Chapter 5
Tony noticed they all froze at his words like they weren't suspecting he'll ask it, if he didn't know any better he would say they didn't want him to know which hospital. Peter was the first to recover and grab three Dr. Pepper's and gave one to Danny and Sam. It didn't quite make sense to Tony why they wouldn't want him to know which hospital. But Tony couldn't figure out who was in the hospital neither. Maybe one of their other friends? Tony thought.
"You can't go, they only allow close friends in." Peter answered it was true, since Billy's family were all dead it meant close friends were allowed in, plus Billy is at a SHIELD hospital, which only SHIELD employees are allowed.
"Really? Why do I get the feeling you just don't want me to go?" Tony asked, he couldn't help it, he felt like they were keeping something big from him, and he didn't like it. Not that all.
"You're not allowed to go," Sam said, looking at Stark knowing what Tony was thinking. "Because it took us since six p.m to around ten p.m to just get them allow us in." It would be a big risk to let Tony know it was a SHIELD hospital, a big one, which they couldn't risk. Risking it wouldn't be good, not when Fury wants them to work again, all of summer break. No breaks, so for the Ultimate's summer break is going to be summer working time. And they might have to team up with the Avengers.
"Well, I'm an Avenger, I could probably get in easier," Tony stated. "Jarvis, look for the hospital that their friend is in." Tony knew he was annoying them, because they all gave him annoyed looks. It was going to be a very annoying night for them.
"Yes sir. Anything else?" Jarvis asked.
"No, that's all for now Jarvis." Tony responded before looking back at the three teenagers. "Now, spill it or Jarvis is going to tell me." Peter looked at the two other teenagers who both froze before Danny nodded.
"Billy, Billy is the one who had to go to the hospital," Peter replied, but Tony didn't say anything, he was just waiting for them to continue. Peter sighed before continuing "It's a SHIELD hospital, Luke's parents work for SHIELD, now you know." When Tony laughed, everyone else in the room looked at him.
"I'm sorry, for a moment there I thought the words that were going to come out of your mouth was going to be 'We work for SHIELD.'," Tony laughed for a moment, but when the others didn't join in he added. "Because if you did, you would have to worry about Iron Man on your door steps."
"Referring to yourself in the third person and door steps? We are going to be in your tower. I repeat 'your tower'." Sam replied. Yeah changing the subject, this should get him off of the track for awhile, Sam thought, when Tony threw him an unimpressed look, Sam knew he didn't throw Tony too far off track.
"I'm not stupid you know?" Tony states, when everyone just stares at him blankly, Tony doesn't know what to think. Other than they have a staring problem, he thought, or maybe they are hiding something, but that couldn't be true, could it? Peter cleared his throat getting Tony out of his thoughts and back to reality.
"We know, but uh, we aren't lying. I would never lie to you Tony." Peter answered, he learned to trust the genius even if Tony could be annoying, almost as annoying as Nova is. Peter knew he couldn't always not lie to Tony, because being Spider-man came with secrets and all, but he was going to try to be truthful with Tony as much as he could.
"So, if I tell Jarvis to put a lie detector on, it would show you never lied to me?" Tony asked, when Peter nodded he decided to test it. "Jarvis you heard us."
"What?! I was telling you the truth Tony!" Peter exclaimed, it was true, he wasn't lying. But if he said he never lied to Tony, that would be a lie because he did lie about some things..
"I know, just wanna know if you did ever lie to me" Tony stated with a smirk. Stark knew if they thought he putted some of the pieces together, they would probably just say they don't know what he's talking about, but if they were lying Jarvis would detect it. But Tony just wanted to make sure, he couldn't have Peter and his friends working for SHIELD, they were teenagers! And SHIELD was for people with fighting skills at least and they probably couldn't even hurt a bug, Tony thought, it was true, they didn't have abnormal blood or anything.. did they? SHIELD did start recruiting young heroes. Tony couldn't stop his mind from wandering, if Tony could remember right Spider-man talked Fury into it.
"No, I hadn't" Peter answered. Okay, not the total truth..
"Sir, it came out as if Mister Parker lied." Jarvis said. Thanks a lot Jarvis, Peter thought.
"Peter, what have you lied about?" Tony asked, smirking at Peter. Tony just wanted to know, he couldn't help but want to know. If one of their friends family members works for SHIELD, it could mean..
"He hasn't lied about anything." Danny answered folding his arms over his chest.
"Sir, Mister Rand has also lied." Jarvis reported, getting glared by the three teenagers. Tony didn't know why they were glaring at the ceiling, but he just letted it slip, he was having too much fun.
"Okay, it won't hurt nobody to tell me, you know that right?" Tony asked, he did want to know what they were hiding, yes he only knew Peter for a few days, a week and a half at most. Even if it felt as if he knew Peter longer than he did, he just wanted to know."You don't know that." Sam muttered, Peter and Danny nodded in agreement, knowing what Sam was meaning by it. Tony on the other hand just looked confused.
"What?" Tony asked slowly, not sure if he likes where this conversation is going. He turned around to get something to drink, when he turned around after no one gave him a reply he learned they were all out like a light, asleep. They must've been very tried to go to sleep that fast. Tony decided to go to bed also, but he didn't know if he should move them or leave them. He decided against it since they were all sleeping like babies.
~~~ Next day ~~~
When Tony woke up, he didn't see any of them, they were all gone, the only proof they were there were the dirty dishes. Jarvis told him that the teenagers left at six A.M it was now eight A.M. He missed them by two hours.
He walked to his lab, knowing Bruce would probably be down there also, he needed a friend to talk to, even if the friend wasn't that good of a listener. Bruce was a good Science Bro.
"Tony, I didn't think you would be up for awhile." Bruce said as Tony walked into their shared lab space. Their lab was big, big enough so it could have at least over a hundred people, on one wall Tony has the Iron Man suits he's building. Bruce is always on his side of the lab, and tries to keep Tony on whatever project he's doing, which is hard. Tony whenever he feels like it, wanders over to Bruce's side just to annoy him, now Tony can annoy Peter. Bruce notices a lot of things, one of them is that Peter holds back, a lot. Like how Peter doesn't react much to sarcasm. How Peter could take insults, just tried to act like how he didn't see it coming, how every time somebody throws something at Peter, he catches it or, moves so it wouldn't hit him. Bruce would have asked Peter about it, but every time he tried to mention it, Peter avoids it. Bruce wanted to ask Tony if he noticed it.
"Well, here I am. So what's the project for today?" Tony asked. Bruce knew he should ask Tony, or anyone else, but he just couldn't, it felt like it was something more than Peter was letting on, maybe bigger than Bruce thought it could be.
"SHIELD wanted us to build the Ultimate's a quinjet. Apparently in around five or six months they are going to have a mission. They're going to train the Ultimate's how to fly it." Bruce answered before adding. "And they want it not to have anything that can make it possible for you to spy on them." Tony faked looking offended.
"Why would I do something like that Brucie?!" Tony asked, okay Tony may have thought about doing it, but it was just going to be a few! Bruce must've known what Tony was thinking because Bruce gave Tony an unimpressed expression. So, that's where Peter found that look.. Tony thought, Peter and Bruce got along great. But the only thing Bruce is thinking about is how he wishes that Peter would come to the lab soon. When Tony and Peter is in the same room, Tony picks on Peter, and no one else because Tony is usually trying to get Peter but Peter is good at coming back with insults. That's one of the main reasons why Bruce wanted Peter in the lab, to annoy Tony, so Tony wouldn't do anything he'll regret later, like making the Hulk mad.
"Sir, Mister Parker and his friends are back, this time with four other people." Jarvis said, Bruce threw a questioning look at Tony who just waved it off like it wasn't anything.
"Tell Pete i'm in the Lab with Bruce," Tony replied to Jarvis, when Bruce glared at him for not answering Tony sighed before saying; "One of their close buddies are in the hospital. Peter and two of his friends came back yesterday night around one-ish I think? I found out which hospital their friend was in, and it turned out to be a SHIELD infirmary. I don't know what they're keeping from me, but I'm sure as heck going to try my best to earn their trust as best as I can." Tony said to Bruce, who just stared at him before giving him an impressed look.
"I didn't know you had a heart Tony." Bruce said with a laugh, Tony glared at Bruce as the doors to the lab opened and showed soaking wet teenagers. Three of which was girls, who looked mad.
"I told you it was going to rain!" Ava snapped at Sam, who rolled his eyes. Tony and Bruce shared a look with each other before looking at the teenagers, Peter, Danny and someone else were all talking while three girls teamed up against Sam.
"Yeah, just because you looked that the clouds!" Sam replied back, getting the three girls even angrier, if that was even possible.
"Yeah, you wanna know what?" Ava asked, knowing how to make all of the boys pay for them getting wet even if it was just Sam's fault.
"Whatever it is, don't bring us into it." Luke said, before talking to Peter and Danny again. Tony and Bruce had no idea what was coming on, other than that it was not going to end well for Sam.
"Fine, as long as you agree to help us-" MJ stated, pointed to her, Ava and Gwen. "-Get back at Sam, if not. Wish his funeral wouldn't have been soo soon." Ava and Gwen nodded in agreement, when the others heard this they all looked at MJ with a look of fear and awe.
"You know violence gets people nowhere." Danny said, folding his arms over his chest, giving the three girls a disappointment look.
"We know that, but we also know this idiot here made a big mistake." Ava said, also folding her arms over her chest and glaring at Sam.
"Maybe if you weren't afraid of the ohh-so-scary rain, you wouldn't have to get all angry!" Sam replied. Oh yeah Sam was doomed now.
"Shut up before they decide to kill you Sam." Peter said to Sam, even if it would have been nice if they would have hurt Sam in some way.. But Sam was also an Ultimate, they couldn't have him hurt right now.
Something in Tony's mind clicked, he looked at all of the young adults, they all sounded like the Ultimate's in a way. Bruce must've noticed it also, because Bruce started paying attention to everything they did, if Tony remembered right the Hulk teamed up with Spidey a few times, and the Hulk liked Spider-man, it seemed. But something caught their attentions, Luke and Peter started talking again like Spider-man and Power-man did earlier. It was like watching the Ultimate's from earlier when they were all talking, but this time they acted like nothing was wrong.
"I don't think they will," Sam lowered his voice for the next part. "Because Mr. Stark and someone else is staring at us." The rest of the teenagers laughed, knowing full and well Ava could get away with it.
"I don't think that'll stop her," Danny replied, knowing what everyone else -other than Tony and Bruce- was thinking. Ava would find a way to make Sam pay, even if it meant making him pay by her, Gwen and MJ hacking into his computer. And they may even get Peter and Luke to help them with it. When Danny noticed Tony and Bruce looking at them, it freaked him out a little, if they find out about them being the Ultimate's it wouldn't be good for them. The only ways the Avengers would find out is by the Ultimate's themselves or if the Ultimate's gets hurt badly enough.
"Yeah listen to them, before I murder you in your sleep." Ava replied, with a smirk. Gwen and MJ nodding in agreement giving the other Ultimate's glares as if they thought the others would be brave enough to step in to save their friend, who was stupid enough to cross their path. Sam wasn't going to make it out of one of the theses one day, and that day might be soon because Ava did threat to murder him.
"listen to her man, before Ava does kill you." Luke added before Sam could say something and Ava go all White Tiger and kill Sam. Ava knew how to control her wanting to kill Sam, but it was becoming harder to do since Sam wouldn't stop being annoying.
The two Avengers in the room didn't have no idea what this little fight was about, all they knew was three teenage girls against one guy. And his friends wouldn't even help him out! Which Tony would laugh at but he has been in that situation with Pepper and the rest of Avengers not helping him out. It seemed like the teenagers forgot all about them being in the room again, because the girl named Ava was about to murder Sam in front of them, like it was nothing. Peter and his other friends -who wasn't helping Sam- didn't even try to help Sam or even act like it was uncommon for Ava wanting to kill Sam.
It seemed like it was a common thing for them. An everyday thing, that was common for them. The two Avengers didn't understand it, nor did they know what the fight was all about, and it might be something about the rain? Yeah not weird at all, Tony thought, because Pepper did get angry that one time about that one thing..
After another five minute's of the others talking the ladies into not killing Sam, it returned to normal, but Bruce and Tony found out another thing about Peter's friends.
"So, names?" Tony asked, tired of not knowing who's who.
"You already know me and Danny." Sam said, sitting down after the fight was over, even if Ava might not talk to him for awhile.
"Yea, we do, who are the rest of the people?" Tony asked, Bruce must've figured out Sam and Danny by now..
"I'm Luke, Luke Cage." Luke introduced himself, smiling at them. The name clicked in both of Tony's and Bruce's minds, but they wanted to find out the rest of the teenagers names.
"Ava Ayala." Ava said, not even bothering to look at Bruce or Tony. It might have been rude, but she was texting Ms. Cage about Billy.
"Mary Jane Watson, but everyone calls me MJ for short." MJ said with a smile, before asking Ava what's up at the hospital.
"Gwen Stacy, Peter's girlfriend." Gwen said with a grin. It wasn't every day somebody gets to meet the Bruce Banner and Tony Stark, even if Stark adopted Peter, and she might see them a lot. Stark and Banner both had a look of shock on their faces for a moment, before looking at Peter to see if it was true. Gwen forgot to say ex-girlfriend, but she didn't forget it, she just didn't want to add the ex part to it. She knew Peter only broke up with her again so she would be safe. Even if she kept telling him she wanted to be with him.
"Its nice to meet you all..?" Bruce replied, Bruce knows without even looking at Tony, he was staring at Miss Stacy because of her dating Peter, none of them even known Peter even had a girlfriend! Peter never mentioned it. When Peter and Luke stopped talking and looked at Tony and Bruce, who was looking at Gwen as if she just told them something they didn't know, which made Peter curious about what she told them. Hopefully something that wouldn't have them connected to the Ultimate's.
"So, what's up guys? I didn't think you both would be in the lab yet." Peter asked, it was true, Tony was up all night probably the other night, which made it almost impossible for Tony to be up at this time in the morning.
"You having a girlfriend," Tony said pointedly to Gwen, when Peter gave Tony a confused look, Tony continued. "Stacy? She just said you were her boyfriend."
"What?" Peter said slowly before looking at Gwen, who smiled before walked away nervously. "Me and Gwen isn't dating." Peter told them knowing they broke up when the Green Goblin almost killed her.
"That's not what she said." Tony said folding his arms across his chest and staring at Peter. He's now only finding out about Peter having a girlfriend! Now of all times Peter could have told him.
"Me and Gwen broke up." Peter replied, staring back at Tony.
"She didn't add the 'ex' part to it, so I don't believe you." Tony argued.
"Oh, really? So you're saying you don't believe me?"
"How could I? I didn't even know you have six friends! Not to add to it, you all look like you been in a fight!" When he said that, all of the teenagers -excluding Gwen and MJ- looked at their clothes which were muggy from dirty and water, and then looked up at him in shock.
"We, uh- I uh- I can explain about that," Peter said, when Tony looked at him, as if telling him to continue, Peter sighed before explaining. "Remember last night? Well when we were heading to the infirmary that was holding our friend, we ran into Luke and Ava, and ended up helping some people out. While we were at it, we got dirty, we didn't meet up with Gwen and MJ until we were back here in Manhattan.".
"Yeah, he's telling the truth, he didn't know what he was doing. He ran smack into the wall!" Sam said laughing at the memory, not adding the guy wasn't the good guy, the guy who they were saving was a SHIELD IT person. Luckily the criminal didn't even know a from b.
"Oh yeah, that guy needed to learn how to walk. I know we can be annoying, but we aren't that annoying." Luke said, trying to help Peter out, if he told Tony and Bruce about them being the Ultimate's right yet, it might not end well.
"Aren't that annoying? You all are very annoying!" Ava stated, glaring at Sam, Luke, Danny and Peter. Ava was like their sister, of course they needed to be extra annoying to her sometimes.
"Why did you all change the subject?" Bruce asked, knowing what they were doing. Tony does it all of the time.
"We didn't," Danny said. "We just kept adding onto it, then when it got to the annoying part, Ava said we annoy her a lot." They didn't change the subject it wasn't like they just said 'Hey, what's that?' and then never talk on the subject anymore.
"But you did change the subject." Tony pointed out, he would never admit it, but he wanted Peter to tell him what's going on, and why Peter didn't tell him in the first place. He knows Peter doesn't trust him completely yet, but Tony is willing to try his best to get the trust. During the time Tony known Peter, he learned that Peter wasn't a people person, Peter was more of the socially-awkward than anything, and that Peter could be very sarcastic. Tony hasn't seen many people who could insult anybody, even somebody who didn't even do anything stupid.
"Alright, let's make a deal, when we feel like telling you the whole story, we can. But not until then." Peter said, when both Avengers nodded, they knew Bruce and Tony won't try to find out unless it's by Peter's means.
"This place is big." Luke said in awe, finally noticing all of the projects and whatever was in Tony's workspace. But what caught Luke's eye was Bruce's workspace, it was something like what made Peter have his powers.
"You're into science?" Bruce asked, Luke was eyeing the project he was working for on SHIELD, a project that if Bruce remembered right Richard Parker made, the radioactive spider.
"Yeah, my parents are scientists. I learned mostly from them when I was a kid." Luke answered, if they added in the fact that his parents also died in a plane crash, it probably end up with Tony thinking that Richard and Mary Parker was alive, which they aren't. After that it was all a blur if you ask some of them, most of the science geeks started talking about a lot of Science things which Sam didn't understand, at all. So he went exploring.
Sam reached the main room when he saw that Barnes and Barton were there, with the Black Widow and Captain America, so that's how Sam found himself lost. In a big tower, with over who knows how many floors! After an hour and a half, he heard a voice.. in the wall? Which he couldn't help but start glowing like he does when he's Nova.
"Mister Alexander, Mister Parker is coming towards you." Jarvis said, but he Sam couldn't help but not stop glowing, which when Peter saw him, got a punch in the jaw.
"Idiot, you can't do that around here, Jarvis see's all!" Peter said half quietly and half yelling. "And he tells Tony if Tony asks!"
"I couldn't help it!" Sam said, as he stopped glowing and walked beside Peter, who started walked away back to where ever. Peter knew more about the tower than Sam did, mainly because Sam is new to being in the Avengers Tower while Peter lived there for a week and a half.
"So, do you think Ava could hack into Jarvis and delete that?" Sam asked, Peter didn't respond just kept walking.
"No, if Tony asks about it, you have to explain." Peter answered as they got onto an elevator. They meet up with the others, for another two hours they were there, no one mentioned about SHIELD, or anything, they just acted like normal people who didn't have anything better to do. It was a great day, other than getting called by Ms. Cage telling them to come to the SHIELD HQ. And then that fight that went on there..
"If it makes you feel any better, we should have known we were gonna end up in the infirmary," Wade said, sitting cross-legged on his bed. "And we get to have team bonding time!" when everyone just stared at Wade, he took that as a way to tell him to shut up.
"In a dull white room, where we're the only ones who in it?" Peter asked, daring Wade to say yes. They got stuck in the infirmary just because of chemicals being air born! It isn't like they weren't mutants already. They were mutants already! It was going to be a long day, not to mention they were all supposed to be back at the tower before 9. Well guess that's not going to happen anytime soon, Peter thought to himself.
"More like the nut house." Sam muttered, luckily SHIELD had clothes in the room to change into, with a bathroom and kitchen, the kitchen and living room, and bedroom was all in one while the bathroom wasn't. No one couldn't say SHIELD didn't do their prisoners right, even if the prisoners weren't being held there against their wills..
"Nuttie, nut, was the nut, who ran into the nut house." Wade began to sing, but everyone thrown their pillows at him, making him shut up. "I was just singing!"
"Yeah, but if you keep it up SHIELD might think we are insane!" Ava snapped, she's been in the same room as them for too long, she's going to go crazy if somebody doesn't let her out.
"You forget, Wade is insane." Peter replied, getting Wade to look at him as if he was insane. Only thing that could change the situation was that the stupid people who thought about breaking into SHIELD HQ knocking over the chemicals.
"How much longer?" Sam complained, they have been stuck there for an hour or two.. Everybody was annoyed, and could snap at any minute. They could break the door anytime they want to, but they didn't because it probably won't be safe for the other Agents.
"None of us knows yet." Luke replied, only thing they could hope for was that his parents would get something to get them out of the nut-house/hospital.
"Peter, weren't we all supposed to be back before nine tonight?" Danny asked, getting Peter to facepalm over and over again. Not good, not at all.
After of being locked up in there two more days, they were allowed to leave. Peter was going be in so much trouble. Everyone was, but if the others ever found out about Wade.. No one will probably survive that
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