The Avengers found Percy Jackson on the seashore, facing the ocean. Steve motioned to the others. "I got this." Steve walked up to Percy Jackson and sat down next to him.

"It's a little late to be here by yourself." Percy snorted.

"I'm seventeen. Besides, there aren't any muggers here. This isn't exactly Central Park." Steve nodded. " I noticed." Steve extended a hand. "Name's Steve. Steve Roger." Percy eyed the hand warily. Finally he took it. "My name's Percy. Percy Jackson." Steve smiled. "You know-"

"Kid, I'm Tony Stark. Iron man and all that, blah, blah. You've might of heard of me. " Tony interrupted.

"Actually no. Who are you, some kind of billionaire?" Percy asked.

"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, actually." Tony said. "But how do you not know who I am?!" Steve laughed. "I like this kid." Percy scowled. "I'm seventeen. That's not a kid." Tony interrupted. "Capsicle here was born in the 1900s. Everybody is a kid to him. Anyways, Fury's waiting. Let's get going." Percy stood up. "Going where?" "Back to New York," Tony answered. "We're going to make you an avenger."

Percy held up his hands. "Whoa. One, what is the Avengers? Two, who said I was going anywhere?" Tony did a double take. "How do you not know what the Avengers are? Remember the alien invasion? Big stuff falling from the air? It was a riot. At least we got Shawarma afterwards." Percy shrugged. " I was a little busy. When did this happen?"

"Half a year ago, why?"

"Nothing. I was just really, really busy."

"What? Living in a dark cave?"

"Not really a cave. But it was dark." Tony just stared at him. "I don't know if you're joking or not. And that's saying something. But really, we've got to go." Percy stared right back at Tony. "And why's that?"

"Because we need your help." Natasha answered, walking down the shore towards them with Clint and Bruce trailing after her. "A war is coming and according to Fury, we need you." Percy started backing away. "I don't know who this Fury is, it's a pretty cool name, but I'm not fighting anything. I've lost so much and I have more to lose. Just LEAVE. ME. ALONE. " The last words came out so forcefully that it surprised Tony. Poor kid, thought Steve. He remembered all the kids who joined the war when he was still a regular solider. He didn't want this kid to become battle scarred.

Natasha just shook her head. "You don't understand. This is bigger than you. The Avengers Initiative dealing with this means that this is huge." Percy just laughed.

"I know what it means. But I've been a pawn too many times. Find someone else." With that, Percy started running down the shore. Steve tried to chase him, but Percy had a lot of experience running away from monsters. Steve just couldn't keep up.

Clint shot a blunt arrow at Percy. Then the impossible happened: Percy dodged. Clint angled his bow down slightly in shock. As far as Clint could remember, Percy was one of the only ones to dodge one of his arrows.

Tony rolled his eyes. "Guess it's my turn." He muttered under his breath. Tony unveiled his Iron man suit and started flying after the still running Percy Jackson. When he was close enough, he called out to the kid: "Come on, it's just some chit chat with the Big Boss, you make a decision, they do some government stuff, and you get to stay at the Stark Tower."

"That's it, huh?"

"Well, sure, there's some other stuff, but that's not important right now. Avengers Initiative. Save the world, be the hero sort of thing."

Percy shook his head.

"I don't want to be a hero. I'd be a pretty crappy one to look up to. My answer is no."

Tony sighed. "Come on kid, just give it a chance." When Percy didn't respond, Tony just said, " Your choice."

Tony then used his strength to push Percy in the sea, probably knocking him out. The other avengers started running towards them after they saw Tony hit Percy. When Percy started resurfacing, awake but disoriented, Tony was amazed. "Good Gosh kid, what's your head made out of? A rock?" With another knock on the head from Clint, Percy passed out. Tony hoisted Percy on his shoulder and muttered, "Fury, this better be worth it."