Peter's POV

Elles drove like thunder back to the Tower. Truth be told, I was scared for both our lives. She swerved and avoided as much cars as she could. In ten minutes, we were back at the Tower. She impatiently drummed her fingers on her jeans biting her lip really hard as we took the elevator.

I could tell she was nervous and very expectant but I could also tell she was scared. I pitied her a lot. We got out of the elevator on the sixth floor. Steve, Tony, Bruce, Nat, Clint, Vision, Nicholas Fury, Maria Hill, and Wanda were gathered in the lab with six soldiers in black gears.

SHIELD was here. It was no wonder there were some vans outside and a helicopter. All eyes turned on us as soon as we walked in.

Cap strolled towards Elles. Barely looking at the dull expression on his face made all the color drain from hers. There certainly was bad news. He opened his mouth to say something but she shook her head slightly to stop him.

"So what now? They've clearly declared war. We should strike while they're at it. They're out there cooking up an army and here we are, Earth's Mightiest Heroes, what are we doing? "Tony said leaning on the table next to Nat.

"We found these in Delaware." Cap said handing a white transparent bag with clothes in it to Elles. "A couple civilians said they saw a man being abducted. Blonde hair, big like a giant. He fought them off but they used a kind of drug on him to knock him out. His abductors wore SHIELD gear. Eyes glazed over jet black, pale skin. "

She unwrapped the bag. There was a blue T-shirt and black jacket in it. It was torn in several places and stained with blood. She put on a straight face but I knew she was very sad and probably angry.

"These were caused by whips. He was beaten. I might know his torturer personally. "She said quietly checking the shirt as she turned it over and over, there were several tears on each side of the arms and torso, Her voice sounded like it was going to break any minute. But somehow, she managed to compose herself.

"What about Jane? "She asked placing the items on the table near her.

This time, Fury spoke, "We think they've taken her to a different place. They're trying to keep us busy. They keep changing sites. They split up. We've had sightings at California, Northern New Mexico, Delaware, New York, Oregon, Michigan and Austin. We don't know where their base might be. Could be right here in New York and we don't know. We should split as well, SHIELD will be responsible for looking for their main hideout while you focus on getting Thor and Miss Foster back. They think if we waste all our time looking for the missing persons, they'll have enough time to put together a strategy to take us out."

"They took Jane because she knows where the Orb is. "Nat said.

Elles shot her a knowing look, "they'll  find it in no time, with the weapon they possess, it'll be like Loki all over again. "

Fury cocked his head at her statement, "You know about that? "

"Of course I do. The whole of New York does. "She said turning her back to him to lean on the door.

"What if we get to the Orb first? Bring it here. Lure them into our territory?" I contributed finally.

"That'll endanger the lives of everyone who lives here. Although, that sounds like a good plan. "Cap said.

"Nick, you know where the Orb is right? "Nat asked. He nodded.

"I do too! "I said and every eye turned to me.

"How did you find it? "Fury asked glaring down at me with his one eye.

"I happened to come across the site once when I went out exploring!  But I haven't really seen the Orb, just the hiding spot. " I said.

"Kid, I thought I said you weren't allowed to leave the Tower when no one is here. "Tony said raising one of his brows.

Peter smiled a little, a naughty smile. "I might have left even when you're here."

"Of course you can, that's what spiders do!" Maria Hill said.

"You can split into teams of two. One group comes with me to help locate their base of operations and probably distract them enough to buy you some time while the rest retrieve the Orb." Fury said.

"Call it Captain! "Barton said reloading his quiver with arrows.

Cap stood in the middle of the room, "Widow, you go with Current, Clint, Spiderman and Bruce to retrieve the orb. I'll go with the rest to help Fury. Be sure to give feedback. Avengers, it's time for action. "

Everyone dispersed, actually Elles and I made our way into the weapons storage to get my suit. The hammer had been lifted from the floor and it's case was locked. Wanda did tell Vision.

Elles stared at the crack for a long while without blinking.

"Hey! "I called. She slowly turned her head to me. Her grey blue eyes shone oddly as she did.

"You okay? "I asked stuffing my suit in my duffel bag. I packed some weapons for everyone too. Nat was waiting in the Quinjet with Bruce and Clint.

"Yeah. I was just thinking of the perfect way to chop off a head. "she said squinting her eyes as her nose flared up a bit. I could tell she was very angry.

"Look, we have to go get it. None of this would make sense if they get the Orb, it's our best chance against them now. We have to go, like right now. "I said but it seemed she wasn't listening to me. Her eyes glistened and a teardrop fell from one. She wiped it off slowly with her index finger then slowly rubbed it around her thumb and index finger.

"I never thought . . . .that I would ever shed a tear in my whole life. " Her tone was cold, Her golden blonde hair tussled but neat hung up in a long ponytail. She didn't wear any uniform, just a lemon green sleeved top and black jeans which she pulled up to her belly. It was supposed to hold weapons, the type you'd see policeman hanging guns around. But the only thing that stuck out of her pocket was the tiny ballpoint of a pen.

"Is that what you're going with? A pen? What are you gonna do? Write yourself a happy ending? "I said.

She turned to look at me then a smirk played at her lips. "Be careful, you're starting to sound like Tony Stark! "

I returned the smile. We headed for the Quinjet. Steve, Wanda ,Vision and Tony were already suited up, everyone made sure to have their earphones. We split in two, they went in the helicopter while we went with the Quinjet.

Clint and Widow piloted the Jet while myself, Dr Banner and Elles sat spread out in the back with Banner behind me.

"You put up a GPS to help? "Elles asked Widow as she pushed some buttons on the control panel causing a holographic map to pop up.

"Yeah!." She said as the rotors hummed making us zoom out of the Tower.

"You know, if I take out the 'C' in 'Clint', it'll just be 'lint' which means a fuzzy fluff that stays in pockets. " Elles said moving her fingers clockwise.

I heard Clint chuckle as he leaned to the right to get a better view of outside. "You are sorely correct. So we got any weapons here? "

I pulled out my duffel bag and unzipped it, I brought out some of the weapons ; detonators and tiny bombs that Mr Stark said could create magnetic fields then blow up sucking in anything around it and causing them to stick together, I badly wanted to see how that worked, there were small guns too, some contained hyonotics(Wanda's idea), some contained sedatives.

There were also some extra arrows for Clint, shocker tasers for Widow, dum dums and some bullets for her gun. No weapons for Dr Banner and Elles. I think we all knew why. But I did pack a bunch of shock frisbees for Elles. They were small disc-like metal plates kinda like Captain's shield but when thrown, it sticks to its target and releases two thousand watts of electricity shocking them into a temporary coma.

"Well, isn't that interesting! "Elles said as I handed her the Frisbees. She stuffed them in her bulletproof jacket (Fury's idea).

In a space of five hours and fifty two minutes, a red light beeped in the navigator indicating our stop. The place was isolated. We were somewhere in between Great Falls and Billings, Montana. The whole place was water, water,  land, rocks, mountain.

Clint found a place to land but it was dangerously close to the edge of a mountain and it was already dark, 1:52am to be precise. Widow took out the GPS tracker from the panel and held it. A red arrow beeped and turned indicating our next turn at intervals.

Widow led the way, with Clint next, Elles, then me, Dr Banner walked silently behind us fondling with his glasses in his right hand. He was probably nervous about the whole thing.

"How long have we been walking? "I asked, parched from the trek. There was no water anywhere at all.
"Forty minutes. I think Jane was wise enough to hide the Orb in a place that would frustrate anyone who tried to find it, including the Avengers. "Elles said.

We got to a small opening with rocks carefully arranged at the top forming a walkway and some kind of roof below, a small spring fell from the top of the rocks down into the creeks. I rushed to drink while everyone stared at me.
I spread my arms as water dropped off my suit, "What? I can't have water? "

Suddenly, a low sound like a clang reverberated through the rocks above alerting us. Every head shot up, Bruce transformed into the Hulk, while Clint pulled out three of his arrows ready to fire, Widow brought out her guns but Elles did nothing but squint her eyes at the dark rocks above.

"See someone? "I asked making everyone look her way then stare up again at whatever it was she stared at.

"Not a someone, something! " she said. A flow of current passed rapidly around her legs then she jumped landing on the rocks. They were like 48 feet away from the ground.

Clint fired an arrow, it stuck fast to one of the rocks with a rope emerging from behind it. It pulled him up then he landed in a tumble.

"So that's what those arrows do. "I said nodding. Those arrows had red markings on them while the usual ones were purely black with white tips. I held Widow and shot out a web pulling us up. Hulk just jumped.

The top of the rocks had a pattern, I noticed, with odd markings on it. When we were under it, it looked like a roof but standing on top of it, it was actually a mouth.

Some of the rocks were half broken, some were covered with bacteria, some had a blueish hue to it. They were spaced in twos, it was probably done on purpose. We just had to figure out how to open it.

"Is this where the Orb is? " I asked puzzled, the spot I had thought the Orb was hidden was in Queens but now they're saying its here. It's no wonder Fury didn't look convinced when I'd said I knew where it was.

"Good thing we brought a GPS otherwise we'd be lost. "Clint said going to touch the rocks.

"Who programmed the tracker? " Elles asked looking around.

"Nick did. After Jane told him where to find the Orb, she sent him a hologram of the exact location. He uploaded it into S.H.I.E.L.D's dossier then sent it to us. Kinda like Bluetooth or something. "Widow said still holding out the tracker. The red light had stopped beeping, it just remained in a place. Which was where we stood.

"Why don't you contact Fury on how to open this thing? "Clint suggested.

"No need for that. I think I know how! "Elles said and we all turned to look at her.

¡Hola amigos, amigirls! 

Wanna guess how to open the Rocky doorway?  Probably with a key, a pickaxe, secret password, or we just plant a bomb and blow the rocks to Honolulu. Lol!

Hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. This is the first time Peter has a POV and is quite possibly the last. **flinches**So, sorry Toinpre**

But I gotta do it anyway. Let's move on as the curtains close here.

Have fun....

Lots of love ❤❤❤
DuchessRI