prepubescent kid in a onesie
ten minutes later, peter was working on connecting to the avengers's comms, and he was desperately trying not to freak. sure, he'd fought with the heroes a lot, but for once he actually felt like part of the team.
part of the AVENGERS.
if only peter aged nine could see me now, he thought slightly giddily, as he dodged a sloppy punch from a young boy.
"you been connected, boi!" janet exclaimed in his head, and he smiled and took a deep breath, throwing a thumbs up at the archer on the building.
the beep indicated he was now online.
"yoohoo! " he said in a singsong voice.
a moment of silence. then...
his mask exploded with numerous voices greeting him and thanking him for joining them... it was extremely heart-warming, even if the loud voices were dizzying him slightly.
"guys! shut up!" he heard mr barton say angrily, and peter laughed slightly, wincing.
"ow..." he muttered, and the man apologised on behalf of his teammates
"apoligies, spiderman." captain america said quietly, and peter chuckled.
"tis peachy. il just turn down the volume a bit"
the next half hour passed slowly, with the team talking strategies and theories back and forth as they tried their best to stop the chaos.
peter glanced around at the warning buzz in his neck, and he felt panic as he saw a policeman with a gun to another man's head. there were so many struggles around the block, as more and more people seemed to be succumbing to the mind control.
peter sprinted towards them and fired a web, tugging the weapon out of the cop's hand. it skittered across the tarmac, and peter snatched it up and stuck it up high on a wall so no one could reach it.
"OH MAN!" came from his earpiece, along with a "oh, the git!"
"what's the matter, lads?" peter huffed as he tackled the policeman, who had resorted to pummelling his victim into the ground
"all the ruckus was a distraction. the mutant's main goal was to steal some weaponry from oscorp"
peter snickered at 'ruckus', and he heard iron man yell HA!
"don't be too miserable, tones" said hawkeye amusedly.
"well it's not my fault oscorp has such a shitty security system" the billionaire crowed, and captain america let out a little dissapproving 'hmphh'
"pep's gonna have a fuckin field day"
the supersoldier cleared his throat pointedly.
"oh chill cap, i got him anyway, trailing his van now" said iron man smugly.
"wait, time out, chaps" the young hero said, pausing in his action of webbing a few aggressive tourists to the brick alley wall. he stuttered a quick apology, knowing they weren't in control of their actions.
"are these the same weapons-"
"like the one that nearly sent natasha to the moon, yeah" hawkeye finished, and he heard the black widow laugh dryly.
"how does oscorp keep losing their shit?" peter asked in disbelief, swiping on the little screen he'd installed on his right webshooter so he could change the webfluid's properties during patrol.
currently his webs were a bit too strong, as the civilians didn't need to be held too long, only an hour or so until they caught the mutant.
"language!" barked captain america, and peter sniggered.
"cmon steve-" he heard the winter soldier start.
"he sounds like he's twelve!" the other soldier argued, and peter shook his head, smiling.
"i am deeply sorry, mr america your highness. i promise to you that i will be on my very best behaviour" peter stated dryly, and he heard black widow and scarlet witch laugh.
"oh shut up, kid" he heard the captian say, but it was with fondness.
"hey, kid, can you give me some help over here?" said the winter soldier, and peter rolled his eyes but obeyed, running off to where he'd last seen the shaggy-haired sniper.
"since when did ya'll decide I'm a kid? I could be in my thirties, thank you. I like gossiping over tea, I'm practically an old woman already"
he heard some of the heroes snigger.
"it's true! I wouldn't say no to a good ol game of chess either-"
"oh god, he's not a mini tony after all" hawkeye said with horror. "he's a miniature bruce!"
peter burst out laughing, and as he approached a struggling winter soldier who was fending off a crowd of angry men who'd clearly just staggered out from the pub, he saw the man was smiling wryly.
"i mean" he said, chuckling, firing a few webs and yanking them, tugging the men towards him. "id be deeply honoured to be a mini version of any of you legends"
voices overlapped in the comms, some laughing, some scoffing, some thanking him.
peter smiled in his mask as the winter soldier grinned at him.
"AHA! come here you sneaky little shit-" iron man muttered over the comms, and peter and the supersoldier beside him both laughed loudly.
"as much as we appreciate the running commentary-" the black widow's voice crackled over the system.
"got him!" mr stark said triumphantly, and peter cheered.
"THANK you, spidey. nice to be appreciated"
peter zoned out of the comms for the next few minutes, as the street filled with more and more people mindlessly being violent and destructive. he watched as the black widow did some jackie chan shit of her own, flipping and slamming some people with fire extinguishers into the ground.
it wouldn't be long now, iron man had the mutant, it'd all be under control soon.
"uhh petey... 3 o clock!" janet chimed in his ear, slightly louder than the jumbled voices issuing from the team system.
peter spun around to see a black sedan screeching down the road, people scrambling out of the way.
peter glanced at the winter soldier, who nodded, and they shared an understanding.
the vigilante braced his legs as the car zoomed towards him, showing no sign of stopping.
he was faintly aware of hawkeye screeching in his ears, but peter focused, and he stretched out his red and blue arms.
WHAM! the sleek black car slammed into him, but instead of peter flying backward, the car was slowed, pushing the teenager back as he gripped the car's hood and dug his heels in to the ground.
the heroes yelling in his ears was slightly distracting as the car slowed to a stop, peter's fingers leaving handprint dents in the metal.
peter panted and let go of the vehicle, smirking as the supersoldier in black armour yanked open the car door and dragged the guy with glazed eyes out. he tried to throw a punch, but the soldier just grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back.
peter winced as the voices exploded in the comms and appreciated that the winter soldier took notice of his discomfort and shouted "QUIET YOU DICKWADS, HE'S GOT SENSITIVE EARS!"
"oh shit yeah-"
"we were just saying how-"
"FUCKING AWESOME-"
"how the hell-"
the winter soldier rolled his eyes, but looked at the boy with a mildly impressed look.
"that was some cool shit." he stated simply, ignoring hawkeye who yelled "IT WAS NOT COOL! IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME! THIS PREPUBESCENT KID IN A ONESIE JUST TACKLED A FUCKIN CAR-"
"prepubescent?" peter said indignantly at the same time he heard the falcon chuckle "onesie"
"FELLAS! heads up, mutant has surrendered thanks to my charms, and is now ceasing his mutanty stuff"
"modest" grumbled captain america. "well done, though"
"oh yeah, it's all stopping now!" he heard wanda say with evident relief. her voice sounded strained, she was clearly exhausted. peter had seen how much she had to handle when he'd passed by a few times.
peter glanced around and saw she was right ; people were looking around dazedly, obviously they hadn't retained any memory of the past hour.
he walked over and helped up a blinking woman from where she had been stabbing the ground with a small pocketknife (? lol) and smiled at the banter in his ears.
"hey, janet" he started. "could you please switch out my webfluid for my web dissolver"
"with pleasure, my comrade" she said pleasantly, and he felt the small rotation as the vials swapped on the black device on his wrist.
twenty minutes later, all the heroes present at the fight were standing around the street. captain america and the war machine werehaving quite a serious conversation with an army of police officers, who had arrived prepared to take down a riot.
he felt someone tap him on the shoulder, so peter turned to find a beaming hawkeye.
"i knew you were strong, dude! but that was some cap shit!"
peter snorted. "babe, there are no limits to my amazingness"
"I'll say" said tony stark, stepping out of his suit and sauntering over.
"nice shades" peter said dryly, and the man grinned.
"can't hurt to keep a pair on ya at all time, can it?" he said, nudging the young hero.
"i imagine you came out of the womb wearing sunglasses, your lordship" he deadpanned, pleased to hear laughter scattered around the group.
iron man snarked something back, but peter cocked his head to listen to janet.
"uhh peter...left webshooter has just jammed"
"again?" peter exclaimed, annoyed.
"again what?" asked the scarlet witch curiously, rubbing her sore arms.
"oh, nothing... just.. voices in the head, ya know." he said coolly, then added jokingly "no, mr subconscious, im not gonna attach webs to mr stark's suit and dangle below him when he flies off like a christmas ornament"
the others laughed, but black widow raised an eyebrow, and there it was again. that calculating look, like she was scanning him for clues so she could piece together his identity.
"like you could" retorted the very man, and peter smirked, absent-mindedly slapping his left webshooter to see if he could get it working again.
"i dunno, you ever google how strong spidersilk is, nitinol man?"
the dishevelled man with sunglasses stared at him while the others chuckled.
"how the hell do you know what my suit is made of?" he demanded, and peter tapped his nose.
"i have my ways... my extreme, unmatched intelligence, that is"
"no, no, he is a mini tony after all" he heard the winter soldier mutter to the others.
iron man came closer, and peter forced himself not to back away.
"you clever, kid?" he asked interestedly, and peter smiled smugly.
"when I want to be" he answered casually. "which is all the time, by the way"
"uh huh, I gathered" the man with the goatee said dryly. "but seriously, how did you know?"
peter snickered. "cmon it was easy, people call you iron man when iron is way too shitty for your suit, it'd weigh you down! so the options would be some sort of titanium, and given the stuff your suit can do, I'd say its probably nitinol"
the group stared at him.
"nitinol being a nickel-titanium alloy" he added as an explanation, but recieved no response.
"actually, there's probably a combination of graphite and carbon fiber mixed in as well-" he continued before the genius cut him off
"you interested in sciences? "he asked dryly, his unimpressed voice not disguising his evident amazement.
"bloody hell, he SMART smart" the falcon said.
"considering i can swear in periodic table.." peter drawled, winking.
"demonstration? please?" the winter soldier pleaded, and beside him hawkeye nodded eagerly. peter smirked and opened his mouth to rattle off an ungodly amount of swears.
"let's leave the cussing for another day, shall we? " said captain america, striding towards them.
clint pouted, and peter chuckled.
"yes!" he exclaimed excitedly, when he felt the small signature click in the black gadget attached to his wrist that told him the blockage had been dislodged.
"you're wierd, man" the winter soldier said, and peter couldn't resist yanking up his mask halfway to poke his tongue out.
"ciao, my accomplices. this has been fun" he said, pulling his mask back down and beginning to back away.
"oh dude! you always leave so early!" the falcon protested, ignoring the black widow slapping his wrist with a 'let him leave, jesus!'
"yeah, do you wanna come and hang at the compound with us?" asked the archer with dirty blonde hair excitedly, and iron man huffed.
"oh, sure. just go around inviting people back to my house" he said with mock annoyance.
"we're playing board games! wanda here is killer at pictionary, and you could play chess with bruce!" mr banner continued, ignoring the whiny mechanic.
peter rubbed his neck thoughtfully as some of the heroes started bickering. he really shouldn't...
like he couldn't risk it... but then again.. dr bruce banner??
"im sorry, I gotta pass... i got... big manly adult stuff to do.. taxes, cooking for my family of 11..."peter said, jokingly making his voice deeper.
"very convincing" the black widow said amusedly. "and that's absolutely fine, catch you later"
she glared at the others, and her steely gaze shut up hawkeye and the winter soldier immediately.
"twas a pleasure kicking ass with you" he yelled as he swung away.
"see ya, prepubescent kid in a onesie!" called scarlet witch, and he turned midair to flip her off. she laughed and held up her own ring-clad middle finger
"the pleasure, im sure, was theirs" said janet, and he laughed.