Here's a new story I'm writing, I hope you like it. I was writing Son of the Huntress and I got an idea, so I thought I'd try and write another one
It's a PJO/Avengers crossover, I don't know what it is with me and PJO crossovers but just go with it.
I'm not going to give you much else on this, so you might as well read and enjoy it!
"Friday, tell Percy to cancel all my plans today. It's building time." Tony said as he strode into his lab.
"Yes, Boss," the AI said, "but may I warn you that Mr. Jackson will not be happy."
Tony rolled his eyes, "Tell him I said to get over it. Play my tunes while you're at it."
"Yes, Boss." The loud music began blasting from the speakers around the lab.
Percy was his new, nineteen-year-old, PA. Tony had only hired him a few months ago, but the kid was good, really good. Pepper and Rhodey thought he was insane for hiring a teenager as a personal assistant, but then they saw how good the kid was at doing his job, he's even had gotten Tony to eat and sleep a few times. That's something no one else has achieved, not even Rhodey.
Suddenly, his music was muted and the door to his lab was slammed open, "Oh hell no!" Said the green-eyed teen.
"Oh, hey Percy, What brings you here?" Tony said, not looking up from the Iron Man gauntlet he was working on.
"You know exactly why I'm here, Stark. I have scheduled this board meeting four times, and I am not going to make it a fifth. Get off your ass, take a shower, and go to the meeting. Pepper is waiting upstairs." He turned around on his heel and marched back to the elevator.
Tony huffed in annoyance and put down the screwdriver, "You can't talk to me like that. I'm your boss, I can fire you with a snap of my fingers."
He swore he could hear the smirk on the kid's face when he said, "But you won't, you need me too much."
Damn it, he's right. Stupid teenage assistant who's good at his job.
As Percy said, a very pissed off-looking Pepper Potts was glaring at him once he got off the elevator.
Her face softened when she looked at Percy, who was holding a cup of coffee, "Thank you, Percy. I honestly don't know how you do it."
The teen shrugged, "I used to be the head counselor at a summer camp. So dealing with kids it sort of my thing." He turned to smirk a Tony when he said that. In retaliation, Tony took the cup of coffee Percy had in his hand and took a sip grimacing when he discovered it was just like how he likes his coffee, so it's probably for him anyway.
Pepper rolled his eyes at his childishness, then smiled at Percy and said, "Well, I'm glad we have your experience then."
"I'm sorry since when did you two start ganging up on me?" Tony asked.
"Since I started feeling sorry that Percy has my old job," Pepper said.
"Yes, it's very difficult being a grown man's babysitter," Percy said.
"And here I thought you guys loved me," Tony said, pouting.
"We do love you. Well, maybe not the way Cap does, but we do." Percy said
Tony choked on his coffee, glaring at Percy and Pepper as they gave each other a high five. Then, once he composed himself, he put his hands up in an 'I surrender' gesture "All right, I'm done with this torment. Being at a board meeting is better than this. Goodbye." He begins to head towards the elevator again but gets stopped by Percy.
"Tony. Shower. Now."
Tony grumbled and walked away to take a shower. Percy and Pepper waited for him in the kitchen, Percy started a pot of coffee and Pepper began tapping on her Stark Pad.
Pepper sighed, "Percy, I don't know what we would do without you."
"I'm pretty sure Tony would die of starvation," Percy said.
"You got that right," Pepper scoffed, "I thought Tony was insane for hiring a teenager to be his assistant. But then I saw how good you were for him. You really are."
Percy smiled, "Trust me, when I told my friends that I was going to be Tony Stark's new personal assistant, they all laughed because they thought I was joking. They still think I'm joking, the only one that believes me is my girlfriend."
"How is Annabeth anyway?"
Percy brightened at the thought of his girlfriend, "She's great. We got an apartment together not too long ago. She's about to graduate from college soon and is ready to look for an architecture job. It blows my mind how someone can be so smart."
Pepper smiled at the teen, "Well, bring her by sometime, I haven't seen her in a while."
"I'll try, she's been pretty busy, but I know she misses you guys too," Percy said.
"Who misses us?" Tony said, walking out of his room.
Percy handed him a cup of coffee as Pepper said, "Annabeth."
"Oh yeah, when do we get to see her again?" Tony asked Percy.
"Hopefully soon," Percy responded. "Now get going, you're already late."
"Yes we are, now let's get going are we'll piss the board off even more," Pepper said
"Do I have to? Board meetings are always so boring." Tony whined
Percy rolled his eyes and turned to Pepper, "How is it that I'm a teenager and I'm more mature than the grown man I work for?" Pepper shrugged and he turned to face Tony again, "Happy is waiting for you downstairs. Go. Now or I'll tell Friday to lock you out of the lab."
Tony gasped dramatically, "You wouldn't dare."
"I would dare, and Friday will let me."
"He's correct, Boss." Said the AI.
"Friday, you traitor!"
Percy rolled his eyes. He grabbed Tony by the shoulders and shoved towards the elevator, Pepper following them with an amused expression on her face.
"Goodbye, Tony," Percy said as the elevator closed. He leaned against the door and sighed stressfully.
A few minutes later, his phone dinged with a text from Pepper: Thank you, Percy. Why don't you take the rest of the day off?
Percy smiled and responded with his thanks. He grabbed his keys and left for his car.
On the way to his Apartment in downtown Manhatten, he called Annabeth to tell her he was on his way home.
"Hello?" Said the angelic voice of his girlfriend.
"Hey, Wise Girl! I just wanted to let you know I'm on my way home," Percy said
"So early? I thought you didn't get off work 'till seven?"
"Yeah well, Tony has a board meeting that's going to last a while and Pepper felt sympathy, so she sent me home."
"Seaweed Brain, Pepper isn't your boss."
"I know that, but Tony always does whatever Pepper says. So he'll be fine with it."
"I'm never going to get used to you being on a first name basis Tony Stark and Pepper Potts." He heard her sigh, "Alright then. See you at home."
"Yeah, I'll see you at home, bye."
"Bye." Percy hung up the phone and continued to drive.
Once he got to his and Annabeth's small apartment, he was greeted by the pleasant surprise of all of his friends gathered around in the living room. "Hey, why didn't I get invited to the party?"
Suddenly, a certain blonde went leaped over the couch and charged into Percy for a bear hug. Percy grinned and hugged him back, "I missed you, man, how's Camp Jupiter?"
"Shut up, I haven't seen you in six months," Jason said.
He looked over at Annabeth and Piper, both looking at their boyfriends with amused expressions. Percy rolled his eyes and tried to pry Jason off, "Jason, I love you too, but can you get off of me so I can kiss my girlfriend?" Jason hesitantly let go. Percy walked over to Annabeth and pulled her in for a kiss. Ignoring Leo's complaints about PDA.
Once he pulled away he said, "Why didn't you tell me we had company?"
Annabeth smirked, "They wanted it to be a surprise."
Percy smiled and looked over at his friends. Even Thalia - who had quit the Hunters after the Giant War so she could live a normal life - was here."It's great to see you guys again."
"It's great to see you again too, Water Boy." Leo said, "How's life been?"
Percy grinned, "It's going great. My new job is awesome-" He was cut off by a scoff from Leo. "Is there a problem?"
The mechanic rolled his eyes, "Yes, there is. That whole joke about you being Tony Stark's PA is getting old." All of the rest of his friends nodded in agreement.
Percy gave an exasperated look towards Annabeth, who just shrugged. "Guys, for the last time, it's not a joke."
"Percy, there is no way we are going to believe you work for Tony Stark," Piper said.
"But he does work for Tony Stark."
Everyone jumped at the sudden voice that came from the TV. Percy fell out of the chair he was sitting on and hit his head on the coffee table. He looked up at the TV, rubbing the forming bruise on his forehead only to see the smirking face of his boss.
He quickly composed himself as Tony looked at all of the people behind him, "Wow Perce, I never took you for the party type."
All of his friends stared at the TV in shock, "Tony, how many times have I told you not to hack my TV to call me?"
Tony grinned, "Too many times to count, but your reaction is always worth it."
Percy rolled his eyes for the umpteenth time today, "What do you want, Tony?"
"I got called out of my meeting early to meet the Avengers, Cap said it was something about an upcoming mission," Tony said.
"Okay, what does this have to do with me?" Percy asked.
"I need you to pick up Peter and meet us up there."
"Isn't that Happy's job? And why is Peter even going up there in the first place?"
"Yes, but Happy is busy driving me, so you have to do it. And Peter needs to do some training with Clint and Natasha." Tony responded.
Percy shook his head, this was supposed to be his day off! "Fine, I'll see you at the Compound." And with that, Tony cut off the call.
Percy turned to see all of the shocked faces of his friends, "Think I'm joking now?"
They all shook their heads, Percy scoffed and grabbed his keys. "Where are you going?" Thalia asked.
"You heard him," Percy said, nodding at the TV, "I have to pick up Tony Stark's intern and take him to the Avengers Compound."
"That is literally the coolest sentence you've ever said." Leo breathed.
Percy smirked, "Hey Annabeth, you want to come with me?" Annabeth grinned and grabbed her jacket, heading out the door. Percy turned to his friends, "Stay as long as you like. There's plenty of food and enough of Sally Jackson's blue cookies to feed an army."
And with that, he followed Annabeth out of the apartment.
I hope you liked it! I had a bit of writer's block while I was writing Son of the Huntress. So I thought, what the hell? Let's start another until I know what to write.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this story, it may be a while until I update the next chapter so fair warning.
Love,
-LittleMissReadsTooMuch
