Marvel: Collapse
Chapter One: Rampage
It is a little past sunset and cold wind blew into the hospital room through the window. In the middle of the room lies Nick Fury, seriously injured from a terrorist attack earlier that day. Around him stand a few superheroes and SHIELD agents, who took part in the mission. Captain America is especially silent, since blames himself for Nick's injury. Peter Parker is sitting in the corner looking down at his shoes. The tension is almost visible in the air. The only sounds are the machines' beeping and the sound of drill in the distance.
"Those fucking construction workers," Hawkeye says. "They can't shut their tools up. Not even now."
"Calm down!" Maria Hill argues. "It's not their fault. Perhaps they're cleaning up after us."
Steve picks up a glass of water, takes a sip and doesn't say a word. A nurse steps into the room and tells the doctor that someone is calling him on the phone. The doctor leaves. The sound of the drill is getting louder every second.
"I have a very bad feeling." Black Widow says with a concerned expression. "It's like something is about to happen. Something bad. But I don't know what it is yet."
"It's probably just the atmosphere here." Agent Culson says. "You have no reason to be worried. I'm sure the director will make it. He's survived worse things."
"No." Peter says while standing up. "I feel it too. My spider-sense."
And that's when the ceiling collapses above Nick Fury. As a large yellow drill, operating it is the Punisher, crashes right into the unconscious director. Guts are sprayed all over the room, covering everyone. Just before the agents could react, Frank Castle pulls out a machine gun and starts showering bullets. He instantly kills Maria Hill, Agent Culson and Agent 13. Black Widow and Spider-man flip over a table and take cover. Hawkeye takes bullet in the shoulder. He then starts firing arrows but misses every time. Cap runs up to the Punisher and starts punching him, hard out of pure rage. Hawkeye take bullet to the head. Steve is now caught off guard, he drops his shield and remembers: He could've saved Fury, he could've saved all these people, only if he tried harder. Spider-man picks up the shield and tries to kick the Punisher. But Frank seems indestructible, he throws Peter against the wall and grabs Cap, stuffs a grenade into his mouth, throws him out the window, leaving him to explode in midair.
Outside Tony Stark steps out of a limousine, looking up at the massacre, he whispers to himself: "Thank God, I'm late."
Back inside there are only two people left, Black Widow and Spider-man, both taking cover.
"I've got a plan." Black Widow says to Peter. "I'm going to shoot the light bulb and fight him in the dark, you are going to run. Do you understand?"
Peter is just about to tell Natasha that this is a stupid plan and that she's gonna get killed like the rest of them, but then he realises that she knows and that she is willing to sacrifice herself. A teardrop finds its way down Peter's face. Black Widow aims at the light and...
Darkness
Ten minutes later Peter doesn't remember much of what happened after the lights went out. He remembers running and taking off his costume and putting the bloody vibranium shield into his backpack, but nothing else. He has to go home. He has to warn Aunt May. They then need to get out of the city as soon as possible.
After a few minutes he finds his way home and finds Aunt May sitting on the couch looking worried. She's just about to say something when time seems to slow as a bullet flies right through her skull. Peter hasn't even processed what happened at the hospital, and now this? He doesn't know what to do. But things are happening fast as Ironman crashes through the wall. He's in the middle of a fight with the Punisher. Frank menages to shoot the ARC reactor and then he tears off Tony's helmet. His face is covered in blood. Peter knows, he's about to say his last words.
"Run, kid! Get out of here! You are not safe. Not in this country."
And so he runs...