Percy's POV
 
          You heard me right. I was doing this for Crystal. She told she'll explain later. Well, I took of my shirt and waited for their response. Gasps. All I've been expecting. They stared at my left over scars. Last time I counted there was about forty-two bruises, sixty small cuts, thirteen big cuts, sixteen scars, and one big big body of pain.
          "Percy, where'd you get these?"
          "Fight." Bruce started touching one scar. I looked at all of them. Steve looked shocked. Probably because of enduring so much. He can't even imagine. Clint...let's just say his eyes are bulging from his head. Bruce started counting like 'how could he have this much'.
          I shoved Bruce's hands away. "Don't bother. Forty-two bruises, sixty small cuts, thirteen big cuts, and sixteen scars. Happy? Can I put my shirt back on?" Bruce slowly nodded. I put my shirt back on. "If  only you knew what happened. War was at it's worst. Even worse than World War 2." I said in Greek. "Are we done?"
          Bruce nodded. "We'll test your strength. Captain please bring him to training room."
          Steve nodded and ushered me out the door. We turned a lot of times then ended up in front of a door labeled 'training room'. When we went inside Natasha and Crystal were there already. The room had an extremely high ceiling.
          Natasha and Bruce quickly engaged in a serious conversation. While me and Crystal talked.
          "Did they make you take your shirt off?" I asked. She nodded.
          "They saw all my battle scars. Didn't like it much. They asked me where I got the scars. Told them I just got to an ugly situation were I was stuck in the woods. To be truthful, when you fought Gaea, I was fighting her minions in the Southeast. Got a lot of scars especially from Gaea herself. Appeared while I was talking on the balcony to myself. She pulled me underground and tortured me. Got out after you guys weakened her. I prepared my army. That was the reason why I was all rude. Sorry, but I just lost one friend. Someone who understood me. The only one before you came. She was Myka Callo. She died before my eyes. Without mercy, they killed her. I tried to heal the way I used to but my powers were useless. I sat Indian style beside her still body and meditated. I thought deeply and tried reaching her thoughts to do her one last request before she went forever. She told me one thing 'Let me go in peace that is all I ask. You will find someone who cares for you. Just like me. Do not restrain yourself. Be free. Promise me you will live.' Then she was gone. 'I promise.' Monsters surrounded me scratching me stabbing me. I didn't move. I made them do it. I closed my eyes when great energy was let out from me. Monsters crumpled immediately. Then no monster was left." She looked me intently in the eyes. "Her words gave me back the spirit of Order. That was the first time in four years. I was so frustrated. I didn't know Gaea was Gaea yet, but when I finally read the books appearing in my mail. It described the monsters perfectly. When you came, everything cleared up in a gippy. Anyway, hundreds stabbed me, thousands poisoned me, and a few just hit me with their fists, I myself was extremely near death. Energy killed them all. Glad, but I wasn't able to bring her back. Death, heart."
          I realized why she said 'heart', when Natasha said 'death'. "Well, you're now in a new family, right?"
          "Yeh, I guess so. Glad I'm back. Can't wait to meet dad."
          Natasha appeared beside us. "Let's test your strengths." She led us to a table with a little game on it. It was the game wherein you have to hit the base plate with your fist really hard then the meter will rise accordingly. "Steve, please demonstrate."
          "This meter," Steve started, "can reach to 1200 power. Just hit the metal base as hard as you can, then the meter will rise." He hit the base plate then the meter to 520. "That is the strongest hit in all time except if Hulk's here." He said."I'm the strongest. Let us see if you can reach near me, 250's fine. You first Percy."
          I prepared my fist then hit it the hardest I've got. The meter rose to 1000. Well, I'm a demigod no problemo. "1000," I said. "Looks like we got a new record!"
          Their mouths wide open. "C-crystal your next. That was inhumanly possible." Steve said.
         Crystal relaxed then hit it. Guess where it flew. "Hmm," Crystal said, "might want to fix that hole immediately." Her meter rose till it burst from it's case and hit the ceiling. "Sorry." The meter fell and crashed on the floor.
          "What the hell was that?" Fury's voice went through the hole.
          "Sorry," Natasha shouted out of shock. "Training purposes."
          I heard Fury shouting orders at others.
          "Well," Crystal started, "Now that's taken care off, what's next?"
          Natasha stirred from all her dizziness. "S-s-strategies. Let's play chess." She shove the other part of the machine to the floor then set a chess board on it.
          Four hours passed. I won about three times and lost two times to Clint. Crystal won four games and lost one to Clint. When Crystal and I battled, I lost all five games to her in less than ten moves.
          "I'm not taking it easy on you, pea brain." Crystal hissed.
          "Oh sorry, princess Crystal." She stared daggers at me. "Oh, right. I meant egg head."
          "I'm dyslexic, can't be number one without having a hard time reading the word 'dumb brain'."
          I laughed at that. "My, what more is there to our 'tests'." I quoted the last part.
          With those words, an alarm was blazing off. "Intruder alert!" J.A.R.V.I.S. kept repeating.
          "You're done."