Secrets And A Spider

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10 months later

"Alright, everybody here? Let's move it, people!" I rolled my eyes as Mr.Harrington ushered us all onto the bus for our trip to MoMA. I had decided to tag along last minute, having been before with my dad, and figuring why the hell not go again. Since I had returned home, my dad had taken a long look at my suit, developing his own nanotech from it, and instead of being stored away, my suit now lay in the developed necklace I wore. I had altered it, of course, but he had designed it originally. The small silver chain was easily hidden, the charm being a miniature arc reactor, and in the centre, I'd hidden the wakandan pearl that granted me access through the border for the occasional visit I'd make.

I sat beside Peter, Ned in front as we set off. "So, how's everything back home?" Peter asked, the same as he had for the past few weeks.
"Still going strong, although there's a lot of wedding stress, obviously from P. My dad is inviting anyone he wants, the guest list is getting bigger by the day," I replied, the two of us used to me saying the initials of any family so that nobody knew who I was. "Oh, awesome, am I invited?" Ned turned around, listening in as usual as he fanboyed over knowing a Stark.
"Dude, no, they don't know you know, remember?" Peter said, earning Ned's version of puppy eyes.
"Yeah, and one of you two for the day is enough," I stated.
"Ouch, low blow." Peter acted upset, so I prodded his stomach.
"Yeah, now it is." I mocked. Ned rolled his eyes at us, turning around and placing his headphones in whilst we continued to mess about. Of course, Peter won our little war, his spider senses kicking in and stopping any of my attacks. "You know, if it were up to me, T would have wrecked you," I whispered, tapping the side of my sunglasses. He didn't reply. "Parker? Hello? Are yo.." I froze, following his eyes out of the window to see a ship in the sky. He instantly tapped Ned's shoulder as I looked for an exit. "Ned, hey. We need you to cause a distraction." Peter pleaded, whilst I scanned the bus. Ned turned, and upon seeing the ship let out a scream. "Holy shit! We're all gonna die! There's a spaceship!" This caused the whole class, including our teacher to move to the back. "Pete, there." I pointed across the bus, and he webbed open the exit so we could jump out.

I steadied myself on top, whilst he clung to the side, placing on his mask. I allowed the suit to deploy, covering every inch of my body, before jumping. Peter did the same, webbing on as I flew directly at the hovering ship. "TUESDAY, call dad." Seconds later his face appeared in my suit.
"Riley, I'm kind of busy right now." He said, clearly firing at something.
"Yeah, by any chance has it got something to do with the huge ass spaceship flying above the city?" I questioned as we neared him.
"Don't even think about it.."
"Too late." Peter jumped off just as Tony was knocked back, catching the alien's hammer.

"Hey, man. What's up, Mr. Stark?" He said, looking back as I landed, ending the call. "Where'd you kids even come from?" He asked us.
"Field trip, remember?" I reminded, tapping his helmet.
"To MoMA," Peter added, before being thrown away. I flew over, catching him, before standing at my dad's side. "What is this guy's problem, Mr. Stark?" Peter asked.
"He's from space. He came here to steal a necklace from a wizard." Was the reply, leaving us extremley confused.
"Hey, weren't you meant to be out with Pepper, where is she?" I asked, firing at our opponent.
"Back home, the wizards took me through a portal, you know, jsut came out of nowhere."
"So just another day in the Stark family?" I asked, dodging out of the way of a punch. "Pretty much." He nodded.

That's when a man flew past, being carried by a red cape. "Kids, that's the wizard. Get on it."
"On it!" We both replied, and I flew up, Peter following suit as we sped after the other alien. That's when he threw back a billboard in an attempt to knock us down, "TUESDAY." On my command, a laser appeared, but the halves still hit Peter, who untangled himself as fast as possible. I still followed, watching as the alien wrapped some utility poles around the cloak, causing the 'wizard' to fall. "Spiderman!" At my shout, Peter swung over, catching him before he hit the gorund. "Got him!"