"Re-break?" Sam asked, feeling himself pale at the thought.

"Don't worry, it's a simple procedure. When his body healed, two of the disks in his vertebrae bonded together in the wrong place," Doctor Connors explained, smiling assuredly. "It'll only take about a half hour to fix, and Peter'll be right as rain. We just need to break apart the two disks, and put them in the right place. His healing factor will take care of most of the work, and he'll be able to leave in a few days."

"A few days?" Ava asked incredulously, shaking her head. "We can't waste all that time, we have jobs to do!"

"Until then, you'll just have to go without Peter."

"But Doc-"

"No exceptions." With a stern look spread between the four of them, Doctor Connors turned on heel and walked back into Peter's room.

The group had called down Fury as well as Doctor Connors when they found that Peter couldn't stand. After a few minutes of analysis, Connors announced that Peter's spine was healing wrong, and needed to be fixed immediately.

The team watched him leave, and silence fell between them for a mere moment before Sam broke it. "The Juggernaut broke his back," Sam muttered. The disdain in his voice was palpable.

"So it was said," Luke stated, earning himself a small headshake from Danny.

"Not the right time for sarcasm," The blonde whispered to the teen.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it now," Ava shrugged. "We'll just have to work without him; it shouldn't be too big of a deal. Think of it as a new training exercise."

"How's this situation a training exercise? The leader of our team is in the hospital. This is borderline nightmare. Plus, think of all the guys he takes out when he's by himself on his 'me time'. We're going to have to cover that, too," Luke crossed his arms with a heavy sigh, "None of this can be leading up to anything good."

"Stop whining, we'll be fine. Peter may be good, but he wasn't the only one working. We can manage ourselves," Ava gave a shrug as she turned around, "Now if you guys don't mind, I need to get to class. We have a test in Chem today that I plan to ace."

Reluctantly, the boys all followed, even if their minds still stayed on their leader.

-0-0-

Bell. Shuffling. Hallways. Class. Lunch. Bell. Bell. Another bell, what a surprise.

To say that Sam was a bit distracted would have been an understatement. Class seemed more boring than usual, and his anger level was rising against his will. Even at lunch, he hadn't spoken to MJ or Harry, but left the table when they asked where Peter was. He'd said 'bathroom break', but it was a terrible and obvious excuse to leave. It wasn't as if he had a good excuse anyways. "Oh, yeah, he and I were playing superhero, and I got him injured."

That just didn't sound right.

Danny and Luke seemed to be having the same problem that Sam was, while Ava was working overly hard to forget about it all. Luke was apologizing profusely to everyone he bumped by accident, seeming to have a hard time even having physical contact with anyone, while Danny just stayed perfectly silent. By the time school was finished, all four of them were in a foul mood.

MJ managed to snag Danny, pulling him off to the side as the rest of his group began to flow out the door. "What happened yesterday? First you all left school early, and now you're all walking around as if someone died."

"It's nothing, I can assure you. We are all simply worrying for a friend," He promised, holding his hands up in a surrendering position, "We went to school with him a few years back, and he's having a few medical issues. We received the news this morning."

It was only partially a lie.

It was then that his phone went off, and he gave the girl an apologetic smile, "I apologize, but is it alright if I take this?"

Of course Mary Jane wasn't going to hold him against his will, so she could only watch as he jogged away to catch up with the rest of his friends, his phone against his ear. "I hope he gets better!" She called out, earning herself a smile from the pacifist.

The smile dropped as he listened to Fury speak into his ear, "There's a new mission."

-0-0-

"This- Is- Ridiculous!" White Tiger called out breathlessly, catching Nova's foot as he flew past. He continued to shoot forward, and eventually she let go until she landed on a separate rooftop. Crouching down, she watched as the Frightful Four continued to rip everything to shreds.

"To be honest, it's a bit more difficult without having Spidey here to catch us," Power Man pointed out, blocking a hit from Thundra. Iron Fist was on his left, trying to get out the Wizard out of commission.

"But we'll deal without!" White Tiger shouted, sprinting forward to claw her way to the Trapster. "Trust me, everything will turn out just f-"

"Guys!" Nova roared, letting out a yelp. His helmet was ripped off, but his face ducked, leaving him defenseless. He was just finished being tied up on a rooftop about three buildings down, binded completely by metal wiring around his torso. Klaw stood over him, victoriously holding up the defender's helmet.

"A prize, for the doctor!" He yelled, laughing, "Apparently he's helpless without it."

"Nova!" Iron Fist and Power Man yelled in unison, turning away from the villains to catch sight of their friend. Within a moment, The Wizard and Thundra were gone, both leaving to join The Trapster as he cornered in White Tiger.

"We'll be taking that," The Wizard hissed, flinging forward a metal disk to connect with the green amulet on White Tigers belt.

"No!" She yelled, reaching out to grab it before it flew away from her. Within a mere second, it was in Thundra's hand.

"Trapster," The leader smirked, and immediately White Tiger was buried in a mound of muck. "Take both the helmeted boy and this one back to our dear doctor," She muttered, turning on heel. Glaring at the two boys running towards them, she nodded again. "Klaw?"

The soundwave emitted from their enemy was worse than any produced before, and both of the boys collapsed against the tarred floor. Iron Fist covered his ears as Power Man fought to stand, giving White Tiger a helpless look. "I'll be fine, help Iron!" She yelled out over the sound, her own expression pained as her eardrums popped from the sheer volume. When Power Man fell again, he pressed his hands over Iron Fist's own, shielding the teen's ears from the noise.

The moment Klaw lowered his arm, he grinned. "The boss really knows how to help out weapons," He stated proudly, grabbing White Tiger by the back of the neck. She let out a small yell, but quickly shut her mouth, just squeezing her left hand tightly.

Both Power Man and Iron Fist were struggling to get a grip on their balances, trying to get into at least a sitting position. Before the two could stand, however, all four of the villains, and two of the heroes, were gone.

"Call Fury," Power Man requested, looking more pale than ever before.

Clicking on his communicator, even Iron Fist didn't sound calm, but shaken. Looking up at Power Man when he was finished, he looked surprised. "Your ears," He stated, lifting hand to touch one. When he pulled back, there was just a dab of red on the tips of his fingers.

"It's just a bit of bleeding, I'll be fine. Yours would have burst, if you'd been listening much longer."

"Luke. . . ." Iron Fist stated quietly, hearing the hum of the Hellicarrier from half a mile off. "What just happened?"

"Ava and Sam were kidnapped for some doctor," Luke sighed, slipping off his mask. "and we couldn't stop it."

"But the main question is," Danny slid off his own mask as he looked up at Luke, "'doctor' who?"

((NOT A CROSSOVER. It just sounded funny, alright? There is no crossover, this is still in the marvelverse, yadayadayada. Ah. And I should mention, I don't own any of this (cough disclaimer cough). So yeah. Sorry this is so late, hopefully the next one will be one time. This was done in a super big rush so if you see any huge mistakes, please point them out and I will fix them, I promise =3 Thanks for reading!))