Prologue
"We are going to pump H-1 inside you, do you agree?"
A man, ebony skinned and dark haired sat on a stool in a white room, two cameras facing him from opposing sides and a dark screen that reflected his face back at him as he nodded.
"Do you agree Beckendorf?" the voice asked with emphasis on 'agree'.
The man smiled slightly as he replied with vigour, "I agree."
Silence ensued and the man, Beckendorf, waited patiently as he heard the sound of liquid pouring into his body. He tried to look behind him but an object, square in shape and dark black in colour, stayed firm on the back of his throat, 4 lights glowing together while one glowed brighter.
"Ok, Beckendorf, I am going to tell you some things that are very funny. Do you agree?" the same voice asked, in a monotone voice as if he was reading from a paper.
"I agree."
"What do you call a fish wearing a tie?" There was a pause, giving time for a response, "Sofishticated."
Beckendorf laughed hard at the joke, nearly falling off the stool before he regained his balance, continuing to laugh.
"What did the zero say to the eight?" Another pause.
This time, Beckendorf mumbled in between laughter, "I d-don-don't k-k-know."
"That belt looks good on you."
Beckendorf laughed harder, falling off the stool and onto the floor, rolling around. His guts had started to hurt but he couldn't stop. Tears welled up in his eyes as he coughed between laughter, but he couldn't stop.
"Ok, now Beckendorf, I will tell you some disturbing facts of the world. Do you agree?"
The man gasped for air as he muttered, "I-I ag-agree."
There was silence and Beckendorf pushed the stool up and sat on it, still chuckling while breathing heavily. The latter continued to wait till the intercom buzzed some ruffling sound and a different voice, younger than the previous, spoke, "1000 humans die every day."
Beckendorf tried to look serious but broke into fits of laughter. Tears slipped out as he laughed harder and barely heard the older voice mutter, "It works. Keep going."
"Over the course of past year, wars have ravaged half the planet and reduced the population by half at least," there was expectance in the younger voice.
There was no change in the situation as he kept laughing as if a joke was announced. On the other side of the mirror, two men sat next to each other; the person with younger voice staring at Beckendorf while the other man scribbled stuff on a paper before finally stopping.
"It works! H-1 works! It works! Hell fucking yeah!" he cheered as he got up hurriedly, the chair rolling back and crashing at the wall but the man was too engrossed in his happiness to notice, "We did it!"
The younger redhead smiled in return at him and replied, "H-1 is a success. I'll lower the levels now."
The older blonde man nodded, stroking the scruff of beard he had with a wide grin as glasses rested on top of his head till he finally stepped closer to a microphone that rested on the table and spoke, "Great job Beckendorf. Lets get you some Vitamin D, shall we?"
Beckendorf continued laughing while the colours dimmed as the levels of drug slowly reduced within him.
A/N: Prologue is complete for this fic. This is a Pertemis fic but will involve Percy 'loving' Annabeth as well so don't attack me later on for having Percabeth as well in it. There is also Perachel (I forgot if this is what its called) for maybe 1 chapter. But it is NOT harem fic, be warned. Also, if you wish to talk to me about my fics or just a chat, find me in PMs or discord . com / elibrary (without the spaces)