Chapter 4
"You people have a sword?" Asked Percy looking around, "Or a horse I could talk to?"
Tony raised his eyebrows at the horse comment but choose to brush it off. "Ya, we have swords kid," Tony responded.
Tony led the way to the weapons closet and opened the doors wide. An arrangement of weapons lined the walls. Percy walked inside and started trying the different blades. None of them felt like riptide. None of them felt natural. He sighed and picked the one that felt the closest.
"If you want, we can make you one later on," Tony stated opening up a little, "Along with anything else you may need in battle."
Percy sighed heavily once more, "I don't think you can do that," He remarked.
"Why not?" Tony huffed.
"Um, as one of the terms of my banishment...I had a lot of my powers taken away. I used to be able to control water, bend it to my will and everything. I was the son of the sea. Now I can only heal myself with it, but not as fast or as bad of wounds as before. That, and talk to horses," Percy explained looking down at the sword, "I'm used to fighting with water and sword, not just one or the other."
Tony stroked his goatee for a moment and nodded as he pondered a thought.
"Give me 5 days. I think I can have you back to playing with water, Towel Boy," Tony smirked.
"Don't call me that." Percy grumbled.
"Too late. Everyone in the tower has their nicknames. Now yours is Towel and Water boy," Tony reported, the smirk still hanging on his face.
"You sound like Leo."
"Don't know who that is, but it sounds like I would like him," Tony stated
"Oh you would love him. I fear what you two could do together."
"Oh now I want to meet him. You have to introduce me."
"Sure. I'll do that as soon as my banishment is lifted," Percy spat.
"Stop striking nerves Tony," Ordered Cap.
"Come on Capsicle! It's so easy!" Tony whined.
"No. Go on Percy and show us what you can do." Cap smiled.
Percy nodded and walked to the middle of the training room, "So do I just practice or
fight robot dummies or what?"
"LMDs aren't such a bad suggestion," Tony remarked, "Jarvis! Practice section 5E!" he ordered up at the ceiling.
Percy lifted the sword, getting into a fighting stance as three life model decoys lifted from the floor, their robotic eyes glowing a sky blue. They stared at Percy like a predator stares at it's prey. Percy let a small smirk place itself on his mouth before the section started.
LMD 1, or Blinky as Percy had decided to call it, leaped towards him while LMD 2, which was now known as Billy, followed. Finally, LMD 3 or Sparky, naming him in Leo's and Jason's honor, raised its hands, the fingers retracting and turning into blades.
Blinky attacked first, his fist coming down towards Percy in a hammer swing. He quickly dodged it, lowering his body as he limboed under the robotic arm. Next came Billy, whose foot was already aimed at Percy's face as he came up out of his limbo.
Percy noticed this, bringing his sword in front of him, he cut the limb right down the middle, leaving both sides practically symmetrical. Billy crashed to the ground, now having only one leg. Percy took the advantage and stabbed the LMD with his sword, killing it before he turned back to Sparky and Blinky who already making their way towards him. Sparky's blade hands were now swinging and coming closer. That's what Percy had to take out first.
He lifted the sword once more, almost fumbling it at the lightness of the blade as he pulled it up in front of him. He was use to a heavier sword, this one was too light, yet it seemed more powerful than Riptide had ever been. He gripped onto the blade tighter than before.
As one of the blades came down on him he lifted the sword, the clanging of metal filling the room along with the sound of it grinding as the blade tried to cut into the blade. It didn't even leave a scratch. Percy clenched his jaw, rubbing his teeth together as he pushed back against the robot.
His eyes darted around before he finally noticed an opening. He pulled back letting the robot stumble forward as he ducked under the blade coming towards his head. He turned around once he'd made it under the arm and swung the sword down, cutting the arm off Sparky. As he did this Sparky twisted it's robotic body, flinging the other blade towards Percy once more. Percy jumped back out of the reach of the blade. He had been so preoccupied with the churning blades of steel that he hadn't noticed Blinky corner him from behind.
Percy smirked and ducked down, allowing the incoming blade to fly over his head and cut Blinky in half. 2 down, one more to go. Only Sparky left. Percy backed up and when Sparky moved to follow he jumped to the side and sliced him in half.
"Was that supposed to be a challenge?" Percy grinned.
"Holy..." Stark started just to cut off by Clint who was smirking proudly.
"Told you that he was Avenger material," the archer reported grinning.
Percy chuckled, "Guess I'm an avenger now."
