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Meanwhile, as Percy took on Loki, not to awfully far away the other Avengers and his friends took on giants made of earth. "Hey Ant Man, this should be right up your alley, after all don't your little friends live in this stuff?" Peter quipped. Scott rolled his eyes and shot back "And I suppose that if they were made of flies this would be right up your alley? After all don't spiders eat flies?' both leaped out of the way of the giant's fist as it smashed into the earth where they had stood seconds earlier. "Point taken." Peter replied as Annabeth passed by yelling, "Keep moving guys. Gaea will suck you down if she gets the chance to."

It was then that the Avengers noticed the earth's tugging, especially when they stood still. Bruce, who had yet to Hulk up, as Iron Man liked to say, was fascinated by this, and wished that he could take the time to study. But as fast as those thoughts entered his mind, they exited as he was tugged out of the path of another giant's fist as it tried to fling him into the air by Steve. Tony shot his beams at them, but was surprised to find that no damage was done, but before he could bring it up, Clint shouted "I'm not making a dent!"

"It takes Celestial Bronze to defeat the monsters, any other weapon can't harm them. Demi gods, however, are effected by both Celestial Bronze and regular weapons." Grover said as Annabeth took down one of the giants with just a dagger. The Avengers stared at this girl, younger than them all, except for maybe Peter, and it finally started to sink in how much these kids really did go through, how prepared they had to be to battle not just for others, but for their own lives every day. It was a sobering thought, but before they could really process this, Annabeth reached into her backpack she was carrying and pulled out several daggers and tossed one to each of them.

"I know they don't seem like much, and I want them back when this is over, but these are better than going against them with nothing, and since most of you are used to hand to hand combat or up close attacks you should be fine." She said as she sliced her dagger in a wide arch to keep the giants back while the Avengers got the feel of them. Peter tossed his to Scott and said "Hold on to this." Before grabbing him and swinging off around the giants, letting Scott attack with both. Sam took off and Steve grabbed ahold of his leg, letting him deliver him further into the battle where he used both the dagger and his shield to attack and defend.

The other Avengers, minus Natasha and Bruce, started taking on the giants closest to them. Natasha turned to Bruce and said "Are you going to bring the big guy out?" Bruce shook his head and said "Only if its necessary." She nodded and stayed close as they too started slicing bit and pieces off of the giants.

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Percy could tell that Ares was still mad at him, he was doing terrible in his fight with Loki. Loki had yet to land a hit that caused him to bleed or anything, but he had quite a few bruises already showing up and what felt like a cracked rib. Loki on the other hand, looked hardly phased, and that was when Percy remembered that Loki was a god. He may be from another mythological background, but he still was powerful, more so then Percy could probably handle alone. Loki surprised him with a move of his staff and while he went to block an attack that he thought was headed low, Loki beamed him on the head, almost knocking him out and driving him to his knees.

Percy wasn't sure what happened next, his vision was blurred as he fought for consciousness, but he saw what looked like four green blobs, mixed with some purple, red, orange and blue attack Loki from behind. When his head finally stopped swimming and his vision cleared, he found himself looking at a bound and gagged Loki, hanging from a telephone pole via a rope with no sign of who or what those green blobs were. "I'll be back for you later." Percy said, still confused on what happened, but knowing he had to help his friends. Pulling out Riptide, he headed for the nearest fire escape, hoping he would catch a glimpse of his friends from the top of the building.

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Something changed in the demeanor of the giants made of earth that kept popping up to take the place of the ones they cut down, something that felt more urgent. Annabeth couldn't quite place her finger on it, but whatever it was caused the giants to attack with more ferocity. She was swinging to attack one giant when another landed a lucky blow with its spear. She gasped in pain as she put her hand over the gaping hole in her side. Try as she might, she knew she couldn't stop the bleeding and she watched as her blood spilled on the earth, starting the waking process for Gaea.

Sam landed next to her and said "I've got you." Before lifting her and taking off into the air towards the hellicarrier. Percy arrived moments later and said "I saw Sam leave what happened?" as he stabbed Riptide into the giant's side that had injured Annabeth. Before anyone could answer, Thor let out a cry as a cut appeared on his arm where a giant had thrown his weapon like a javelin, causing it to slice Thor's arm as it slid through the air.

The Avengers watched in horror as the Asgardian's blood dripped onto the ground, enough to wake Gaea. And awake she did, even more scary looking then she did last time. "So good to finally see you again with my own eyes Perseus Jackson. Too bad your other friends couldn't be here, especially Leo." Percy clenched his fists, they hadn't heard from Leo since the battle except that message he had sent Piper and Jason. He refused to let Gaea see what the statement caused him to feel, the pain at being unable to do more for his friend. It was part of his fatal flaw, part of his loyalty to his friends, he knew it was Leo's decision but it didn't make him feel any better.

"You failed once again, Perseus, and I will have my revenge on the gods. How kind of you to bring me so close to the Empire State Building." Gaea continued, causing the Avengers to give each other confused looks and Grover and Percy to share a grim expression before Grover shouted, "You will have to go through us first!" Gaea smiled, her lips looking like a mud flow, always in constant motion, before replying "I thought you would never ask." She lifted one arm and multiple giants popped up, repeating the same thing as she raised her other arm.

Everyone found themselves with more than they could handle and Natasha looked at Bruce and simply asked "Now?" Bruce nodded and said "Now." Before transforming into the Hulk. He smashed many of the giants quickly, but Gaea was able to raise up more instantly. But while she was preoccupied with that, Percy heard his name said softly. Looking in the direction of where the voice had come from, he saw Carter's head poking around the building. Once Carter noticed that Percy saw him, he motioned him over. Percy rushed to his friend's side, unseen by the other Avengers or Grover as they battled it out with Gaea.

"Carter, what are you doing here?" Percy asked. "Sadie and I wanted to help more, but we couldn't figure out how to do so. Then Sadie came up with the idea for an enchantment. She put all she had into this spell, so she is resting up back at home, but I knew I had to get this to you. All you have to do, is get as close to Gaea's body that she is using and then slam this either into her or on the ground as close as you can." He handed Percy a clay figure that looked a lot like Gaea and Percy looked at Cater and asked "What is this?" "It's the container, so to speak for the spell, which should hopefully only affect Gaea and should hopefully put her to sleep."

"Hopefully?" Percy replied, raising one of his eyebrows. "It's hard to say for sure since she is such a pure Greek figure and our magic is Egyptian." Carter said with a shrug." "Well it's worth a shot, thanks Carter." "No problem, now you better get back out there and stop her, and I better get away before one of them spots me and connects me with that." And with those words, Carter headed off towards his home once more, while Percy jumped back into the battle.

He rushed up to Steve and said "I need you to help me get as close to Gaea as possible, I have something that might stop her." Steve looked surprised as he blocked a blow with his shield and he asked "Where did you get something like that?" "It doesn't matter." Percy replied, "All that matters right now is that I have to be a close to Gaea as possible for this to work. Steve nodded and said "Right." He pushed his com on and said "Everyone cover Percy, get him as close to Gaea as his humanly possible." Several responses came over the com that showed that the others had heard and were ready.

Thor and Tony covered them from the air white Peter kept a few more tied up and Ant Man kept popping up and disappearing, basically becoming a human whack-a-mole. The rest, minus Hulk who was too busy smashing to pay much attention to orders, flanked Percy and Steve, forcing their way through the giants as fast as possible. Gaea saw the assault too late and before she could raise her arm to summon even more giants, Percy slammed the clay statuette into her side.

A Hieroglyph appeared, one that JARVIS informed Tony meant sleep, and with a yawn that could have been mistaken for howling wind, Gaea almost instantly returned to her deep sleep. The giants, made of earth that she had summoned, melted back into the ground and were it not for a few odd misshapen lumps, it would have been impossible to tell that a battle with the earth itself had taken place there.

Slaps on the back, as well as clothes for Banner, were passed around, before Tony confronted Percy. "Okay Jackson, if you're Greek and Gaea is Greek, how come you used some Egyptian thing to put her out? And where did you get it?" Percy swallowed and almost blurted out nothing before an idea entered his head. He smiled and said "Well, Greek mythological beings can have a strong reaction to things of another mythologies. Annabeth is always going on and on about things she has studied and I remember her telling me about that Egyptian symbol and what it means. I was hoping against hope that it would work and thankfully it did."

"You risked everything on a possibility?!" Tony shouted. Percy nodded sheepishly. Tony stared at him a moment before breaking out with laughter and said "Kid, I really like your style."

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Percy told the others were Loki was and how he had come to be in that position. Peter, upon hearing it said "If I hadn't been with you guys I would have said that it sounds like something I would have done." No one knew who had helped Percy, but Thor was grateful to have his brother recaptured and insisted on returning him once again to Asgard. "I promise, we'll keep a better eye on him this time." Thor said before leaving with his brother.

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Percy had just left the med bay where Annabeth was being kept, deciding not to give her anything that might be something Tony would want to sample or try to recreate, when Poseidon appeared nest to him and said "Well done Percy! Zeus is convinced that Thor is not a threat anymore, so if you want and are ready, we can manipulate the Mist to make them forget you." Percy considered this, thinking about his brief time thus far with the Avengers.

"I want them to remember me, sir. Is there a way to keep the Mist from changing their memories?" Percy finally asked. "Of course Percy, but what about your normal life you want?" Poseidon asked, though he already knew what his son would say. "While being normal would be amazing, I like that I am able to use my powers to possibly help others, to do more stuff openly with them. I want to remain an Avenger." Poseidon smiled and said "I think what you ask for is a small thing in view of all you have done for us. I can't say for sure if the others will agree, but I will do my best to keep their knowledge of you a more permanent thing." "Thanks Dad." Percy said with a smile.

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After Percy had left to take Annabeth back to their Camp, something that they were not going to reveal the location of, Tony held up the dagger for Bruce to see, one of the Celestial daggers Annabeth had given them during their fight with the giants. Since she had been injured, she hadn't been able to see for herself if all the daggers had been returned and Tony had taken the liberty of keeping his to study it. "Are you sure this is a good idea Tony?" Bruce asked doubtfully. "When is researching the unknown ever not a good idea?" Tony flippantly answered. Bruce sighed and said "I don't think you really want me to answer that." Tony grinned widely and said "You got that right. Come on, what could possibly happen?"

And thus ends The Reluctant Avenger, Final Word Count: 15,550 words

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