Peter Parker: Wrong Number AU

Chapter 5

Nat's Pov:

Pepper had called a meeting gently reminding us that we can't reveal ourselves to the kid. Still, I wanted to see my baby spider! I had looked him up when he first texted. Peter Parker was an innocent cinnamon roll, but he had been through too much loss for a teen. Pepper had said that we couldn't go and strike up a conversation with him. She said nothing about spying on him from the vents. ;)

Clint and I were prepared. We saw him walk in from above. He was even cuter in person! I wanted to punch the receptionist for giving him crap about working here, but soon enough he was walking through security. This was the tricky part. We had to sprint up the stairs to beat the elevator so we could climb back into the vents. I don't know how Clint does this everyday.

~Meanwhile~

Peter's Pov:

I'm not going to lie, I was internally screaming when I entered the building. This is Stark FREAKING Tower!! I got into the elevator after getting my badge, and looked for a button to press. There wasn't one for floor 36, or any floor for that matter. "Um..." I said.

"Hello. What floor would you like to go to?" I jumped out of my skin, but then realized it was just Mr. Stark's AI. "Hello, you are F.R.I.D.A.Y. right? 36th floor please."

"Right away," Friday said. Was it possible for an AI to sound affectionate? I was interrupted from my train of thoughts when the elevator stopped at the 16th floor. I almost died when BRUCE BANNER walked in the elevator!

"Oh my gosh, you're-"

"I know. The Hulk," Dr. Banner interrupted gloomily.

"I mean, yeah, you're the Hulk, but you are also BRUCE BANNER! I read your books on Gamma Radiation, they were amazing! It is such an honor to finally meet you!"

Dr. Banner stared at me for a minute, before a small smile broke across his face.

"Thanks. Hardly anyone recognizes me for my work. Did you say you read my Radiation books? How old are you, those books had to be at least college level."

I blushed. "15, but I read the books when I was 12." He looked at me, eyebrows raised. The next thing he said surprised me.

"How would you like to come help me in my lab? We're working on a project, and no one can come up with a solution. All the other interns have tried, unsuccessfully," My jaw was on the floor.

"O-of course, Dr. Banner!"

He smiled, and took me to his lab. There he explained the structure they were trying to create. It was a molecule that stabilized particles, such as vibranium, that were sometimes known to blow up if compressed in certain ways. The chemical structure of the molecule was similar to that of my webfluid, so I got to work.

3rd. Person Pov:

Peter was engrossed in work as Bruce watched him. He turned around to fetch some previous papers on failed experiments, when he saw a familiar face walking down the hallway. Steve Rogers was walking right past the door, with Peter's dog in tow. Frantically, Bruce waved at him to go back. He did, but that did not stop Peter's super senses from hearing the clink of dog tags. He brushed it off as lack of sleep.

2 hours later Peter took a break from his frantic scribbling. "Dr. Banner!" He said, "I think I solved the issue!" As he came over to look, Peter's enraged supervisor burst through the door.

"Young man," he shouted, "You should know better than to bother busy scientists. 2 hours late on the first day on the job!? Unacceptable. Just because you are some stuck up high schooler who bought his way in here, does not mean you can do whatever you please. You are FIRED!!"

Dr. Banner was 2.5 seconds away from Hulking out, but Peter hung his head in shame.

"I think I'll be the judge of that," A new voice interrupted.

Peter's eyes widened in shock. There before him stood-