Broken (Percy Jackson/Avengers crossover)

Screams through the night

Nico POV

Being woried was beyond what I was feeling right now. I felt like ripping Gaia's heart and stomping on it. See how she likes it! I paced the living room, Thalia pacing the opposite direction. 

Was he alright?

Is he in a coma?

Can he walk?

Will-

'I'll be in my room' We spun around to find Percy standing in the doorway. He had purple rings under his pale sunken eyes. His blood-red and puffy eyes. 

His completely broken eyes. 

Percy was on the edge of being completely fixable. All our hard work had crumbled to nothing but powder. 

'Percy!' Thalia said. 

But Percy was already in his room. 

The next 3 days, we're quiet. When I mean quiet- I mean quiet. Tony was always in his lab with Bruce. Natasha and Clint wnet on missions for SHEILD. Steve punches the crap out of a punchingbag.

While me and Thalia do... nothig.

It gets too boring without  Percy. 

Percy, the saviour of Olympus. 

Percy, the greatest hero alive. 

Percy, the destroyed. 

We can hear his screams in the night. His hollow screams. 

Why couldn't the fates be kind for once?

Atleast to Percy?

The fates are ruthlessly cruel- I knew that the day Bianca died. 

I lay in bed. I was sharing a bunk bed, Thalia was on top. 

I couldn't go to sleep even with rhymatic 'tap,tap' on our window.

'Can't go to sleep?' Thalia's voice rang. 

I sighed and shook my head. 

Scream. Percy's scream was like it was trying to break down the walls. 

'T-Thalia, can I sleep with you? I'm scared..' I said, weakly. 

'Sure Death Breath' I clambered out of my bed and started climbling Thalia's. Thalia shifted creating more room or me. I lay down next to her, her fingers braiding my hair. It was calming. I fell asleep, hugging Thalia. And listening to the screams that whispered through the night...