Chapter 1: First job
Okay. This chapter is me fooling around. I miss the Percabeth and am not sure how to continue my running stories so I wrote this. Enjoy.
Annabeth Chase: Is 23 years old and a scientist at the MIT. She she is extremely intelligent and her private hobbies are playing the flute and piano and she is also an enthusiast when it comes to Hellenic architecture. She has golden blond hair and ice gray silver eyes. She is slim built and Athletic and her features are elegant and beautiful. She is fierce, strong, independent and extremely smart but has dyslexia and ADHD. She is a declared Atheist. Her close friend is Piper Mclean. She and Piper grew up as close as sisters.
Piper Mclean: Mclean is a 23 year old, Native American music star. She lives together with her close friend Annabeth Chase. She is already one of the world's most popular music stars in the world and her popularity quickly grew thanks to her father Tristan McLean who happens to be a popular movie star. She lives with her friend Annabeth Chase in Hollywood and her bodyguard Jason Grace. She officially follows her tribe's mythology but she only knows how much of it she believes.
Percy Jackson: Is 26 years old. He and his best Sophie Mcking joined the US marines as soon as they left high-school when they were 18. After one and a half years and their first combat deployment they applied to the Seals and with some complications Sophie also managed to try out. Both aced in Seal tryouts and before their twenty first birthdays both graduated as members of the Seal command. Percy Jackson is seen as one of the best the Seals have ever brought forward. Adores his half sister Chloe. Is a Christian but not to into it.
Chloe Bofis: Is the daughter of Sally and Paul Bofis. She has Sandy Blond hair and blue eyes. However she resembles her mother in every other way. Has dyslexia and ADHD and like her brother sees school as a time to catch up on sleep. She is a Piper Mclean fan.
Sally Bofis: Former Sally Jackson. 47 years old. Is married to Paul Bofis, Percy's former English teacher. Mother to Chloe and Percy. Is kind, friendly.
Sophie Mcking: Is 26 year old. Same career as Percy but he is her team leader. Quite pretty. Brown hair. Brown eyes. Team sniper.
Annabeth pov.
"Come on Annabeth. It won't be that bad. I have one too." I glared at Piper. "This is your fault. You made me go on that tour with you. And now I'm stuck with a bodyguard?" I growled back at my friend. Piper gave me a tired look. "Don't be so stubborn Annabeth. You enjoyed making music with me and you got a chance to make money with your hobby." I glared at her. My good friend knew quite well that even though I have been playing the flute passionately for many years and also did not do too bad on the piano and with classic ballet I also needed some time to address the minor issue of my future career - becoming a theoretical physicist.
Piper was a singer who with her father's help had become one of the most famous performing artists in the world within two years. Her father was a rather popular movie star bye the way. Piper and I pretty much grew up together and after one year of flattering and a nonstop bombardment with requests I had agreed to accompany her and her band on their first world tour. Now I was not only seen as part of the band but also shared Piper's popularity. Her fans expected me to turn up together with her for all her future tours and concerts. In other words they were also my fans which surprised me. I had not expected that the girl with the flute would be so popular when combined with pop music. The actual problem was that I seemed to have my first stalker and my fan mail wasn't only filled with kind words either.
Piper was already used to the stalker problem and her father had hired a bodyguard named Jason to shadow her in her every day life. He was quite nice and good looking which Piper was very aware of and I had the suspicion that they liked each other. "The guy is only watching me and making pictures. Apparently there is no difference between him and the paparazzi." Fully aware of how naive I sounded I snapped at her: "And what about the letters from lots of people filled with strange and spooky things." I rolled my eyes not wanting to admit defeat. "I need to study." I finally stated and pulled out a book about particle physics. Piper smiled patiently "Knowing that you would come to your senses my father has already arranged a meeting this evening with our private security firm."
I was furious. How could she do this to me? Suspecting that I had already lost I half-heartedly pointed out: "I can't come. I have dinner with my family." Piper smiled sweetly. "Your father has already been informed and agrees that this has priority." I groaned and dropped backwards down on the couch. "It's happening Annabeth. You were already swarmed by fans and paparazzi more then once and even nearly had your cloths torn off by the masses last week. If the police hadn't saved your stubborn behind you would have ended up in huge trouble." I glared at her. Sadly she seemed utterly unimpressed. "Do I have to?" I whined. Piper nodded. "Yes you do. We are leaving in one hour." She declared. I groaned. "You suck Piper." She smirked. "I love you too Annabeth."
And so one hour later Piper and I were on our way into Los Angeles to the security firm's office.
.-.-.-. line breaker.-.-.-.-.
We headed into the office buildings lobby and approached the security desk. "Hello, we have an appointment with Mr Ares." The young woman sitting behind the desk looked up from her magazine with annoyance written across her face. "Yes Ms Mclean. He mentioned you would come by. Head up to the fifth floor." With that she turned her attention back to her magazine. I raised my eyebrow in surprise. Piper usually didn't get that kind of treatment. Usually she got asked for autographs. Piper however walked wordlessly over to the elevator and pressed the button leaving me no choice but to run after her.
One minute later we stepped into the office. The main room was filled with cubicals. My eyes fell on the only person in the room. Mr. Ares was a large man. He looked like a biker with an army hair cut. He gave us a broad grin. "Good evening Mclean. So blondy here needs someone to babysit her?" "No I don't. I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself. And don't call me blondy!" I declared. He looked at me mildly amused. "Sure you don't. Now would you please follow me?" He led us to a conference room at the other end of the office. "Where is everyone?" Piper asked curiously. Ares chuckled. "It's late Miss Mclean. Plus we are also pretty much booked out. I am even sceptical that we can service you at the moment." My mood brightened up. "Clarissa. Could you come over here?" He called. From another office came a young muscular looking woman who couldn't be much older then me. We sat down around the conference table. With surprising eloquence Mr. Ares came to business: "Tristan hinted that Miss Chase needs someone to keep unwanted individuals away from her." Piper nodded. „Yes, someone to look after her in her everyday life." Mr. Ares and Clarissa started checking something up on a laptop. "It looks like we don't have anyone free who is up for this kind of job." she stated. Ares chuckled. "That's not true. We did just hire someone last week who is free." Clarissa snorted. "Are you talking about Jackson? Really dad?"
Piper interrupted the two. "Who is this Jackson guy? Is he any good?" Ares shrugged. "Well I wouldn't say it that way. The punk is rather tough." Clarissa rolled her eyes. "Dad, really? You are making that guy babysit princess over here? He is a Seal! He would take any job, no matter how dangerous, just no not get bored and you are making him babysit her!" I glared at her. My toll for being called names was full for this week. "So is he free?" Piper asked pointedly. "Yes he is." Ares said with a finality that shut Clarissa up. I sighed in defeat. "Shall we get to business?" Piper asked brightly.
Two months earlier.
Percy pov.
"Spartan. There is a call for you." My most trusted friend called over to me. "Roger that. What kind of call." "Civilian and social. It's Chloe and Sally. I told them you are available so there is no butting out." I groaned. "Okay got it." I got up from my deck chair and glanced at the two men I was hanging out with. Yes, I was twenty six and already in charge of my own SEAL team. One of my men, Lieutenant Mike Anderson gave me the peace sign as I passed him. To be honest I sometimes saw him as my leader. He was a role model even if I was his boss. He was forty-five and had a wife and two children which was rare for people in our profession. So when ever I needed advice he was my first call and when ever I had to make important decisions I consulted him. He had joined my team in the beginning of the deployment and I would have made him my second in command if I hadn't already appointed my partner and best friend Sophie Mcking as my number one. Women usually weren't allowed in fighting units but somehow they still managed to sneak in. All that did where exceptionally good fighters.
She had been the first and so far the only woman to ever become a Seal. There were rumours that the special committee had finally granted her admission to Seal tryouts at gun point. Anderson seemed to be happy with the situation so no changes were made. I passed into the large tent and walked over to the map table and sat down in front of my laptop. When I moved the mouse the screen lit up and showed my mother and half sister. Chloe made a face when she saw me while mom's face brightened. "Percy. Would you please pull on some cloths?" Chloe cried out covering her eyes. I was wearing something! It was not my fault that she could not appreciate my Nemo swimming trunks. "Admit it. You think I am hot." I teased my sixteen year old half sister who pretended to gag. "Hello Percy. How are you doing?" My mother interrupted us looking rather tired. I knew that she was worried about me. In her eyes her little boy was going to war. "Hi mom. I'm good. We are very busy over here."
She sighed. "That's not what I meant." She said. Chloe and I exchanged a look. "As Val probably told you I am doing fine and enjoying my job greatly." I gently proclaimed. She sighed looking glum. "I am however pleased to tell you that I will be back home in two months." I lied. In truth my tour was over in two days but Sophie and I wanted to surprise them. Sophie was an orphan who I met back in elementary school and we had joined the military together. She was even a part of our family because my mother had legally adopted her when both of us started high-school and when ever we were home she doubled as a big sister too Chloe. Also both of us were planning to retire from active duty and Sophie had gotten an offer by the FBI so we would be a lot more home then before. "Percy. Why do you have a beard?" My mom started fussing. I groaned. "I didn't get around to shaving in the last two months. "I said defensively. She raised an eyebrow. "You hair is still short. Oh and since when do you have that tattoo on your left arm?" I cursed inwardly. It was rather cool in my opinion. It was a black replica of the Seal emblem - an eagle holding a Trident and a flintlock pistol in its claws in front of an anchor. I had gotten it because I had lost a bet and now was glad I did. "Mom. Stop being such a buzz kill. It looks cool." Chloe defended me and gave me a wink. "So Percy. What have you been doing today?" My mother asked me. I shrugged. "I lead a morning raid on a local warlord, and then we chilled for the rest of the day. The boys made the mistake of challenging Sophie to play strip poker and lost. Now I have been tanning and sleeping a bit. When we are finished here we will barbecue and then I am gearing up again for another ops."
Chloe grinned broadly while my mother turned gray. "Sorry mom." She sighed. "Well, you two catch up. Oh and you will shave properly. Your beard looks ridiculous and we will talk about that tattoo later. Now I need to do something so catch up with your little sister." She got up and bustled off giving me and Chloe a bit of privacy. Once she was gone the trademark trouble maker grin both Chloe and I had inherited from our mother appeared on her face. She pushed her long sandy blond hair out of her face, her blue eyes sparkling. "Thanks for sending me that helmet cam footage. I finally came to terms with the fact that you actually do real shooting." I grinned. "Oh come on. You saw the four healed gunshot wounds I have been hiding from mom and I got shot in the leg three moths ago." Chloe shrugged. "Still didn't seem real to me."
"So how is school going?" She scowled. "You had to bring that up?" I smirked. "Hey, I know that school sucks. But if you spend the school day sleeping you end up in the military like I did." She sighed. "Well, you did study marine biology over the military and there is nothing wrong with being a Seal. You make me the girl with the most interesting brother in the entire school. Most of my friends think you are hot. Oh and thanks for the tickets to the Piper Mclean concert you gave me to my birthday. It was magnificent! She has recruited one of her friends into her band who is playing the flute. The music was great and both Piper and the flute girl were so gorgeous. I wish I were like that." I gave her a smile. "You are just as beautiful Chloe and yes I am hot." We continued catching up and after a few minutes my mother rejoined us and we continued talking.
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