"Now, you go on in there and show my daughter a good time. Just not too good," Toomes said with a smile and Peter stepped out of the car. All the sounds around Peter were muted and far away. Peter's mind raced as he thought about Toomes's eyes, the Vulture's mask, that alien weaponry, Liz and Toomes's threat. Peter watched as the car pulled away and he stood in shock for a few moments. He numbly walked up the stairs and looked into the school hall, where he saw Ned and MJ waving and swearing at him. Then faintly heard something pierce the air and he felt his spidey senses go off before a bullet tore through his body, forcing the air to be forced out of his lungs. Peter gasped but no air entered his body. He felt his heart beat sluggishly as blood began pouring into his internal cavities and between his organs. He felt blood trickling down his back and soaking into the suit that May had made sure looked perfect on him. A tear fell from Peter's eye. This was it. Peter was faintly aware of falling back and rolling down the stairs but it was filled with numbness and soon his vision went black.

"Show me the map again Friday," Tony said and a holographic map came up. "Now this interesting," Tony said as he began to study the map. A few moments later, Friday's voice come on.
"Sir, I've received CCTV footage from outside Midtown high."
"Mmm," Tony replied as he was deep in thought. "Anything of interest Friday?"
"Mr Parker appears to have been shot," Friday stated and Tony suddenly became alert, looking up from the map. "Mr Parker appears to be unconscious at the base of the west entrance of the school hall. Footage shows no assailants or other parties involved. Peter was shot once in the back and he is non-responsive,"
"Thanks Friday," Tony said as he got into his suit and took off. "Tell Bruce to get the medbay up and running."
"Yes sir."

Ned and MJ watched as Peter gasped behind the double doors. The colour drained from his face and he fell back, as though he had fainted. They looked at each other and shrugged before they walked outside.
"What the hell?" MJ called as they saw Peter lying at the bottom of the stairs.
"Peter? Are you ok dude?" Ned called out. Others waiting outside turned to see what was going on.
"Has he fainted?"
"What a weirdo," Students muttered around them. A few seconds went by and Peter remained motionless. MJ frowned and began walking down the stairs. Ned followed her.
"You can't just faint Peter, it's not masculine," MJ said, sure that Peter was faking.
"Come on Peter, this is not cool," Ned told him.
"Get up Peter," MJ said, lightly kicking him. Peter's body rocked gently and he gasped.
"You better not be faking Peter, I can't stand more public humiliation," Ned said as he crouched beside Peter.
"He's got his eyes are closed," MJ said as she looked into Peter's face.
"Come on dude," Ned said as he shook Peter.
"Hold on Ned. Is that blood?" MJ asked as she crouched beside Ned. "Roll him away from us," MJ said and Ned gently rolled Peter away from him.
"That's blood," Ned gasped as he saw the blood was pooling on the concrete below Peter and MJ followed it back to the bullet wound on Peter's back.
"Get an ambulance Ned," MJ said before they heard the sound of thrusters and everyone turned to see Iron Man landing on the road. All the students cried out, cheered and screamed before the ran towards Iron Man.
"Stay back!" Tony told them and the students stopped dead in their tracks. Tony then turned to MJ, Ned and Peter while people took out their phones. Tony reacted the mask as he knelt beside Peter and looked into his face.
"Pete, it's me. Can you hear me?" Tony asked and Ned and MJ watched him in shock. A few seconds went by as students began filming. "How's he doing Friday?"
"His heart rate's at 210, blood pressure falling dramatically. He's gone into shock and my scans are showing severe internal injuries to both of his lungs and heart. There is mass haemorrhaging, surgery is advised as soon as possible," Friday reported.
"Did… Did your suit just say that Peter's needs surgery?" MJ asked in shock.
"Yes. I'm going to take him from here," Tony said as he gathered Peter into his arms and stood up, making sure that the mask retracted over his face. MJ and Ned stood up as well, and Ned couldn't take his eyes off Peter.
"Is he going to be ok?" Ned asked.
"I'm going to make sure that he gets all the care he needs. Lets go Friday," Tony said before he took off. "Stay with me kid," Tony whispered to Peter as he flew towards the Avengers compound.

"Tony? What's going on?" Steve asked Tony as he landed at the compound with Peter in his arms.
"The kid's been shot, he needs immediate surgery," Tony replied as he began to walk inside.
"How bad are his injuries?"
"The bullet has damaged both of his lungs and his heart," Tony told Steve as he placed Peter onto a gurney. Bruce and Dr Cho quickly assessed Peter as Tony and Steve watched.
"Ok, his air intake is poor, he's pale and he's sweaty," Bruce said as Dr Cho placed a semi-circle scanner onto the bed and let it scan Peter. A projection of Peter's body came up and everyone gasped. The bullet had torn through Peter's right latissimus dorsi muscle before it had ripped through his left lung and his hearts' left ventricle before wedging itself into his right lung.
"Crap. The blood from his heart is pouring straight into his body. We need to get him into surgery now," Bruce said and immediately Dr Cho moved equipment out of the way and began wheeling Peter towards the operating room. Steve and Tony watched them go and the moment the doors closed, Tony panicked.
"I need to…" Tony said as he began walking towards the door.
"Tony," Steve said as he stopped Tony by placing a hand onto his chest. "We have to let them work. He's in safe hands."
"I know," Tony replied as his voice shook. "He's bleeding out, he's…"
"There's nothing we can do right now for Peter, so let's get you something to drink ok?" Steve said and Tony nodded.
"Ok," Tony replied and Steve lead him into the lounge where the other Avengers were chatting. Their conversations died down and they turned to Steve and Tony as Steve poured Tony some whiskey.
"We heard that Bruce started up the medbay, is everything ok?" Natasha asked.
"Is it Pepper?" Rhodes asked.
"Pepper's in a meeting," Tony replied.
"It's the kid," Steve told them as he handed Tony the whiskey. "He's been shot and he's in surgery."
"Is it bad?"
"It's pretty bad."
"It'll be the blood loss. If he dies, it'll be because of the blood loss," Tony said.
"He's a strong kid Tony."
"He's not strong enough to survive a bullet ripping through his chest."
"There's nothing we can do now Tony," Natasha said. "Bruce and Dr Cho will do the best that they can for him."
"I bet that they're ripping his chest open right now," Thor said and everyone stared at him. Tony put his head into his hands and Thor frowned. "Not a good time?"
"No," Rhodes said.
"Oh. My mistake. I'm sure that he's completely healthy and not about to die."
"Just stop talking Thor," Rhodes said.
"Ok, I will stop talking."
"He always makes me smile," Hawkeye said and everyone looked at him. "Remember at Halloween when he tricked us into thinking that his finger had been cut off."
"That was just traumatising."
"He was really cute after we had that big bust up between us though," Natasha began.
"Oh, he was adorable," Rhodes said. "He was all hyper, jumping around and talking so fast that none had a clue what he was one about."
"And then there was that time that he got his hand stuck in the blender," Thor added.
"Ah, no, why did have to bring that up?"
"Because the blood was shooting everywhere and he was screaming, it was really quite something."
"Can someone gag him please?" Rhodes said as Steve lent down to Tony.
"Why don't you join in Tony? It might make you feel better."
"Peter's in surgery, I don't want to joke about how serious this is."
"There's nothing we can do, besides everyone has some very funny stories about Peter," Steve told Tony and he reluctantly agreed. 7 hours later, all the Avengers were drunk and laughing as Bruce appeared. The laughter died down.
"How's Peter?"
"He's alive Tony, and he's stable."
"And his injuries?"
"It wasn't good Tony, but myself and Dr Cho have made sure that he's able to heal on his own."
"Where is he?"
"He's in recovery. Dr Cho is with him,"
"Ok. Ok," Tony breathed before he put his head in-between his legs and he tried to take some deep breaths in. Rhodes came over and placed his hand on Tony's back while Natasha looked up at Bruce. Bruce looked exhausted and his eyes glazed over as he began to fall.
"Bruce!" Natasha cried out as she darted over to him. She caught him and Bruce blinked.
"What time is it?"
"It's 2am."
"Oh man," Bruce replied as Natasha helped him to sit down.
"You should go to bed Tony."
"No, Peter's still in recovery," Tony said. "I need to…"
"Dr Cho is looking after Peter, get some sleep Tony."
"I think we should all get some sleep."
"No, because who's looking after Peter?" Tony insisted.
"I'll look after Peter," Natasha said and Tony relaxed.
"Come on," Rhodes said and Tony allowed him to lead him away.
"How bad was it really Bruce?" Natasha asked once Tony had left the room.
"We had to open his whole chest up," Bruce said, rubbing his eyes. "The kid had massive internal bleeding from both of his lungs and part of heart had been ripped to shreds. We managed to stitch him up and start a blood transfusion. He lost about 2 pints of blood to internal bleeding and he's on a ventilator."
"Did you have to break into his chest?" Thor asked.
"We had to break 8 of the kids ribs. It wasn't pretty."
"And he's still alive, after all of that?"
"He's a strong kid," Bruce said before he yawned. "I'm so tired."
"Go to sleep Bruce," Natasha said as Bruce rested his head against her.
"Peter's going to be out for a while," Bruce told them as he closed his eyes.
"Does he have any family that we need to call?" Steve asked before a phone went off in Bruce's jacket pocket and Natasha picked it up.
"It appears so. A. Parker, or Aunt May is calling," Natasha said as she answered the call.
"Peter. I thought I told you to call me if you were going to stay at Liz's house tonight. I've been worried for hours. Well? What do you have to say for yourself?" May said angrily down the phone and Natasha paused before she answered. "Peter?"
"I'm not Peter. My name's Natasha Romanoff and I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this. But Peter's been seriously injured."
"What do you mean? What's happened?" May asked, her tone becoming scared.
"He's been shot."
"Shot? What? I thought he was at his Homecoming dance."
"All we know is that he's been shot but he's just got out of surgery. He's in recovery at the moment at the Avengers tower."
"The Avengers tower? Why isn't he at a hospital? Wait, Natasha Romanoff, you're Black Widow."
"I am Black Widow, yes."
"Who do you mean when you say we?"
"The Avengers. We've met Peter whilst he's been here on his internship."
"But, why isn't he at a hospital? Why's he with you?"
"Tony Stark was alerted of the incident and brought Peter here before anyone else had the chance to react."
"Is he ok? Can I come and see him?" May stuttered.
"Of course you you can. If you get a taxis to the compound and tell security that your Peter's Aunt when you arrive, I'll meet you at the bottom of the tower."
"Ok. I'm on my way," May said before she hung up. Natasha looked up and all the eyes in the room were on her. "Go to bed everyone. I'll deal with Peter's aunt when she arrives," Natasha told everyone and they slowly filtered out. Natasha moved Bruce so that he was resting in a comfortable position on the couch and she covered him with a blanket.

The door to the recovery opened and Dr Cho saw Peter's Aunt May in the gentle grip of Natasha.
"This is Peter's Aunt, May Parker. She's knows that Peter's been shot," Natasha told Dr Cho gently.
"Where is he?" May asked, sick with worry.
"He's just here Mrs Parker, if I can call you that?" Dr Cho asked and May nodded. She just needed to be with Peter.
"Please let me see him."
"He's still sedated and we've put a tube down his throat to help him breathe so seeing him might be a bit of a shock," Dr Cho said and tears began to fall from May's eyes.
"Please, just let me see Peter," May begged. Dr Cho nodded at Natasha and Natasha smiled as she let go of May. Dr Cho opened the door and May walked carefully into the room. She gasped as she saw Peter and came over to his bedside. Peter was unconscious, pale and had lines going into all parts of his body. His chest was covered with thick, white bandages but most striking of all was the ventilation tube sitting firmly in his throat. More tears fell from May's eyes as she raised her hand and moved it through Peter's hair. "Hi Peter. It's ok, I'm here," May said and she smiled for a moment before Peter's unconscious face brought her back to the reality of the situation. She looked looked down at Peter's chest and saw that her tears had been making his bandages wet. "Oh, I'm making your bandages all wet," May said as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "I promised never to cry in-front of you Peter after Ben died but," May looked at Peter and stopped talking. She brushed a hand gently against his face, careful not to move the tube. "Stay with me Peter. You have to stay with me ok. The doctor's are taking care of you and I'll help too. Just don't leave ok?" May begged Peter. She stared into his face for a few moments before she kissed his forehead.
"He's very strong," Dr Cho reassured May as she came beside her.
"Yeah, he is," May said, glancing at Dr Cho before she turned back to Peter. "He's always been strong. Even as a boy when I had to tell him that his parents had died. And then his uncle. Both times he was strong. And now it's just me and him. My Peter."
"He's fighting his injuries, so I think it's clear that he's wants to stay here, with you."
"Does he need the tube down his throat?" May asked, even though she knew the answer.
"Unfortunately he does. His body is strong but it needs time to heal. The tube is currently providing air for Peter's lungs and without it he can't breathe."
"So it's breathing for him?"
"Yes. When his lungs fully heal we should be able to take him off it. We anticipate that this will be in about a week's time," Dr Cho said. Natasha had prewarned her and Bruce not to go into too much detail with May about Peter's injuries as she didn't know that he was Spiderman.
"Do you know whop shot him?"
"We're currently trying to find the identity of his shooter."
"Was anyone else injured?"
"No."
"Can I stay with him?"
"Of course. Natasha's been setting up a bed up for you in the spare room and you are welcome to stay for as long as Peter is here."
"Thank you."
"There is a chance that Peter will drift into consciousness every so often, so if we keep talking to him it will help to reassure him," Dr Cho said and May nodded.