Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
superspiderfan: The Clone Conspiracy will be sort of a cross between my own ideas and the one Marvel wrote since their will be a few changes to it this time around given what will happen in this story.
marveldcfan: No Silk won't be in the harem, mainly because I don't want it any bigger than it might end up being at the moment which might already be too much but hey screw it fits with how the story is going so hey keep an eye out
Guest: Yeah, a few heroes will be seeing Spidey in a different light after this whole thing ends
JJChandler: Yeah Thanos being a Anti-hero would be neat and he has been one in the past… when it suited him. Here's hoping marvel after teasing his coming for like six years and four movies doesn't disappoint with Josh Brolin. This could either make or break the man's career
MCRasengan: Yeah I always feel that Mystique is a better villain or even anti-hero when she's pulling peoples strings and manipulating others for her own ends. She's even better at it then most because of her ability to change into others and you'd never know it was her your talking to or even saw. Carol's reaction to most of the Guardian bailing, justifiably, will be shown at the end of this chapter
Karlos1234ify: No Red Skull didn't do anything to the Terrigen cloud that was killing Mutants, something happened to it when it was first released and because it's been in the air so long something naturally altered it and made it fatal, but it would make for an interesting story in that someone tampered with the cloud. Plus Marvel wanting to kill off Mutants because of their whole thing against Fox owning the X-men.
Rider Paladin: I think Mystique just doesn't like Carol, or maybe Carol did something against her at some point, I'm not really sure. All I know is the two have a pretty dark grudge between each other and we're about to see that very soon as the finally meet face to face again after years, at east I think it's been that long since they've last met
superwonder: The Sequel will continue into Secret Empire and maybe into the new sort of reboot they have planned, it's called Legacy or something like that and apparently marvel's bringing back a 'beloved character', watch it be some obtuse guy that no one really cares about but if they are serious about it, I vote either the original Wolverine or the original Hulk. Love Laura as Wolverine and Old Man Logan but to be honest I just want to see a possible Old Man Logan 616 Logan team up, oh the possibilities
Guest: Carol will question her choices as time goes on after this ends, Maria Hill not so much since she never seems to learn
90skid4life: No, she had the sense not to get involved in this thing when it went down but she'll have a role in the next story, may even add her into whatever it is that Peter has with Mockingbird, Spider-woman and maybe sort of kinda Mystique and Shadow Cat
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel characters seen, mentioned or used
Sakovia…
The Red Skull sat before a large screen monitor with a blank expression on his face. Before him was live footage from a small surveillance drone that HYDRA used to monitor the current conflict within the superhero community.
One side led by Captain Marvel, the other led by Iron Man…
And right smack dab in the middle was Spider-man and his closest allies waging their own little battle against the forces of Captain Marvel
"Hmm it appears I've underestimated the spider…" Red Skull murmured as he watched the several day-old footage of Spider-man facing down a large SHIELD strike force and several members of Captain Marvel's team, including the head of Alpha Flight and SWORD herself and holding his own
It was then another person entered the room, it was the Red Skull's, or at least the original's daughter, Sin
"Father…" the woman bowed the Supreme Leader of HYDRA
Red Skull hummed at her as he switched the monitor over to the current battle going on in between three SHIELD Heli Carriers several miles of the American coastline. After viewing the battle for several minutes, grinning when he noticed a particular display of viciousness from the other side, he turned towards his daughter
"Tell me Sin… what are your thoughts on the one called Spider-man?" the possessor of the late Charles Xavier's mind asked the woman with a curious gaze and an equally curious tone
Sin quirked a brow at the question "Spider-man… which one?"
"The first, the oldest and arguably most powerful of the lot" Red Skull waved his hand through the air before telepathically changing the channel to show the primary Spider-man with the younger one by his side
Sin stared at the image of Spider-man for a moment before glancing at her father "To be honest father, I've always found him as more of a loud unruly annoyance then someone that could pose any real genuine threat to HYDRA like the Avengers could"
"Hmm and you'd be right. Heh, even I until recently passed him off as nothing more than a simple insignificant spec of dirt not worth my time when compared to Rogers… but after searching through Xavier's memories of the man and having watched him battle of these so called 'superheroes' and seemingly turned this entire conflict on its head… I find myself intrigued by him" Red Skull said with a dark grin before glancing towards his daughter
"Bring me everything HYDRA has on Spider-man, on this…Peter Parker!"
…
"Damn that was intense back there" Miguel said as he followed after Peter and Mystique with Miles right beside him as they raced through the halls of Maria's ship that would tremble every few minutes as the fight outside progressed and worsened "I mean you just brought down the Guardians of the Galaxy with a few words and freakin Siri of all things!"
"You can thank Danvers for that" Mystique said simply as they raced through the halls "I swear she makes it too easy that I'm starting to actually pity her… almost"
"How did you know that Thanos was still here? I thought he was picked up by the Shi'ar or something by now and carted off to Space jail or whatever it is they have for a guy like him?" Peter asked with a quizzical expression
"I originally infiltrated SHEILD to find out the identity of the Inhuman who was making all of these predictions and kill him when I stumbled across Thanos still in his holding cell" Mystique said with a frown as memories of seeing Thanos the Mad Titan flew through her mind before shaking her head "SHIELD truly is made of idiots if they think they've been containing him all this time… he's just too busy laughing his ass off with what's going on right now to bother leaving"
"He's that powerful?" Miles said with some fear in his voice
"It's Thanos kid" Peter said as he glanced at the kid with a grim smile "He's on several occasions brought reality to it's knees and massacred his own race and conquered and destroyed hundreds of worlds before even doing that"
"In my time, he's considered one of the most dangerous if not the most dangerous being in the universe" Miguel stated
"While we're on that tangent, any idea how this will go down now?" Peter asked the man from the year 2099 'Still hard to believe that my legacy carried on that long… go me I suppose'
"Nope, things aren't really lining up with how stuff in my future's past went down" Miguel revealed with a shrug "In fact I may actually be in a sort of alternate past on a alternate Earth at this point"
"Crap…" Peter sighed
The four continued to race down the halls looking for a way out when suddenly another large tremor raked through the ship, causing them to all nearly stumble in surprise and for Peter and Miles's spider-senses to go off
"The hell was that?" Miguel asked with confusion
"The people outside getting a little overzealous" Mystique said with a frown
"What makes you say that?" Peter asked, wondering what would make her think that…
…
"YOU WANT SOME MORE, HERE TAKE IT!" Nova shouted as he blasted at both Blue Marvel and Spectrum at full power with his Nova blasts while Thor was blasting at the three Heli Carriers with her lightening
Not too far away from the group, Storm was busy entrapping the likes of Iron Man, Sam Wilson and Vison in a large cyclone with Doctor Strange exchanging powerful mystical blasts with Magik on the deck of Maria's damaged Carrier
…
"With whose out there, it's the only explanation" Mystique stated with a deadpanned expression as the ship shook again "Come on, we don't have long until even Stark's people are overrunned"
"How? Don't they outnumber Carol's team since the Guardians just sort of split now?" Miles asked with a confused frown
"Yes, but they still have the likes of Blue Marvel, Spectrum, Jean Grey young as she may be, Storm and even the Human Torch and this is assuming the Inhumans haven't already arrived. This battle might as well be over if Back Bolt himself appears and says even one word"
"Fair enough…" Peter said before he glanced down a hallway with a frown "Hmmm…"
"What is it?" Miguel asked as he looked in the same direction Peter was staring
"The communications hub for this place is down there…" Peter said absent mindedly as he glanced at a small arrow on the wall with the words 'Communications room' under it
"And?" the future Spider asked with confusion
"…Which means that the message sent to Hill and Carol about mine and Miles's identities are likely there too… and maybe it has a clue to who sent it" Peter said as he took a step forward
"Peter, we don't have time-" Mystique began only to be interrupted by said man
"Raven, someone just exposed my identity to the entirety of SHIELD, what's even worse is that they exposed Miles's… and I want to know who and why, though knowing who might just answer the second question or vice versa" Peter stated
Mystiques stared at him for several moments before she nodded "Fine I'll-"
"Get Miguel, Miles and his family out of here" Peter interrupted her before giving her a sheepish smile "Please?"
"But what about you boss?" Miles asked worriedly as the ship shook again and for a brief moment he felt his spider-sense tingle as the danger around them increased by the second
"I'll catch up kid, just gonna poke around really quick and then rush my bruised and battered spider bootie to the extraction point…" Peter said with a reassuring grin tossed at his protégé before glancing at Mystique "BTW's, where is it anyway?"
"Several floors above us, Spider-woman and Mockingbird and hopefully Miles's friends should have already arrived there and begun their incursion. I was planning to meet up with them, and blow this place and find somewhere to lie low until this pissing contest finally ends" the metamorphic woman said with a hand on her hip
Peter nodded "Wow… that's a really good plan. Wish I thought of that. My plan was to somehow break out and then make it up as I go along and hope for the best!"
"Of course you would" Mystique said with a shake of her head while Miguel snorted
"That's one of your most famous quotes. 'I just make it as I go and hope for the best'" the man said with a chuckle before he picked up multiple people approaching with his enhanced hearing coming from the hallway that led to the communications room along with Peter and soon Miles and lastly Mystique
Peter glanced down the hallway before looking towards the group with a serious expression "Go…"
Mystique eyed him for a moment before she nodded and glanced towards the two very reluctant spider themed men "Come on, we still have to get the Morales and they're on the way to the extraction team"
Miles and Miguel nodded before the younger of the two threw his arms around Peter in a near bone crushing tight hug while Miguel fist bumped his bemused predecessor
"See ya around Spidey" Miguel joked
"Hope to see you soon boss" Miles said sadly as Peter rubbed his back
"You to kiddo, now get outta here before I change my mind and just bail with the rest of you" Peter joked the last part with a tired grin
Miles released Peter from his hug and followed after Mystique who was already beginning to leave. Peter saw this and quickly called out to her
"Raven…"
The blue skinned woman paused before glancing back at Peter with a curious expression "Yes?"
"Seriously… thank you. I know that things have been… tense between us lately with the whole me being a hero and you being, well you but incase things don't go quite the way I hope which they usually do… I just wanted to say thanks for everything you've done for me for most of my life. Good and bad" Peter said with a meaningful look on his face
Mystique stared at him for a moment before she gave him a small nod and gestured for his student and successor to follow her to Miles's parents and eventually their freedom… hopefully
Peter watched them go before turning down the hall and began to make his way to the communications hub before seeing multiple SHIELD agents decked out in full combat gear approaching him
Peter couldn't help but crack a smile at this as pooped his knuckles "Me, injured and not at my absolute peak at the moment and sort of fighting the urge to blackout from both pain and exhaustion against what looks like over two dozen men and women are heavily armed and decked out in the latest combat gear… should have brought the Howling Commandos… make this an even fight!"
He then leaped at the firing men with a determined expression on his face, one way or another he was going to find out who leaked his and Miles's identities
Even if he has to tear through half of SHIELD to do it
…
Steve almost let out a curse as he and his team consisting of Black Panther and Luke Cage were making slow progress through a heavily guarded hallway filled with numerous SHIELD agents
Luke grunted as a powerful energy beam fired from one of the agent's energy rifles slammed into his back "SHIELD's upgraded their tech recently"
"Are you surprised?" T'Challa asked as he knocked several men back before grabbing another and using him as a sort of blunt object and slammed him into another SHIELD agent before delivering a bone shattering heeled kick to what looked like these men's superior officer
"It's SHIELD, when's the last time they've ever used anything impressive?" Luke asked with a snort as he slammed his hands into the ground, creating a small tremor that unbalanced a host of agents and allowed Panther and Steve to quickly disarm and restrain them
"He does have a point" Steve said as he used his shield and bashed away a SHIELD agent before activating his shield's energy blade and slicing several of the agent's weapons in half before delivering a series of powerful kicks and punches to the men and women "Come on, the holding cells should be up ahead and hopefully the spiders as well"
"And perhaps Bucky Barnes?" Black Panther asked carefully as he sent a side glance towards the team's leader
Steve didn't answer right away as he blocked a few gunshots and an energy blast before throwing the shield at them and quickly covered the distance between him and the guards before quickly incapacitating them with several strikes to their nerves and joints before retrieving his suit
"If we have time, I'll see what I can do about freeing Barnes, but after what he tried to do with Spider-man… I'm not sure having them in close proximity will be a good idea" Steve said as the three approached the holding cells
"Agreed…" Luke stated before they entered the cells to see that there was no one there and it looked like a battle of some sort had already occurred
"It appears that the spiders have escaped" Black Panther said as he crouched down to examine some of the damage "Or another party has intervened and liberated them"
"Must have been some fight" Luke said as he examined a few large scorch marks on the walls and the numerous bullet casings on the ground
Steve examined the cells closely before turning to leave "Come on, we need to move before-"
He was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Songbird, Fixer, Mach-X, Atlas, and Moonstone by way of a bright blue light that caused the lights to flicker from the cosmic energy it gave off
"Alright, now we should be able to find-" Fixer began only to pause as he saw Steve Rogers, Black Panther and Luke Cage staring at them in surprise "Uhh…"
"Way to go Kobik" Moonstone muttered in annoyance before she suddenly sent a powerful Photon blast at Cage, nailing him in the face and sending the stunned man flying into the wall and into the next hallway
Meanwhile, Atlas increased his size and sent a punch towards Black Panther who easily leaped on top of the man's fist and quickly ran up his arm before delivering a double heeled kick to the man's face, causing him to yelp in surprise and take several steps back while Steve brought up his shield to block the energy blasts from Mach-X, Songbird and Fixer
"What are you all doing here?" Steve demanded as he leaped out of the way of Songbird's sonic blast
"Freeing Barnes, why you wanna help?" Fixer asked as he tried to locate the Winter Soldier by hacking into SHIELD's systems while his shoulder canons kept blasting at the first Avenger while Moonstone sent a powerful energy blast towards Black Panther who was about to attack Atlas's face with his hard light energy daggers and sent the King of Wakanda across the room before Atlas slammed his foot on the man, sending him into the level below that sounded like it was filled with SHIELD agents
"Your all alone Captain" Mach-X said as he and Songbird continued to blast at Steve who was being slowly pushed back by the two's combined attacks while Fixer was disabling a multitude of the Heli carrier's security functions and weapons, allowing the heroes outside to get a breather
Steve gritted his teeth in frustration as he found he was being surrounded by Songbird, he was wondering what the hell she was doing here, and Atlas who was about ready to slam him with his enlarged hand
Steve's eyes narrowed as he saw Atlas's fist closing in and waited until the last possible second before doing something none of them expected
He activated the energy blade on his shield and threw it right into Atlas's stunned face, nailing him in the eye!
"AAAGGHHHH!" Atlas howled in pain as the energy blade tore into his eye socket, causing him to stumble back in pained surprise
"Holy shit…" Mach-X gaped before he growled at Steve "Your gonna pay for the one Rogers"
He opened fire on the now shieldless Captain who through a combination of enhanced speed, reflexes and impressive acrobatics, dodged most of the bullets fired by the former criminal and quickly closed the distance between the two before sending a powerful jab into the man's armored throat, causing him to stumble back in surprise before Steve grabbed him and threw him in front of an energy blast fired from Moonstone
"AAAAHHHH!" Mach-X yelled as the armor plating on his back melted from the intensity of the blast
"Oops…" Moonstone said in surprise, she really never saw that coming, not by a longshot!
Fixer meanwhile was watching this all unfold with a shocked expression "What the hell… he's never been this brutal before…"
"Guess times have changed" Songbird growled as she built up a sonic scream an unleashed it on Rogers who was to slow to dodge it and was blasted into the wall with a yelp of pain before Songbird was on him and placed him in a headlock
Steve growled at the action before he grabbed her arms to keep her secured to him before slamming back into the wall, causing Songbird to grunt in pain before Steve threw his head back and nailed her in the face, breaking her nose with a combination of his suit's reinforced cowl, his low level superhuman like strength and having her head bounce off the metal wall and right into his approaching skull
Songbird let go of Steve in reflex before she was pulled into another headbutt followed by Steve's knee to her gut and was finished off by being lifted over the man's head and slammed into the ground with a heavy and painful thud. Steve stared at the woman for a brief moment in slight regret, before he looking towards Fixer only for the Thunderbolts's tech guy to punch Steve right in the face and cause him to stumble back slightly before a energy blast from Moonstone slammed into his chest and sent him through the hole in the wall made by Cage earlier in the fight
Songbird rushed over to help Mach-X back to his feet while Moonstone approached Fixer and Atlas who had just ripped Rogers's shield from his eye and shrunk back down to a smaller size while covering the bloodied wound with his hand to try and stem the bleeding a bit until it can get looked at "JESUS H CHRIST! WHAT THE FUCKIN HELL WAS THAT!?"
"I don't know, really I don't" Fixer said as he crouched next to the size shifting man's form and examined his wound with a grimace "Damn… I think you'll need a replacement or something for that…"
"Great!" Atlas gritted out in pain as blood fell from his eye
"Have you found Bucky?" Songbird asked as she and Mach-X approached the group
"Yeah, I found him" Fixer said as he brought up a holographic image of Maria's Heli-carrier and highlighted a small part that was close to the communications room "She's placed our favorite ex-Russian assassin in a specialized cell. The only way to open it is with a special key that she has"
"I'll get the key, the rest of you just get there and secure him for extraction" Songbird said as she turned to leave
"I'm coming with you" Mach-X said before he groaned in slight pain as his back flared up
"No you're not, you'll only slow me down. Help the Thunderbolts secure Bucky's cell and I'll be there in a few minutes and then we can blow this outhouse" Songbird said before she saw Black Panther re-emerge from the hole he created when Atlas slammed him through the floor "Go now!"
She unleashed a sonic scream towards the king of Wakanda as the rest of the Thunderbolts made for the communications room and Bucky's cell, Moonstone and Mach-X doing their best to support Atlas who was having trouble standing on account that Captain Freakin America just stabbed one of his eyes out while Fixer paused briefly to pick up something that he saw Rogers drop earlier before he was blasted through the wall by Songbird
'Huh, this might come in handy… don't know what it is, but if Captain America had it, it has to be good for something' Fixer thought as he followed after his teammates while Songbird kept Black Panther distracted before pulling back and rushing towards the Heli-carrier's command deck
…
And done.
Next chapter, a exhausted and wounded Peter combs through SHIELD's database for who sent the info on him and Miles before he's forced to face down the equally battered forms of the Thunderbolts and the Winter Soldier!
Just six more chapters left in my version of Civil War II