Wasn't long until Tony started digging up photos on the Ultimates, getting all the information he needed, various kinds of attacks had happened where Peter and his friends went to school at, Midtown high.

Tony for some reason couldn't find out who was the Principal was, he even tried to hack the cameras that were in the Principal's office! No luck, it was like SHIELD was helping to hide it..

No, SHIELD wouldn't try to hide who a Principal was, why would they, it wasn't like the person was an Agent..?

"Jarvis, hack SHIELD to see if they are trying to hide the principal from public eyes." Tony said to his AI.

"Yes, Sir." Jarvis responded, as Jarvis hacked into SHIELD.

Tony, on the other hand, began to open up windows on his tablet. At first he typed in Midtown High's Principal, then after finding nothing, he began trying in the Ultimates, and finding a photo of SHIELD's Agent Coulson with the Ultimates. So, that's how Coulson knows the Ultimates, but what does it mean? Tony thought. Maybe he shouldn't have been going over all this information, but dang it, it was a mystery! He didn't like mysteries.

Pepper was supposed to be back soon, another meeting in LA and then she will be back at the Tower. Tony had three hours to get all the information he needed on the Ultimates, just three hours! How was he supposed to dig up everything about them in three little ol' hours?! He has been working on finding everything he could, but when Peter and his friends were in the Tower, Tony stopped working, knowing he might get disappointed looks from them, or them getting mad at him for spying on people.

Around Midnight he finally got out of his lab, walking towards his shared floor, which housed five teenagers, him and Pepper. Seven people, on one floor. Tony might make them an floor for themselves, might may he remain you.

As he walked through his shared floor, he saw the teenagers all fast asleep. Sam, Peter, and Miles all on the floor, Danny, Luke and Ava all on the couches, and the show that was on the TV was, Young Justice.

Tony told Jarvis to play one of his many playlists, with a smirk. Tony walked towards the kitchen, or more speed walked there, not wanting the teens to bolt up and come after him. Tony saw how fast Peter's reflexes were, and Luke's, their reflexes were fast. He did not want to get caught unprepared. He might be an Avenger, but he did not want to have six teenagers all attacking him.

"Yes, sir." Jarvis's voice sounded, for another minute the music didn't go through the floor, but when it did, all six of the teens bolted up, and looked around the room.

"We fell asleep again." Peter said, rubbing his face to get rid of the sleepiness. None of them noticed Tony, who was hiding in the kitchen.

"Why and are we watching Young Justice?" Luke asked, getting confused looks from the other Ultimates.

"No idea," Miles said. "But you guys should go back to sleep, you guys are out of school, meaning Fury is gonna want you guys to work more." Everyone groaned knowing Fury has been working them all to death the past month, and Tony was onto the Ultimates trying to figure out who there were.

Tony was going to make himself known before they mentioned Fury, and how Fury has been working them to death. Maybe it was nothing, but Tony knew that it had to be something, it just had to be something.

"Yeah, we should, but why did that song just play?" Sam asked, looking around the room for any signs, when he got none he just lay back down. Tony must've been hiding better this time than last time, because no one has seen him just yet.

"Don't know," Ava replied, before laying down also. Peter figured out Tony was trying to sneak up on them again, so why not make Tony mad?

"Hey guys, did you hear that Fury was gonna call someone in for us? I think he thinks we're going insane from being around the Avengers." While Peter told them that, he pointed towards where he thought Tony might have been, it was easy for him not to let Tony know they were on him. The other Ultimates nodded, deciding to play along just for the fun of it.

"I think he's afraid we might give out the Ultimates identities-" Sam started, and letting Ava take over so he won't give Stark any clues about them being the Ultimates.

"We are the closest to them, and know almost everything about them." Ava added, with a little smile. Knowing that Tony was listening in on them, and she knew that they knew almost everything about the Ultimates because they were- the Ultimates.

"Yeah, too bad they don't like the Avengers, I would've thought they would have." Luke said, playing along with the others.

"Yeah, I would've thought that too. Spidey seemed.. well, off after the meeting with the Avengers." Sam added, with a smirk pointed towards Peter, they all knew how they were sitting/laying towards the TV, Tony couldn't see the look on Sam's face even if he wanted too.

Tony didn't know what to think about that, they are friends with the Ultimates?! Maybe that's why they were so secretive, maybe not..

"Maybe Stark made him mad? You know how Spidey is dealing with annoying people." Ava argued back. She has been spending a lot of time with Gwen and MJ, but she also knew Peter got annoyed at Sam 96% of the time. After saying that, Peter, Luke, Danny, Miles and Sam all bursted out laughing. Peter and Miles just shook their heads knowing that was true half the time with most of their stupid villains they have to fight on a daily basis.

"Oh yeah, Spidey is good at annoying people, but I did hear Mister Stark was good at annoying almost everyone." Miles replied, doubling over laughing. Maybe they can make Stark come out of hiding, if they insult him enough.

"Tony isn't all that bad, he's bad but not as bad as most people thinks." Peter said. Peter knew he could insult Tony if he wanted to, but he just couldn't find it in himself to insult him just then.

"Hey, when he met Gwen, Tony was like What the hell?! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A GIRLFRIEND!" Sam said, making everyone laugh again.

"Yeah, for a moment I thought he was gonna believe Gwen and not me." Peter replied.

"Well, Gwen and you did make a great couple, until you broke up with her. Why did you break-" She got cut off by Sam, who put his hand on her mouth, trying to stop her before she could leak any information about them being the Ultimates to Tony who was still eavesdropping, or whatever he was trying to do, they didn't know, nor care at this point.

"Mister Stark, can you please stop eavesdropping?" Danny asked, looking where Tony was hiding at. Tony couldn't believe they found out where he was hiding again, how could they know so easily?

"Hey, uh, I wasn't hiding." Tony said, defending himself, even if it was a lie, a big lie at most.

"Lies, lies, lies!" Sam shouted, with a grin on his face.

"Ah, shut up! I wasn't lying!" Tony argued but got blank stares from everyone other than Sam, who was giving a look that said Ha! You're in so much trouble, good luck getting out of this one.

"Tony. Sit. Down." Peter stated sternly, glaring at Tony.

"You can't tell me what to do, I'm your guardian." Tony said, crossing his arms over his chest making Peter sigh.

"You want to know who the Ultimates are, right?" Peter asked, making all the other teens look at him, they hadn't decided to tell the Avengers yet or not, which made most of them confused at why Peter was asking that to Tony, but they knew he probably had a good reason, Tony looked at him with confusion, not wanting to admit being a Spider-man fan, Tony just nodded. "Well, you won't find out by trying to spy on people."

"Ohhhhh, really? Without trying to find Spiderman, I wouldn't have found you! Your father was the one to make the radioactive spider-thingy that made Spiderman." Tony argued back, knowing that bringing up Peter's father might not have been a good choice when he saw Peter's face fall from blank to hurt and back to blank again.

"You know what? I give up. I can't take this anymore." Peter said before heading towards the elevators, Luke and Miles following after Peter leaving Ava, Sam and Danny glaring at the billionaire. Stark didn't know what to say to the glaring teenagers, he didn't mean to make Peter walk out, but he knew if he tried to follow Peter he would get attacked by the other teenagers.

"Stark, next time you never bring up any dead relatives." Danny said in a warning tone before leaving also. Maybe a night out as the Ultimates would do them some good, hopefully Tony won't try and follow them again. Tony just stood there, not knowing what to do. Soon after the two other teens left, both not even looking at Tony as they both left.

Tony just sat down, knowing that Pepper would be back soon, she'll be some help with Peter, she always knew what to do. He reached for the remote and turned on an episode of 'The Flash'. He didn't know when he fell asleep, probably after getting past a few episodes of Flash.

~~~ Ultimates ~~~

They were all back, at Aunt May's older house. They didn't know why they were there, it just felt like home to them. Somehow, they always knew this was going to be the place they would always come to when they felt like hiding from the rest of the world.

Peter knew Tony felt bad about spying on them when they were watching Young Justice, but this was the second time. He knew they shouldn't have mentioned about knowing the Ultimates but what the heck, why not? It isn't like he could just put two and two together and figure out they are the Ultimates. Maybe Tony was just trying to talk himself out of believing that Peter and the others weren't the Ultimates. Or Tony just didn't want to admit they were the Ultimates, and act like he didn't think believe that they might be the Ultimates.

"Do you think Tony might have figured out that we are the Ultimates?" Peter asked, knowing that he thought Tony has been more curious about them, and spying on them, a lot.

"Might have, but the question is; should we tell them?" Danny asked the others, hoping they would all finally be able to stop lying to the Avengers all the time. Maybe just maybe, the Avengers and Ultimates could do those team ups like Fury wants them to do.

"I guess, I don't know." Peter answered, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. The Avengers knowing who they really were would be big, the X-men only know for reasons like they were all locked up together for a few months and that Wolverine and Deadpool were close to them, technically Wade was a member of both teams, but mostly X-men, and the Ultimates whenever he's at SHIELD, or in the neighborhood.

"I say tell them, what's the worst that could happen?" Luke asked, knowing it couldn't really get all that much more worst than the Avengers never speaking to them, they liked the Avengers a lot.
"Tell, it isn't like they can't figure it out." Ava replied, sleepily, sitting down on the old couch that she used to sit on when she and the others lived there with Aunt May.

"I don't know, Danny what about you?" Sam asked, sitting down next to Ava on the couch.
"I say tell them before Fury wants us to work with them," Danny said, before walking towards the kitchen, Peter walking with him to the kitchen.

"Do you think Aunt May cooked anything before.. you know." Peter asked, before going through the kitchen looking for foods. There was a chance she did, and also a chance she didn't.

"It doesn't look like it." Danny responded, he leaned against the counter, looking at the kitchen before asking; "Any chance you'll get to keep this place?" Danny asked, looking at the living room from the kitchen.

"I don't know anymore." Peter replied before grabbing enough bread to make sandwiches for everyone.

An hour later, everyone was asleep in Aunt May's old living room, they slept like babies until the morning came, and Fury called.

~~~ Avengers ~~~

Tony didn't understand why Peter hadn't come back yet, nor has his friends came back, but he knew he had to go with the Avengers to whatever mission Fury wanted them to go on, maybe the mission wouldn't go all that badly, if he heard correctly the Avengers would be working with the Ultimates.
T'Challa, Falcon, Cap, and Barton were all back from where ever they went, apparently since T'Challa had to run a country he couldn't always be on missions with the Avengers. Falcon, Cap, and Barton all worked for SHIELD, what a surprise, meaning they come and leave, but Cap was the one mostly at the Tower out of all four of them. Tony didn't understand why they needed most of the Avengers for this one, this time T'Challa and Falcon are going to meet the Ultimates, with Barton just looking at the Ultimates strangely, like he knew something the others didn't, maybe it was just Tony seeing things.
That's how they all ended up on the helicarrier, when Hank pointed to Peter, who was talking to Hill, Tony didn't know what to think, why was Peter talking to Maria Hill? It didn't make sense.

Bruce started walking up to Peter and Hill, knowing if Tony did he would probably be a man-child and start asking all kinds of ridiculous questions.

"Hi Peter, Hill." Bruce said to them, with a small smile, before pointing towards where the Avengers were standing, quietly telling Peter that he was being watched by half, or all, of the Avengers.

"Hey Bruce, what are you guys doing here?" Peter asked, knowing Hill was going to try and back out of it soon. She didn't want to explain why Peter, Luke, Danny, Ava and Sam was here, not including Wade, who was currently trying to annoy Fury.

"SHIELD called the Avengers, what about you?" Bruce replied, his small smile fading when he saw the look of confusion and guilt on Peter's face.

"We had to come to help our friend Billy out. You know, the kid Tony wants you to adopt?" Peter answered, trying to make Bruce believe his little lie.

"Ah yes, I couldn't find him at the foster home a week ago, Tony been bugging me for a month to meet him." Bruce replied, after they talked for a few more minutes Hill had to talk to him about the mission in a few months.

No one yet knew what Fury wanted, other than Fury was going to talk to them.

After an hour, all the Ultimates and Avengers were in the same room, Ultimates in their superhero suits, while the Avengers were in normal clothes.

"It's nice to meet you, I heard Fury talking about you while I was in training." Falcon told the Ultimates. Falcon/Sam was probably going to get stuck on the Ultimates if he didn't join the Avengers when they reassembled. Nova let out a huff before replying with;

"Figures, Fury likes to talk about us behind our backs." Falcon laughed, knowing Nova was trying to make a joke, even if they both could get in trouble for that remark.

"So, what's it like to be on the Ultimates?" Falcon asked.

"Eh, well it's fun most of the time, I guess. Sometimes it's horrible, and sometimes it's great." Nova replied, knowing that sometimes all the Ultimates just wants to punch Fury in the face sometimes.

"What about you Avengers?" Nova knew at least 50% of stuff about the Avengers that's mostly because of Peter getting adopted by Tony Stark.

"I guess fun, they're all great even if they're all older than me." Falcon said, with a little smile.

"Older? Welcome to the club, Spidey and Power-man is the oldest of the Ultimates, Iron-Fist second oldest, White Tiger and me the third oldest, and Spiderboy is the youngest."

"Spiderboy? Is he the son of Spiderman or something?" Falcon asked, now he's curious, now he might help Tony to find out everything he could. Nova doubled over laughing, Peter and Miles related? Yeah it would've been awesome but Peter's only family left was.. well the Ultimates since his whole family was dead in one way or another.

"Nah, Spiderboy isn't Spidey's son, Spidey would have to be.. older, a lot older." Nova replied after he stopped laughing, it would have been awesome if Miles and Peter were related, but their families weren't related.

"Really? Why's he called Spiderboy than?"

"He has the same powers as Spidey." Sam answered truthfully, Miles and Peter's powers were the same, well almost the same.

"Guys, the meeting is starting." Luke informed them before he walked back into Fury's office.

Meetings with Fury always meant something, good or bad, whichever one he prefers. No one knew what it was about, other than Fury who wasn't talking about it, at all.

"Hey Furball! Wait, can I use that name for you? Or is it only for Rocket?" Tony asked, as he strode over to the couch, not too far away from Nick Fury, who was glaring at him. Luckily glares couldn't kill a person, even if Tony thinks Fury's could kill someone..

"Stark, sit your butt down before I-" Fury began before getting cut off by Tony again, who was just smirking at him.

"Before you what-?" Tony dared, with an evil smirk, the Avengers and Ultimates just watched in amusement as Fury and Tony argued.

"Before I kick you-!"

"Kick my what-?" Tony asked, faking innocence.

"Stark! Before I kick your butt off of this helicarrier!" Fury yelled, making sure Tony won't cut him off this time.

"Language." Cap scolded them, before the two started cussing each other. Steve didn't know how old the Ultimates were, but still, they didn't need to start cussing around them.

"Cap, I don't think Furball.. Oh sorry, I mean One eye, cares about if," Tony pointed at the Ultimates. "They hear cuss words, do they even consider that a cuss word?" Tony replied, with a smirk before noticing Spidey and Power-man covering another Spidey's ears?

"Language!" Most of the Ultimates yelled, other than Spidey and Power-man, who was trying to keep Spidey #2 ears covered.

"How old is he?" T'Challa asked, pointed towards Spidey #2. All the Avengers looked at them expectantly, while all the Ultimates just stood there awkwardly.

"Huh, yeah like I'm gonna tell you how old I am." Spiderboy/Spidey #2 replied, sounding a little annoyed.

"'He's uh.." Spidey #1 began, but didn't know how to say it.

"He's..Young?" Power-man added, as the Ultimates all began to start feeling uncomfortable, while Spidey #2 scolded before getting up and trying to leave, even if he ran smack into Agent Coulson.

"Ultimates, Avengers." Coulson greeted them before looking at Miles, making the 13-year-old go sit down again. "What was all the yelling about? there were complaints about it." Coulson added, glancing at Tony, who just smirked.

"Well, first about Stark, than about bad language which the other Ultimates and Cap scolded Fury about, and well it just developed from there." Spidey #2 replied, sounding a little like a teenager, which he was.

"Coulson, how old is he?" Cap asked, pointing towards Miles aka Spidey #2.
"He's young, he doesn't even work for SHIELD." Coulson said, looking at the Ultimates with raised eyebrows.

"The kid was gonna get himself killed!" Nova defended the Ultimates.

"If we didn't, he might have tried to fight someone by himself!"Spidey #1 added, looking guilty.
"We are just helping him, until he gets old enough." White Tiger also added, trying to help defend why they had a 13-year-old on their team.

"Calm down, he's not ever going to go on a deadly mission, not until he's at least 18." Power-man stated, before adding the last part when Miles looked at him as if saying 'What the hell?!"

The Avengers and the SHIELD Agents were looking at them, as if they couldn't believe what they just heard. Maybe Spidey #2 was too young for the crime fighting world, but the Ultimates took Spidey #2 in anyways.

"So, are you trying to say he's under 18?" Clint asked, getting nods from most of the Ultimates and making most of the Avengers confused other than Falcon.

"How old is he then?"

"Under 16?" Spidey said, sounding unsure of himself, making all the Avengers eyes go wide at finding out that the kid wasn't even 16 yet.

"15?" T'Challa asked, the Ultimates all shook their heads.

"14?" Barnes asked, with a frown, which all the Ultimate's also shook their heads at.

The Avengers didn't know what to think, why was there someone under 14 fighting crime? It didn't make sense. If he was under 14 he was too young, way too young.

"How old is he?" Cap asked sternly. He wasn't going to let a kid go around and get hurt, the Ultimates seemed to agree with him.

"I'm 13, okay?!" Spidey #2 yelled, getting everyone's attentions.

"Okay.. how old are the rest of you?" Tony asked, knowing that Spidey #2 was the same age as Peter's friend Miles. No, nope they aren't the Ultimates, the Ultimates are gonna tell us they're older than 20, hopefully, Tony thought hoping that Peter wasn't an Ultimate.

"18-20" Spidey replied, even if the 20 part was a lie, it was most like 17-18 for the moment. He seen all the Avengers thinking for a minute before it seemed to click with Bruce and Clint who stared at him for a moment before Clint acted like he knew nothing and Bruce just kept looking like he was thinking as he was staring at them.

The Avengers let the subject drop for awhile, when everyone was leaving the Avengers went back their quinjet, happy there wasn't a mission to do, while Bruce and Clint stand behind waiting for the Ultimates.

"So, Pete, how's life?" Clint asked Spidey, making him stiffen up and turn around to see Clint and Bruce staring at them all. "Oh, Luke, Danny, Ava, Sam and hmm, Miles right?"

The Ultimates just stood there, knowing that two out of fourteen Avengers now knew who they are. Knowing how much information that most of the Avengers has about them, it might not be long before the rest of the Avengers find out about who they were. The Ultimates all had only had one thing going through their minds, which was; 'This isn't going to end up good..'