Middle School Heroes

Chapter 47 - Capture the Flag and Sparring

After lunch everyone headed back out for Capture the Flag. It wasn't lost on anyone that their entire team was made up of sixth graders, but then again, given the abilities that they had between them, they should do very well.

After wishing luck to Loki, Wanda and Pietro, Skye grabbed Peter and hugged him tightly. "Now don't do anything silly, Spidey. I don't think Aunt May would appreciate having to visit you in the medical wing."

Peter laughed. "Yeah, I don't think she could handle it, after you ended up there last Fall, sis."

"Extenuating circumstances my dear Spidey. Anyway, good luck and climb well."

"Will do! Someone has to save the family reputation after you got second in Computers."

Skye rolled her eyes and hugged him again before going over to take her seat between Natasha and Clint. Sam came over to sit on the other side of Clint. "Hey guys, this is pretty strange, isn't it? It seems like not long ago we were getting ready to do this."

"Yeah, but under completely different circumstances," Natasha grinned.

"I'm just happy that when this event is over, there is very little chance that I will be in the medical wing with casts on my arm," Skye laughed. "Well, I suppose there is still time for me to fall out of my seat or something." Jokingly, Clint put his arm behind her as if to catch her if she fell. "Thanks for the vote of confidence, buddy," she pouted.

Once the event started, Skye found out how odd it could be for observers. She could see Clark, Burt and Carol, but beyond that, there wasn't much to watch. When Burt flew behind Clark and managed to get one of his flags, it got a bit more interesting as all three flyers decided to go after each other. When Clark pulled one of her flags, Carol managed to pull Clark's other flag, sending him out of the game, before she got one of Burt's and they flew in separate directions, each with only one flag remaining.

As time went on, the list of eliminated kids got longer and longer. When Arthur Curry and Laurel Lance both got taken out, that left only Barry Allen for the Justice League. They'd seen the yellow blur that was Barry every once in a while, either chasing after or being chased by the blue blur of Pietro, depending on the time.

When Ward was kicked out, Clint could barely contain his laughter. "Oh, I hope that Peter is responsible for that," he sniggered.

"Why would he be?" Skye looked at him curiously.

"Well, I might have suggested that it would be a good goal for him, and he might have agreed."

"I thought you were ignoring Ward, Clint?"

"I am. Peter never said he would, though."

Before Skye could say anything else, there was a murmur though the crowd and John Allerdyce came running out of the woods with the X-Men's flag. He crossed the finish line and a cheer rose up from the X-Men. With first place down, everyone waited for second.

Wanda was the first to be eliminated from their team, and as it turned out, the only member, as a blur of blue came flying out of the woods and over the finish line, within seconds of Wanda being eliminated, to come in second for the SHIELD/Avengers. Pietro ran right up to the team and stopped long enough to take a bow before running back to make sure Wanda was okay. Soon Loki and Peter also made their way out, and they all made their way over to the group.

"Excellent job, guys!" Peggy said excitedly.

"Yes, and best of all, mathematically speaking, we can't lose now," Bruce added cheerfully. "You'll get your ten-minute head start tomorrow, Peggy."