Ah, so you all do like my plot? Well, then I guess I can take a breath of air. For now. I can honestly say this one is seemingly more popular than my other fic. I think its at like 1,340 hits. Something like that. In other news, as I stated last week in my other fic I am intrigued at the concept of having artwork up for this fic as well. So, if there are any inspiring artists that can do some good sketches I would love you forever. Just of a few characters: Percy, Nico, Luke, and Jason. Possibly a few others, they are maybes: Chiron, Percy's parents, Will, Annabeth, Apollo, and other characters that I can't disclose at this time. Please let me know if you think you are up to it. Also, I have a devianArt. You can go find me at XSonofHadesX. On there I'll eventually include that artwork if I get it. Possibly just some imagery from online if not. I'll probably do some character bios. It'll give you an idea of what they look like, though I may not include that if I don't get artwork. Stuff like age and personality, though. I'll probably rant about the main characters and their personalities for a bit. Now, for something very important, so please read this.

Notice: Posting days will be going through some changes in the up coming weeks. I'm about to be working with four stories, so I want to give time to each one. Therefore, I will make separate days for each of them. Sola Amor Veritas (in-universe) will be on Mondays, Children of Loss (new fic) will be posted on Fridays, A Tale of Love and Thrones will be on Tuesdays and I will use Saturday as my extra chapter day, Choke will be on Sunday. So, everyone prepare yourself for those changes. They will start this next week. So not this one, but the next. This one will be normal, and then on Sunday I'll start it by posting Choke.

Ok, anyways. This is shout out day to all my faithful readers. Here we go:

Grave of Maria: Your explanation is here :D. Also I am happy I creeped you out...I mean, what? In other news, get to work on Promises :P.

Make-it-Now-or-Never: Hmm. Well you get your answer at the end of the chapter. Also, not to be masochist or whatever, but the suffering brings joy to my soul. Mwhaha. Your reviews make me laugh, since they are mainly about my cliffhanger endings.

Reining3: Yes! Though, I'm not sure how I'm picturing it working for this scenario is how he shadow travels in the books. Mine is more the shadows come to him and swallow him, or he just turns to shadow and vanishes. Take your pick. Thank you, I'm glad you are liking Nico. He's...well he's something. Damaged is a good word for him. It might make people sad that he is going to shift slightly from this point, but he will keep his mysterious vibe going until the end.

Want your name up there? Review :D. I'll end up doing this again maybe in a month. I just finished chapter 8 like two days ago. I must say Nico's story arc took an unexpected turn in that chapter. Like, I'm not sure, it just came to me and was like 'omg this is awesome'. Oh, and speaking of Nico. Next chapter you get to have some from his POV. Just a look at what is going on in his head. One last thing. Everyone should go check out this story. I like to support my readers. Go look at Run Like Hell by Make-it-Now-or-Never. It is a crossover with PJ and Kane Chronicles. Also if anyone wants to beta her she is wanting one.

Chapter 6

Percy made his way through the metal corridors. Many doors lay on either side of each hall he traversed. He passed a few people on the way. They all gave him odd looks. Every one of them looked like any normal person Percy might run into on the street. He felt scared and out of place.

As he turned a corner he found Nico standing next to an elevator. The dark haired boy wore a blank expression as he watched Percy walk towards him. "Decided to come get your answers? I figured you'd followed right after Chiron. God knows you were begging me to tell you everything," Nico said with a smirk.

"This-This is real?" Nico nodded. "Back at the school. How did you-?"

Nico held out his hand and shadows danced like flames in Nico's hand. "Shadow manipulation, is the term we use. I just bend the shadows to my will, I can also bend light."

"Light? But that's not shadow."

"No, but light and shadow go hand in hand. When light is taken away, you get shadow. The same is applied when you take away shadow."

The elevator arrived and Nico and Percy entered the elevator. "What about Jason or Apollo?" Nico pressed the button to the top floor.

"Jason primarily controls electricity. You saw his handy work back at the school. The lightning storm. Apollo controls fire. He can bend flames that already are present, like from a lighter, or he can create them."

"None of you know what I can do?"

"Not fully, while I had you under surveillance I noticed a few things. I can tell you that your power is something mental, but beyond that, I don't have a guess." The elevator came to a halt and the door opened. Nico motioned for Percy to exit. Percy walked out slowly, Nico brushing past him and led Percy down the hall. This hall had fewer doors. The one at the very end was slightly bigger than the others. Nico stopped at the door and waited for Percy to catch up. "He's waiting for you inside. Ask him whatever you want, and he'll answer any questions you have. Don't be afraid of him, he's not bad at all."

Nico stepped back to let Percy enter the door. Percy looked at Nico before he reached for the doorknob. "Thanks, Nico."

Nico cocked his head to the side. "For what?"

"For back at the school. Getting me out of there."

Nico's lips thinned. "Don't mention it, Percy. Oh, and one more thing."

"What's that?"

"Welcome to the organization." After that Nico vanished into the shadows, leaving Percy alone in the hallway. Percy knocked on the door once.

"Come in," he heard Chiron call. Percy gulped before he opened the door. The room was a large office, two large glass windows on the left and right side of the far side of the room. A large wooden desk sat between the two windows. Pictures hung on the wall that separated the windows. Chiron sat at the desk. He looked up from some papers he was looking over and smiled at Percy. "Percy, I'm glad you decided to come have a talk."

"Yea, Nico said you'd have all the answers I've been wanting."

Chiron nodded. "That I do. I know you must be very confused at the events of the past few days. You've been through a hard time. Ask me anything you like, and I'll give you an honest answer. It's the least I can do for you after your traumatic time getting here."

Percy walked farther into the room and took a seat across the desk from Chiron. "Well, I guess my first question would have to be, who are you? What is all of this?" Chiron smiled at Percy and reclined back in his chair.

"My name is Chiron, and like I said, I'm in charge of this organization, the United Nations Intelligence Task Force. U.N.I.T for short. We are a branch of the government that-"

"Which government?" Percy interrupted.

"All of them. The United Nations funds us and we make sure they can run the world smoothly. We fight to make the world a better place to live in. What else would you like to know?"

Percy thought for a moment before speaking. "How did you find me?"

Chiron rubbed his beard for a moment. "We're not really sure what set you off. Most people start showing signs at a younger age, but you manifested after high school, an odd occurrence. You gave off a lot of power waves. So, we figured you were an important one. Nico is my best agent, and the hardest to detect. So, I had him watch you very closely."

"All of those shadows I saw, the alleyway or moving across the wall of my room, they were Nico?"

Chiron nodded. "Yes, he is unique, the only one of his kind that I have found. Nobody else that I know of can do what he does. Methods like sticking to the shadows were why I needed him on the job though, so he didn't draw too much attention when he spoke to you." Chiron eyed Percy for a moment. "I would say you should watch yourself around Nico. He's not my warmest agent, and can sometimes send mixed signals. He's...a bit of a troubled youth."

Percy nodded and figured he should switch topics. "The first night Nico came to me, why didn't he take me with him like he talked about?"

Chiron's face grew grim. "It wouldn't be something you probably would have noticed. An enemy agent showed up at the bar and Nico had to get out. However, we had agreed that kidnapping you wasn't the proper method in getting you here, so he left you be for the time."

"Why can't my friends remember him? Why did they remember the first two nights different?"

"Memory wiping. You seem to be resistant to it, but normal people are not. We have someone that can do it, as do the enemy. We apply it so that the world doesn't see what we do. Because, sometimes we are forced to display our abilities in public, and we don't need that ending up on the news."

"You're talking about these other people, who are they? Nico brought them up several times."

"Well, they are the real reason we exist. We are here to make sure they don't do their job. They want to keep the world as it is. Corrupt, deteriorating, and to keep people in a state of suffering. A kind of the rich get richer while the poor get poorer thing."

Percy was silent for a moment before another question popped into his head. "Nico said I should be careful who I trust and mentioned those people were already sinking their teeth into me. What was that about?"

Chiron sighed and leaned forward, elbows pressed on the table and his fingers interlocking below his chin. "They discovered you the same way we did. They were watching you the same as we were, but not as closely. Nico was trying to warn you about that, without telling you point blank what was happening. They were trying to get close to you. You'll learn more about that later. Is there anything else?"

"Well, going back to the memory thing, why were they trying to make me forget? I felt like I was going crazy."

"That's part of the reason they did it. They wanted you to feel like it was a dream, that it wasn't real. They hoped Nico would back off of you, or they could intercept him. I think they might have hoped you would have pushed him away after you felt you were going crazy." Chiron gave him a sympathetic smile.

Percy rubbed his forehead. "What are Jason and Nico in all of this? What do they do, job wise?"

"They are my agents." Chiron let out a chuckle. "I guess you could call this a big spy game. Agent espionage missions and all that. They do the field work and interact with people like you that we try to bring in. They sometimes come with me when I handle business with the government officials. Their biggest part of the job is handling enemy agents. They are essentially trained assassins, of a sort. Not so much with the martial arts skills that you have learned, but their abilities make them deadly. You saw what Nico can do back at your college."

"You found them all? Jason said he ran away from home and came here. Was that because of you?"

Chiron nodded. "I found Jason back in California. I went to his parents to talk to them about this, but his step-mother wasn't the nicest person. Jason ended up running away and I brought him back here. Nico...Nico was a bit of a different story. He actually found me. He was young and I was impressed with his abilities." Chiron smiled at Percy again. Percy couldn't help but feel a fatherly vibe from this man. "Anything else? Feel free to ask."

"I guess my last question is, why is this happening to me?"

Chiron's smile fell. He rubbed at the back of his neck as he swiveled in his chair. "That is a little hard to explain. We think you are special...more special than the rest of us. Something about you they desperately want. You are meant to change the world, Percy."

Soon, Percy finished his line of questions and Chiron said he was dismissed. He clicked a button on his desk and in a flash Nico was sitting in the chair next to Percy. "Nico, if you wouldn't mind showing Percy to his new room," Chiron said. Nico nodded, he stood and motioned for Percy to follow him.

"Wait, I have to stay here?" Percy asked. All of a sudden, he felt like a prisoner in all of this. Nico's eyes reflected sadness for Percy.

"I'm sorry, Percy. It's the way it has to be for a while," Nico whispered.

Chiron nodded. "Only for a time. We need to make sure you can take care of yourself in the real world. You'll stay here for a while, we will learn what you can do, and then we will train you. After that, I will give you a choice of going back to your normal life or remaining here with U.N.I.T."

Percy groaned in frustration. "What about my friends? School? My parents?"

Chiron folded his arms across his chest. "Don't worry, Percy. We will take care of all of that. You'll be able to leave in a few days. We will let you go back to your apartment and get your things. Jason or Nico will escort you there, though. I'm sorry, but you'll have to trust me when I say it's for your own good."

Percy nodded in silence. He turned and left the room. Nico tossed a final look at Chiron before following Percy out the door. They walked to the elevator in silence. Nico pressed a button and the elevator began to descend. Finally Nico broke the silence. "All of the beds are underground. We have a source of artificial sunlight that will shine in through a window during the day, so you don't feel so trapped." Percy just nodded silently. Nico pat Percy on the back. "Its not so bad, Percy. You'll find yourself enjoying life here within a few days' time, a few weeks at most."

The elevator came to a stop and Nico led Percy through the labyrinth of doors. There seemed to be a lot of rooms. Do that many people actually live here? "What do you all do for food?" Percy asked.

Nico didn't look back at him, he just kept walking forward. "Second floor, we have a cafeteria. Not like a school cafeteria, the food there is actually really good. There's a game room on the fourth floor. The higher levels are the offices. The lowest floor underground is for power training. You'll get used to the place in no time." Nico came to stop at a door. "Here we are. This will be your new room. Keep the number memorized." Nico opened the door and Percy stepped inside.

The room was actually a pretty decent size. There was a queen sized bed in one corner. A book shelf sat against the opposite wall. Towards the back was a door, Percy assumed it was the bathroom. A nice sized flat screen was on the wall in front of the bed. A door sat open by the bathroom door, leading into a walk in closet. "Wow," Percy exclaimed. "You guys have it nice."

Nico chuckled. "Yea, government funding kind of has it perks. Try becoming an agent and see the nice things you can put in your room."

"Can I see yours?"

Nico eyed him for a moment. "Maybe another time. I don't really like people going in my room."

Jason poked his head in to the room. "Hey, guys. How you like it here so far, Percy?"

"Not too bad, I guess," Percy said as he flopped down on his new bed. It felt perfect.

"Jason, would you mind sticking with Percy? Show him where we eat when its time. I have to go take care of something," Nico said. Percy tossed him a funny look. Did Nico want away from him? He had been pretty forward the past few days.

Jason nodded. "Yea, no problem." Nico gave a wave to Percy before he left. "So, you talked to Chiron. Did that clear up everything for you?" Jason came and sat down next to Percy on the bed.

Percy sat up and nodded. "Yea, I think. I mean, I'm still confused about a few things, but I guess I'll figure it all out."

"I imagine he didn't tell you everything right off. It would be a lot to take in."

"So, I hear you control electricity."

"That I do. Want to see?" Jason smiled mischievously and Percy nodded. The air on Percy's arm stood up. The lights flickered in the room. Charges of electricity danced around in Jason's palm. Percy noticed a spark fly across Jason's eyes, they now literally did have lightning flying across them.

"That's amazing."

Jason chuckled. "Thanks. I'm sure you do something pretty amazing too."

"So, could I see your room? I mean it would be nice if I knew where someone else I knew was. Plus, Nico said agent rooms were really cool."

Jason hopped off the bed. "Sure, right this way." Percy followed Jason out into the hall. They turned a corner and then another before Jason came to a stop. "Mine is a little bigger than other rooms, though."

"Why?"

"Because, I share a room with Apollo." Percy nodded in understanding. Jason opened his door and Percy walked in. His mouth gaped a little at the room. The bed was still the same size as Percy's. The TV was slightly bigger than his, though. Gaming consoles sat on a shelf below the TV. A few pictures lined the walls of the room, and a few paintings. A small fridge sat next to the bookshelf, which was filled to the brim with books. Computer monitors were built into the wall next to the TV, with a wireless keyboard that sat on a table in front of it. Instead of a normal sun shining through the window, Jason's reflected a thunderstorm. "So, this is my room."

"Our room," Apollo said from a chair that was facing the TV. He spun the chair around to look at the two in the doorway, a book in his lap. "Hello, Percy. How are you liking the place so far?"

"It's not as bad as I thought, I guess. I mean I still kind of feel trapped here."

"You'd be in danger if you left. You really are just being kept here for your safety. Once you are trained enough, you will get a choice to stay or go. Everyone gets that choice," Jason said, patting Percy on the back.

Percy sat in the cafeteria with Apollo and Jason. There really were a lot of people here. Nico was also right about the food here, it was so good. "So, do the agents hang out together, or something? Are they like the cool kids here?" Percy asked.

Jason chuckled. "I don't know if there are any 'cool kids' groups here." He shrugged. "Everyone gets along pretty well here. Yea, the agents are friendlier with each other, I guess, but it's because we sometimes do missions together and bond more."

"What else do people do here?"

"Well, we have a computer department. Some of them communicate with us in the field, others work on mission briefings, while others are hackers. The hackers are actually pretty cool and interesting to talk to. They can touch someone's computer and give it a virus, like, way worse than anything normal hackers can come up with."

"There are healers, who take care of any agents that get hurt in the field. Though, don't let the term fool you. The healing process is a bitch. It's like they just speed up the process, and there's a lot of pain involved. There are the trackers who can find others like us. They kind of keep to themselves," Apollo added.

Percy was silent for a moment. He watched the couple in front of him in silence. Every now and then Apollo would lean over and kiss Jason's temple. Jason leaned his back slightly into Apollo's chest. They were cute, Percy thought. "So, how did you two meet?"

"I told him he had a nice ass," Apollo laughed, Jason made a face.

"That is not what happened at all, you jerk," said Jason, a small blush on his cheeks. Apollo and Percy shared a laugh. "He was assigned to tag along on my first assignment."

Apollo shrugged. "I like my version better." He paused a moment before he continued. "It wasn't really one of those sudden realization moments. We did the mission, I saved his life, no big deal." Jason rolled his eyes.

"He took a hit for me and spent some time healing, so I felt sort of obligated to go visit him. We found out we got along pretty well, and started hanging out after he was all fixed up. I don't know, one day was just kind of different. He ended up kissing me and I kissed him back. I had a secret crush on him from the moment I laid eyes on him, so it was a nice turn of events."

"Been together ever since," finished Apollo, wrapping an arm around Jason's waist.

"That's awesome," Percy said.

"Yea, so I hear you got your own love life troubles."

Percy scowled at Jason. Jason just shrugged. "What? We tell each other everything."

"I don't know. I guess I kind of do. I mean there's Will. He's nice, but now that all of this is going on, I don't even know if it would be possible to be with him. I met-" Percy hesitated at the name, but then he figured he might as well just admit it. "Luke, who was kind of nice." Apollo frowned, Jason stared intently at his food. "You were supposed to tell me more about that, Jason."

"Yes, Jason, do tell more about that," Apollo said a little bitterly.

"Um, perhaps later tonight, Percy."

Percy nodded. "Ok. Then, I guess there's Nico. I'm not really sure what to make of him though. I mean I find him attractive, but he is weird around me sometimes." Apollo had started choking on his food when Percy had mentioned his name, by the time Percy stopped talking he was laughing.

"Barking up the wrong tree, Percy," Apollo said, taking a drink.

"Why? Is he not gay?"

"Oh, he is. He's just-"

"He's just complicated, Percy," finished Jason, clamping his hand over Apollo's mouth. "Nico had a bad break up a few years back. He kind of took it hard."

"What happened?" Percy asked.

"Well, it's part of how he ended up here. He came here, and his boyfriend at the time chose the other organization." This seemed kind of familiar to Percy. "The guy called him and asked to meet Nico. When Nico showed up, the guy tried to get Nico to betray Chiron. He used the low blows like, 'if you care about me', and stuff like that." This really seemed familiar. "Nico told him he didn't want to see him again, but the guy refused to let Nico go. So, Nico was kind of forced to attack his boyfriend." Percy had turned pale. "Really bad way to have a break up."

"You ok, Percy," Apollo asked out of concern.

Percy nodded his head slowly, eyes fixed on the table. Had it really been a dream? "W-Was it on a rooftop at night, while it rained?"

"Yea. How did you know that?" Jason asked.

"I-I think I dreamed it."

"You ok?" Jason asked. Percy lay on his bed, staring at the ceiling. Jason leaned against the closed door.

"Yea, this is just a lot to take in."

"Maybe it's your power. Maybe you see the past? Although I'm not sure how that's supposed to change the world. Maybe you can look at the memories of others."

"Maybe," Percy whispered. It had been a long day. Part of his body was still wired from all he had learned, but the rest of him was exhausted from everything that had happened. "Can you tell me more about Nico? What's his deal? Besides the break up?"

"Well, he doesn't talk much about his past. The few parts I do know are the break up and some of his home life. His parents and sister were killed in a car crash, but luckily for Nico, his powers manifested and he made it out alive." Jason came and sat next to Percy on the bed, plopping back to lie next to him. Jason raised his hand and a bolt of electricity shot out of Jason's fingertips. It flew up to the ceiling where it followed the motion of Jason's hand as he swept it back and forth. "I think that was the prime source of his emotional damage."

"How did you two become friends?"

"He actually came with Chiron to California. When Chiron was leaving after visiting my parents, I pulled Nico aside and asked him to help me get out. So, he came back later that night and helped me pack a few things. He shadow traveled me out, and we met up with Chiron. Chiron wasn't that happy at first, he felt it bordered on kidnapping, even though I wanted to go with them. Nico persuaded him to take me and we came back here. I noticed Nico didn't talk to many people here. I kind of made it my goal to befriend him. He tried to push me away at first, but he eventually caved when he saw I was going to be stubborn about it. We ended up being best friends after that."

"I'm kind of curious to get to know him." Jason smiled over at him.

"He's a really great guy, once you get him to open up. Just don't expect all warm and fuzzy when you first start really trying to get to know him. He'll be resistant. He has a little bit of a jealous streak. So, I might suggest figuring your guy situation out before trying to put the moves on him." Percy sat up. He looked back down at Jason, who was still busy playing with the static charge. Something had popped into his head, but he didn't know if he wanted to ask the question. If it was true...

"Jason."

"Hmm?" Jason looked at Percy, and the electricity disappeared.

"The guy that Nico broke up with, the one from the enemy organization. Did Nico kill him?" Jason frowned and shook his head. Percy felt a shiver run down his back, but he suppressed it the best he could. "Back at my college, you said that stuff about a friend of yours having a bad break up with Luke. Nico wasn't his boyfriend was he?"

Jason's face grew grim. He sat up and looked at the floor. He let out a long sigh before he answered. "Yes, Luke was Nico's boyfriend. Nico gave him that scar, and Luke is our enemy."

So, now you know the plot. For the most part. There are still some factors going on that haven't got mentioned yet. Can you guess what Percy can do? I'll give you a hint. His powers appeared twice in past chapters. Sorry if this was a little boring this chapter. I got frustrated writing this one. I wanted to rewrite it, but I just couldn't think of a better way to do it. Everything is back on action track in the next chapter though. So, if you guess superpower agent spies, you guessed right. I guess that is the best way to sum it up. Also, kudos to Make-It-Now for guessing Luke and Nico had a history, and to anyone else that might have guessed that. However, I don't think Nico will be happy about Jason telling Percy about all that. Percy's training will also begin next chapter. Oh, and we will find out how Nico and Will interact when thrust in the same room.