'Jean the rubble! Kurt get the civilians out of there!' The two teens got into action among the chaos all around them.
Jean held out her hand and quickly stopped a huge part of the building that was falling towards the ground. She didn't have to hold it long. With a puff of smoke the two trapped woman disappeared.
'Pay attention! Scott needs help.'
She took a breath a looked towards her teammate. This battle was taking much more of a toll on her than her previous battles. She didn't realize how more tiring it would be backing up her teammates. Until now she and Scott had been the vanguard in stopping the Brotherhood and she never had to strain this much. She took another deep breath.
'Jean! Scott!' the voice in her ear screamed. Jean looked up to see Scott being thrown straight towards her. She held out her hand to stop the impact with her powers. Nothing happened. Scott didn't stop nor did he slowed down. She closed her eyes and braced for the impact. Hopefully she'll be able to cushion their impact even a little bit.
But it never came.
She opened her eyes just in time to watch Spiderman catch Scott. The two of them came to a stop safely next to her.
'Focus Jean!' Spiderman yelled before slinging back up the roofs of the building to stop random projectiles.
Scott groaned beside her.
'This is much harder without you. Ugh. Give me a boost will you?' Scott asked before running towards the enemy. Jean once again held out her hands and pushed. Her eyes widened with shock. Scott let out a yelp when he was pushed much more than either of them planned.
'Kurt! Catch Scott before he hits that wall!'
'Roger!' With another puff of smoke Kurt teleported and caught Scott in midair.
'Ok time.' The voice in all their ears ordered. Suddenly their surrounding disappeared and the four young teenagers once again stood in the training room full of metallic panels.
Three of the x-men fell promptly to the ground panting, while Peter landed gracefully on his feet barely sweating.
'Oh man, how the heck are you still able to stand?' Kurt asked rolling on his back. He was aching everywhere.
'This is nothing. Wait until Colonel goes boot camp mode.' Peter smirked a little remembering his training a year ago. What a hell that was...
The large panel doors opened revealing Colonel Rhodes as he marched towards the exhausted teens.
'Kurt excellent job observing your surroundings.' The blue mutant beamed with the praise
'Jean, you need to raise your stamina and control of your powers. I know you're use to being in the forefront but your powers are much more useful as back up.' The girl heaved a sigh.
'Scott. You have to think about the civilians around you. Most of the fights that will occur will be heavily populated.' Scott grimaced. He knew most of the rubble were his fault.
'F RI DAY reload situation one.' Jean remembered the scene that appeared before them once more.
'Peter. Show me what you would have done to protect the two women.' Rhodes ordered 'FRIDAY start.'
Peter quickly sprang into action as soon as the large cement began falling.
The X-men watched curiously when peter cast his web directly onto the falling cement.
'Is he going to fling it away?' Kurt asked Scott in a whisper. He shrugged.
Jean watched closely as the Peter retracted the web he cast and sped toward the cement. The cement broke into much smaller pieces as Peter made impact with his legs.
She frowned. But the smaller pieces still hit the two women. They weren't badly hurt but, hurt nonetheless. She and Kurt was able to get the two of them away with any injuries. But why was Colonel Rhodes smiling?
'Explain. Why did you crush the cement and not fling it away like Kurt thought you would?' Rhodes asked as soon as Peter landed back on the ground.
'I wouldn't have made it in time to get the two women out. Especially since one of them was stuck under some rubble. I didn't fling it away because the size and the acceleration of the cement would definitely crushed the gas pipes, underground structures like parking and or subways that fill this area. That would have caused even more unexpected casualties. This way the size was reduced and the two women only received light scratches.' Peter explained.
Ah… Underground structures. She didn't even think about them…
'Good. We need to be aware of all our surroundings. Even places we can't see. We have no idea who might be hiding or stuck in buildings. We can never assume a place is empty of Civilians. Especially in a place like New York City. Now using Peter's idea what would you three have done?'
The surrounding reverted back. This time Scott took action and blasted the rubble as Kurt teleported the two woman away. Jean used her telekinesis to slightly decelerate the tinier pieces. It took much less toll on her than their first try at the cement.
'Great! With powers like yours, you can do wonders. But it's all useless if you don't pay attention of your surroundings. In addition you need to know what you can and can not do. Peter knew he would never make in time to save the two women. If he miscalculated, all three of them would have been in danger. Jean you tired out in the middle. When you lost control you could have killed Scott.'
She could feel her face flush in embarrassment. The hand on her shoulders startled her. Jean looked up to Peter smiling at her.
'Hey don't worry about it. You must have heard all the damages I made last year as Spiderman. I mean I crushed a whole bank down.' His exaggerated sigh made her feel a little better.
'Good. Now on to our next training.' The Colonel stated as he heard the teens groan.
'Colonel. Boss wants Peter down in the labs.' FRIDAY spoke up suddenly.
'Tell Tony he's not done with his training.' Rhodes glared at Peter's cheeky grin.
'Boss said it was urgent.'
Rhodey sighed.
'Go Peter.' The teen quickly began to rush out of the room. 'Peter! I know you planned this with Tony!'
Peter ran out with a full out smile when he heard Colonel Rhodes next order to the rest of the teens.
'Stand up and give me a 100 laps.'
Peter heard their groans until the elevator door closed. Tony was a lifesaver.
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Steve pulled his cap down as he walked through the busy streets of Hell's Kitchen. It's been a while since he walked down a street walk in his own country. Even with the new mutant threat, the city still flowed with pedestrians at this time of day. He had missed this. He had missed this a lot.
He was too focused on staring at the ground when he bumped hard into someone.
'Excuse me… Oh… I'm so sorry!' Steve stammered. He couldn't believe he bumped into a blind man. He should have paid closer attention!
'It's ok.' The man answered with a smile. 'But if you don't mind, will you get my cane for me please?'
'Of course! Here let me help you up.' Steve helped the young man and quickly grabbed the cane off from the ground before someone can trip on it.
'Thank you.' But before the man can steady himself more people pushed and bumped him off balance. Steve gently pushed him out of the way before he fell again.
'Where are you going? Shall I help you? I think it might be a little dangerous during rush hour…' He asked looking around his surrounding.
Steve turned when the man beside him let out a small chuckle.
'It's ok. I can take care of myself. Besides I'm already at my destination.' He gestured towards the building on their right. 'But thanks for the offer.'
'No. I'm sorry for not paying attention.' Steve replied with a grimace.
'No worries.' Was his reply before he walked towards the building he gestured.
Steve sighed and went along his way.
Xxx
'Is it done?' Peter exclaimed as he burst through the lab doors.
Tony smirked as he gestured towards his new masterpiece.
'FRIDAY start the program.'
Before Peter's very eyes she came to life.
'Hi Peter my name is Karen. How are you doing today?'
The teen face quivered with excitement.
'Is she mine?' He asked in a whisper.
'She will be uploaded to all your suits. Think of her as FIRDAY's little sister.' Tony explained throwing Spiderman's new mask towards him. He wasted no moment and quickly put it on.
'Whoa! this is so amazing!' Peter exclaimed as his vision was filled with holographic information.
'Is there anything I can help you with?' The AI spoke and Peter giggled. He tore the mask off.
'Is she really mine? Mine alone?' Peter asked
'Yup. She's all yours. I also programmed multiple new settings to your web slingers.' The older man said while he brought up the stats of the new programs.
Peter smiled innocently before he asked 'Did you program the Instant Kill mode like I asked.' Before tony could answer Hank came up behind the young teen and growled.
'Don't even think about it.' Hank glared more strongly as Tony opened his mouth to speak 'Stark!'
'Sorry spidey. I'm being vetoed by your caring grumpy gramps.' he laughed as Peter faked a pout. 'Don't worry there are tons of new web features for you to figure out.' He handed the young teen the equipment.
Peter took them with glee. He couldn't wait to try out the Stun mode! But before the young teen could even put them on his wrist, the oldest of them spoke.
'Before I forget. Karen turn on the Training Wheel Protocol.' Hank ordered.
Now Peter did truly whine 'No. Please! I don't need the protocol!'
'No way! I helped program these new features against my best judgment. You are not allowed to use them until you have full knowledge of how to use them!' Hank glared even harder. Sometimes Tony wondered how much harder Hank can truly glare. It truly seemed infinite.
Peter turned his begging to the one person he knew would be on his side. 'Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk right?'
Tony shook his head. 'Sorry pal on this i'm being vetoed by not only Hank but also Rhodey. Heck I think even Vision agreed with them on this.'
'There are 93.2% chance of something going wrong without the protocol.' FRIDAY stated.
'Wow even FRIDAY is on their side.' Tony shook his head in fake betrayal.
Before Peter could whine even more, FRIDAY spoke up once more.
'Peter, Colonel Rhodes is calling you to come up to the training grounds.'
Hank stopped Peter before he could speak. 'Go. I'm not dropping the protocol until I get an ok from the Colonel.' Tony just gestured his hands towards the elevator when Peter turned towards him.
'Fine.' Peter pouted and mumbled as he slowly shuffled his way out 'Why did you have to name it Training Wheel Protocol. Why not something cooler? Ugh and I just managed to impress Jean.' Peter grumbled louder when he heard Tony laugh loudly.
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Steve turned around quickly when he felt the rumble beneath him. Something exploded. He could see the faint outline of the smoke that started to rise couple of block away from the cafe he was sitting at. He ran. In minuets he saw the crushed building sinking even lower underground. He looked for signs of the Brotherhood but found none.
When the super soldier reached his destination he searched for survivors. He could hear the sound of the sirens all around him. That was strange. The cops were here much faster than he would have assumed. Something must have gone on inside. Steve managed to pry open a door when he saw him. A man in a red armor. Tony? Steve rushed towards the fallen man only to realize that he wasn't his friend. Instead it was the blind man he met earlier this week. He could smell blood that seeped through the red armor.
'He's loosing too much blood. Let's get you to an ambulance.' Steve murmured while heaving the smaller man on his back.
'No... ambulance... please...' The man let out a whimper.
'You lost too much blood. you need immediate medical attention.' Steve replied before he realize why the man was opposed to medical care. 'You're a vigilante. The Devil of Hell's Kitchen...' If he took the man out he will be arrested. Well no, both of them would be arrested. But didn't his life come first? 'Let's save your life before we think about the aftermath.' He stated while carefully moving to not damage the wound even more.
'Saint... Agnes... Take me... there. They can...help' was all the vigilante managed before he fell limp.
Steve could hear the sounds of police inside the building now. 'Ok. Saint Agnes it is.' and he slipped away before anyone could spot either of them.
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