Previously:
"I wanted to see what the Avengers were worth."

"And?" Fury asked, warily sitting back down.

I shrugged. "I have yet to make a decision. But I have to say that I'm not impressed with their tailing skills."

"Why do you want to see what they are worth?" Fury asked.

I only smiled. That was one thing I will have them figure out on their own; I can't give them all the answers. I could tell this was going to be fun.

They let me out of the room once they figured out they could get nothing out of me anymore. Not legally anyways. I did make a deal with them that I would help out the Avengers and in return, I get to hang out with them.  It was a win win. I got to get closer to them—maybe train them in my own way—and they got to keep a close eye on me. Supposedly.

Fury seemed like he just wanted to start making alliances with any powerful force he came in contact with. Maybe I should introduce him to the Egyptians and the Norse. The descendants of the Kane siblings are competent enough, and Magnus and his friends aren't too busy at the moment.

We arrived at Stark Tower too late for lunch but too early for dinner and yet Clint immediately grabbed a slice of pizza from the fridge anyways.

"So what's your skill set?" Tony started once we were all settled on his couches.

"How much of my fights did you understand when I fought with the monsters?" I asked in return.

"All I know is that you would pull out a sword that had no business being on your person at first glance, it's just not physically possible," Clint spoke up around his pizza.

"Oh, you mean this sword?" I asked. Too quickly for human eyes to follow, I pulled out Riptide, uncapped it and brandished it before me so they could get a good look at it.

Clint froze, his mouth dropped open and almost lost his bite of pizza. Thor looked as if he were about to faint upon seeing my legendary bronze sword.

"How...?" Bruce started.

I smirked but didn't answer him.

"That's all you really did in those fights, I never saw anything to do with the water powers you showed in the interrogation room," Tony added. He eyed the sword like he really wanted to reverse engineer it.

"Is that all?" I looked at Thor to see if he had anything to add. I got some general nods and shrugs. I sighed in disappointment. "I thought you would be more perceptive. You may be the world's heroes, but you still have a long way to go. I seem to have my work cut out for me."

"What do you mean?" Steve asked.

"What I mean is you missed the fact that my strength was more than the average mortal's," I started. Granted, I toned down the strength quite a bit but they should have noticed that anyways. "The way I moved around the monster's attacks too swiftly for a normal human, and Thor, what about the monster's own attacks slowing before the fight lasted too long?"

"I fail to see how that last one is relevant." Tony said.

I ignored him and stared at the god of thunder until his eyes widened in realization.

"You were using your water powers then," Thor said, startling the billionaire. "You used the water in the monster's blood to slow down it's movements so you could kill it faster."

"What?" Bruce demanded. He looked from me to Thor in astonishment.

Nodding in approval, I smiled. "I was once the ward of Poseidon, the god of the seas. My power adopted some of the tendencies that a typical demigod of his has and the sea leant me others. The adult human body is about 70% water. Monster's bodies are a little less than that but it's enough for me to slow down their movements if I'm fighting a small amount. It is a power I use sparingly. At one time, I had sworn never to use it after using the power to control a goddess' own poison to kill her. But an oath to a scoundrel is meaningless, so I've heard. Therefore it holds no weight."

There was stunned silence in response to my words.

I chuckled. "You have all seen much stranger things, what about me is worthy of this reaction?"

"I think it's the fact that you look like you're no older than seventeen but you act like you're way older than Thor." Clint responded almost immediately.

Turning to Natasha, I smirked. "What do you think? You have hardly said anything since we got here."

Natasha didn't reply right away. Then: "I can't read you."

I leaned back in my seat as the others took that in. "Why not?"

"I don't know," she said. "I thought it was because you were a god but I've been able to read gods before. Then I thought it was because you had training."

"But I have never had such training before." I finished for her. I sighed again. I knew why she couldn't read me. I have spent the majority of my time at the start of my second life concealing everything of what I am thinking from appearing on my face or in my body language. I had spent so much time trying to get rid of Percy Jackson and only leaving Ariston in his place that sometimes I do it out of habit.

"Circumstances occurred to where I tried to wipe out everything about what made me who I am, my very personality. I became someone who did not speak, who did not smile, frown, cry, or laugh." I looked down at my hands. "I am not proud of it. Sometimes it comes back to haunt me because I am still not who I once was. The people I knew can see that clearly. But this is who I am now."

"How long has it been since you were seen by a doctor?" Bruce asked.

I blinked in surprise. I assumed this was his way of trying to change the subject but it threw me off a little. "I was last seen by Apollo himself not too long ago." I answered. "But I am a god, I do not need to be seen by a doctor as regularly as mortals do."

"Would you agree to a check up with me?" Bruce asked. "The whole team is required to at one point during the year. I would like to learn as much as I can about the biology of an immortal."

"All your notes and tests need to be kept off record." I answered. "I do not want HYDRA even having a chance of getting their hands on this information. My people have been safe so far from any tests they have done. I would like to keep it that way."

"HYDRA doesn't exist anymore," Steve said. "They went down when we took down Pierce."

I gave him a look. "Maybe I should have fought that hydra." I started. "Maybe then you would see how hard it is to fight one and make sure it stays dead. You know the saying, correct? Cut off one head, two more will grow in it's place?"

"Yes, but they are no longer a part of SHIELD, they exposed themselves when they came out of the dark." Clint said. "We found them all and got rid of their bases."

I scoffed. "I came in contact with at least two agents with loyalties to HYDRA today at SHIELD base." I told them. "That's not even mentioning the fifty something I sensed in the entire base."

"How could you tell?" Bruce asked. He seemed to be the only one to be humoring me.

"That is the one thing I do know about everyone I meet," I said, leaning forward. "I am not the primordial god of loyalty for nothing."

Realization dawned on all of their faces. I leaned back again. "For example," I started, smiling again. "You, Natasha, have loyalties to two families. Tony, yours is to yourself and—strangely enough, to Pepper and this team. It's a weird connection but I see it. Clint—" I stopped myself and softened my smile "—you consider it one big family even though some people are not aware of each other. It's amazing how closely my domain of loyalty is related to Hera's domain of family."

"Weird connection?" Tony muttered.

"What other domains do you have again?" Steve asked.

"Loyalty, Battle, the Hunt, Demigods, and heir to the primordial throne." Thor answered for me.

I nodded.

"What powers come with all that?"

I smirked. "You will have to find out."

"Alright, I'm going to prepare a series of tests," Tony said, standing up. "Tomorrow we'll see what you can do."

"But not before I give you a check up." Bruce spoke up quickly.

"So, I thought that Athena was the Greek goddess of battle." Natasha said, ignoring the two nerds as they argued over who got to test me first.

"She is just a goddess," I said. "I am a primordial god. Zeus is her father, Chaos is mine. Poseidon is the god of the sea but there is also a titan and a primordial of the sea. Believe me, contentions arise because of the crossover."

The questions seemed to have died out by then fortunately because by now it was dinner. Tony suggested shawarma and having no arguments, he went ahead and ordered. Twenty minutes later, we surrounded the island in the kitchen, eating straight out of the containers.

"Jarvis can show you to a room," Tony said as we finished. "The others all stay here as well. Unless you would rather go to your place."

"Thank you for your hospitality, Tony," I smiled politely. "I will accept your offer."

"Where do you live anyways? We only saw you go to the Empire State Building and Central Park." Clint said.

"You forget one time I led you to the mall." I said absentmindedly.

"I appreciate you rubbing in our faces that we did terrible at following you." Clint grumbled.

"I'm sure you are a lot better than I made you look." I assured him. "I was expecting you after all. And to protect those I protect, I will say no more." I said. "I'm sure you understand, Clint."

I left the group early to go to bed. Not that I needed it but I didn't want them to know everything about me just yet. They knew the basics. That's all they need right now. Common sense and experience will help them figure out more.

There was another reason that I needed to go to my room. I needed to have a dream conversation with my lieutenant.

I sat cross legged on the bed, palms open and on my knees. I focused my attention on one certain connection I felt most strongly. My eyes now closed, I followed that golden string all the way to—

"Luke," I said softly. I found him in a dream I've seen him have often. Of the night he first lost Thalia. Wasting no more time, I pulled him out and into my own dreamscape. "Luke."

"Percy," he breathed. He was breathing hard, eyes wide. "Thanks, man, I knew it was a dream, I just couldn't get out."

"No problem." I said. "How is it going at HQ?"

"Nothing much. Your guard assigned by your father; Zöe, Beckendorf, Selina, Ethan, and Bianca have gone back. They left me a new ring from your father so you can call them again if you need to. The kids you brought back from Alagaësia, Jack and Jessie, are fitting easily into the routine. Jessie knows her options and that her choice is coming soon. Jack is starting to stress out even though he says that he'll support whatever choice she makes. I think he's worried she'll choose camp."

I nodded. "Makes sense." I said before smiling. My last adventure in my sisters', the Fates, pet world, Alagaësia, saw me bring back a few old friends and some new ones. Jack and Jessie were brother and sister; orphans that I took a favor to after the war there so I brought them home with me.

"You know what she's going to pick, don't you?"

"Of course." I said. "Her loyalties to her brother are much too strong for her to go to camp. If she picks Artemis' hunt, she'll at least get to see Jack like Sam does with Jane. She saw that in the last visit to the Huntresses. Anything else?"

"There seems to be an increase in the amount of clear sighted mortals," Luke said. "We don't have enough information or data to confirm that but right now it's not too much of a concern. The community of clear sighted mortals that we have set up is still reaching out to people to double check. I'll have more information in a few weeks."

"Hmm," I said thoughtfully. "You can add all of the Avengers to that list. They have all seen the monsters I fought, whether through the camera or in person."

"Interesting." He said. "Do you think the Mist is failing?"

"Oh, no, the Mist is just as strong as it has ever been." I said. "But it seems as though the mortal world has gotten just crazy enough for more mortals to subconsciously believe whatever they really see. It's more likely that it's become less effective. Do they seem surprised when you tell them what's going on?"

"Not really."

I nodded. "The increase in humans with supernatural powers and technology's advancements probably help with that." I said. "And then they all know about Thor already."

"True," Luke agreed. "Oh, I almost forgot, Vindex tore up my bed again so I sent him to hang out with Thalia for a while."

I sighed. "What did you do this time?"

"Nothing!" Luke protested. "I swear, it's because you left!"

"Right," I said in a disbelieving manner.

"Anyways, what happened today?" Luke said, changing the subject. "Did Clint fall out of a tree again? Where was Thor this time? On a statue?"

"No," I laughed. "He was wearing an 'I heart Asguard' shirt. I also ran across some hydra tracks in the park so I had to let them contact me. I need you to go there tomorrow to make sure that the hydra isn't causing any trouble. I'm now at the tower, they know the basics but nothing specific. I don't need them trying to find everyone else and the cameras in this tower are more extensive than I anticipated. I don't feel like answering those kind of questions right now. Tomorrow Tony is going to run some tests and Bruce is going to give me a check up."

"But you just saw Apollo, like, ten years ago."

"It's out of curiosity," I said. "And apparently everyone on the team needs one every so often."

"Blow them out of the water, boss." He grinned a smile that left me very concerned. I didn't have a chance to ask him what he meant by that because he suddenly stopped being asleep.

Grumbling to myself, I pulled out some more comfortable clothing from the back pack I've been carrying around, changed, and climbed into bed.