Hi, New chappie. Not my best, but I felt it was necessary to start to push the story forward. Anyway, enjoy!
Camp Half Blood
Percy and Annabeth were doing their various tasks. They had decided that Percy would go to school in New York for the six remaining months and would go to camp one weekend a month where he would meet with Annabeth. On the other hand, the architect of Olympus would put on hold her project and head to California to spend some time with her father and brothers and at the same time preparing some final details in Camp Jupiter. It was a good plan for them.
They had finished their daily activities and were currently sitting around the nightly fire after the sing-along. Percy, Annabeth, Piper, Jason, who was on a break on his pontifex duties, Nico, Travis and Connor Stoll, Will Solace, Katie Gardner, Clarisse, Chris Rodriguez and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, were all laughing and talking around the fire. People who saw them respected the group. After all, they were the golden group of the gods. Them with a couple of others.
"So, what do you think of these Avenger guys?" asked a certain Daughter of Athena.
"They are just reckless bastards, too much power in my opinion." Said Katie Gardner.
"It would be fun to put an exploding bomb in Iron man's pants!" said Travis, Connor nodded furiously.
"I don't like them." Said Jason Grace.
"You don't like anyone who has a power you don't understand. Remember with Percy?" Piper joked.
"Percy?" Annabeth was looking worryingly at his boyfriend.
"PRISSY!" Clarisse yelled.
"Oh, sorry. What?" Percy came back to the world.
"What do you think of the Avengers? They should be stopped, right?" asked Jason.
"Well, they are out of control. They have great powers but someone needs to put them in check. I mean, I understand how hard it is for them, but at the same time I don't hate them. I think that they are like us." He said.
"What are you talking about, seaweed brain?" Annabeth laughed.
"I am with Percy on this one. The reason why Demigods are still 'safe' is because of the ancient laws and quest laws. If we went around using our powers, well, it would be bad." Nico added.
"Besides, the world is not black or white, someone needs to have the red button. People want someone to blame. The laws give them that. If you have someone solid you can rely on, it becomes easier to feel safe." Will Solace supported Nico and Percy.
"But Percy, what if people are in danger? The accord will affect them. You know that the ancient laws have not been effective in protecting! Remember Luke? Well he is a victim of those laws, people will become victims!" Annabeth said.
"Annabeth is right." Said Jason. "I, as a roman, understand the effect of laws. But I cannot always be in favour of them. If some laws did not come to pass, many problems would have been avoided."
"Well, either way. As Will said, the world is not black nor white, the moment someone puts the paper in front of me and says 'sign' I would worry. But until then, just enjoy the moment." Percy fell on his back and stared at the stars.
"Prissy is high on something…" Clarisse sounded strangely worried.
"Let him be." Said her boyfriend, Chris.
Annabeth on the other hand felt like this matter would not be just a nigh conversation. There was a clear division of ideals. People who believed that the rules helped more than damaged, and those who felt that sometimes the rules are meant to be broken.
"Oh well, it is just a stupid debate." Annabeth thought, she could never be so wrong.
The next day went by uneventful, but by dinnertime Annabeth and Percy were packed and ready to go. They had changes some schedules and called some favours but their tasks had been successfully filled by others. They were on Half Blood hill waiting for Argus who would take Percy to New York and Annabeth to the airport.
Percy was calm. He felt that he could have some normal time before he went to college and was grateful for it. Annabeth on the other hand was worried. She saw Rachel and Chiron talking and they seemed worried and scared for some reason. She had a feeling that something was not right. The sun was not as bright as other days. She suspected Apollo had something to do with it.
Argus arrived later and took both of them to the destinations. They hold hand the whole journey and had a little make out session much to Argus' discomfort. When Percy exited in the front of her mother's apartment Annabeth called him.
"Seaweed brain see you next month! Remember to IM me!" she yelled as they grew distant as Annabeth slowly disappeared into the New York traffic.
Percy had a wide smile. He entered his apartment receiving the usual greeting that consisted on a very loud mother, a smiling step-father, and blue food.
"Finally I can be normal!" Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, thought. Sadly, he was also the most unfortunate demigod alive.
Olympus.
"I am telling you father, I saw it with my own eyes!" yelled an angry god of wine. They had been discussing for three days straight the issue with the oracles, prophecy, Rachel, etc.
"And for the millionth time! I tell you it is nothing to worry about! If the infinity stones were truly resurfacing, we would know! The pact we made would make sure of it." Zeus said.
"Brother, please, listen to reason! Look at the signs, it is time we start to investigate it! You cannot just ignore what happened with Apollo, aside from the fact that we cannot communicate with the Moirai nor the Parcae!" yelled concerned sea god.
"Whatever that traitor said is not to my concern. He even dared to threaten me and my reign! As I said, even if the infinity Stones were resurfacing, there are others to take that into consideration."
"Father, since the destruction of the Bifrost we have not had any contact with Asgard. And it is very suspicious that not even Heimdall is in our reach. The pact itself made Heimdall the most important figure. If we cannot communicate with him, we must suspect that something has happened." Athena stated calmly.
"What do you think happened? That the old coot died? If Odin died, we would have noticed. No, he is not dead. And if Asgard does not want us to reach them it should not bother us. We agreed that Earth or Midgard or whatever is in our control. Asgard has the other realms to watch over and those old watchers have the rest of the universe. Tell me Athena, goddess of wisdom, if the infinity stones have appeared we would know, wouldn't we?" Zeus boomed.
"Yes father, but—"
"Then this meeting is adjourned!" He brought his bolt down and disappeared in a flash of lightning.
Some other gods began to flash away, the ones left were Poseidon, Athena, Artemis, Hephaestus, Hermes and Dionysus. Even Hades and Hestia had stayed.
"Uncle, you feel it too don't you?" asked Dionysus to the god of the sea.
"Yes, there has been something weird with the energies of the world. Since that event where the city fell…no, since the attack on New York I felt the energy change." Poseidon said.
"Even I feel it. Since the event in New York the furies have gone restless. They feel the energies. They told me that after that event the change in energy receded, like it was cut to half, but there was something foreign there." Hades added.
"I have felt it too, uncles. It is possible that infinity stones have entered our realm. But why and when?" Artemis added.
"The infinity stones are very powerful singularities, I suspect that pagan Loki had something to do with it. The giant portal brought those monsters into our realm." Hephaestus added. He had studied the infinity stones since he learned of them. He wanted to find a way to control one.
"Apollo told me that he heard Hera and Zeus saying that those monsters who entered our realm during that time were monsters who went extinct after our battle. The fact that they could come back as an army is very suspicious." Hermes said.
"Indeed, the Chitauri had a very different technology now than they had then. After the battle of the cosmos they were supposed to be extinct." Poseidon said.
"But then how are they back?" asked the god of wine.
"It was Hel who was supposed to take care of them, but since her daughter Hela has taken over the realm I feel many different enemies have escaped." Hades added.
"Do you think that she let them go? Why would she do that?" asked Hestia.
"Simple, she got something in return. There is something very fishy going on here." Athena said.
"Hey!" Poseidon retorted.
"Sorry uncle, I mean something suspicious. In the last three thousand years the cosmos has been at peace, but since the destruction of Titan it has become restless. I believe that Hela let the Chitauri and others go in exchange of something. It is also not very calming to know that the Infinity Stones have been appearing out of nowhere, also Heimdall is missing. Something very weird is going on." Said Athena.
"you think that someone is behind all of this? Why?" asked Artemis.
"Best case scenario everything is just a coincidence, Heimdall is out doing something and Hela made a mistake." Said the goddess of wisdom.
"And worst case scenario?" Asked Dionysus, he knew what the answer was before she said it.
"Someone is looking for the infinity stones, and its moving fast." Athena said.
"The picture of the cave, it showed a being with purple skin. What if…" Dionysus.
"Probably, it also would make sense with the prophecy." Athena said.
"In resume, someone made a deal with Hela, got the Chitauri out of Hel, attacked earth, also made a deal with Loki, all because why? There is an infinity stone here?" asked Hephaestus.
"It is possible. I believe that the event of the city falling had something to do also. I felt a great amount of energy coming from the city, energy I felt in many different places, it is moving." Athena said.
"This is my theory." Athena said, "Loki was also part of this army. They attacked earth to try and get a hold of the stone and destroy earth in the process. The mortals did the impossible with the help of Odinson, after that, when the furies said that the energy was almost cut in half, it could mean that Odinson took Loki with him and the infinity stone. But there was not only one, two infinity stones were here at the same time. Odinson took one back to Asgard, the other is here in the hands of the Mortals. More specifically in that entity called The Vision." Athena ended.
There was a pause, then the gods nodded in understanding.
"What do we do then? Zeus cannot know, if he knows then he would try to take the stone for himself." Said Poseidon.
"I agree. Father has become more and more paranoid since Gaea." Artemis added.
"We wait. For now the stone is safe. Our priority is contacting Asgard. Hephaestus that is your job, get us in contact with Heimdall." The god of crafts nodded and flashed out.
"The rest of us must keep this to ourselves. We know that at least two of the stones are out there, if someone is truly looking for the stones and the prophecy is true, I am afraid that we cannot do much. We must see what happens from now."
The gods nodded and flashed away. Unknowingly to them, a certain goddess of Magic was listening to their conversation.
"Oh, dear Merlin. The time stone is no longer safe." And she flashed away.
New York.
Peter Parker, a normal kid, was excited. In the past few months he had become a celebrity. Well, sort of. His alter ego had. Yes, he was spider man. It all happened so fast. One day he was on a school trip to a lab and the next day he was swinging around New York. He thought that it was his responsibility to use his power to help people rather than hurt them. So he did.
He worshiped the avengers, they were so cool in his eyes. Even if people said stuff about them, he felt that they did not deserve hate. He understood that sometimes you could not protect everyone, so he did not see why people hated them after Sokovia. Yeah, they had dropped a city out of the sky, but if the city had been high enough the damage would have been much, much worse.
His thoughts came to a stop when he almost crashed into someone.
"Watch where you are going, Penis Parker." He heard. Flash Thompson, one of the bullies from Midtown High, who was on the decathlon team with him, usually liked to make fun of him. Mainly because Peter never retorted.
"Sorry Flash, see you at practice." Peter said with a smile and kept walking. This was his way of dealing with people, just avoid them. He walked into the school and out of the corner of his eye he saw someone in the office. He had jet black hair, a blue hoodie and black pants. Peter had never seen him. He wondered if he was a new student or something.
His thoughts came to a stop in his locker when a familiar voice spoke.
"Hi Peter! Are we seeing Star Wars this weekend?" asked his best friend Ned who was holding himself against the lockers.
"Sure, why not?" Peter answered.
"Oh, also, I bought this new Lego Death Star set. It should come in a few days from now. Want to help me build it?" asked Ned again. Ned was Peter's friend since he started high school. Both of them were very close, mainly because both of them are bullied. They were also in the decathlon team where they met.
"No problem my amigo." Peter said as he closed his locker and he and Ned walked towards their first class of the day.
As they sat down and the first bell rang, Mr. Roger Harrington, the science teacher and Decathlon coach, entered the class.
"Okay people sit down and stop whining. Today we have a new student coming to Midtown high, be respectful, help him be comfortable and teach him how to be a Midtown student. You may come in." His last phrase was directed to the door.
In came the new student. Peter recognized him as the student in the office. Now that he saw him better he noticed his tan skin, well complexed body and his eyes. Those were what the whole class was looking at. He had glasses on but either way, his eyes could still be seen. The sea-green eyes that told millions of stories were so captivating that the whole class was startled when the new student talked.
"H-Hi, I am Percy Jackson. Nice to meet you all." He said with a smile. Some girls began to whisper, some boys nodded at him.
"Mr. Jackson, take a seat behind Mr. Parker over there." Mr. Harrington said. He pointed to an empty seat behind Peter.
He began to walk to the seat, when he sat down Flash Thompson had something to say.
"I wouldn't stay there if I were you. Penis Parker may try to do something to you and you will end up equally retarded." He said, some people laughed.
"I will take my chances." Percy answered. Some people smirked at the response while Flash just stared at someone who did not do what he said.
The class started but Peter could not stop himself. He turned around and talked to Percy.
"Hi, I am Peter. Nice to meet you."
"Percy. Nice to meet you too." Peter noticed how he was fiddling with his pen and how his writing seemed uneven.
"I am dyslexic and ADHD." Said Percy when he noticed Peter staring.
"Oh, sorry for prying." Peter said with an apologetic voice.
"No problem. The glasses help me a little. I no longer see letters floating around but I still have some trouble reading. I hope I don't fail anything." He said with a smirk.
"If you need help studying I could help. Me and My friend Ned are good at the science subjects. Well, Ned is more in the humanities but he still is good at science. If you want we could help you study after class or during lunch or maybe we can—"
"Sure, it would be good." Percy smiled. Percy was kind of intimidated with Peter's enthusiasm, but he felt that he could befriend this guy. He seemed normal enough.
Break came and Percy met Ned. Percy noticed how they were both a group of Nerds but they were fun to talk to. They were almost crying when Percy told them he had never seen Star Wars. Ned invited him to see the movie at his house on the weekend. Percy took it as the opportunity to make friends so he said yes.
At lunch time the three of them sat down at a free table and began to eat.
"You have a Tattoo?" Peter asked Percy.
Percy noticed that his sleeves had been pushed up a little letting the SPQR letters in plain sight.
"Oh, yeah. Not something I am proud of. My mom nearly killed me when she saw it.
"It's so cool!" Ned said. Percy had revealed the whole tattoo. The trident, SPQR and the line of service.
"What does SPQR mean?" Ned asked.
"Roman saying I believe." Peter answered before Percy, "We are in the Decathlon team. We know some things here and there." Percy nodded and kept eating.
During lunch some girls came to introduce themselves to Percy, many of them looked a little worried that he had sat down with Peter and Ned but brushed it off and kept talking to him. Peter noticed that he did not seem fazed by the obvious flirting.
"People here love you man!" Ned said.
"Yeah, they are friendly." Percy answered.
"Friendly? Dude, they were all over you, I would be careful if I were you." Peter said.
"Why? They did nothing wrong. They just introduced themselves." Percy added.
"Wait, you mean you did not notice?" Ned asked him with wide eyes.
"Notice what?" Percy said while drinking from his juice box.
"Dude, those girls were flirting hard with you!" Peter raised his hands and voice.
"Say what?" Percy asked a little confused.
"Oh god…" Peter said, grabbing his head.
"Look on the bright side Peter! Maybe Percy here will get us out of the hole we are in." Ned said a little worried about Percy's observation skills.
The following days were not different for the demigod and the two students. Percy had formed a really good bond with Peter and Ned. Percy had his encounters with Flash but had shut him up after the third one. Apparently, Percy's sarcasm broke Flash Thompson's response box. Peter invited Percy a burger for that. He had also seen the first movie of Star Wars with Ned and Peter and had built a Lego Star Wars ship with them.
Percy could say that this was exactly what he was looking for. He also realized that Peter lived only a couple of blocks from his house, and Ned not too far away also. So, after school they usually went to this cafeteria near the school to finish their homework and walked home together.
Percy had called Annabeth a couple of times and she seemed happy that Percy found the peace he wanted. Annabeth had gone a couple of times to New Rome and the hot topic was 'The Avengers.' Percy had heard a bunch of it from Ned and Peter, so he understood the whole ruckus. In a whole, Percy Jackson was happy, but happiness doesn't last forever.
The first month was uneventful, Percy, Peter and Ned, became best buddies. Annabeth and her family went on vacation to somewhere in Europe, Olympus was currently worried about the fact that Heimdall was out of reach, Hazel had arrived to camp half blood and told Chiron about what Ella had said. Chiron said that they would talk more when Percy and Annabeth had returned.
Somewhere in the Universe though, things were getting bad.
Xandar.
"Commander! He is getting too close, we already lost half of our soldiers, there is nothing we can do!" Corpsman Dey yelled to her captain.
Commander Irani Rael had a grim expression on her face.
"Thanos…" She said.
An explosion sent them flying around the Nova Corps command centre. They were loosing the battle and there was no chance they could win.
Commander Irani stood up and saw the destruction her planet was being consumed in.
"Dear Merciful god…This is insanity." She said.
"Commander, Orders?!" Corpsman Dey said.
"Battle until the end." She turned around and opened a locker. In it there was the key to the most protected place in the Galaxy.
"Corpsman. I entrust you with the key of the Vault. Whatever you do, if it comes to it, you must take the orb and run. Go to Knowhere, find the Guardians, tell them that Thanos' Crusade has begun." She handed the key to the Corpsman and Grabbed a blaster from a dead soldier.
"Commander!" Corpsman Dey yelled.
"IT IS AN ORDER CORPSMAN! THE ORB IS WHAT HE IS AFTER. I WOULD RATHER SEE MY PLANET DESTROYED THAN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. GO!" Commander Irani yelled. And with that she charged into the battlefield.
"God help us…" Corpsman Dey ran to the vault, Oblivious to the two figures who were right behind him.
Sanctuary II.
"Lord Thanos, we have found the Reality, Time, Space and Mind stone!" said a voice.
"Tell me Ebony Maw, where are my stones." The deep voice of the Mad titan thundered through the ship.
"The Reality Stone is in Knowhere, while the Space stone is in Asgard." Said the voice again.
"Asgard, eh? So that puny goddess was not lying. Fine, after we obtain the Power Stone we shall go to Asgard, where are the other two?"
"My Lord, they are on the same location."
"Where would that be, Ebony Maw?" Thanos asked.
"Earth."
A smirk appeared on the Mad Titan's face.
Hi. So this is the first real piece of Crossover of the story. Yay. Basically my Idea for this chapter was to introduce the Percy/Peter relationship while trying to explain the previous chapter question, Why does Dionysus react the way he reacts? How does he know about the Infinity Stones? Etc.
Also I gave a small amount of insight in the demigods opinion on the avengers, that is just a small conversation to set up the story. Percy's POV will be explored more through the story, as well as the other demigod's.
As I am trying to keep this a little cannon (trying...) the interaction between Percy and the Avengers will be a little different from the other Fanfic's POV.
Now, how do you think Hecate knows about the Time stone? What will the Olympians do? Will they reveal the danger to their kids? Will they shut up about it? Will Hephaestus be able to contact Heimdall before it is late? How do they know each other? What is the battle of the cosmos? Who are the Watchers? What will happen between Percy and Peter?
All those questions in one chapter, wow. Well, those questions will be revealed through the next chapters and also more and more questions will come up! Stay tuned to know the answers!
Keep asking questions, keep reviewing, and again, Thanks for reading my story!
-CallMeLatino
