Chemistry

01

Alessa boarded the plane Tony had arranged and smiled when she saw her friend. "Hey, Peter."

"Uh, h-hi, Lessa. Um, w-why are you here?"

"Mr. Stark told me Captain America has gone crazy. Hey, do you think we'll meet the actual Winter Soldier? Or Falcon? Or Black Widow? Or-"

Peter nodded, cutting her off. "Yeah, I think we'll meet them. But I still don't get why you're here."

"Right back at you. We'll be confused together."

Peter smiled. "Yeah, that's a good idea. Are you excited to go to Germany?"

"Yup. You know, I've always wanted to go to Germany."

"Germany and lots of other places. I mean, your dream is to travel."

"All over the world. And it looks like I'm finally starting. Thank you, Mr. Stark!"

The plane took off and Alessa's eyes widened. "Uh, is it supposed to be making that noise?"

Happy glanced at the wide-eyed teen and said, "Yes. Sit back and try to breathe out. It'll help with the panic."

Alessa tried letting out some breaths and shook her head. "It's not helping!"

Peter pulled out his phone and pulled up a Billy Joel playlist on YouTube. "Here. Maybe listening to your favorite artist will help." He offered her an earphone and she took it. "Which song do you want first?"

Alessa thought for a moment. "Um, how about We Didn't Start the Fire? That's always a fun one."

He turned the song on and Alessa slowly calmed and the two listened to her favorite artist nearly the entire way. Thanks to lyric videos, Peter began singing along with Alessa.

When they landed in Germany, Alessa ran off the plane, more than happy to be on the ground.

She shuddered. "Flying and me? Never again."

Peter glanced at her. "We still have to get back to New York, though."

She groaned. "Don't remind me."

Alessa walked off and changed into her Shadow Raven outfit while unbeknownst to her, Peter changed into his Spider-Man outfit.

When she returned, she looked around for Peter and shrugged, figuring he'd gone off somewhere.

"All right, I've run out of patience," Tony said. "Underoos! Little shadow!" Peter shot a web, stealing Steve's shield and binding his hands. "Nice job, kid."

"Thanks," Peter replied. "Well, I could've stuck the landing a little better. It's just the new suit... Well, it's nothing, Mr. Stark. It's -- it's perfect. Thank you."

Alessa frowned. Why did the annoying spider kid sound like her friend?

"Yeah, we don't really need to start a conversation."

"Okay. Cap... Captain. Big fan, I'm Spider-Man."

Alessa held up a hand. "Shadow Raven. Also a big fan."

"Yeah, we'll talk about it later," Tony told them.

"Hey, everyone," Peter and Alessa greeted.

"Just... Good job."

"You've been busy," Steve commented.

"And you've been a complete idiot. Dragging in Clint. 'Rescuing' Wanda from a place she doesn't even want to leave, a safe place. I'm trying to keep... I'm trying to keep you from tearing the Avengers apart."