First chapter of Wings of a Feather! Hope you like it and if any of the characters are too OOC, i'm sorry.
Disclaimer- Percy Jackson is sadly property of Rick Rhiordan, same as Maximum Ride, only James Patterson. I would say something about things that would have been different if I owned them, but I don't want to spoil anyone who isn't caught up.
Chapter One: My Son Is What?
"W-what did you just say?" asked a pretty brunette woman laying in a hospital bed to the doctor in front of her.
"Your son was having problems breathing when he was born. We did all we could, but unfortunately it wasn't enough. I'm sorry Miss Jackson, but your son is dead."
The white robed doctor left quietly as the grief stricken woman sobbed for her lost son. About 5 or 10 minutes later, the woman had forced herself to calm down enough to have only silent tears and ragged breathing. The curly haired brunette got up and walked over to a water fountain conveniently placed in her hospital room. She pushed the button to release the water, then flipped a gold coin into the spray where it disappeared in the rainbow mist she had created. Not a minute later, a female voice asked her who she wanted to contact.
"Poseidon." The formerly pregnant brunette answered. A few minutes later, the water showed the face of a handsome man with almost black brown hair and gorgeous eyes the color of the sea. The smile that was on the mans face disappeared at seeing the woman's tear stained face.
"Sally? Whats wrong? Did something happen to you or Perseus?" When "Sally" nodded and started to cry again, the man dispersed the Iris message and appeared in front of her a few minutes later. The minute he appeared in front of her, Sally hugged him and sobbed into his chest as he calmed her down. "Sally, please tell me what happened." Poseidon said gently after Sally had calmed down enough to talk again.
"It's Perseus. The doctor just told me he died!" Poseidon paled and responded shakily.
"What? What do you mean? I thought Perseus was a healthy baby boy?"
"The doctor said he was having problems breathing when he was born. It was just a small problem at first that got worse until he suffocated to death."
"Problems breathing? I was there when he was born. I was one of the first to hold him after you and the doctor. He was with us for at least 5 minutes before he was taken away to be cleaned up. If something was wrong we would have noticed then. And I don't think the doctor would have let us hold him like that if he was having problems breathing, he would have fixed it right away."
"But why would the doctor lie to me?" Sally asked confusedly.
Poseidon thought for a moment, before he remembered about something Pan was worrying about before he disappeared. Something involving doctors, scientists, and changing kidnapped children from hospitals. "Before he disappeared, Pan was telling us gods about something that a group of scientists and doctors started to do. They were a group called the Institute for Higher Living that kidnapped children from hospitals for bought them from parents who didn't want their children and experimented on them with something called recombinant DNA. This was supposed to turn these children into human/animal hybrids that were faster and stronger then humans. The reason for this, other then their sick satisfaction that they could alter someones nature, was to create a super race of humans to survive some upcoming apocalypse that the scientists believe are coming in the near future."
"So how do we know if Perseus was kidnapped or if he really died?" asked Sally.
The sea god held his lover close to him as he thought of what he could do. He didn't believe his son was dead, of course. He was too healthy to have just died so quickly. The only thing he could thing of was him being taken by someone working for the Institute. Looks like he will have to find out if his newborn son is really dead or not.
"Hades might tell us if he really died or not." Poseidon said slowly, not wanting to talk with his brother but would do it if it meant saving his son who was more then likely kidnapped by the Institute if he wasn't dead.
"But having children with mortals is forbidden to you. Wouldn't he tell Zeus to get in his good side if you told him about Perseus?" Sally asked worriedly.
"Normally, but Hades is also forbidden from having children and he has two. Zeus learned about them and blew up their house with one of his lightning bolts but they survived without him noticing. Hades knows I know and he wouldn't tell Zeus and risk me telling him about his son and daughter." The green eyed god said as he thought about how he was going to do this.
"Well, alright. But be careful." The pretty woman said and kissed her lover.
"Hey, I'm a god. He can't hurt me." Poseidon said with a smile and wink. Sally returned the smile and hugged him before stepping away, allowing him to vanish.
1 hour later...
A brown eyed woman sat in a New York hospital recovering from giving birth. She sat up against the head of her bed with a book open in her lap but she was to distracted to read it. The poor dear couldn't stop thinking about earlier that day, couldn't stop thinking about her beautiful baby boy with baby blue eyes that will more then likely change to a gorgeous sea green as he gets older and soft black/brown hair. And, of course, she couldn't stop thinking about the terrible words the doctor told her a little over an hour ago, that her precious baby was dead. She tried to get her mind off of it by reading a book while waiting for her lover to get back from speaking with his brother, but she kept getting distracted.
The sound of ocean waves and the smell of sea salt made Sally Jackson's head snap up and hopefully at the handsome man in front of her.
"Well, the good news is Perseus is not dead." Poseidon started. Sally closed her brown eyes as tears ran down her pale cheeks.
"Oh, thank Olympus! Now , what's the bad news? Was Perseus taken by the Institute for Higher Living?"
"Most likely, yes. But there's a problem." Poseidon said, shifting nervously to look at the wall away from Sally. The look of guilt was clearly seen on his face.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so guilty?" Poseidon sighed before responding.
The bad news is he's missing. Somehow, the Institute is shielding themselves from us. Neither Hades or I can find him."
"Okay, so what do we do?" Sally asked shakily.
"Don't worry Sally. I will find our son no matter how long it takes." The sea god promised with a determined look on his face.
"I know you will." Sally said with a sad smile and hugged her lover.
'Perseus, please be okay.'
Death Valley, California (The School)
"Boss, we're back. We brought the demigod brat." The handsome male announced. The woman with him held the baby out to a group of eager scientists.
"Hey boss! Who is the godly parent?" asked one of the scientists to a man dismissing the attractive pair.
"The godly parent is the boy's father, Poseidon.. I'm sure you've heard of him."
"The god of the sea?" asked a skeptical scientist. "Do you really expect me to believe that this child is the son of a greek god?"
"Since its recently been proven that gods exist and that sometimes they come down to earth, fall in love, and have children, yes."
The scientist nodded, still not convinced.
"Okay, so lets say I believe you. How are we going to keep this a secret from gods? Because we would have to since we kidnapped the sea gods child and are planning on doing horrible things to him."
"The things we do are not horrible. They are scientific miracles making the human race better. And don't worry about the gods. We have ways of concealing ourselves from them. Now the real question is this. Now that we have the sea gods half god/half mortal child, what recombinant DNA should we put into it."
"I have an idea." Everyone turned to the scientist holding little Percy. "How about avian?"
End Chapter One
so Percy was taken by the School and neither Poseidon or Hades can find him. Can you guess what is going to happen next?
icefox
Some More Songs
Masquerade by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera)
Self Inflicted by Katy Perry
The Fourth Drink Instinct by Cute Is What We Aim For
Concrete Angel by Martina McBride
Boys and Girls by LM.C (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Main Theme by Toshiro Masuda (Ghost Hunt)
Carnation by Kiyoharu (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge{The Wallflower})
If You Were Gay by Avenue Q
The Point of No Return-Chandelier Crash by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera)