"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!"
