Chapter four (PA)

Review Responses:
death444: Lol, yeah. Percy does save people and can walk on water.
Ajacks1996: Yeah, I'm glad that somebody gets my motivation for making Percy OP and way smarter and cunning. It wasn't Chaos, but I won't say anything other than it's another intended twist. I doubt that many people will see it coming.
ThunderSphinx: They did steamroll Ultron, but Sokovia was still going to drop and wipe out humanity. Taking on an extinction inducing force at close range could kill even Thor, so it did kill Percy.
scottd92: Thanks. I will.
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Percy was resigned to dying. He died for something that mattered and his sacrifice had saved many others... he couldn't think of a better way to die... well, unless it was during or after sex and at an old age. Still, Percy had no regrets.
"You are not truly dying. You are merely in limbo." A voice spoke to Percy.
"Why am I not dying... my body was destroyed."
"Yes, but it is not your fate to die... ever... you shall regenerate and become stronger."
"Who are you?"
"Death," the voice replied.
"Why can I never die? I want to be reunited with my family someday!" Percy argued, but his actions spoke differently. He hadn't given his mother, sister, or Paul, immortality yet.
"The universe needs you... the Mad Titan Thanos desires to kill half of the universes inhabitants in a mad desire to reduce food and resource demands. He seeks the Infinity Stones for this reason. You must defeat him and destroy him and all of his supporters. You were chosen for this very reason... Do not fail and seek the other Infinity Stones for yourself."
Percy awoke in immense, but bearable phantom pain. His body seemed to be fully healed and he could tell that he was far stronger, not just bodily, but his powers had grown in strength too.
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May 10th, 2015.
Elsewhere...
Nico, son of Hades, experienced a confusing sensation.
Grover Underwood awoke from his vegetative state and had his Empathy Link to Percy Jackson severed.
Thanatos was contemplating the meaning of Perseus' name disappearing, after changing color, four days ago.
Hazel Zhang, daughter of Pluto, experienced the same confusing sensation as her brother.
An Elder Goddess ceased aiding in Percy's healing, having helped fully heal and resurrect him.
Poseidon felt his sons presence slowly reappear into existence and was confused but relieved. Poseidon promptly flashed to Olympus, and summoned the others for a council meeting.
The other gods flashed in over the next two minutes.
"I have called this meeting for one reason only, to ask one question. Which one of you resurrected Percy?" Poseidon asked, causing shocked exclamations to overtake the Hall of the Gods.
"What do you mean, Poseidon?" Zeus questioned angrily. "We were all forbidden to do so by the Fates themselves! Even when we intended to restore him as a god!"
"Are you sure it is him, brother?" Hades asked in concern. "We were all forbidden to resurrect him, and our enemies aren't stupid enough too."
"Could it have been the Thunderer or Asgardians? I wouldn't think them willing, but Thor and Odin are both certainly powerful enough." Athena suggested.
"If it wasn't any of you then that's the only other option." Poseidon said in confusion, unwittingly agreeing with Athena.
"Wrong!" Three voices called out in unison, the Olympians all turned their heads and saw the three Fates. "Young Percy was resurrected by Lady Death herself and then banned from her realm!" Atropos continued, speaking for the group, and shocking the council into silence. The sad part was that they had never been more productive. "He is fully regenerated, having been aided by the benevolent persona of Gaea."
"Benevolent persona?" Athena asked, snapping herself out of her shock.
"The Elder Gods were degenerating into demons, and she was so terrified of degenerating into a demon that she purged herself of her worst traits and became two separate beings, sealing her dark half and leaving both halves catatonic. The Gaea that the seven fought was a weaker, evil version of her and by defeating her, they destroyed her evil half and the evil halves power returned to the good half." Atropos said. "You didn't honestly believe that even all of the seven combined could truly defeat a full-powered elder goddess, did you?"
Awkward silence... Yes, they apparently thought that.
"Well, we have delivered our message. Percy will visit when he fully recovers for a check up with Apollo and then start visiting his family and friends to let them know he's alive and well, before returning to the Avengers." Atropos said, before the Fates flashed away.
"Well... I guess I'll return to the sea, now that I have my answers." Poseidon said, before flashing away.
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Percy had finally finished digging himself out of the earth while restoring the earth as he went. When Percy surfaced, causing screams from those who saw him, he quickly cleansed himself of filth; excluding the blood. When he looked around he saw that Novi Grad had been restored and cleansed of Ultron parts, and Percy quickly deduced that his family had helped out.
Percy teleported away.
Percy arrived at Apollo's temple and knocked the door.
Apollo quickly opened it and gestured him inside, where several Olympians were waiting; including Percy's father, Poseidon, and his brother, Tyson.
"Hey, everybody," Percy said nervously. "Sorry for dying." Percy added, causing several people to chuckle.
"Why are you covered in blood?" Tyson asked.
"Because I just recovered from my dirt nap, and these were the clothes that I was wearing when I was horribly injured. By the way, I wanna save these in case I need to use guilt to manipulate Stark in the future." Percy said, and Apollo nodded and began checking him over.
"Well, you have literally broken everything and fully regenerated from it." Apollo said in amusement. "Great work!" He added sarcastically. "You have no lingering damage or issues, so you're at a hundred percent and ready for battle. Your ichor content is at 60%, which means that your power should have grown greatly.
"Great!" Percy replied. "Now I just need a bunch of super powerful enemies to fight."
"Demons would be a great challenge, but you might get trapped in their realms." Apollo suggested, before getting glared at for even suggesting such a thing. "Never mind, you would need more power than the Big Three to even stand a chance."
More power than the Big Three... something that Percy secretly already had.
"I'll give you a list of threats that I want gone, Percy. Just please don't die again." Zeus said in exasperation.
"I won't. I was forbidden." Percy replied with a cocky smirk, causing Zeus to roll his eyes.
"Well, have fun with that." Zeus said, before suddenly flashing out, before Percy could look away.
"I didn't die from seeing his Divine Form! Awesome!" Percy said excitedly.
"Yes, and I'll be talking with my little brother about that." Poseidon said angrily, before calming himself. "I'm glad that you're alive, Percy. I did not take your death well," he added sadly.
"What'd you do?" Percy asked in concern.
"When I felt you die, I lost control. I caused a global storm and the seas became far more dangerous than they ever had been before. I lashed out at the Avengers," he said, causing Percy's eyes to widen in horror. "Verbally, Percy," he added to his sons relief. "I need to return to my duties Percy, but Aphrodite wishes to speak with you before you leave. Have fun, and feel free to give me some grandchildren!" Father said, before teleporting out with Tyson.
"Later, Apollo, and thanks." Percy said, before leaving to head over to Aphrodite's.
Percy was calmly walking past Hermes house, when Percy heard him call him over. Percy walked over and Hermes handed Percy an IPad.
"Thanks, cuz, but I didn't get you anything." Percy said in surprise.
"It's the list of targets that Zeus wants gone." Hermes replied in amusement. "The IPads encrypted and no one but yourself can read it. You do get to keep it though, so you're welcome."
"Thanks, I'll start crossing off names when I can." Percy said, looking over the list. "Some of these might even be fun to fight."
"Have fun then, Percy," Hermes said, before leaving to deliver more stuff.
Percy arrived at Aphrodite's Palace minutes later and was let inside by her servants.
"Hello, Percy," Aphrodite said revealing herself, and only wearing lingerie and radiating lust. "Hello, heat-seeking mini Percy," she added flirtatiously, looking at Percy's groin. Yup, another inconvenient erection. At least Percy wasn't in a church!
"You tend to have that effect on people, especially when you're radiating lust. Did you really invite me here to talk, or are you just trying to seduce me?" Percy asked, nervously. Percy wanted her so bad! He just didn't wanna piss off Hephaestus to do it!
"Just teasing you, Percy, and showing you what you're missing." Aphrodite said, before summoning a robe and stopping radiating lust. "I found you potential wives! And I solved the problem with choosing one woman for you... I'll lead you to several. You get a harem!"
"You found me multiple matches while everyone believed that I was dead?" Percy asked suspiciously.
"Oh, I knew that you weren't really dying! The Fates just made me play along!" Aphrodite said. Percy didn't believe her, but he didn't think she would put him in another bad relationship. Percy knew where she lived and slept, and the names of several of her children. "Anyway... make a bunch of babies!"
"Who are they?" Percy asked, still skeptical.
"One of them is Natasha... your fellow Avenger. You can heal her and restore her ability to bear children and then give her as many as she wants. The others you will find on your own."
"What about Bruce?" Percy asked in concern.
"He left her; fearing that he was dangerous to her. He was right and they never would have worked out or have a healthy relationship." Percy nodded in understanding. "Anyway, have fun and reconsider writing down your sexual experiences!" Aphrodite began to walk back to her bedroom.
"Not happening! Children might read it!"
"Who cares?! They can stop at any time!"
Really? Percy thought in mild disgust. Percy sighed and then teleported away.
Over the next several hours Percy visited his family and friends. They laughed. They cried. Thalia punched Percy for being stupid and then hugged him, and received shocked looks from the other Hunters for her 'treason against female-kind'. Percy checked on Grover and apologized for severing the Empathy Link, but informed him that he wouldn't endanger his well-being any further. Grover seemed to understand and his family appreciated it. Percy visited the Seven and they tried convincing him to retire, and got laughed at. Percy flat out told them that their boring lives would inevitably drive him to pointless suicide attempts.
Frank Castle was glad that his cousin was back and outright hugged Percy... Percy didn't have the heart to tease him about it.
Eventually, it was time for Percy to inform the Avengers that he was alive.
Percy quickly sneaked into Avengers Tower without being detected by any sensors, and then made sure that they were all there, and they were. They were all eating.
Now, how should I make an entrance? Percy mused. If they were asleep I could draw a penis on Stark's face and write Dickhead on his forehead, or create an illusion of his armor suits having a barbie theme. I could pretend to be starting a zombie apocalypse, but they're all eating, and that would be mean.
Percy couldn't think of anything truly amusing, so he went with the boring option.
Percy dispelled his invisibility and knocked on the dining room doorway, causing a couple people to jump to their feet and look at him in shock.
"Surprise! Guess who got banished from Death's realm?" Percy asked, as they all gaped in shock.
"You were made a true immortal?" Thor asked in shock, getting confused looks from the others.
"Yup. That was confusing as hell, and I usually have to piss someone off to get banned from something."
"How the hell are you in one piece though?!" Stark asked in shock, while looking Percy over.
"I constantly regenerated for eight days and was aided by an Elder Goddess. The damage was extensive, that's why it took so long. And careful, the way you are looking at me borders on sexual harassment." Percy replied, his attempt at levity falling flat, mostly. Only Pietro, Natasha, Rhodes, and Thor laughed.
"How extensive?" Rogers asked in concern.
"My body was a wreck... brain damage and, well, literally everything damage. I lost half of my mortal blood and Death generated more ichor to resurrect and strengthen me. Coming back I had some phantom pain and mild shock, but I'm all better now.
"According to my cousin Apollo, I broke every bone in my body, multiple organ failure, massive blood loss to the point that I actually preserved the clothes I was wearing as a trophy, I suffered shock and eventual death, thirty seconds later." Everyone looked absolute horrified. "I'm all better now. I'm actually harder to injure, so cheer up, and eat your food before it gets cold. Now, I'll quit distracting you, and I'll wait in the room with the big screen TV." Percy said, before leaving the room.
Percy watched an Avatar: The Last Airbender re-run for twenty minutes, until the others finally joined him.
"So, Thor explained what a true immortal is to us, and it sounds awesome." Stark said, as he entered the room.
Percy snorted derisively. "I'm lucky that most of my family is immortal. I'll have to provide the others with a form of it though, but eventually they'll all die, even with my best efforts. Fortunately, my best efforts should buy them centuries or more, possibly even a thousand years."
"Damn! How can you give people that kind of lifespan?" Stark asked, with more than a little envy.
"You can too, just experiment with Extremis like I have. It has a ton of possibilities, ranging from super-soldiers on par with Cap; or even better physically, technopathy, enhancing intelligence, repairing terminal brain or heart damage. I even wondered if one of my Extremis variants could allow Banner to control the Hulk. Where is he anyway?"
"He left the Avengers after the Battle of Sokovia." Rogers replied, eying Natasha peripherally.
"It wasn't because of my death, was it?" Percy asked in concern.
"No. He just didn't want to continue as an Avenger and risk an accident."
"You found a way to use Extremis to grant immortality?" Stark asked in shock.
"And other low-level superhuman capabilities, yes. Don't worry, I'm only using animal test subjects that consented to testing." Percy replied, confusing everyone.
"Okay... explain that for us puny mortals," Stark said.
"I can speak to Horses, other equines, and sea creatures, normally and telepathically. Those horses really love their superpowers."
"You gave a damn horse superpowers?" Rhodes asked, while looking at Percy like he was an idiot.
"And a damn shark. Are you jealous of Super Horse?" Percy asked in amusement, causing several people to chuckle or outright laugh at the name.
"Maybe a little..." Rhodes replied in annoyance. "Could you create Super Soldiers for the United States military?"
"I could, but I doubt that I would. Unless the world started going to hell and they were badly needed. I distrust all world governments, and while an army of Extremis enhanced soldiers aren't a threat to me, they are a threat to others."
"You even distrust America?" Rogers asked.
"Yes, all world governments. Rogers, what would you say if I said there were forces in this world that have caused most wars in history, doomed thousands to starvation, rape, slavery, and torment? And they are still around causing suffering, and deceiving the masses and dooming them further."
"I would say we round them up and imprison them," Steve replied, without a moments hesitation.
"Would you like to know what this force is?" Percy asked, and Rogers replied in the affirmative. "Politicians," Percy replied, causing literally everyone to laugh at Rogers. "The sad part is that's entirely true. Politics is a source of major suffering."
"Aren't you a little young to cynical?" Rhodes asked.
"Aren't you way to old to be naive and idealistic?" Percy asked in return, and caused the younger people to laugh at Rhodes. "If I sold to governments then I would have to account for spies in their ranks, reverse-engineering by the customer nation or its enemies, and then the Super Soldiers are human beings which opens up several other vulnerabilities. Humans have limits, families, weaknesses, secrets they wouldn't want exposed, and even then everyone has a price; be it money, power, or appealing to their baser urges. The deaths which could occur due to my blind faith in human nature would be on my conscience."
"I understand what you're saying, but what are you going to do with the Extremis?" Rhodes asked.
"I currently have no plans for it beyond further study for threat assessment, advancement, and possibly doing trials on a small scale."
"Out of curiosity, what do you do with such dangerous technology?" Nick Fury asked.
Percy knew that Fury was digging for information, but he did want to ease everyone's minds... "Tech like Extremis or battle-suits like Stark builds, I put inside a vault that only I can open. Extinction level, the nasty stuff, I remove all traces of designs of such technology so that I am the only vulnerability. It would be there, but still very well protected. They would have to take me prisoner, then either break the absolutely massive amount of psychic shields that I have or torture me. At this point, most of what they can do is just horrible foreplay, and barely even worth calling torture." Percy said, carefully monitoring their thoughts and facial expressions.
"You have a very high opinion of yourself." Fury commented.
"Lots of people have a high opinion of me... that's burden of being awesome though."
"Do you still intend to remain an Avenger?" Cap interjected.
"Of course. I've agreed to eliminate a couple threats for the Olympians, but it's nothing major and won't interfere with our missions."
"Good. Any threats we can help with?" Rogers asked.
"Nah. The Olympians like keeping everything in-house and the missions are easy. I can do them at anytime and not even be challenged." Percy said, not willing to bring them on his jobs. Percy knew that his family wouldn't trust them with their secrets and he wasn't quite there yet either. He needed to get to know them all much better, and even then he doubted that he would bring them along.
"If you're sure, then okay." Rogers said awkwardly.
"I would consider asking you all for help, but Olympus has its own armies and teams for these threats. They would have to be my backup for security reasons; even if I couldn't do the missions solo." Percy added, trying to ease any awkwardness and soothe any bruised ego's.
"I really don't like foreign entities having armies that operate in countries without their knowledge." Fury stated, offending Thor and Percy, and getting nods of agreement from Rhodes, Stark, and Vision.
"We use our armies to protect the world against threats it can't even fight against. Humanity would literally be extinct without this divine interference, or they would simply be raised for food for monsters or titans." Percy said in slight anger. "And the Avengers are foreign entities operating in countries without their knowledge or permission. So..."
"Percy is right. Asgard has prevented human extinction during the Asgard-Jotunheim war, and The First Dark Elf Conflict, and the more recent Second Conflict. You may not like it Fury, but you do have to deal with it. We always have and always will protect Midgard." Thor added, far more angrily and passionately than Percy had.
"Yeah. The various pantheons have to maintain armies and deploy them on earth. Most of these threats can't even be defeated by the Avengers, and they require specific skills and a high degree of personal power."
"Okay, we'll take your word for it." Stark said diplomatically. "Anyway, how long have you been back?"
"Several hours." Percy replied.
"And you're just visiting us now?" Maria asked. "Do you feel the love guys?" Maria asked sarcastically.
"I had to get checked out on Olympus, deal with some minor family drama, Aphrodite wanted to meet with me, and then I had to visit some other family members. I came here after that. Oh, and don't worry Maria, I'll make you feel loved later." Percy said, winking after saying the last part, and causing her to smirk sexily at him in reply.
"You had sex with Aphrodite again?" Thor asked in amusement.
"No. If I did, I would probably be hiding from her husband and boyfriend." Percy replied, causing Thor to smirk. "I'd rather not give those two a common enemy. Ares was intolerable when he found out that I was fucking his girlfriend and his daughter, and filming it." Percy continued, amusing almost everyone but Rogers and Maria.
"You're not filming us having sex are you?" Maria asked, somewhat angrily.
"No, I would ask first. I don't secretly film sex with my lovers." Percy replied, somewhat offended, but not angrily. Maria looked relieved and somewhat remorseful for accusing me. "It's fine, you don't know me that well." Percy said, to her relief. "Well, not personality wise." Percy added with a smile, causing a few chuckles at the reference to the biblical term for sex.
"So, what did a sex goddess want with you then?" Rogers asked.
"She wanted to show me what I was missing and tease me a little before telling me that she solved the problem of finding a near-perfect match for me... I won't get one. She told me that I can have a harem, but I'm fairly certain that she'll change her mind after getting complaints from jealous and angry Olympians." They all, yes, all of them looked shock. "I know... I need to die more often. Immortality and a harem, what a day back."
"You're a walking paradox," Stark said in humor. "You have the best and worst luck at the same damn time."
"I'll audition for that girl group," Maria said in humor, referencing Percy's harem.
"Yes, impress me honey," Percy replied back, flirting.
"Not in the room with us!" Stark said sternly.
"Why? You're all eighteen! Just don't make eye contact!" Percy replied jokingly. Stark glared. "You are officially a boring old man now... turning down free live porn." Only Wanda, Pietro, Natasha, Thor, Rhodes, and Maria found that amusing. "Fine no PDA, PDD, or public sex on your property."
"PDD?"
"Public Display of Dong," Percy added, cracking up a few of them. "Anyway, I just wanted you all to know that I was back. I do need to start working on this kill list, a couple are extinction-level threats and pawns of bigger and badder assholes... all need to be destroyed."
"Should you be going back into battle so soon?" Steve asked in concern.
"Yes, I was cleared for battle and some of the targets are concerning. The targets are also numerous, so I want to weed through them." Percy replied and Thor seemed to understand. Gods made a lot of powerful enemies over the millennia.
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Percy opted to hunt down his first targets... The Exemplars of the Octessence...
Bridget Malone, Nicolette Giroux, Utama Somchart, Yoshiro Hachiman, Andreas Zorba, were all easily killed and Percy's magical power grew further and he even learned a few new tricks. The sources of their powers were all drained of there power.
Percy decided to cross off one very unfortunate target before returning home. Percy teleported away, to Kenya.
Percy arrived near his target, a child, and began his walk. As Percy neared her location, he reminded himself that she was under mind control and had a horrible life in the first place. His killing her would likely be an act of compassion. Percy would be freeing her from suffering. Percy's internal pep talk wasn't actually working for him, but it had to be done.
Percy arrived at her house a minute later and entered, quickly incapacitating the witnesses. Percy walked towards the girl, Olisa Kabaki's, room and made sure that his psychic shields were at full power. Percy entered her room moments later.
"You're here to kill me like you did the others." Olisa said telepathically, causing Percy slight discomfort.
"Unfortunately, yes. Not because I want too, but to prevent human extinction." Percy said, before sighing. "I used to scorn people who justified their actions, because by trying to justify your actions, you are essentially admitting that they are wrong and therefore require justification. I won't try justifying this. I know it's fighting evil with evil, but I am still committing an evil act by killing a child." Percy said, before walking over to her.
"I know that you're right," Olisa said telepathically. "I've been trying to regain control since you started the killings, but I'm not strong enough. It's trying to take control even now." By this time Percy had reached her, and had placed his hands on her shoulders.
"I'm sorry," Percy said, before casting a spell to drain her power. Percy felt her immense psychic powers flood into him, due to her not resisting him, and then merge with his own magic-based psychic abilities.
Percy finished a minute later and then began copying her knowledge of using her abilities, and the location of the temple. When it was over, Percy apologized once more and then killed her; as quickly and painlessly as he could.
With tears running down his face, Percy teleported first to the Temple of Ikonn, where he absorbed the power from the Ivory Idol and then destroyed it and his entire worthless temple. Percy teleported after his next target.
Percy arrived near the current location of the Bell of Ikonn, and rendered himself invisible. Percy walked towards the room where it was held, while thinking about that poor little girl that he was forced to kill. The other Exemplars and their masters were all just business, but Percy hated Ikonn now and he wanted him gone! Percy wanted the others gone too, but this one he would enjoy destroying the most. Percy arrived near the Bell and extracted it from its terrible hiding place, an unguarded room.
Percy learned enough from Olisa's mind to know that it was basically a tunnel or link directly to him. Percy was going to bleed that abomination dry and let him exist forever as a weakling! Percy grabbed the bell and then began draining small amounts of energy from it. Small for beings of Ikonn's power, anyway, but truly amazing for Percy. Percy didn't want him to notice. Percy didn't want him to fight. Percy just wanted him gone!
Percy spent hours draining Ikonn before pulling on the link to Ikonn and taking large amounts of power from him while Percy activated his spell. Percy was framing a member of the Octessence for his actions by putting an imprint of the absorbed powers inside him. Percy could feel Ikonn's focus suddenly shift off the loss of his power briefly, before it returned, but with a much weaker fight. Ikonn's brothers were now aware of and falling for Percy's trick and were all attacking Ikonn. Percy took a little more power and then the connection went dead and the Bell of Ikonn suddenly turned to dust, which Percy quickly vanished into non-existence.
Percy sensed two more members of the Octessence die and smiled in victory. Percy was never really a threat to the Octessence, not yet, but he could still cause them to kill each other and he looked forward to it.
Percy had also finally emptied out Klaue's and his minions bank accounts.
It was a great day back in the world of the living.
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Sorry, death444, no Jesus Percy.
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