"Come on, Web-Head, get it together!" Nova yelled, currently holding up the arm of the Juggernaut. They were in the destroyed center of Manhattan, and the red-clad teen was nowhere in sight. "I can't take this alone."

"And that's the only time I'll hear you say that," Spiderman laughed, swinging over from behind one of the taller buildings before webbing the man's helmet completely. Immediately the Juggernaut's oversized hand dropped away from Nova and began to claw blindly at his face, which gave the young defender a chance to shoot away.

Both of the teens ended up coming to rest on an overpass, watching for just a moment as the Juggernaut struggled blindly for a fault in the webbing. "I only said it because he had my arms pinned. It won't take much to get him down now."

"Uh huh. Yeah. You're just upset because you had to call for help. Poor old Nova, he's getting on in his years. He's going to need nurse assistance soon enough," Spidey began to laugh at the mental image of a hunched over and grey Sam before letting out a small yelp as he was shoved over. "Rude," He muttered, catching himself on the railing. Nova simply smirked.

They'd been battling the Juggernaut all day, and unfortunately, Fury had split the team up. Tiger, Iron Fist and Power Man had all been in some water infested area of Jersey, taking on the Sandman. After the Hellicarrier had been attacked a while back, the containment unit that Marko had been being stored in had shattered, allowing him to slip through the grating. Now he was trying (and succeeding) in tearing up whatever he could as well as trying to finally reach land. So, while they dealt with him, Peter and Sam were forced to work together to take down the current idiot trying to break into one of the banks around town. It had been well over five hours, and now they wanted to wrap things up.

"This entire situation could have been avoided if we'd kept Andy," The webbed hero muttered in annoyance, swinging forward until one his feet connected with the soft tissue situated at the Juggernaut's stomach, while the other hit into the armor hard, causing him to grimace. He could only be thankful that there was any break in the armor, even if it was small.

"You mean the magic brick that ate everything? I don't think so." The villain let out a groan of pain before being blown back from a bright blast, which connected directly with the center of his chest. "And that's how you do it," Nova bragged, smirking as he flew back down.

"Hey, I'm the one who stunned him enough to even get there, so that means my feet are better than you," Peter countered, webbing up the villain's wrists and ankles. Clicking on his communicator, he requested a few S.H.I.E.L.D agents to come and get their newest addition to their collection of crazies. "You know, for being a lame superhero, you're really sure of yourself."

"Lame?" Nova scoffed, shaking his head. "You're wrong about that, as per usual."

"Oh come on, you get your powers from a helmet, you gotta admit that's pretty lame."

At this, Nova flew down to step on the ground in front of Parker, leaving the Juggernaut behind Peter and supposedly unconscious. It was obvious that Sam had bristled slightly at Peter's previous comment, now crossing his arms defenstively over his chest. "Hey, you wanna talk about lame? How about a boy with the powers of a spider? Come on, I'm a defender of the Galaxy, I shoot pure heat from my hands, and I can fly. And then there's you, the unloved science nerd who has two friends and all of New York hates him."

"Hey!" He'd thought they'd been teasing, but Peter now wanted to hit that idiotically smug look off of the other boy's face. "That's crossing a line, alright? You may be a defender of the Galaxy, but I'm a defender of Earth, and I'm the leader of your team. You don't just get to undermine my authority like that. I'm superior in intelligence and rank, thanks."

"What authority? You're hardly even a leader! The only person you care about is yourself, which isn't that surprising."

It was then that a familiar type of tingling began to ring through Peter's head, but he ignored it, now fuming. "That's not true! I care about all of you, even if it's some more than ot-"

"Webs!"

Nova's hand flung out in front of him a split second before there was sickening crack, the Juggernaut's metal-clad arm connecting with the crook of Peter's neck. Spiderman immediately crumbled, his legs collapsing against the pavement as the villain laughed. Looking up at Nova, the man sneered, "I should thank you for distracting him. Sounds like you hate him almost as much as I do."

The defender shook his head, slowly taking in the situation. He. . . Helped? As the realization hit him, he could feel rage begin to bubble under his skin and spill over. Shaking his head as if to clear the thought, he began to blast the armored man with all he was worth, slowly making his way in between the yelling giant and his friend. It was odd, he'd never felt this much pure energy flow through him until now, and half of it was out of pure anger. "You'll pay," He assured, hearing the man let out a new yelp of pain as he turned up the heat. His voice softened as he glanced down at Peter, swallowing. "Now's a good time to wake up, Webs." Nova half-heartedly joked, kicking Peter's foot. When no response happened, Nova turned up the heat even further, hearing the man begin to scream.

It was then that three agents ran up, and with them Nick Fury as the Hellicarrier pulled over the area. The Juggernaut moved to stand, but his armor was partially melted and no longer user friendly. "Come on get up, Fury's here. You can't let him know that you got side tracked." Even if it wasn't true, not really, Sam didn't want to feel as much guilt as he did now. Peter had gotten side tracked, right? He had to have sensed it, so it had to be his fault.

Right?

As carefully as he could, Sam scooped the boy up bridal style, trying not to hurt his shoulder and neck any further. Something about him just felt off, and it was when Spiderman's head lolled onto his broken shoulder that Sam figured out why. The bones were all shattered, and everything above his clavicle was pretty much mush.

"Parker, please. . . ." Sam requested with a slightly worried tone, shooting off towards the Hellicarrier even as Fury yelled after him, "wake up." Again, he was met with silence and even more guilt. "I didn't mean what I said; I was angry, now come on, don't do this. You'll be fine; you get thrown around a lot." He grabbed the mask that his friend was wearing and pulled, revealing a passed out Peter Parker. He nearly blanched at the fact that blood was visible, seeing as it was trickling from the corner of the genius's mouth.

"We'll get you to the hospital wing of the carrier, it'll be fine," He stated, flying faster. "It'll be fine."

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