Disclaimer: I don't own Agents of SHIELD, any of the quotes or PJO

AN: So here is Agents of SHIELD. It is going to deal with Coulson and his team as they deal with the new and changing world. This story will overlap with my Neptune Initiative story line and also lead into Avengers: Doomsday.

Anyway here is the story, enjoy.

Chapter 1: Level 7

Location: Tahiti

Time: 1300

Subject: Agent Phil Coulson

Status: Deceased (Retired)

Target: None

To say Tahiti was beautiful was an understatement. Everything was lush and vibrant. The women were beautiful. It was not such a bad place for a dead man to live. The problem was that to Phil Coulson it was far too boring.

He had spent years of his life working for SHIELD. Sitting on a beach in Tahiti, drinking a Mai Tai, and watching the people go by was not what he should be doing. He had no idea what was going on in SHIELD or with any of the Avengers. Not that any of the Avengers hand clearance to know he was alive.

There were only three people in SHIELD with higher clearance than him. Maria Hill, Nick fury, and Alexander Pierce. Alexander Pierce, the director of the director, was the Commander of SHIELD. It was his orders that had landed Coulson here. Pierce was also the only one of the three Coulson hadn't met.

They told him he had died for eight seconds but he wasn't so sure. He remembered a place that was beautiful. Far more so than Tahiti. After that he woke in Tahiti. Just after that he got a call from Director Fury telling him he was here to recover. Since then he heard nothing from SHIELD.

He knew what that meant. Phil Coulson had been retired.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Time: 0900

Subject: Skye

Status: Member of the Rising Tide

Skye hated secrets. That was one of the main things about the Rising Tide that attracted her to them. That and the resources. Skye hand been bounced around more foster homes then she cared to count. She tried to find her parents but never succeeded.

She traveled light. A duffel bag full of clothes, a laptop, and her van. Computers were her gift. It was as if binary code was her true language. She had hacked into nearly every government data base in the U.S. The one exception was SHIELD. But SHIELD was her next target.

After all if there were people like the Avengers out there then there must be more like them. And not all of them would be sided with SHIELD. If anyone were keeping tabs on people with powers it would be SHIELD. She was working her way into the system now.

When she did break through she began to search their record for any known heroes. She found that there were quite a few in addition to the Avengers. However, only one of them really caught her eye. The reason was because of the file. Every other file she found was full of everything anyone had ever known about any of them. Except this one.

This file was almost empty. The only thing in the file was a picture and a small note. The picture showed a boy with messy black hair and sea green eyes. He was smiling and his eyes sparkled with happiness. The note was simple:

All files on hard copy

Clearance Level:

The clearance level was blacked out. Sky spent the rest of the day searching for anything that could tell her who the boy was. She found nothing anywhere. It was like someone, SHIELD no doubt had wiped him of the face of the planet. There was nothing that could even remotely link to the kid.

That was until she found an old article about a boy who had a shootout with a man at the Sana Monica Pier. The boy in the picture was much younger but there was no mistaking those eyes. This boy was Percy Jackson.

Location: SHIELD Headquarters, Washington DC

Time: 2000

Subject: Agent Melinda May

Status: SHIELD Secretary

It had been one year now. One year since she quit field work. It happened in Istanbul. She and the partner she had for twenty years were tracking down two possible links to Hydra. Most thought the Nazi science program had died with the Red Skull. SHIELD however knew different.

She they found them they found out they had actually stumbled into the new Hydra Headquarters. She and her partner managed to take down twenty Hydra soldiers they were overwhelmed. Her partner never made it out.

She nearly died that day. If it hadn't been for the timely arrival of Agent Coulson she would have. It was the only mission she ever failed. Now she was filling papers and making red tape.

She hatted desk work but she was also done with field work. She swore she would never go into combat again. She hated desk work and refused to continue field work. The only reason she worked was because she couldn't retire yet.

As she was just putting away the days last files the elevator door opened. Director Nick Fury walked up to her desk. "Is he in?" Fury asked coldly.

"Yes," Agent May said without looking up. Without another word Fury walked into the office of Alexander Pierce.

Location: Office of Alexander Pierce, SHIELD Headquarters, Washington DC

Time: 2030

Subject: Alexandre Pierce

Status: Commander of SHIELD

"Director," Pierce said as Nick Fury entered the room. Alexander Pierce was a man of slightly less than average height. He had greying ginger hair and a hard face. He was stocky and well-built for a man in his sixties. He was the man behind SHIELD

"Sir," Fury said.

"Take a seat," Pierce said. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Agent Coulson, sir."

"What about him?"

"I think it is time we brought him out of retirement

"And I do not."

"Sir, more and more we are finding people with abilities. We need someone to respond to these strange events."

"I thought that was what you started the Avengers for. Behind my back by the way."

"The Avengers are for extreme cases. I am talking about a team for the heroes that are emerging. The ones that don't pose as great of a threat. The people with powers that are just now coming to light."

"And you want Coulson to lead this team?"

"Yes."

"And who else would be a part of this team?"

"I think Coulson should be the one to decide that."

"Why Coulson?"

"He has experience with people who have abilities. He has personally dealt with all the Avengers. He is best suited for picking a team to deal with these types of people. We have no other better equipped for this type of situation."

"That is where I disagree," Pierce said. "There are many other choices. Sitwell, Barton, Romanoff, or May even. Hell Agent Hill could head the team. Why Coulson?"

Director Fury Responded, "Hill will be returning to Alaska soon. Barton and Romanoff are too important as spies. Sitwell is a good agent but he is not the same caliber as Agent Coulson."

"I am going to ask you again Director. Why Coulson?"

"I trust him."

Pierce was silent for a long time. Nothing showed on his face. Finally he spoke, "We have many other problems Director," Pierce picked up the file on his desk and handed it to Fury.

"Yesterday our system was hacked. Stark obvious could have done it but I doubt that he did. We believe it was a member of the activist group known as the Rising Tide. But what is the most interesting thing is who caught their eye."

Fury opened the nearly empty file and was face with a picture of Percy Jackson.

"I wish them luck," Fury said, "It is a miracle we found him. Something tells me he won't like another visitor."

"Which is why Coulson's team will be given this assignment. They will find this hacker and bring them in for questioning."

"So I have permission to for the team?"

"Yes and whoever this member of the Rising Tide is must be kept from meeting Jackson. It is as much for their safety as it is for his."

"Yes, sir," Fury replied as he stood and began to leave the room.

"Oh and Fury," Pierce called. "Give him the Bus. And make sure the bug is in place for Hill and Jackson."

Location: Paris, France

Time: 1200

Subject: Agent Grant Ward

Status: On Assignment

Target: Diamond Smuggling Ring

The phone rang as Ward followed his target. He had spent the past two days trying to find their base. This ring helped to fund Hydra. In fact when he took them down Hydra would lose nearly half of their funding. But as his phone rang he instantly knew he would have to hurry if he was going to finish this mission. "I am…" he began.

"Your orders have changed," Maria Hill said on the other end, "We need you to come in."

"It can wait," Ward said. But before he could hang up another voice spoke.

"You will do as you are ordered Agent Ward," Director Fury ordered.

Just then a marked SHIELD SUV pulled up at the corner of the street and his target bolted. "Yes sir," Ward said bitterly.

Five hours later he was sitting in a briefing room on board the Hellicarrier.

Maria Hill walked into the room. She set two files in front of him. "You are about to be given a choice. One will keep you doing what you are and the other will take you a little higher in the food chain."

Ward looked at her before he asked, "And what would I be doing."

"You have to accept first." Ward thought for a moment before he nodded. "Tell me Agent Ward, what does SHIELD mean?"

"Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division."

"What does that mean to you?"

"It means someone really wanted our initials to spell out SHIELD." Agent Hill continued to stare at him. "It means we are the protectors, the good guys."

"Who do we protect?"

"Everyone."

"What do you know about Agent Coulson?"

Agent Ward snorted, "I'm clearance level six. I know that Agent Coulson was killed in the line of duty before the attack on Manhattan."

"Welcome to Level 7," said Agent Phil Coulson as he walked into the room.

"I was dead you know. I flat lined for forty-eight seconds," Coulson was saying as he, Ward, and Hill walked into one of the Hellicarrier's observation rooms.

"You die longer every time you tell that story," Hill commented. "The way I heard it you only flat lined for eight seconds."

"Eight seconds, forty-eight seconds, what's the difference really?" Coulson said.

"You still haven't told me what I am doing here," Ward complained.

"You're here because of this Agent Ward," Coulson said as he handed him one of the files.

"Whoever hacked into this file is a member of the Rising Tide. They are a free information activist group," Hill said. "This member of the Rising Tide is a risk. But the file she got into, that file, is extremely dangerous."

"But there is nothing in here but a picture," Ward said, "And, does this even count as a note."

"Yes but the boy in that picture is extremely powerful," Coulson said.

"How powerful?" Ward said.

"Powerful enough that Fury wanted him to be an Avenger. Powerful enough that he could give the other Avengers a run for their money," Hill said.

"So he is on the same level as Loki?" Ward asked.

"No," Coulson and Hill said together. Then Hill continued, "Loki had an army and once the Hulk got ahold of him it was over. This boy could fight all the Avengers without an army. The only Avengers who could possibly beat him are Thor and the Hulk. But even then it would be a hell of a fight."

"You said the only Avengers. Are there other superhumans that could match him?" Ward asked.

"That's classified," Coulson said.

"So what is his name? Where is he?" Ward asked.

"I'm sorry Agent Ward but you don't even have high enough clearance to know how high of a clearance level you need to look at these files," Coulson said.

"Only four people in SHIELD even know his name, Commander Pierce, Director Fury, Agent Coulson, and myself. Of those only three have access to the files. And Coulson isn't one of them," Hill said.

"So what am I supposed to do?" Ward asked. "You obviously don't want me on a protection detail and from what you have said I doubt he would need it."

"You will be part of my team," Coulson said. "We will be investigating any strange occurrences while tracking down the 'Hacker'. We will report our findings back to SHIELD. We will choose our own missions. But, Agent Ward, you said we are the protectors. We have to protect the Hacker from this boy. He is extremely dangerous and doesn't like visitors."

"I'm sorry sir but I was train as a cleanup crew. I go in, under the radar, and take out the target. I am not a welcoming comity," Ward commented.

"I know what you were trained for, Agent Ward. Agent Hill has already done an assessment on you. Combat, top grades. Espionage, she gave you the best marks since Romanoff. Under people skills she drew a…I think it's a little poop with knives stinking out of it," Ward walked over to look at the file as Hill started to speak. Coulson however just continued, "That's bad right? And given your family history I am surprised it's not worse. But I think you're the guy for this. If I'm wrong you go back to maid duty."

Ward looked at him then said, "Do I actually get a choice."

"You have already been assigned."

"Then I guess I am on your team," Ward growled and he walked out of the room to get ready.

"Um Coulson," Hill side, "That was a porcupine."

"Really," Coulson said as he looked down at the drawing, "Are you sure?"