When Time Merged-Book 1

Part One-Chapter Five

The three friends just stared at each other in shock, not comprehending the people in front of their eyes. For Steve, he was beginning to wonder either or not he was cursed. Or blessed.

I mean, seriously. Nico had died when Steve was 12, Bucky had died when he was 25, and he had died when he was 25. Now at age 30 he had his two closest friends back, but he still wished that he had Peggy, who had gone missing shortly after she had founded S.H.E.I.L.D. The spanish elf man laughed.

"Nico, please tell me that Captain America is the same scrawny Steve you told us about?" Steve blushed, and that was all the conformation the others needed to burst into laughter. Well, they would have but Pepper and the Blonde glared at the two groups, making the others gulp and shrink back in fear. Fury coughed into his hands, drawing the two groups attention to the ex-director.

"Can I have names and an explanation." Tony nodded and turned to point at the group members.

"Right. This is Piper McLean, Annabeth Chase," Tony went on and named the others. Before turning back to the Avengers.

"Any questions?" Steve nodded.

"You guys are demigods, right?" Tony looked surprised.

"Yep." Piper popped to P, before turning her questing eyes on Steve. "How do you know?"

Steve pointed at Nico. "He told me and Bucky about being a son of Hades and the others olympians after him for it a few days before his 'death.'" He looked at Nico, his eyes asking for an explanation.

"After Zeus sent the Bolt to kill me and Bianca at the hotel, affectively killing my mother, Dad erased our memories and sent us to the Lotus Casino, were we spent at least forty years without aging. We escaped and Bianca joined the Hunters of Artemis and was killed on a quest mere months after we got out." Tony looked guilty and Pepper placed a hand on his shoulder. Steve wonders why.

"So, who's your godly parent?" Sam asked. The demigods told them who their parent is. When it was Tonys turn, the man groaned.

"I'm a special case. My mom was a daughter of Athena, and my dad was a son of Hephestus. And when HYDRA sent the Winter Solider to kill them I was sent to my godmother, a clear sighted mortal named Sally Jackson, who had fallen in love with Posiden but was unable to have children. So he adopted me. Yay." Tony did jazz hands. "So I spent a couple of years at camp under a different name before it was my turn to reclaim Stark Industries." 

Clint looked like he had stars in his eyes. "Was it you?" Tony looked at Clint. "Perseus Jackson?"

Tony nodded. The Avengers looked confused, until Scott spoke up, his eyes shining just as bright.

"Did you really blow up the St. Lewis Arch?" Tony nodded and put his face on the table. 

"And Mt. Saint Helens." Leo spoke up from were he was bouncing in his seat.

"An the band room of his High School." Rachel nodded at Tony. The Avengers looked questingly at Annabeth, who shrugged.

"Quests suck." Tony lifted his head.

"You got that right." After those words, His face fell right back onto the table. The demigods laughed. Natasha looked at Pepper and Rodney.

"You guys don't seem surprised at all of this."

Rodney shrugged. "My mother was friends with Sally. She told my mom, and my mom told me." Natasha turned to Pepper.

"And you?" Pepper sighed and stood up from the table.  A bright silvery  light filled the room an in Pepper's place was a twelve year old girl with wavy auburn hair, and silver eyes that reflected the sun. She wore a silver parka, jeans, and had a long silver bow in her hands and a quiver of shining arrows on her back.

"My real name is Artemis, Goddess of the Moon and former leader of the Hunters of Artemis." Steve was confused.  Wasn't Artemis a maiden goddess? Turns out he wasn't the only person with this question in mind, because Clint spoke up.

"I thought that Artemis was THE maiden goddess." Artemis notched an arrow and shot it at Clint in a blur of movement, so fast that Steve could hardly watch. Tony stared at Artemis with a look of utter betrayal.

"Honey! I told you that you couldn't harm any more men!" Artemis glared daggers at her fiancée.

"I can do what I want! Your not the boss of me!" And she flashed away. Tony grumbled, and a few seconds later Artemis, now at Peppers age, flashed back in, looking calmer then before. 

"I may not fully hate men anymore but I will still shot." Clint gulped. Tony snickered at his Fiancee. 

"Mr. Stark? What is happening in here?" Tony smiled at his Mentees voice and quickly greeted the 16 year old with a friendly riffle of the hair.

"Peter!" The other Avengers noticed the young hero, and jumped to meet Peter Parker in a bone crushing hug. But being used to it he dodged and stood behind Tony. Leo looked confused at the    interaction. 

"How do you know my brother?" Sam looked at Peter.

"Demigod?" Peter nodded sheepishly.

"Hephestus." Leo still didn't look like he had answers his question. Tony looked at Peter, and asked a silent question with his eyes.

Do you want to? Peter nodded and walked over to the wall, placed a foot on it, and began to walk up, drawing gasped of shock from the demigods.

"I'm Spiderman." The Demigods glanced from Tony to the young teen. Clarisse opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted.

The swirling power of the oracle had overcame Rachel.