Chapter 1
Annabeth POV
The seven, Reyna, Thalia, Nico, and Will are all at Percy’s Mum’s apartment, enjoying blue cookies after a delicious dinner. ‘Hey, Percy’ I say, ‘Do you want to go on a walk with me?’ ‘Yeah, sure!’, he responds ‘Just let me get some more blue cookies first’. ‘Hey, Mu-’ ‘I don’t think so, Percy! You’ve had more than enough cookies for today’ chides Sally ‘Meet me outside’ I call to Percy as he starts to use his baby seal eyes on Sally. As I walk into the cool night, I hear a familiar voice behind me ‘Annabeth Chase’ It says ‘Lady Hera’ I respond, turning around, but refusing to bow. ‘I apologise, but the Gods need some new entertainment’ Out of the corner of my eye I see Percy come out of the building, a blue cookie in his hands. Then everything goes black.
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Percy POV
I walk out of my apartment, having won my mum over with baby seal eyes. I freeze and reach for my sword, seeing Annabeth crumple to the ground in front of Hera. She looks me in the eye, then vanishes with Annabeth in her arms. I fall to my knees and let out a cry of anguish ‘I can’t lose her again’ I mutter under my breath.
Chapter 2
Natasha POV
‘An unconscious teenager just appeared on the kitchen floor’ JARVIS informed us. All the Avengers were in the living room, watching TV and Clint immediately jumped up and demanded we all see if this kid was OK. Tony, on the other hand, was more concerned about how an unconscious teen managed to get through all his security and into his tower. When Clint reaches the doorway he pauses, I roll my eyes, and push past him into the room. When I see the girl lying limp on the floor, I gasp and stagger backwards because it is my long-lost daughter, Annabeth! ‘Natasha?’ asks Tony, the whole team is shocked that I reacted to something. ‘Аннабет’ (Annabeth) I cried, rushing toward her and taking her into my arms. In the background, I hear a ‘What the frick?’ and then Steve says ‘Language’, but I am focused on getting my little girl to the med bay. ‘Bruce’ I call, and he immediately helps me to put her in a bed and then starts running tests to find out if she is OK. Tony’s voice comes from behind me ‘Natasha, who is this girl?’ ‘Yeah, how do you know her?’ says Clint, along with other assent from the team. I sigh and begin to explain the story of my daughter (Natasha doesn’t know about Greek Mythology being real).
Chapter 3
Annabeth POV
I suddenly wake up but stay still, as years of experience have taught me always to try to have the element of surprise. I hear footsteps exit the room I was in; I appear to be in some sort of hospital bed- there are railings on the sides of the cot. I open my eyes to see that I am indeed in some sort of hospital, then reach down and check that I still have my dagger on me. It is not the original one that Luke had given me, of course- I lost that in Tartarus, but Hephaestus had given me a new one after the war with Gaea. This dagger was made of both steel and celestial bronze, so I could wound mortals and monsters alike.
Footsteps sound in the hallway outside, so I quickly close my eyes and return to my original pose. I hear several people come closer to me until one puts a hand on my forehead. I grab the person's arm and flip out of the bed, then twist so my hostage is against me and put my dagger to his throat. I look at the people in front of me- a man and someone else behind him, but before I can see them properly, my hostage speaks ‘Annabeth?’. My eyes widen, and my head whips around to see him ‘Clint’ I snarl, my voice full of anger and pain. I push Clint into the wall next to us ‘Traitor’ I yell, reverting to ancient Greek in my rage. ‘Traitor’ I continue in English ‘You freaking traitor’. ‘Hey!’ the man calls from behind me. Remembering that there are other people in the room, I switch back to Greek. ‘How could you abandon us? The Apollo Cabin, the entire freaking camp!’ I yell ‘Do you know who became cabin head after you left? At thirteen, Will Solace became the head Healer! We went through two wars; I fell into freaking Tartarus.’ A tear slips down my cheek at the memories of that place. I say the next thing coldly, and with spite, wanting it to hurt him as much as possible. ‘So many Campers died, and you know what Clint? With you there they might not have.’ I say it in English, hoping that his friends know how pathetic Clint is.
I throw the crying mess that he has become to the side, and turn around, ready to fight his companions. Then I see the woman that was behind the other man before ‘Маленький паучок’ (Little spider) she says in a very familiar voice. I gasp, recognising her.
‘мама’
Chapter 4
Natasha POV
‘Маленький паучок’ (Little spider) I say, still in shock. My precious daughter, the one who would never hurt a fly unless someone forced her to, just pinned a trained assassin to the wall and reduced him to a crying mess. And what was that language she spoke in? I didn’t recognize it, and I knew a lot of languages. ‘мама’ she said, gasping. ‘Маленький паучок’ (Little spider) I say again, stepping towards her. Annabeth’s eyes find the exit a split second before she starts to run. I calmly walk after her, because as much as I wanted to believe that she wouldn't run, I had had Bruce give her an injection that meant a minute after she started to run, Annabeth would get knocked out. Sure enough, we found her lying on the stairs, I wonder why she didn't take the elevator?
Chapter 5
Annabeth POV
As I wake up, I can feel SHIELD handcuffs tying me to a chair and restraining my hands, I am also without my dagger, but that will return to my pocket soon. I quickly free myself, because even though Hydra and the Red Room can’t figure out how pick them, I taught myself at a young age. I am filled with rage at my mother and the Gods, so much that it is taking all my will power not to crush this entire building and everyone in it.
Now, I know that everyone thinks that I have no powers, but after the war with Gaia I found that I can control atoms. So cool! I hear you say. But the thing is, I don’t have full control of my powers. Percy, Thalia and Athena are the only ones who know, and they tell me to practice and try to learn about my powers. Because my powers are very dangerous; I could kill a person or monster with a single thought, compressing them into nothingness.
Мама enters the room, and seeing that I am awake, greets me ‘Annabeth’ she says in a warm voice. ‘Natalia’ I answer coldly, my barriers shooting up at the sight of her. She flinches at the name, ‘I left that name a long time ago’. I can see some of her barriers coming up as well.
‘Just like you left me?’
‘No!’ she cries, ready to defend herself. ‘Did you know that I surpassed all expectations for me? The youngest graduate ever at six years old’. Мама takes in a breath at that, her eyes full of pain. ‘I was better than you in everything, even ballet. Did you know that Madame B keeps your old point shoes on display? I was their cold-hearted weapon, until I escaped, that is’. There are tears in мама’s eyes now. ‘Crying?’ I snarl, enraged. She has no right to be sad, this is my life not hers! ‘Pathetic’ I say, then stand up and toss the handcuffs to the side. ‘You might need to update those’ I add, then walk out of the room, leaving мама crying behind me.
As I walk into the hallway, I see some men sitting around a table. I recognise one of them as the man that was with мама and Clint earlier. ‘How did you get out?’ asks one of them, I think his name is name is Tony Stark, the Hephaestus cabin has a picture of him that they throw weapons at while yelling out all the things that are wrong with his Iron Man suit. ‘I have my ways’ I respond, ‘I’m surprised that Clint’ I spit the traitor's name ‘Didn’t warn you’.
‘Please stay’ begs мамa from behind me ‘Please my Маленький паучок’. I sigh, I can’t believe I’m doing this. ‘Fine, for one week only’ I say. She runs towards me, presumably to hug me, but the second her hand touches my shoulder, I judo-flip her and press my dagger to her throat.
‘One last thing’ I say, wolf-glaring down at her, ‘I am not your little spider’
Chapter 6
Annabeth POV (Most of the story will be from her POV)
Last night, after I agreed to stay, мамa took me to an empty room, and we all went to bed. I tossed and turned the whole night away, as Percy and I cannot sleep without each other. Today, I got up around five am and went downstairs. I drank some coffee in the kitchen, and, about ten minutes later, Steve came down in running gear.
“Hello, Steve” I greeted, keeping a straight face as he jumped, not having noticed me.
“Oh! Hi, Annabeth” he said, obviously surprised to see me. “Would you like to come on a run with me?”
“Sure,” I replied, I had always enjoyed running, while not being chased by monsters, that is. So, we went for a jog together, Steve is a fast runner for a mortal, I’ll give him that, but by the time we got back, around 6:00 am, he was puffing and drenched in sweat, while I was barely phased. I ran up the stairs; Steve took the elevator. Neither Percy nor I could go in an elevator without getting severe PTSD attacks, because of Tartar-sauce. As I got up to the level where the kitchen was, I can hear Steve telling the others about how fast I am.
“That shouldn’t be possible!” says Tony, “She’s only a little girl!”
I enter the room and throw one of my knives(She keeps at least eight knives and her dagger on her at all times) at him, pinning him by the shirt to the wall. “Call me ‘Little girl’ one more time, and see where it gets you” I snarl, pinning him with my medium wolf-glare. Tony looks like he’s about to piss his pants. I roll my eyes and step away, grabbing my knife and stowing it back in my boot as I do.
“I mean…..” says Clint “I do remember when you were one, Annabeth”. The rest of the Avengers, yes I did my homework on them, look at him like he’s crazy. Even my mother does, and she’s just been sitting at the table in shock the whole time.
“And I remember that seven-year-old me could easily beat fifteen-year-old you in a fight, Muffin” I jest back, unconsciously slipping into the old brother-sister relationship we used to have.
“Muffin?” snorts Tony, “Why did you call him Muffin?”
“Well,” I say, ignoring Clint pleading for me to stop. “When I was eight, there was this girl that Clint liked at Camp. Her name was Sarah, and they went on a couple of awkward dates. Shortly before Clint ended it, I heard Sarah’s clingy self calling him ‘Muffin’, so I decided to tease him by calling him that, and well it just stuck.”
“Look, Clint, I'll forgive you, but I’m still mad and heartbroken. You were like my older brother, and you left me. And then Luke left me.” I sigh “But you have to talk to Will, and you owe me like a thousand favours.” After Clint agrees, I smile and turn towards my mother. I suppose I have to spend time with her, avoiding her isn’t going to help this situation. “I won’t be here tomorrow, I have to go to some friend’s wedding,” I say, internally grinning because PIPER AND RACHEL WERE GETTING MARRIED YES!! I calm myself down and continue talking. “But today I was wondering if I could do something with you?” I ask.
“That works wonderfully,” мама says, “We all have to go to some rich person thing tomorrow because we're the Avengers, but Clint and I were going to train together, and you could join, or we could do something just the two of us.”
“Can I join you and Muffin’s training session? I’ve always enjoyed beating his ass.” I say, smirking.
“Hey! I’ve gotten better!” cries Clint, “I can totally win now!”
“So have I” I retort, “And I hate to inform you, Muffin, but I was holding back when we were at Camp”
Мама smiles and says that we should head down to the training floor.
“Ok,” I agree, “Just let me contact my fiancée to let him know where I am first.”
“Aren’t you a bit young to have a fiancée?” asks Tony “What are you, sixteen?”.
“One, I’m eighteen and two, when you’ve been through as much as Percy and I have together, age doesn’t really matter anymore”. I turn and walk upstairs to IM Percy.
