Chapter 29: Coop Factor
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. Sorry about the wait, but I needed to get this done before I did the first special. I thought this would be an interesting way to get the ball rolling especially with what happens during the special. I hope you like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.
In her IT room Barbara was staring at her screens which was linked to Super Hero High's security camera system. With it, she was watching Spider-Man at his Avenger training with Katana and Black Panther.
Next to her was a laptop with a file labeled "The Coop Factor" and inside it was a picture of Jaden, her and Diana and Selina.
Ever since Jaden had told her about Diana and Selina, she had decided to make this a personal experiment on his effect on girls from his spider bite effects.
At the Avenger training, Tony was activating his watch which activated the obstacle course which surrounded the three heroes with multiple droids flying in the air around a locked safe.
"Alright kids, you have one job. Maneuver through the course, open the safe and retrieve what's inside." Tony said gesturing to the safe across the field. "And go!"
Flying in, the droids fire lasers at them. Acting quickly Katana draws her sword and starts deflecting them while Black Panther's suit was absorbing the blasts giving Spider-Man an idea.
"Katana get behind me! Black Panther in front! We're gonna watch each other's backs!" Spider-Man said firing a web at two droids tying them up. Swinging the web, the two droids crashed into another causing an explosion.
As Black Panther sprinted towards the safe Spider-Man and Katana were coming in behind him. Slashing through droid after droid Spider-Man arrived at the safe and fired his taser webs at the password lock causing it to short circuit.
He opens it expecting to see some sort of rare item or documents but all they saw inside was a glass of iced tea.
"Iced tea?" Katana said confused as Spider-Man takes it out.
"What are we supposed to do with this?" Black Panther asks equally confused.
Doing the only thing he could think of Spider-Man ran the Iced tea to Tony who takes the glass from him and sips it.
"Aw that hit the spot." Tony said before deactivating the course. "Not bad you three. I was getting thirsty."
"Are you kidding me?" Spider-Man glares.
"You made us go through all that for a glass of Iced Tea?" Katana asks.
"Heroes are always supposed to be there for those in need and in my case, I needed a cool refreshing drink." Tony chuckles before walking away.
Taking off their masks and helmet the three of them went to the vending machines to get a drink.
"Well despite the moral of the training I thought we did pretty good out there." Jaden said handing both of them a can of soda.
"The three of us have become quite the team." T'Challa said.
"Especially when it comes to dealing with all of Iron Man's garbage. Great leadership back there." Tatsu said smiling at Jaden.
"Thanks for having my back." Jaden said as they clinked their sodas.
From her lab Barbara's eyes narrowed as she saw the smile on Tatsu's face as she let out a sigh when Jaden walked away.
"So Katana as well huh?" Barbara said when she noticed a shadowy figure moving across the hall. "Huh? Who was that?"
Little did Barbara know the shadowy figure she saw earlier had noticed the camera and decided to go to the source before Barbara noticed.
Later that day, Jaden was in gym class with Wildcat pairing the students into teams for team challenges.
"Alright let's see, Spider-Man you're with Zatanna." He said as Zatanna looks to Jaden and winks at him.
Blushing Jaden put his mask on.
Barbara however was grinding her teeth in anger. "Oh come on! Zatanna too!"
As the training exercise began multiple robots were flying towards Spider-Man and Zatanna. Acting quickly Zatanna grabs Spidey's arm and waves her wand.
"Troelet su!" Zatanna said as she and Spider-Man teleported out of the way appearing behind the robots.
Firing his webs Spider-Man ties up the robots before Zatanna fires a magical blast destroying them.
Looking at each other Spider-Man and Zatanna nod as they charged in continuing their attack.
In her lab Barbara was holding her head in her hands.
"Just great, I thought my only competition was Wonder Woman but it turns out a couple other girls have the hots for my boyfriend." Barbara groans when she gets a phone call from Commissioner Gordon. "Hey dad, what's up?"
"Babs I've got great news! Gotham Academy loved your newest invention." Commissioner Gordon said causing her to smile.
"Really?" Barbara asks.
"Yep, in fact they're so moved they offered you a full scholarship." He said instantly causing her expression to change.
"Wait what?"
"Think about it. No more working in a small little lab, you'll be enrolled at the finest tech school in the world. In just over a week you'll never have to be the IT girl again." Commissioner Gordon said hanging up.
"But that would mean leaving Super Hero High…leaving Jaden." Barbara frowns.
"Sounds like you have some problems." A voice said startling her. Turning around she saw Batman emrging from the shadows.
"B-Batman? What are you doing here?" Barbara asks shocked.
"I've been keeping an eye on one of the students here, but as I was observing I noticed someone was hacking the school's security cameras to control them. I designed that program." Batman said causing Barbara to back up in fear for the worst. "You have talent. It's wasted in a room like this."
"Wait you're not mad?" Barbara asks.
"I didn't say that." Batman said with a cold expression on his face.
"So how much did you see?" Barbara asks.
"That you're spying on Spider-Man because you this Coop Factor theory of yours is making you paranoid." Batman said.
"Okay so quite a bit." Barbara mumbles. "What am I supposed to do? How can I compete with heroes?"
"Be one yourself." Batman said surprising her.
"But I don't have any powers." Barbara said.
"Neither did I, but that didn't stop me. You hacked my program, that's not something a normal person could do you have potential to be great but the only one standing in your way of being a hero is you." Batman said as he was about to leave.
"Wait." Barbara said as he came to a stop. "Who's the student that's got you so interested?"
Turning around a smirk appears on Batman's face. "The same student you were watching."
Barbara's eyes widen as Batman left. "Me? Be a superhero?" Pausing to think she imagined herself fighting alongside Jaden as his superhero partner and fellow Avenger causing her to smile at the thought. "Not a bad idea."
After class Spider-Man was talking to Phil Coleson and Principal Waller in his office.
"Spider-Man we are thrilled that you, Black Panther and Katana are doing well but what's taking so long with recruiting new members?"
"It's just hard choosing students from an entire school of superheroes." Spider-Man admits.
"Well I might know a potential candidate." Principal Waller said showing Supergirl's file. "Thanks to you, Supergirl has applied to Super Hero High. I think she would make a great addition to the Avengers."
"A Kryptonian, good thinking." Phil nods.
"She'll be arriving here in a few days." Principal Waller said.
"Well I guess I could ask her, but after she's had a little time to adjust. I don't want to lay on the peer pressure too much." Spider-Man said.
"We respect your decision." Waller said as Spider-Man walks out.
"You're not even a SHIELD agent anymore and yet you're still making sure Fury gets the job done." Phil smirks.
"Like I would ever leave him to handle something as important as this on his own." Amanda smirks