Chapter two
Spiderman had never expected to meet some of his idols this way. In fact, he doubted anyone would want to meet their idols this way.
No one really wanted to be squished beneath someone's heavy weight, while being stared down with calculating eyes.
Then again, Peter was not sure what he envisioned when he saw himself meeting the Avengers. Perhaps it would be under a pressurised war, with aliens and death this way and that. Perhaps he saw himself sneaking into the Avengers' tower, to see them work. Or maybe S.H.I.E.L.D would kidnap him, and they would meet each other from behind cell bars.
He would not put it past them. This was S.H.I.E.L.D, after all. The organization that tricked him into helping out a serious mugging and attempted rape in order to get to him. Seriously, who sacrificed a young girl like that?
... He may or may not have stuck the offending agents to the wall with week-lasting webs, instead of hour-lasting ones. It had been a 'mixing up' of the two formulas. Honest.
Perhaps this was why Hawkeye was looking down at him with cold eyes right now. Or why he was being crushed beneath his partner in crime, whom he had not seen yet.
He decided to just shrug it off, and talk to them like he would anyone else. Cheeky quips and fun poking.
"Hey! It's birdbrain and his partner in crime," He twisted around from his position on the roof of the building. (That position being stomach down and arms twisted behind his back by leather gloved-fingers). He was only slightly surprised to see Black Widow on his back, an emotionless expression on her face. "Spidergirl!" He grinned beneath his mask even though they could not see it. His extensive observation skills alowed him to notice the miniscule twitch of her eye, before it was gone.
He rolled back onto his aching stomach. He was sure that he had at least bruised his ribs. Oh well, it would heal in about two or three days, anyway.
"How are things? Good, I hope?" He rambled, as if they were having a normal conversation.
Hawkeye blinked slightly, but quickly regained his posture, and tightened his grip on his bow, which was situated in his right hand.
"... We have business." Hawkeye said forcefully.
He opened his mouth to continue, but Spiderman quickly cut him off. "Oh, is this about that one time I 'accidently' shot webs at Widow? 'Cause I swear, that was totally-"
Black Widow promptly dug her heels into his sides, to which he responded by shutting his trap and letting out a small squeak.
"Ouch, that hurt." Spiderman murmured to himself. "Seriously, though," He insisted a little louder. "That was an accident!"
Hawkeye seemed a little nervous. Was he infuriating her a little too much...?
... Nah.
"Anyway, how are things up in that tower of yours? I've been trying to break in there for ages." He said conversationally. "But seriously, machine guns? Isn't that a bit much? I got some serious scars from that!"
"Uh..." Hawkeye mumbled, eyeing Black Widow. "You should probably shut up about now." He whispered, so if Spiderman hadn't had super hearing, he might not have heard it.
"Really? You know this is actually a good-"
He was cut off by a warning buzz of his Spidey-sense. He quickly twisted his head to the side, so that he could avoid being hit by his captor. Fortunately, this was just what he had been aiming for, and he managed to roll out from underneath her.
He leaped up, avoiding a quick arrow shot that Hawkeye had aimed at him. He shot a glob of web at his face, temporarily blinding him. Then he flipped out of the way of Black Widow's taser, (thanks to his Spidey-sense) as soon as he landed.
Just as she was about to launch a throwing dagger (from her boot) at him, he shot a web at her arm, and then pulled her towards him. She quickly took advantage of that, and stamped his foot with her heel.
He let out a yelp and bolted a short ways backwards, so he was only a few feet away from the edge of the building. Before he could go any further (remember, his aim was to escape), Hawkeye shot another arrow at him, seemingly not needing to see to shoot a well-aimed arrow.
He bent over backwards to avoid the shot, and then used the momentum to perform a backflip. He decided that he needed to confiscate the bow if he wanted to escape. With a small smirk, he shot forwards to Hawkeye, without him noticing (thankfully).
He nicked the bow from his hands, and two arrows for good measure. He wasn't sure how dificult it would be to use a bow, but... he could learn.
He shot a plain black arrow at Black Widow from behind Hawkeye, which she easily dodged. He Shot the second one, which she also dodged, and leaped forwards, intending to go over the top of her teamate and land on Spiderman.
This didn't quite work out, because Spiderman took another arrow from Hawkeye's quiver, and stabbed her shoulder with it. The arrow sent an electric pulse over her, and she collapsed on top of Hawkeye, who was just about to grab Spiderman, having realised where he was.
Spiderman casually walked away from the bundle of two bodies. He stepped off the roof, but not before yelling a short 'goodbye!', before swinging away.
Yes, he idolized the Avengers. That didn't mean he liked them personally.
One month later
Thor leaves earth. Often.
This is a fact. He does it alot; after all, he does have other planets to visit, royal stuff to do, etc. Again, this is a fact.
But... does Thor ever leave for half a year? I think not. He leaves for up to two months at a time- he had asked JARVIS for an estimate. So questions for all of the Avengers were: where was he? What was he doing? Did he need help? Was he in trouble? How could they reach him? (Tony had actually been working on a comunitive system for that last one, but no matter).
Why was Tony thinking this over now of all days? Was he worried? Nope. Was there even a reason? Yes.
Spiderman.
... Yes, it was safe to say that Tony Stark was obsessed with Spiderman. No one- and I mean no one- had ever evaded him for this long. But he was determined. He would find out who Spiderman was. He would.
It had gotten to the point where even the normally stoic Romanoff was teasing him about his 'crush' on Spiderman. He doubted that once this was all over, and Spiderman was on the team, that they would let him live it down. Spiderman was sure to mock him, as well, if his snarky attitude from the News was anything to go by.
Anyway, back to the point. His theory was that S.H.I.E.L.D kicked Thor out (or Thor had left for some reason) so they could replace him with Spiderman. But then there was the issue that they would not really need to kick Thor out. There wasn't exactly a number limit on how many people could join the Avengers.
Tony sighed again, with increasing irritation, and the sun hadn't even set yet. He ran a hand through his hair roughly, making the base of his skull sting. He did not pay the pain any mind, though, and set back to work at his computer.
It was a few hours later when he decided that he would just hack into S.H.I.E.L.D's database and check out what had happened to Thor. Maybe they knew? After all, it might shut Spangles up about it.
Smirking widely, Tony started typing casually, asking JARVIS to take down some firewalls every now and again. It wasn't hard to hack in, but it did take a while to download.
He looked at the 'Top secret' files JARVIS had pulled up for him, with a bored expression on his face. He got in regularly enough that 'Top secret' was an every day thing now. Certainly not as interesting as it once had been when he first hacked in, when JARVIS was still young. Sometimes he missed that excitement, but that no longer mattered. This was incredibly fun, no matter the lack of adrenaline rush. He could shove it in Captain Furious' face later.
He glanced outside the window, guessing that it was only about nine o'clock. Although, he could not see the sky, due to (unpredicted, Tony thought with a scowl) storm clouds. He could hear the gentle pitter-patter of rain. He had never liked rain- why couldn't it be sunny and warm all of the time?
Tony was enjoying wading through his weight's worth of restricted files, when JARVIS decided to ruin his fun.
"Sir, a heat signiture is heading towards the tower at exceptional speeds. Should we take action?" Tony raised an eyebrow. Surely it was not an enemy that headed their way? No one would dare challenge them on home ground, especially after the battle of New York.
He got up, and walked over to a wall that was dedicated to glass, and only glass. This gave him an excellent view of the city, and sky. "Estimated landing time?" He asked, not turning away from the window.
JARVIS was quick to respond. "Two minutes, and twenty seven seconds. Twenty six, twenty five..."
"Okay, JARVIS. Pull up a count down clock, and alert the others." He paused, then, as a side note, he added "Also, make sure to calculate the trajectory."
"Of course, sir."
A part of the window beside him was ignited with white numbers, that were counting down slowly. It was already down to two minutes, but Tony was not worried. After the destruction of his previous tower, he had made sure that this one was practically indestructable.
The glass was thick, and bullet-proof. Only JARVIS could open the windows, by the command of only those registered as an Avengers tower resident. (This included himself, and the rest of the team. He would have included Mr. Furious, but he was too uptight. Seriously, whoever shoved that stick up his arse, please take it out again).
There was steel framework, which he had reinforced with detection lasers, cameras, and sometimes laser beams to attack enemies. The roof was not a blindspot, either, (he had made sure that there was none of those), as they were littered with hidden machine guns, so if you tried to land there without permission, you would be swiss cheese faster than you could say 'Blood stains don't come out easy'.
"Sir," JARVIS piped up as the clock hit one minute to go. "The heat signiture is estimated to land on the roof. However, due to the speed with which it is coming, It may end up on one of the lower floors." There was a brief flash of lightning, and only a few seconds later was there thunder. The storm was reasonably close...
Tony ignored the storm beginning outside and turned around, intending to go to the elevator. "Barricade the roof; make sure this tower does not go down." He said, with a bored tone, as if this was just another day in the Avengers' tower... which it was.
"Of course, sir. Should I tell the others to meet you on the roof?"
Tony grinend. "You know me so well."
Six months earlier
"If you really loved me, you would set me free."
"... Alright."
A/N) Woo! Like I said last chapter, already here on Sunday! Yup!
First of all, I'd like to do the disclaimer, 'cause I keep forgetting. So, for the past, present and future chapters, I DO NOT OWN SPIDERMAN OR THE AVENGERS! (Stop shouting, sheesh.)
Can I just take a while to thank all of the people that decided to follow, favourite and review? Seriously, 25 follows already! And tonnes of Emails! Yay! I feel kind of important. ^.^
Anyway, let's get back on track. I was kind of worried about that fight scene. It just seemed to come so slow. Was that just me? Also, I think I made Black Widow a little OOC. (You did. I can tell.)
Also, I'd like to hear what you guys think about that heat signature. What (or who) do you think it was?
I feel like I forgot to say something... but... oh well. See you next chappie! (Forgetful loser.)