[Friend of a Friend] PJO x Marvel

[8. The Flying Donut]

  Percy wasn't all that thrilled for another day of school, and he definitely didn't hide that fact. Walking into the building he already put a glare on his face. He didn't really know anyone at his school, didn't exactly care to get to know them either. The less mortals he befriended, the better.

  It had been only a few months since Tartarus and the final battle against Gaia, not even close to enough time to recover from it all. Annabeth was able to distract herself in her schoolwork and her aspirations to be an architect, but Percy soon realized that he didn't have any distractions. Camp was his distraction, but he couldn't go back yet. He had to focus on school, unfortunately he was never known to be one to focus.

"Mr. Jackson?"

Percy looked up from his desk and stared at the teacher, "Mmhm?"

"Do you know the answer to question five?"

As it turned out, that was one of the questions that Peter was able to help him with. "Uh, -0.28 meters per second squared."

The teacher nodded, "Good job."

Percy couldn't hide the small grin from his face, usually he'd guess random numbers and be greeted with a disappointed glare. Peter was definitely proving to be helpful, he'd dumb everything down enough for Percy to understand. Sometimes they'd go word-by-word to avoid the letters from scrambling up too much.

"Attention staff and students, we are going on lockdown. Please remain in your classrooms and all students in the halls please go to the nearest classroom. There is no threat inside the school. I repeat, we are on lockdown."

Percy didn't think his classmates were capable of mass panic, but after that announcement it seemed like he was proven wrong.

"What?!"

"This can't be happening!"

One student, one of the football players, stood up with his phone in his hand, "There's an alien invasion!"

Alien.. what?

Percy looked at the kid next to him, his phone also playing the live footage of a circular spaceship attacking the city. It wasn't like any monsters from Greek Mythology, but it was definitely an issue. Would Percy have to do anything? Probably not, seeing as he was locked away in his classroom.

"Okay everyone, let's all line up and quietly go into the back room. We don't know if these aliens are nearby or if we're safe yet, so please remain calm and orderly."

Students stood up and started filing into the back room, Percy stared out the window, he then snuck behind the teacher's desk to avoid the teacher from realizing he wasn't with the rest of the group. Once the door to the back room was closed, Percy stood up and quickly took his pen from his pocket and opened the emergency exit window. He double checked that no one was there watching, then hopped out and onto the ground. He was suddenly grateful that his Physics class was not upstairs.

He didn't honestly know where to go, or even if these creatures were something he could even fight with Riptide. These Aliens weren't exactly monsters, so he'd likely have to resort to using water to kill them somehow.

"Okay Percy, if you were a crazy alien invading the earth, where would you go?" He heard a loud crash nearby. He sighed, "Over there, I guess."

He started running, he pulled his hood over his head to at least attempt to hide his identity, then arrived at the place he heard the crash. It was in the middle of the streets, cars were being thrown and the destruction was more than Percy had ever seen in New York. He hid at the corner of one of the buildings and watched as two aliens fought against a group of people. The avengers, probably. Percy sighed a breath of relief, he wouldn't have to fight after all.