I do not own "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, PJatO and HoO, Spider-Man, or Avengers.

Chapter 2: The Meeting

After about a twenty minute drive to the rink, Zack and Yayu got out of the Chevrolet and walked into the building. Dory was waiting in the ticket booth. She had long brown hair, glasses, and was about fiftyish. "Hey Zack, long time no see," said Dory, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Zack chuckled to himself. "Yeah that twenty-four hours feels like an eternity doesn't it?" Zack replied.

"It does when I'm away from my best customer. Good news, no parties today, and mostly just regulars. Oh, hey Yayu. Tell you guys what, you can get in for free, if you perform. It's karaoke day after all," offered Dory. "What song are you wanting to hear?" asked Yayu. "Surprise us," replied Dory. "All right, how about…" Zack then whispered in Yayu's ear. Yayu smiled then said, "Good, but should you do the song by yourself. You are much better singer." "Okay. Wait, Dory, did you get the machine where we can plug it our iPod's in?" Zack asked Dory.

"Absolutely," replied Dory. "Great. Let's go then," said Zack. "Oh, wait, guys. I almost forgot. We got an upgraded version, with blue tooth earpieces, so you can do one of your little dance routines." Zack and Yayu smiled so big that their mouths almost fell off. "That's fantastic," Zack said. He and Yayu went in and got their skates: Zack a size 10 and Yayu a size 9. Dory went into the middle of the rink where the machine was set up. She grabbed an earpiece and put it on. "Hello everyone. Today we have got one heck of a singer. Zack Adrian!" The entire place erupted in applause. Zack is quite a good singer. It was a shame that no one who went to their school went skating to hear him. It might help his friend making.

Zack was the first one up. First he put in the earpiece, then plugged in his iPod. Scrolling through his playlist, Zack set it to "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. Zack hit play, and immediately the clapping and back-up singer started. He put his iPod on the machine and backed up. The guitar started playing and Zack was swaying the beat, getting a feel for the rhythm. Zack started singing:

"This hit," as he said this line Zack slid to the left.

"That ice cold," on this line Zack slid to the right.

"Michelle Pfeiffer," as he sang this Zack spun in a quick counter-clockwise circle.

"That white gold," when Zack sang this he did a quick hop to spread is legs double shoulder length, looked down at his right hand like was singing into a mike, and his left arm straight in the air.

"This one; for them hood girls; them good girls; straight masterpieces," on these lines Zack did the moves on the previous four lines but in the opposite directions.

"Stylin'; While in; Livin' it up in the city," in these lines Zack did two box steps.

"Got chucks on," On the words chucks and on Zack brought his right leg and right forearm up, then tapped with his right leg and brought his right forearm down and snapped.

"With Saint Laurent," On the words saint and Laurent Zack did the same thing as the previous line but with his left side.

"Gotta kiss myself," When he sang this Zack took a small hop back without the balls of his feet leaving the ground.

"I'm so pretty," On this line Zack brought his right arm up and rotated an open hand around his face counter-clockwise. When the hand finished the circle he closed his hand into a fist.

"I'm too hot," The other skaters called out (at least the ones that were old enough to) called out "Hot damn." On this line Zack did a little hop to bring his legs double shoulder width, brought up his arms up and bent, palms out and at the same height as his shoulders, his head facing the right.

"Called a police," Zack slides to the right on this line.

"And a fireman," Zack slides to the left.

"I'm too hot," Zack does the same thing as the previous "I'm too hot," except his head faces the left.

"Make a dragon wanna," on this line Zack slides back bringing his legs together, and his arms out with palms facing up.

"Retire man," Zack brings his hands to his hips, leans slightly forward, and looks down to his right.

"I'm too hot," On this line Zack points forward, arms fully extended, raising them to point up, with one pelvic thrust.

"Say my name," When he sings this Zack brings his legs together, points his right arm, fully extended, to the right and his left arm, bent at the elbow, pointing to the right as well, his hand on his chest, his head facing the right.

"You know who I am," On this line Zack stomps his left leg, points his left arm to the left, his right hand on his chest while pointing to the left, and his head facing the left.

"I'm too hot," On the word to Zack brings his right leg and forearm up at the same time, and steps his leg down and brings his forearm down while snapping. On the "hot" of "Hot damn" Zack does the same thing with his left side.

"Am I bad about that money?" Zack brings his legs together, looks down to the right, his left arm full extended, pointing up and to the left his right hand grabbing the front tip of his fedora.

"Break it down," Zack stands regularly on this line.

"Girls hit your hallelujah," Zach points up and has his head face down and to the left. The other skaters sing the "Woo," and as the do this Zack has his head face to the left and cups his right hand on his right ear.

"Girls hit your hallelujah," Zach is in the same pose as before, only on the opposite side. The same goes for the "Woo."

"Girls hit your hallelujah," Zach is in the same pose as before only he has his face facing the ceiling. On the "Woo," the power went out. A couple people screamed, for out of surprise than any actual fear, and the song stopped. Zack puts his iPod back in his pocket sadly. He had really wanted to finish his dance. Dory shouted "It's okay everyone, it's just a blown fuse or something. Zack, we had no idea you were so good!" Everyone burst out laughing, Zack and Yayu especially.

Zack skated off the skate floor, and in the dark he didn't see someone's foot in the way. He tripped over the person's foot and fell to the ground. "Ow," he said. "Oh my God, I'm so so so so sorry. Are you okay? That was totally my fault," said a girl. Zack knew everyone that came here as a regular, and yet he didn't recognize this voice, although he could tell it was from California. This was a new girl. "No, it's my fault. I was trying to skate in the dark," Zack said as he got up. When turned around to meet his potential new friend, he smiled a huge smile.

He was only able to see her because she had her iPhone on. She was beautiful. She had two different color eyes. Her left eye was green, and her right eye was grey; the color if a storm cloud. She had black hair, but it curled rather naturally. She had a tan, but it wasn't a fake tan, but it was kind of light. Almost like she had lived in California or Florida but didn't like to go outside. She was about the same size he was, with a slightly upturned nose, indicating at least some English decent. She gave off a kind of aura, an aura of power, one that was subtle but deadly… even for a woman. I also noticed she had Greek letters painted on her nails.

"Hello," Zack said, "My name's Zach." "I gathered that from the introduction the manager gave you. I'm Echo," said the girl. "Echo as in 'Echo, echo, echo,'?" asked Zack. "In a sense. I'm named Echo after the Greek myth," Echo explained. "You mean the one with the nymph that fell in love with Narcissus?" asked Zack. "That's the one. Hey, can you hold on for a second. I need my friend to meet you. Iris! Can I ask you to meet my friend here?" said Echo.

Iris came over, and she walked rather awkwardly, kind of like she was in pain. She had her iPhone on too, and I could see her. She had a baseball cap on, Red Sox to be exact. She had blond hair that was kind of a bob cut. She was pale, almost as much as an Irish girl, and had a harmonica poking out of her right pocket. She at green eyes, almost like a forest, and had kind of a flat nose. As soon as she saw Zack her eyes got wide, like someone had just told her she won the lottery. She pulled me into the back corner of the arcade much faster than I thought she would have been able to given the way she had walked.

"Alright. I'm going to take off my hat, and I want you to tell me what you see," said Iris. She had a Bronx accent. Zack looked really confused. "Okay," said Zack cautiously. Zack couldn't have been more surprised if he had found he had won the lottery. She had horns, albeit small horns, but horns nonetheless. "Um, are you like, um, super mad at your boyfriend or something?" asked Zack now feeling very nervous. "Oh, gods you can see them. You should have a protector. Where are they?" Iris said as she sniffed the air a couple times. After she looked like she caught a scent, she rolled her eyes and slapped her forehead.

"Yayu! Yayu Tao! Where are you?" called out Iris. "How does she know who Yayu is?" thought Zack. Yayu came forward after a couple seconds. He turned white, when he saw Iris. "Oh gods Iris, what are you doing here?" he asked… In perfect English… No mistakes… With a Bronx accent… "Zack is my assignment. Go back to dad." "I'm on an assignment too. Percy and Annabeth just moved here from California for a new job Annabeth got. Why is he not anywhere NEAR the camp though? Do you smell him?" asked Iris, appearing very irked. "Of course I do. I'm just not sure if he's ready. He might not adjust very well. Calm down little sis it's all under control," said Yayu.

"Wait, guys, what's going?" Zack asked being very confused. "All right, Zack, we need to borrow your car. I'm driving. We need to get somewhere, now," commanded Iris. I was more than happy to hand over my keys. If she had horns coming out of her head I didn't even wanna come close to thinking what came out of anywhere else. "Wait, I need to stop at my house first," Zack said. "What could possibly be so important?" asked Iris, dripping with sarcasm. "I need to get my script. I'm writing the music for the school play. It's about the Avengers and how they saved New York," Zack responded. "There is no time. We need to get you to Percy and Annabeth, now," said Iris. "Please, it's the most important thing in my life right now. I need this," Zack begged.

Echo came over about then, "Iris, what's the deal?" "He's one of you. We need to bring him to your house. Until the camp opens up tomorrow that's the only place he'll be safe," said Iris. "Yayu, you to Zack's house and tell his mom it's time, then bring her there so she can say good-bye," Iris ordered. "Fine, but I'm not sure he's ready." Yayu left and ran so fast I thought he was gonna start flying. "What's going on?" Zack asked. "I'll explain everything in about two minutes. Now come on, let's go," demanded Iris.

Iris, Echo and Zack all shuffled out to the car. Echo stopped when she saw it. "What is it?" asked a very irate Iris. "This car is awesome. It's just like the one Coulson has, well, had from the Agents of Shield show. A little beat up, but one of my cousins our cousins can fix it up real good," said Iris. "Our cousins?" asked Zach. He had never seen this girl before in his life, no way they could be related. "You mean you don't know?" asked Echo. "Know what?" Zack asked. "Get in the car. At Echo's house. In!" screamed Iris. The three got into the car and started to drive.

Two minutes later, just as Iris had said, they were parked in front of Echo's house. It was just down the block from Zack's house. Huh. Zack was ushered inside and was greeted by two very confused parents. "Echo, who is this?" said the dad. He had black hair and green eyes. He looked very familiar, but, Zack couldn't put his finger on it. "Iris said to bring him here. Apparently he's one of us," said Iris. The mom looked at Zack quizzically, almost as if she was studying him. She had long, curly hair like Echo, but was more of a blond. She also had the exact same color eyes as Echo's right eye. Zack thought she looked familiar too, but it was driving him insane. "Iris, does he know?" asked the mom. "Not a thing. My brother is his protector," said Iris. "Can we skip the questions and tell me what on Earth is going on please?" Zack asked.

"One more question young man: how old are you?" asked the dad. "I'm seventeen. Can you explain now?" asked Zack. The mom and dad looked at each other confused. "He's a little old Annabeth. Should we tell him?" asked the dad. "Okay, the mom's Annabeth," thought Zack, "Then that means the dad's Percy. Hang on, Percy and Annabeth, Echo after the Greek myth, Iris and Yayu are protectors and Iris has horns in her head. Holy shit!"

"I'm a demi god!" Zack exclaimed, "But I thought those were just books, fiction, made for enjoyment?" The room just looked at him and blinked. "What books?" asked Annabeth. "You know, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series? The Heroes of Olympus series? They're all about you're adventures at Camp Half-Blood and quests? Ring any bells?" asked Zack. They all just blinked at him… except for Echo. "Do you have them?" asked Zack. Echo nodded. "Go get them," said Zack. Annabeth was the first to speak after Echo went upstairs.

"So, Zack, if there are books claiming to know all our adventures, who are we?" "You, ma'am are Annabeth Chase Jackson. Daughter of Athena. You have a brother named Malcolm. You sir, are Perseus Jackson. Son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson. You had a step-dad whom you nicknamed Smelly Gabe. Your mom froze him with the head of Medusa. Although, Iris, you're not mentioned at all. Who's your father, perhaps he's mentioned," prompted Zack. "Hedge Gleeson?" said Iris.

"Really? He's one of my two favorite satyrs! He's tied with Percy's best friend, Grover Underwood," as Zack said this Echo came down the stairs. "I got it," said Echo. "No need Coco, but thank you," said Annabeth, "Who wrote them though?" "Rick Riordan. Why?" asked Echo. "Ah, I see. He's a son of Apollo. His Roman side actually. He must have seen these coming and been able to put it to paper. Fascinating," said Annabeth. "You must be a Greek demi-god, seeing as how you're not in California being raised by wolves," said Percy. There was a knock on the door. Percy got up and answered it. It was Zack's mom and Yayu. Yayu had a suitcase and my script.

"Mom," Zack said "Did you know?" "Yes. They said though that if you didn't know you'd be safer longer," his mom said as she hugged him, "Oh, Zack, why now? You were so close." "It's okay mom. Do you know who my dad was?" asked Zack. "He made me promise not to tell. He's going to tell you when you get to camp," "Okay. When can we go?" asked Zack. "Orientation is tomorrow, but if Iris rushed you hear, and you understand it all, Percy needs to take you in to the Big House, now," said Annabeth.

"Here's your bag. And here's your script. See you tomorrow," said Yayu. "Daddy, can I go with you?" asked Echo. "Sure thing E. You know how much I love to see people annoy Mr. D," said Percy. "I'm the best at annoying him." Echo was beaming with pride about that. "Can we go now? If I'm in mortal danger I would like to get inside the magical boundary please," Zack said. "Alright. Love you Wise girl," Percy said as he kissed Annabeth. "See you soon Seaweed Brain," said as she kissed Percy. "Ugh, let's go already," said Echo.