New Beginnings

No Rest for the Heroes

*{thoughts are enclosed like so}

Jason opens his eyes very startled seeing as how he couldn't recall the memory of a stupid tank hitting him recently. "Oh, wait. I fought the Rhino that's right, and the pain I feel is from him hitting my shield. I really need to figure out a way to make that less painful. Hey at least I beat him... But I didn't do it by myself. Did I? Someone helped me. Who was it? OH MY GOSH, IT WAS SPIDER-MAN. I had my first, unofficial, team-up with Spider-Man THE Spider-Man. How could I forget meeting one of my favorite comic book characters, and on top of that I have powers like I always dreamed. I'm also on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s helicarrier. My life couldn't be any better."
At that moment the electric doors to the room opened and in stepped my recent teammate.
"Hey pal, how you feeling? You took some big hits yesterday."
"I'm feeling alright, just a little groggy."
"That's great news. You ready to get back to the action?"
"As long as the action doesn't involve any animal men... No offense."
"Don't worry. I've heard a lot worse. New York can be a rough home. Anyway, you have earned some time off from big battles. I figured we could do some personal training."
*{"A training session with Spider-Man? Awesome!"}
"Sure, Spidey, sounds cool."
"To the Training Room, and beyond... Haha, did you get that joke?"
"Of course, Star Command."

We walk into the training room after Spider-Man puts in a special code that activates a scenario.
"We'll start off easy."
"Your easy or my easy?"
"I guess you will have find out won't you?"
"Oh geez."
At that point three robots rose out of the floor and stood there like lifeless puppets. "Training exercise 52. Begin.", said an artificial voice over the intercom. The "lifeless puppets" soon began to move and morph into the Illusion Master Mysterio. "You put three of those guys out? One is bad enough."
"Then it will be a challenge. Let's go."
I teleport behind one of the bots and am shocked when it vanishes before I punch it. "What happened? That is a robot, not the real thing. How did it vanish?"
"These may not be the real thing, but they act just like him. Lesson number one: learn your opponent."
"Ok let's try this again."
I trap one of the robots in a bubble and begin the shrink it.
"There you go. You're getting it now."
Just then one of the other bots hits me hard, distracting me from the trapped victim, and releasing him.
"No warning huh?"
"Lesson two: watch your surroundings."
"Are you not going to help?"
"Yeah, you're right."
Spider-man swings down from the ceiling. "Ok contain them all in a bubble."
"Done."
"My turn." Spider-Man webs all three bots to the ceiling.
"Mission accomplished. We beat them."

The three bots make a few adjustments and their joints and cracks begin to glow red. The webs slowly melt away allowing the captives to slide free from the trap and land on the floor. The Mysterio bots transform into a woman.
"This is an odd form for an attack."
"I agree. This is a new one for me, and I've been fighting him for years now."

Just then the three bots came together to form one mass which slowly took the shape of a dragon with ice blue eyes, dark purples scales, four horns, and a purple mane.
"Holllllyyyy Helicarrier", Spider-Man says as he looks as the towering form of this dragon.
"Alright, Spidey, let's move it. It might squash you."
I teleport to the ceiling right next to where Spider-Man landed.
"Ok, Alex, let's think really quickly"
"Ok I'm I could wrap it in a bubble like we did before."
"No, this is a new challenge. The bots have adapted to being trapped. That won't work again. Hmmm, I'll tell you what. I will web its mouth and then you jump in its back and hit it with your bubble fists."
"Sounds fun."
Spider-Man swings down to the floor.
"Go!", Spider-Man yells as he webs the beast's mouth shut.
I teleport onto the back of the dragon and watch as its giant tail flies through the air and smacks Spider-Man and sends him flying through the air, and slamming him into the wall.
"Watch out for the tail. It hurts", Spider-Man says before giving a weak laugh.
{Ok, gotta watch out for the tail.}
The dragon sends it flying toward me. I teleport onto its head. "I have an idea!", I yell.
"Go for it!", Spider-Man responds.
While on its head I use my bubble fists to pound on the eyes of the opponent bringing forth a roar of pain from the dragon. The dragon flings me from its head sending me to the floor with a thud.
The dragon begins to glow red in every crack between the scales and it throws its head back as smoke rises from its nostrils.
"MOVE!!", Spider-Man yells as he evades the fiery blast. I teleport out of the way only to be pinned to the ground by one of its claws. The foe opens its mouth and moves so close to me that I can feel the heat from its breath.

"Woah, soldier, I think that is enough training for today."
I look up to see Captain America shutting down the simulation. "I think it's time for some training my way. You alright with that, Spider-Man?"
"Sure."
I leave the training room with Captain America.