Hello! This isn't a chapter so much as some explanations and headcanon fulfillment stuff. Read, don't read, up to you! We shall rejoin our intrepid heroes next chapter where they seek to find Zemo and grow as a team!

Firstly, lots of people say this story is hella confusing. That's kind of the point. I tried to capture what it would be like to suddenly get thrown into a culture not your own, either time-wise or, you know, finding out all those crazy gods are real. Every one is confused in the story because they are getting all this info thrown at them without any explanation, so you all get that too -- immersion and all that.

More will be cleared up as the character adjust to their new reality, but here are a few note-worthy points. 

All the pantheons have government 'agencies' to make things easier on their kids when they have to save the world.

The X-Men, led by a very familiar centaur parading around in a wheelchair, takes care of legacies when their power pop up a few generations down the road.

Poseidon grieved Percy's 'death', which left him weakened and open for attack by a rival sea god, er octopus-thing. This probably won't be the last time this happens.

Now!Zemo is WW2!Zemo's grandson who is super crazy and hates Percy and has a *thing* for Nico, so, uh, future non-con warning I guess?? It'll just be mentioned, but kinda felt like tormenting Nico some more. He will play a bigger role in the coming times.

Peter is a legacy, Nat is clear-sighted, Tony is Aphrodite's favorite son, and Pepper may or may not be Athena's daughter.

Thinking MJ might get to be a Hunter who leaves to be with Peter.

Percy will have Legacy blood on his mother's side -- he has the x-gene if ya'll remember! Comment on who it should be because I honestly have zero ideas. Though, I'd love for it to be outside of the Greek Pantheon to try something new!

Let me know if there's any other nagging question by commenting on this and I'll get back to you if it doesn't spoil a later twist-plot.

Head-Canon time!

1. Nat's blankie.

Natasha hated the Red Room. They were cruel and uncaring. They took everything from her, even the chance to have babies. But there was one thing they didn't take.

No, she kept it hidden between the sheet and her mattress. A single silver blanket that sparkled like a thousand stars. Her Nona had given it to her the week before They came. Supposedly Nona had been gifted it as a young woman by a dear friend of hers named Rachel.

Even now, years later, when the screams and the blood of her past finally caught up, Natasha would curl up with her blankie and sing herself the stories Nona used to sing in the cold, dark nights. Stories of great, golden heroes like Ivan Durak who fought off death and the gruesome deeds of Baba Yaga.

2. The Incredible Babysitter

Hulk was not easy to get along with. He knew that. In fact, Hulk liked all of two people in the world-- the pretty Spider Lady and Baby Hulk.

Hulk was always angry. He knew that too. But sometimes, when Fish Boy let him watch Baby Hulk, Spider Lady would join them and they took great pleasure in destroying whatever they could get their hands on. Well, he and Baby Hulk would. Spider Lady just watched them with the most wonderful smile.

He let Fish Boy join from time-to-time because he apparently blew up a bus one time and Hulk desperately wanted to see him do it again. But the Zappy Blonds were not allowed. They kept trying to steal Baby Hulk away to fight and that was Not Allowed. Baby Hulk was only a baby that therefore couldn't fight yet.

(No one had the heart to tell Hulk that 'Baby Hulk' had fought Typhon when he was much, much younger.)

3. Percy Hates It

For over fifty years, the statue has stood as a reminder of what they could do. The trials they could overcome. The danger they could laugh in the face of.

Gleaming bronze with a few gold accents, it was the pride of the Smith God. It captured the confidence, the tenacity, the free spirit.

And it was right in front the X-Mansion.

He hated it. "Why the f-"

Steve shouted language from somewhere far away.

"Fudge nuggets is there a statue of me?!"

Okay, okay, you get a tiny, little preview.

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He was just laying there, sleeping with that blissed out look on his face. Oh, it was just too precious. He couldn't wait to wreck it.

Loki and Turisas might have failed, but Zemo would still have his darling. The SHIELD agents were a paltry defense and once more Nico was has where he belonged -- where Zemo could keep him safe from the evils of Percy Jackson.

The Winter Soldier stood between two of his men, two tranqs in his thighs. "Monster! Leave him be!"

Zemo sighed and shook his head. It seems his pets need to relearn their lessons. "I'm just keeping you two safe, can't you see that? I will have the infinity stones and then all will be right in the world. No more gods, no more Percy Jackson." He glanced around. "And I know just how to get what I want."