Author's Note: Applause to all of those who caught my Homecoming Easter egg even if you didn't review. For those who haven't caught it go see the movie ASAP seriously I've seen it twice and plan to go again. No spoilers just an Easter egg two chapters ago. I own nothing.

25. Stuck At School

Piper slept in to about ten the next morning. She changed into her workout clothes and met her Uncle Clint in the shooting range. He handed her one of his spare compound bows.

"Alright Baby Bug this one's a test of control more than a test of strength. You need to not break that bow. The draw on it is only 150 pounds, it's pretty small. But you also need to hit your target. Don't worry about us getting caught at this your dad is out at a Stark Industries event in Washington." Piper nodded and Clint hit the switch to start the targets moving. Piper took a deep breath and carefully pulled back, it took concentration to not pull the bow too hard and break the string. She aimed and fired, grabbing another arrow out of the quiver on her back and firing again. She continued, spinning and leaping into the air as Clint upped the difficulty. She flipped and released just hitting the outer edge of her target. Clint stopped the movement of the targets and smiled.

"You're getting better Baby Bug." She had hit almost all of her targets this time only missing six out of thirty. She whipped her brow.

"Yeah Webs are a bit more forgiving than arrows, wider surface range for a hit." Clint nodded a grin on his face.

"I know Baby Bug. Your Uncle Steve wanted to see you in your gym when you were done here." Piper nodded, hugged Clint and headed off. Her watch beeped but she ignored it, Fury knew she was training with the avengers right now. She made it up to her level and skipped into her gym.

"Hey Uncle Steve!" He was standing next to her weights. They were a similar design to the ones he had in his private gym, they could be adjusted mechanically to simulate any weight. He smiled at her.

"Come on over Piper, we're gonna up your weights today." Piper grinned and slid onto the bench laying back and wrapping her hands around the bar. She was up to one thousand five hundred pounds. Steve flicked on the machine. Piper had helped him learn how to use it. Tony had tried but he was too condescending.

"We're gonna start you at one thousand today, see if we can work you up to 18 today." Piper grinned and nodded beginning her chest presses with her Uncle Steve spotting for her, moving the weights up by a hundred pounds every ten minutes or so. She'd hit one thousand seven hundred when her watch started beeping. She ignored it again letting it ring through. Then it began beeping again and she sighed. Steve switched off the machine and Piper answered her communicator. It was Sam.

"What do you want Bucket head?"

"Where are you Webs?" Piper rolled her eyes.

"I'm at home I told you I have stuff to do today, I don't have time for your stupid competition." Nova shook his head.

"Listen to me of a minute Webs! I'm at the school, came to see if I could beat Ava's time since you're being a spoilsport about it. It's nearly noon and no one's come out from the gym and the fence is electrified. Something doesn't feel right." Piper slid out from under the bar and sat up.

"What do you mean the fence is electrified I've been going there for almost three years, that fence isn't capable of being electrified." Nova rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"SHEILD put in new security systems since they had a team at the school now, but I think they might be malfunctioning." Piper frowned.

"Do you want me to come out there?" Nova rolled his eyes again and nodded.

"Yeah, I already called Iron Fist, he's on his way. Power Man is stuck in extra training today. Hate to say it but if Ava, Liz and Mary Jane are trapped inside we might need your help. I tried Coulson but I can't get through to him." Piper nodded and stood.

"I'm on my way." Sam nodded and hung up. Piper turned to Steve worry plain in her big blue eyes.

"Everything ok?" He asked and Piper shook her head.

"No, MJ might be in trouble. I need to go." Steve nodded as Piper raced off away from the gym throwing off her tank top as she went. She skidded into her room and yanked on her costumes top and hooked her hidden belt around her waist. She yanked on the bottoms and grabbed her gloves pulling one on and yanking on her mask. She vaulted up the side of the building to the roof where she'd stashed her Spider-cycle. She pushed it to the limits as she sped across town to Midtown High. It took her five minutes to get to the school and somewhere in the back of her mind she was debating riding the Spider-Cycle to school every day, but no that would give away too much. She got there two minutes before Danny did. He leapt off a roof into an alley across from the school. Piper followed him parking her bike behind a dumpster in front of Sam who was in everything of his costume but his helmet. Danny handed over the golden helm and he slipped it on. Only then did he start glowing. Piper filed that away and spoke.

"Alright Nova what's going on here?" Nova glidded across the street and nodded to the fence. He grabbed a rock off the sidewalk and tossed it into the fence. It sizzled and fell to dust on the other side. Piper whistled.

"Ok don't touch the fence I guess." Piper took a few steps back and effortlessly flipped over the fencing. She landed softly on the other side. Nova flew after her, Iron Fist flipping with him.

"Alright oh mighty team leader what do we do." Piper adjusted one of her gloves.

"You're probably right about it being a malfunctioning security system. If I can get to the main controls I can do a hard reset, should fix the problem. But there's only one problem. I don't know where the main controls are." Nova nodded and turned to Iron Fist.

"They are most likely in Principle Coulson's office." Spidey nodded and turned back to the school.

"Alright then, safest way to do this is to split up. Iron Fist you go to the gym and make sure everyone's ok. Nova you're with me, we're gonna get in as close as we can to Principle Coulson's office but we're likely gonna have to fight through at least some of the malfunctioning security system." Nova nodded and the group split, Danny heading for the gym doors and Piper and Sam headed for the south entrance. They slipped in easily enough and that made Piper frown a bit.

"Who electrifies a fence and leaves the door unlocked?" Nova shrugged and the raced off. Piper called out a warning as her spider sense went crazy and pulled Nova aside as the trophy case turned impossibly and began spitting trophies at them.

"Will you listen to me for once lightbulb!?" He looked a bit amazed under his mask.

"How did you know that was going to happen?"

"I have this sense that goes off when there's danger, I call it my spidey-sense, it boarders on precognition." Nova raised an eyebrow then remembered that she couldn't see his eyebrows.

"What?"

"I can sense danger before it happens ok." Nova shrugged lightly, he'd heard weirder. Her powers were just getting cooler by the day though and he couldn't help but feel like it really wasn't fair. He followed her down the hall. They heard a manly cry for help a few halls over and Spidey immediately detoured. Nova swore and followed. They found Stan the janitor pinned to the wall by a large metal claw. Piper grabbed the claw and pulled, Nova pulling Stan out of harms way. Once he was safe Piper let go of the claw and it slammed into the wall.

"Mucho malfunctioning security system, you should get out of the building as soon as possible." Stan nodded and grabbed his mop before taking Spidey's advice and heading for the exit. Spidey leapt up the wall and raced along the ceiling Nova flying along next to her.

"Why do you like the ceiling so much?" Piper shrugged as she continued to run, leaping over light fixtures.

"I don't know, it's just more comfortable." She flipped off the ceiling landing on the floor in front of Coulson's office. The door was shut and locked. Piper yanked hard and the door knob came off in her hand.

"Somebody really doesn't want us getting in there. Can you blast down the door without hurting anything or anyone on the other side?" Nova nodded and melted the hinges and doorknob the door fell inwards revealing a sight Piper was certain she was never gonna be able to unsee. Agent Coulson was stripped to his tidey whities dangling above a vat of what looked like acid.

"Stop! Don't come in here." Piper covered her eyes and shot a web at the top of the acid vat, covering the dangerous liquid.

"Appreciated Spider-girl but you need to get out of here now, both of you. Taskmaster had corrupted the security system." Piper raised an eyebrow.

"Who is Taskmaster?" Coulson continued.

"He's a mercenary for hire, hates me, hates Fury. Highly trained tactition and weapons expert, he's also a combat chameleon." Piper couldn't help but chuckle.

"What was he bit by a radioactive chameleon or something?" Nova rolled his eyes.

"Bug brain you are such a dork." There was a loud female scream and Piper whirled.

"MJ!" She raced off, Nova swearing and following. Neither of them heard Agent Coulson shout after them.

"Do not fight Taskmaster! He sees you do it he can do it!"