JUANITA SAT DOWN NEXT TO RAVEN, nodding towards a pouty Natalie. "What's wrong this time?" She asked as Raven watched the rest of the other students finish their sit-ups.

"Oh, yeah. Natalie ran into Mr. Delmar earlier this morning on her way here. She found out that he's team bug-boy." Raven answered, not taking her eyes off of a particular individual.

Juanita nodded slowly, following her gaze. "He's gonna catch you if you're gonna keep staring at him like that." She nudged teasingly.

Raven rolled her eyes, "Shut up." She muttered as she shook her head. "It's not like that. Just watch." She said, placing her hand underneath Juanita's chin to make her look exactly where she wanted her to. "Don't you find it odd that Parker can easily do sit-ups. He's a scrawny kid who couldn't even lift himself when doing pull-ups or pushups."

"He couldn't even carry two books, now he's carrying like five to ten at once." Natalie muttered, her chin resting in the palm of her hands.

"Okay?... He probably started working out, what's wrong with that?" Juanita defended him, turning her attention back to Raven.

"It's a little sus if you ask me." She answered with a slight shrug.

"Not to mention that he also works with Tony..." Natalie pointed out as Raven pointed towards the light brunette in agreement. "Not to say that I told you so... but, uh, I think I told you so." She sat up, her gaze fixed on Peter. "If he's working for Tony and we also have this spider guy roaming around, that can only mean one thing." She muttered whilst she watched Peter's brows furrowed as he looked her way, his cheeks turning a light red. She rolled her eyes, turning her attention away from him and towards Raven and Juanita as they waited for her to continue. "Tony recruited Peter because he's Spider-Man." She said softly.

"Yeah, right!" Juanita spat out in disbelief. "If Tony-" She started as she gained a few rude looks, scooting closer to the other girls to whisper, "If Tony recruited Peter- Spider-Man- or whatever, then why does he need us?" She exasperated lightly.

"I don't know, you tell me." Raven murmured.

"Either way, we need to find out who's selling those alien tech before he does." Natalie reminded as they all turned their attention to Flash teasing Peter about him being friends with the one and only Spider-Man. "Speaking of." She stated as Flash sneered toward something Peter had said.

"If you're such good pals with Spider-Man, why don't you invite him to Liz's party?" Flash suggested with a sly smirk etched on his face and his arms crossed against his chest, knowing he got everyone's attention towards the two.

Liz nodded in agreement as she perked up slightly with a cheerful smile, "Yeah, I mean everyone's invited. It would be really cool if you came." She persuaded.

Flash snickered, "Yeah, what she said." He shook his head before continuing, "That's if this whole 'being-friends-with-Spider-Man' is a lie."

Peter stammered as Ned nudged him to say something whilst Liz sighed, "It's okay, Peter. I know it's not really your thing." She said in disappointment.

"Oh, he'll be there." Flash nodded towards Liz, turning his attention back to Peter. "Isn't that right, Parker?" He smirked as he nudged his shoulder a little too harshly whilst walking past him.

Raven stood up as the bell rang, "I have an idea."

NATALIE SIGHED AS SHE WAS ON LOOKOUT, "I don't understand why I'm the one who's on the lookout while you guys are at Liz's party." She muttered loud enough for their earpiece to pick up as she watched her surroundings. She heard laughter and scattered conversations on the other end until it quieted down. "Glad to know you guys are having fun." She said sarcastically as she made sure her disguise was intact.

"Not my fault you got the short straw, darling." She heard Raven chuckle which made Natalie roll her eyes in response. "Do you have eyes on the spider guy?" Raven asked her through the muffled conversations.

"Nothing on my end," Natalie sighed, "what about you guys?"

Juanita was out in the backyard of the party sitting by the pool, keeping an eye out for any signs of Peter or Spider-Man, "It's clear on my end." She responded, giving Flash a disgusted look when he sent a flirtatious wink her way.

Raven, on the other hand, was inside Liz's house, "No signs of Peter, but I see Ned here." She shook her head, "Can't really miss him with his hat on." Her eyes narrowed once she caught a glimpse of the familiar pun-filled t-shirt. "Found him. Liz is heading his way." She muttered before taking a sip of her soda.

"I still don't believe he's Spider-Man." Juanita's brows furrowed as she watched Liz leave the two whilst Peter caught Flash's eye.

Natalie looked at the 3D digital map in front of her as a red dot kept flickering a few feet away from her location. "Uh, guys-" She watched the red dot disappear and reappear slowly. "I think I've got something." She told the girls as a green dot caught her attention, which was a few blocks away from her location.

"We lost visual of Peter." She heard one of the Angels speak up.

Natalie groaned inwardly as she rolled her eyes, closing out the map from her watch. She watched as the van came to a complete stop and two men hopped out whilst the third man walked in on the scene. Her eyes narrowed as the men were talking amongst themselves about a new weapon they had developed. She felt a hand grab her shoulder as she grabbed a hold of their wrist and flipped the almost unfamiliar person over. She pivoted in a quick motion to straddle them whilst pinning them down.

"We really need to stop meeting like this, sweetheart." He coughed airily as her face furrowed in slight agitation.

"Are you trying to get us killed?" She spat in a hushed tone whilst getting off of him.

"Where're your friends?" He grunted lightly as he tried to stand up.

"Watching out for you..." She answered nonchalantly as she kept an eye on the men who were trading weapons. "You sure are sneaky, bug-boy, I'll give you that." She muttered. "The back of the van is filled with a lot of machinery and weapons." She mumbled.

"Oh, this must be where the ATM robbers got their stuff." He whispered earning an eye roll from Natalie.

"You think?" She asked sarcastically with a shake of her head.

The sound of a yodeling ringtone goes off abruptly, "Turn that shit off." Natalie spat harshly in a hushed tone as he stammered to turn it off. She shook her head, jumping off from the not too high bridge as she tucked and rolled safely. "Hey boys, didn't your mommy teach you to play nice with others?" She asked as the gun was pointed towards her.

"Who the fuck is this?" The man spat towards the other man that he was previously pointing the gun at. "Did you set us up?"

"Please, you're not my type." She joked as their attention turned towards Spider-Man flipping off the wall and landing swiftly on the ground. "Oh dear god." She murmured in annoyance.

"Hey! Hey, come on. If you're gonna shoot at someone, shoot at me." He exasperated as the older man pointed his gun at him with a sly smirk, shooting him with a burst of energy.

"Why do boys always make a mess of things?" She muttered, pulling out a small pocket knife from the bottom of her shoe and throwing it at the man as it pinned him from his shirt against the door of the van. She clicked a button from her watch as it secured the man from escaping. One of the men came running at her as she removed her belt swiftly whilst it turned into a metal type weapon. She swung the metal stick at the man knocking him out cold only to hear the van driving off with the getaway driver. "Shit." She mumbled as a string of web was shot from behind her and landed on the open van door, dragging the spiderling into the neighborhood.

She looked around her, finding a Vespa scooter parked by a mailbox. She ran towards the black scooter, hot-wiring it as she tried to follow and keep up with the van. "I'm not sure if you guys turned off your earpieces, but uh, things aren't going that great over here." She told the Angels as she heard a crash not too far away from her.

"Oh, my butt!"

Natalie groaned to herself, throwing a tracker towards some sort of weapon that fell from the van as Spider-Man was slammed into a parked car and dragged through a line of garbage bins. She felt the scooter behind pulled slightly. She turned around to see one of his webs pulling him towards her.

"Hi, how ya doin'? You don't mind if took a shortcut with you, do you?"

"Don't really have a choice, now do I?" She muttered as she shook her head. She pushed a button on her belt, pulling out a magnetizing hook string and attaching it to the handle of the scooter. She pivoted towards him as she was now straddling over his lap, causing the teenage boy to frantic and grow warm underneath the mask.

"Uh, a-aren't you suppose to keep your eyes on the road?" He squealed nervously.

"Drive." She said, focusing on the device on her wrist. She rolled her eyes at his hesitancy, grabbing his wrist and pulling him towards her and placing his hands on the handles. She went back to the device on her wrist, checking the tracker on the other Angels to see that their earpieces were offline but they were also trying to catch the bad guys. She sent them a signal for the purple device that was thrown out of the van.

Her brows furrowed, turning back around and taking over the scooter. "Alright, bug-boy, you're gonna jump off and go left-"

"You want me to jump off a moving vehicle?!"

"Yes! I'll head right and you'll go left and sneak up from up that roof." She explained quickly. "Now jump." She nudged him off of the scooter as she swerved right.

Peter shot his web towards the house, pulling himself up as he saw the van and Natalie not too far behind. "I got you right where I want you." He mumbled as he jumped towards the van.

Natalie neared the van as she heard Peter scream out, looking up to see him trying to wrestle his way out of the big bird's hold. "Shit." She murmured, contemplating going after the van or Peter. She groaned, giving the van one last glance and went after the big bird and Peter. She tried her best to follow the flying man with wings, taking shortcuts here and there.

She felt herself being tugged backward as she was thrown off of the scooter that soon fell off of the cliff without her. "What the hell were you doing?" Raven spat out worryingly.

"I'm trying to save that dumbass." Natalie spat back throwing her hand up towards the sky where Peter once was. "What the hell happened with your earpieces anyways?" Her eyes narrowed at them, looking over their disguises. Juanita was in a short black bobbed wig, bright green contacts, and black skin tight suit almost like Black Widow's. Raven sported a layered black and red ombré wig that was shoulder length, hazel contacts, and a suit similar to Juanita.

"Some guy from the van that you were chasing after shot some sort of power source and it cut out our communication," Juanita explained softly.

Natalie shook her head, "Let's just go save Peter." She muttered, walking past them.

The girls followed the tracker on their little map, finding out that Peter wasn't alone. "Shit. We're in deep trouble." Raven recognizing the blue symbol.

Sure enough there he was, floating in the air in front of a drenched Peter Parker. "How'd you find me? Did you put a tracker in my suit or something?" He shivered as the Angels stepped forward.

"I put everything in your suit. Including this heater." Tony's voice was heard from his suit as Peter thanked him. "What were you thinking?"

The Angels looked at each other in confusion as Tony was still talking to Peter. "Uh, well the guy with the suit is obviously the source of the weapons. I gotta take him down." Peter explained.

Raven stepped forward to say something until Natalie held her back as Tony spoke up. "Take him down now, huh?" His voice dripped in sarcasm. "Steady, Crockett, there are people who handle this sort of thing."

"The Avengers?" Peter asked, his eyebrows raised in a questioning manner.

Tony took a sharp inhale, "No, no, no. This is a little below their pay grade. I'm talking about the Angels. Who I'm sure you've sort of met." He gestured towards the girls who all have their arms crossed against their chest.

Peter nodded slowly, "So you guys are, like, lady spies?" He asked his eyes narrowed at the Angels as they nodded in silence. Peter shook his head, "Anyway, Mr. Stark, you didn't have to come all the way out here. I had that. I was fine."

"Fine my ass." Natalie chimed in as Juanita nudged her to keep quiet.

"Oh, I'm not here," Tony answered as his mask opens up, confirming that he was in fact not here with them- just the suit. "Thank god this place has wi-fi or you would've been toast. Actually, thank Ganesh while you're at it." He said as Peter and the Angels shared the same confused look. "Look, forget the flying Vulture guy, please."

Peter scoffed, "Why?"

"Why? Because I said so!" Tony raised his voice at him. He sighed, "Just stay close to the ground." His voice softened slightly. "Build up your game helping little people, like that lady that bought you the churro." He encouraged. "Can't you just be a friendly..."

"Neighborhood Spider-Man?" Juanita finished his sentence with a small shrug towards Peter.

Peter shook his head, "But I'm ready for more than that now." He protested.

"No, you are not." Tony and the Angels answered in unison as the mask of the Iron Man suit closed.

"That is not what you thought when I took on Captain America." Peter exasperated as he grew his hands up dramatically.

"Trust me, kid. If Cap wanted to lay you out, he would've. Listen to me. If you come across these weapons again, call Happy." Tony told him, "Or better yet, just let the Angels handle this, yeah?" He said as Peter looked over at the Angels, looking back at the suit in confusion once he heard a car engine revving.

"Are you driving?"

"You know, it's never too early to start thinking about college. I got some pull at MIT." Tony insisted as the call ended.

"No, I don't need to go to col- Mr. Stark-"

"Mr. Stark is no longer connected," Friday responded as the Iron Man suit flew off.

Raven sighed to ease up the tension as Peter muttered grudgingly, "That's just awesome." He shook his head as he jumped off the jungle gym.

"Maybe this is for the best," Juanita said softly.

"You set me up!" He pointed towards Natalie, "You told me to go left-"

"You better watch it, bug-boy." Natalie murmured as her eyes narrowed at him. "I may have told you to go left, but I wasn't the one who told you to be a complete screw up now did I? I kept a low profile, unlike you." She spat.

"Okay!" Juanita stepped in, pushing Natalie and Peter away from each other. "You guys need to cool off. Like, right now!"

"But is she wrong though?" Raven chimed in, shrugging slightly.

"Not. Helping." Juanita said through gritted teeth. She sighed, turning to face Peter, "You should listen to Tony, kid. If he says to stay close to the ground, then stay close to the ground." Her tone of voice changed as she let go of him.

His eyebrows furrowed, "Stay close to the ground? What does he mean by that?"

"It means that you should probably stick to helping old ladies cross the street or save kittens from trees. That sort of thing." Natalie spat lowly.

"Hey!" Juanita snapped at her, "Take a walk and cool off." She ordered as Natalie rolled her eyes whilst doing what she was told.

"We should probably go, but, uh..." Raven patted Peter's shoulder as she handed him his mask, "here ya go."

"Shit." He panicked as he just realized his identity has been revealed, but little did he know the Angels already knew it was him.

"Don't worry, we'll keep your secret." Juanita gave him a light smile as they walked over to find Natalie.

Peter's phone rang once again, Natalie groaning aloud in annoyance indicating that she was close enough to hear his ringtone, "That is the most obnoxious ringtone I've ever heard in my life." Natalie said as she looked over at the damaged weapon that had fallen out of the van.

"Whoa," Peter said in astonishment as he crouched down to look at the purple device.

Juanita and Raven both crossed their arms against their chest as they watched Peter do the exact opposite of what Tony told him. Natalie's eyes narrowed at Peter, "Aren't you going to answer your phone?" She asked, motioning towards his ringing phone.

"Right..." He mumbled, pulling his phone out and answering it. "Hey, man, what's up?" He answered as Natalie gave him a look. He sighed in defeat, "I'm on my way back."

"Actually I was calling to say maybe you shouldn't come. Listen to this." Peter's friend, Ned, was heard on the other end as well as Flash and his friends chanting in the background. "Sorry, Peter. I guess we're still losers. I'll see you tomorrow."

Peter sighed, "I'll see you tomorrow in school." He mumbled softly before hanging up.

"That's a yikers, my friend." Raven snickered slightly as Juanita nudged her shoulder, implicating that she needs to shut up.

"We've got it covered here, you can go." Natalie stood up as Peter followed suit, copying her actions.

"I can help you catch this guy."

"I don't think-"

"Let's make a deal." He cut her retort short, "If you let me work with you guys, I'll go by your rules." He insisted, his hand held out for a shake.

Natalie stared down at his red gloved hand, not moving a muscle. She looked back at him opening her mouth to speak.

"It's a deal," Juanita answered, shaking his hand for Natalie.

"What?" Raven and Natalie said in unison.

"Um, sidebar?" Raven spoke up, grabbing hold of Juanita's wrist as she pulled her aside whilst Natalie followed suit. "Do you have a concussion that I'm not aware of?" She muttered, glancing over at Peter who stood a few feet away from them awkwardly.

"No. I just think that we should probably give him a chance." Juanita said defensively.

"How the hell do you think he'll listen to our rules if he doesn't even listen to Tony." Natalie reminded.

"She's got a point there," Raven agreed.

"Just trust me on this," Juanita said softly, giving them a look before turning to face Peter. "So, we all came to an agreement. You'll work with us-"

"Yes!"

"On a few conditions." She cut his excitement short. "Since this is technically our case now, our rules. So, no more screw-ups. Got it?"

He nodded, "Y-Yeah, of course." He breathed out.

"Whatever we say, goes. You can't do things on your own, so whatever you find out about this Vulture guy let us know. If you don't, we will find out." Raven finished Jaunita's sentence.

"I don't even know your names. How do you want me to contact you three?" Peter asked.

Natalie rolled her eyes, pulling out a little angel wing device, "You got a watch on you?" She asked walking towards him.

He unclasped his watch from his wrist, handing it to Natalie. He watched as she connected the tiny device to the back of the watch and pressed a button on the side of it as faint ding went off on her little winged ring that's placed on her middle finger. "You're now linked with us. Now, when you want to send us a signal you just press on both of the dials." She explained. "Got it?"

"Yep," He nodded. "I think it would be best if I took the purple... glowy... thingy," He cleared his throat, "with me. I've got some equipment that can help figure out what this thing is." He suggested as he carefully lifted the weapon, looking up at the Angels with determination written on his face.

Raven sighed, "You're gonna take it with you no matter what we say, huh?"

"N-Not exactly. It's just- I have a friend who's also into this sort of stuff and he could help figure out what this is."

"Fine. You figure out what this is and once you do, you tell us. That's it." Juanita reminded as Peter gave her a simple nod.

Natalie shook her head as she started to walk off with Raven and Juanita following suit whilst Peter went the opposite direction. "You do realize if he screws up our mission, we're done for right?" She muttered.

"He just needs the right push."

"Yeah, off a cliff." Natalie murmured to herself.

"Nat, you do realize that now he's 'working' with us, we call the shots, right?" Raven pointed out with a light chuckle. She shook her head as she noticed the slight angry pout on Natalie's placed on her face. "Let's just call this a night, go home and rest."

Juanita agreed, "Yeah, because tomorrow is a new day. Take each day one step at a time." She encouraged as they all laughed lightly, heading their way home.

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