Chapter 10 to Old Hero is here, this chapter as long as the last and it's likely the next several and the final chapter which will take place in Nepal will be spilt into two parts minimum.

This chapter we see the Phantoms have evolved, fbegin to find out what happened to the second team of the Suicide Squad led by Deadshot.

And to answer some questions for reviewers:

Spiderman1fan: For the teenager spider-man story, I have a few in mind and as for meeting with Batman after this arc that is a yes but it won't be Ra's al Ghul and his leagues of assassins and shadows but he will run into them in the Nepal mission.

And to the reviewers asking if Black cat and Killer Frost are in the harem the answer is sadly no. Black Cat doesn't really exist in this universe anymore plus there are hundreds of fics on this site both good and bad with them as a pairing. So you could try those out, and Killer Frost will end up with Shark like she should have in Assault on Arkham! But a story where Frost and Spidey hook up? I'm mulling over the possibilities with that one.

Besides in the end I'm going to be pairing Spider-man with different women in future stories that you don't see often, like for example Spider-man and Liz Allen or Emma Frost for Marvel and Black Canary and Silk Specter II from DC. And that's just comics I have ideas for games, shows and magna that I'm thinking about.

And this might seem random but here is a rough timeline of Peter's time with the Hand

1949 (taken by Gorgon) to 1972 (Hand betrays Peter and he leaves)

So let's get to it…

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC character seen or mentioned in this story.

Chapter 10: Tropical Island rumble

In-route to Tangarora Island May 22nd 2016 9:22 AM

Spider-man, Killer Frost, and King Shark were currently riding in a noticeably smaller plane or hovercraft thing to their next destination to both retrieve the meteor shard and find out what happened to Deadshot and his team.

While on the flight, Spider-man and his teammates took the time to both sleep, tend to any injuries they had and eat or drink if they were hungry and in all three of the team members cases, they were very hungry, Spider-man and Shark in particular since their metabolism required a greater amount of food.

"So… who's excited that we're going to a tropical island for our next mission?" Spider-man asked as he finished his inflight meal and was currently picking the dry pieces of webs from his suit. He was able to repair some of the damage earlier to his helmet's lens but at the rate his mission was going, he'll have to be putting this suit into retirement. All the damage it's suffered in the last few days was beginning to show. He still wasn't able to properly repair it after his tussle with Taskmaster and now he's fighting alien hologram things with enough force in their blows to actually cause some damage, not including these bad guys that keep popping up for some reason.

"Yeah, can't wait to go to an island near the equator where the temperature is almost a hundred degrees and has a semi-dormant volcano on the island" Frost said in a rather bored voice as she was staring out the window near her seat for the time being and watching the passing clouds and ocean.

"Hmm this fish reminds me of my home" Shark said in a rather fond voice as he continued to eat his giant raw tuna (his 3rd one mined you).

"And I hope that fish is all you need to remind you of home" Spider-man said as he finished cleaning his armor and placing his helmet back on and checking to see all of his web variants were properly stored and that his gauntlets still worked. "Still I wonder what could have taken out Deadshot and his entire team."

"Who knows" Frost said as she stretched her arms above her head before grabbing a bold bottle of water to rehydrate herself "I just hope that Quinn didn't make it. God the woman's voice annoys the hell out of me"

Spider-man chuckled in agreement before saying "Now, now Elsa… just because Bozo's sister makes you jealous doesn't mean you should hope she's dead. If that happens then her crazy boyfriend will gun for us and I already have a strong dislike for clowns and would rather not add more to it.

"Aww is Spidey widey afraid of clowns" Frost said in a baby like voice before laughing

"Woman… I've met the Joker way too many times to go down that path any further. Let him stay Batman and Gotham's problem. This world doesn't need another unhinged freak acting like a clown roaming about" Spider-man said as he imagined what would happen if Joker and Deadpool were allowed to run amok. The scene was not pretty, even worse if Lobo decides to join them, assuming they don't kill each other in the more likely case Lobo or Deadpool kill Joker and then try to kill each other.

All of sudden a holographic image of Waller and the little orb that represents Jocasta appeared along with a digital map of the Island they were heading for.

"Briefing commencing. Sense of humor offline" Jocasta said in a rather flat and empty tone causing the three members of the Suicide Squad to blink in surprise.

Waller noticed their expressions and smirked coldly "Jocasta was getting a little too animated for my liking… so I pulled a couple of algorithms out of her."

"That's messed up" Spider-man said in shock that the bubbly A.I. was now a practical robot all because Waller didn't like the fact Jocasta was having fun. What a bitch!

Jocasta began the briefing "Tangarora Island once believed mythical, this island located at latitude 4.815 and longitude 162.342 is largely unexplored."

An image of a meteor landing on the island appeared before Waller began to talk "From what Lawton reported before we lost contact with his team, the meteor shard hasn't been acquired by the Phantoms despite the increased in activity for the last 8 hours."

Spider-man then spoke up "Any clues to what happened to Lawton and his team?"

Waller looked towards Spider-man "The meteor shard is the main concern, not a bunch of missing convicts"

"Wait… how can you not have find them? You have those exploding chips in their heads" Frost stated which also caused Shark and Spider-man to grow curious.

"We've lost the signals and any vitals on Lawton and his team. If you do happen to find them or more likely, what's left of them be sure to report in." Waller said

"The disappearance of Lawton and his team is cause for concern" Jocasta said in that robotic tone of hers

"Okay can someone give back Jocasta her sense of humor back? It's sad listening to that once cheerful voice sound like the terminator only without the accent." Spider-man remarked

"And why should I do that?" Waller asked in boredom

"Cause you're a nice person" Spider-man responded with a sarcastic voice

All of sudden as spider-sense went off as he heard the faint activation of the chip in his neck causing him to tense up.

"Keep pushing it Spider-man and I'll blow your head off" Waller warned as she started the initial activation of his bomb.

"Then who's going to retrieve your fancy space rock? Cause no offence Elsa and Nimo but I don't think you'll last too long down there without me and Waller here will be without a team to complete this mission and let whoever is controlling these things get one step closer to ruling the world." Spider-man said in a calm tone on the outside while inside he was wondering if he may have finally push too far with his 'charm'.

The tension and silence in the plane was so thick that it could be cut with a knife, but after what felt like hours Peter's spider-sense stopped ringing and he heard the bomb shut off.

"Your final warning insect" Waller said before she pushed a few buttons

"Sense of humor restored, thank you Spider-man" Jocasta said in a happy tone as a picture of Spider-man appeared with little stars around it and a birthday cone hat landed on its head.

"Jocasta, are the Phantoms on the island the same as the ones encountered in Tokyo?" Waller asked already beginning to regret giving the A.I. her personality back.

An image of a Phantom appeared only it was different from the one's encountered in Japan. This Phantom had more of a jungle look to it with some kind of tribal mask on its face and looked to be 6'0 in appearance with a slightly more muscular build.

"Last report from operative Lawton identified a 9% symbiot index reading." Jocasta reported as she showed more relevant data such as strength level and speed records.

"Looks like who's ever making these things is getting better…" Waller remarked quietly before speaking up "Jocasta load up the profiles of the third and fourth parties encountered by Lawton and his team."

An image of a large creature appeared that looked like a cross between a crocodile or alligator and a man. It stood at 11'6 and looked to weigh in at near 600 pounds. There were also what looked to be spikes on its left side and down the back and had a long looking tail. (Arkham Knight Appearance)

"Hello ugly" Spider-man said as he took in the sight of the Creature of the Black Lagoon's ugly sibling.

"Killer Croc is a convicted felon with a multitude of crimes ranging from assault to murder and cannibalism and possess superhuman strength, durability and a high healing factor. Warning: has big appetite" Jocasta remarked

"Jocasta…" Waller said with annoyance and a warning

Jocasta then brought up an image of an extremely beautiful 5'9 red head clad in a black body suit with green going up across her left breast and down and around her right leg with green looking leaves crossing around her left leg and green vine like swirls on her arms (New 52 appearance)

"Threat identity: Poison Ivy." Jocasta identified the villainess "Poison Ivy has advance control of plant life and is capable of manipulating people of any gender through the use of phenomes and her beauty. Warning… will leave an annoying rash"

"Yeah, got that right" Killer Frost said as she glared at the image of the scarlet plant manipulator.

"Aww is Frosty rosty jealous of a little competition" Spider-man said in a baby like voice like she used earlier on him.

Killer Frost rounded on him so quick he swore he heard her neck crack "What do I have to be jealous of? Some vegan slut who's only powers are controlling leaves and grass and flaunting her tits like some sort of porn star wannabe?"

"Alright that's enough. Your mission is to secure the meteor shard before the Phantoms or Poison Ivy get their hands on it. Understood?" Waller demanded

"What about Croc?" Shark said as he finished his tuna

"I seriously doubt he's capable of understanding how important that shard is and how to use it" Waller said as she cut the connection leaving the three teammates and Jocasta alone in the cargo hold.

"Watch Croc use it to jumpstart the second coming of the dinosaurs" Spider-man quipped as he put his helmet back on before turning to the digital A.I. orb "Jocasta you coming with us or staying?"

"I will remain here Spider-man. Good Luck" before she faded out to do whatever it is A.I.'s do.

The pilot's voice sounded through the intercom "Landing zone in 15 seconds prep for departure"

The three inhabitants of the cargo hold felt the plane descending and checked their equipment before making their way to the opening cargo hold door at the rear of the plane. They were greeted to the sight of a tropical island with what looked to be some king of mountain range in the center and a large coral reef surrounding the island.

"Spider-man let out an impressed whistle at the sight before him "You know all things considered, perks of this job is that we get to see some pretty nice places" His comment earned a nod from both his teammates.

As the hovercraft neared the coast to drop off the remaining members of the Suicide Squad. When they were 15 feet from the ground King Shark jumped out first landing in the surf with a large splash, while Spider-man and Killer Frost waited until they were 3 feet from the ground before jumping. They then slowly made their way up the beach as the hovercraft behind them lifted higher in the sky before jetting away leaving the odd trio to themselves.

King Shark began to sniff fairly loudly before shaking his head "Croc is here, I can smell him"

"What's he smell like? The leather to my soon to be new crocodile boots" Spider-man asked as he scanned the Cliffside and several ancient looking tribal stone heads in the ground for any threats and payed attention to his spider-sense.

"Me, only more like a sewer instead of the ocean" Shark said as he and Killer frost followed Spider-man down the beach a ways.

"I do not envy you right now big guy" Frost said as she patted Sharks arm still remembering the stench of the sewer back in japan they traveled through.

Peter was about to make a comment when he felt his spider-sense tingle and 5 flashes appeared in front of them…

Phantoms. 4 of the grunts and one brute. The brute like the grunts looked different compared to the more cybernetic ones back in japan. It was wearing a similar tribal outfit like the grunts but had these odd bone looking blades on their arms and what looked like tusks on it's mask/face.

"Well at least we now have something to punch" Spider-man said as he shot two web lines at the furthest 2 grunts before yanking them towards him and right into his fists.

Shark charged the brute and tackled it to the ground while another grunt tried to jump on his back only to have an ice shard plant itself in its head causing it to 'die'.

"That's payment for saving me Shark" Frost said as she formed two ice daggers before jumping on the final grunt and stabbing it where its eyes should be.

Shark grunted in acknowledgment before he received a punch from the pinned brute, taken back a little by the force of the punch before grabbing the next one aimed at his face. "Hmm you look tasty" Shark said before he opened his mouth and bit right into the neck area of the brute, causing it to dissipate.

Spider-man looked around his surroundings and didn't feel his spider-sense go off, meaning for the moment they were safe. He then gestured the two to follow him further down the beach where they came across a stone archway with a wooden gate in place.

"Hmm I wonder if we're run into King Kong while we're here" Spider-man said as they approached the gate where they noticed bullet holes and a boomerang imbedded in the logs.

"Looks like Deadshot and his team passed through here" Frost remarked as she yanked the boomerang out of the wood to inspect it before tossing it into the sand.

"Yeah, question is, were they fighting the Phantoms or the natives here" Spider-man stated as he pushed the wooden gat open with little trouble.

"What's it matter to you?" Frost asked wondering why he seems to care at all

Spider-man was about to enter through the gate before stopping and looking back towards Frost. The atmosphere shifted suddenly, not hostile or dark but definitely uncomfortable to both Frost and Shark who opted to stay quite at the moment.

"…Excuse me for still having some humanity left in me ice queen" Spider-man said as he was reminded that these people he was working with were some of the most brutal and heartless criminals in the world.

Frost bristled at the comment but didn't reply and simply folded her arms and strode through the gate past Shark and Spider-man without a backward glance.

Spider-man looked towards Shark "You gonna say something too?"

Shark looked down at the shorter but far more dangerous man for a few moments before saying "No" before following Frost.

Spider-man looked back towards the damaged gate before continuing on and coming to an open area that showed a farther gate some several hundred feet away and a large beach littered with a few stone heads and a view of the ocean. It looked like the perfect image for a tropical get away in Peter's eyes.

All of sudden dozens of flashes appeared leaving the typical grunt Phantoms and there larger brute cousins. Some in the far back seemed to be holding bolas of some sort and were already twirling them around and launching them at the mismatched trio.

Frost took the initiative and created a rather large ice wall to stop the bolas from hitting them. Unfortunately since these Phantoms were almost twice as strong the bolas thrown had a force of almost several hundred pounds and there were 13 hitting the ice wall almost at the same exact time. The onslaught cause the ice to crack and in some spots even break completely.

Wasting no time Spider-man and Shark ran around the ice wall and began to attack the approaching Phantoms. Shark for the most part was barreling through the Phantoms while Spider-man set his gauntlets to web impact mode and used both his incendiary webs and electric to fire on the Phantoms that dodged Shark's bull charge or where farther away. Killer Frost meanwhile climbed the top of her still standing ice wall and began to launch ice shards in large numbers at groups of Phantoms that Spider-man was unable to target focusing mainly on the brutes and Phantoms who looked like they were about to launch more bolas.

Spider-man was just finishing up a small group of three Phantoms when he felt his spider-sense flare causing him to leap out of the way as a brute tried to charge him from behind. "Hmm not graceful are ya?" Spider-man said as he shot multiple web bullets into the brute as it tried to charge again. The combined assault of being shot with high electric charges and incendiaries caused the brute to fall to its knees allowing Spider-man to quickly cover the small distance between them and land a solid punch to its head causing it to vanish.

Several grunts surrounded Spider-man and before he could act Shark appeared behind two and lifted them by their necks before violently tossing them into two others before delivering a brutal kick to another grunt's chest as it jumped at him.

"Ha! These things aren't so tough!" Shark claimed as he blocked the fist of an oncoming brute before delivering a head-butt causing the artificial construct to stumble back. Not wasting time, Shark grabbed the brute before lifting it over his head and bringing it down head first on to another grunt killing both.

"Shark don't say that because then the guy listening is going to take that as a challenge and make these things more difficult" Spider-man said in exasperation as he dodged a bola thrown at him before grabbing a piece of what looked to be a tribal head statue piece and throwing it at the Phantom.

Frost who was still firing ice shards at the last of the Phantoms then remarked "I have to give these things credit. There a lot smarter than their friends back in Japan"

Frost had noticed that these Phantoms actually were starting to use tactics in their fighting. Instead of all charging in, they sent in a modest group of grunts to distract their adversaries while a few remained behind to offer long range support with their bolas and the brutes would try to finish off the enemy. Pretty basic but a hell of a step up from the mindless charges of the earlier Phantoms. It looked like that has their symbiot index is increased, so is their intelligence.

The several dozen Phantoms were now down to only two grunts as the rest were all destroyed by either Shark's charges and berserker like fighting or Spider-man and Frost's long range shooting. The two Phantoms backed up towards the wooden gate that they seemed to have been defending as they observed the trio making their way to them.

Spider-man was about to nail them both with a web bullet when he felt his spider-sense blare a lot stronger than usual. Appearing in between the trio and two phantoms in a flash of light was another Phantom, only this one was vastly different. For one it was over 10'1 in size towering over Shark's 7'9 height and the normal brute's 7'8 height and was wielding a shield which looked to be made of wood and stone and was wielding a large club.

Spider-man let out a low whistle to the large goliath standing in front of them before saying "You're big"

King Shark on the other hand had a different opinion "You don't look so tough"

He ran towards the large Phantom with the intent of destroying it only to receive a powerful smack to the head which knocked several teeth loose and sent the man flying past his teammates a good 30 feet before making a loud and painful sounding impact on the sand.

Spider-man and Killer Frost were shocked on how easily Shark was knocked aside before turning their gaze to the approaching goliath. Its footsteps mad slight thud sounds showing that it was a good ton in weight and was already readying its massive club to strike again.

"Well… that happened" Peter remarked as he thought of a way to bring down this giant Phantom as it looked like it could take a real beating before going down. And one hit from the club at the right angle could very likely kill or severely cripple him or Frost if they aren't careful.

"Any ideas?" Frost asked as she coated herself in what looked like ice armor and her fingers extended into what looked like ice claws.

"Sort of." Spider-man responded "I'll try to keep him distracted, when he has his back to you open up on his giant ass"

Receiving a nod from the ice meta Spider-man jumped towards the goliath Phantom causing it to raise its club and bring it down on the approaching assassin. Spider-man was able to narrowly dodge the club by shooting a web line towards a nearby stone head to pull him out of the way of the club which when connecting to the ground caused a minor shockwave and sent sand flying up.

Using this temporary smokescreen Spider-man leapt at the distracted Phantom only for it to defy its size and quickly turn to bring up its shield to block Spider-man's punch causing another small shockwave that cleared the sand around them. Spider-man was a little surprised that the stone/wood shield could withstand a punch that had almost 20 tons behind it. Before the goliath could attack several large ice shards pierced it's back earning a grunt from it as it quickly pulled back and brought up its shield to block the next volley from his second opponent.

"Great it's a smart one" Frost said in annoyance as she kept throwing ice shards at the goliath's shield to keep it distracted while Spider-man got behind it and punched it behind the knee, causing it to drop to it's other. Before he or Frost could strike it vanished only to appear near the gate again standing but leaning more on it's none damaged leg with the two grunt Phantoms in front of it.

Spider-man narrowed his eyes at this development. 'So not only is it stronger and smarter but it also has better control of its teleportation abilities. This is becoming an issue.' It was clear who ever was making these Phantoms that they were definitely improving their creations.

Spider-man noticed Shark getting back up with some difficulty and could help but feel a little sympathy for the guy. He took a pretty mean hit from this thing and seemed to be having trouble standing. After a moment Shark righted himself and moved over towards Spider-man and Frost.

"Have a nice nap Nimo" Spider-man asked Shark which earned him a growl in response "Jeez just wondering if you were ever going to quit trying to get a tan and help" which earned him a glare and a growl from the cannibal.

"Can you focus on the giant Phantom" Frost snapped getting annoyed at her two teammate's back in forth drama.

"Alright fine" Spider-man said in an exaggerated tone as he took a look at the giant Phantom and its two bodyguards. After several moments an idea came to him which caused him to look at Shark. "Oi, Nimo you want some payback?"

King Shark looked at the red and black assassin for a second before nodding.

"Alright than. Hope you don't mind helping me make the prequel to Sharknado" Spider-man said as he shot two web lines at Shark's shoulders before turning to Frost "Think you can keep him busy?"

Frost nodded before running towards the goliath and forming an ice ramp for her to slide on which she used to circle the massive Phantom and began to shoot a combination of ice shards and beams of ice at the goliath who was forced to defend himself from the artic onslaught while the grunts retreated towards the gate to wind up their bolas.

Spider-man looked back towards Shark "Start backing up as far as you can" Which earned him a nod from the man as he began to walk backwards and Spider-man waited for the tension in the web to build while also aiming towards the distracted and partially frozen goliath.

After moving back almost 20 feet both Shark and Spider-man felt the webs stretched to their absolute limit.

Spider-man than shouted out "YOU READY BIG GUY?"

"YES!" Shark shouted in confirmation as he loosened his footing while at the same time Spider-man used his strength to catapult Shark towards the goliath who was still distracted by Frost.

The Phantom turned in time to see King Shark flying at him in the triple digits and spin around in time to plant his feet on the goliath's chest. The resulting impact created a mild shockwave and sent the goliath flying through the wooden gate and destroying the two Phantom grunts at the same time. The massive construct came to a brutal stop when it impacted with a large stone head that was on the other side of the gate next to a partially sunken dock which led to a path that went further up the sea cliffs and into the island.

The goliath then vanished in a bright light showing that it was now destroyed… hopefully.

Frost stopped her assault and deactivated her ice armor and jogged towards Shark who was currently sitting on the ground and rubbing his right leg.

"Are you alright?" she asked with more concern than she wanted to sound.

Shark looked up to her and gave her a toothy grin which showed that some were missing from the blow to the head earlier.

Spider-man wandered over to the odd duo but kept quite as he watched the two still looking at each. After about a minute he loudly cleared his throat which caught both of their attention.

"As touching as this whole staring into the depths of each other's souls is, we have a meteor shard and bad guys to fight" Spider-man stated as he folded his arms out the oddly blossoming couple.

"Yeah…" Frost said as she and Shark began making their towards the now broken gate towards the path that will take them deeper into the island.

Spider-man shook his head at the two but couldn't help but smile slightly 'Guess we all deserve a little happiness every now and again' Spider-man thought as he followed the two.

The next hour passed by with no contact with any Phantoms oddly enough but Peter still felt his spider-sense flare every once and a while hinting that they were being watched. Weather it was by the Phantoms, Croc or Ivy he couldn't tell but it kept him alert.

Hey soon came across a village that was on a fairly high cliff that had what looked to be a path that led into the jungle on the far side. The state of the village was oddly still. There was no damage, signs of a conflict or any evidence that people use to live here other than the structures standing and looking in good condition, footprints on the ground both old and fresh looking and the sight of a small fire near the center of the village which looked to have been lit for some ceremonial event.

"Hmm… Who feels like when in an episode of Lost at the moment?" Spider-man asked as he, Shark and Frost continued through the disturbingly empty village to the path that led further into the island.

"Why Lost?" Frost asked as she stepped over what looked to be a crushed basket of fruit.

"Because Elsa, were on a tropical island that's largely unexplored, has apparently mystical connections and has a bunch of monsters created from some kind of weird science experiments running around, not taking in the fact that the entire population is missing as is Deadshot and his team." Spider-man explained as he felt his spider-sense begin to buzz in a certain direction causing Spider-man to stop and look to where the apparent danger was.

Frost and Shark stopped and stared in the direction Spider-man was looking at with extreme focus in their opinion. Spider-man began to walk in the direction and Frost looked towards Shark wondering if he knows what's got their 'leader' interested. Shark simply shrugged his shoulders as he and Frost followed after him.

After about a minute of walking through the village they came across an interesting find. A large advance looking technological device humming lowly in the quite atmosphere. It was roughly 10 feet high and seemed to have 4 odd glowing circles on it.

"…The hell is that" Frost asked as they observed the odd device

"Something tells me that isn't the local's Wi-Fi router" Spider-man said as he felt his spider-sense flare

The glowing circles began to emanate more light and the machine's humming grew louder and slightly shake as arcs of electricity began to shoot off. Phantoms than began to appear in groups of four as the machine continued to run and soon the area was covered in almost 40 Phantoms and the three 'heroes'.

Shark looked around hem and saw they were surrounded "…Oh shit"

"Hmm something tells me that's something the Phantoms are using to get around over longer distances, and in large numbers." Spider-man said as he saw the Phantoms begin to slowly approach them. He unsheathed his stingers and got into a crouching like position as Frost activated her ice 'armor' and Shark simply cracked his neck and rolling his shoulders.

"So… we take out that thing and the Phantoms will stop appearing in such large groups? Sounds easy enough" Frost remarked just before three flashes of light appeared in the air.

They seemed to be the size of buzzards and had an odd three side pyramid shaped head with small little turbines to substitute for wings and seemed to be the same color as the Phantoms and had similar tribal designs on their bodies. A small little light flashed on its underside and in its place was now what looked like a small crossbow.

Spider-man looked dumbly at the flying buzzard Phantom before looking towards Frost "… Please, just shut up with the whole easy crap"

The buzzards fired their bolts at the team causing them to scatter which the Phantoms were hoping for. Several jumped on to Shark as if to slow him down with their weight while bolas were fired at Frost forcing her to form ice shields and use ice shards to more shoot the bolas then the actual Phantoms, while Spider-man found himself being dogpiled by almost a dozen Phantom grunts.

'Well this sucks' Peter thought as he felt some of the Phantoms punching or kicking his pinned body with a combined amount of decent force. He couldn't see anything since a grunt had his head pinned to the ground in the loose soil. His spider-sense was still blaring and just as he was about to shove these grunts of him he heard a rather bored sounding girls voice speak rather loudly above him.

"GET OFF OF THEM" before several large shadow fists crushed groups of Phantoms, destroying most and sending a few flying into others.

The Phantoms didn't seemed shocked but weren't expecting someone to attack them. Spider-man used this opportunity as he felt the hold on him lessen and used every ounce of his strength to forcibly throw the Phantoms off. After quickly regaining his footing, Spider-man stabbed two down Phantom grunts in the chest before he leaped out of the way of a bolt from the still flying buzzards. Spider-man took a look at the apparent rescuer and saw it was a teenage girl dressed in a dark blue hooded cloak and was wearing what appeared to be a dark purple swimsuit looking leotard with black boots going up halfway her thighs, a gold looking belt and dark purple elbow length gloves.

It took Spider-man to recognize her as a member of the Teen Titans that he's heard about from both Slade and the news. Which to him meant that if she was here then that would mean-

A large green gorilla landed next to him and let out a large roar before charging into a group of Phantoms and knocking them around and destroying them as it made its way to Shark and begun to rip the grunts off and throw them at nearby Phantoms. Shark seemed to be just as confused as he was if the look he was getting was anything, Peter just shrugged as the Phantoms now seemed more focused on trying to take out the three- no make it five as he saw what looked like a younger version of Superman only he was wearing a black shirt with the red S on it, dark brown cargo pants and black boots who seemed to be helping Killer Frost fight the Phantoms and...

'Wait… is that Kory?' Peter thought surprised as what looked like MJ's friend dressed in a pretty scandalous purple outfit. It barely covered her breast and chest, purple boots similar to Raven's, a sort of purple bikini bottom, purple shoulder armor from the looks of it and purple gauntlets strapped to her arms… oh and her hair looked like it was actually on fire. And shooting green energy bolts at the Phantom beacon causing it to explode catching the three nearby hovering Phantom buzzards nearby.

The remaining Phantoms which not even a minute ago numbered around 40 were now down to only 8 and before Spider-man could make a movie towards them a yellow blur sped past him which nearly caused Peter to flinch as he remembered a similar blur back when Taskmaster was attacking him and knocked them all down before a small shuriken looking device was thrown at them and exploded, taking out the remaining Phantoms.

A teen who looked to be near 5'10 landed near him in a red and black Kevlar looking suit that had a red circle on his left shoulder with a black bird head on it with a red and black winged looking cape, black armored gloves and boots and a black domino mask. He also had an X styled strap on his chest and a black utility belt. This was Red Robin leader of the Teen Titans or at least this version of them and the third robin of Batman.

"… You stole my kills" Was Spider-man's simple statement to the young man which earned him a confused look in return. Spider-man saw Shark and Frost wander over to him both looked a bit roughed up with some scratches and a bruise forming on Frost's right cheek but other than that they appeared fine.

"We're good, can we get going already" Frost asked with annoyance as she folded her arms and began walking towards the pathway that led to the interior of the island, only for the yellow blur to stop in front of her and revealing himself to be Kid Flash, sidekick to The Flash… at least the second one since Peter vaguely remembered meeting the original back in the late fifties when he was still with the Hand and the man stopped Peter from killing a drug lord, it was also his first failed mission. He wore a funny looking metal hat.

"Well if it isn't Killer Frost" the yellow speedster with red gloves and boots and had red and a pair and red googles on as he looked at the ice using meta with a frown and crossed arms.

"Well if it isn't the Flash wannabe" Killer Frost said in a slightly condescending tone "Oh wait… that's your mentor, so what does that make you?"

She earned a growl of annoyance from the young speedster in reply to her jab at not only him but his mentor as well.

Spider-man walked up behind Frost and placed a hand on her shoulder "Ease up on ripping the Road Runner Reject Elsa, we have a rock to collect, remember? And also what are you guys even doing here? Isn't it a school night for half of you?" Spider-man said as he looked to the rest of the Titans who had gathered behind him, Frost and Shark.

The one who looked like a younger version of Superman growled at that comment "You want to say that again?" he asked in a threatening tone

Spider-man gave the teen a blank look before repeating "What are you guys doing here? Isn't it a school night for half of you?"

The mini Superman tried to attack him but Kory put a hand on his shoulder and kept him restrained "Superboy… Stop. We aren't here to pick a fight" Peter was actually a bit put off with how commanding she sounded. It was a pretty stark contrast from the usually bubbly personality he remembers her having.

"Says you" Shark replied as he stared down the teenage heroes "Why are you here?"

"We could ask the same of you convict and what happened to the people here" Raven said as she stared down the large man with a mixture of boredom and contempt.

"Woah, well look what we have here lady and children." Spider-man spoke up catching everyone's attention. He slowly walked towards Raven and spoke in a rather girly teenager like voice "Look I'm a teenage girl. I'd rather be anywhere then here. I'm all about long sullen silences followed by mean comments followed by more silences" Spider-man than leans down in front of the girl "So what's it gonna be huh? Long sullen silence or meant comment? Go on"

Raven looked at the man before her for a moment "You got me in a box here" she said with a hint of annoyance and anger

"Respect your elders young lady, and maybe that won't happen." Spider-man said as he righted himself up and crossed his arms still staring at the gothic sorceress.

"What are you doing here Spider-man? And working with two convicted felons no less?" Robin asked as he gestured two Shark and Frost

"Well you see Nightwing -"I'm not Nightwing"- Oh… well you see Red Hood -"Or Red Hood"- … fine… you see Robin 4.0 -"Close enough"- I'm here to stop those things you totally kept me from destroying from trying to take over the world with their mysterious evil overlord and gaining a meteor shard that's on this island and make them even more powerful. And these two are with me because… well why not. Why are you all here?" Spider-man said as he stared at the 'leader' of the second incarnation of the Teen Titans in the last 5 years.

Red Robin stared at the man before him for a few moments before replying "We ran into Poison Ivy in San Diego and she kidnapped Wonder Girl and came here. We're here to rescue her. We just happened to notice you guys and decided to help"

"I voted to let these things have you" Superboy said as he glared at Spider-man.

"And that Super reject is why you're going to get a kryptonite laced dildo up the ass when I'm done with these things… after I cut Deadpool up and shove him down a outhouse at a rave and disable all of the others and place laxatives in the food and drinks" Spider-man whispered the last part but he was still heard by everyone, some of which took a step or two back.

"Spider-man…Have you any idea what happened to the people of this village?" Kory or Starfire started as he now recognized her from her days with the first batch of Titans that were created almost 4 years ago along with Nightwing, Blue Beetle, Static Shock, Black Lightning, Terra and the first Wonder Girl Donna and being Mary Jane's friend.

'Hmm now that I think about it, wasn't she in a relationship with Nightwing. Wait… she was dating Grayson when I last saw her, well before MJ said she dumped his ass so does that mean…' Peter's thoughts trailed off as Starfire's question registered.

Spider-man quickly looked around the abandoned village before looking back at the alien princess "No… this place was like this when we got here"

Starfire nodded knowing he was telling the truth as MJ has mentioned that the men didn't seem to be a liar.

A beeping came from Red Robin held up his glove and a holographic screen appeared showing Cyborg "Titans, I'm picking up more of those energy signatures several miles from your position. Can you check it out when you get the chance?"

Red Robin looked like he was going to answer when Spider-man spoke up first "Go. The villagers might be there for all we know, and since my current mission is likely to bring me into conflict with Ivy I'll give you guys a call if I see Wonder Girl."

"You expect us to believe you?" Kid Flash asked in disbelief

"… Yeah, but if it makes you feel better you can have one of your playmates come with us if you feel so insecure that one look at me will cause Wonder Girl to develop in instant crush on me" Spider-man said in a cocky tone as he brushed some dirt of his shoulder.

This earned a snort from Frost and Shark and a glare from Superboy, Kid Flash, and Beast Boy who had reverted back into his regular green self in a red and white suit.

"I'll go with them" Starfire said before looking towards the Titans "If his teammates try anything or we require back up, I'll call. Red Robin, take the team and investigate those energy signals. If you see Ivy or Wonder Girl let me know"

"Aren't you worried he might try something?" Beast Boy asked

"Spider-man protected a close friend of mine not too long ago, though I am curious as to why he disappeared but I think I'm beginning to see why. And if he and his teammates do… I'll handle it." Starfire said in a tone that broke any arguments the rest of her team might have had.

"Alright, you heard the lady. Titans move" Red Robin said as he and the rest of the team headed for the coordinates sent from Cyborg but not before Superboy got right into Spider-man's face

"Hurt Wonder Girl or Starfire and you'll regret it" The mini Superman said

Spider-man stared at the 5'11 teen and replied "I'm more worried about Wondy's mentor's reaction and I think Starfire here can handle her own. As for you… you are literally half the man who could threaten me and make me feel threatened so really I'm more annoyed… now skedaddle sport."

Superboy glared at him with enough rage that Peter half expected lasers to come flying out, but none did and he followed the rest of the Titans. When Peter looked towards Starfire he saw that she was torn between being amused and annoyed at him, as was Frost and Shark was… eating a dead chicken?

The two female's followed his gaze and also looked surprised and confused on where he got it.

Shark noticing everyone looking at him said "What? I'm hungry" before swallowing the rest of it.

"Let's just go and find that damn space rock and find the Wonder princess already" Frost said in a tired and bored tone as she left for the island path followed by Shark, Spider-man and now Starfire.

And Done.

Well I was originally going to go for making this whole chapter the mission on the island but it was taking too long so I decided that this mission and the others will be split instead of being one big chapter like the last one.

So yeah Titans appeared to save our heroes and they were less than thanked by the recueies but hey what can you do. So next chapter will be the finally or at least the ending of this mission with Shark throwing down with his fellow animal hybrid cannibal meta and Spider-man finally meets Poison Ivy. And does anyone get the Robin 4.0 reference, it means Tim Drake is the fourth Robin and well he is because Carrie from Frank Miller's the Dark Knight Returns was Robin a good three years before Tim made his way on to the scene. Also anyone recognize the scene Spider-man and Raven had? Points to you if you do.

And no Peter doesn't know Dick Greyson and Nightwing are the same... at least not yet. After seeing Starfire and remembering vaguely that she and Nightwing were an item and seeing her with Dick he's starting to suspect. He wont instantly know and by extension the rest of the Bat family, at least not yet. Just remember that Peter Parker has an I.Q. near the same level as Tony Stark and Reed Richards who have both said on several occasions that Peter was extremely intelligent.

Also we find out what sort of what happened to Lawton and his team.

Leave a review if you want… no pressure and let me know what villain should appear next mission for Egypt DC or Marvel. And just saying this now but no Flint Marko aka Sandman, that's too easy.