Peter's gonna have quite some trouble dealing with two girls.


Peter went back to his apartment, joined by Gwen & Laura.

"What a day, gonna be busy tomorrow, trip to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier", Peter said.

"Hopefully we can beat Loki, but Laura and I made a few plans, we'd like to go over them with you Peter", Gwen said

Peter nodded, "Sounds good, run them by the team tomorrow, hopefully they'll listen and not blow me off", Peter said.

Gwen thought a moment, she knows he has a point, "Peter, I know this might be hard, but if you want them to listen to you, you need to assert yourself".

Laura nodded, "Yeah quit being such a nice guy, step up!"

Peter rubbed his eyes, "Not that easy girls", he focused his attention to them, "I'm not really the type to be all 'Nick Fury' like, I see myself more as a 'Mr. Fantastic' like leader, I'm sure he doesn't need to tough talk his team".

"Because they're his family, his team is him, his wife, his childhood best friend and his brother-in-law, who barely listens to him", Gwen pointed out.

"And that brother-in-law is now your problem, Johnny, while your friend, can be a bit of a wise-ass to you Peter", Laura pointed out.

"Exactly, they all have issues listening to you sometimes, because you lack the confidence in your voice and attitude, you need to show a little force", Gwen said, shaking her fist to emphasize the force part.

"You mean beat them up?" Peter asked.

Gwen gave him a deadpanned look, "No...I mean just be a little tougher, remind them who's boss".

"Right tougher", Peter said, then thought a moment, "How would I go about doing that though?"

"Just talk tougher, if you need help ask Thor, he's commanded armies", Laura said.

Peter nodded, "Ok, sounds good", he checked the time, "Getting late, I should head to bed, think you girls could find a place to sleep?"

"We have a place in mind", Gwen said.

"Oh really? Where?" Peter asked.

Minutes later, Peter is laying in his bed, with Gwen to his right and Laura to his left, really unusual for him.

"Gotta admit, this is really new", Peter said.

"Yeah it is, but I can get used to it", Gwen said while cuddling next to Peter.

"Same", Laura said, also cuddling next to him.

Peter hesitantly held both girls close, though he has to admit, this feels kinda nice, "Just rest up".

"Right, night Peter", Gwen said and kissed kid.

"Yeah goodnight", Laura said and gave him a kiss of her own.

Peter turned off the light, ready for a pleasurable sleep, though one comment from Laura may prevent that.

"Wait, when do we start figuring out how he can probably do us both?" Laura asked.

Peter groaned loudly at the mere mention of that, though deep down he also wanted to know, and he might get his answer sooner than later.

The next morning the heroes made their way to The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen & X-23 were the first ones there.

"First ones, so far great leadership trait, early arrivals", Gwen said.

Spider-Man nodded, "Guess so".

Thor approached the trio, "Glad you can make it, hopefully the others arrive soon but let's get you all comfortable", Thor offered,

The trio went to the briefing room and sat down, awaiting their allies.

"I hope this goes well, taking on Loki is no small feat", Spider-Man said.

"No kidding, luckily we have Thor helping us, though we're gonna have to work double hard to take him down", Gwen said.

Soon Cloak and Dagger arrived via teleportation.

"We're here", Dagger said. Cloak simply waved.

"Good, so far that's half of us, we just need to wait for Johnny, Bobby, Felicia and Eddie", Spider-Man said.

Meanwhile Johnny is on his way to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch joining him.

"Now remember, they might freak out from seeing you, so just relax and let me handle most of the talking, I'll convince them you're on our side", Johnny said.

"Sounds reasonable, hopefully they can understand that", Scarlet said.

"They better", Quicksilver added, earning a concerned look from Johnny and Scarlet Witch.

"Let's just go in", Johnny said.

Later on Venom, Black Cat and Iceman had already arrived.

"Where the hell is Johnny? Did he sleep in again?" Venom asked.

"Be patient Eddie", Spider-Man said.

Soon Johnny finally arrived, "Sup teammates".

"Where the hell have you been Storm!?" X-23 shouted.

"I know I'm late, but I just found ourselves some allies, you remember the Maximoff Siblings right?" Johnny asked and gestured to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

"Hello everyone", Scarlet greeted. Quicksilver just did a simple wave.

The others heroes got into a fighting stance.

"Johnny, why are Wanda and Pietro here!?" Bobby asked.

Johnny did a 'calm down' gesture, "Hey take it easy, they're just here to help!"

"Help with what? Our destruction!?" Venom asked.

"Listen, they said they want to help us stop Loki, and I think we can trust them", Johnny said.

"Of course you'd think that, you and her got it on apparently!" Venom said.

Johnny blushed, "Thanks Venom". Scarlet blushed too, she was just curious for a bit, she should have realized it'd come back to bite her a few times.

Thor had just been standing there watching this, "I believe it is actions like this that cause others to believe you are not so capable as a group".

Scarlet spoke up, "Take it from me God of Thunder, they are a very capable unit, I have felt their power first hand".

"They got lucky", Quicksilver bluntly stated.

That caused a groan from the group, except X-23 and Gwen since they weren't in the group at the time, though they understood the frustration.

"You are capable, I believe you have potential, but you need to act like a more cohesive unit", Thor said.

"That includes listening to Spider-Man", Gwen pointed out.

Johnny looked to Spider-Man, "Yo Spidey, what do you think of the siblings? Think we can trust them?"

Spider-Man approached them and got a good look at them, "So far I'm not detecting a dangerous vibe from them", he thought a bit, "Just answer me this, why do you want to help us?"

"Because Loki is very dangerous, we're not doing this so much to help you, but because we realize his danger", Scarlet said.

Spider-Man looked a bit unsure, "How can we trust that you won't end up betraying us?"

"Why would we? I don't think Loki is interested in recruiting us since he has The Avengers, not to mention if we betray you, it might get us killed", Scarlet answered.

Spider-Man thought a bit more, then called over his teammates for a huddle.

After a few minutes of talking, Spider-Man approached them, "We'll give you a shot, but we're gonna keep a close eye on you both".

"Fine with us, right Pietro?" Scarlet asked.

"Don't care, I just want to deal with Loki", Quicksilver said.

Thor groaned, "What is it with the youth and that arrogance, it is also present in Venom and the female Wolverine".

"I'm X-23! Not a female Wolverine!" X-23 shouted angrily. She sometimes hates the Wolverine comparisons, even though she does look up to him sometimes.

"Regardless, I summoned you all here because I wanted to prepare you all for your battle against my brother Loki", Thos started explaining, "He shall be a strong opponent, so I want you all to be prepared. Plus he has my allies, so you may have to do battle against them".

Spider-man looked surprised, "You want us to fight The Avengers? That sounds very risky".

"Come on Spider-Man, show some leadership!" X-23 shouted.

"I am, I don't want to endanger my team by having them fight enemies they might not be ready for", Spider-Man said.

"Oh so now we're not good enough?" Iceman asked.

"Thanks for the positive reassuring", Dagger complained.

"Yeah we can't all be Amazing", Venom said.

Spider-Man groaned, "I'm not trying to say you can't, I just don't want you to do anything over your head!"

That caused some group bickering until Thor used his hammer to strike lightning into the ceiling, damaging it a bit.

"Dammit Thor! Stop using your hammer indoors!" they heard Fury shouted.

"My apologies Colonel!" Thor shouted and then spoke to The Crew, "As for you all, you may be talented but Spider-Man has every reason to be concerned about your abilities to handle my brother and The Avengers, for one you are all too arrogant to do this and you are once against disrespecting you leader. Spider-Man is not trying to disrespect your abilities, as a leader he must make sure his team is ready for a task. A bad leader would let his team go in unprepared, when Captain America is unsure he never sends any teammate in, and for that is why we trust him as a leader, he knows better".

The others looked aside a bit annoyed, Thor spoke again, "I am here to help prepare you all for the fight, one way to do so is to train in our facility, you need to work on your arrogance and your respect for your leader, now let us go!"

The Crew reluctantly followed Thor, most unsure about this situation. While Gwen and X-23 trusted Spider-Man's leadership, the others had some doubts about Spider-man. Scarlet herself would trust Spider-Man, she needed to prove that she's on his side so the best way is to show respect for the leader, though her brother thought otherwise. He wasn't gonna take orders from Spider-Man.

Johnny and Felicia liked Spider-Man and considered him a great bro and attractive guy respectively, but even they weren't sure about him. They know he has lack of confidence sometimes so they worried about the idea of him being a leader.

Venom, Cloak, Dagger and Iceman however were all unsure, aside from Venom, they too thought he was a great guy, Venom had some respect for him but it's barely there. Not to mention Venom and Iceman believed they can handle The Avengers.

But they all had to suck it up and deal with it, for now they'll see what they need to do.

Meanwhile the Frost Giants are in the city, attacking one part for target practice. A few Street Level heroes like Daredevil, Elektra, Luke Cage and Iron Fist went to battle them, but it was proving to be a lot.

"Where are these things coming from!?" Iron Fist asked as he punched them away.

"Not sure, but if we don't eliminate them, they're gonna take over the city!" Elektra shouted while slashing them with her Sais.

"Once they're done there won't be much of the city left", Luke said while punching them away.

"We can't let that happen, keep fighting!" Daredevil shouted, whacking them away with his Billy Rod.

Not too far away, Shocker and Electro are watching this all go down. The heroes are putting up a valiant effort but it's proving to be a tough situation.

"This Loki guy is proving to be really tough", Shocker said.

"Yeah, think he might get involved in our business? New York is our turf after all", Electro said.

"Loki just wants to deal with The Avengers most likely, we'll be fine", Shocker said.

"He better not, we worked hard at our craft to take over, not gonna let some dejected second rate god ruin that for us".

"Second rate you say?" they heard a voice say. Both villains turned around and saw Loki with an evil smile.

"Holy shit!" Shocker shouted and both got into a fighting stance.

"I'm sorry; do you believe you two can handle a God?" Loki asked in a condescending tone.

"Back off, we've taken Spider-Man to his limit! We're also taken his team to his limit!" Shocker warned.

Loki chuckled, "That's a nice story, meanwhile I have defeated The Avengers, keyword is 'defeated' as in not failed".

"We'll show you!" Electro shouted and went to attack Loki but he whacked Electro back with his staff and knocked him to the Frost Giants, with him getting caught up in the battle.

Frost Giants went after him so he used his electricity to fight them off, blasting them back. But as quickly as he blasted them, more arrived in it's place.

"These damn monsters!" Electro shouted as he blasted them.

Shocker noticed Electro's situation, but considering his own against Loki, he got into a fight position. Loki simply chuckled at that useless gesture.

"Do you really think you can handle me?" Loki asked.

Shocker knew Loki was right, so instead of fighting, he blasted the ground to make a smoke screen and took the opportunity to escape.

The smoke dissipated and Loki simply stood there. He could have just gone after Shocker but considered him a waste of time, besides he can get him next time. New York would soon be his, then the world.

Later in the day, Venom had gathered the Spider-Crew, sans Gwen, X-23, Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man himself.

"Listen, we can't just sit around doing nothing while Loki is out there, we shouldn't have to go through this ridiculous training, we're ready for this!" Venom said.

"Yeah, they're mind controlled, those who are mind controlled aren't themselves, thus, are weaker", Iceman said.

"That isn't good logic Bobby", Johnny pointed out.

"Seriously though, we can't wait around, let's take matters into our own hands, prove that we're the best heroes, and we don't need a leader, at least not Spider-Man", Venom said.

"Spider-Man's not a bad guy though, he's really nice", Black Cat said.

"That's the problem, he's too nice, he can't handle the leadership role", Dagger said.

"She's got a point, Spidey's my best friend but he can't handle this stress, we're doing him a favor honestly", Johnny said.

Cloak nodded, "This isn't to disrespect Spider-Man, but to relive him of unneeded stress".

Black Cat sighed, "Fine, let's just head in there then, hopefully get this over with, but what about the others?"

"Spider-Woman and X-23 are too loyal to Spider-Man", Venom said.

"And my sister is also trying to get on his good side, I figured you could have used your charm Storm, you've done it before", Quicksilver said.

"I did, she insisted that we listen to Spider-Man, but for his own good, we're just gonna handle this ourselves", Johnny said.

The others nodded and made their way out of the Helicarrier, ready for a war against Loki's army.


Some don't follow orders well.