Ok now, ladies and gentlemen, welcome one and all to the Avenging Remnant Reboot!

Cue fireworks, celebratory music and all.

Yes, that's right folks, after a long time away from this story and a long time of processing the trajectory of this story I came to realize that this story needs an outright reboot.

Was contemplating it for a time but my good friend and comrade BulletStormX suggested it and honestly was surprised how readily I said yes to it. Jebest4781 was suggesting the same thing really so the old story was scrapped with a massive redesign and all.

With my two comrades, while we carried over a number of details from the original iteration, we did a whole restructuring of the story from top to bottom with more still to come.

Overall, we're following a Phases program with the first phase being more or less planned out, phase 2 still in overall development and phase 3 having concepts and ideas to explore until we get to them.

Really should have seen it coming with everything we've seen and learned in both the MCU and RWBY over the last few years that the only way this story would have gone is into a reboot. So better do it now then not touch on the story and lose interest in it.

So yeah, we have our plans, we have our story arcs and plot beats. We got out roster of characters that continue to grow and we have everything in motion now.

I thank you all who have come before who have read the first iteration of this story and welcome you all back to those who have awaited this patiently.

Welcome to the start of a new journey that's familiar.

And like before, AU in effect. A LOT of AU.

Rate Read and Review and as Always Have Nice Day.

Avengers Age Of Remnant Chapter 1: Assembled Disassembly

Earth.

Remnant.

Two planets either separated by space or universes.

Two planets that have their share of dangers, threats and villains.

Yet two planets that have their martyrs, warriors and above all else, heroes.

Heroes who stand strong and unwavering in the face of overwhelming odds and adversity.

Heroes such as Captain America, the First Avenger.

Tony Stark, the Invincible Iron Man.

The Incredible Hulk.

Thor, Mighty God of Thunder

Hawkeye, Earth's Greatest Marksman

And Natasha Romanoff AKA the deadly Black Widow.

Earth's Mightiest Heroes who came together to form the superhero team called the Avengers.

Together and apart, they saved the world from certain annihilation and domination on numerous occasions.

And far off on the other side of the cosmos was the planet of Remnant with its own set of heroes.

Ruby Rose,

Weiss Schnee

Blake Belladonna

Yang Xiao-Long

Jaune Arc

Nora Valkyrie

Pyrrha Nikos

Lie Ren

Eight young students that represented the best of their generation that would be their homeworlds future protectors.

Separately, these groups of heroes went about their own journeys and paths that cemented their legends in heroism, never to cross paths with one another.

Until they did…

In a time where the Avengers experienced their breaking point in their own Civil War, those that resisted the Sokovia Accords wound up on Remnant, forever linking both worlds to one another.

The ramifications of this crossover of two worlds so different yet so similar changed the face of the universe that they came from.

Heroes rising farther than ever before whilst others fell before their time.

Two worlds of heroes uniting together to defend the universe from stopping the elimination of half of all life in the universe.

Did they succeed?

Did they fail?

I cannot say for sure. The story of that universe darkened before the conclusion could be met.

But from what I did see before I turned my gaze away…

Love, loss, destruction, rebirth and a hope for a better tomorrow.

Yet the ever looming threat of defeat hung over that reality as it does for all of them.

But that story book has been closed.

However, as all things are in an endless Multiverse, one book closes…

And another opens to take its place.

We pick up in a time of victory and reformation.

The Avengers have achieved victory over the genocidal AI known as Ultron.

While two of the original six have gone their separate ways from the team, four remain on to guide the new members as the next set of Avengers who would safeguard the world.

-Scene Cut-

The Avengers.

Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Since the year 2008, they have been busy to say the least.

It all started with Tony Stark coming out to the world by outing himself as Iron Man.

Since then, it has been a snowball effect into an avalanche of one crazy event after another.

Hulk's battle in Harlem.

Captain America being revealed to have been trapped in ice for over 60 years.

Thor being an actual real God meaning the Norse Pantheon was not myth.

And that was just the start of it before Black Widow and Hawkeye joined in the fray.

Then came 2012 and in that year, there came a day unlike any other.

Where the might of one hero wouldn't be enough to stop the tide of evil that was to descend upon Earth.

On that day, the Avengers were born, coming together to defeat the God of Mischief and Thor's adopted brother Loki.

Since that time, these heroes had been busy taking on other threats whilst the Earth continued to be filled with more heroes to combat these new dangers.

Their presence had invited challenge and conflict.

In response to this all, Tony Stark, in an act of desperation and fear created something… horrible.

Ultron.

With his creation came the near catastrophic end of the Earth had it not been for the Avengers coming together once more to stop him.

Now a new day has come.

Whilst Thor departed back to Asgard and Hulk disappeared into parts unknown, the responsibility of the Avengers fell onto new heroes.

Sam Wilson who joined up with Captain Rogers to take down HYDRA as the Falcon.

Tony's best friend Colonel James Rhodes or as he likes to call himself, War Machine. With an X, all caps.

The Maximoff twins of Pietro and Wanda, the speedy brawn and the literal telekinetic brain.

And of course, the synthetic being known simply as Vision.

The Avengers stood strong with this roster of new and old and were ready to stand as the protectors of Earth.

But…

One can never have enough protection when safeguarding the planet.

-New Avengers HQ-

Captain Steve Rogers, veteran of World War II and often regarded as the world's first superhero, walked alone through one of the hallways of the new headquarters of the Avengers stationed in upstate New York.

It had been about a month since Sokovia and the team was still in a bit of a transitional phase.

Thor had long since departed to investigate these "Infinity Stones" and figure out where, how and why they had apparently been cropping up across the cosmos from what he told them.

Hulk was still MIA with Natasha trying what she could in locating their wayward teammate.

Everyone else was adjusting to the new norm. New lives in a new environment for some. New experiences being anticipated for others.

One such example was Vision, due to him having a literal new lease on life. Him now being a month old and slowly learning more of the world through a new point of view instead of his former digitized life.

He had to learn firsthand on how to interact with humans that didn't involve computing or algorithms. Though he used them on occasion.

Another came from the Maximoff twins.

This was something of a shock to their world in more ways than one since gaining their powers.

Pietro spent a number of days recovering from his near death injuries at the hands of Ultron back on Sokovia before he was able to move around properly again.

Despite the two saving the world with the Avengers, they did have other consequences that needed to be dealt with.

With them having joined Hydra and later Ultron, they needed to work and earn their exonerations for their crimes. This meant having to be present with other Avengers when going out of the compound. Them having to attend usual parole meetings.

But thanks to Nick Fury, he managed to put in some input for Clint to be their overall chaperone.

He figured he was the best choice for the twins to get themselves adjusted to their new lifestyle and such.

Sam and Rhodey had little trouble in getting into their new roles as members of the Avengers so at least that was an avoided headache.

Tony surprisingly opted to stay on for a bit longer though for Steve it was easy to see why.

He didn't realize it but every now and then, the Super Soldier caught the genius billionaire having a gaunt and haunted look.

Something which began from the Chitauri invasion of New York and has since escalated after Ultron.

Cap hoped he'd catch his friend in a better mood as he walked into the laboratory of their HQ and of course saw Tony in the middle of the room tinkering with his armors as he always did.

"I take it Pepper failed in convincing you to take a break." Steve said aloud though Tony didn't look up from his work.

"Oh she convinced me alright." Stark remarked with a slight smirk. "She convinced me all night long. And day… and… you know what, I don't wanna get into detail. I know how conservative you elderly folks tend to be."

"Do you ever act your age?"

"Do you?" Tony shot back.

"I'm a hundred years old and am confused about everything in the modern era while being critical of a few things." Rogers said, leaning up against one of the pillars in the room. "So yes, I'm quite confident that I am."

Stark rolled his eyes good naturedly as he held out his hand and a piece of armor shot at him and formed his armor around his forearm.

"Speed on that needs a bit more work." Tony murmured. "Friday-"

"Already marked it boss." Spoke the billionaires newest AI assistant.

Steve shook his head. "Looks like Pepper didn't do enough to get you to wear you out."

His friend paused in his work and turned to the veteran to give him an incredulous look.

"Was that a- well, looks like there's hope for you yet, soldier."

Rogers only 'hmphed' in amusement before approaching Tony's work area.

"So what's this about, Tony?" He asked with his arms crossed. "From how you phrased it, sounded pretty important."

"Quite." Tony stated, looking over suit diagnostics. "Just waiting for Nat to join us. Was gonna invite Clint, Thor and Hulk but apparently cupid is busy with our new adoptees and the other two aren't responding to my calls."

Just as he finished saying that did another set of doors on the other side of the room opened to reveal Black Widow.

"Okay, I'm here." She said, appearing to have just come from a workout judging by the canteen in her hand. "What is it you wanted to talk about, Tony?"

"Something that's an OG Avengers discussion."

"OG?" Nat looked around in confusion. "You do know we're three people short, right?"

Tony waved that question off. "Clint's babysitting the wonder twins and the other two keep sending me to voicemail. Have to make do with what we got."

Nat and Steve shared a look with each other, the former silently asking the latter what Stark was talking about with a shrug being her answer.

"Alright Tony, what's this about?" Steve asked again.

Tony picked up his holographic phone and flicked it lightly in the air.

"This." He declared with a number of screens appearing.

On it, they saw multiple streets that were from New York as Steve recognized one of the street names whilst there was the name of the area in the corner hand of all the screens.

In these displays, there was something that appeared in a red and blue blur only to disappear a moment later.

Nat lightly shook her head. "What the hell was that?"

Steve narrowed his eyes as the screens replayed several times over, slower and slower until all the frames froze and cleared up the blur.

It was a human. That was certain. But he was swinging and hanging on… something… was that rope of some kind?

"What am I looking at here?" He asked, looking at the clearly impressed inventor who had a wide smirk on display.

"Someone promising."

It didn't take long for Natasha to realize where Tony was going.

"Recruiting more already?" She asked with a curious look.

"Just a soft one, mind you." Stark quickly said. "I already was making a list of potential candidates for the past several days now, but I wanted to get your guy's opinion on this one first."

"And why are you doing this?" Steve asked.

Tony shrugged.

"Ideas for reserves, in case any of us are indisposed, preoccupied… or worse. Emergencies for another if a threat is too big to handle by the basic team."

Both of his friends and comrades were silent for a moment which prompted him to move on.

He sighed haggardly as he placed both hands on the table in front of him and leaned down with his head hung low.

"Look, I won't lie to you guys when I say that Ultron was my fault." Stark said with a tired voice. "You were right Steve when I should have talked to you guys about that which is why I'm doing it now."

Steve stared at his friend and once more saw that look in his eyes.

That look of exhaustion and terror that he had seen a number of times now.

"At least you're honest about it. And admitting your issue." Steve said lightly. "So this plan of yours…"

"What are you, my grandfather?" Tony jokingly asked.

"At the rate you're acting, I might as well have to be."

The Iron Avenger snorted before he showed a picture of what appeared to be a high school boy.

"I'm sorry, what?" Natasha said aloud in bewilderment.

"This is him."

"Him, who?"

"The spider...ling? Crime fighting spider? I don't know honestly. One of the images I got had a spider symbol on his chest and that stuff he's using to swing around on and do those fancy tricks is a webbing of some kind. The tensile strength is off the charts."

"You want to recruit a kid?" Steve asked, somewhat incredulous at this notion. "He doesn't even look like he's no older than 14."

"15 actually." Tony corrected absentmindedly.

"The point," Steve stressed out, "is that you plan on bringing in a heavily inexperienced kid into this line of life."

"Do you not see him stopping that bus with his bare hands?" the Billionaire rhetorically asked, pointing to the screen showing this boy do just that in an instant.

"Tony." Widow said with a withering sigh.

"If you think I made him do this-"

"Say if he does accept joining," Romanoff interrupted with a skewed look. "How is it you'll get away with having him onboard. He isn't even an adult."

Iron Man bobbed his head from side to side for a few moments. "Paid internship program."

The red head raised an unimpressed brow. "Really? Is that the best you can come up with?"

"As opposed to my other ideas?"

"He's still a kid." Cap said airily.

"Did that stop you from wanting to enlist?"

"Tony, that's not fair and you know it." Rogers shot back. "And in case you forgot, I was 24 when I joined, nine years older than him."

"You were still a babyface, Cap." Tony said with a shrug. "And pretty sure you didn't have what this kid does right now when you were fifteen."

It appeared that their friend was dead set on this since he was ready to counter just about everything they had to throw at him.

And not in the typical deflective way he had done in the past.

No, this time, he appeared determined to have them bring this kid on board.

Natasha sighed aloud and hung her head down for a second before looking back up at the armored superhero.

"Tony, are you sure-"

"No, no I'm not." Stark said. "It's why I'm telling you both."

He held his hand out to the display of this new enhanced that was now out there.

"This kid has been doing this for a few months now." He said emphatically. "I don't know what makes him do it but he's out there helping people on the daily compared to us who only come out for our Super Bowl. Maybe we can show him the ropes, train him up a bit. Make sure that guys like him who are the future heroes of this Earth don't fall into the same mistakes we have done."

Steve and Nat stared at the billionaire hero before looking back up at the looped set of videos of this teenaged, enhanced actions.

The part with him stopping the bus in an instant without damaging the car was impressive to say the least.

Rogers exhaled and shook his head. "Alright. We'll follow your lead."

Tony blinked. "I'm sorry, what?"

Nat smirked at him. "Your project."

"My project?" Tony squawked. "I'm sorry, do I look like I'm good with kids?"

"What about that one you helped out with the whole AIM thing?" Steve asked.

Stark groaned aloud. "Don't get me started on that again."

The former SHIELD agent and WWII veteran laughed at their friend's reaction.

"Alright, we'll go with you." Steve stated.

They saw Tony perk up. "There, now was that so hard?"

"You two handle it." Nat remarked, turning to walk out of the room. "I'm good with 12 and under."

"You only say that cause of Clint." Tony called back out at her. "Doesn't that make you the most experienced?"

"It does." She retorted. "Which makes it funnier for me to see you two struggle."

With that, the duo saw Romanoff walk out the door and left the two of them alone.

"She can be really mean." Stark bluntly stated.

Steve only hummed in response, stepping over to the holo-screen displaying the identity of this masked vigilante and potential new recruit.

He looked over the name, murmuring it to himself.

His eyes then caught sight of where this teen was from.

"Queens, huh?" Rogers couldn't help but say with a small smirk forming.

All the while…

"It was nice to have you both over."

"No, no, thank you so much for having us. And I'm sorry if Pietro ate too much."

"I didn't eat that much Wanda, Jesus."

"We made sure to save you some."

"Thank you Lauren." Pietro said happily.

"Alright, come on you two, let's head back."

"Are you sure you can't stay for a bit longer?" Asked a young, female voice.

Wanda Maximoff looked down to see Clint's youngest daughter looking up at her with a sad frown.

The Sokovian and newest Avenger along with her brother and the synthetic being known as Vision crouched down to be at eye level and smiled at her.

"If you'll have us again, Lila, we'll come back."

"You better." The young girl said in a huff, crossing her arms with her cheeks puffing out.

Wanda gave the girl a wide smile and opened out her arms with the young girl running right into them.

"I promise." She whispered into her ear, feeling the child squeeze her tightly for a moment before letting go.

"Alright, come on you two." Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye and one of the founding members of the Avengers said to the Maximoff twins standing in his home's living room. "Got some training to do and Tony mentioned something about a team meeting of some kind."

Clint's wife, Laura Barton, went up to her husband to give him a loving kiss goodbye.

She ignored the "yuck" sounds her children made but found herself laughing slightly when she heard Pietro Maximoff join in.

Breaking away, Laura smiled at their guests.

"Do come again."

"Hopefully not too soon." Her husband deadpanned. "The pantry suffered enough as is."

This earned an elbow hit to the ribs, courtesy of Clint's wife.

Hawkeye's eldest son came up to them, holding the newborn Nathaniel Pietro Barton in hand with Lila by his side and bade them goodbye.

Once outside of the Barton residence, the Maximoff twins were giving their thanks once more.

"Thank you for this, Clint." Wanda said sincerely, smiling at their senior Avenger who held a pleasant expression.

"You guys needed a moment to relax." Clint said offhandedly with a shrug. "Lauren offered so…"

"That pasta was amazing." Pietro said with a groan of happiness, leaning back slightly to rub his full stomach. "I didn't think it would be able to sit in here after getting these powers."

"We all have our skills, that's hers."

"You're lucky to have her." Wanda said in a kind manner.

"I very much am every day." Said Clint. "She and the kids are what keeps me going."

"Think we can come back here again soon?" Pietro asked in a low voice, momentarily looking back at Barton's home.

"Don't annoy me so much and you just might get an invite." Clint remarked, clapping the speedster on his back. "Wanda's is always open."

The twin that was twelve seconds older gaped in disbelief.

"Wha-what?" Pietro said aloud. "Now that's not fair."

"Sounds fair to me." Wanda said cheekily.

"No it isn't."

"Yes it is. I'm wonderful, wherein you-"

"Ok "Wonderful" Wanda, how about you wash the dishes next time and-"

"You did that because you ate everything."

"Oh and you-"

Clint only chuckled to himself, walking into the quinjet he had borrowed to take the two to his home. It was nice to hear two who had come from such a war torn country like Sokovia be able to argue like his kids had before.

He figured they needed something like this since coming to America and joining the Avengers. Looks like his assumption paid off.

-Scene Cut-

Above the streets of Queens, New York was a figure jumping and swinging between the buildings of the borough.

He appeared skinny due to wearing baggy red and blue clothing but was agile, flexible and dexterous.

Swinging past one of the taller buildings, the figure threw his hand and from his wrist shot out a white line of some kind that latched onto a backpack that was there.

With a pull, the backpack flew up and into the hands of the colorful individual before he swung down into an alleyway.

Moments later, from said alleyway walked a boy in his midteens with a slightly frazzled up hair that he was trying to straighten out.

This young man was one Peter Parker, otherwise known to the public as… well… an assortment of names. A badly dressed hero, an unusual acrobat, a wall crawler, webslinger and by one reporter a costumed menace to name a few.

This was merely due to Peter not coming up with a hero name just yet. Not to mention the media not coming up with one suitable as all the same.

One did stick out among the rest, in which Peter found appropriate.

But right now, he was a tired high school student after a long day of school and patrolling so right now, he just wanted to get home and relax.

Walking into his building, he made his way up to his floor and soon arrived at his home.

'Home sweet home.' He thought to himself as he unlocked the door and entered into his apartment.

First thing he heard was some chatter, in which the teenager assumed his Aunt May was present and entertaining someone.

"Hey Aunt May." He greeted.

"Hey." He heard her respond. "How was school today?"

"Meh, it was alright." Parker said with a shrug. "By the way, did you this crazy car parked out-"

Turning the corner into the kitchen, Peter halted in his tracks when he spotted something at the corner of his eye.

It wasn't just his Aunt May present in the living room, but a pair of men. Very recognizable men who were known the world over.

Two who the young Parker boy knew very well through the media and history books.

The teen's eyes widened to the size of saucers with his jaw dropping slightly.

Tony Stark AKA Iron Man and Captain Steve "America" Rogers were seated in his living room right next to his Aunt.

May was looking at him with excitement and a proud smile.

Steve Rogers was clearly amused and from his expression, Tony appeared to share this sentiment.

"Oh Mr. Parker." Iron Man spoke up first in a casual manner.

"Wha-what?" Parker stammered in disbelief, looking back and forth between the two superheroes who were essentially his idols and role models. "What are you- what is- um, I-H-hi, hi, I-I'm Peter, I'm Peter."

"Tony." Stark said, nudging his head slightly at the super soldier. "Pretty sure a New York native knows Capsicle here."

"Mr. Parker." Steve greeted, standing up from his seat and offered the young boy his hand.

Dazed in astonishment, Peter quickly shook his hand, noting the man's eyebrows lightly go up.

"Nice grip you got there." Rogers noted.

"Th-Thanks." He stammered, still trying to process all this. "M-my Uncle always told me to have a good handshake."

Steve nodded approvingly. "Good man."

Peter could only laugh in disbelief when he realized something.

"I don't mean to pry, but why are you two here?"

"It's about time we met." Tony spoke up. "The emails, remember?"

The billionaire did an awful job at winking that thankfully went unnoticed by Aunt May.

"Mr. Stark here has told me you have just gotten into the internship program." Steve said, rolling his eyes slightly at Starks' attempt at being subtle.

"...Internship program?"

"The one you applied for." Tony gave him a look that screamed "play along with us" before taking a sip of his drink. "The September foundation."

"Right… the internship program." Peter said in an unsure tone. "I just kinda forgot about it."

"Forgot about it?" Parroted May. "How could you forget about that?"

Peter's mind raced for a thousand miles, trying to come up with a proper response. "...S-school has been very distracting lately. And I figure, um, you know… I know how much you like surprises and all."

"Well consider me surprised." May said with a bemused but excited tone.

He let out a weak laugh, looking up at the clearly amused super soldier right next to him.

"And Mr. Rogers?" Peter asked, gesturing slightly at him.

"Tagged along for the ride. That and he wanted to talk to you, sport."

"More like me being used as a bargaining chip." Steve remarked, shooting a sly look at Tony who held up his hand.

"Guilty as charged." Tony relented. "Speaking of guilty, this walnut date loaf might become a guilty pleasure of mine because it is exceptional."

"Thank you." May said, a pleased smile on her face. "It's my own recipe."

Peter cleared his throat. "So um, what did I apply for again?"

"That's what we're here for." Stark quickly said. "To hash it out with you, make sure everything is in order and all."

"O-ok, ok, hash out, right, I get that."

Tony chuckled slightly. "Let me tell ya Mr. Parker, it's so hard to believe that this lovely lady is your Aunt. I thought we were speaking to your older sister."

"Well, we aunts come in all shapes and sizes." May said, chuckling slightly

Seeing this and knowing Tony's reputation, Steve decided to end this before things got any more awkward.

"Tony." He said with a knowing look.

Rolling his eyes slightly, the billionaire nodded at his friend before looking back at May.

"Can we speak to him privately for a few minutes?" He politely asked.

"Yes, yes of course." May encouraged.

Peter led the two world renown superheroes into his room.

Upon entering the small room, Tony closed the door before going over to a nearby garbage pail and spitting out the rest of the loaf he had been eating.

"As far as walnut loafs go, that wasn't that bad." Tony quipped, taking a moment to look around the small, enclosed space.

"I thought it was good." Argued Steve.

"Of course you would, you're too polite like that." Stark said, patting his friend on the shoulder.

The genius inventor then noticed the teens desk. "Oh~ look, what do we have here? Retro tech. Thrift store? Salvation army?"

"Uh, the uh garbage actually." Peter admitted, cringing slightly at Mr. Rogers actually snorting at this.

"So you're a dumpster diver." Tony plainly said.

"Yeah."

"You get your tetanus shots? You know they can be lethal, right?"

"Sure, Um… ok look, I definitely didn't apply for whatever internship-"

"Up, up." Tony cut him off. "Us first."

Peter simply nodded, quickly glancing at a now more serious Captain who had crossed his arms and had his head down as Tony pulled out his own phone.

"Quick question of the rhetorical variety," Stark said, lightly flicking his phone for a holo-screen -which popped up- showed a rather familiar sight for the teen. "That's you, yes?"

The Queen native paled slightly upon seeing the videos of a figure in red and blue swinging past a car robber who was stuck to the ground.

"Um… N-no,"

"Mmm~ Yeah." Tony cut him off, the video changing now to reveal the figure stopping a car from crashing into a bus.

"Look at you go." Stark commented. "Wow, nice catch. 3000 pounds, 40 miles an hour. It's not easy."

The video ended and Tony put his phone away. "You've got mad skillz, as the kids say."

"...And people say that I'm old." Steve remarked.

"And yet, you barely look a day over two hundred. Huh? Isn't that strange?"

Peter stammered out a response. "That's all fake you know? YouTube and all that-"

"Mr. Parker." The boy froze up upon hearing the veteran and world's first Avenger speak up with a very serious but understanding tone. "It's alright. We know and we won't tell anyone."

The young teen stared at the Avenger and shut his mouth before letting out a tired sigh.

"And what have we here?" Tony spoke up, using a long ruler to open up the vent above and out came Peter's homemade costume being held together by some rope and dangling in front of them.

Parker could only groan in defeat as the billionaire gave him a more hardened look.

"So you're the spider… ling? Crime fighting Spider? Spider-Boy?"

The teen cleared his throat, trying to save some amount of his shame at being so easily caught. "Spider-man."

Steve hummed aloud. "Not bad."

"That's the best you came up with?"

"It wasn't really my idea." Peter admitted. "Got it from a wrestling announcer and the name stuck."

"That explains why it's a onesie."

Peter huffed slightly. "It's not a onesie."

He quickly deposited the garments into a nearby laundry bin before going over to his desk.

"You know, I was actually having a really good day today. Didn't miss my train, this perfectly good DVD player was just sitting there. And had an Algebra test today. Nailed it."

"Does anyone else know?" Steve asked.

Knowing what was being implied, the young Parker boy gave the simple answer.

"Nobody."

"Not even your… unusually attractive-"

"Tony."

"You know she is." Stark said almost childishly.

"Should I tell Pepper about this?"

"She's used to it."

"And now that you two-"

"My aunt doesn't know." Peter said, trying to get back on track. "And if she does know, she would freak out. And when she freaks out, I freak out and… yeah."

"Better to rip off the band aid at some point." Stark said.

"Easier said than done." Peter stated, leaning on his desk now with his head hung low.

Tony hummed slightly, looking up at Steve briefly then at a vial in his hand.

"You know what I think is cool?" Tony held up the item in his hand. "This webbing."

He threw it at the young teen and without even looking, Peter caught it in his hand.

Steve blinked slightly and found himself impressed slightly at the reflexes on hand.

"The tensile strength is off the charts. Explains how it can hold so much weight." Tony praised. "Who manufactured this?"

"I did."

"And climbing walls? Adhesive gloves?"

"All natural. Came with the heightened senses."

"Really now." Steve said with a curious gaze. "How'd you even get these abilities?"

"That's a bit… complicated." Peter admitted. "And lame when I think about how you two got what you have now."

"Lordy." Tony said aloud, holding up goggles from his suit and putting them up to his eyes making sounds. "Can you even see in these things?"

"Yes I can." Peter said, snatching them out of Tony's' hands and tossing them back into the laundry bin. "It's just that whatever happened, happened made everything dial up to eleven. There's way too much input. Overloads my senses. That's why they help tune everything out, helps me focus."

"Smart." Steve complimented and Parker couldn't help but rub the back of his neck bashfully at receiving such praise.

Tony eyed Peter's outfit now that it was fully out in the open. "You, my good sir, are in dire need of an upgrade. Systemic, top to bottom, hundred-point restoration" Putting all jokes aside, the billionaire became serious. "Why are you doing this?"

"Excuse me?"

"This, what we just showed you." Tony elaborated. "Gotta know your MO. What makes you get out of that twin bed and do what you do?"

Peter sat down on his bed, looking between Rogers and Stark, tapping his hands together nervously.

"Because I've been me my whole life." He explained. "I've had these powers for six months."

Both Avengers hummed in their own fashion. It was Steve who ushered the Parker boy to continue.

"I read books. I build computers. I had thought of playing football once, but I couldn't then so I shouldn't now."

"Sure, because you're different."

"Exactly." Parker said. "But I can't tell anybody that, so I'm not."

A stray thought then occurred in Steve's mind as he recalled his brief introduction with the young teen in front of him.

"And your uncle?"

It wasn't hard to see Peter freeze up now.

"What about him? Does he know? Have a say in this?"

Parker's head ducked down and his fists clenched tightly now.

It didn't take much guess work for the two Avengers to realize the implication.

"He uh… he's…. Yeah." Was all Peter managed out.

"I'm sorry." Rogers said sincerely, placing an understanding hand on the boy's shoulder. "Take it from both of us. We know how that feels."

Tony looked away for a moment whilst Peter nodded silently.

The teenager stuttered slightly, trying to find his thoughts and voice as he thought back to his deceased uncle.

"I'm also doing this for him." Peter said in a quiet voice. "The last time we spoke… we had a fight but… he told me something that I now understand what it means."

He looked up at them both with a now unflinching expression.

"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility." Peter stated in complete seriousness.

Hearing this made Steve reel back slightly at such a saying. He never would have thought to have heard something like that from someone as young as Parker.

"Wise words." He praised.

"Yeah well… you have to." Peter said, seemingly more to himself then to the two Avengers. "When you have the ability to help people and don't… all those bad things that happen in front of you are your own fault."

"A wise man once told me power makes a good man great while a bad man worse." Steve spoke up. "I can see that in you, Peter. A good kid who can be greater. One who has the potential to know your limits and respects your powers."

The young teen couldn't help but sit up straighter now upon hearing such a comment directed at him.

"So, all about helping the little guy then?" Tony stated more than he asked.

Parker nodded. "Yeah, just helping out the little guy get by."

"I have a question for you, Parker. Have you ever been out of Queens?"

"Uh…"

"What Tony is meaning to talk about is this "internship" program of his." Steve translated.

"Yeah, I was still wondering about that. What is it exactly?"

"Joining the Avengers." Stark answered.

The reaction of the young hero before them said it all. His wide eyed disbelief at the mere thought of being offered such an opportunity was something he clearly never even considered.

Before Peter could mutter a single thing from his mouth-

*BANG*

"JOINING THE WHAT?!" Screeched a very familiar voice to the Queen's resident whose face became ghostly pale. "WHAT THE FU-"

The door flew open to reveal a surprised looking aunt, who was clearly eavesdropping.

"Hang on Aunt May, just let me explain." Peter desperately said, jumping towards her with a terrified look.

"Oh~~" Tony lightly bopped the side of his head. "Should have locked the door."

"And soundproofed it." Steve added with an embarrassed look as he watched the nephew try to calm his now hysterical aunt down. "Wait, he doesn't have the money to afford it."

"I do."

"Yeah… you do." He sighed, looking back at the loud duo with Peter somehow managing to calm his aunt down just a tiny bit.

"You better young man." She then directed her attention towards the two Avengers with a hot glare which could perhaps kill gods. "And you two as well."

Steve awkwardly cleared his throat. "Tony."

The billionaire gaped in shock.

"Why do I have to disarm the situation?"

"This was your idea, remember?"

"And you went along with it too." Tony shot back. "Accomplice."

"I'm waiting." May cut them both off, arms on her hips with a murderous gaze.

"...You see, Mrs. Parker…"

From outside the Parker residence, for perhaps several blocks, a massive screech could be heard.

-Scene Cut-

Several weeks have passed -nearly a month- since the recent recruitment of Peter Parker.

After a long, long conversation with his aunt in getting her to calm down and accept the proposal, mostly being done by Steve, she acquiesced and now he was officially an Avenger.

…In training.

And part time.

Most would complain or feel slighted but Peter was honestly in awe and astonishment half the time in just being in the presence of the Avengers.

They had a meeting where Tony and Steve introduced him to the team and Clint made the comment towards the Maximoff's that they weren't the youngest members anymore.

Sam and Rhodey were a bit hesitant but trusted their friends' judgement and Vision appeared intrigued by the prospect overall.

Throughout this period of time, Peter had been thoroughly tested when he was available through his newly made schedule. Going through various parts of New York and sometimes outside its borders under supervision to see how he performed.

Suffice to say, the Avengers were impressed with the young man's performance though they did remark on his chattiness.

Then again, Pietro, Sam and Clint seem to enjoy the teens quippy nature with Tony encouraging it much to the dismay of the others.

Though since Spiderman had joined them, they had noticed a number of aspects pop up that they hadn't ever truly thought about.

Crime rates had gone down in New York as of late. And through some data crunching and predictions, Friday and Vision theorized it may go down further given how much Peter was essentially taking down crime.

It also helped given the minor- meant a huge upgrade to his "super-suit".

Whenever he wasn't with them in training or in high school or at the Avengers HQ, Parker was out there on the streets almost every single day. It didn't matter what was happening, whether it was quiet or busy, Spiderman was out on the streets helping everyday people whilst fighting crime.

Somewhat made the others wonder if they should actually step in and participate in order to live up to their moniker of being called heroes..

They were, after all, not trying to save the world from large threats. All the other members have been doing was live out their lives and essentially -in Pietro's words- waiting on their asses for some action.

Peter was actively using his powers on the daily to help out the little guy, as he said to Tony and Steve.

Though for the time being, they would have to address this topic at a later date.

Currently, it was mission time.

Tony's satellites had picked up on some strange readings going on in Europe and with some help from Maria Hill, the Avengers deduced that this area was a HYDRA base.

So it was all hands on deck.

The Avengers came together late last year in 2014 and for months on end were routing out multiple HYDRA bases across the world.

After the dissolution of SHIELD, Earth's Mightiest Heroes stepped up to be the world's vanguards and they knew that if HYDRA was running around, they would not stop in enacting their plans.

For a while, they had been relatively silent since their leader Von Strucker was apprehended by the Avengers and then killed by Ultron.

But they knew it would only be a matter of time until they reared their ugly heads again.

As the saying goes, cut off one head, two shall take its place.

So here they were with the Avengers inside a quinjet on their way to Europe.

They were all preparing themselves for what would undoubtedly be a hectic fight.

All but one…

"The Quinjet." Said a 15 year old teen in his best impression of a grizzled voice. "The transport of the Avengers. On their way to fight the greatest evil made by mankind."

"Uh Peter?"

The teen lowered his phone to see Clint Barton giving him a strange look.

"Who are you talking to?"

"Nobody." Peter said quickly, as if he was caught having his hand in the cookie jar. "Just making a little video for the trip."

"...Why?"

"Just thought-"

"You know you can't show anyone it, right?"

"Not even my aunt?"

"...maybe withhold that until you're older." Clint suggested. "I think showing your aunt what we do will just give her a heart attack."

Peter tilted his head and it was clear to him that he sort of forgot about how his aunt freaked out when she found out about him being Spiderman. God knows what level she would attain if she were to see what he does as a hero.

"Or get it past our approval." Said Natasha. "Edited of course."

"Can I show us kicking ass?"

The Avengers were silent for a moment.

"Yes." Pietro declared with a cocky grin. "Please, make sure you get our good sides."

Some rolled their eyes, some chuckled but they were amused by the teens' actions.

"Why are you narrating in that voice?" Spoke out Wanda.

"...Cause it's fun."

Pietro chuckled upon hearing that.

Peter resumed his small video, now on the ceiling of the quinjet.

"Is that comfortable for you to do?" Vision questioned, curious at seeing such a display.

"Yeah, totally." Peter said chipperly.

"You know you can sit anywhere else in here, right?" Clint said, gesturing to the rather spacious interior. "There's plenty of space."

"I know, I know but-"

"First time on a private plane?"

"First time on a plane." Peter clarified.

"Boy this is gonna be a long flight."

"Awesome." Peter said, now going up to the cockpit and looking out the window.

"He seems… excited."

"Incorrigible is more like it." Nat said.

"He's ready for this." Steve stated.

"You sound confident." Romanoff pointed out.

"He's a good kid." Rogers said, watching with a small laugh as Peter was speaking animatedly with Tony who was piloting the quinjet.

"He won't be a kid forever."

"I know." Steve said with a sigh. He momentarily looked over at Pietro and Wanda who were silently conversing with Clint and Vision.

All the while, Peter was looking at the controls of the quinjet, observing every detail and how Tony was flying the ship.

"You do know a majority of this is Friday, right?"

"It is?"

"That's right boss." Tony's AI piped up. "Though he can do it himself. He just tends to be lazy."

Tony stared flatly at a glowing screen that had circular, hexagonal shape that was a representation of his suits AI.

"I could just have Saturday take your place." Stark bluntly said.

"That acronym doesn't work." The AI wryly rebuked.

"I'll make it work." Was all Tony said with a rather petulant manner.

"Tony."

The billionaire glanced back to see Steve and Nat now standing behind him and Peter.

"What'd you find out about this HYDRA base?" Cap asked, crossing his arms in thought while Nat leaned against the wall near the pilot's seat.

"Well~~" Tony looked forward again. "Friday, if you would."

"Got it Boss."

On the window screen in front of them appeared a set of screens being images and small clips.

"After Captain Rogers and Agent Romanoff ousted HYDRA from SHIELD with Mr. Wilson, a great amount of their information that was logged into SHIELDs systems were released into the world. Since then, the Avengers had taken down a number of their bases, greatly weakening their foothold on their influence over the world."

"But we still missed a few." Steve pointed out.

"Off the books." Nat commented. "You know, old fashioned and the like."

Cap let out a 'hmph' of amusement before Peter spoke next.

"So what's this HYDRA base like then?" he asked, now clinging to the ceiling above. "Is it like the ones the Avengers faced before?"

"Not necessarily." Friday responded. "A majority of the bases that the team had taken down were weapons manufactures and facilities that facilitated the creation and experimentation on alien tech as well as making individuals such as the twins."

There was a brief moment of silence as the group felt a sense of an uncomfortable aura emanating from the Maximoffs.

The awkward atmosphere was cut off by Clint Barton coughing into his hand.

"So what's this place's MO?"

"For the most part, this place seems like a storage and salvage base."

Several of the Avengers didn't bother hiding a sense of disappointment.

"Wait, that's it?" Rhodey spoke up. "Just an evil warehouse?"

"Aw man, I was hoping for something cooler than…" Peter paused in his thoughts and hummed to himself. "Wait, this is HYDRA we're talking about, right? Wouldn't this place have like some crazy sort of tech and stuff they've been hoarding for the past few decades?"

The Avengers took a moment to think over what their youngest teammate had asked.

"Friday?"

A moment later, the team was greeted with the presentation of a number of items, weapons, technology and other unidentifiable objects that were currently being stored at this HYDRA facility.

However, there were several items that caught their immediate attention that garnered a number of negative reactions.

Tony's face became more gaunt whilst Steve, Nat and Rhodey tensed up.

Sam and Vision frowned with the twins glaring heatedly at what they were seeing.

They felt the familiar hands of Clint on their shoulders who squeezed them in a sign of comfort.

Peter squirmed slightly at what they were all looking at.

"Ultron." Tony said darkly.

"His leftovers from the looks of it." Sam stated.

"So we're facing his scrap pile." Rhodey said with a grimace.

"Even in death, his shadow perseveres." Vision murmured with a troubled look on his face.

"Lovely."

"It's not him. It's just scrap metal. Leftovers like you guys said." Wilson said in an assuring manner.

"Nothing you guys haven't handled before, right?" Asked Peter.

Just as that had been said, the quinjet darkened rather considerably for a moment and all eyes turned to the front cockpit/

Whatever boost in confidence they had changed in an instant when the teams' eyes widened in shock, jaws dropping.

Outside of the Quinjet's windows were a pair of fairly large bluish synthetic eyes looking directly at them.

Reflexes kicked and the ship's pilot pulled their transport into a sharp angle, avoiding crashing into the gigantic robot.

"What the hell was that?!" Pietro exclaimed in shock.

"Flyers, get out there now!"

The respective faceplates belonging to War Machine and Iron Man slid on before they flew out of the Quinjet. Vision phased through the bottom of the transport. Wanda engulfed herself and floated out with Pietro, who was in a scarlet energy sphere. Following behind them was Falcon just as Steve took control of the ship and banked a hard left on the controls, narrowly avoiding a gigantic metal hand.

"That's a lot of scraps!" War Machine said, instantly having his shoulder mounted minigun begin firing upon the gigantic robot that they had all nearly crashed into.

"Looks like a supersized Ultron drone." Sam said, narrowly avoiding a large left hand that tried swatting him out of the air.

"HYDRA must have created this machine with a combination of the remains." Surmised Vision, hovering in place as the giant Ultron's other hand tried to swipe at him yet the synthetic Avenger became intangible and it went right through him.

The rest of the Avengers that were still on the Quinjet got out of the giant's range as it was assaulted on all sides by the airborne heroes.

"Whoa, my Aunt is never gonna believe this." Peter said, the lenses of his mask widening to convey his astonishment.

"Gawk at it later kid, we got work to do." Clint stated. "Best get yourself out there."

"Huh? Oh, oh! Right, hang on."

Spider-man did a quick rundown of the functions of his suit and once he saw everything was nominal and good to go, he ran out the back ramp and jumped out.

He instantly fired a webline, snagging the bottom part of the ship and swung towards the oversized Ultron who nearly caught Wanda in its fist.

Down below on the ground was Pietro who was clearing a village that the gigantic robot was trampling through.

Spider-man quickly joined in and the duo worked in getting the civilians to safety whilst the Avengers in the air combated the large Ultron bot.

From the Quinjet, Hawkeye had to fire off a number of trick arrows from the lowered ramp.

The arrows were explosive that caused the giant Ultron's head to jolt to the side. It then "glared" straight at the jet and its eyes glowed.

"Crap." Clint muttered, quickly retreating into the ship's interior. "Cap!"

"I know." Steve said, immediately moving the ship to avoid the oncoming beams that were shot out from the eyes of the giant mech.

Though he flew the jet out of the path of the eyes, the beams that were shot out were considerably larger than ones typically seen by the Avengers. It was almost two large pillars of energy shot right at the quinjet.

The right wing was obliterated and the ship was sent falling down into the ground.

However, before it crashed down, the ship was surrounded by a translucent red energy that caught the quinjet in midair.

Hovering near it was none other than Wanda who had both her hands out, her scarlet energy surrounding her arms. She had a slightly strained look on her face but she managed to set the jet down gently upon the ground and out came Steve, Clint and Nat.

Giving a nod of thanks to the airborne Sokovian, Steve gave out an order over the channel.

"Plan's simple, folks. This thing may be large and made out of Ultron, but that's just it; it's scrap metal. We gotta lure this thing away from the village and tear it apart."

The task was easier said than done.

Yet still, the Avengers did just that.

The flying Avengers kept harassing the giant Ultron to make it tromp on after them whilst the ground Avengers supported them from below and helped direct civilians to safety.

War Machine and Iron Man were working in tandem with one another as they flew circles around the Ultron-mech who was trying to smack them down.

Flying by and firing off more missiles, the airborne colonel was swiftly snagged by the giant amalgamated robot. He tried freeing himself by overexerting his thrusters, but the grip around him wasn't budging at all.

Witnessing this, Iron Man flew in and began blasting against the offending limb.

"Give me back my Rhodey."

Apparently conceding, the giant robot threw War Machine away, who essentially flailed in the air. It was done so quickly, Tony wasn't able to go after him and save his longtime friend who was about to harshly crash some distance away.

"I got him!"

Leaping into the air, Spiderman fired a webline and had it latch onto War Machine. Once secure, Peter landed onto a stable wall and tugged with all his might to halt the impeded crash.

Rhodey recovered, giving a quick two finger salute and fired his thrusters up again and flew back towards the battle.

Once the giant Ultron was cleared of the village…

"Village is clear, Cap." Pietro said in the comms.

Steve nodded approvingly. "Good job people."

"So how are we supposed to take out the oversized Gundam?" Peter asked, snagging a web on one of the giant elbows.

"Gundam?" Pietro repeated. "That thing is more like one of those robots from Pacific Rim."

"Ok, peanut anime gallery aside, anyone got any bright ideas in taking this thing down, I'm all ears." Said Tony.

"This thing is called Ultimo-3."

"How the heck do you know that Sam?" Asked Rhodey.

"It's on the back of his head." Pointed out the Falcon, who was dropping some bombs which exploded some moments later.

"I did not notice that." Vision said in moderate surprise. "Is this a human thing? To brand creation?"

"Quite often, in fact." Tony remarked, tapping his right shoulder plater that said MK XLVI.

"There's gotta be a way to take this big bastard down." Pietro said, running around the now labeled Ultimo at its feet.

Spider-man, who had been running away from one of Ultimo's giant hands, suddenly had an idea pop into his head.

"Hey guys, have you ever seen that really old movie?" He called out, jumping and backflipping around the hand. "Empire Strikes Back?"

"Seriously, Tony, having him on the team is making us feel much older than needed." Rhodey verbally complained.

"How do you think I feel?" Steve muttered, though he had a small smirk in place.

"Perhaps he wanted the kid to help balance out Steve." Quipped Barton.

"You hit the nail right on the head, Barton." Iron Man said, firing at one of the eyes, managing to disable it. "Or target, if that works better for you."

"Guys, seriously." Peter said, now jumping forward to begin webbing up the legs of Ultimo and swinging around it. "You know that part where they're on the snow planet with the walking thingies?"

"Maybe the kid's onto something." Tony said aloud, realizing what Peter was suggesting now.

Vision was quick to fly by and through to disable one of the knees of Ultimo while Steve and Clint took out the other.

Continually swinging around the legs, Peter was firing off more webs to help strengthen his end of the plan. For assistance, Wanda rushed in and focused much of her power, letting the metallic legs glow scarlet and keeping them bound as much as possible.

Pietro rushed in and landed repeated punches and kicks to the calves and Widow used Redwing to launch a series of blue disks at its hands and single operating eye to disable any weapon systems it may still have.

Once it appeared to not be able to move any more-

"High now, Tony. Go high."

"Hope this works."

Iron Man and War Machine flew up together at the same time and pulled off a dual uppercut that damaged and dented the jaw of Ultimo.

For added measure, Vision unleashed a powerful beam from the Mind Stone which started to burn through the metal.

While this happened, Wanda canceled her concentration on the legs and focused on finding Ultimo's power core. The scarlet energy creeped around the surface and sunk below the chest. Once finding what she was looking for, Wanda used her powers to disconnect the power source from the rest of the body.

It seemingly froze there with its head angled upwards until at last, it slowly keeled over and began to fall to the ground.

"Yes!" Spidey laughed out loud. "That was awesome!"

Just as this was said, Peter was smacked away mid-air by the giant metal hand of Ultimo-3 fell.

"Oh shit!" Sam yelled out, slightly cringing at what they all saw and watched as Peter sailed through the air when Vision managed to swoop in and catch the young hero.

The synthetic android descended to the ground and placed the young, very much disoriented hero down who wobbled slightly in place.

Iron Man was immediately there as was Captain America with the former reaching out to place a hand upon the teen.

"Kid, you alright?" He asked in clear concern.

Upon feeling the contact, Peter flinched for a few moments before calming down.

"Hey, it's me." Tony said, helmet retracted back.

Peter exhaled a sigh. "Hey, man. Yeah. Wow, that was scary."

"Yeah it was. So for now just lay down and take a breather. You earned it."

Spider-man blinked in confusion. "What? What are you talking about? What about-?"

*CRACK*

*BOOM*

The four Avengers snapped their heads around to see Ultimo get completely obliterated, courtesy of a combined effort of the other Avengers who had surrounded the downed scrap pile.

"Alright. Guard dog is down. Time to take care of its owners." Hawkeye called out to the others.

"Ok, yeah, let's go."

Upon getting close to the HYDRA base, agents ran out with Ultron drone type armor and Chitauri based weaponry.

The remaining Avengers charged in their respective ways.

Throwing his shield, Steve's vibranium disk bounced between the oncoming soldiers before returning to his hand.

Nat got in close and used her electrified batons to take out a number of combatants. And ones which got on her blind side were taken care of, courtesy of Clint's trick arrows.

Falcon unleashed a rain of bullets alongside War Machine with his arsenal.

Tony fired off a number of repulsor blasts as he got in close. This worked alongside Wanda's energy blasts.

Pietro was zooming through and knocking out HYDRA agents left and right in a number of ways.

"Well now… that was surprisingly easy." Pietro said in a cocky manner, tossing a Chitauri gun up and down in his hand.

"We did just take out a giant robot." Peter reminded him, perched atop the wall above the entrance to the HYDRA base.

"Don't get cocky, people." Steve said, eyeing the now open doorway into the structure. "We can't let our guard down."

"Steve's right." Tony added. "Who knows what hallucinogenic nightmares are down there."

Wanda cringed slightly, looking away whilst her brother deadpanned at the billionaire.

"Never gonna let that go, are ya?"

"Nope." Stark freely admitted and walked into the base first. "Come on, let's see what evil, world ending threat is gonna be inside this one."

"Is it always like this?" Peter asked, Sam walking by to pat the teen on the shoulder.

The aviator sighed, hanging his head and looked up at the kid. "Yup."

"You could have just said yes."

"And not be dramatic like you?"

"I'm quippy." Peter retorted. "Not dramatic."

The Avengers walked deeper into the HYDRA base, running into minimal resistance at best.

They were brushed aside and quickly bound and moved to an area where they would be held until directed to proper holding prisons and cells.

A number of old and familiar tech was found in containers and rooms that were either taking them apart or testing their capabilities.

It was indeed more of a storage/salvage facility from all the equipment and technology they found from past events ranging from the old HYDRA of WWII to just a few months ago with Ultron.

There were some other HYDRA agents here and there but nothing that was overly concerning.

"Is there anything else special about this place, Friday?" Sam asked aloud, looking through a box that held old WWII Hydra cannons.

"I'm detecting a room with unidentifiable energy coming in from a room that seems to be the furthest back in this facility." Was the AI's response.

"Always in the back." Wilson muttered. "Whelp, least we got something now."

"Stay sharp." Clint advised as the Avengers made their way towards their new, marked destination. "Who knows what we'll find in there."

They went deeper into the underground mountain base before coming upon a rather large set of metal doors.

"Ok… this seems rather excessive." Rhodey commented.

"How so?" Vision inquired.

"Why have these big ass doors here?"

"Must be something important then." Nat stated. "Unless they're trying to compensate for something."

Cap looked over to the holder of the Mind Stone. "Vision."

Focusing on the Infinity Stone, the synthetic Avenger gave out a report. "I do not detect anyone on the other side."

A moment later, Vision walked forward and phased through the doors to be sure and came back out a second later. "It seems all clear."

There was a sudden grunt of some kind and everyone turned to Spiderman who was rubbing the side of his head.

"You alright, Web-head?" Sam asked.

"Y-yeah." Peter answered with a grimace. "I… I think… I don't know actually."

"What's wrong?" Wanda inquired with a frown, sensing something was off with the teen.

"I'm not sure…" Peter removed his mask to rub his eyes and stared ahead at the metal door. "There's like this… stinging and weird ringing suddenly coming from out of nowhere. Like in the back of my head."

The Sokovian doubted it was Peter finally feeling the effects from the battle earlier. This was rather unusual when thinking about it.

"Be ready for anything." Steve said, now removing his shield that was on his back and grasped it tightly. "Friday."

"Done Captain."

There was a momentary groan before the large metal doors pried themselves apart and began to open to reveal what appeared to be a laboratory that was the last room in the base.

"Ok." Tony remarked. "Evil genius super lab. Check."

The group went in and spread out to explore the space in pairs of two.

While there were a number of consoles hanging near the walls, a large amount of the space lay vacant. Some screens and computer terminals were positioned along the walls but not much else filled the room.

But the reason for this seemingly bland and empty room was because of a massive pool of some kind with a dark substance in the center, having multiple tubes going in and out of it.

"The hell is that stuff?" Rhodey asked, going up to the dark pool.

"Doesn't look like oil, despite appearance wise." Clint commented, kneeling down to it with his eyes narrowed as he analyzed the substance.

"Tar?" Nat suggested with Steve and Peter taking a whiff.

They both shook their heads. "Nope, no smell."

Widow found herself chuckling slightly. "New Yorkers."

"Friday. Can you get anything?" Asked the Iron Avenger.

"From what I'm getting, this is an unknown substance that cannot be identified on the periodic table or any other known alien substances. The HYDRA scientists can't make heads or tails on what it's really made of."

"I'm sensing a "but" coming along." Stark said expectantly.

"But there's something else you should know."

"We're all ears."

"There are some unusual energy readings coming from and around the pool."

Taking a closer look at the pool's edge, some of the Avengers saw what appeared to be runes carved into the stone. And from them was this faint eldritch red glow.

"I doubt these were placed here for cosmetic sake." Sam stated.

"This is where the energy is coming from?" Peter asked, getting tentatively close to the glowing red, veiny like carvings.

The feeling at the back of his head was growing stronger and it practically screamed at him to get away from the substance.

"That and the black, tar-like pool itself."

"Friday, bring up audio and video logs, all of it." Tony instructed. "Wanna see what we're dealing with here."

"On it Boss."

As the AI got to work, Steve and Nat stood by Pietro, Wanda and Clint with the five of them keeping a wary eye on the strange viscous liquid.

"Getting anything from it, Wanda?" Clint asked, feeling uncomfortable from looking at this strange substance.

The twelve second younger twin furrowed her brows in concentration. "I… I actually do feel something emanating from it."

"You do?" Nat said in slight surprise.

"Actually," Pietro spoke up. "Being so close to it… I do too."

"As do I." Said the sage-like voice of Vision who came up to them.

"So with you three and Peter… that's four who are getting a strange feeling of some kind from whatever this is supposed to be." Romanoff remarked with her face becoming far more serious now.

"What are you feeling?" Rogers asked.

The beneficiary trio of the Mind Stone were silent for a moment until Pietro spoke up first.

"It's like… like a negativity, you know?" the Speedster said with a clearly unsure look to him. "Like it's a bad feeling. The kind you get when you're scared, upset, or angry."

"Alright, rather unsettling with this happening." Barton stated. "Tony, Friday get anything yet?"

"Nothing of value." Tony said, standing in front of a computer that was set up near the pool.

He was looking through multiple video files and some audio recordings though they constantly spoke of there being no reaction to whatever this pool was supposed to be.

Until…

"Wait," Stark sharply said. "We got something."

He tapped on a few keys on the computer and held his hand out to project a large screen for them all to see.

It displayed a video log made by HYDRA scientists that appeared to be conducting tests on this strange pool and most were fast forwarded a number of times as nothing had happened.

That was until they heard screaming from the video with a scientist backing away in terror when the computer got knocked over and there was the sound of unidentified roars followed by flesh being ripped apart.

What followed was then a frazzled and haggard looking scientist setting up a new camera with some blood leaking down the side of his head.

"The pool has been contained." The Hydra scientist spoke with an eastern European accent. "It has taken us some time to figure out a proper means of counteracting the substance within and we had to use-"

Peter momentarily looked away from the videos to glance at the pool and-

"AH!"

Everyone snapped around to the teen and saw him looking wide eyed at the substance. They instantly looked back at what made him cry out so suddenly and saw nothing.

"Uh Peter?" Wilson said cautiously. "Everything ok?"

"I saw something moving in there!" Peter exclaimed, pointing at the substance. "Just now! Like a white, bony looking plate popping out!"

"Are you kidding? I can't see a damn thing with how dark it-"

"Guys." Wanda appeared deeply troubled now. "I can feel something. Something coming from it."

Immediately, all the Avengers now tensed up and upon doing so, instantly saw motion coming out of the black substance.

Then, multiple misshapen forms began rising out from the pool with white plates coming out from within and taking shape around the black globs.

After a few seconds, the blobs took shape and they appeared to be strange creatures of some kind with familiar, animalistic features to them. There were several variations between them.

Wolf-like heads and claws, a clear boar variant and one that was basically an oversized bear.

"Oh." Was all Tony said, just as the animalistic beasts let out roars that were clearly that of those who wish to inflict bodily harm upon the Avengers.

As these literal black and white monsters charged, Earth's mightiest heroes reacted in kind by defending themselves.

Pietro zipped by the closest one to him and a moment later, it was riddled with hyper fast punches and kicks that caused it to explode and disintegrate into black wisps.

"Huh." Was his response before zipping off to avoid getting gored by the boar looking thing.

It was a moment of pandemonium as the Avengers fought off this vicious new threat that seemed intent on killing them.

They kept going for their heads and chests in clear attempts of either skewering or shredding them apart.

"What the hell are these things?" Sam asked from on high, reigning down small missiles upon these strange beasts.

"Has to be some sort of HYDRA experiment or something." Rhodey said, blasting away one of the wolf-like ones.

"I don't think HYDRA would make something like this." Steve said, standing firm against a charging boar that collided against his shield, its tusks shattering.

"You got any better ideas?" Clint asked, rolling out of the way of a wolf one, pulling out an acid arrow that he twirled and jammed into the eye of the Lycan-like creature. It let out a howl of agony as it melted from the inside out.

"I'm the HYDRA expert, aren't I?" Rogers jokingly asked, bashing his shield into the head of his opponent, appearing to kill it as it dropped down and didn't move.

Even though they were slightly caught off guard, the Avengers were slowly managing to repel their new adversaries…

… That was until the substance reacted and out came even more of the same creatures and this time, there were some that looked like oversized gorillas and from the pool itself were tendrils.

"Oh c'mon!"

"We need to bail, now!"

"Don't have to tell me twi-"

There was a bit of a distraction which occurred, causing the one Avengers to get snagged.

"Dammit." Barton grunted out, trying to pull his arm back as one of the tendrils was pulling at him.

"CLINT!" Nat, Pietro and Wanda all yelled at the same time.

Romanoff ran towards her best friend, firing her pistols at the tendril that jerked about violently from the shots but didn't retract itself.

Pietro zipped by at full speed, slicing through the tentacle with the portion still wrapped around Clint's arm falling apart.

This small victory was short lived as upon the severing of this tendril, it appeared to grow back to its original size instantly and this time caught Pietro who had momentarily skidded to a halt.

It grabbed him by the waste and tugged on him fast enough to get him off his feet and into the air.

"Oh shit!" Maximoff yelled out.

"Pietro!" Wanda cried out only for her to get snagged around by the neck.

"HEY!" Clint yelled out, face contorted in fury as he lunged forward to save Wanda while shooting an arrow towards the tentacle that held Pietro.

Firing some web lines, Peter snagged the Maximoff twins and pulled with all his might. Yet he was slowly being dragged towards the pool's edge.

"What is this stuff?!" The young teen yelled out.

The other Avengers were fighting off the other creatures that still remained and this served as more distractions as now Falcon was caught by one of these tendrils, as was Rhodey.

"What the hell is it doing?!" War Machine grunted, managing to free himself from the tentacles only for more to take its place. "God Dammit."

"This better not be something from Japan." Natasha said, managing to successfully evade the tendrils until one grabbed her leg. "Please, not from Japan!"

"How can you even think of something like that at a time like this?!" Parker shouted, trying to get the black tentacles off of him.

"How do you know what she's talking about?" Pietro asked, still trying to free himself.

"How can I not?! I'm a young teenager and anime is really, really popular right now in case you haven't-"

"Are we really doing this right now?!" Sam all but shouted in aggravation.

Steve corkscrewed through the air, spinning his shield around him as he landed to eliminate the wolf-like creatures close to him.

He reared his hand back, ready to throw his trademark weapon when a large tendril shot out from the center of the pool and ensnared his entire chest.

Without warning, the super soldier was pulled straight into the pool itself, disappearing into it.

"STEVE/CAP!"

The sudden loss of the Avengers losing their leader was enough of a distraction for those caught by these tendrils to begin to get pulled into the pool.

One by one, others who have been ensnared have finally been brought under the pool's surface. Clint was the first with the twins soon following. Peter was finally brought in once knocked over and dragged down hard.

Rhodey was being pulled in but Iron Man blasted the tentacles and other creatures away with all the arsenal in his suit when he too was caught by five large tendrils that grabbed him by the head and four limbs.

"TONY!"

It was the only thing the colonel managed to shout out as he watched his best friend get pulled right into the pool, despite him still struggling.

A similar situation occurred when Sam sliced through the bounds that held Natasha only for him to suffer the same fate as Tony and he too was dragged in.

Rhodey and Natasha didn't have time to escape as the tendrils were upon them once more.

Vision was blasting away the offending threats with his Mind Stone. He cleaved through the entrapments trying to harm Romanoff and Rhodey.

"We have to leave." He said straight away.

War Machine clearly didn't like the idea. "But the others-"

"We can't save them if the rest of us are dragged down with them." The owner of an Infinity Stone rebuked.

With great reluctance, the trio had to leave the lab as the dark creatures tried to go after them. Vision held them off as the two non-enhanced members ran past the doors. With them in the clear, the synthetic Avenger flew out and quickly shut the door alongside War Machine. The colonel held them in place as Vision used the Mind Stone to seal up the crack and lock the door. Pounding and roars were soon felt and heard as the trio tried to figure out their next move.

All the while…

It was pitch black all around her yet somewhat visible and she was able to sense the presence of the others around her.

From within the pool, Wanda struggled to not die as she and the others were drowning. The need to save them all became prominent as her eyes began to glow.

The scarlet energies with her started to flare and react accordingly as they started to seep out of her body. They surrounded both her and her companions before forming some sort of safety bubble. But it didn't seem enough.

"Everyone!" She cried out, her voice somehow managing to reach out to her struggling comrades. "Brace yourselves!"

Focusing more on her power, she sought the means of getting them out of this dark pool and bringing them to safety.

What she and the others wouldn't know would be how things would clearly go pear-shaped with this action.

As this occurred, the runes around the pool started to glow exponentially and brighten up the lab.

The dark creatures took notice of this and before they were able to react accordingly-

*TWOOOMBRRMMM*

Following this explosion, the three Avengers were quickly confused with what occurred. In mere moments they harshly made their way through the sealed door to see what happened.

Reentering the lab, the three Avengers saw the state it was in.

The damaged equipment, the ruined walls and floor.

But what stood out the most was the black pool-

"Where did it go?" Vision asked in astonishment.

-or lack thereof.

"Where did it go?" Parroted Rhodey. "Where did it and the others go?!"

Within the empty pool there were more runes now revealed. But the lights coming from them all died out.

It wasn't just that, but there was nothing else in the space at all.

"Clint." Nat spoke up in a shaken voice, hand on her comm piece in her ear. "Clint, do you copy? Steve?... Sam… Wanda, Pietro? Tony? Kid… Peter?"

Nothing.

No response.

No response other than the static that either their friends and comrades weren't receiving them or…

This was not good. Not good at all.

-Scene Cut-

"-nda?"

"Mrph"

"Wa-"

"Wanda?"

The young woman groaned aloud, hand reaching for her hea-

"WANDA!"

The younger Maximoff twin jolted up in an instant. "WHAT?!"

She was greeted with the immediate sight of a relieved brother who let out a breath.

"Sheesh, sis. Try biting my head off next time." He couldn't help but say with a cheeky grin.

The female twin groaned as she massaged her head. "Sorry. Just…"

"It's ok, I know." Her brother said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Take it easy for a moment. We all must have been through the ringer to get… wherever we are now."

"Huh?"

It was at this time that Wanda now took a moment to look around to see just where it was she and her twin brother wound up at.

They appeared to be in some sort of forest within a clearing.

"Come on." Pietro held his hand out for her to take. "We gotta see if there's anything around us that can tell us what forest we landed in."

Nodding, she grasped her brothers' hand and was hoisted up though she needed a moment of help from Pietro so she wouldn't fall over from the sudden vertigo.

Eventually walking out, they saw a dirt road nearby with no signs or anything of note anywhere.

Quickly getting on the Avenger comms, Pietro tried contacting the others-

"Guys? Hello? Anyone there?"

-only to find static.

Wanda frowned and a moment later, tried her own only to receive the same result as her brother did.

"What the hell?" Pietro murmured. "Stark said our comms should work the world over."

"Maybe we're in a place without a satellite in range." Wanda suggested. She pulled out her earpiece and saw it was in working order, which ruled out damaged equipment.

Pietro scoffed. "If I can get Wi-Fi anywhere, I don't think it is a missing satellite."

"Can you get Wi-Fi" His sister asked.

Rather than verbally responding, Pietro pulled out his phone and saw…

"Nada." He said, lips curling downwards. "No bars, no service, nothing."

The twins now shifted about uncomfortably.

"What do we do now?" The older twin asked, clearly uncertain as for the course of their action.

"Walk to the nearest form of civilization."

"I could run, you know." Pietro suggested.

"No, no." Wanda instantly denied. "Not after last time."

"That was just a joke." Her older brother said with a laugh now. "I carried you a bunch of times, remember?"

She gave him a deadpan look. "You lost a lot of trust after that stu-"

*RUMBLE-KABOOM*

The twins paused in their bickering upon hearing the sound of thunder echoing around them.

Pietro looked up to see relatively clear skies directly above them. "Is a storm coming?"

"I don't-"

*KRASH-KABOOM*

This next bit of thunder sounded far stronger than the last. And it appeared again and again with the flashes appearing in the sky.

"What was that?" Wanda asked aloud in clear alarm and an alert demeanor now.

The consistency of the lightning was irregular, not that lightning usually had a pattern much to begin with.

It's just the means in which it was being heard felt and sounded different from typical thunder and the lightning appeared rather unnatural.

A thought soon popped up in Pietro's head upon seeing the erratic amount of thunder and lightning far off in the distance.

It wasn't just in the sky but coming down in a specific location.

It was being controlled.

And the only being that the speedster was aware of to possess such abilities was-

"Do you think it's Thor?"

Wanda's head snapped towards him. "What?"

He pointed ahead. "Look, over the treeline."

She followed his direction and saw lightning coming down from on high repeatedly.

Her eyes widened and she turned to her brother who instantly knew what she was thinking and quickly scooped her up in his arms before dashing off towards the direction of the thunderstorm.

And hopefully towards a familiar face and Avenger.

AN

Welcome everyone, one and all to the newest story and the first official one that is a triple collaboration between myself, Jebest4781 and BulletStormX.

This was something that we all sorta came to an agreement upon seeing how much stuff had come out since the original inception of this story and Bullet was the first to suggest to me that I just reboot this story and realized he was right.

Jebest4781: Quite a good amount has been thought of and adjusted accordingly. Much content to consider, given recent stuff in Marvel and RWBY respectively since working on the previous story; like what we've previously stated. Hopefully it'll be done well on the balance whilst trying to fix a good number of mistakes Roosterteeth had done in the past Volumes.

FMW: We have so much and I mean, SO MANY ideas to work with from the MCU side of things and the RWBY side of things. Bullet, Jeb and I have gone over extensive ideas and such on what we should try for and incorporate into this new iteration with us looking over videos, re-watching a number of episodes, films and such and just constantly adding on what we should do to make this story different and unique then the last one. Naturally, some of the old concepts and ideas we've had from before will carry themselves over here but as to what they will be remains to be seen.

Jeb: Regardless we'll adapt with what'll be done in the coming times, but we'll overall focus with what we've laid out on the major plot points and details.

FMW: Unlike Infinite Wars and several of our other collab stories, we have a set outline so to speak but as Jeb stated, we'll adapt accordingly to what will come out in the future for both the MCU and RWBY whilst also thinking of original story beats and ideas that would fit into the narrative we have planned out here.

Really guys, let's just go. This is the first story ever that has been thought of where it's the three of us working together on it and there's so much awesome shit we all wanna get to.

Bullet and Jeb have been the best partners a guy could ask for in storytelling and we have a lot in store for you guys in this and all our other stories we're working on together.

So, let's get this party started.

Welcome to the Avengers: The Age of Remnant. Bullet's name for the story.

Rate Read and Review and as Always Have Nice Day.