Peter followed Amanda down a corridor and up a flight of stairs. He heard the muffled sounds above them and put a hand on Amanda's arm to stop her so he could listed. His eyes widened as she jumped at his touch.

She moved out of arms reach and stared at him a moment. "Sometimes I flame up when I don't mean to." She paused a moment before adding, "People aren't always nice when they touch me."

Peter heard the pain in her voice. "We can protect you. And, we know people who can help teach you to use your powers...just like Johnny does." He smiled when her expression changed. "I just want to hear what's going on. Where are we?"

"A prison on an island. It was abandoned after Ross orchestrated a breakout." Amanda smirked, "He was so mad when the Avengers showed up. He had planned to use the super soldiers to show himself as the hero." Amanda looked up to where Peter was looking. She couldn't hear anything. All she knew was that she wanted to get him as far away from here as possible.

Peter looked at her, processing what she said. "We're on Rikers?" If he was in a cell that had been originally designed for Bucky then that meant he was in the Vault. "How many floors down?"

"Five. We need to keep moving."

Peter shook his head. "I need to know what's going on before we walk into it. And I need to know where Zeke is."

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Tony checked down on everyone's location on his HUD. They could tell based on the radiation where the Super Soldiers were...which was currently all in the lower levels of the Vault. Since all of the radiation signatures were emanating from the lower levels he knew Peter had to be safely out of range.

The Vault had a fairly sophisticated detection system as well as an entire defense grid. Both of which Tony was intimately familiar with since he had designed most of it. Since they had taken the entire island offline most of the systems had been dismantled, but Tony knew some of the passive monitoring systems would still be available. FRIDAY was masking their approach to the island but they still had to go in fairly hot. The plan was to create enough of a distraction that the other three teams could hopefully portal in without being noticed.

"Ok everyone. Light em up!" There was something satisfying in creating a light show that could only be described as spectacular. The city of New York would probably appreciate the fact that they were completely demolishing most of the structures on the surface.

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Davis closed the portal behind him. Their group of five had entered on one of the upper levels of the Vault. Since they had zero intel on what to expect, none of the teams were portaling to a floor that showed a radiation signature. He watched as Logan made his way towards the stairwell that would lead to the lower levels. He glanced over at Bobby who just shrugged and followed.

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Zeke looked up when they heard the first explosion. Even multiple stories down it would have been hard to miss the bombardment that was occurring above. He looked over at one of the soldiers. "Take a group down to the cells and make sure our visitor is secure. He will be their target so expect them to come." He watched the soldier nod and leave the room. He glanced over at Basil. "You're sure the controller tech is working and you can control them all?"

Basil nodded. "I'm not controlling them, just removing the urge not to stop fighting regardless of what happens. That is what you want, right? For the fight to continue until you get what you want?"

Zeke nodded. "We can always make more." He focused again on the project at hand. He needed to be able to disable the Iron Man armor. He had been able to cannibalize enough of the tech over the years to be able to have a working knowledge of it. The AI system was impressive but at the end of the day it was just a computer. He picked up the devices. "Stay here. I need something out of the other lab."

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Steve held up a fist to bring their group to a halt. Wong had portaled them to a floor right above a group of radiation signatures. They had already made it down a level and Steve could hear movement ahead of them. The fact that they were in the Vault meant that they had full schematics and weren't having to walk around blindly. He sent Clint and Bucky down a hall that would loop around hopefully allowing them to trap the group they were coming up on.

Natasha slipped taser disks into both hands and followed Steve as they progressed down the hall that led to an open area. Keeping to the shadows they could see light in the distance. Tensing for a fight they proceeded forward. She heard the familiar thunk of an arrow finding its target and knew Clint and Bucky were engaging. They all moved forward engaging the group ahead that was a mix of super soldiers and bio-enhanced individuals. Flipping a disk at a super soldier, she watched the electrical charge dissipate when it hit his chest. She fired the other one at his neck. When the disk hit a normal person it usually knocked them out, or at least disoriented them enough where she could easily finish the job. When the disk hit Steve or Bucky it still disoriented them, but not quite as much as an un-enhanced individual. Although they hadn't tired it, they had enough data to figure out if a disk hit Peter it would interfere with his Spidey Sense and his stickiness as well as probably incapacitate him for a few seconds. The longer the exposed, the worse he was affected.

The soldier she had just hit reacted more like Steve or Bucky would which meant they had tweaked the serum to overcome the electricity problem Peter had. Which also meant no stickiness and no Spidey sense. Natasha finished dealing with the soldier in front of her and looked to her left just in time to see Wong use some kind of something to lift one of the soldiers and send him crashing to the floor, knocking him out. She didn't have a clue how he or Stephen did the things they did, she was just satisfied that Wong could handle himself. She heard another whoosh of an arrow and turned to see the end sticking out of the back of another soldier. Bucky and Steve were both finishing with soldiers of their own. She tapped her com. "Looks like they removed the electrical problem. Expect them to fight more like Steve and Bucky."

Steve wiped a trickle of blood from his cheek. "But with Peter strength." He nodded at the rest of the group to continue. The soldiers weren't unstoppable but hand to hand was going to be harder than it usually was. "Anyone found Peter yet?" He heard negatives reporting from all teams and looked over at Natasha.

"We'll find him." She walked past him and headed further into the Vault.

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Zeke walked into a makeshift workroom. He hadn't expected anyone to be there. Feeling the electricity pulsing in his fingers, he paused by a table. "How did you get out?"

Ross turned around. "I had a little help." His eyes darted briefly to the gun he had left in the table next to him. It and the cabinet of weapons behind him were the reason he was even in this particular lab.

Zeke's expression soured. He hadn't expected Peter to have been able to escape. He wouldn't make the mistake of underestimating him again.

"Zeke! Parker and Ross are gone!"

Zeke turned his head to see Basil running down the hall towards him radio in hand.

It was the opening Ross needed. He lurched towards the table and grabbed the gun. Turning, he emptied the clip in the direction of Zeke.

The first shot shattered the glass next to Zeke. Anger pulsed through him as he unleashed a stream of energy from his hands. The anger fed the energy but it also made it less targeted. Equipment surrounding Ross exploded, obscuring his view. Satisfied that if Ross wasn't already dead he would be soon, he backed out of the room. Stepping over Basil's body he walked down the hall with a single goal in mind. Find Parker. Find Stark. Kill them both.