"Mr. Stark, have you found Ms. Danvers yet?" Peter asked over the comms as he waited alongside the rest of his team for the all clear signal. Scott and Wanda both knelt by the edge of the roof, also waiting for a response from their airborne allies while Wade did another once over of his new gear.

Obviously, the Avengers couldn't be in the company of a gun toting nutcase, so instead they were in the company of a non-lethal weapon wielding nutcase. In other words, Fury supplied Wade with I.C.E.R. pistols in place of his usual guns, though he insisted on keeping his katanas.

"Nothing yet, kid." Tony reported. "Her chip is still active, but we can't get a visual."

"So why don't we just rush it?" Wade asked as he holstered his I.C.E.R.'s and joined Peter. "I mean, they're not expecting us."

"We don't know what we're walking into, Wilson!" Rhodes interjected, clearly annoyed. "Tony got a headcount from EDITH, and over fifty drones were reported unaccounted for after the attack in London. We think Beck's got them hooked up to some private server now."

"Those drones have all kinds of tech on them. If they swarm us, we could get overwhelmed." Wanda mused as she watched the streets below, scanning for any irregularities that would indicate the team had been spotted. "As much as I hate to say it, I agree with Wade. We should move in now, while we still have the element of surprise."

"Finally, someone understands my genius!" The merc cheered, earning a smile from all his grounded teammates. "So, we got to go, Stark?"

"Ugh...fine. Start your approach, quietly." Tony instructed. "We don't need to give ourselves away too early."

"Roger-dodger, shellhead! We'll keep it stealthy." Wade promised as he unsheathed his katanas, and gestured to the next rooftop. "Onwards, merry men! To victory!"

The Avengers collectively rolled their eyes at the merc's theatrics, but started to converge on the distant compound nonetheless. Wade himself prepared to jump the gap before pausing and glancing at Peter, who was instead staring at the compound with an uncertain expression on his face.

"Hey, you ok, Peter?"

Wade's words seemed to bring the webslinger back to reality, and he hastily shot the merc a grin before pulling down his mask.

"Yep, all set. Let's go get Ms. Danvers."

Line Break

Carol's eyes shot open violently as her knees met the ground. A series of ragged breaths erupted from her throat, echoing in the now pitch black lab she was being held in. She slowly rose to her feet, and buried her face in her hands momentarily. She just needed a few seconds to think. Just a few...

Wait.

Carol looked down at her freed hands, and squeezed them to get her blood flowing. She...she was free. There must have been some kind of power outage. Maybe...maybe the rest of the Avengers had found her!

"Oh, Danvers!"

Suddenly, Carol was back on edge, and she whipped around to face Beck, who stood in the entrance of the room with a smug grin on his face. She registered that he was wearing that weird suit Fury had shown her, cape and all.

"Hands up, Beck. I'm taking you in." She spat venomously, even more enraged when the man started to laugh, still grinning ear to ear.

"Really? Are you now?" He asked mockingly, before taking off into the air and equipping his dommed helmet. "Well, tell you what. You can take me. You just gotta catch me first."

Then Beck whizzed over her head, and flew down the hallway behind Carol faster than a bullet. Another growl slipped past Carol's lips as energy began to outline her body as she rose into the air, before taking off after the illusionist. As the pair zipped through the hallways of the complex, Beck activated his comm from within the lab and pinged William.

"She's taken the bait. Are our friends getting closer?"

"Yes, yes. The Avengers are almost on top of us!" William confirmed frantically. Beck just grinned, and turned on his heel to leave the lab.

"Alright. Send them out."

Line Break

"Tony, heat signatures within the compound are spiking!" Falcon reported, making the ground team come to a halt on the final rooftop before the building before them. Seconds later, a storm of drones flew out of all the windows in the compound, shooting at both the heroes and the civilians on the streets below them.

"SHIT! Sam, Wanda, Scott, protect those civilians!" Tony barked over comms. "Peter, take Wade and get inside the compound. Find Danvers!"

"What's your job then, Stark?!" Wade yelled as he fired a few shots at an approaching drone, taking it down in seconds.

"I'm tracking the transmitting signal of the drones. I'm gonna shut them down manually."

With that, the comm line went dead, and the Avengers got to work. Scott and Wanda vaulted over the side of the building and started protecting the civilians on the streets, while Rhodey and Sam engaged in dogfights with stray patches of drones.

"Wade, c'mon!" Peter shouted, shooting a web over to Beck's compound as the Merc ran over. Once he had hold of the web, the pair swung over to the entrance of the building, and sprinted inside.

"You got Danvers location, Web-head?" Wade asked as he reloaded his I.C.E.R. and sloppily duct taped a flashlight to the gun so that he could see in the dark hallways of the complex.

"Yeah, just give me a second. Karen! Could you pull up the map, please?" Peter requested, causing his lenses to glow a brighter shade of blue. "Oh! Good news, Wade! It looks like she's headed our way! Really, uh, really fast too."

Sure enough, something rounded the corner ahead of them and raced towards the pair. Before they could react, it crashed into Peter, making him stumble slightly. He looked around widely, only to realize whatever had collided with him had disappeared.

"Um, what the fuck was that?" Wade asked, genuinely dumbfounded. Any answer was cut off as another shape rounded the corner, one much brighter. Peter locked eyes with the figure, and allowed a relieved smile to rise behind his mask.

"Carol?"

Line Break

"William. It's time."

Beck watched in giddy excitement as Carol approached Parker and whatever other idiot Avenger was with him. This was it. The thing that would make all the setbacks worth it.

"Alright...transferring target signature...and locked."

Line Break

"C'mon, Danvers! Is this really all you have?"

The flames surrounding Carol grew brighter as she glared at the man before her, energy curling excitedly at her fists.

"I'm going to fucking demolish you, Beck." She spat, raising her fist and shooting a blast of energy at him. He sidestepped the blast easily, though somewhere in the back of Carol's mind, she swore she heard the blast hit something.

"Man, you must have been a really shitty soldier with aim like that." Beck snarked. With that, something within Carol snapped, and she roared in rage and charged him, determined to shut him up permanently.

Line Break

"Ms. Danvers? Are you ok?" Peter asked, taking a cautionary step back. After he had truly taken in the hybrid's appearance, he had realized how pissed off she looked. Even now, flames crept along her body as she sneered at him.

"I'm going to fucking demolish you, Beck."

Peter's mind went blank as he registered those words. What the hell was she talking about? Beck wasn't here!

Then it clicked. It was the illusion tech! Beck had tricked her into thinking that he was Beck!

Suddenly, his spider-sense rang seconds later as a blast of energy flew towards him. Before he could move, Wade shoved him aside and took the brunt of the blast, sending him flying back out into the streets.

"WADE!" Peter cired, before turning back to Carol and raising his hands defensively. "C-carol, please. Y-you don't have to do this."

Whatever Carol heard, it wasn't Peter's pleas. She let out a roar of rage, and charged him, determined to shut him up permanently.