AN: sorry about the last chapter being short, it just was a perfect cliff hanger, but if things had gone as I originally planed, this would have been the last chapter, the more the merrier right? Well I just want to thank all the people who have been dedicated enough to stick with the story till the end, and the end is yet to come, one or two more chapters left guys! Woo, if you have any ideas for another Avengers fanfic, let me know, also if you would like to review, please do :) now sit tight and read this next kinda long chapter :)
Chapter 7
THE PARTING OF WAYS
I watched as the ground crumbled away. Percy holding on to the edge for dear life, Annabeth holding on to Percy's hand for dear life. Annabeth started slipping. That's when Percy said "no, you are not leaving me again" then I yelled "Don't you dare think about it Percy! Grab my hand!" I extended my hand over the pit, he looked up at me "not this time Sparky, lead them to the house of Hades, we will meet you there" then he let go and fell into the deep black pit "PERCY! ANNABETH!" I yelled, tears dripping off my face, I jumped in after them. There was Darkness. Then a Dragon's roar. The clouds cleared as Zeus and I descended upon Ura'bean. We could see Thorn battling the ghost Saphira. "This is it" I said out loud to Zeus, he roared again and dived straight for Thorn, ramming into him. Zeus bit his neck, Thorn crying out in pain. Murtagh raised Zar'roc and yelled "COME MEET YOUR DEATH RAZACRAZER!" I raised Kveykva and yelled back "BRING IT MURTAGH!" and we started sparing. I yelled "Kveykva!" as our sword were pressed together. Lightning hit mine and his, sending a jolt of electricity down his sword, to his arm, he dropped his sword in reflex "NOW!" I yelled at Zeus, he kicked Thorn away, into a building, and turned around, flying for the palace, the doors slowly closing. We flew through the door. I then turned a fired a tank missile into the things mouth, then turned as it exploded, that's when something big fell from the portal, hitting me and sending us both to the ground. I groaned, and started to stand up, that's when the Troll thing kicked me hard in the side. My eyes opened and I sat up quickly as my hand flew to the hurting side. Some ones soothing voice said
"it's ok David it's ok" two female hands gently pushed me back onto the bed. I looked up to see Natasha's concerned face looking down on me
"what happened?" I rasped out, my throat dry.
"Blood loss, you almost died because of it, if it wasn't for Eragon's healing magic, you would have died."
"Loki? Where's Loki?" I asked, Tasha smiled
"back in his cage, where he belongs" I looked around
"where is everyone? Shouldn't they be huddled around my death bed?" she chuckled
"I asked them to wait till I had a few minutes alone with you"
"why?"
"Because I wanted to do this in private" she smiled and leaned down and kissed me, I kissed back weakly. One of her hands cupped my cheek, I slowly raised my hand to hers. She smiled into the kiss. Then a males voice said
"Lucky bastard" Natasha stepped back quickly. Tony was smiling at me
"hey man" I said smiling. He smiled leaning against the door frame
"looking good Dave" he smiled back then said "I fixed your suit"
"thanks" I said
"there's a few other people who want to see you, COME ON IN GUYS" that's when the whole team started pilling into my small room. They all stood around my bed. Percy came up and we did our secret handshake.
"You scared the crap out of me man" he said
"guess that makes us even" I stare pointedly at him, because in real life, I never followed him into Tartarus. He cringed slightly
"sorry again about that" I shook my head
"you and Annabeth came out alive, that's all that matters" Eragon came up behind him and said
"good to see you not on deaths door nob" I laughed
"the term is Deaths doorstep Eragon, but thank you man"he chuckled
"still getting used to this "slang" I think you call it, the way you speak here." then Saphira contacted me and said
"Good to see you alive David, it would have been a real pain to tell Zeus of your death"
"Love you too Saphira" I chuckled mentally, she did the same, then left my mind slightly. Barton nodded at me
"Shuter"
"Barton"
"nice to see you awake" I nodded then Thor said
"good to see you still among the living David, I would have had to kill Loki if you had died. As much as he's a Traitor, I still love him, as he is my Brother"
"glad you didn't have too Thor" then Steve said
"I love it when someone under my command doesn't die, but I love it more when that person is also my friend" I smiled at him.
"Thanks sir" I then saluted, finding more and more energy coming back to me, also finding that pain I thought I felt was probably just from the dream. Then I said to Harry
"Harry Potter, the boy who lived, come for pie?" I gestured to the pie on my bedside table. He laughed
"if your offering friend" then I laughed
"hell no, that's for me, I'm starving" he laughed
"All yours" I laughed and took the pie, starting to eat it, then Bruce said
"you looked worse than I did" I smiled then said after swallowing
"where were you when I was getting my side destroyed?"
"Getting shot at"
"Weren't we all" said Percy. I laughed. I finished the pie in silence. Then said to Thor
"when are you going back to Asgard?"
"I'm taking Loki and the teseract tomorrow" I nod
"then tomorrow we part ways?" the group slowly nodded
"Until we are needed again." Hawkeye said,
"lets hope not then" Harry said, I nodded
"I love you guys and all, but I think I might retire from this war business, it's mentally taxing"
"hey if your quitting so am I" Percy said
"I wouldn't mind quitting either" said Tony
"so none of us are quitting then" Natasha said with a small grin
"pretty much" I sighed and slowly stood up, holding on to Natasha's arm for balance. Once I had my balance, I lowered my hand into hers so we were holding hands. I said
"so, we won, We're all friends, no one died, and I got the girl, What's the catch?" Thor said
"we just sent out a message to all the realms and farther, that earth is ready for a higher form of war" I whistled
"big catch"
"talk about it' Harry said. Then Eragon said
"but we also sent out another message, that Earth will not be defeated, for as the Avengers will be here to stop it happening, who could defeat Iron man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Shadeslayer, Brightscales, Iron Thunder, The Chosen one, Thor and Aqua man when they are combined as one. The universe will now hesitate before trying anything that will involve the Avengers.' I smiled at him, Percy said
"they are calling me Aqua man? Isn't that taken?" Tony said
"oh, he really was just a comic hero, Until now, we'll see if Shield can get you a cool magic outfit" Percy laughed
"yeah, no. I'll stick with my armor thanks" I laughed and said
"well we have one more day together before we must depart, lets actually have some fun, Tony, you said something about Shwarma? Lets try that, then maybe a modified game of capture the flag at camp halfblood? Avengers and Annabeth versus the rest of the camp?" I smiled
"Don't you think that's a tad unfair?" Percy said?
"Well if you want we can give you and annabeth to the camp" I said smiling, he laughed
"I meant for us"
"nah, the only threats would be Nico, Jason, Hazel and Leo, maybe Piper" Tony said
"lets do it"
"So who's going to be Captain?" I said when we reached the camp, some looked at Steve, he raised his hands
"no way, this is your game man, you or Percy lead"
"this is the Thalia/Percy thing all over again" I chuckled
"lets hope it doesn't turn out the same way, I had to carry the Oracle back to the attic"
"Rachel can walk Perce" I chuckled. Then I say
"ok I actually have a plan, Percy, you have border patrol, since water is your expertise. Steve and Tony, your on flag guard duty, since Tony you can protect from the air, for Jason, and Cap, you aren't, no offense, particularly scary, but have a really good defense. Bruce, go hulk and scare the crap out of anyone you meet, Annabeth will be with you Perce, or with Steve and Tony, depending on where she wants to go, and the rest of us will be on attack"
"good plan" Harry said.
"Hawkeye, actually, you should be defense too, hide in a tree and shoot anyone that comes near, but untipped arrows please. I think Saphira wouldn't technically be allowed to play, but she can fly above and relay positions of players to us." I added in an afterthought
"Sounds good" Barton said. I smiled as Annabeth ran up to us
"DAVID!" she yelled as she tackled me in a hug. I hugged her back tightly
"I missed you so, so much air head" she whispered
"you too smart gal"
"when I heard about the fight in manhatten, and that the dude in the blue Iron man suit that seamed to have powers over the sky was hurt, I was so worried, I knew it was you."
"I'm fine"
"hows Meghan?"
"She's good, we broke it off a month ago, she needs to concentrate on her training"
"for what?"
"Long story, and right now we have a Capture the flag game to play"
"who against who?"
"The Avengers and you against the whole camp" she pulled back
"we're screwed." I laughed
"no, I got a plan" I told it to her
"that, just might work" I chuckled as she made her way to Percy, then started making out with him. I turned to Natasha
"well, love seems to be in the air" I wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her closer, she tapped my chest plate
"that really will get annoying" I chuckled and said
'just shut up and kiss me" she smirked and stood up on her tippy toes and pressed her lips to mine. I wrapped my other arm around her waist, as she wrapped both around my neck. I murmured into her mouth
"you know, that skin tight suit is driving me crazy"
"I'd say take it off, but we have an audience" she whispered into mine. I pulled away from her and winked
"now lets go win capture the flag"
We stood there as Chiron read the rules with some new ones such as "Hulk no smash campers" and "Iron man lasers must be set to stun" and "no maiming spells Harry" and "when you have the flag, no flying." we nodded and the two teams went their separate ways to place their flags
"Give me the flag" I told Percy, he handed it to me, I extracted a little handy thing that could hold the flag on my suit and stuck the flag in, then took off. I turned towards Zeus's fist, and stuck it at the very top, then landed as the Avengers arrived
"perfect" Hawkeye said
"no one will be able to get at that now" Thor said with a nod. Percy said
"Jason can, he can fly, and if we have crappy defense, people could climb it, but it is the best spot. David, you take Jason out as soon as possible, just knock him out or something. Or Thor, you could do that too" I chuckled
"I'm supposed to be in charge here" he smiled
"then you give the orders"
"well Thor, you or I have to knock out Jason, he's the one with the blonde hair, otherwise he could easily get the flag" I smiled, then said
"Avengers, take your positions" then I ran for the river.
I looked at the clock on the right side of my screen, the attacking avengers lined up in a row on our side of the river, I counted out
"five...four...three..two...one. GO!" I yelled and started running, Hulk barreling past me, Thor keeping pace, once we got through the first set of tree's, all plans went to hell. Pretty much half the camp charged us. I raised both hands and started blasting them, it didn't kill them, but probably would really pain them in the morning. I then punched one when he got close, sending him flying backwards, I then raised my hand to the sky and called Kveykva to my hand. I then dived out of the way as a fireball shot past me.
"Valdez" I growled. As I brought up my sword to block another sword, I then kicked him, using boosters to send him flying away, I then flew straight through a group of campers, emerging on the other side of the wave. I smiled to myself then ran into the forest.
"David! Watch out!" Saphira's voice warned in my mind, I dived out of the way as a lighting bolt whizzed past me. I stood up to Jason, Nico, Leo, Hazel, Piper, and a lion I assumed was Frank sorounding me. I retracted my mask
"long time no see guys, sorry for not being able to say goodbye to you guys, I had to leave immediately" I smiled at the sight of them. Jason nodded
"we understand, but on to more pressing matters, you are now our prisoner" he brandished his gladius. I smirked
"you have to best me first." I had a quick flashback to when I fought all of them on the Argo II out of madness after Percy and Annabeth fell into Tartarus. I had lost then, but I didn't have the powers of my suit then either, my mask came down as I said
"lets party" then I turned and blasted Frank into a tree. Nico charged me, his blade glinting in the light. our black blades met, I used the winds to push him back, then pulled a Thor, raising my sword to the sky, calling lightning down, I constant bolt of lightning hit it, after a few seconds a slammed the butt of my sword into the ground, sending a ripple out over the ground. My frienemies went flying. I twirled Kveykva, as if daring them to get back up. Jason was first up, the others not seeming to want to get up. Jason charged. I charged at him. He swung his blade as I swung mine. They met with a loud clap of thunder, something we hard learned before, two children of the sky fighting was never a quiet affaire. We then proceeded to duel. Neither really seeming to gain an edge. We knew each other too well, plus the suit prevented me from going all Elf on him. My other friends had long since dispersed, probably to go get my flag. I knew I should have just pulled a dick move and blast the dude, but I was curious to see who would win.
What seemed like hours later, Jason and I were still locked in combat, both of us were sweating. Both of us had looks of a mix of furry, wonder and concentration. Our battle had put an almost stand still on the game, most of the other campers had crowded around to watch, which was perfect, since none of the avengers were there watching. They were busy locating the flag. A storm had started over the camp due to our fight, which I am sure Jason did not mind, because the rain cooled him down, I for one, was still boiling hot.
"'vis, is there a cooling unit in this thing" I growled through my teeth. Suddenly I felt cold air blow on my body
"of course sir" Vis said. I was too busy to snap at him though. I continue to strike at Jason, and he continued to block, occasionally getting a thrust or two in.
"Thor has the flag David, You only have to keep it up for a few more minutes" Saphira's voice said in my mind. I grunted and continued my attack. Both of us had abandoned using our powers ages ago, seeing as it had little effect, and now relied on our sword skills. He may have trained for longer than me, but I had the training of not just a Greek , but an elf and dragon rider as well, I knew many forms of sword play, and he knew just too, Roman, and Greek.
We finally stopped when we finally heard cheers, and a couple roars, Thor had crossed the creek, we had won. I stepped back from him as he stepped back from me, I raised my sword to the sky, calling lightning down to take it. I then retracted my suit and walked back up to Jason "good fight" I puffed, finding it hard to breath, he nodded in return "you learned some new tricks" I laughed, and then searched the crowd for Leo. I found him and took off my chest piece, handing it to him. He looked at me in wonder 'wha-?" I cut him off saying "I need you to learn how this suit works, and replicate it. I don't want to have to ask Tony for a second suit, and gods know I will need one. Also, you have access to celestial bronze. I hope to find a second suit in my cabin.. And maybe a secret lair to hid them. I'll let you have fun with that" I winked at him, and walked off. I did not plan on returning with Eragon tomorrow, but yet again, I did not plan on returning to camp any time soon.
The next day, we all stood in central park, manhatten. I had my sword in my hand, ready to send Eragon and Saphira back. Loki and Thor had yet to leave. I made sure there were no mortals in the area before I cut through the air, thinking
"I can not stay here any more" and the rift was opened. But before Eragon could go through, a Black dragon climbed through.
"Zeus!" I said with both my mouth and mind. I jumped up and hugged him around the neck, opening my mind up to him, as he opened his up to me. It seemed when I was saving the world, he busied himself teaching the new female dragon to hatch, Hera. I then told the crew
"well, you know Saphira, meet the other Dragon to safe Alegesia, my very own Zeus" He then opened his mind to everyone, even Loki, and said
"Greetings Mortals, Gods, and heroes." Loki seemed to go paler at the sound of Zeus's deep, throaty, voice. I was sure if Percy were here, he would have said his greetings, but Percy had decided to say his goodbyes yesterday and spend the night with Annabeth.
After I had convinced Zeus I would join him shortly, he went back through the rift, as did Eragon and Saphira. Loki and Thor used the tesseract to return to Asgard. The rest of the group disbanded. I stood there alone with just Tasha for company. I turned to her and said "You want to go somewhere?" She smiled slightly "where?" I grabbed her around the waist, pulling her close "where indeed?' I then took off into the sky.
