Percy Jackson a Hunters tale c25
Cara was back up in a fighting stance this time she carried her hunting knifes as she looked around, a clash of steel was the thing that grabbed everyone's attention turning to look at Cara who was face to face with a monster.
"Fight all you like little hunter you are nothing without your goddess." The monster continued this made Cara stand up straight.
'Seriously, I have been here for 6 months without revealing anything to them and you are in front of them for a minute and reveal everything. You ignorant beast, I will be happy to send you back to Tartarus.' Cara signed angrily at the monster her blades once again in her hands as she fought the monster her hunting blades against its axe.
"That technique is not hunter style…you are the one that Athena taught? Maybe you are not just a bug." He spat his moves fast and precise she ended up knocking it back outside. Cara was trying to place the monster before her, but was coming up blank.
'Nice axe, I will take it as my trophy.' Cara signed as she pulled off a move that twisted her body getting in close to the monster one of her blades sending the axe flying while her other blade pierced its chest. The monster only laughed, grabbing by her arm and chucking her into a tree making her drop her blades. She landed and rolled ignoring the pain, she was not that out of shape was she? Getting back to her feet she pulled out an arrow she had hidden on her person before forming her bow once again she fired the arrow. This time she hit it right in the center of its forehead turning the monster to ash. She dropped her bow and it disappeared and looked down at her feet before looking up at the mortals all of whom were trying to process what they had heard.
"Artemis and Athena? Like the Greek gods? Are they aliens like Thor?" Clint asked Cara began to walk away from them back inside.
"Oh no, I think it is time for you to come clean princess." Tony stated the others in agreement.
Back inside Cara sat on one of the couches the Avengers sitting around her all of them looking at her waiting for her to start talking.
'What do you know of the greek gods?' Cara asked
"Greek gods, like Zeus, Poseidon, Hades? Those greek gods?" Steve asked
'I really shouldn't be telling you, it is against the rules. If you were to research them on your own coming to your own conclusions I could answer you then.'
"You are one of Artemis's maidens? Her companions that travels with her as she is an eternal maiden? We know you are as that thing called you one of hers, those monsters call you a hunter so you are one of Artemis's hunters?" Natasha asked, after Thor arrived she had researched all the myths and legends including the Greek.
"So the Greek gods are real, those monsters are the monsters from legend?" Steve said, "Like a hydra? Chimera?" Steve asked to which she nodded
"How old are you?"
'How old are you Thor?'
"1500."
'I am older.' Cara replied
"No way, I am sorry but you look like a kid." Tony remarked
'Thor looks to be in his late 20's'
"You didn't know what a kitchen is." Tony remarked
'I do not live amongst mortals. I have been by my ladies side hunting.'
"For over 1500 years?"
"You said you originated in Greece, What are you doing in America?"
'I go where Artemis goes. You know the Greek history yes? What happened to the Greeks?'
"They were taken over by the Romans."
'As History remembers it from the Greek world to the Roman world. Moved places over time now we are in Western Civilization.' Cara replied
"Are the Greek gods in America?"
"But we don't worship them." Bruce pointed out
'Does not mean they do not exist.'
"The Greek gods sent you to protect us?" Natasha asked
'You mortals made a name for yourself fighting off those…aliens. We fight monsters daily keeping the mortal world safe. You stand by the same code…You just don't have to answer to them.'
"Touching I think?"
'I am going to check the perimeter you guys should get some rest.' Cara said getting up and leaving them to digest what they learnt.
Another month passed and Cara had still not heard anything, the avengers were taking the whole greek existence rather well. Asking a lot of questions most of which Cara answered as little as possible she still wasn't sure what the rules were for the situation they were in. She did pick up her training routine everyday an intense workout from sparring with Lady Sif to practicing her archery she even gave a couple pointers to Clint. She was sitting with Wanda and Pietro playing a game of cards when Natasha came in with Annabeth and Percy with 6 others. Jarvis had called the other avengers to come up to them. Cara jumped up from the couch and moved over to them, by their expressions she knew something major had gone down. Everyone was looking curiously at the teenagers in the living room, but they could pick up the tension so they waited for them to talk first.
She froze as she looked over Annabeth's friends, she could easily distinguish who their parents were, son of Hephaestus, daughter of Aphrodite, son of Ares, daughter of Hades…no Pluto Son of Hades. And a son of Zeus she froze looking at him and instantly her knife formed in her hands, Annabeth ended up standing in front of him stopping her from attacking.
"He is not Hercules." Annabeth told her
'He is still his spawn.'
"Technically he is more…" Annabeth paused
'Roman, does not change his blood line.'
"No, but he is Thalia's brother. He is more like Thalia." Annabeth said
'He better stay away from me.' She moved over to Annabeth before looking her over something was different. 'What happened?' she asked
"We are here to ask for help." Annabeth said but Cara wasn't buying it she grabbed Annabeth by the arm and pulled her off to the side.
'Start from the beginning. I know that look, so start from the beginning.' Cara signed and saw as Annabeth's shoulders sagged before she looked over to Percy.
"After Hercules turned up…after he took you…Percy contacted his father, we were worried about you. He didn't? What happened to you?"
'He took me to his Island where he tried to…I fought him off. Punching a god breaks bones who knew?…I wouldn't let him…we fought. I ended in a river leaving their domain only to swim to shore it kind of goes fuzzy after that but Artemis and some others turned up. Turns out stabbing a god twice is a no no so I had to heal as any mortal. Hercules is strong broke several bones. I recovered got sent here. Now back to you.'
"A lot has happened since you have left…about six weeks after you left Percy went missing."
'Missing?'
"It is not going to work if you keep interrupting me." Annabeth said so Cara made the gesture for her to continue. "We searched for him, everywhere. We had Thalia helping but we lost contact when we lost contact with our parents. That was when we came across Jason, Leo and Piper we were sent there by some help thinking it was Percy but it wasn't. Jason did not remember anything about himself and the mist was woven deep over Piper and Leo they were sent on a quest soon after and when they returned we discovered about the Romans but clearly you knew about them. Did Thalia? Any of the other hunters?"
'Zoe and Phoebe were present during the last civil war.'
"Wait What?"
'When you find out about your siblings you fight. The civil war was set because of it. I am guessing this time was no exception?'
"Percy was put into their camp, by now we realized that Gaia was rising." Annabeth said at this Cara's eyes widened. "Hera she set in motion a dangerous game, in hopes to unite the two camps…It was working then Leo got possessed and shot a cannon from our flying warship on New Rome. Seven of us escaped and journeyed to the old world to complete the prophecy.
'The great prophecy?'
"Yep. We fought so many monsters, but we did it."
'You skipped something?'
"I completed the mark of my mother."
'The Athena pantheon?'
"How?"
'I was there when the Romans pillaged it. She was not happy. I have seen her send many of her children on that quest, none made it. Wow, she was right about you.'
"Yeah, had to face Arachne to get it back. Overcame that fear only to get a new one…I fell into Tartarus."
'You… fell… into… Tartarus?' Cara signed slowly coming to terms with what she had said.
"Yes, with Percy…we-we had to close the gates of Hades and Arachne pulled me down Percy fell with me. We—we made it through, closed the gates. We got out, Reyna turned up to take the statue back to camp a way to unite the two a Roman returning the Athena Pantheon. She left with Nico and coach Hedge…While the rest of us returned to Greece where we fought the Giants we were too late. Gaia began to rise our parents returned us to camp where we fought together to fight the monsters and stop Gaia. We thought we lost Leo but turns out he left to save Calypso found that out when our parents wanted to thank us." Annabeth explained then looked down Cara was thinking over everything she had said it was a lot to take in.
'That is a lot to take in, we won yet you seem upset. Did you not like your reward?'
"No, they rewarded us greatly… my mother's champion yay me."
'Okay, the world almost ended, life almost stopped but it didn't. You went through something completely unimaginable but you survived yet I get the feeling you have something else to share. What is it?"
"The hunt…they were on their own mission. Stopping monsters that sort of thing. They were tracking one of her worst foes…So they made a plan to catch him as he was tracking Reyna…They joined forces with the amazons…"
'Who did Orion kill?' Cara asked already putting the pieces together. 'How many?' she asked her eyes were teary and she was trying really hard not to break down. 'Annabeth how many?'
"Almost half…"
'Phoebe?' Cara asked and Annabeth did not need to answer the look she was giving her was answer enough. 'No,' Cara said taking a step back. 'No!' Cara said her grief turning to anger. 'She didn't call for me. She should have sent for me, instead I have been babysitting these mortals! For what?' Cara signed angrily. 'Explain to me why you would leave me out of a fight I could have made a difference in? I could have saved them.' She signed angrily while shouting in her head she moved away from Annabeth heading for her room.
"Cara." She called after her but Cara did not turn back
"Annabeth?" Piper asked as she made her way back into the room she turned to see everyone standing there sort of in a stand off way.
"So I take informing her did not go very well?" Leo asked
"I did just tell her half her sisters are dead." Annabeth replied moving to Percy taking a hold of his hand.
"What?" Natasha asked looking at Annabeth.
"So are you all hunters too? I am only asking as I did not think the maiden goddess liked males?" Steve asked
"You know?" Annabeth asked
"I was just about to inform you of that."
"About a month now." Tony comments
"No we are not hunters."
"Considering you are not monsters you must be one of the gods offspring." Steve stated
"She told you?"
"Oh no, she kept it for six months giving us nothing then a monster turns up mentions a couple of goddesses names and we figured it out on ourselves."
"You are son of Poseidon right? Control over water?" Clint asked
"Yes." Percy said waiting for thunder to bomb in his uncles anger but nothing happened.
"I think introductions are needed here. Then you can tell us why you seemed to upset our kid." Tony stated
"She is not yours." Percy stated
"She is part of the avengers now, part of this family. She is our kid." Tony retorted
"I think introductions are a good thing. I am Jason Son of Jupiter."
"Piper, daughter of Aphrodite."
"Leo, Son of Hephaestus."
"Frank son of Mars." Frank stated
"Hazel daughter of Pluto."
"Nico son of Hades."
"Annabeth daughter of Athena. You do not seem surprised that we are using Roman as well as Greek names."
"We already had the whole Greek and Roman talk. I am Steve Rodgers, You have Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. You have Thor and Lady Sif from Asgard too. Wanda why don't you go check on Cara. Now why are you here, you said something about needing help?" Steve introduced while playing peacemaker between the two groups.
AN: Why are they there? Will Cara leave the Hunt for the Avengers? Why didn't Artemis call Cara back for the fight? I have summed up the Heroes of Olympus series
What could be worse than Gaia? Why will they need the mortals help? Will the Greeks and Romans be able to work with the Avengers? Leave a review tell me what you think.
Until next time thanks for reading.