Mirra liked Tony. She thought he was funny. I tried to convince her that I wouldn't be in this mess in the first place if he hadn't tried to take a selfie with the sharks but she only laughed.

"So when do I get to meet the team?" She asked. Annabeth smiled knowingly at me and got up to help my mom with dinner.

I sighed at Mirra and shook my head. "You're not. Nixon was already in a fight with gunmen and I've only been in this thing for like a day. I almost quit twice already, so sorry Mir but you're not going to meet the Avengers. At least not yet anyway," I said. Mirra crossed her arms and pouted at me but thankfully let it go.

"Whatever. But I still want either a picture of you with them, or their autographs," she countered. Why did I let Annabeth spend so much time with Mirra? Now they were both smarter than me.

"Percy, shouldn't you probably get back to work? You've missed almost your entire first day and you're still wearing your aquarium uniform," Annabeth pointed out. I looked down at my uniform, smiling awkwardly at the name tag. Well how was I supposed to know I wasn't working at the aquarium today?

"Yeah, but I don't really want to go," I said. Annabeth and Mirra simultaneously rolled their eyes while my mom smiled from the the doorway. She knew I was going to go and was already waiting to say goodbye. My mom knew me better than I did.

I sighed and grudgingly got up off the couch. I helped Annabeth up and we made our way to the door.

"Bring me a picture!" Mirra shouted. I rolled my eyes.

"Be safe, honey. Both of you," Mom said. I gave her a hug, taking her all in before we left. You know how some people are just, good huggers? My mom was one of those people. Anytime you hugged her you felt like you were made me feel so important, so loved. The gods never made me feel as wanted as my mother's hugs did. I reluctantly pulled away and we headed back down to the car.

"I worked with Nicholas, we've updated a fake backstory into your profile. I'm going to need you to study it and memorize as much as you can so you don't expose yourself," said when we got back onto the road.

I groaned. "But Wise Girl! That's a lot of work!"

She slapped my arm. "I'll help you study, but you're making me dinner."

(TIME SKIP)

I dropped Annabeth off at the house before heading back to the tower. Steve was delighted to see me. Apparently Nico had put him in a good mood because I swear, that dude would not stop smiling. Steve's undying grin made me avoid looking at him. He reminded me of Jason after he found out about Will and Nico.

"Why are you wearing an aquarium uniform?" Clint Barton asked. I groaned and sunk myself into the chair I was sitting in.

"Because I got confused!" I explained again. Why were people so caught up in the uniform? I kind of like it. I felt important when I was wearing the uniform, like I had a real purpose. I know that sounds stupid because I obviously have a purpose, I mean where would the gods be now if I didn't?

"Whatever man, but that is not going to be your Avengers uniform," Clint added. I saw Natasha roll her eyes. I really don't think she likes me. I decided to ignore them both and went to the kitchen to find some food. Will's chips and salsa was not enough to satisfy me.

Steve was in the kitchen already making a cup of coffee. "Percy," he said, getting my attention. "Thank you for bringing me to see Nico, I really appreciate it."

I smiled. "No problem man, anytime," I answered. I was serious though. If Steve showed up at my house at three in the morning, wanting to see Nico, I'd bring him. I felt bad that they'd spent so much time apart and I wanted to help bring them back together. It reminded me of when Hera took my memory and sent me to Camp Jupiter. I would have gone the easy way to Hades' realm if she had died. I say easy because going to the underworld when you're alive is not an easy task. Trust me on this one.

"If only Bucky was here to see him," Steve added with a wistful sigh. I nodded in agreement.

"Yeah. Sucks that he's still iced or in a coma or wherever he is," I said, using what Nico had told me to contribute the conversation. Steve furrowed his eyebrows and frowned.

"What? You know Bucky is, dead. Right?" Steve asked.

"No, he's not,"

We stared at each other. Steve's heartbroken look caused me to shut up.

"Percy, Bucky died decades ago, he's not with us anymore," Steve said slowly.

I took my turn to frown. "Nico says he isn't dead. Nico usually isn't wrong when it comes to these things."

"Nico says he isn't in the underworld?" Steve's voice dropped to a whisper.

"Well yeah, we thought you knew this!" I whisper-yelled back. Steve's faced morphed into an expression I don't even try to name.

"Dude," I didn't really have anything else to say.

Steve ran from the room, yelling over his shoulder, "Call Nico and Fury! I need them both here now!"

Dude.

(Happy Easter, if you celebrate that! I've spent the whole day at my grandparent's house with family so I stayed up until 11:00 to write this update. Tomorrow's update should be much longer... Please comment what you'd like to see next and I'll try to include it in future chapters. Thank you!)