Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I do not own the Percy Jackson characters or Avengers, all rights go to the rightful creators.
Tyler's POV
Okay. So I have no idea what's going on. All I know is that we have pretty much been kicked out of the Greek Mythology Club. They even took away the tee-shirt the Stolls gave me.
As soon as I woke up the next day, I knew this was going to be a messed up day. First, my dreams were more of the same except we couldn't kill any monsters and that voice keeps coming back. Second, Percy and I are meeting the council today... that cannot be good. Two ADHD kids talking to world class professional government officials? Not a good idea. Then to top it all off, the people from camp are going to kill us. That's kind of important.
Percy and I were walking to this location where we will meet the council. We just talked about random things, not wanting to bring up the fact that the camp and the gods are mad at us, and the fact that the government officials probably wont like us.
When we entered the room, there were four holograms or something popping up to show people covered in darkness. Not Hades darkness, but like someone painted the screens black. There were three males and a female. I could tell absolutely nothing about them. Maybe they did that to protect their identity? Or maybe they don't trust us?
"Council, this is Perseus Jackson or Percy, and Tyler Chang," Fury says to the council.
"A pleasure to meet Perseus, the one who blew up the arch," the man on the far left says.
"Um... we proved that I didn't cause that," Percy stated.
"Yes, well, you were suspected. Now let's get down to business , shall we?" the woman says.
"Is that what we are to you? Just some business to cross off your to-do list?" I asked.
"Tyler," Fury warned.
"This one has an attitude," the woman noted. The others nodded.
"Well, tell us about yourselves," the man next to woman says.
"Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, Tyler Chang, Son of Apollo; descendant of Helios," Fury tell them.
"What make you so special?" the woman asks.
"Well how about the fact that we saved the world?" I asked.
"Twice," Percy added.
"When?" the man on the right asks.
"During that whole, everyone in Manhattan is asleep, situation," Percy answered.
"And when Gaea was awaking and planning on destroying mankind," I added. Hard to forget that part.
"I see," says the woman.
"You don't believe us!" I yell.
"Well," the man on the left shifts uncomfortably, "Do you have proof?"
"How about the fact that the world is still doing fine and the fact that Manhattan is still in one piece?" I asked.
"The Avengers helped with repairing the city after the Battle of Manhattan," the woman said.
I think she was talking about the Avengers fight in Manhattan, not our battle against Kronos and Gaea later. It looked like it was going to take a lot to convince the council that we saved the world, twice.
"Also, if you saved the world, where were you two and your 'camp' friends when the city was being repaired?" the man on the far left asks.
"Repairing our camp and helping the gods," Percy said, trying to calm himself.
"I see no further use for conversation, we will discuss things with Fury after deciding what to do with you two," the woman said. She sounded like calling us humans was the worst possible insult. "Good day, gentlemen."
All the screens disappeared.
Fury turned to us, "Well that was... interesting."
"That's an understatement," I mutter.
When we got back to the Tower, everyone wanted to hear how the meeting went. When we finished telling them what happened, Natasha spoke to us about it first.
"That was a bad move you two," she said. "The council is not a group you want as your enemy."
"That's right! They have a large influence on S.H.I.E.L.D," Tony said.
"But they cannot kick you off our team!" Thor boomed. "You have become quite helpful!"
"Thor, any information about who might have attacked camp?" Percy asks, clearly anxious to change the subject.
"Yes, but it is very bad news," he says, not as loud.
"What is it?" Clint asks.
"Well... it is not a single threat... it's more like four threats," he answers.
"Four threats," I repeat.
"Who?" Percy asks.
"The three titans of the directions: Hyperion, Krios, and Koios. They have joined forces with my brother, Loki," he answers.
"So not a single threat, but multiple?" I ask.
"Yes."
"Great, just what we need. Camp has been attacked by them, they've created some weird hybrid monsters that we can't kill, and now they have Loki on their side," Percy says.
"Let's just worry about what we can do," Bruce says.
The others nod in agreement.
"Sir!" a voice, JARVIS, say over the intercom. "There is a disaster out at the bay, readings double what were seen in the last attack are being given."
"Great, JARVIS, get my suit ready," Tony says.
"Will do, sir," he says.
"Let's go handle this," Percy says.
We headed to the roof, as to get on a Pegasus and head to the bay.
"You want me to call for Blackjack to bring some friends?" he asked me.
"No, got a gift from... grandpa? I don't know what Helios is to my family," I say.
"You sure?"
"Yeah just let me concentrate... and now!"
Just then a bolt of pure light shoots across the sky, straight at the Tower. When it lands, a golden Pegasus is standing there, glowing, either from traveling too fast, or because it is that powerful. I never actually summoned him on my own free will, he just appears to me sometimes. In other words, he is a free spirit.
"Nice ride, Chang," Percy grinned.
Just then Percy's ride showed up.
"Hey, buddy. Long time no see," Percy says. "No, later though, I promise."
"What'd ole Blackjack want?" I questioned.
"Doughnuts, always wanting doughnuts or some kind of sugar product."
I smirked at the thought of Percy taking Blackjack into a doughnut shop.
"Let's get to the bay," he says.
I nodded.
When we reached the Bay, it was a disaster. And, trust me, I've seen plenty of those. A serpent like creature was towering over the docks, it was at least fifty feet high and I couldn't even see its bottom half.
Under it were dozens more of those things from a few days ago, but they weren't hurting the humans.
"You take the serpent?" I ask Percy.
"Yeah," he replied.
Just then the other Avengers appeared next to us. Steve was in his Captain America uniform, Bruce was hulked out, Tony had his armor. Natasha and Clint were armed, Clint with a bow; Natasha with a sword. Thor was holding Mjolnir.
"How about Tony, Thor, and I take the serpent, while the rest of you try to control those things," Percy suggested.
"Let's do it," Tony replied.
Percy, Tony, and Thor shot into the sky to take on that giant serpent and I went with the rest of the team to take on those monsters.
I thought that maybe this time we would get lucky and actually kill them with my axe, but the Fates love to prove me wrong. As soon as I swung my axe, the monster took it and disarmed me. Then I realized this was the same monster from days before.
"Welcome back, god-ling. I do hope you have come to aid us in our great victory," I said, smugly.
"Well, I just tried to kill you... so I don't think I want to help," I say. Why do I say stupid things when talking to these guys.
"That's a shame, I was hoping that we could reunite you with your beloved girlfriend," it taunted.
"What have you done with her?" I practically yell.
"That information is not given to the lower ranks, I'm afraid, but you wont live long enough to find out." And with that, it lunged at me and instead of me just slicing it, it turned into a straight up fist fight.
He definitely had the advantage. I thought back to when I wrestled with the Ares cabin at camp, they always said not to let your opponent get the upper hand. Hard to do that when he is a solid foot taller than me though.
I was finally able to get him off he and he fell into the water, but I wasn't done yet. There were dozens more monsters, and when I looked behind to see the team, I was taken aback. The team was having some trouble with keeping these monsters at bay. They didn't seem to be able to kill them, but they did get some wounded. Some had arrows sticking out of their heads, some had bullet holes. A few were laying on the ground, either unconscious or dead. I hoped dead.
The serpent was just starting to be taken down by Percy, Tony, and Thor, but they looked very tired, and I didn't think they would be able to fight monsters that don't die.
To make matters worse, we were greeted by the sound that I heard only when the camp went into battle. I turned to my left and saw something more terrifying than the monsters or even Gaea herself. I saw at least a hundred campers all running down to fight. That is also when I remembered that Percy and I were probably the main targets.
I tried to get up so I could get the team and get out, but I was too late. As soon as I stood, two pairs of hands grabbed my back so I couldn't run.
I turned my head to see Thalia and Jason holing onto my arms, very tightly might I add.
"Let me go!" I yelled.
"Why? So you can hurt even more campers," Thalia spat..
"We're going to take you back to camp for questioning," Jason said.
That's when I yelled. A yell so loud all forms of combat stopped. I saw the serpent fall out of the corner of my eye, and I saw Blackjack fall for a split second as a reaction to the noise. I didn't notice anything different until I looked around and saw Thalia and Jason on the ground, twenty feet away from me, struggling to stand.
"Your dead, sun boy," Thalia said.
"Tyler!" Percy shouted. "Watch out!"
I didn't know what was going on, I was too tired. I realize too late that Thalia was notching an arrow and pointing it right at me.
"Thalia don't!" I hear Percy scream, but I was too dazed to realize what he was talking about.
Then a sudden pain exploded in my chest. Worse than the time Clarisse "accidentally" ran her spear through my arm during capture the flag. I collapsed. I didn't know what was happening until I looked at my back and saw what happened. Thalia's arrow had hit me right on my spinal cord. She probable broke my back with that.
I tried to stand, but couldn't. After beating up a mutant monster, and summoning something so powerful to blast Thalia and Jason back twenty feet, a simple arrow to the back kills me. Well this is a dumb way to die, I thought. Then I collapsed and everything went black. I was dimly aware of Percy shouting my name and a giant hand grabbing me before I blacked out completely.
I woke up in one of those hospital beds. I couldn't remember anything that happened. I tried sitting up but pain was everywhere in my body so I immediately stopped.
"That was quite a show you put on back there," I turned my head to see Fury looking out a window.
"What happened?" I croaked.
"Oh, you just found a way to kill those monsters, but almost killed yourself in the process. The arrow in your back didn't help."
"Where is the team?" I could barely talk. Fury handed me a glass of water; I drank it so fast that I didn't realize the glass was empty until he took it from me.
"They are in a meeting right now, they will be sorry they missed your awakening."
"Why aren't you with them?"
"Because I sent them there to talk about what happened."
"How long was I out?"
"Four days, Bruce said your lucky to still be alive. What you did, I had never seen anything like it."
"What did I do?"
"From what I could see before the street cameras shut down, you summoned a ball of pure light that blasted each of those monsters to dust. No one was harmed, thank goodness, but you almost died. Bruce had to manually take out the arrow and Percy did some healing on you."
I let that sink in. I wasn't in control and it almost cost me my life. Not to mention that I could have killed all those demigods, the team, Percy, and innocent people.
"Can you help me?" I asked.
"With what?"
"I need to get up," I said trying to stand.
Fury did not try to stop me as I stood up. My legs felt terrible, but I was able to take a few steps. Fury stayed close behind in case I fell. He then directed me to the room where everyone was just sitting down at a table, looking very bored, worried, and angry at the same time.
Percy was the first to speak, "Tyler, what were you thinking."
"Funny, Annabeth said the same thing to you when you blew up Mount St. Helens," I reply.
Percy grinned.
"Glad you're feeling back to normal," Bruce said.
"Thanks for helping me get back to normal," I reply.
"Something you need to know, I do not want you fighting for a few days, your back probably is hurting just from walking."
"I think I'll be fine after some good ole godly healing," I say.
"What is 'godly healing'?" Steve asked.
"It heals injuries faster if you are a demigod, mortals will burn to ashes," I reply.
"Oh."
I laughed at that.
"Tyler, what happened back there? With the whole bright light I get, but Thalia and Jason went straight for you," Percy said.
"I don't know. They didn't kill me, obviously, but they told me they were going to have me talk to camp, probably Chiron."
"This whole fight is so confusing!" Percy exclaimed hitting his head on the table.
"No kidding, we don't know what's going on ever!" Tony exclaims. He obviously hates not knowing things.
"Thor, any idea what might be happening?" Fury asked Thor.
"No, but the people of Asgard are keeping me informed about Loki,"he answered.
"And the gods have pretty much cut off communication to us," Percy said.
"Well, glad to know they trust you so much," Tony said.
Natasha was studying the group with interest.
"Well, I think we should just wait things out," she suggested. "We should see what the enemy throws at us before we rush in and attack."
"Good idea, let's just relax for a few days and then wing it!" Tony said.
"Well I think I'm going to go eat. I lost four days of food; this boy needs a pizza and you guys can order something too," I said.
They all laughed.
"What? I'm serious, I'll take the entire pizza and you guys can order something else!"
"I think we'll order a few pizzas tonight," Tony joked.
"Glad you're back to normal, Tyler," Percy said.
"Glad none of us are dead," I said. "Now let's get that pizza!
