Percy had no idea what to think about the incident. Of course he knew what to feel, anger. Anger always came easily to him, along with another thing, confusion. The son of Poseidon was deeply confused, and he always turned to one person to help him understand things.
Annabeth had heard it directly from Percy via Iris Message and was instantly on her way to the tower. The couple now sat in the main living room, trying to figure out who would do such a crime. Sitting on the couch, Percy tried to think about what anarchy meant.
"There hasn't been anything about anarchy in Greek history;" Annabeth was saying "anarchy means disorder because of the lack of authority…"
"That narrows it down," Percy rolled his eyes to the sky.
"I suppose we just need to leave it to the gods," Annabeth leant against Percy's chest and gazed at the city skyline.
"Since when have we done that?" Percy chuckled, wrapping his arm around her.
Annabeth kissed him on the cheek after letting lose a pearl of laughter, "it's your own fault you keep getting tangled in their mess,"
"My fault?" Percy asked with mock pain "all I had to was be born,"
"And imagine where the world would be without you," Annabeth said in return, kissing him full on the lips.
The kiss quickly grew more passionate. Percy soon found himself becoming lost in everything that was Annabeth, the taste of her mango lip-gloss, the smell of her apple shampoo, the soft smell of coconut rising up off her soft tan skin. Wrapping his arms fully around her waste he pulled away to smile at her.
"You smell like a fruit salad," he said as their lips where just inches apart.
"I'll take that as a compliment," Annabeth said in return, leaning up to lock lips with him again.
Percy could've stayed like this forever, but an awkward cough a little to the right made him pull away from Annabeth and gaze at the Captain. The blonde haired man was blushing deeply and averting his eyes in a polite manner. Annabeth took advantage of his averted gaze and quickly straightened herself out.
"What's up Cap?" Percy questioned after he wiped a smudge of lip-gloss off his own lips.
"I wanted to know how your meeting went," Steve said, folding his arms over his chest.
Percy frowned slightly at the memory of the burning carcases, but continued to tell Steve what happened. The Captains expression darkened with each word, and by the end of it, he was looking positively mad.
"I'll go pass that onto the others," Steve said with a grave nod "even I know this isn't good,"
After the Captain left Annabeth stood up and picked up her side bag. Running a finger through her gloriously blonde hair she gave Percy a tight hug and a soft kiss on the lips.
"I better be going," she said as she headed towards the elevator "are you coming by camp tomorrow for Capture the Flag?"
Percy wondered if people at camp knew what was going on, but then he remembered how fast the social grapevine of the Gods worked. It would be all over camp, and people would be beginning to worry. The son of Poseidon knew it would be best if he talked to Chiron, the man after all had lived through more wars then he cared to count.
"Yeah," Percy kissed her again "who's versing who?"
"Athena, Poseidon, Hephaestus, Hermes against the rest," Annabeth stepped into the elevator "I decided less is more,"
"You better be right, Wise Girl," Percy said just as the doors began to close.
"I always am Seaweed Brain," Annabeth called in return as the door closed with a soft ping.
At dinner that night Percy found he couldn't eat his Shawarma. The juicy roasted meat wasn't as appealing as it should be, and he found himself feeling sick at the sight of it. The fact that he had to tell the whole Avengers team what happened to the animals didn't help anything.
The team stayed up late to watch some Harry Potter movies, something Thor and Steve had no clue about. Percy zoned out after half an hour and went to bed early, hoping to catch a bit of sleep before what would surely be a violent game of capture the flag tomorrow.
Unfortunately Percy didn't get the sleep he was hoping for. Instead, he just had to have a dream.
Percy could tell he was in the Underworld. It wasn't because of the short waiting queue or judging pavilion, but rather because of the glorious gated community that was Elysium. He could hear the laughter of people, the sizzle of a barbeque, even the happy Percy could tell he was in the Underworld. He could hear the laughter of people, the sizzle of a barbeque, even the happy yapping of a dog.
He felt himself being compelled to enter an old style house. The outside was a smooth cream, while inside the colours ranged from pale whites to vibrant yellows. On the walls where numerous photos that shimmered as if they weren't there, but merely a projection. Whenever Percy tried to see whom where in the photos, it would disappear completely.
The room he stopped in was a nice little living room, fitted with a fire place and neat old fashion couches. Percy was just about to call out a 'hello' when suddenly someone walked into the room.
Wearing the shimmery clothes of a huntress and a floppy green cap that covered her pale and freckled face the spirit still looked breathtaking. She looked like she did the day before she died, not having aged a single day.
"Bianca?" Percy asked, but got no response.
In fact, the dead daughter of Hades didn't seem to notice him at all. She instead headed over to the corner of the room where the shadows seemed to be thickening. Percy was prepared to have Nico jump out of them, maybe even a Hell Hound, but he certainly wasn't ready for what came.
The shadows grew large and began forming a swirling black hole. Bianca to a light step backwards, obviously shocked by this occurrence. A purple mist began to leak out of the hole and begin snaking across the floor like a twisted serpent. Bianca looked about ready to ghost right through the floor, but suddenly the purple haze thickened around her ankle and began dragging her towards the black mass of shadows.
"Bianca!" Percy called so loudly he swore he nearly broke his vocal cords.
This time the female ghost seemed to notice his presence. The ground below his feet shook angrily in the daughter of Hades panic. Just as the mist dragged her in she managed to scream out words that caused Percy to rocket back into awareness.
"Help me Percy!"
His sheets where clinging to his sweaty chest while his legs had become so tangled up in the soft fabric he actually fell out of bed in his attempt to escape. Percy then proceeded to lay topless on the cool floor, chest heaving as he breathed heavily.
"Jarvis, what's the time?" Percy asked as he rolled onto his stomach and stumbled to his feet.
"7:30am," the computer responded "are you feeling alright Mr Jackson? Your heartbeat is rather erratic,"
Percy rubbed his face as he stumbled into the bathroom, "just had a bad dream," he told the computer.
After his shower Percy resisted the urge to IM Nico. Maybe it was just his overactive mind playing tricks on him, well, at least he hoped it was. Not bothering to dry off his hair with his powers he headed up to breakfast, feeling more tired then he had before he went to bed.
"Pancakes?" Bruce questioned as he passed the plate to Percy.
The son of Poseidon soon found his appetite was gone as well. He mangled the pancake with his knife until it became inedible. No one seemed to notice his attitude though as the rest of the team talked about the idea of taking Thor to experience bowling.
"You want to come Percy?" Steve asked.
"What would people think if I was seen with you?" Percy asked not looking up from his pancakes, "I have to go to camp anyway,"
After everyone had finished eating they began piling plates for cleaning. That newly formed pile of plates though was soon sent crashing onto the floor as Nico shadow travelled straight into the mess. Percy couldn't help but stifle a laugh as the pot of maple syrup spilt into Thors golden locks.
"Can you stop doing that?" Tony asked as he watched Nico stand up on the table.
Nico didn't care for the billionaire though as he jumped nimbly off the table and grabbed Percy's forearm. The son of Poseidon was dragged out of his chair before he managed to find his footing. Sending an extremely apologetic glance towards the group he followed Nico into the elevator.
"What in Hades?" Percy asked him finally as the doors shut.
"She's gone," Nico breathed heavily, watching with disinterest as Percy pressed the button for his room.
"Bianca?" Percy asked as he stepped into the hall and opened the door to his room.
"I can't find her anywhere," Nico sat heavily on the bed "the only place I can't check are the skies and the oceans,"
The shadows in the room reacted to his mood; they thickened and began reaching further into the room.
"I don't think Bianca's in the ocean," Percy mused.
Nico's black eyes locked with Percy's perfectly green ones, "what do you mean?" he asked.
"I had this dream….she was sucked away by a portal," Percy said lamely.
"You didn't tell me?" Nico snapped, and the shadows seemed to recoil momentarily.
Percy bit his lip and tried to cover his tracks "I thought it was just a dream,"
"You of all people should know about dreams!" Nico snapped loudly "you should've told me,"
Percy tried to calm his distraught cousin "Nico, I'm sorry. She's not in the oceans, I can Iris Message father if that helps,"
"There is no need, that Shadow Child is not in Father's waters,"
Percy would know that voice anywhere. The always sarcastic and loathing voice of Triton was always easy to recognise. Turning around Percy saw his brother leaning on the doorframe. It was the first time the Demigod son of Poseidon had seen his half brother in mortal form, and he had to admit he was peeved off about how alike they looked. Triton had the same raven black hair that was tied up at the nape of his neck, the same tan skin, and even near mirror ocean green eyes.
"What do you want, Triton?" Percy snapped.
Triton and Amphridite where by no means nice to Percy. They would always leave the room whenever he entered and most of the time even refused to acknowledge his presence. It wasn't that Percy cared, his half brother was a stuck merman anyway.
"I'll talk to you later," Nico muttered as he stood up off the bed "I still haven't checked Italy,"
"Don't do anything stupid," Percy asked, but Nico had already disappeared into the shadows.
"I come with a message from Father," Triton said "'The ocean prisons have been breached, watch the shores,'"
"Why didn't he just send a note like usual?" Percy folded his arms over his chest in a defensive pose.
"He's doing his job and protecting the ocean, and now that the message is passed on, I'll be going to help him," Triton pushed off the door frame "like all his other real sons are,"
Percy glared daggers at the messenger of the sea "just because I'm his demigod son doesn't mean I'm worth any less,"
Triton rolled his eyes in response, "You should brush up on your history, Perseus, everyone hates the family bastard,"
The merman son of Poseidon disappeared in a flash of golden light that made Percy avert his eyes. Once the minor god was gone Percy clenched his fists in anger and marched out of his room, feeling about ready to hit something.
"Who was that?" Tony questioned from the living room.
"You where listening?" Percy asked in annoyance.
"My Tower," Tony smirked "so who was he?"
"Triton," Percy responded as he folded his arms over his chest, trying to reign his anger and annoyance in. "My dick of a brother,"
"The Son of Shadows should stop dropping in," Thor had managed to get the sticky substance out of his hair.
"He had good reason to stop by," Percy snapped in return, not having time for the Asgardian Demigods snide comments.
"Who's Bianca?" Natasha questioned, and Percy huffed as he realised the whole group must've been spying on them from security tapes.
"His sister," He bit out, feeling a headache begin to niggle at his mind.
"We can send out search parties," Steve offered up.
"Your people won't find her," Percy sat down on a lounge and rubbed his aching eyes.
"Why do you always doubt us?" Tony asked playfully.
"She's dead; her spirit was taken from the underworld,"
That made them shut up. Percy was counting to ten in his head, trying to control his anger. Anger always came to fast to Percy, and he hated getting angry sometimes.
"I do not see why he frets so much; the dead are left to deal with their own quarrels. Once they are gone we have to let them go," Thor stated.
"She was all he had," Percy muttered.
"You still have to let those who die go," Thor said in return.
"Well he hasn't," Percy snapped.
"You Greeks are foolish," Thor stated "you let war start again, and grow angry at childish things,"
Something inside of Percy snapped. He stood and glared at the taller and buffer man as he said, "you aren't any better then us. You're bag of cats crazy brother ruined New York! At least we can take care of our problems on our own. I'm sick of you insulting my family and walking around like you're any better then us,"
The room grew deathly quiet for a moment before Thor responded.
"Do not speak of things you know nothing about," Thors voice was deadly soft "you know nothing of Loki,"
"I know enough! Just because you're Asgardian doesn't mean you can come to earth and claim you're protecting it," Percy stated "if you never came, Loki wouldn't have,"
"Luke Castilian dealt out the same crimes as Loki," Thor said with absolute certainty "and yet you still defend him,"
"Luke was a hero!" Percy yelled angrily.
"He started a war!" Thor boomed back "you think yourself a man, playing with swords, but you are no more then a mere child,"
The glass of water that Bruce had been sipping on suddenly exploded the water flying in all directions.
"Stop it," Bruce stood up "violence never fixes anything,"
"I can prove you wrong there," Percy resisted the urge to draw Riptide.
"Come and duel me then, Son of Poseidon," Thor challenged "then you shall see how weak your gods truly are,"
"There'll be no fighting in the tower!" Tony stated as he stood up "I just fixed it, take it outside! Or to Mexico, I don't care where."
Percy though took a deep breath and unclenched his fist. It wasn't worth it. He was tired, stressed, and probably wasn't thinking straight. Turning on his heel he began to stalk towards elevator, knowing only the ocean could calm him down.
Once inside the safety of the elevator he pressed the button for the top story, knowing Blackjack would be there. The black Pegasus had explained to Percy during a late night flight that Poseidon had placed a charm upon him that let him know when Percy needed him.
Hey Boss, the Pegasus said in greeting as he settled down onto the roof.
"Hey buddy," Percy swung himself onto the animals back "stay high,"
Sure thing, his friend rose high into the sky.
It seemed the further away from that tower he got, the calmer he became. It didn't take them long to reach Montauk, and Percy sat down in the water, letting it swirl around him and soothe him. Blackjack rested next to him on his knees, dipping his wings into the salty waters.
The beach was deserted and all the cabins where empty, so Percy didn't have to fear being seen. Already he regretted his rash actions, but he was sick of Thor always looking down on the Greeks. They where his family, and Percy never put up with anyone bagging out the people he cared for.
He smells weird anyway, Blackjack tried to cheer up his friend like burnt toast.
Percy couldn't help but crack a smile "does he smell like Thalia?"
She smells like pinecones Blackjack said in return, nudging his friend with his wet nose you smell like fish.
"Thanks," Percy said in return "just what every guy wants to hear,"
But nice fish, like salmon. Salmon are always nice, not like those cod fish. Cod fish are mean, his Pegasus continued to ramble.
Percy was about to reply when he heard the rumble of a motorcycle. Blackjack instantly pranced deeper into the water so that only his head could be seen.
"Why don't you just fly away?" Percy asked the black mare in confusion.
It'd be to cold, was the reply.
The motorcycle became louder and Percy turned to see a vintage roadster stop short of the sand. Even from a distance Percy could spot the perfectly blonde hair. Sighing he rubbed his eyes and swirled up some sand with his feet.
"Are you here to yell at me?" Percy questioned as he heard Steve stop short of the water.
"No," Steve said in reply, edging away from the soft waves.
"You won't get wet, you can sit," Percy gave a small smile "Blackjack, you can get out now,"
The Pegasus pranced out of the water and shook like a dog, sending water over the pair. Steve was surprised that like promised, he didn't get wet. He could feel the moisture on his skin, and yet his skin remained dry. With a shrug to himself he moved into the water and sat down, finding it a very strange experience.
Blackjack though came up and sniffed his hair, then proceeded to prance away a little. Settling in the water the Pegasus said, He smells like cookies.
Percy couldn't help but chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Steve questioned.
"Apparently you smell like cookies," Percy shrugged and gazed out across the water "how mad is Thor?"
"He left not long after you," Steve followed Percy's gaze "you shouldn't have brought up Loki,"
"He shouldn't have insulted my cousin," Percy said in instant reply "and he shouldn't have brought up Luke,"
Steve seemed to nod shortly before responding, "what war was he talking about?"
Percy swirled the water with his fingertips before answering "The oracle delivered a prophecy before I was born saying that the child of a Zeus, Hades or Poseidon would either make Olympus fall, or protect it, and that whoever that person was would die on their sixteenth birthday. Just my luck everyone thought it was me.
"The gods kind of used to ignore there Demigod children, they didn't claim them, and minor gods didn't have say in anything. Demigods turned against the gods and joined Kronos, King of the Titans,"
"Your grandfather?" Steve tried to remember what he could of mythology.
"Yeah," Percy laughed bitterly " a son of Hermes, Luke Castilian joined him and became the host for Kronos. There was a whole battle in New York, but everyone thought it was an earthquake. Luke realised what he was doing was wrong, then killed himself,"
Steve was silent for a moment "I never knew,"
"Not a wide known fact," Percy shrugged "that's why they sent me to fight with you guys. I was sort of the general of the defenders, I lead out army. Everyone lost someone in the war. Annabeth lost Luke, she even thought she lost Thalia. Nico lost his sister, Thalia got turned into a tree-"
"A tree?"
"You're not in Kansas anymore,"
What do you think? I know you all want a Thor-Percy battle….and you might just get one. Also, I need recommendations for Percy's super hero name.
