I meant to post this earlier today but I wanted to do some last minute editing. Enjoy and comment! Constructive criticism is always welcomed!
Disclaimer: I own neither Young Justice nor Heroes Of Olympus.
The Team all gathered in the Bio-Ship and congratulated themselves on their successful kidnapping.
Raquel, who was still trying to get a hang of this, looked uncomfortable. "Should we really be this happy that we just kidnapped someone from their graduation?" she questioned. She glanced at the now gownless Perseus Jackson, both his cap and gown fell off when Kid Flash ran him into the ship.
"We're not happy because we kidnapped someone," Wally said, "We're happy because we successfully kidnapped someone."
Raquel still didn't look comfortable with that explanation but Robin high-fived the speedster. "Plus," Robin said with a smile, "We got another person, as a bonus."
"You'll get used to it." Zatanna said to Raquel with a smile.
Zatanna looked at the 2 teens who were tied up in the back of the Bio-Ship. Perseus Jackson was apparently some big villainous character but he actually looked friendly, at least when he's asleep. He was tall and muscular, but lean at the same time. He was also quite a bit older than her (at least 4 years considering he was graduating) and handsome, not like that had anything to do with the former statement. Same went for the blond, bespectacled stranger, but he seemed a little bigger than Jackson. Zatanna wanted to claim that she was sizing them up, if there was some type of struggle, but it was much more like she was checking them out.
She moved closer to the boys to get a better look, then she saw something weird on their arms. She moved until she was a few inches from their bodies, she held the blond's arm in her hand and inspected the black markings. It was an eagle with a lot of lines and the letters S, P, Q, and R. She turned to Jackson and flip over his arm only to see similar markings, but instead of an eagle, he had a trident and only one line.
Free them. Zatanna jumped and looked around. She looked at M'gann but she showed no sign of even acknowledging Zatanna, she was too engrossed in a (one-sided) conversation with Conner. She turned back to Jackson and she heard the voice again. Free them. This time instead of jumping she squeezed his arm a little too hard. The teen groaned, like he was waking from a long nap. Zatanna dropped his arm and quickly stepped away.
She turned towards her Team, "Guys, I think he's waking up." The Team promptly turned away from whatever conversations they were having to look at Jackson. He was starting to struggle against his binds.
"Here," Artemis said, handing Zatanna an Inhibitor Collar, "Just put this on him."
Zatanna quickly fastened the collar onto him. Robin patted her shoulder, "Told you it was a good idea to bring an extra collar."
Jackson didn't open his eyes but spoke anyway, "So this is what it feels like to be Jason." his voice was strained like he was still half asleep.
He opened his eyes slowly, "If you're gonna eat us just do it now and get it over with." He blinked a couple more times to clear his eyes. Then he looked at the superheroes with surprise.
What really surprised them is when he smiled, "Thank the gods!" he said with excitement, "You're not monsters!"
He turned towards the blond and elbowed him wake. "Hey Jason. Jason! Guess what?" he said once the teen groggily opened his eyes. "They're mortals!"
The blond boy, Jason, looked much less animated. "Yay. Mortals." he said with his eyes were still barely opened behind his skewed glasses.
Zatanna thought that this was going to be a much more normal experience than she had with the other two. Now she knew she thought wrong.
-(Line Break)-
Zatanna sat in front of Jason Grace in one of the interrogation room. They were alone, everyone else decided to watch Jackson's interrogation instead. They took Grace's fingerprints and did a few DNA test and finally learned who he was, but just like Jackson, he had a large bit of his file missing. Especially the part of his file where it described how he came back to life. Grace was supposed to be dead. In fact, he had died when he was two years old, technically he went missing but was never found and presumed dead. Same went for his sister, Thalia Grace, a few years after he "died". They're mother was an 80's starlet who suffered from alcohol abuse later in her life, which was also the cause of the car accident that killed her. A family filled with tragedy.
He seemed much more serious than Jackson, he was a man of few words. Or he hated her. Which made a lot of sense considering they kidnapped them. She continuously try to lighten the mood and get him to talk, a skill she learned from Black Canary.
"So…" Zatanna started, "How'd you get that scar?" Not a great mood-lightener. He seemed very stoic and probably got it in a bad fight or something.
"I tried to eat a stapler." he said with the same stony expression.
Zatanna put her head on the table and sighed. She knew she shouldn't be showing so much weakness in front of the enemy, but this was going nowhere. What was she even interrogated him for? All the information was with Jackson. Raquel should be doing this job since she was the new kid on the block.
Why haven't I used magic on him? She asked herself. But whenever she thought that, there was a voice that whispered for her not to. The voice was a quiet, wispy, and alluring. Zatanna wanted to find the person with the voice and listen to them speak up close. But at the same time it was like an annoying hissing in the back of her mind, reminding her that she wasn't alone. This wasn't the first time she had heard the voice either. When Leo Valdez and his mysterious girlfriend escaped that's when she first heard the voice. But it usually came to her in weird, trippy dreams, never when she was awake. It made it hard to sleep at night. But it talked to her 24/7 and it was kind of driving her crazy.
If you listen to what I say you're suffering would end. Give yourself to me and I will grant you eternal-
"Would you shut up for once!" Zatanna screamed at nothing.
Grace raised an eyebrow.
Zatanna smiled, "Sorry, I'm hear things. Like stupid voice that will not shut up." she kind of grumbled that last part. "But let's not talk about me, let's talk you."
Apparently Grace heard what she said about stupid voice because he was asking her odd questions. "What kind of voices? Are they telling you to do things? Do you want to listen to them?"
His electric blue eyes met her own, "Are you one of us?"
"What do you mean?" Zatanna felt the control of the interrogation slipping from her hands.
"Do you always feel like you're being watched? How's your relationship with your biological family? How many times in the last few months have you almost died?"
"Woah, slow down." The magician was more than surprised. This is the most he's talked since the kidnapped him.
"None of that stuff?" he said with surprise. "Well maybe you aren't a demigod."
"A demigod? Like the stuff from legends?"
"Like the stuff from myths." he corrected.
"But none of that is real, though. It's just a silly religion made up by some crazy Greeks."
Grace winced, "You shouldn't say."
Zatanna was about to ask him what the problem was but she found out for herself. The voice in her head became less charming and more authoritative.
HOW DARE YOU REFER TO THE GODS AS SILLY. YOU SHOULD WATCH YOUR TONGUE MORTAL CHILD.
Zatanna gripped her head as if she was trying to keep it from splitting. "Oh. My. God." she said in pain.
"Gods, actually." Grace said, amusement was laced in his voice.
"Okay, Grace. You better explain what's going on right now." Since her head was still spinning so her threat was less than empty.
"It's Jason." Jason smiled (he really was quite handsome). "And I'd be happy to tell you anything."
-(Line Break)-
Percy continued to hum the tune that was stuck in his head. It didn't help it go away, of course. But he really did like the sound of it, if only he could remember what song it was from. The young (well, he wasn't quite so young anymore) son of Poseidon looked up at his oppressors. They didn't look older than himself. The girl, who was standing, was Artemis. Which couldn't possibly be a coincidence because she was also holding a bow. She had blonde hair and a scowl on her face, a lot like Annabeth but a lot less scary.
"We would like it of you would answer at least a few of our questions, Mr. Jackson." And then there was this guy. His name was Aqualad, which is really weird. Percy assumed that it was his superhero name and he was Aquaman's sidekick. He kept calling him Mr. Jackson and asking him weird questions. He actually remind him a lot of Jason.
They didn't look alike, though. Aqualad had a shaved blond head and dark skin which had a bunch of black tattoos on it. He held himself up high and had a natural aura of authority. The three of them could probably be friends if they weren't in such a… compromising position. But Percy was much more worried about the tune he was humming.
"Mr. Jackson… ." Aqualad's voice rose and Percy looked up.
"Yes."
"It would be easier for all of us if you just tell us the location of your headquarters. All we're doing now is wasting precious time. We don't wish to start a war with your people, we just wish to speak together with them."
Percy continued humming and stared at Aqualad for a long time. His humming grew more and more intense until he suddenly stopped.
"I know it!" Percy said with excitement.
"What?" Aqualad and Artemis said together.
"It's Hollaback Girl!" The two superheroes looked at him with unmistakable confusion.
"By Gwen Stefani. You know, the song!" Percy had finally figured out what he was humming, which is a big accomplishment for him. He began singing the song very tonelessly.
Meanwhile outside of the interrogation room, the rest superheroes were dumbstruck with how idiotic the diabolical Perseus Jackson actually was.
"Wow…" Wally said, being the first to break the silence.
Robin rubbed his chin and smirked, "I didn't think we would ever meet anyone stupider than KF."
Superboy stared at Percy with a straight face (as usual), "Yeah, that's really hard to accomplish."
"I'm just surprised," M'gann said, "I expected him to be some terrible villain."
"I wasn't expecting anything, to be honest. His file never says he was responsible for the events that happened when he was present, it just said he was in the area." Robin said.
"Now I feel kind of bad for kidnapping him. It was in the middle of his graduation." M'gann looked worried, "He didn't even get to touch his diploma."
Raquel crossed her arms. "Now, you're starting to realize how weird this is."
Conner put his arm around his girlfriend, "If he would just answer Aqualad's question he would already be out of here."
"Maybe I should look into his mind." she said as she took a step forward.
"No," Conner said gripping her a little tighter, "Remember what happened to Martian Manhunter when he tried to read that kid's mind?"
"Yeah, but he could control fire!" M'gann countered.
"Not taking any chances." the three boys said in unison. M'gann and Raquel just rolled their eyes.
In the meantime Aqualad was trying to keep his patient with Percy. He was starting to get annoyed and Percy enjoyed it. If Annabeth were here she would be proud of him. Weighing down the enemy's confidence by asking pointless questions and playing stupid. Actually, Percy wasn't really playing stupid, considering that he had no idea why he was here or what he had done. In fact, he wanted a few of his own questions answered.
"Why am I even here?" His first and foremost question.
"You are here to answer are questions Mr. Jackson." Aqualad said. "And depending on your response, you will be out of here as quickly as possible."
"So what you're saying is if I don't say what you want to hear, you'll leave me here to rot?"
Aqualad exhaled, "No that is the opposite of what I mean, Mr. Jackson. All we want is honesty."
"My kind of honesty or your kind of honesty?" Percy questioned with narrow eyes.
Aqualad seemed to be losing his patient little by little. He rubbed his face with both of his hands and tried to calm down. After he put his hands down Percy stared at them with a bewildered expression.
"Your hands…" he started.
"Yes…" Aqualad looked up, this is the most serious Percy has been since he arrived.
"They're webbed." Percy looked at his face more intensely, "And you have gills."
Before Aqualad had a chance to respond Percy jumped up, "If you're a merperson why am I all chained up?" he screamed, shaking his handcuffs as he motioned to the Inhibitor Collar.
Artemis immediately took out her bow and aimed it at him, but Percy still didn't settle down. "Are you from Camp Fish-Blood? Is this is about your undersea politics? I swear not all humans suck. And not all of my half siblings are bad, you guys trained Triton and he was fine! But I think he hates humans so that's not a good example. My father is like your king or something, so can you just give me a one time pass for whatever I did?"
Artemis was slowly putting her bow down as she tried to process everything he just said. Aqualad seem to have gotten it on the first try but he was still confused. "Camp Fish-Blood? I have heard of no such place. I am not a merperson, I am an Atlantean and our politics have nothing to do with your capture."
Percy furrowed his brows, "Atlantis?"
"Yes, Atlantis." Aqualad continued, "But I am still confused, who is your father?" Aqualad was pretty sure that his king was not Perseus's father.
"Poseidon." he replied nonchalantly. But Aqualad's calm expression faltered for a second.
"So you are the son of Poseidon?"
"Yup!" Percy said with a smile, "His only demigod one. He has a bunch of cyclops kids and a few godly ones, but I'm his only half-blood, that I know of."
Aqualad stared into space for a long time. He looked as if he were calculating something and got lost in thought.
"Aqua-" Artemis reached to touch his shoulder but he suddenly stood up.
"Artemis," he said in a low voice, "I think it is best if you take the others and go check the progress on the League's mission."
"But-" she protest.
"I think I need to talk alone with Mr. Jackson." Artemis hesitated but nodded.
The archer left the interrogation room and closed the door quietly. The rest of the Team stared at her.
"Is it just me or was that…" Wally started.
"Weird. Yeah, that was out of character." Robin finished.
M'gann was more confused than surprised, "Who's Poseidon?" Conner shared her expression.
"He's the greek god of the sea," Robin answered, "And earthquakes, storms and horses for some reason." Robin sounded like he had more to say but Artemis interrupted him.
"You can talk about gods later, Kaldur wants us to leave him alone."
"Why don't we check up on Zatanna and her prisoner?" Raquel asked with emphasis on prisoner.
"Kaldur wants us see the how the League's doing on their mission." Artemis said.
"Fine," Robin said, throwing his hands up, "If Aqualad doesn't want the Interrogation Hall to be serted he should have said so."
"Serted?" M'gann asked, repeating the word.
"Like the opposite of deserted."
"Leave it to Robin to make words much more complicated than need." Wally said while he threw his arm over his best friend's shoulder.
Artemis rolled her eyes, "Let's just go to the mission room."
The remaining members of the Team left the window of the room, but Artemis took one more look at Kaldur than she followed her teammates.
It's actually really hard to find a word that you can prefix off of and it won't make any sense.
Thank you for reading! Hopefully a new chapter will be up next week!
