Sorry, broken computer. I had already typed this but had not been able to post.

To say he was beginning to be frightened would be an understatement. Danny was purely terrified. All of his training fled from his mind and he felt hopeless, he simply had no idea what to do. He had faced Doom, Frost giants and an angry Fury but nothing like this.

"You have to help me!" Danny whispered.

"Whoa!" Luke slammed his locker shut taken by surprise. "I hate it when you pop up like that."

"Dude, I am really freaking out."

Luke's eyes widened in surprise, for something to scare Iron Fist, it had to be bad. Immediately he was in his Power Man mode. "What is it? Who?"

Danny looked around as if to make sure no one in the hallway would listen then leaned over and whispered. "Bethany."

Luke blinked a few times. "What?"

"It's Bethany."

This time he laughed. "Bethany?"

"Sssshhh!" he hissed glancing around with a frown.

"Dude really? What so bad about her?"

"I'm not sure but she's really been giving me the creeps."

"What you mean? You're joking right?"

Danny's face was pure serious and with determination in his eyes. "I am not joking. On any level."

"Fine." Luke leaned on the lockers, arms crossed. "What's the problem?"

"I mean," he sighed. "Okay I know I'm new to here and all but, is it normal if I girl goes through you're phone.?"

"Wait what? She went through your phone?"

He gave a curt nod. "She said she wanted to make sure I had her right number and took my phone. Then she added her email, address, house phone, parent's phone number. I was cool with it, it's not like I'll ever call her, but then I looked and she was going through the menu and going through my messages. When I asked her what she was doing she just closed it off and said 'nothing'."

Luke kept quiet for a few moments. He opened his mouth then shut it. Finally, he started laughing.

Danny sighed and frowned down at Luke who was holding his knees with laughter. "This isn't funny, it's serious. What is going on?"

Finally Luke gulped for air and gave him a slightly pity look. "When did you guys become a couple?"

"What?"

Luke started laughing again. "The only time a girl starts going through your phone is if you guys are dating."

"But I never asked her out or anything!"

"You said yes, to be her partner in the project."

"That was a misunderstanding!"

"Well dude, she thinks she has you and doesn't want to let you slip. Anything else?"

"Yeah, I think she's following me." Even as he said it he glanced around.

"What makes you think that?"

"The fact she waited outside of gym for me the other day and the fact she starts popping out of nowhere."

"C'mon that don't mean anything. I waited outside of Jessica's class the other day."

Danny raised an eyebrow with a smug look on his face.

Luke felt warmth go to his cheeks. "What? It doesn't mean anything." Danny's eyebrow went higher. "I'm serious we're just friends."

Danny smiled and opened his mouth to say something but something caught his eye and his faced turned to panic. "Hide me!" and he hid behind Luke, his back to the lockers.

"What?" Luke asked.

"Hey! Your Danny's friend right." a voice came from behind. He turned around to see Bethany.

"Oh, uh, yeah, hello." Luke said awkwardly but she wasn't really looking at him. She was looking around him.

"Wasn't Danny just here?" she stepped to the side.

"Um, no. It was just me." Luke said matching her step to hide Danny. Danny moved at the same time.

She frowned. "Then who were you talking to?"

"Me, talking? Uh myself, I was talking to myself."

"Then where is he?" she said slightly impatiently.

"I'm not sure. Why do you need to know?" he frowned matching her attitude.

She stepped again and he followed as did Danny. She continued circling him till Danny was exposed to the hallway and he made his escape, sneakily melting with the crowd.

"Because, I'm his friend just like you." She eyed him coolly.

"Really? You're his friend." He said sarcastically.

"Even more than you." She miffed.

"What?" Luke cried incredulously. "Something must be wrong in your head to think that"

She rolled her eyes. "Just tell him to call me when you see him." And with that she walked away.

"Huh," Luke crossed his arms. "I think you're right Danny. That is some cuckoo puff." He turned around to find empty space. "Danny?" he sighed. "Where that boy go?"

After Danny had escaped he caught Ava walking down the hall. "Hey." he said matching her speed.

She blinked. "Whoa, where did you come from?"

"Is that a serious question, because I was sure you already knew?"

She rolled her eye. "Whatever. You just have a look like you were running from something."

He frowned. "What do you mean?" then they heard a beeping noise. They frowned at each other then Ava realized.

"Oh, it's the communicator." She took it out from her bag and Danny fished it out of her pocket.

"Meeting today, with Fury." He mused.

"Probly has something to do with web head or Nova."

"What makes you say that?"

"Doesn't it always?"

"True." He nodded and then noticed her caring her books and notebook. "Do you want me take that?" he asked holding out his hand.

She blinked in surprise and felt her face flush. "Um, sure." She handed them to her. "Thanks."

"Welcome." He smiled, ignoring her accelerated heartbeat, and they walked to class.

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The next day had no signs of Peter and school. They knew he was slightly mad and they were to. Ava was not a big fan of secrets, especially considering the circumstances and Luke was piss because he thought Pete finally trusted them but instead he was hiding stuff from them. Danny didn't like all the negativity going around, he knew Sam was ready to go off on Pete but in some ways he understood some things a person had to deal with themselves. But he thought this was not that much of a matter, maybe Pete could let them in to help. As it was they had their suspicions of who they thought it was.

"Harry's not here." Danny quietly pointed out. They were in the hallway.

'That doesn't necessarily have to mean anything.' Luke said. He didn't want to think like that.

"But it makes sense."

'It makes more sense that he's being a smug jackhead." Ava growled

"And he's afraid of me showing him up." Sam smirked.

"Either way," Luke sighed. "we're on high alert and we have our orders. We gotta do what we gotta do."

Danny frowned. He didn't like the idea of killing. As they began to walking down the hall a high voice cried from behind. "Daaaaaannnnnnnnnnny!"

Danny cringed his face horror "Please, can we go now."

"Guess whose home, lover boy.' Sam elbowed him playfully. Ava clenched her books harder, her face tight. As footsteps approached he turned around tightly. "Oh, hey Bethany." He said lamely.

"I called, you last night, a couple times but you didn't answer.' There was only the slightest hint of an accusation but it was enough to bristle Ava.

Sam grinned at Luke, "This is going to be good."

"My phone died last night.' He came up with.

She looked confused. "Really, because it had a full battery, when I saw it."

Sam choked back laughter, leaning on Luke whose eyes of disbelief matched Ava's. The rings of her notebooks were beginning to bend. Bethany eyed Ava and gave her a slight glare. She obviously didn't like seeing her with Danny and Ava second that feeling.

Danny's eyes widened and looked confused. "Um, how- when did you-'

"Well, anyways, I was thinking we could go to this restaurant on Graylite St this Friday. They have good burgers."

"Gold-digger." Sam hid behind a cough.

Luke elbowed him but Ava whispered. "Think so to."

Luke looked at her in exasperation.

Danny rubbed the back of his head. "To study? With all of us?"

"A study date." She winked. "With you and me. Together"

'I want to eat." Sam said loudly then caught Ava's look.

She was stiffened and her eyes flared. Her notebook bended more.

"We should sale tickets." Sam smiled at Luke.

"Shut up boy. You are not helping!"

"That's uh cool," Danny said uneasily, "Nice but I-"

'Like around seven.'

'I can't-"

"Pick me up?"

Danny froze looking at her blankly. "Wha?" he looked back at the other with and incredulous look.

"Look, Bethany was it.' Ava said stepping up. "As unneeded as that offer was he can't go. We're busy and have things to do."

She gave Ava a glare and a look of disdain. "I wasn't asking you to come."

"No, you were asking my friend. And he can't go."

"Says who?"

"He has been trying to say it."

"I didn't hear him.'

"Because you wouldn't. He obviously doesn't want to go.'

"Uh, we should get to class girls." Luke said trying to get them to stop. They gave him a hard glare and he stepped back. That glare would have frozen Dr. Doom. They turned back at each other.

"You're just mad because he didn't pick you for the project."

"He was going to be with Luke!"

"No, he said yes to me. He's probly has told you no.' Bethany looked smug. Ava wasn't sure if she knew she had hit a nerve but she had and she was pissed.

"Listen you little rat."

Soon her and Bethany were full blown going.

"This is so good!" Sam grinned as he videotaped. People walking down the hall glanced at them but gave them space. Some stood; ready to see how far it would go.

Danny, ever the peacemaker, tried to step in between their bantering, still not exactly understanding the motive. "Um, girls. Why don't we take a deep breath and try to calm ourselves."

"You, stay out of this!" they told him. He jumped back and they continued. Sam cracked up.

"What do we do?" Danny asked Luke. "Do girls usually do this?"

"Actually, yeah they seem to."

"Dude, you really need to get out more." Sam said. He couldn't believe Danny didn't really see it but he figured it was more as he didn't want to see it. He merely shrugged and walked around to get a better angle. Bethany's face color was an unusual red and Ava had already dropped her notebooks.

"Enough!" a voice cut in. Everyone stopped and parted as Principal Coulson stepped into the formed bubble around the girls and addressed the crowd. "Unless, you all want detention, or suspension, I expect you all get to class. Now!"

The crowd scattered and he turned to the girls. "As for this, you two will have detention. Together."

"What?"

"I don't want to hear it. Get to class Miss Claus."

She huffed but before she left she smiled and said. 'Bye Danny." Then walked down the hall.

Ava was ready to lunge. Coulson merely held up his arm to keep her at bay. "As for you four, get to class."

Ava growled but picked her stuff up, she was still fuming. As she was walking by the boys she glared at them. "Thanks for the help you guys." And huffed down the hall.

Luke and Danny looked at each other then gave Coulson an exasperated look but he merely shrugged and they groaned. Sam shrugged nonchalant. "You seemed to be handling it pretty good." And they began to walk.

"Wait,' Coulson said. They turned, even Ava, they knew that tone. He looked up from his phone with a look that wasn't a principal but an agent, "You guys are up."

"Good. I need something to claw." Ava said and they took off running down the hall.

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She watched quietly with alertness. She held her bow at the ready but she didn't. She merely watched from a nearby rooftop. She had been near enough to hear the monstrous scream and followed it to her school. What is going on? She had thought, only to find Spidey fighting Venom. After awhile the others had joined. But she didn't understand why they were holding back.

Then when Venom disappeared she practically choke on air. Harry! She had thought with shock. Venom was Harry Osborn! But what had kept her quiet was Spider Man's reaction. She could see the emotion practically visibly coming from him. He cared for him, and not just as a civilian. Spidey knew him.

The others slowly gathered around behind him. Iron Fist knelt and seemed to be checking his pulse. She quietly came from the shadows and crept to a closer rooftop, to hear what they were saying.

Nova seemed to have said something and earned himself a glare from White Tiger. "Really, bucket-head." She growled.

"We need to get him to a hospital. Now.' Power man said.

'But we can't just go in saying he was controlled by Venom, make sure he rest." Spidey still tried to joke.

'He has to Spider Man." Iron Fist said.

'It's not much better with us standing in the rain." Tiger pointed out.

Spidey sighed. "Fine, let's go." He picked Harry up bridal stile and turned. "Nova take him please. Go ahead we'll follow."

"Nova opened his mouth but for once he kept any sniding comment to himself and nodded. 'On it." He took Harry from him Spidey in the same fashion and flew off.

"Hurry." Spidey cried as he shot a web and followed.

"Na shit." Nova cried back but then was gone from hearing ranged and the rest ran after him.

Hotshot stood, still in shock but this time not from Harry. She whispered to herself. "Bucket-head?"