Dreams
Percy stood near his bed with an Iron Man blanket. His room was almost bigger than his whole apartment and decorated with Avenger themed items, decorated by the Man of Iron himself. Tony said that they’ll get some of his own belongings within the week. After looking around his room, he just collapsed onto the bed and a few minutes later fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the Avengers were having a meeting on why Percy was there. They were all looking at Tony expectantly. Tony took a deep breath before starting.
“I have, well had a half sister, named Sally Jackson. She married a man named Paul Blofis a few years ago and Percy lived with them. He hasn’t told me much of his life yet so I don’t know his full story. A few hours ago, he came to his apartment to find Sally and Paul dead. I didn’t see them myself but the officer who was with me and Percy said they were stabbed repeatedly. I haven’t talked to Sally in years. The last time we talked was before I became Iron Man. Even though we didn’t talk, it still hurt me greatly. When our parents left us and when Pepper broke up with me, I never wanted anyone to abandon my sister. But I did. She tried to talk to me but I didn’t want to talk to her. I don’t want to make that same mistake again. I’m not leaving my nephew.”
The rest of the team looked at Tony, sorrow etched on their faces. Steve then went up to him and hesitantly wrapped his arms around the man. Tony was shocked and wrapped his arms around the captain. The others joined in on the hug and they stayed like that for a minute. They separated and smiled at each other. Tony opened his mouth to thank them for understanding when a scream broke the silence. They frantically looked at each other and grabbed a weapon of some sort before running to the direction of the scream. They stopped in front of Percy’s bedroom. Natasha pushed past Thor and opened the door. They were all expecting there to be an enemy of some sort hurting Percy, not him thrashing around on his bed sleeping.
Nat put away her guns as well as the others that could easily put away their weapons. Tony rushed in towards Percy who has stopped screaming but was still clenching the blanket and put his hands forward but hesitating on what to do. He ended up trying to shake the boy awake. He succeeded and was pushed back by Percy who was now standing and holding a pen.
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Percy’s dream was one of the worst he’s had yet. It showed him of his time in Tartarus. When he almost drowned a goddess in her own poison, where he lost Bob, Little Bob and Damasen, and where he almost died on multiple occasions. He dreamed of the battle in Greece, where his nosebleed helped Gaea rise. He dreamed of the battle at Camp Half-Blood where so many lives from both camps were taken. His friends’ and Annabeth’s death showed multiple times in the dream. Once those were done, it showed his parent’s deaths. Or at least what he saw in the apartment. It shifted quickly as if taking pity on Percy to something a little calmer.
He saw an island that looked familiar but he couldn’t put his finger on it. Then he saw a bronze dragon that he could recognize almost anywhere. Festus. It landed and he saw to figures run to each other and hug, and was that a kiss he saw? All of a sudden he was closer and could see the two people more clearly. Calypso was the same when he last saw her, wearing the same dress and same hairdo. But Leo couldn’t be there. Percy saw him die in the fireball blast. But here he was, standing, breathing and talking even though Percy couldn’t hear him and Calypso for whatever reason. He watched as Calypso grabbed a rucksack full of things and climbed onto Festus behind Leo and as the three of them flew off into the clouds.
Percy felt someone shaking his shoulders and his now heightened instincts warned him of the six people in the same room as him and shot up, Riptide in hand (in pen form). He saw five of the Avengers standing by the door and Tony on the ground and figured he was the man to wake him up. They all looked between each other, Percy putting Riptide away. A thick silence filled the air to be broken by Steve.
“Percy? Are you okay?”
“Yeah I guess.” The others looked between one another in confusion. “I need to go.”
Percy ran out the door with a goal in mind. To see if Hades’ word is true and Leo is truly alive.