The Interrogation

What if Percy and Annabeth were apprehended by the police as they were running away from Goode High School? Based on the first chapter of BoTL.

(Disclaimer: I don't own Percy Jackson and the Olympians or any character based on the book series.)

Chapter 1. Psychoanalysis of an Arsonist

"Hey! You have a second?"

I was about to refill my third cup of coffee for the day when Rita from juvenile division shoved me a blue folder.

"You have something for me?" I must have muttered that under my breath because she just glared at me. What I probably meant by what I said was I found it incredulous that they have anything for me at all.

"Chief needs you to talk to those two." She was pointing to the blue folder in my hand. With that, she turned around and went back to her desk.

I just let out a sigh and went back to my own desk after refilling my coffee mug. I glanced at the clock and it's almost 5 in the afternoon. I slowly sipped my coffee and opened the blue folder.

***

My name is Alex Rose, PhD. I work part-time with the NYPD. I don't carry a badge since working at the 19th Precinct was not my day job. I am a Psychologist and I teach Behavioral Medicine at NYU. I have always been interested in criminal investigation but have not found any courage to join the police force myself. I prefer to work behind a desk to give my own psychoanalysis on some cases. Not that they needed me a lot but the extra pay was nice and I got to do something else rather than be home alone watching movies on my big screen T.V.

Most of the cases were straightforward. I just have to review a suspect's testimony and to give my opinion if it was credible or not. I would say that I did enjoy this type of work especially when they asked me on rare occasions to sit behind the one-way mirror in an observation room. Or like tonight, when they have asked me to interrogate suspects myself. This must have been a routine case or they would not have asked me to do it.

***

I started reading the first page on the folder. Two teenagers were separately arrested after fleeing a crime scene. They were brought in for questioning about a school incident. Both of them were suspected arsonists in a school explosion.

I didn't realize that my own view on life was about to go overboard in one night.

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