((Now for something different a chance to get away from all the seriousness that has been going on with the adventures of Pete the pigeon))

Brianna was dressed in a pure white surgeons gown mask and cap as looked down at the pigeon on the table barely breathing as it drew closer to death, "Put him under and monitor his vitals we need to get him ready for surgery Janet will kill us if he dies."

A group of people in light blue mask gowns and caps stood around the metal table in total 10 people were in the room. One of the pushed a tube down Pete's beak another placing small electrodes on the bird. As they did monitors began to light up in a dark green then a man in a white mask stepped out of the crowd, "Okay so tell me what is wrong with my patient?"

Brianna tapped her tablet a new screen lit up showing a multilayer scan of Pete's body from bone to feathers. "We have three broken ribs, a shattered wings, a punctured lung, cracked beak and skull. Along with shattered talons and a splintered sternum."

The doctor looked up at her, "Then by all rights we should just let him die."

Brianna shook her head, "We cannot do that you are here to fix the lung and follow the instructions of the doctors beside we are going to save Pete so he is here for Janet when she returns."

The doctor sighed, "Then I will need a full surgery kit and a personal nurse who is focused only on what I say able to ignore what is going on around her and focus on my voice alone."

A young woman stepped up and nodded, "That is what I am here for doctor Striet"

Dr. Striet nodded and looked down at the pigeon, "I need a scalpel tweezers and a person on suction."

The woman spoke, "Yes doctor." The work began and over the course of 8 hours of surgery Pete was rebuilt and given a new lease on life.

Dr. Striet finished tying the final stitch, "It will take him a while grow feathers again but he will be good to fly. I am amazed that you were able to figure out how to do this kind of work and what you had me install is crazy."

"We have been coming up with these plans for a while it was a fun project for our people as a way to give them a break and have fun. None of us thought we would have to use them so soon." Brianna looked at her tablet as two people picked up the pigeon and placed a mask over his head with hoses and put him in a vial of liquid.

One of the people spoke up, "He should be all healed up within the week."

Brianna nodded, "Just have him under 24 hour surveillance and keep him sedated."

Dr. Striet looked at the Vail then shook his head, "Now that I have finished can you tell me what I did to him."

Brianna nodded, "Of course I can." She tapped her tablet and on the large screen appeared the wings of Pete. "To start all the bones in his wings were replaced with carbon fiber nanotubes along the front edges are thin vibranium blades."

Striet looked at Brianna, "You put weapons on a pigeon?"

Brianna smirked, "No we made a new hero. We replaced his beak and talons with adamantium to allow him to land even vertical. His skull was repaired with the same metal and then coated in it. Over his eyes is a synthetic membrane that will allow him to keep them open at his new top speed of 120 miles per hour and he can sustain that speed for over three hours now."

"This is crazy no pigeon should be able to do this."

"I am not done his sternum was repaired with nanotubes coated in diamond so it will not shatter on him. His ribs are also nanotubes now so they can flex with flight." As she spoke she was flipping the screen to new areas on Pete, "Finally the lungs were coated in a new self sealing membrane to stop them from puncturing ever again. We braced his spine and made it so we can equip different tools on him depending on his mission."

"Please tell me you won't be blowing him up?"

"Of course not but he can carry a payload of bombs and drop them where he wants we are also working on a laser."

"You people are crazy!" He stepped back, "Why would you do this to a bird!"

"Because he wanted it do you know how he got hurt. He went to find Janet and rescue her but instead was sent back in a box like this we were lucky he could hold on for so long."

"I still do not agree with this how will his muscles adhere to the new structures and his feathers how will they grow back."

"The entire time you operated you were putting a substance on each new bone that is a mix of stem cells and other agents that will make his body accept them as if nothing happened. We expect him to be in full flight within two days of his removal from the tank and on his first mission within another day."

"I will say this again you people are crazy...but if it was his choice I will do what I can to help him just call me if he comes back injured."

Brianna nodded, "We also donated half a million to your pigeon rescue just as a thank you. You will also be getting a check for 200000 within the week."

"Thank you," he smirked and left the operating room laughing a bit as he began to wash up.

Pete looked out over the city it had been his fourth day out of the tank and was ready to test his abilities he flapped his wings and cooed. He knew his mission today it was time to take down a couple of bank robbers a simple job not the one he wanted but he needed to start out with something. He released his talons and fell down the side of the building he had been perched vertically on the side of the empire state building between the 99 and hundredth floor. He quickly turned his body around and spread his wings taking flight down the street doing a barrel role his right wing cut through a flag pole sticking out of the side of a building. The flag pole dropped scaring a group of teens chasing an injured racoon who used the chance to escape down an alley chattering a thank you. Pete flew quickly he could already tell that danger was in the air and the situation at the bank was getting more tense by the second. He pulled up flying over a large building spotting two snipers on the roof watching the bank. He did a quick scan of the front of the bank and then dives down rapidly towards a window.

Pete pointed his beak at the glass and crash he was through the window a slit second later he struck one of the men in the bank squared in the chest sending him flying back into the tellers booth and knocking him out. Without a second thought Pete turned in mid air flying towards the second man using the blades on his wings to slice through his gun.

A third man yelled from across the room, "is that a pigeon!"

Pete cooed menacingly and spun around rapidly releasing his poop at just the right time that it flew into the eyes of the man whose gun he just cut. The man yelled as it stung his eyes only to feel Pete's talons dig into his chest before being slammed down with powerful flaps from Pete's wings. The third man now had opened fire on Pete who took to flying around the room the gun fire missing his tail feathers by inches. Pete knew he had to stop this he folded in his wings diving straight down an inch from the floor he spread them again and began to fly towards the man weaving in and out of furniture for cover until he pulled up sharply. Pete struck the man square in the jaw sending him up into the air then down hard passed out.

A fourth man charged towards Pete who was now hovering in the air, "Like hell am I going to surrender to a bird." The man drew a knife and began to slash at Pete rapidly making the bird weave in and out rolling backwards and from side to side until Pete had enough. He raised his claw up and grabbed the blade stopping it in mid slash. Pete clenched his talons the blade snapping Pete kicked the broken blade forward the blade cutting the man's shoulder. Pete cooed and head butted the final man making him drop to his knees and pass out.

Pete looked around and then began to fly towards the broken window he had made when he heard a voice yelling it was the man in charge of the swat team, "Do not shoot the bird I got a call from the avengers it is a new superhero!"

As Pete flew out the window he saw the police force saluting him and a crowd cheering Pete did not react he simply took to the sky not even looking back. But behind him he heard the police enter the bank and cuff the robbers. Pete was now flying slowly through the streets happy his first mission went well. He would fly over central park then slow down as he saw a female pigeon on the ground cooing softly. Pete flew down and landed a few feet away from and began to coo at her slowly moving closer. The female was looking him over confused and impressed at what she saw bobbing her head a bit before taking off playfully. Pete cooed and then gave chase after her he flew slowly giving her a chance to dart in and out of the branches then she landed on the ledge of a building. Pete would land beside her she would move closer cooing a bit before she nuzzled him. He would nuzzle her back and so began their little dance of moving cooing touching and cleaning each other. Pete knew it was going well he had found himself a female a very lovely one at that. Then he heard it police sirens he cooed to her pecking her beak gently he dove backwards off the ledge to chase the sirens. He would be back for her but he was a hero now and heroes needed to rescue those who could not fight for themselves.

Pete followed the sounds of the sirens quickly until he caught up to it and the scene that had unfolded. In the center of an intersection stood a man in all red except for his eyes which were bright white. His costume rippled and waved tentacles appearing from it for a split second then vanishing Pete knew instantly who this was it was Carnage. The street below littered with bodies blood splashing up the buildings two stories high. Red webs hanging headless people from street lights a tower of cops impaled on a sign post and the more who got closer to him the more were added to the pile.

Pete turned away knowing he needed to prepare hoping the cops could hold him in place as he flew faster than he ever had. He flew over the buildings cooing loudly this would be a fight for the ages and for his life but he could not let the bodies pile up like this. He folded his wings in diving into a large metal box on the balcony of Janet's office. He began to peck at a screen finally tapping a set of cylinders. The inside of the box opened up a set of arms coming down and attached a metal belt on his back then it attached six grey cylinders vertically to it. He then turned around and took off out of the box and began to go back towards the vile scene he had left. He would fly a bit slower now the weight and drag of the device on his back slowing him down but he fought through this flexing his muscles and tucking his legs in tighter. He began to fly faster stopping once he could see the sight of the carnage.

Carnage had two people impaled on his tentacle appendages and was using them like brushes to spell out his name on the pavement. He was making a message for the world again letting them know carnage could return at any time.

Pete narrowed his eyes and dove down as he did the cylinders launched off his back the cylinders then all broke apart into disks. The disk would adhere to the buildings ground a vehicles surrounding carnage.

Carnage looked around unsure of what was happening but knowing something was wrong he had no idea where this attack was coming from all he could see was a pigeon, "You cannot stop the carnage!" He laughed evilly as he fired a spike from his hand out at the cars only to watch it become liquid and vanish within seconds. A second later the symbiote he wore began to shake and weaken.

Pete had unleashed a sonic attack each disk not powerful enough to defeat carnage but together they would trap him. Pete saw Carnage grab his head and took that chance to attack spreading his wings he cut into Carnage's side ripping through the symbiote and flesh causing Carnage to scream. Pete turned around and flew in again cutting into Carnage's left side he continued this circle of attacks when carnage fired a web at Peter he would use this chance to roll and slice up his arm. When Carnage fired a web at a building to escape he saw it turn to liquid a few feet from the building and sending sonic ripples into his arms.

Carnage rolled out of the way of an attack realizing now that the pigeon had used Carnage's own blood to block out some letters so the blood spelt care instead. He shrieked loudly and formed blades on his arms and charged at Pete and began to slash at him. Pete began to fly away using his talons to block the slashes kicking the blades away from his body.

Pete then saw an opening and flew back and away from Carnage hiding himself in front of a sonic disk. Carnage jumped back and watched the pigeon closely then Pete charged forward as Carnage began to fire spikes straight at the bird. Pete flew in and out of them narrowly dodging most even running across one as he got closer pulling up suddenly he then dove down towards Carnage blasting past him at incredible speed almost like that of a bullet. Pete would not go far he would spin around and charge talons first into Carnage's back and began to peck and bite at the symbiote pulling away tiny bits as Carnage yelled before he through the pigeon off his body with tentacles and pinned the bird down to the blood soaked earth.

Carnage turned around slowly releasing Pete from the tentacles only to hit him with spikes he launched from his chest rapidly. Pete was hit multiple times the force sending his small body across the ground until he came to a rest on the tire of a cop car. Carnage fired more but they were turned to liquid and vanished before they reached the bird Pete had landed under a disk and it was sheltering him.

Pete slowly got up cooing in pain his wings soaked in blood he flapped them to get as much off as he could. He knew he had to end this now or he would lose and be added to the pile of bodies. He ran forward digging his adamantium talons into the earth before he took off flapping his wings hard he picked up speed. Carnage began to fire his webs at the bird he wanted to trap this animal and torture it like he use to do when he was a child. But the webs could not keep up with the determined speed of the pigeon and his mission. Pete curved his wings and began to spin rapidly the air spiraling behind him. Carnage fired out tentacles but they were met with the vortex and sent flying in little pieces as if they hit the bottom of a blender. Pete's beak struck Carnage in the gut just to the right and a second later he had drilled through him coming out the other side and leaving a huge hole.

Carnage shrieked loudly the symbiote quickly repairing the hole as best it could tentacles flying in all directions. They grabbed bodies and flung them in every direction until it created an opening to escape. Carnage clutching his stomach as webs shot out of his back and pulled him through the air as fast as it could away from Pete.

Pete landed on the ground cooing painfully he was injured and exhausted all he could do was listen to Carnage scream as he ran away. Pete could not give chase to him so he simply flapped his wings and took off. He needed to rest he needed to be someplace he could be taken care of. He was flying back to the female he left behind but as he got close to the ledge he left her on he saw her with another pigeon. She had found a new male in the time he fought with carnage he simply cooed realizing now what it meant to be a hero. It did not meaning winning it did not mean getting what you wanted it meant losing what you want and found. But this was probably for the best if his enemies saw him with her she would be put in danger. So he simply continued to fly slowly and painfully back to Janet's office where he could get clean fed and have rest.

Pete shook his head and opened his eyes as he heard a door open and he began to coo like crazy. He flapped his wings and flew quickly over to the person entering the door the person he had not seen in three weeks. He would dive down and land in her lap all happy and excited that Janet had returned.

Janet smiled down at Pete this was her first stop after the hospital she was still in a wheel chair but that was what to be expected after her ordeal, "I am glad you have not forgotten me." She began to pet him, "It seems like you were taken care of."

Pete cooed and laid his head down now that Janet was back he no longer needed to dream.

((Yep it was all the dream of a lonely pet...so tune in next time I feel we need a break for pete the invincible iron pigeon))