The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
Neon City - Stark Tower - Time: 9:41 PM
Most of the registered heroes talked to each other while some were standing, sitting, or flying, varying on their abilities, while they were in the main room in Stark Tower and with both Mr Fantastic and Iron Man talking to each other.
"...Are you sure this is the right place?" Iron Man asked as Mr Fantastic nodded.
"Yes, according to Melissa, we received reports of one of their hideouts, it seems there's supplies of war weapons being sent from one location to another. It could be our only lead." He said as Iron Man nodded back.
"It's probably our best bet." He said as he walked up to where one of the main computers were at, which made the other heroes quiet down and began to listen. "I've just got an update on Captain America and the unregistered heroes. It appears that they're equipping themselves for a war, and according to one of our eyes in the sky, there have been reports of cargo entering a Jersey Shipyards, which could be where the unregistered could be." While he talked, Bishop; an African American man wearing black leather clothing with a 'X' on his chest, showing he was a part of the X-Men.
"Our first hope was to get Cap himself, but I say Cable is behind this to support him. Expect strong forces, apparently Cap has made a good chuck of S.H.I.E.L.D agents on his side, calls themselves 'The White Star' in his honor. I'm also sure he sent some of the unregistered in to support." He said as Iron Man began to continue.
"Bishop here will be running the attack on the ground, so we can shut down his base of operations and give them a message. Move out!" He said as the heroes began to prepare themselves while he looked at the window. "...Soon you won't have anywhere else to go old man. Now you'll be all mine."
Underground Resistance Base/URB - Time: 9:47 PM
Inside the base underground, the rebels talked more about their morals and reasons to why they rebelled, to which most of them had the same reasons by either because it was wrong, it threatened the safety of their family, or because they didn't want to register for corrupted politicians, but they stopped talking as Iron fist and Captain America ran inside in panic.
"Everybody, it appears we have bad news! Our base has been discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D, along with our people about to be under attack and they need support!" Iron Fist yelled as Captain nodded.
"Cable was in charge of this entire thing, but apparently our contact with him was cut off from him. We NEED to recover weapons that are crucial to our movement, and protect data Cable complied regarding our allies. From what I can tell, S.H.I.E.L.D is ready to attack our defenses. Get over there, fight back, and get the our Intel and people out of there, Now!" Captain America yelled as all of the X-Men, and the other rebels prepared themselves and ran through elevator to elevator, except for Black Cat as she tried to find Spider-Man. She searched more until she saw him in the shadows, hanging on a web upside down with the eye lenses of his new costume shining despite it blending with the darkness.
"Ken, are you ready?" She asked as he nodded while getting off the web and walked out of the shadows, revealing his suit.
"Yeah, I am. I'm ready to kick some registered booty." He said as the two walked out through the elevator.
Jersey Shipyards - 10:03 PM
In the shipyards, some of the White Star soldiers walked around while holding Cargo out of trucks and the others held their guns and looked around
"C'mon boys! Put the cargo inside!" One said while at the same time, Bishop, alongside Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Songbird, and Mrs Marvel, snuck around the corner.
"Ok, we're all here." Bishop said as he looked at the other heroes. "Now listen up. Black Widow's going to scout ahead and find the rebel hideout while the other heroes provide a distraction. I'll be helping her while you guys to destroy the shipment. Any questions?" As he asked this, he looked at the heroes and nodded. "Good, now let's go!" They all ran while there was a sudden blast in the wall.
"It's a raid! Get to your positions!" A White Star soldier said as they started to fire at the registered heroes and S.H.I.E.L.D soldiers, to which they fought back by punching and shooting with either their powers or guns, while the group snuck onto the ship, with Black Cat landing on a building and saw them just in time, with her reacting by taking out a radio.
"Luke, they're heading to the cargo area! Send in some back up and bring Spider!" She said while around the same area, Luke, Wolverine, Ice Man, and Iron Fist ran through the area and took down S.H.I.E.L.D soldiers.
"Got it girl! I'm on my way!" Luke said as he also noticed Spider-Man, still standing in the shadows with his lenses shining. "I'm sure you heard?"
"Yeah, I'll take care of them. Who's coming with?" Spider-Man asked as Wolverine and Iron Fist walked to him.
"Let's chop em up bub." Wolverine said while he took his metallic claws out of his fists, with Iron Fist nodding alongside Spider-Man.
"Alright, Spider Girl should meet up with you guys, and so will I soon." Spider-Man said as they nodded, with him swinging away as Luke and Ice Man going forward to find her, while the registered heroes made their way to a ship containing the cargo along with a helicopter containing a news team airing all of it.
"It appears that the registered heroes are infiltrating a base that so happens to hold the unregistered! I'm not sure what is to come of this, but I DO know this won't end well!" A reporter said while somewhere else, Elise and the others watched in a hotel room while she rubbed her pregnant stomach as the registered team made their way to the cargo.
"Alright, it should be here, now place the bombs around here." Mrs Marvel said as Human Torch nodded and was about to put it on, but was then yanked out of his hands by a web and into the owners hands, making them look at the owner in surprise.
"I-It's... Spider-Man." He said as Spider-Man stuck to the shadows and came out, revealing his new suit for it was a black spandex with a black scarf and collar, and had the top of his chest covered in a large triangle, with the inside being red, along his arms and half of his boots being the same, and with having a large black spider symbol, with a red one on his back, as it also has a black webbing pattern where the red was and has black lenses and red utility belt, while the news were now catching their sights on him.
"I-Is that Spider-Man?" He asked as at the same time in a hotel, Elise saw him and smiled.
"He's wearing the suit you made for him." Micheal said as Elise rubbed her stomach more while in the shipyards, Songbird stared at him in anger.
"Spider, you made the wrong choice. Think of the lives you'd save." She said as Spider-Man shook his head.
"Does saving living lives also mean locking up superhumans and having to work with corrupted politicians? Sorry, as much as I see what they're going for, I'm not gonna stand down. This isn't the way to save lives, this is just making it worse." He said while Mrs Marvel shook her head.
"Don't you care about the people? That is what you've always been focused on since you were seventeen!" She said in anger.
"Of course I do, but if I don't help stop this thing, there won't be much heroes already to stop people like Venom or Electro. So..." Spider-Man said as he prepared himself, with Wolverine and Iron Fist walking next to him. "...I'm gonna have to ask you to step down!" While he said this, Human Torch looked down a bit, along with Invisible Woman until Songbird formed purple energy in her hands.
"Not a chance." She said as Spider-Man sighed.
"I don't wanna do this, you know I don't. But you guys don't really leave me much of a choice right now." He said while he looked at Human Torch for a bit, but stopped as he and the others jumped off and charged at the registered, while at the same time, Luke and Ice Man blasted and punched through more S.H.I.E.L.D soldiers.
"How far do you think Spider Woman is?" Ice Man asked as he slowed down.
"Should be around here." Luke said as a figure dropped near them, revealing to be Spider Woman herself.
"Good to see a bit of back up. Cable is held in an old HYDRA base around here, I'll guide you." She said as the two nodded and followed her along with taking down more S.H.I.E.L.D agents while at the same time, Bishop, along with War Machine; a man that wore armor similar to Iron Man's but silver and had a built in gun on his back, ran through the base until they found Black Widow; a woman with red hair and is wearing a black leather suit.
"It's good to see you two again, I found that base. I just need both of your help getting inside." She said as Bishop and War Machine nodded, to which they went through a passage into a large room as White Star soldiers put up the last of the cargo into a truck and went inside.
"Go, go, go!" One yelled as he went inside, driving through a large door until it closed behind them while the registered heroes walked toward it.
"They're in there. Let's get down to business Bishop." War Machine said as Bishop nodded, to which he was shot at with War Machine's energy blast as it was absorbed into, turned into his own beam and used it to blast a hole through a metal door, and went through while at the same time, Spider Woman, Luke, and Ice Man made it over to where they were.
"Looks like they beat us right to it." Spider Woman said as she looked at Luke and Ice Man. "You guys go, I'll deal with Natsha." They nodded as Spider Woman caught Black Widow's attention. "It's nice to see you again... Natasha..."
"I could easily say the same to you... Jessica." Black Widow said Luke and Ice Man made it through the hole, leaving them behind as they ran to stop Bishop and War Machine.
"Yo, Spidey here! I stopped those guys trying to to destroy the cargo, and I'm on my way to help stop Bishop." Spider-Man said as Ice Man nodded.
"'Cool' man. We'll see you there!" Ice Man said while he and Luke were suddenly knocked down by a blast, to see both War Machine and Hercules; a man with black hair as he was wearing a crown and green ancient clothing, fighting each other as he looked at the two rebels.
"Go!" Hurcules said as Luke and Ice Man continued as he looked at War Machine. "You have made a horrid choice mortal." He punched him harshly, making it send War Machine away a bit.
"Man, things are getting intense here!" Luke said as a S.H.I.E.L.D came out and was about to shoot, was quickly taken down by Spider-Man landing and shooting a web at him, sticking him to the wall.
"Hey guys, I'm not too late now am I?" He asked as he got up and looked around. "I MUST have missed something while I was away."
"Nah man, you came in just in time." Ice Man said as the three ran forward, only to end up in a large room with Bishop and Cable; a man with white hair and wearing a robotic suit, who is lock up in an invisible force.
"Cable, I know you think your trying to do the right thing, but you're not. I don't have time to explain, but either surrender now, or suffer the consequences." Bishop said until he saw the three. "Well... looks like I'll have to take down a few unregistered pests."
"Unregistered pests? Well, I've heard lamer names." Spider-Man said as he, Ice Man and Luke prepared themselves while Bishop formed a laser in his hands and fired it at them, to which all of them dodged while Spider-Man spun and landed. "Hey, easy on the new dibs! The wife made it for me!"
Bishop still shot lasers with both of his hands at both Spider-Man and Ice Man as they both dodged while Luke took out his chain belt and started to swing it at Bishop, to which he dodged and fired a laser into Luke, sending him back. Spider-Man quickly shot a web at Bishops face, stunning him as both him and Ice Man ran to him and was about to punch Bishop in the face but he reacted by aiming his lasers into his hands and at them while Spider-Man quickly dodged it as the laser barely hit him, and Ice Man purposely taking the hit so he could counter attack by smashing one of his hands with a large chunk of ice created by him, disabling his hand while Luke ran up to him and hit him in the face, taking him back as Spider-Man webbed him and slammed him against the wall, hurting him until he grabbed a electric circuit box.
"J-Just gotta... recharge." He said as electricity surged into him, until Spider-Man saw a button on it and webbed it, turning the electricity output higher that Bishop couldn't handle.
"Sorry, gotta charge to recharge!" He said comedicly as Bishop yelled while sparks started to come out of him.
"T-TOO MUCH!" He yelled as a large spark hit him and knocked him out, with the invisible force around Cable disappeared while the heroes walked over to him.
"Yo Cable, you alright, and that info you have on the big 'TV'?" Spider-Man asked as Cable sighed a bit but nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine, all of us are now, some were captured such as Spider Woman, but we're fine now thanks to you." He said until a green hologram of Iron Man appeared.
"Bishop? Are you th- Wait... Damn it! I KNEW I should have op'd this thing personally. Next time you won't be so lucky!" Iron Man said as Ice Man scoffed.
"Luck huh? Man, you're just DESPERATE." He said as Iron Man shook his head.
"Well you better get some soon. Because with you going against the registration law and now THIS, you just topped my list, especially you Spider-Man." He said as Spidey pretended to be scared.
"Oh noooo, I'm scared! Look Starky, unless you turn into a symbiote and try to kill me, then come back to me on that scaring thing you're trying to pull." He said as Iron Man chuckled.
"If you were smart, you would stop this foolishness, but I see you want to do this... the hard way, then so be it!" He said as the hologram faded away, leaving the four heroes alone until Spider-Man sat down.
"Man... this war stuff is really tiring." He said as Luke chuckled a bit.
"Well we'll be doing this for a bit. Hopefully those registered heroes are out." He said as Spider-Man got up and all of them walked out to see the registered heroes retreating, showing the rebels have won this round of war.