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Stark Tower
It was a surprisingly quiet day in the tower. Percy and Bucky had just finished watching Nemo for the 5th time and were peacefully cuddling on the couch. Peter was on a call with Ned and Mj while doing his homework. And Tony was for once taking a nap out of his own free will.

When suddenly a flash of light transported and knocked them out to a room with couches arranged in a circle.

Wakanda
For the past few months the tension between the rogues had been almost unbearable. Clint and Natasha had been avoiding Steve and Wanda like their lives depended on it. Wanda had been avoiding everyone other than Steve. And Steve was trying to keep everyone together and wondering why Bucky left the way he did.

Sam had been keeping to himself and reflecting on his actions that got him here in the first place. Aka trusting and following Steve without question. And boy did he wish he asked some questions. He still thought of himself as Steve's friend but his recent actions have been leading him to think he should've tried to talk Steve out of running off on their own at the very least.

Shuri and T’Challa were trying to say out of it has much as possible. Which was easier for Shuri than her brother. She never really saw the rogues and only really talked to them regarding Bucky's condition. Now that Bucky was gone she stayed away from the side of the palace pretty much all together.

T’Challa on the other hand was not as lucky. Seeing as though he was the one to invite the rogues, he was also the one to deliver important, sometimes daily news, like today.

All the rogues were occupying the living room when T’Challa and Shuri walked in. When Steve caught sight of them he perked up considerably hoping they had some news about Bucky. He still didn’t trust Tony and knew that there had to be some motive for him wanting Bucky in the tower.

Before T’Challa or Shuri could even get a word in a flash of light transported and knocked them out too.

The Room
Percy was the first to wake. He made sure to keep his breathing steady and not to move so as to not alert whoever took him that he was awake. After years of being a mercenary and half-blood he was pretty good at it if he says so himself.

After 5 minutes of not hearing or feeling any both who weren't knocked out he decided that it was safe to get up and wake the others.

When he stood he finally got a good feel of the room. It was mostly empty except for the set of couches arranged in a circle and a set of books on the floor in the center of the circle. He could also feel some running water in the small room next to them so it was safe to assume that it was a bathroom.

He noticed that he was on one of the couches along with Bucky and Tony. On the couch next to them was Peter, Ned, Mj, and what was likely another teenager whom he had never met. And surprisingly on the couch across from him was Natasha, Clint, Fury, and a man who was in his 20-30s who he also didn't know. And the final couch was filled with two men, one who was likely a supersoldier based on how his blood feels, which means he's probably Steve Rogers, and one woman who also had to be enhanced based on her aura.

Before he could attempt to wake any of them up a loud ringing was heard around the room waking everyone up.

Peter jumped up the fastest but everyone was soon to follow. Well everyone except Percy, he already knew this was the work of the fates and knew there was nothing he could do so he just accepted it and waited for everyone to calm down. He could hear everyone start to throw accusations at each other and it was starting to get on his nerves.

“EVERYBODY SHUT UP”, Percy shouted finally at his limit. “Obviously nobody here has the power to bring all of us here so let all calm down and work together to get out of here. I don't know all of your names so introduce yourself and then will start planning” he finished. Everyone still looked at each other with suspicion but ultimately decided that he was probably right and that the only way they were going to get out of here was with each other's help.

“Tony Stark”, “Bucky Branes”, “Natasha Romanoff”, “Clint Barton”, Nick Fury”, Sam Wilson” Steve Rogers” Wanda Maximoff”, “T’Challa king of Wakanda”, “Shuri princess of Wakanda”, “Peter Parker”, “Ned Leeds”, MJ Jones”,”Percy Jackson”.

“Wait, why are some random teenagers here?” Sam asked, still in shock over what's happening. “Peter’s my personal intern and these are his friends” Tony answered, still trying to figure out how it was possible to get all of them here. “You don't have personal interns, '' Natasha shot back.

“Well maybe I've changed, '' Tony said, trying to take focus off the topic, he could tell it was starting to make Peter neverios. “I doubt that,” Wanda mumbled.

“Bucky-” Steve began “Not now Steve” Bucky interrupted, not ready to talk with Steve yet being that he was still angry. You could see the hurt in Steve's face, not that Percy cared, he hated Steve Rogers with a burning passion.

“Hey, what are these?” Peter asked while holding the stack of books. “Those are for all of you.” a voice said, making everybody jump. “Who are you.” Fury demanded, looking up where the voice came from. “We are the Fates” another voice said.

“Like Greek mythology” Tony said subtly looking at Percy to see him lightly nodding. “That's impossible Greek mythology isn't real,” Clint said. “We are very real,” a third voice said, sounding slightly annoyed.

“What do you want from us then? '' Natasha asked, sounding perfectly calm while still being tense. “We want you to read these book about a hero who will help you against a future threat,” the first voice said.

“What threat” Percy asked, knowing the fate rarely warned about the future. “His name is Thanos and he wishes to eliminate half the population across the universe,” the second voice said. “Why would he want to do that?” Ned asked quickly, going from excited to scared. “He believes that killing half the population will save the other half,” the third voice said.

“So he's insane then” MJ commented trying to ignore the spark of fear she felt. “Yeah basically” the first voice said lightly.

“So this ally will help defeat Thanos, correct?” Steve asked. “Yes”. “So, who are they and why do we need to read about them?” Sam asked feeling overwhelmed. “Most of you already know him but do not know his true power or origin so the book will teach you to understand him” the second voice said.

“Makes sense” Bucky says, already having a feeling about who this “ally” is and by looking at Percy's face has a feeling he knows too.

“Well, let's start reading then I guess” Clint says while picking up the first book. “What's the title?” Shuri asked. “The Lighting Thief” Clint answers.

Hearing the name confirmed that this was going to be Percy’s worst nightmare.

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Clint waited for everyone to get comfortable before beginning to read. Everyone was in their seat that they woke up in but Percy was slightly laying on Bucky while discreetly holding his hand. He knew that he was about to have an awful day and was taking any amount of comfort he could get.

Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.

“What’s a half-blood?” Wanda asked, confused tilting her head, a little. “I’m sure it’ll be explained later” Tony answered shrugging his shoulders without making eye contact with her, making her glare at him. It made Tony want to laugh, he knew that his breathing was enough to up set her. But he didn’t care, she wasn’t his problem anymore.

If you’re reading this because you think you might be one, my advice: close this book right now. Believe whatever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth. And try to lead a normal life.

“Well whatever a half-blood is it doesn't seem like a good thing” T’challa said, he didn’t totally understand what was going on at the moment but he knew that they need as much information on there new ally as possible.

But from the very little they’ve learn so far it seemed like whoever it was hadn’t lived an easy life, which for any hero was to be expected.

Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.

“That’s terrible,” Shuri said, looking sick and palling at the though. Of being killed for something you had no control over. While she knew this has been happening for centuries to many people of different backgrounds it still didnt make it easy to hear about.

“They probably being dramatic,” Steve said hopefully trying to bring the mood of the room up. He didn’t fully believe these so called fates and wasn’t sure if what they were reading was even true to begin with. And they were being asked to trust someone they had never met before.

Percy on the other hand wasn’t to happy about being called dramatic. While logically he knew they didn’t know the “ally” was him he still didn’t appreciate the insinuation. ‘Plus’ he thought while tightening his grip on James hand ‘when a person is telling you about a tragedy you don’t imply there being dramatic, especially when you know nothing about the situation’.

He already didn’t like Steve Rogers and didn’t want to hear his opinions on what he thought classified as dramatic.

Bucky noticing the slight grimace on Percy face that nobody else did, rubbed his thumb on Percy’s hand trying to bring him any comfort that he could.

If you’re a normal kid, reading this because you think it’s fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened.

“Why would a kid be reading this” Natasha said narrowing her eyes and siting up straighter, she still didn't trust the so called “fates” but saw no other choice but to go along. But she especially didn’t like the thought of children being involved with whatever this was.

“I have no idea,” Sam said somewhat confused, he was having trouble keeping up with everything. Not only was a genocidal maniac coming to kill half the universe. ‘The “team” if you could even call it that was in shambles and in no place to defend anyone’ he privately thought to himself.

“You don't think our ‘ally is a kid, do you?” Clint said pausing his reading and looking at the other people in the room. His eyes held a worried (-) that nobody but Natasha and Percy. He did like the idea of a child soldier it only made him think of his own kids. He knew how cruel the world could be from his time at shield.

“There are 5 books so maybe it starts when they were a kid. They’re probably an adult now,” Peter said with a slight shrug, he didn't want to draw too much attention to himself on the daily and especially around the rouges. But he was almost a hundred percent sure that Percy was their ally. He couldnt lie and say he wasnt a little excited about hearing about Percy’s life as a Demi-god. While he has told them some things it wasn’t really a lot to go off, he knew that it wasn’t easy and Percy probably had a reason to not tell him but that didn’t help his curiosity.

Steve raised an eyebrow at him after that. While Tony said that he was his personal intern he wasn’t if he believed that. Like Wanda said Tony isn’t one to change.

But if you recognize yourself in these pages – if you feel something stirring inside – stop reading immediately. You might be one of us. And once you know that, it’s only a matter of time before they sense it too, and they’ll come for you. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

‘So someones coming for them’ Fury thought to himself trying to figure out who this ‘ally’ is. They had virtually no information or even proof that a threat was coming. But his gut told him that it was true but that didn’t mean he was going to just trust this ally. And if he’s right about someone coming for them then it seems like this ally will bring their own problems with them.

My name is Percy Jackson.

Percy could feel everyone's eyes on him the second Clint read those words.

Bucky, knowing what was about to go down leaned closer to Percy, almost protecting him with his body.

Mj, Ned, and Peter all looked at each other then looked and Percy, they knew what he was and knew from the rising tension in the room that this wasn’t going to go well.

All the rouges were looking at Percy, some with distrust and anger while others with confusion.

It was dead silent until Natasha finally spoke up “So these books are about you, you’re our ally,Jackson”.

She trusted Percy, while they were not close on a personal level during their shield days she new he was a good agent. When the shooting happened she doubting his his loyalty to Stark but through their letters she learned that she was wrong. Now she didn’t know what’s going on but she was willing the give him the benefit of the doubt, he’s earned it.

“Well how do we know if we can trust you. We don’t even know you, or know what you are,” Steve said sternly standing up, while looking at Percy with distrust in his eyes. He didn’t trust Agent Jackson especially after the shooting knowing that he could have been possibly working with hydra. Even if he wasn’t he was way to close to Tony to be considered trustworthy or even that necessary for the fight against Thanos. Not to mention how close he seemed to be with Bucky, he could be manipulating him for some unknown reason.

“We can't,” Wanda hissed getting up just as quickly and rushing behind Steve, “he’s probably working with hydra”.

“Back off, like you have any room to talk”, Bucky growed while holding Percy hand tighter and standing up as well covering Percy with his body. He knew the most of what Percy had been through and knew that getting through these books were going to be hard for him to relive things and he didn't need people accusing him of things.“You willingly volunteered for them” Bucky shot back with a glare.

“That's enough” Tony interrupted, stopping the potential fight. “Wanda. Percy is not hydra in fact he’s been working to take down hydra these past few months. Which is more than what you’ve been doing. And Rogers, I trust Percy with my life, he took 3 bullets for me. That's more than you’ve ever done for me.” Tony finished looking at Steve and Wanda with a glare daring them to object.

Before either of them could object Percy decided it was time to say something after staying silent the past few minutes. He stood up and moved in from of James, keeping their hands together “I promise after the book everything will make sense, you just have to be patient,” he said with a clear voice keeping his face painfully blank.

Fury, who had been silent this entire time, mind was going 100 miles an hour. He could believe that one of his best and closest agents had been hiding something and he didn't know it. He had no doubt that Jackson was a good person to have as an ally and he knew that he couldn't be hydra. He knew that Jackson was powerful but apparently he was more powerful than he thought. Which begged the question of where he got this power. Maybe it was whatever being half-blood meant.

Percy gave Clint a hand movement to convey to continue reading.

I’m twelve years old.

“Only twelve?” Sam asked. “Yep” Percy replied, truly he didn’t like thinking about it. How young he was that is, how young so many Demigods were when they were forced to adapt just to survive. And for what? For gods who couldn’t even be bother to claim some of them.

Just thinking about Percy could feel he’s hands start to shake, as he clenched his fist tighter he felt James wrap his hand around his.

Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid?

“Definitely,” Tony laughed jokly, he could tell how stressed Percy was getting and wanted to get his mind off it as best he could.

Gods know Percy done way more for him.

“Hey, I take offense to that,” Percy objected, playing along, but he could feel the tension in his shoulders slip away.

Not completely but enough.

Yeah. You could say that.

The confession made Percy pout while Tony let out a small “told u so” and Peter, Ned, Mj, and Shuri started giggling, but he stopped once Bucky started rubbing his arm and holding his hand tighter making Percy lean into his chest.

Bucky on the other hand was trying to keep in just laughing as best he could. He knew damn well even without being a Demigod Percy was a troubled kid.

But that’s what he loved about him, that fire in his heart to do what he knows is right no matter what.

I could start at any point in my short miserable life to prove it,

“Short and miserable?” Ned asked with a small frown of his face, laughter draining from his face. While he didn’t really know Percy all that well he knew he was a good guy that had been through some stuff.

“Don't worry about it”, Percy replied with a soft smile on his face not wanting Ned to worry at the same time though he tightened his grip on James hand. if only he known how much more miserable his life would become.

Wanda on the other hand could only stare at him with hatred. How dare he talk about a “miserable life” . What did he know about that!? He wouldn’t know real suffering if it hit him in the face. Not to mention how close he is with Stark. Whatever “suffering” he’s had she would bet he deserved it.