Ch. 3
Natasha had brought Bucky and Steve over to stay with Peter and her. She had also made sure they all brought their uniforms. They had made it into a regular occurrence whenever Steve or Natasha were asked to watch Peter: the three would come over with their mission uniforms on and Peter would join them as Spider-Man (a superhero he had made up when he was seven) then they would make teams and play a huge game of capture the flag, but fancier. It was such a big deal, Peter had made a special suit just for his superhero Spider-Man. Tony had helped make it so high tech of course, but Peter had designed everything himself; even the web shooters and fluid.
"You ready, Spider-Man?" Natasha asked. It was the same teams every time: Natasha and Peter against Steve and Bucky. The teams were evenly matched and took hours to complete.
"Oh yeah!" Peter said, bouncing on his toes. He was excited. His dad had just upgraded his suit so he could now stick on walks and ceilings like real spiders. It was amazing and he couldn't wait to try it out in a real game.
"The game will begin in two minutes," FRIDAY announced. "Please hide your flags." Natasha had already done that. She spent the next two minutes explaining her plan to Peter. By the time FRIDAY told them to begin, Peter was well versed on the plan.
"Go!" Natasha hissed. Peter nodded and climbed up the wall and onto the ceiling. He couldn't keep the grin off his face and he crawled slowly and carefully across the ceiling. He was supposed to locate the flag and tell Natasha where it was. They were both relying on Steve and Bucky not noticing Peter on the ceiling. With Karen's help (the AI Tony had created for Peter's phone and then put in his Spider-Man suit), he was able to know ahead of time when Bucky or Steve were coming.
"Bucky is around the corner," Karen told him. Peter scurried over to the wall and carefully peered around the corner from his position on the ceiling. He was directly above Bucky's head. He stopped breathing as the assassin peered around the corner, obviously having heard something.
"Buck, I think they-" a very high pitched scream came out of Steve's mouth as he noticed Peter on the ceiling. He was further down the hall, so of course he would have spotted Peter hovering above Bucky.
"Karen! You were supposed to tell me when he came!" Peter said. He dropped from the ceiling and Bucky shrieked. Peter couldn't help but start laughing. Two grown adult super-humans screaming at a teen in red spandex.
"Get him!" Steve yelled. Before Peter could stop laughing and run, Bucky had wrapped his arms around Peter and was holding him tightly.
"Ah man," Peter groaned. He let Bucky take him to their jail and slumped against the wall. He did ask Karen to replay the footage of Steve and Bucky screaming, though, and found himself laughing so hard he cried.
"Natasha is on her way," Karen announced.
"O-Okay," Peter stuttered, trying to contain himself. By the time Natasha appeared in the room, he had managed to calm down.
"What happened?" she asked. She picked Peter up and slung him over her shoulder, the only way you were allowed to get someone out of jail.
"Oh do I have something funny to show you," Peter exclaimed.
"Tell me later," she said. Peter nodded and stayed silent as Natasha scurried back to their base and set him down. When someone was rescued from jail, they had to be carried like an injured person and taken all the way back to home base. If they were caught on the way, they were free game and that often meant that team lost. They were only safe and out of jail when they touched the base.
"They know I can be on the ceiling now," Peter told her.
"Figured," Natasha muttered. "Alright, new plan." She describes the new plan to Peter quickly then they broke up. Peter was still going to try and find the flag, but now Natasha was going to try and get either Bucky or Steve in jail. Originally she was supposed to hide and protect the flag which was debatably against the rules.
Peter knew he must have been close to the flag when he had been captured since both Bucky and Steve had been there. He quickly returned to the location and wasn't surprised to find Steve casually standing against a doorframe, shield in hand and eyes on both the floor and ceiling now. Peter stuck his hand around the wall and shot a web at Steve just like Natasha had taught him. His web caught the shield and pulled it back to him. Peter dropped from the ceiling and held up the shield. He grinned as Steve frowned.
"I think sticking to the ceiling should be illegal," he said. Peter shrugged and investigated his prize closer.
"This is cool!" Peter exclaimed. He barely looked up before Steve could hit him. He yelped and threw the shield up to protect himself. Steve's fist bounced off and Peter shot a web at his legs. Steve wobbled a bit but struck Peter again. This time his fist hit Peter's shooting arm and Peter's web missed. Peter frowned and webbed up Steve's arms. Now he looked like a cocooned butterfly. Peter stuck him to the wall with a grin and set the shield against his legs. He ran into the room Steve had been standing in front of and began to furiously search for the flag. He found it under a nightstand and tucked it into his suit at the neck. He climbed onto the ceiling and raced out of the room. He passed Bucky and Natasha fighting, but Bucky stopped when he saw Peter with the flag. He jumped up and grabbed Peter's ankle.
"Gotcha!" he yelled. Peter tried to get away from Bucky, but it was no use. He ripped the flag out of his suit and handed it to Natasha.
"Go! Save yourself!" he cried. Natasha grabbed the flag, rolling her eyes, and ran towards their base. Bucky growled and released Peter, running after Natasha. Peter jumped on his back and started belting out "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as loud as he could in Bucky's ear. Bucky tried to get Peter off his back as he ran after Natasha, but he was unsuccessful. Natasha touched her base with the flag and FRIDAY announced team Spider was the winner. Bucky groaned and Peter jumped off his back. He gave Natasha a high five then waved the flag in Bucky's face.
"We won!" he cheered. It had been at least two games since Natasha and Peter had won, so Natasha didn't even bother telling Peter to be a nice winner. Instead, she just smirked as Bucky covered his ears and went to go find out where Steve had been tied up.
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