AN: LUCY I'M HOME! So, sorry that this was so long in coming. I feel like I should be updating more often... Oh, well. I had a lot more free time when I started this... And for some reason I thought it would continue through the summer... whatev. Anyway... Thanks to all my lovely reviewers! You guys got me so. Freaking. INSPIRED! And, because of that, I have posted another chap. Not as long as my last one, but whatev.

Disclaimer: I realized I haven't been doing these too often. But hey, ya'll know I couldn't have written PJO or created Avengers... I would fail directing Natasha...

"Have you seen the news?" Fury heard someone whisper to their friend as he walked down the hall.

"About Stark?" someone else whispered back.

"Yeah," the first voice confirmed.

"Totally, can't believe they did that," he heard another person mutter. He nearly groaned in frustration. It was bad enough Stark thought it would be great to go and foster two kids, but go figure they're the kind that S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't like. A brat who doesn't exist and a terrorist with no criminal record. Fury groaned as he threw himself down onto the chair in his office. He pulled up the files once more. Nico di Angelo and Percy Jackson.

Nico's file consisted of very little. Fury didn't know why, but he'd had sudden urges to increase security to this file, again and again. He doubted even Stark could hack into it. Of course, that annoying playboy managed to get into lots of things he shouldn't be able to get into, so Fury wouldn't bet on it. The boy had showed up randomly about four or five years ago. He and his sister, Bianca, attended a military school, Westover Hall, for a few months. Around Christmas break they vanished without a trace. The last people to see them mentioned three strangers and one other student were the last people they'd hung out with. Coincidentally, Percy was one of the 'strangers'. Bianca was never seen again, but Nico began to pop up all over the place. He showed up in Manhattan about a year later. Some security feed had showed him climbing in the window of Sally Jackson's house. Later, he began appearing around Italy. He showed up with Percy around Mt. Saint Helens a few weeks before it erupted. The most peculiar piece about the boy was his ability to disappear one place and show up at another, impossibly fast. A little under a year ago he was seen in California, then, four hours later, he was seen in Manhattan. A few months ago, he was seen in California, and, less than a day later, in Italy. Nico seemed to have no family, besides his missing sister.

Percy's file on the other hand was quite the opposite. It was huge. Enough said. The boy had blown up a school bus with a revolutionary war cannon and dumped his entire class into a shark tank during a field trip before even graduated from elementary school. He'd been the subject of a nation-wide manhunt at the age of twelve. During that time he'd attacked three old ladies, blown up both a public buss and the Saint Lewis Arch and had a gun fight. Yet, it was all put down due to being kidnapped and brainwashed by an unknown kidnapper. No one tried to find the kidnapper. By the end of the next school year, he'd blown up his school gym and caused several injuries to the kids inside. The Christmas break after that he was seen charging into the Air and Space museum just before it was wrecked. During the summer following he set a school band room on fire. The list just kept going on and on. Fury didn't even want to think about all the things that the kid was probably involved in. He sighed and grabbed his comm.

"Agent Hill," he called.

"Yes, sir?" came the answer.

"I need Agent Romanov in my office immediately."

Nico groaned as he sagged against the door.

"And how long has this been going on?" he asked.

"Um... ever since we first met Pepper I guess," came the reply. Nico let out a strained breath. He couldn't decide whether to be angry with Percy or sympathetic for the dreams he'd been having.

"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked instead. The son of Poseidon looked away, a guilty look on his face.

"I... didn't think it was a big deal," he murmured. Nico glared at him.

"As if! You thought it was a big enough deal that you began to dislike the tower because of it! You woke up crying, you woke up scared-"

"Dreams always scare demi-" his sentence was cut off when his cousin shoved a hand over his mouth.

"Don't mention anything about that in this place!" he hissed quietly, his eyes scanning the room nervously. "I found out that Pepper and Tony recorded the conversation from the alley. I got freaking interrogated about who our- your uncle is!"

"What do you mean 'your-" again his sentence cut off.

"Not here!" the younger boy hissed. "You never know when they're watching!"

"Then, wouldn't they get suspicious of you being so secretive?" Percy asked.

"Shut up," Nico replied, glaring at him. His cousin laughed.

The son of Hades shook his head. "Glad you're having fun," he grumbled sourly. "I'm off to call Annabeth. She and Rachel in particular need to know about your dreams."

Percy looked at him, wide-eyed. "What?! You can't tell them! Annabeth'll kill me, then bring me back to life to kill me again, before she brings me to life to torture me forever!"

"She's not that bad," Nico said with a smirk. "Oh, wait, yeah she is." His cousin groaned.

The son of Hades shrugged. "Ah, well, better luck in your next life," he said. "You know, if you go for rebirth." He flicked his wrist in a wave as he opened the door and ran down the hall. The son of Poseidon groaned and face-palmed.

"They are so gonna kill me," he grumbled.

Natasha sighed and brushed her hair out of her face as she looked at the tall building. Stark had yet to replace the letters that were damaged during the battle for Manhattan a few months ago, so Stark tower now only had the A up on top. She shook her head slightly and walked inside. She walked straight for the elevator.

Slipping inside, she called, "Jarvis, what floor is Tony on?"

There was a pause that lasted a few minutes. "He's on the top floor," came the final reply. Natasha nodded and pressed the button, part of her not believing the A.I.

She blinked in surprise when the elevator stopped on one of the higher floors. The doors opened, revealing a boy with black hair, dark eyes, and olive-skin. He wore black jeans, a black shirt, and a black aviator's jacket. A silver skull ring gleamed on his finger. He looked to be about fifteen or sixteen. He nodded curtly as he stepped inside the elevator.

"Nico!" someone shouted from down the hall. "Nico!" Another boy ran up. This one had sea-green eyes and windblown black hair. He was tall and muscular with a Mediterranean tan. This boy looked to be about eighteen. Natasha glanced at the boy in the elevator. So this was Nico di Angelo. He kind of seemed like the kind of kid who'd get into trouble or something. She glanced at the other boy as he climbed in, remembering from the picture who this was. Percy Jackson. She'd been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in when he was twelve. That had been called off when the manhunt ended. But he'd been good about covering his tracks for the first few weeks. After that, he seemed to like to be the center of attention. Natasha pushed those thoughts the back of her mind as the other boy climbed in beside his friend.

"Nico, come on! Please!" Percy complained.

Nico smirked at him. "Nope," he replied, popping his 'p'.

The older boy groaned. "But they are gonna kill me!" he complained.

"I'm looking forward to it," was the only response.

Percy crossed his arms and pouted. "You're just cruel," he whined.

Nico rolled his eyes. "I'm not Annabeth," he reminded him. "That won't work on me." The pout dropped from the boy's face as he glared at his friend.

"You're a jerk."

"I try."

It was then that Percy seemed to notice someone was riding with them for the first time. For a second, he smiled slightly at her. She had just began to smile back when the elevator 'dinged'. As the doors opened, Nico lunged to get out. Percy yelped and grabbed him. The two began to grapple. Percy seemed to be trying to keep Nico in the elevator, while the younger boy tried to get out. Natasha rolled her eyes and stepped out.

"Stark," she called. "We need to talk."

Tony seemed to consider that for a minute. "I'm free on Saturday," he suggested.

Natasha glared at him. "Now."

Tony groaned. "Jarvis," he said.

"Yes, sir?" the A.I. replied.

"Do all the talking, okay?"

"Of course, sir."

"I'm serious Stark," she said. "I need to talk to you. Do you have an office or some place that we can talk privately?"

Just then, the sound of something crashing echoed through the room. Nico dashed across the room to Pepper.

"Hey, can I borrow your phone?" he asked quickly and breathlessly. Percy ran over.

"Say 'no'," he begged. Pepper couldn't resist a confused chuckle.

"What is going on?" she asked. There was a brief silence.

Nico took a deep breath. "Well, Percy wants to see his cousin-" he began.

"No! I don't!" the other boy shouted. "After you talk to her, she'll tie me up, hang me from a tree, and shoot me full of arrows!"

"So I want to set it up so the whole group of our friends can get together, and to do that I need a phone."

Percy groaned. "Great, so not only will Thals try and kill me, Annie will too. Wonderful," he grumbled. "I'm in pain already." Nico smirked at him. Pepper couldn't hold in a laugh.

"Alright, alright. Yes, Nico, you can call your friends and set that up, but I want it here, so I can meet them," she told him. There was a long silence. It seemed to roar in everyone's ears. The tension was so thick coming off the two boys you could have cut it was a knife. Then they both started in at once.

"No, really it's okay! You don't have to meet them," Percy insisted.

"You don't want them to come here. The place would be rubbish before they even got started," Nico complained. And so it went for then next ten minutes. Pepper would say she wanted to meet them, and the boys would argue against it.

"Fine! I'll take you out for pizza and the pizza place can suffer," she decided finally.

"Who's paying?" Percy asked. She sighed.

"I'm paying. For you and your friends," she added, seeing their mouths open.

"That's gonna get really expensive," Nico couldn't help but point out. Percy shrugged.

"She offered," he replied with a grin.

"I'm only paying if I get to meet your friends," she told them. The boys glanced at each other. Judging by the looks on their faces, Natasha knew they were having some kind of quiet conversation. She guessed it went something like this:

Do you think we can just ask them to behave for one night? (Percy)

Well, maybe. I can put it off until later. (Nico)

So, we can go then? (Percy)

I guess. (Nico)

Percy grinned. "Alrighty then." He turned to Pepper. "You've got a deal," he said, solemnly holding his hand out to shake. Pepper took his hand for a second, then they both started laughing. She handed her phone to Nico, who began dialing a number. He walked a little ways away, and talked in a quiet voice, but Natasha caught some of what he said.

"-Grover to dinner," Nico was saying. "Our foster mom, Pepper's... That would be... Contact Thals for me... Can't I.M. here. Uh huh, bye." He began to dial another number, before holding it up to his ear. This time, Natasha caught even less of the conversation.

"Rachel," he began. "-Pizza... Ask." He set his hand over the microphone in the cell phone and called over to Pepper, "Where are we going for pizza?"

"I was thinking the Pizza Hut a few blocks down," she replied. He nodded before going back to his conversation.

"Near Stark... See... Need to talk... Oracle... Your dreams... Bye." He turned the phone back over to Pepper.

"I called Annie and Rach, they said they'll take care of Thals and Grover," he told Percy. The boy grinned.

"Sweet!" he said. Then he frowned, noticing Tony and Pepper staring at him. "What?" he asked.

Tony shook his head. "Nothing, just that you don't normally smile," he said.

Instantly, a glare shot from Nico's eyes. Percy's face seemed to lose all the joy it had held seconds before. He stuck his hands in his pockets, the barest hint of guilt on his face as he walked towards the elevator. Anger rolled off Nico in waves. He whirled around and glared daggers at Tony.

"Thanks a lot!" he spat, before turning and running after Percy. Natasha frowned.

"What was that about?" she asked.

Tony shrugged. "No idea," he replied.

Pepper rolled her eyes. "Opening old scabs probably," she said. The spy nodded in understanding. That would make sense. They heard the elevator door close before anyone spoke.

"Tony, Pepper, I need to talk to you," Natasha said finally. "It's about your sons... and a call received from Bruce Banner." Tony suddenly seemed very interested in the flooring. 'Oh, no,' Pepper thought.

AN: Okay, so, if you can't guess who's review I decided to use it was The Storm Phase Alchemist. I tweaked, but that's what authors do. At some point I'll probably upload a series of oneshot au's on how I could've written this chapter. It took for freaking ever to decide which one to do, and I pretty much wrote out every idea I had... so I have an entire document filled with The Meaning Of "Family" Chapter 6 rewrites. Oh well. As always, I love, love, LOVE! to see constructive crit. in your reviews, so review! Even if it is just "Oh, I like your story." You know, better if it has some ways for me to improve, but if you just want to review and say I liked it, or I didn't like or what not, GO AHEAD! See ya'll at the next update.

-RADyo