Chapter 8- The Check-Up

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Percy's P.O.V

It was around 8 A.M when Bruce called me for the check-up. I really was not looking forward to this, but I didn't need to explain how a 17 year old was able to take down the Hulk in self-defence.

I mean really how is someone suppose to explain that they beat an unbeatable guy! I walked into Bruce's office and sat down, couple minutes later Bruce walked in and put on his lab coat.

Bruce P.O.V

I was a bit surprised to find Percy there. He looked nervous none the least. I did call him up, but didn't expect him to be here quickly.

"Hey," Percy said half asleep.

"Did you get any sleep?" I was wondering his eyes were tired but his hair was wet. Bags under his eyes.

"Some, woke up from nightmare decided to head down to pool." Was the answer he gave me. Why the pool though. "After this go back to bed ok?" he nodded. "Ok, any disorders?" I asked him.

"Dyslexia and ADHD," I didn't know all that much about him but I thought it was interesting that he had both ADHD and Dyslexia, I know it's more common than people think but it must be hard for him.

"Please take your shirt off now." He was instantly awake and said, "No."

"You're really stubborn aren't you." I said exasperated

"Only when it comes to certain things and I think I get it from my father." he said with a shrug

"When did you meet your father?" I asked

"I never met him mom just said I had some of his stubbornness when it came to certain things." Percy said

"Well do you want me to get Tony and Steve to make you take your shirt off?" I asked

he sighed hard defeated, "What's with the blackmail anyway?"

I shrugged, "It works, now shirt off." When he took his shirt off he wouldn't look at my eyes instead at the shirt hat was in his hands.

We finished and he quickly put his shirt back on. I didn't know how a kid could get so many scars and before he left I asked, "Were you abused?"

He looked back and said, "I will say my old stepfather Gabe wasn't the nicest in the block but he didn't give me those." I was even more confused then.

He saw my face and quickly left to go to bed it was 8:20 and I went to grab a cup of coffee and think.

Percy's P.O.V

When he asked me to take my shirt of in my head I was thinking, No Way In Hades! But, He threaten to get Tony AND Steve, more people to see my scars. One of them was my uncle, I don't need to be bombed on with questions so I just went back to bed.

The scars were mostly from the stabs I got that from all the curses that were forced upon me. Sometimes I wish I hadn't pissed off many monsters.

I was hoping Thor would get here by the time I woke up. No Nightmares this time which was good.

When I woke it was around 12:30 P.M so I went upstairs after a shower and grabbed the pancake mix along with blue food dye.

15 minutes later I had a good amount of pancakes when the Avengers came in and saw me. I was nervous, did Bruce say anything about my scars.

"Percy, where did you get the scars?" Natasha asked bewild

"None of your business part of past that I left behind." I did leave my past I wanted out of the Demigod business. Some of the campers think I'm dead but definitely not Nico, Thalia, Grover, or believe it or not, Clarissen and Chiron obviously.

The gods know i'm not dead but can't find me. Hades and Hestia helped with that shh. Nico visits from time to time saying what the Gods and Demigods are saying and thinking.

They missed me even though I've been gone for a couple days, although I didn't tell them that I was leaving for a bit I mysteriously vanished.

Me being off the radar makes people thinks i'm dead, even though it has been what 4 days since I left, or was it 3 I don't know right now.

"What do you mean, 'part of my past I left behind'?" Steve asked while quoting me

"I left that part of my life how hard is that to understand?" I said in a 'are you stupid' voice.

"Are you an Assassin?" Tony had to say

I literally started choking on the milk that I was drinking, they thought I was an assassin, omg. "Gods no."

They looked relieved, I went to get a paper towel to clean up some spilled milk, when I heard, "Why are your pancakes blue?" Clint asked looking at my pancakes.

I smiled at a memories and said, "An inside joke between my mom and I. An old step-dad of mine said that food couldn't be blue, so she made all the food she could blue."

Steve's P.O.V

The kid looked proud when he was talking about his mother with the blue food. He must have hated his step-father. I was curious, "Did you like your step-father?"

Bruce looked at Percy with interest, did he know something? Percy was sad for a split moment then said, "Try thinking of a drunk man, who spends his money on poker, with cigarettes on the floor around the apartment, your room also smelled like beer because your room was also his 'study', that was Gabe my old step-father for you...to answer your question oh and he was also fat, barely showered and hated you." He said that will a lot of hate in him.

The rest of the team looked angry and a bit said. Clint asked, "What happened to him?"

All Percy said was, "I don't know he disappeared one day and was declared dead, then my mom got a new husband...totally was awesome by the way...and well I loved coming home from the summer."

"Where'd you go during the summers?" I had to ask I was wondering.

"I went to a summer camp where we practiced sword fighting, learned Greek, played Capture the Flag on Friday Nights, had campfires, and had an awesome climbing wall."

"That sounds awesome, can we go." Tony asked happy and excited at the idea of this camp.

Percy looked at us a bit sad and said, "No, you can't you need to have dyslexia and ADHD, even then it's hard to get in."

We looked a bit confused but shrugged it off. A camp for ADHD and dyslexic kids, sounds fun for them maybe that's why they have it there.

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