Hey guys, Aaron2014 here! So sorry this one took so long. I've been doing a lot of stuff. Most of it was work, cleaning my house and also spending a week with my girlfriend she was visiting. Luckily I got it done fore you guys. So enjoy the long awaited 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 7: Flight of the Iron Spider
(Ah New York the city that never sleeps, you can enjoy a night on the town in a place like this. However if you're me and my team, then you'll think again.)
The sound of laser fire was heard as Spider-Man and Spidermonkey were swinging away from incoming laser fire. More neon green lasers blasted at them but they dodged thanks to their natural spider-like agility. They then began sprinting across the screen of the Daily Bugle Communications billboard as laser fire struck behind them, causing damage to the screen. With that they both shot a strand of webbing before swinging away.
(My name is Gwen Stacy and I'm Gwen 10. That means me and my fellow team of super heroes-in-training end up getting chased around New York City by bad guys like this.)
The owner of the lasers was a man who glows the same color as the lasers. He had pointed ears like an elf and his hands were sporting claws. His costume had V-shaped marks on his eyebrows and a large V-shape on his chest. The man growled before firing more lasers at the two spider-themed heroes.
"You can't outrun pure light!" He shouted in a distorted voice as he tried to hit the two heroes.
Spidermonkey looks to Spider-Man as they both swung away before asking, "Doesn't he know we're web swinging and not running?"
Spider-Man shrugs before replying, "Maybe his natural lighting is affecting his eyesight."
More laser blasts bombarded them, causing them to maneuver out of the way while swinging. Spider-Man, unfortunately, was grazed by a few lasers passing him by causing a few tears in his suit. This caused Spidermonkey to gasp a bit as they continued to evade the laser-firing super villain.
"It's just a matter of time until you're both toasted!" The super villain said.
Spider-Man and Spidermonkey then swung up high before landing near the lit up sign of the bank. Spidermonkey then inspected Spider-Man and saw the tears. To a relief his injuries weren't too major but the tears on his suit, which was seen on his chest and his left shoulder and leg. Luckily thanks to the Hero Guise, his suit would be repaired in no time.
The super villain then jumped to a traffic light, before going inside it. This in terms caused the villain to travel from the traffic light up to the bank via the electrical wiring before bursting out the bank's logo light. He then proceeded to send an energy-enhanced punch upon the two spider-themed heroes. Seeing this, Spider-Man and Spidermonkey quickly made a jump for it, however it caused Spider-Man to forget to fire his webbing as he made his descent downward.
On the ground, a group of four was making their way to the fight. The four individuals were none other than Power Man, White Tiger, Iron Fist and Nova. They were part of Spider-Man's and Spidermonkey's team, and they were going to help.
"Here we go again guys," Power Man spoke up. "Our teammates are in trouble. I got Spidey!"
"And I got—"Nova said before Spidermonkey landed on him, causing him to plummet to the ground in a groan. "…her. Ow…"
Spidermonkey laughed sheepishly before saying, "My bad."
Power Man then caught Spider-Man before saying, "S'up? Need some help?"
"Maybe we can take this one down without tearing up the city?" White Tiger asked as she readied for the fight.
"Eh, maybe we can," Spider-Man replied in a sarcastic, snarky tone imitating her voice. He then turned to Power Man. "Put me down, Tiny!" He got his wish as Power Man let go, dropping him onto the asphalt of the street.
"That's Power Man to you, web head!" Power Man
Spider-Man then rose up and popped his neck and fingers a bit before replying, "Whatever."
"So anyone read the Wiki on Bad 80's Light Show Guy?" Nova asked.
"I have," Spidermonkey spoke up as she looked at her communicator which showed the info on the neon green energy villain. "According to the S.H.I.E.L.D. data files this guy is Arthur Parks, aka The Living Laser. Wow, another Iron Man villain! According to this he was a former Stark Industries employee to the Applied Sciences Division. When an experiment went awry his body became a physical form made entirely of active photons."
"Hold it," Nova spoke up interrupting her. "He's made of what?"
There before their eyes, they watched as Living Laser's size began to change. They watched as the super villain continued to grow before he was the size of a giant. The being constructed from active photons grinned down at the teenagers. His clawed hand began to glow with energy ready to incinerate them.
"Photons." Spider-Man replied answering Nova. "That means…"
"He can do that," Spidermonkey said finishing Spider-Man's sentence. "And since he's made of energy…" She then slammed the dial on her chest and in a flash of green light she transformed into…
"Feedback!" She shouted as her transformation was complete.
Suddenly, the luminescence from the Living Laser began to brighten. This caused Feedback and the others to shield their eyes from the light. Feedback and Spider-Man looked and saw Living Laser's hands enveloped in energy as he shined it upon the team with a dark grin.
"I'll fry you like bacon," The Living Laser said in a dark voice.
Feedback gritted her teeth as she glared at the energy-based villain before saying, "Try it and see what happens, light bulb!"
Suddenly, a blue beam of light struck the Living Laser. This caused the villain to scream and his body to distort before a bright light enveloped the area. The team shielded their eyes for a few moments before the light dissipated. The looked and saw a wave of green spread out across the city. The Living Laser seemed to have been abruptly stopped.
Spider-Man then jumped onto a street lamp as he watched the green wave spread out across the city. He was confused like the other and then said, "What just happened? I thought he was going to fry us like bacon. What is he, vegan?"
Suddenly a thundering sound in the sky was heard. This caught the team's attention. Not only that, Feedback could smell something. Gwen knew that whenever she was in this form she could "smell" various forms of energy. They range from electricity to radio signals.
"There's that sound again," White Tiger said as she and the team looked up at the sky.
"Something's coming," Feedback added as she and the team continued to look up at the sky.
Suddenly, a sonic boom was heard as they saw something descend from the sky above. It was a figure in what appeared to in an armor colored red and gold. The eyes of the helmet glowed blue as well as the circle on the armor's chest. From the boots of the armor were blasts of jet propulsion keeping the figure in the air. Feedback, Spider-Man and the others knew who this individual was. It was Tony Stark, aka the Invincible Iron Man.
(I knew when I took this super hero gig I'd meet some legends and here's one of them. Tony Stark, aka the Invincible Iron Man, is a world renowned inventor and one of the founders of the Avengers. His armors are awesome considering they have more weaponry than they appear to have. I had a feeling if the Living Laser is involved that Iron Man would be involved as well.)
Feedback then slammed the dial on her chest and reverted back to Gwen 10. After she did, she and the others looked towards Tony Stark, who was having a conversation with Nick Fury. She looked to Spider-Man, whose focus was on the armored Avenger.
"Look at him over there…" Spider-Man said in awe. "You know, he built that armor himself? Like, in a cave with a paperclip and some empty soda cans. Big time genius."
"Somebody's got a man-crush," Nova said in a playful tone. He was immediately silenced by an elbow to his side by Gwen.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Gwen asked White Tiger.
"Probably some international security issues," White Tiger replied.
With Tony Stark and Fury, they were discussing things but not what Fury wanted to hear.
"And so during the party," Tony said. "I get approached by a model from February's cover of Model Monthly. She tries to seduce me but then Pep comes up from behind her, taps her shoulder before giving her a nasty right hook. That night was fun, especially when Pep and I got home."
"Are you done bragging about your social life?" Fury said in a serious tone. "While it's assuring that Ms. Potts is keeping you in line but there's a serious issue right now. The Living Laser is one of your sparring partners, and if you'll notice, my team found him first."
"Sparring partner?" Tony asked with a raised brow. "Uh, bit of an exaggeration don't you think? Hell, Pep could even take the guy on in her Rescue armor. Speaking of which, I've got a date with a certain beautiful redhead so uh, can we…"
"I bet you do, Mr. Celebrity Superhero." Fury said with a stern glare. "What about the Living Laser?"
"What about him?" Tony asked. "He saw me and he ran. He'll be back. And when he shows his shiny face again, I'll have developed something that'll find and contain his—"
"You can trace the photon pattern," A voice spoke up catching the inventor's attention. He turned and saw Spider-Man, along with Gwen 10, next to him. "It's gotta be specific to him, unique in the spectrum."
"Smart kid," Tony said in a compliment. "Bad fashion sense." That last part made Spider-Man frown a bit and caused Gwen 10 to giggle a little. "Maybe with a little guidance…"
"Never mind him, Stark." Fury spoke up. "I don't need you and your cowboy complex infecting him with delusions of—"
"Infecting him?" Tony said with a raised brow. "Look at him. Clearly he needs it."
"A little guidance," Spider-Man muttered as he began to have fantasies of him being the apprentice of Tony Stark. Gwen waved a hand in front of his face to see if he was still with her, sadly he was fantasizing in his dream world.
(Nova was right… he does have a man-crush on Iron Man.)
"By the way," Tony said catching Gwen's attention. "You're that new shape shifting hero from the news, right? Gwen 10?"
"Um, yes sir," Gwen 10 said in a bit of a nervousness in her voice.
"No sir, please," He asked with his hand held up. "It makes me feel old. Call me Tony."
"Alright, Tony," Gwen replied.
"I studied the footage of you," Tony said. "You've got skill, kid. Though I'm curious about your powers and exactly where you got them."
"Let's just say you're not the only one to utilize technology," Gwen 10 answered as she showed Tony the Omnitrix, which peaked his interest.
"Hmm, interesting," Tony muttered as he continued to look at the watch.
"What is your deal?" White Tiger's voice spoke up breaking Spider-Man from his fantasy.
He looked and saw the four other heroes look him with serious expressions. He shook his head before answering, "Huh? Nothing."
"Okay, guys, I'm out of here." Tony said catching their attention. He then looked at Spider-Man. "Hey, kid. I like your style. Wardrobe notwithstanding. How about you visit the plant on Saturday? Maybe I can help you out. You can also bring your girlfriend with you. I'm quite curious about her watch."
This made both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 do a double take to what he said before both shouted, "Girlfriend!? We are not dating!" This caused both of them to look at each other in shock of their synchronized speaking.
Tony had an unconvinced look on his face before saying, "Riiiight."
With that said he turned around as the faceplate of his helmet slid down before he took to the air. The jet propulsion in his palms and boots pushed up high and fast before they increased in intensity. This in terms caused the iron-clad hero to exit in a sonic boom. This left the group of heroes in awe as he left.
"Okay, I'll admit," Power Man spoke up. "That is cool."
"I second that notion," Gwen 10 added.
Fury then gave the team a stern look before saying, "Just get your sorry asses back to the Helicarrier." He then looked at Spider-Man, who was still looking where Iron Man left. "And you, stay away from him." He then looked at Gwen 10. "And you make sure he doesn't do anything idiotic." With that Fury left the two alone on the street.
Gwen 10 looked at the spider-themed hero a bit before saying, "You're going to go no matter how much I try to convince you, am I right?"
"Oh yeah," He answered before looking at her. "Want to come with?"
Gwen 10 hummed a bit in thought. "Go to a scientific facility filled with the latest tech which is owned by one of the planet's most renowned inventors?" She smiled. "How could I say no to that?"
Time flew by as Saturday came at last. Spider-Man and Gwen 10 had just arrived at Stark Industries, major workplace of Tony Stark. Walking through the screen doors they looked on with wonder and awe. They saw people of various preferences ranging from office workers to minor inventors rush to their duties. All in all they were impressed with the sight.
(Stark Industries, the work place of Tony Stark and a place which science makes it reality. This is so cool!)
"Spider-Man and Gwen 10?" A female voice called out catching their attention.
They turned and saw a woman carrying a tablet before them. She had long red hair tied into a low ponytail and green eyes. She wore a light brown blazer with a black t-shirt, a brown skirt and black high heel shoes. On each of her cheeks were three freckles in the formation of a downward triangle.
"I'm Virginia Potts but you can call me Pepper," The woman known as Pepper introduced. "I was sent by Mr. Stark to retrieve you. Follow me, if you please."
Without wasting another second they followed Pepper through the facility. Their surrounding changed greatly as they reached what appeared to be the more science concentrated area of the company. Gwen and Spider-Man looked around at the gadgets being built, causing both teens to inwardly drool at the sight of the technology.
After a few minutes they arrived to part of the factory where more experiments were going on. Gwen and Spider-Man then saw the man that called them here in the first place. Tony Stark was talking to an employee of his at the moment. He wore a black business suit, pants, shoes and a purple tie. He then noticed the group coming towards him, ending his conversation before walking over to them.
"Glad you two came," Tony said with a smile. "I'm sure Pep here gave a wonderful tour?"
"She did," Gwen said. "I'm still in awe that we're here in your own factory."
"It is awe-inspiring, isn't it?" Tony replied before turning to Pepper. "Thanks for guiding them, Pep."
"No problem, Mr. Stark." She replied. "Just a reminder, you have an appointed dinner later today with an important individual."
Tony smirked before saying, "I'll be sure to pick you up around seven thirty."
"Make it seven, Mr. Stark," She replied with her own smirk. "And I won't have to get my armor." This caused both Gwen 10 and Spider-Man to look at another in confusion.
"I didn't know it'd be that kind of dinner date," Tony joked causing Pepper to roll her eyes playfully before walking away to do her job. Tony then chuckled a bit. "What a woman."
"Wait," Spider-Man spoke up before pointing towards Tony and the direction Pepper walked in. "You and her?"
"Yep," Tony replied. "What? Did you two think I was still a big time playboy or something?" This made the two heroes-in-training to sheepishly laugh while fidgeting a bit. "Anyways shall we get on with the tour?"
"Yes please!" Both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 said at the same time.
Tony led the two teen heroes to a doorway which opened up to a special part of the factory. There they saw multiple scientists and inventors working on their projects. This caused both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 to gape in awe, which caused Tony to inwardly smile with pride.
"This is the most experimental, highly classified section of the factory." Tony said leading them through. "This is where dreams become a reality."
"Cool! I have a place like this." Spider-Man said before noticing both Gwen 10 and Tony's raised browed expressions. "Okay, nothing like this."
As they walked through they noticed a large droid on their left. It had an oval shaped body attached to metal legs similar to a bird. It had what appeared to be a large camera lens acting as the droid's eyes. Its direction of vision followed the two heroes where they went.
Spider-Man then jumped in front of it raising a leg up, which it copied. Gwen 10 watched in amusement as Spider-Man began a simple dance which the droid copied. She couldn't help but giggle the sight.
"You like to dance, huh?" Spider-Man asked the droid before beginning another dance but more complicated. "Rock a little cabbage patch with Spidey, come on!"
Gwen 10 laughed a bit, grabbing his arm and dragged him away before saying, "Okay, dance master, let's leave the inventor to his large robot."
"Okay," He replied before turning to the robot and its inventor. "Check that left servo! Needs a little more funk."
This caused the inventor to face palm while the droid itself looked at the scientist in question.
The next few things on the tour baffled the two heroes. The first thing was a scientist working with what appeared to be the world's largest pill, causing the one working on it to laugh humorously about that. The others, which made the two heroes geek out, were either robots or awesome weaponry.
"Hey, kids." Tony called out as a holographic screen popped up behind him, showing blueprints of a sort. "This signal ratio accelerator is going to revolutionize telecommunications as we know it."
"Does that mean better coverage on my phone? Right on." Spider-Man commented.
"If so then it's going to be a popular product." Gwen 10 added.
"My thoughts exactly," Tony said. "Never was a fan of the 4G network."
They continued on as both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 turned to their right to see another invention in the works. An inventor was working on what appeared to be a metal glove before pressing a red button on its cuff. In an instant, a hologram of a disembodied hand was seen floating in front of the scientist. The scientist then turned to a block of stone before sending a punch at it. The hologram copied the attack which surprisingly smashed the block to pieces. This caused Spider-Man and Gwen 10 to both gape in awe.
"No way," Gwen said. "Is that a hard light projection glove?"
"Iron Fist would be so jealous." Spider-Man added before both teens continued on.
Gwen 10 and Spider-Man followed after Tony to another part of the factory. In this room it had a large metallic chamber what was roughly the size of several large RVs. At the entrance of the chamber there was an arc of the hazard warning painted on it. Seeing this made both teen's eyes sparkle.
"Check it out, a molecular disruption chamber." Tony told them. "Don't go in there when it's hot."
"Oh yeah?" Spider-Man said with a raised brow. "What happens?"
"Unless you fine-tune the frequency, it'll scatter you into multiple, parallel dimensions." Tony answered the spider-themed teen.
"I get it," Gwen 10 spoke up. "It's like a multiversal fax machine. It makes copies of you and sends those copies to said dimensions."
"In simpler terms, yes." Tony replied. "That's the basic gist of it."
"Uh, yikes." Spider-Man said with a shiver.
"Listen," Tony spoke up catching their attention. "I know Fury is training you two, trying to bring you both up to his level. Personally, I think you should aim higher."
"How did you know about that?" Spider-Man asked.
"Come on, my company built the Helicarrier." Tony answered.
"Huh. The way you and Fury were sniping at each other, we never pegged you two working together." Gwen 10 said.
"Do you two get along with the people you work with?" Tony asked. This caused both Spider-Man and Gwen 10 to look at one another.
"Well besides Gwen…" Spider-Man replied.
"They have their ups and downs." Gwen 10 added.
"Anyways, Spider-Man," Tony said. "If you really want to kick up your game, I had an hour to kill so I came up with this."
Gwen 10 and Spider-Man looked to see what appeared to be a small vault opening up. As the vault door open a light shone within revealing something mind blowing to Spider-Man and shocking to Gwen 10. It was a suit of armor but just not any armor. The armor was a mixture of the Iron Man suit and the Spider-Man costume. The color of the armor was similar to the current Iron Man and has a larger spider silhouette clad in golden color. The golden parts were on its back, arms, wrists, ankles and its polaroids.
"Whoa," Spider-Man said in awe as his mind was blown.
"You want to take it out for a spin?" Tony asked with a smile.
"Yes." Spider-Man replied with enthusiasm before running up to the armor.
Gwen turned to Tony before asking, "Are you sure giving him that is a good idea?"
"Positive," Tony replied. "If he wants to have the advantage on other villains he needs something to surprise them. But enough about that, let's leave him to the armor and scan that little watch of yours."
Gwen then held onto the Omnitrix cautiously before saying, "You're not going to mass produce it are you?"
"Never crossed my mind," Tony replied. "That watch you have is an impressive piece of tech. Any villain on the planet would want their slimy claws on a weapon like that. This is why for the scanner, I want to see how it ticks and make some countermeasures in case a villain does nab it."
"Well that makes sense but I have to let you know something, Tony." Gwen 10 said.
"And that is?" Tony raised a brow.
"The Omnitrix isn't a weapon," She replied. "It was developed by the smartest being in five galaxies to be a tool for peace. It basically allows one to walk in another species shoes to allow them to understand each other better. He believed that and so do I because I live that every day when I go hero."
Tony smirked before saying, "Admirable, I like that. Though once I scan it that creator's title might have less meaning."
Suddenly a large claw descended downward towards Gwen 10, who looked at it as it came down. A bright blue, thin light of the scanner enveloped over the Omnitrix. A holo screen appeared in front of Tony as the scanner did its job. However he was only getting the outer image of the device and not its inner workings.
"Curious," He said rubbing his chin. "JARVIS are you seeing this?"
"Indeed, sir." A noble British male voice spoke up catching Gwen off guard. "According to the scans, it seems that the device has several security protocols installed blocking any scans of the inner workings."
"Can you bypass it?" He asked.
"Negative, sir," JARVIS replied. "This technology is years beyond what my current programming can understand. Whoever built this was a true genius, even a greater genius than Reed Richards."
"Well it was built by the leader of the Galvan so—"Gwen spoke up before being interrupted.
"The Galvan!?" Tony exclaimed before sighing. "Why am I not surprised."
"Um… is he okay?" Gwen 10 asked, clearly talking to JARVIS.
"Mr. Stark has a history with the Galvan when he and the Avengers encountered a few on a minor space mission." The AI replied. "The encounter was not satisfactory for Mr. Stark."
"More like insulting," Tony spoke up. "They said my suit was 'impressive but not amazing considering it was from a Level 2 world'. At least the two Galvans working for Fury are tolerable."
(I think tolerable is a strong word for them but he wouldn't be wrong about that.)
"So how do I look?" Spider-Man's voice spoke up catching Gwen's attention. She looked and saw him doing a mighty, but funny, pose while in the Iron Spider armor. "Do I look rocked out in this armor or what?"
"Well…" Gwen said. "It does look good on you. But are you sure you can control that suit?"
"No sweat!" Spider-Man replied. "I'm quite a tech wiz myself, so when it comes to tech—"He was abruptly interrupted as one of the jets his boots went off sending him flying and screaming. Both Gwen 10 and Tony cringed as the web-themed hero crashed into the opposite wall, causing him to groan in pain.
Gwen sighed before muttering, "I've got a bad feeling about this."
"We waiting?" Power Man spoke as a light from above shined on him.
"For Bug Boy and Miss Shifter? Why?" Nova added as a light shined on him.
"Patience is a virtue." Iron Fist also added with a light shining on him.
"So is punctuality." White Tiger spoke as a finally shined on her. "Spider-Man and Gwen 10 are late so we train without them. C.O.U.R.T. is now in session."
With that being said, a volley of S.H.I.E.L.D. battle drones rushed towards the group of heroes. Power Man at the moment was dealing with a group of six drones. The first one rushed at the teen powerhouse before its face was smashed by Power Man's fist. It deactivated as the teen turned to the last five drones surrounding him.
"They'll show." Power Man said to his team. "They always do."
Power Man then gestured to the bots asking them to bring it. One of them rushes at him sending an arm out at the teen. Power Man grabbed the incoming clawed arm easily before ripping it off from the robot. He then used said arm as a weighed whip before smacking the bots away that surrounded him.
"I think you're confusing showing up with showing off." White Tiger said as she dodged blasts from a single drone. She then sliced it in two with her claws. "While Gwen doesn't show off, it's Spider-Man that always does. Guess in this case there's obviously no Spider-Man in team."
"Back to why I should be leader." Nova spoke up. At the moment the energy shrouded teen was flying to avoid eyeball-shaped drones.
"A man cannot lead before he's found himself." Iron Fist spoke in proverb as his fist was enveloped in chi energy before smashing the group of robots surrounding him.
"Well, I'm right here wrecking major havoc all over the place." Nova said as he blasted the eye drones with his energy while giving a grin.
"It's wreaking havoc… Never mind." White Tiger said trying to correct Nova but dismissed it.
"So let's put it to a vote." Nova said before raising his hand. "All in favor of changing our name to Team Nova, raise your hands."
Before the others could respond, the ceiling above suddenly came crashing down. This caused the teenage heroes to scatter as debris fell to the ground and dust covered the area. They turned as the dust cloud settled to see a shocking sight. There before them, they saw Spider-Man in what appeared to be in an Iron Man-styled spider armor. The teen hovered before them, though somewhat poorly, as the others looked in shock.
"Yes, you can believe your eyes people," Spider-Man said. "Science has made what was perfect even better."
"If it was perfect before then how is it better?" A voice spoke up catching their attention. They looked as Big Chill flew in from the hole Spider-Man made. "Also I think you need to chill from the suit a bit. You look like you can't balance yourself in flight."
"Don't worry, everything's cool." Spider-Man assured her before turning to the others. "As you can see, I'm operating on a new level you don't quote comprehend and—"
Unfortunately, Spider-Man lifted one of his hands up causing him to lose balance. This caused the iron-clad spider hero to fly around the training room out of control. The teen hero smashed into walls and pillars, causing Big Chill to cringe a bit each time. Spider-Man then ended up careening towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. drones, smashing through two of them and melting one with the propulsion engines in his boots. The teen screamed as he made his way to a fourth one when suddenly three golden spider legs sprouted from his back before attaching the drone to his back. The drone began to open fire on the other teens, who dodged out of the way of the blasts, while Spider-Man flew out of control. Not only that but the laser fire also blasted around the training room as well before the web-themed hero finally crashed on the floor and let go of the drone.
The teens gathered as Spider-Man picked himself up off the ground. The spider arms retracted back into the suit as the faceplate opened up sideways, revealing Peter's face. He and the others looked around the training room. There were dents everywhere, pieces of robots scattered about and one of the pillars were leaning to the side. It was a complete mess.
"How do you like me now?" Peter asked with a confident smile before the faceplate closed again.
This caused the others to look at one another with a look of concern. Big Chill only just shook her head at his.
(I hate it when the feelings I get turn out to be true.)
A few days had passed since Spider-Man gotten the armor from Tony Stark. Right now, he and the others were in the meeting room, all unmasked. The last few days had been a bit hectic to say the least. Considering it was Spider-Man that was the center of it all.
"Why are you guys upset?" Peter said. "This Spider Armor rocked it. Remember Wednesday?"
"You mean when Blizzard attacked and we had to get out of the way of your weapon's fire?" Nova retorted with a raised brow.
"Don't be negative about it, Sam." Peter replied. "Don't think of it as the answer to all my problems. It's the answer to all our problems! Remember Thursday?"
"You mean when you used your own armor to block that fire attack from that fire-powered super villain?" Ava replied with a raised brow and a frown. "What you did caused a real fire hazard."
"Don't be dramatic," Peter said. "I mean, come on! I've got my own repulsor blasts! Remember yesterday?"
"Oh we remember," Luke said with a groan.
"You did stop the villain," Danny added. "But you also crashed into a bus, causing several other cars to crash into it as well."
"Peter," Gwen spoke up. "What they're trying to say is maybe you should take a break from the armor. It is impressive but you haven't got the hang of it yet."
"Hey no worries," Peter said as the face plate closed. "I'll just head to the training room and get some practice in. Catch you all later!"
With that the iron-clad spider hero left the briefing room. This caused the others to groan a bit. Their leader was becoming quite troublesome the longer he wore that armor. It's like he wasn't himself anymore.
"This is getting out of hand," Ava spoke up. "He's a total train wreck in that armor."
"Not only that he's throwing our rhythm off," Luke added. "How are we supposed to nab villains if we're scared our leader's going to blast us?"
"I say we vote for me to be team leader," Sam spoke. "All in favor?"
"Unfortunately it's not your call," Danny said. "I think we should leave the decision to our second-in-command."
Gwen sighed a bit before saying, "All we can do is talk to Fury about it. He's the one who can make the call."
In the bridge, the team (except Spider-Man) had met up with Fury. The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. knew of the situation and he didn't like it one bit. It was bad enough with Tony Stark as Iron Man but now the very man was trying to mold one of his trainees into his image. This very action would be a detriment to the team.
"It ain't working out, boss." Luke said. "That suit…"
"He's totally throwing off our rhythm in the field!" Ava added.
"He's not listening to what we say about it." Gwen also added. "And he mostly listens to me!"
Before Fury could reply, alarms in the bridge were going off. The computer systems apparently have located the Living Laser, who had reappeared. The minor matter had to wait until Living Laser was apprehended.
"Guess who's back?" Fury asked rhetorically. "Alright, you guys are going in."
"What about Spider-Man?" Gwen 10 asked.
"I'm only sending you," Fury replied before turning to the group. "Which means for this mission Gwen 10 is in charge, understood?" The group nodded in confirmation. "Good. Now go bag that light show."
In the city, Gwen 10 and the others had found Living Laser. They were able to corner him in an alleyway and were ready to fight. At the moment Gwen 10 was Feedback, knowing full well she'd need her go-to energy absorber/redirector to against the being made of living photons. She and the others got ready to fight the villain.
"We're going to make it easier for you, laser brain." Nova spoke up. "Give it up before we short circuit you."
"I'd like to see you try, children." Living Laser gave a snide reply.
Before they could fight, the group and Living Laser heard something. It sounded like propulsion engines as they looked up to see Spider-Man land in between them and the Living Laser. Feedback and the others couldn't help but inwardly groan.
"What is he doing here?!" White Tiger spoke up.
The Living Laser had an unimpressed look on his face before saying, "And what are you supposed to be?"
"Are you serious?" Spider-Man said with a confident smirk. "I'm your friendly neighborhood, Iron Spider!"
"Didn't you learn anything from last time?" Living Laser replied with a confident smirk. "You can't stop me."
"Maybe they can't." Iron Spider said. "But I got Stark Tech in this armor that told me exactly where you're going to be. That's how good I am." He then pressed a button on his wrist which caused the three golden spider legs to pop out of the armor's backside. One of was near Power Man's face, who casually pushed it away with one finger.
"Hey," Power Man said. "Maybe you should hang back until you've gotten your learner's permit on that thing."
Iron Spider was able to retract the golden spider arms back into his suit before saying, "Jealous much?"
"Afraid for my life, is more like it." Power Man replied.
While they were distracted, Living Laser took this opportunity to strike. Holding out his hand, he fired a beam of energy at Iron Spider. The beam hit the hero head on, causing him to shoot out of the alleyway. The teen hero then ended up crashing into a newsstand, causing nearby civilians to run away in fear. As Iron Spider lifted himself out of the destroyed newsstand, Living Laser landed on a car in front of the teen hero with a smirk on his face.
"You're clearly a Stark sycophant!" Living Laser said. "You reek of his arrogance."
"Oh yeah? Watch this." Iron Spider said as he fired up his jets and flew towards Living Laser. Unfortunately he couldn't control his trajectory, causing him to fly away from the villain uncontrollably. "No! No, no, no! Come on! The light bulb's that way!"
Feedback and the others watched as Iron Spider was making his way towards an advertisement billboard. He crashed through it leaving a person-shaped hole in it. He got out of the hole before trying to place the broken piece back in place. Unfortunately it didn't stay and the billboard itself collapsed to the street below, taking Iron Spider with him. Feedback face palmed before she and the others rushed towards him.
"The road to enlightenment can be a painful one." Iron Fist said in proverb.
"I'm fine!" Iron Spider said. "I can handle this! I'm the man!"
"Nope." Nova spoke. "You had your shot. Now, it's my turn."
Covering himself in energy, Nova then flew towards Living Laser. The space-themed hero was about to attack until Living Laser raised a hand up. His palm filled with energy until he blasted Nova away, who landed next to Iron Spider. This caused Feedback to face palm.
"Nicely handled, Bucket Head," Iron Spider retorted.
"What?" Nova replied before gathering Nova Force energy in his hands. "I'm just getting started."
"Nova, wait!" Feedback practically shouted.
She was ignored as Nova fired at Living Laser. The beam of space energy hit the villain head on, unfortunately it appeared to have no effect. It appeared to only make him smirk.
"Ooh. Kinda tickles," Living Laser taunted. "You've got a lot to learn about how energy works."
The villain's body began to glow before a brief flash happened, then he was gone. Green electricity spread out across the area surrounding the heroes, before going through the buildings. The Living Laser had escaped them. This made Feedback to sigh irritably before slamming the dial, causing a flash of green light and transforming back to Gwen 10.
"That went well," Iron Spider said with a snide remark.
"Face it, Junior Stark," Nova said. "In that suit, you stink!" With that said, Nova began to walk off.
"You can't control it." White Tiger added. "Clearly it's sustained some damage."
"Are you kidding?" Iron Spider said. "He never laid a glove on me."
"He didn't have to," White Tiger replied. "You're your own worst enemy in that thing."
"You guys just don't get it, do you?" Iron Spider said. "Tony Stark built this for me."
"Yeah?" Nova spoke up. "Well, you sure picked him over us in a hurry, didn't you? Why not be his sidekick from now on and quit messing with our gig." He and White Tiger began walking off. "We don't need you."
"You're serious?" Iron Spider asked in bit of a shocked voice.
"Seems that way," Power Man said before following after Nova and White Tiger.
"You know," Iron Fist spoke up. "Stark is who he is because he followed his own path. Are you certain you're following yours?"
"Where'd you come up with that, a fortune cookie?" Iron Spider rhetorically asked.
With that all but Iron Spider and Gwen 10 were left. Gwen at the moment was conflicted about what to do. She should be mad at Iron Spider for his stubborn behavior but also concerned considering the others gave up hope for him at the moment. She couldn't help but sigh in frustration.
(Yeah, I know guys. The guy, who I like and who's the leader of the team, is being a bit stubborn and jerky. Though, I can't blame him for trying something new. Danny is right however, if he doesn't want to mess up he needs to stick to what made him good in the first place. Hopefully I can talk some sense into him.)
"Are you going to scold me as well?" Iron Spider asked with a raised brow.
Gwen sighed before replying, "No but what I want to do is just talk."
"Then say what you have to say," Iron Spider shot back.
"I still think you should have practiced with that armor more than instantly use it in the field," She replied. "It just proves everyone else's point that you don't have the practice yet to control it."
"So what you're saying is I shouldn't use it anymore?" Iron Spider asked.
"I'm not," Gwen 10 shot back a reply. "What I am saying is just be yourself on the field than someone else. That suit is a useful tool but until you can control it you won't be able to bring out its full potential."
Iron Spider sighed a bit before looking to the sky and said, "You know out of everyone on the team I always found you the most reasonable."
Gwen 10 smiled before saying, "It's just one of my perks."
"So what do I do then?" Iron Spider asked.
"You be you, Spidey." Gwen 10 replied. "During regular missions just be Spider-Man, but when you want you can put on the armor on an off day and practice with it. Once you get the feeling of it you can use it when the situation calls for it. That's what you can do."
"Seriously, out of everyone you're the most reasonable," Iron Spider repeated his last comment.
Gwen 10 shrugs before saying, "I do my best. So since Living Laser got away how about a practice flight, to help with your balance and such? Don't worry I'll be there to catch you."
"Ha, ha very funny," Iron Spider said as pressed the button on his gauntlet.
Just as he did that, his suit began to be covered in green sparks, to both Iron Spider and Gwen 10's shock. This caused the thrusters in the boots to ignite which surprising were colored green as well. Suddenly the electronics of the suit began to glow the same color as sparks zipped along the suit. Gwen had a bad feeling about this.
"What's going on?!" Gwen 10 asked in shock.
"I don't know!" Iron Spider replied. "Diagnostics che—WHOA!"
Suddenly the thrusters came alive again, sending the Iron Spider backwards. He instantly grabbed onto a streetlight pole holding on to dear life. Inside of his helmet, Peter was wondering what the problem was. The now green screen then formed a neon green face in front of him, which gave out a familiar evil laugh. It was the Living Laser.
"Say hello to your new roommate." Living Laser said.
"What? Wait! You can't—how are you controlling my suit?" Peter asked in panic.
"I'm living energy," Living Laser replied. "Your suit runs on energy. Do the math."
"Spidey, what's wrong?" Gwen 10 asked in concern.
"It's Living Laser," Peter replied. "He's inside my suit!"
"That's not all," Living Laser said with a grin. "Let's go for a ride."
Suddenly the thrusters increased in power causing the iron-clad spider hero to fly into the sky screaming. Gwen 10 looked up in horror as she watched her friend flown off, abducted by the Living Laser in his own suit. She needed to act fast.
"I'm coming, Spidey!" Gwen 10 shouted before activating her Omnitrix. "Omnitrix I need something to fly and quick!"
She decided to go random and hopes she gets either XLR8 or Big Chill. Slamming down on the core she becomes enveloped in a flash of green light. Gwen could feel her body change at an alarming rate. A powerful surge of energy filled her nervous system as she closed her eyes. Her body took the shape of a red humanoid, manta ray-looking creature with two black lightning bolt-like stripes coming down from her shoulders to the green Omnitrix dial on her chest. Her height stayed the same when she was human. Two yellow horns started extending from her mouth and what looked like gills underneath her arms and yellow wings. A long whip-like tail grew down from her spine as well. The clothing she wore was a black sports tank top outlined with green as well as a black waist leotard which is wrapped by a green belt with white stripes in the middle.
Gwen looked at down at herself in awe before saying aloud, "This one is new. Hopefully it can help me catch up with Spidey."
Without a second thought, she raised her manta ray-like wings before jumping into the air and taking flight. She smiled at the result as she took to the sky like a jet. She could probably fly as fast as Iron Man could at max speed and more. Without saying a word she shot forward following after her teammate in hopes to save him.
Flying high above the city of New York, Iron Man was on the move. He gotten an alert from the tracking device he designed to find Living Laser. According to it, it said he was somewhere in the city. He hopefully would be able to stop the energy-based villain before his date with Pepper.
"Irresponsible, undermining my authority, boneheaded move," Nick Fury's voice spoke heatedly through the communicator of Iron Man's helmet.
The iron-clad Avenger couldn't help but roll his eyes before saying, "Try not to be so possessive, Fury. Parks has popped out of his gopher hole again and I'm on my way to deal with him once and for all. As far as the Iron Spider's concerned, you've seen him in action, he's doing fine."
"Fine as you mean being a hazard on the team?" Nick Fury retorted.
"So he's starting out in it rough, give him time." Tony replied. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to catch a super villain before my date."
Just as he closed communications with the director of S.H.I.E.L.D, something smashed through a window to his left charging at him. He looks to see, in shock, that it was the Iron Spider. The spider-themed iron hero tackles the original causing the said hero to tumble a bit below. Iron Man catches himself before flying up and hovering next to his "attacker".
"What are you doing?" Iron Man asked with a confused tone.
"He's taken over the armor!" Iron Spider replied as he was now forced fly away by his captor.
Iron Man gave chase before saying, "Living Laser, you don't have the IQ points to breach that armor's security."
"Says what you know," Living Laser replied before forcing Iron Spider to face Iron Man. "Ready for another round?"
Without another word, both iron-clad individuals charged at one another. Living Laser fired the Iron Spider's repulsor blasts while Iron Man fired his. The two beams of energy clashed with one another as the result gave out a large shockwave. This caused Living Laser to lose his balance a bit when Iron Man appeared above him, forcing the captor towards the ground below. As they made their trip downward, Iron Man was constantly punching at the Iron Spider.
"This isn't really how I pictured our first team up." Iron Spider said before both he and Iron Man crashed into the roof a building.
"I'm trying to run down his power," Iron Man helped explain to the spider-themed hero. "Trust me, kid, this hurts you much more than it hurts me."
"Literally," Iron Spider groaned.
"Here's the deal." Living Laser spoke up catching their attention. "You shut down your armor's high level security functions or I heat up this armor from the inside and cook this kid alive."
"Don't listen to him!" Iron Spider argued. "Just do whatever you gotta do to stop him."
Tony angrily sighed before rising up and said, "Accessing Iron Man security systems. Voice command: section eight. Firewalls are down." The faceplate to his helmet lifted up showed his glaring face. "Do your worst, Arthur."
WHAM!
Tony tumbled as Living Laser had sucker punched the iron Avenger. Iron Spider's eyes widened at the sight of his fellow hero lying in a heap before him. This made him angry at the energy-based villain.
"Hey! That's dirty fighting!" Iron Spider spoke. The teen then noticed he had control over his armor again.
"Don't worry, kid." Living Laser spoke up. "He's just taking a little nap. Exactly the opening I need."
Iron Spider then looked around trying to find the Living Laser. Unnoticed by him, the armor began to spark with green electricity. The eyes and arc reactor of the armor changed color to green like the sparks. The Iron Man armor was now controlled by the Living Laser.
"Where did you go?" Iron Spider asked aloud.
"I moved to a better neighborhood." Living Laser said catching the iron clad spider hero's attention.
Iron Spider looked and saw, in shock, Iron Man rise up. Unfortunately, it wasn't Tony who was in control of the suit. He saw the color of the green energy shining in the suits eyes and arc reactor. It wasn't before long that Living Laser then took off into the sky disappearing from Iron Spider's view with a sonic boom.
"No!" Iron Spider cried out as he watched Living Laser fly away.
"Spidey!" a voice called out catching his attention.
He looked and he saw what appeared to be a flying humanoid manta ray land in front of him. He was about to go on the defensive until he saw the dial of the Omnitrix on the creatures chest, revealing it to be Gwen 10 in alien form.
"Gwen?" Iron Spider asked in shock.
"It's me," Gwen replied. "The Omnitrix gave me a new alien. You would not believe how fast this one can fly."
"A manta ray that can fly?" Iron Spider questioned. "Now I've seen everything."
"Not a manta ray," Gwen said before taking to the air a bit hovering. "More like a Jetray!" She pauses a bit look around. "Where's Living Laser?"
Iron Spider got a down-casted look before answering, "He's gotten control of Iron Man's suit. He knocked him out after Iron Man saved me before flying off."
Jetray placed her hand on his shoulder, "We'll save him, Spidey. First we need to head back to the Helicarrier. You think you can fly?"
Iron Spider nodded before answering, "I think I can."
Without a single word, the two heroes took flight back to the Helicarrier. Hopefully they could think up a plan to save Iron Man.
Back on the Helicarrier, Peter was at work fixing up his armor as well as modifying it. The armor made it to where his abilities were closer to Iron Man's than his own. So he decided to fix it to where it would benefit his abilities more. Hopefully it'll be enough to stop an armor suited Living Laser.
"What are you doing?" The sound of Ava's voice spoke up, catching his attention.
He turned and saw Gwen and the others looking at him before he answered, "Repairing. Modifying. Improving."
"We heard from Gwen about what happened to Iron Man," Luke then spoke.
"Yeah, well trying to make up for it now," Peter replied. "Someone's got to save him. I hacked into Stark's factory security systems. The Living Laser is in his armor and he's taken over the place."
"Did you tell Fury?" Ava asked.
Peter shook his head before answering, "Not yet. I thought I could just… Look, I know I let you guys down. I don't blame you one bit for wanting to cut me loose. I got no problem doing this alone."
"You did blow it, big time." Sam said in a joking tone.
"Hey, man, we're in this together." Luke said. "We always were."
"Even when you're a major screw-up, which is often, we'd never let you fly solo on this." Ava added.
"And we should move now," Luke said. "Get in there before Fury has a chance to send in the cavalry."
"You guys would do that?" Peter asked. "Isn't that disobeying some kind of order?"
"You can't disobey an order that was never given," Gwen added as she and the others put their masks on.
"Just do us a favor, forget the armor, okay?" Ava added. "You work better without it."
"Hold on," Danny spoke up. "Let's all dig deep and find a little optimism here. It's not going to be like before, is it?"
Peter smirks before placing the Iron Spider helmet on and said, "Oh, don't worry. It's not going to be anything like before. I'm on my path now."
Gwen gave a smile to the team leader before saying, "That's all we wanted to hear."
At Stark Industries, the Living Laser was trying to use the suit to access the design files of various inventions Tony invented. Unfortunately that was going to be troublesome because of the AI looking after the system. It was too stubborn to give him the files he needed and it was irritating the villain. He was going to keep pushing until he got what he wanted.
"This is an egregious security breach." JARVIS said. "These designs are classified."
"I'm in charge now and I'm going to make a fortune selling Stark's technology." Living Laser retorted greedily.
Suddenly the vault door was blown apart. Living Laser tensed as the dust began to settle to reveal a shocking sight. There before him was Iron Fist, White Tiger, Power Man and Nova battle ready to fight the villain.
"Knock, knock." Iron Fist said.
"Nice one, but check this out." Nova added.
"Think you've got what it takes to defeat Iron Man?" Living Laser asked in a confident tone. "Would you kill Stark to do it?"
Suddenly his sensors went off as he looked up at the ceiling. Part of the ceiling caved in as two figures fell through it. The first figure was Iron Spider, who landed in a classic Iron Man fashion with a bit of Spidey pizazz. The other figure was Gwen 10, who was transformed into Jetray at the moment. She flew around Iron Spider before hovering behind him.
"Time to bring it, sparky!" Iron Spider taunted the villain.
"And this time we'll knock your lights out." Jetray added.
Living Laser didn't waste any time firing his repulsors at the group. Iron Spider jumped out of the way before clinging to the wall before his Spider Sense went off. Living Laser then began to rapid fire at the iron-armored spider hero, who dodged each repulsor blast. The villain the fired the suits unibeam at him while Iron Spider retaliated with his own variation of repulsors he dubbed repulsor webbing. Both attacks collided with one another before canceling each other out in a shockwave of energy.
Living Laser then fired a repulsor blast at Nova, hitting him in the chest causing him to be knocked back into the wall before falling to the ground. Before the villain could retaliate, Power Man football tackled the villain forcing him to the ground. That's where he and the armor-stealing villain engaged in close combat.
"Got to be a way to wake Stark up!" Iron Spider muttered to himself. "Calling up Iron Man armor detail." Various specs of the armor popped up on his HUD until he noticed one feature. "Hold on. Security failsafe? JARVIS?"
"Young man, that is an electrical charge that can be delivered into Mister Stark's brain." JARVIS answered. "A defibrillator for his entire nervous system. I do not recommend this option."
Power Man sent one punch after another at Living Laser, who dodged each strike. The teen then sent a roundhouse kick at the villain, who then caught it with his hands. Living Laser looked to see Nova, White Tiger and Jetray heading towards him. He lifted Power Man up, swung him around before tossing him at Nova. The result was Power Man crashing into the space teen as both hit the ground.
Living Laser then dodged White Tiger's slashes before blocking one. The villain then fired a repulsor blast at the tiger teen. White Tiger reacted quickly, back flipping away from the blast before landing on all fours. Living Laser then fired his unibeam at White Tiger. The cat-themed heroine was about to dodge when suddenly Jetray appeared before her. The manta ray-like alien's eyes and the tip of her tail glowed before firing three beams of green energy at the unibeam. The four beams of energy collided with one another resulting in a shockwave of energy.
While watching this Iron Spider made his decision before saying, "We've got no choice. Now, how do I do it?"
"Downloading remote activation codes to your CPU now." JARVIS answered as he transferred the data to Iron Spider's HUD.
Back in the fight, the team were engaging Living Laser once more. At the moment the Living Laser was fighting Iron Fist. The teen martial artist sent punches at the villain but the attacks were blocked each time. Living Laser sent out a kick, which Iron Fist caught, before activating a repulsor blast in the suits boot sending Iron Fist back. Without wasting time, Living Laser started sending out various missiles at the group of heroes. The teens took action to evade.
Power Man jumped away from a volley of missiles before making another jump to dodge another. White Tiger, using her cat-like agility, dodged the various missiles heading her way. Various missiles made their way towards Iron Fist and Nova. Iron Fist's fist glowed with chi before punching the ground, causing large boulders to jut out of the ground in the way of a few missiles. The rest were punched to oblivion by the teen martial artist.
Jetray, at the moment, was being chased by a minor group of missiles. Using her impressive speed and flight, she confused the missiles to where a few of them struck the walls before exploding. She turned and saw a final missile coming towards her. Without wasting any effort, her eyes glowed before firing her neuroshock blasts at the missile. The missile exploded ending the little chase.
Living Laser then turned to see Iron Spider land in front of him. The villain grunted in annoyance before saying, "You again?"
"Missed me, didn't you?" Iron Spider asked rhetorically. "Got a new magic trick to show you." He then snapped his fingers which in terms activated the protocol.
Living Laser looked at himself in shock as sparks of electricity danced around his body. Inside the armor, the protocol went to work shocking Tony. This caused him to wake up with a surprised shout before looking around, slightly disoriented. With him awake again, the Living Laser was having trouble controlling the armor. The armor was firing off multiple unibeam blasts, which Iron Spider dodged a few of them.
"Hey," Iron Spider said through the communications to Iron Man. "You need to reinstall your armor security ASAP!"
"Right," Iron Man said in a grunt.
Tony began the reinstall the security protocol to his armor. As he did this, the armor was covered in green energy with sparks flying out a bit. Living Laser saw that the suit was forcing him out. The villain couldn't help but trying to fight it but to no avail.
"I hate to break it you, Laser," Tony said. "But I don't share my personal space with anyone that isn't a certain redhead. So that means you're out!"
With that Iron Man forced the villain out of his suit, allowing him full control once again. Jetray landed next to Iron Spider, who both watched with the look of victory on their faces. However their victory was cut short. They looked behind them to see Living Laser reformed himself with a look of anger on his face.
"How dare you!" The villain of energy shouted in anger.
"I see both your fashion senses took a jump," Iron Man said to the two heroes. "Want to help me clean up?"
"Aww yeah!" Iron Spider replied. "I think I know how."
Jetray looked at Iron Spider with a raised brow before saying, "You're not thinking what I know you're thinking of right?"
"Definitely," Iron Spider replied.
"Good thinking, kid." Iron Man complemented.
The three heroes then faced Living Laser. Iron Man and Iron Spider fired their repulsor weapons while Jetray fired her optic neuroshock lasers at the villain. The three beams hit the villain, but instead of harming him it made him grow bigger. The Living Laser glared at the three as he gain the height of a giant.
"You can't fight me with energy." He said. "I am energy! That armor is the key to controlling Stark Industries. And I want it back."
"By all means," Iron Man replied. "Come and get it."
With that said, Iron Man flew towards the ceiling, crashing through it causing debris to fall. The Living Laser didn't waste time and followed after the Iron Avenger. He was going to take back the armor even if had to rip Stark out of there to do it.
Jetray then landed on the ground before slamming the dial on her chest, causing a flash of green light to envelop her and transform her back to Gwen 10. She and the others then gathered together to go over the plan.
"Nice work," Power Man said. "Now how can we help him?"
"Got it all worked out," Iron Spider said before making a dash towards a hallway. "Come with me." The group did not hesitate to follow after their iron-clad leader.
Outside the factory, Iron Man was doing aerial maneuvers keeping away from the Living Laser. The said villain was right on the iron-suited hero's tail and closing in. He dodged when Living Laser tried to strike and continued to fly. He then opened his communications which connected to the Iron Spider.
"You there, kiddo?" Iron Man asked.
In the main labs, Iron Spider and the others had arrived. Iron Spider was now at the controls keeping an eye on the monitors. "I'm here. You're heading for the thing and he's right on your tail."
"What thing?" Nova asked with a raised brow.
"The thing!" Iron Spider tried to explain. "The thing that does the thing!"
"Was that even English?" White Tiger asked.
"Trust me," Gwen 10 spoke up. "The thing he's talking about is possibly the only thing that can stop Living Laser."
Back with Iron Man, he continued flying away from the Living Laser. They passed through the airport and a warehouse before exiting the building. Just up ahead, Iron Man could see the main building he was heading towards.
"Okay, I'm close." Iron Man said through communications. "Keep tracking my signal when I'm clear, fire it up."
"Whoa, wait a minute." Iron Spider said. "Me? Shouldn't you do it?"
"My onboards are still rebooting." Iron Man replied. "You'll have to do it manually."
"That was not part of the plan, man." Iron Spider retorted.
"You can do it." Iron Fist encouraged the team leader.
"You really think so?" Power Man said to the blonde quietly before getting an elbow in his rib from Gwen.
"He can." She replied with a smile. "Don't worry, Power Man. He's got this."
In the main lobby of the labs, Pepper Potts looked down at her phone to check the time. Tony was already 15 minutes late and she wondered what was going on. She sighed a bit before putting her phone away.
"Where is he?" Pepper muttered aloud. "Not once has he been late for a date." She paused a bit before speaking up again. "Except that one time when the Mandarin busted into the factory to seek vengeance against him, which wasn't his fault. I wonder what his excuse is this time."
Suddenly, a blur of gold and red passes over her head causing her to look. There she saw Iron Man, flying through the lobby as fast as he could. Behind him was a mass of neon green energy chasing after the iron Avenger. Pepper couldn't help but sigh recognizing the mass.
"The Living Laser," She muttered. "Of course someone that evil would be the cause of him being late for the date." Without another word, Pepper began to walk off to her office. She needed to grab something for the situation.
Back with Iron Man, the Living Laser was still on his tail. The iron-clad hero saw the molecular disruption chamber ahead and immediately flew inside. Taking the bait, Living Laser flew in after him trying to swipe at the hero.
"Almost there." Iron Man muttered to himself. "Hold it. Hold it." He then immediately exited the chamber before shouting out. "Now!"
In the main lab, Iron Spider used the controls to switch on the MDC. The device turned on, which the Living Laser felt immediately. The villain screamed as he felt his physical form being separated bit by bit. In a flash of light, the Living Laser was gone.
Outside, Iron Spider, Gwen 10 and the others met up with Iron Man, who had landed in front of the group. They were glad the plan had worked.
"It disrupted his basic photonic structure," Iron Spider explained to the other four. "Expanding it across several dimensions to a point where he could no longer control his physical form."
"Pretty cool, huh?" Iron Man added.
"So, where do you think he ended up?" Nova asked.
Iron Man, Iron Spider and Gwen 10 shrugged before all answered, "I don't know."
Dimension: EarthB10O-10082014
Location: Bellwood, USA
"Ugh, I'm so bored!" A male voice said before the sound of slurping was heard.
The owner of the voice was a teenage boy around the age of sixteen. He had shaggy brown hair, green eyes, pale skin and a skinny build. He wore a black shirt with green stripes in the middle and its sides along with a white symbol of the number 10 on the chest. He also wore brown cargo pants with pockets at the knees along with green and white shoes. He wasn't alone either.
Sitting with the boy were two people. The first one was a Japanese-American girl with brown eyes and black hair tied in a short ponytail. She wore a pink hoodie over a white shirt along with a white skirt and shoes. On her lap was a dog equivalent of a Galvanic Mechamorph sitting while wagging its technorganic tail.
The other individual sitting with them was a male alien. He was tall, with periwinkle-blue colored fur, black markings on his face, and pointed ears. The middle of his face was white and had red eyes. He wore what appeared to be a skin-tight black and blue armor.
"Come on, Ben," The girl said, identifying the brown-haired boy known as Ben. "It has been nice since we busted Animo for trying to mutate Bellwood Zoo's animals for his own personal army."
"Ship!" The Galvanic Mechamorph pup simply said in agreement.
"Easier said than done, Julie." Ben said to the girl. "All I ask for is a different villain or something. Someone not as lame as Animo, but cool enough to give us a challenge. What do you think, Rook?"
The alien known as Rook sipped the drink he had in his hand before replying, "I wouldn't go asking for a challenge myself. Then again you are right to say that the criminals this week haven't been challenging."
Ben then takes a sip of his drink before saying, "Just wish something would happen right now."
As if the universe provided, a flash of light appears in the middle of the street near where they were sitting. The group looked as what they saw a neon green-colored being of energy appears. The Living Laser had arrived in Bellwood.
"What the hell?!" The Living Laser said in shock before looking around. "Where am I?"
The trio blinked in shock at what they had witnessed.
"Well," Julie spoke up. "That's new."
"I think the universe was listening to you this time, Ben." Rook said.
Ben got up before finishing his drink and smiled. "Thank you, universe." He then proceeded over to the energy-based villain. "Hey, light show!"
Living Laser turned to Ben with a glare, "What do you want, brat?"
"I just have to ask, are you a villain?" Ben replied.
"What's it to you, kid?" Living Laser replied. "If you're the local hero here then I'm not impressed."
"Considering you don't know who I am," Ben said with a smirk as he readied his own Omnitrix. "I'm guessing you're not from around here."
"I'm the Living Laser," The villain introduced. "Once I beat you, I'll find the one who sent me here and make him pay!"
"Figured you were going to do a super villain rant," Ben said before slamming down on the dial.
In a flash of green light, Ben's form began to shift and change. His height grew to twelve feet and became more saurian. His skin became hard, brown, and a sort of beige color and had a sort of humanoid body. He also wore black briefs with a white band and a green sash across his chest with the dial of the Omnitrix on it. His eyes were green with his fingernails and toenails being grey.
The light faded revealing his form to Living Laser, who gaped at it. The saurian-like alien then gave out a shout after had transformed into…
"Humungousaur!"
Living Laser backed up a bit as the saurian-like alien got close before saying, "Well, laser boy, one thing you should know. You made a humongous mistake for wanting to cause trouble, in my home town no less."
Living Laser couldn't help but shiver in fear before muttering, "Aw shit…"
Dimension: Earth-12401G10
Location: Stark Industries, New York
"So," Iron Man said as his faceplate rose to reveal Tony's face. "I see you took some liberties with the suit I build for you."
"Well, not for nothing." Iron Spider replied before the face plate opened to reveal Peter's face. "But this thing had problems. I had to pop the hood." Peter saw the look on Tony's face before saying, "Uh. You know no offense."
Tony sighed before saying, "Well at least you got it to make it work for you. No point being mad about that." The man then hummed a bit. "Though, I can't help that I forgot something important."
"TONY ANTHONY STARK!" A female voice called out in a shout, catching everyone's attention.
From the sky, a figure landed in front of the group. The individual was wearing armor similar to Tony, however it was slimmer and the color palette was different. Instead of red and gold, the armor was violet and silver. The figure was stomping towards Tony who looked a bit fearful right now.
"H-Hey, Pep." Tony spoke with a slight stutter.
The faceplate of her armor rose to reveal her face before saying, "Don't you hey Pep me. Do you realize how late you are? I have half a mind to toss you around right now."
"Come on, Pep it wasn't my fault." Tony said trying to explain. "The Living Laser was causing trouble so I had to—"He was cut off as Pepper grabbed onto his cheek, causing him to seethe a bit. "Ow, Ow, Ow! Pep, not the cheek!"
"That still doesn't give you an excuse to not contact me about being a bit late. We're going to have a serious talk when we get home." With that said, Pepper then dragged Tony away by his cheek.
"The cheek, the cheek!" Tony said with a seethed voice.
The group couldn't help but blink in shock and confusion at what happened.
"Well," Gwen spoke up. "That just happened."
Back on the Helicarrier, the group was in the meeting room. They had all gathered to where Peter wanted to apologize to them for his behavior during the week. Gwen knew he meant it and could have been more proud of him.
"So, are we all good?" Peter said. "I'm just making sure."
"That's your idea of an apology?" Ava asked with a raised brow.
"I'm sorry," Peter said before scooting next to Danny. "Hey, Danny, you were right, you know? I'm better off being an uncool me than a cool someone else."
Danny smiled before quoting, "Where did you come up with that? A fortune cookie?" Gwen couldn't help but giggle at that.
(Glad to know Peter has learned a valuable lesson. You can't fix what ain't broken but you can improve them a bit with lessons and experience. With friends like us, he'll improve more over time. Though, he won't be the only one to improve, either.)
The doors to the meeting hall opened up to reveal Fury walking in before saying, "Alright, alright. Get out of here before I remember that you weren't authorized to even think about going to Stark's factory."
As the others left, Peter was about leave but Fury stopped him before saying, "Except you. I want to talk to you."
"What about me, sir?" Gwen spoke up.
"You're dismissed, Gwen 10." Fury replied. "Don't worry about your leader, I just want to show him something."
"It'll be okay, Gwen." Peter said. "I'll see you at school tomorrow."
"Alright," Gwen said before walking out.
She walked out onto the flight deck before activating her Omnitrix before transforming into latest alien.
"Jetray!" she shouted with a slightly raspy voice before taking to the air.
A lot had happened tonight, fighting the Living Laser, getting a new alien and watching Pepper drag Tony Stark away. Hopefully her life won't get too crazy after this. Then again she doesn't know what the future will hold, especially for a transforming super heroine like her.
And that's the end of that chapter folks! Hope you all loved seeing Gwen's science-side, a new alien form, as well as the added character Pepper Potts, aka Rescue. I also like to announce that I'll be working on five chapters for my other story, RWBY: Digital Hunters, so chapter 8 for this story is going to be way later. Anyways keep an eye out for any grammatical errors and typos and inform me about it to edit and correct. Until next time, true believers!
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