Camp
As Percy reached the elevator, the Avengers gathered their bearings and ran off after him.
“JARVIS, where is Percy?”
“In the elevator, sir. It’s now reaching the halfway point to the bottom.”
“Dammit.”
“Language.”
Tony glared at the Captain in mock annoyance.
“We need to find him. I’m going the quickest way down.”
By quickest way, he meant summoning his suit and flying down. Soon he found himself at the bottom of the tower, suit in briefcase form. He saw Percy quickly walk out of the building, softly pushing aside pedestrians. Tony followed his nephew for a distance. Something in his gut told him to follow and not engage.
“Stark, what’s going on? We thought you would have been back with Percy by now.”
Tony jumped at Natasha’s voice ringing through the coms.
“He’s walking somewhere.”
“Yeah we got that. But do you know where?”
“No. I’m only following him right now. Now before you say anything, something in my gut is telling me to. I’ll engage with him as soon as I can when it’s the right time.”
“Okay. Good luck Stark.”
The coms cut off and Tony continued his mission. Soon, he and Percy arrived at a forest. Percy stopped before entering the trees.
“I know you’re there Tony.”
Tony blinked in surprise. Percy said that without turning around and he’s positive he’s never seen the teen turn around. Percy now turned to look at his uncle.
“You probably shouldn’t follow me in. Go back to the tower. Please.”
All of a sudden, Tony felt a wave of wanting to go to the tower. He shook his head a bit, clearing it.
“Percy, I want to help you. I’m not going back to the tower without you.”
To say that Percy was surprised was almost an understatement. Once he was over his shock, he turned back the direction he was heading and gestures Tony to follow him. Soon, the two of them were walking through the forest.
“Uh Percy? Where are we going?”
“To my summer camp.”
“Why?”
Percy just glared at him to shut up. Tony flinched. He didn’t know it but that wasn’t Percy’s scariest glare. They continued to walk in silence until they reached a field. Tony stopped and when Percy noticed him stopping, he stopped as well.
“There’s nothing here. Let’s just go back to the tower.”
He turned to go but Percy grabbed the man with surprising strength and continued walking to the field, now dragging Tony behind him. As he was being dragged by the teen, Tony kept shouting profanities and didn't hear Percy grant him entrance to the camp. When they crossed the border of where trees meet open field, Tony felt a small tingling sensation and he blinked his eyes repeatedly because he couldn’t be looking at a camp that appeared out of nowhere. But there it was. He saw cabins, stables, a lot of different buildings and lots and lots of kids. Percy led him to a big blue house, some kids staring at them and whispering to their friends. They walked in.
“Chiron? Are you there?”
The sound of hooves on the wooden floor echoed from a different room. Soon, Tony could see a centaur in the same hallway as them.
“Percy? I thought you said that you weren’t coming back for at least half a year. And who is this?”
“Uh… Chiron. Meet my Uncle Tony. Tony Stark. You might have heard the Hephaestus kids go on about him. And Uncle Tony, meet my camp director, Chiron.”
“Pleased to meet you Mr. Stark.”
“Same here.”
They shook hands, Tony a little hesitant.
“Well Percy, you have a lot of explaining to do.”