Continuation of Chapter 49

Midtown;

Percy stopped at an alley in Midtown and put Leo down. The dog immediately started to puke out his lunch on the side of the alley panting, "never. Do. That. Again."

"Sorry boy, it was an emergency," Percy told him as he used his healing powers to bring Leo up to perfect health. Guess this just proved that Percy should definitely not carry anyone when going super speed.

After Leo recovered, and Percy feed him a large plate of bacon, they were off. Percy had ran them towards Angelina's apartment, he needed to talk to this lying roommate.

The apartment complex itself was old, probably was built in the 1940's or something. It was a dump, a big nasty dump. Guess that's how a teenager can afford a place in Midtown.

Angelina lived in the ground floor, Percy stood in front of the door and turned to Leo, "be weary, we need to find out if she knows anything about the missing kids. So if you smell something that shouldn't be here, or hear something strange, tell me."

Leo nodded, "got it."

Percy nodded back and turned to the door. He knocked on it gently and waited.

"Coming!" a voice came out from the inside. After a few seconds of shuffling feet the door swung open and there stood a young woman with a towel wrapped around her blonde hair and a large shirt drapped over her petite body. She had a very perk set of breasts, not that Percy was looking, no sir, he also didn't notice that she wasn't wearing anything underneath that shirt.

"Ah, hi….this is awkward," Percy said with a blush.

The girl giggled, "well yeah. Amm, do I know you or something?"

"Oh, right," Percy looked at her name;

Carol Borit, Crazy

Lv- 9

Percy blinked, 'crazy?! What type of title is crazy?! Plus she's way to hot to be crazy! Gods be damned why is it always the hot ones?!'

"Ah...hello? Anyone there?" Carol asked snapping Percy out of his inner rambling.

"What-oh, right. Well you see I just kind of wondering if you would be open to talk about your missing roommate."

A look of anger passed by her face so fast Percy almost missed it, almost. She smiled sadly, "okay but, like are you a cop or something?"

"PI actually,"

Lie Successful!

"The Rebowls hired me to do a parallel investigation," Percy threw her a disarming smile, "I was just hoping you could help me out."

She nodded, "sure, glad I can help," she then turned to Leo and smiled, "oh, and who's this little cutie?"

"That's Leo," Percy said with a smile, "he's my partner."

"Hello beautiful!" Leo barked as he jumped up and licked her face.

"He likes me!" Carol said happily as she scratched his neck.

"Yeah, he likes everybody," Percy said with a smile "mostly women though. Hates men, took him ages to even consider me not just his poop scooper."

"Well aren't you a little playboy doggy," Carol said as she ruffled his ears, "plus a totally cute!"

Percy smiled, 'damn she loves dogs, sigh, why does she have to be crazy?' "so Carol, care to invite me in?"

"How did you know my name?" Carol asked as she stopped playing with Leo. A serious look came on her face, a hard look.

"I told you, I'm a PI, it's my job to know about my case."

Lie Successful!

"Oh….right," Carol giggled, "sorry, I forgot. You know with everything that has been going on and all-"

"It's okay, I get it," Percy gave her a shit eating grin he remembered Michael always sprouting.

"So...yeah, come in, please," Carol stepped inside allowing Percy and Leo in as well.

The inside of the apartment was small, like really small. It was around the size of Percy's cabin, maybe smaller. He could see her bedroom to one side while another on the other side, probably Angelina's.

She set the down on the couch while she went to her room to put on some pants. Percy looked at her leaving figure, admiring her rear, it was almost as good as Thalia's, almost. Carol caught him looking and winked, Percy blushed but the crazy girl said nothing as she shut the door behind her.

Percy sighed and mumbled, "why are the crazy one's so hot?" he turned to Leo, "sniff this place from the bottom to the top, we are looking for blood or chloroform, you know, that thing the whole camp smelled like after we visited the water park?"

Leo nodded, "got it." He then began to sniff around the place while Percy waited patiently. He looked around, saw pictured of the roommates spread out all over the place. It was like every wall had at least 7 pictures on it, and each of them had Carol and Angelina in them.

'Talk about obsessive,' Percy commented when an idea struck him, 'wait….could that be it? Could she be obsessive crazy? Like have some kind of obsession disorder that's focused on one person alone? Like a crazy stalker?'

Percy looked around, he then realised something he hadn't before, the place was clean, like freshly cleaned clean. Did she just happen to want to do some summer cleaning? Or did she want to hide something? Sure the brother went missing three days ago, but the sister went missing yesterday….there was something missing here.

"So what can I help you with?" Carol asked as she walked in now wearing a pair of torn jeans.

"Well I was just wondering if you-"

"You want coffee? I want coffee," Carol walked into the kitchen and opened up her coffee maker, "I just put the pot on."

"Ah, yeah, no thanks. I'm good," Percy smiled nervously, he wasn't going to eat anything that woman givee him.

Carol shrugged, "suit yourself." She poured a cup of coffee and took a sip of it sighing at the taste. Carole walked to the couch and sat down next to Percy, "you know now that I look at you you're kind of young to be a PI."

"I graduated college early," Percy replied with a shrug.

Lie successful!

"I see, what college?" Carol asked curiously.

"NYU," Percy replied as he looked at Leo who was still sniffing around the apartment.

Lie successful!

"Really? You got into NYU? How?! You must have been what? 13 when you joined?"

Percy shook his head, "look that's not important-"

"-Dude you got into NYU. At 13. That is important!"

Percy rolled his eyes, "look I came here to ask when the last time you saw your roommate," Percy said narrowing his eyes, 'come on lie detection skills!'

"Well….I suppose it was a day ago," Carol sighed, "I think. Give or take a few hours."

Lie detected!

Percy smired to himself, 'got you!' Percy nodded, "I see, and Mark?"

"Haven't seen him in three days."

Lie detected!

Percy nodded, 'okay, that means that she saw them both after they were reported missing. That means that a) she's the kidnapper and b) they are both still alive.'

"So…..how old are you anyway?" Carol asked as she sipped her coffee.

"Wha-oh, right. Well how old do you I look?"

"I don't know…..17, 16?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, I'm 17."

Lie successful!

"Oh, damn," Carol sighed in disappointment, "guess your way to young for me."

Percy chuckled, "yeah. Plus I have a girlfriend so that."

Carol shrugged, "never stopped me before."

"Really? When was the last time you ever date a guy with a girlfriend?"

"Well I wouldn't say date," Carol put the mug down, "I kind of had this thing for a guy who was dating this biker chick, total bitch. She was bad news but he couldn't see it, I kept telling the idiot to stop dating her, but he didn't listen."

Percy nodded calmly but he was freaking out in the inside, 'the biker chick is obviously Jinna, meaning this crazy chick was crushing on Mark….'

"So...what happened to the guy?" Percy asked hoping she would spill some info about Mark. She didn't know that he knew who she was talking about, Percy hoped that Carol had the same Achilles heel as every other crazy person he ever meet, arrogance.

"He's basically in hell right now," Carol smiled, "stupid fucker flew too close to the the sun and got burnt."

Percy chuckled, "little vindictive there I see."

Carol shrugged, "he deserved it. Told him a hundred times….."

"So did you ever see him again?"

"Yeah, I see him everyday," Carol smiled, "hope he enjoys that hole he dug himself into."

Percy chuckled, "you sound so Greek."

Carol smiled, "really? I do?"

Percy nodded, "yeah, your vindictive, know the story of Icarus, love drama, you're basically Greek."

Carol giggled as she stretched her hands, "yeah well I'm taking a college course in Greek culture, kind of had to read….well everything that involves the ancient Greek."

"Really? That's surprising, I'm kind of a Greek buff myself," Percy said with a smirk, "been one ever since I was 12."

"Really?!" Carol asked in amazement, "I haven't meet anyone who is that interested in Greek myth!"

Percy shrugged, "my dad's Greek, so it's kind of like a family thing."

"So you know all the stories? Like the Gods and the heroes?"

"Well I wouldn't say I know all of the, but yeah, I'm pretty well versed in Greek myth. Heck I could say the Olympians are practically family."

Carol nodded, "nice….mind if I test you?"

Percy shrugged, "shoot."

"Hephaestus is the son of…?"

Percy rolled his eyes, "please, don't insult my intelligence. He's the son of Hera."

"And Zeus," Carol said with a smile, "guess your not that smart after all!"

"No, only Hera," Percy repeated himself, "Hera got pissed Zeus was having so many children with other women, so she tried to make her own. The result of the need for vengeance was Hephaestus."

"Really? I could have sworn-"

"Don't sweat it, there are like a thousand different versions to every character," Percy shrugged, "we'll never know what's really and what's not."

Carol nodded, "guess your right."

"So who's your favorite God/Goddess?" Percy asked.

"Me? Oh, well I suppose I like Poseidon a lot. He's like totally awsome."

"Me too!" Percy said in an excited tone as he sat closer to Carol, "he's like the best of them all. Totally cool powers, and basically an awesome dad to all his kids!"

"Yeah I know right!" Carol sat closer, "when Odysseus blind Polyphemus Poseidon was all like, 'fuck you asshole! I'm going to screw up your life!'"

Percy chuckled, "yeah, totally." He looked up and saw he and Carol were just a few inches apart. She looked at him and licked her lips, he looked at her and did the same. Carol leaned in and Percy closed his eyes.

They were inches apart when Percy's fist flew up knocking her across the jaw;

SMACK!

Carol flew back and landed as a heap on the floor. Percy quickly walked up to ther and healed any damage he might have caused. He made sure to only use the minimal amount of force he would have required to punch her, but even that resulted in Carol losing a tooth.

Just then something in the aliment page popped up that caught Percy's eye;

Mental illness: Obsessive love

Percy frowned at that. The girl wasn't just crazy, she was sick in the head. Percy figured most crazy people were, but this….this just felt unfair. He should heal her, right now he should heal her, but when she wakes up she will realise what a monster she has been. Percy didn't know if that was the right thing to do, he honestly didn't. But he could save someone's life, he save the life of the siblings that went missing and Carol who has been inflicted with this terrible disease.

Percy sighed and turned to Leo, "did you find anything?"

Leo nodded, "I can hear something coming from below, it's like somebody's tapping on metal…...and heart beats, two heart beats."

Percy nodded, "and it's coming from directly below us?"

Leo nodded, "yes."

Percy wondered if this place had a basement, if it did that's where Carol was keeping them. "Leo watch her," Percy instructed as he walked out of the apartment and looked around the lobby. He saw a set of stairs leading downstairs by the corner but when he went down them he was met with a closed door.

'Not a problem,' Percy smirked as he held up the Ring of Alcyoneus and controlled the metal in the lock, causing the metal gears inside to turn away unlocked the door.

Click!

'Jackpot!' Percy cheered as he opened the door slightly and entered. The moment he did he was hit with the smell of piss and shit. It hit him hard. He snapped his finger and summoned a ball of fire in the palm of his right hand and he used the light to walk into the room.

The floor was dirty, covered with newspapers littered all over. He looked ahead and saw a table pressed up against one side of the wall and on it were various tools. Saws, knives even a screwdriver. The tools looked polished, brand new even, but there were stain of something red on their metal, blood, and it was fresh.

"He-hello? Is anyone there?" Percy heard a soft feminine voice call out from the darkness further inside the room.

"Angelina?" Percy asked as he turned to walking towards the voice, "is that you?"

"D-dad? Daddy?" the voice sounded hopeful.

"Angelina are you safe-" Percy's voice got stuck in his throat as he looked in horror at the site before him.

It was a cage, metal bars and all. It was only a 4 feet tall, barely enough for a person to sit in. The figure inside wore nothing but a loose bedsheet over her frail body. Percy could see blood dripping down to her toes, there were scars, there were wounds. The woman's body may have been thin before, but now it was anorexic.

Angelina had a very pretty face, she reminded Percy of several daughters of Aphrodite. Her hair was black and her eyes were green and small, like two perfect marbles. And she would be considered beautiful, if it was not for the scars.

Her face was covered with them, they ran from her forehead to her jaw. Percy could see the marks of the knife he saw on the table before, Carol must have done this. Her left eye was swollen shut from bleeding and her ear had a huge hole in it's ear lobe, guess that's what the screwdriver was for.

"Please help us!" Angelina cried out with tears and blood streaming out of her eyes, "please before she comes back!"

"It's okay Angelina," Perc knelt down and he placed a hand on the cage, "Carol is being taken care off. I'll get you out of here."

"Thank! Thank you! Whoever you are!" she cried out in joy as a smile came to her face.

Percy used his bracelet to unlock the cage and threw the door open. Angelina pounced on him wrapping her bony arms around his neck, "thank you, thank you."

Percy wrapped his free hand around her body, "it's okay, everything will be okay." He and Angelina stayed like that for some time, Percy understood why, she wanted to feel safe, he got that.

"Where's Mark Angelina?" Percy asked as he slowly broke the hug, "where is he?"

"There," she pointed and Percy turned to find another cage next to her's. This one had a boy with with almost no scars on his body. But he was unconscious and naked. He looked healthy, well feed. And the way his dick stood up in the air hard as iron told Percy he was currently very aroused, which was kind of confusing.

"How is he-"

"She feed him nothing but viagra," Angelina spat, "she used him for hours on end, she didn't hurt him, not like me. No, he was her precious boyfriend, deluded bitch!"

"How long?" Percy asked horrified already about what the answer might be.

"I've been here for...two days? Mark…...longer."

"She did all this to you….in two days?" Percy asked horrified, every thought he ever had of Carol turned sour instantly.

"She's very good with time," Angelina cried into Percy's jacket, "she spent every hour here, every single hour. She would leave to only bathe and freshen up and then she would return back to-to….to the pain."

Percy held her close, taking care not to hold too tight or else he accidently breaks something, "it's fine, everything is going to be fine. I promise."

"No it's not!" Angelina snapped, "look at me! Look at what she did to me!"

Percy did and he was again horrified. He knew however what he had to do, "I can take care of that."

Angelina blinked away her tears, "w-what?"

"I'll take care of it, but you have to promise me you won't tell anyone what I'm about to do, okay?"

"W-what do you take care of it?" Angelina broke the hug and began leaning back, "and-you're going to hurt me aren't you? Y-You're just like her! Get away from me!"

"Angelina stop!" Percy cried out as the girl jumped back into her cage pressing herself against the bars away from the cage door, "I'm not going to hurt you!"

"That's what she said! She said she wouldn't hurt me and then-"

"Enough!" Percy cut her mid sentence as his hands started to glow gold The light distracted Angelina as her eyes widened in amazement. Slowly an aura of calmness took over her as slowly her body began to heal.

Percy fixed her. He fixed the broken ribs, he fixed the fractured forearm. He sealed the drill hole in her earlobe and he even caused the swelling in her eye to go down. The wounds on her face also slowly went away, but the scars that were there before remained, marking Angelina's face forever with three cut from her jaw to her lips.

"H-how did you do that," she looked at her arms and slowly raised her fingers to her face feeling it whole again.

"Angelina," Percy called out causing the girl to turn her stunned face towards him, "I need you to promise me you will never tell anyone about this. Please, promise me."

Angelina nodded dumbly, "w-who are you?"

"My name is Percy Jackson," Percy smiled.

"Are you God?" Angelina asked in wonder.

Percy chuckled, "no, but that doesn't matter. I'm here to save you," Percy stood up and held out his hand, "take my hand."

Angelina looked at it and then at him. This needed to be a choice she made, it would be her moving out of her nightmare and into the light. Percy may have saved her, but she needed to save herself.

She slowly reached up and grabbed onto Percy's hand. She got to her feet which groaned as they finally were being used after two days of stasis. She stood up straight, she fell, but Percy caught her. He held her up until she could stand on her own, they looked into each other's eyes and Angelina spoke, "thank you."

Percy smiled but said nothing. He moved towards Mark's cage and opened it as well. He healed the boy, mostly just sexual exhaustion and an overdose of viagra in his bloodstream. Percy grabbed a blanket he found lying around and wrapped Mark in it. He then carried him upstairs while Angelina walked in front of him, this way if she feel he could catch her.

They walked into her apartment where Carol was still knocked unconscious on the floor with Leo standing guard over her.

The moment Angelina saw Carol she ran behind Percy holding his jacket like her life depended on it.

"It's okay," Percy told her, "she's knocked out, she can't hurt you anymore."

"What about the-the dog?" Angelina stuttered out as she pointed at Leo.

"That's Leo," Percy smiled, "he's the one who helped me find you." Angelina stared at the dog who slowly approached her. Leo rubbed his head up against her thighs and Angelina smiled bending down to pat the dog.

Leo barked startling the girl, but she slowly recovered from her start smiling at the dog. Percy watched the scene and couldn't' help but feel happy, 'stupid dog is better at picking up chicks then me, and I'm a human!'

Percy put Mark and Angelina in her old room, which Carol hadn't touched. He then took out his phone and looked through his messages, sure enough a text from his mom was there and attached to it was detective Beckett's phone number.

Ring Ring!

Ring Ring!

Ring Ring!

"Hello?" Kate's voice on the other end came through loud and clear.

"Hey detective it's me Percy!" Percy cried out in a joyful tone.

"Percy? How do you have this number?"

"I asked my mom for it, no big deal."

"So why did you call? Did Sally not pick up or something?"

"No no, I don't want to talk to my mom, I need to talk to you."

"...okay….about what?"

Percy gulped, this was going to be the hard part, "you remember that thing we talked about that I said I wouldn't do?"

"Thing? What thing?"

"You know…..me trying to solve the case on my own?"

"Percy….tell me you didn't go ahead and try to meddle in an active police investigation. Please, just tell me that."

"Ah….sorry, no."

"Percy….what happened? Are you in some sort of trouble? Did you get hurt? Did-"

"I found them," Percy caught her off, "I found them both." the line remained silent for some time before Percy spoke again, "Kate?"

"Percy…...did you just say you found the siblings? Both of them?"

"Yeah, Angelina and Mark, and I also know who kidnapped them."

"Percy stay where you are, don't try to rescue them or do anything! Don't eve-"

"-Yeah, sorry, to late, already did that," Percy cut in with a lazy tone, "they're both safe and sound back in Angelina's place, though they might need an Ambulance like right now."

"Stay right where you are, I'll be there as soon as I can. And don't do anything else!" Kate cut the call and Percy smiled switching it off. Kate could get like that sometimes, Percy still remembered the time in that illusionary trial world where he lived with Kate and Castle, where he became a part of their family. She kind of felt like a cool but scary aunt at times while Castle was the loveable, childish uncle.

Percy put his phone away and turned to Carol who was still out for the count. There was still the matter of what to do about her mental illness. She needed to go to a mental hospital, that was for sure. If Percy healed her now the chances of her going there were slim, and as much as Percy hated this woman, she, like everyone else, deserved a fair shot in life.

It wasn't her fault for being inflicted with the mental illness, she just was. Percy didn't like the position he was in, he shouldn't have to make such a choice, it wasn't his job. He's just supposed to save people but now…...now he can't just claim ignorance. He knows now that there is a way, it was his responsibility to see it through.

So he thought, and thought, and finally he made up his mind. He pressed his hand up against her head and watched as it glowed gold. Carol sighed as she moved but didn't wake up, she was still knocked out.

Percy sighed, he prayed to his father that he made the right choice, that he didn't just make the biggest mistake in his life.

Soon the apartment door was thrown open as a squad of police officer ran in with bulletproof vests on and guns held up. At the head of the small squad was Kate with Castle behind them all.

"Hey detective!" Percy waved, "could you please not aim that at me?"

"Ryan, Esposito, check the rooms," Kate motioned to the two cops with her before she turned to Percy, "what the hell were you thinking Percy?!"

"I was thinking I could solve this case in one afternoon, and I did," Percy shrugged, "oh and this is the kidnapper," Percy pointed at Carol, "she's a, kind of crazy."

"Beckett!" one of the cops called out, "the kid's are here!"

"Understood," Kate took out her walkie talkie, "get EMT's in here now."

"Roger that detective," came the confirmation.

"How did you find them?" Castle asked as Kate moved to cuff the still unconscious Carol.

"I went to see the biker gang you told me about," Percy said with a shrug, "it seemes Mark is dating one of their members, that's why he was talking with them. But Mark never did drugs, nor did they ever go near this place. It seemed the girl he was with wanted to keep their lives separate, meaning-"

"-Everything Carol told us was a lie," Kate completed the sentence, "smart kid, but how did you know it was her?"

"Simple," Percy smirked, "Leo told me."

Castle and Kate looked at Percy like he was an idiot. "Ah...Leo told you?" Castle repeated in confusion.

Percy nodded, "Leo told me there was somebody downstairs, he smelt them. I went down and found it was locked, I picked it, and found them inside. I helped them out and they told me it was Carol who did this to them."

Lie Successful!

"But how did you know what Leo smelt? He could have just been looking for food, or maybe he could have smelt some chemicals in the air," Kaet asked curiously.

"Easy detective," Percy grinned, "Leo and I have a bond, not a real one, he justs understands me is all. I told him to smell out people who smelt like the Rebowl's and he did. Vola!"

Lie Successful!

Castle looked to Leo who smiled at the man, "you my friend are a good dog."

Soon the CSI came and investigated the locked basement downstairs. What they found...well Percy didn't really like to think about it. He was glad that his fre ball offered him only a partial view of the room.

After they got enough evidence and a written statement from Angelina Kate took Percy downtown and made him wait at the lobby of the 12th precinct while she put Carol into the system. Angelina and Mark were sent to the hospital where they meet their parents, who was brought there by Sally.

Percy now sat watching the police department work with Leo by his side. He looked around at them all, all the people in this room with him were good people, the kind that risk their lives to save others. They were heroes, all of them, and compared to what they do everyday, Percy was nothing. Sure he fought monsters, but these guys have saved more lives than he ever will.

Ping!

Find Angelina and Mark!

Rewards,

The Rebowl family will be indebted to you!

Skill disk Lv 10

Percy smirked, 'guesse that means Carol is finally put away.' A skill disk appeared in thin air and Percy grabbed it before any of the mortal policemen or women saw it floating in mid air.

Just then Kate came up to him with a smile on her face, "you certain caused a stir in the department."

"Really? Why so?" Percy grinned as Kate sat down next to him.

"You saved their lives you know," she said, "medics say that if Angelina was there for even a day more she would have died from blood lose. And Mark would have gotten a heart attack big enough to kill him."

"I'm just glad they are going to be fine now," Percy told her as he scratched Leo's ear, "but Leo's the real hero of this story, he's the one who told me where to find them."

"I know, and I'll make sure to buy him a big bone for his help," Kate patted Leo who barked in happiness, "but you know you really do have a flare for detective work Percy. I can honestly say that I would have taken much longer to solve it, though that might just be because I'm a cop and I can't just go barging in anywhere I please."

Percy smiled, "yeah well when your me, doors are more like a locked hallway, you just need to know how to get in."

"So do you have much experience with picking locks?" Kate asked, "I saw the door to the basement and even the one for the…..cages. They don't even look like they have been tampered with. They look like they have been unlocked by an expert."

Percy shrugged, "I grew up in….a difficult environment. Mom made it better but I still had to learn to protect myself," 'especially if you're me.'

"The captain was very impressed," Kate supplied, "and believe me she isn't one to be easily impressed."

Percy smiled, "I tend to have that effect on people."

Kate rolled her eyes, "you know sometimes I think you might be actually related to Castle. He often goes off on his own to solve cases, endangers an ongoing investigation, wrecks crime scenes-"

"-Okay okay, I get it," Percy grumbled.

Kate nodded, "but you know, despite all that he still get's the job done. Like you did today. So tell me Percy, how did it feel?" Kate leaned back on her chair and looked at the room, "how did it feel to save their lives."

"I'm going to be honest with you detective," Percy grinned, "it was awesome."

Kate nodded, "I know the feeling…..you know, if you're interested, the precinct has started a new program recently to encourage young students to join the police department after they graduate. It's nothing big, just basic temp work, get the coffee, do the paperwork, fix this, do that. But it would give you a chance to experience the way it's really done. You could end up helping a lot of people Percy."

"A-are you offering me a job here?" Percy asked in wonder.

Kate nodded, "yeah. You'll have to work a minimum of three days a week, I heard you are going to a boarding school outside the city, you can probably work every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It will be tough, probably not going to get much appreciation, but you will get experience. I know you don't really know what you want be in in the future so maybe…..maybe this could help you."

Percy looked at the detective and smiled, "so….where do I sign up?"