Avengers - Age of Half Bloods

XVI

Percy's POV

   I walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water, and found Nico doing the same thing.

   "Hey" I said, picking up a glass.

   "Hi" Nico replied, he paused for a few seconds before asking a question, "How long have you been able to do that?"

   "A couple days" I said, "Why?"

   "It's Tartarus," Nico stated.

   "What?"

   "Haven't you noticed?" He asked, "Ever since you've come back from Tartarus you've been stronger, more powerful, done things you never thought you'd be capable of" I thought about it, Nico had a point, I had been much more powerful after I got out of Tartarus.

   "You're right," I said.

   "I know I am" Nico replied, "I would be pretty powerful if my stupid boyfriend didn't keep stopping me from using my powers" Will walked in just as Nico said that and sighed.

   "Well I'm sorry for trying to keep you alive" He said, putting his arm around Nico, who looked vaguely irritated but didn't pull away, "Hey Percy" Will continued, nodding at me.

   "Hey" I replied, chugging the last of my water before walking off.

   I found Annabeth sitting on a couch, reading some stuff about underworld creatures, "Hey seaweed brain" She said as I sat down next to her.

   "Hey wise girl" I replied, "What'cha reading about?"

   "Anything I can find about literally any underworld creatures" She told me.

   "Cool" I said, "How do you know who Tartarus is sending, other than Morpheus and Kampe?"

   "Clovis" Annabeth told me simply, he must have managed to have a dream about it, which was impressive, considering how powerful Morpheus was.

   "Speaking of Clovis" I said, "You probably already told me but did he manage to get a message to the Hunters or Camp Jupiter?"

   "He got a message to Thalia" Annabeth told me, "But because of whatever's going on with the gods, the hunters might not be able to come. Nothing has gotten to camp Jupiter though, we're going to send someone soon if Clovis still can't get a message through"

   "Well that's something at least" I said.

   We sat in silence for a few minutes, until Annabeth put her book down, which was a sure sign whatever she was about to say was very serious.

   "What happened Percy?" She asked, 

   "What do you mean?"

   "In the meeting" Annabeth said, "Yesterday you told me you could lift a pen a foot into the air with 10 minutes of concentration, and now you can throw knives across rooms?"

   "I don't know" I said honestly, "During training I just managed to lift Riptide a bit higher a bit quicker" I'd felt weird back in the meeting room, more powerful, but almost as if my powers were controlling me, not the other way round. I couldn't tell anyone that though, that would just terrify everyone even more, I would just train until I had control of my abilities.

(That night)

   I spent the rest of the day wandering around the Avengers tower, talking to people, I did normal training with Annabeth for a while as well, and then I went to sleep.

   The moment my eyes closed I found myself looking at a familiar corridor in the Avengers tower: I was dreaming. Morpheus just couldn't leave me alone, I thought as I watched the empty corridor.