Our Heroes (mlb x pjo x avengers)

(10) Cussing is a Universal Language

After the encounter with Chloé, Nico seemed lost in thought. None of his new friends wanted to pry, though, since they hadn't known him for that long. The class had moved on and was now exploring the area around the Eiffel Tower. 

Nico scowled at the ground, kicking at some weeds he found between the cracks of the cement ground. There wasn't much he remembered from his time in Italy due to spending so much time in the Lotus Casino as well as his father taking many of his memories. However, he did remember his old classmates who bothered him. Not because of his sexuality, fortunately. No, Nico had been very careful to keep that to himself. They bullied him because they could. 

Because he had a smaller frame than most boys. 

Because he liked stupid card games that were meant for 'babies.'

Because he couldn't fight back. 

And whatever other dumb reason they had. 

Bianca didn't know about it. He never let her find out. He sometimes regretted never telling her. But what good would it have done? They would have taken her even less seriously than they did him, especially during that time period. 

They hit him relentlessly, usually not on the face which helped him hide the bruises easily. They'd call him names and rip his Mythomagic cards. Nico couldn't even remember what they would say to him, nor their faces; but the emotions he had from the experience were still there. 

Marinette snapped him out of his thoughts and said, "Hey, Nico. Are you okay?"

Nico glanced up from the ground to see her and Alya standing next to him. 

"Is it because of Chloé? Don't pay that rude brat any attention. It's not worth it. She's just an attention seeker who doesn't know the meaning of the word 'nice,'" Alya said sternly. 

Nico looked surprised. Was this girl, someone who was practically a stranger, comforting him? Him? 

Alya continued, "That face she made when you talked back? Priceless! You have to teach me your ways." She and Marinette continued to joke around with him to lighten his mood. Nico had begun to get used to being treated like this by his fellow demigods; but around normal people? Everyone usually avoids him like the plague. 

Before he knew it, MJ also joined the conversation and began cussing Chloé out with very colorful language, much to Nico's amusement. The Parisians could understand her vaguely from the context and the four of them were soon a laughing mess. 

Will smiled at them from a distance, noticing the weeds by Nico's feet had stopped decaying. He heard Peter's phone ringing from his bag on the floor and turned to find him, trusting Nico to be okay with his new friends. 

"Peter!" Will called out, bag in tow. 

Peter halted taking pictures of Ned making silly poses and looked at Will questioningly. 

"Your phone," Will explained simply. 

Peter made a sound of acknowledgment and said, "Thanks."

He picked up the phone to see Mr. Stark calling him. He picked it up quickly, "Hello?"

"Hey, kid, you see that yellow building near you? I want you to make an excuse and come to the alley next to it," Tony said. 

Peter didn't get a chance to say anything as Tony hung up. Peter sighed. He nudged Will and said, "Hey, I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick, okay?" 

"Yeah, sure," Will replied. He knew the teacher told them to go places in pairs, but he wasn't technically a student, and he didn't want to be separated from Nico. 

Peter quickly made his way to the alley by the yellow building. Tony was waiting for him, wearing a black cap to remain inconspicuous. It would have worked if he didn't match the cap with expensive clothing that ruined the whole 'being inconspicuous' intentions. 

Tony and the other Avengers had all scattered around Paris, looking for places Hawk Moth could be. 

"Yo. You having fun with your class?" Tony asked. 

Peter replied, "Yeah, actually, it's pretty interesting here." 

"That's good," Tony said, taking something out of his back pocket. He placed it in Peter's hands. It looked like a case that held nail clippers and such, but, upon opening it, it revealed to be containing small sticker-like circles. 

"What's this?" Peter asked. 

"Put it in your ear," was the reply he got. Peter took one of the small circles and put it in his ear. 

"Now you can understand what the Parisians are saying without needing your glasses. It's still a bit of a prototype, but it should get the job done. Now take this," he gestured to another item in the small case that looked like a mini-speaker. "And clip it to your shirt. Press it, and people will hear you speaking French, even when you speak English. They won't even realize you're not speaking English."

"Woah..." Peter marveled. 

Tony looked very smug at Peter's reaction to his newest invention. 

"Now, you can use this to get information on Ladybug and Chat Noir. See if there's somewhere that they're usually seen so we can meet up with them."

Peter nodded and made his way back to the class. Now, he definitely wasn't expecting to be greeted by this scene. Alya had Chloé in a chokehold on the ground while the other students watched nearby. "Take that back!" Alya yelled. 

"What's going on?" he asked Will and Nico, who were also spectating. 

"Apparently, Chloé went a little too far in insulting Nino. I didn't even hear what she said, but it looks like it wasn't great if Alya's reacting like that," Will replied. 

Nino looked a little put-out near the two girls. Whatever Chloé said was clearly bothering him. Adrien put his hand on Nino's shoulder and whispered inaudibly into his ear, most likely reassuring him. 

Marinette struggled to break the two girls up—while a certain purple-suited man decided that this was the perfect opportunity for him to begin his long-awaited plan. 

I feel like this chapter was all over the place but whatever it was necessary 

there's so many main characters to keep track of tho omg its so hard to include everybody like this. i refuse to give up tho. I'm having fun with it at least lol hope you guys r too 

can you guess whats gonna happen next chapter? ehehhehehehehe