I turned to find Percy standing there, jaw dropped. I looked at him and de-activated my mask. "He's alive.. I had to Perce.." Percy shut me up with a look "Had to? HAD TO?! You betrayed your family, your friends. What happened to you? The David I knew would not have just allowed some government to control him. Gods You and I stood side by side as we defied the gods wishes and we joked about it! I don't know who you are anymore." I closed my eyes and choked out "Kelp Breath.. Don't make me do this.. You don't know how hard it was to sign. I did it however so I could continue to SAVE LIVES! How can I continue to be a hero if I must constantly look over my shoulder for the government! We fight to save lives.. If we must break the law to do so that makes us no better that what we have vowed to stop!" By the end I was yelling. Percy yelled back "You are PREVENTING us from saving lives David.. YOU ARE THE BAD GUY!" I took a step back, emotionally destroyed by my best friend and brother in everything but blood calling me the bad guy. I shook my head. "No..You don't understand.. I have to.. For Laurel.. So she didn't die in vein.." He cut me off "I knew this was coming you know? Last year, when Wanda hit us all with dreams.. Remember that? Well in mine you betrayed me.. Stabbed me in the back. You said you had moved on from the old days and you were no longer a halfblood. You weren't one of us. You know what.. The dream was RIGHT! You aren't.. You gave up that right when you got that stupid mark on your hand and went off to another world.. And since you came back all you think about is yourself! Not once have you came on a mission with us to rescue a little child demigod from monsters.. Or gone on a single quest for the good of the camp. No. Its Avengers this, Avengers that, SHIELD this, SHIELD that. I have contacts in SHIELD you know, I KNOW you don't spend all your time with them, and I KNOW you haven't visited your mom once since Manhatten! You are nothing more than another TRAITOR!"
This whole time water had been gathering around him from all over the airport and he now had a fair amount of it. More duels were going on around us, but they gave us a wire berth. A storm brewed over my head, getting windier and windier. I yelled back "Percy! You have NO idea what I have been through.. What I have sacrificed! What I have lost! My views are larger than yours.. My alliances wider spread. My responsibilities.. They are too great for your Seaweed brain to understand! I am NOT a traitor." My anger was growing, and with it my willingness to hold back was becoming depleted. Percy screamed back " Traitor! You have betrayed me and the Halfblood community by signing those accords. We know how this goes. We fight, you lose. I am the best swordsman at Camp, you have always been second."
My helmet activated and my hand reached to the sky, lightning stuck and in its place was my black blade Kveykva. "No. I let you win Jackson. You were the leader.. The child of the prophecy. The camps followed you. If I beat you.. They camps would be divided. For years I have held back.. No longer. For this time, too much is at stake." He yelled out and water cannons shot at me, sending me flying back, I corrected myself and flew at Percy, using a gust of wind to knock him off balance.. Enough to release his control over the water which fell to the ground. I then punched him across the face full power.. Hoping to knock him out. He just stumbled and then looked back at me. Not even a bruise or split lip.. Nothing. I didn't think much of it, and instead raised Kveykva to block Riptide's attack. Percy then made a series of anger filled attacks, all of which I deflected, biding my time. Finally, after 5 minutes of dueling I saw my opening. I disarmed Percy using the technique Luke had taught us oh so many years before. I next flowed with a quick slashing strike in the kinks of his armor, which would wound him, making the rest of the fight easier. However Percy didn't even flinch.. There was no wounds. I looked at him in disbelief. He just kicked me back, then used the water to secure me to the ground as he picked up Riptide. Finally it clicked. "Gods... You didn't... You took a dive in the River Styx again... You have the curse of Achielles. How long..?" To which he said as he stood over me "What choice did I have? In the dream... you killed me. I had to protect myself somehow. Now you can never kill me." I looked at him in disbelief. "Perce... You didn't think I would actually kill you.. But you did.. You didn't trust me.. Years of fighting side beside and all I took was a stupid dream for you to abandon me! No wonder you have been so distant since Barton's farm! You Betrayed me LONG before I betrayed you!."
Percy growled and the water worked its way into my suit. Alarms started sound. EDI Said "Warning.. System malfunction, recommend immediate phase shift to prevent lasting damage!" I agreed and said "Do it." My HUD disappeared, and my suit shrunk. Turning from metal to leather. My suit had magically changed from Iron to a leather suit much similar to Captain America's. Instead of a star was a bolt of lightning. I then pushed out with all my wind powers, sending Percy and the water flying backwards. I then stood up and said "A gift from the gods for my efforts in Sokovia and Manhatten. This allows me to operate within shield without using a high profile Iron suit. Not to mention I now have full access to my elven speed." Percy then charged, and I charged back, clashing in a deadly swords duel.
A storm brewed around us, shielding us from the other battles. Lightning arced off of me and water tended to swirl around Percy. I now had the upper hand though. I had full access to my mobility, which allowed me to perform moves my Assassin and Dragon Rider learning had taught me. Had Percy not had Achielles curse I would have killed him.. But he did so I didn't hold back. Finally I had disarmed him again. This time I lifted him into the sky. Away from his weapons. So much Lightning arced off me that it evaporated any water that came near me. I then growled. "I could kill you SO many different ways right now Jackson. Curse or no Curse. Your iron skin doesn't protect your lungs." I then willed the air to leave his lungs, him gasping for breath but not finding any. I then continued "I could mutter 1 word in the Ancient Language and you would be dead.. I have my choice of seven. Each can kill in a different way. If I was the man you seem to think I am.. I would do so. However you are my best friend.. And whether you think so or not I have not turned my back on Demigod kind.. Nor am I a lap dog for the Government. Maybe one day you will understand. However the only way I can win this battle is by depriving you of your air long enough you pass out. You did this to yourself by applying that curse Percy.. I'm sorry."
His eyes closed and his addition to the storm wore off. I then willed air to enter his lungs again to keep him alive, and lowered him to the ground.. My own storm stopping. I survey of the battlefield told me we lost.. Cap and Barnes got away.. Rhodes was down.. The rest surrendered. I pressed the lightning bolt on my chest which morphed my suit back into its Iron form and began to help with clean up.