A/N: As always, I want to give a big thanks to those who have reviewed this story. Infinite's Ruby, Jason Chandler, AnimeKing6, Jestalnaker94000, and Russel Grant. I'm glad you're sticking along for the ride, Russel. Let's hope you enjoy what's about to happen next!

Without further ado, enjoy the show!

Our Friends Become Enemies: Part 1

~Flashback

New York City was being invaded by green-skinned, zombie like, creatures.

Buildings were on fire, streets were crumpling, people were being eaten alive, and superheroes everywhere tried to save the city they love. People hopped right into their cars and drove off in an instant, not caring who or what was standing in their way. Some of the cars managed to zoom past where the superheroes were standing; others crashed through store windows because of the amount of chaos happening.

The Defenders kept their jaws dropped.

Cloak and Dagger bowed their heads in shame.

Spider-Man took off his mask, revealing the petrified face of his alter-ego, Peter Parker. The only thing he had to say was…

"Holy shit."

"We need to move!" Cloak said. "Get above ground!"

Jessica Jones wrapped her arms around Luke Cage, as she flew up to a skyscraper.

Daredevil show a grabbling wire around a telephone pole, following the others.

Dagger approached Spider-Man and tapped him on the shoulder, grunting in pain. "Come on, Peter! We can't stay here!"

Peter Parker placed his mask back on his face, as he shot a web and swung to higher ground. Cloak extended his black and blue cape, revealing nothing but darkness. Dagger limped near Iron Fist and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Come on, Danny, we need to go," Dagger replied.

"Hell no! I'm not going inside there!" Iron Fist retorted. Dagger pushed him inside Cloak's cape, as she leaped inside as well. Cloak closed his cape and teleported away from the area, right before three zombies could take a bite out of him.

On the roof of a skyscraper; the superheroes landed on the top and huddled beside a ventilation duct. They looked to the right and watched as the Fantastic Four protected civilians from the army of monsters.

Iron Fist and Dagger emerged from Cloak's cape; the former gasped and kissed the ground.

"I hate going through that," Iron Fist moaned.

"Cloak, Dagger," Daredevil said. "What the hell is going on here?"

"There's a whole army of these guys out here!" Luke Cage added.

Cloak and Dagger exchanged a glance before they replied.

"We were helping the Avengers raid a Hydra base, when suddenly, Thor left to deal with something in Asgard," Cloak explained. "Right after we defeated Baron Strucker, he was bitten by these… things."

"The Avengers… they're dead." Dagger lowered her head in shame, holding her injured arm.

Spider-Man and the Defenders looked at each other in disbelief.

"There's no way Earth's Mightiest Heroes would be killed by fucking zombies," Jessica said, shaking her head. "Right?"

Cloak and Dagger said nothing.

"Sweet Christmas," Luke shook his head.

"No!" Spider-Man retorted, swatting his hand. "I don't believe that! Cap and Iron Man would lead the Avengers out of there! There's no way they'd go down so easily!"

"We're sorry, Spider-Man," Cloak bowed his head. "But it's true…"

"But… but… I- "

Suddenly, a loud shout came from below. The superheroes walked near the edge of the building, as they watched the Fantastic Four work together to protect the pedestrians and the Baxter Building from the strange creatures. An anomaly was occurring down below, and Spider-Man felt the urge to jump into the donnybrook to help out.

"We need to help the Fantastic Four," Daredevil said. "They may be powerful, but they're not invincible,"

Spider-Man glared at Cloak and Dagger before he joined the Defenders in battle. The two teenage heroes jumped down and landed on a smaller building.

Jessica and Luke leaped off the rooftop and slammed the ground with their combined strength, causing a shock wave that pushed several zombies across the streets. Ben Grimm/The Thing and Johnny Storm/Human Torch looked over and saw the Defenders helping out in the fight. Spider-Man swung around and trapped a dozen zombies in a web net. He slammed them against the wall and watched as they landed against the concrete roads. He trapped them in another web.

"I know it's disgusting, but it's all handmade!" Spider-Man quipped. He leaped off the walls and kicked four zombies into the air, as he was web-swinging. Johnny Storm swooped up and burned them to a crisp.

"What's up, web-head?" Human Torch smiled and winked. "Come to steal my thunder?"

"Still full of yourself, eh, Johnny?" Spider-Man said, as he roundhouse kicked a zombie. "Do you know what these things are or where they came from?"

Johnny burned one zombie with his pyrokinesis. "Not sure. But they almost look like the dudes from Resident Evil 2."

Spider-Man web-shot one of the creatures, swung them like a wrecking ball, and chucked them into an army of them. "Never played Resident Evil. I was always more of a Mario and Sonic type of gamer."

Johnny wiped a fake tear from his eye, as he joked, "You never played that game… Spidey, I thought I knew you."

Just then, two zombies creeped up behind Johnny. Spider-Man's Spider-Sense warned him, as he made his way to save his friend. Before he could do anything, Reed Richards wrapped a large black hand around them and smashed them into the concrete. Thing grabbed a car and chucked it into the undead. Susan Storm Richards blasted waves of energy, slashing the creatures in half. Behind her, she saw that three of them were eating a group of teenage girls. She snarled and killed them at once.

Reed Richards landed beside Spider-Man, kicking and punching the zombies with ease.

"Hey, Mr. Fantastic. What's going on here?" Spider-Man inquired.

"I wish I knew, Spider-Man," Reed replied, sucker-punching a zombie. "I know it sounds out of character for me to say that, but I really don't know. The Fantastic Four and I just got back from Latveria after a donnybrook with Dr. Doom. I was about to performs some experiments when suddenly, these... creatures broke into the Baxter Building."

Spider-Man web-shot more enemies, as Daredevil stepped in and ninja kicked multiple zombies. One of the zombies grabbed him and pushed him down, but Iron Fist entered the fight and grabbed the creature. With his fists glowing, his fist pierced through the monster's body. Cloak and Dagger approached the fighters.

"Where did they come from?" Daredevil asked.

Zombies were swarming around the group. Luckily, Susan protected herself and everyone else using a force field. The walking dead limped towards the field and started punching it. They climbed on top of each other, trying to get inside.

"We wish we knew, Matt," Susan replied.

Luke Cage and Jessica Jones stood beside one another. Iron Fist and Daredevil stood back to back. The Fantastic Four regrouped and Spider-Man's Spider-Sense went off again. The red/blue superhero gripped his head and got down on his knees.

"My spider-sense is going crazy!" He shouted.

Suddenly, three pumpkin bombs shot down from the sky and they exploded once they hit Susan's force field. Susan de-activated her protective field and watched as Johnny, Daredevil, Iron Fist, and Jessica went to town on the zombies. Suddenly, a black and white costumed character named Moon Knight flew across the sky and landed on his back. Spider-Man and Susan helped him up.

"Moon Knight?" Reed asked, wrapping his elastic body around a zombie, trapping it in his grasp. He released it and Spider-Man kicked it into the air. "What are you doing here?"

"These monsters are destroying everything," Moon Knight moaned, rubbing his head.

"Yeah, no shit," Susan said. "Tell us something we don't know."

Moon Knight pointed to what shot him across the sky. Green Goblin and Hobgoblin swooped down and launched several pumpkin bombs at the heroes. Susan deflected them with her powers whereas Spider-Man webbed them, swung them around, and tossed them back, hitting both the goblins' gliders.

They tumbled across the ground before revealing their demonic nature; they were both zombies like Rhino and Pyro.

"Greetings, Spider-Man! Hahahahahahahaha!" Green Goblin cackled. His whole face was a yellowish color and his eyes were bloodshot red. His guts and organs were exposed. Hobgoblin had the same characteristics.

"Harry? Ned?" Spider-Man gasped. "Don't tell me you guys were bitten too."

"We're a lot stronger now, Spider-Man," Hobgoblin chuckled. "And we're very hungry!"

The two goblins lunged for Spider-Man, but Johnny Storm raised his hand and deflected them with a fiery blast. He laughed as he heard the goblins scream in agony. Spider-Man back-flipped a few feet, avoiding the line of fire.

"Not so tough now, are you, Goblins?" Johnny Storm laughed.

Just then, a zombified Grim Reaper came out of nowhere and stabbed Johnny with his weapon. It penetrated through his chest; blood was on the blade's tip. As Johnny choked, Reed, Sue, and Thing gasped. Spider-Man did the same thing.

"JOHNNY!" They all shouted.

The two goblins and Grim Reaper began to devour the Human Torch.

"Oh, my god!" Spider-Man shouted. He web-shot the two goblins and pulled them off Johnny. Susan slashed Grim Reaper's chest with a psychic wave, cutting it open. She kicked him and watched as her brother bled out on the ground; his face and body were scattered with bites.

"Jesus Christ!" she cried, cupping her hands together. "Johnny!"

Johnny coughed, laying on the ground. "Sue… Damn… didn't expect to go like this."

"Stop joking for once in your life! I'm taking you to the hospital!" Susan helped her brother up on his feet, but Johnny pushed her to the side.

"No! Don't take me to the hospital!" Johnny reported. He felt his stomach growling and his teeth clattering. He got down on his knees and covered his head, pulling his hair. "Go!... G-get out of here, sis! G-go!"

"Johnny, I- "

Before she could say anything, Johnny Storm growled at her, as he tackled her into the ground. He raised his fist and punched her three times. Susan pushed him off her and kicked him across the face.

"Flame on!" Johnny shouted, as his body ignited with fire. He shot a blazing streak at his sister, who protected herself with a force field.

"This is getting worse by the minute," Moon Knight said. Cloak, Dagger, Daredevil, and he were fighting off zombies. It didn't take long for one of them to bite Daredevil. The Man Without Fear cursed and covered his arm, as he kicked the walking creature in the face.

Spider-Man looked around and noticed that people and two of his friends were getting eaten and/or turned into zombies. He rushed to save some people, but Green Goblin kicked him in the face followed by Hobgoblin punching him. Spider-Man fell down on the street, as he tripped both goblins with his webs.

"What the hell happened to you guys!? Who or what is doing this to everyone!?" Spider-Man hollered.

"We don't know much," Green Goblin laughed. "However… we're just the distraction."

Green Goblin slammed a pumpkin bomb against the ground, blinding Spider-Man with an explosion.

The wall-crawler shot across the street and landed against a taxi cab. The driver escaped and ran down the street. Spider-Man recovered himself, as he saw Susan and Johnny fighting. Cloak, Dagger, and Moon Knight were fighting Zombie Daredevil.

"Just a distraction?" Spider-Man asked himself. He rubbed his head until he got what the goblins were saying. "No… they don't mean."

Suddenly, his phone went off. He reached into his suit and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Peter! Where are you!?" It was his wife, Mary-Jane Parker.

"MJ? What's the matter?"

"Shocker, Electro, Vulture, Sandman… they're at Aunt May's front door and they look mad! They're eyes are white, and their mouths are covered in blood. Hurry, Peter! They're coming inside! I'll grab my shotgun and try to hold them off! But please, hurry!"

"I'll be there ASAP!" Spider-Man replied. He hung up the phone. "Guys, Aunt May and MJ are in trouble. I have to rescue them!"

Reed punched Zombie Daredevil before fending off more zombies. The Thing was using his surroundings to his advantage; he grabbed trees from the park and several taxis to bash the zombies' brains in. "Then go! We'll hold out as long as we can! Let's pray to God the Avengers and X-Men show up soon!"

Spider-Man nodded, as he started web-swinging across the city, hoping he makes it to Queens in time to save his family.

But as he swung, he heard a voice in his head. It was Susan Storm Richards' voice.

"Peter…"

"Peter…"

"Peter…"

~Present Day

"PETER!?"

"Huh!?" Peter Parker woke up from a terrible nightmare. He just re-watched a flashback of New York's Zombie Invasion. He shook his head and rubbed his brown hair. Looking down and seeing his Spider-Man suit, he realized he fell asleep during a meeting with his team. He glanced up and saw the faces of Susan, Mary-Jane, Javier, Jewel, Thing, Iron Fist, Kenny, Christa, and Punisher. Embarrassed, he rubbed his head and gave a nervous chuckle. "Sorry, guys. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep. Now, I didn't do that because the meeting was boring. That's not it at all! It's just… it's been a long day, so uh…"

Everyone was silent.

Peter sighed. "Sorry. What were we talking about again?"

"Yeah, why did you call us up here?" Christa asked her commander.

Susan pressed her black gloves together and let out a low exhale. "I called you up here because we have an emergency."

"More Walkers?" Javier inquired.

"No, Javier, it's something worse," Susan replied. She closed her eyes and pressed her hands together. "We're running out of food."

Everyone gasped, as they murmured to each other.

"How the fuck is that possible?" Christa asked with concern. "We just picked up plenty of food today!"

"Have we been robbed or something!?" Kenny added. "I swear, if we've been robbed, I'll the find the sons of bitches who did it!"

"Easy, Kenny," Iron Fist said. "Don't jump to conclusion,"

"No, Kenny. We weren't robbed," Susan said. She walked towards a screen and uploaded a chart. It showed a graph of the amount of people in the community. Everyone sat down at the table, as they watched the statistics load up on the screen. "The line graph on the left shows how many people we accepted into this community when we first built this place two years ago, and this chart on the right shows how many people entered two years later."

Everyone noticed the number gradually increased over the years.

"Because of how many people we need to feed, we're running out of food. Our chefs don't have enough ingredients to make meals for families," Susan said. "If this keeps up, we're gonna starve."

"In other words, we'll be fucked," Christa said.

"Precociously," Susan nodded.

Christa rubbed her face and cursed to herself.

"All right, we've dealt with this problem before, right?" Thing said. "Let's just go get some more food from those places."

"Here's the other problem," Susan said, placing her hands together. "We've gone to those areas dozens of times. They have to be out of food by now."

"So, what do we do?" Javier asked. "Cause if those places are empty, that means we have to go outside the safe zone."

Susan stroked her blonde hair. Everyone's eyes widened and their jaws dropped once they figured out what Susan was going to say next.

"Holy shit, we're gonna go outside the safe zone," Javier gasped.

"It's our only chance," Susan said.

"We'll be risking our necks, Sue," Thing said. "Let's talk about this,"

"What is there to talk about?" Susan asked. "We're running out of options for food, so we have to take this chance."

Iron Fist nodded his head. "If this is what you believe is right, Sue… then I support you."

"Same here," Peter nodded.

"We have no other choice, so let's do it," Mary-Jane placed a hand on Susan's shoulder. To which the Invisible Woman smiled. Christa did the same thing. Soon enough, everyone agreed with the plan.

"A group will go outside the safe zone tomorrow morning in search for any places with food. If we get lucky, we might find a group who'll negotiate a trade with us," Susan said. "I have the group planned out in my head. Frank, you'll be taking Spider-Man, Ben, Christa, Javier, and Jewel tomorrow."

Punisher nodded his head.

"Wait, wait, wait, I want to go!" Kenny said. He was slightly annoyed.

"After what you did tonight, Kenny, I'm not going to let you go… yet," Susan replied.

"Hey, I said I was sorry!" Kenny slammed his fist against the table. "Does sorry not mean shit anymore!?"

"Kenny, calm down," Iron Fist said calmly.

"No, fuck off with that meditation, relaxing, calming down, bullshit!" Kenny retorted, he got up close to Iron Fist's face. He poked him in the chest and pushed his shoulder. "I said I was sorry, and nobody here gives a rat's ass about it! You know what, fuck all of you!"

The grey-bearded man reached behind him, possibly pulling out a weapon. Peter shot a web at Kenny's hand, trapping him against the wall. Kenny squirmed, as he tried to escape. He snarled and shook his free hand at the heroes.

"Fuck you!" he shouted. "Fuck all of…"

Iron Fist gently pressed his fingers against Kenny's pressure point. It didn't take long for the man to fall unconscious. He ripped the web off Kenny's hand and placed him on his shoulder.

"Danny… I'm sorry," Peter said.

"No worries," Iron Fist smiled, nodding his head. "I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm not giving up on him."

"Rest up, everyone," Susan said. She closed her eyes, as she placed her hands behind her back. "Be ready for tomorrow morning."

As the group walked outside the command center, Mary-Jane caught up to Peter. She leaned up and kissed his cheek. She then took his arm and wrapped it around her own shoulder.

"Hey, tiger," she greeted with a gentle smile.

"Oh. Hey, MJ," Peter tried to smile, he kissed her back. Feeling bad for falling asleep during the meeting, he shot his wife a wink.

But Mary-Jane still remembered what happened. "Pete… we need to talk,"

"Look," Peter said; he already knew what she was about to say. "I didn't mean to doze off before the meeting. That was rude of me to do that in front of Sue. I promise, I'll apologize to her in the morning."

"That's not what I wanted to talk about," Mary-Jane replied. She ran her fingers up the black spider logo on her husband's chest. "I… I know what you were dreaming about."

"Um," Peter rubbed his head awkwardly. "You know I was dreaming about puppies and kittens, right? Heh heh."

"Peter, be serious. I know you're having nightmares about New York. The day our friends… became our enemies."

The wall-crawler sighed and stopped walking. Mary-Jane stopped too. A small tear dropped down his cheek, as he turned to the side. He rubbed the tear away, not wanting his wife to see him cry. She noticed. And she wrapped her arms around him, embracing him in a hug.

"Matt… Reed… Johnny… Tandy… Tyrone… they're all gone, MJ… I couldn't save them."

"Peter, it's not your fault."

"It is my fault. I tried to save them and Aunt May… but I couldn't." Peter lowered his head in shame.

"Peter… I thought you learned that as Spider-Man, you couldn't save everyone. Captain America taught me that himself," Peter released MJ from the hug and walked a few feet to the side, motioning towards the town. He lowered his head again and shrugged his shoulders. "But once in a while. I forget that. As Spider-Man, I want to save everyone! There are more Walkers out there than heroes, so I… I want to save as many people we can."

"Peter, look around you. You're not the only one whose lost people. Jessica lost Luke. Danny lost Misty. Sue lost Reed, and I've lost a few friends too… but sooner or later, we have to learn to move on."

Peter sighed.

Mary-Jane walked over and stroked his face. She smiled. "Pete… would the Avengers, X-Men, and other heroes want you sitting here feeling sorry for yourself?"

Peter shook his head.

"Exactly! They would want you to go out there and avenge their names! It's up to us to kill those Walkers and make a living in this world," Mary-Jane smiled. Her emerald green eyes made Peter smile. "Whenever you're feeling down about yourself, Peter, just remember what your Uncle Ben taught you… ha, do I need even need to say it. I'm sure you know it by now."

Peter nodded and embraced his wife with a warm hug. He pressed her lips against her's and kissed her from the head to her neck. Mary-Jane laughed and chuckled, as she felt Peter give her a million kisses. Eventually, he stopped and gave her a tender smile. The two of them continued walking until they got to their apartment complex.

In the forest, Hulk was running for his life.

He, AJ, and Louis have been evading the Fake Avengers for what seemed like hours. Pseudo-Iron Spider took to the trees, as he was shooting webs at the branches, swinging through the night sky. Pseudo-Wolverine ran through the forest as fast as she could. Her claws were extended, and she huffed as her feet tapped against the grass. Lastly, Pseudo-Black Panther, much like his spider-like comrade, leaped off the trees.

He pulled a spear out of his pocket and chucked it at the world-breaker. It landed in front of him, and he stepped on it with ease.

The fake Iron Spider shot a web at the Hulk and shot himself onto his back. Louis and AJ gasped; the latter whipped out his gun until he felt the green monster stop in his tracks. Pseudo-Iron Spider's golden legs stabbed Hulk in the back. Louis punched him in the face, but that hurt his hand.

"Ah, fuck!" Louis moaned.

Hulk placed the kids down and grabbed the black/yellow spider. Slamming him on the ground, he kicked him into two trees. They both fell down, as the spider tumbled. Pseudo-Wolverine leaped up and sunk her claws into Hulk's leg. She ripped it out; her claws were covered in blood, as she scratched Hulk's back and his arm. Hulk growled and punched fake Wolverine in her chest. Pseudo-Black Panther leaped forward with his claws extended, but Hulk smacked the female Wolverine into the fake panther. Hulk slammed his fists into both of them, as he kicked them across the side. Pseudo-Iron Spider jumped forward and shot multiple spider webs at the Hulk; the latter shielded himself with his arm.

Louis and AJ ran a few feet away from the battle, watching the battle as they looked over their shoulders.

They jumped behind a rock and observed.

"That is so awesome!" Louis shouted with excitement. "Go get em', Hulk!"

AJ gulped. "Is he gonna be okay?"

"Dude, he's The Incredible Hulk! There's no way those fake Avengers could take him down!" Louis replied.

Hulk roared, as he fought the Fake Avengers.

"Leave me and the kids alone!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, as he blocked multiple webs from Pseudo-Iron Spider. Hulk's massive strength broke him free, as his bulky fingers grabbed the spider's face. He lifted him up and chucked him across the forest. Pseudo-Iron Spider smacked into the trees and rolled across the grass.

"Green monster is no match for the Spider Sickle!" he said.

"How many times have we told you, we're not having code names!" said Pseudo-Black Panther. "For example, I am not called the Gold Jaguar and she is not called Angeline!"

"But I like code names," said Spider Sickle. "They're fun."

Angeline slashed Hulk's legs before the latter punched her in the face. She spit out a drop of blood, as she howled like a wolf a night. The yellow/orange villain leaped forward and tackled the monster, stabbing him in the chest too many times to count; small drops of blood shot everywhere, Hulk's back began to bleed.

Louis and AJ gasped, as Hulk pushed Angeline off him, only for Spider Sickle and Gold Jaguar to pile on top of him. But being the strongest Avenger alive, Hulk grabbed them, chucked them around for a bit, spun them around, and smacked them into the female Wolverine.

"Tell your boss I'm not working for him!" Hulk threatened the posers. "And tell him that the Delta has not chance of coming back! I saw their ship, they're gone!"

"The Delta?" Louis asked. "Wait… did he watch us stop them?"

"The boss doesn't give a shit about the Delta," Gold Jaguar snarled. "He only wants you!"

Angeline ran towards Hulk and raised her claws. Hulk grabbed a tree and trapped her metal claws into bark. "Stop resisting, Banner. You're the only Avenger alive. Our organization wants to protect the world. Why are you fighting us?"

"Kidnapping kids and forcing them into labor? Yeah, that counts a protection!" Hulk retorted. Head-butting the girl, he ripped the tree in half and proceeded to beat her to a pulp. Gold Jaguar and Spider Sickle tried to stop him, but Hulk slammed them like a bat hitting a homerun in baseball.

As Louis cheered for one of his favorite superheroes, AJ was having a dilemma.

Part of them wanted to go out there and help Hulk kill those monsters, but at the same time, he knew those guys were stronger than he was. All he had was a gun and a pocket knife. Those wouldn't do anything against superpowered villains. He gasped, as Hulk clapped the two pieces of the tree against both Spider Sickle's sides. Suddenly, he noticed that Gold Jaguar's body was glowing a bright yellow color. Hulk grabbed him and was about to pummel him, but Gold Jaguar sent off a wave of gold energy that stunned Hulk.

"What the hell was that?" AJ asked.

Hulk continued fighting the villains.

"We need to help him, Louis," AJ said. "He can't take them on by himself!"

"Of course he can!" Louis replied. "He's a world breaker! A total badass! He can handle this just fine!"

Hulk was tackled by Angeline before uppercutted by Spider Sickle. Gold Jaguar scratched him, but Hulk fended off all of them. His body began to heal itself, but he found it hard to concentrate on it because of how fast the villains' attacks were.

"Okay, maybe we should help him," Louis said. "But what can we do?"

AJ turned around and saw that some Walkers were mindlessly lurking around the forest. He tugged on Louis' coat and pointed at them. At first, Louis didn't understand what the kid was getting at, but after AJ whispered his plan into his ear, he nodded in agreement. They rushed to the Walkers and got their attention.

"Hey, ugly!" Louis shouted. "No, not you! The other ugly! Come over here, this way! Want some free meat!?"

Turning their bloodshot eyes to the humans, the Walkers slowly rushed towards them. Louis and AJ ran off and guided them to the fight between Hulk and the Fake Avengers. Hulk was just about to finish them off when he suddenly saw Louis and AJ running from Walkers.

"What are you guys doing?" Hulk asked.

"Hulk, do that clap thing you do and push the Walkers onto them!" AJ said. "They'll distract them!"

Hulk smiled, as he grabbed AJ and Louis and hopped over the herd of Walkers.

"Cover your ears, kids!" Hulk shouted. AJ and Louis did as he told them, and he pulled his arms back. Extending his palms, he shot a grin at the Fake Avengers. "Puny, Avengers!"

CLAP!

A shock wave the size of a tsunami rained down on top of the Walkers and the Fake Avengers. The zombies fell on top of the supervillains, as they made attempts to bite them. But thanks to their superpowers, the Fake Avengers began fighting the Walkers. Hulk wrapped his arms around the two boys and escaped into the shadows. Spider Sickle saw that they were escaping and tried to stop them, but he found himself being tackled by Walkers. He web-shot them with ease, as Angeline and Gold Jaguar fought alongside him.

"This isn't over, Banner!" Spider Sickle shouted. "We'll be back and we will kill you!"

Meanwhile.

Clementine and Violet were sleeping inside the former's room. The one-eyed girl was sound asleep on the floor, cuddled up beside Rosie while the brunette was wide awake. Throughout the rest of her day, she wondered what happened to Louis and AJ.

She tried not to let the worst possible outcome get to her.

She was worried that AJ and Louis died and/or were captured by another group of raiders other than Lily's. She tossed and turned in her bed, struggling to sleep. Laying on her back, she wiped her sweaty forehead, as she exhaled. Thinking this would calm her down, she looked at Violet and Rosie. But not even the adorable scene could clear her mind.

Clementine rubbed her face with her hands, wondering if she did the right thing in sending Louis and AJ by themselves without backup.

Wanting to close her eyes, she tried to go to sleep.

But something loud interrupted her, as well as her train of thought. She heard a loud stomp come from outside. Violet and Rosie shot awake after hearing that. The brown dog began to bark at the window, as she climbed on top of the dresser, accidentally knocking over Clem's hat in the process. Violet got up to calm her down, as she got her girlfriend fetched her crutches.

Helping Clementine on her feet, Violet escorted her to the door. Rosie rushed out as soon as she opened it.

After spending a few seconds getting outside, Clementine and Violet saw Willy, Ruby, Aasim, and Omar rush down the stairs.

"What the hell was that?" Aasim asked, getting out his crossbow.

Violet whipped out her hatchet. "If it's a raider, they're gonna wish they've never been born!"

"Let's not jump to conclusions," Ruby suggested. "But we should be careful,"

"Ruby's right," Clementine nodded in agreement. "Be ready for anything,"

The kids opened the door and walked outside the school.

As they readied their weapons, they noticed familiar faces waiting to greet them.

Louis, AJ… and the Hulk.

"Hey, guys!" Louis smiled and waved. "Miss me?"

Rosie ran out the door and barked at the green monster. Hulk leaned down and tried to pet the dog, but Rosie backed off and barked with rage. Clementine whistled to the dog, telling her to calm down. The brown canine obeyed and sat down before the monster, who was petting her head.

Willy and Aasim shared looks of excitement, as they ran over to the superhero. The former gushed and gawked over him; the latter folded his arms and smiled. Ruby gasped with excitement and rushed down the stairs, standing in front of the green giant.

"No way!" she said eagerly. "This can't be real!"

Clementine, Violet, and Omar slowly approached Hulk, as he was rubbing Willy's head like a puppy. He laughed and watched as AJ and Louis winked at each other. Violet stored her hatchet away while Clementine was in awe. While she was a Spider-Man as a kid, she always had a love for the Hulk.

"Look who we found, Clem!" AJ said. "A superhero!"

Clementine chuckled before she looked into Hulk's green eyes. She smiled, finding it hard to register all this at once. Hulk kneeled down to her level and shot her a smile.

"You must be Clementine," he said. "You got a good kid here. Very brave. He saved my life."

"Now, don't give him all the credit," Louis said. "I contributed to saving you."

"How? By geeking out like a damn comic book nerd?" Aasim rolled his eyes, snickering.

"Holy shit! This is so cool!" Willy smiled. "We have the Hulk on our team! Can we keep him, Clem? Please, please, please!"

"Calm down, Willy," Violet replied. "He's not our pet."

Hulk looked at all the kids before he rubbed his head. "Sorry to intrude. I was helping Louis and AJ fend off some Walkers."

"And then we were attacked by fake Avengers!" Louis exclaimed.

"Yeah, right, Louis," Violet rolled her eyes.

"No, he's serious," Hulk said. AJ nodded. "I'll explain what happened, but first… excuse me for a second."

Hulk walked to the side and gripped the table with his hand. He grunted and growled, as he tried to transform to his normal state. His body began to shrink down to the size of a human, but as he did that, he felt like his whole body was on fire. Hulk collapsed on his knees, as his skin turned from green to white.

The teens exchanged looks of shock.

Hulk transformed back to a shirtless Bruce Banner.

Panting, the scientist turned around and rubbed his chin. The kids gathered around him, as he took a grey shirt out of his pocket. Putting it on, he introduced himself to the kids.

"My name is Bruce Banner and… I'm the Hulk."

END OF CHAPTER 4

So, it looks like Clementine and the others have met Bruce Banner/Hulk. What a surprise. Wonder how things will escalate between them. But the biggest question is, how will the hunt for food go for Spider-Man and his team? I guess we will have to find out in the next chapter, as Spider-Man finds out that more of his friends have become his enemies in...

"Chapter 5: Our Friends Become Enemies: Part 2."

POST-A/N:

Originally, Hulk was supposed to meet Clementine and the others in a different chapter, but because I didn't want to drag out the fight between him and the Fake Avengers, I decided to have him meet Clem and the group. He's gonna have to do some explaining to them.

Can anyone guess who the Fake Avengers are? Hint: They're characters who have unknown statuses.

Angeline's name is actually the female term for a female Wolverine. Figured I'd throw that in as a little factoid/reference. Gold Jaguar is a small reference to Killmonger's suit from Black Panther. As with Spider Sickle. I couldn't think of anything else.

As always, thank you all for taking the time to read this. Let me know what you liked and what needs to be improved. I'm The Sensational SpiderDom321 and I'll see you all next time!

~SD321 (SpiderDom321)