Beneath the Pain - Percy Jackson and the Avengers Crossover

Chapter 8

A/N True, so very true. Who's with me?! Imagine if I told Percy this when he came back to the cabin. Either he acts weirdly that there is a prophecy on this or something else that's absolutely unpredictable.

3rd person POV

Percy awoke once more in the early hours of morning, taking a quick shower before slipping his usual camp outfit on. Downstairs, he once again found Steve leaning on the bench, sipping his coffee, each making a quick nod, acknowledging the other. All Steve could keep his mind on were the adventures Percy went through.

He could think of no one else that suffered as much as he did, even abuse wouldn't cut it. He thought of every decision Percy had to make, his fatal flaw making life difficult and excruciating watching his friends get hurt and die other than him. He was selfless, thought of the needs and safety of others before his own, risking his life countless times to keep others and the world safe, even if he actually killed the embodiment of the Earth itself.

He watched Percy as he stirred the pancake mix, dyed it blue and flipped each blue pancake, seeing him lost in his thoughts. When two pancakes were already cooked and ready to eat, Nico stumbled in, awoken by the smell of breakfast. Grumbling, Nico fumbled to grab a plate and searched for the cutlery before finally getting it and seated himself down.

Flopping a pancake on his plate, Nico squirted a tiny amount of syrup on, spreading it around and eventually eating the pancake piece by piece. Percy hadn't turned around or glanced behind him, yet noticed another presence behind him.

"Morning Death Breath. We gonna go back to camp today? Thought I might need to go back to show that I'm okay." As Percy turned around to place more pancakes on top of the pile he'd already created, he saw Nico make a slight nod, telling Percy that they wold indeed be heading back to camp.

Eventually, by 8:27 am, everyone was bright-eyed and bushy tailed, even Tony who had the tendency to sleep in as per usual. When everyone had gathered for blue pancake breakfast once more, an eerie silence stretched across the table, making the moment quite unsettling and awkward. Fortunately, Pietro broke the silence after breakfast was completed..

"So, what were you three planning?" He gestured to Percy, Thalia and Nico, wondering if either had any sort of idea. The Mini 3 looked between themselves, making a silent agreement on who should say what. Eventually, they decided on Thalia to speak for them all. "We're heading back to camp so no one worries."

Tony and Steve whispered to each other about what to do whilst the others puzzled over what they were talking about. Thinking about that subject was no longer needed for Steve voiced out the question, "Can we go with you?" At that moment, you knew that even something smaller than a pin drop could be heard.

Percy shrugged as if it was an easy enough question. "You guys should be fine with the campers. Just gotta let Chiron know and see if he approves." When Steve nodded for them to make the message, Percy, Thalia and Nico ran off to make the Iris-Message to Chiron. That left many of the Avengers wondering "What would half-gods think of us?"

>>> Time skip because I'm lazy :) <<<

Natasha's POV
As I sat in Stark's car driving to the location of Percy's camp, I couldn't help but imagine what it would be like. From what I've heard, the place is like a Greek battle camp with cabins for all the gods with each one housing the children of each god. Apparently only cabins of the Olympian gods stood in Camp Half - Blood until Percy demanded the gods that cabins were made for all the other gods like Zeus' brother Hades.

I suppose I was deep in my thoughts because the moment I focused in on reality, we were already arriving at the spot Percy instructed us to stop at. The second we stopped, Nico and Thalia hopped out of the car straight away and raced to see who would get there first whilst Percy got out like the rest of us, possibly thinking of what he'd do when he made his way into camp.