Percy Jackson and the Dark Elites

XXXXIV

Percy

Percy waited patiently for Bianca to contact him again. He'd felt the Elites defenses go down, but he wasn't sure if Bianca wanted him to act now or later. 

She said that she would be here soon. He assumed that meant he was supposed to wait for another signal. 

He leaned his head back against the wall and opened his eyes. He was thinking more clearly now. He had a vague idea of where he was. He seemed disconnected from it. 

He remembered waking up here and then passing out from exhaustion. Then he remembered his conversation with Chiron. He knew it was him now. But even better, he remembered both of those things and was able to put the dots together. Nothing stopped him. 

Percy focused and sent out his powers to any nearby metal. He felt it tug on his gut in response. So Sustenance was still inside him, but he was passed the worse of it. 

Please listen to me Percy, You're going to have a lot of questions, you're going to get paranoid, and you're going to feel sick. I went through it too.

Percy closed his eyes, taking a deep breath as he did. "Are you there?"

Someone responded. Someone new. "You're not alone."

Percy bit his cheek. "Bianca? Where is she?"

"With a friend of mine."

"Why?" He asked.

"I'm not sure I can discuss it." The voice replied. "Bianca made us promise not to make any decisions about you without her present."

Percy smiled. "Good."

****

He didn't remember falling asleep, but he found himself in a dream. In some kind of junkyard.

"Hey," Bianca approached him from behind.

She was made of mist. That seemed normal. He remembered Hazel describing her experiences with the flashbacks. Not to mention Nico's powers over dreams and...

He remembered Hazel.

"Bianca?" Percy asked, a question in mind.

"Yes. I'm thinking clearly too."

Percy wanted to talk about everything that was happening. He wanted to discuss Sustenance and Chaos. He remembered everything. He didn't hit him all at once like a wave, it was just there. He wanted to tell Bianca how she'd been brought back. But given that she was here... she already knew.

His mind felt complete. Not refreshed. Not relaxed. Just... normal.

He got right to the point. "When Leo betrayed us he mentioned a man from Japan. He said he wanted to take me to him. He said he had all of the answers we'd need."

"Shouldn't we stay?" She asked, undoubtedly thinking of Nico.

"No. We're a danger to everyone here." He sighed. "We've already decided on some type of plan to escape. And I know we didn't have their best interests in mind."

"I know," she admitted. "It's so wrong. Everything they were saying made perfect sense. But I refused to believe it."

"It's not rational. We just have to get to Japan. Leo told me on the ship that he was still confused, but he said something odd, he said that he had memories that we didn't, and they made it easier for him to keep it together."

"So he knows something."

Percy opened his mouth to respond but he quickly cut himself off. Percy remembered that he was also Ruin. That Leo was Repair. Leo kept secrets from him for his own good even then. Blaze heard some kind of intel that she swore he had to keep his identity as Ruin a secret.