Spideychelle: a field trip

a spider's web

Flash turns red, he almost cries. He knows it's his fault. It's all his fault. And now he has to fix it.

'Flash Thompson. What are you talking about? We weren't going to punish anyone here. However, you clearly aren't okay now and thus we send you home. Since it's already 9.30 pm, we let you stay at the tower, but we have to send you back home first thing tomorrow. Your parents have already been alerted,' Mr. Harrington says to his fussed student.

Flash just wants to get away from this place. He's okay with whatever outcome. 'That's okay, sir. I'm sorry for my behavior today.'

The whole Decathlon team looks at their classmate. What happened to him? He used to be so hateful to everyone, but he got polite overnight! That doesn't make any sense, but they're all too aghast to even make a sound.

When Flash doesn't hear anything, he walks to his room. He slammed the door, but since it's the Avengers tower, no big sound went through the building. Tony must've adjusted that when the rooms were made.

Monique claps in her hands, trying to get the attention of the students. When she has all eyes on her, she says: 'Do you remember the fireworks you made yesterday? We're going to the roof and light 'em up! Be careful making wishes in the dark. They never turn out to be good. That's a warning. Let's go to the elevator!'

The students make their way to the elevator, but Peter stays behind. 'Aren't you going to come, too, Pete? You don't want to miss this!' Monique states. She sees Peter look at Flash's door. 'You can tell him where we're going, if you want to. But you can also not waste your energy on helping someone who's been your bully for years. Go light the fireworks with me. Flash'll be fine.'

Peter nods and the two of them get in the elevator. 'Fri, take us to the landing ground, please!' Peter says to the AI, who immediately does what Peter says. The team isn't even surprised about the fact that Peter can say whatever he wants to the AI, they just go with the flow now. These past two days have been a total mess, and no one knows how weird it still can get.

When they're above the penthouse, outside, everyone shivers a little. Even though it's April, almost May, it still gets chilly outside late at night, and especially more than 1,300 feet [400 m] in the air.

'I guess I should've told you to bring a coat,' Tony, who appeared out of nowhere, says to the freezing children. 'However, I did not. I think I should turn on the heaters, then.'

'Please do, Mr. Stark. It's so cold, I can't feel my fingers anymore,' Peter says. It's not that cold, not at all, but since he's half spider and spiders dislike cold, he's freezing.

Quickly Tony turns the heaters on, and while they're outside, it still gets a lot warmer than it was before.

Tony guides them to the boxes of fireworks they worked on yesterday. Peter wishes MJ could be there, but she can't. According to the text message he just got from Bruce, MJ won't be back for a while. He'll sleep alone tonight, and he already doesn't look forward to it. He'll film the fireworks instead, and send it to MJ right away. That's the least he can do for bringing her inside of this mess.

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The team is allowed to take a seat at the roof. Monique and Tony will light up the fireworks they made, and they're supposed to watch. Their teachers are half asleep, dozing off and waking up again. Some children are chatting with each other, others are on their phones and Ned and Peter are looking if they can help the adults.

The mini geniuses are sent away rather quickly, and they're taking a seat among their teammates. They just sat down, and there goes the first flower! It's pink and white, probably made by Betty, because she yells: 'I never knew the fireworks were going to turn out that beautiful!'