Author's Note: Alright, so we're gonna hear about some stuff in this next chapter that I didn't put in Great Power, but those of you wishing for the X men to make an appearance will be happy. I own nothing.

15. Mornings

Lugging the boys home was quite the job and Piper eventually just called her father for a Quinjet pickup. He managed to keep his questions to himself until they got the boys to medical. None of them were injured and Nova was starting to stir as Ava and Piper relayed the story of the night to Tony who listened quietly. When they were done he nodded and pulled both girls into a hug.

"I know how losing family feels, pretty sure we all do. You did better than I would have in your shoes Ava. Grab something to eat and get some sleep both of you." He sent them off with a promise to have JARVIS tell them if anything went south with the boys. They reached Piper's level before she stopped dead in her tracks. Ava wasn't paying attention and ran smack into her, sending them both tumbling to the ground. Ava pulled herself to her feet looking concerned at her friend who hadn't even moved to catch herself.

"Piper?" Ava was cursing herself out, she'd had Piper use a new power that none of them knew enough about. What if it had hurt her? Piper's head popped up looking at Ava, there was panic in her bright blue eyes.

"I fucked up Ava." Ava raised an eyebrow as she pulled her friend to her feet.

"What are you talking about?" Piper was shaking slightly.

"Glen! Glen Stacy, the boy you almost jumped in Central Park tonight! I said his name! I was so distracted I didn't even think about it, but I said his name! Spidergirl shouldn't know his name! Fuck!" She slammed her head into the wall. Ava was surprised she didn't leave a dent.

"That's not good." Piper nodded into the wall.

"And I'm going to coffee with Doc Connors tomorrow so we can meet up with a friend of ours and talk about my mutation. Which means I have to meet him in the Bio Chem lab, where Glen is interning. I should have let Kraven kill me." Ava shook her head pushing Piper down the hall.

"No, you're being melodramatic. Look sleep on it. It's possible he won't even remember, besides isn't he like a cops kid?" Piper nodded.

"Son of the police chief." Ava nodded opening Piper's door and steering her inside.

"Well there you go. If he should ever meet Spidergirl, which really how likely is that in a city of three million give or take, that's your excuse. Keeping an eye out for the families of the police force." Piper nodded and flopped down on her covers.

"You are the best Ava." Ava smiled.

"I know, get some sleep." Piper was already snoring as Ava stepped out of the room, the door sliding closed behind her. She smiled at the door. She walked down the hall to her room a smile still on her face. She sat down on her bed and pulled a picture frame off the side table. Tony had made good on his promise and salvaged as much as he could from the Helicarrier crash, and Ava had been ecstatic when she'd found out that included one of the only pictures of her family she had. She smiled down at the photo of her, her father, and her grandfather smiling at the camera.

"I did it. We did it Papa." She flopped back on her own covers and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Glen got up early the next morning. He showered quickly and changed into lab suitable clothes. His mother caught his eye on his way to the door.

"Glen! You should have breakfast, gotta make sure that brain is firing on all cylinders." Glen grinned and snagged a breakfast bar out of the cabinet. He had to hurry if he was going to catch her this morning. But he was again stopped before he could make it to the door, this time by his father.

"You're running out of here a bit early, thought you said you didn't need to be in the lab until ten today." Glen swore to himself. He had told his dad about his day at the lab, that he got to work on a top secret project for Tony Stark, but that he couldn't say more about it. He had yet to tell his father about Mr. Starks wildly smart, cute as a button, motorcycle riding, possible superhero of a daughter. His dad grinned at him.

"This need to leave early has nothing to do with science does it? Did you meet somebody at this internship?" Glen went bright red, which was all the answer his father needed.

"This wouldn't be the same girl who drove you home on her motorcycle the other day would it?" Glen went slightly pale. His father had never approved of motorcycles, they were very unsafe, unless you knew how to ride them. Piper definitely did though. He stuttered for a minute. His father laughed and shook his head.

"Hey, she made you wear a helmet, it's more than most kids your age do. She is your age, right?" Glen nodded. She was actually a few months younger than him, she had turned sixteen two months ago. His father smiled.

"Alright, just checking. I do expect to hear about her later though. Maybe even get a name of this girl who's got you rushing off to the lab three hours early." Glen blushed bright red and ducked around his father. His father laughed as he slipped out the front door locking it behind him. He sighed and rushed down the stairs and out of his building.

Piper hated mornings, she really did. She didn't used to but as she'd discovered the hard way most spiders were nocturnal. So when she dragged herself into the kitchen in a pair of jeans and a rumpled Hawkeye t shirt no one was really surprised. She grumbled to herself as she poured a cup of coffee and dumped nearly four spoonful's of sugar into it before dragging it over to the fridge and pulling out a bottle of chocolate syrup. She poured a generous amount into the mug and grabbed a spoon stirring her concoction as Clint shook his head at her.

"Blasphemy." He said snagging the coffee pot, which was still about halfway full and beginning to chug straight from the pot. Piper flipped him off and sipped her sugary concoction as she shuffled into the pantry in search of something pleasant to eat. Natasha shook her head at them.