Phobia (A Percy Jackson AU)

Chapter One: Half-Blood Hill

So I might've had this done on Tuesday but didn't post it because I was mourning Cobra Starship's breakup.

So don't murder me and you might even get to see Leo in a chapter or two.

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Piper's arms were wrapped around her knees, her greasy brown hair was sticking up around her head, and her orange prison jumpsuit was ripped and torn. Her mouth was covered in a bronze muzzle that wrapped around her head, and  locked eletronically in the back. Piper's eyes were closed, for with no light, they were no more useful open.

Click.

Piper's head shot up, her hair streamed around her face, and her glazed eyes burst with different colors as they snapped open. She unwrapped her arms from around her legs, and leaned forward desperately.

Gears clicked and groaned against against each other, and the sheet of metal in front of the bars pf her cell sunk into the side of the doorway and into the floor. Light briefly blinded Piper, but a moment after she launched herself onto the bars, tightly gripping them in her hands and pressing her face against the openings. Piper pried herself off the bars was they split, and fell into the walls with a creak.

Piper, flabbergasted, stumbled through the threshold of the cell. Leaning on a doorway that lead into a blinding white corridor covered in thick paneled doors that were sliding open. Across from her stepped a beautiful asian girl with a muzzle around her mouth, and a two stitched on the pocket of her uniform just like Piper. Two identical boys in straight jackets stepped out from the rooms next to Piper. The girl that caught Piper's eye, had short purple hair that stood up in random tuffs along her head. Her wrists and ankles were wrapped in chains with electronic locks, and she struggled to step outside the doorway of her cell.

At the end of the hall a girl stood, wearing dark blue pants and a jacket over a white tank top. A dark blue cap was pulled low over her eyes and her short, curly blonde hair was sticking out from under her  hat. In the crook of her arm was a sleek, silver laptop with a glowing blue delta on the back. Her tanned fingers flew across the keyboard, and she clicked a final button before tucking the sleek silver laptop under her arm and turning her gaze to the people standing in the doorways of their cells.

Her steel eyes glinted, "Come on, we have ten minutes before the alarm starts."

They all stood in the hallway, staring at her, and Piper's eyes flicked to the chains around the girl with purple hair's feet and hands, and the blonde gave a noise of recognition. She held up a finger, as if saying, Just wait, I've got this. She swung her laptop from under her arm, and into the crook of her elbow. Flipping it open, she ran her left hand over the key's, and she tapped her foot against the ground.

She pressed one final key, and Piper felt a click in the bronze muzzle around her head. At once her fingers flew up to it, her fingers digging into the skin around the metal. It fell away into her hands, and was extremely heavy; Piper dropped it onto the ground at once. The tile cracked underneath it, but Piper was tugging at the numb skin and breathing heavily through her mouth.

"Woah. Travis, man, this is so cool!" Piper looked up, the straight jacket's on the identical boys were on the ground, the lights on the electronic lock flashing green. The brothers were hugging each other, and Piper guessed they hadn't in years.

The other girl with a muzzle was holding hers in her hand, the other rubbing her throat. The girl with bright purple hair was rubbing red marks on her wrist, and staring at the blonde in awe.

"Thank you."  The blonde nodded at the girl, and swiftly tucked the sleek laptop underneath her arm once more. She stared pointedly at the group, before sighing and jerking her hand to the side in annoyance.