Riptide

Chapter 24

Cap's POV

Nat had been pretty shaken after apparently seeing Percy's face for the first time in five years.

She often stayed in her room, or next to Rhodey. He was still recovering from the acid and the hypothermia.

Thor just stayed in his room, drinking some sort of Asgardian mead. It's apparently even stronger than the one I had at the Ultron party, and that had even made me drunk for a short while.

Rocket was in space with his friend Nebula. We found her when Carol had rescued Tony from space.

As I stared at the mirror, I felt the steam around me shift and spread out.

Turning, I looked at the iris message as it began to form, swirling and flattening out. Eventually, Nico's and Thalia's face filled the screen.

"So, err... Do you want the good news or the bad news?" Said Nico as he fiddled with his ring.

"Good news, please," I said with a sigh.

"Percy's alive. We were able to find him."

I leant against the wall and breathed a sigh of relief. So Nat had seen him.

"What's the bad news?"

"His memory has been completely wiped... And he may have been turned into one of the Drykani. "

"What?!"

"I know, I know. We think Tartarus used the same technique that had wiped your friend, the son of Nike." Said Thalia.

I didn't need a name to know who they were talking about.

"Where is he now?"

"Currently resting in the infirmary."

"Thanks, we'll be there soon."

I ran my hand through the mist and nearly collapsed as the faces of Nico and Thalia dissolved.

Percy was alive and had been turned into a super-soldier. A winter soldier. He had tried to kill me.

Nat had stared right into his eyes and he didn't even recognise her.

We didn't even try finding him.

I slowly pushed myself up and walked slowly towards the exit of the bathroom, holding onto the cabinets for support.

I slowly walked to Rhody's room, where he and Nat were.

Rhody was sleeping peacefully on his bed, while Nat had just collapsed in her chair.

I didn't want to wake them, so I sat down on a spare chair and waited.

About an hour and half a Wattpad fanfic later (Percy had introduced them to me a while back. They're great, but I try to avoid the NSFW ones) Nat began to stir.

I placed my phone down and smiled as Nat rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

"How long was I out for?" Nat said through a yawn.

"No idea. You were asleep when I came in though, so at least an hour."

"You've been watching me sleep for an hour."

"No! I was, err," I held up the phone, "playing on my phone."

"You've finally figured how to use it."

We sat in silence for a while, before Nat stood up and began to dust herself off.

"So, what brings you to this side of the compound?"