Peter slumped down in his chair with a soft 'hmph' next to Ned.

"Hey man, what's up?" Ned elbowed his friend kindly, grabbing Peter's attention.

"Update on the agents thing: the avengers are after me now."

"What!?" Ned dropped to a whisper-shout as Peter shushed him. "No way! That's sick!"

"Dude they tried to hurt me! It's not good, ok?"

New shrugged and stood up, swinging his bag over his shoulder. "Still kind of cool though. Let's get to Chem."

Peter obliged and trudged out the door only to be shovednl to the floor by none other that Eugene Thompson.

"Sup Puny Parker! How's the floor? Probably just as clean as your house, since you can't even afford air to breathe!"

Flash and his friends laughed as Peter slowly picked himself off the floor, only to be pushed back down by a foot.

"Yeah don't think I'm letting you go that easily."

Peter stared as a teacher walked by, not even looking at them, wincing as a heel pressed into the small of his back.

"I have maths homework for you to do by the time school finishes. See you at your locker, orphan." Flash kicked Peter and walked away, leaving Ned to help his friend off the dirty ground.

"Dude, why don't you tell someone?"

"I can't." Peter rubbed his side gingerly. "I can't let him pick on someone else, and the school won't listen because his parents will sue them."

New sighed and shook his head, leading Peter to his next class. "You gotta tell someone mate."

Peter just stared at the ground.

"Hey May!" Peter pulled out his headphones and walked through the kitchen, giving his aunt a hug.

"Hey kiddo, how was school?"

"Meh." He dumped his bag in his room. "Sane old, same old. Just boring, not much."

"Still have that Eugene kid after you?" She asked, noticing her nephew's slight limp.

He nodded.

"I'm sorry baby. I've tried everything, but the school won't listen."

"I know." He let May wrap her arms around him, inhaling her perfume.

His phone buzzed.

_______________________________________

Mr Mechanic
Hey kid
How was school?

Redback
How'd you know?
And boring
Just learning things I already know

Mr Mechanic
Huh
Did you say that you made a software on your phone?

Redback
Yeah it was easy
I prefer building and engineering more than coding tho

Mr Mechanic
I see
You like science?

Redback
Heck yes it's my favourite subject
I've read all of Dr banners books

Mr Mechanic
Wait say what now?
You understood that stuff?

Redback
Yah it's easy
I got them when j was 12

Mr Mechanic
Sheesh kid you're a genius
You ever thought of applying for college?

Redback
Nope I'm still in high school
But enough about me
Where do you work or what do you do?

Mr Mechanic
I work at SI

Redback
No way!
That's siiiiiick
Have you met Mr Stark?

Mr Mechanic
Yes I have
I'll put in a good word for you

Redback
You don't know me but ok

Mr Mechanic
Knowing Tony, he'll track your phone
Anyway, I got to go do some work
See yah

Redback
Ok no hacking my phone
And bye
Have a good night

_______________________________________

Peter switched into his suit, said goodbye to May and went on his way, swinging through Queens.

"Ok, Clint, you stay on that building over there and watch. Try to shoot him with the tranq arrows if possible.
Nat, since you insisted that you come, you keep watch from the ground. I'll walk up to him and Sam, you corner him the other way. Try and get him in an alley cause then he will find it harder to escape."

The small team nodded at Tony and moved to their stations, the billionaire keeping watch from the rooftops.

Spider-Man came through the alley, stopping as Ironman dropped from the roof.

"Hey, spidey."

"Sup, Tin Man, how can I help? And if it's to turn myself in then the answer is no."

"Wow, ten points to Mr Sarcasm here for guessing correctly. And you do what we say or else I will not hesitate to fire."

Sam dropped behind the spider, glaring at him through the goggles. "Ready to get squished, bug?"

"Ok, first up, spiders are arachnids, not bugs. There's a difference. Secondly, how about we don't do the squishing and we just skip to the part where I web you guys down and swing away cause it's a school night and I got homework."

"Looks like you'll be getting a detention." A repulsor shot over Peter's head as warning, indicating that the talking was over.

The arachnid started to climb up the walls, only to be picked off by the Falcon.

"Not so fast buddy, just tell us who you are and you might be able to get out of here," he said, trying to land a blow on the vigilante.

"You have a right to remain silent!" Spider-Man responded, blocking the blows with ease, but oblivious to the height they were gaining.

Sam eventually dropped him, leaving the kid to freefall through the night sky.

"Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh WEB!" Peter shot out a web,sighing and laughing in relief as he swung onto a rooftop. "Nice try. The keyword is try."

"Haha, very funny. Cut the crap, kid." Tony landed in front of Spider-Man, his suit glowing faintly in the city lights.

"Yeah-" an arrow whizzed towards Spider-Man and he caught it, never taking his eyes off Tony- "no. Like I said, I got things to do."

A faint "How did I miss?" was heard from a roof and Peter chuckled.

"There's always a first time."

Nat, who had been watching the fight from the roof, stepped out and stood behind the spider. "привет молодой паук."

"Hi Miss Widow."

Natasha began speaking in Russian to him. (Russian will be in italics) "I want to help you."

"Really?"

Nat nodded. "I think you've got your head on straighter than half of my team, so."

Spider-Man chuckled slightly. "Sure."

Tony had been watching the exchange with confusion, and saw a perfect time to strike. He charged up his repulsor and aimed it at the hero.

It hit him in the stomach, sending him skidding across the ground, panting.

"It wasn't supposed to be on that high." Tony's eyes widened as he realised what happened. "No no no, FRIDAY why didn't you say anything?"

"I didn't know that you wanted it lowered sir."

"Shoot. Hey, buddy, look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to be that-"

"Don't stress." The hero picked himself off the floor. "It's not like you care anyway."

Nat watched as spiderman swung away before whirling around to Ironman.

"What were you thinking?"

"I thought it was on a lower setting!"

"That doesn't make it any better!" Nat face was red. "He's a kid," she hissed.

"How do you know?"

"Uh, he said it was a school night and that he had homework. Also, the size of him and his voice? He just a kid! And you shot him!"

Tony buried his face in his hands. "I'm an idiot."

Nat instantly softened slightly. "It's ok. I'll see if I can talk to him, ok?"

Tony nodded. "I don't want to bring him in anymore."

"'Fraid you don't have a choice."

"Fury?"

Nick rolled an eye. "Yes, me. You will continue your plan, or else you'll have me to hear to. And you wouldn't want anything happening to you family, would you?"

Everyone nodded.

"Good. I expect him next week."

May was in the kitchen, quietly humming to herself when her nephew came stumbling into the room.

"Ironman... repulsor... shot... stomach... burn."

"Oh my gosh let me see." She lifted up his shirt and but back a gasp. The burn spiralled across his torso, raw, red and blistering. "Oh baby, let me run the bath, the I need you to sit directly under the tap, ok? Stay there for half an hour and then I'll put some aloe vera gel on." She led him gently to the bathroom and turned on the cold water. "Hope you like it cold."

She exited the room to let her nephew get changed and Peter slipped into the water. He hissed at the cold before gingerly placing his foot in, teeth chattering as he submerged himself and positioned his tummy under the running tap. The cold water instantly cooled it, making him sigh softly.

Meanwhile, May was fuming in the kitchen as she grabbed towels and food for her nephew. How could someone do this to a child? She pulled the gel out of the cupboard and slammed it on the bench before scolding herself for the noise.

Peter came out after a while, wincing as he hobbled onto the couch. His aunt was instantly next to him and began to apply the cool gel.

"What happened?"

"The Avengers were still after me, and so I was sort of fighting them, and the Black Widow came and started talking to me and said that she wanted to help when Ironman shot a repulsor and then started apologizing cause it wasn't supposed to be on that high, but why was it on that high in the first pla- ow."

"Sorry." May smiled apologetically for a second before frowning. "Why did someone ever decide that shooting a repulsor at someone would be a good idea?"

"I don't know, but j don't thinknill go out for a while."

"Sounds good. You need to recover, physically and mentally."

Peter nodded. "Can you get my Spanish homework for me please?"

May laughed, ruffling his hair as she went and got his homework.

Maybe Spider-Man did need a break.