"Do you guys have anything to ask the great avengers?" Tony spoke up once the group got back to the tower.
Will raised an eyebrow at Nico who shrugged, "Not really, we just ask Natasha, she answers our questions to a satisfactory level," Nico grinned while Natasha rolled her eyes, Nico liked to overcomplicate sentences to confuse other people.
"Ah, yes, are you referring to that one time you almost chocked when she mentioned Cap over here and then demanded to know everything about him until I interrupted and asked for her vegan yogurt brand?" Will asked and Nico blushed while Steve looked a little scared.
"Why did you want to know everything about me?" he asked and Nico threw him a smirk.
"I was just wondering if you would consider me an enemy if you ever met me and wanted to know for fighting weaknesses, I have a mental file on all the people I've ever fought - or planned to fight - so I know how to beat them," Steve looked a little shocked but Natasha just smirked.
"I almost forgot, Nico, your dad wanted me to tell you that he has invited you and Will to dinner at his place to celebrate your engagement," Nico's face drained of any color.
"You better be joking, I swear to the gods," he murmured and Natasha snickered.
"He knew you wouldn't listen if he told you himself so he told me to tell you, Will isn't complaining!" She gestured at the boy who had a tense smile on his face.
"I'm not complaining because I know that Mr. H will actually murder me if I say anything bad about him," Will's face still had that tense smile which made Nico laugh and kissed him on the cheek, the Avengers looked a little worried.
"Isn't that illegal?" Clint asked and Will nodded,
"Yup, but that won't stop him, when I first started dating Nico he said 'If you ever hurt my son I will make you crave death, and even in death you will be tortured,' so I try not to anger him," the Avengers all looked a little confused and shocked but Will assured them that it was no big deal.
"If we do have to go to dinner with my father, we better get going so we can shower and get changed," Nico suggested and Will nodded.
"Yeah, let's head off, Sunshine," Will grabbed Nico's hand and they both waved to the Avengers as the elevator doors closed.
"What do you think?" Natasha spun around and looked into the faces of her team, wanting to see some sort of reaction.
"They were cool," Tony offered and Natasha shot him a glare,
" 'cool'? You spend a whole day with them and all you can use to describe them is 'cool'?" Natasha sounded exasperated and Steve shrugged,
"I mean, the whole thing with Nico being from the 1930s was weird but they seemed like pretty chill people," Natasha valued what her teammates had to say, but they could be incredibly dull a lot of the time.
"I felt honored meeting Nico di Angelo and Will Solace, two heroes, almost as brave as Percy Jackson," suddenly Thor's face turned to shock, "I forgot to ask them for a photo!" Thor looked like he was about to run to the window and jump out to chase after them but Bruce put a hand on his shoulder.
"Woah, I'm sure Natasha could bring them around again, they didn't just disappear," Bruce reasoned and Thor looked a little calmer.
"How do you know them again?" Clint asked and Thor's face turned to a dreamy expression,
"They were also heroes in the prophecy about Percy Jackson, what Nico has done is amazing and anyone on Azgaurd would be honored to bow before him,"
"That's why you bowed?" Natasha asked and Thor nodded vigorously,
"I didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable so I decided to wait for the right opportunity to show my respect, thankfully the man of iron gave me that opportunity," everyone looked at Tony who was obliviously sipping on a milkshake JARVIS made for him.
"What?" he asked, looking up at the group, Steve just sighed, Bruce chuckled.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Bruce asked: "What time is it?" Natasha shrugged and Clint checked his watch.
"2:50," he said and Natasha's eyes went wide.
"I have to go!" She screamed, picking up a bag and running to the elevator, she could faintly hear her teammates asking each other questions about what she was doing, but she didn't have the time to worry about that.
Annabeth had promised to pick up Luke from daycare.
Daycare ended at 3:00
Shit.
Annabeth ran into the first public bathroom outside the tower and went into a stall, she removed her tight leather clothing and facial changing technology, her blonde hair falling over her shoulders in waves.
Annabeth put on a loose hoodie that read 'New Rome College'. It always made her feel sad but she felt like if she threw it away she would be dishonoring the memories of all that had died there.
Annabeth ran down the busy streets of New York City, hastily apologizing to the people she ran into.
Annabeth was breathing hard when she stopped in front of the daycare, just in time to hear the babble of kids leaving their classrooms.
"Mommy!" A voice yelled as something small but heavy collided with Annabeth's legs.
Luke Jackson was beaming up at his mom, his eyes bright and full of life, "We made drawings of our family today in class, I drew you, Daddy, Uncle Will, Uncle Nico, Uncle Jason, and Aunt Piper! Are they coming over for dinner tonight?" Luke asked excitedly.
Annabeth smiled and kissed his nose, "Uncle Will and Uncle Nico aren't, but I'm pretty sure Daddy is the only good cook in our family, so Uncle Jason and Aunt Piper will probably come over," Luke giggled and jumped up and down.
"Let's go, Mommy, I want to say hi to the cat on the way home," Luke skipped off, pulling Annabeth along.
'The cat' was an old stray that had been living outside their apartment building since the group of demigods moved in. This particular cat was not as hostile as most New York alley cats, it was so calm, in fact, that Luke could pet him softly.
Percy and Annabeth knew that Luke loved that cat, so they started looking after it.
They didn't adopt it, but they made sure it was alive every day, gave it some cat food if they found it on sale, and left a little dish of water out on the hot days.
Luke and Annabeth turned onto the alley and Luke started looking for the cat, making little noises.
Annabeth looked around too, but she couldn't find the cat, she looked under boxes, inside milk crates, but the cat was nowhere to be found.
Annabeth was pulled away from her quest to find the missing feline by loud coughing from the end of the alley.
Annabeth knew, logically, that this could be a monster, but, what was the saying? Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
She had to investigate.
"Luke, be ready to run inside," Annabeth said, Luke looked up at his mom who was in a battle pose,
"Why?"
"I'm not sure what's coughing, but it might not be nice. When I say so, you run inside, grab Aunt Piper and tell her what happened, then stay inside, no matter what you hear," Annabeth could tell that she was scaring Luke, but what else could she do if this was a bad monster?
Annabeth crept closer to the end of the alley, it was harder to see but Annabeth could make out the outline of a figure, something that was quite large and burley. The figure made another coughing noise.
Annabeth drew out her dagger, ready to strike if necessary, and spoke: "What do you want,".
Annabeth was expecting a monster, a baby hellhound perhaps? Maybe it was a homeless person, though it looked bigger than the average man.
She could hear Luke behind her, unsure whether Annabeth wanted him to run and get Piper yet, or if he should wait.
The figure turned around and Annabeth nearly dropped her dagger.
It wasn't a monster,
It wasn't dangerous,
And it certainly wasn't there to kill them.
Ok, I don't to authors notes a lot, but I wanted to share something and I don't really have anywhere else to do it. This doesn't relate to the plot of the story so you don't need to read this if you don't want to. My parents have been taking away everything on my phone, all the access to apps that I use to help myself calm down from panic attacks and other things. I have depression (I've been medically diagnosed) and my mom thinks that getting rid of my phone will 'cure' me. I've had more panic attacks in the past week than I have in the last month and that's because I don't have access to the things I used to use. Sorry if this affects my upload schedule in any way, I will try my best to stay consistent! :)
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