DAY ONE


"Good morning! It's a cool 62 degrees with partly cloudy skies. When you are ready, breakfast awaits in the dining room. Thank you."

The announcement from FRIDAY rang through the rooms of the new recruits. Some were already awake, some were still hugging their pillows, but they pulled themselves out of bed and they all made their way to where they were directed.


***Dining Room***

They were welcomed by Peter, Jamie and Bruce already there at a long table that was surrounded by chairs and laden with food. There was toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, fruit salad, some oatmeal, orange juice and milk.

"Morning guys!" Peter greeted with a smile.

"Hey bro," Nikki greeted. The rest came after her.

Viv waved as she entered. "Good morning."

Then Ava, "Morning."

Cassie and PJ. "Morning!" "Hey guys!"

Kamala. "MORNING!"

Sam. "Hey."

Riri. "Mornin'."

Azari. "Good morning."

Frankie grunted with a nod, still not fully awake. "Mmm."

Kate. "Morning, morning!"

Harley. "Mornin'."

And Amadeus. "Good morning."

They all came and sat in their seats and looked to Peter and Jamie at the head of the table.

"Well," Peter began, "again, good morning and uh, hope you guys got some good sleep."

"Could use a little more," Frankie groaned, holding his still half asleep head up. This earned a few laughs and hahas from the others, even Peter.

"Well you can always get some more later. But uh, yeah! So if you guys are hungry, there's plenty of food here. Trust me, you're gonna wanna get your strength up for today."

"Are we starting our training today?" Kate asked, curiously.

Jamie cut in and nodded. "Eh, somewhat, yeah. But for now, just enjoy, guys."

And with that, they all dug in.


***Lab***

After breakfast, everyone had went to do their own thing. PJ and Scott went to help Bruce and Nebula with some designs for new suits for when they went to the Quantum Realm. PJ had some cool ideas, so he was definitely excited. Maddie also went to help.

Frankie went back to sleep while Kate went to do target practice with her bow. And Nikki, Cassie, Torunn and Kamala spent some time together. Girl time, you know.

And Harley went and walked around until he came to the lab and walked in, looking all around with curiosity.

"Hello, Harley!" FRIDAY's voice greeted.

The young mechanic jumped at that, he still was surprised by the Lady AI's voice at times. Any other person outside of this facility might think ghost, but that wasn't the case here.

"Hey, FRIDAY. How's it going?"

"Very well, thank you. And you?"

"Not bad, not bad." Harley trailed off as he looked around at all the tool and desks with holo-screens on them. But what caught his eye the most was that of a armor capsule that held the suit Riri had arrived in.

Walking over to get a better look, Harley awed at the shiny armor. Though there were a few scratches from Riri's tango with Nova when they first met, it was still a n awesome piece of tech. There attention to detail is what really grabbed Harley, how accurate and capable the suit seemed. It truly mesmerized him.

"Admiring Riri's suit, Harley?" FRIDAY teased.

"Heh, yeah I guess I am. I remember geeking out when I first saw an Iron Man suit up close. It was so cool and I was like 'I want one so bad!' Heh, but that was a long time ago."

"It could still be a reality, you know?"

Hearing that made Harley curious. "What do you mean?"

"You could make your own armor, should you still want one."

And that was when shock started to set in with a side of excitement. "Wait, I- I can?!"

"Of course!" A light shined on a certain part of the floor, a holographic arrow showing Harley where to stand. "Step here and allow me to measure you, and then I can commence with the assembly of it."

"Are you serious?" He asked as he walked over, excitement and disbelief written all over his face. He look up and around to address FRIDAY since she didn't really have a face. "No way this is real!"

FRIDAY's voice laughed a little at Harley's excited denial. "I assure you, Harley, this is all real."

With that, Harley stepped into the spot FRIDAY had marked for him and waited before a ceiling panel opened and a device that resembled a projector lowered down in front of Harley. Then, a blue light came from the it and began to scan Harley from top to bottom and left to right.

"Scan complete! Measurements acquired," FRIDAY confirmed. The device then ascended back into the ceiling with the panel closing back up. "We can now commence with the building of your suit, Harley. Is there any specific design or personal preference you'd like to include within it?"

As the AI asked this, multiple holo-screens came up over the desk near him. On those screens were multiple options and features to be chosen and added to the new armor in production. The young mechanic walked over and looked at the screens good and well before popping his knuckles and going to work. "Let's get to work!"

"You got it, boss!"

Thirty minutes in, Harley was so focused and having fun with the designs for his armor and had jotted down a lot of ideas for potential later suits. He was so into it, he hadn't taken any notice of the extra body that had just entered the lab.

"Retro-reflective panels?"

Harley jumped at the unexpected voice, only to find that it was Riri standing there.

"Oh, hey Riri," he relaxed, nodding to her before looking back to his holographic work station. "Uh, yeah. It's a little pet project. It's actually something I've wanted to see since I was a kid, so I figured 'why not', ya know?"

Riri bobbed her head to that. She could understand his thinking on it. "Yeah. You had an idea and now you wanna try it out...nice."

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Do you have a backup plan?"

A furrow came to Harley's brow at that. "For-for what?"

Riri nodded her head to the suit design Harley was working on. "The suit. In case something happens and the suit goes out. You're thousands of feet in the air and you're dropping at at least 130 an hour, possibly 150 if you take in the weight of the suit. You keep free falling and by the time you his the ground, you'll be pancaked spam in a can."

The graphic description of the outcome the curly haired genius had just painted made Harley visibly shocked and speechless.

Obviously, this girl knew more than he did when it came to major technology and that area. He knew some, but to a certain degree. She obviously filled those holes. This made him think.

"Ok...so uh, with that picture in my head, you think you could help me? Make the suit better I mean." He asked her.

The "her" in question laughed a little before nodding. "Sure, Harls. I'll help ya. I need to do some modifications to my suit anyways, so it'll be a win-win."

"Awesome! So where do we start?"

Riri looked at the holo-specs and looked over the digital model for his suit so far. "FRIDAY, can you blow this up for me?"

"Sure, one second." The Lady AI replied.

Within the next few seconds, the holo-rig of the suit was enlarged so she could get a better view.

Taking a few seconds to look and think it over, the curly haired genius began drawing new pieces and adding them to the holo-rig. "Ok, so first, flaps. You're gonna want some flaps along here," she said, motioning along the shoulder blades, waist and quad area, "-here, and here. It'll help break that airspeed for when you're free falling. Buy you a little more time."

"Gotcha."

"Next, ailerons."

"Flight stability." Harley nodded, picking up on what Riri meant.

"Exactly!" She snapped with a smile adding the ailerons to the design. "By the way, how's your balance?"

Assuming she meant with flying, Harley swayed his head side to side, but that was all Riri needed to see to understand. "So you have none. Right." Then, she had an idea. "Ok, I can do this. We're gonna put your suit on hold, 'cause I got something else for you to try first."

"What?"

Riri looked back to him with a smirk. "Oh you'll see."


***Maddie's Room***

A little later after he had analyzed Scott's Ant-Man suit and the Quantum Exploration Suit Hank Pym had made long ago, Maddie was hard at work sketching the designs for the Quantum Suits. And to his pleasure, Viv was right there with him, guiding him along as he drew.

"So we have the compressed pack here, and the GPS goes here, right?" Viv asked, making sure she was keeping up.

"Right!" Maddie replied heartily. "And where do you think the Pym Particles should go?"

Viv looked the design over and then looked to her laptop that had a layout of the Ant-Man suit on it. She noticed that one that suit, the slot for the Particles was in the belt of the suit. This gave her an idea.

"Well, the Particles go into a slot within a belt on Scott's suit... but what if we-" "-put them in a concealed compartment in the hip of the suit!"

Maddie had joined her in speaking her idea as it seemed he had the same one too. This led to big smiles on both of them and laughs between the two. They really had good chemistry and worked so well together, they truly understood one another. And that was the best thing about them.

"We make a pretty good team, huh?" Maddie stated proudly.

Viv agreed all too well with a wink. "On the games and with the brains."

Maddie smiled even more at that and playfully bumped her shoulder with his, to which the dark skinned girl blushed and bumped him back.

After their little moment there, the two turned their attention back to the task at hand.

"Ok. So now that he have the look look the suit, now we just have to make them. What's Scott's suit made of?"

"Steel mesh. Really good craftsmanship with how it was made. Woven carefully, but loaded with unstable molecules."

Hearing that made Maddie curious. That fact Viv just stated made some sense, but how did she know that though? "How did you know that?"

Viv's eyes went wide and her face showed that of someone who'd just been found out. But she tried playing it off. "Um, I uh...I asked Scott about...BEFORE we came and got you guys. And he told me then...yeah."

Her nervous demeanor threw Maddie off, but he shrugged and accepted it and they continued working.


"Pete, where are you taking me?"

Sometime after breakfast, Peter had convinced Jamie to come with him for a surprise, under one condition: blindfold.

"Sorry, Jamie. No spoilers," Peter replied, leading Jamie from behind to his surprise. After breakfast, everyone dispersed and went about their business. Some stuck together like Nikki, Cassie and Torunn who'd gone off to do "girl stuff" as they called it, whatever that meant.

He continued to lead him through the compound until finally, they exited through a door and entered the outside in the courtyard.

"Okay, we're outside now. I can tell that much."

"Yep, and you can take off your blindfold now."

Jamie did and when he looked around, he was met with a confusing sight. All around them were the trees of the courtyard and some portable columns. But that wasn't the part that was confusing...ok, not the ONLY confusing on. No, what was really confusing was that they appeared to be wrapped in mats. The thick, foldable kind you'd see in a gymnasium. Jamie's eyebrows furrowed at this puzzling sight.

"Pete, what's with all these..." He tried to ask Peter, but upon looking to him, he saw his "brother" was removing the shield, his father's shield from its strapped position on his back and holding it up.

"I told you I'd help you learn some moves with this, time to make good on that promise." Peter replied with a proud smile.

Surprised and at a loss for words, the young redhead eyed the shiny smiled with excitement.

"So," Peter started before thrusting the shield away, sending it flying towards one of the trees. The circular projectile hit the tree dead on before knocking to another, and ricochetting off one more before making its way back too the two boys standing there. Peter did a side flip before sticking the landing and holding his left arm out, just in time for the shield to come sliding right back into his arm. Turning back to Jamie, he slid the shield off and held it out to him. "-ready to play with your shield, Captain?" That smile still holding.

Jamie took the shield and slid his own left arm into it before looking to Peter and giving him a definitive nod. And the two began to train with the shield for a whole two hours. With each minute, each throw and each catch, Jamie continued to keep on, not giving up. Even when the shield nearly hit him a few times, he still kept going. Just like his father.

However, as the two trained with the shield, they were being watched from inside.


***Lounge***

Inside, Ava watched from a lounge the two boys outside training. For some reason, it brought a smile to her face seeing Peter and Jamie spend time together like this. She could really see the brotherly love between the two, and it made her feel a certain way as she watched on. Mainly towards Peter.

"Enjoying the show?" A voice asked, breaking Ava's focus. It also made her jump a little, but she calmed when she saw that it was only Nikki who had sat down across from her. "Whoa! It's ok, Ava. No danger here."

"Sorry, you just surprised me there."

"So I saw. But hey, one spy to another, it's not a good idea if you only focus on one person within a crowd if you're eyeing your target."

Ava furrowed her eyebrows at that
"What're you talking about?"

"I'm talking about you staring at Peter down there."

The Latina's breath caught in her throat and she felt her cheeks flame up. "I wasn't staring at Peter."

"Oh really?"

"What's going on here?" Cassie asked curiously as she joined the two, Kamala and Torunn with her as well. Kamala leaned on the back of the couch Nikki and Cassie sat on whereas Torunn sat in a comfy lounge chair.

"NOTHING!" Ava exclaimed, hoping to shut down any further claims to her staring. Or not of it. But to no avail.

"Ava was staring at Peter outside just now." Nikki said to Cassie.

And from this, a smirk came to Cassie and she raised an eyebrow. "Really? Ooooh, alright Ava!"

Kamala looked as though she was thinking about it. "You and Peter...huh. I could see it."

"Nice choice, Ava," Torunn commended her new friend with a wink before folding her arms.

Ava tried to hide it, but she could feel the burn of her cheeks heating up from the conversation before her.

"Let me see...PeterAve?" Kamala asked, talking to herself out loud, "Nah, sounds like Gatorade. Uh...Aveter? No, that sounds worse."

"What're you doing?" Cassie asked confusedly.

"Thinking up a ship name for them."

"A what?" Torunn too asked.

"A ship name. It's for two that you could see being in a relationship. You ship them."

"You do that a lot?" Nikki queried.

"ALL the time. I write a lot of fanfiction. You should see the one for your parents."

That took Nikki by surprise. She had heard of fanfiction, but she never really looked into it much. "My parents, there's fanfiction for my parents?"

The Muslim girl nodded proudly at that. "Yep! LOADS of them. And they even have a ship name too, Romanogers."

"Roma-what?" Ava cut in, confused at what she said and at where this conversation had turned.

"Romanogers. It's a mixture of their last names, Romanoff and Rogers. Knock off a few letters and BOOM! Romanogers."

Kamala folded her arms proudly at that, leaving the others stunned.

"Interesting," Torunn said, "it sounds like an interesting concept."

"Yep. OH WAIT, I'VE GOT IT!"

"What?"

"Peter and Ava's ship name!"

"Oh come on!" Ava rolled her eyes and shook her head with a laugh she was trying to hold back. "Are we still on that?!"

"No, no! Shhhh, hang on!" Torunn shushed her with a giddy smile, "I wanna hear this!"

"What is it, Kamala?" Nikki encouraged.

Kamala took a breath and then went for it. "Ok, now keep an open mind. So Peter's superhero name is Spider-Man, Ava's is Tiger."

"White Tiger," Ava corrected the fangirl.

"Sorry, White Tiger."

Ava kept her head down and leaned on her knees as she awaited whatever crazy name was to come as Kamala continued.

"Ok, so taking their two names, I came up with, you ready?...SpiderTiger."

The fangirl did a mic drop motion before looking at the others, waiting for their reaction. There was a moment of silence before she saw that there were some heads bobbing and one thinking, meaning they weren't opposed to it.

"SpiderTiger...huh, I like it." Nikki stated with a firm nod.

Cassie nodded in agreement as well, "Yeah, me too! It's oddly kinda cute."

Torunn, still thinking it over, began to nod with vigor. The more she thought about it, the more it made sense to her. "Yeah, I like how it fits together so well. It just sounds right."

"Right!" Kamala chirped proudly.

"You're very clever woman, Kamala."

"Back atcha, Tori!"

Meanwhile, Ava just shook her head and was still trying to hold back her laughter at this subject. "This is just...just wow."

"Ok, ok," Nikki interjected herself, trying to hold herself against a fit of laughter that wanted to escape. "Let's leave her alone."

"THANK you!" Ava exclaimed with a relieved smile before getting up and walking off. "Now can we please do or talk about something else?"

The other four stood and followed their friend, but not before saying a few things amongst themselves.

"Think you can show me those fanfictions on my parents?" Nikki asked Kamala.

"I gotcha, girl! I'll send you a link." She whispered back.

"Thanks."

That was still a cool name you gave Peter and Ava though," Torunn stated, whispering too.

"For real," Cassie agreed.

"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!" Ava yelled back to them despite her being out of the room.

This made the girls all laugh as they left to room to catch up with Ava.


***Garage***

Within two hours, Riri and Harley had outfitted a bit of a rig for the suit, but only the palm and boot thrusters so that Harley could learn to balance himself properly before putting on an actual suit. The Ones for the palm actually went all the way up to his biceps, almost covering his arms fully in a bit of an exo-suit like rigging with wires and mini hydraulics. And the same was for feet and legs, only those went up to his knees. And they were all connected to an arc reactor that Riri had made for Harley's suit and she strapped it onto him.

Right now, all of that was on Harley and has was ready. Nervous, but ready. Riri, sporting a pair of black framed-yellow lense sunglasses she brought along with her, was ready to from her spot at a desk that had a laptop and what seems to be like a remote control with dials that were set to specific settings.

Along with them in the room were also Cassie and PJ. Cassie stood behind a camera on a tripod while PJ stood with a fire extinguisher, next to a large hydraulic arm that had one as well. The name on the arm read: Dum-E Jr.

With everyone and everything in position, Harley spoke up and began. "Alright, let's do this. Phew! Ok. Harley's Iron Man Suit Test, number one. Cassie's on the camera, thanks again for that, Cass."

A thumbs up was sent his way and a cheerful reply. "You got it!"

"Riri's on the specs and thruster power control,"

Riri gives her thumbs up and a small smile from her station.

"And PJ and Dum-E Jr. are on fire patrol."

PJ fires off two puffs of the extinguisher with excitement. "Ready!"

"Ok, so what do you say we start off simple, like twenty percent thrust capacity?"

But Riri cut in. "Harley, you may wanna go a little easier on the thrust. The blowback from it is pretty strong."

"So what, like ten?"

Riri tilted her head in hesitation. "Since you're beginner...one. One-point five, max.

"What?" Harley exclaimed, "C'mon Riri! That's weak sauce."

"Trust me, you're gonna wanna start off easy."

"Come on. At least gimme five. Please?"

Not wanting to argue, Riri sighed and surrendered. "Fine, you want five percent, you got it.

"Alright!" Harley cheered victoriously before getting into position. He took a few breaths, wiggled his legs a little which earned a giggle from Cassie. But she held herself and held the camera steady. "Here we go. In three, two...one."

Riri pressed the control and the five percent thrust power sent Harley flying up and backwards and into a wall.

"Oh sh**!" Riri exclaimed, killing the controls and running over to her friend. Yeah, her friend.

Before she or Cassie made it over to him, PJ and Dum-E Jr. were there and the robot proceeded to spray the fallen Harley. Finding it funny, PJ joined in staying him as well, laughing as he did.

But this was stopped by Riri and Cassie who pushed the two back.

"OK! OK, he's not on fire, PJ! That's enough?" Cassie exclaimed, pushing her little brother back who then called of Dum-E Jr. "Harley, are you alright?"

The young mechanic spat some of the foam off his face before giving a defeated look. "Peachy."


FORTY-SEVEN MINUTES LATER


Harley, all cleaned of the extinguisher foam and somewhat recovered from his first attempt, stood back in his previous spot before he was shot across the room. A more humble and nervous look on his face.

"Ok, soooo... after the outcome of the first test,"

"I told you," Riri cut in, typing away at her station with a smirk.

Harley looked back to her with his arms up. "Could you not rub it in, please?"

But Riri simply snorted at that and shook her head.

Harley rolled his eyes at that and shook his head as well before turning back to the camera and continuing. "Power has been lowered to...one-point five thrust capacity. And for lack of a better option, PJ and Dum-E Jr. are still on fire safety. If either of you douse me again when I'm not on fire, I'll throw you in the lake outside." He threatened jokingly.

This made PJ laugh and pat Dum-E Jr. on his top. To which the mechanical arm whirred cutely like a pet.

With that, Harley for into position. "Alright, ready?"

Riri gave him a thumbs up.

"Ok, in three, two, one."

The thrust came, but didn't send Harley flying around this time. No, this time it was just enough for him to hover a good three feet off the ground.

"You're doing it!" Cassie exclaimed happily, pointing the camera directly to capture it.

"Yeah, I guess I am!" He then began to move around the room, hovering at the same height as he did.

"Use your stabilizers to help you steer!" Riri informed him.

Harley complied and put his palms put forward, making him hover backwards a little. "HAHA!" He smiled, this was working! It was small, but he was doing it!

"That is so cool!" PJ exclaimed as he watched his friend go.

Harley kept this up until he made it back to the spot where he started and then he stiffened his body, putting his arms to his side and the stabilizers allowed him to hover in place. He truly had done it.

"Alright, kill it!" He said. Riri stopped the thrust and the young mechanic landed on his feet with a metal thud. "Whoooo! I did it!"

Riri cheered and agreed. "Whoooo, yeah you did!" Giving him a little applause.

"Great job, Harley!" Cassie cheered him on behind the camera.

A little confidence back, Harley nodded. "Yeah, I can fly."


DAY THREE


***Hangar***

Torunn popped open a can of Orange Crush and took a sip, walking through the hangar over to where the construction of the Quantum Time Machine was pretty much complete. Only a few finishing touches were needed.

"One side there, Tammy!" Harley exclaimed, coming from behind her with a large conduit in tow over his shoulder.

Torunn moved out of the way, but rolled her eyes at Harley's comment.

"Hey Rocket, how's it coming?" Harley called out to the "raccoon" who was working hard on the machine.

"Eh, so far so good." He replied, "Hey go ahead and connect that connect that over there, would ya?"

Harley did, passing Bruce and Bill Foster who were standing in front of an array of controls for the QTM, discussing the the machine and how it would cooperate with the Quantum Realm. It seemed like it was all coming together.


"All recruits, please come to the training room in full gear. Again, all young recruits to the training room. Please and thank you!"

With the Quantum Time Machine finished, now came the next part before the mission: training.

So a little later, the call went out for all to meet at the Training Room.

"So, what's this training room like?" Ava asked Nikki as they headed to where FRIDAY directed them.

Nikki gave a shrug. "I don't really know, I've never used it before. I've only used the gym and the firing range here. So this'll be a new one for me too."


***Kamala's Room***

[KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK]

"Come in!" Kamala beckoned.

The door opened to reveal Sam in his Nova suit and carrying his helmet. "Hey KK, you ready?"

"Yeah, almost! Just gotta put this on."

"Whoa, nice outfit!"

"Really, you like it?!"

"Yeah! Definitely, I'm especially liking the uh...the..."

"It's a burkini."

"Burkini?"

"Yeah, it's a part of my culture. Muslim girls use them for sports and stuff."

Sam nodded at that, finding it interesting. "Cool. But it looks like you'll be the first to use it as a superhero."

When he said that, Kamala breathlessly laughed with surprise. He was right! She was the first to do this, and that have her a sense of pride.

"One thing though, if I may," Sam walked over and Kamala did her best to mask the blush she felt coming on. He walked up to her and positioned her in front of the mirror. "This looks good, don't get me wrong. But you wanna give it some flare. Something that pops, you know."

"Flare," Kamala echoed, thinking to herself. But then an worry came to her. "But what if a look weird?"

Understanding how she could feel that way, Sam took her by the shoulders and looked her in the eye. "You won't look weird. And hey, even if you do, don't worry about it. To be fair, it's kinda part of the superhero gig. I mean, look at the Hulk. All he wears...or, used to wear anyway, was just some super stretchy pants."

Kamala laughed at that and felt her spirits begin to lift again. Sam was funny, but he also had a good and noble side to him. This she admired about him. "Thank you, Sam."

"Anytime," he replied with a wink. "Now let's go before we're late for training.

"Oh right!" Kamala ran over to her bedside table to grab a simple blue face mask and put it on. "Ready!"

Sam chuckled at her cuteness and the two headed to the training room.


***Training Room***

By the time they got there, they saw that mostly everyone was already there.

Nikki was there in one of her mother's Black Widow suits. She had modified it to fit her and it did pretty well. She also wore a green sleeveless tactical hoodie with pockets, a holder for two batons that were on her back and on her waist was a utility belt and two hip straps with holsters that held two Glock 17s in them. And she also wore fingerless gloves that were connected to the two Widow's Bite gauntlets on her wrists. Lastly, on the buckle of the belt was the symbol her mother had carried for years. The Black Widow.

Maddie was barefoot and in a sleeveless t-shirt and a pair of dark blue shorts. He knew his regular clothes and shoes would rip the moment he transformed, so he figured he'd go simple.

Torunn was in her armor and a red cape with her sword in tow.

Frankie and Kate were in their gear. For Frankie, he wore his Ronin suit with his katana and quiver of arrows both strapped to his back and his bow in hand. Whereas Kate was in a purple leather bulletproof vest, purple cargo pants, some purple high boots, an old quiver that was once used by Clint, and her very own bow that she'd bought for herself. Purple of course. And for her own personal liking, a pair of Privé Revaux sunglasses. You can guess the color of the lenses.

Azari was also there, standing proudly in a suit that Shuri had made just for him. It had a similar design to that of his father with the teeth of the armor going across his chest and over and around his shoulders. There was also a light blue trim on it that stood out amongst the black. His auntie really went all out.

And they all stood in front of Peter and Jamie who were in their own respective suits. Peter in his Iron Spider suit, and Jamie was actually in a prototype stealth suit that was originally made for his father. It was black instead of blue and didn't have the iconic star on it anywhere. But there was a white colored Avengers logo over the left chest plate. And Jamie added a little star of his own in the form of red lines that went along with lines already in the suit, so it was almost the same. Either way, he liked it.

"Well, guys, thanks for coming," Jamie started, "I know you guys have been getting settled in the past few days and elsewhere, you guys have done a great job with helping with the time machine, the suits or with your own personal training. But, now it's time to try it as a team."

Then it was Peter's turn. "So we're gonna be training with these," He pointed to a silver robot that almost looked like it was front the movie 'I, Robot', just without the human like eyes. Instead there were two little lit up dots for eyes. "These are Life Model Decoys, LMDs for short. They will be what we practice on as will this lasers and projectile launchers up there."

Peter motioned to laser arms of laser cannons and the "projectile launchers" that were on the walls all around. "So let's get to it!" He said with a clap.

"Hold up, Peter!" A voice interjected. Looking, they all saw that it was Riri, clad in her Iron suit with her helmet in hand. Beside her were also Cassie and PJ who were in suits of their own. A thinner, sleeker design of the Wasp suit for Cassie that was a nice shade of magenta with a black trim. And for PI, he was sporting yellow and black for his suit with a little red trim here and there

"Hey guys," Peter greeted, nodding to them. "What's up, Riri?"

"There's someone we'd like to introduce you to." The armor clad girl-genius replied before they all stood back, making room in the entryway. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to present, Harley Kenner 2.0."

The thudding of metal footsteps nearing was heard before a full armored suit walked in, shining in nice red and orange. Everyone stood in awe of it as the faceplate come up and then the suit's helmet folded back into the neck of the suit, showing the face and head of it's pilot, Harley.

The young mechanic smiled and waved at his team and they waved back, admiring his suit too as they did. "Hey guys!"

"Looking good, Harley!" Jamie stated, with a smile and a thumbs up.

"Very impressive," Azari too complimented.

"Thanks! It's not too bad."

Peter walked up to Harley and looked his suit up and down before looking Harley in the eyes. "Looks awesome, dude. Tony would be proud of you."

That made Harley tear up a little, but he fought it back and gratefully nodded back to Peter. "Thanks Peter. So, are we gonna do this?"

A confident smile came to Peter as he patted Harley's shoulder before turning to the others. "Let's go!"


The first training session went better than expected. Peter suggested they all start off solo to gauge how their skills and endurance would hold up.

Peter was able to disable the LMDs easily with his webs and agility.

Jamie was able to take out two with a slick move thanks to his father's shield.

Nikki killed it with a sick head scissor leg throw move, shooting one of the LMDs and then impaling the other with a baton. Deadly, but hot too.

Ava was after her. With her claws out, she went in flipping with the grace of a cat and slicing through the training robots like butter. More deadly, and even more hot. It definitely caught Peter's eye.

The next set was slightly upgraded for Riri and Harley's needs since they were in Iron suits. Going up against six of them, these LMDs were more armored and carried more firepower. But the two were able to blast and disable the bots after a good two minutes and pushing back hard.

Torunn too requested the upgraded bots for herself. Wielding Stormbreaker, Torunn went against twelve LMDs, bashing, punching, even throwing some of them with her strength. A light crackle of lightning came from her fingers as she came down from her high if the test

Sam came in, arms blazing and took out the bots without breaking a sweat. The cockiness was so apparent you could almost smell it.

For Cassie and PJ, it went by actually pretty quick. Since they had practiced this sort of thing before(and by practice, I mean need guns with Luis, Dave and Kurt), they insisted that the lasers be beefed up a tad. During their time, one would focus on the LMDs, and the other on the laser cannons. Evading fire from both before closing in and disabling. It was awesome.

Maddie came out and tapped his wrist device before turning into the Hulk. Or his version of the Hulk, to be more specific. And when he did, he took a breath before going to work. He took a few blasts from the cannons and from the bots before jumping up and ripping out the cannons from the walls and grabbing one of the bots by the leg and using it to take out the others like a rag doll. It was clear, he was, in a sense, the Hulk.

Next was Azari. And like Ava, he showed awesome strength with his reflexes, agility and a little help from the lighting power of his suit. A little addition/treat from his auntie.

Then came Kamala, who was understandably nervous. But a secret wink and thumbs up from Sam helped push her on. As she went on, they learned that her powers made her able to stretch abnormally which helped her evade fire from one LMD before whipping her long arm in a powerful backhand, and she could GROW too as she demonstrated by shouting "EMBIGGEN!" before growing up to fifty-four feet and stomping on the last two of her LMDs. Talk about a great first try, she loved it!

Finally, Frankie and Kate came after her, however the two asked for a few more LMDs though. A surprising request, but Peter obliged, nodding for Viv to send out more. So out came ten LMD bots that surrounded the two. Sharing a nod with each other, the two came back to back and took down the LMDs as they came at them. Frankie showed speed and skill with his bow and arrow, even tossing down his bow, taking an electric arrow and plunging it into one of the bots. But he also showed speed with his katana blade as well. Kate on the other hand stuck to her bow and arrow, sometimes letting lose three at once. However they did it, the Barton & Bishop duo bested the LMDs well.

With their solo tryouts done, it was clear to see that this team had plenty of strength, variety, and endurance.

Then they were gauged with working together, and it really wasn't bad.

Sure, there was an accidental bumping into one another here and there. And that one time Jamie's shield accidentally ricocheted off Riri's back. Fortunately for him, she didn't hold a grudge.

So all in all, it was a good first time...but the worst was yet to come.


DAY FIVE


It was a new training session. The recruits were all in the room, training with the LMDs and the bigger, four legged robots with long tentacles called Octo-bots. Coined and designed after a villain Peter said he's been up against a few times. He figured the challenge would be good for them, and boy was it.

Right now, Peter and Jamie were outside training and Nikki was elsewhere doing her schoolwork, and Betty was at her job while Bruce, Rhodey, Scott, Nebula and Bill were working in the hangar of the Compound.

So this left the young recruits to go at it themselves. And it was going well... somewhat.

On the floor below, Frankie was dealing with quite a few bots. Of course, he took care of them, but he didn't see the one coming up behind him.

Azari did though.

"Down, Francis!" He exclaimed, pushing Frankie's head down just in time to miss a swing of the LMD's arm before grabbing and flipping it over his shoulder and tear the metal head off.

Letting the young Barton's head up, the two looked at the destroyed bot and let out a breath.

"Thanks," He said, pulling out three more arrows, "by the way, the name's Frankie."

"By the way, really don't care." The young prince retorted before jumping back into the action.

Frankie rolled his eyes before reloading his bow and firing again.

Meanwhile, Maddie was tackling an Octo-bot with Torunn, Harley and Riri attacking from the sides and above.

Torunn was about to bash again with Stormbreaker when own of the bot's large arms came and swatted her like a fly, sending her right into Harley.

"Watch it, goldilocks!" He remarked, pushing her away.

Torunn seethed at his words and actions and pointed Stormbreaker towards him, "Have care of how you speak, dumb metal lad!"

"Guys, we could use some help over here!" Riri called, trying to cut an arm front the large bot with her repulsors.

"Then stay out of my way!"

That was the final straw for Torunn. Setting the axe down, she held out her hand, calling for her sword. It soon came to her and she fumes with lightning before flying up and tearing into the Octo-bot, cutting through it with anger and ease. All of which made the large bot freeze momentarily.

Stopping and hovering to view her handiwork, Torunn watched as the giant bot fell over and collapsed to the ground, crushing all the remaining LMDs down below.

The blonde princess descended and landed, adrenaline still pumping through her like an engine.

Riri and Harley landed next to her, Harley being closest.

"Nice job," he complimented, putting a hand on her shoulder.

Immediately, she smacked his hand off and pointed a finger to his face with a look that could kill. "Don't touch me again!" She hissed.

Harley scoffed at that, unafraid of her glare. "Or what?"

"Oh trust me, you don't want to find out what."

"OOohh, I think I do." Harley began to step to Torunn, and she to him too for a standoff.

"Ok guys!" Ava cut in, walking up to them as did a few others to keep them apart. Cassie holding Harley back and Maddie holding Torunn, but Ava coming up in the middle of them both. "You guys need to calm down."

Though they were being held back, the two young fighters held their stare a little longer before Harley scoffed again and shook his head.

"Ya know what, it ain't even worth it." And he began to back up, away from Cassie and the others. "I'm out."

"Yes, walk away." Torunn spat, still being held back.

"Tori, calm down," Ava repeated with warning.

"Spoiled princess," he muttered under his breath as he walked away. But unfortunately, it was under enough to not be heard by Torunn. And that was the final nail in the coffin for her.

She stabbed her sword into the floor for it to stand before taking a breath and calling Stormbreaker to her. The axe flew towards her and as soon as it came to her hand, she twirled around and hurled at the leaving Harley.

"Tori, no!" Maddie exclaimed, but it was too late.

"Harley, look out!" Sam called out the warning.

Harley heard it and turned around to see the flying weapon coming right at him, his suit's helmet coming out and folding on just as the axe made contact with his chest, knocking him back several feet into the hallway.

A groan could be heard from his helmet as he slowly picked himself up.


(Harley's HUD POV)

With some deep breaths, Harley felt his adrenaline begin to flare up again as he looked up to Torunn back in the training room.

"Okay," he growled.


His repulsors and boot thrusters fired up, and he flew back towards the training room and right at Torunn. She saw him coming and flew towards him too, but he was going faster and he scooped her up and flew with her against the wall of the room.

"Guys!" Kate cried out to them, but to no avail.

Kamala too tried to call them, growing to try and pull them apart, "Guys, stop it!" but to no avail as she was cut by the sharp end of Stormbreaker. She retracted her hand and hissed in pain as she shrunk back to her normal size.

As Harley continued flying with Torunn against the wall, she gained some footing and pushed them off the wall and broke free of his grasp and called Stormbreaker to her. The axe swiftly came and she flew towards Harley with a loud battle roar.

She swung it at him, but he evaded it. Then he fired a few repulsor blasts which she blocked and deflected with the large axe. The blast that were deflected either hot the walls or hit the floor below, narrowly missing those standing there

Cassie shielded her brother momentarily from one of the blasts before she turned to him. "PJ, go! Go get Peter and Jamie! HURRY!" She urgently commanded.

PJ nodded and ran for the exit of the training room and the crazy cage fight within. Once out, he jumped and shrunk down before activating his wings and taking flight.


PJ flew through the halls until he found a door leading to the outside and went down to the ground and ran under it. Once he passed under it to the out side, he took flight again, going up into the air and looking around until he found the courtyard and saw Peter and Jamie training with the shield. Quickly, he zipped his way down.

He flew a little more until he was within walking distance, then he pressed his left button and grew back to his regular size and ran the rest of the way. "Peter! Jamie! He called out to the older boys.

The two turned and saw the young Lang running towards them in a cool looking suit.

"Hey PJ. Suit looks like it's working good for you!" Jamie complimented, truly admiring the suit his little friend wore.

"Thanks. But I came to tell you, we have a bit of a problem."

"What's wrong?" Peter asked.

Before PJ could answer, the sound of thunder clapping roared throughout the sky before something burst out from the side of the Compound. Make that two somethings, and one of those somethings had collided against the ground whilst the other one floated in the air. This all caught the attention of Peter, Jamie and PJ.

Almost instantly, Peter and Jamie could tell that the one floating was Torunn, and from the looks of it, it was Harley in his armor that had made a sizable swale in the ground. It was then that it occurred to the two: they were fighting!

Torunn, still floating in the air, raised Stormbreaker up to the already thundering clouds above, thus summoning the lighting to it which crackled into the large axe for a good while before the princess pointed it to the armored Harley down below and struck him with the lighting.

Harley felt a little of the massive shock of electricity as it hit him quite profusely until Torunn finally called it off. His armor, slightly scratched from the electric blow, sparked a little around the shoulders, chest, and head area. Fortunately, it had taken the majority of the blow.


(Harley's HUD POV)

Inside, Harley winced as he looked at the specs to see what damage was done. There wasn't much, thank goodness. But a meter for the power had come up, showing that not only was the suit restored to full power, but it was also a little more enhanced thanks to the boost.

"Power level at 400% capacity!" FRIDAY informed him.

This surprised Harley. "How bout that."

This caused a smirk to come to his face as he saw Torunn descending towards him.


The blonde princess landed softly on her feet and stilled over to the 'armored lad', as she had called him. He was still down but moving. She moved to tower over him, but just as she did, Harley moved slowly to pick himself up, but using this as a cover to fire a supercharged repulsor blast, sending Torunn flying way back and to the ground.

Harley wasted no time in firing his thrusters and flying towards Torunn who was already picking herself up, but she was pushed by Harley who flew her right into a tree, pinning her there.

Though this caught her off guard momentarily, Torunn began to regain the upper hand. She slowly began pushing her arms back despite Harley's pinning her.

Seeing this, Harley tried to regain his dominance by headbutting Torunn. However, that didn't seem to do anything but surprise her. But he was surprised when she headbutted him back, which actually hurt despite the helmet between them.

Seeing him momentarily incapacitated, Torunn took this opportunity to swiftly and unexpectedly slipped her wrists from his metal grasp and then grabbed his metal wrists. She then used her strength to squeeze the armor until it was squeezed to Harley's actual wrist of flesh and bone.


(Harley's HUD POV)

The specs on the HUD showed the damage happening to the wrists of the armor, though they weren't needed to notice or feel the crushing feeling on them.

Harley winced at the pain on his wrists, feeling the armor beginning to splinter his skin.

Looking right at the mad princess in front of him, he noticed how close his hands were to her face. And that's when he got a a last minute idea.

The repulsors powered up and fired directly in Torunn's face, making her instantly let go. The blast didn't really hurt or do much damage to her face, it mainly just stung.

And it was enough for her to loosen her grip before she heard a whirring sound. Knowing it was coming from Harley's suit, she looked down to the arc reactor of the suit and saw it getting brighter. Her eyes went wide before a powerful blast came from that and sent her backwards into another tree. But she recovered quickly and summoned Stormbreaker to her and pulled it back before,

"HEY!" A voice shouted at them and they were stopped by a web line latching onto Stormbreaker, holding it back, and by the swift flying shield of Captain America. It had hit Harley and ricocheted to Stormbreaker before heading back to the one who threw it. Jamie. The sudden push from the shield made the princess and the mechanic to turn to him and saw him slip the shield back onto his arm before looking to them with a stern face. "That's enough! What the hell's going on here?"

"This one got in my way and proceeded to insult me," Torunn stated, pointing directly to Harley. "So I showed him how a warrior's response to such mockery."

"Is it really an insult if it's the truth though?" Harley quipped, shrugging his metal shoulders.

This made Torunn start to seethe again, but Peter cut it. "Hey, stop it!" He walked closer to them and stopped when he was within arm's reach of either of them. "Come on, guys! We're supposed to be a team here, learning how to fight together. Not each other!"

"We're trying!" Torunn retorted.

"Then prove it. Put the axe down." Jamie saw how tightly Torunn wielded Stormbreaker, and he also saw how mad she currently was. So he figured coming her down would be a good start.

"Yeah, princess. Put it down," Harley teased. But that quickly came back to bite him.

Hearing that, sparked Torunn's anger again as she tightened her grip on Stormbreaker and swung the blunt end of it to hit Harley, sending him back a few yards.

"Oh I'll put the axe down!" Torunn roared as she turned to the direction of the grounded mechanic.

"Torunn, no!" Jamie shouted, but she was already making her way towards Harley. She ran a few steps before jumping up and raising Stormbreaker, bringing it's blunt end down to hit the already down Harley.

But what Torunn didn't expect was to see the a star themed shield jump in front of her target as it hit the object, sending a massive shockwave and Torunn flying backwards.

The shockwave had also sent Peter, PJ, and even a few of the surrounding trees tumbling down to the ground.

Everything was fuzzy for a moment as Torunn opened her eyes. Slowly, she picked herself up and stood on wobbly legs as she saw the effects of the shockwave around her. She also saw Jamie standing but with knees bent, no doubt from the heavy hit of the hammer that had collided with his shield.

Harley had also picked himself off the ground and the faceplate of his helmet came up, showing a tired, winded face. And then, his whole helmet folded back and into the neck of the suit, leaving his entire head exposed.

Taking a few breaths, Jamie finally spoke again to the two. "Are we done here?"

From Harley, he received a defeated nod. And from Torunn, all he got was a look before she began walking back to the Compound.

Watching her go, Jamie looked over to the large hole in the wall of the building where she and Harley had busted out of. Watching from the hole were the rest of the recruits, all looking down to them.

A sudden wave of doubt found it's way to Jamie's mind as he took all of this in. Two members of their team had just fought, a good fight too. Both almost equally matched, but they were fighting each other. That was a clincher of the situation. How could they possibly take on a threat if there was a problem between them? Could they even really be a team?

The doubt began to worry Jamie as he thought more on the situation.

He felt a hand on his shoulder and saw it was Peter who gave him a nod. "I'll go talk to her," he said before running after Torunn.

As he watched his brother run after his crush, Jamie felt a hand on his arm which he realized was PJ. The young Lang gave his friend a smile and a nod. Jamie lightly smiled at the younger kid and put a hand on his shoulder and the two began to walk back to the Compound together with Harley right behind them.


***Jamie's Room***

Hours later, the redheaded teen plopped onto his bed and let out a big tired sigh.

It was six o'clock and the sky outside showed a nice orange sunset. This had been one crazy day. And after a nice shower, Jamie was ready to crash and start fresh tomorrow.

[KNOCK, KNOCK] A rap at the door came.

"Yeah?" He called out.

"Hey, sweetie." "Hey bud," the voices of his "aunt" and "uncle" greeted as he entered the room.

"Hey, Uncle Bruce. Aunt Betty."

The big guy and his girl had walked over and sat next to Jamie, whereas Bruce sat on the ground. Even then, his head and shoulders were still higher than Jamie. "So, big day, huh?"

Jamie scoffed and ran his hands through his red locks. "That's one way of putting it. I just can't believe it actually happened."

"Well don't let it get you down, alright?"

Jamie lightly nodded and lowered his head, still feeling weighed from the events of today.

"Hey," Betty said to him, putting a hand on his shoulder and getting his attention, "things don't always work out the way you intend to. I mean, look at me and Bruce! Neither one of us expected this when we first experimented with the gamma radiation, but this happened and it's working so far. No offense, honey."

Bruce waved it off with a smile, "None taken. But she's right, Jamie. And lemme tell you, the Avengers didn't work out at first either."

Now that got Jamie's attention even more. "They didn't, I mean, you didn't?"

Bruce shook his head in reply to that. "Nope. We all fought each other too when we first came together. There was a lot of craziness happening and the testosterone was through the roof! But, when the time came, we all put our differences aside and we're able to work together. And we won."

Hearing this truly intrigued Jamie since he hadn't heard about it before. "How were you able to do it?"

Bruce thought as to how to deliver it to his "nephew" and finally found a way. "We started looking at things differently. How we could work together instead of focusing on what could hold us back...but one of the biggest reasons...was because it was needed of us."

'Needed'. That word held in Jamie's mind as he contemplated it, seeing how very similar the situation was to theirs.

"Sure it wasn't easy at first, but when the next time came around, we came together and made it count. And right now, that's how it is for you. You and your friends, you guys are the 'next time' here. The 'next chance', if you will. And I believe that you'll make it count."

"You guys really believe that?" Jamie asked looking between them, a bit of hope in his voice.

Betty rubbed her "nephew's" back with a proud smile. "Not a doubt in my mind." "Mine either," Bruce added, nudging his "nephew" playfully.

Jamie smiled at that and thanked them for that. Soon after, the hulking professor and his nurse girlfriend stood from their spots and walked out. But not before looking back to Jamie and giving him a big green thumbs up from Bruce and a loving smile from Betty, to which Jamie gave one back too. And with that, they left the room.

Now alone again, Jamie leaned forward on his knees and thought about the words his "uncle" had just said to him. How the original Avengers didn't do so well at first, but the next time they did. And how they were "needed". Those words resonated with Jamie. And it really made him wonder, could that work out the same way for this group too?

[KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK]

Another rap at the door came as he thought on.

"Yeah!" He called.

The door opened and it was Peter who liked his head in. "Hey, you alright?"

Jamie sighed and shrugged some. "Just tired."

"I know what you mean. Guess we knew this was bound to happen at some point."

"...yeah, I guess." Jamie sighed again as he laid back and put an arm over his eyes. "I don't know Pete, maybe we're in over our head. Maybe...maybe it wasn't such a good idea recruiting all of them."

But Peter, he wouldn't let his "little brother" beat himself up like this. "It's not that, Jamie. And it's definitely not you if that's what you're gonna go for next. Every team's got their rough times, but I'm sure we can move on from this."

"Heh, you've got a lot of optimism in you too, Peter." This earned a little laugh from the two, it was true. Peter had a plenty of optimism, just like Jamie did. Just like Captain America too. And right now, Jamie wished his dad was here. Maybe he could help them. "I just wish we could talk to all of them...help them understand how important this all is. I mean, they already know why we need their help, but I'm talking about,"

"-about the whole motive behind it all. The 'why them', and how important they are." Peter cut in. And he had hit the nail right on the head.

"Exactly."

Suddenly, a thought popped up in Peter's head. "Actually, I think I've got an idea."

Jamie lifted his arms from his face and looked to Peter with curious eyes. "What is it?"

"Um...ok, so do you remember in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when they had that campfire scene?"

"The 1990 one, right?" Jamie asked, making sure he was on the same track.

"Right!" Peter confirmed. "Well, my ideas is..."

And he went on to explain the idea he had and after listening, Jamie thought it over and replied, "Well, it can't be worse than anything else we've tried. Let's do it."


THIRTY MINUTES LATER


"Good evening. Would all young recruits report to the courtyard with camping gear in-hand please? Report to the courtyard with camping gear please. Thank you!"

FRIDAY's message went to all rooms, the common room, the lab, the hangar, the kitchen and whatever room a young one was in. And all who heard it were confused by the instructions from it. All except for PJ.

"Aw yeAH! We're going camping!" He cheered.


This chapter was SOOOOO long, but I decided to cut it in half and release the second half tomorrow. So trust me, there's more to come! Hehehe! I hope you guys are enjoying how this is going so far, especially the references to the old movies and the fanfiction acknowledgement. I feel that especially with Kamala being a fangirl, she'd also write fanfiction and share that with her friends. So I really enjoyed that scene.

I've been working crazily on this story and the future stories I have planned after this one. The titles of which will be revealed soon. ;)

Again, hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. Lmk how it was! PLSSSsssss!

Well, til next time guys! TOMORROW! ;)

UPDATE: This is the newly combined chapter of the two Superhero Camp chapters, but I'm glad they're put together now.