AFTER AN HOUR OR SO, everyone had calmed down and had let the new information sink in. They were now sitting in the same places from before except Percy,Natasha and Scott who were all sitting together on the couch with Percy in the middle. The others had all sat down waiting to hear of Percy's adventures.

"So it all started in sixth grade when i went to a field trip." began Percy. "Now,let me just inform you that i was a 12 years old and that i was a troubled kid,so you can't really judge me for some of my impulsive decisions which all worked out in the end,by the way."

"That doesn't sound good..." muttered Steve,looking at Percy concerned.

"I'm still alive,aren't i?"

"Fine,go on."

"So,it all started when i went on a field trip,on which i almost got killed by a fury,Hades' torturer and-"

"I'm sorry Hades' WHAT!?" yelled Bruce. Tony and Rhodey traded glances but nonetheless didn't say anything.

"Yep. The Furies are Hades' torturers. They help him torture people...they aren't that bad tho...anyway," said Percy,which earned him a handful of disbelieving looks from the avengers. "I almost got killed by one of them who was named Alecto,but i survived and everything..."

Percy spent the next couple of hours retelling his quests to the avengers,with a couple of 'how are you still alive,kid' and 'wow' then and there.

Natasha was quite impressed with his skill and mind. So yeah,he had done quite a lot of stupid things but who hasn't. She had heard of his life before from Nick,but she hadn't known this many details,but even without that many details, he was a hero,a modest one,but still a hero.

Seriously,the dude really said "And then Kronos died but i still couldn't have done it without everyone else and plus Luke was the one who killed him,not me. He's the real hero."

Natasha just looked at him with wide eyes and just patted his back saying "You are too modest,Jackson." but Percy just shook his head.

"And so at the end Gaea was defeated,with the help of Leo's sacrifice. But it turned out that at the end Leo was alive so yeah..." said Percy.

"You're a real hero,kid. Two wars... That's impressive." Steve told him,patting his back like Natasha had done before. Everyone started talking to each other,complementing him but when Natasha looked back at Percy to see his head hanging low,his eyes averted to the ground and him grimacing,she knew that something was definitely wrong.

"That's not the end..." Percy managed to croak out,silently, but everyone heard him. Thor,inspected him closely and straightened in his seat.

"What do you mean,Son of Jack? Those were your only quests heard on Asgard." stated Thor, really confused.

Percy raised his head and Natasha swore that she saw his eyes get misty for a second. He started tapping his fingers rapidly against Natasha's leg. She grabbed his hand and looked at him concerned. He just avoided her gaze,but still calmed down a little.

"A year after the war,everything was perfect," said Percy,his eyes finding sudden interest in the floor and his head hanging low again. "but,of course something had to happen to mess everything up. We called it the 'Year of Chaos'. A lot of lives were lost."

Tony,studied Percy's troubled body language and decided to ask him the questions that everybody wanted to ask. "What do you mean? What happened,Percy?"

"Tartarus and Nyx,happened." Percy spat out their names like venom.

Everyone's eyes widened,gaping at the son of Poseidon.

"What...?"

"Turns out that Tartarus wasn't happy that we killed his sister,or whatever she was to him,so he wanted revenge. He managed to convince Nyx to help him somehow and together they targeted us and the Romans. At the time me and… Annabeth were at Camp Jupiter,visiting." Percy's eyes started glistering with tears. "We were in our room when we got the IM from Chiron. He just told us to come quickly,so we did,but we didn't think that it was something pretty bad, we just thought that it was urgent,so we left Camp Jupiter with Hazel and Frank. When we got there..." He squeezed Natasha's hand. It felt like he was breaking her hand but she didn't care,she let him.

"When we got there... God... The bodies... I-" He didn't finish his sentence since a slight tear spilled. Natasha gasped as she suddenly understood what he was saying. She gently pulled him in a hug,while she tried not to show any emotion. The others finally understanding,felt like they'd be sick to their stomach. How could teenagers experience this? ...Seeing the dead bodies of their friends...?

"Maybe if we didn't go to Camp Jupiter... They wouldn't have been dead. Mayb-" Percy was stopped by Tony,who had stood up and knelt down in front of him.

"No way,kid." said Tony. "It isn't your fault,if you're thinking that,alright? Alright?" Percy just managed a slight nod. He didn't understand. These were people he didn't even know for a day,yet here he was starting to care for them. He felt like he had knew them his whole life. This was bad and he knew it. He pulled out of Natasha's warm embrace and he stood up.

He cleared his throat. "Uh,sorry for getting emotional. I'm gonna go use the bathroom." said Percy. "Uh,where is it?"

Tony gave him directions and let him go,knowing that he needed some space,but Natasha didn't. She followed him.

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When Percy entered the bathroom,he immediately slid down the wall with his head in his hands.

"Why did i get so emotional...? Gah!" he yelled as he slammed a fist in the wall.

He stood up and walked over to the sink. He washed his bloody knuckle and looked in the mirror. Behind him was Natasha.

"Hey... You alright?" she asked him,leaning on the doorway.

"Peachy." he told her,trying to fake smile but he knew better than to try to lie in front of an assassin.

"Peachy,huh? So you punched the wall because you are 'Peachy'?" she asked him,pointing to where the wall had a big dent.

He just grinned at her and uttered a small "Oops."

The corners of her mouth,twitched and finally she smiled sadly. "No person should experience what you have gone through."

"That's the demigod life for you." Percy told her,while washing his face.

"You know that its said that if you talk about the things bothering you,it will make you feel better." said Natasha,now fully walking in the bathroom. Percy just shook his head.

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because i don't want to get attached."

Natasha frowned and approached him,putting a hand on his shoulder. He visibly tensed but he swat it away.

"Why not?"

Percy turned off the water and fully turned,so he was now face to face with Natasha. His eyes were red,puffy and they were glistering with new tears threatening to spill.

"BECAUSE EVERYONE AROUND ME DIES!" he yelled. "AND IF I LOSE ANOTHER PERSON THAT I LOVE. I might just go insane..." His voice cracked at the last sentence. Natasha put a hand to her mouth and her eyes sparkled. She pulled him in a fierce hug,almost crushing his bones.

"You're not gonna lose us..." she told him. "We're gonna spend some time together for the next week,deal? We can get to know you and you us."

"I just told you my whole life..." he muttered against her red hair making her chuckle.

"Still..." she pulled away and smiled at him. "Come on,the others are probably waiting." She started walking away,with him behind her. As their were walking she stopped at the door. "Oh and by the way," she said smirking. "We're not that easy to kill."

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"Man that's... seriously fucked up." said Scott,glancing at everyone.

"Scott,for the last time... Language!" yelled Steve. He was sitting on one of the chairs,gazing at the spot that Percy and Natasha left.

"He is right,that's just messed up." said Tony. "Come on... They were just teenagers." He stood up and walked over to the kitchen muttering that he needs a drink.

"One time,my grandma thought that i was a god in disguise so she threw me off the balcony and-"

"Scott."

"Sorry..." muttered Scott,looking at everyone sheepishly. "Just trying to defuse the tension."

"And it worked." said Natasha walking in with Percy hot on her tail. Everyone turned to stare at them,but mostly Percy who was distracting himself with his pen.

"Don't stare at him like that or believe me you won't have any eyes to look at him with." growled Natasha making everyone divert their gaze to someone or something.

They sat down and everyone was drowned in an awkward silence until Scott stood up.

"I'm sorry,i just have to go to the bathroom." he told them running to use the toilet. Percy peered at him as he left and he aloud himself to snort. He looked around and saw everyone trying to stifle a laugh. Natasha was just smiling.

"Does he always do this?" asked Percy,biting the inside of his mouth to not laugh. Rhodey looked at him and nodded.

"Once we were in an important meeting and his phone started to ring." started Rhodey. "Now,let me tell you that the ringtone was sponge bob's theme song and the meeting was with Ross. He looked at all of us,then looked at the phone and he picked it up. He stood up and walked to a corner. Ross asked him what's going on and Scott answered that it was very important. He spent the next 5 minutes ordering a pizza. To this day i have no idea how Domino's knew his number."

Everyone burst out laughing. They were laughing a whole minute and they started to calm down but then...

"HEY! WHY IS THERE A DENT ON THE WALL?! I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME!" Scott yelled from the bathroom making everyone start laughing yet again. They calmed down and Scott walked in. He looked at them confused.

"Why do you all look red?"

"Not important."

Scott huffed and sat in his sit from before. Percy turned to him with a smile.

"You know you remind me of a god i knew?" he told him.

Scott gaped at him. "Really? Who?"

"Apollo. You have the same personality." said Percy.

Rocket looked at him and put his weapon down. "What about the rest of us?" he asked him as Scott started researching Apollo.

Percy looked at all of them first. He turned to Natasha. "You're Athena or Artemis." then to Tony. "Hephaestus. Definitely." then to Bruce. "Probably Hestia,if she were a male." then to Rocket. "Ares." then to Steve. "You've got a Poseidon theme going on,but I'm not sure." then to Rhodey. "Hermes,maybe." then to Nebula. "Artemis or Ares." then he turned to Clint. "Apollo." and at last he turned to Thor. "And i guess you'd be Zeus."

"That's nice." said Bruce.

"What's the plan by the way for defeating Thanos?" asked Percy,making the temperature drop.

"We will be-"

"Wait." Scott interrupted. He looked at Percy. "You said that the gods helped you defeat Gaea before,right?" Percy nodded. "Can't they help us defeat Thanos?"

Percy looked down and shook his head. "No."

"Why not? I mean we can ask them and-"

"They physically cannot." said Percy.

"What do you mean?" asked Scott,looking at him.

Percy raised his head again and looked at all of them,his gaze finally stopping at Scott. "I mean they can't. They're gone. The gods faded. The gods are dead,Scott."

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