Chapter Eight: They All Lived Happily Ever After for About Two Years and then Infinity War Happened
A/N Hellooo everybody, who's ready for the last chapter? Happy weekend. Also WHO HAS SEEN CAPTAIN MARVEL AND RECOGNIZES HOW AMAZING SHE IS? I am willing to argue for her cause. She's my new favorite. Not putting any spoilers on the site tho, that would be just mean. Also I'd get a lot of angry reviews. Anyway, here it is!
(Jason)
Jason couldn't help feeling humiliated.
He'd been defeated utterly by Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon. If Percy had wanted to, he could have killed Jason. But he didn't. Jason was pretty sure they would never be friends again. Something had broken between them. That sort of thing can happen when you try to kill each other.
But still, Jason was the son of Jupiter! Wasn't he supposed to be more powerful than that? Okay, that sounded arrogant. But still!
After Steve and Bucky left, the heroes on their side just seemed to give up. Tony gladly arrested them, but Jason couldn't help being suspicious that they had surrendered too easily.
The quiet and sullen silence on the quinjet felt unbearable. The people on Steve's side sat in a hump together, muttering to each other every once and a while. Percy was avoiding Jason's eyes.
Hazel's eyes were shimmering with suppressed tears. Nico was staring determinedly at the wall. Annabeth was holding hands tightly with Percy. Leo's hands were bound just in case he tried to burn his way out, but Jason knew that wouldn't do anything. Leo could turn into a ball of fire whenever he wanted, whether his hands were bound or not.
In fact, Jason was surprised that they weren't even trying to make an attempt to escape. That was seriously unlike all of them.
Jason's heart was hurting that he would probably never regain friendship with the seven ever again. A line had split between them, and he felt like the chasm between them was too large and too dangerous to ever try and make the crossing again.
He wondered what everyone at Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter were thinking. Would they split as well, or were they just disappointed that half of their most powerful warriors had gotten themselves into a mortal prison?
Finally Tony landed the jet at a government building in the U.S. Senator Ross would take them from here.
Tony's side should have probably stayed with the other side longer to make sure that they wouldn't try to escape. Frank probably shouldn't have secretly flipped all of the demigod's masks back on, as if that would do any good.
Jason should probably have made sure that all of the half-blood's hands were bound tighter than they were. But they didn't. Maybe because they forgot. Or maybe because they were secretly hoping that the demigods would find a way to escape.
(Percy)
Percy prayed to his father and Hecate that Hazel's Mist disguise would work. The plan was to alter their faces. Their bodies should be fine, but Hazel was going to make a shroud of Mist around all the demigods. She wouldn't have enough strength to protect the rest of them for that long.
It should stand close inspection. Luckily, Hazel hadn't revealed her Mist power to the general public yet. Secretary Ross walked over to them, a beaming smile on his face. Then he frowned. "Why are their masks still on?"
He raised his hand to flip Percy's mask over. He held his breath. This was the moment. He risked a glance over and saw Hazel squeezing her eyes shut and concentrating so hard beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Hazel had once told Percy that the secret to the Mist was showing whoever she was fooling what they wanted to see. Ross didn't want to see that a teenager had avoided them for so long and was so good at fighting. So he didn't see that
One by one, he took every demigod's mask off. Each time, every half-blood looked different from what they usually looked like. Annabeth had dark brown hair and blue eyes. She looked pretty happy about the brown hair.
Nico had white blond hair and his features were darker. He didn't look very happy about that. Leo was taller and less scrawny. Hazel had green eyes and red hair. If Percy hadn't seen them before they changed, Percy wouldn't have realized who they were.
The rest of the Avengers looked pretty surprised, but didn't say anything, and Ross didn't seem to notice. If the Avengers were annoyed that Hazel didn't disguise their identities as well, they didn't show it.
They were put in a high security boat and driven out to sea. Percy could have overturned the boat without half trying, but Hazel met his eyes and mouthed, not yet. He could feel the power of the sea in his bones. He knew their exact position.
Percy couldn't help thinking that the mortals were being incredibly stupid, transporting Tsunami out into the ocean. Maybe they thought that with his hands bound, he wouldn't be able to do anything.
That's what they thought with Wanda, at least. She looked devastated, perhaps because she'd lost the only family she'd ever known, excepting Pietro. To tell the truth, Percy was feeling the same way. He hated to admit it, but he missed Jason and Piper and Frank.
He missed hanging out with the rest of the Avengers and the seven. At the same time, Percy didn't regret his decision to refuse to sign the Accords. That would mean surrendering his free will, and plus it would probably restrict him from saving the world from godly affairs as well.
Jason had no idea what he was getting into, and for some reason that made Percy worried.
Then the boat shuddered, and the engine stopped. Everyone started to get off, and the guards pushed Percy away and off the boat. An underwater prison rose from the water and a helicopter took the fugitives down into it.
They were delivered to their cells. Hazel whispered to Percy, "I won't be able to hold the Mist forever. When you get to your cell, turn away from the camera. I'll let the Mist disguise go." She turned and told all the other demigods as well. They nodded.
Percy and the rest of the Avengers were put in their cell. The doors locked, and all that Percy could do was stare at a wall. For an ADHD kid like him, this nearly drove him nuts. He could only imagine how trapped Leo was feeling.
He felt the Mist disguise melt away, and he turned away from the camera that was following his every move.
They could escape from here easily, but somehow Percy felt like it wasn't the right time. They wouldn't have the strength to help the rest of the Avengers escape as well. Their only hope was that somehow Steve would come back for them.
Percy stared at the wall for years, or at least that's what it felt like. It was actually only one day until he saw Tony strolling down the hall.
(Tony)
Tony looked around at all the barred prison windows. Barton started fake clapping. "The Futurist, Gentleman! The Futurist is here. He knows what's best for you, whether you like it or not." Tony sighed.
"Give me a break, Barton. I didn't know they'd put you here. Come on." Clint spit in Tony's direction.
"Yeah, well, you knew they'd put us somewhere, didn't you, Tony?"
"Yeah, but not some super-max floating ocean pokey. You know, this place is for maniacs. This is a place for…" Clint finished the sentence for him.
"Criminals. That's the word you're looking for, Tony. It didn't used to mean me. Or Sam, or Wanda, or Percy… the list goes on and on. And yet here we are."
"Because you broke the law." Clint shrugged. "Yeah."
"I didn't make you."
"La la la la la la la-"
"You made it, you broke it."
"La la la la la la la la."
"Alright, you're all grown up." Tony said, starting to get frustrated. "You got a wife and kids. I don't understand, why didn't you think about them before you chose the wrong side?" He walked away, now at Percy's cell.
Percy was facing the wall. "Oh, hey, Tony." He said casually, like they were just meeting for lunch. "You know, I can break out of this place without even trying. The idiots, putting Tsunami in a water-surrounded prison." He stood up and faced Tony.
"I could over-turn this place. Hazel could fool the guards with the Mist. Leo could melt through the glass with his fists. Nico could raise some skeletons to open our cells for him, or shadow-travel out of this place. Even Annabeth could talk her way out of her cell. But we don't. Want to know why?"
Tony didn't answer, but Percy wasn't waiting for one. "Because w we're stuck here, but we're not gonna use our powers to get out. I don't know why you're here, we're heroes, Tony. It's against our nature to attack mortals. They're not on the same scale as us. No Tony. Did you want to gloat, or just see us all here and pat yourself on the back for a job well done?"
Tony shrugged. "Well, I wanted to know where Steve was, but after that little speech I doubt you want to tell me." He was trying to regain his usual humor, but Percy's words had surprised him.
"Over my dead body." Percy replied, and walked back to resume his staring at the wall.
(Annabeth)
Annabeth planned on devising a strategy to escape without hurting the mortals.
Sure, it would be nice if Steve came back for them. Maybe he would, maybe he wouldn't. All Annabeth knew was she wouldn't be able to stand staying here for one day longer without her brain exploding.
Percy often forgot, but Annabeth was ADHD, too. If there wasn't something to think about, she got really fidgety. Percy was just fidgety in general, and so was Leo. Hazel was probably just sitting in her cell, wondering if it was worth it to use the Mist again.
She heard footsteps and immediately looked outside. It was just Tony. She sighed and looked away, but out of the corner of her eye she saw Tony glance at her, hesitate, and walk over to Sam's cell which was right next to hers.
A minute later, Tony walked back into Annabeth's line of site, looking satisfied. That could not be good.
(Leo)
Tony walked by Leo's cell, glanced at his bound hands, and walked off. As if binding hands would do any good. Leo could explode into a ball of flame and no one would be the wiser. But he knew he couldn't do that. The demigods had made a silent pact to stay in their cells for at least two weeks and see if Steve would come for them.
So far, not so good.
A million years later-a day later-one day later- Leo was sitting in his cell, wondering if he could dismantle the cameras without using his hands, or trying to call Festus. Seriously, that was how bored he was.
This prison food was terrible. Not a single Fonzie in sight. Leo wondered if you could die from Fonzie withdrawal. Probably not, but he could fake it and see if the mortals would let him out. Probably not, but it was worth a try.
(Percy)
Percy was seriously starting to wonder where that one ball was that you always see prisoners throwing against the wall in the movies.
He heard a thump at the wall. He spun around, wondering if that idiot Tony was back again. Instead, he saw the familiar face of Steve Rogers. Percy started grinning. It was going to get epic.
A/N And they all lived Happily Ever After JUST KIDDING BWAHAHAHAHAH! Did you really think I was going to spare the demigods from Infinity War? Honestly, I thought you guys knew me better than that. This is the last chapter, so I get to press the complete button! Yay!
Sorry I didn't do the scene where they escaped from the prison, I was just lazy that way.
Anyway, Percy Jackson: Infinity War will be released in two days roughly. I will be putting an alert on this story. Thanks to all my reviewers, and all those who followed and/or favorited. I hope that you will do the same to my next story.
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