The Many Adventures of the Avengers and Friends

💜 When Push Comes to Shove

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Can take place in 418 and 419, and is the Origin Story for the OC, Maya.

To be clear, this takes place after Homecoming (so Peter could accept the Iron Spider suit at the end), but before Civil War (I know the chronology, chill, it's to make my life easier)

I'd also reccomend you to read "The Life of a Teenage Hero," by Avengersgeek2019 for more on Maya's backstory prior to the events of this chapter.

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History Museum, Queens, New York

"...Captain Steven Grant "Steve" Rogers is a World War 2 veteran, a founding member of the Avengers and Earth's first superhero. Rogers had suffered from numerous health problems, and upon America's entry into World War II, was rejected from the service within the United States Army, despite several attempts to enlist. Rogers was the only recipient of the Super Soldier Serum developed by Abraham Erskine under the Strategic Scientific Reserve Determined to serve, Rogers ultimately volunteered for the Project Rebirth, which enhanced the frail Rogers' body..." The tour guide was saying.

One student, Maya Adams, scribbled frantically in her notebook, attempting to get down every word the guide was saying. She had a paper to write after they got back.

"Maya, you could probably Google most of this, maybe ease up on the notes?" One of her best friends, Betty, suggested.

"I can't trust Google all the time." Maya replied, still writing. "Besides, we actually get to learn about a historical figure who's still alive and lives just a few cities away."

"Fair enough."

The group walked down a different hallway, still in the Captain America exhibition. There was a glass case surrounded by ropes at the end of it. Inside was a small vial containing a blue colored liquid.

"And this is the serum itself. This is one of the last vials still around, most of it having been used or destroyed. Of course it's very rare and very dangerous, hence the security." The guide said, before listing off a bunch of chemistry related facts about the serum, like it's chemical composition among other things.

Maya managed to wiggle her way to the front of the group to get a better look at it, sketching the vial and labeling it with the elements the guide was saying. Every little bit of information counted; the paper had to be several pages long. Another classmate and best friend of hers, Peter Parker, crouched down next to her.

"You'd think it'd be kept in a secret lab somewhere." He whispered to her.

"Maybe. It's still really cool." Maya replied.

"Isn't it so crazy how much our world has changed in the last five years? We used to learn about Thor in mythology classes, but now we study him in physics." Peter said.

"Yeah, and how the mythology curiculum changed once a few things were proven incorrect?" Maya said excitedly. She still remembered how the teachers had to use white out on some of the worksheets instead of make new ones.

"2012 was crazy, dude." Peter said.

"You were here when it happened though. I was still in California. Was it scary?"

"Terrifying. Aliens descending from the sky, buildings on fire, the characters from mythology flying out of the stories and in front of my bedroom window."

"That's insane."

"And because of my internship, I see some of them at Stark Tower every now and again." Peter added proudly.