Clint Barton had thought he was done being a hero when he left the Avengers to be with his family. So he wasn't happy when he was contacted in a dream by the Greek god Apollo. He had known for a while that he was a legacy, although because the demigod in his family had been several generations back the gods and monsters usually left him alone. He also refused to give credit for his archery skills to a god who he had only seen once before unless you were counting the few other dreams he'd gotten over the years. Regardless he attributed his skill with the bow to years of practice and perhaps a bit of natural talent. He refused to believe that Apollo had anything to do with it.

Clint was also aware that he wasn't the only legacy among the Avengers. Tony was as well, and, Natasha was actually a daughter of Ares. Regardless as far as they knew both steve and Bruce were normal mortals, well they were before they got their superhero abilities anyway.

Clint was far from pleased when Apollo asked him to come to help them in their current war. Clint was going to refuse, except he knew that mainly children would be fighting in the war, and he couldn't just leave them all to die. Reluctantly he left his home and Allowed the god to magically transport him to New York where he knew the camp for Greek demigods was.

Once he got to the camp, he quickly realized that Tony and Natasha were also there. In case you were wondering Tony is a Legacy of Athena. Chiron gave the three heroes a longer explanation of what exactly was going on. Although they weren't exactly fond of the gods, and honestly wouldn't care if they were overthrown, they couldn't just let all the demigods be killed. They were just children they could have so many years ahead of them if it wasn't for the life they had been born into.

The saying, you can't choose your family, was all too true for demigods and legacies, although obviously, demigods had it worse. If it wasn't for the gods and monsters Demigods could live like mortals, and if you really thought about it, the gods were the reason that many of the monsters existed.

Clint, Natasha, and Tony decided that they would fight in the war, but only to protect the children. After that, the three avengers went their separate ways. Tony left to make a couple of modifications to his suit, while Clint and Natasha also went their separate ways for now.

Unbeknownst to everyone Perseus had postponed his first attack, as there was one last thing he hoped to accomplish before the battles started.

Once again he teleported to the throne room on Olympus. This time it was almost completely empty except for the thrones and hearth. Perseus was unsurprised when he saw a small girl with fiery red eyes, sitting by the hearth. To Perseus, the girl, who he knew was Hestia, Looked sad. That made him wonder if she would even want what he had come to offer her.

"Hestia," he stated, "I am not here to harm you. I only wish to speak with you. Also, I want to speak with several of the other gods as well, I'm just not sure where they are,"

Although she did her best not to show it, Hestia was slightly nervous. She had tried many times to get the Olympians to be better rulers but she had failed. Her siblings, nephews, and Nieces were just too prideful and stubborn to admit that they were doing anything wrong. Now Hestia was sure that they were all going to pay for their arrogance with their own lives.

Hestia stood and looked up at Perseus. "what do you wish to speak with me about?" She asked, she had no idea what his answer might be.

Looking down at her, after all, In her current form she was much shorter than he was, Perseus replied, "Hestia you are one of the only gods here that actually does your job like you're supposed to. For that, and other reasons we are going to spare you. You aren't the only one we are planning to spare. Soon, I will inform the others of this, just know that if you do anything to oppose me I could very easily change my mind about sparing you. Perseus left the threat hanging, he had two more gods to visit before the first battle of the war could begin.

He knew that the Olympians and their children wouldn't stand a chance against him and his forces. They simply weren't powerful enough. Perseus was already keeping one of the Olympians hostage, and soon most of the others would join Ares in his dungeon. He would reduce the gods who thought they were better than everyone else to little more than tools for his amusement. He would eventually let them fade, but not until he'd had his fill of torturing them. After he finished speaking to Hestia Perseus left and went to speak with the other two gods who he was willing to spare. Perseus was sure that when the war ends only two major gods, and two Olympians would remain unharmed as long as they didn't do anything to help the other gods. Once he had confirmation that said gods wouldn't get involved in the war he returned to his palace. He had one last thing to do before he would go see Khione. He went down to the floor where he was keeping his prisoners and walked up to Leo's cell. The son of Hephaestus looked up as he heard him arrive. Leo said, "So, am I getting out of here or not?"

Perseus grinned, he concentrated for a moment and the cell door unlocked. He opened the door and stepped inside. Standing in front of Leo he said, "before I let you out you still have to swear on the Styx that you won't betray me and I will swear to comply with the conditions that you asked for," Leo nodded and after hesitating for a moment, swore the oath. Perseus also swore, but he knew that if he had to he could break his oath and not have to worry about consequences He was a primordial, he was more powerful than Styx. He had nothing to worry about.

Once that was done he unshackled Leo and allowed him to follow him out of the cell. Perseus spoke, "For now, you can stay here. There are plenty of rooms. I will just have to prepare one for you. There are some extra rooms on the same floor as my room I will let you use one of them,"

Leo shrugged, he didn't really care where he stayed as long as it wasn't another cell. Perseus led Leo away from the cell and toward a set of stairs that led out of the dungeon. Leo went to step onto the first step but Perseus said, "wait,"

"Why?" Leo asked.

Perseus replied, "I need to do something first,"

Leo looked confused but stopped and put his foot back on the floor.

For a moment Perseus put his hand on Leo's shoulder, and Leo only became more confused as blue light appeared around him and then disappeared seconds later. After it vanished Perseus removed his hand from Leo's shoulder.

"What did you do?" Leo asked, his confusion obvious.

"I gave you the ability to breathe underwater and made it so you won't be crushed by the pressure of deep water, also, you can now stay dry while in water if you want to,"

"Why?"

"Because this palace is deep in the ocean, the only reason that there's no water in this area is that I don't want my prisoners drowning,"

Leo nodded, he realized that Percy must have become some kind of water god in order to have an underwater palace.

Perseus continued speaking, "Now I'll take you to the room where you will be staying for now, and I will explain more about my plans and what you can do to help,"

Leo nodded, and Perseus once again put his hand on Leo's shoulder, and he teleported to the room he was letting Leo stay in. After they appeared in the room Leo looked around. Sure enough, the room was filled to the ceiling with water, and the window appeared to be open allowing fish to occasionally swim through. The room was large, Larger than any bedroom Leo had ever been in, but then again he had spent most of his childhood either in foster homes or living on the streets so he didn't have particularly high standards. While he wasn't thrilled about staying underwater, Leo figured it was best not to complain, after all, Perseus could have just left him locked in the cell if he'd wanted to.

Perseus said, "Sit down, this will probably be a long conversation,"

Leo did what he was told. He was being cautious around Percy, he had no idea what he was capable of now or what he might do if Leo annoyed him. He was also nervous about what Perseus might make him do to help in the war. Perseus began explaining what had happened to him after he left, Camp Half-Blood. He also said what he was the god of, that revelation only made Leo more nervous. After Perseus began talking about some of his plans for the war Leo found the nerve to ask a question. The problem was he'd blurted out the question the moment it occurred to him. That wouldn't have been so bad except in doing so he'd interrupted Perseus.

Perseus scowled and clenched his fists. Leo suspected he was trying to restrain himself from lashing out violently in anger.

After he calmed slightly, Perseus responded, "No, for now, you will stay here, I already have a spy at Camp Half-blood, and unless something happens to him I shouldn't be needing another one. Leo was surprised to learn that Perseus already had a spy at camp.

"Who's your spy then?" Leo asked, his curiosity evident.

"It's Nico, I suggest you don't interrupt me again, It annoys me and I might not be able to avoid harming you next time,"

Leo nodded nervously and stayed silent, Perseus returned to discussing the war. As he listened to Perseus Leo realized that the gods wouldn't stand a chance against Perseus and his forces. He was also surprised to learn that Perseus had already captured Ares and that the first battle would be the next day.

Once Perseus finished explaining about the war, he mentioned some of the rooms in the palace and where they were so Leo could find them on his own. Once he'd said everything he thought Leo needed to know, he stood and said, "That's all you need to know for now, from now until dinner I'm going to be with Khione so don't interrupt us,"

Leo simply nodded in response, and Perseus left the room.