Hey again!

Here is chapter 26 and we left off when Thalia and the gang found Percy. They still haven't found the others yet, but they just might…..

And here we go!

Thalia

Another day passed since the day we found Percy wandering around the forest. And now we were trekking yet again.

It was getting just a little bit boring.

It had been hours and Percy was walking beside me. We hadn't spoken much throughout our journey. It was nearing the end of another day and we still hadn't found Annabeth, or that Bruce banner character Percy was talking about. I could see Percy slowly getting more and more worried. It was like the entire fiasco with Atlas all over again.

I had tried to reassure him and tell him that we would find her but apparently it didn't work. He was getting more and more jumpy by the second and I could tell.

I had taken over in leading the group along with Percy, but he didn't do much. He let me lead.

If something wasn't going to happen soon, he was going to lose hope.

But…to be honest, I was losing hope as well. I doubted we would ever find anyone else in the forest. After all, it had to be a huge forest.

But I couldn't be sure, so I kept walking.

I chose a direction to walk in and for some reason, I felt something pulling me in that direction. It was so subtle that I hadn't felt it until today. Now that I was sure of it, I welcomed the feeling and kept walking. I didn't know why, but it just felt…right.

As we walked, it was a few minutes later when I heard the voices.

I stopped walking abruptly and strained my ears. I heard voices….along with footsteps.

No way.

I was imagining this. There was no one around. It was just my overly active imagination.

That thought was broken as I heard Percy frantically say, "Do you guys hear that?"

"Yeah, who is it?" Nico asks.

"They're coming from up ahead." Clarrise pointed out.

I heard Grover bleat nervously from behind.

"Take out your weapons." I whispered to them.

I heard multiple swords and knives come out into the open. Percy uncapped his sword and I notched an arrow into my bow. We creeped forward as quietly as we could toward the voices, but they suddenly stopped. They were still in the distance and there was a bend in the trail.

I could hear some branches crack in the distance. They knew we were here.

Percy and I led the other half bloods up the trail. We had all of our weapons trained at whoever was approaching.

I counted to three on my fingers and we burst out of the bush with our weapons pointing at the others.

And we were met with a very strange sight.

In front of me, I saw 6 people. And each one was more stranger than the next.

I noticed one man wearing what looked like….armor? Another was holding a blue and red shield and there was also a man who held a hammer in his hands, while wearing a cape.

A cape? Really? That had to be a little old school.

Then I saw a man and a woman with fiery red hair. The woman was holding a gun while the man was holding what looked like a really high-tech bow and arrow. I frowned at him. He was looking at me with a strange expression on his face as well. This was new. He couldn't be one of Apollo's children. I had never seen him at camp. So who was he?

Finally, I saw a…normal looking man who looked tense and really out-of-place beside the other strange people. I wondered what he was doing here.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Percy lower his sword. I nudged him angrily to keep his sword on them, but he ignored me.

So instead I kept my arrow on them.

"Who the hell are you people?" I demanded.

Before anyone could answer, I heard a female voice shout, "Wait! Don't shoot!"

Whoever it was, stepped out into sight and my eyes widened. It was Annabeth. She ran to the front of the group she was with, blocking us from them.

I looked over at Percy and saw his eyes widen. He dropped his sword and ran over to her. Annabeth ran over to him as well and they grabbed each other and hugged. I saw them share a kiss.

"Well, that was random." I heard the armour deadpan.

Annabeth and Percy finally broke apart and stood side by side.

"Hey Bruce." Percy said to the normal looking guy. His eyes were wide and were looking at us one by one. He nodded at Percy.

Wait, Bruce?

Percy had told us about him. He was the guy who could turn into the monster.

But…he looked so normal. Way more normal than the rest of them. I slowly lowered my bow and the other half bloods followed suit.

Annabeth turned to the other group.

"Guys, these are the half bloods I was telling you about."

"Then you must be the avengers!" Nico exclaimed, child like glee in his voice.

"Yes. We are," said the guy with the shield. He had an air of confidence about him which made me think that he was the leader of the group. "Who are you?" He asked Nico.

"Nico D'Angelo, son of Hades, Greek god of death."

The guy nodded slowly, with a just a hint of surprise on his face. But there was not nearly enough surprise in his face as there should be and that made me think that Annabeth must've told them about us.

Then he said, "I'm Captain Steve Rogers but I'm also known as Captain America."

I cocked my head to the side. Well, that did explain the shield.

"You know what? I think its time for some introductions." Annabeth prompted. She beckoned the Avengers to go ahead.

The person in the armour stepped forward first. There was a clank and hiss as his faceplate lifted up to show his face. "Well, I'm the famous Tony Stark, otherwise known as Iron Man."

Next it was the man with the bow and the woman with the guns. The woman spoke first.

"Natasha Romanoff, or Black Widow if you prefer." She said in a cold voice. I had a gut feeling that she was someone I had to look out for.

Then the man spoke up. "Clint Barton, A.K.A Hawkeye at your service." He gave a mock bow.

Then the man with the hammer said, "I am Thor Odinson, son of Odin and prince of Asgard."

No way. An Asgardian? I'd heard about them, but only in legend. I'd never actually met one, and here I was standing in front of Thor, who I also knew was the god of thunder.

I glanced over at Percy and saw that he had a scowl on his face. That was understandable considering Thor was norse and the god of thunder.

Finally, the fairly normal man who Percy had addressed earlier, introduced himself when he was prodded by that guy named Tony Stark.

"Oh, I'm Bruce Banner also known as the, um, Hulk."

I noticed the hesitation and uncertainty in his voice as he introduced himself and the Hulk.

Once they were all done their introductions, we had to introduce ourselves.

I spoke first. "I'm Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, god of lightning."

At that, I saw Thor's eyes widen a little. I smirked inwardly.

Next was Percy. "I'm Percy Jackson, son of the awesome Poseidon, god of the seas."

There was no reaction in Thor's body language other than a slight furrow of the eyebrows. I had no way of telling if there was going to be complications between him and Percy or not.

"Rachel Elizabeth Dare here, not exactly a Half Blood, but I am the Oracle."

"What the hell is an oracle?" Tony Stark called out.

"I can tell the future at times when the Oracle decides to take over my body. I tend to spew out prophecies and keel over after she's done using my body as a toy." Rachel said all of this with a calm, steady voice.

For a second, I thought I saw a flicker of sympathy in the man names Bruce's expression. But when I looked back, the expression disappeared. It must've been my imagination.

Then it was Grover. "Im Grover Underwood. Also not a half blood, but a Saitor. He rolled up his jump suit pants to show his goat legs and I heard multiple gasps.

"Mother of god, what is that?" Stark asked with disbelief in his voice.

"I'm half goat, half human."

Grover pulled down his pant legs again and the group got over their initial shock and finally, it was Clarisse's turn.

"Clarisse La Rue, daughter of Ares, god of war." To emphasize her point, she raised her spear menacingly and there was silence after that.

Percy finally broke the silence. "So….now what?"

No one answered him.

It was the captain who finally brought up the thing that was probably on everyone's mind.

"Can we trust that you are not the enemy?"

"Yes. yes you can." Percy spoke firmly. "We have an enemy in this forest too. His name is Luke Castellan and the only way that we can defeat him is by working together."

I felt a pang of sadness as he said Luke's name. We used to be friends. Then he died a hero. Now he's back and he's back to being evil. I knew ever since I laid eyes on him at the cornucopia. There had been a dark fire to his eyes and I knew. I knew that there was no good in there. I didn't know what happened, or how he had been revived but I knew it was nothing good.

"We have an enemy here too. His name is Loki and he is my brother." Thor said with a pained expression on his face. The pain was genuine enough for me to believe him. And for some reason, I had a really strong feeling that both, Luke and Loki would've joined forces by now. They wanted the same thing, and they would need all the help they could get.

I couldn't help but think about how outmatched Luke and Loki would be. Now that us and the Avengers have joined forces, they would have to verse all of us 13 people.

Wait a second….only thirteen?

If I knew anything, I knew that there should be 14 people here. 7 Half Bloods and 7 Avengers. But instead there was only 13. All the half bloods were accounted for, so that must mean that the Avengers were missing someone. I was sure of it.

"There should be one more of you." I said as I pointed at them.

They grew silent for a second before the woman with the guns-Natasha-coldly stated, "We came across some….difficulties and lost one of our own. Fury was his name and now we have to find him." She didn't elaborate and I didn't ask her to.

I glanced over to Bruce and saw his eyes widen, like he just remembered something. He nudged Stark and said, "Wait, Tony, what about your dream?" He looked impossibly insignificant in front of the rest of us.

"What dream?" Percy asked, surprised.

The man named Tony took a step forward. He sighed and said, "I had a dream where there was a mummy telling me that the Avengers had to join the Half Bloods so we could escape." He said easily.

Rachel gasped. "Wait a minute, did you say mummy?"

"Um…yeah?"

"How did she look?" Rachel asked again in a demanding tone.

"Well, she was sitting on a three-legged stool and looked like how any old mummy looks. You know, shrivelled skin, scary glowing eyes, a creepy green mist surrounding her."

Rachel's eyebrows receded far into her hairline.

"No way…"

Even I was stunned. I was sure that Stark had just described the Oracle before it inhabited Rachel's body. But how was that even possible?

"What's going on? Did we miss something?" I think Clint was his name, asked.

"What you saw," Said Rachel addressing Stark. "Was the Oracle before it took over my body. It was the same exact mummy that you described to us. But the thing is….there is no mummy anymore. It's just me!"

Stark opened his mouth like he wanted to say something but then closed it quickly. Bruce bit his lip in anxiousness.

"Guys….dont you think we have bigger problems to worry about?" Grover finally prompted.

"Yeah like the fact that we have no way of getting out of this place." Clarisse stated.

"But, I think that we should at least take on our enemies before we think of escaping." Thor suggested.

"Yeah exactly. But to do that, we are going to need to coöperate and work together as one team. Can we do that?" Steve Rogers asked, confidence laced through his voice.

"We have no other choice," Annabeth agreed.

"We have to work together," continued Percy.

"Yes, then if we win-no-when we win, we will find out how to escape this horrible prison." Thor boomed.

"The enemy will be powerful." Clarrise pointed out as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

"Yes, but it's also thirteen, no, fourteen once we find Fury against only two," said Tony Stark.

I smirked slightly. This was actually working. We could actually get a chance of escaping like this.

But there was just one more thing….

"Guys…I always feel like there's something pulling me in that direction." I pointed to the left of me, down the dirt trail.

Bruce frowned like he was just starting to notice it as well. "Yeah…me too. It's like something is beckoning us to go that way."

"Exactly!" I exclaimed.

"Should we listen to it?" Asked Percy apprehensively.

"Yes," I mused. "I have a feeling that the final showdown will be wherever this feeling is pulling us."

"Me too," said Bruce once again, but with much more confidence in his voice.

"Are we ready for this?" Rogers asked, leadership mode on.

There were multiple sounds of agreement from both sides.

"You and Bruce should lead since you're the only ones who can feel it." Annabeth suggested.

I nodded and took my place at the front of the group while Bruce followed just a few steps behind me.

"Lets go," I said as we started walking.

And then we were off to fight off our enemy, not alone this time, but as one big group.

Arright guys, this was a really hard chapter for me to write, and it didn't exactly turn out how I wanted it to, but I tried!

So guys, please tell me how I did and leave me a review!

-Detective DG