Percy Jackson and The Avengers Crossover

Chapter 25

Percy POV:
The door came flying open, the table smashed in thirds. A large man with long blonde hair stood in the doorway. And he was not mortal.
I couldn't help but burst a waterline from underneath the building, and form a barrier of ice. It was late fall, the weather was cooling down, even with my limited control over water temperatures, the ice would be unbreakable.
This god seemed vaguely familiar, not that I cared at the moment, I was uncharacteristicly terrified. It could've been the lack of sleep, my worry over the lives of these mortals, or quite possibly the huge hammer he wielded, but I was honest to gods scared.
The god roared something about freeing his friends, and moved to break the ice wall.
"Thor! Stop!" It was Doctor Banner.
"But he is imprisoning you and the man of iron!" Thor, that was his name, sputtered, confused.
"It's okay, he's just scared. Look Thor, he's trembling."
Thor adopted a look of slight regret, "I am sorry. I did not mean to frighten the child."
Thor. Thor. That name hunted me, I knew it from somewhere. I was barely paying attention to the conversation, not even bothering to recoil from the pity thrown my way, as I racked my brain.
I was only snapped back to reality when Doctor Banner came over to where I was crouched in the corner.
"It's alright Percy. He's a friend."
Thor tapped the barrier with his hammer, and I allowed it to break, the fragments flying across the room like miniature throwing knives.
I stood, iced my fears, and strolled over to the powerful being.
"Who are you?" I asked nonchalantly, my emotions hid under a veil of confidence.
"I am Thor of Asgard!" The being bellowed in response, then looked to me, most likely sensing my godly aura, as I had him. "But you," he began again, "You are not of this world."
Doctor Banner suddenly stepped forward, "Was I right Thor? Is he Asgardian?"
At this point, Tony, who'd been leaned against a wall observing, made us aware of his presence by speaking. "Hold on here. He-," He said, pointing to me, "Is Asgardian?"
Thor shook his head, "I do not believe so."
Tony stepped off the wall, moving to the door.
"Mind if we have a little chat outside? No? Ok."
I had a feeling Tony wouldn't even acknowledge a real response from me, so I didn't bother. They were out the door in a second, and I heard the faint bellowing of Thor as they walked down the hallway, leaving me alone yet again.
I glanced up at the security cameras. They were still off. Though probably not for long.
I used the left over water in the ground to seep into the walls and fry the cameras. Then remelted and solidified another barrier around me with the previously broken bits of ice.
I was done with the façade for now. The mask of swagger and confidence I hadn't even allowed myself to disbelieve. Without a moment of waver as the hours had gone on, some part of me crumbling with each glance at the clock. But now that I was finally alone as I was going to get, the heartache overwhelmed me. And the tiredness. Oh I was so tired. Of the mask I put up not only for others' benefit but to let myself think, just for a moment, that I'm actually alright. But most of all I couldn't deal with my own feelings. It sounded like a bad TV show, but it was the truth. I couldn't stand the sudden switching back and forth from broken to whole, from truth to lies.
My control over my power wavered, and the ice wall shattered yet again, and with it, my resolve.

AN: Sorry this is so late, I had some school work to finish, and a minor case of writers block. Apologies!

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