Percy Jackson and the Avengers {DISCONTINUED}

Chapter 4

Percy POV

They all fell asleep in my room, so I jumped and landed on top of them, earning of few groans. I fell asleep instantly and basically pushed myself underneath Uncle Bruce. He was so warm. He subconciously wrapped an arm around me and pulled me closer. I had no nightmares. But I did dream. I was older and I had no shattered look in my eyes. I smiled and laughed genuinely. I smiled in my sleep. I hope I can be like that one day. I thought.

Steve POV

The kid was really good at singing and playing the guitar. I was surprised. We all fell asleep in his room on his bed so he jumped and landed on top of everyone. I was as always the first to stir. Well, I was the second. "Percy? What are you doing up?" He just walked out of the shower with no shirt on and I gasped. He had scars. I couldn't even see all of them. He quickly pulled a shirt on, "Please don't tell anyone." He sounded so scared, I nodded. We walked out of his room and he made a beeline for the kitchen. He cooked some muffins and eggs and handed me a plate, "Oh, thank you." I dug into my food, which was amazing. He munched on a muffin. I finished and cleaned my space and was about to go on run, "Wanna come?" Percy shrugged and came. He was wearing black shorts with a skin tight sea green shirt with black Nike's. We headed to the elevator and he took deep breaths "Bad experience with elevators?" He nodded, "Yeah, the elevator malfunctioned and dropped twenty floors." I gave a low whistle. We got out and I started on my usual route. He kept up. I kept speeding up like any other day thinking I'd leave him in the dust. But, he stayed with me. I finally finished my seven miles. His breathing was even and slow. I was kind of breathing hard. "Take deep breaths." I looked up at him and did what he said and it helped. "Do it during the run, you can run miles and miles at the exact same pace." We headed back to the tower. "How do you know that?" He just shrugged. We got up to our floor. Everyone was up except Tony, of course. And Peter went to school. "Hey guys! Oh, no. Did you run with Steve?" Clint looked apologetic. Percy was confused, "What?" I chuckled. "Steve runs like seven mile in ten minutes." He just shrugged, "I've done longer, faster." Clint gasped. "What?" Natasha was impressed. "Hm.. about fifteen miles in twenty minutes tops." Then we all gaped. I shook my head. "So, when are you going to tell us your story?" It was an innocent question but Percy's eyes said 'never ask that again or you'll have nightmares'. Thor came out of nowhere, "Those are stories that are for another day." Percy looked thankful, "Thanks Thor. I'll give a short version." He took a sip of his water. "Twelve years old and I stopped being a kid. I've led two successful wars and was tortured in hell, literally, and I've lost four times as many people as you all combined. I lost my love and my friends and family." I finally figured out why his stance and personality was so familiar. It's because I was once him. In the middle of grief and loss. He was a soldier and he was tired. His eyes told so many painful stories. They showed pain. They looked like they once were happy, but that it left so long ago. "How many people have you lost? Cause Tasha has lost roughly hundred fifty. Alone." Idiot. I thought. Clint was an idiot. Percy thought for a minute, "Thousands." And walked off. Clint stared at where he once stood. 'Thousands!? He's only seventeen! And tortured in hell? What?!' "Is he seventeen or seventy?" When did Tony get up here? We all shook our heads. Agent Coulson came in. To say the least we were all very surprised when we found out he was alive, I also signed his cards."Romanoff, Barton. I've got a mission for you two." He tossed a file at them. "Stark, Banner. Same for you two." He threw a file at them. "Capsicle doesn't have a mission?" Tony looked excited. "Yes, he does. Babysit Percy." Percy came barreling in. "I do not need a babysitter!" Tony and Clint fell on the floor with laughter. Coulson shrugged. "Sorry. Now everyone out!" Tony and Bruce left and Natasha and Clint left. That left an exasperated Percy and a confused me. "Don't treat me like a kid." I connected the dots. "Oh I won't. But I'm 'bout to go get some ice cream if you want some." I headed towards the elevator with Percy not far behind. I have a bad feeling about their missions. We got our ice cream and watched some kids play. Some little girl was playing and she got pushed off her swing. She looked about three. Some bullies came up to her and beat her. Percy and I ran up and scared them away. "Are you okay?" Percy got down on his knees. She was crying. Percy handed me his ice cream and picked her up bridle style. "Who are you parents? Better yet why are you here by yourself!" Then two men came up. "Are you okay Stephanie?" She nodded and Percy handed her over. "Thank you. Gibbs Robert." We shook his hand, "David Robert." We shook his hand too and ignored the fact that they seemed nervous about being two dads. "Percy Jackson." They nodded. "Steve Rogers." They gaped and Stephanie squealed and wanted me to hold her. David scolded her, "No, Steph." I chuckled, throwing away the ice cream. "It's okay. I don't mind holding her." They shrugged and gave her to me. I played with her once I got her cleaned up, while Percy, Gibbs, and David talked. Percy came over to me after a while and said they had to go. "Bye!" Percy kept looking at me then smirking. "Is something on my face?" He chuckled, "No, it's just I didn't think you'd act like that." I blushed, "Well, kids are just adorable." We heard a barking and a yelp. We looked at each other and went to find the dog. We followed the barking down an alleyway. We found nothing at the dead end. "TRAP!" Percy yelled before three people came down all in black suits and a mask on their face. We instantly were back to back fighting. I threw punches and dodged some.Percy didn't get hit once because he was moving too fast. I on the other hand, had a busted lip and will have a bruise on the side of my head. "Shield!" I looked up and saw a trash can lid flying at me. I ducked and it hit one of the guys behind me on the front of their head knocking them out. "Again!" I grabbed the lid and and Percy ran up and jumped off the lid (from Wonder Woman) and threw something and knocked out the other two people. We ran off and ran the entire way back to the tower which was about thirty minutes away. Once inside we stopped and tried to catch our breath. "You..are...very...fast" I managed. He nodded. We soon caught our breath and went up the elevator and found Natasha, Clint, and Tony in black suits. Tony had a very suspicious looking bruise on the front of his head. And Natasha and Clint had these little dots on their necks. We all stared at each other while Bruce had on a head set and was trying not laugh but failing. "Welp! That's what it's like hanging with Grandpa!" Percy threw his hands up and yelled and walked off to his room. Once he was gone they all started laughing. I grumbled and went off on my own way. He called me Grandpa!

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