DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN PJO! I'M NOT RICK RIORDAN!

Percy shrunk back into his chair. This wasn't supposed to happen. He had revealed too much information and now Luke knew who he was. This was the last thing that was supposed to happen. Luke was grinning at him, as he would expect. He had been on the run for two days and this had happened. That wasn't all. Apparently, his appearance was being controlled by his emotions. Now, Luke knew he could change his appearance, that trick wasn't going to work around them anymore.

"You're strangely quiet." Luke remarked, raising an eyebrow. Percy didn't answer him. "Why'd you run away from half-blood hill? I thought you were going to stay year-round now that your mom is dead." he said, and immediately regretted it. The look Percy gave him was scary. It reminded him of Thalia, when she was angry. It was rather scary how similar the two of them were. It was beyond anger, it was pure hatred.

"I'm chasing the people who killed her." he muttered. Luke looked at him. Chasing people who killed his mother and were after him? Was he that nuts? He voiced his opinion.

"Are you nuts, Percy?" he asked him. Percy shot him a glare. He shut up.

"No, I'm not. My father asked me if I wanted to. I have two years to find them." he added to himself, but Luke heard him.

"Two years?" he asked. Percy shut him up with another glare.

"Yes, two years. When I turn fourteen, if I've found them, I can hunt them down for the rest of my life. If not, I go back to my life." he muttered with a sigh. Luke eyed him carefully. His eyes changed to brown, his light blond hair darkened. He was staring at the ground. Luke turned away from him.

He walked towards his bag and withdrew a wallet, and from within it, a card. He dialed the number on the card.

"Hello? Is this Derrek?" he asked. From the corner of his eye, he saw Percy straighten up, his attention focused on him.

"Yes, you called me about a boy who could change his appearance. Do you perchance, know his name?" Luke asked. Percy was paying rapt attention, trying not to miss a single word. The response came rapidly, and a grin crept on his face. "Thanks Derrek." he said, and promptly and hung up the phone. He turned to Percy with an evil grin on his face.

"That was a friend of mine. They're looking for a boy your age, no description, except that he has a special talent." he told Percy. He knew Percy knew what he was talking about. He was pale, and his eyes were wide. However, he refused to answer. "Do you know who he is, Percy? Because I asked him for a name. He gave me two, one he uses as an alias, and his real name. And guess who both of them pointed to?" he asked. Percy's face regained its color, his breathing regulated.

"How am I supposed to know?" he responded with a question, though he was scared to death. He knew Derrek, and who he was looking for. Luke searched his eyes for the lie, and found it. He smirked.

"Because you do. You know Percy, it's in your eyes." he said. He walked up to Percy and cut the ties binding him to the chair and dragged him to a standing position. Once again, Percy struggled, but Luke had the upper hand. He managed to tie his hands behind his back and keep a firm hold on him. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Luke called, shoving Percy into the chair again.

"Derrek." the familiar voice called. Luke grinned again, he walked over and opened the door. A brown haired teen walked in the room. He was about the same height and age as Luke. He scanned the room, and his blue eyes landed on Percy. He smiled evily. "Now I see why you brought me here." he said, his eyes never leaving Percy. The latter refused to show emotion.

Derrek walked over to Percy and put a hand on his shoulder. Making him look right into his eyes he said, "Now let's see if you really are who you should be." Luke gave him a questioning look, but he didn't need to.

It was as if energy flowed through Derrek into Percy. But it didn't do him any good. Percy yelped as soon as it came in contact with him. His appearance began shifting. An aura of sea green energy surrounding him. Finally, a white light temporarily blinded Luke. When it cleared, Percy was sitting there, panting, but he looked like himself. Jet black hair that was very untidy, sea green eyes with the calm of the sea. His tanned skin didn't change, but the sea breeze returned.

"I think we proved it alright." Derrek said, stepping back, still keeping his eyes on Percy. Never moving gaze.

"How'd you do that?" Luke asked. Derrek finally broke his gaze to look at Luke.

"Practice." he said simply. "I have to go around catching kids that have similar tricks up their sleeves. I need to know how to identify them. He's been out for two days and already causing trouble. I knew he would know you, so I asked for a little help. Hope you don't mind, but I have to take him with me." he said. Luke nodded.

Derrek turned to Percy, who was eyeing him with hatred. "No good to hate. You know I've never failed to find anyone." he said. He grasped his arm firmly and dragged him out the door. Luke was still standing in place, wearing an expression of shock. The emotion he saw on Percy's face before Derrek dragged him out the door wasn't hatred. It was pure fear.

*****

A commotion occurred on the very floor they were on. Percy, who had managed to loosen his bonds, had taken them off completely, and used a very carefully planted decoy smoke bomb to get Derrek to let go of him. He certainly succeeded. Derrek had expected nothing from him. He had underestimated him. Percy had dived into the open elevator only seconds before it closed. Leaving a fuming Derrek outside it, having missed it by a second.

Inside the elevator, the demi-god changed his appearance. Now dirt-blond with brown eyes, he walked out the elevator door at lobby level, carefully avoiding eye contact with anyone. He walked out the hotel's main doors and ran down the street corner. Unknown to him, a pair of blue eyes were watching him from a hotel room window. Luke smiled at the boy, knowing that it was him. Wondering, at the same time, when he would see him again. Sooner than you think, said a voice in his head as he closed the curtains.

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