A/N: Sorry for the wait, stuff happened. On another note, I recently finished season 2 of Daredevil. Now I'm sad. I didn't particularly like the ending, but I was glad Elektra died. Erm… Spoiler Alert. I kind of have a reputation for being a walking spoiler, sooo….. By the way, I forgot to mention that Percy also had Daedalus' laptop now because Annabeth died.

Disclaimer: Still empty handed.

Peter's POV

After the fight with Electro, I felt all tingly. It was probably the result of being shocked so many times. After the fight, MJ had interviewed me and Riptide until Harry realized I was gone, so I had cut it short. I swung into the alley where I left my backpack and changed. I ran out to join MJ and Harry. They were standing in the crowd of people staring at Electro.

"Peter!" Harry shouted when he saw me. I walked over to where they were.

"Where were you?" MJ asked.

"Oh, uh, calling the police?" I half asked.

"Oh, well it wasn't necessary. Guess what? I got to interview Spider-Man and Riptide!" MJ said, excited.

"That's great!" I said. I looked around and saw a familiar face in the crowd. "Hey, guys, I want to introduce you to someone." I started walking his way, calling "Hey, Percy!" When we were all standing together, I introduced my friends. "This is Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn. We hear you'll be joining our class this year."

"Hi, I'm Percy Jackson. Nice to meet you."

"So, Percy, did you see the fight?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, err, part of it."

"What'd you think of it?" MJ asked.

"Well, I'm not really sure…" he said.

"Do you like Spider-Man?" I asked.

"Sure. I guess. He's cool."

"What about Riptide?" Harry asked.

"Interesting. I like him," Percy said. "What about you guys? What're your opinions on those two?"

"I'm a fan of Spider-Man. And I like Riptide. I think they have a lot in common," I said.

"Meh. Spider-Man's okay. Same goes for Riptide," said Harry.

"I'm also a Spidey fan. And I really want to know more about Riptide. Like, what's his backstory? How does he control water? What's his motive?" MJ said, enthusiastically. Percy bit his lip and nodded. I was about to comment, when there was a growling. Percy looked down at his stomach.

"Sorry, didn't have much breakfast," Percy said sheepishly. Harry glanced at his watch.

"Whoa! It's already noon! We should go get lunch! Percy, you wanna come?" Harry said.

"Sure! Where to?" Percy said.

"Well, there's a burger place a little ways down the road. We could go there," I suggested.

"Sure."

"Sounds good! Let's go!" Harry said.

"Hang on! I need to grab my backpack!" I yelled. "One sec!" I ran off to the alley where I had changed back into my normal clothes and where I left my backpack. I was in such a rush, I'd forgotten it. When I got back to the group, they all looked at me expectantly.

"Lead the way, Peter," Percy told me. I started walking into the park.

"We can shortcut through here," I said. Percy looked slightly wary, but didn't protest. Instead, he shoved his hands in his pockets and seemed to be fingering something. We walked through the forest and past the Reservoir. Percy was glancing around, acting like he was expecting something to jump out of the trees or something. We were halfway across the park, when some bushes rustled. Percy's head snapped up and my spider sense went off. We glanced around, but there was nothing. Suddenly, a giant black dog jumped out of nowhere. And when I say giant, I mean bigger than a car. It was huge! MJ screamed.

"Scatter!" Percy yelled, running into the trees. I ran into the trees opposite him, just in time to see MJ and Harry duck into some bushes. I climbed up the tree and changed back into my costume. I was about to jump in, but I saw Riptide, fighting the monster with the sword he had from earlier. He seemed to have it covered, so I turned my attention to my friends. I could see MJ and Harry, but I couldn't find Percy. I ran through the trees to where I saw Percy hide, but he wasn't there. I looked around. I couldn't see him, so I was going to look, but I heard another scream, this time from Harry. I rushed over to where they were, to find the giant dog standing over them. I swung in and landed in between them.

"Okay, Shaggy, leave these people alone!" I yelled. The dog turned around, as if to leave, and I did a small victory dance.

"Seriously?! A hellhound. Ugh," I heard a voice say from behind the dog. I recognized it as Riptide's. I saw a body in armor jump up and land on the dog's–hellhound's back. There was a swoosh of air and it erupted into dust. Riptide landed, scattering the dust, which blew away soon after.

"Spider-Man, Riptide! We had two friends with us, but we can't find them!" MJ and Harry came running over.

"Oh…. I'm sure they're fine," I said.

"Yeah, we can go look for them," Riptide said. "Who're we looking for?"

"Peter, he's my height with brown hair, and Percy, he's got black hair and green eyes," Harry told us.

"I'll find Percy!" Riptide called, at the same time I said, "I'll find Peter!"

"Um.. which way did he go?" Riptide asked. MJ pointed left. Riptide started walking in that direction.

"And Peter?" MJ pointed right, so I headed in that direction. When I was far enough away, I put my clothes over my costume, figuring it would be quicker. I ran back to where Harry and MJ were.

"Peter! Spider-Man found you, I take it?" MJ and Harry said.

"Yeah. He uh, had to go, so he pointed me in the general direction of you guys," I lied. The bushes to my left rustled and out stepped Percy, with crazy hair.

"Hi, I'm back," he said. "Riptide had to leave. Sent me back to the group." MJ got that journalist face and looked at us.

"Uh huh." Percy's stomach growled again.

"Can we eat?" he asked.

"Oh, yeah! We aren't far," I told him.

"Good. Let's go." I started walking through the trees, toward the sound of traffic. We came out onto the sidewalk, right across from the burger place. We all rushed in and placed our orders.

"So? Who's paying?" Percy asked.

"I am," Harry said.

I leaned towards Percy. "His dad is super rich," I explained. We all sat down in a booth and waited for our burgers. Percy sat next to Harry and I sat next to MJ.

"So, how'd you meet Peter?" MJ asked Percy.

"Oh, we were both at the, uh, cemetery, yesterday," Percy said.

"Yeah… He had been sitting in front of a grave for a while. I went to make sure he was okay," I said.

"Oh. Who's grave?" Harry asked. MJ sent him a glare from across the table.

"My friend's. She went to my summer camp." Percy stared down.

"How'd she die?" MJ sent Harry another glare.

"Oh, uh. She was mugged?" he said, uncertain. "Yeah. The mugger threw her into a wall with lethal force."

"I'm sorry. That sounds awful," MJ said. Percy nodded.

"Here's your burgers," said a waitress. Percy and Harry had both ordered double cheeseburgers, MJ got a regular burger, and I got a cheeseburger. We all dug in and the cloud of grief that hovered over Percy disappeared.

"So, Percy," MJ asked between bites. "What were you doing at the park this morning?"

"I was… Shoot! I was meeting a friend. Who I should probably call. I'll be right back!" He stood up and ran out the front.

"Well, that was interesting," Harry commented. "Why were you death glaring me?"

"Harry, you've gotta be a little more sensitive!" MJ scolded. Harry rubbed his neck sheepishly.

Percy walked back in before anyone else could say anything.

"Sorry! I had to tell him where I'd gone. He was kinda mad about me ditching him, but I promised to help him out with his problem tomorrow."

"Oh, cool. Is he a close friend?" I asked.

"Yeah. We met in sixth grade and we go to the same summer camp." He has lots of friends from this summer camp.

"What summer camp?" MJ asked.

"Oh, just a small, uh, farm camp on Long Island. Yeah, it has some horses, strawberry fields, canoe lake. Yeah." We waited for him to elaborate but he didn't.

"So," I said changing the topic. "You looking forward to school?"

"Not at all. In my whole life, I've been in, what, nine schools before this, and I got kicked out of every single one of them. Trouble just seems to find me. The ADHD and dyslexia don't help either."

"Every single school?" Harry asked. Percy nodded. "How?"

"Well, some of the big things would be hitting the wrong lever by the catwalk at the Marine World shark pool, accidentally aiming and firing a Revolutionary War cannon at the school bus, and accidentally blowing up the gym. And not that it's relevant, but I sorta got kidnapped when I was twelve, too."

"Jeez, you weren't kidding when you said trouble seems to find you," I said.

"You have no idea."

"Well, at Midtown High, we've been attacked by supervillains at least three times," Harry said. Percy raised an eyebrow. "Oh, but nothing bad has happened yet."

"Real reassuring, Harry," I said.

"What? I mean, Spider-Man has always been there."

"Trust me, it's fine," Percy said.

"Wait, you said you were kidnapped?" MJ asked, looking up from her phone.

"Yeah."

"When you were 12?" Percy nodded. She held up her phone. "This you?" On her phone was a grainy picture of a twelve year old boy, that I could tell was Percy. He was holding some shiny thing, that kept flashing back and forth between a sword and a baseball bat.

"Yeah, how'd you find that?"

"I searched 12 year old boy gets kidnapped," she stated.

"Oh."

"Wow, this is quite a history, according to the L.A. news, the explosion at Santa Monica was caused by a crazy kidnapper shooting a gas main in a police car during the earthquake. This crazy kidnapper was the same guy who had abducted you and two other adolescents in New York and brought you across country on a ten-day odyssey of terror. You caused a commotion on that bus in New Jersey trying to get away from your captor. The crazy man had caused the explosion in the St. Louis Arch. You stole a gun from your captor in L.A. and battled him shotgun to rifle on the beach."

"Yeah…"

"So, you're saying you fought a six foot man, clad in leather, shotgun to rifle?" Harry asked.

"Uh, yeah," Percy said.

"Dude, out of all the people that could join our class, you are by far the coolest!" Harry said.

"Thanks."

"You caused quite a commotion, didn't you, Perseus?" The waitress was standing over our table, only she wasn't exactly normal. Her face was pale and she had fangs instead of teeth. Her legs were uneven and after closer inspection I could see why. One was made of some sort of metal, and the other was some animal leg. She was some sort of twisted vampire.

"Oh, look. You've made friends. I'll enjoy killing them." She looked me in the eyes and my brain went fuzzy.

"Guys! Run!" Percy yelled as he smashed his plate over the waitress's head, snapping me out of my daze. Harry however, was still in a daze, so Percy grabbed his wrist and dragged him out of the booth. We ran out of the restaurant and onto the street. The waitress was on our tail.

"Guy's split up! MJ, stay with Harry. Do not let him near her!" Percy yelled and ran off. I followed him into an alley. The waitress demon thing followed us.

"Perseus," she purred. "You can't outrun me for long!"

A/N: Wow, that was a long chapter. 1945 words. I had a really hard time ending it. I just couldn't find a good place, so the ending is slightly choppy. But hey, long chapters are good. Thank you for reading, please review! Also, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, if you celebrate it! If not, happy Thursday! Okay, now I'm going. Oh and:

Expected Update: 3 weeks

Now I'm going.

~fezzesarecool1011