All-New Avengers Academy
Chapter 2
The four heroes' children took Serpentine to the S.H.I.E.L.D. prison, and then went back to their Base.
When they entered, they went around high-fiving the other NEXT-GENs, who were not sent on the mission, including Lexi, Black Widow's daughter, Howard and Virginia, the Stark twins, Tarene and Locke, Thor's children, Jack and Vanessa Murdock, and Olivier, Ray's older brother.
They were also greeted, sternly by their caretakers/mentors Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers (who are adults).
"You're late," Rachel said.
"So," Ace said, "The mission ran longer than expected. No biggie."
"What do you mean "No Biggie?" Franklin replied, "You disobeyed the plan, you went AWOL."
"Your point?" Natasha asked.
"Our point," Rachel said, "is that if you ever pull a stunt like that again, you'll be in big trouble."
"Now get ready," Franklin said, "School starts in 20 minutes."
The four rushed to their rooms, changed out of their uniforms and into casual clothes and left straight for Steve Rogers High School with the others.
FaSt-FoRwArDiNg ThRoUgH AlL ThE BoRiNg ScHoOl StUfF…
Ace was in the middle of 5th period Algebra when his Watch started beeping.
It was his special S.H.I.E.L.D. techno-watch that only beeped when Rachel and Franklin were calling him.
He stood up and raised his hand.
"May I be excused?" He asked.
"Is it an emergency?" His teacher asked.
"Yes," he replied.
"Fine."
He rushed into the Boys Bathroom, into a stall, where he was alone, with no one there.
"I'm alone." He said.
"Alright," Rachel said, telepathically, "We've found another NEXT-GEN in NYC. Unfortunately, it seems Kid Whiplash has noticed too, and he's rampaging in an attempt to draw them out."
"I'm on my way!"
"Today, we'll also send Howard, Natasha, and Virginia."
"Kay."
He ran to his locker, which he opened, and entered the code on the keypad behind his schedule on the door. A door, marked "Do Not Enter", opened and he entered, taking him to their Base, where Natasha, Virginia and Howard already were.
"What took you so long?" Natasha asked sarcastically.
"I had to make an excuse."
"I heard he just had to use the can," Howard said.
"Shut up!" Ace replied.
"If you would please stop bickering like children, we have a mission to attend to." Virginia said.
They changed into their uniforms, and got on the Quinjet and set the auto-pilot for New York City.
"We really need some kind of device for changing, like a hologram projector that makes our uniforms look like regular clothes." Howard said, he was the Tinkerer of the group, and modified and invented some of the team's gadgets.
They arrived in New York City, the Quinjet cloaked on an apartment rooftop.
On the ground, Kid Whiplash (not the child of Whiplash, but a young thief who stole the tech) was terrorizing the streets and scaring off civilians.
"Why did the stupid Auto-Pilot make us land on a roof?" Natasha said.
"Just use a Harpoon Arrow," Ace said.
"Oh yeah."
The two archers shot a harpoon arrow and slid down, followed by the Stark twins.
Luckily, Kid Whiplash hadn't noticed them and the other two drew their weapons as Natasha was aiming for a headshot.
"Thought I wouldn't notice you, did you?" Kid Whiplash said.
"Crap." Natasha said.
He swung one of his whips at them, but they all dodged. Unfortunately, it had hit the apartment building that the Quinjet was parked on. The building toppled down, the heroes dodged, but the impact still knocked them down.
"Not… The Quinjet…" Ace said, weakly.
"Hah Hah!" Kid Whiplash said, "It seems we're both looking for the same thing, the NEXT-GEN rumored to be in hiding, well there's only room for one hunter here, and that's ME!"
He swung his whips at the four downed heroes, but, to his surprise, they were gone.
"Hey, Numnutz! Up here!" Called an unfamiliar voice from a rooftop.
Kid Whiplash looked up at the rooftop, and found the four heroes hanging off a TV antenna by a web.
(Are you getting who the NEXT-GEN is?)
Then Kid Whiplash was barraged by web-shots from the back.
"How'd you get back there so fast!?" He yelled.
"Get where?" A web-shot pinned his foot to the ground.
"Show yourself!"
"Over Here!" Another web-shot pinned the other foot to the ground.
The others woke up, only to find Kid Whiplash pinned by both feet.
"What did I miss?" Ace asked.
"Well," Virginia said, "It seems the NEXT-GEN has rescued us and has immobilized the antagonist."
The four heroes pulled out their weapons; Ace's Crossbow, Natasha's Bow, Howard's Buster, Virginia's twin pistols.
They all fired at the whips, knocking them off.
"Wait a minute," Ace said, "Is this a web?"
"I think so…" Howard said.
"I know exactly who were dealing with…"
"You do?"
"Precisely."
Ace shot a stun arrow, which KOed Kid Whiplash, then dropped his weapon and yelled; "PARKER!"
"You called?" The NEXT-GEN finally revealed herself to be May Parker A.K.A. Spider-Girl.
(Another Real Character)
"Not you," Ace said, "The other Parker."
"THE OTHER PARKER!?" The other three said, confused.
"Yes," Ace said, "The other Parker."
The other Parker revealed herself.
"Hey Ace…" she said.
"Hey, April…" he replied.
"Soooooooo…" April said.
"Yeaaaaaaaah…"
"I feel awkward…" Natasha said.
"How do you even know her?" Howard asked.
"We… used to date." Ace said.
"GOD BRO!" Natasha said, "HOW MANY GIRLFRIENDS HAVE YOU HAD!?"
"Just the three." Ace replied, "I think… I can't remember."
"Well, then…" May said, "I think our work here is done…"
"So…" April added, "You got your bad guy, we'll just be going then."
"APRIL, MAY, WAIT!" Ace yelled, as the spider-twins left.
"Oh no…" Howard mumbled.
"Why don't you come back with us?"
"Really?" May said, excited.
"Sounds cool!" April added, also excited.
"Yeah," Natasha said, "There's always room for more NEXT-GENs at our place!"
"Okay!" April and May said in unison.
"Oh great," Howard said, "On top of everything, they're the kind of twins who tend to speak in unison."
"We heard that!"
They then flew back, put Kid Whiplash in jail, went home and introduced the two new heroes on their team.
