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Chapter 2

"We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place."-Daniel J. Boorstin

She looked a little startled. My heart ached. I was so confused. What was going on? How is—

My thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash coming from the cafeteria. I turned my head in the direction of the crash and instantly knew that I should be with my team. I turned back to face Lilith, but… she was gone.

Was she even there? Or was my mind playing tricks on me because I miss her so much?

I wanted to know for sure, but I didn't have time. I slowly backed away, looking once more at the place where I had seen 'Lilith', then hurried back to the cafeteria only to find the Rhino defeated.

"Ok, so what's your deal?" White Tiger asked him.

"He. Promised. More. Medicines." He managed to say. "What does that mean?" Nova asked.

Before any of us could ask who 'he' was, the SHIELD helicarrier arrived.

"Good work kids." Fury said approaching us. I had left the battle for a few moments, but thankfully, no one seemed to notice.

"As for the Rhino here," Fury continued, "we're going to turn him back to normal."

"Alright, so what now?" Power Man asked.

"Yeah, I mean, it's only lunch time. There's still half a day left of school." Tiger pointed out.

"Everyone else went home, so we probably should too!" Nova said pushing the suggestion of having the rest of the day off.

"Well there's obviously no way we're going to resume classes as usual until Monday…" Coulson said before thinking some things over.

"So you 5 will be spending the remainder of the afternoon doing some extra training." Fury said.

"What?! So we don't get the rest of the day off?" Spider-Man asked slightly outraged.

"No, you do. You'll just be spending the rest of it training." Fury said smugly.

Everyone groaned.

"Ugh! Now I have to make sure that this mess is taken care of." Coulson said already taking out his cellphone.

We all walked past a currently busy Coulson and boarded the helicarrier.

"Heads up!" Spider-Man called as he flung a web at a drone that was towering over Power Man from behind.

"Thanks Spidey," he responded before taking a metal rod and using it as a bo-staff against another oncoming drone.

"Kiyah!" I shouted using my iron fists to punch a drone in front of me and then turned to strike another from behind.

To my left, Nova was flying overhead and on my right, White Tiger was slashing her way through each drone.

I had to admit, the team was improving. It's been months and everyone seemed to be getting better in their own ways. Even now, with only 5 members, I think the team is pretty much just as strong as we were before. That's why Fury wanted us to train. We know just as well as him, how much Lilith's death had affected the team. Not just physically, but emotionally too. It may have taken some time, but we're almost back on track.

I never mentioned to the team that I saw Lilith earlier today. To be honest, I'm not even sure if it was her. I saw her for only a mere second, but… I don't even know what to think. It happened so fast. But, it couldn't have been her. I was with her when she died. I was there! I'm so confused... Maybe I should tell the team.

"Excellent job everyone," Coulson said walking in after drones stopped being sent in and we had destroyed the remaining ones.

"So, do we get to go home now?" Spider-Man asked anxiously.

"Soon." He responded. Spider-Man and Nova groaned.

"What else do you need us to do?" Power Man asked.

"We managed to turn the Rhino back into Alex O'hirn, but we need your help in finding out where he got more serums." He said.

"Wait, after we defeated him," Tiger said "he had said, 'He promised more medicines.'"

"So it's not where he got more serums—" I started.

"-It's who he got them from." Spider-Man finished.

"In the past, he got those serums from Doc Oc." Power Man pointed out.

"But we haven't seen him since…" Nova trailed off and we all looked down. I didn't bother saying much after that. He didn't have to finish his sentence; we all knew what he was going to say. The last time we saw Doc Oc was 6 months ago…

Coulson was the first to break the silence. "Spider-Man. Iron Fist. I want you 2 to talk to Alex. Find out who gave him those serums."

"Why do we have to do it?" Spider-Man asked.

"Because," Coulson said "Alex is very stubborn and naïve. It would be easier and faster if you 2 spoke with him rather than our other SHILED agents."

"Yes sir." Spider-Man responded and I just nodded.

"Great, follow me." He said.

We followed Coulson to another sector of the helicarrier. We walked down a hallway where other villains were in high tech cells under SHIELD supervision. Electro gave a low growl at the sight of us and Mesmero snickered a bit. Others just ignored our presence.

"When you find out what you need to, report back to me and Fury in the command room immediately. The rest of your team will be waiting there." Coulson said.

Spider-Man and I nodded.

It didn't take long to reach Alex's temporary chamber.

"Now what?" he hissed when he saw us. He was no longer the Rhino and looked very annoyed to be here.

"Looks like someone's grumpy." Spider-Man teased. Alex shot him a dirty look.

"I'll leave you to it." Coulson said sternly to get Spider-Man to focus on our task before exiting the room.

"Can I leave now?" Alex asked annoyed.

"Not yet." I said.

"First, we need to ask you a few questions." Spider-Man said.

"What kind of questions?"

"For starters, where did you get more serums?" I asked.

"That's none of your business." He slumped.

"Do you want to leave or not?" Spider-Man asked with what seemed like an annoyed look being given from under his mask.

"Fine." Alex sighed caving, "I was walking home from school the other day when I heard someone call my name. 'Alexander O'hirn?' I heard someone call my name. I turned around and saw this girl standing behind a tree. She looked familiar, but I couldn't tell who she was because she was wearing sunglasses and a hoodie with the hood up, her hands were in her pocket. I asked her how she knew my name, but she didn't answer. Instead she pulled out a serum from her pocket and handed it to me, then said, 'Special delivery from Doctor Otto Octavius.' But after she handed it to me, I looked at it for a second and then she was... gone."

"Wait a minute," Spider-Man said, "so Doctor Octopus is behind this? Why?"

"Maybe he wanted to bring back The Sinister Six." I suggested.

"Don't think so." Alex said, "I was the only one he contacted."

"How do you know that you were the only one he contacted?" I asked and Alex just shrugged. "Didn't seem like he needed anyone else for the job."

"So what was the purpose of rampaging around the school?" I then asked.

"I didn't care. I was just told to do so and I'd be given more serums." He responded.

"Who promised?" Spider-Man asked.

"Doctor Octopus or the girl who handed you the serum?" I clarified.

"The girl promised in favour of Doctor Octavius." He said.

"Can you describe this girl?" Spider-Man asked.

"Not really. I couldn't see her face. But she did seem familiar. I just can't remember where I've seen her from. But she did seem to be about our age."

"So Doc Oc has a new assistant." I summed up.

"Or a henchman, uh, hench-woman." Spider-man said correcting himself.

"I answered your questions. Can I leave now?"

"Yeah, we're just going to have to talk to some people about this." Spider-Man told him.

"Argh! Just don't take too long! I still have a science project to finish." Alex complained as Spider-Man and I left the room. We just ignored his last comment as we headed towards the command room.

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