Natasha's Secret

Chapter 12 - Natasha is Scary

"What the Hades are you talking about, I am Natasha, you moron," Annabeth tried to keep her voice from shaking, she had forgotten about Stark's cameras.

"Then who was that blonde girl on the cameras, if you really are Natasha, let's just touch your face and see if there's any technology there," Stark was fuming.

Annabeth put up her hands in a surrendering position, aware of the metal gauntlet on Tony's arm,

"Let me explain everything, I know you have no right to trust me right now, but Will can back me up on what I'm about to say," Annabeth looked back at her friend who widened his eyes at her.

"Alright, but you better make this quick because I have to meet Nico soon, he hates being late," the Avengers all looked quite surprised that Will was handling this so casually.

"How are we supposed to trust you, you're in on this as well," Steve said, Will just shrugged.

"Just let her speak, I think it would be best if you take off the stuff," Will said to Annabeth who sighed.

Taking off the technology would be like taking off a piece of armor, she could hide behind this false person and live without any consequences, keeping her loved ones out of her work and away from danger.

Taking off this mask would end that.

With a shaky hand, Annabeth reached up and pulled the technology off, her blonde curly hair falling over her shoulders.

"My name is Annabeth Chase, but you know me as Natasha Romanov," Annabeth locked eyes with Thor who looked like he might pass out.

Thor fell to his knees, "Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, one of the seven, you are still alive?" Thor's mouth was hanging open.

"Yes," Annabeth sighed, "After the attacks on both camps, I couldn't risk putting my family in danger, but I still wanted to help people, so I joined SHIELD under a false name and identity," The avengers all looked suspicious, Annabeth couldn't blame them.

"Ask me something only the real Natasha would know," she suggested, Bruce thought for a moment,

"When did we meet for the first time?" Bruce asked, Annabeth smiled a little,

"I had gotten one of my friends in the area to pretend like her father was sick and tricked you to come to the edge of the village. You tried to scare me and I pulled out a gun but didn't have to use it," Bruce looked a little surprised but tried to hide it.

"That's correct," Bruce exchanged a look with Tony and Steve who were still holding their weapons.

"Guys, I've known about this for a long time, this is Natasha, or Annabeth, whatever you want to call her, it's always been this way," Clint tried to reason with them, Thor looked shocked,

"You mean that I've been working with Annabeth Chase for the past few months?" Thor's mouth was hanging open comically.

"Yes, I never planned to tell you guys because I needed to protect my family, but you were going to find out who my husband was anyway, no point hiding it now." Annabeth's face became stony,

"But, I also have a son, you will never find him, never meet him, my husband can take care of himself, you can never meet my son, he will not be dragged into this world," everyone, even Clint, looked terrified at Annabeth's glare.

"Ok, we get it, don't ask about your son, but you have a son?" Tony asked and Annabeth glared at him.

"Yes, but you can never ask a single question about him, I will know if you try to find out who he is, so don't try it, Stark," Tony raised his hands in a defensive manner.

"Ok, so why were you pretending to be someone else?" Steve asked, Annabeth sighed.

"I will answer all of your questions later, but Will needs to get to his appointment with Nico and I promised to pick up my husband after work today, don't try following me, I'll know," Annabeth left the threat hanging in the air as she walked towards the elevator, Will following behind her.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to go to Percy right after they learned your identity?" Will whispered to Annabeth, she smirked.

"I was going to have to kiss him in front of them anyway, I know that they're going to follow me anyway, might as well make it entertaining for myself. It would be quite funny to see Tony fall out of a tree when I pick up Percy," Will laughed and they both rode the elevator down to the car park.

Annabeth got into her car (technically, it was Percy's car as well and they traded days with it) a blue Nissan x trail (Annabeth chose the model, Percy chose the color).

After a while, Annabeth pulled up in front of Stony Brook University where Percy had started giving lectures every once and a while over the past years, Percy had a knack for teaching, after all of the shitty teachers he's had in his life he decided that he would be better than them.

A couple of universities reached out to him and he decided to try it out, turns out he was pretty good and enjoyed it.

Annabeth parked outside the university and waited for a while, scrolling through her phone.

Someone knocked on the window and Annabeth looked up to see Percy, his smile bright as ever.

Annabeth stepped out of the car with a smile on her face as well, she walked up to Percy and gave him a lingering kiss, they haven't had time alone for a while and they cherished it.

Yes, they loved Luke, but having children could be demanding, and they needed time to be alone together.

"How are you, Wise Girl?" Percy asked, his face covered in a light stubble (he always forgot to shave).

Annabeth grinned, "I'm doing great, Seaweed Brain, are you ready to go?" Percy nodded, gave her another kiss, and got into the car.

Annabeth was about to get in when she heard something heavy fall behind her.

Tony was sprawled out on the grass in his suit, obviously having just fallen from the tree beside him.

"YOUR HUSBAND IS PERCY JACKSON!" he screamed.