Kate and Spider-Man run through the doors, ready to fight. They see that the sentinel is already offline.
"We came as fast as we could," says Spider-Man.
"Already taken care of," I say, "Is everyone alright?"
"Yeah. Just shaken up a bit," Bobby says.
"Why was it here?" asks Sam.
"That's what we have to find out," says Emily.
"I thought the government had all the sentinels destroyed after it was decided they did more bad than good." Kate says.
"Me too. And even if they didn't, why did it come here? It said it detected a mutant. I didn't know any of you were mutants." I say.
Everyone looks around at each other, confused.
"None of us ARE mutants," says Bobby, "at least that we know of."
"That doesn't make any sense..." I say.
"Hey, look at this!" Spider-Man says, investigating the machine.
The team comes over to where he is.
"Look," he points at a spot on the back of the robot's head.
There it is. The symbol of the country of Latveria.
"Doom," says Kate. She looks as though she's going to throw up.
"So the sentinels weren't destroyed...They were sold," I say.
"I didn't know Doctor Doom hated mutants," Sam says.
"He doesn't," replies Kate.
"How would you know?" Emily asks.
"JARVIS, tell Fury what happened here," I command, "Doctor Doom is way out of our league. He needs to handle this."
"Yes, sir."
"Well I gotta swing home," says Spidey, "try to get some sleep, everyone. You've got an assignment tomorrow. IF you wait for me to contact you this time." He leaves.
"So what do we do with the 20 foot tall robot in the middle of our living room?" Bobby asks.
"Can we keep him?" asks Sam.
"Why do you want to keep a mutant killing robot?" I ask.
"I can make adjustments, change its programming, link him to JARVIS," he answers, "It could basically be JARVIS' body."
"Can you do that?" Emily asks.
"Yeah. Maybe I can't invent things like Katie, but I can hack, program, and reprogram machines that are already built."
"It would be cool to have a mascot," Bobby adds.
"...Alright, we can keep him. But you have to feed him and clean up after him," I laugh.
"Alright, team. Is everyone in position?" I ask.
"Yeah."
"Affirmative."
"Yep."
"Yes."
"Good. Remember, this is a stealth mission," I say, "Don't let anyone see you until we get to Shocker."
We're in an old warehouse that's now being used by Shocker as a base of operations for him and his lackeys. As I walk down the halls, I can't help but think about the night before. With Emily. So unexpected. We really hit it off. And my first kiss... 18 years old and I've finally kissed a girl. Wow. It was definitely worth the wait, though-
"You there!"
Awesome. Team leader being the one to get caught. I'm never gonna hear the end of this from the team. I turn to see the henchman walking down the hall towards me, gun pointed.
"Oh sorry, Frankie, I thought you were an intruder," he says.
Wait...what?
"What are you still doing here, Frankie, I thought your shift ended 10 minutes ago," adds the goon.
"Uh...I left my phone," I reply.
My voice...it's different. What's going on?
"Alright. See you tomorrow, Frankie."
He continues on his patrol, turning the corner, and carrying on down the hall. That was so weird. Frankie? Who's Frankie? And why did that guy think I was him? I decide it's best to try to figure that out after the mission. I continue on and reach the rendezvous point. The rest of the team is already there.
"What took you so long?" Bobby asks.
"Tell you later," I reply, "Are we ready?" They nod. "Let's do this."
We bust through the doors. Some goons pull guns on us, but Kate pulls them out of their hands with the flick of her wrists. Shocker blasts a shockwave at us and we all fly back except Bobby, who was able to dodge it. I guess that's what happens when Daredevil's your mentor. As we get up, Sam and Emily fly over to the thug while Kate speeds off towards him. Kate makes contact first with a devastating punch. Shocker starts to get back up, but is brought down again by one of my ensnarrows.
"Spidey," I say over the comm, "We got him."
I sit in my room, pondering the events of the day. What happened? Why did I look and sound like someone else? It's never happened before... Then all of a sudden I'm in trouble and I coincidentally turn into someone else. Someone that the other goon apparently knew, no less. I don't get it. After thinking over it for a couple hours, I finally just fall asleep.
