A/N: I know I said it would only be a fortnight, but stuff came up so… just a week longer? That okay with you lot? Good, because I can't change that.
Anyway, I'm excited for you readers to read this one! I really enjoyed writing it and shoutout #1robinhood (an author on Wattpad, go check her stories out they're amazing!) for giving me plenty of ideas and helping me get this one off the drawing board.
IMPORTANT: A wonderful guest has pointed out to me that this is an Avengers and Spider-Man crossover but there isn't much Avengers in it. It's now just occurred to me that the Avengers don't come in until much later, so thus I will be moving this story to the Spider-Man category. Thank you to that Guest, because everything you suggested will come… just… later!
So, without further ado, Please enjoy!
Chapter Seven: Prank War (Part 1)
Date: 16 October, 2017
Time: 8:57
Location: Midtown School of Science and Technology
POV: Jade Artemis Hunter
I groggily trudged down the hallway, trying to blink the sleep from my eyes. I had stayed up all night last night on my roof, trying to spot Spider-Man. And no, I wasn't obsessed or anything… just, after meeting him… I couldn't help but think MJ's theory wasn't too wacky after all. If Peter had been the one to prank Flash, then how did he get that silk stuff? And we had seen him just before we left for our next class, so he would have had to do it extremely quickly. Pretty sure enhanced speed could help with that.
Aurora was still hesitant, but while we were walking home from Starbucks, the both of us had spotted Spider-Man swinging around the skyscrapers and buildings towering above us. I had given Rory an 'I told you so' look and we continued to discuss MJ's theory for the wonderful span of about ten minutes. I then spent the rest of my glorious first weekend in New York researching about the web-slinger and everything that the public knew about him… which was next to nothing.
Well, I was paying the price for my slight obsession now. I entered the Physics classroom, dreading the lesson. Physics was my least favourite class, not because of the work, it was the teacher. Apparently, me being late on my first day had left an impression on Ms Warren. I had found out last week she didn't like me at all. I think the big reason for that was that I could not pay attention to anything she was saying and still answer the questions correctly when she picked on me.
Slumping into my seat, I put my bag on the table and began to use it as a pillow. I shut my eyes for a few blissful seconds before I felt a presence beside me.
"Didn't sleep much loser?" MJ asked bluntly. Right, she was still angry with me. I probably should have tried to fix all that up ages ago, but it had slipped my mind.
"No." I merely replied, not really in the mood to explain anything.
MJ sighed. "What time did you go to bed last night?"
"The ungodly hour of 2:59am." I mumbled.
"Dare I ask why?" MJ asked in a bored voice.
"Was looking for Spider-Man." There was an awkward silence, that even in my sleep-deprived state, I could feel.
"You… what?" I moaned and opened my eyes to look at MJ's expectant face.
"Bunch of guys tried to do you-know-what and Spidey jumped in." I expected MJ to slap me and tell me 'I told you so!' or continue to be angry with me. Instead her face split into a grin.
"I was wondering why your arm was bandaged. Wait, so you were Pete's damsel in distress were you?" I narrowed my eyes and felt another pang of guilt. Rubbing my bandaged wound, I averted my gaze to where Pete and Ned had sat down on the opposite side of the room. I felt so awful I had done nothing. I could have at least thrown in a punch or something! My wound hardly hurt anymore, sometimes I even forgot it existed! (A/N: Like the author might accidentally do.)
"No. I was handling the guys just fine when he arrived." It was a complete lie, but I made sure to look MJ right in the eye, I kept my fingers still and kept myself calm. MJ was a master at reading people and I knew if she picked up even a hint of un-comfortableness, I would be busted.
"Handling them as in..." MJ smirked and my eyes widened.
"No! Why on Earth would you say that?" I slapped MJ hard on the arm. She just laughed and shook her head. 'I really need to get better friends.' I thought.
My good mood was immediately ruined when both Ms Warren and Flash walked into the classroom, the former as stone-faced as ever, the latter… unnervingly elated.
"What's up with Flash?" I asked MJ in a whisper.
"Miss Hunter! No talking!" Ms Warren snapped. I rolled my eyes when she turned her back to me. Plenty of other people were whispering, why pick on me?
"No idea. Also, somebody's in a bad mood." MJ whispered back.
"Miss Jones! Be quiet!" The Physics teacher glared daggers at MJ, who gave the teacher a look of pure innocence.
"Who? Me or Ms Storm Cloud?" I whisper shouted at MJ. It was hard to keep the smile off my face when Ms Warren turned to look at me. I gave her a look of confusion and she just went back to writing on the board.
"Now class, please get out your books and copy down these notes on vibranium and its properties." There were a few groans that echoed around the classroom, but eventually everyone complied.
As I took out my notebook, I couldn't help but feel it was slightly damp and was it just me… or did the cover look more… red than usual. Suspiciously I opened it and gave a little yelp of shock. Every single one of my pages, was a shade of shocking, bright, hot pink.
I wrinkled my nose in disgust at the colour. I was not a fan of pink. Trying not to gag at how obnoxiously bright it was, I looked over at MJ and gestured to my pages. When she spotted the pink, her eyebrows shot up and her mouth opened in a perfect little 'o'.
Starting to get extremely angry, I flicked through my perfect notes and saw to my shock and horror, all the black ink had smudged and become illegible. I took a deep breath to calm my emotions and went to go get my spare notebook.
But when I opened it, it too, was the same stupid shade of pink. I let out a growl of anger, though I wanted to scream. 'How the hell did this happen?' I thought furiously. Suddenly, I heard a snicker behind me and whipped around to see Flash trying to smother his laughter.
"How dare-"
"Miss Hunter! Did I give you permission to talk?" Ms Warren glared daggers at me, but I didn't care.
"But Fl-"
"I don't want to hear it, Hunter! You will sit there and take notes or I will give you an entire week of detentions." I fell silent, not wanting to push Ms Warren's bad mood any further. Besides, there were other ways to get Flash back.
After class, I caught up with Peter, Ned and Aurora. I waved goodbye to MJ as she went to another class and began to explain to the others what happened.
"That little-" Peter began, but I cut him off before he could say something he might regret.
"Pete, don't finish that sentence. I know, what he did was so stupid, but the important thing is, how do we get him back?" Rory looked at me and gave me a smug smile. Peter and Ned stared at the two of us more than a little confused.
"Um… we tell a teacher?" Ned replied simply. I shook my head in mock-disappointment.
"No, we prank him back!" I exclaimed. Peter's eyes lit up with excitement, but Ned narrowed his eyes.
"But… won't he try to prank us back, too?" I face palmed and Peter rolled his eyes. Rory on the other hand, let out a small giggle. I turned to her with raised eyebrows and she went bright red.
"Yes, he will that's the point." Ned still looked confused. I wanted to scream in frustration.
"Dude! We're starting a prank war!" Peter supplied and I gave him a grateful look. He returned the look with a smile and we both turned to see Ned, as comprehension dawned on his face.
"What ideas did you have in mind?" He asked excitedly. I smirked and gave Flash a dangerous look as he walked off to his next class.
"Many. Just tell me one thing. Do you know what Flash's last lesson is today?"
Date: 16 October, 2017
Time: 14:55
Location: Midtown School of Science and Technology
POV: Peter Benjamin Parker
I couldn't hold in my excitement. This Spanish lesson could not end any faster. I kept glancing at Flash who was sitting directly in front of me. 'Poor unsuspecting idiot.' I thought evilly. I exchanged a look with Jade, who was sitting right next to me. I knew she was just as excited as I was, but she didn't show it.
Aurora, who was sitting behind us (for reasons to be explained), wasn't smiling but she was fidgeting so much it was rather obvious she was very nervous and very excited.
Ned, on the other hand, had a wide grin on his face and kept bouncing his leg impatiently. I noticed he hadn't actually written any notes down and rolled my eyes. He actually had paper to write on. Turns out Flash had dyed every one of Jade's books pink and she was now using a couple pages out of my own. It still beats me how Flash managed to get into Jade's locker, but Aurora had sheepishly admitted she had taken a while to replace Jade's lock… after she dissolved it?
Jade still wouldn't tell me that story. I'm pretty sure it was linked to her injured arm and the reason she had been taken by those guys. But every time I brought it up she went bright red and would shrug me off. Anyway, Jade and I presumed while Aurora was replacing the lock, Flash had pulled the prank.
And speaking of pranks…
Ring Ring Ring.
Immediately, Jade's bored expression split into a mischievous smile. She glanced at me, Aurora and Ned and we all nodded.
Jade got up to leave and I quickly kicked her chair, hard. It toppled over at lightning speed and shattered on impact. Everyone turned from where they were standing to stare at Jade who pretended to look shocked and on the verge of tears. They began to gather around our table to try to see what had broken, while the teacher tried to keep everyone calm.
"It's okay, Miss Hunter. You can go, I'll get someone to fix this up." The teacher smiled at her kindly and Jade nodded trying to not make eye contact with anyone.
"Wow Hunter. Can't even stand up without breaking something? You really are a walking catastrophe." Flash mocked and smirked.
"Welp. See you losers later." He walked up to the door and grabbed the door knob. Ned and I exchanged an excited glance and Aurora brought out her phone, where she now had a clear view of Flash. He turned the knob and Jade, Ned and me quickly stood up to part the crowd.
As Flash stepped through the doorway, clear, glittery, gooey liquid poured all over his head. A broad grin stretched across my face as I noticed the extremely fine glitter soaked up in the glue.
"Ew! Ew! Ew! Get it off me!" Flash began to yelp. The class broke into fits of giggles. Jade, Aurora, Ned and I got up and walked out of the classroom.
Jade turned back to Flash and gave him a smug smile. "You know Flash? I think the glitter suits you. The very fine glitter that will take a very very long time to get out." She turned on her heel and stalked down the hall to the locker.
I laughed at Flash's gobsmacked face and Ned and I high-fived. Aurora reached up above the doorway to untie the bucket and gave Flash a fake sweet smile as she too made her way down the hall. I followed her, Ned beside me and it was only once we got to our lockers that the four of us all burst out laughing.
"Did you see his face?"
"He was so shocked!"
"Can't wait to see him come to school tomorrow!"
"Did you make sure you deleted the security footage?" Jade asked Ned after she regained herself.
"Yep. No one will know it was us!"
"Good. And the bucket?" Jade turned to Aurora who was holding the evidence toward our prank right in the open.
"Will cease to exist in less than a minute." And with that, the girl ran off to who knows where.
"Okay, what did I miss?" A voice asked. I spun around to see MJ and stiffened. She didn't even glance at me, instead her eyes turned to Jade expectantly.
"Just pranked Flash. Glitter glue, watered down to make it more like glitter slime and a bucket above the doorway." Jade explained, still grinning. MJ stared at us for a moment and then burst out into insane laughter.
"Please tell me you caught it on video!" She gasped. I nodded enthusiastically.
"Yes, Aurora recorded it!" I frowned when MJ merely gave me a brief nod of acknowledgment.
"I'll send the video to you tonight." Jade replied, but she was no longer smiling. She was giving MJ a look that clearly said, 'What gives?' MJ merely shrugged and walked past me, almost as if I wasn't there.
"Oh, by the way. You four will need to watch your backs. You've given Flash an entire afternoon to plan his revenge." MJ stated before leaving.
Ned gave me a look of confusion and gestured to her. I narrowed my eyes and walked off. I didn't understand why she was so sour about me lying… couldn't she see that it was to protect my identity. There was no point trying to hide who I was from her, but maybe I could still save Jade and Aurora from knowing the truth. But how? If they believed MJ then there was no way… unless…
Date: 16 October, 2017
Time: 16:09
Location: Delmar's Deli-Grocery, Queens
POV: Michelle Jones
"Thanks Mr Delmar. See you later." I walked out of the shop and began to walk home. I shouldn't have gotten annoyed at Peter, but if it there was one thing I hated, it was lying. Which was a bit hypocritical as I did it, like, half the time.
It was as I was about to turn the corner to get to my apartment, that I felt a sharp tug on my jacket and was flung high up into the air. Letting out an involuntary scream, I shut my eyes in fear before I felt something… or someone catch me.
"MJ, it's okay. It's me." I opened my eyes to see Spider-Man holding me bridal style, on top of my apartment building.
I pushed away from him and fell on the concrete roof. "What the hell do you think your doing!" I yelled at him.
"I just needed to ask a favor."
"No! I don't want to hear it! You could have asked me any other way!" I yelled a little hysterically.
"MJ, calm down. Seriously you're worse than Jade." I stilled as he mentioned my friend's name. I tried to take a few deep breaths.
"Okay. What do you need?" The hero turned back to me and he removed his mask.
"Please, I need you to convince Jade and Aurora I'm not Spider-Man." I raised my eyebrows and sighed.
"It'll be hard now that they've met you, or Jade has anyway. I've already tried to convince them that you are Spider-Man…" I trailed off and Peter's eyes widened in fear.
"What! No! They can't know MJ!"
"Why not? It's not like they'll blab. Ned's probably in more danger of revealing your identity than them." I shrugged but Peter held his head, shaking it in panic.
"You don't understand! The people that know, you, May, Tony, Ned… are in so much danger! Vulture knows who I am, if he escapes prison, than he'll go for you guys. He'll try to extract information from you! I don't tell people to protect them from this part of my life!" He finished his short rant and I stared, wide-eyed, before sighing.
"I'll see what I can do. But… you being friends with them, Pete, they're going to have to know sooner or later." He gave a grateful look and nodded in understanding.
"Preferably, later rather than sooner." He pulled on his mask and swung off. I sighed and made my way to the fire exit, so I could enter the apartment building.
"I don't know Pete. The sooner you tell them, the better it will be for everybody."
Date: 17 October, 2017
Time: 8:01
Location: Jade's Apartment
POV: Jade Artemis Hunter
"Jade, your parents are coming to New York." Grandma stated simply. I almost dropped my bag in shock.
"What?" I whispered, barely able to make a noise. Grandma looked at me and smiled gently.
"They're moving to New York. They're buying an apartment a floor above us. Apparently business isn't going so well. Your mother's gotten a new job at the publisher's as an editor." I gave a shaky smile. Mum had always wanted to become an editor.
"And… Dad?"
Grandma's face fell and she exchanged a glance with Grandpa who had just walked into the room. His eyes widened and he sighed.
"Your Father currently isn't planning on continuing Hunter Tech. He's… um... trying to settle a few disputes with some people and will then become unemployed. But he's wanting to get a job at Stark Industries as a lab technician." I nodded silently then gave my grandparents a small smile.
"Thanks. I-er look forward to that." Without another word, I picked up my bag and left.
As I was walking down the street, Rory came up to me with a concerned expression. She didn't even bother to ask what was wrong, she just gave me a hug and that's all. I honestly didn't know how I felt. On one hand, my parents coming back would be great. It meant the whole blackmailing dilemma would have passed and we could start functioning as a normal family again. On the other, my Mum, who I was closest with, was getting a full-time job, meaning I would be spending more time with Dad, who I was still furious with.
We walked into school and MJ ran up to the two of us. She looked like she was about to say something, but then she saw my face and fell silent. She glanced at Rory and gave her a questioning look. I was thankful Rory just shook her head and together, the three of us walked to our lockers.
Their silent support was really all I needed. I didn't want to talk about it just now.
"Hey J- Whoa, what's wrong?" Ned ran up to us. Peter trailed behind him looking like he was about to face palm. MJ slapped Ned's shoulder.
"What? What did I do?"
"It's okay, Ned. It's just my parents are moving to New York." I assured him, giving him a sad smile. Ned looked at me confused. Peter on the other hand stared at me wide-eyed.
"Oh, but that's a good thing… right?" Ned asked unsure.
"I don't really know. They've been having a couple of… business troubles. Well, Dad has anyway." The way I said 'Dad' seemed to spark Peter's attention.
"What… business did you say your Dad worked in again?" He asked. I couldn't help but think there was a small amount of suspicion laced in his voice.
"He was a technician. Created tech and computers and stuff." I was surprised when Peter narrowed his eyes.
"That tech doesn't involved anything… alien does it?" As soon as Peter said this, MJ and Ned spun around to face him and slapped him hard on the shoulders.
"It was just a question!"
"Your hopeless, you know that?" MJ shook her head.
Ring Ring Ring.
Ignoring Pete's question, I put in my locker code, quickly grabbed my books and followed MJ and Rory to our first class, English.
"What was that all about?" I asked MJ.
"Yeah, that was really weird." Rory added. MJ sighed, was silent for a moment and then opened her mouth to speak.
"A couple weeks ago, a girl named Liz left Midtown. She was amazing and a great person, and Peter and her were together or something." It was like a flame had been lit. At the mention of Peter being together with someone, it made the flame burn bright. I realised I… was... Jealous. Why? I didn't feel anything romantic for Pete, surely. He was a friend. I'd known him for a week, ergo, I hardly knew him at all.
"Why did she leave?" Rory asked.
"There was a rumor floating around that her Dad was the villain named, Vulture. He used alien tech to create all these crazy machines and stuff. Well, that's what I know from Peter anyway." I nodded, now understanding why Peter reacted when he did, but something felt… off.
"How does Peter know?" I questioned.
"Know what?"
"About this Vulture guy?"
"Oh, he… um... did an internship with Tony Stark. Stark was close with Spider-Man, who apparently took him down." MJ replied, a little hurriedly. The pieces still didn't fit.
"Wait, isn't Peter Spider-Man?"
"No. Why?"
"What! The other day you were getting angry at us for not believing you Peter was Spider-Man and now we do and you don't think he is anymore?" I exclaimed in shock. Why would her opinion change so drastically?
"Well… I had a few run-ins with Spidey and I can confirm it's not Peter." She seemed slightly unsure about her answer. Rory and I exchanged a look and then turned to MJ, just as we were walking into our English classroom.
"I don't know. Your theory makes sense… well, your previous one anyway." I told her. MJ shrugged and went to go find her seat.
Confused, I went to go sit next to her. Did she really believe Peter wasn't Spidey? Or was she just covering up for him? That seemed like a strong possibility. Pete could've convinced her to convince them that he wasn't Spider-Man. It made sense, he hardly knew me and Rory. But somehow, the idea that he wasn't willing to share his secret, stung more than it probably should have.
Date: 17 October, 2017
Time: 15:05
Location: Midtown School of Science and Technology
POV: Peter Benjamin Parker
I was putting my stuff away in my locker when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to find MJ staring at me concerned.
"They don't believe me." She stated and it took my brain a while to catch up to what she was saying.
"What! Why?" I asked, slightly panicked.
"They said my theory makes sense… my previous one. If you're going to convince them, you'll need proof."
"How? It's not like I can be walking with them and we all have a run-in with Spider-Man! I'd need to be in two places at once! And I can't just take photos of myself because then they'd question how I got those photos and I'd be in more hot water!" I exclaimed in frustration. I couldn't let them find out. The less people that knew the better.
"Look, Pete, maybe just t-"
"No! There has to be a way…" I shut her down quickly. If I needed to be in two places at once, then I'd find a way… somehow.
"Pete, like I said before… just think about it." I nodded but it wasn't me agreeing with her. I needed to think about this. I couldn't do this on my own… maybe Tony could help?
"Peter!" Jade ran up to me, with a smug smile.
"Flash wasn't in any of my classes today, did you see him?" She asked. I let out a laugh at the memory. I had walked into Calculus to see Flash sitting in his desk, head in his hands, with glitter, still coating his skin. Whenever the sun hit him, he lit up the room like a disco ball.
"Oh yes, I saw him. Looks like showering does nothing when it comes to glitter." Jade giggled a little.
"Describe the his apparent drastic appearance in one word." She asked expectantly.
"Why?"
"Because I need an idea of what torture I put him through."
"Human disco ball."
"That's three, idiot." She punched my arm lightly and I rolled my eyes. Our eyes locked and we both cracked up laughing.
"Looks like he didn't bother to take revenge." She added after we had recovered. She began to walk to her locker. Strangely, Jade stumbled a little, before righting herself. She completely ignored her not so graceful few steps, so I decided to do so too.
"Yeah, probably doesn't want us to-" At that moment, the hairs on the back of my neck stuck up and my spidey-sense went off. Looked down to where Jade had stumbled I saw a small wire, that looked remarkably like trip wire.
Without thinking I pushed her out of the way, just in time to get hit in the side by something hard. That something became several somethings and soon my entire side felt like it was on fire, and it looked like it too. Red and orange paint covered my shirt and pants. I looked up to see a paintball gun, connected to the tripwire, on the opposite side of the room.
It was just my luck that no one had triggered it before Jade had, and everyone else seemed to have dodged the paint as it was being shot.
"Sup, Penis Parker! Like your shirt. Oh, did anyone tell you that those were oil paints? I'm pretty sure they don't wash out very easily." Flash walked by laughing his head off. Jade glared at him and then smiled.
"Well at least he can change his shirt. Planning on skinning yourself anytime soon Flash?" She asked innocently. Flash glared back at her and stalked off. I smiled at her warmly and she returned it.
"Thanks for that by the way." She muttered sheepishly. I chuckled in reply and shrugged.
"No big deal. This shirt was old anyway."
"Hey guys- whoa, what happened to you?" Ned asked astonished.
"Seems like Flash did have a prank set up, Ned." I sighed but then frowned as Aurora trailed behind him.
"Where were you two?" I raised my eyebrows when Ned went bright red and Aurora rolled her eyes.
"That, my friend, is a tale for another time. The important thing now, is to discuss how we are gonna avenge your shirt." Aurora replied confidently. I laughed a little and thought about it for a moment. Then an idea came to me. It was risky and probably would end up revealing my identity, but done right, I might be able to convince Jade and Aurora I wasn't Spider-Man.
"I have an idea."
A/N: Sorry this is a day late! I had no internet yesterday so there was no way I could have updated. Anyway, this is a Part 1 and Part 2 should be up in a few weeks. This little arc is kinda setting up the plot for later and solving the character arcs that are currently happening.
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(P.S - Remember this will be in the Spider-Man category by next chapter!).
