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Chapter 2

Natasha

We hid in the shadows in an alley the two kids had to pass on their way home from school. Goode High School just got out. They should be approaching any minute now. I see them coming, now. The familiar faces show, even though they're not nearly in as bad condition as they were in the picture.

They walk down the street, holding hands. The two kids walk in silence. Not the awkward silence when you have nothing to say, but more like a tense silence like they expect something to jump out and attack them. That's ironic, because we're going to jump out, and as Tony put it, kidnap them.

Just as I am about to signal the team to come out of their hiding places, the boy, Perseus, suddenly collapses. I have no idea what's caused this, but he falls to the ground, seemingly unconscious.

Annabeth looks at him worriedly, but doesn't do anything. Perseus just lays on the ground, twitching from time to time, and muttering names. I tell the team to wait, we need to see what happens.

About fifteen minutes later, he groggily opens his eyes which are full of panic. His gaze rests on Annabeth and he visably calms down.

"They're getting worse." She says to him. "Are you okay?"

So this happens a lot, apparently. Perseus nods, then she punches him.

"Liar. I know you had a flashback of... that day." She says.

They probably went through something traumatic together. That's why they're so close.

"Wait. I sense someone." He tells her.

I tense. There's no way he could sense us. I strategicly picked hiding spots so from no angle would he be able to see us, much less hear us.

"Monsters?" She asks.

Monsters? Is that code for something?

"No, something else."

Annabeth relaxes a little.

"So mortals." She states.

Mortals? Aren't they human? Asgardians? I quickly ask Thor and he says no.

"Not quite. Somewhere inbetween, and no, not halfbloods."

Halfbloods? What are they half of?

I take this as our cue to come out of our hiding spots. The two get into fighting stances as soon as they see us. I guess we do look a little strange. We decided to go in full gear to make a good impression. We probably look like Comic-Con. Well, the boys at least.

"Who are you?" Perseus shouts.

"We need to bring you in." Clint said.

"We want you two to join the Avengers." I added.

"The Avengers?" They asked at the same time.

How had they never heard of us? We were all over the news constantly.

"Don't you watch TV? Don't tell me you've never heard of Tony Stark!" Tony exclaimed.

"Oh yeah, didn't you build Stark Tower? I absolutely love the design. How'd you get the supports..." Annabeth kept blabbering on about architecture.

"Wait, so you know me for Stark Tower, but you've never heard of Iron Man?"

"Nope."

"Do you live in a cave?" Tony asked incredulously.

"Nope."

"Okay, let's just bring you guys in." I said before things got out of hand. When I say things I mean Tony.

"Why do you need us?" Perseus asked, eyes narrowed.

"We want you to join the Avengers, Perseus Jackson." Clint said.

As he said this, Perseus's eyes narrowed even more, and he whispered something to Annabeth

"We're not coming. " He growled out.

"Just come with us before things get ugly." Tony said.

"I'll repeat it for you. We're. Not. Coming." He said, his voice dripping with venom.

"I guess we'll have to use force." Clint sighs.

I just want to knock them out, not really hurt them. That was the original plan if they resisted. Clint fired a couple tranquilizer arrows quicker than I could blink, and just when I think they're out, they both expertly dodge them. He keeps firing, but it's clear they won't be taken out by an arrow.

"This guy's almost as good as Thalia!" Perseus exclaims.

I wonder who Thalia is. I guess she uses a bow too.

Now it's time for me to come in. I throw a few punches at Annabeth, not really trying too hard because she's young, and I don't want to hurt her. She blocks every single one of my punches, and when I try to sweep her legs out from under her, but she moves away and grabs my arm when I'm off balance. Next thing I know, I'm on the floor groaning. I let a kid judo flip me!

Next, Steve comes in, shield in hand. He knocks into Perseus and tries to slam his shield down to knock him out. Perseus quickly dodges and pulls something out of his pocket. He pulls out... a pen? It must be more than it seems, bacause he holds onto it like it's his lifeline, and I'm pretty sure he's not crazy.

I finally regain my senses and come back into the fight, making sure Annabeth doesn't go and help Perseus. Again, she dodges everything I throw at her, and seems to know what I'm going to do before I do it. She knocks me to the ground, and all it all fades to black as I see her thrust one of Clint's tranquilizer arrows into my arm.

Clint

I just watched Natasha get taken out by the girl, which is no easy feat, even if she was going easy on her. The girl, Annabeth, I think, runs over to help Perseus. Steve and he were almost evenly matched, which is ridiculous, because Steve has the Super Soldier serum in him. If Annabeth helped Perseus, Steve would most definitely be taken out.

Steve threw his shield at her, and she caught it. She then ran over and slammed it hard on his head. Steve crumpled. I shot blunt arrows at them rapidly, but still, they dodged all of them. I ran up and punched Perseus squarely in the jaw, but he just winces once and acts like it's nothing. He kicks me back into the wall.

I get back up, but he wasn't standing where I thought he was and instead, Annabeth is standing in front of me. I try to throw a few punches at her, but I get knocked down by Perseus from the side.

"Didn't you see that coming?" He asks, and I wince at the simiarity to Pietro's last words.

Suddenly, Iron Man comes in and fires his repulsers at them. They dodge, but just barely. The Hulk comes running into battle too, followed by Thor.

"Now would be a good time to leave." Annabeth said.

Perseus nods in agreement.

"So, you want to do it my way, or your way?" He asks.

"Your way, obviously, Seaweed Brain." She said.

Seaweed Brain is a strange nickname. I wonder why she calls him that. I soon realize why. They sprint to a park, and we follow. We get there in time to see them jump into a river and I realize they're trying to swim away.

We wait for them to resurface, but they never do. Nobody can hold their breath for that long. they probably have some device to help them breathe.

"We should let them go this time. Let's wait a week and surprise them. No talking." I said.