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Year two…
'Well…this is sure to be one helluva mission' Peter thought with a sign as he finished equipping himself in the suit he'll be wearing for this mission.
It was a thin lightweight suit capable of bending both light and sound waves to render him invisible and had the added bonus of cloaking him from motion sensors, thermal and muffled the sound of his heart beat so someone like Superman couldn't hear it.
Now granted the Symbiote is capable of doing the same things and offering far greater protection, but Peter promised both Bruce and Felecia that he wasn't going to wear it… but they never said he couldn't bring it with him
'What they don't know won't hurt them…hopefully' Peter thought as he picked up the small containment device that currently housed Venom and placed it in a small compartment on his belt.
He quickly ran a thorough diagnostic on his suit before rechecking three more times before he was satisfied that everything was in working order. He quickly grabbed a few extra web cartridges and a few of the new variant he was working on. Peter also made sure to grab a few of the pills incase things got a bit too rough.
Several minutes later Peter was making his way through the halls towards the hanger that held the craft that the Ultimates will be taking to the island when he heard a voice call out to him
"Oi Spidey!"
Peter stopped and looked over his shoulder and was shocked to see the Scarlet Spider running up to him "Ben?"
The married man gave Peter a chuckle as he slapped Peter on the shoulder "What you thought I was going to miss this?"
Peter stared at his brother for several long moments before he let out a heavy sigh and gave the clone a pointed look "Don't make me regret this Ben, I mean it"
Ben gave Peter a small nod "I know…but you need me"
"How so?" Peter scoffed as he resumed his trek to the hanger with Ben
"You know why…your about to hit the height of your episode and someone's gotta be there to make sure you don't make a complete ass of yourself!" Ben nudged the man who chuckled
"Fair enough" Peter said with a grin as they entered the hanger and saw that the rest of the Ultimates were already there. Black Cat, Grifter, Wildcat, and the first Flash Jay Garrick all suited up and ready for their mission.
"Who's the newbie?" Grifter gestured towards Scarlet Spider with a nod as he was loading a few clips into his pistols
"Scarlet Spider, at your service" Ben gave the man an exaggerated bow before righting himself up "And what can you do aside from look pretty loading a squirt gun?"
Grifter eyed the man before he chuckled "Yeah you'll fit right in smartass"
"Wasn't aware that we'd have someone tagging along" Jay said as he walked up to Scarlet Spider and gave thee man a handshake "Welcome aboard son"
"Thanks" Ben gave the man a nod before looking towards Wildcat and quirked his head "…Anything?"
The man smirked at the younger hero as he crossed his arms "Prove you can fight and maybe, I'll give you a grunt of acknowledgement"
"Hopefully I can before you peel over gramps" Ben gave the man a hidden smirk in return
"Alright people" Peter spoke up catching everyone's attention "In the plane, we have a radioactive green alien rock to find and some bad guys to fight"
Grifter finished loading his pistols before he holstered them and made his way to the aircraft that was starting up along with Jay and Grant followed soon by Ben. Peter and Felica watched them go before they both shot each other a look
"Like old times huh?" Peter questioned
"Let's just hope this mission ends better than those ones did" Black Cat said with a sigh as she grabbed a small bag and followed the loading men
Peter watched her go and was about to follow when he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He stopped and looked to see it was Zatanna with a worried look on her face. Peter pulled his mask up and looked at her with concern
"Zee, you alright?"
The mistress of magic didn't answer as she pulled Peter into a hug "Be careful Peter…"
"…I will" Peter said as he rubbed the beautiful woman's back before pulling back and sliding on his mask "Keep an eye on Kaine and Eddie for me will ya? Those two tend to get into all sorts of trouble when I'm not around"
"I will" Zatanna gave the man a sad smiled and watched as he turned and made his way to the air craft an quietly whispered "…Please…come back safe Peter"
…
It was several hours after the aircraft left the Insurgency's base that Peter stood up and called for the Ultimates attention. The small group of heroes and anti-heroes watched as Peter pulled something out of his belt and placed it on the ground.
"What's that?" Grifter asked
His answer came when the small device emanated a sort of EMP and caused the assembled group to feel a slight electrical current flash through them, the lights and screens on the aircraft dimmed slightly as well
"That Grifter, is something I made to ensure that Batman's bugs on this tub can't hear what I have to say in regards to our mission" Peter said as he approached one of the monitors and installed a small flash drive in it that quickly brought up multiple images of Doc Ock and the green armored man he was seen with on the day Metropolis was destroyed
"Now I know I said that our mission here was to retrieve a substantial amount of Kryptonite that's been discovered and use it for the upcoming war with Superman and his allies. That's not entirely true…" Peter said as he turned to see the various members of the Ultimates watching him carefully
"So what else is there?" Scarlet Spider asked with his head quirking to the side in curiosity
"This man-" Peter pointed towards the green armored looking Spider-man standing next to Otto "-according to my contact will be on the island to retrieve the Kryptonite his men have discovered"
"And you want to capture him to find out where Otto is hiding" Felica said with a pointed look on her face "And since you've felt the need to make sure that Batman doesn't know about this, I'm assuming that you'll be less than friendly when we catch this guy?"
"In a manner of speaking" Peter said in an even tone
"That's darkly ominous Peter" Jay said with some concern on his face
"I find it pretty interesting" Grifter said with a snort "If only Slade was here to see this, he'd be proud of you Parker"
"How so?" Scarlet Spider turned towards the deadly mercenary
Grifter held up one finger "First, he's either lying or not telling Batman why we're really out here" then he held up a second finger "Two, from the sounds of it we're going to have to get a little aggressive in our questioning of this green looking Spider-man on where the doc is"
"And to think out of all of us, you were the most vocal against this kind of thing" Wildcat said as he examined the images of what was apparently Otto's right hand man
"Yeah well a lot of things have changed in the past few months" Peter said with a shrug as he brought up an image of the island with several areas highlighted "This here is where Otto's men are excavating for the Kryptonite. We're drop in at the southern portion of the island and make our way towards a small abandoned village near the closet site and link up with my contact. After that…"
"We raise hell on earth to these guys" Grifter said with a chuckle
Peter nodded before he deactivated the small device that was being used to jam the hidden bugs that Bruce and Barbara placed on the craft and pocketed it "So after we get the kryptonite we call in for extract and get the hell out of here before Superman and his goons notice what's happening here"
"And if they show up before then?" Jay asked with a raised brow
"Then we try to manipulate both sides into fighting each other while we get the hell out of there" Peter said before the pilot alerted them at they're approaching the island. Peter rolled his shoulders and ran a last-minute diagnostic run on his suit's systems while the Ultimates went about getting some last minute gear they might need and the parachutes they were using
Peter felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked to see Jay giving him a worried look "Are you sure you're alright son?"
"To be honest?" Peter said with a sigh "No, I'm not but when's that ever stopped me from doing anything"
"Fair enough" Jay nodded before he placed his iconic tin hat on "Just remember Peter, we got you back"
"I know…thanks Jay" Peter gave the man a nod as the air craft's back hatch opened up to show the cloudy night time sky and that dark distant shape of the island several thousand feet below them
"Race ya to the bottom!" Grifter yelled over the wind before he ran towards the hatch and jumped into the night sky followed swiftly by Flash, Wildcat and Black Cat
Scarlet was about to follow when he felt Peter grab his shoulder. He stopped to look at the man with a question gaze
"When we get down there, I want you to stick close to me alright?" Peter said
Ben stared at his genetic template for a moment before he nodded "Fine…"
Peter nodded at the answer before both spider themed heroes jumped out of the plane and descended towards the island along with their teammates to begin possibly their most important mission to date unaware that they were being monitored by a small drone that's been following them for some time now
…
The drone was broadcasting a live feed of the resurgent Ultimates team descending towards the island's southern portion. The person watching this narrowed their eyes at this sudden and unwelcome development
The quickly shot off the feed and turned their gaze towards another monitor that displayed several bioreading's on several individuals
"Trevor, Flag I have some bad news" the figure said
Steve Trevor was the first one to answer "What is it Waller?"
"Have Superman and his men caught on to us?" Flag asked with some concern
"No Superman and his forces seem to be unaware of what's on this island and what's happening. But you and the Suicide Squad are about to have company" Amanda Waller said in a hard tone
And done.
Next chapter The Ultimates link up with Peter's contact and encounter the Suicide Squad. After that, all hell breaks loose…