"Yeah, I was just caught a little off guard." Percy stated mutely. Jason was surprised, since Percy doesn't get 'caught off guard' often.
Peter came back wearing a skin-tight blue bodysuit complete with shoes and gloves with the Avengers A on it.
"What is that?" Percy asked, his eyebrows raised and trying not to laugh.
"My workout suit. Is there a problem with it?" Peter asked looking down seeing if he could find anything wrong. Percy let out a barely concealed chuckle.
"Please tell me we are not going to have to wear that when we are working out?" Percy laughed. Peter continued to look confused.
"Why is it skin tight like that?" Jason asked, ignoring Percy's laughter.
"Umm, it is similar to my…super suit, and it is skin tight to help me move better," Peter explained, staring at the floor in embarrassment.
"Oh." Percy said, clapping Peter on the shoulder. The younger teen jumped because he hadn't seen Percy move. "If it helps you fight, sorry I laughed." Percy gave him a smile. Peter smiled back, glad that Percy didn't think he was a dork or something. That was when the Avengers decided to walk in, all of them wearing their workout clothes. Natasha was in her catsuit whereas everyone else was in sweats.
"Alright so let's start with dummy practice" Steve said, taking control as the instructor of this little training exercise.
"Dummy practice?" Both Jason and Percy asked.
"Yes, we are going to test your hand to hand combat and weapon skills." Steve said Tony tapped on a control panel, and a wall opened to reveal weapons ranging from Melee weapons, swords, spears, and even a trident, to long-range weapons, a bow and guns, and even some high-tech modern weapons that neither Percy or Jason recognized.
"Are we even allowed to see this?" Jason asked after a moment of staring at the weapons. He turned to face the Avengers, noticing all of them carefully observing Percy and him. It annoyed him that they all seemed tense, like they were expecting Percy and him to charge for the weapons and start a fight, even though they both stated numerous times that they would not try anything.
"You are in training, but I will remind you that if you try to escape or hurt anyone on the team, the sedative will be activated," Steve warned. They both reached for their collars. That was the first time Peter noticed them. Jason realized this wasn't just about seeing if what they could do, but also a test to see if they would hold up to their end of the deal and prove that they weren't a threat when presented with the temptation.
"Do you understand?" Black Widow asked. They both nodded. Peter watched as Percy's and Jason's faces went blank, not revealing anything as their fingers fell away from the chokers. He couldn't believe he hadn't noticed them before. He felt bad and a little guilty about this whole thing. He didn't know what they had been through, and he hated how the Avengers were just treating them like criminals. Peter's spider-sense hadn't gone off, so he didn't think Percy or Jason were a threat or bad people. Sure, they were intimidating, but from the story the Avengers told him, they could be dangerous. Treating them like ticking timebombs didn't seem right.
"Okay, Peter will go first to show you how it is done," Steve said, his tone light and calm. Peter snapped out of his thoughts as he gave a quick nod. He headed for the training room, bypassing the weapons. He wasn't going to use them since he had his web-shooters. The Avengers lead Percy and Jason to the viewing room past the main gym and into a smaller room that overlooked a blank room that only had Peter in it.
"Peter, I am going to set you on level five for right now with four opponents is that okay?" Tony asked from the room. Everyone was gathered. Peter gave a smiling thumbs up and walked further into the room. Tony hit the control panel and Peter gave another thumbs up as four seaming humans appeared around him. Percy and Jason stepped closer to the glass to get a better look, their eyes widening a little when the 'people' appeared.
"Are they holograms or something like that?" Percy asked.
"No, they are robots. If you are not careful they can leave a nasty bruise," Clint stated as everyone watched Peter swing around doing expert flips and fighting the robots. Everyone noticed neither Percy or Jason looked away from the fight. They couldn't tell if they were just curious or if they were studying Peter's fighting style looking for weaknesses. The fight lasted a couple of minutes before all the robots were defeated, meaning webbed up or laying on the floor.
"The robots are programmed that any blow they take that would incapacitate a person is registered, so they stop when they are knocked out, killed, or too injured to fight," Tony explained as Peter started another round of the same thing.
"So, they are programmed to feel pain?" Jason asked to clarify, not taking his eyes off the fight.
"Not pain necessarily, they can't feel anything, but it is to simulate a real fight. Right now Peter is fighting robots with the skills and strengths of a trained soldier." Sam explained. When Peter was done with another round, he walked into the control room.
"How did I do?" he asked, smiling.
"Good but you still take too long doing some unnecessary flips." Steve relayed, which made Peter frown a little.
"You also have good reflexes, but you seem to rely too much on your reaction time instead of reading your opponent; it could help you finish the fight faster and lower the chances of you getting hurt or innocents getting caught in the crossfire," Percy added. Everyone's eyes widened a little and stared at Percy, surprised that he was giving advice and that he managed to pick up on Peter's fighting style after only seeing it twice.
"Um, thanks," Peter said, rubbing the back of his head.
"That was some good advice," Rhodey said Percy just shrugged. Jason elbowed him.
"Okay. umm, Clint you want to go next?" Steve asked.
Clint nodded. "Watch and learn kids." He smirked as he left the room, only to enter the training room a few moments later with a bow in hand and a quiver on his back. The room was empty and clean just like when Peter started as if nothing happened there at all.
"Clint I am setting you on level 8 with three opponents," Tony stated as he put in the commands Clint gave a thumbs up instead of just people showing up, walls seemed to grow from the floor Clint immediately took cover by one of the walls with an arrow nocked on his bow.
"So, each level is different?" Percy asked as he watched Clint shoot an arrow that electrocuted the robot and it fell to the ground.
"Each level is mostly based on difficulty, but I can change the conditions of the level. For example, level five for Clint will be different then it was for Peter."
"So, you change the level based on someone's skill level… but what about the unknown?" Jason asked. Tony sighed.
"This level for Clint can also change. I can change the environment, the number of enemies, the skill level of the enemies, the weapons or enhancements of the enemies, and so on. The number level is just to show the level of difficulty" Tony explained, Both teens nodded, now understanding.