Last chapter ended... kinda boringly, if I'm being honest. Let's see if we can't make up for that :D


Nick Fury made a motion of gesturing to the large table in the center of the room, implying the Avengers should sit down. Steve, Clint, and Natasha took up three seats together on one side, and Wanda sat next to Natasha. Peter, figuring he should stick with people who he knew, sat next to Wanda. Bucky, Sam, Rhodey, and Vision followed suit by filing onto the other side of the table.

"Now, I wanted to inform you all of something," said Fury. "This is a big deal for us too."

"Are we finally getting that pool table?" asked Rhodey.

"...No, Rhodey, we are not finally getting that pool table," said the director.

Rhodey looked down sadly.

"But we are getting something," he added. "Any of y'all know what a sleeper agent is?"

"An agent who remains in a place for a long period of time before accomplishing their mission," Steve said. "...Why?"

"Damn, Rogers, thought you'd have pieced it together by now," Fury chuckled. "We've had a sleeper agent stationed for a while now."

"Codename?" asked Natasha.

Fury's next words, however...

They sent a chill up nearly half the room's spines.

"Taskmaster."

Peter's eyes suddenly shot up, and almost immediately, Wanda turned to look at him, a similar look of shock in her eyes. "D-Director Fury?" Peter suddenly piped up.

"Yes, Mr. Parker?"

"S-Some guy named Taskmaster attacked Wanda and I last week."

Fury's eye suddenly went from excited to concerned. "The hell? A-Are you pulling my chain? He never reported that."

"He's not, Director," said Wanda. "I would show you my bruise from where his shield swept me off my legs, but it healed recently."

Steve suddenly turned to face the two youngest Avengers, and along with everyone else, seemed extremely concerned. "Why didn't you two tell us?"

"They told me," said Clint. "Well, Wanda told me the whole story. Cap, you can't blame them for wanting to keep quiet about this."

"I don't blame them," Steve said, "but I do want you two to know you can report anything to me, okay?"

The two nodded sheepishly.

"Don't feel bad, kiddos," said Bucky reassuringly. "I can't blame you for being scared of Steve. That face of his is quite a sight, to say the least..."

"You shut up," Steve chuckled, smiling at Bucky.

"Peter, Wanda," Vision said, looking at the two, "do you both feel comfortable with talking about the incident later, so that we may gather details on this... 'Taskmaster'?"

"Absolutely," Peter said. "W-Well, I-I just speak for me, and Wanda, i-if you don't-"

"Relax, Peter," Wanda giggled. "I'm okay with it."

Fury, however, seemed to suddenly shift in appearance - like he had just seen a ghost.

"What's the matter, director?" asked Sam concernedly.

"I just remembered," Fury said, "...Taskmaster told me, yesterday, he'd be stopping by."

Natasha suddenly received an alert on her phone that the front gate had been opened by a security employee key card. She didn't think too much of it, but then, she pulled up the security footage...

The security guards were both out cold in front of the gate.

"Taskmaster's in the courtyard," said Natasha.

"Grab what weapons you all can," said Steve, getting up. "We're gonna need force to take out Taskmaster."

As Peter and Wanda stood up, however, Clint put his hand on the woman's shoulder. "You two stay here. We don't want you to have to face Taskmaster again."

"We can take him!" Peter said confidently.

"And we know that," Natasha said calmly. "But we can't risk you two having a run in with him again. God knows what he'd do for a rematch."

And with that, the other eight in the room sped out of the room to go and confront Taskmaster, leaving Peter and Wanda by themselves.

"Dammit," Peter muttered under his breath.

"You're not the only one," Wanda assured him, her Sokovian accent returning in full force - she was upset, clearly.


Taskmaster was casually walking the path that led up to the Avengers compound - but he was about to be confronted by Steve, Clint, Natasha, and Fury, who were all walking towards him.

"Well well well, Fury," Taskmaster chuckled, "I didn't expect such a formal greeting."

"Shut ya damn mouth, Masters," said Fury. "Why the hell are you here?"

"I've come for the youngsters," said Taskmaster. "I want to see if they are worthy of a rematch."

"You'll have to kill us to get to those two," said Natasha, pulling out her pistol from her pocket.

"We're giving you to the count of three to get the hell out of here," said Clint. "One... two... THREE!"

And with that, Natasha fired her gun right at Taskmaster's head...

But it went right through him.

"The hell?" Natasha muttered.

Suddenly, a loud knock was heard from behind them - when they turned around, they were briefly met by a flash of light, before it shut off...

To reveal Taskmaster.

He had used a hologram as a distraction so he could easily slip in, and had barricaded the door securely with one of the cabinets in the hallway.

"Don't bother reaching out, your comm signals will have way too much interference," he called out to them. "I'll find those two before you can even get in!"

And with that, as the Avengers and Fury pounded on the door to try and get the cabinet to move, Taskmaster began to make his way down the hall.


Wanda and Peter casually sat in the meeting room, just sighing and waiting out the initial discourse going on outside the room and beyond. The two were both bored to death, but they were still tossing jokes and small talk back and forth.

They really just wanted to be part of the action.

And they would get their chance - Friday's voice, albeit very cluttered, soon came on the speaker in the room.

"Friday?" Wanda asked. "What's going on up there?"

"Taskmaster broke-making his way-find you-HIDE!"

The message sent a chill down their spines.

But neither were intent on hiding.

"We gotta show Taskmaster that we're the Avengers," said Peter. "We won't hide just because he kicked our butts one time."

Wanda smirked. "You read my mind, Peter."

Peter chuckled lightly, the boy-ish smile on his face lighting up Wanda's heart. "Well then... let's go get our rematch."

And with that, the two stepped out into the hallway to find the sleeper agent and give him what's worth.


Taskmaster kept his shield on his arm's gauntlet as he strolled casually down the hallways of the Avengers Compound, feeling very pleased with himself. He had already managed to allure Vision, escape from Bucky and Sam, as well as fool Rhodey. SHIELD tech came in quite handy...

And then, he found the two he was looking for.

Peter and Wanda, standing right in front of him in their pj's, only had web shooters and magic to defend themselves. Then again, however, that wasn't much more than what they had last time they fought him.

"Well, it seems as if I've finally found you two," Taskmaster chuckled, drawing his sword. "Bout time."

"Go to hell," Wanda said, heating up her magic.

"Sorry, its not my time yet," Taskmaster growled.

"What do you even want with us?" Peter asked, exasperated.

"An organization hired me to infiltrate SHIELD and see who was worth recruiting," he explained vaguely. "You two came out on top."

"Would be honored if you didn't try to hurt us," Peter said.

"No pain, no gain," Taskmaster said, his skull mask growing more and more frightening by the minute. "That's not my motto; that's... someone else's."

Wanda had officially had enough of this jabbering from whatever this guy was - she conjured a hex that met his shield, which was somehow resistant to her magic; Peter then shot a web at the sword in his left hand, and it managed to put it on the ground for a second.

Again, though, only for a second; Taskmaster immediately recovered it, and yanked it back up and shook the webbing off.

"I must say, you two do not cease to impress me," he muttered. "I can see why my agency has a six-figure salary awaiting either of you should you join."

"I'm a teenager!" Peter exclaimed. "What would I even do with a six-figure salary?"

"Teenager things?" Taskmaster shrugged.

"Stop talking," Wanda interjected, grabbing the man with her magic and tossing him back into the wall. He hit it with a loud "OOF!" and fell to his knees momentarily.

"Damn... that was a good one," he chuckled. "You kids are really something."

Suddenly, Steve and his crew of three rounded the corner, and for the first time they came face-to-face with Taskmaster.

"Tony Masters, the hell are you doing?!" Fury exclaimed.

"Could ask you the same thing, Nick," Taskmaster shot back.

"We got a nice, cozy cell on Ryker's Island waiting for you," Clint said, drawing an arrow.

Taskmaster, however, chuckled underneath his mask.

"You better find another occupant," he chuckled. "Afraid I'm not available right now."

A smoke bomb suddenly went off that sent a foul odor throughout the hallway, and a few shoulders were shoved as the Avengers fought their way through the smoke. Eventually, Wanda managed to open a window pane and toss the smoke outside. When it was clear, however, everyone could see that Taskmaster was gone.

"Damn," Fury muttered. "Guys, I-I... I really didn't expect Masters to turn on us like that."

"We know, director," said Peter. "Its not your fault."

"We'll get him eventually," Wanda said.

"Are you two okay?" asked Steve, facing the two youngest Avengers. "Did he hurt you at all?"

"Actually... no," Wanda said, slightly surprised at her own words. "H-He didn't hurt either of us."

"That's a first," Peter chuckled lightly.

"You two go get some breakfast, and then some rest," Natasha said, strictly but with a tone of care. "We'll get this mess sorted out."

"Please don't be mad at Director Fury," Peter said. "Its not his fault, Ms. Romanoff."

Natasha smiled, as did the three men surrounding her. "Oh, alright, because you said so..."

And with that, Peter and Wanda walked off to go to the kitchen for their well deserved meal, while the others stayed back to figure out the best way to handle the Taskmaster situation.

However, as the sleeper agent made his way off of the grounds while Peter and Wanda enjoyed a leisurely stroll together, he made a silent oath.

He would be back...

And he would not fail.


I hope you guys are enjoying the Taskmaster arc! I know I am! :D And to the guest who guessed (lol) that the meeting would be about Taskmaster, you were correct, haha! And you KNOW I'll make Wanda be Peter's wingwoman. I just gots to! XD

Anyway, next chapter is focusing primarily on both Peter and Wanda, as well as Bucky and Sam's dynamic with Peter - its game time at Avengers HQ. Hope you'll be there for it! :D

In the meantime though, thanks for reading guys! See you next chapter! Love you all!