Author's Note: I know I've been working on other stuff for a while but I had an idea for this chapter. I own nothing.

9. Unwanted Reunions

Spidey rolled out of the way of a foot as it came down hard where she'd been. She shot to her feet as a familiar glider sped into view, sans rider. It disappeared out of sight and she sighed. Looked like no help was coming from the newbie right now. She leapt out of the way and realized her mistake a second later when the Rhino turned and ran towards Kobe who had run to the remains of his car by mistake. She was mid-swing, knowing she would never reach him in time. Then a black string came from near the entrance of the school and yanked Kobe out of the way of the Rhino. Piper froze, nearly slamming into a streetlight. Black webbing? That could mean only one thing, Venom. She glanced around and spotted the figure she was looking for. He was smaller than the last time, and he was missing the large white spider across his chest. He had grabbed Kobe out of the way and was now standing between him and the Rhino. Piper blinked, that didn't fit with Venom's usual MO. But it was clear that the Rhino, Alex, was after Kobe.

She made a split second decision. Swinging from the streetlight she snatched Kobe out of harms way and up onto the roof of the school. Then she whistled at the figures on the ground both of whom looked up at her, Venom seemed to smile, though he didn't seem to currently have a mouth, just the familiar blank white eyes gazing at her with something new in their depths, something she hadn't spotted before. She honestly wasn't sure what it was, but she didn't really have time for that.

"Oi Rhino! You want to get to him, you'll have to catch me!" A voice sounded behind her.

"Need a lift?" It was the Hobgoblin. She grinned and pulled Kobe up onto the glider. He was more excited than scared at the moment.

"Oh wow! Spidergirl actually touched me!" Spidey rolled her eyes and hopped onto the other side of the glider.

"Now would be a great time to kick this thing into gear, head for the docks, not too fast though we don't want to lose him!" Hobgoblin nodded at Spidey and took off as her team emerged from an alley following her. Nova flew up beside her.

"Uhh, Spidey gotta ask. Who's the newbie? Also did we just kidnap a kid from school?" Kobe frowned at him.

"I'm not a kid I'm seventeen!" Nova ignored him.

"Well this is my new friend The Hobgoblin. And that kid is what the Rhino's after." Kobe didn't react to being called a kid this time. Spidey swung to the bottom of the glider, careful to keep it balanced and shot a ball of webbing at the Rhino who was still following them.

"Come on big guy? Can't keep up? Too big and stupid?" Spidey was grateful that Nova blasted the vespa he threw at her.

"Rhino not dumb! Rhino is strong!" She blew a raspberry at him. Nova shook her head at her.

"What are you doing webs?"

"Antagonizing him. If he's focused on us he's not making too big a mess." Nova nodded slightly, it wasn't a great plan, antagonizing a supervillain who was strong enough to cut through Luke's skin. But if it would keep others from getting hurt it would have to do. Spidey swung back up to the top of the glider as Nova followed her lead. Glancing over her shoulder she thought she saw a figure moving through the shadows. She couldn't be distracted by that now, she would worry about that later. She needed to find Harry, after this was done. She had to make sure he was alright. He was the only Venom host who'd managed any kind of control of the creature, short lived though that had been. He'd even done some good as Spiderman. But she needed to focus so for the moment she shoved the thought to the back of her mind. Instead she turned to Hobgoblin.

"Left here!" The glider turned the corner and Spidey grabbed Kobe who had been rather quiet through all of this. She flipped off the glider and swung into a little used warehouse. She swung inside and set Kobe on the higher level.

"Stay here! Tiger! Fist, you're on guard duty. Nova, HB you're with me!" Kobe shook his head.

"Why is this thing coming after me?" A voice from behind him spoke. It was gravely and he almost recognized it but he couldn't tell right now.

"Couldn't be because you won't stop bullying people?" Kobe whirled looking for the source of the voice but a figure flipped over him and landed on the ground next to Spidergirl who flinched. The figure was tall and muscular and pitch black from head to toe only the blank white eyes as a spot of color. Spidergirl wasn't the only one who flinched. Ever other hero in the room had reacted to the new figure. Nova swore loudly. Hobgoblin had pulled back away from the figure almost violently. White Tiger was growling, but Iron Fist looked to be thinking. The whole group turned as the doors were torn apart and the Rhino stepped inside. He was snorting and puffing, he looked angry but he was also sweating. He snorted again and lowered his head to charge. Spidey thought fast.

"Nova, HB stall him!" She spun on her heel and shot a web at a barrel on the side of the room. She yanked hard and spilled the oil inside across the floor. Venom seemed to understand what she was doing and yanked at another across the room. She glanced at him but ignored it. He seemed to have caught onto her plan but the Rhino hadn't. He charged right into her trap.

Nova and Hobgoblin had managed to slow him down a touch but not stop him. She hadn't thought they would, the oil though seemed to do the trick. He tried to keep charging but he slipped and tumbled to the floor. He roared and beat his fists against the floor. He looked like he was throwing a tantrum, but the oil prevented him from getting the traction he needed to rise. Spidey tapped a device on her wrist and soon there was the sound of a quinjet outside. The Rhino was shrinking, rapidly. His roars turning to frustrated tears as Spidey stepped past the others and into the puddle of oil. As the Rhino shrank Spidey reached into her hidden belt and pulled out a pair of wire frame glasses. Soon it was no longer a rhino but a boy, around their age covered in oil, crying his eyes out. Piper carefully pulled him to his feet and helped him out of the oil, nearly slipping herself. She really hated that stuff. She sat him down on a crate and used her sleeve to clean his face, she handed him his glasses. He sniffled and slipped them back on. He blinked and almost jumped.

"Spidergirl?" She nodded.

"Yeah I get that a lot. Do you know what you did Alex?" Alex blinked at her again before his eyes dipped to the floor.

"I didn't want to be bullied anymore! Always shoved into lockers and getting my homework stolen. I couldn't take it anymore!" Spidey nodded.

"I know how you feel Alex." He shook his head.

"Who'd bully Spidergirl?" Piper shook her head, letting herself have a bitter smile at the irony.

"The Daily Bugle, daily. And those who don't know I'm Spidey. Girls gotta have a few secrets after all." Alex looked up at her.

"You get bullied? Really?" Spidey nodded. "What do you do about it?"

"I tell an adult. I go to my friends. I find someone who can help." Alex looked at her.

"But you could take them down so easily." She nodded.

"I could, but that would make me just as bad as them. You can't stoop to their level. Alex you know what you did is wrong?" Alex looked down at his feet and nodded.

"I know. I shouldn't have stolen the chemicals." Spidey nodded.

"I cant just let you go. But we're gonna get you help." Alex looked up at her confused.

"We?" A voice at the door answered his question before the others could speak.

"Yes son, we." Captain America stood in the doorway, Black Widow behind him. Alex's eyes widened.

"The Avengers?!" Spidey nodded and guided Alex to the door where Captain America helped him into the quinjet. Widow stepped up to Spidey.

"You were right, he had a stash of chemicals at his house. You did the right thing calling us. We'll make sure he gets all the care he needs." Spidey nodded. But the Widow didn't stop there. "You make a great leader Spidergirl." Spidey blushed under her mask. Natasha stepped over to the jet and it took off. Spidey turned around and spotted the Venom had escaped, Hobgoblin was introducing himself to the others. Iron Fist stepped over to Spidey, avoiding the puddle of oil in the room.

"Venom's back?" Spidey nodded but said nothing. "Do you think the Goblin is making his move?" She shook her head.

"No. If he was, he'd have showed up by now. Maybe the symbiote escaped. Maybe his intended host ran off with it. No way of knowing for now. We'll have to see if we can talk to him next time." Iron Fist nodded.

Flash slipped into his room and flopped down onto the bed, he grinned and glanced up at the photo on his wall. It was the selfie he'd taken with Spidey. He'd been too nervous to stay and talk to anyone so he'd run off while everyone was busy with the two Avengers who had shown up. There was a knock on his door and it creaked open as the symbiote slithered back into its place as a shirt.

"Flash dude, you home?" Flash sat up and grinned as Kobe switched on the lights.

"Hey Kobe, missed you at school when that thing showed up!" Kobe grinned and nodded, bouncing as he began to tell Flash everything that happened.