and tried to stop his face from reddening. His ears burned with the effort.
"Is everything alright?" she asked.
Her eyes surveyed him as if she was trying to extract information out of him just by looking at his emotions and body posture.
"Everything is fine..." Barry answered.
He shoved his hands in his pockets to prevent them from scratching his head. If that happened then Patty would defiantly know something was up. She eyed him suspiciously but before she could say anything another voice called out.
"Hey Barry."
Barry never expected be so thrilled to see Carter. Although this was the first time he felt that way it would defiantly be the last time. Or maybe not.
"Hi...err...Carter..." he said in a monotone, "What are you doing here? Was your flight that short?"
Carter gave him the ultimate stinky eye but Barry ignored it.
"Who is this?" Patty asked.
"Uh...he's just a friend...that I really needed talk to about that—" Barry gulped, "Um..."
He hesitated and groaned inwardly knowing he screwed it up big time.
"Surprise party we are planning for my girlfriend," Carter finished draping his arm around Barry's shoulders,"Remember lightning rod?"
It took a lot not to punch the man in the face.
"Right..." Barry smiled as best he could without grimacing.
"Okayyyyyyyyyy—" Patty said, "In that case good luck."
Her tone sounded wounded and she still looked worried but she managed to walk off while waving goodbye. Once she was outsight Barry wiggled his way out from under Carter's arm and glared at him.
"Lightning rod? Seriously?" he asked, "Did Cisco tell you that or what?"
"Kind of..." the man admitted, "And by the way pal your girlfriend is hot."
Ignoring the comment Barry asked, "What are you doing here Carter?"
He expected that the man would be lying kind of low considering how much he hated going out in public without his mace.
"About that um...the kid is kind of getting a bit restless and kind of wants to look for his girlfriend on his own," Carter scratched the back of his head, "Err...Kendra and Catlin managed to calm him down eventually. And not to mention Jay."
"What do you mean by restless?" Barry asked suspiciously.
"You'll see..."
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Barry never expected to find that S.T.A.R Labs looked like it had been hit by a minor earthquake. Or at least the cortex.
"Do I even want to know what happened here?" he asked.
"Um...sorry?" Percy winced, "Forgot this happens when I get a little upset."
"That was sick!" Cisco whopped popping up from underneath a table, "Well just the part where the ground started shaking but not the part when everything started breaking. You almost broke Lenora!"
Percy's face was priceless as he watched Cisco cradle a tablet in his arms. Barry turned his head away so that the kid could not see him cracking up.
"His tablet..." Catlin explained.
"And I thought my friend was weird naming his inventions..." Percy muttered.
He shuffled his feet as if embarrassed and ran his fingers through his messy hair.
"I asked you to wait...," Barry sighed sitting down in a nearby chair, "I'm trying to track your...err...girlfriend down. Between trying to keep my two job, catch up on sleep, and regaining my hearing from having my friend yell at me I have not had much success in trying to track her down."
He winced remembering how annoyed Oliver had sounded when discussing what Percy had told him hoping that the man had some advice. The man had yelled at him for a good ten minutes (calling him careless and that he always raced into a situation before he looked) before Thea stepped in and managed to snag her brother off the phone.
"Sorry Barry," she had explained, "He really has not been himself since well...you know. Anyways what's up?"
He managed to explain all the events (again). Fortunately Thea was a good listener.
"I hate to say it but I agree with my brother that your world is even crazier than ours..." she said dryly when Barry had finished, "At least with us we know where most of the Ghosts are before they strike."
"Um okay?" he responded uncertainly, "So uh...have anything that can help us?"
"Apart from telling you not to get this kid on your bad side?" Oliver shouted from the background.
So he was eavesdropping after all.
"Not helping Ollie..." Thea grumbled before saying, "No. Not really. But if it makes you feel better I will try to get my 'bump on the log' brother to check out some of the abandoned warehouses here in Star City and call in if we find anything."
"Thank you..." Barry said, "And good luck with whatever."
"You okay Barry?"
Shaking his head Barry managed to bring his thoughts back to the present.
"Yeah fine...just remembering how much Oliver is a total ass sometimes..." he muttered.
"Who is Oliver?" Percy asked.
"Dude...you seriously not know who Oliver Queen is?" Cisco asked in mockery, "What are you from...another planet?"
It was not wise to say that considering that they were dealing with threats from alternate earths.
"No another earth where you guys do not exist..." Percy shot back.
"How did Zoom end up on your earth?" Jay asked, "I'm willing to bet you are not from Earth 2."
"Earth 2?"
"Forget it..." Barry interrupted, "Continue."
"Um..." Percy hesitated before saying, "Long story short...a friend of mine kind of had a small err...magic spell go wrong and the result was allowing your creepy friend end up on my earth."
Considering that he had experienced magic first hand Barry believed him. And not to mention that will all this weird crap going on it was getting harder and harder not to believe things.
"Oliver would love to hear that one..." Carter snickered.
"By why you?" Catlin asked, "Why would he pick you to go after Barry?"
"Um...I really don't know if I can talk about that subject entirely but...," Percy swallowed before continuing, "I kind of have other friends who err...have powers kind of like mine. We sort of use them to protect the mortal world from um...threats..."
"Mortal?" Kendra asked.
Percy winced visibly and did not say anymore.
"So did you have a Dark matter on your earth or what?" Carter asked.
He crossed his arms and glared at the kid.
"Not exactly...I was born with these powers..." Percy explained, "Kind of a long story."
"There was something that your girlfriend mentioned..." Cisco spoke up, "She said something about Barry being a mortal that had a better heart than Zoom's rotten one."
Barry blushed at the compliment but did not say anything. He waited patiently and quietly for Percy to talk.
"Ok considering my uncle does not exist on this earth he cannot exactly fry me with a lightning bolt..." the teen sighed, "On my earth um...the Greek myths...and Roman myths are real. And I kind of am a part of them thought I hate it especially when Ares tries to kill me; or at least his daughter."
Cisco let out a bark of laughter and nearly keeled over in his chair. He stopped immediately after getting a filthily look from Kendra. Barry on the other hand struggled to make his brain make sense of what the kid had said and came up with zip.
"So are you like a god or something?" Carter asked arching an eyebrow.
He was clearly unimpressed.
"Not exactly...half god. Um...half mortal?" Percy winced at each word as he spoke, "Yeah...was not planning to tell you that but...guess I had enough with secrets."
"So whose your dad?" Catlin asked before she frowned, "I thought you said—"
"My dad was lost at sea?" Percy shook his head, "Old habit on that excuse."
He said nothing more and Barry finally managed to make his mind start working. Being a forensic scientist he looked at every bit of detail he knew and ran through it thoroughly.
Kid could control water, create hurricanes, um...an minor earthquakes?
"Sea-god?" Carter asked dryly before smirking.
Percy nodded before smiling slightly, "I am so glad my girlfriend was not here to hear me say that."
He frowned as if listening to something.
"Percy?" Jay asked quietly.
Barry jumped slightly forgetting that the man was in the room. At times he was so quiet it was possible to forget he was there.
"Do you have a door that leads to the back of the building?" Percy asked in a hollow voice.
He looked a little nervous.
"Um...yeah. Why do you ask?" Cisco questioned.
He motioned towards the exit door with a red vine that had somehow appeared in his hands.
"You'll see..." Percy muttered.
He got to his feet and walked out the door. Catlin met Barry's eye and he nodded. Quietly he followed the teen. Footsteps behind him made him turn around to see Kendra following his followed by Carter who looked pretty unhappy about it. Cisco followed as well and turned red in the face from embarrassment when he saw Barry staring at them.
Barry smiled slightly to show that he was not upset and continued to follow the path the boy had taken.
Exiting the building he saw Percy standing out in the parking lot. The teen turned to face him and nodded his head slightly to show that he was not upset. A snort from the darkness made Carter reach for a mace that was not there.
Out of the gloom stepped the boy's horse. Or...pegasus.
"This is going to take a while to sink in..." Barry realized.
Percy stayed absolutely still as the animal approached him; only moving to stretch out his hand. The animal whickered quietly before resting its snout on the boy's palm.
"You okay?" the boy's voice was hardly above a whisper.
The pegasus tossed its mane in response and whinnied quietly. Along its neck were fresh scars that were oozing slightly. They looked similar to the ones that decorated Percy's side currently.
"He caught you?" the teen asked in a deadly tone.
The pegasus bobbed its head and stepped back away snorting nervously. It eyed Barry and his friends nervously before neighing.
"No...you don't need to kick Birdman or any of his other friends..." Percy had a small smile stretch across his face, "They are actually helping me."
"Ok...hold up...you can understand him?" Cisco's look was of disbelief but his tone showed that he was going to start grinning.
"Yes. Kind of a long story,' the teen smiled sheepishly.
"That explains why he responds to you so well...' Carter muttered.
He jerked back when the horse pinned its ears against its head and whinnied at him angrily. Barry didn't need Percy to translate to know that the animal had jut insulted his friend.
"Do I even want to know what he called him?" Kendra smiled slightly.
"No...you really do not..." the boy admitted before glaring at his mount, "You really are asking for mouth washing with saddle soap."
The animal rolled his eyes and turned his head away from his owner.
"So um...what is his name?" Barry asked.
"Blackjack..." seeing their faces Percy was quick to add, "I have no idea why he named himself after a poker game."
He turned to his friend and ran his hand gently down the side of the pegasus's neck. Blackjack flinched visibly as his owner's hand brushed his wounds.
"I'm going to kill him...' Barry heard the boy mutter.
"Can't blame you..." he said before his brow furrowed, "Why would Zoom hurt him?"
"When I was hiding in that warehouse from you I had him go search for Annabeth," Percy answered without turning around, "Long story short he found her...but really did not escape unscathed."
"So you know where she is?" Cisco asked.
He stepped forward and stretched him hand out towards the pegasus. Percy noticing what he was doing nodded slightly. Grinning like a three year old Cisco gently patted the horse's flank.
"Can you lead us there?" Barry asked.
"Yeah..." Percy turned to him, "It turns out it is where I first entered this world."
A shout of surprise made them both turn to Cisco. Blackjack was chewing on something and Barry's friend was staring at his empty hand in disbelief.
"He ate my Red Vine!" Cisco wailed.
"Sorry...forgot to mention he likes anything that is full of sugar..." Percy grimaced, "Which reminds me I owe him three donuts when this is done."
Kendra laughed when Blackjack turned his head to glare at his owner. Barry smiled as well but for a different reason.
This might be the night where he finally stopped Zoom.
Oh and um...I'm thinking about doing one shots for the Flash and possibly Arrow until Legends of Tomorrow comes out. That is when I have a bit of a secret story planned for that XD
To be honest I have been planning for it since the trailer came out but I need some information from the show itself to make the story work.
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Sameen Haydia: Thanks! I update when I can ^^
stormwingsky: My thoughts exactly XD But lets leave Zoom's fate to the CW channel shall we?
Silver Huntress: Yeah...I think since Central City has weird crap happen all the time I think barely anyone will have a heart attack XD Here is one good thing; if Percy tells them who he really is he will not get vaporized. Reasons: 1) No Greek gods exist on this earth 2) Zeus will never find out about it and 3) Well...team Flash is going to have hard time believing him don't you think XD
And yep...poor Percy. Always has fate/Fate hating him. CAN'T IT GIVE THE POOR GUY A WELL DESERVED BREAK!?
What About Yesterday: Thank you WAY! :D I actually wrote two other Percy J crossovers but I'm thinking about deleting them since they are not as well written as this one :/ I wrote those when I was still a 'newbie' on Fanfiction.
Turtlekier42: Thank you ^^ Yeah...sorry about the spoilers :P
HaywireEagle: (chapter 1) Yeah...but I when I wrote it I kind of forgot about the wolf stare. Now it is too late to add it in :P I have my reasons for why Percy's father had to help him to this earth
(chapter 2) I choose 18; thank you. You were one the few reviewers who actually answered my question.
(chapter 8) I added Oliver XD You are the sixth person who wanted him in here. Also I know there are Greek gods in the DC verse (case and point Wonder Woman). But as far as we know she does not exist in this universe (the TV show). However I like what you said about the Greek gods not interacting with the mortals of this earth. I will use that. Thank you!
(chapter 13) I added that in this chapter XD Too bad we really could not see Catlin's face.
Cerberus JL72: I guess so...:/
FlashFrost25: Thank you :)
Guest: Thank you :)
Aeon Paradox: I did not actually take out all his bravery. He did have some moments where he managed to stick up to Barry and Zoom for that matter when they are both pretty intimidating with their speed. However he will be gaining much of it back soon :)
The Richmaster: Thank you :)