Cold

Ch. 4

  Percy's POV

"...She'd rip it out, she'd tear it apart, she'd step on that shit, feed it to Mrs. O'Leary. She was ruthless. She brought the pain. But she'll never hurt me again. You see, I'll never feel that. You sit here and you're all confused about this thing, but you have it. You have everything. So hold on to it. Use two hands and never let go. You got it?" I said doing my best not to show any weakness.

"Thanks. Perce do you miss her?" Jason asked standing up.

"No."

"Do you still lover her?" Jason asked.

"No."

"Then what was all that?" He asked me.

"Bullshit from TV." I said and then got my coffee and walked out.

I walked down to my basement and then down to my secret base camp thingy. (Tell me what I should call his base under his house should it be the Cold Cave? Or something?) When I got down there I started my evening workout and training which lasted for about two hours. Once I finished training I went over to my computer and started on trying to find a way to track down Order. I opened up Cold which actually held things that the computer didn't.

I looked for anything on Order or even Chaos. All I could find was the things that I already knew. After an hour of searching I finally found a lead that lead to the Chaos Military Prison database. I searched through the blocks and cell lists trying to see if anyone was in there for working with Order.

I finally found one person but she was going to be let out in a day which got me thinking if she was from Earth or not. I found out that she was from Earth and that she was going to be released to 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W; Detroit. I found what time she was to be released and if she would have any protection. Once I found that she will be released at 3:30 pm Detroit time started fueling my jet.

Annabeth's POV

I woke up around 8pm and got up to go down stairs to see if there was anything to eat. I was walking down the stairs when I saw Jason and Piper laughing in the kitchen trying to make something to eat. I smiled and thought of how that could be Percy and I if I hadn't make that stupid mistake. I finished walking down the stairs and went into the living room. There on the fireplace was a picture of Percy, me, Grover and Thalia. I then saw the picture of Percy with Sally and Paul on Paul's birthday.

I walked around to see if there were any more pictures but there wasn't there was just a bunch of art of the Alaskan landscape. I decided to go into the kitchen hoping that I wouldn't be intruding on anything. I walked in and there was Piper, Jason, and Thalia all sitting down eating and laughing. They all stopped when they saw me and just looked down at their food.

"Is there any food left?" I said looking for what they were having.

"Um no we just made enough for us three." Piper said.

"Oh that's fine." I said.

I tried finding something to eat but there was hardly anything around. I finally gave up and just grabbed an apple and went looking around the house. There wasn't much in it, a lot of empty rooms and empty halls. I found another staircase that seemed to go up to a higher level than what our rooms were on. I walked up and it led me to a huge office with a bedroom connected to it. I assumed it was Percy's since it was so big. I didn't want to pry but I hoped to find something that might explain why he's gone all murder crazy.

I was shocked at what I had found which, was a bunch of diplomas and PhD's as well as some paper's that had things that even I didn't know on them. I started looking through the papers finding that they were data points for earthquakes and volcanoes. Also charts for whale migration and salmon migration from the ocean to the lakes.

"What are you doing?" A voice said behind making me jump. I turned around and saw that it was Percy.

"Where'd you come from? I didn't hear you walk up the stairs." I stuttered.

"That doesn't concern you. Now I'm going to ask you again. What. Are. You. Doing?" he said lowering his voice.

"I was just looking. I-I didn't know you were a scientist." I said pointing to the papers and diplomas.

"Yeah well just being a psychotic serial killer doesn't pay as much as a volcanologist, marine biologist, and seismologist." He said in a harsh tone.

"Oh, you heard." I said in a small voice.

"Yeah Jason told me." He said walking closer to me and taking the papers out of my hand.

"So why'd you choose Alaska?" I asked.

"None of your business." He answered back making it clear that this conversation was done.

I walked back down the stairs and looked back at him to see him staring back making sure I went all the way down stairs. I walked down and went back to my room to go back to sleep. When I couldn't go to sleep I decided to research about the brain and the study of psychology. I was now determined what made Percy what he is now.

Jason's POV (Gonna be short but thought why not?)

Percy had just given me some good advice but denied that it was him who thought of it and that it was bullshit. I felt bad for agreeing with Annabeth and then telling him. I still couldn't believe that he was Cold. He seemed different, more powerful and angry something that didn't seem like the Percy I had known back during the Giant War. I stood up and went back up to mine and Piper's room to fix everything.

Percy's POV

I was looking through the papers that Annabeth had picked up and made sure that she had not screwed anything up. Once I was satisfied I went back down to the base and continued getting ready for the trip to Detroit. I wasn't going to tell anyone else because I knew they wouldn't like how I did my business. I finished putting on my outfit which consisted of a black leather trench coat, black cargo pants, black military grade boots, a black bullet proof shirt that had a blue skull on it. I strapped on my combat knife, 1911, and .50 caliber snub nose. I then loaded up some more guns and ammo and then looked at the time. It was eleven at night so I still had time to go out look for any scumbags that needed to be punished for their crimes.

Thalia's POV

I started walking back upstairs but stopped by Grover's, Leo's, and Nico's room and checked on them since they were only three that weren't awake. When I opened the door I just saw them all sleeping in their beds. I rolled my eyes and just walked back to mine and Annabeth's room. I knew that Percy had done this on purpose but wasn't sure why. Maybe he knew that Annabeth and I weren't getting along and wanted to punish her or me. Either way I didn't like it.

Even though we found Percy and he is safe and everything it still didn't excuse what Annabeth had done to him. It was going to take a lot for me to forgive Annabeth and the same goes for everyone else who betrayed Percy. I loved how everyone else hated her for what she did as well since it was what drove him to run.

I wasn't sure how I felt about the new Percy that I met and found out about. I definitely didn't agree with Annabeth though. I walked into my room and Annabeth was sitting on her bed reading something on her laptop. I didn't care and just laid down on my bed and turned on the TV and started scrolling through the channels.

"Can you turn that down a bit please?" Annabeth asked not looking up from her computer.

"No." I said and just turned it up louder.

"Thalia please I'm trying to read." She begged.

"What are you reading that's so important?" I asked sarcastically.

"I'm trying to figure what could've triggered this terrible mindset that Percy is in and how to fix it." She told me.

"You don't need to look that up because everyone knows why." I said not believing how she could be this naïve.

"Oh really? Then tell me why." She said in a non believing voice.

"You caused it and no one can fix it." I said smirking at her facial expression and then turning back to the TV.