Chapter 12 I don't own anything. There will be mature content in this chapter, you have been warned.

Percy's POV

I was nervous. After a week of waiting, which wasn't that long but felt like years, I would get to talk to Nat. I hadn't visited her after the first time because the image of her lying there brought back unwanted memories. I was right outside her door, the nurses were doing a last minute check up on her and I was worrying they were going to say something is wrong.

"Hey guys, do you think you could give me a few minutes alone with her?" I asked. They looked ready to argue, especially Clint, but Bruce seemed to understand and herded them outside.

Minutes pass.

I'm waiting, waiting for the door to move just one inch.

Creaaaaak

The door opened, I stood up. She was there, all in one piece. Natasha was staring back at me with her emerald green eyes staring back at my sea green. Neither of us spoke, just taking in each others presence. She spoke.

"Hi." It may have been a minute message to say after a week in a coma, but it started the water works. Tears built up in my eyes, then started rolling down my cheeks. I stepped forward and swept her up into a hug. I may have seen her in the dream scape thing, but the feeling of holding her in real life topped it all.

"I missed you so much." I whispered into her ear, holding her tight against my chest.

"I missed you more." She breathed back.

"But I missed you the most." I said, a slight smile on my face. We met with a kiss, sparks metaphorically flew. All of my passion for her was poured into that kiss, all of my love. She returned it back just as much, if not more. The kiss would have continued if not for a cough behind me, I turned around.

The team was standing there, Tony smirking and making kissing motions at me. There was an awkward moment of silence before Tony yelled,

"Group hug!"

Nat and I were enveloped by the whole team, Thor almost being able to pick all of us up. We laughed and cried all at once, just happy to have the missing team member back.

We drove home, it's weird that I'm considering that home now, in the Avenging Mobile. Guess who came up with that name. We walked into the main floor and I collapsed on the couch, pulling Nat next to me. She curled up to my side and laughed quietly as the arguing quickly ensued on what to watch. I just chuckled and pulled out the TV remote from where I hid it last.

At Camp Half Blood. Annabeth's POV

Camp was depressed. New campers would enter thinking this would be fun. Wrong. Ever since Percy was banished by the Gods and partly by us too, camp had this emotional cloud hovering over everyone's head. Markus used to be the star of the camp, all of the campers had been friendly with him.

Then he had told us the truth. That he had framed Percy for all of the things he had 'done'. Markus had lip synced the sounds of conversations Percy had had to the video. Markus had even hired one of his friends to cut him on the back and pretend to be Percy for the other video. He had been on the enemy's side the whole time, feeding them information on our plans.

The enemy. Markus had told us who the enemy was. Thanos. I had heard of him before, all children of Athena had, knowing a lot of mythologies helped in some cases. But Markus wasn't done, he had revealed that Thanos had an army of monsters. Chitauri. The creatures who hold Percy right now, torturing him.

I sobbed. I was lying in the bathroom of my personal room of the Athena cabin, crying. Percy, my boyfriend. No. Ex boyfriend, was gone. All of my friends had left me. And worst of all, Markus had been cheating on me with an Aphrodite girl the whole time.

I reached up to the counter and grabbed a small object. I crawled into the bathtub, I need to get away from the pain. 'Is this how Percy felt?' I ask myself. 'Did he feel this much pain?' I raised the object out of the darkness. Light reflected off of a small metal razor. I slowly brought the blade down to my inner forearm, just letting it rest there.

'Maybe the mental pain will leave and I will feel physical pain. I can deal with that.' I thought to myself.

I pushed the blade down on my arm, blood streamed out of the small cut made by the razor. I pulled the blade across my arm, drawing more blood. The pain took my mind off of the pain off the loss of friends and made me think about the blood on my arm. I cut a few more times before reaching across to the counter and drinking the Nectar that I had set there.

The cuts healed, but not all the way. They were self made and didn't heal all the way, just left a scab over it. I knew it would scar, and I was happy for it in a way. Everytime I remembered the pain of no friends or boyfriend, I would just cut. I knew it was wrong, me hurting myself.

It would take away the pain, but always add more.

Some time later there was a horn sounding. I listened for more and there wasn't, just one long blast. We were under attack. I quickly rushed to my cabin, strapping on armor and grabbing my knife. I sprinted out to the edge of camp where a large crowd was gathering, pushing through the large crowd I finally got to the front of the crowd.

There was this gigantic worm like creature which seemed to be as tall as a sky scraper, it was flying through the air coming right towards us. Then it started falling apart. or what seemed to be falling apart. As the falling pieces of the monster got closer, I realized they weren't falling. They were flying. The strange flying objects got closer and I could finally see in detail what they looked like.

The beasts were big and gray, and all of them looked like aliens or some other race of monsters. They were attached to the flying device which was also colored gray and had this long beam of gray material that reached up and attached to them. The leader, or what looked to be, spoke out, much to our surprise.

"Hello Earthlings, greetings from our All Powerful Master. If you had done your research, you would know who we are. But since you don't, I'll give you a second to think. Oh, wait. You there, in the group of blondes, do you have an answer?" The thing spoke in a gravelly voice, looking at me.

I had an answer. It had happened a couple years ago, the Battle of Manhattan. The Chitauri, how could I have not noticed? It was the most obvious thing ever.

"The Chitauri." I croaked, my voice cracking at the presence of the Chitauri.

"Correct. Now, ready for a fight?" The beast spoke. They charged, and hit the barrier. The barrier from Thalia's tree.

The wall shattered.

Percy's POV

An alarm sounded through the tower, I stumbled awake. I was on the main floor and everyone was scattered around the room, slowly waking up. The alarm got louder and JARVIS announced,

"At a certain place in the country side in Manhattan there is a group of many Chitauri, Sir."

Tony woke up at that, yelling for everyone to get their stuff and get in the Quinjet. The flight there was tense, it was full of anxiety. Nat was staring at the ground and leaned on my arm, she was probably daydreaming, which would be different for Natasha, considering she was a master spy.

When we arrived, the battle was still raging. But there was something off. I told Clint to land the jet and as soon as I got off of the jet, I realized, we were at Camp Half Blood. There was blood and bodies everywhere, Chitauri and demi god alike.

I had to end this.

I sprinted forward, jumping into the air and onto an enemy. I sliced their head off spraying blood all around. I rolled off of the beast and stabbed another in the chest. Standing up, I saw each of the Avengers doing their part. The Hulk smashing three at a time and roaring madly. Tony flying in the air blasting the monsters apart with missiles and lasers. Clint in the back picking off Chitauri that got too close to one of us. Steve throwing his shield around, bouncing it off of the enemy's heads and letting Thor and Loki take care of them. Nat was jumping on the beasts and crawling on them, slicing major arteries and tendons.

I dodged just in time from a stab behind me, twirling around, I sliced the Chitauri's head off and rolled to dodge another. I went into auto pilot mode. Stab. Twirl. Dodge. Slice. Cut. Rinse and repeat.

Hours passed. It felt like they would never end, they just kept coming. Tony spoke over the COMM,

"Hey guys, I've got a visual on this massive, purple swirling thing in the middle of the army. JARVIS is running scans right now, I think it's a portal. I am gathering data and sending it to the tower at the moment. I think if we can collapse the thing, they will stop coming."

"Affirmative, use whatever you have to get the thing down." Cap said.

There was a faint reply, a pause, then a huge explosion. Fire burst up in the air, making a gigantic pillar of fire.

"So I used whatever it took, I think it's down." Tony said.

"No shit, dumbass. I can see it from here." Clint spoke from far behind the battle.

Most of the beasts were taken out in the fire, so we just picked them off. Once the battle had died down, I took a look at everyone. Tony had a few dents and scratches, but was relatively unharmed. Bruce was shrinking down and wasn't hurt also. Clint was in this group too, being with only minor injuries.

The rest of us were different. Steve had long cuts on his arms from the times when his shield was thrown and had nothing to deflect spears with. Thor and Loki were healing, but had gashes along their stomaches and backs from being surrounded. Nat had minor cuts and scratches, but she had a lot of them. She was covered in them, blood leaking out of her skin tight suit. I was probably the worst. Major gashes on my arms and back from the spears. My legs had many cuts from the fallen and maimed, but not dead, Chitauri. My face had a few scratches from some spare debris from the explosion. My shirt, well, it couldn't pass as one because of all of the rips and tears in it, showing some of my scars and more wounds.

We were all breathing hard, gasping for air and staunching the blood flow when we heard a voice,

"So you guys are the Avengers?" An excited voice spoke from behind us. I turned, but kept my head down and let my hair cover my face.

"I've seen you guys on TV, OH and Loki, what was it like to be mind controlled? Who is the new guy, there are no clear pictures and I wanna know." The excited voice continued, speaking almost too fast.

"Calm down elf boy, yes we are the Avengers. No Loki will not answer your questions. And the last guy can explain or reveal his identity when he wants to." Tony said. They all knew that I didn't want to see my friends again, so they would just refer to me as 'Him' or 'He'.

"Calm down Leo. Ok, so what? They're the Avengers. Good for them." Nico's sarcastic voice came to my ears.

"Guys, stop arguing! They need to see medical attention, now." Her voice interrupted them. "Some of their wounds look pretty serious, and since they aren't able to eat, ahem, our food-" She was interrupted by Loki

"They know about your gods, after all, I am one. So is Thor, therefore, they know." Loki said smugly, smirking.

"Umm, ok then, I guess you can go see, uhh, the gods or Apollo to get healed. They'll probably, umm, want to, uhh, talk to you." She stuttered, shocked because no one had interrupted her before.

So we loaded up, Nico, and The Six, as they were now called, coming along. I kept my head down the whole time and kept my head in Nat's shoulder until I got a jacket with a hood. Clint flew the Quinjet as fast as he could without killing us. He was trying to get us to medical help as soon as possible, but I knew he took pleasure at seeing the demigods fly around in the back, hitting their heads and limbs on the hard metal.

We arrived quickly, rushing out of the jet as soon as we landed on a nearby building. I was dizzy, but I held out until we got to the Empire State Building. When we entered, I expected the old door guard there, but he wasn't. There was just a key on the desk labeled, Manager. Nico grabbed it and stepped into the elevator, waiting for us. I stepped in with Nat at my side, my arm around her shoulders.

When we were all in Nico inserted the key into a slit and turned it. He pressed the top floor button. The elevator zoomed upwards. No, actually it didn't. It moved at a normal speed, along with the shitty elevator music.

Ten minutes later we had arrived, the elevator doors dinged open. We all stepped out, Thor taking up a lot of the space, even with the magically enhanced elevator by Loki. The view was amazing, I'll admit, but the memories of this place weren't that positive. I had battled Kronos up here and been banished to torture. Yeah, not pleasant memories.

Nat must have known what I was thinking, because she grabbed my hand and squeezed gently. I looked down and smiled painfully, my injuries really starting to hurt now. I gave Natasha a look. She asked,

"Are we going to get help now? My blood is going to get all over this floor." Nat said.

Jason picked up on this first and yelled out for Apollo. A flash later the god had appeared, his smile dazzling.

"Hey what's up guys- Wow! Cuts, slashes. Okay first thing, heal you guys." Apollo said. He moved towards Steve first since he was closest. Apollo gathered golden light in his hands and pushed it into Steve's chest.

"This may hurt." He said.

It didn't, Steve only relaxed and sat down to rest. Apollo repeated this with all of us, me going third. He wanted to heal me second, but I would only go after Nat. Once all of us were healed, Apollo said,

"Dad'll want to hear about this fight and the Avengers being here, let's head to the throne room. I'll call a meeting."

We walked to the throne room at a faster rate now that we were healed. We admired the sights. The statues of The Six. The plaques and awards for The Six. Nat seemed to be the only one who noticed it was six and not seven. The others noticed, but Nat was the most angry.

When we arrived Apollo pushed open the doors and walked in. He sat down on his throne, growing to 15 feet tall too, but not before summoning us some chairs and couches for us. Me and Nat grabbed a chair and she sat across my lap with her head on one arm rest and feet draped across the other. The other Avengers sat on a couch and a chair for Steve. And the demigods claimed the rest.

Apollo sent up a flash of light that exploded like a fire work. I pulled my hood down farther and tugged on my hair in an effort to cover my eyes. I looked over to the corner where a fire pit was sitting. I had never noticed it, but Hestia was there the whole time and was staring at me with an expression that said, "Explain. Now."

The Olympian Council flashed in one by one. Hades coming too because he felt like he was needed for something important.

"What do you need son? What is the reason for this meeting?" Zeus thundered. Apollo just gestured towards us.

Zeus noticed the demigods first, then the Avengers, then he processed Thor and Loki.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE NORSE GODS? YOU AREN'T ALLOWED ON OLYMPUS!" Zeus roared, pulling out his Master Bolt and aiming it at them. A small voice spoke up from the corner,

"Brother, let us be calm. Just hear out their story, then judge on what to do to them." It was Hestia, thank the gods she saved them from being blasted. Zeus reluctantly backed down and nodded at Nico to explain.

"When we were at camp having a meeting with the Romans, these gray monsters attacked us. But not before they revealed who they were. They were the Chitauri, the Avengers showed up some time during the fight and Iron Man blew them all up with a missile. The missile also exploded the portal they were coming out of." Nico said in a hurry, trying to get it over with.

The gods paled, they knew the Chitauri's master was Thanos. They also knew that he was very dangerous. Loki spoke,

"Aaah yes, the Chitauri. The most savage beasts in all of the Nine Realms. As you may know, they are very adept in torturing. I was sent there, as you know, because it was broadcasted to all of the Pantheon. But there is something not many people know, there are three stages of torturing, 1, 2, and 3. One being the easiest and three the hardest."

The Gods eyes widened and Athena seemed to have a panic attack for not knowing something and the three levels. Loki continued,

"As you know, I launched an attack on New York with the Chitauri as my minions. Little did people know, I was being mind controlled by Thanos. So when I was sent to the first level of torturing, the Chitauri were mad at being lied to about the promised victory and sent me to the third level. After a time there, and time is different there too, I met someone. A person who was sent to the third level, but only by accident. He is in this room right now," Loki pointed to me and I ducked my head even more, "And he told me about his life, we became friends, and by his power when he got angry, he melted the bars and I teleported us out of there and to the Avengers."

Everyone was shocked to say the least, being sent to the third level of torturing, accidentally? How? As if sensing the curiosity and horror in the room, Loki said gravely,

"Since not many people know that there are three levels, the Chitauri set up a device of some sort, to where if someone was banished to them without a specification on which level...They're sent to level three."

Athena gasped, being the only one to understand who the mystery person, me, was. She looked at me in horror.

"I am so sorry. I apologize for doing this to you." Athena said quietly, but Loki wasn't done,

"Since I am a god, I can stop memories I don't like from ever going to the front of my mind. I can also stop my nightmares, which I do. But my friend here wasn't too lucky."

Everyone stared at me in horror, pity, and sorrow. Athena was openly crying at this, so Zeus asked,

"Daughter, what is wrong? Is something a matter?" I looked at Athena and nodded, telling her to reveal my identity. I was ready, but they weren't.

"Father, when we banished...Perseus to the chitauri, did we use a specification? And the fact that there was one other person with Loki in level three, where people are sent if they aren't specified." Athena said, tears flowing down her face as she looked at me.

Everyone but the Avengers looked at me, just realizing that I was their Hero, the one who had saved them. The Betrayed Hero. I took down my hood and brushed the hair out of my eyes.

There was an uproar. Posiedon, who had been moping around the entire meeting, ran forwards and hugged me. I didn't hug him back. He seemed shocked but understood and backed away back to his throne. Hades and Hestia, who didn't like to admit it, but they like each other just a tiny bit, sprinted towards me and hugged me, luckily in their human sized forms. I hugged them back, loving the feeling of having my almost mom and dad back. The demigods came up to me and I shook hands with everyone but Nico, who I gave a hug, and Annabeth, who just stood there.

"Percy, Seaweed Brain-" She started.

"Don't use that name with me, I don't know you, you cheating bitch." I said venomously, cutting her off.

She seemed shocked, but was persistent and went in for a hug. Only to have Black Widow herself jump onto her and pinch a pressure point, making Annabeth fall limply to the ground,

"Don't touch my husband, bitch." Nat said, and I couldn't have been more proud or loving of her just then.

I reached down and pulled Natasha in for a kiss. Nico, who I had forgiven partially, Hestia, Hades, and the team wolf whistled and cat called at us. I didn't care what anyone said, I pulled away from Nat and looked towards Annabeth on the ground, sobbing. I pitied her, but I didn't do anything. I looked back up towards the shocked council.

"Yeah, I'm married to Black Widow. She's my life mate." I said.

Apollo and Hermes gave me a secret thumbs up, while everyone else stared at me in even more shock. Seriously, what is it with these guys nowadays, shocked here and there, and everywhere? Aphrodite looked at me with a calculating look on her face, then changed her appearance.

Normally when you are dating someone, you imagine them better. Maybe bigger assets or a skinnier body, but not me. When Aphrodite morphed into my dream girl, she changed into an exact replica of Nat, nothing had changed. She looked at herself, then me. Aphrodite nodded at me in approval.

"So...are we done here? I'm getting bored of you guys staring at me all the time." I said. Zeus just mumbled a 'council dismissed' and flashed out. I tuned to the team,

"Let's head back to the tower." I said, and walked out with an arm around Nat's shoulders, a sobbing daughter of Athena, six demigods I hate and one I like behind me.

Done. I'm sorry for not updating, don't kill me! After going to a friends house and staying up til 3:00, I got back home and started on the chapter, deciding to make it 3,000 or so words to make up for not updating. I was really tired and took a freaking five hour nap and woke up just in time to go see Pitch Perfect 2 (Which is amazing, and if you don't like it you are an aca-dissapointment) and got home around 10:00, worked on the chappie some more and fell asleep and next thing I know I've written 4,000 words and holy crap I am tired.

Now that that is done, let us talk! Nat's awake, Pertasha fluff, battle with the Chitauri, meeting the Gods, Annabeth sucks, yay!

But yeah, sorry for not updating, I love anyone who reviewed, read, followed, faved, and all of that stuff, Love ya'll. I'm out

-Nerd