11. The Tasks
Percy POV
Following Steve I decided to put the task out of my mind until we got back from Liberty Island. As the other avengers were equipping their weapons, Steve turned to me and looked confused, "Where is your armour?"
"I don't have any, you kidnapped me." I told him, smirking at his grimace.
"Wasn't it at your mothers?" He asked me.
"No, it's with a friend. Can I call him?" I asked.
"It's too late, we need to defend the city, you can borrow some from the others or sit out of this battle." He told me.
"Its fine, the friend is on the way, I'll meet you guys there." I told him, running off.
"Percy!" Steve shouted after me but I was too far away for him to catch.
'Nico' I prayed, feeling really weird, 'I need you to bring me some armour, I can't get it myself and it's too hard to explain.' I kept running in the vague direction on Liberty Island in the hopes he would answer me before I got there and they saw me.
'Percy! Long time no see' I heard Nico's voice in my head, 'We can catch up later, I'll shadow travel some armour onto you. I can teach you how to summon your own when you have time later.'
A strangely cold feeling came over me and when I looked down I was covered in some celestial bronze armour. I could see it was from the underworld by the Stygian Iron inlays in it but it was fashioned in more of my style. It had a trident on the front and wave like designs on the arm braces. I may have to keep this armour.
'Thanks'
By the time I reached Liberty Island, well the coast closest to it, the fighting had already started. Steve saw me and got Tony to fly and get me. When I reached the island he handed me an earpiece and gave me a glare which meant he would be yelling at me later.
I looked around and saw what we were fighting, they were small robots equipped with some kind of laser and gun. They flew very quickly and the other Avengers seemed to be having a hard time stopping them. The robots themselves didn't seem to be attacking and people just flying around almost observing the Avengers.
I ducked as one flew over my head and swung riptide at it, I didn't want to use any of my powers until I had to. My sword passed straight through it and it crashed to the ground. Steve looked shocked and came over.
"How did you do that?" he asked, ducking out the way of another robot.
"I swung the sword..."
"But our bullets aren't working," he told me, "keep fighting, we can discuss this when we get back."
I looked around and saw he was right, Clint's arrows and Natasha's bullets seemed to have no effect on the robots and just bounce right off. Tony's laser things seemed to work fine as they fried the wiring in the robots, as did Thor's lightening and Loki seemed to be ripping them apart with magic.
I ran over to Steve and Natasha so I could cover them, slashing at more robots as I went. When I arrived about ten robots were circling them and seemed to be getting more aggressive, firing lasers at them as they ducked out of the way. I grabbed a knife out of my pocket and threw it at one of them, impaling it so it fell to the floor. Natasha grabbed the knife and started attacking them again.
Steve came over and I passed him another one of my knives, "know how to use it?" I asked.
"Aim at the bad guys?" he asked with a smile. I grinned at him and stabbed a robot that was behind him.
"Good enough." I replied, running off to find Clint.
Clint seemed to have teamed up with Tony and they were covering each other.
"Clint," I called and threw him a knife. He raised a hand in thanks and got back to fighting.
What started at about a hundred robots had now dwindled down to twenty and we were all standing back to back as we fought them. Tony, Thor and Loki firing at the ones furthest away and Clint, Natasha, Steve and I stabbing the ones that got too close.
As the last robot fell to the floor we heard a laugh. Turning around we saw another robot but this was different to the others. The other ones were all grey and about the size of a basketball, this one was a golden bronze colour and half the size. We all aimed our weapon at it and waited for what it had to say.
"Congratulations Avengers," A metallic voice spoke out, "I knew you could do it, even if some of your weapons failed. I didn't expect the boy's sword to work, I'll admit. But it was a useful surprise. Until next time."
The robot started to fly away but Clint shot an arrow at it and caught it in a net. He grabbed it off the floor and we made our way over to a helicopter waiting to carry us back to Stark Tower. I was still a bit nervous about flying but there isn't much Zeus can do now to stop me.
We got back to Stark Tower and after a check up from Bruce we followed him and Tony down to the lab to see the robot. They put it in a special container that disarmed explosives and started running tests on it.
"Who do you think sent them?" asked Natasha, looking at Steve.
"I'm not sure, but we'll have to report it to Fury." He told her, "Also, how did Percy's sword work them our arrows and bullets didn't?"
They all turned to look at me.
"Why do you have a sword anyway?" Natasha asked.
"I've had it for ages not, I like it. My father trained me when I was younger." I told them, hoping my lie would be enough for now.
"What's it made of, I haven't seen anything like it." Tony asked.
"I don't know; it's some kind of family heirloom passed down for as long as anyone can remember." I told him, handing over the riptide when he asked for it.
Loki's eyes widened as he saw the sword but he made no comment, only turned to stare at me curiously.
I held out my hand and took the sword back, strapping it to my side. I can't exactly put the cap on it, too many questions.
"I have someone I have to meet; can we continue with question time later?" I asked, walking out of the room anyway.
Now. Find the owner of the voice.
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"Percy! I didn't think I would see you back so soon, how are you my boy?" Chiron asked as I entered the borders of camp.
"I'm fine, I'm sure you heard what the gods did."
"I did, I'm sorry." He told me, "Can I ask why you're here?"
"I need to find Rachel, she sent me a message." I told him, heading over to Rachel's cave.
"You know where to find me if you need anything or help training with your godly powers." He said, walking back to the big house.
I reached Rachel's cave and walked in. "Rachel?" I asked into the darkness.
"Percy!" I heard her exclaim then the lights came on. I saw her and Apollo sitting on the floor.
"I'm sorry Percy; this is the only way I could talk to you. Its regarding a prophecy, I have three tasks for you to complete and them I can remove your godhood if you still want it." He told me.
I stood there, get rid of my immortality, I can see Annabeth again, but I have to complete three tasks.
"What are the tasks?" I asked him.
"The oracle can tell you," he said, gesturing to Rachel.
I walked over and sat on the floor in front of her, "What is my first task to revoke my immortality?"
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Chapter 11!
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Sorry, my summer was busier then my school year :/
I wanted to update and leave as another cliffy because I still need to think of the first task XD
The picture is to make you more sad about Annabeth, I'm kind like that.
QOTU – If you could have any superpower what would it be?
If I was the only one with a power then I would want mind control If other people had powers I would want the power to take their powers (the other person would still have them but so would I), like Peter in Heroes.
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