Disclaimer: I do not own Spiderman or any of the characters except my OCs
A light wind blew the scent of pine and freshly fallen snow through the mountains. It was the perfect picture of calm and starkly contrasted with the frenzied voices crying out- echoing through the trees.
"Fist! Fisty! Yo, Iron Fist!" A thin boy in a bright red and blue costume swung from tree to tree by thick strands of spider silk, calling out for his missing teammate.
"Iron Fist!" Another boy, this one glowing blue, flew above the trees. "This isn't funny! We're not playing hide-and-go-seek here! Come out!"
"Danny!" A tall dark skinned boy cried out in a scared voice. Lowering his voice to a whisper, he mumbled. "Please Danny, you had better be okay." A single tear rolled out from under his dark sunglasses.
The last one, this one a girl in a tight white suit with long claws, yelled out. Most would assume she was angry, but those who truly knew her knew that she sounded like that when she was on the verge of panicking. "Daniel Thomas Rand! If you don't show yourself in ten seconds, I'm going to kill you myself!"
Suddenly, the first boy's voice rang out in a tone verging on tears. "Power Man, Nova, White Tiger, you had better get over here… Like, right now."
"What is it Spider-Man?" Power Man raced over.
"This had better be good Web-Head." White Tiger growled.
"No Tiger, this isn't good. Not good at all." Spider-Man turned around and gulped. In his hand he held the remainder of a yellow bandana, the one Iron Fist always wore to cover his face. It was ripped to shreds and covered in thick dried blood.
"Oh no." Nova whispered. He pulled his helmet off and the blue light surrounding him cut out. Bowing his head sadly, he was unashamed as he felt tears streaking down his cheek. "How are we going to tell Fury?"
Taking the bandana gently out of Spider-Man's hands, White Tiger hugged it to her chest. "This was only a routine mission, this shouldn't have happened. I can't believe it. Danny's… Danny's…" She cut off, unable to continue without bursting into sobs.
Power Man lay a hand on her shoulder. "Danny's dead?"