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Percy looked at the Destroyed planet before him with irritation. Him and Chaos had gone through dozens of planets these past few weeks and when he did finally get the location of the place where they were keeping Annabeth she wasn't even there!

"I don't understand." He growled. "We've done everything, destroyed some of the best assets to Order in this war and I still haven't been able to find my mate!" The power around him vibrated the very fabric of the void and Chaos, who has been standing next to him throughout this entire journey, was starting to fear for her and everyone else's lives in the solar system. If Percy didn't calm down, and soon, the energy that was seeping from his body would turn into an explosion akin to a supernova. 

Chaos didn't know what to say, what to do anymore. Most of the work to actually find these higher targets were done through methods only Percy was comfortable doing, or at least it seemed like he was willing to sacrifice such a horror in order to find this one person. 

"Lets go back to Earth. The attack has probably started there by now and I'm sure that Annabeth will turn up eventually." She said, "Since we can't find her after all this time she has surely escaped and found a way out of her situation, so..." 

"Or she escaped and was immediately captured by someone or something else," Percy interrupted, "I'm sure that she would be able to learn how to fly a spaceship given enough time, but what if she was captured before she even got the chance to, or what if she was moved to another location in order to use against me later?" Chaos looked at Percy worriedly. His anger was getting stronger by the second and she was at a loss now. It seemed that nothing she'd said or hinted at was getting through to him, and starting at these destroyed prisons definitely wasn't helping his mood. 

"How about we take another look at the area then, take a moment to find something that we can use to find Annabeth." Chaos said and Percy stopped for a moment and his aura calmed slightly. 

"Yeah that's a good idea." He said, "I'll start with this one." He didn't wait for her reply and shot towards the closest area of wreckage. He looked around every piece of floating wreckage and every piece of metal, body, and scrap he could find.  He found nothing, just metal, more metal, dead bodies, metal melted by acid, dead guards and...

Percy mentally stepped back for a moment and looked back at the body of what appeared to be one of the few dead guards, but unlike the others this one appeared to have what looked to be a giant hold through their body and armor. He realized that the damage this gun caused looked quite similar to the broken bars, wall pieces, and chains he'd seen here and there. It was hard to believe but he was starting to see that there was a chance that Annabeth had escaped with help. The question now was who helped? 

He started to look at the bodies and wreckage with fervor and after a moment he found something that didn't match the area. Sure there were tons of aliens from all over the universe, but which ones have fur that looks like a certain creature on earth? Percy grabbed all of the fur that he found stuck in walls, on other bodies, and whatever he was able to see floating around. It was difficult but he was able to get a few different fur types. 

Percy brought them all over to where Chaos was looking around and she noticed that his aura wasn't flared and angry now. She looked at what he had in his hands and immediately opened a portal to one of the research rooms she has on her planet. Once they were both through the portal closed and Percy gave her the different types of fur of which she put into a machine of some kind and they both waited. 

"I did hear of a small group traveling around the universe recently. They're mostly known as thieves but there was an incident where they saved a planet from some psychopath with an infinity stone." She said, "And one of their members was a genetically modified Raccoon so if one of these matches was can assume that Annabeth and them have met..." 

"And that they may have escaped together and headed somewhere to meet with whoever the creature is friends with." Percy added and at that moment the machine made a noise and after pressing a few buttons Chaos was able to show the variety of creatures identified with the sample. Most of the data was that of creatures that weren't native to Earth, but there were two that were flagged for certain criteria. There was one of a male genetically modified creature belonging to the raccoon family from Earth, and the second was an unknown female of an unknown mix of races: human and something else. 

"Annabeth escaped." Percy breathed in relief before sighing with exhaustion, "I knew that if I couldn't find her she'd probably escaped somehow but I couldn't believe that until I knew for sure, and with this I'm sure that she definitely had help escaping." Percy looked at Chaos, who also looked genuinely relieved though slightly exhausted. "Is there a way of determining if this creature is the same raccoon as seen helping save a planet with others?" Chaos nodded and pushed a few more buttons, discarding all of the other options and highlighting the raccoon strand, which it then seemed to run through another database before pinging up as a wanted post. 

"Yep this is the creature I was talking about, a member of the group called 'The Guardians of the Galaxy'. His name is Rocket according to the database and it seems he's quite a skilled crafter, fighter, and thief." 

"Is there anyone on that team that looks or appears to be from Earth?" Percy asked and Chaos nodded bringing up the picture of a man with a second picture of him in what appeared to be a modified spacesuit. 

"This is Peter Quill, AKA Starlord apparently, as if a mortal could rule over the stars...anyways he appears to be on earth but his DNA was too difficult to separate due to another factor so we don't know if he's actually a human or pretending to be one." She looked over at Percy to see him looking at the screen intently. 

"Can you track that ship?" Percy asked and Chaos thought for a moment before humming to herself and moving over to a different set of screens and buttons. "He keeps his ship and crew pretty much off the radar but by doing a little digging I can match the warp patterns this ship uses to recently opened gates aaaanndd here we go! Last known warp was...just outside Earth's Atmosphere." 

"Open a portal there now!" Percy yelled and Chaos quickly did so, but before she was able to follow him through he stopped just outside the opening and turned to her. "You should go and check in with your warriors, I'm sure that they are all worried about where you've been these past few weeks."   

"But..." Percy held out a hand stopping her once again. 

"No. I can handle this alone from here. You need to go and check on your team to assure then that you are okay." Percy stated before softening up a little, "I do want to thank you for everything you've helped with thus far though. I'm sorry for forcing all that upon you like I did." He didn't wait for her reply and stepped through the portal. Leaving Chaos standing there shocked as it closed in front of her. 

She thought about opening another portal and following him there anyways, but before she could commit to doing so the doors to the lab exploded from their hinges and a team of six well trained warriors came stalking through the wreckage. Chaos stood there as they swept through the room before noticing her and freezing. Everyone's weapons dropped to the ground as they swarmed her with hugs. 

"Your back." The unusually quiet voice of Luke stated and Chaos just succumbed to her feelings. Embracing Luke back and nodding to ease everyone worries. 

"Yes I'm back." She whispered, "I'm safe." 

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Percy appeared in the middle of a storm. Of sorts. 

There were destroyed cars, buildings, and what looked to be spaceships everywhere. Many people lay on the ground dead, dying, or injured, but Percy didn't have the time to spare to help them as both giants and titans clashed in the distance. 

Giant creatures fought with mechs of equal size, with ships shooting at either side from all directions and distances. 

Monsters, Aliens, and people were seen running around slaying and screaming for their lives. 

It seemed the gods were in the air dealing with fighting a living typhoon and kracken. 

And amidst all of this stood a single man, dressed in a white suit with symmetrical black designs embroidered throughout its surface. Percy was about to make his move and launch himself towards him when his path was blocked by a familiar man in a metal suit. 

"I was wondering when you'd drop by" Tony said and Percy growled. 

"Do we really have to do this now?" He asked and Tony shrugged under his armor, purposefully exaggerating the movement. 

"No I can wait a few moments." He said and Percy tilted his head in confusion. 

"What--" Was all he got out when a giant green fist slammed into his right side and sent him catapulting into the distance. When he finally stopped crashing through buildings Percy just sighed and lifted himself out of the rubble. Dusting himself off as the team called the Avengers surrounded him. Hulk in front, Tony and Steve on either side and both Natasha and Clint staying near the back with their gun, bow and arrows. 

"You all know that we should be trying to take down that guy right?" Percy roared pointing to the man in white at the center of the battlefield. 

"We know, but you need to be dealt with first." Natasha said and Percy just growled harshly and roared, "Fine, but I'm letting you know now that you are making a huge mistake." Just as The Hulk launched himself towards Percy with a fist pulled back and ready to strike. 

(All right that's a little better. I still have to keep it just shy of 2k Words (including A/N's) but I feel like the next few scenes will be more enjoyable in longer formats after a little while of hanging off a cliff ^_^ ).

Anyways I hope that you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you're enjoying the story. So far it's gone quite a bit better than I expected and while I hope to not make the fight too drawn out I am definitely going to need to get creative in how I style this. With how many characters that have been introduced and all of the pot lines that I need to include to intersect with this moment it's probably going to be one huge ass mess until I get to the editing phase of the entire story. 

Please just bear with me for now...I hope to see you next chapter!