A/N: PAIRINGS. I forgot to mention this last time, but I suck at writing romance, so there won't be any prominent pairings. I kid you not, when I try, it's like one minute they're strangers, then BAM! They love each other and are getting married in a week. Anyways, I don't want to ruin anything. Second, to the Percabeth fans, I don't think Annabeth will be in this fic. But I'll use what the great god of writing, Rick Riordan, gave to me and stick with it. In other words, background Percabeth.
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Also, as soon as I get a good title idea, that will become the title. Untitled is so. Freaking. Cliche. And boring.
Slash. Roll. Stab. Finnish.
Percy cleanly took care of yet another training dummy, looking back at the trail of destruction he left in his wake. Heads of training dummies lay strewn around the room, their bodies slashed to ribbons. He was in the training room of the Hellicarrier, which, even though it was in the water currently, could and would fly with him on it. Into Zeus' territory. It's not like he wanted to be there. Fury had made him come onto the floating fortress, saying that he needed his best with him. Also, as Fury pointed out, it wasn't like he had a base to go to anymore. Because it was blown up. Percy was so going to kill that son of a bitch god.
"You know, it'd be nice if you left some dummies for the people who can reuse them," a voice from behind him speculated. Percy was turned around in a second, sword ready to attack and shield spiraling out of the new watch Tyson had made for him with the help of Leo. When he saw Phil Coulson, his handler, in front of him, he immediately relaxed, though he didn't cap Riptide.
"What's up, Phil?" Percy asked casually. Even though he had only been with SHIELD for three years now, the two were pretty close. Phil took Percy under his wing when Annabeth died. He had been so lost without her, but with his new friend, Percy also found a new home.
Phil got straight to the point. "Fury wants you to take care of Dr. Banner when he arrives. Help him find his way around."
Percy nodded. "That, I can do," he agreed.
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Percy stepped out into the fresh scent of ocean air, its saltiness making him smile instantly. After a moment, he opened his eyes, calmer than he'd been in months. He found his way over to Bruce Banner, who was stumbling around, looking lost. "Dr. Banner," Percy called. The doctor looked over with a relieved sort of smile on his face.
"Uh, hi," he greeted awkwardly. "Do you, uh, know where I should go?"
Percy smiled his goofy smile. "There's no need to be nervous, Doc," he reassured, leaning against the nearby jet with his arms crossed. "You're safe here."
"Dr. Banner," another voice greeted. Percy turned to see Agent Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, and Captain America walking up to them. Percy stared at the captain, wondering how if felt to be frozen like an icicle for 70 years, while he stuck his hand out to Bruce.
"Oh yeah," Bruce said, accepting the hand. "They told me you'd be here.
"Word is you can find the Tesseract," Steve continued.
"Is that the, uh, only word on me?" the doctor questioned.
"Only word I care about," Uncle Sam answered. Percy frowned. That was kind of rude. He was pretty much saying that he didn't care about the friendly doctor at all, only finding the stupid cube that Rudolph the red nosed reindeer took. Percy knew that cube was bad news. He could feel it. And his instincts were usually right. But he also knew it was even worse news in the hands of Loki.
"Gentlemen," Natasha interrupted, breaking his thoughts. "You might want to step inside in a minute. It's going to get a little hard to breathe."
The engines started to whir to life, and Percy sent a quick prayer to Zeus, promising to give him an offering as soon as he could. And his next ten offerings. "Really," he heard Bruce saying, "they want me in a submerged pressurized vehicle?" As the Hellicarrier rose a few feet from the surface and hovered to let the water drain from the engines, he let out a crazed grin. "Oh no, this is much worse!" Percy couldn't contain a grin, he really liked this guy's sense of humor.
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Natasha lead the newcomers and Percy through the flying fortress to the main control room. Steve wandered around in amazement before stopping to give Fury a ten. Bruce, meanwhile, turned away from anyone who could be looking at him. When Fury engaged Bruce in conversation, Percy turned to Betsy Ross' fashion model.
"What?" Percy asked simply. When the captain looked confused, Percy elaborated, "You were staring at me the entire way here. I know you're dying to, so ask away."
"When did you join SHIELD?"
"Three years ago, when I was 17," Percy answered. He looked down uncomfortably. "Phil found me wandering through the streets. He talked to me for a bit, and ended up offering me a job here. He took me in, took care of me, and I just needed to get away for a while." Percy glanced up and narrowed his eyes when he noticed the pitying look Steve shot him. "What?" he asked defensively.
"Why do they always start so young?" Steve muttered under his breath before letting out a long sigh. "You shouldn't have to fight this, kid."
"Trust me," Percy said darkly, "I haven't been a kid in a long time."
"But- but you're so young!"
"I may be 20, but I can bet with confidence that I've been through more than you could even imagine, Uncle Sam."
"Have you ever been in a war?" the captain asked skeptically.
Percy snorted. "Try two wars and a trip to Hell," he challenged. Percy was out of the room before Steve could even think to question his statement.
Suddenly, a tech announced, "We got a match, sir. 67%. Wait, cross match, 79%."
"Captain, you're up," the director ordered.
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Percy wandered the halls agitatedly, trying to forget the memories the good ol' Cap dredged up. Finally, he headed up to the deck. Leaning against the wall, feeling the wind, it all reminded him of the Argo II. The good days, when they were crossing the ocean. He could close his eyes and see Leo with his Wii remotes, and he could've sworn that was- No. He wouldn't think of her. Percy opened his eyes and saw Natasha striding towards one of the quinjets, the captain following her in full uniform. There would be only one reason they would be going out like that. They had found Loki and were going to get him.
And frankly, Percy was insulted that he wasn't invited.
Okay, I lied. And I'm sorry, but my brain comes up with these things without my permission and it just works because I was really getting into it and I thought "Hey, if Coulson took in Percy, that would give both a reason why Percy joined SHIELD and a reason for them to be so close" but I needed to give him a reason to need to be taken in and honestly who could just kill off Sally and her delicious blue cookies? Here's a hint: not me. In fact, I think I like Sally more than Annabeth. Anyways, that means no pairing except past Percabeth. Okay then, now that that's cleared up.
Any questions you have, ask. I'll answer the best I can.
