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It took two years for the new Avengers Facility to be built, which was pretty quick if you consider the fact that the land before had just been a huge gaping hole. It was built a bit closer to the city, so it was only a quick flight over if they were needed. Peter had inherited Starks's control over the team, and some of the wealth of course. He vowed to Aunt May to finish high school before he would take over the Avengers Initiative, and he kept that promise. It was a weird few years at high school, but a month after he was out the facility was finished, so he moved upstate.
With the help of Happy and Steve, he was able to contact everyone from the battle that he could, trying to set up a team to help deal with the damage that occurred and to make sure they were prepared if anything decided to come back. Thor had joined the Guardians but as always on call, and Danvers had followed him up into space. He had a transmitter should he ever need her, but since the battle had ended not much had occurred.
Of course, there was always Dr. Strange, whom he visited monthly. He had come to like the wizard and would join him for tea on the first weekend of the month. Strange kept him up to date with everything happening in the mystical world, and for those first 3 years, not much had happened. There was an eerie presence, and another battle within the mystical world, but nothing that he needed help with. Strange could handle his own and Peter respected that.
Hope, Hulk, Steve, Happy, Scott, Bucky, and Sam had all taken a permanent residence at the facility. They would come and go as needed, but most chose to stick around, keeping each other company, and helping each other cope through what had occurred. Pepper would always come around, and over those five peaceful years, the crew got to watch Morgan grow up. Peter took her under his wing, calling her at night or coming over to tuck her in, always keeping a watchful eye on her. She was brilliant, just like her father. He was a brother to her, helping her through her nightmares and celebrating with her victories. She and Scott would play with the ants in the backyard, then she would go watch the sunset with Peter on top of the empire state building at night. It was a peaceful time, almost too peaceful.
The night before his twenty-fourth birthday, the crew decided to throw a party. The facility was lit up with liquor flowing freely, everyone finally at ease. “Who would have thought, after six fucking years we finally can just sit back and relax,” Sam said, tossing a beer towards Peter.
“Hey, we deserve it. We went through hell and back” Scott chipped in, his smile wide enough to light up the room.
“Boys, that was five years ago. Can’t we all talk about anything else?” Hope joked, jabbing her elbow playfully at Scott. “Don’t get too confident, it’s been quiet which is great, but it won’t last forever.”
“Oh come on,” Sam said, taking another drink from his glass. “What’s the worst thing that could happen?” A moment after he spoke, the building began to shake and the lights flickered. Everyone at once seemed to be on edge, grabbing their weapons at once.
“Sir, there appears to have been an energy blast near The Sanctum, power is out all over the city,” Jarvis spoke, his voice echoing throughout the house.
Steve sent a glare towards Sam “You had to ask”
Peter got up and grabbed the spider pendant that he still wore, tapping it twice. His suit quickly covered him as he walked towards the door. Falcon wasn’t far behind him, his suit on in a matter of seconds as well. Nanotech was a true savior. “Let’s go figure out what is happening,” Peter said, taking a second to stretch before he shot out a web and took off.
When the two got on the scene, Dr. Strange was on the top of the Sanctum, covered in sweat from whatever he had just fought. The entire city was as dark as night, not a light to be seen. Falcon landed first, followed by Peter. “Strange, what the hell just happened?” Peter asked, his voice borderline panicking.
Strange looked up, his eyes wide in panic. “Energy blast from the unknown.”
Sam shook his head “What do you mean the unknown? Where did it come from?”
Strange took a moment to catch his breath, standing up straight. “I am looking to figure that out. I will be in touch.” He held out his hand and quickly set up a portal. “Contact me if anything happens,” He said, before stepping through the portal and disappearing to the other side.
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Not much happened for a month following the blast. Everyone was on edge, but it remained quiet. The city played it off as an outage, but Peter knew it was more than that. Everyone began to work double-time, just waiting for the trainwreck to catch up to them. Things around the city began to get...weird. More small petty crimes began to come up, but these weren’t ordinary crimes. They would rob banks and disappear into thin air, or somehow the entire crowd became so furious they couldn’t think straight. There was a sighting of a man who turned into gas to kill someone, and another rumor about a girl could melt metal and move water. Every time they went to disrupt a crime happening they were a second too late, the constant failure eventually getting on the team's nerves. Peter was determined to get one of them to come in, and his approach seemed to constantly fail.
“Maybe we should just ask them to turn themselves in. That would work wouldn’t it?” Bucky spit out, pacing back and forth.
“Ah of course! The nice guy approach. That's what we get for having a kid as a leader!” Sam shouted, his fist colliding with the wall. It was their 20th failure in a month, he couldn’t take more of this. “We are the avengers who beat a man from space right? But a few humans we can’t seem to get. You know this would be different if Sta-”
Peter slammed his fist into the table “I know it would be different if Stark was here! I fucking get it, we are failing right now. If you don’t want to be here then you know where the fucking door is.” He ran a hand through his hair, his hands shaking “I am not Mr. Stark, I never will be. I am just trying to figure this out-” He stopped when he felt the familiar hand on his shoulder, looking over at Steve. He was glad he had the old man there to help him run everything. Sure he was smart like Stark, but his leadership skills were still severely lacking.
As Rogers started to diffuse the situation with Bucky and Sam, the hair on the back of Peters's neck stood up. A moment later Scott and Hope emerged from thin air, a full human arm in Hope's arms. “Here is what you wanted right? A sample from a meta?”
Sam's jaw fell to the floor, the sight just too much for him to take in. “Is nobody else concerned that-”
“Where the hell is the rest of him?” Bucky asked, poking the arm with his metal fingers.
“Who even cares, this is perfect!” Peter said, taking the arm and running upstairs to the lab. He paged Hulk to come back, he needed help on analysis.
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While Hulk was working on figuring out what was happening to these new super-powered humans, Peter was working on figuring out who these people were. He was monitoring every street camera in New York City, and one girl kept popping up over and over again. She would either freeze or heat the metal of a door open, and quickly get in and out of the building before she could be caught. Fury had called a team meeting that afternoon to go over a few big ‘issues’ he had found, and Peter could only assume that the issues involved this girl.
The group headed down to the meeting room, the hologram of Fury popping up and looking at all of them. “I hope you all enjoyed your break because it looks like trouble is back again. Playtime is over ladies, it’s time to work for a living.” The one-eyed man said, his voice echoing throughout the room. “Hulk, tell them what we have found”
Hulk stood up, giving an awkward cough before he started. “I looked into the blood and skin sample found by Scott and Hope, and it appears that these new metahumans have dark matter infused with their cells. I suspect it was from the blast of the Chituari during the battle, but I can’t be too sure. Either way, they had dark matter mend with their cells, and it appeared to lay dormant for the past five years. Whatever that energy blast was that hit the city a month ago appears to have…” He thought for a moment, choosing his next words carefully. “Kickstarted their cells. The sample we have was from someone with the power of electricity, as you can see by his cells.” A slide popped up, within his cells were small particles moving a million miles an hour, the shade of lightning. “We don’t know how many there are, so we need to work on bringing them in so we can figure exactly what is happening and how to stop it.” Hulk sat back down, the attention once again turning towards Fury.
“There is one particular meta that is causing significant trouble.” An image of a woman popped up, her hair a mess, and a wicked smile on her face. Peter could see a visible shudder flow through Hope as the women's information was brought up. “This is our notorious bank robber and murder Kailyn Thorne, now why exactly the daughter of a millionaire couple would need to rob banks I have no idea, but we need her to be brought in. The people are getting suspicious and she is out of control. Four have been found dead where she has been, and it needs to end. Captain, Falcon, and Bucky, you are all assigned to this one. Once we get an accurate pinpoint on her you will be sent out to get her. You three are dismissed” The three of them muttered a ‘Yes Sir’ under their breath before they got up and walked out. Fury turned to the remaining group, his eyes focusing on Peter. “We also have intel about some genetic testing going on at Wells Industries. Peter, Hope, and Scott will go and investigate this. You need to be careful, they are not known to be the nicest with visitors. I am sending the address now, head out once you are ready.” He nodded and dismissed the three, finally looking back at Hulk. “Banner, you will continue testing this sample, I am sending over some biotechnologists to aid you. We need you to develop a serum to dampen the powers. If there is any hope we can bring them in, it revolves around that serum. You are dismissed.” The holo flickered and the man disappeared, the room remaining silent for a moment.
“Finally, something interesting to do,” Scott said, getting up and stretching. “Alright boys, let's do this.”
“Shut up.” Hope huffed, brushing past Peter to go get ready.
“Here we go again” Peter smiled, it had been so long since anything interesting happened. He was ready for this.
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Peter gave Sam a few sedation darts before he headed out. They were enough to knock an elephant on its ass, it would for sure take any metahuman down… or so he hoped. He headed out with Hope and Scott, following them into the darkness of night. They traveled farther upstate, going through the woods for miles upon miles. His arms were killing him by the time they got to their destination. They were on top of a hill overlooking a highly guarded facility, barbed wire fencing surrounded the building, watchtower lights drifting over the front of the hill.
“Shouldn’t we have brought a getaway vehicle?” Scott asked through the earpiece
“Don’t you have your van on a keychain?” Peter replied, his eyes
“I was supposed to bring that?” Scott asked, his response getting answered with a shout from both Parker and Hope. “Nobody told me! I didn’t think it was this big of a mission!” He said, trying to desperately defend himself.
“Right, because Fury would send us out on a mission that was not a big deal” Hope shot back, quickly sparking an argument between the two.
“Guys, now is not the time” Peter hissed out, his eyes studying the facility. He spotted a weak spot on the back corner of the property and he slowly got up to go head over there. “Lang I need you to get as much information you can on this Flash Drive, it will auto overwrite any security system. Then find us an escape out of here. Hope come with me, we have to see what they are working on”
The two shrunk back down, and that's when the mission began. As Lang headed out on Antonio Peter and Hope quickly made their way towards the facility, taking out one guard along the way. Peter shed his red suit for the guard's uniform, and with a quick swipe of the badge, he was able to get in. Hope was resting on his shoulder as he went up and down the halls, searching for any sign of a lab. He found a long dark hallway, lined with labs, and at the end was a door with a handprint scanner. “Alright I am going to grab anything I can, you get into that door” Peter whispered, watching the woman take off towards the door. Peter went into each room and grabbed different vials and files, taking any information he could carry with him. Wells Industries was known for its corrupt ways, and he was damned if he wasted this opportunity to hang them. He had just finished with the last lab when Hope because to curse over the headpiece, and the door flew open. “Pete, you are going to want to see this,” She said, her voice frantic.
Peter ran down the hall and stopped dead in his tracks when he got through the door. There were two cells, one empty and the other with a woman in it. She was strapped to a table, tubes running in and out of her body. She was hooked up to a million different monitors, a man equipped with a gun guarding the inside of her door. “Jarvis unlock this door now” Peter hissed, and the door slid open, bewildering the guard for a moment. The guard went after Peter, taking out his gun and shoving him against the back wall.
“You don’t have clearance to get in here,” the guard said, his gun wedged into Peters's chest.
“I don’t think I was asking” Peter replied, and with a quick punch, the guard was out cold and webbed to the wall.
Hope had enlarged in the room with the woman, who’s eyes were now filled with panic and confusion. Hope was quickly turning off every machine possible and taking tubes out of the girl as a siren began to blare around the room. “I know this must be very confusing, but we are here to help you” Hope said, her voice soft as she slowly helped the woman to her feet. “My name is Hope, and this is Peter, we are taking you out of here. Can you walk?”
After two failed steps and the sounds of guards coming closer, Peter shook his head, taking off his guard's cap and tapping on the spider pendant, the nanotech coming to life like a second skin. “We don’t have time, I will carry her. We have to go!” He said, the panic now coming to his face. With one swoop he picked the woman up while Hope shrunk. He was quick, sprinting out of the hallway and up the stairs, trying to find the exit as fast as possible. When he came out of the stairwell there were 8 heavily armored men, his panic quickly rising. “Lang its time to bring out the escape plan!” He shouted, dodging bullets as his grip on the girl tightened.
Hope made quick work of the guards, and Peter shot some explosive webs at the wall, blasting a hole to the outside. “Lang! Where the fuck are-”
“Are you looking for a way to escape?” The voice of Fury came over the headpiece, and to Parker’s relief, a small helicopter was hovering up on the hill.
“Oh thank god, I did not have a plan ready at all” Lang said, speeding by on Antonio.
Peter sighed and looked down at the girl in his arms. “Hold on tight” He whispered before he adjusted his grip and raised his arm, his web-shooting towards the top of the guard tower. He swung from building to building until he soared over the fence. He landed on the hill and began to run determined for nothing to get in his way. That was until the sharp sting radiated through his calf. “Oh come on” He groaned, extending his hand and shooting his ammo back at the man who shot him, quickly taking him out.
“Pete, you alright?” Hope asked as he stumbled onto the helicopter.
“I am fine just get us out of here!” He shouted, placing the girl he was carrying down on a seat before collapsing down onto the ground.
Lang grabbed the pilot's seat and quickly made work of taking off, despite the bullets raining on them. Hope was tending to Peter, the bullet lodged in his calf had to come out. “So Peter, you never told me. What's your favorite color?” Peter never had time to answer, the pain that came from Hope ripping the bullet out was enough to knock him out cold.
Peter woke up in the medbay a week later, the big man standing over him. “Hey! Look who’s awake!” Hulk said, smiling as Peter began to get up. “You took quite a tumble there, you should rest,” Hulk said, but of course Peter didn’t listen.
“Take me to the girl.” Was the only thing he said.
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Captain, Falcon, and Bucky had all headed out a week after Peter and his crew headed out, but nothing was heard of them for three weeks after Peter got back. The team quickly settled Aurora into a simple routine and let her open up to them little by little. Their days would start with breakfast and a walk around the grounds, before doing a bit of light training. Peter didn’t want to push her too hard, she seemed so delicate to him. A little white flower in a field of ash. He would let her do her own thing as she settled in, and as she slowly came around he would increase the training and trying to understand her power and where she came from. But it was never rushed, he wouldn’t rush his flower. “Jarvis, locate Aurora, she is late for combat today,” He said, pacing back and forth. His nerves were frayed, he had tried to contact Cap, Bucky, and Falcon so many times but all he got back was radio silence.
“It appears she is in the green room,” Jarvis responded. Peter scoffed, of course, she was. He often spent time in that room when he needed to clear his head, so he could understand the appeal. It was a room that was transformed into a greenhouse, housing plants and butterflies from all over the earth, and a few from other galaxies. It was supposed to be a room for Scott and Hope to train, but it slowly evolved into the one peaceful room they had left.
“Hey, how are you feeling?” Peter asked as he came into the green room. The girl he had saved was sitting in the middle of the room on a bench, seemingly deep into her thoughts. He slowly made his way over towards her, sitting down next to her. Peter glanced at Aurora, waiting for her response. He knew even though it had been a month since she first came to the facility, it still had to be hard for her to get used to everything new happening. He was glad that she was settling in well, and seeming to enjoy the company she had. “You know, you still haven’t even met-” he was cut off by the sound of a large crash coming from the adjacent room, which happened to be the main entrance to the facility. After the loud crash came a scream, and within an instant he was on his feet, his right hand slowly reaching towards his necklace, which held the nanotech for his suit. “Stay here,” he said, quickly making his way out to the other room. Nothing could have prepared him for the sight he saw.
Someone had gotten tossed through the large windows that lined the room. Glass shards were scattered everywhere, and in the dead center was Bucky with Scott next to him. “Bucky?” Peter said, quickly making his way towards the man. The half of Bucky that wasn’t metal was burned, the skin lifting at the seams and peeling off, some of it charred beyond recognition. “Jarvis setup Medbay 1, Hulk get down here and take Bucky to the medbay. Start working on healing his skin.” Peter grimaced as he took a knee, looking at the man. “What happened?” He whispered, his eyes focusing on Buckys.
“Doesn’t matter kid. You have more incoming” The man hissed. Hulk had gotten there quicker than expected and he grabbed the man, bringing him to the medbay. Thankfully with all the time they had after the battle, they were able to advance the medbay to have healing centers that worked autonomously.
Peter got up and looked outside, his eyes going wide at the sight. A brunette girl was being dragged in, with Captain and Falcon on either side of her. She had a huge bloodstain on her abdomen, with blood coming out of her mouth and crusting over her face. She was spitting kicking, doing quite literally anything to get the men off of her. He could hear her screams coming from a mile away. Peter was about to step out to help them bring her in when he felt another presence. He spun on his heel to face Aurora, who now stood in the corner of the room. “I told you to stay ba--” Peter was cut off by Cap and Falcon walking in, the girl still struggling against them. Once she was in the building she seemed to stop, taking in her surroundings for a millisecond. Peter turned towards her and held his hands up in mock surrender. “Listen I know you’re scared but we are not here to hurt-”
“Go fuck yourself” The woman spat out, spitting a clump of blood at the man. “I will kill you all! You’re all dead!” Her head whipped over towards Scott, who let out a scoff. “Do you think I am a joke?” She screamed, her eyes narrowing at him.
“Listen, sweetheart, we are the Aveng-” Scott was cut off by the sudden inability to breathe. He grabbed for his throat as he fell to his knees, unable to keep the air in his lungs for more than a few seconds. Eventually, he slumped over, his body folding like paper in front of them. Hope, who had just come into the room to see what the yelling was all about, rushed over towards him, her glare enough to cut steel. “This won’t get you anywhere! He didn’t do anything, let him go.” She said, her hand searching for a pulse on Scott who had since gone quiet.
Kailyn smirked, she knew how to make a diversion. She quickly twisted herself out of the loosened grasp and backed away, her hands in fists by her sides. One of her hands seemed to light up like a fireball, the other reached towards the fountain and a spiral of water came over towards her before sharpening into an ice dagger. “Who’s next?” She laughed, her eyes filled with mania. She was dizzy from using her power for so long, and her movements were staggered as she tried to size everyone in the room up. The group had slowly made a circle around her, making her feel more and more trapped with the growing seconds. Kailyn looked for an exit out of the circle, and that's when she saw the girl in the corner. A smirk rose to her lips as she raised her arm and released the dagger in her direction, only for it to be stopped by a web. The man with the webs slid in front of her view of the girl, with the rest of the circle moving in closer to incase her.
“We do not want to hurt you,” Peter said, his voice even and calm. “I will explain everything, just put the fire out.” He said, studying the girl. She was not meant for fighting, her shaking stance told him as much. She was trembling in fear as the group closed in, searching for an exit like a wounded dog.
“You want me to put the fire out?” She yelled, lunging towards Peter. She had only gotten halfway when she felt a familiar jab to her neck and she was out cold.
“You had that the whole time and didn’t use it?” Hope said, her bewilderment clear on her face.
“What can I say? I like to keep things interesting” Sam muttered, grabbing the girl and bringing her down to a cell.
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The sun was what woke Kailyn first. It took a few moments for her to blink herself awake, and she jolted awake once she realized she was not in her bed. She was in a circular cell that had a bed in it and nothing else. She looked down to see she had on a t-shirt with an A on it, and some black leggings on. Not the clothes she came with. Before the girl had a chance to comprehend everything a familiar figure came into the room, followed by a few others.
“What do you want from me?” She asked, her voice breaking as she backed herself away from them until she couldn’t anymore. She was frantically searching for a way out as her back pressed against the glass cell wall. There was nowhere to go, nowhere to hide. It was her nightmare.
With the help of Happy and Steve, he was able to contact everyone from the battle that he could, trying to set up a team to help deal with the damage that occurred and to make sure they were prepared if anything decided to come back. Thor had joined the Guardians but as always on call, and Danvers had followed him up into space. He had a transmitter should he ever need her, but since the battle had ended not much had occurred.
Of course, there was always Dr. Strange, whom he visited monthly. He had come to like the wizard and would join him for tea on the first weekend of the month. Strange kept him up to date with everything happening in the mystical world, and for those first 3 years, not much had happened. There was an eerie presence, and another battle within the mystical world, but nothing that he needed help with. Strange could handle his own and Peter respected that.
Hope, Hulk, Steve, Happy, Scott, Bucky, and Sam had all taken a permanent residence at the facility. They would come and go as needed, but most chose to stick around, keeping each other company, and helping each other cope through what had occurred. Pepper would always come around, and over those five peaceful years, the crew got to watch Morgan grow up. Peter took her under his wing, calling her at night or coming over to tuck her in, always keeping a watchful eye on her. She was brilliant, just like her father. He was a brother to her, helping her through her nightmares and celebrating with her victories. She and Scott would play with the ants in the backyard, then she would go watch the sunset with Peter on top of the empire state building at night. It was a peaceful time, almost too peaceful.
The night before his twenty-fourth birthday, the crew decided to throw a party. The facility was lit up with liquor flowing freely, everyone finally at ease. “Who would have thought, after six fucking years we finally can just sit back and relax,” Sam said, tossing a beer towards Peter.
“Hey, we deserve it. We went through hell and back” Scott chipped in, his smile wide enough to light up the room.
“Boys, that was five years ago. Can’t we all talk about anything else?” Hope joked, jabbing her elbow playfully at Scott. “Don’t get too confident, it’s been quiet which is great, but it won’t last forever.”
“Oh come on,” Sam said, taking another drink from his glass. “What’s the worst thing that could happen?” A moment after he spoke, the building began to shake and the lights flickered. Everyone at once seemed to be on edge, grabbing their weapons at once.
“Sir, there appears to have been an energy blast near The Sanctum, power is out all over the city,” Jarvis spoke, his voice echoing throughout the house.
Steve sent a glare towards Sam “You had to ask”
Peter got up and grabbed the spider pendant that he still wore, tapping it twice. His suit quickly covered him as he walked towards the door. Falcon wasn’t far behind him, his suit on in a matter of seconds as well. Nanotech was a true savior. “Let’s go figure out what is happening,” Peter said, taking a second to stretch before he shot out a web and took off.
When the two got on the scene, Dr. Strange was on the top of the Sanctum, covered in sweat from whatever he had just fought. The entire city was as dark as night, not a light to be seen. Falcon landed first, followed by Peter. “Strange, what the hell just happened?” Peter asked, his voice borderline panicking.
Strange looked up, his eyes wide in panic. “Energy blast from the unknown.”
Sam shook his head “What do you mean the unknown? Where did it come from?”
Strange took a moment to catch his breath, standing up straight. “I am looking to figure that out. I will be in touch.” He held out his hand and quickly set up a portal. “Contact me if anything happens,” He said, before stepping through the portal and disappearing to the other side.
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Not much happened for a month following the blast. Everyone was on edge, but it remained quiet. The city played it off as an outage, but Peter knew it was more than that. Everyone began to work double-time, just waiting for the trainwreck to catch up to them. Things around the city began to get...weird. More small petty crimes began to come up, but these weren’t ordinary crimes. They would rob banks and disappear into thin air, or somehow the entire crowd became so furious they couldn’t think straight. There was a sighting of a man who turned into gas to kill someone, and another rumor about a girl could melt metal and move water. Every time they went to disrupt a crime happening they were a second too late, the constant failure eventually getting on the team's nerves. Peter was determined to get one of them to come in, and his approach seemed to constantly fail.
“Maybe we should just ask them to turn themselves in. That would work wouldn’t it?” Bucky spit out, pacing back and forth.
“Ah of course! The nice guy approach. That's what we get for having a kid as a leader!” Sam shouted, his fist colliding with the wall. It was their 20th failure in a month, he couldn’t take more of this. “We are the avengers who beat a man from space right? But a few humans we can’t seem to get. You know this would be different if Sta-”
Peter slammed his fist into the table “I know it would be different if Stark was here! I fucking get it, we are failing right now. If you don’t want to be here then you know where the fucking door is.” He ran a hand through his hair, his hands shaking “I am not Mr. Stark, I never will be. I am just trying to figure this out-” He stopped when he felt the familiar hand on his shoulder, looking over at Steve. He was glad he had the old man there to help him run everything. Sure he was smart like Stark, but his leadership skills were still severely lacking.
As Rogers started to diffuse the situation with Bucky and Sam, the hair on the back of Peters's neck stood up. A moment later Scott and Hope emerged from thin air, a full human arm in Hope's arms. “Here is what you wanted right? A sample from a meta?”
Sam's jaw fell to the floor, the sight just too much for him to take in. “Is nobody else concerned that-”
“Where the hell is the rest of him?” Bucky asked, poking the arm with his metal fingers.
“Who even cares, this is perfect!” Peter said, taking the arm and running upstairs to the lab. He paged Hulk to come back, he needed help on analysis.
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While Hulk was working on figuring out what was happening to these new super-powered humans, Peter was working on figuring out who these people were. He was monitoring every street camera in New York City, and one girl kept popping up over and over again. She would either freeze or heat the metal of a door open, and quickly get in and out of the building before she could be caught. Fury had called a team meeting that afternoon to go over a few big ‘issues’ he had found, and Peter could only assume that the issues involved this girl.
The group headed down to the meeting room, the hologram of Fury popping up and looking at all of them. “I hope you all enjoyed your break because it looks like trouble is back again. Playtime is over ladies, it’s time to work for a living.” The one-eyed man said, his voice echoing throughout the room. “Hulk, tell them what we have found”
Hulk stood up, giving an awkward cough before he started. “I looked into the blood and skin sample found by Scott and Hope, and it appears that these new metahumans have dark matter infused with their cells. I suspect it was from the blast of the Chituari during the battle, but I can’t be too sure. Either way, they had dark matter mend with their cells, and it appeared to lay dormant for the past five years. Whatever that energy blast was that hit the city a month ago appears to have…” He thought for a moment, choosing his next words carefully. “Kickstarted their cells. The sample we have was from someone with the power of electricity, as you can see by his cells.” A slide popped up, within his cells were small particles moving a million miles an hour, the shade of lightning. “We don’t know how many there are, so we need to work on bringing them in so we can figure exactly what is happening and how to stop it.” Hulk sat back down, the attention once again turning towards Fury.
“There is one particular meta that is causing significant trouble.” An image of a woman popped up, her hair a mess, and a wicked smile on her face. Peter could see a visible shudder flow through Hope as the women's information was brought up. “This is our notorious bank robber and murder Kailyn Thorne, now why exactly the daughter of a millionaire couple would need to rob banks I have no idea, but we need her to be brought in. The people are getting suspicious and she is out of control. Four have been found dead where she has been, and it needs to end. Captain, Falcon, and Bucky, you are all assigned to this one. Once we get an accurate pinpoint on her you will be sent out to get her. You three are dismissed” The three of them muttered a ‘Yes Sir’ under their breath before they got up and walked out. Fury turned to the remaining group, his eyes focusing on Peter. “We also have intel about some genetic testing going on at Wells Industries. Peter, Hope, and Scott will go and investigate this. You need to be careful, they are not known to be the nicest with visitors. I am sending the address now, head out once you are ready.” He nodded and dismissed the three, finally looking back at Hulk. “Banner, you will continue testing this sample, I am sending over some biotechnologists to aid you. We need you to develop a serum to dampen the powers. If there is any hope we can bring them in, it revolves around that serum. You are dismissed.” The holo flickered and the man disappeared, the room remaining silent for a moment.
“Finally, something interesting to do,” Scott said, getting up and stretching. “Alright boys, let's do this.”
“Shut up.” Hope huffed, brushing past Peter to go get ready.
“Here we go again” Peter smiled, it had been so long since anything interesting happened. He was ready for this.
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Peter gave Sam a few sedation darts before he headed out. They were enough to knock an elephant on its ass, it would for sure take any metahuman down… or so he hoped. He headed out with Hope and Scott, following them into the darkness of night. They traveled farther upstate, going through the woods for miles upon miles. His arms were killing him by the time they got to their destination. They were on top of a hill overlooking a highly guarded facility, barbed wire fencing surrounded the building, watchtower lights drifting over the front of the hill.
“Shouldn’t we have brought a getaway vehicle?” Scott asked through the earpiece
“Don’t you have your van on a keychain?” Peter replied, his eyes
“I was supposed to bring that?” Scott asked, his response getting answered with a shout from both Parker and Hope. “Nobody told me! I didn’t think it was this big of a mission!” He said, trying to desperately defend himself.
“Right, because Fury would send us out on a mission that was not a big deal” Hope shot back, quickly sparking an argument between the two.
“Guys, now is not the time” Peter hissed out, his eyes studying the facility. He spotted a weak spot on the back corner of the property and he slowly got up to go head over there. “Lang I need you to get as much information you can on this Flash Drive, it will auto overwrite any security system. Then find us an escape out of here. Hope come with me, we have to see what they are working on”
The two shrunk back down, and that's when the mission began. As Lang headed out on Antonio Peter and Hope quickly made their way towards the facility, taking out one guard along the way. Peter shed his red suit for the guard's uniform, and with a quick swipe of the badge, he was able to get in. Hope was resting on his shoulder as he went up and down the halls, searching for any sign of a lab. He found a long dark hallway, lined with labs, and at the end was a door with a handprint scanner. “Alright I am going to grab anything I can, you get into that door” Peter whispered, watching the woman take off towards the door. Peter went into each room and grabbed different vials and files, taking any information he could carry with him. Wells Industries was known for its corrupt ways, and he was damned if he wasted this opportunity to hang them. He had just finished with the last lab when Hope because to curse over the headpiece, and the door flew open. “Pete, you are going to want to see this,” She said, her voice frantic.
Peter ran down the hall and stopped dead in his tracks when he got through the door. There were two cells, one empty and the other with a woman in it. She was strapped to a table, tubes running in and out of her body. She was hooked up to a million different monitors, a man equipped with a gun guarding the inside of her door. “Jarvis unlock this door now” Peter hissed, and the door slid open, bewildering the guard for a moment. The guard went after Peter, taking out his gun and shoving him against the back wall.
“You don’t have clearance to get in here,” the guard said, his gun wedged into Peters's chest.
“I don’t think I was asking” Peter replied, and with a quick punch, the guard was out cold and webbed to the wall.
Hope had enlarged in the room with the woman, who’s eyes were now filled with panic and confusion. Hope was quickly turning off every machine possible and taking tubes out of the girl as a siren began to blare around the room. “I know this must be very confusing, but we are here to help you” Hope said, her voice soft as she slowly helped the woman to her feet. “My name is Hope, and this is Peter, we are taking you out of here. Can you walk?”
After two failed steps and the sounds of guards coming closer, Peter shook his head, taking off his guard's cap and tapping on the spider pendant, the nanotech coming to life like a second skin. “We don’t have time, I will carry her. We have to go!” He said, the panic now coming to his face. With one swoop he picked the woman up while Hope shrunk. He was quick, sprinting out of the hallway and up the stairs, trying to find the exit as fast as possible. When he came out of the stairwell there were 8 heavily armored men, his panic quickly rising. “Lang its time to bring out the escape plan!” He shouted, dodging bullets as his grip on the girl tightened.
Hope made quick work of the guards, and Peter shot some explosive webs at the wall, blasting a hole to the outside. “Lang! Where the fuck are-”
“Are you looking for a way to escape?” The voice of Fury came over the headpiece, and to Parker’s relief, a small helicopter was hovering up on the hill.
“Oh thank god, I did not have a plan ready at all” Lang said, speeding by on Antonio.
Peter sighed and looked down at the girl in his arms. “Hold on tight” He whispered before he adjusted his grip and raised his arm, his web-shooting towards the top of the guard tower. He swung from building to building until he soared over the fence. He landed on the hill and began to run determined for nothing to get in his way. That was until the sharp sting radiated through his calf. “Oh come on” He groaned, extending his hand and shooting his ammo back at the man who shot him, quickly taking him out.
“Pete, you alright?” Hope asked as he stumbled onto the helicopter.
“I am fine just get us out of here!” He shouted, placing the girl he was carrying down on a seat before collapsing down onto the ground.
Lang grabbed the pilot's seat and quickly made work of taking off, despite the bullets raining on them. Hope was tending to Peter, the bullet lodged in his calf had to come out. “So Peter, you never told me. What's your favorite color?” Peter never had time to answer, the pain that came from Hope ripping the bullet out was enough to knock him out cold.
Peter woke up in the medbay a week later, the big man standing over him. “Hey! Look who’s awake!” Hulk said, smiling as Peter began to get up. “You took quite a tumble there, you should rest,” Hulk said, but of course Peter didn’t listen.
“Take me to the girl.” Was the only thing he said.
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Captain, Falcon, and Bucky had all headed out a week after Peter and his crew headed out, but nothing was heard of them for three weeks after Peter got back. The team quickly settled Aurora into a simple routine and let her open up to them little by little. Their days would start with breakfast and a walk around the grounds, before doing a bit of light training. Peter didn’t want to push her too hard, she seemed so delicate to him. A little white flower in a field of ash. He would let her do her own thing as she settled in, and as she slowly came around he would increase the training and trying to understand her power and where she came from. But it was never rushed, he wouldn’t rush his flower. “Jarvis, locate Aurora, she is late for combat today,” He said, pacing back and forth. His nerves were frayed, he had tried to contact Cap, Bucky, and Falcon so many times but all he got back was radio silence.
“It appears she is in the green room,” Jarvis responded. Peter scoffed, of course, she was. He often spent time in that room when he needed to clear his head, so he could understand the appeal. It was a room that was transformed into a greenhouse, housing plants and butterflies from all over the earth, and a few from other galaxies. It was supposed to be a room for Scott and Hope to train, but it slowly evolved into the one peaceful room they had left.
“Hey, how are you feeling?” Peter asked as he came into the green room. The girl he had saved was sitting in the middle of the room on a bench, seemingly deep into her thoughts. He slowly made his way over towards her, sitting down next to her. Peter glanced at Aurora, waiting for her response. He knew even though it had been a month since she first came to the facility, it still had to be hard for her to get used to everything new happening. He was glad that she was settling in well, and seeming to enjoy the company she had. “You know, you still haven’t even met-” he was cut off by the sound of a large crash coming from the adjacent room, which happened to be the main entrance to the facility. After the loud crash came a scream, and within an instant he was on his feet, his right hand slowly reaching towards his necklace, which held the nanotech for his suit. “Stay here,” he said, quickly making his way out to the other room. Nothing could have prepared him for the sight he saw.
Someone had gotten tossed through the large windows that lined the room. Glass shards were scattered everywhere, and in the dead center was Bucky with Scott next to him. “Bucky?” Peter said, quickly making his way towards the man. The half of Bucky that wasn’t metal was burned, the skin lifting at the seams and peeling off, some of it charred beyond recognition. “Jarvis setup Medbay 1, Hulk get down here and take Bucky to the medbay. Start working on healing his skin.” Peter grimaced as he took a knee, looking at the man. “What happened?” He whispered, his eyes focusing on Buckys.
“Doesn’t matter kid. You have more incoming” The man hissed. Hulk had gotten there quicker than expected and he grabbed the man, bringing him to the medbay. Thankfully with all the time they had after the battle, they were able to advance the medbay to have healing centers that worked autonomously.
Peter got up and looked outside, his eyes going wide at the sight. A brunette girl was being dragged in, with Captain and Falcon on either side of her. She had a huge bloodstain on her abdomen, with blood coming out of her mouth and crusting over her face. She was spitting kicking, doing quite literally anything to get the men off of her. He could hear her screams coming from a mile away. Peter was about to step out to help them bring her in when he felt another presence. He spun on his heel to face Aurora, who now stood in the corner of the room. “I told you to stay ba--” Peter was cut off by Cap and Falcon walking in, the girl still struggling against them. Once she was in the building she seemed to stop, taking in her surroundings for a millisecond. Peter turned towards her and held his hands up in mock surrender. “Listen I know you’re scared but we are not here to hurt-”
“Go fuck yourself” The woman spat out, spitting a clump of blood at the man. “I will kill you all! You’re all dead!” Her head whipped over towards Scott, who let out a scoff. “Do you think I am a joke?” She screamed, her eyes narrowing at him.
“Listen, sweetheart, we are the Aveng-” Scott was cut off by the sudden inability to breathe. He grabbed for his throat as he fell to his knees, unable to keep the air in his lungs for more than a few seconds. Eventually, he slumped over, his body folding like paper in front of them. Hope, who had just come into the room to see what the yelling was all about, rushed over towards him, her glare enough to cut steel. “This won’t get you anywhere! He didn’t do anything, let him go.” She said, her hand searching for a pulse on Scott who had since gone quiet.
Kailyn smirked, she knew how to make a diversion. She quickly twisted herself out of the loosened grasp and backed away, her hands in fists by her sides. One of her hands seemed to light up like a fireball, the other reached towards the fountain and a spiral of water came over towards her before sharpening into an ice dagger. “Who’s next?” She laughed, her eyes filled with mania. She was dizzy from using her power for so long, and her movements were staggered as she tried to size everyone in the room up. The group had slowly made a circle around her, making her feel more and more trapped with the growing seconds. Kailyn looked for an exit out of the circle, and that's when she saw the girl in the corner. A smirk rose to her lips as she raised her arm and released the dagger in her direction, only for it to be stopped by a web. The man with the webs slid in front of her view of the girl, with the rest of the circle moving in closer to incase her.
“We do not want to hurt you,” Peter said, his voice even and calm. “I will explain everything, just put the fire out.” He said, studying the girl. She was not meant for fighting, her shaking stance told him as much. She was trembling in fear as the group closed in, searching for an exit like a wounded dog.
“You want me to put the fire out?” She yelled, lunging towards Peter. She had only gotten halfway when she felt a familiar jab to her neck and she was out cold.
“You had that the whole time and didn’t use it?” Hope said, her bewilderment clear on her face.
“What can I say? I like to keep things interesting” Sam muttered, grabbing the girl and bringing her down to a cell.
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The sun was what woke Kailyn first. It took a few moments for her to blink herself awake, and she jolted awake once she realized she was not in her bed. She was in a circular cell that had a bed in it and nothing else. She looked down to see she had on a t-shirt with an A on it, and some black leggings on. Not the clothes she came with. Before the girl had a chance to comprehend everything a familiar figure came into the room, followed by a few others.
“What do you want from me?” She asked, her voice breaking as she backed herself away from them until she couldn’t anymore. She was frantically searching for a way out as her back pressed against the glass cell wall. There was nowhere to go, nowhere to hide. It was her nightmare.
