Natasha's Secret

Chapter 15 - Tony is PISSED

Tony was PISSED, to say the least. He had been trying for the better part of two years to meet Percy Jackson, he had even considered just taking his private jet straight to his house, but he didn't know where the man lived.

To find out that someone who he had 'known' for almost that entire time was actually MARRIED to Jackson, that just made him reconsider his life.

"How was she able to hide this? We work with her all the time," Tony ranted to Bruce who was working on something in the lab, obviously not paying any attention to Tony.

"I mean, I know that she wanted to protect her family and all of that but she could have made up some other story!" Tony was almost yelling at this point, and Bruce just rolled his eyes.

"Tony, it's great when you talk about your feelings, but please do it at a more convenient time," Bruce continued working, ignoring Tony's offended look.

"You guys playing nice?" asked Steve as he strolled into the lab, obviously having just come back from a run.

"Yes, grandpa, we're both doing just fine," Tony said, getting up from his seat and grabbing something from the table.

"You have a strange sense of humor," Bruce said absentmindedly, still working on something.

Tony just shrugged and turned to face Steve who was leaning against a table, obviously not super interested in what was going on around him.

"Why are you doing here, Capsicle?" Tony finally asked after a few seconds of silence, Steve sighed and rubbed his face.

"I wanted to talk to you guys about something, it's about Nat-Annabeth," the name sounded foreign coming out of Steve's mouth, none of them were used to it and Tony wasn't sure if they would ever be.

"Should we be trusting her? I know that she did everything to protect her family but at the same time, I thought that she had actually started to trust us, I thought she was my friend," Steve sounded tired, Tony had no other way to describe it.

"I get where you're coming from but Nata-Annabeth," Bruce corrected himself, "Has a right to her own privacy, you didn't see her when I pretended to get mad at her, the only time I've ever seen her truly scared," Bruce looked up from the thing he was working on.

"When you think back on everything, it makes sense. The first time I ever met her, I pretended to get angry just to see how she would react, she pulled a gun immediately of course, but her eyes were terrified, now we know that she just wanted to get home to her family," Bruce got up, heading towards the sink to get himself a glass of water.

"Well, it's nice to know someone's on my side," Annabeth came entered the room, no technology on her face.

"Why don't you have the stuff on?" Tony asked, gesturing towards her face in general, Annabeth rolled her eyes.

"I'm not planning on seeing anyone else today and it's in my pocket for emergencies, I thought that it might be easier for me to talk to you guys like this, where's Clint?" Annabeth asked, Tony just shrugged.

"JARVIS, tell Clint to meet us here," Bruce said

"I would, Dr. Banner, but Mr. Barton had forgotten to wear his hearing aids, making any announcement of mine rather useless, he is in the communal kitchen if that is of any assistance," JARVIS answered back in his calm voice.

"Alright, let's go up, I've got something to tell ALL of you, even Clint doesn't know about this yet and it's kind of important," Annabeth said, turning on her heel and walking towards the elevator before quickly changing her mind and walking up the stairs.

"Why doesn't she take the elevator? She never has in the time I've known her," Tony sounded concerned more than exasperated, surprising Bruce.

"Dunno, maybe she's claustrophobic?" he suggested, though the three of them had a feeling that that wasn't the case.

Once they had all gathered into the kitchen where Clint was eating toast and seemed ready to continue ignoring them until Annabeth shoved his hearing aids into his face, they faced Annabeth.

"About a week ago, Tony found out that I'm married to Percy Jackson and that was also the day when my friend, Will Solace, came over here and fixed my nose when Steve punched me," Annabeth sent a playful glare towards Steve before she took in a deep breath.

"When Will came over, he didn't just fix my nose, he gave me some unexpected news that you guys should probably know about," Tony lowered his sunglasses on his nose and gave her a 'get to the point' look.

"I'm pregnant,"

"Nico owes me $50!" Clint screamed, punching his fist in the air.

Annabeth glared at him, "Did you bet on whether or not I would get pregnant?" she asked, Clint smirked,

"Nope, I said you would get pregnant before your kid turns five, he said you would get pregnant after he turns five, but that doesn't matter, I get $50," Clint was smirking at the clearly annoyed Annabeth.

She turned back to face the other members of the small group, "Because I'm pregnant, I won't be able to do all of the things I used to, for example: No one can hit me in the stomach while sparring or at any other time. That might seem obvious but no one else knows you guys like I do," Tony made an offended noise while Steve just nodded in agreement.

"I honestly can't blame you for that," Bruce said, giving Annabeth a small smile which she returned.

"Anyway, not much will change until later in the pregnancy, we'll just have to wait and see how it goes," Annabeth said, rubbing her forehead.

"Are you sure you want to keep coming to work? My Ma was a nurse and she always said that the pregnant women stayed at home if they could," Steve said, his eyes showing obvious care for Annabeth, no matter how betrayed he felt by her actions.

Annabeth simply shook her head, "No, I've gone through this before and it's nothing new, but that wasn't the only thing I needed to talk to you all about," Annabeth's tone was a lot more serious, her voice low.

"How much do you know about Greek mythology?"