"Ava, we've got to do something," Spidey said as he paced back and forth in the conference room. It had been several hours since the Academy had been hit by a third attack in less than a week, and this time, the intruders had made a direct attack and had injured Ava.

"What do you propose?" Ava asked as she continued to rub her wrists. The wires that had constrained her had slightly dug into her skin, cutting them.

"You're his field handler, I was wondering if Andrew would open up to you," Spidey said hopefully.

"That seems most unlikely," Ava replied as she looked down sadly. "Andrew trusts me about as far as he can throw me, and that's without his armor," she added as she predicted that Spidey was going to say he could throw her pretty far with his armor.

"Can you perhaps... put on the charm?" Spiderman asked Ava sheepishly, which earned a small laugh from her, which surprised Spidey.

"That's not even a possibility," she dismissed with a small laugh.

"Worth a shot," the web-slinging hero said with a small laugh before getting serious again. "There is one person is the Academy who he does trust." he said before the door to the conference room opened with a mechanical hiss.

"You wanted to see me Spider-Man?" Squirrel Girl asked as she walked into the room.

"You've got to be kidding me," Ava whispered as she realized what Spider-Man was going to try and do. Ava had no problem with SG personally or on the battlefield, but she severely doubted that SG would help them with what he was about to propose to her.

"We need answers," Spider-Man said bluntly. "Answers only Andrew can give, and since we're not gonna get a peep out of him directly, we were hoping you could help us out directly."


"No, absolutely not." SG answered as she crossed her arms for extra emphasis.

"SG, you are the only one Andrew trusts, which is why we are asking you to do this," Spidey said as he tried reasoning with his teammate.

"It's because I'm his friend that I'm not doing this. I have too much respect for Andrew," Squirrel Girl replied, the hair on her tail starting to stand up on end.

Spiderman raised his hands. "Look. I don't like this any more than you do," he said, "but he trusts us about as far as you could throw his armor suit."

"Fair enough," Squirrel Girl admitted. "What about that Omeran lady? Why not ask her?"

"We're trying to do this on two fronts," Ava replied. "You talk to Andrew, see what he knows. Spidey and I will talk to that Omeran girl, see if we can get something out of her."

Squirrel Girl stood there, unsure of what to do. "He's gonna be really mad with me," she said, "but I'll do it. I could use some answers of my own right now."

Spider-Man nodded. "Trust me, Squirrel Girl," he told her as she turned around and walked out of the room, "if Predator trusted me, I'd be the one doing the asking."

As she walked to Predator's room, Squirrel Girl thought long and hard about what she was about to do. She could lose her friendship with Andrew, but at the same time, she needed answers about the guy who almost froze her, and about his female companion. She approached the dorm room and sighed. "Well, here we go."

Edited by Darkest Nightmare's Dread