Alicia wonders out of her room in the early morning hours. Many have yet to wake and yet she can sense movement on the carrier. She moves down the hall aimlessly, naturally heading in the direction of her boyfriend who never gets more than a few hours of sleep anymore. He is enveloped by nightmares and memories alike, all haunting his sleep. He won't cry out or call for comfort. No he'll wait alone in his room, bearing the sadness and fear alone.

Al believes that the cause of the prolonged torment is the worry he feels for his mother and step father. Percy often punishes himself mentally for things that out if his control and it wears on him.

The blonde girl soon finds herself in front of a rather plain door not any different from the others on the aircraft. Though she was never told where exactly Percy is staying, she is sure this is positive this is it. She just has that sixth sense.

Alicia raps on the metal prison-like door and it swings open before she can even draw her next breath.

Percy looks haggard to say the least. His hair is even more disheveled than normal and there are deep bags under his eyes. His sweatpants are knotted and bunched around his legs and his bare chest, neck and forehead are beaded in small droplets of sweat. However there is a light in his eyes that hasn't been there in some time or at least in all the time she has known him, which she sadly admits has not been that long.

She smiles coyly, "Morning sleeping beauty."

He frowns in a pouty kind of way. Getting straight to the point he says "I saw them Al."

"What do you mean?" She asks as he steps into the hall and they begin heading towards the upper deck. She knows what he means. She knows what demigod dreams are like from what he's told her and it's not the far out to assume that he finally dreamt about his mom and step dad.

So Percy goes on to describe his dream. It weighs heavily on his shoulders and by the time they reach the open air of the deck he is visibly slouching if only a little bit. He leans on the rail and looks out at the ocean and sky. He sighs. "I should be afraid of my uncle right about now, but I'm not."

"Oh I don't think he'll strike down the helicarrier. Poseidon would be furious if he left that much metal to fall into the ocean." Alicia assures as she hugs him from behind. Her eyes linger on the slowly rising sun. "Then again you never know. Maybe he's just debating which angle he should smite us from."

Percy chuckles and twist around in her grasp. "I'm just going to assume it's the first one." He leans and kisses her lightly, his lips lingering on her's. He's still a bit tired, but after his nightmare he did manage to get an hour or so of dreamless sleep. It's not much, however it will keep him going for a bit longer. He smirks at her. "What? Was that actually good enough this time?"

Alicia frowns and kisses back, just as gentle as he. "It's early. I'm not quite awake yet, so you're off the hook this time."

They spend the rest of the morning just standing there in each other's arms, unwilling to break the calm that has descended with the sun's rise. It's amazing they bear the stillness what with Percy's ADHD and Alicia's impatience. 

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To say that breakfast is tense is an extreme understatement.

The only one that seems content is Alicia, which is not surprise seeing as the girl never seems to bother herself with caring about the atmosphere in a room. She just goes on as she feels fit.

Percy and Alicia sit on one side of a semi-large table and Fury and Agent Maria Hill sit on the other side, facing them. There seems to be an understandable lack of guns and security. Fury does honestly seem intent of making peace with Percy. The older man looks up at Percy and says. "I'm not going to beat around the bush. I intend to get information on demigods, but I am more willing to do so in a ... less violent way."

"What are you getting at Director?" Percy asks, staring intently into the man's eye as if to will the info out of him that way.

Fury is silent only a moment. "I will take you to where you need to go and even lend militia should you need it in exchange for information about your kind."

"Why do you need to asks us?" Percy says. "Everything you need to know can be found in a book about Greek mythology. If you're patient and resourceful you can pick the reality right out the myth."

The director fold his hands in front of him. It's Agent Hill who speaks. "We've already done and it's true that we've gleaned quite a bit from it. However there is still much we don't know."

"For example, the details of the two wars fought right over our heads, quite literally." Fury picks up. "And the other modern occurrences of the Greek world."

Percy shrugs and leans back. "I'm not going to talk about the wars. You don't need to know about those, but I am willing to share a bit about the gods and monsters that still hang around. In turn you'll take us to Kos, no questions asked. You'll wait for us to finish our business and then you'll take us home."

Fury contemplates the proposition for several moments before nodding. He can agree to that. At least for now. Everyone tucks into the rest of their meals and the silence ensues. 

"Pass the salt please." Alicia says.

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"I'm going to kill him," Nico grumbles under his breath, his hand clutching tightly at the armrest of his chair. 

He seems to be the only one uncomfortable with the private jet. The Avengers are on one side, quietly planning, and the remaining six from the previous prophecy plus the son of Hades take up the other. Even Hazel, known for getting motion sickness easily, looks rather at ease.

Nico glares hard out the window, towards the Atlantic. "I swear on my father Percy that when I find you I am going to personally drag you through Cerberus's drool."

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So super super short. I know, but it's been awhile since I have updated and I needed to get this up.

Anyway please comment, vote and follow if you want more in the foreseeable future.

~Halie <3