CHAPTER TEN: THE AVENGERS INITIATIVE
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Percy blinked once, then twice and then thrice before sighing, "There weirdest shit always happens to me" he grumbled, a fact which was true because despite his 'disconnection' from the Greek world he was still attacked by monsters, but never by a Titan before or a divine being for that matter.
Percy decided to file away such thoughts for later as well, he needed to get some sleep and dealing with all this Greek divine bullcockus was not going to let him sleep.
As he made his way towards his apartment he saw two of Hyperion's arms laying on the road and decided to pick it up for disposal later.
The last thing he needed was for newspapers and news stations to start blabbing about a murder that never happened when they could give him an update on the world's happenings.
Just as he picked up the arms they glowed slightly before transforming into golden hunting knives, he gaped at the members turned knives before sighing in resignation, "All kind of shit is possible in the Greek world" he muttered.
He slid the knives into his pants and began to walk home, as he walked home he reminisced over the day's activities…
He had gone on a (not) date with his best friend (crush)…
Gotten himself wasted at a bar with said friend (once again the author says crush)
And to top it off he had gotten in a fight with a Titan who asked for his help after its defeat…
He couldn't help but think that this was truly a night to remember.
NOW:
Percy blinked the sleep out of his eyes before getting up groggily, he checked the time and frowned when he saw that the time was four fifty two A.M.
He grumbled at the fact that he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep for a good thirty five seconds before giving up on his whining and walking over to the bathroom to wash his face.
He applied the tooth paste on his tooth brush and began to brush his teeth brutally, as he scrubbed the tartar of his teeth he couldn't help but let his mind wander over to the happenings of the previous night, the fight with Hyperion being the most prominent thought in mind.
He spat out a glob of tooth paste mixed with saliva before resuming his brushing (more like rug washing), something was wrong with the Titan of the east, he looked like he was a slave in his own body, like he had lost the willingness to live.
Sadly he was speaking from experience as he had infiltrated slave camps in Congo.
More than once so to speak.
He spat out another saliva/ tooth paste combo from his mouth before re applying some more paste on the brush and going to work on his tongue and throat.
He had a feeling that something was coming and the appearance of Hyperion was one sign of many that would pop up.
Spitting out once more, he washed his mouth and gargled with some water before spitting again, he put the tooth brush down and ran a hand through his jet black hair.
This was the same ominous feeling he got before the war with the Titans and before Gaea's rising only that this time around the ominous feeling was 'ominous-er' so to speak.
He shouldn't have been bothered, he had left the life of a hero behind a long time ago and he had no intentions of going back to being one, yet he still had a feeling that a big but was going to pop up and send him back to that lifestyle.
He stepped into the shower and turned it on letting the water run freely on his body, he sighed in contentment at the feeling of calmness that washed over him.
He might have detested the world that he came from, but at least the same world had left him with some pretty cool abilities and gifts, some he was born with, some he had been presented with and the rest he had acquired by going through hell….literally.
His face darkened slightly at the last part before he wiped his face free of such emotion, he refused to let himself feel any sort of negative emotion towards them.
Not pain, not sadness, not even betrayal, just stone cold indifference, his time in the pit had dissolved his fatal flaw of loyalty.
He was sure of that.
He was sure and yet he was still loyal towards his little cousin Nico (or older cousin considering the situation, being suspended in time is confusing), he was still loyal to that Hispanic elf Leo….and he was loyal to Natasha.
He shook his head making water from his hair fly in all directions, he had a bad habit of contradicting his own arguments, so in a sense he always argued with himself and lost (AN: anyone recognize this?).
That was just wrong…on many levels.
He twisted the knob of the shower in a clockwise motion shutting off the water before stepping out, he made a beeline to his dresser without bothering to tie a towel, he lived alone after all.
The moment he stepped into the living room, he was greeted to the sight of two guys that were roughly the same age sitting on his couch watching a pre recorded sports game.
A normal person would have freaked out on leaving the bathroom butt naked only to be greeted to the sight of two people in their living room when they had no guests over.
Percy on the other hand just rolled his sea green eyes as he knew of only two people who could get into his house on their own accord.
"Leo get your feet off the couch, Nico that better not be my last can of Pepsi" he said as he got closer. Nico jumped in surprise while the elfish looking son of Hephaestus yelped as he fell of the couch,
Percy smirked at the downed form of Leo Valdez before extending his right hand to him, a gesture which was accepted as the Latino grasped the extended arm and was promptly hauled to his feet by the mercenary.
Leo looked the naked mercenary over before huffing in irritation, "You know, I am pretty sure that you are breaking a scientific law by carrying a dong that huge" the Latino grumbled while Percy smiled wryly, "It's not my fault that I got the better end of the helix strand, besides you don't need to worry about Calypso, as long as she doesn't see my goods then you're good" Percy said while patting the son of Hephaestus on the head.
Leo gaped at the last part of the statement before narrowing his eyes at Percy, 'Now you listen me you no good….." the mercenary tuned the Latino demigod out and faced the gold faced son of Hades.
He raised an eyebrow in amusement as he saw the interesting shade of gold that the son of Hades had on his face, he smirked in further amusement "Now, now Nick, what would Clarisse say if she saw you ogling me?" he asked mockingly.
The ghost king stuttered as he struggled and failed to form a coherent sentence which served no other purpose than to amuse the mercenary.
"Penis measurement and ogling aside….." the son of Hades' face turned even more golden at that statement, "…but you guys surely have something to tell me for visiting me this early in the morning" he said before looking at them expectantly.
The two former demigods turned immortal heroes scrunched their brows together in unspoken confusion, "What do you mean? Can't we just hang out with our bro?" Leo asked in a mixture of confusion and slight offence.
Nico nodded in agreement, "Yeah, it's Friday today, please don't tell me you forgot what today is?" he asked in a more offended than confused tone.
Percy rubbed the back of his head and smiled sheepishly at the duo, "He he, of course not I was just messing with you guys" he said in a feeble attempt to get out of the hole he just dug himself.
Sadly neither of them bought the lie and glowered at him murderously, "Dude, how could you forget that we have a get together at the last Friday of every month?!" Leo exclaimed in exasperation.
Percy threw both of his hands up in defeat, "Okay, okay I admit that I forgot but cut me some slack okay, it's been three months since we did something like this. Besides, I've been, uh busy" he said the last part quietly with a tinge of pink on his face.
The two immortals looked at each other at the inadvertent colouration of their friend's face before sporting shark like grins on their faces.
Before they could ask for the reason behind the slight blush that adorned his face, the apartment door was swung open and the Russian bombshell known as Natasha walked into the small apartment with four bags in hand.
She stopped abruptly as she saw Percy's state of undress, out of reflex her eyes went down to his privates.
Her eyes widened in surprise and a bright red blush appeared on her face, it large to say the least, not the biggest that she had ever seen but something about it being his made it more exciting to look at.
She quickly turned around with the blush on her face, the two immortals in the room blinked before grinning at Percy and giving him two thumbs up each and speed walking out of the apartment before things got awkward.
Percy quickly ran into his room to get dressed while Natasha remained turned trying to reboot her brain functions.
A full minute later, Percy finally stepped out of the bedroom dressed in a black vest and green combat shorts, they both stayed silent for a few awkward moments before Percy spoke up, "Well, uhh you're early" he said awkwardly.
Natasha's face changed from embarrassment to anger before settling on a neutral expression, "I didn't know that you were gay" she said in a monotone.
Percy stuttered at the accusation before managing to form a discernable statement, "I am not gay!" he cried out in indignation.
Natasha wanted to say something like 'Then are you blind not to not to notice that I am coming on to you everyday?!' and instead settled for an eye roll with a teasing smirk plastered on her face despite her eyes betraying her growing frustration with the oblivious male in front of her.
"Whatever you say lover boy, I got us some movies to watch and pizza" she said as she bent down to place them at the side of the couch making his eyes linger on her behind longer than necessary.
His mouth went dry as he just realized how tight those jean shorts she had on were.
She straightened up and placed a DVD disc in the DVD player, grabbing the remote she sat down on the soft couch making it bounce and making Percy's eyes follow her breasts as they bounced as well.
He slapped himself…..hard. Since when had he become a pervert.
He tore his eyes away from her assets and sat down on the couch as well, just as the movie was about to start a loud knock was heard from the door making the both of them groan in annoyance.
Percy made to go answer the door but was pulled back down by the red head, "I'll get it" she said sharply making him gulp as he realized other 'entertaining' ways that she could show her dominance.
It would be impossible for even an oblivious child not to feel the sexual tension between them.
She walked over to the door and opened it sharply no doubt to tell who ever that was on the other side to fuck off but froze in shock as she saw her boss, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D Nicholas Fury and her partner Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye on the other side.
She shook her head violently before pushing the duo away and walking out as well before shutting the door behind her.
"What are you doing here?" she hissed quietly at the duo making them both exchange glances before turning back to her, "We could ask you the same thing" Clint said with a raised brow at her choice of clothing.
"I came to see my uhm friend, you guys can not be here, send me the instructions for whatever mission it is you have for me later" she said hurriedly.
Fury shook his head, "We are not here for you Widow, but for the occupant of this apartment" he said seriously making the red head pause, "What?" she asked.
Clint nodded, "Yep, Perseus Jackson AKA Blood Merchant we've got business with him" he confirmed leaving her in a state of shock.
Rolling his eye, the one eyed eagle walked into the apartment with Clint and Natasha in tow only to bump into the chest of the occupant.
Percy raised a brow at the SHIELD director, "Fury? What a pleasant surprise" he said in a cool voice though the murderous look in his eyes showed that he would've loved nothing more than to remove the director's head from his body and use it as a bowling ball.
The director shifted on his feet uncomfortably, "May I come in?" he asked cautiously making the blood crazed mercenary stare at him with a piercing gaze for a few moments before nodding briskly and making way for them to come in while being careful to avoid meeting Natasha's gaze.
Fury opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Percy's sharp voice, "Cut the bull crap and tell me why you're here Fury" he said with a dangerous edge in his voice.
The director of SHIELD blinked twice before speaking, "I have spent the past few months pooling as many resources as possible to create a team that will be able to defend the Earth in desperate times. As you can see, the arrival of powerful items like the tesseract and the new metal known as adamantine (Percy's eyes widened a little at this part) will no doubt attract external forces some of which may be hostile. You Perseus Jackson (his eye twitched) AKA Blood Merchant have been chosen to be a part of this team."
Percy chuckled darkly making the others in the room except Natasha shiver slightly, "So you want me to join your band of 'heroes' is that it? What makes you think that I want to be a hero?" he asked with the same dark edge to his voice.
"Because you know that you will never be able to live with yourself if your step father were to become a victim while you stood at the sidelines doing nothing. Don't delude yourself, conflicts of global proportions are coming to us and we need all the help we can get, no matter the amount of indifference you show to the situation you are still human and will not stand to the side and do nothing while your planet is destroyed" Fury said with a lot of steel in his voice, he was called the one eyed eagle after all.
Percy paused for a second before balling his hands into fists, "Don't you dare….." he was cut short by Natasha placing a palm on his shoulder.
"He'll give you an answer in two days time" she said curtly but with a dangerous tone underneath the statement, the director of SHIELD nodded towards the Russian spy, "See you then, you to Black Widow" and with that he spun on his heel before walking off briskly.
Clint looked at both parties before rubbing his forehead tiredly and going after Fury, "I really need to see Laura" he muttered.
An uncomfortable silence descended on the duo for some time before being broken by Percy, "So, Black Widow huh?" he asked with an uneasy smile on his face.
Natasha sniffed, "At least I don't have a lame ass name like Blood Merchant" she scoffed making Percy look at her incredulously, "I'll have you know that my name is not…" he started but was cut off by Natasha grabbing him by the band of his shorts, "Oh shut up merc boy, we still have some movies to watch" she said breathily.
Percy barely managed to stifle a moan as her hand came a little too close to his member.
They both paused for a moment before she dragged him to the couch where they both plopped on the couch to continue their movie that was half finished already.
Knowing that Natasha was in SHIELD was enough to strengthen his already set resolve.
It wouldn't hurt to be a hero one more time, 'at least it's not any Greco-Roman business' he thought.
END OF ARC ONE
AN: It is safe to say that I look like a zombie right now, two updates for two stories in a day. Well maybe it's because I have been binge watching recorded episodes of the bollywood series 'Young Dreams' who knew that bollywood TV could be so inspiring.
In response to the most recent guest review, I think you mean OOC not 'OTC', and no you can't know whether Uncle Rick's Percy can become an assassin or not because he didn't go through the kind of shit my Percy went through, and yes Annabeth would make a good assassin but you can't just assume that she would make a better one than Percy. Percy might be a bit slow but he isn't stupid (I really hate stories that portray him as such), besides big three demigods are dangerous especially children of Zeus and Poseidon due to their unpredictability, this is AU for a reason. I am not being rude (please don't take it that way) just stating the facts.
Any who I am going to pass out on my bed right now out of exhaustion,
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