Brothers At Last

Chapter 2

"Bucky?"

"Percy?", Bucky stood up from his chair, ignoring the game and everyone else in the room. He walked over to Percy, looking him up and down.

"You're...you're so tall!" Bucky couldn't believe how tall he had gotten in what seemed like no time at all. Percy hugged him, not caring about Peter or the other guy, that he didn't know.

"Did you hear that we're allowed phones now?!" Bucky nodded eagerly.

"I know, right! Wasn't it because the new owner of Apple is a demigod too? And made a new phone that doesn't have the weird Monster-tracer signal thing?" Percy nodded back.

"It's awesome, everyone at camp bought one! Chiron even said that we could make group chats with our cabins. Mine is with Tyson, of course."

"That sounds about right; I was the only one when I was a kid too. So did you figure out all your cool stuff?" Percy shoved his hands into the pocket of his jeans.

"Yeah, I did. Wait how many languages do you speak?" Percy asked Bucky. Bucky grinned and held his fist up to count off all the languages he could speak, on his fingers.

"Umm...Russian, Romanian (A/N: I added Romanian as well because Sebastian Stan is from Romania, and idk just kinda thought I'd work), Greek, Wakandan, I can read Latin, Dolphin, Whale, Fish, oh, there's one more. Dang it, what was it? Oh yeah. Duh. Horse." Bucky replies, holding up a finger for each one.

"Dude, that's awesome! I learned Romanian at camp last summer. Did you get the water thing?" Bucky nodded excitedly.

"Yeah, I did! I've kinda learned to have fun with it over the years. I can see people's parents when I concentrate too. You know, like when someone gets claimed, the symbol shows up above their head, when I think about it. I can do it in crowds as well, I just look around and see all these symbols floating above everyone's head. Like Nat...yah, she's an Athena. She reminds me of Annabeth in some ways."

Peter and Sam watched the exchange with confused faces.

"Wait, wait, wait. Hold the phone," Sam interjected. "You know this kid? You're talking to him in what seems like an entirely different language like you've known him for years." Percy grinned and looked at Bucky.

"Guys," Bucky began. "Let me introduce you to my brother."

"YOUR WHAT?!" Peter and Sam yell at the same time.

"Jeez, could you guys be a little louder in here? I couldn't hear you enough already," Tony said, coming downstairs.

"Hey, Bucky." Bucky looked over at Tony and nodded.

"Hey, Tony."

"Who's the kid?" Sam gave Tony a look.

"Well, I mean, we thought he was just Peter's friend, but now the kid might as well be a gorgon for all I know."

"Hey, whoa! Do not joke about the gorgons, those things in a Bargain Mart apron with meat and cheese samples on a tray are scary!" Everyone looked at Percy like he was insane, but Bucky just smiled.

"Dude, I can imagine. I fought one of those once, in like 1930, and it was crazy."

"Yeah, I fought it and the only way I got away from it was when I rode the snack tray down a hill and almost into a river. And then I carried Roman Hera across a river. Crazy times," Percy said.