In an area located on the outskirts of Maine, in a flying helicopter. Peter Parker is watching Jason, Betty, and Michelle from his eye-phone as he sighs in resignation. He was in his iron spider suit, which now looks worn and weathered from the many battles it has been through, and standing beside him was James Rhode, who was in his war machine armor.
'You know this brings me back, Parker, back when I did this all the time with Stark, ' Rhodey said to Parker, who looked up to him with a smile.
'Really, you mean taking out terrorists?' Parker said in a somewhat sarcastic tone
'Definitely, even with all the weird ass shit we have been through, it's nice to fight people again,' Rhodey smirked while Parker smirked back at him.
Eventually, the helicopter landed in an abandoned military compound, and who greeted him was no other than Nick Fury.
'Glade that both of you could make it, especially you, Parker. Since you are now starting to act like an Avenger,' Nick responded, while Peter nodded.
'Likewise,' he stated. Fury nodded back before addressing the group.
'Now, according to the details, from our inside sources. Local Arms dealer Mac Gargan set up his primary hideout at this abandoned compound; I can tell you he has everything there. Shock gauntlets, black hole generators, disintegration ray, the whole stock, and if we take him out here right now, his entire operation will be wiped out.' Nick explains as he pulls up a holographic projector map of the building from his wristwatch.
'I already have a team surrounding the place, but given what these weapons can do, I think I would need some extra muscle,' Nick Fury chuckled before turning back seriously.
'So what do you want us to do?' Spider-man asked while Fury zoomed up on the holograph map in more detail.
Half an hour has passed after Fury debriefed on the plan, with Spiderman already sneaking through the air vents of the compound before silently landing on the ground and finding himself in the security room.
'Now the plan is simple. Spider-man will sneak into the compound and locate the security room. He will then download all their weapon division data files as evidence. While War Machine and shield will be drawing out their fire.'
Peter played out the plan in his head. However, just as he finished downloading the files, his spider sense suddenly warned of an attack from behind as Parker back-flipped out of the way of the metal stinger that pierced through the monitor.
The superhero then turned to face his attacker and groaned in frustration. It was Mac Donald, Aka the Scorpion. He wore a mechanical suit similar in design to Toomes own vulture suit if only a bit more advanced, likely taken from the scraps of Thanos's ship after the Alien warlord's last invasion. It had large gauntlets in the form of claws, its entire upper body covered in a green metallic suit, and on its back laid a giant stinger that gracefully moved through the air, ready for another strike.
'Mac seeing you are doing well. What with the new suit and all,' Spider-man quipped while Gargan smirked.
'Heh, nice to see that you notice Spider-man, or should I go with Parker?' he said mockingly. Before launching another strike with his tail. But the superhero dodged it easily.
'Hey hey, now I don't know about you, but I rather be called Spider-Man when on duty, you know?' The web hero joked while Scorpion launched another attack with his gantlets, only to be easily evaded again. 'I mean, it's like calling a policeman Bob or Susan without referring to them as officers; it just doesn't sound respectful, you know?'
'You know, kid, I always suspected that Adam knew who you were. But I always figured he wanted to save you for himself,' Gargan chuckled as he continued his assault. 'If he did tell me, I would have carved you open long ago!'
'And properly get your asses kicked by the Avengers in the process, alongside me,' Parker responded while Mac growled at that statement. 'He didn't want to get you guys into more trouble than you already were in.'
Scorpion's face sneered in frustration before chuckling into a laugh. 'Maybe Parker and perhaps back five years ago, you may have a point. But the thing is,' Mac then moved his hand over his chest where a green button lay on the armor.
'While you Avengers were busy licking your wounds, the world has moved on; let me show how! ' The criminal then pressed the button, and his entire body was covered in armor from head to toe; his claws became sharper, his stinger became more slick, and his movements faster.
Upon Seeing what Gargan had become, Parker gasped in response, 'Oh crap.'
Meanwhile, The War Machine and the shield operatives had the same problems; all the criminals they were firing at were now covered in power armor in a more straightforward design than The Scorpion. While Rhodey could hold most of them off, his side was already getting overwhelmed due to their superior firepower and the fact that they were bulletproof.
'Uh kid, don't know if you are busy, but we need back up asap,' Rhodey called over Peter's intercom, but the kid hero was not responding. 'Hey, kid, are you still there!?' The soldier asks again in a more panicked tone. Only for Spider-Man to hastily replied.
'A little busy at the moment,' Peter called out while rapidly dodging Scorpion's attacks, which now had gotten much faster and more powerful, tearing apart the entire room and forcing Spider-Man to retreat.
'This is bad...' Peter thought as he continued to retreat, 'I never thought that Scorpion and his goons gotten this advance with tech; he is pretty much on the same level as Mr. Stark's Mark's three Armor; even if I can take down Mac, there is still a whole squadron of his men with that power armor. Everyone else is just going to get slaughtered...unless'?
A thought ran through Peter's head as he immediately retreated into one of the vents to escape his enemy. From his armored mask, he then communicated with Rhodas.
'Okay, Rhodey, I have a plan, but I need you to stall for me,' Parker explains. At the same time, the older hero remains skeptical.
'For how long?' he asked Parker, then knotted his brow as he struggled to find an answer
'I...don't know...five minutes?'
'...you have three..' Rhodey responded before ending the message.
'Great, just great,' Peter sighed in frustration before regaining focus.
E.D.I.T.H.' Peter called in his mask that is now directly linked to the wireless connection to his iron suit.
'Yes, Peter?' the A.I. responded.
'I need you to configure a virus for me. Do you think you link that to every targeted tech in this building?
'I can, but it will take approximately 5.30 minutes to engage in all hostile devices in the area,' she responded, but Peter shook his head.
'Can you do it a bit faster!?' he cried out.
E.D.I.T.H. then remains silent for a moment before answering, 'There is a hot spot in the area that can lower the timer down to 25% Peter. Though you are still 50 feet away from that area, I can track it for you,' the A.I. explained as she finished her analysis while Peter gave a small breath of relief. 'Okay, that's good. Start the timer while I am on my way, and by then-!?
Before Spider-man finished his sentence, Scorpion's stinger pulled the ventilation shaft under him, and he came crashing down on the floor.
'Was wondering where you were hiding, brat; what do you think? That I can't see you?' Mac mocked the hero while his visor glowed slightly red.
'And now he has inferred red vision...of course, he has inferred red vision,' Peter quipped in frustration as he pulled himself off from the ground while backing away from Scorpion as the superpower criminal began chasing down Spider-Man throughout the compound.
'Well, this is a massive disaster,' Nick cursed to himself as he saw the entire operation was beginning to fall apart from a video feed.
'I mean, you think our inside guy would tell us that Scorpion would have something like power armor in his arsenal?
'Apparently, our informants are not as deep into his operation as we would like to believe. From what we've been informed, Gargan only allows his most trusted men to get into his more personal projects...guess none were able to gain that level of trust, ' Mary Hill responded while Fury rubbed his face in anger.
'You don't say...well, let's hope War Machine and Spider-Man are enough to turn this around. Otherwise, we will be recruiting for many more operatives.'
Later at the compound.
'Are we there yet, E.D.I.T.H.!?' Parker cried out as he barely dodged another blow from Scorpion. 'Another 20 feet, Peter; we still have 3.21 minutes left until the virus is ready.' Spidey once again groaned in impatience as he dodged the enemy's strikes.
The battle between Spider-man and the Scorpion was less of a struggle and more like a game of cat and mouse, with the insect theme hero; for a while, he was confident that he could take down Gargan given enough time. After all, as advanced as his scorpion suit is, it's still nowhere near as developed as his iron spider suit, on top of him having actual superpowers. But that was thing time. Parker was running out of time; the more time he spent fighting the empowered criminal, the more lives were being put at risk. If war machine an Avenger could only buy him three minutes, despite having his own Iron man suit and Shield agents backing him up...then you know how bad the situation has gotten.
'Running is not getting me anywhere; with that inferred vision, he can track me down anywhere I go. E.D.I.T.H., is there any shortcut to the hot spot?' Peter almost shouted as panic began setting in.
'I am sorry, Peter, but you are still 18 feet away from the targeted area, and there are still 2.50 minutes left till the virus can be deployed,' the A.I. reported.
'Damn it, there as to be.' Parker complained until another idea came to his head. 'E.D.I.T.H., give me a hologram area scan of the compound.
The A.I. did as it commanded as a hologram projection was alight inside the miniature computer monitor in the eye lens of Parker's mask. When the older teen looked into the area, his eyes winded in surprise. 'That is where the hot spot is!?'
Before Parker could ponder further, Scorpion appeared immediately behind him, ready to pounce.
'What's wrong little spider, already out of breath, ready to let me skin you alive!?' Mac taunted and laughed, thinking he had the superhero back in a corner. Only for Spider-Man to smile with a knowing look.
'Heh...you would think to creep.'
This was a disaster; that was all Rhodey would have to say. He said he could buy Spider-Man for three minutes, but it was far less. The power-armored thugs already have him and his men pinned down under heavy fire. While the war machine could take down many of them with his guns and tank missiles, their numbers and firepower proved too much even for him, and already, his entire squadron was overwhelmed.
'Damn it, kid, what is taking you so long!?' the solider cursed out until he heard a rumble from the wall above him. he looked at it in confusion before it competently burst open, showing Scorpion being rammed out of the wall and onto the ground below him, with Spider-man leaping out of the hole and landed next to him, resulting in both the thugs and shield agents ceasing their fire in shock.
For the most part, Mac Gargan looked like a mess, his armor had noticeable dent marks in the form of shaped fists, and his visor was broken, exposing his face. Yet he didn't seem all that phased from his beating.
'Well, how cute Spider-Man, you managed to beat me, but how are you going to take us all down, kid?' Mac mocked, believing he had already won.
Spidey then responded, taping his finger on his mask, 'Simple, I don't need to... E.D.I.T.H. ready to engage?
'Virus is ready to engage, Executing now!
Then a moment later, the virus activated its effect, as all the power armor the goons and Gargan wore imminently shut down and caused almost all the criminals to fall to the floor by the weight of their armor. The now de-empowered supercriminal looked up to Spider-Man in shock and later in rage as he struggled helplessly to pull himself up, wholly trapped by his powered armor.
'Okay...I'll admit...that was pretty damn impressive.' Rhody declared in awe at seeing that kid take down the entire scorpion operation with a single command from E.D.I.T.H.
So Parker is now working alongside the Avengers on a more regular base and ended up taking down Scorpion with a single command.
This action prologue would initially have Spidey taking down Mysterio's gang and having E.D.I.T.H. turning off the holograms and tech. Still, I decided against that when I realized that Scorpion would fit in much better with him taking over and expanding the Toomes arm dealership beyond what he could accomplish.
He can now mass-produce power that suits the same level as the Mark I Ironman armor in the first Iron Man movie.
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