Two

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Flash would not shut up the entire half-hour drive, laughing about proving Peter was a liar, until Mr. H threatened to send him straight back on the bus when they got there.

Then he just sent smirks to Peter. MJ and Ned tried to block Peter from his view, but he was stareing out the window, freaking out.

Flash, of course, thought it was because he was worried about being proven he lied, but really, he knew his family had something planned for him.

And it was going to be horrible.

When they finally, finally got there, one of the Rangers(I'll explain later😉) stepped onto the bus and smiled at them. Peter slumped in his seat.

She was a regular, and they where friends. "Hello! My name's Emma, and I'll be your ranger for the day." A couple kids tittered at this, and she smiled. "Ranger means I'm a tour guide. I'll explain it all when we get inside."

She took attendance, looking from a little blue clipboard that she held in her hands.

She paused when she got to Peter's name. "Peter!" She said exitedly. "You didn't tell me you where coming on this trip!" He turned red and stood up so he could see her. "I didn't know till yesterday."

She shrugged, smiling widely at him, and continued with the attendance.

"Alright, remember, this is a privilege, and this is a professional workplace. Follow the rules and don't wander off. Follow me." She stepped off the bus, and kids scrambled over one another to get off as soon as possible.

They gasped and whispered to each other exitedly as they walked up to the main entrance.

Peter made sure to stay in the back, and Ned and MJ stayed with him.

Emma walked up to the front desk and the receptionist handed her a bunch of lanyards with a smile.

Everyone was so nice here, that's why he loved it so much. It had such a calm and warm atmosphere, making you feel inspired, as if you could do anything.

Emma stopped and turned around, stoping the group a little off to the side of the entrance, which every so often would announce, "Ava Green, age 18, Palitin. Ben is waiting in the front office."

Or, "Neville Longbottom, age 17, Ranger. Your group will arrive at 10:15."

Name, age, rank, and there was normally a message waiting for you.

"There are seven ranks." Emma said, passing out the lanyards, with a clear rectangle on the end, to be scanned.

In the middle of the rectangle was a color.

"Where are our lanyards?" Peter whispered to Emma. She smiled mischievously. "Tony requested you use your own." She said, and walked away.

Ned, MJ, and Peter,who was feeling sick, pulled theirs out of their bag and on without anyone noticing.

Emma continued explaining.

"The lowest rank is white, the Sellswords. The visitors." Everyone's color, besides the trio's, was white.

"The next is Ranger, green, the tour guides." She said, pulling her own lanyard away from her chest and tapping it.

"Then there is the Palitins, the intern's trainees. Their color is blue."

"Next are the Ministers, the interns themselves. Their color is yellow."

And then there are the Sentinels. They are basically security. You really don't want to meet them." She laughed, and most of the students forced an uncomfortable laugh with her. "Their color is orange.

"Everyone so far, besides the visitors, can go up to floor two hundred. The visitors can only go somewhere if they have someone of higher rank with them."

"The other, top, five floors, are only for the last two ranks, Knight commander and High mages. The high mages are the Avengers, and the knight commanders are their assistants."

She smiled. "And there are only two of those." MJ and Ned smirked, while Peter was feeling a bit stressed out.

One by one, they went through the scanner. "The computer who is scanning your lanyards, is F.R.I.D.A.Y, our AI, that can be accessed anywhere in the building."

"Corine Reeves, age 17, Sellsword." F.R.I.D.A.Y announced.

Emma continued. "F.R.I.D.A.Y is almost as advanced as any human being, with thoughts and emotions."

"Fern Antorc, age 16, Sellsword."

"The very top three floors, where the Avengers live, have Karen, their own personal AI."

"Cameron Adams, age 16, Sellsword."

"F.R.I.D.A.Y is basically family to us, and Karen is basically family to the Avengers." She says with a smile, walking though the scanner and dragging her lanyard across the scanner table.

"Emma Ovens. Age 19, Ranger. Have fun on the tour, Emma!" F.R.I.D.A.Y says happily, her robotic voice turning into one filled with warmth.

"Thanks, Fry!" Emma says back.

Flash scoffs as he swipes his own lanyard. "A machine can't have emotions, or be like people." He says scathingly.

F.R.I.D.A.Y speaks up. "I most certainly can, Eugene Tomson, age 17, Sellsword." He rushes away from the scanner with a look of fear on his face.

Soon, it's just Ned, MJ, and Peter on the other side of the scanner.

Ned walks though confidently and scans his card. "Ned!" F.R.I.D.A.Y happily. "Welcome back. Age 16, knight commander." Ned holds his head up with pride.

One of the students turns to Emma. "What was the Knight commander again?" He asks. Emma smirks. "Avengers personal assistant."

A girl speaks up. "Didn't you say there was only two of them?" Emma nods, and Ned breaks out in laughter.

MJ smirks as she scans her lanyard, and F.R.I.D.A.Y says, "MJ! Welcome back to you too! Age 16, Knight commander."

"Thanks, Fri." MJ nods.

Ned and her smirk at each other as the class whispers furiously.

Emma looks at Peter expectantly. He hesitates, and then walks through, scanning his lanyard resignedly.

He winces as F.R.I.D.A.Y says, "Peter, I didn't know you where on the field trip! I just notified Karen, she's announcing your arrival to the entire top two floors." Peter's face turns beet red and be looks down.

"Did you have to, Fri?" He asks. "Well, that's what Pietro told me to do!" She says cheerily. "Age 17, High mage."

The class takes a second, then starts talking all at once, not bothering to whisper this time.

"How is that possible, Parker?" A boy demands. "She said only avengers get that rank."

Peter scrambles for an answer. "I, um, well, I- m- my family's a close friend?" He stammers out.

"How is that possible, penis Parker, you don't have a family." Flash hissed in his ear after they moved out of the entrance level and into an elevator.

Peter squeezed his eyes shut, trying not to think about Aunt May.

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