Chapter Text
Firehouse 51
Chicago, Illinois
January
Firehouse 51 was responding to a rental house fire, the neighbours had heard the cries from the wife as she tried to protect her son. 'Ok there is an 8 year old and his mother trapped in the house with the husband stuck in the door' says Matt.
He quickly assigns Hermann, Mouch and Stella to search for the boy and his mother with Sylvie and Peter were on standby to treat the injuries. The husband was d.o.a as he had suffered from smoke inhalation, 'FIRE DEPARTMENT CALL OUT' cries Hermann, Mouch and Stella as they search for the kid.
'I found them' cries Stella into her radio as Hermann and Mouch make their way over to her, the boy was being held by his mom as though they were the last people in the world. Stella grabbed the boy while Hermann grabbed the mother.
'She's dead' says Peter when he examined her, he made note of her slashed neck as well as her stab wounds. 'His alive but unconscious' says Sylvie as she and Peter loaded the boy into the ambulance when the rest flooded the house.
A couple approached the firefighters as they were cleaning up the scene, 'Excuse me but what happened to the Jackson's' asked the woman. 'The son was taken to Med while the wife and husband were killed by smoke inhalation as well as a slit throat' says Matt
'The wife, Sally gave us some pictures that can help to find her son's remaining relatives. Gabe the husband is Percy's step-father, his biological father was lost at sea when he was little, she married Gabe when Percy was 3' says the woman as she handed Matt the documents before she and her husband left the scene.
When they returned to the station, Matt and Kelly looked through the documents. 'Matt, there is a birth-certificate. I think she is your half sister' says Kelly as he shows his friend a worn birth-certificate with his dad's name on it.
It was dated shortly after his parents got divorced but before his mom murdered his dad, 'I'm going to get a D.N.A test and if she is my half sister than I am going to take her son' says Matt and once shift was done. Matt contacted his sister Christie, and the next time that she was in time they decided to get a D.N.A test.
Gabby had blown up at Matt for fostering a kid without talking to her first, 'Gabby enough. He has just lost the only person in his life, I found out that he could potentially be my nephew since my dad went buck wild after he divorced my mom' shouts Matt in annoyance.
Cindy had agreed to take care of Percy until Matt could get him registered for school, Percy was a normal kid who LOVED water and all sorts of aquatic animals. Matt also found some documents from Percy's doctor in New York who had him diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia.
2 months after Matt began to foster Percy, Christie arrived in Chicago and the siblings got D.N.A tests done. Which come back with them each having a 50% relation to Sally Jackson, 'Percy come here bud' asks Matt when he and Christie enters his apartment.
Sylvie was babysitting the little boy and Matt adored how much she loved the little boy, 'Percy. Your mom was our half sister, which means that we are your Aunt and Uncle' says Matt and the boy catapulted himself at his Uncle who was trapped in a fierce hug.
'Christie could you take him to the firehouse tomorrow' asks Matt of his older sister who was more than happy to do so since she wasn't expected back home for a few more days. After a rough call, during the next shift. The pitter patter of footsteps could be heard on the apron, 'Casey you have a visitor' calls Joe.
Everyone comes to the apron and they are surprised at the sight of a little boy running to Matt, 'Uncle Matt' cries the boy as he launches himself into Matt's arms. '51 meet my nephew Percy Jackson. He and his mom moved from New York' says Matt.
'Congratulations Casey but what is your plan for schooling' questions Wallace while Percy meets the other firefighters , 'I plan to en roll him in a local school that specializes for kids with learning disabilities' says Matt confidently.
'Donna knows some teachers at that school. She can give them a call and see if you and Percy can have a tour sometime' says Wallace. Matt makes his way back to the apron where he see's the firefighters soaked while Percy is completely dry even though he is standing in a puddle of water.
'What happened' asks Matt annoyed since a call could come in and everyone would have to go out in wet clothing. 'Nothing Matt, Percy got excited and then the sprinklers went off' says Otis and he looks at the little boy in shock.
Chicago, Illinois
Jameson Academy
May 2005
It was time for the yearly school field trip and Percy was determined to be a model student, he had been attending Jameson Academy for the past 4 years and he yet to be expelled from the school.
He had made a friend at the start of the school year which made his uncle happy since he had no friends, Percy mostly received C's and D's in his classes but he was receiving A's and B's in his gym and Latin class. Percy had joined the school's swim team with permission from his Uncle and he had received numerous first place medals in the swimming.
This year's trip was to the National Hellenic Museum, his latin teacher Mr Brunner was leading the group with his math teacher Misses Dodds at the back of the group. 'Can anyone tell me what this image is' asks Mr Brunner as he points towards a painting. 'Why would anyone care about this' whispers Nancy to her groupies and Percy looked at her annoyed.
'Would you shut up' hisses Percy but he is not quiet as everyone turns around to look at him, 'Mr Jackson could you please answer the question' asks Mr Brunner and Percy looks at the painting.
'This's Kronos as he is eating 5 of his 6 children' says Percy confidently and Mr Brunner looks at him happily, 'Very good Mr Jackson' says Mr Brunner as he goes further into detail about the Titans and the 6 original gods.
He also describes in detail about how the 5 kids were regurgitated after their father was tricked into having a disgusting drink by Zeus who was disguised as a servant. 'Misses Dodds could you lead us back outside. I believe that it is time for lunch' says Chiron.
As the students are led back outside, Percy and Grover had lunch by the fountain. 'Don't let Nancy get to you man' says Grover as he tries to calm his friends anger, it works until a half eaten sandwich is dropped onto Grover's lap.
'Oops' says Nancy as she takes applesauce that was in her lunch and dumps it on Percy's head. 'Count to 10 and let your anger go' was what the school counsellor had told him recently, Percy takes a deep breath and then he hears a splash followed by Nancy screaming.
'Percy pushed me' cries Nancy as she stands up and she is completely soaking wet from the fountain, Misses Dodds was right away on them even though she was in the shade under the museum's roof.
'Follow me honey' she says and Percy follows her, 'It wasn't Percy it was me' says Grover as he tries to be brave but he wilts at her glare. Percy quietly follows his teacher, all the while he is dreading having to buy Nancy a new t-shirt since she had her finger wrapped around nearly every teacher aside Mr Brunner and the school's principal.
She got away with everything, numerous times Nancy had started a fire and the fire department got called. She always tried to blame Percy even if he was in another part of the building, Percy followed Misses Dodds back to the exhibit that they were in earlier.
'Where is it' says Misses Dodds and she was suddenly on the window sill, 'What are you talking about' asks Percy in surprise as his eyes go around the room in a useless attempt to find his teacher.
Suddenly a demonic teacher attacked him, Mr Brunner and Grover rushed into the room. 'WHAT HO PERCY' cries Mr Brunner as he throws his prized bronze sword to Percy who catches it and he slices it cutting the demonic creature in half.
Then Percy is surrounded golden dust and he is alone in the room, when he get's outside Percy is holding a ballpoint pen. 'Please bring your own writing utensils in the future Mr Jackson' says Mr Brunner as he wheel's away from Percy leaving him confused.
'I hope Mrs Cherr whopped your asss' says Nancy and Percy is even more confused, did his uncle accidentally packed him magic mushrooms or was he just going insane. On the bus back to the school, the bus breaks down and everyone get's off of the bus.
Percy spots 3 old ladies knitting a giant baby blue sock and he starts to feel off, 'Come on man let's get back on the bus' says Grover as he tries to guide Percy back onto the bus. The lady in the middle took out a big pair of scissors and she cut the thread.
Percy could hear the snip over the sound of traffic and as if by magic or divine intervention, the bus came back to life. Everyone re-boarded the bus and made their way back to the school, just in time for the science lab to exploded and the fire department is called.
Matt arrives to pick Percy up and he see's the fire as well as seeing that Station 20 has it under-control, 'Mr Casey may I speak with you' asks Mr Brunner as Percy goes and waits in his uncle's truck.
Mr Brunner and Matt go to a secluded area of the campus, 'Mr Casey. Your nephew is in grave danger, we have to take him to a special camp that will help him to control his powers' says Mr Brunner.
'What do you mean by powers' asks Matt with annoyance in his tone since he hated people who believed that his nephew would never amount to anything;
'Your nephew is the son of a Greek God and his father along with the rest of the gods created a special camp for their children with mortals. It will protect him until he can learn how to use a weapon, a very powerful weapon was stolen and Percy's father is the main suspect. His father is Poseidon and Percy has until the summer solstice to find and return his uncle's lightning bolt or the world will be destroyed' says Mr. Brunner.
Matt looks surprised at the news, 'I can take a vacation in order to take him to the camp. I have enough vacation day's that I can be off for up to a month without problems' says Matt. 'It is located in Long Island Sound. Grover can take you there' says Mr Brunner as he wheels away.
Grover rides in the back behind Matt as he tells Percy about the camp that his mom wanted him to attend. Percy packs a bag while Matt informs Boden about the short notice vacation but it is approved none the less.
They are in the Empire State and almost at the Camp when they hear a bull's roar, 'Shist, that's Pasiphae's son' says Grover as Matt guns it down the country road. As they are driving, they crash into a ditch on accident.
'We're almost there' says Grover as he helps Matt and Percy out of the truck, they run as fast as they can with Matt carrying Grover on his back. The truck explodes in a ball of fire, Grover was starting to lose consciousness since he sustained a blow to the head after the car accident.
'Percy take Grover. On the count of 3 we run in separate directions, what ever happens you have to make it to the camp' says Matt as he kisses Percy lightly on the forehead. The Uncle and Nephew ran their separate ways as the monster caught Matt in it's massive hands.
He was squeezed until he disappeared in a shower of gold, the lightning flashed and then Percy got a good look at the creature before him. He set Grover down near a tree and he took off his red coat, 'HEY GROUND BEEF' cried Percy.
The minotaur turned towards him, it started to charge towards Percy and he wasn't moving and then at the last second he jumped onto the minotaur's back. He grabbed one of it's horns and after a few moments of pulling, he managed to break the horn off.
Percy used his strength and then he stabbed it into the creature, as the minotaur dissipated into gold. Percy fell and he felt the back of his head hit something hard, the rain began to tamper off and Percy staggered over to where he had placed Grover.
He carried his friend towards a big building and as he climbed up the last of the steps, Percy collapsed and he heard 2 voices. 'This is it he's the one' says a girl's voice and the a stricter man's voice was heard. 'Hush Annabeth and bring him inside' and after Percy could hear no more.