Chapter 4

Peter had officially gone into absolute panic mode. It had been a week since the incident at Oscorp and Spider-man had practically drowned himself in SHIELD work. He organised training sessions, classes, leading and organising teams, and beating d-class villains daily. Even worse, every time he stepped foot outside of SHIELD Academy his spider sense would go off like an air siren every five minutes only to see nothing or a flash of colour. Then there was no sign of Spider Girl and Iron Goblin. Since the incident they had disappeared, like they never existed. Miles however was convince that they were still out there and stuck by Peter's side like glue. The younger hero had practically become Peter's shadow, following him everywhere. Protecting him from any possible attack no matter how ridiculous the source. And to top it all off, Peter was convinced that Spider Girl knew his identity. The way she looked at him was like she was staring right into his soul. Uncovering every secret and lie he ever told. It weighed heavily on his mind. Not even ten minutes after the incident Peter requested SHIELD to send several agents to guard Aunt May. The paranoia was getting to him.

All of this work and stress had come to point where he can barely even sleep, every five seconds he would start nodding off in the middle of a task. Right now however Spider-man is with Captain America and Iron man. He is supposed to compare notes with them about the new Hydra being lead by Armin Zola and Doctor Octopus. Spider-man had notes, files and photo presented on a giant screen for the Captain and Billionaire. In his arms is a clipboard of notes and things he needs to do next for the school.

"So…. Armin Zola… is now… Hydra Island…. Saturn…" Spider-man's head leaned forwards and he became silent. Soft breathing noises escaped his mask.

Captain America and Iron man blinked and looked at each other. Tony started waving his hand in front of Spider-man's face. He got no reaction from the wall-crawler. Spider-man had fallen asleep standing up.

"Kid? You ok?" Iron man asked lightly shaking the teenager.

"Hmm… YES!" Spider-man jolted awake. "Um, where were we?"

"Hydra Island's location." Steve said with a concerned look on his face. "Are you sure you're okay Spider-man?"

"Yep! Fine! Dandy! Super! Moving on!" Spider-man said in a more upbeat and hyper voice. He attempts to hide his drossiness from the Avengers.

"While you guys were away taking care of AIM, Hydra took over the Tri-carrier and turned it into Hydra Island. The take over was lead by Armin Zola and one of my bad guys Doctor Octopus. The Web warriors were able to shoot the Hydra Island back into space and we thought that'd be the last of it." Spider-man explained.

"But it wasn't." Captain America said crossing his arms. His face is unmasked as he stares at the screen in front of them. It showed footage of the attack on New York and the captured heroes put on display.

"Correct. We had Doc Ock in captivity when one of our own betrayed us and took Agent Venom, after the Lizard incident." Spider-man explained as footage of the incidents played. "Scarlet the new recruit and I followed Kraven the hunter back to Hydra and rescued Agent Venom. There we discovered that Hydra Island is floating in space by Saturn."

"Why didn't Fury inform us about this?" Captain America asked.

"Didn't you know, Fury's been missing for weeks." Tony inputted. "I've been trying to track him down but I got nothing. He took the space kid with him too."

"Nova." Steve corrected. "I noticed he wasn't with the others at the training exercise last week. But why would he take him and not any other agents or even Spider-man?"

"He needed the kid to run things here." Tony suggested. "I've been tracking the kid's progress ever since he left the Avengers and almost every student that has joined this academy, Spidey had something to do with it."

"He's a natural leader." Steve remarked.

"Or a more inviting face then eye-patch." Tony scoffed. "If Agent Hill was in charge this place would be more like SHIELD's boot camp. Heck some of these recruits would have been a SHIELD prison. Cloak, Dagger, Agent Venom, Triton and well Rhino."

At the time a video feed of Rhino capturing Agent Venom was on screen.

"He's just a kid Tony." Steve said softly.

"They are all kids, Cap." Tony remarked.

A loud snore had suddenly come from Spider-man. Tony and Steve looked to Spider-man to see he had fallen asleep standing up again.

"Spidey is no exception and he's running the whole place." Tony said grabbing something from his pocket. It was a pen and some sticky notes. Steve raised an eyebrow.

"Tony, what are you doing?" Steve asked.

"Seeing how many I can stick on the kid before wakes up. I've been doing it to the other spider kid over there." Tony said pointing to a passed out Kid Arachnid in the corner. The smaller spider hero was covered in yellow sticky notes with little drawings. His camo-mode was in time with his breathing, appearing and disappearing in the corner.

Tony stuck a sticky note with a moustache on it on Spider-man's face. "Hey look, he finally hit puberty."

The meeting room doors suddenly opened and White Tiger, Agent Venom, Power man, Iron Fist and Iron Spider walked in.

"Namaste, Captain America, Iron man." Iron Fist bowed and greeted Steve and Tony. Power man picked up Spider-man slinging him over his shoulder. The wall-crawler woke up with start.

"Hey, what's going on?" He exclaimed.

"Congratulations, you've upgraded your Spider-man to Iron Spider." White Tiger said to Tony and Steve.

"Does he come with cup holders?" Tony joked.

"Umm, can someone explain to me what's going on?" Spider-man huffed.

"We need to talk." She said firmly.

"But-"

"No Buts dude!" Agent Venom exclaimed carrying Kid Arachnid in his arms. The sleeping teenager looked tiny in his arms.

"I'll take care of things from here." Iron Spider provided holding Spider-man's clipboard. Lead by White Tiger, Power man, Iron Fist and Agent Venom existed the room with the sleepy spiders in tow.

"Before you go." Tony stuck a sticky note that said 'Iron man's sidekick' on Spider-man's back. "Okay, so about those cup holders."

Steve sighed.

"Um, what was that all about?" Spider-man growled still being carried by Power Man. The four teenage heroes were walking in the corridor carrying both spiders. Miles was peacefully sleeping in Agent Venom's arms.

"Ever since Fury's been gone you've decided to step up and lead the Academy. I get it, someone has to do it." White Tiger explained.

"But you don't have to do it alone Spidey." Power Man said supportively. "We've got your back."

"Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response to what happens and response is something we can choose." Iron Fist said cryptically.

"Stressed! I'm not stressed." Spider-man exclaimed.

"Yes you are." Ava, Luke and Flash said at the same time. Ava crossed her arms. "Which is why you are going back to the dorms to rest and taking the day off tomorrow."

"But what about-"

"I'll will be taking care of the Academy while you are gone." White Tiger interrupted.

"What about Doctor Octopus and Hydra?!" Spider-man exclaimed. "They could strike at anytime. Who knows what evil plan they have next!"

Meanwhile on Hydra Island in the middle of Space, laughter echoes from Doctor Octopus's lab. Kraven the Hunter, Electro and Beatle were in the laboratory watching the screens laughing. Footage of Avenger's Tower played. Falcon and Ant Man were placing bets on whether Hawkeye could flick a pea into Black Widow's hair from across the room without her noticing.

"Pass the pop-corn Beatle." Kraven requested.

"Why do you even have pop-corn if your not going to take off your helmet?" Electro asked the villain. Beatle just shrugged his shoulders.

Ant man betted he could do it, Falcon betted against it. The pea bounced off the walls and inanimate objects in the room. Before it landed in Black Widow's hair she caught it between her fingers. In seconds she pinned down the archer using only her legs.

"NATASHA!"

"Told you."

Kraven and Electro burst into laughter at the sight.

"What are you hooligans doing in my lab?!" A very angry Doctor Octopus exclaimed.

"I swear I didn't let them in." Kang said with his hands in surrender.

"We will be fine." White Tiger reassured. "Its what we've been training for. We don't need you babysitting us."

"But what about Spider Girl and Iron Goblin?!" Spider-man exclaimed remembering the two mysterious supers. "Those two are dangerous, who knows what they are up to!"

Spider Girl and Iron Goblin were in they're base. Spider Girl wore a pair of wielding goggles over her mask. She was tinkering with the little red spider robot. The little robot she was working on suddenly started to move its legs.

"ITS ALIVE! Jerry is alive!" She exclaimed happily.

"Really?!" Iron Goblin chirped. He leaned over her shoulder. Jerry the robot suddenly stopped moving. "You're losing him!"

"NO! Jerry!" Spider girl screeched comically. "Stay with me baby spider! STAY WITH ME!"

"Did she say that Peter Parker was Spider-man?" White Tiger asked.

"Well… no…" Peter admitted.

"What did she do to make believe she does?" Power Man asked.

"She… looked me…" He said sounding pathetic. "Look I just had this feeling, the way she looked at me. When she was talking about Spider-man she was talking about me. Almost to me."

"That's because you are Spider-Man, dude." Flash provided.

"That's not what I mean!" Peter exclaimed comically. "I just had this gut feeling. Like it was an inside joke."

"Intuition." Iron Fist provided. Spider-man nodded. White Tiger sighed.

"Even if she does know, hypothetically speaking, you've done all you can to protect Aunt May and you haven't even seen them for a week. They could be all talk and no action." White Tiger explained with a cool head. "Either way, you are taking a day off."

"Which you are spending with MJ and Harry." Flash said. "Cho and I organised that. We told them you need some time away from 'private school'."

"Are you sure about this guys?" Spider-man asked.

"Yes, you NEED this." White Tiger pressed.

"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." Iron Fist said cryptically.

The other heroes gave him a blank look not understanding the quote's meaning. A moan came from Kid Arachnid. Miles woke up.

"Hey, who turned out the lights?" He had sticky notes covering his eye pieces. Agent Venom ripped them off. "Oh, thanks!"

"How do I look Normie?" Spider girl's form was in the shadows. Iron Goblin or Normie turned to look at her. She was out of her superhero tights and into some civilian clothing. She wore blue skinny jeans and a black T-shirt with a silhouette of a woman in red and the word 'Power' in red underneath. Short brown hair lightly touched her shoulders.

"Like a civilian." He said.

"Perfect. Got to look the part for Mr Parker's day out with friends." She chirped. "I'll shadow our spider and keep an eye on things. Plus it's a good day to get out of the costume."

"We will also have eyes on Harry Osborn and Mary-Jane Watson. Both could be used as targets." Normie said turning back to the computer. "Are sure you will be fine on your own."

"I'm not alone. I have Jerry!" She exclaimed. The little red spider robot was in her hand. It made a few excited beeping noises. "Plus I'm pretty sure Agent Venom, Kid Arachnid and Iron Spider will be tailing Peter too."

Normie raised an eyebrow.

"I'll be fine, I beat you didn't I?" Spider girl laughed. Normie sighed.

"Fine, but keep Jerry with you at all costs and incase something bad happens, call me, please." He strained.

"But-"

"Call me."

"What if-"

"Call. Me."

"Normie-"

"May…"

"Fine." She pouted. Spider girl placed a backpack on her back. She opened the door to the corridor. She moved around in the shadows and disappeared from sight.

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long, I've been really busy. The next chapter also won't be up for awhile because I am taking a break.