Gifted Children

Chapter 18

Nick and Isabelle rushed to their room and got their bags. They met with the rest of the group, including Peter, in the lobby.

"Alright," Peter began, "We'll all take the car to New York, but it will take a while."

The friends all looked at each other with humorous looks. Nick spoke up, seeing Peter's confusion.

"Well, we can all fly. Did no one tell you that?"

"No, they didn't," Peter threw a sarcastically mad look at the rest of the group and laughed. "Well, that makes things a lot easier. You guys can fly, but I'll still have to take the car."

"Really? We'd hate to leave you behind for that long," Isabelle told him sympathetically.

"Well............ I could-," he cut off at the last part. He opened up his bookbag, and inside was a Spiderman suit. They all looked at him with wide eyes.

Jake whispered, "You're Spiderman?" 

"The one and only," Peter said with a small smirk.

They all walked behind the hotel so that no one would see Peter changing into his suit. Once he got it on, they all looked at each other.

"Alright, are we ready to go?" Peter asked the rest of the group.

"Yeah. I think we all are," Isabelle said as she looked around at her friends.

The rest of them nodded. 

One by one, the friends lifted off of the ground and Peter used his webs to get onto the side of the building. 

Peter then yelled, "Alright! Let's go!"

The friends flew off, Peter right behind them. 

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"We'll be there in about 15 minutes!" Peter yelled as they continued to fly.

"Great! I'm getting hungry!" Jake yelled back with a laugh.

The rest of the group laughed, even Peter.

They began to fly and after about 10 minutes they could see Stark Tower in the distance.

"That's where we're going," Peter said as he pointed to Stark Tower.

"What will we do when we get there?" Stella asked.

"I guess you guys will have to find that out!" Peter said excitedly as he continued to swing.

The rest of the group smiled at Peter's silly attitude. They kept flying, and after another 5 minutes, they landed behind a Dairy Queen. Peter took his suit off and put it back into his bag.  

"Alright, we'll walk the rest of the way to Stark Tower. It's only about 3 minutes away and we'll get there pretty fast," Peter explained to them.

They all started walking to Stark Tower. Isabelle walked beside Nick and grabbed his hand nervously. Nick bent down slightly as they were walking so that he could talk to her.

"It's gonna be fine. If they try to do anything to any of us, we'll protect each other," he whispered to her.

All she did was squeeze his hand, but he knew that meant something along the lines of 'Okay' or 'I trust you'.

They got to Stark Tower and Peter stood in front of the rest of the group as he knocked on the door.

Suddenly, the door opened and they were greeted by the one and only Tony Stark.

"Peter! And...... friends?" he said questioningly.

"Mr. Stark, these are the "kids" you wanted me to bring back," Peter said back with raised eyebrows, thinking Stark would be a bit more kind to his new "guests".

"Oh... Oh! Yes! Here, come in! We have a lot to talk about," Stark said as he opened the door up more so that the group could come in.

He motioned to a couch in the lounge room, so the group sat down. Peter remained standing and walked behind the couch that the group sat in. Stark sat across from them.

"So," he said as he clapped his hands, "I told Peter to bring you guys here because you're powerful. We saw what you guys were doing at that skate park. It looked promising. But, at the time, we thought you guys would use it for less satisfactory options. We sent our team undercover to check it out. You guys retaliated, which was expected. And then," he moved his gaze to Peter, "Mr. Parker shot one of you. Which was not part of the plan. I told Peter that to get you guys on our team, we would have to talk in person. So, here we are."

"What team?" Isabelle asked out of nowhere.

"What?" Stark asked back.

"You said you sent your team, along with Peter. What team?"

"A good thinker, huh? Well, that team is what we're trying to recruit you guys to. The Avengers."

"Wait, the Avengers? Like superheroes?" Jack asked Stark.

"Yes. But, we still want to assess your skill sets. And you also can't wear your hoodies all of the time when we go out. You'll need suits."

"Suits? Like the underwear over tights?" Stella jokingly asked Stark.

"Alright, alright, I get it. It's a little quick for all of you guys. But, I know you guys must be starving after flying for 3 hours."

"Yes! Absolutely!" Jake said, which made Stark laugh along with the rest of the group.

"What do you guys want to eat?" Stark asked them as he pulled out his phone to order.

The group talked for a minute or so and then finally decided. They told Stark Chipotle, and they all ordered what they wanted. (you know wassup chipotle is literally heaven in the form of American-Mexican food) After it was delivered, they all ate, and then Stark explained to them what was going to happen.

"I'll take each of you guys into the training room alone to assess your skills and abilities. Then, we'll go from there. Peter will also be in there with me to help."

The group all nodded, and Stark randomly selected one of them.

"Jack."

Jack stood up and walked with Stark and Peter. They went into a large training room with pads around the walls. 

"Jeez, this place is huge," Jack said with wide eyes.

Stark gave out a small chuckle, then told Jack, "Alright, kid. Show us what you got."

Jack nodded his head.

                                                               Go time.