Soon after Leo was done showing his affections Kate and Sally took the both of them into Castle's apartment allowing the policemen to return to their duty of staring at the opposite wall.
"You have really grown Percy," Kate commented ruffling his hair, "and I see your voice has also cracked."
Percy smiled, "yeah. Guess both me and Leo had something of a growth spurt over the summer."
"Well I'm sure soon enough the girls will be lining up the block just to get a piece of you."
Percy chuckled, "well then they're going to have to get passed my girlfriend, and believe me she has a mean right hook."
Kate raised an eyebrow, "you sure work fast Percy."
Percy smiled, "not really. It just...clicked."
Kate smiled and nodded, "I know what you mean."
"So...ah, why the cops?" Percy asked as he unclipped the leash off of Leo's collar. The dog wanted to run around but he knew better, Annabeth once caught him trashing her work stations inside the Athena cabin and let's just say the Leo learnt that day the true meaning of the words, 'hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.'
"For them," Kate lowered her voice to a whisper as she motioned over her shoulder.
Percy looked and saw Castle sitting down with a middle age man and woman, married by the rings on their fingers. The couple looked haggard, like they had just went through some kind of disaster. Their clothes were messy and their eyes had bags under them.
The man had a white full beard with very short hair. His skin was tanned, a sign that he had been working in the sun for long periods of time. The woman on the other hand still had a bit of grey in her hair, her face were covered with smile lines, almost like she did nothing but smile.
Castle looked like he was trying to tell them a joke, lighting their spirits, but they weren't laughing. They were kind enough to smile, but Percy knew a fake smile when he saw one.
"What happened to them?" Percy asked in a low tone of voice as the three of them, and Leo, went into the kitchen. Percy and Kate sat on the stools next to the kitchen counter while Sally was on the other side putting a tray of what looked like blue chocolate chip cookies in the oven.
"A lot," Kate told him with a sigh, "they are Mr. and Mrs. Rebowl, they came to the precinct 3 days ago to file a formal complaint. Their son had gone missing, he was in New York over the weekend visiting his sister, it seemed he did that a lot. Two days later the sister calls her parents and told them that her brother was missing. They immediately came over, but when they reached the daughter's place they discovered that she was also gone."
"Why did you bring them here?" Percy asked as he made eye contact with Castle who smiled at the demigod.
"Yesterday someone tried to kill them," Kate replied eyeing the couple next to her fiance, "Castle and I were with them at the time and managed to escape with the Rebowls, and obviously we couldn't allow them to walk around without any protection. It was only one attacker, but we didn't want to risk it. So Castle offered our place for them to stay."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "they don't look like the kind of people that other people want to target. They kind of look like....well farmers."
Kate nodded, "they are. They live in the countryside, honestly I have no idea why anyone would ever want them dead. They are just...well, not that threatening. Very quiet, very nice, even did a background check on them, just a couple of speeding tickets and one restraining order issued by them against someone else."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "restraining order?"
Kate nodded, "yeah," she then got up and walked to the kitchen to help Sally make something to eat. Obviously that was her way of saying that this conversation was over.
Percy sighed and turned around to see Castle struggling to keep the couple occupied. Percy narrowed his eyes and focused on them both activating his observing skill;
Chad Rebowl, Owner of Rebowl's Farm
Lv— 16
HP: 1,000/1,000
MP: 0/0
Race— Human
Str— 16
Vit— 15
Dex— 12
Int-9
Wis-10
Luc— 13
Chad was born and raised to be a farmer, he knew no other life. He married the love of his life, Diana, and the two have had a very a happy marriage. He has two kids, Mark and Angelina, and is loved by all in his county. He is known as a carrying and gentle man who helps out those in need of helping.
Likes: Diana, Angelina, Mark, farming
Dislikes: His town's mayor, selfish people, Eggs
He hasn't meet Percy yet.
He is feeling scared and nervous.
Diana Rebowl, Owner of Rebowl's Farm
Lv— 12
HP: 650/650
MP: 0/0
Race— Human
Str— 9
Vit— 14
Dex— 15
Int-11
Wis-17
Luc— 13
Diana is considered to a smart woman who always is willing to help out other people. Her advices is freely given and often she goes out of her way to help others feel better. She married the love of her life, Chad, and the two have had a very a happy marriage. She has two kids, Mark and Angelina, and is loved by all in her county.
Likes: Diana, Angelina, Mark, cooking
Dislikes: Her town's mayor, selfish people, peacocks
She hasn't meet Percy yet.
She is feeling scared and nervous but puts up a strong face to support her husband.
Percy smiled at reading their bio's they seemed like a nice enough couple, the kind Percy liked. It was awful that something like this has happened to them. And just then;
Ping!
A skill leveled up due to constant use!
Observe Lv-15 (90%)
By Observing a target one will get information about said object
-Max HP,MP, stats, info, their emotions, likes/dislikes, their strength and will give their opinion of you.
Percy raised an eyebrow at this. He hadn't had this skill level up in quite some time. He looked at the new feature, apparently now he could tell what a person was good at.
Percy looked at Chad Rebowl again and Observed him, and sure enough there was a new feature in the Info box;
Strength— Farming, chores, fighting
This would be useful in the future, Percy could totally use this to gauge future enemies. The demigod then got up and walked over to the living room. He spotted Castle and smiled, "hey Castle."
Castle looked up and smiled in relief, "hey Percy, glad to see you! Came to see your mom?"
Percy nodded, "yup."
Castle nodded and turned to the Rebowl's who looked confused. "Oh right, Chad, Diana, this is Sally's son, Percy," Castle introduced Percy to them.
Percy shook their hands, "how do you do sir? Ma'am?"
"Well son, thanks for asking," Chad shook his hand, he had a tight grip. Percy could feel the roughness of his palms underneath, the man used them a lot, it was only natural.
Ping!
Lie detected!
Percy nodded, "I heard what happened. I'm sorry that it did. This city can be both amazing and a nightmare at the same time."
"Had some bad experience here have you?" Diana asked with a smile.
Percy nodded, "yeah...a few. But I also had a few good ones, matter of perspective I suppose."
"Well for someone like you yes," Chad spat, "you were born and raised here. But people us, like our children, they had no business being here."
Diana patted her husband's shoulder, "there there Chad, it's going to be alright. Detective Beckett said-"
"I know, I know," Chad looked like he had been kicked in the stomach. His eyes were baggy, he probably didn't get any sleep last night, or even for the whole week.
"Percy why don't we go and help Kate and your mom out?" Castle prompted him, "I think the Rebowls' need some time to themselves."
Percy nodded and the two left.
"You've grown," Castle told him with a smile, "I almost didn't recognize you."
Percy shrugged, "puberty has both blessed and cursed me."
"So planning on staying for a while?" Castle asked as they reached the kitchen counter.
"Kind of," Percy told the man, "just wanted to see my mom. Leo and I missed her a lot."
Castle looked surprised, "Leo's here?"
Percy nodded, "yeah, Leo!" Leo barked and quickly ran from Sally's side to Percy. The demigod scratched him behind the ear while Castle semple started in open astonishment.
"T-that's Leo?!" Castle yelled out loud, "he's huge!"
Percy chuckled, "yeah, guess he and I had a growth spurt this summer."
"I'll say," Castle turned to Leo, "remember me buddy?"
Leo barked, "of course I do! You're the guy stinks of sugar and paper!" Percy chuckled as Castle tried to scratch Leo only for the dog to snip his fingers with a playful bite.
"Guess he's a little more used to guys now huh?"
"I wouldn't say that," Percy told the man, "he's just more.....well he tolerates us, he still favours women. When I introduced him to my girlfriend she and him instantly became super close. She almost stole him from me completely, the only reason he even bother to stay was because I was the one who scoops his poops and feeds him."
Castle smiled, "sound's like Leo alright."
Percy nodded as he turned back to the Rebowls', "so where are you guys with the case?"
"It's going.....nowhere," Castle sighed, "Kate and I were assigned to it before but now we are stuck in here until someone can relieve us. But the investigation is ongoing."
Percy nodded, "so basically you guys have nothing."
Castle tried to argue but gave up before he even began, "sigh, we let another team take over the actual investigations but....well they are great and all, but they got nothing on us. All we know is that the son was tied up with some gang, didn't want to tell the parents' that, would probably break their hearts."
"I thought you guys only did homicide?"
Castle shrugged, "department is short on people. Plus Kate volentured."
"So what? Son deals with a gang, get's kidnapped. Sister tells parents, also get kidnaped?"
Castle nodded, "look's like it."
"Which gang?"
"Some biker's near the docks. Call themselves the 'Hound' or something equally stupid. The guy who attacked them wore one of their jackets and rode a model the Hounds have been known to ride. So we kind of just put two and two together," Castle said with a shrug, "but we don't have enough evidence on them, nor do we have enough proof of their actions. But we also know that the gang has been seen around the sister's apartment."
"Who told you that?" Percy asked Castle.
"The sister's roommate," Castle replied with a casual shrug, "she said that she saw a couple of gang members drive by before Mark went missing. She heard the brother talk about them with his sister, mentioned something about drugs a couple of times."
"Enough Castle," Kate cut in startling the two men, "don't want to give Percy any ideas now."
"Oh come on Kate, what do you think I'm going to do? Run and try to find the two siblings on my own?" Percy shot a mischievous smile at the detective;
Ping!
Quest Alert!
Find Angelina and Mark!
Rewards,
The Rebowl family will be indebted to you!
?
Failure,
Death of two innocent people
Do you Accept?
YES/NO?
"Oh I recognize that smile," Sally spoke up, "that's the look you have when you're planning on doing something stupid."
"No, this is my innocent smile," Percy pressed yes and turned to his mom putting on his best fake look of innocence, "see?"
Sally narrowed her eyes, "you've gotten better at acting. Maybe you should try out for the drama club or something."
Percy chuckled, "yeah, no. I have no talent for it, and I don't wish to join the world of drama. To much....well, drama."
"Well what do you want to do in the future?" Castle asked as he tried to reach for the bowl of leftover cookie dough only for Kate to slap his hand away.
"Well....I'm not really sure," Percy shrugged, "I haven't really given it much thought."
"Well what are you good at?" Kate asked.
"A lot of things."
"Name a few."
"Well, I am a very good swimmer, can speak and read ancient Greek. I know how to use a sword and a bow and arrow. I am a pretty good teacher, or so I've been told. I'm okay at other science and math, but I don't really like them. I'm also good at biology, so that. I can sing, play the drums, guitar and the bass. Can cook and I'm also pretty good with sea animals."
Castle and Kate stared at the boy in amazement while Sally just chuckled, "that's my boy!"
Percy gave his mother a thumb's up, "it's only because I have an awesome mom like you!"
"Why do you know how to use a sword?" Kate asked about what she found the most strangest of his skill set.
"Camp has special classes for it," Percy replied with a shrug.
"What type of camp do you go to? And can I send Alexis there?" Castle asked in amazement.
Percy chuckled, "my camp is awesome, but invitation is kind of.....exclusive. I have no idea how Alexsis could possibly ever get in."
Castle shrugged, "oh well. Fine. Keep your secret super camp. Me and my baby will make do with Harvard."
Percy raised an eyebrow, "Alexis got into Harvard?"
Castle nodded, "well she's applying for it next year."
Percy nodded, "I hope she get's in. So....why are you all making cookies?"
"It's to lift up the Rebowls' spirits," Sally told him with a sad sigh, "they have been through so much. If only we could help them."
"Yeah..." Percy and Sally shared a look and a message passed between mother and son. Percy slowly nodded and Sally smiled. Her son would take care of it.
"So I need to be going!" Percy called out suddenly startling Kate and Castle.
"What? But you just got here!" Castle cried out, "I've been waiting for you to come back so that I can finally get revenge on Call of Duty! I've been practicing non stop for a month! You owe me a rematch!"
Percy rolled his eyes, "I doubt you actually did nothing else but play Call of Duty the whole month Castle."
"Actually he did," Kate growled out glaring at Castle who started to sweat a little, "every night he does nothing but play that stupid game."
"Well I-ah, well you see-"
"-And that's my cue to leave!" Percy jumped off of his stool and hugged his mom, "I'll see you soon."
"Take care Percy," Sally hugged him back. She then lowered her voice and leaned down to his ears, "you'll find them right?"
Percy nodded and whispered back, "I'll find them. Message me the detectives number later. I'll call when I find them."
Sally nodded and broke the hug, she scratched Leo behind the ear while Percy walked to living room.
"Mr. and Mrs. Rebowl, it was nice seeing you," Percy said with a smile, "I know you guys will be reunited with your kids soon."
Chad Rebowl glared at Percy while Diana just smiled, "thank you dear. And be safe, this city....it has taken enough good people."
