Enjoy chapter 12! :)
As Peter sprints out of the school, he spots Ned sitting on the bench looking at his phone.
"Ned! I need to talk to you!" Peter yells running towards him.
"What's up?" Ned asks setting his phone on his lap.
"Okay so I ran into Liz just now, she's visiting for the day, and she told me that her dad escaped from prison and is dead now! That's seems really suspicious, he had to have been working with someone on some big plan. Do you have your laptop?"
"Uhh, I always have my laptop." Ned says standing up.
"Good, come on. We have to do some research." Peter and Ned walk back into the school.
Peter and Ned are sitting in the library in school scrolling through Ned's laptop, looking for any information about Vulture's death.
"Did you find anything?" Peter asks, tapping the table.
"Not yet, I'm still looking." Ned answers still staring at his laptop.
"Well hurry up! I'm getting impatient."
"Hey, Captain America said patience is the key. So be patient." Ned says.
A few minutes later.
"Okay, I think I found something." Ned announces and Peter looks over his shoulder.
"It says that Vulture escaped from prison about a month ago and a week later his dead body was found in his laboratory."
"Well that doesn't help! We already know that! Does it say anything about him working with anyone?"
"Nope."
Peter rests his face on the table, "What am I'm going to do, Ned?"
"What do you mean?" Ned looks at him and wrinkles is eyebrows.
"I want to get involved in whatever plan is going on, but I don't want to accidently destroy anything and then have Iron Man take my suit away again."
"I think after whatever happened last time, Tony Stark is going to trust you more."
Peter picks his head up. "I don't think so, he still treats me like a kid."
"Well remember Peter, you are a kid."
"I know, but still."
"Dude, Tony Stark offered you a spot on the Avengers team. I'm pretty sure he's going to take you more seriously after that." Ned taps his back.
"True, but I'm still a kid to him."
Ned turns back to his computer and his eyes wide. "Woah, Peter look at this."
He turns and looks towards his computer. "What is it?"
"Vulture's lab is empty."
"So?"
"So, what do you think happened to the weapons?"
"Umm, I'm pretty sure the police put them for protection."
Ned googles "Thooms' weapons." And found some news articles on it. His eyes wide as he reads one of the articles.
"Holy crap Peter look again, it says that the weapons went missing after Vulture's escape, and they still haven't found them yet."
"What?!" Peter grabs the computer reads it again.
"Oh my gosh, Ned! Vulture had to have been working with someone on some new illegal project! And that someone must still have the weapons! I have to inform Mr. Stark!" Him and Ned run out of the library.
What they don't realize is that Michelle was sitting at a table and overheard everything. After they left, she places her book down and says, "So Vulture escaped from jail, died, and now his weapons are missing? Pretty suspicious." Because her curiosity gets the best of her, she decides to follow Peter and Ned and see what they are up to. She too is curious to know what's going with the weapons and who's using them. She gathers her things and exits the library.
After reaching outside, Peter dials Happy's number and after a few rings, he answers.
"This is Happy?" He answers.
"Happy, it's Peter, I need to talk to Mr. Stark! It's really important!" He yells rapidly.
"Mr. Stark is busy right now, he's talking with the rest of the Avengers on some new issue." He says.
"New issue? What's going on?" He asks.
"I'm not sure if I can tell you or not, since you aren't on the team."
"Come on, Happy. I'm not going to tell anyone, and remember Mr. Stark offered me a spot on the team, so I can technically know." He persuades pacing around.
"I guess Tony wouldn't care if I told you, you know about the infinity stones, right?"
"The infinity gems? Of course, those are like the coolest things ever!"
"Yeah, anyway the purple one, which is located in Nova's Corps, went missing. The Avengers are trying to figure out what happened to it."
"Woah really? Okay, I understand." He says as he is about to hang up.
"Wait, what is it wanted to tell Mr. Stark?" Happy wonders.
"Oh, it's nothing compared to their issue, it's okay I'll handle it."
"Woah, what do you mean you can handle it?"
"Happy, I took down Vulture, okay I think I can handle anything else after that."
"Okay, but remember, be careful, and I'm still watching you."
"Right, thanks Happy." He hangs up the phone.
"What happened?" Ned asks getting up from the bench.
"Well Mr. Stark is busy talking to the Avengers about an even bigger issue."
"Oh crap, what's going on? Am I allowed to know?" Ned ask, curiously.
"If you don't tell anyone." Peter says as they start walking.
"I won't."
He stops and exposes, "I assume, you heard about the infinity stones."
"Oh my gosh, those are legends, they're like the coolest things ever!" Ned yells, excitedly.
"Shh, keep it down. Anyway, the purple one went missing, so the Avengers are trying to figure out what happened to it." He whispers.
"Holy crap, that's pretty messed up. Hopefully, they find it soon."
"Yeah, anyway. Want to head back to my place and try to figure out the missing weapons and who Vulture was working with?"
"Yeah, let's go."
Peter and Ned start exiting out of the school, until they hear a familiar voice say, "I want to help." Making both guys turn around and see Michelle sitting at a bench with her drawing pad.
"What?" Ned asks, wrinkling his eyebrows.
"I said, I want to help. You know with the whole Vulture's weapons going missing and his death." She says sticking her drawing pad in her bag, and places it on her shoulder as she stands up.
Peter and Ned glance at each other for a second and look back at her. Peter protest, "You want to help us with that? Oh no no no no, you can't-
"Hey, I'm helping whether you losers like it or not, I'm not taking no for an answer." She interrupts while walking towards them.
"Michelle, you don't understand. This is-
"I know it's dangerous but I don't care, I'm helping."
"Why do you even want to help us? You don't even like Peter right now." Ned questions.
"Just because I'm mad at him, doesn't mean I don't have a heart, Leeds. Peter, you nearly died fighting Vulture last time. I don't want that to happen to you again, I can't bear the thought of you getting hurt. My heart nearly stopped when I found out about Spider-Man nearly dying last time, and that was before I found out it was you." She explains adjusting her hair.
"But what if you get hurt? I can't let that happen to you, Michelle." Peter says, concerned.
"That's a risking I'm willing to take. Look, I'm helping, and that's that." She raises her right hand.
Ned places a hand on Peter's shoulder, "Look man, maybe it's not a bad idea if she helps. She's really smart and you know that. She may have some good ideas on how to find the weapons.
Peter sighs, "I guess you're right, alright Michelle, you can help." He hesitates, but agrees.
"Great, let's head to your place."
As all three of them walk to Peter's place, he can't help but have a worried feeling inside of him. He can't help but fear for Michelle's safety. He will never forgive himself if she gets hurt, hopefully when it comes time to fight this person, she won't try to get involved. Although, he has a gut feeling that she might.
At Peter's, Ned and Michelle are sitting on Peter's bed, scrolling through Ned's laptop while Peter sits in his chair, in his suit.
"Hey Karen." He greets.
"Hey Peter, how was school today?"
"Listen, I need you to pull up all the information that you can gather about Vulture and his death. All I know is that he escaped from prison and his dead body was found in his lab." Peter instructs.
"Alright, pulling up recent information about Vulture." She pulls up all the information she can find and shows a digital picture of his dead body.
"Hmm… all I can find is the information you told me. There isn't anything else." Karen says.
"Ugh! Well, can you scan his lab? See if you can find any other DNAs?" He inquires leaning back in his chair.
"I can do anything Peter." Karen pulls up a digital picture of the laboratory, "Scanning Vulture's laboratory."
After about 15 minutes, Karen announces, "Okay Peter, I found something. It's looks like a guy, named Loki, killed Vulture and looks like he's related to Thor, one of the Avengers."
"What?!" He sits up.
"Yes, I found his DNA."
"So, Loki was working with Vulture?"
"Looks like it." Karen says.
"Do you know where he was last spotted?"
"I'm not sure, because you didn't put a tracker on him."
He leans back again for a few minutes, until something hits him.
He quicks sits up, "Wait a second, a couple of years ago, Loki tried to steal the tesseract, which is the blue gem, and tried to use it to destroy the universe. So that would mean… He takes his mask off and his eyes are extremely wide now, as he stands up.
"Holy crap you guys! Loki is the one who killed Vulture and he's the one who used the weapons to steal the purple gem! He's going to try to steal the other ones and destroy the universe!"
They all gasp in shock.
This was a hard chapter to write, but I think it came out decent. So, yay for me! Anyway, will Peter be able to stop Loki in time? Will Michelle's involvement put her in danger? Stay tuned to find out.
