The Beginning of the End (The Seven Meet the Avengers)

Chapter Four ~ Dylan

Hello, fellow Wattpadians! Hope you enjoyed my slightly boring last chapter! So as the title suggests, Dylan is back. If you don't know who that is, then read this anyway and find out. I'm going to try to make this chapter more interesting, but I make no promises! It's all a matter of opinion, anyway.

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Leo

So, Redhead, who I think that other guy called Agent Romanov, had stormed off. Another guy, who had introduced himself as Tony Stark, had offered food. Why wouldn't I take him up on that?

So here we were, making blue pancakes. The blue part was for Percy, which I don't fully understand, but it seemed to make him happy. I had accidentally burnt the first few, so we had to throw them away. Eventually, we managed to cook them correctly, and they were sitting on a plate in front of us. I started to take one, but thunder rumbled in the distance. Tony looked up from eating his blue pancakes and watched the sky.

"That was weird." he says, turning back to his pancakes. "I wonder if Thor is back."

Percy and I glance at each other. We know what that thunder meant, and it wasn't from this Thor guy. "Um, Leo?" Percy asks, glancing at the food. "Do you mind?"

I look at Tony. "Are you sure? In front of him?" I gesture at Tony, who's now watching our strange conversation.

"No, come on, Leo, show me what you can do. I promise I won't tell." Tony says, obviously lying. I look at Percy.

"It's either show him, or go the rest of our stay here without food." I shudder at the thought.

"Fine." I sigh, and hold up my hand. Tony looks at me in confusion, but then shouts in surprise as my hand catches on fire. Percy and I ignore him as we each select the best pancake and burn it in the small fire in my hand. As soon as the burning food disappears and the smell of pancakes fill the air, I extinguish the flame.

"Okay, two questions." Tony says, his eyes wide. "First question, HOW DID YOU DO THAT? And second question, why did you just burn some perfectly good pancakes?"

Percy and I glance at each other. "Umm...." Percy says.

"I've got some .... interesting history." I say vaguely. "And for the second thing... it's, umm, religion?"

Percy starts eating his blue pancakes. Stark just stares at us. "Right...." he says. "What was your name again?"

I dive into my pancakes. "Leo Valdez." I say, my mouth full. Stark nods and whips out a small hand held phone. He types a few things in, and looks up at me. Percy watches Tony carefully.

"So." Tony says, reading something off his phone. "You've been in several foster homes and orphanages, your mother died in a mysterious fire, and you were sent to the Wilderness School, for troubled kids."

My throat clenches when he mentions my mother. Percy glances at me with concern. Then his eyes go wide. "Wait, did you look him up?" Percy asks, frantic. "Like on the internet?"

"Well, yeah." Tony says, staring again. Percy brings his pen out of his pocket, watching out the windows nervously. Tony jumps a little when he sees the pen. I guess he already knows what Riptide is then.

"You really shouldn't have done that." Percy says, abandoning his pancakes, uncapping his sword, and watching the sky. I notice thunder clouds gathering. Tony looks nervous.

"Look, it's not that big of a deal," he says, eyeing Riptide. "but if it means that much, I won't do it again. Just, don't pull that sword thing out on me again."