DISCLAIMER: I do not own Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus, all rights to Rick Riordan! I also don't own The Avengers either, so rights go to Marvel or whatever.

Btw, there quite possibly will be some Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D characters in the upcoming chapters maybe, so just preparing you. :)

The six Avengers sat around the conference table, all watching Nick Fury, waiting for him to give them orders on what to do next.

"The kid's smart. That wild goose chase he led us on gave him at least a day's lead. Putting the tracker on a fish? That was pretty clever." Fury crossed his arms.

"It's my fault. I suggested we follow the tracker," Bruce said. "I should have known someone couldn't stand that much pressure without getting crushed."

"Laying blame isn't going to help anyone," Fury said. "And it was all we had. Barton was the last one to see him." Everyone turned towards Hawkeye.

Clint shook his head. "He just dove into the water. Never resurfaced."

"And what about those freak powers he had? No normal person can just knock one of our planes out of the sky with just his bare hands," Tony said.

"I did some research," Fury said, pushing a file at least two inches thick across the table.

"Shouldn't we have been notified of this research before we went after him?" Tony asked.

Fury's face was deadpan. "My mistake." Then he continued, "Percy Jackson's been on the Index for several years, ever since he went missing at age 12."

"What's so special about being missing? I mean, yeah, it's a shame, but aren't there a lot of missing persons these days?" Steve asked, glancing around the table.

Nick Fury nodded at the file. "Read it."

Captain America leafed through the pages, his eyes growing wider with each one. When he finished, he shook his head and passed it to Stark.

"Kid's strange, I'll admit that."

Tony snorted abruptly, and when everyone turned to look at him, he put an innocent mask on.

"What? It's not every day you see something as amusing as this." He pointed at the file, and the rest of the Avengers resumed ignoring him.

"What's our next move?" Thor asked.

"I've been in contact with a certain agent," Fury stated. "He thinks he could bring him in by week's end."

Tony raised an eyebrow. "How would he do that? I mean, we're the Avengers, and we couldn't even get him to come peacefully."

"And you also showed up with guns blazing," Fury finished.

"They were all stun bolts," Hawkeye said. "Even my arrows weren't aimed to kill."

"But did he know that?" Fury asked, both eyebrows raised.

Silence fell.

"I'm going to give my agent a chance. I'm confident that even if he can't get the kid to come quietly, you five can take him down. I'll have you around the perimeter, just in case."

Natasha looked disappointed she wouldn't get a piece of the action, but she said nothing.

"Agent Romanoff, as soon as you're feeling better, we'll let you have some of the fun," Nick Fury said, smiling a little.

Natasha nodded solemnly, glancing down at her knee brace. Percy Jackson had banged it up pretty badly.

"Dismissed," Fury stated.

As the Avengers left, Barton put his arm around Romanoff's waist. "Don't worry," he said, pantomiming a punch. "I'll give him one for you."

~*~

Percy swung open the door to his mom's apartment. He glanced around, but didn't see anyone home. He spotted a note on the kitchen table and went over to read it.

Having lunch with Paul. I'll be back at 1:30. Love you, Percy.
Mom

Percy smiled, then set the note back down. It was only one o'clock now, so he'd be on his own getting back to camp. He was hoping he'd be able to borrow Paul's car to get there, but obviously that wasn't going to happen. He swung his injured arm experimentally. It still hurt and looked a little crooked, but it was a lot better than it had been a few hours before. He hoped the Avengers fell for his "tracker on a fish" trick.

Just then, the door swung open and banged back against the wall. Sally Jackson (Now technically Blofis—not Jackson—but Percy still liked to think of her as a Jackson) stormed into the apartment, her husband Paul right on her heels.

"…get some ambrosia," Sally was saying. "He'll need…" Percy's mom spotted her son in the kitchen and ran forward to hug him.

"Oh, Percy. We heard about what happened. Are you okay?" She pulled away and held him at arm's length, examining her son for injuries.

"My arm's just a little banged up, that's all," the son of Poseidon replied, gesturing towards his arm.

Sally shook her head, then disappeared down the hallway and into the linen closet. Percy knew she was searching for the ambrosia and nectar they kept hidden in there. Paul took a quick look at his step-son's arm.

"I can straighten this out. And with a little bit of that godly food of yours, you should be in good shape in no time." He smiled a little and patted Percy on his good shoulder.

Percy smiled and sat down in one of the kitchen chairs.

"All right, this might hurt a little." A hot spike of pain shot up Percy's arm as his step-dad popped it back into place. He thought he was going to get sick, but the nausea quickly dispersed after a minute.
"Thanks, Paul," he said, his voice cracking a little. His mom came back into the room, a sling in one hand and some ambrosia in the other. Having a son that was a child of one of the Big Three, you kept things like full arm slings in your first aid kit all the time.

After she had fitted it on her son's arm and given him another hug, Percy knew it was time to leave.

"I need to get to camp. I have to tell Chiron about this. No doubt these "Avengers" will be coming here next to look for me." He hesitated, wanting to take his parents with him to Camp Half-Blood. But he knew that wouldn't work. Seeing as they were both mortal, they wouldn't be allowed inside the camp's boundaries.

"Don't worry," Paul said, sensing his distress. "We'll be fine. I'll stay here while your mother drives you there, just in case these people come looking here. Don't want them messing up our nice apartment." He smiled a little at that last part, trying to cheer his step-son up.

"Thanks, Paul," Percy said again.

Sally grabbed her purse and car keys. "Let's go, Percy. We need to get out of here before the Avengers get here."

"Hopefully they fell for my little surprise," Percy muttered, walking out the door.

"What surprise?" Paul asked.

The son of Poseidon grinned. "Oh, I just put their tracker somewhere for safe keeping."

Then Sally and Percy Jackson were gone.

When they got to camp, Percy gave his mom a hug and ran up Half-Blood Hill. He stood at the top for a moment, taking in the sight of his beloved second home. Then he jogged down the hill and towards the Big House. He hadn't been here since last summer, and he was happy to be back. Percy had Iris-messaged Chiron to tell him about the visit from Barton and Romanoff he'd gotten a few days ago, and now he ran towards his teacher with worse news.

Annabeth was just leaving her cabin as Percy jogged past.

"Percy!" She called after him.

He stopped in his tracks and turned around, grinning from ear to ear. "Hey, Wise Girl!"

She started towards him, then stopped. "Percy, what did you do to yourself this time?" Then a darker thought seemed to occur to her and she added, "Or was it those agents?"

Percy bit his lip. "Yeah, except it wasn't those same two people. The whole Avengers team was there, like they were on the news, you know? That one guy, I think it was Captain America, he hit me with his frisbee." He motioned towards his arm.

"Shield," Annabeth corrected. "The whole team went after you? Oh gods. We are in serious trouble. Have you told Chiron?"

"I Iris-messaged him after their first visit, like you said. But I haven't told him about this yet," Percy replied.

Annabeth seemed to relax for a minute and smiled. "I need to put you on a leash, Seaweed Brain. You wouldn't get in so much trouble." She gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "Come on, Chiron will want to hear about this."

All rights for the tracker-on-a-fish idea go to Finwitch1. Thank you so much Fin! :D I hope all of you guys enjoyed this chapter, and thank you so much for all of the support! :) And first person to figure out my Doctor Who reference gets a shoutout! :D

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