Peter's suit formed around him as he flicked a web towards the rafters and swung up, landing a kick into the creature's back. It was enough force to a cause the creature to fly into the wall, crashing through it. Peter's trajectory carried him through the hole after the creature. Landing behind him, he ducked as the creature hurled a table at him.

Bobby slid into the room behind the creature and fired a series of ice spears at it. Peter took advantage of the distraction to fire full strength taser webs. The tasers seemed to just slow the creature down a little...and make it really mad. Peter watched the creature pick up another table, equipment scattering, and launch it in his direction. He realized he didn't have any room to maneuver and braced to take the hit until it disappeared into a portal in front of him and reappeared over the creature dropping it on its head.

Johnny and Wyatt appeared behind Peter as he flipped up and over the creature. Wyatt landed another well placed kick sending the creature flying backwards but not knocking it off it's feet. Peter glanced over at Johnny who fired a volley of fireballs at the creature, scorching its skin where they made contact. Angered, the creature rushed towards Johnny and tackled him, pushing him into the landing leading to the steps. Peter and Bobby were the closest and followed the two. Peter flung a web catching one of the creature's arms to keep it from coming down. It didn't seem to care that it's hands were burning when it touched Johnny.

Johnny turned up the heat and drove the creature backwards into the immovable object that was Bobby's ice form. Bobby wrapped both arms around the creature and held it in place. "How are we planning on containing him?" Bobby asked as the creature struggled against him.

"Still working that out." Peter fired webs at his feet hoping to at least tangle him up if he got free from Bobby. He glanced down the stairs which still held a wall of fire. It was pretty impressive. He hadn't thought Johnny could hold something so long while fighting. "Did you see Gwen on your way up?"

Johnny followed his line of sight. "Uh...we portaled into the room you were in. That isn't me." Before the could move they looked back at Bobby and the creature, just catching the sight of them crashing through the floor as it gave out beneath them. Wyatt and Davis had overheard the conversation about the fire. "You two go that way, we'll make sure Bobby is ok." Davis created a portal as Johnny and Peter dashed down the stairs through the wall of fire.

Johnny reached the floor first. Kneeling over an unconscious Gwen was Amanda, holding the wall of fire in place. He skidded to a stop in front of her and knelt down next to Gwen.

"I didn't get here in time. All I could do was keep him from coming after her." Amanda looked up at Johnny, flames flickering off her body

Peter skidded next to Johnny. "Karen, scan Gwen."

"She needs medical attention Peter. I believe she has a skull fracture from the fall."

Peter looked at Johnny. "Stay with them. We'll contain Harry." Peter got up and headed towards the other three. Amanda was doing a good job of containing the wall of fire but between the fire balls Johnny threw and some of the equipment upstairs exploding during the fight, the rest of the building was now on fire. He made his way to where he thought the others had landed. The creature had broken free of Bobby and the webs and was currently rotating attacks between Wyatt, Davis, and Bobby. Davis at least had tactical gear on thanks to his ability to use the nanotech. Wyatt was still in jeans and a t-shirt.

Bobby iced the floor causing the creature to slide into a wall. Peter flung a web to the ceiling and used it to propel himself into the fight. They needed to end this soon. The smoke was already billowing in from the hole in the ceiling. Peter landed in front of the creature. "Harry, Gwen's hurt. We need to get her out of here."

The creature turned around and launched itself towards Peter. Peter reared his fist back and hit the creature in the jaw. The other three watched in fascination as the creature crumpled to the floor.

"You couldn't have done that ten minutes ago?" Wyatt skidded behind Peter and watched the creature transform back into Harry.

Peter shrugged. "I really hadn't been close enough. Plus I hate the way it feels." He shuttered slightly. He had felt Harry's jaw bone crunch under the impact from his fist.

Davis and Bobby walked up next to them. Bobby looked up at the flames flickering down the walls. "Building's on fire. We might want to get out of here."

Over the sound of the fire, Peter could hear sirens in the distance. Wyatt had already knelt down next to Harry and was in the process of picking him up and securing his over his shoulder. Peter led the way back to Gwen.

"I can hear sirens. Davis, portal Bobby, Johnny, and Amanda our of here." Peter looked over at Wyatt, "Think we can talk our way out of this?" Peter didn't have an option. His car was here. And, there's no way he could get Gwen and Harry out by himself so Wyatt was stuck with him.

Johnny stood up and watched Davis open a portal. He reached his hand down to Amanda. Grabbing it, their flames intertwined a moment before both extinguishing. Johnny squeezed her hand. "You'll be safe with us."

Amanda held on to his hand a moment before pulling it free. "I can't." Meeting his eyes she added "I'm sorry" before turning and running further into the building.

They could all hear the sirens now. "We don't have time. We'll find her." Peter squeezed Johnny's shoulder before kneeling down and scooping Gwen up in his arms. The armor had already retreated. Wyatt and Peter watched the trio leave through the portal then made their way towards the front entrance.

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Tony pulled open the door and walked into the police station. Oddly enough, it hadn't changed much since his days at MIT. Of course, he had actually been arrested then, not just being questioned by the police, but part of him found humor in the symmetry. Howard had been pissed off when he had bailed him out.

Tony wasn't pissed off, at least not at Peter. He was slightly irritated that Peter and Wyatt had been detained, but Pepper had made him promise that he wouldn't get himself arrested in the process of getting Peter and Wyatt released. The sergeant at the desk had been expecting him so he was immediately escorted to the captain's office.

"Mr. Stark...". The captain rose and extended his hand.

"Yeah, not here for pleasantries. I want my son and his friend released immediately. I also understand Peter's car was towed. I want it delivered to his house by tomorrow morning and there better not be a scratch on it." Tony crossed his arms and looked through the tinted lenses of his glasses. "Where are they?"

The captain took a deep breath and moved around his desk. "Follow me." He led Tony down a hall. "They were just being questioned about the fire. There's a lot of questions that need to be answered and they're the only ones we can talk to right now."

"I'm not overly concerned about your questions." Tony waited for the captain to open the door. Inside, Peter and Wyatt were sitting at a table with a guard standing by the door. "You felt the need to guard them?" Tony asked incredulously.

Peter and Wyatt stood up. "Hey dad." Peter walked around the table with Wyatt on his heels. "Thanks for coming."

"Thanks Mr. Stark." Wyatt added as he made his way through the door.

Tony ignored the captain and led the boys back down the hall the way he came. Once outside he pulled open the back door and waited for both boys to get in before following them. "Happy, head to the house." He looked at Peter and Wyatt. "Are you two ok?"

Peter nodded. "How's Gwen?"

"Skull fracture. She's in a medically induced coma until the swelling goes down." Tony knew there was no reason to sugar coat it. He watched Peter turn away and look out the window. He knew the fact that Gwen was hurt as bad as she was would weigh pretty heavy on him.

Wyatt looked over at Tony. "And Harry?"

"SHIELD took him into custody. The story they went with was a contagious neurotoxin. I don't know much past that. They'll probably keep him sedated until they have a plan." Tony reaches over and squeezed Peter's shoulder. "You all did everything right. You probably kept Gwen from getting killed."

Peter nodded but didn't look over at Tony or Wyatt. "Everyone make it back to the house ok?"

Tony smiled. "Yeah, and you've got a houseful right now. So I hope neither one of you was expecting a quiet day."

Peter pulled his eyes away from the window and looked at his dad. "What do you mean a houseful?"

"You had Karen basically live stream the fight. Nat, Steve, Bucky, Sam, and Clint are all hanging out at your house, although I think they're trying to call it a temporary command center. You're actually lucky Pepper didn't put her suit on and come herself. She was at the compound and saw most of it before I convinced her she needed to stay and take care of Morgan." He pulled out his phone. "By the way, call her and let her know you're ok."

Peter groaned and took the phone. Hitting dial he waited for Pepper's face to appear.

Wyatt stifled a laugh as Pepper launched into a two minute verbal onslaught about how worried she had been, and asking multiple times if Peter and the other boys were ok. Tony leaned over into the frame. "See Pep, he's fine. I'll let you know when I'm heading back."

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Tony followed the boys into the house. As expected, the living room and kitchen was full. Nat, Steve, and Bucky were at the table with Johnny going through data. Everybody else was on the couch, PlayStation controllers in their hands.

Natasha looked up when they walked in and smiled. "No trouble getting them released?"

Tony gave Nat a look that said 'I'm Tony Stark...of course I didn't have trouble getting them released' as he walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator.

Peter and Wyatt sat down at the table. "What are you doing?" Peter looked at the tablet in front of Natasha.

"Looking for Zeke S." Johnny leaned back in his chair.

Peter looked over in surprise. "You got a name?"

Johnny nodded, "After you went to help with Harry, Amanda filled in some of the blanks. Based on her description, Zeke is our fixer. He pulled her off the streets and used her. One of her jobs was trying to flush you out last fall."

"The fires?" Peter looked at everyone around the table for confirmation.

Johnny nodded. "She wasn't watching any of us that night I found her. Zeke sent her to watch Harry. He thought Harry had taken the serum and was unstable. I think he was worried about him exposing their plan." He took a sip of his water before glancing over at Steve. "She's scared of Zeke. I think its why she wouldn't come with us."

Steve nodded. "We can protect her and get her whatever help she needs."

Peter looked around the table. "What I don't get is why Harry would take the serum."

Johnny looked down at his own tablet before looking back over at Peter. "I don't know and so far we have not actually found a Zeke that would fit in any database."

Tony frowned as a memory popped into his head. An overheard conversation from years ago. "Try Ezekiel."

Natasha looked over at Tony. "Ok...why? I know that look."

Tony shook his head. "A memory of a piece of a conversation from a long time ago. Just let me know what you find."