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A/N: Missed last week, but to get back on track I'll try to have the next chapter up on Sunday. I had hoped to get through the Game Over episode before winter break was over but that didn't happen. I traveled without my laptop. It was quite sad. Anyway, more coming soon! Read, Review and Enjoy!

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Chapter 26: Peter

I can't believe it.

I can't believe Sam decided to leave.

I mean, his team is insanely cool and being in space is probably way more fun than being on Earth.

But…

"See ya, Sam." I give a half-hearted smile to the night's sky as I look out the window.

I slide the window shut silently and peel off my mask as I walk over to my bed. I toss the mask behind me onto my desk and belly flop onto my bed still in full costume. "That was awesome."

Great, what's going to be my excuse for Aunt May?

Um… Sam and I…

I'll make something up later.

"Hey, Aunt May?" I shout as I walk down the stairs. "Are you up?"

Funny.

She's an early riser.

Is she doing something today that I forgot about?

It's very possible.

I walk around the corner into to living room.

Nothing.

Today's Saturday.

Yeah, she's probably out somewhere.

I walk back into the kitchen and head straight for the fridge. There's a note on the fridge for me.

Peter – Remember to charge your phone. I'll see you when I get home tonight – May

Yeah, she's out somewhere. House to myself and time to relax. Perfect.

My watch springs to life the minute I put my hand on the fridge door.

"Hey, Tiger," I answer as I hold up my watch.

"We agreed to have a training session this morning remember?" White Tiger demands. "You and Nova need to get over here."

"On my way," I let out a deep breath. "Let me at least get a glass of OJ."

"Hurry up; some of us don't have all day."

"Hey, where's Nova?" Power-Man asks as I stick the landing on the rooftop of the building.

"You guys aren't going to believe this but… he's left the team." I explain.

"Did you guys have a fight?" White Tiger doesn't skip a beat in jumping on my case.

Typical…

"No, he has a whole other team up in space!" I explain. "Did you guys know he lived in outer space?"

"Yeah," Power-Man confirms. "He talks about it all the time, where have you been?"

Iron Fist frowns besides Power-Man.

"Well, you should have seen him out there!" I exclaim. "He was amazing. He was the Ultimate Nova!"

They don't seem to be buying this.

"A-And first of all his team is wow! A-And I don't know what it is, but Sam was just the most heroic, and-and-and-" I move my hands back and forth… I'm not even sure what words are good enough to describe the adventure of a lifetime that I have been on!

Iron Fist crosses his arms as a knowing smile spreads across his expression. And Power-Man grins to himself too. White Tiger raises a hand to point behind me.

What?

I turn around and-

Sam?

"You said-!" I instantly accuse him.

"Well," Nova begins. "I thought to myself… if the earth is so important maybe I should stay here and guard it, with my team. I mean I did save the day."

Oh no, you don't, Nova.

I helped. I need some credit here and there.

"You saved the day?" I counter argue. "It was our plan!"

My watch beeps and I look down at the messages on the screen.

It's just one thing after the other today.

"Fury wants to see us." Power-Man reads off the notification.

"Let's go, team!" Nova says as he bobs up and down in the air.

I shoot a web and jump off the side of the building as I quickly catch up to him.

"Isn't that just like you?" I ask as I swing beside him. "We do all the work and you take all the credit?"

"Just admit; I'm the coolest superhero you've ever seen." Nova toots his own horn.

"You're not cooler then Groot."

"Ok, you got me there."

"So, Nova, do you want to explain this to me?" Fury asks as we settle down into the conference room.

The door closes behind us and locks, our signal to take off our masks.

Time to get chewed up and spit out…

Let's get this over with.

I pull my mask off and lay it down next to me on the table.

"That's the blast from a Dark Matter Cannon," Nova says as he falls into his chair casually.

He pulls off his bucket with both hands and puts it on the table next to him. "Chitauri."

Fury just frowns.

"Those things that the Avengers fought in the Battle of New York?" Sam clarifies.

"I know what Chitauri are." Fury answers him.

"Just checking," Sam shrugs.

"What's their problem with Earth?" Ava asks, beating Fury to the questions.

"According to what Starlord had to say; they wanted to turn the earth inside out to eliminate heroes." Sam shrugs. "There's this guy called Korvac, he's a galactic dictator or something along those lines. I haven't had much to do with him in the past. But he's on a warpath to control the galaxy and he saw Earth as a hurdle."

"Why?" Fury asks.

Ah, yes, here we go, this is why SHIELD cares...

This sounds right up their alley.

"Well, if he had the Chitauri working for him he's probably heard about how the Avengers prevented them from taking over the planet once before." Sam guesses.

"So what happened with this Dark Matter Cannon?"

"I blew it up."

"And Korvac?"

"I don't know." Sam shrugs. "Actually I don't know what happened after I left the ship to take out the cannon."

He looks over at me and everyone follows his gaze.

"Groot happened." I joke.

"Parker."

"In all seriousness, I found the Guardians and we stalled as Sam took out the cannon. When he did the whole ship started to break apart, the Guardians and I got out of it alive. Sam did too… but I don't know about anyone else."

"Chitauri aren't completely stupid," Sam complains. "I'm sure they accounted for plenty of escape ships when they build that ship. They have some advanced technology."

"We're still trying to understand some of the remains on Earth from the Battle of New York," Fury added.

"Well don't look at me, I don't understand it. I just know that it's advanced." Sam sits up. He doesn't want to get volunteered for anything.

Same…

"So then, there's nothing left on Earth in the aftermath of all this?" Fury clarifies.

"Right. Nothing from space got left on Earth that I know of, from this incident. And none of the Guardians set foot on earth. They have the policy to stay off as Earth."

That seems a little random… but ok.

"Now how come you did not report this to me?" Fury asks.

The rest of the team look at Sam first then to me.

"I tried!" I jump in. "But space is a dead zone apparently for our communicators!"

"Nova?"

"Things happened really fast." Sam shrugs. "When Rocket picked me up I didn't think I was going to stay in the Milky Way, I thought we were going to Andromeda Galaxy or at least The Rip."

"Ok, then afterward?" Fury questions. "When you were both on the planet and our trackers picked up your locations again?"

"I went home." I explain, "And passed out in my bed immediately."

"I also went home," Sam adds.

"Home as in…?" Fury prompts.

"Carefree."

Carefree?

Where's Carefree?

Fury nods. "That will be all for now. But next time I want to be the first to know when aliens are trying to destroy the planet."

"Yes, sir." Sam and I say at the same time.

Fury's signature single eye glare cuts through both of us at once.

Fury nods his head, likely satisfied with the fear he instilled in us.

And with that, he leaves.

"So…" I turn to face the team. "Did Aunt May ask where we disappeared to? Because when I woke up this morning I got a note that was reminding me too charge my phone."

Luke pulls out his phone and slides it across the table to me. "We took care of that."

"We had a bunch of pictures from that one football game we went to last month," Ava explains. "So we just sent her that picture and said your phone was dead."

"And she bought it?"

"Yes." Danny nods his head. "No questions asked."

"The score of the actual game last night was twenty-six to twenty-one," Luke adds.

"Who won?"

"Surprisingly, we won." Ava scoffs like I should not have needed to ask that.

"Hey, whatever works?" I shrug as I slide the phone back to Luke.

I hate to lie to her, even if it was actually Luke, but I'm protecting her from this stuff.

"So…" I turn to Sam. "Carefree? That's got to be made up right?"

"Google it, it's a real place," Sam says kicking his feet up on the table. "The universe has a sense of humor and I don't get the joke."

"Sure…"

"That's where Sam's from," Danny says in all seriousness.

"Yeah, I went home to visit family. But when I woke up Fury called me and demanded I get back here." Sam complains. "So I had to leave earlier than I wanted to."

"Why did you go there?" Luke asks.

"I have family there." Sam shrugs. "I went home to see my sister and mom. And I was planning on coming back to New York tomorrow."

"You should ask Fury for some time off so you can visit family," Ava suggests. "I know I am going to for our next big school break."

"Yeah," Sam frowns. "I at least got to see Kaelynn. I'll ask for next weekend off."

There's got to be another reason Sam stayed other than the whole heroic 'I should stay and protect it' thing.

"So…" I begin. "Why did you stay on Earth?"

It's probably got to do with his family.

"Well," Sam looks over at me. "I've been informed a High School Diploma would do me some good, should I ever need a normal job."

"And that's it?" Ava asks. She's not buying it either.

"Pretty much," Sam agrees. "Earth is my home planet. I don't really know what the future holds but I'd like to come back at the end of everything."

"So what you're saying is Earth is a pretty good planet to live on?" I clarify.

"I mean, I've seen much worse places. So yeah," Sam agrees. "I think the only other place I would consider living is Xandar."

"Xandar?"

"If I recall correctly," Danny speaks up. "That would be the home of the Nova Prime."

How?

What?

Seriously?

"Do you seriously just always tune me out?" Sam frowns.

"Well, I mean…" I smile at him sheepishly. "I'm interested now."

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