Hey guys, Aaron2014 here! Sorry it took so long to post this one, the several weeks for me were hectic. Anyways as a reminder to you all, there's no deadline when it comes to uploading the chapters. Sometimes it can be fast or sometimes I can be held back like with work or other issues. The point is be patient. Also this chapter is practically the longest I've ever written :P Anyways enjoy the chapter!
(Song Starts)
It started when an alien device did what it did
And stuck itself upon her wrist with secrets that it hid
Now she's got super powers, she's no ordinary kid
She's Gwen 10. (Gwen 10)
So if you see her you might be in for a big surprise,
She'll turn into an alien before your very eyes
She's slimy, creepy, fast and strong
She's every shape and size
She's Gwen 10 (Gwen 10)
Armed with powers, she's on the case
Fighting off evil from Earth or space
She'll never stop till she makes them pay
'Cause she's the brightest kid to ever save the day
Gwen 10
(Song Ends)
Chapter 3: Great Responsibility
The sun was shining this wonderful morning. Among the clouds, the Helicarrier was floating high above the city of New York. Here the airship was the main base of operations for the agency of S.H.I.E.L.D., where new agents or heroes come to be trained by the best. Right now, a training session was already commencing.
In a large training room, two heroes were side-by-side waiting for the program to begin. The hero on the right was Spider-Man, but the hero to his left was entirely different. The hero was a female wearing a white shirt and a black corset over it. Overlapping those articles of clothing was a green mini jacket with white stripes and a patch on it similar to the hourglass symbol of the Omnitrix. On the back of the jacket was a large number 10, which was colored white. She was wearing green pants as well along with green sneakers. On her head and half her face was a green mask with white eyes and black ridges.
(Hi guys, Gwen Stacy here, or Gwen 10 if you prefer? Like my new look? It's my new superhero costume. Peter noticed that I didn't have a costume to cover my human form, in case the Omnitrix timed out on me. So he whipped up this costume and gave it to me as a gift. He's real sweet. But what's even sweeter is right now, both of us are in the middle of our first training exercise with S.H.I.E.L.D. I got to say, I'm anxious to get started!)
All around them, blue glowing visors were seen. The lights turned on to reveal that they were surrounded by S.H.I.E.L.D. robotic soldiers, all staring down at the two heroes. They didn't move though, considering they were waiting for the order.
"This exercise will gauge your efficiency against superior numbers," Fury explained over the intercom. "Disable all attackers, you have 60 seconds. F.Y.I, Captain America did it in 10."
"Easy peasy," Spider-Man said.
"Nothing is ever easy," Gwen spoke up before activating the Omnitrix. The alien on the hologram showed a humanoid that was made of crystals. "But I'll try to give us an edge." With that she selected the alien and slammed her hand down on the Omnitrix core.
In a flash of green light, Gwen 10's body began transforming. Her organic body began shifting into a silicon-based life form. Her skeletal, muscular and skin structure was replaced with an extremely hard green crystal material. Her height increased to seven feet. Her shoulders grew a broader but more rounded her arms became bigger. Her head also became squarer with a bit of a point on the back. Her outfit was replaced with a sleeveless suit that was all black but green in the middle of the upper torso. Around her waist was a green belt with white stripes where the dial of the Omnitrix was seen.
After the transformation was complete, the new alien threw up her arms and shouted, "Diamondhead!"
Spider-Man looks at her in awe of her new form. "Wow! Talk about a diamond in the rough."
Diamondhead smiled. "You haven't seen anything yet."
With that, the robots began their attack. One of them tried to smash Spider-Man, but unfortunately missed the web-head as he jumped out of the way. While in the air, another robot smashed into the arachnid hero and pinning him to the ground. The other robots then began dog piling on the hero, to his misfortune.
Diamondhead's eyes widened before rushing over to aid her friend. However, she was then surrounded by more robots, each wanting a piece of her. One of them rushed at her before smashing its arm across her crystalline face. She paused a moment before turning back to the robot with a smirk on her face.
"Didn't even hurt," she said before rearing back a fist and punching right through the robot. "You on the other hand, definitely felt that."
She looked to see the other robots rushing at her. While she could punch them, she'd need a weapon to cause more damage than her fists. Suddenly, both arms shifted to that of swords, causing her to look down at them with wide eyes. She then smirked looking up at the robots about to pounce at her.
With a swift motion, she sliced and diced the robots with her sword arms. Once she did, the robots themselves began falling apart to the ground in heaps. She looked to where Spider-Man was pinned by the robots before to see to her relief him crawling out from under dog pile.
"This is more humiliating than Parker family game night," Spider-Man said.
"Remind me to ask you about that later," Diamondhead said as she lent a hand to wall-crawler. He took it and was lifted up by the crystal female alien. "Right now, we got more robots to thrash."
With that said, another robot jumped at the super-powered duo. It placed its focus on Spider-Man, who didn't waste time punching right through it. It fell over in a heap before shutting down. Suddenly, one of the robots shot out its arms at Spider-Man, catching him off guard. There it wrapped around the web-clad hero before sending a wave of electricity coursing out of the arms into his body shocking him. Diamondhead saw this before immediately rushing in.
Her arms formed swords again before she sliced off the robots arms. This in term freed Spider-Man and made the robot focus its attention on the crystal alien. She had an idea as she held out her arms at the robot. In an instant, a bombardment of small, sharp diamond-like projectiles fired out. It was like a machine gun firing crystals instead of bullets. In a manner of seconds the robot was reduced to a metal pincushion, as it sparked a bit before falling over and exploding.
Spider-Man looked at the robot and then to Diamondhead in shock. "I didn't know you could do that?"
Diamondhead shrugged before innocently replying, "Neither did I."
Suddenly from the smoke, small floating orbs were making their way to the two heroes. They tensed before going in opposite directions. There the orbs split up into two groups going after them. This first group went after Diamondhead. She looked behind her as she ran to see the orbs closing in. She looked ahead to see she was about to hit the wall. With quick thinking, she jumped to the side before rolling into a crouch position to look to see the orbs about to make contact. She raised her arms in hopes to guard, but something amazing then happened.
Suddenly, a wall of crystal emerged from the floor in front of her. The orbs then impacted with the wall, causing them to explode on contact. She looked over around the wall to see the impact points where the orbs hit, along what appeared to be splatters of green slime, causing her to shiver in disgust.
She looked at her hands with a smile before saying, "Crystallokinesis? Now that is cool!"
Her attention then turned to Spider-Man. Just like her, he was being chased by a group of orbs. He had jumped in the air as they chased him, dodging one before latching onto another. As he and the orb flew in the air, Spider-Man noticed the orb beginning to beep before the blue light on it turned red. Spider-Man's eyes widened at this.
"That's not good," he said as the orb exploded.
The explosion knocked him right on the wall of the room. Not only that but he was also covered in the same slime that Diamondhead saw. A second passed as Spider-Man peeled off the wall before falling to the ground. On the wall was an imprint of his body in the slime spatter.
He lifted onto his knees before he looked under himself in the direction behind him only for his eyes to widen. There a group of three robots and two orbs were heading right for him. He immediately got up and started fiddling with his web-shooter.
"Where did S.H.I.E.L.D. tech put the web controls?" Spider-Man said to himself. As he was messing with it, Diamondhead jumped next to him and fired at the group.
"I'll cover you," she said over her crystal fire. "Just get that web-shooter working!"
"Already on it," he said as he kept trying to find the right button. "Nope, nah-uh… Score!" After messing with it he was able to final get it to work.
In an instant, he fired a netting of webbing at the two orbs. He swung them around before flinging them towards the robots. This caused them to explode on contact, taking them down. Spider-Man had a minor celebration until one of the robot heads landed on his. Diamondhead giggled at the sight before helping the arachnid hero out. She took off the head, tossing it away before looking at Spider-Man with a smirk.
"Let's try not to get a 'head' of ourselves," She quipped.
"Ha, ha," he said sarcastically. "Very funny… "
Just as he said that, the two of them were rammed by another robot.
In the bridge of the Helicarrier, Fury was watching the entire exercise via video monitor. He chuckled a bit at the sight of the two heroes having somewhat trouble with the robots. He couldn't blame them, they were still rookies. Fury, however, wasn't the only one on the bridge at the moment. There were three others, two boys and a girl. All of them were watching this as well.
The girl was of average height. She was slender yet well-toned and lightly muscular. She had broad shoulders and long muscular legs. She wore a white cat-like suit, with claw markings on her waist and shoulders. The mask of the suit had yellow eyes, with her hair sticking out in a long, high ponytail. Around her waist was a greyish white belt with what appeared to be jade-colored tiger amulet situated on her right hip. This was White Tiger, the acrobatic one of the group.
The first boy was actually the tallest of the group. He was an African-American male with a muscular physical build. He has black hair and wore sunglasses over his eyes. He wore a sleeveless suit which was yellow on top and the rest was black. He also had metal plates on his biceps, ankles and wore yellow boots. This was Luke Cage, the strongest of the group.
The second boy was a blonde male which appears to be around the age of 17. He also has a very muscular build for his age. He wore a yellow sash around his head, which has white eyes rimmed by a narrow black line, smaller than Spider-Man's eyes on his mask. He wore a green spandex with a yellow belt around his waist and with a black dragon on his chest. This was Iron Fist, the calm one of the group.
"I finished this thing in under 20," Iron Fist commented.
"I completed mine in under 18," Luke added.
"There is no discipline in his fighting technique," White Tiger said. "He's just thrashing around hitting things. But, Fury says he's good for the team."
"Don't forget about our shape shifting friend," Luke brought up. "She's doing good so far."
"She is trying to be versatile," White Tiger said. "But whenever that web-head is in trouble, she rushes to help."
"Long roads test the horse," Iron Fist spoke in proverb. "Long dealings test the friend."
"Why is Fury testing new candidates?" a male voice said. "I didn't approve this."
The newcomer was a teenage male with a slender build and average height, equal to that of Spider-Man. He was wearing a Centurion Nova Corps costume which comes with a gold helmet that covered the upper part of his face, with a big red star on the front and white eyes. He wore a black suit with golden buttons along with gloves. This was the current Nova, the cocky one of the group.
"Look who thinks he's still in charge," White Tiger cracked at the young Nova Corps member. "That's so cute."
"If Fury thinks I'm going to lead those two into battle…" He cut off when he saw Diamondhead fighting on the screen. His eyes widened a bit. "That's not possible…"
Luke and the others, however, didn't hear him as the strong arm placed a hand on Nova's shoulder. "In your dreams you're the team leader."
"He and his friend are rough around the edges," Iron Fist spoke up. "But not without potential."
"Yeah, but he named himself 'Spider-Man'," White Tiger added. "How sad is that? And 'Gwen 10'? Don't get me started on that name."
"What were they supposed to call themselves?" Luke asked.
"Something cool that didn't scream, 'Hi, I have low esteem and identify with bugs.'" She answered. "And for her something that didn't scream out her secret identity, at least her aliens have better names."
"Aliens?" Nova said with a raised brow. "You mean she's not a Petrosapien?"
"You mean the crystal one, right?" Luke asked back.
"Yes," Nova replied. "It should be impossible that she can turn into one, because that species has been extinct for a while now."
White Tiger shrugged before say, "You can ask her about that when we meet them. The point is that both their names are ridiculous."
"You know what they say about a book and its cover, dude." Iron Fist said.
"Dude, I'll clean this Helicarrier for a month if both of them make it." White Tiger offered.
"Toilets, too?" Iron Fist added.
"Toilets, too." White Tiger repeated a reply.
"You're on," Iron Fist said holding his hand out, along with Luke and Nova.
"I'm in." Luke spoke up.
"Me, too." Nova added with a hearty laugh.
With that White Tiger high-fived them, sealing the deal for the bet they made.
Back in the training room, the exercise came to a close. Around Spider-Man and Diamondhead were heaps of robots they fought off. The training room at the moment looked like a scrapyard. Diamondhead slammed the Omnitrix dial on her belt and reverted back to Gwen 10. Spider-Man just finished tossing one of the robot arms aside as their attention was focused on a hologram of Nick Fury appearing before them.
"Next." Spider-Man said ready for more action. Gwen giggled a bit at the spider hero's determination.
"Web parachute test, red button." Nick said with a smirk. "See you two tomorrow." With that the hologram faded away.
Both Spider-Man and Gwen looked at each other in confusion before Spider-Man asked, "Parachute test?"
Just as he said it a hatch under him immediately opened up. He fell through with a scream which caused Gwen's eyes to widen in horror. Without hesitation, she immediately jumped through the hatch after Spider-Man. The hatch exited out under the Helicarrier where Spider-Man and Gwen fell downward to the city below. To say the least it was a very high drop.
(This is the craziest thing I have ever done!)
Spider-Man screamed as he fell. Gwen was about to scream but decided to activate the Omnitrix again. She selected the alien she wanted and slammed her free hand on the Omnitrix core. In a flash of green light, Gwen 10 became Big Chill.
"Big Chill!" she coolly shouted as she opened her wings and dived after Spider-Man. "Hang on, Peter!"
"To what!?" he shouted. "I'm falling to my doom here!"
"Press the red button on the web-shooter, like Fury said!" Big Chill replied a shout at the web-head.
Listening to her, Spider-Man immediately pressed the red button. From the web-shooter, a string of webbing shot out before it formed a parachute above. Spider-Man sighed in relief as he slowly began his descent to the city. He looked to see Big Chill floating next to him with a grin on her face.
"So," she spoke up. "Float here often?"
Spider-Man sighed, "Please don't…" This only made Big Chill giggle at him.
On the ground, a limo surrounded by men in black suits was opening the door for Norman Osborn. He arrived at the hospital to check on his son's condition. He heard from the doctor he was going to make a full recovery. However, at the moment he was in the middle of an important conversation on his phone.
"You have the surveillance images taken last night of Target S?" Norman said.
"I'm sending them through now, Mr. Osborn." Octavius said over the phone. "I also added a few data files over the shape shifter, who I dubbed Alien-X, and her forms from various surveillances."
"I won't have Fury getting his hooks into my prize," Spider-Man will be owned by Oscorp, not S.H.I.E.L.D. Tell your agents to find him. He's probably right under your nose."
"And if they are also to find the shape shifter?" Octavius asked.
Osborn smirked. "Well she'll be quite the bonus."
Unknown to Osborn and his bodyguards overhead, Spider-Man and Big Chill were floating by via wings and parachute down an opposite street. Big Chill turned to Spider-Man before saying, "I'm going to head to school. You okay on your own?"
Spider-Man nodded before answering, "Yeah, I'm going to swing by the hospital to give Harry his homework. See you at school!"
Big Chill nodded. With a flap of her wings she started flying in the direction of Midtown High, leaving Spider-Man to descend slowly down to the streets. His face scrunched up before keeping his legs close together, pressure was felt on the inside.
"I knew I should have gone to the bathroom before training," he said as he continued his descent.
At Midtown High, Gwen was putting her books into her locker before grabbing her backpack. Today's training really took it out of her. Then again it was S.H.I.E.L.D. training, that's probably the roughest kind of special op military training ever. She was lucky it was over and she can finally get home. Considering at the end of this week, her father was scheduled to be back out there in all the action again. Some things never change.
(Man I'm glad dad's going to get back to his job. He was bored most of the time, unless it was spending time with my mom. Now he'll be helping the community again and I and the other heroes will be handling the heavy hitters.)
As she was walking down the hall, she noticed something on one of the walls. It was a small poster around the size of a piece of paper. It had a picture of Spider-Man along with a note at the bottom saying,
"Spider-Man: I will tell you side of the story. Call me. –Mary Jane Watson"
(Looks like Mary Jane's trying to get a story to land her a job at the Bugle. I know Peter might help out his friend, but he still has to think for a minute that might be a bad idea. Considering the two are best friends, she could probably figure out who he is just by his voice.)
"Looks like our friend is trying to get the story of a lifetime," Nancy said as she walked up next to Gwen.
"Do you think Spider-Man goes to this school?" Gwen asked.
Nancy shrugged. "Who knows? If he does then that'd just be 'pawesome'!"
Gwen laughed a bit. "You and your puns."
"You know I use them at the right 'mewment'." Nancy replied. Gwen only heartily laughed again.
The next day, Spider-Man and Gwen 10 were back on the Helicarrier. They were walking down the halls along with Nick Fury, heading for the S.H.I.E.L.D. tech laboratory. A few agents passed them by, where Spider-Man made greeting gestures to the agents. Gwen couldn't help roll her eyes before giggling at him. He looked to see Fury give him a look as well.
"What?" Spider-Man asked. "I'm just trying to blend in now that I'm an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D."
"An agent?" Fury said with a raised brow. "You're barely a newbie."
"He's not wrong, Spidey," Gwen 10 spoke up. "We're still new, so give it time before others can even consider us agents."
"Took the words right out of my mouth, Stacy," Fury replied. Spider-Man grumbled a bit but knew that she was right.
They arrived at the entrance of the lab. Nick Fury stepped up to what appeared to be a sophisticated electronic panel. Placing his face near it, a beam of light was focused on his right eye. It stayed for a second before beeping in confirmation.
"ID confirmed," a vocal computerized voice said. "S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury." With that, the doors opened allowing entrance into the lab.
"Get in here," Fury said with a stern voice. "And don't touch anything."
They entered, where both Spider-Man and Gwen's eyes widened in awe. The laboratory was similar in size to a storage house, but with more high tech and gadgets. The first thing they saw was a large mech, it offline but it was an impressive sight. They also saw an agent testing out what appeared to be a glider crafted from something similar to Spider-Man's webbing. The final piece of tech being tested was an armored suit. The man inside the armor pressed a button on his chest similar to the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo and from the armor's back sprouted four metal spider legs, which allowed the user to scale up the wall. Gwen was amazed at the sight, but Spider-Man just shrugged.
"Eh," he said. "It's been done." He looked to see Gwen giving him a raised brow as if she was saying 'Are you serious?' "What? It already has."
The two heroes walked over to where Fury was. He wasn't alone though, the man in question was a Caucasian male that wore a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform under a white lab coat. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He turned to them as Fury caught his attention.
"Yo, Doc." Fury said. "Meet the new kids. Spider-Man, Gwen 10, our resident tech genius, Dr. Curt Connors."
"Always glad to meet a fellow genius," Spider-Man said holding out his right hand at Connors before noticing the doctor's missing right arm. "Awkward."
Connors then pulled up his right sleeve to reveal his arm before shaking both Spider-Man and Gwen 10's hands. "A pleasure. I followed both your careers closely. Very impressive."
(I like this guy already!)
"Even before Director Fury approached you about joining us," Connors said. "I had my R&D team develop an array of Spider-Man inspired weaponry." Just as he said that, he gestured to the tech that was all covered in red tarps.
"What if I had said no?" Spider-Man asked with a raised brow.
Fury gave him a look before saying, "Not an option."
"He is right, Spidey," Gwen spoke up. "Plus you do need something else in case your web-shooters aren't enough."
"He's not the only one that brought inspiration," Connors spoke up. "We even designed some weaponry based on your various alien forms."
"Cool!" Gwen said before something in the background exploded. "What was—"
She was cut off when two small figures slammed in her face, causing her to yelp a bit before catching the two. She looked to see to her shock that the two were Galvans, both looking entirely different. The first Galvan was thinner and taller than an average Galvan. He wore overalls with a white S.H.I.E.L.D. belt. He was slightly cross-eyed and wore a cap on his head. The second Galvan was slightly fatter and larger than an average Galvan. He wore a S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform around his size. The fatter one glared at the taller Galvan.
"Blukic," he said identifying the thinner one as Blukic. "You were supposed to calibrate the modulator!"
"Nah, uh, Driba," Blukic said identifying the fatter one as Driba. "You were supposed to do it."
"No I wasn't," Driba argued.
"Yes you were," Blukic argued back.
"No I wasn't."
"Yes you were."
"No I wasn't!"
"Yes you were!"
"Gentlemen!" a firm shout was heard from Fury, who gave the two Galvans a stern look.
Both Blukic and Driba stood straight before saluting and both saying, "Sorry, Director Fury, sir."
Connors then grabbed the two from Gwen's hands before placing them on his shoulders and then said, "Now, you two, we'll clean up the mess later. Spider-Man, Gwen 10 allow me to introduce to you my tech assistants, Blukic and Driba."
"Greetings and salutations, heroes!" Driba said with a wave.
Blukic also waved before saying, "Howdy!"
"What exactly are they?" Spider-Man asked.
Before Connors could explain, Gwen spoke up, "They're aliens known as the Galvan from the planet Galvan Prime. They're practically the smartest beings in the Milky Way Galaxy."
"And how could you possibly know that?" Fury said with a lifted brow.
"I received a hologram message," She said before lifting up her left sleeve to reveal the Omnitrix. "It was during the same day I received—"
"The Omnitrix!" Blukic and Driba said at the same time. This made the humans raise a brow at them.
"You know about it?" Gwen asked.
"Know about it?" Driba said. "Every Galvan on Galvan Prime knew about the Omnitrix."
"Level 20 tech," Blukic spoke up. "Created by the greatest mind on all of Galvan Prime, First Thinker Azmuth."
"Wait if the watch is Level 20 tech," Spider-Man spoke up. "What level does that make Earth's technology?"
"Level 2," Driba simply said.
"Nearing Level 3 in a couple hundred years, give or take." Blukic added.
"Speaking of tech," Connors brought up before pointing to Spider-Man's web-shooter. "You're using our web-shooter out of camo mode." Connors then walked up to Spider-Man then pressed a button on the web-shooter, causing it to become invisible.
"Oh, yeah," Spider-Man spoke up. "I had it camo-mode but then I couldn't find it." The group of individuals silently just looked at Spider-Man without saying anything until he said, "Joke! Don't you people ever smile?"
Gwen places a hand on Spider-Man's shoulder, "Don't worry, Spidey, not all of them can be winners."
Connors then changed the subject as he walked to one of the red tarps. "Over here is something you'll find particularly interesting."
"I reserve the right to be awestruck," Spider-Man said.
"I second that," Gwen added.
Spider-Man began reaching his arm out towards the tarp, hoping to unveil the wonderful piece of tech underneath. Suddenly, a metal switch stick smacked itself right on Spider-Man's hand. He cried out in pain as he held his hand as if to try and soothe it. Gwen was shocked at the turn of events as she and Spider-Man looked to see the perpetrator behind it. It was Fury's right-hand man, Agent Phil Coulson.
"Hold it," He sternly told Spider-Man before turning to Nick Fury. "Director Fury, I've never questioned your choices when it came to the others."
Both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 looked at one another in confusion before saying at the same time, "Others?"
"But in this case," Coulson continued. "We're dealing with two complete wildcards. Daily Bugle Communications call Spider-Man a threat to public safety."
"But I'm so cuddly," Spider-Man quipped. This caused Gwen to giggle at him.
(I can't argue with that logic.)
"Not to mention they also said our little shape shifter here is a threat to humanity itself," Coulson said. This caused Gwen and Spider-Man to give Coulson a minor glare.
"Spider-Man and Gwen 10 are my responsibility, Coulson." Fury stated. "That's what they're here for, to learn responsibility."
"We'll see," Coulson simply replied before walking away.
Gwen leaned to Spider-Man before whispering, "That guy was kind of a…"
"A dick?" Spider-Man replied back with a whisper. Gwen nodded as the web-swinger gave a minor shrug. "I call them like I see them. Now then, time to see what's behind Curtain #1."
Spider-Man then removed the tarp and Gwen 10's eyes widened in amazement. It was a motorcycle, except more high tech than those you see at regular dealerships. Its coating was marine blue with parts of grey on it. On the top of it near the accelerator bars, there was a symbol of a red spider. To Gwen it was an impressive piece of a motorized tech. To Spider-Man however, he was confused beyond belief.
"We call it the Spider-Cycle," Connors said.
"Uh, yeah," Spider-Man spoke up. "Useless."
Hearing that shocked Gwen and made Doctor Connors raise a brow before saying, "Excuse me?"
"I mean, it's cool and all," Spider-Man started explaining. "But why would I need a motorcycle? I can get anywhere by 'thwip'-'thwip'." Just as he said those two words he gestured like he was using his webs.
Doctor Connors understood immediately before explaining, "I calculate you can make it to 80th to 34th Street in 3.7 minutes, while using up what I'm guessing is fairly expensive webbing and at maximum muscle stress."
"Uh, maybe," Spider-Man said with a tone of uncertainty in his voice.
"The Spider-Cycle can make it in a minute-and-a-half," Fury said before smirking. "If you're not scared 'thwip-less' to climb on."
Spider-Man narrowed his eyes at Fury's challenge before saying, "One side…"
Just like that Spider-Man immediately got on the Spider-Cycle, which had to admit was comfortable. He then felt someone mount behind him to see it was Gwen 10, who was smiling at the arachnid hero.
"What are you doing?" He said in a confused tone.
"Hitching a ride," She replied. "There's no way I'm missing this."
"Are you sure that's wise?" Spider-Man asked again. "What if something goes wrong?"
"Do you really need an answer for that?" She replied while lifting up to show the Omnitrix.
"Eh, had to try." He said before focusing on the motorcycle's controls.
Just as he grabbed the handlebars, parts of the cycle as well as the symbol lit up red. There in front of him was a holo-screen, which was for probably controlling the cycle.
"And the starter is?" Spider-Man said before pressing the orange dot on the screen.
Instantly, the motorcycle came to life as the thrusters from the tailpipes made them zoom away from Fury and the others in a burst of speed. Gwen held on tight to Spider-Man as they zoomed down the halls of the Helicarrier. Making sure to not crash into the walls or any nearby agent, both heroes were practically screaming at the top of their lungs. Their eyes widened in horror as the sight of an incoming wall made them scream again.
"Brake!" Spider-Man shouted as he pressed a button similar to a parking brake on a regular motorcycle. He got a different outcome though as a compartment on the side of the cycle opened up revealing a gun, which fired a blast of energy at the wall making a hole leading outside. "Not break!"
In an instant, they and the bike sped out of the hole and out the Helicarrier. Spider-Man held onto the cycle, while Gwen 10 held onto Spider-Man. Gwen had her eyes closed shut considering she was scared out of her mind. She prayed to the holy divine that she and Spider-Man would make it out of this predicament.
(Oh sweet mother of god, if I make it out of this remind me to smack Peter upside his head for this!)
"Not a problem," Spider-Man said before extending his arm up. "I'll just pop up another parachute and… " Just as he fired his webbing, only a small string of it came out indicating he was out of it. "Okay, now I'm scared 'thwip-less'!"
"Kids!" Fury's voice called out causing both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 to look around. "Down here." They looked to see his face on the cycle's holo-screen via video communication.
"Hey, Nick," Spider-Man said casually. "We're a little busy falling to our doom right now."
"That button with the web icon," Fury informed, which Spider-Man and Gwen saw an animated web icon on the screen. "Punch it, and hold on tight."
"You heard him, Gwen," He said, which the blonde girl complied as she held on tight as he pressed the icon on the screen.
Suddenly, a compartment on the underside of the cycle opened up revealing a double-sided web-shooter on a pole. It fired, creating a line of webbing from a skyscraper to another. The Spider-Cycle landed on the line of webbing and was treading over it like it was on a road. Spider-Man and Gwen were impressed by the function as they sped across the line.
"That's the web track feature," Fury explained to the two teen heroes. "Internal GPS targets the best places to shoot it."
"Works great," Spider-Man said as he saw he and his friend were about to hit the other skyscraper on the other end of the line. "But we're running out of room."
"Hit the thrust button." Fury informed him again.
Both Spider-Man and Gwen both see a flashing icon on the screen. It showed an icon of a soaring fireball. Spider-Man immediately pressed it, causing the cycle to do a wheelie and use its boosters. They then landed on the side of the building and were scaling the walls, which shocked the heroes. They were actually driving on the side of the building and not falling off.
"Sweet!" Spider-Man said aloud. "You do know this is impossible, right?"
"Who cares?" Gwen practically shouted in excitement. "This is the coolest thing ever!"
On the holo-screen, Nick Fury's face switched to Curt Connors. "I and my associates engineered the bike to ride smoothly at any angle. Try it again."
Without hesitation, Spider-Man activated the boost again. They then boosted from one building onto a Daily Bugle Communications billboard, with Jameson doing another Spider-Man bashing report. Spider-Man then utilized the brakes and the accelerator to give the onscreen reporter a comical mustache mark. Gwen laughed a bit at the sight before they continued on their way.
Both of the teens screamed a bit as they zoomed vertically down a building. There they then jumped onto the city streets, trying to dodge incoming traffic or pedestrians. They then ended up on the sidewalk where they nearly hit a small blood hound sitting in the middle. Luckily the wheels split into two, allowing them to angle out of the way of the idle canine before getting back onto the road.
"Kid, what's wrong with you," Fury asked with a stern voice. "You act like you've never driven before."
(Is he really asking us about that?)
"I don't even have a learners permit," Spider-Man answered.
"You what?" Fury asked in shock.
"It's New York," Spider-Man replied back. "Who needs a car?"
"Um, Spidey, incoming pedestrians!" Gwen 10 shouted as she pointed ahead.
He looked ahead to see a group of people crossing the street. He revved up the cycle to allow them to wheelie before its special mechanics made it jump over the people. That wasn't the end of the madness, however, as they were about to hit a sixteen-wheeler truck. Thinking fast, both he and Gwen leaned enough to slide underneath the truck to the other side safely.
They then sped down the road, where vehicles were driving in the opposite direction. Both teens screamed a bit before they came to a small bridge overpass. Spider-Man steered the bike to allow them to loop under the tunnel before speeding off into the opposite direction.
Both Spider-Man and Gwen's eyes widened to what they were heading for next. There in front of them was a school bus full of children. Both of them screamed, until the Spider-Cycle's front wheels split in two before springing the two riders above the bus.
It wasn't before long they smashed through a "Road Closed" sign into a construction site. As they landed, they were not in the clear yet. There in front of them was another sixteen wheeler truck, this one, however, was idle.
Without thinking, Gwen activated the Omnitrix and slammed her hand down on the core. In a flash of green light her body began to rapidly transform. Her height increased to over 12 feet. An extra pair of limbs sprouted from under her arms to give her four arms. Huge masses of thick, strong muscles grew all over her body, especially in her upper body though she was still more slender and feminine. Her skin color changed to crimson red, having four green eyes, shoulder-length blonde hair on her head and two front toes on each foot. Her outfit changed to that of a skin tight black tank top shirt with one large green stripe in the middle and black pants. On her four hands were long sleeved, green fingerless gloves. Around her waist was a green belt with a white horizontal stripe in the middle. On it was the dial with the symbol of the Omnitrix. In less than a few nanoseconds the transformation was complete.
"Four Arms!" the four-armed female alien bellowed. This made Spider-Man look behind him with eyes widened in awe.
"Keep the bike steady," She said. "I'm going to clear you a path."
Just as she said that, she then jumped ahead from the bike and landed in front of the truck. With ease, she then lifted the truck above her head. She looked behind her to see Spider-Man still heading towards her on the bike, but that wasn't the only thing she saw. In the air she saw an unknown figure flying towards Spider-Man covered in a veil of blue energy.
Before she could tell Spider-Man, the figure zoomed in and lifted Spider-Man off the Spider-Cycle. Once there, she saw a female figure next to her rush to the bike before mounting it and bring it around to stop. There waiting for her were two other individuals, where the first one placed their foot on the wheel of the cycle. Four Arms then placed the truck down just as Spider-Man was set down beside her by the flying individual before he landed next to the other three.
"I appreciate a hand now and then," Spider-Man said as he was cleaning himself up a bit. "But I really didn't need to be saved by… Who're you guys?"
The first one to start the introduction put his fist into an open palm before bowing his head a bit. "Iron Fist, namaste. Iron Fist, Kung Fu master with fists of well… iron."
The female spoke next. "White Tiger, acrobatic ninja with steel claws and cat powers." She then pointed to the tallest boy of the group. "The big guy here is Luke…"
"Power Man." Luke or Power Man interrupted. "If he calls himself Spider-Man then I'm calling myself Power Man. It's cool and doesn't scream 'I have low self-esteem.' Super strength and bullet proof skin."
"Okay, Power Man." White Tiger replied.
"And we've already met Captain Buckethead," Spider-Man said pointing to the flying individual.
Four Arms then quipped, "Able to carry two buckets of water in a single…"
"The name's Nova, creeps." Nova interrupted Four Arms with a scowl on his face.
"Nova Creep," Spider-Man said with a thought.
"Catchy," Four Arms added with a snicker.
"It actually Nova, the Human Rocket," The helmet wearing teen replied with a frown.
"Okay," Spider-Man replied. "Now if you'll excuse us, we have to get this bike back to HQ. You see, we're with S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Small world," Power Man replied with a smile.
Both Spider-Man and Four Arms look at each other before looking back at the group of heroes, where Nova was giving a grin at them. That's when they realized.
"Oh, no," Spider-Man muttered.
"Oh," Four Arms said to the four heroes. "You guys must be the 'others' Agent Coulson was talking about." She slammed the dial on her belt and reverted back to Gwen 10 in a flash of light then held out her hand to them. "It's nice to meet you guys. I'm Gwen 10."
"We know," Power Man said shaking her hand. "We saw you and the web-head training the other day."
"You guys saw that?" Gwen said with a hint of embarrassment in her voice.
"It was okay," White Tiger replied. "You were quite versatile, unlike your web-headed friend."
"We're still new to this," Gwen pointed out. "Besides I think this is a great opportunity to get to know our…"
The sound of the Spider-Cycle was heard speeding off. They looked to see Spider-Man zooming away on the vehicle out of sight from the group of heroes. Gwen frowned a bit at this if not a bit saddened.
"…teammates." She finished as he drove off.
"That was a bit harsh," Nova spoke up with an annoyed tone.
Back on the Helicarrier, there was a heated debate going on. Gwen watched as Spider-Man was having a major discussion with Coulson about the current situation. Gwen couldn't help but shake her head as she and the other heroes listened in.
"No, no, no, no, no." Spider-Man said. "I never signed on to be part of a team."
"It's not a team," Coulson tried explaining. "It's a program. If you'll just let me explain."
"No!" Spider-Man said. "Nix! Nein! Nyet! Na-uh! No way! Never!" With that, Spider-Man then exited the bridge heading for a nearby exit.
"I win the bet," White Tiger said with a smile before raising a fist in victory. "No toilets for the Tiger."
"Pardon?" Gwen said with a raised brow.
"You see," Iron Fist said. "White Tiger made a bet with us if both of you made it, she'd clean the entire Helicarrier for a month. However, since Spider-Man is quitting she wins."
(Not if I have anything to say about it.)
Gwen then started making her way after Spider-Man, when Power Man spoke up, "Hey, where are you going?"
Gwen looked at the others a bit before answering, "I'm getting our teammate back."
Outside in the city below, Spider-Man was sitting on a small ledge on the side of a building. He looked at the city below in thought. Sure it would have been awesome to train under S.H.I.E.L.D. but to do so would mean he'd train a team of heroes he didn't even know. Sure he didn't mind Gwen because she was from his home turf, plus she had an alien watch which turned her into super-powered aliens. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of flapping wings in front of him. He looked up and saw Gwen as Big Chill looking down at him as she hovered in front of him.
"Mind if I have a seat?" she asked. He nodded and gestured next to him, which she immediately sat right next to him. "I hear you're thinking about leaving."
"Yep," Spider-Man simply replied.
"Spidey, I get it," Big Chill said. "You don't want to take responsibility for whatever happens to those other heroes."
"How would you know?" Spider-Man asked with a raised brow.
"Because I see the same look when my dad has to break in the new rookies," she replied. "Like you, he'd feel responsible for whatever happens to them. This is why he keeps them on their toes, to make them the best they could be in any situation. I bet Fury wants you to do the same thing. They may have the training, but you have more experience. I bet if they were let out onto the streets, they'd make a bad first impression."
Spider-Man chuckled at that thought. "Probably…"
"The point is," she continued. "You're not alone when it comes to this responsibility. If you want, I'd be willing to give you a hand in this."
"Really?" Spider-Man asked. Big Chill nodded in confirmation, which Spider-Man chuckled to himself. "How is it that you're good at giving advice?"
"When your dad's the police department's captain you know when to give it," Big Chill replied. "At least I'm not giving you the 'cold' shoulder, right?"
Spider-Man laughed a bit before tensing a bit with wide eyes. "Spidey Sense warning me of danger."
This made Big Chill look around, "Where is it?"
"Don't know," Spider-Man said looking in various directions. "To the right, to the left, and under?"
Suddenly a blast of sound surged forward behind them, causing them to be knocked off the ledge before landing on the lower roof below. Spider-Man was on his back as he looked to his side seeing Big Chill starting to get up. Unfortunately, a chain wrapped around the moth alien as she was flung into a brick wall, causing her to cry out in pain. He was about to jump to her aid until he was forced back onto the ground by another's foot.
He looked up to see Thundra, the owner of the foot pinning him, along with Klaw. This made Spider-Man's eyes widen as the two villains glared down at him. This just wasn't his day.
"Stay down, bug." Thundra said with an evil smile.
"Thundra? Klaw?" Spider-Man said with a raised brow.
"And the Wizard," Wizard said as he floated down in the arachnid hero's view. "Round two, Spider-Man. You lose."
"It wasn't enough I and my friend kicked your butts in front of some school kids?" Spider-Man said with a mocking tone. "Well, now the whole city is going to watch."
"You've overestimated your chances." Wizard replied. "There are still enough of us. While you, Spider-Man, are ever the loner."
With that being said, Wizard tossed an anti-gravity amplifier disk onto Spider-Man's chest. Thundra lifted her foot off the web-swing hero as he was lifted up into the air by the disk. Thundra then wrapped her chain around Spider-Man's leg, gave a tug and flung him into the opposite wall.
Big Chill got up just as Spider-Man was thrown into the wall before he was flung back into the air and held in place by Wizard. She watched as her friend struggled in the bonds of the anti-gravitational fields. This made her frown.
"You forgot one thing, Wizard," She spoke up catching the three super-villain's attentions. "He's not alone this time."
"Indeed," Wizard said with a smirk. "I didn't forget about you, little miss shape shifter. This is why we brought a friend to keep you occupied." He then snapped his fingers, confusing Big Chill.
Suddenly, she felt something wrap around her waist. She looked to see it was a metal chain which then began pulling her until she was tossed onto another rooftop. She groaned before looking up at her attacker. It was a male with a muscular build with an orange mohawk and red eyes. His face had black and white paint made to look like a white skull with a black background. He wore a black sleeveless shirt with a skull on it along with arm braces, leg braces, wrist bands, knee pads, orange pants and silver shoes with black spikes in them. He also had purple tattoos all over his body.
The man smirked at Big Chill before twirling the metal chain and said, "S'up, bro."
"Who the heck are you?" Big Chill said with a raised brow.
"Name's Fistrick," the punk-styled villain said. "My bro, Wizard, said you've been given him problems along with that spider bro. So we made a deal, I help him get Spider-Man and keep you busy then I get the tech I need for my future activities."
"Unfortunately for you, you'll find that I'm not one to be easily touched." Big Chill said before going intangible and flying towards Fistrick.
Fistrick smirked as this as he flexed his hands causing them to spark with electricity. Before Big Chill realized it, Fistrick was able to grab her with his hands while she was intangible. This made Big Chill's eyes widen until she was shocked with a high amount of electricity, causing her to scream out in pain. This forced her to become tangible again. She groaned as she looked at Fistrick.
"How the hell did you touch me?" She asked. "I was completely intangible."
"Proton field gloves, bro," Fistrick replied with a smirk. "Anything ghost-like I can catch with these things."
(Seriously? Did he just rip off the Ghostbusters or something?)
"You may be able to catch me," Big Chill said before smirking. "But do those gloves keep you from getting 'cold' feet?"
Big Chill then took in a deep breath before expelling a mist of liquid nitrogen at Fistrick. Ice began to envelop over Fistrick, causing him to let go of Big Chill. A few seconds later, Fistrick was frozen up to his neck where he was struggling to get free. Big Chill hovered in front of him with a smirk on her face.
"Why don't you 'chill' out while I go help my teammate," She quipped before flying off.
Fistrick groaned while he struggled and then said, "Not cool, bro."
Big Chill flew back towards the rooftop where Spider-Man and the villains were at. As she arrived she saw in horror as both Klaw and Wizard were blasting the web-swinging hero. Klaw was using his sonic blast while Wizard was firing a beam of purple energy at the hero. This caused the arachnid hero to scream in pain before slumping.
"He's out," Klaw said as he ended his attack.
Wizard ended his as well before floating over to the unconscious hero. He lifted up his head checking to see if he was unconscious. The hero didn't move and Wizard let go of his head letting it slump back down.
"Good," Wizard said. "Less trouble for us to bring him to our client."
Spider-Man's head then lifted up as he smirked under his mask. "Peeky-boo."
With that, Spider-Man used the zero gravity to his advantage. He front flipped before giving Wizard a double kick to Wizard's chest. This caused the villain to smash into the side of a building, causing cracks to form from the impact. Thundra and Klaw took one look at Wizard before focusing on Spider-Man.
"So tell me more about this client," Spider-Man asked. "Who hired you bozos?"
Thundra's face scowled at the arachnid hero before saying, "I preferred him unconscious."
Before she could react, a blast of liquid nitrogen mist covered her legs. This made ice form on her legs causing her to be temporarily stuck at the moment. She and Klaw looked to see Big Chill descend next to Spider-Man, who was still floating from the anti-gravity amplifier. She crossed her arms and looked at the super villainess with a frown.
"And I prefer you 'frozen' in place," Big Chill quipped. This caused Spider-Man to snicker at the quip.
Thundra growled as she used her strength to free her from the ice bound at her feet. She then rushed to the top of a small water tower. There she tore the metal roof/lid from it and was about to smash it down on both Spider-Man and Big Chill. Big Chill immediately got in front of Spider-Man, ready to defend him.
Just as she was about to smash it on them, another individual entered the fray. Power Man appeared from above before giving a kick to the water tower roof. This caused Thundra to become unbalanced and fall onto her back, letting the water tower roof to land behind her. Power Man's dramatic entrance caused the two heroes to widen their eyes in shock.
Suddenly, White Tiger landed on Spider-Man, causing him to look at her with more shock. Big Chill saw this and couldn't help but smile. With the entire team together, they could stop these villains no sweat.
"What are you guys doing here?" Spider-Man asked with slight irritation. "We had them on the run."
"Except for the part where you didn't," White Tiger replied before raising her hand up causing her nails to extend to claws.
Spider-Man's eyes widened before closing them as she slashed down. He opened his eyes to look to see that the anti-gravity amplifier was in pieces. This however caused him to fall on his rump while White Tiger landed on one knee with a cat's grace.
Klaw then took aim at the heroes before firing at them. The blast caused part of the roof to break off. It also caused Spider-Man and Big Chill to expertly dodge, while White Tiger was knocked to the ground by the force of the blast.
As the villain of sound dealt with the three heroes, Thundra was getting up from Power Man's previous sneak attack. She looked up to see the very hero lifting the water tower roof about to smack her with it.
"You dropped this," Power Man said with a smirk before swinging it at her.
Thundra anticipated this and caught the roof with her bare hands. She then swung it around and flinging Power Man into the water tower. From the blow, the water tower began to crumble before it fell over and knocked over the water in it. The very large mass of liquid rushed to Thundra, causing her to get swept away by it and making her fall off the roof.
Spider-Man saw this and leaped into action. As Thundra fell, Spider-Man turned behind him to fire a line of webbing to the building behind him. As the line stuck, Spider-Man then faced the falling Thundra before firing another line of webbing at the villainess. It latched at the sole of her boot, causing her to hang helplessly by the sole of her foot. It didn't help that the water then splashed all over her, causing her to get soaked.
The danger wasn't over as the top of the water tower started sliding off of the roof of the building from the rushing water. Spider-Man saw this before swinging him and Thundra to the side causing the water tower top fell past them. Before it could hit the civilians below, Spider-Man quickly webbed up the water tower roof with various lines of webbing keeping it place. Thundra struggled as dangled in the air from the line of webbing.
"You miserable son of a…" She said before her mouth was covered and she was entangled in webbing. She gave a muffled groan as glared up at Spider-Man.
"Uh-uh, language Thundy," Spider-Man scolded her mockingly. "Kids are watching."
Back in the fight, an anti-gravity amplifier disk attached itself to Power Man's back. It caused him to be lifted in the air by the anti-gravity field. Power Man looked to see Wizard controlling the movement of the disk with his hand. There he then moved Power Man past the roof over the city streets. Power Man got an idea what Wizard was planning to do.
Wizard smirked before his attention was drawn behind him. He saw Nova fly past him at incredible speed. Nova then aimed his fist at Power Man before firing a beam of energy at him. The beam hit the amplifier destroying it. This in term caused Power Man to fall with a scream. However, Big Chill swooped in and grabbed him under his arms before they flew back to the roof.
Wizard then fired a purple beam of energy at the incoming Nova. Nova retaliated with his own energy beam. The two energies collided with one another causing a major explosion. The smoke cleared to show Nova the victor as he flew back towards the fray. Wizard at the moment was amongst the rubble from the explosion. His gloves sparked from the energy outburst causing him to growl in frustration.
Back on the roof, Klaw was now facing against White Tiger. The cat-powered teen against the villain made of sound. The two glared at one another as a minor standoff was taking place.
"You're supposed to be tough, Klaw," White Tiger mocked. Klaw was about to attack until White Tiger jumped onto his back. "I think you're just a lot of noise."
However she was smacked in the face by Klaw's metal claw. This caused her to become disoriented before falling off the villain as well as the building. Before she fell further, Spider-Man swooped in on a web line and saved her. He carried her as he swung back towards the roof. White Tiger regained her senses and saw her being saved by Spider-Man, which made her struggle in his grip.
"I can save myself," White Tiger growled at the spider hero.
"Except for the part where you didn't," He replied quoting her words from before.
He and White Tiger landed back on the roof in front of the group. Spider-Man then looked at the four heroes as Big Chill landed next to him before saying, "If you want to save someone, look down there."
The heroes turned to where Spider-Man was pointing to. Down below in the streets, civilians were watching the battle taking place above them. The three heroes didn't realize a crowd had formed below to watch their fight.
"Superhero 101," Spider-Man instructed the team. "We can defend ourselves, they can't. Trust me. I got these meatheads."
"You mean, we've got them," Big Chill spoke up. Spider-Man looked at her for a bit before nodding and facing the other heroes.
"Go," Spider-Man told the others. "Protect and serve."
"You heard the man," White Tiger said to her teammates. This made Spider-Man's eyes widen a bit in appreciation.
"She called me the man." He said before he and Big Chill leaped into action.
Both he and Big Chill landed on another roof, where Klaw was there in front of them. Spider-Man smirked before saying, "Hey, Shrieky. Remember us?"
To the right floating in the air was Wizard. He gritted his teeth before sending several anti-gravity disks at the two heroes. Without hesitation, Big Chill spewed a mist of liquid nitrogen at the disks causing them to freeze in a large block of ice. Spider-Man then took the initiative as he fired webbing at the incoming block which was caught in a net. He then flung it towards Klaw, causing him to stumble and bounce off him, before hitting Wizard in the chest causing him to get knocked away.
Klaw then began his attack again. He fired a wave of sonic energy at the two heroes. Spider-Man jumped to the left while Big Chill flew to the right. The wave of sonic energy it the base of a Daily Bugle Communications billboard, causing the grating to be ripped apart before the board itself fell to the streets below. The civilians below screamed in terror as billboard was about to fall on top of them. Suddenly, Nova flew in fast towards the billboard.
"Heads up, rubbernecks," Nova shouted
Before they could blink, Nova smashed into the billboard head on. The billboard shattered to pieces but Nova wasn't done yet. Using his speed, Nova continued to smash into the billboard debris. The civilians looked up in amazement as Nova completely destroyed all of the falling debris before it reached them.
Back on the roof, Klaw had sent out a sonic blast at Spider-Man. It hit him and caused him to fall off the roof. Big Chill saw this before turning to Klaw with a glare. The sound villain returned a glare back.
"You're next," Klaw said.
"Are you talking about me," Big Chill asked before pointing behind her. "Or him?"
Klaw looked to see on another rooftop was Iron Fist. The Kung Fu master calmly looked down at the villain made of sound. His right fist was enveloped in a glow of yellow chi energy, ready for the fight.
"Now the scream of chaos shall meet the soul of iron," He said before jumping off the building towards him.
Klaw then aimed his metal claw at the warrior ready to blast him. Iron Fist gave a mighty battle cry as Klaw fired a sonic blast at him. Iron Fist retaliated with a chi-enhanced punch at the wave. The result caused an explosion of both chi and sound energy. Klaw was knocked off the building as an end result.
Spider-Man ran on the side of the building trying to reach Klaw. With quick reaction, he fired both of his web-shooters at the villain. The two lines of webbing wrapped around Klaw's legs making him dangle in the air. He looked behind him and paled as he saw Power Man and Nova looking right at him, both with smirks on their faces.
"Let's cut the volume." Power Man said before crush Klaw's metal claw. He then pulled Klaw down before smashing his fist into the villain's face, knocking him out.
Big Chill landed next to Power Man, Nova and White Tiger before turning to Power Man and saying, "Good work, Power Man."
"It's all in the fist," Power Man quipped with a smile.
Unfortunately, their minor victory was cut short. A beam of purple energy hit the four heroes causing them to fall down in pain. They looked to see Wizard floating in the air with gloves sparking with energy. Spider-Man landed on a lamp post in front of Wizard as the villain gave him an evil grin.
"You won't escape again." Wizard said. "My gloves are powered to their maximum."
"Wait, what gloves?" Spider-Man asked with a raised brow.
"These gloves," Wizard replied with gritting teeth, lifting up his hands signifying the gloves in question.
"Oh, those gloves." Spider-Man said in a mocking realization.
Suddenly, he fired his web-shooters at Wizard. The webbing attached themselves to Wizard's gloves causing the villain to widen his eyes in fear. Spider-Man then pulled on the webbing causing the gloves to link fists together. The energy from them built up before it caused a minor explosion. The explosion sent Wizard flying until he landed on a car on the opposite end of the street. The villain groaned before passing out.
Spider-Man landed back on the street before walking over to his team. They were just getting up from the ground. He walked up to them and checked on them.
"You guys okay?" He asked gaining a few groans in affirmation.
"A little roughed up," Big Chill spoke before wrapping her wings around her in a cloak. "But I'll live."
Spider-Man nodded before turning to the others and saying, "Good job, team. We started out rough but in the end we got the job done. Let's bind these guys so the police can take them into custody."
Big Chill hummed a bit. "I feel like I'm forgetting something."
Spider-Man's Spidey Sense went off just as she said that. Without hesitation, he pushed Big Chill out of the way just as a large mechanized fist slammed into him. It caused the web-swinging hero to fly back a few feet before landing hard on the asphalt. This made Big Chill's eyes wide widen as she look to see the owner of the hand.
The owner was a large robust robot of sorts. Its coating was colored orange on its chest, arms and legs. Its hands were like that of metal claws and its feet had treads similar to that of a tank. On the part of the torso where a head might be were a row of spikes similar to that of a mowhawk. On its chest was a symbol of a skull.
"Where the hell did that come from?" Power Man exclaimed with a look of shock.
"Don't know," White Tiger replied. "Whatever that thing is, it's nothing good."
"It isn't," Nova spoke up. "That's a Class 12 Armored Mecha Suit. It's super strong, very durable and has great mobility. That sort of tech shouldn't even be on this planet."
Big Chill raised a brow at Nova before asking, "How do you know?"
"Because I'm from space," Nova replied. "It's kind of my thing to know this stuff. You didn't think Blukic and Driba were the only two extraterrestrial agents with S.H.I.E.L.D., did you?"
Big Chill shrugged. "How was I supposed to know? Anyways, we need to put this thing on 'ice'."
She unfurled her wings before flying at the Mecha Suit. She mentally activated her intangibility before continuing her course. Just as she was about to faze through it, unfortunately, she was repelled back by an unknown force causing her to become tangible again. Just before she hit the ground, Spider-Man swung in and caught the female alien. Both landed on the ground before he placed her back on her feet.
"You okay?" He asked with concern. She gave him a nod.
"I'm fine," she said. "But what the hell just happened? I couldn't faze through that suit."
"That's because the suit is surrounded by a proton field," A familiar voice said over an intercom. This caused the group of heroes to look at the Mecha Suit. "Your little ghost abilities ain't going to work on this armor, bro."
This caused Big Chill's eyes to widen. "Fistrick!?"
"Yep," Fistrick replied. "And there's plenty more where that came from."
Just as he said that, various missile ports opened up on the suit. The suit took aim at the group of heroes before sending a barrage of missiles at the group. This caused the group of heroes to scatter as the missiles hit all over the street. Parts of the road now had craters from the missile explosions, street lamps and other things were blown to pieces and parts of buildings had holes in them.
Spider-Man landed on a building before looking at the Mech Suit and shouted, "Hey! Didn't your mother tell you that missiles are a major health hazard?"
"Where do you think I get my edge from, bro?" Fistrick replied back with a raised brow. A compartment opened up on the suit's shoulder which glowed red before firing a laser of the same color.
Spider-Man's eyes widened as he jumped off the building dodging the laser. The laser impacted the building causing a minor explosion. Unknown to Fistrick, White Tiger and Power Man were trying to incapacitate the robot. Power Man was punching one of the legs while White Tiger was trying to slash through the armor. Sadly the results were unfortunate because they didn't cause a dent or scratch on it.
Suddenly, both Power Man and White Tiger were grabbed by the Mech Suit. They struggled in its grip until both were thrown by it. Big Chill swooped in catching White Tiger while Nova caught Power Man. The heroes quickly regrouped with one another by another street, while Fistrick in the suit went on a rampage.
"How the hell do we stop this thing?" Power Man spoke up. "I couldn't dent the armor, Big Chill can't faze through it and White Tiger can't slash through it."
"Even the biggest of foes have the smallest of weaknesses," Iron Fist said in proverb.
"Iron Fist is right," Spider-Man said. "Everything has a weakness."
Big Chill then turned to Nova before saying, "Nova, you know about that armor. Does it have any weaknesses we can exploit?"
Nova thought for a bit before his face brightened up with an idea. "It does! There is one weakness the armor has. It can't stand up to extreme temperatures."
"You mean like intense heat or cold?" White Tiger asked.
Nova nodded. "One thing about civilizations that were Level 12 in technology, extreme weather gives them lots of trouble."
"That means I can just freeze it," Big Chill pointed out.
Nova shook his head. "Not that simple. It needs to be flash frozen in order for the systems to shut down."
Big Chill hummed a bit in thought. She knew that her ice breath could freeze her opponents but it couldn't flash freeze them. She needed more power for that to happen. Suddenly a light bulb in her head lit up with an idea. There was a way for her to get stronger, but she never tried it before hopefully her team would be up for the plan.
"Guys," She spoke up catching their attention. "I've got an idea. Do you all trust me?"
They all looked at one another in confusion before looking back at her and Spider-Man said, "We trust you. But what do you have planned?"
Big Chill smiled. "Something 'cool' that you'll love. Jump in when I give the signal."
Big Chill then took to the air and flew over to the Mecha Suit. It was smashing various things with little regard. The others watched as Big Chill flew right up next to it.
"Hey, Fistrick!" she shouted at the suit, catching the man in the suit's attention.
"Ready for round 2, bro?" Fistrick asked in a mocking manner. "Cause there's more where that came from."
"You know, Fistrick," Big Chill said. "There are times when I have to go hero and then there are times when I have to go Ultimate."
She looked down at the dial on her chest before twisting it causing the core to pop out. The others and Fistrick were confused by this action. She then slammed down on the core of the dial which caused four spikes to pop out of the dial rim. They watched as a wave of emerald light spread across her body changing her completely. The blue parts of her body became red. Her wings and antenna also became red with that of flame designs. A tuft of a crest had formed around her eyes matching that of flames as well. They watched as the transformation was complete and a whole new hero had appeared.
She floated in the air as she shouted out in a more gravelly voice, "Ultimate Big Chill!"
"Whoa," Spider-Man simply said just as the others nodded.
(Like the new look? This is Ultimate Big Chill, basically a stronger version of Big Chill. How is this possible you ask? Well the Omnitrix has a function on it called the "U.E.F." or Ultimate Evolutionary Function. It basically uses a chrono-energy wave to hyper evolve my alien form to gain new abilities and become stronger. Now if you all excuse me, I got a bad guy to stop.)
"You can presto-chango all you want," Fistrick said. "But I'm still going to squash you like a bug."
"Not likely, Fistrick," U. Big Chill said. "Besides I've got a new bag of tricks with this new form. Speaking of which, ever hear of fire so cold it burns?"
She then gave a major inhale of air before spewing out, shockingly, fire. Fistrick's eyes widened as he commanded the robot to defend itself. It lifted up crossed arms in defense as the fire completely enveloped the suit. What shocked the others the most was that as soon as the fire hit, the robot was instantly frozen in a block of ice.
Fistrick tried to move the robot but it wasn't responding. All the screens were red with alarms and he couldn't do a thing a about it. "What's going on?"
"External and internal temperature drastically dropping," a monotone voice of the computer said. "Systems failing. Core power at 20% and dropping rapidly."
U. Big Chill turned to the others before shouting, "Now, guys! Hit him hard!"
On cue, the four heroes sprang into action. Power Man and Iron Fist together rushed toward the entrapped armored suit before both pull back their fists and at the same time punched the ice causing it to shatter. Nova then swooped in and began firing high powered energy blasts at the limbs of the suit. Thanks to the mixture of extreme cold and heat caused the limbs to snap off instantly, crippling the mech. White Tiger then landed on the cockpit part of the torso, extending her claws and was able to slice through the metal. She then was able to cut open the cockpit to reveal a shocked Fistrick looking up at the heroes.
Suddenly, a line of webbing attached itself to Fistrick's chest and instantly pulled him out onto the streets. He then was wrapped up in the same webbing before looking up with wide eyes. There before him was Spider-Man and U. Big Chill looking down at him. Fistrick gulped a bit in fear.
"S'up, bro," U. Big Chill said to the villain mockingly. Both she and Spider-Man raised their fists before giving him a combo punch in the face. Fistrick was knocked unconscious before falling to the ground.
U. Big Chill smiled before looking at Spider-Man. He looked back her before giving her a thumbs up. She returned the gesture just as the others walked up to them.
"Okay I'll admit it," White Tiger spoke up. "That was pretty 'cool'." This caused U. Big Chill to giggle a bit.
"Cool?" Nova said. "That was awesome!"
"I, for once, have to agree with Nova on that one," Spider-Man said.
"You got that right," Power Man said as well.
"Indeed," Iron Fist simply said.
Suddenly, a loud bleeping sound caught the group's attention.
Bleep beep bleep
The sound was coming from U. Big Chill, specifically the dial on her chest. The faceplate was flashing a bright fire engine red. Before they knew it, an intensely bright crimson light flashed before their eyes. They covered their eyes from the light only for it to last a second. They lowered their arms from their eyes as the light died down to reveal Gwen 10 next to Spider-Man. She looked at her left wrist, where the Omnitrix's faceplate was red indicating it was in Recharge Mode.
"Crap," She muttered before speaking up. "Looks like I'm getting a lift from one of you guys back to the Helicarrier."
White Tiger then looked behind Gwen and Spider-Man before tensing and pointing behind them. "Uh, guys…"
Gwen and the other four looked to where White Tiger was pointing towards. Several feet away, there were a group of people holding cameras, from video to pictures. Several civilians were taking pictures with their smart phones. There were even a few newscasters doing reports about what happened earlier. Looks like Gwen 10 was finally revealed to the city of New York.
"Oh, boy…"
"Vandalism stuck Midtown today as Spider-Man destroyed a Bugletron billboard," Jameson reported. "Who then went to lead a group of unnamed vigilantes in a heated battle with the equally villainous Frightful Four along with a techno-punk called Fistrick."
"One of the vigilantes," Harangue spoke up as a picture of Gwen 10 was shown. "Identified as the alien shape shifter turns out to be none other than a super-powered girl who goes by the name of Gwen 10, strange name if you ask me but we leave that you the viewers."
"As always," Jameson spoke. "Daily Bugle Communications brings you the news…"
"Your agents failed, Octavius," Norman Osborn said as his face was seen on a digital screen. "I won't tolerate another disappointment."
"Understood, Mr. Osborn," Octavius replied.
"In any case," Norman spoke up. "At least your agents helped identify our little shape shifter. Have you identified the origins of her powers?"
"Indeed," Octavius replied before pulling up a close up of Gwen 10's left wrist showing the Omnitrix. "It seems her power derives from this watch-like device, allowing her to transform at will. If we were to retrieve it I could study its full capabilities."
This made Norman smirk. "Not only will we have spider super soldiers thanks to Spider-Man, but also an arsenal of this weapon. With it soldiers would be able to have any power they could dream of, oh the possibilities."
"The problem, however, is acquiring the device," Octavius pointed out.
"Yes," Osborn replied. "That is why I've asked someone to assist you in this matter. When it comes to DNA his skills are unmatched, compared to you that is."
Before Octavius could ask, one of the doors opened up behind him. The scientist turned to see a man walking in view. He appeared to be a man in his 50's. He had pale green skin, light brown eyes and shoulder-length white hair. He wore a white lab coat over a black tank top shirt and also wore brown cargo pants, long black fingerless gloves and rubber boots.
The man in question smiled at Octavius. "Dr. Otto Octavius, it is an honor to make your acquaintance."
"And you are?" Octavius asked with a raised brow.
"Dr. Aloysius James Animo," The man simply replied.
The next day at Midtown High, Gwen and Peter were enjoying each other's company as he was getting books out of his locker. The other day was crazy considering the new team and fighting the villains. Luckily they didn't have to worry about that at school.
"I can't believe you convinced Fury to let you have alone time here at school," Gwen said as she leaned against the lockers.
Peter nodded before closing his locker. "What can I say? I'm quite the negotiator when I want to be. Besides, I need my solo time."
"What about the times you and I teamed up?" Gwen said with a raised brow before making a pouty face. "Does that mean you don't like me anymore?"
Peter tensed a bit before looking away a bit as he scratched his cheek with his finger. "In truth, I don't mind that we hang out, either at school or when we're crime fighting."
Gwen smiled in approval. "I thought so."
"Oh, Puny Parker." Flash's voice called out.
"Speaking of school life," Peter muttered.
They looked to see Flash Thompson at the other end of the hall. The blonde jock smirked as he dented a locker with his fist. "Locker knocker time."
"Unfortunately," Gwen muttered.
Flash then made for a mad dash towards Peter. Before he reached him, a hand grabbed Peter by the scruff of his dress shirt pulling him out of the way. Gwen backed up a bit as Flash Thompson rushed forward before slamming into the locker before it closed behind him.
Gwen then looked to the one who helped Peter with a raised brow. There before her and Peter were four teenagers, three boys and one girl. They appeared to be familiar for some reason.
The one who helped Peter was the tallest of the four. The tall one was an African American male with physical muscular build. He had short black hair and brown eyes. He wore a beige vest with the sleeves curled to his elbows. He had a black shirt underneath and also wore blue pants.
The second boy was a blonde teen who had a muscular build and green eyes. He wore a navy blue shirt, tan pants and brown sandals. Around his neck was a metal grey necklace with a black string.
The third and final boy was a Hispanic teen with a slender build and average height, similar to that of Peter. He had black hair, tanned skin and blue eyes. He wore a light blue shirt over a white long sleeved shirt and also wore grey pants.
The girl and final member of the group was a tall Hispanic-American. She had a slender yet well-toned and muscular build, with brown eyes, brown hair reaching her mid-back, broad shoulders and long, muscular legs. She wore a green tunic with a white long shirt underneath, along with a black sash belt around her waist. She also wore strapped black high heels.
"Wait," Peter spoke up. "Do we know you, any of you?"
"Because you all look familiar for some reason," Gwen pointed out.
"Say hello to your new classmates," Spoke the male blonde before introducing himself. "Danny Rand."
"Luke Cage," The tallest one introduced before slightly nudging the other boy.
"Sam Alexander," The Hispanic introduced.
"Ava Ayala," The girl introduced with smile. "Think about it."
They thought for a moment, and then suddenly it was as if a light bulb lit up in their head. As they looked at the group of four, in their place was White Tiger, Iron Fist, Power Man and Nova until it faded back to the teens.
"Huh?" Peter simply said.
"Guys," Gwen said with a raised brow. "What are you all doing here at Midtown High?"
"Oh," Nova spoke up. "Some idiot gave Fury the bright idea we needed me time away from S.H.I.E.L.D."
"FYI," Luke said. "Don't sweat the secret ID. Code of silence, you two."
"Hey, this is great," Peter said with an unsure tone. "Really, really…great. I just got to go talk to a guy."
With that Peter left, leaving Gwen with the others. The blonde girl couldn't help but shake her head. Peter was still in the phase where he didn't want to socialize with the team yet. Hopefully that would change in the near future. Without wasting time, she shook hands with each of them.
"It's nice to 'officially' meet all of you guys," Gwen said with a smile.
"At least you're taking this better than Parker," Sam said.
Gwen shrugged a bit, "I'm not one to judge. Besides this is a great opportunity to focus on the socialization of the team, right?"
Luke chuckled a bit with a smile. "This girl's got the right idea."
"If she's okay with us," Ava spoke up. "Then I bet she wouldn't mind that Coulson is the acting principal here."
This made Gwen pause a bit before saying, "Say what now?"
That's the end of that one folks! Remember to review, don't flame and keep an eye out for any grammatical errors for me to fix. Until then!
Next Chapter: Doomed!
