A/N: Okay, I really shouldn't be doing this. I already have two stories that I need to finish, but I couldn't resist. This is the second Flash/PJO crossover I've done (the first one was "Heroes of the Past, Villains of Today"), but this is not, I repeat, NOT the sequel. This follows a different storyline. I read a story a while ago by silverwolvesarecool where Percy was one of the "metahumans" Zoom sent to kill the Flash, and I really liked that idea. There was one thing I wished she had included in the conversation, though, so I wrote an entire story based off it. Yay! I know the title's kind of weird, but it'll make sense in the next chapter. Well, enjoy.

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Percy's POV

It all started when the lightning guy popped out of the swirly blue glowing thingy in the center of my cabin.

I mean, I honestly didn't do anything. I was just lying on my bed trying to get some sleep without having flashbacks to, ah...you-know-where, when suddenly the room was filled with blue light. I rolled over onto my side so I could see what was happening in time to see some creepy guy in a blue suit jump out of some kind of portal.

He landed with one knee and one hand resting on the ground. When he raised his head, I saw he was wearing a mask that was dark blue. The mouth had strange holes over it, like in Matrix when Neo's mouth is about to be covered by his own skin. The man stood slowly and purposefully, seeming pleased by his surroundings, and this alone was a warning to me. In my experience, bad guys were always the ones who saw unfamiliar surroundings and smiled.

"Does the word privacy mean anything to you?" I asked trying to seem unperturbed.

The lightning dude looked straight at me and demanded, "Are you the son of Poseidon?" Or at least, that's what I thought he said. He had really weird inflections and sounded like he was trying to spit seeds into my face while talking or something.

"No," I responded with as little sarcasm as possible. If this creepy guy wanted me for something, probably not a good idea to tell him exactly who I was. Unfortunately, I was surrounded by evidence known only as: my cabin. Great.

Lightning man seemed to look around for a moment and take in all of the ocean/blue/seashell stuff and turned back to me. "Right." He bent down a little bit and grabbed me by my shirt collar, pulling me into the air slightly. I immediately uncapped Riptide and swung straight through him. Something weird happened though. For a second he looked like he was vibrating and then the sword passed right through him.

"Great," I groaned. "A mortal."

The thing smiled. "Not exactly. You're coming with me."

He opened up another one of those portals and started to pull me (and Riptide, which was back in my pocket) towards it, but I dug my heels in like a stubborn little kid. "Hang on, hang on. Can I at least write a note? You know, tell my friends I've been kidnapped and all that?"

Lightning man sighed exasperatedly, but reluctantly agreed. "Fine."

He put me down, and I smiled. "Great." As soon as my feet were on the floor, I turned and ran. Maybe I could get some kind of mortal weapon… But I didn't even make it to the door. Lightning flashed and Death Face appeared in front of me. "Uh, that was fast."

I assumed Death Face smiled, but I couldn't tell 'cause of the...you know, Death Face. "I'm the fastest man alive."

I smiled nervously. "I'll just be writing that note now." I uncapped Riptide again, but this time placed the cap on the hilt, shrinking the sword back into a pen. I grabbed a piece of paper on a little table nearby and quickly jotted down in Greek (English would've looked like a three year-old's writing):

Annabeth-

Don't worry, I've been kidnapped by some creepy dude with honest-to-goodness lightning on him. In a few days, I'll bash his face in and find my way back. He's taking me through a glowing portal-thingy, so it might take a few hours. If I'm not back in...oh three days or so, start worrying. Love ya!

~Percy

Death Face peered over my shoulder and tried to read it, but couldn't. It was all Greek to him (get it?). Giving up the attempt, he fixed his black eyes on me and dragged me through the portal before I could blink.

When we came out of the portal, I felt a little like I'd just shadow-traveled but with more violent side effects. Death Face dropped me unceremoniously to the ground and I caught myself on my hands and knees, ears ringing.

Death Face started talking again, but I couldn't make out the words until the ringing in my ears subsided. "...or you will never see your friends again. Do you understand?"

I nodded pushing myself to my feet. "Yup. Never see my friends again. Got it." Little did this guy know I could track them down easily. Besides, I didn't even know what I was supposed to do.

Death Face turned and headed back through the portal. I stood, somewhat unsteadily and took stock of my situation. Riptide in my pocket (thankfully, I wasn't in my pajamas), a couple golden drachmas, maybe twenty bucks in mortal money, and no idea where I was. Wonderful.

As far as I could tell, it was the middle of the night where I was, so I couldn't be far from New York. That was good. But, it also meant all businesses would be closed. Not good. I'd have to wait until morning to contact camp, or do anything else really.

A little ways away, I could see a forest and thought Hmm… I wasn't exactly fond of sleeping in forests; it did mean sleeping without a bed, after all, but I had done it before. And it was a little better than resting in a dark alleyway in the city. People were more likely to kill you there, as far as I could tell; and I would rather not deal with some mortal trying to slit my throat as soon as I go to sleep.

I shrugged and turned to the hills, gradually disappearing from the fringes of civilization...again.

I walked about three or four miles into the woods before finally stopping to look back. When I did, I breathed, "Woah." Now, I came from New York, so I was used to skyscrapers. But wherever I was had one really impressive building. It was huge and round like a colosseum. The building seemed to slant inwards and then jut back out at the base and had four tall towers around the ring. I felt like I might have seen something similar to the building before, something Annabeth dragged me into that was all science-y. Despite the fact that it was lit up like a Christmas tree, something seemed...off about the place, like something else was supposed to be there.

The place's weird vibe made me pause for a minute, but I soon settled down to sleep. After all, I had a long day coming tomorrow.