"Let's hope Victor doesn't show up again," Carter laughed.

The first day back to school after Christmas was hard, seeing all the places Wade should be and seeing James in all the places he was unwelcome. But they all ignored it as well as they could, and Peter, Laynie and Carter ended up having as good a time at the lunch table as they ever had.

Carter sat beside Peter, laughing hysterically at the recollection of their encounter with Victor. Laynie sat alone across from them, laughing along, but missing Wade.

"Hey guys! It took me forever to find you."

Laynie stopped and turned as Kate Bishop slid into the seat beside her with a brown paper bag. "Kate!" She gave the girl a hug, startled. "What are you doing here?"

"Well after the mafia incident, Clint talked with my dad and convinced him to get me transferred here. Something about Spider-Man attending the school." She gave Peter a coy smile. "It's my first day!"

"That's great!" Carter cried. "We're going to have so much fun."

"Yeah!" Kate began pulling her lunch out of the bag. "So where's Wade?" The table fell silent, and Kate looked around at each of them. "Oh no, I said something wrong."

"No, no," Peter said. "You didn't. It's a long story, but Wade... had to leave."

"We'll explain some other time," Laynie added. "For now, tell me all the classes you're in."

As Kate started scarfing her lunch, she listed classes through bites of her sandwich.

Halfway through Kate's class list, there was a massive crash heard outside at the courtyard of the school.

"What was that?" Carter asked worriedly.

The four teens shared a curious look before running to the courtyard. They pushed through students and faculty quickly. They certainly weren't expecting what they found when they got to the courtyard.

A strange object, that could only be described as a spaceship, was lying in the middle of the courtyard.

"So, as if our lives weren't messed up enough, now we get spaceships crashing into our school. Great, just great." Carter huffed, more irritated than concerned.

"Stay back, guys," Peter warned, holding his arm out as he approached it slowly.

Carter and Laynie ignored him completely, following as they neared the edge of the crowd around the ship. They all three jumped back as it let out a loud hissing, and the top of it popped open. A silver-haired head popped out, examining his surroundings.

"Hello," he said slowly. "I come in peace! I am Noh-Varr. What planet is this?"

THE END

Author's notes:

Lartovio: Hi guys! Sorry it took so long to get around to doing this. This last chapter was supposed to be posted a few weeks ago but y'know, real life. It happens sometimes. But anyway! I hope you enjoyed the story! I was really happy with how this one turned out, and I'm even more excited for what's to come. We'll be introducing some new things in the next arc (as indicated by our favorite silver-haired alien here), and after that, we'll be covering some recent MCU events to keep us more or less up-to-date with it. So, thank you guys for sticking with us this far. I hope you continue to read and enjoy the LWTA series in the future!

Dawn: Hey! So, we're awful. But, you know how life is. Work and school and such. I hope you enjoyed this story. We really enjoyed writing if for you. Thank ya'll so much for continuing to read and review our story. Again I hoped you enjoyed the story and we'll hopefully be posting the next arc soon. :)