Spidey was crouching quietly behind some containers. He was on a team mission assigned by SHIELD to find Crossbones, Taskmaster, Juggernaut, and Venom after Cloak was injured and put in a coma.
The villains had been spotted meeting in a old abandoned junkyard and here they were.
It was him, Dagger, White Tiger, Nova, Power Man, Iron Fist, and the Black Cat.
Black Cat and White Tiger were watching hidden on top of a crane. Dagger was watching was watching behind containers on the opposite side of Spidey. Power Man and Iron Fist were watching behind some large dumpsters.
Nova was next to him and they both peeked around the containers to see if any of the villains were there, and they were. A new man was also there, and no one knew who he was, but he had to be Negative's new ally.
Spidey's spider sense instantly went off the hook and he heard a sound of something shuffling and he turned to look at Nova.
Nova was facing him and his hands were powered as if he was about to shoot his energy blasts.
"Bucket Head. What are you doing? Get down before you get us caught or killed." Spidey said to him but Nova stood up and his head turned to the direction of where Dagger was hiding.
"Nova! Stand down now!" Spidey said, getting anxious and pissed off.
"We are Hive." Nova simply said as he turned to look at Spidey.
"Hive? What the hell is that. This isn't funny Sam. Sit down." Spidey said standing up.
"What's going on?" Power Man asked.
"Nova's being a dumbass and he's gonna get us all killed." Spidey replied.
"He's not Nova anymore boy." said a male voice.
"We know you are there. Come out all of you." the voice said.
Spidey and the rest of the heroes all stood up and walked up to be seen, Spidey realized that the voice was coming from the unknown man.
"I'm Hive, and you are?" Hive asked.
"I'm the guy who's gonna kick your ass." Spidey said.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Hive said as his face slowly dissolved into a monstrous face with tentacles moving around.
"Damn. You need some major skin help." Spidey replied, masking the fear rising within him.
"I think it's time for you to be reunited with your friend my dear." Hive said as he turned to Dagger, and Nova's hands went up.
"Nova! Stop!" Spidey said but it was too late.
Nova shot his energy blasts at Dagger, who blocked them with her light daggers but Nova kept firing and one of his blasts hit her in the stomach and she froze.
She stopped moving and the rest of Nova's blasts hit her and she was fell everyone's eyes.
"NOOOOO!" Spidey yelled as he kicked Nova into Hive.
"You're overwhelmed boy. If you want to yourself and your team to live, I suggest you leave." Hive said smugly.
Spidey wasn't gonna back down, and the other heroes weren't going to either. They all started running forward to attack the villains and Nova but Crossbones and Taskmaster threw light bombs around the villains and they all got away. Spidey and the others all stood and waited for their vision to become clear, and they all ran to Dagger.
Dagger was bleeding heavily and her body glowed as the Lightforce was burning it's last reserves to heal Dagger, but the damage was done. Everyone crowded Dagger, and she cried in pain. No one knew what to do, no one could do anything anyway. Dagger cried out one last time before she succumbed to her wounds and she died.
Spidey screamed in anger and he slammed his fist into a container and it was sent flying, knocking over other containers.
"Spidey, these containers are coming down we have to move. NOW!" Black Cat yelled as Power Man picked up Dagger's body and the team ran off.
They reached the Triskelion and Peter reported what happened to Nick Fury, Coulson and Hill. When he mentioned Hive, Peter noticed Coulson take in a sharp breath and his whole figure changed, and he, Fury and Hill exchanged glances. He continued reporting the mission and he was released when he finished.
He took a shower and the events that just happened cycled in his brain over and over again.
He couldn't believe this was happening. Nova had killed Dagger, even if he had been taken over by this Hive freak. Hive had meant something to Fury, Hill and Coulson.
Spidey knew one thing though, if he wanted to avenge Dagger and fight this new threat he was going to need some help, and something told him that the Fantastic Four and his fellow SHIELD Agents would help.
