CHAPTER THREE: IT SUCKS TO BE FAMOUS

PREVIOUSLY:

The avengers as well as Tony and a bound Loki sat in silence, Percy was as still as a corpse which came as a shocking but not unwelcome surprise to the other avengers.

If they so much as heard his feet tap once on the floor, they would have actually considered throwing him off the aircraft.

Suddenly thunder boomed across the sky making Loki flinch and the hair on Percy's neck stand on their roots. "What? Scared of a little lightning?" the captain mocked but was answered back by the Norse deity in a calm and collected voice, "No, I'm just not fond of what happens after" Loki replied.

Percy frowned and the buzzing noise in his head that warned him of incoming danger blared.

He quickly tackled Tony out of the way just in time to avoid a streak of lightning that tore through the roof, a man clad in armour similar to (but not quite there) Loki jumped in, grabbed the god of mischief and took off through the hole in the roof.

"After Him!" the captain barked out as he quickly unbuckled himself, Percy got off the groaning form of Tony Stark and narrowed his eyes at the hole in the roof which water was now flowing freely from.

This was starting to get ridiculous.

NOW:

Percy removed the cowl from his face and tossed it to the side, he rolled his shoulders and in a stunning display of agility ran up the wall and grasping the edge of the hole in the roof before hauling himself out of the quinjet, ignoring the captain who was calling after him.

Without the slightest hint of unease of being out in the open in his uncles domain he steadied himself atop the swaying aircraft that was being pounded relentlessly by the howling winds. Once his balance was set, he quickly jumped off the quinjet and into a rain cloud before propelling himself towards the direction of who ever it was that had abducted the god of mischief with the aid of the water contained in the cloud.

Lightning flashed dangerously, almost striking him in the face only for him to maneuver out of its way at the last moment. Strangely enough something told him that this was not the work of his uncle.

Another flash of lightning lighted up the dark sky letting Percy spot the mystery kidnapper amidst a formation of rocks talking or more like scolding a bound Loki.

Just as he was about to close in, he heard the familiar sound of incoming thrusters making him sigh in irritation. None of the avengers knew of his affinity over water except for Michael because he once fought along side him before and Natasha because she was his friend.

Even at that Natasha didn't know how his powers came to be but she didn't pry knowing that he would tell her when he felt she was ready.

As the sounds of thrusters came closer he quickly relinquished his control of the water filled cloud and let himself plummet downwards only to be caught just in time by Iron Man.

"I know you're badass and all dude but you really have to stop jumping off aircrafts" the billionaire dead panned making Percy let out an exaggerated whine about his ride being interrupted.

Soon enough, Tony finally managed to pick up the location of the duo of Loki and the other unidentified individual who were now engaging in a screaming match and dive bombed them while Percy rolled his eyes as he had spotted them earlier on due to the rain not affecting him.

Once within a few feet above the duo Percy managed to slip out of the metal man's iron grip and delivered a flying heel kick to Loki's chin knocking the Asgardian out and rolling to a crouched position with his Katanna blade out of its shield and pointed towards the mystery man.

"Sorry mate but I've gotta haul your ass with me cuz you just interfered with shield business" he drawled in an accent, "That is the worst impersonation of an Australian accent I have ever heard" Iron man remarked dryly as he descended.

Percy looked offended at the comment "Hey! I'll have you know that I have the best aussie accent in the entirety of the United States of America!" he exclaimed, Tony snorted in disbelief "Careful what you say 'Bloody' there are some Kangaroos who would trample on you for that insult" he said with an unseen eye roll underneath his mask.

"….I am pretty sure that is a racist comment" Percy dead panned.

"….Let's never speak of this again" the billionaire playboy intoned.

"Deal" the psychotic avenger agreed.

Finally having had enough of being ignored, the mysterious figure finally snapped "ENOUGH! I am Thor of Asgard, son of Odin and conqueror of t5he Jotuns, I am the one fated to face the Midgard serpent at the Ragnarok and I will not…" he was cut off by a repulsor blast to the face which sent him flying.

"Well I guess that answers the question, this guy's Asgardian. Now my problem is why the hell do these guys feel the need to monologue" the metal man complained.

Percy sniffed, "It's actually kind of amusing to see them call out their accomplishments only to get smacked in the face by an unexpected shot" he said nonchalantly.

The billionaire attempted to make a quip of his own only to be cut short by a giant silver hammer with a short leather grip slamming into his chest sending him on a flight of his own.

Percy giggled a little at the karma situation before dancing out of the way as the hammer rebounded and attempted to slam into his back. The unidentified Asgardian stretched out his arm and caught the rebound hammer making his sky blue eyes flash like lightning.

Percy twirled his sword a bit before dashing forward in an unusual burst of speed, the Norse fellow quickly blocked the slash with the head of his hammer, the two foes struggled to get a drop on the other making their various metals make screeching noises as they scraped against each other.

Percy quickly came to a conclusion as they pressed their blades together tightly, this guy was an immortal of some sort most likely a god if his superior strength if that was anything to go by.

To his relief he was neither of Greek or Roman origin…neither of both pantheons would be dressed in a manner akin to a geek prepped up for a comic book convention.

Seeing the futility in their struggle Percy quickly released his blade from the deadlock, ducking over as he did so he gave a sharp kick to the immortal's shin making said immortal wince slightly before delivering a sharp kick of his own to Percy's face sending him skidding on the rocky floor with a broken nose.

Percy turned the skid into a roll and stood up with his left hand clutching the broken nose, "Son of a fucker" he hissed in pain before snapping the cartilage back in place and then allowing the rain water to heal him.

Percy suddenly blinked and then face palmed much to the confusion of the bulk Norse, 'Of course! It's raining, meaning that my battle prowess has been boosted meaning that I should stop playing clash of blades with this guy and just trash his ass'

Confused? Well as a son of Poseidon the water falling from the sky boosted his combat prowess (no duh) but it was not a subconscious task, for the water to empower him he needed to accept it.

Which he hadn't been doing as he expected his close quarters combat capabilities would be enough to take down the red caped (how had he not noticed this before?) Norse down.

Fat chance of that happening, he didn't need to be a psychic to know that the asgardian out matched him by far in physical strength but he didn't expect the immortal to be just as fast.

On second thought he should have thought of that possibility, because hello the guy is immortal, why wouldn't he be fast?

Percy shook his head, 'I really need to stop letting my mind wander off in the middle of a fight' he thought dully before side stepping a hammer swing that would have left him with some broken ribs.

He used the momentum from his side step and spun around before slashing at the Norse opening a long gash at his fore arm making him hiss in pain as red blood quickly began to ooze out of the injury. Percy immediately back tracked to avoid another strike from the hammer that would have sent him flying, he performed a back flip kicking the Norse under the jaw in the process before said Norse could strike again.

Thunder roared across the sky as the intensity of the storm increased drastically making Percy sigh in bliss as the water empowered him, Thor spun his hammer rapidly making it appear like a spinning circle of lightning before hurling it at Percy.

Percy jumped to the side once more to avoid the hammer but at the same time a bolt of lightning dropped towards the position where he now stood forcing him to jump back into his previous position…right into the path of the incoming hammer.

CRACK

The sound of breaking bones echoed through Percy's ears as the lightning charged hammer struck him in the rib cage sending him flying through a boulder before skidding to a stop on the rocky surface of the ground.

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Thor walked over to the unmoving form of his opponent with a look of respect on his face, "You were a worthy foe, but alas…" he was cut short of his monologue by a whip made of water wrapping itself around his neck making him gag before hurling him towards a large boulder with the speed akin to that of a fighter jet whizzing through the air.

Percy opened an eye before closing it and jumping to his feet with both eyes still shut firmly before he began to cackle, "That actually hurt!" he crowed before continuing his rambunctious laughter making the son of Odin rise to his feet shakily with his left arm hanging limply.

"I..impossible! I felt your life force leave you!" the Norse god of thunder exclaimed amidst dry heaves as he struggled to get the oxygen that was knocked out of him on impact back into his lungs.

Percy stopped his laughing and blinked twice before sniffing, "I stopped my heart beat" he answered honestly making the thunder god gape at the figure standing in front of him.

However, his gaping did not last long as a fist made of water slammed into his abdomen effectively knocking the wind out of him and sending him rolling on the floor, to his credit he got up immediately and tried to summon mjolnir back to his person only for the same fist of water to latch on the incoming hammer and hold it in a tight grip.

The Norse and the water fist construct began a tug of war with the silver hammer causing the storm to intensify even further thereby giving Percy the energy to keep up with the struggle for the hammer. Thor grunted with effort as he struggled to retrieve his hammer from the water construct but his effort was all in vain, just as he was about to call upon more lighting to destroy the fist a coloured shield slammed into his neck sending him to his knees as he gagged and heaved for air.

Percy quickly dispelled the water construct and picked up his sword at the exact same moment the other avengers arrived on the scene.

Thor recovered from the attack and rose from his kneeling position with a murderous expression on his face, "Stand down buddy, you're out numbered" the captain said in a calm but stern voice.

Thor snarled at the man before raising his hammer to the sky, knowing that he was about to summon more lightning Percy threw his Katanna blade like a spear making it fly through the air before tearing through the Norse's shoulder blade and sending said Norse to his knees once more as he cried out in pain.

"Quick thinking kid" the captain praised lightly as the Black Widow and Hawkeye quickly placed the thunder god in energy suppressing cuffs to prevent him from using his divine powers (Percy's idea by the way).

The two SHIELD super spies hauled the Norse to his feet ignoring his protests and demands to 'unhand' him, Percy walked over to the Norse and pulled the sword out of his shoulder making every one, thunder god included wince at how sudden he pulled the blade out.

Another flash of lightning streaked across the sky illuminating the dark area as it did so thus enabling the Norse deity have a proper look at the person who had contributed a good ninety eight percent in his defeat and gasped at who he saw.

"Perseus?!" the god of thunder exclaimed making the raven haired young man raise an eyebrow at him in curiosity. "…How did you know my name?" he asked in mild apprehension at the fact a strange god whom he had never had any contact with knew his name (mild apprehension because he had seen odder omens).

Thor gasped once more, "So it is you! Perseus Jackson son of Poseidon defeater of the Titan lord and his brethren, the bane of giants….". "Okay, okay that's enough I get it you know who I am but my question is how you know me?" Percy cut off the rambling thunder god while being vaguely aware of the multiple eyes staring at him in incredulity.

Thor snorted. "Everyone knows about you son of Jack, who wouldn't know about the half blood who put the primordial goddess of the Earth, Gaea herself back to sleep?" he answered in a nonchalant tone, Percy narrowed his eyes at the Norse god of thunder, "You don't look like the kind of guy to be someone's lap dog, but why are you aiding Loki?" he asked sharply.

Thor's eyes widened before he narrowed them as well, "I work for no one but myself alone, Midgard is the realm I was born to protect and Loki is bringing a war to it, a war that is beyond its inhabitant's capabilities to fight. But despite that he is still my brother and I believe that I can talk him out of this madness." he answered in a clipped tone as well.

Percy maintained his stare for a while longer before sighing in resignation, "Let him go" he said causing the other avengers to look at him incredulously (well…'incredulouslier'). "But…" the captain protested but was promptly shot down by the raven haired youth, "He's not lying cap, besides if it was Natasha or Mikey in this position I would've done the same thing' he said in a tone that left no room for argument.

The captain gave off a sigh of his own before nodding to the two super spies who grudgingly let the Norse god out of his cuffs, Loki groaned as he came back from the realm of unconsciousness before being sent back to the aforementioned realm by a sharp kick to the side of his head by Percy.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa" the Iron man exclaimed as he held his hands up to form a 'T' , "Time out, am I the only one who's wondering what the hell is going on here! Son of Poseidon? Defeater of the Titan lord? Bane of giants? What the heck?!" the billionaire avenger exclaimed.

Percy shot the Norse god of thunder an irritated look making the deity look confused as to why he was being glared at, "We'll talk about this on the Hellicarrier" he stated before spinning on his heel and heading towards the area where the quinjet had landed.

The other avengers shared a look before going after him in a tense silence, a silence that was broken by Tony Stark, "….shouldn't we be carrying Reindeer games with us?' he asked making the other avengers face palm at their own forgetfulness.

Seems like Percy was rubbing off on them after all.

LINEBREAK

The entirety of the avengers with Nick Fury, Thor Odinson and Agent Maria Hill sat in the briefing room aboard the helli carrier in a tense silence.

'Well?!" Tony snapped impatiently at the green eyed male causing said male to blink, "What?" Percy questioned dumbly making the occupants of the room groan at his forgetfulness.

"Why was the hammer dude over there calling you the son of some ancient Greek water deity?' Tony asked slowly, Percy furrowed his brows together in thought before the realization dawned on him, "Oh..." he said making the avengers roll their eyes at his simple minded answer.

Percy cleared his throat, "Well, I don't know how to put this…" he began before being interrupted by the billionaire, 'How about from the beginning?" Tony snarked causing every one else in the room to shoot his irritated glares, effectively making him shrink back into his chair to avoid their gazes.

"Well thunder blondie over there…" the other avengers bar Steve (who looked offended) snickered behind their palms, "…is right, I am the demigod son of Poseidon and the late mortal Sally Jackson and hence the cause of my ADHD and dyslexia" he was cut off again by Tony, "Hold up a sec, really? Being a demigod gives you ADHD and dyslexia? That totally ruins the whole badass theme you've got going on." Tony remarked.

Percy said nothing and instead settled for drawing out his sword from its sheath and placing it on the table with his hand grasped firmly on its handle.

That action seemed to send the message across and Tony shut his mouth, seeing that the billionaire had shut his trap Percy continued "Being a demigod meant that I have a scent that monsters can sniff out and track me using said scent for the purpose of consuming my flesh" he took a sip of water from the glass tumbler in front of him while the other occupants of the room bar Thor and Hawkeye sat in stunned silence as they wondered how dangerous his life must have been.

"When I say 'monster', I mean creatures from so called Greek 'myths' like Cyclops', the Gorgon trio of sisters consisting of Medusa, Steno and Euryale, Pasiphae's son AKA the minotaur AKA ground beef…" the other avengers bar Hawkeye and Tony who snickered shared confused glances with each other at the name but said nothing.

"…Drakons….on second thought names have power so by calling them by their names will attract them which means I'll stop doing that now" The avenger tensed at that statement and darted their eyes around the room rapidly.

They did not want to see what the Greek mythological world had to offer in regards to monsters.

"When I was twelve years old, I discovered that I was a half blood which is a fancy and yet unnecessary way of saying demigod and that my best friend of that time that I met in Yancy academy where I was schooling as at then was a satyr tasked with bringing me to camp half blood. Camp half blood is a camp situated in Montauk in Long Island New York in the exact same place as Delphi strawberry services, if you've gone there before and saw nothing then don't be surprised because mortals as yourselves won't be able to see through the mist." Percy said and Tony raised his hand causing Percy to roll his eyes.

"What's the mist?" the Iron Man asked, "The mist is a supernatural element that blurs the eyes of mortals from the Greek supernatural world and can only be seen through by either a demigod or clear sighted mortal. On my way to the camp with my mother and the satyr, we were attacked by Pasiphae's son whom sent my mother to the underworld and in my anger I ripped his horns off and killed him with it."

The avengers gaped at that piece of info but Percy continued, "I passed out but not until I got the satyr and myself into the camp which had borders that were protected by a barrier from a pine tree which had the soul of Thalia Grace the daughter of Zeus who had gave her life to protect her friends from monsters that were sent to kill her by her and my uncle Hades for being a daughter of Zeus.

Yeah you heard right, the three sons of Kronos made it a habit to kill off each other's offspring, don't ask me why because I frankly don't know. I finally woke up from my coma of sorts where I finally discovered that my Latin teacher at Yancy academy was in reality Chiron the trainer of heroes. I also discovered that on top of being a bastard child, I was not meant to be born due to an oath mad by the male children of Kronos and Rhea after the second world war to never have demigod children again due to a prophecy that a child of one of said gods would have the power to either save or raze Olympus to the ground. I was also blamed for the theft of Zeus' master bolt which was his symbol of power and also the reason he was threatening war with Poseidon."

"How is that fair?!" Steve Rogers exclaimed, "You were just finding out that you were a half blood for goodness sake!" the captain cried out, Percy smiled slightly as he remembered his paranoid but it was not a kind one, "After a game of Capture the Flag I was claimed by my father before I was immediately attacked by a hellhound which was killed as soon as it dived me. Not too long after I was sent on a quest which its last line warned me that I would be betrayed by the one whom I call a friend, I chose Annabeth Chase a daughter of Athena and Grover Underwood the satyr sent to retrieve me to join me on my quest to the underworld to retrieve the master bolt since Hades was the one suspected to be in possession of the master bolt, I also hoped to rescue my mother as well. On the quest we had to evade the kindly ones or the Furies if you would prefer to call them…" everyone, Percy included shat the director of SHIELD a look at that part making him roll his good eye.

"…I also killed Medusa on the quest before running into the Chimera on the St Louis Arch where I had to jump off after it poisoned me where I met a nymph that instructed me to go to the beach where I would get info from my father, a proclamation that made me excited because I would be able to meet my father. I became a fugitive after that incident and went to the bay as instructed and was sorely disappointed to meet a nymph in place of my father who gave me three pearls. I soon met Ares whom I took an instant dislike to and he sent us on a side quest to retrieve his shield, we retrieved his shield of course but not after narrowly escaping the trap that Hephaestus had set up for him because he and Aphrodite were on a date then.

He gave us a few mediocre supplies as well as transport for some distance towards our location which was Los Angeles where the underworld was located, we got stuck in the lotus hotel and casino for five days which in reality was the lair of the lotus eaters that kept people imprisoned for eternity and they were able to do this because they were descendants of the primordial god of time, Chronos." Percy took another sip of water while the other avengers listened with rapt attention.

We ran into Procrustes who attempted to stretch us till our spines snapped but I managed to get free from my restraints and behead him. We finally made our way to the underworld where we had to bribe Charon the ferry man in order to gain entrance to the realm of the dead, the moron is a sucker for Italian suits. We managed to avoid being killed by Cerebus, the three headed hellhound that guarded the entrance of the underworld thanks to the daughter of Athena's expertise in taming dogs. Grover almost fell into the pit of Tartarus thanks to a pair of sneakers with wings from Luke Castellan a son of Hermes whom I considered a friend, the sneakers were given to me but I rejected them in fear of being struck down by my uncle for entering his realm.

We managed to get the satyr out of the sneakers letting them fall into the pit, after a few minutes of trekking we managed to get to Hades' palace after evading the kindly ones. The god of the dead granted is audience and by audience I mean threatening to kill me and my mother whom he held hostage before using my skeleton to lead an army to storm Olympus after we asked him to release the master bolt" Percy rubbed his jaw as he realized how scary and ridiculous that sounded while every one else chuckled.

"Turns out that he wasn't the thief after all and his own symbol of power, the helm of darkness had gone missing making him very irritable, I suddenly felt my back pack of supplies that I got from Ares get heavier making me open it to see the cause, I opened it and to my shock and anger at the snake Ares, I saw the master bolt stashed in it. The lord of the dead demanded that I hand over the bolt but I knew better, his brothers had wronged him greatly and with the master bolt being one of the most powerful weapons in the Greek world he would wage war on them. And believe me when I tell you that a war amongst the gods will kill millions of humans. I considered handing the bolt over to Annabeth and giving my mother the third pearl so that they could escape, but I knew my mother would never forgive me for doing such and so I promised to return him his helm before stepping on the pearls as the others did without waiting for an answer.

We arrived at the beach were I fought Ares and defeated him before retrieving the helm that he left behind and giving it to Alecto one of the kindly ones who was standing nearby who returned it to her master Hades who in turn returned my mother to our beach house in Montauk. I travelled to Manhattan via plane for the purpose of returning before our deadline while praying that Zeus would not strike the plane out of the sky because I was on it. I and my comrades got to Manhattan without an issue before going to the empire state building and heading to the 600th floor where the new Mt Olympus is currently located.

Percy stopped and smirked as he took pleasure at the disbelieving looks on the face of every one except Michael and Thor before continuing, "I returned the master bolt to Zeus who threatened to strike me out of the sky if he caught me flying again before sharing a brief conversation with my father and then returning to my mother whom I gave medusa's head to dispose of the trash of my step father before finally returning to camp. Despite the quest being over I knew that the prophecy was not complete yet and that put me on edge since it said I would be betrayed by a friend.

My hunch was proven correct as Luke Castellan set a pit scorpion on me and leaving camp for refusing to join his master Kronos who was rising to destroy Olympus and western civilization as a whole…not that Luke knew that" Percy finished and stood up while the occupants of the room looked at him in wonder, he walked to the door before stopping and turning around to look at Michael, he narrowed his eyes at the archer, "what…" he was cut off mid sentence as an explosion went off somewhere in the hellicarrier.

AN: Holy Shit! 4500k+ words in one sitting! Well to be honest my parents aren't home right now so I am ignoring most of the chores they left for me to write this. In other words I am risking being slapped multiple times for the enjoyment of my readers but it's totally worth it.

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