Harley's Choice

Young Avengers

"Peter wake up" he could feel shaking "Peter common wake up"

Peter's eyes flew open, the peaceful and bland setting of the house was gone. A large hole stood in the middle of the house and next to it lay the remains of the agents who had been assigned to protect him.

He jumped to his feet ready to take on the mysterious attacker only to be spun around coming face to face with none other than Nick Fury. His normal black attire had been replaced with cargo pants and a generic white hoodie.

"No time to explain. We need to leave now"

Fury tried to usher him outside into the cold night sky but wouldn't budge he was about to leave without his friends.

"Where are the others?" he asked concerned about his friends

Fury checked the scanner on his wrist, red dots were getting closer to their position.

"There fine Hill has them, we'll meet up later but right now we need to get out of here."

Satisfied Peter sprinted out of the hole in the wall and the pair jumped into a parked jeep driving off into the night.

"So, let me get this straight," Peter said trying to get a grasp on the situation "I was being protected by undercover Hydra agents"

Fury looked out the window of the warehouse they were currently hiding in, they had been lucky to escape without being spotted.

"Why?" Peter asked still trying to get his head around the situation.

"That Peter is the magic question" he sat down at the table in the middle of the room and propped his legs up "I've been fighting Hydra for a while now and I'd like to think that I know them pretty well. They don't do anything out of the kindness of their hearts or without a reason, so you tell me why Hydra would risk their agents on you."

That had been the question that Peter had been wondering ever since Fury had revealed the truth. The agents had been nice to him and his friends why would they act that way? and how did they know where to find him in the first place? He didn't have any idea why, but he wouldn't be able to rest until he knew the answers to those questions.

He turned his attention back to Fury; the man was observing which in itself wasn't out of the ordinary, but he could tell the man was just as lost as he was.

"Do you have any ideas?" Peter asked tired of the quiet

"No, and that's what worries me. Hydra might try to pull something like this if they wanted to recruit someone but they would have known based on your connection with Stark that it would nearly impossible for them to turn you." he grew quiet in contemplation again "There might be someone who can help us. Ever heard of Billy Kaplan"

"I don't think so, who is he?"

Fury slid him a folder "Half-human and Half-Asgardian, he one of the powerful magic users in the known universe, I was going to try to recruit him and his boyfriend to the Avengers but then Thanos happened so all that was put on hold."

Peter looked through the file and was impressed with Kaplan aka Wiccan he possesses a mystical ability that allowed him to alter and manipulate reality at will. He could understand why Fury that he could help, perhaps he knew a spell that could track down Hydra.

He was also curious about his boyfriend "You mentioned his boyfriend"

Fury smirked "He mini version of the Hulk but he has control when he transforms, you'd like him he's a blonde"

Peter sputtered just because he loved Harley didn't mean that he had a thing for blondes in general just one in particular blonde.

"And the good thing" Fury went on "is that they live in New York City"

Peter was finally going home, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, he was ready to go home and just spend the day cuddling with Harley and being dotted on by May. And he had promised to take Morgan to the zoo as soon as he got back from his trip, he didn't want to keep her waiting. There was just one problem, he was still a wanted criminal.

"How are you going to smuggle me into the city," he asked Fury who was preoccupied with a video on his phone "What is it he asked?" curious as to what had the man's attention.

"New video from Jameson" he turned the screen to Peter so he could see. It wasn't a long video but that didn't make it any less monumental Peter was relieved beyond words to hear Jameson admit that the video of him and Quentin was doctored and to see the original being played in full so everyone knew what really happened.

"I wonder why he did it" Pere asked unable to believe that Jameson just had a sudden change of heart.

"Well I'd say you should ask him but apparently he committed suicide and burned his home down"

"You believe that?" A skeptical Peter asked

"I believe we need to get answers"