Chptr. 28
"Pak maar m'n hand ~ Take my hand
Stel niet teveel vragen ~ Don't ask too many questions
Je kunt niet als enige de wereld dragen ~ You can't carry the world on your own
Pak nou maar m'n hand ~ Just take my hand
Laat mij de weg wijzen ~ Let me show the way
Het is geen probleem..." ~ It's no problem
~ Pak Maar M'n Hand by Nick & Simon from the album Vandaag
(Song is on the side. It can also be found on Spotify, iTunes, etc.)
(Yes, it is Dutch ;) what? I need to make Dutch a little awesome right?)
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"Before Percy jumped out of my tower, the Minotaur attacked..." Tony said. "Why did it need him?" Thalia looked at Grover with a serious look on her face. "How much do you know, Tony?" Grover asked, turning towards Tony. "I don't know that much... Only about Gabe and about family problems." "Huh? Who is Gabe?" Thalia asks. Grover sighs and twists towards Thalia. "Thalia, I'll explain later okay?" He turned back to Tony and took a deep breath. "I can't tell you anything." Tony threw his hands in the air. "It's forbidden, Stark. But I can give you advice, do not interfere with everything we are involved in." "He's my family!" "He's our family as well!" "Your family? I do not... Are you with his dad?" "We are from the other side, yes." "How big is this family?" "Too big for you to know." Tony rolled his eyes and sighs. "I'm going to take him back, kid." "No, you are not." "Yes, I am." "NO YOU'RE NOT!"
Thalia suddenly shouts while sending lightning to Tony. "No, Thalia!" Grover jumped in front of Tony, getting the small bolt in his chest. "Grover!" Thalia shouted, setting her first foot forward to get to him, but Grover shouted, "No! No." He held his hand by his chest where he was hit and the other one in the air as a sign for Thalia to stop, which she did. "Let me help you, bud..." Tony wanted to help Grover up but, also, this time, Grover refused. "Don't. Don't..." He grunted. He slowly got up, holding his hand on his chest. When he was up he looked at Thalia, "Please, just next time, wait before you shoot, I don't need any more wounds."
"Wait, since when can she shoot lightning?" Grover turned around and pushed Tony softly. "Shut up, before I decide I let her shoot you, okay?" "Shoot me? I'm still a guy with more weapons than the president." Grover raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "We have more power than you, shut up." He pushed Tony aside and he walked over to Percy who was now quite and probably just went to sleep, something he needed. Grover smiled and sat by his friend.
"So what now?" Tony looked at Thalia with a questioning look. "Don't you dare talk even one more word to me, I'm done with you."
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"So, what is the plan?" Will asked. Sun was shining through the windows, everything felt light and open. "The plan? You are going to stay here and get better," Rachel answered, sitting back on her chair, sketching a bit in her notebook with a ballpoint pen. "Staying here in bed sucks." "Well, now you know what it feels like." Will sighs and turns his head towards Rachel. "I really miss them, y'know..." Rachel looks up and sees Wills looking right into her eyes, his eyes filled with tears. "Will..." Tears start streaming down his face as Rachel gets up and wraps her arms around him. "They are in a better place now..." "It's just... j... just..." Words were not getting out of his mouth that fast as sobs escaped the same mouth the words had to get out from. "I j... just... n... need them..." The son of Apollo was getting red as the tears kept on streaming and his heart was hurting.
"We need to let them go..." "I... I can't....I j... just... can't..." "We have to..."
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"Where's Stark now?" Fury asked, looking at satellite footage in front of him, showing an empty graveyard. "I do not know, mister Fury." Fury groans and stands up. Stark had left the building thirty minutes ago and nothing was heard or seen from him, the moment he stepped one foot through the gates of the graveyard. Satellite wasn't working properly anymore so the last connection from the tower to that darn place was lost. "I'm going," Steve said. "Maybe if one of us goes, we'll find the whole bunch and take them back to the tower." "No," Fury said. "You are not going to get 'the bunch'." "Why not? It's not like the electronic stuff is working properly. We need to find them!" "We need to find Stark." Fury turned around. "The rest will go to the headquarters the moment we have them in our custody." "But, why, Fury?" "They infiltrated the tower, the guy who designed and built the damn thing, not understanding how on earth they did it! Imagine what they could do! Imagine what they could have done in this tower!" "But they didn't, did they!" "But that doesn't mean they aren't threats, Rogers. We need some kind of treaty with the people they are working for, maybe if we get some of their people we get their attention."
Steve set one foot back and turned his head to look at the others. They did not know what to do and their eyes showed it. "Is there no other option?" Natasha asked. "Stark will not be amused to hear this." "Am I amused, Romanoff?" "Not to sound dumb, but why would they infiltrate not take anything or do anything and only visit their friend if they are such threats?" Clint asked, looking at Fury in rage. "Because he's still one of them."
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"Who on earth is Gabe, Grover?" Nico and Thalia were sitting in front of him, Tony being in the other room with Percy who was still not awake. Grover sighed and rubbed his eyes. "He is..." Percy had never talked about his past, the painful past. "Before Percy knew he was a demigod he was living in another part of New York City with his mom and Gabe." Nico sat with his arms hanging on his knees and bent forward, listening to what Grover had to say. Thalia was sitting against the back of the couch, her head resting on her forefinger and thumb.
"Percy doesn't talk about his past for a reason, you know..." "Why can't we know who this Gabe is?" Thalia asks, responding to Grover's words. "Was. Who this Gabe was. He's gone." "Dead?" "Yeah." A silence fell in the room for a few seconds, being broken by Nico saying, "What did Gabe do?" "Do you guys think I have the right to talk about Percy's past like that?" "Don't you think we at least should know who this guy is? Dumb-dumb in the other room knows who he is!" "Because of friggin' files, Nico. Files, Percy didn't have a choice in that."
"Just tell them..." There was Percy, standing in the opening of the wide-open door. Thalia and Nico were turned around and Grover looked up to his friend. "Are you sure, Perce?" "It's the past, if they want to know..."
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