Hi. I'm reeeeeaaaalllllyyy sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy with the Competitive One Act play that I'm in. Though we did really good yesterday at districts, we're going to state! And I've been working on my Kingdom Hearts fic too as well as working with another author as their beta reader so that took some time. But I'm back and I'll be focusing on this story for awhile now! This chapter's a bit short but I think you'll like it.

Oh, and one more thing that I want everyone to know. If anyone has read frostbite440's new story and isn't fond of the fact that he heavily based his first chapter off of mine for this story, I want you to know that he/she and I have already discussed this and I'm fine with what he/she's posted. Just wanted to clear that up because this one guy went a little overboard with how he felt about that and used a word that should not have been typed. And dude, if you're reading this, tone it down on the ranting a bit, thanks for sticking up for me and all, but let's try and keep it a bit cleaner if it happens again.

That being said, if it does happen again where he/she writes a chapter that's a lot like the ones I've posted without my permission or consent, and frostbite440, if you're reading this pay attention, while I won't be able to physically harm you (not that I would even though I probably could) and I'm not petty enough to waste my time verbally assaulting you, just know that if you ever do that again, it will tremendously hurt your credibility and your reputation.

And while I'd like to read your story, I'd like to see some originality. Just keep that in mind.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy and once again, I'm sorry this took so long. Oh, and I don't own Percy Jackson or the Avengers.

As of lately, Natasha has been growing more and more emotional due to the baby. Sometimes she's really happy over nothing (which I like), and other times she's just sobbing over little things she normally wouldn't care about; and don't even get me started on what she's like when anger takes over. Believe me, I had it bad enough before the hormones kicked in when she got mad at me over the music video.

One thing's for certain, she's really getting excited about decorating the baby's room at camp. Yep, won't be long now before we move into our new home in New Athens, the kid's gonna love it there always sunny and one Hades of a playground. It's a nice big house with a big open yard for them to play and a dog house the size of a barn for that loveable, slobbering hellhound of mine. Oh, don't worry, she's really gentle around kids and can even shrink herself down to a puppy's size thanks to her new collar courtesy of the Hecate cabin.

Thing is though, I don't want everything in the baby's room to come straight from the store, you know? I've been planning on building something like a rocking chair or the baby's crib or just something that daddy made. Unfortunately, I want it to be "demigod special." So, seeing as I can't build squat, I called up Leo and Tony (me and the Avengers are friends now, kinda) and the agreed to help me build the crib. Which brings me to where I am today.

Right now, we're in Tony's lab at the Avengers' tower brainstorming the perfect crib for the upcoming little one. "I say we make it bronze with an automatic bottle warming system and self-drying bedding whenever the baby wets itself." Leo offered.

"Hmm, sounds good, but we'd have to find a way to keep it from over-heating." Tony reminded.

"Uh, is that safe?" I asked in concern, "And does it have to be bronze, what if when the baby starts crawling and bumps their head against it?"

"Ah, you worry too much, man." waved off Leo.

"No, I worry the right amount considering that if our baby gets hurt because of anything the two of you made the I approved, my wife the assassin will mutilate me." I retorted.

"Good point."

"What about one where it has built in speakers that plays a loop playlist of lullabies that turns on every time the baby is put into the crib and gradually quiets down as it falls asleep?" Tony suggested.

"Well, it sounds cool and all, but Natasha's been saying that she's wanting to actually sing the baby to sleep herself." I replied, I know I sound picky, but if you ever marry someone like Natasha you'll see why I am giving into her demands that will cost me dearly if I don't. And no, I am not a pushover! I'm just trying to get something special for my family.

"Okay, how about this," Leo offered, "We each make a crib and you can decide the winner."

"Well, I guess-"

"Let the crib off commence!" Tony cheered as they went to work.

"…One of them is going to explode I just know it." I deadpanned.

Two hours later, I examined their…"master pieces" staring with Tony's. "Presenting, the soon-to-be little baby Jackson's first crib, an original Tony Stark work of art, the March 1 Cradle." he announced as he revealed a beautiful marble colored crib. To me, it basically screamed Victorian era. The bars had these nice marble colored, wavy "S"s. It even had this awesome backboard was tall and curved in the back and had an awesome carved in mural of the sky with a bunch of clouds over the sea.

"Oh, wow!" I gasped at the crib, "Tony, dude, this is amazing."

"Yeah, it even has a surround-sound system that plays relaxing music that you can control like I suggested earlier and has a built in baby-monitor that's 100% un-hackable and can even hook up to blue-tooth for whenever you or the missus step out and want to say goodnight over the phone."

"Yeah, yeah, it's all nice if you like that fancy-shmancy stuff." Leo teased as he leaned on his tarp covered crib, "But I've known Percy for years and I know that if you're gonna own something, you gotta own something badass and Moi knows how to make things badass." He then pulled off the tarp and revealed his crib.

It was bronze like he wanted and shined like the stars were imbedded into it. It even had these two robotic hands on the back wearing white cushioned gloves and what seemed to be a stereo system and sound measurer on the sides. "Ta-da!" Leo announced, "Say hello to the most bad ass crib you've ever seen!"

"Eh, I've seen bad assier." Tony waved off.

"Oh, yeah?! Well, you'll be changing your tune after this quick demo, Iron Man." Leo retorted as he whipped out a remote. With just the push of a single button, the whole thing exploded. Seriously, it was like something you would see in an old cartoon.

"Yeah, after that little demonstration, I'm really tweeting a different tune. Like changing from a robin to a canary." Tony mocked, "So, Mr. Jackson, I believe this makes me the winner?"

"Looks like it. Better luck next time, Leo." Percy shrugged, "Phew, at least I won't have to tell Nat that the guy who showed me that Studio C video made our baby's crib."

"THAT WAS YOU?!" Tony shouted.

"Dude!" Leo cried looking betrayed.

"My bad."