Chapter 2

16 hours passed after the arrival of Loki and Enchantress. Every S.H.I.E.L.D. personal had their hands full. Fury was in his office, along with Maria and Phil.

"We've tried locating the case, but so far no such luck." Phil started.

"And by now Loki and Enchantress could've split up and be half way around the world by now." Maria continued. "Sir, you saw what they did to the other agents. How are we suppose to fight something like this?"

"We already have a plan for this." Fury reminded.

"The Avengers?" Maria seriously questioned. "You would really put the world in the hands of loose-cannons like them."

"Not a group of loose-cannons, a group of heroes." Phil added.

"Sir, we have the phase 2 prototypes on stand-by if we..." Maria stopped.

"By the time we have the prototypes working, the world has we know it will be gone by then." Fury shot.

"If we put the world in the hands of the 'Avengers' everything will change." Maria shot back.

"Yes." Fury agreed. "Everything will change. Nothing can remain the same forever."

"What would you have us do?" Phil asked.

"I've had my eye on this one for quite awhile, bring him in." Fury answered while giving him a folder.

Phil looked in the folder and saw the name 'Peter Parker'.

"Yes, sir." Phil said.

"And bring in May and Natasha." Fury added.

"Sir, I get Natasha." Phil said. "But, May? Are you sure?"

Fury glared at Phil with the answer, Phil understood that glare well and exited the room.

"And me, sir?" Maria questioned, waiting for instructions.

"Hill, you will remain here while bring in some legends." Fury ordered.

"You sure their ready for the world?" Maria asked.

"We'll need them to." he answered.

"Yes, sir." she understood.

Phil walk over to rail and grabbed his phone and dialed a number, a voice answered.

"Put the lady on." Phil said.

"You listen carefully..." the man stopped has he was interrupted.

"You're at 1-14 Silensky Plaza, 3rd floor. We have an F-22 exactly eight miles out." Phil responded. "Put the woman on the phone or I will blow up the block before you make the lobby."

He heard a woman grunt and spoke again.

"We need you to come in."

"Are you kidding? I'm working." the woman said.

"This takes precedence." Phil said back.

"I'm in the middle of an interrogation." the woman continued. "This moron is giving me everything. Look you can't pull me out of this right now."

"Natasha... Barton's been compromised." he finally said.

"Let me put you on hold." she said.

Phil then heard fighting noises and groaning has he waited in the background until they stopped.

"So where's Barton now?" Natasha came back to the phone.

"We don't know." Phil admitted.

"But he's still alive?" She questioned.

"We think so." he continued "I'll brief you on everything when you get back. But first, we need you to talk to the big guy."

"Coulson, you know that Stark trusts me about as far as he can throw me." she reminded.

"Oh, no. Stark's on MY to do list." he corrected. "You get the BIG guy."

"You're enjoying this aren't you?" she said.

"Payback's a bitch, isn't it?" he questioned with a little laugh.

He hung up his phone and head to the S.H.I.E.L.D offices. There he encountered Agent Melinda May, as she stabled papers together.

"Agent May." Phil said behind her as she stopped.

"No." she said as if it was a answer.

"So you've briefed." Phil noticed.

"I'm not going back into the field." May said back.

"Yeah, cause you've got a nice setup here." he countered. "Ever think about getting a moat?"

May stopped and glared at him for that joke and continued on with her papers.

"I just need your help with recruiting some people with me." Phil said.

"Being the 'Welcome Wagon'." she pieced together. "Not my style. At least, not anymore."

"I know that what happened in Bahrain was..." he stopped as he remembered the events. "But the entire world is at stake, and I need you."

May looked up at him with her eyes and knew he was being sincere. Phil being her oldest and greatest friend, also, being a master of the 'puppy-dog eyes' left her defeated.

"Okay" she agreed. "But only being the 'Welcome Wagon'. Nothing more."

"Agree." he said with her terms.

"No combat, gun fighting, no nothing." she said making sure he knew what she meant.

"And has I said before." he reminded. "Agree. All I need is you recruit some people and standing with them until everything dies down."

May paused for while and spoke again.

"Who are we looking for?" she asked.

"Mr. Peter Parker" he said giving her the file. "S.H.I.E.L.D. has had it's eyes on him for quite sometime. We think it's time to bring him in."

"It says 'he recently lost girlfriend in a fight'" May pointed out.

"Yeah, given the situation, I think you two can hit it off." Phil said.

"When are we going?" she asked again.

"Now, get your gear and meet me in the hanger." Phil ordered.

"Yes, sir." she understood.

20 minutes passed has she gathered her things met in the hanger.

"Oh my god, It's the Calvary." a pilot said excitably.

May stopped in tracks when she heard the 'C' word.

"Don't call her that." Phil said defending her. "That's an order."

"Yes, sir." the pilot said. "Where too, sir?"

"Queens, New York." he answered.

A small got off the platform and flew across the sky to their destination. Within an hour, they arrived at a S.H.I.E.L.D. landing hanger with a truck waiting for them.

"Do we have a location on Mr. Parker?" Phil questioned.

"Yes" an agent answered. "He's in a nearby cafe not far from here."

"Good." Phil said. "Get us there immediately."

Phil and May got in the truck and we're driven to the cafe on 6th street. When they arrived to the cafe, they found teenager who looks like he recently graduated high school sitting at a table by himself. The two regrouped to come up with a plan.

"Okay, there he is." May pointed out. "What's the play?"

"First, we introduce are selves, come off as friendly that we mean no harm. If doesn't work, tell him that we know of his extracurricular-activities, that should give him a reason on why he should listen to us." Phil planned out.

"And if that doesn't work?" May questioned.

"I don't know." He admitted. "I'm making this up as I go along."

They entered the cafe and headed for their objective.

"Mr. Parker?" Phil said to get his attention.

He looked up to him, granting that's who he was.

"Hello, My name is Phil Coulson." he introduced as they took a seat. "This here, is my colleague Melinda May. We're here because we need your help, we understand that you have talents that no one else has and would for you to use them."

"Oh, sorry." he apologized. "You've got the wrong guy."

"Well, Mr. Parker, we are well aware someone dressed in a red and blue uni-tard, who swings around building and crawls around on walls." Phil shot. "Did you really think we wouldn't notice the web-cartridges you buy from Oscorp?"

"Sorry, but I'm not that guy anymore." Peter said.

"I see." Phil said as he got up from his seat. "Sorry to waste your time."

May looked at Phil, questionably, as he got up from his seat and exited the cafe. May knew he wouldn't give up that easily, so she kept at it.

"I understand you recently lost someone." May said.

May knew she hit the jack-pot as Peter looked at her with near rage in his eyes.

"You two must have been close." She gathered.

"Yeah." he confirmed. "we were."

"Tell me about her." she said in a calm tone.

Peter was hesitant at first, but the look on her face told him that she was here and at the same time not here. He knew this look because that's how he felt, he knew that she also lost someone or had something bad happen to her that made her this way, and so he finally spoke.

"She was great." he said. "She was strong, smart, driven...beautiful."

"I take it she was the first person you trusted with your secret." May deduced.

"Yeah." he said while looking down. "You know, she was obsessed with this place?"

"Really?" May said with a little smile. "Why is that?"

"She loved their Korean meatballs." he said with a laugh. "I never got a chance to eat with her."

"Because you were busy protecting the city." May noticed.

"She even got into Oxford, something I know I couldn't have done." he admitted.

"How did she die?" May asked. "If you don' mind me asking."

"She fell, I tried to get her as fast as I could. I got her, but I was too late." Peter told with tears forming as he remember holding his dead girlfriend in his arms. "It's funny because I told her I loved her 20 minutes before she died. It's even more funny that her father told me not to see her, now I know why. Tell me. How can you live with yourself knowing that it was your fault?"

May remained quiet for that question for a while and spoke again

"What was her name?" she asked.

"Gwen." he answered "Her name was Gwen."

"Well, tell me Mr. Parker, what do you think Gwen would say if she was here?" May asked.

Peter looked to her as he pondered on the question. May rose from her seat.

"I'm sorry you couldn't help us, Mr. Parker." she said. "And I'm sorry for your loss."

She exited the cafe and regrouped with Phil, who was waiting in the truck for her.

"You think he'll come?" he asked

"He'll come." she answered.

A few second later the back door of the truck open and revealed to be Peter Parker.

"We are happy to know you're willing to help us, Mr. Parker." Phil said with a smile.

"Okay, first of all, who is 'we'?" he jokingly questioned.

"That 'we' would be S.H.I.E.L.D." he answered as they drove off.

Hey, everyone sorry for the long wait, I've been procrastinating for a while now. But now I'm back, expect more soon. And I don't forget to review.