Peter Parker: Intern

Chapter 5

"J. Jonah Jamison reporting for the Daily Bugle!"

The surrounding streets are eerily vacant, the man's voice on the giant screen booms loudly; echoing strangely to Peter's ears, so used to the city noise.

And Peter...

Peter is definitely not paying any attention to what Jamison is saying as he continues mocking the man on the screen.

"That Spider-Man is a menace!" Peter growls, "Last week he broke into my house and poked holes in all my Swiss cheese!" He blusters, gesturing wildly.

"He stole all my left socks, turned my dog vegan, and messed with the radio presets in my car!"

Grinning to himself, Peter crawls up the side of a billboard to settle on the edge of the building across from the giant screen, legs dangling into the air.

"Then! He turned me into a Newt!" He proclaims, dramatically, thrusting his finger into the air.

A bark of laughter interrupts Peter's monologue and he flips around to see two Avengers stepping into sight on his rooftop.

Clint leans into Natasha's side and whispers loudly, "Do you think we should have brought a duck?"

Spider-Man peers at the two, staring at them for an uncomfortably long moment before the lenses on his mask close entirely and he slowly drops his head into his palm with a small, pained grunt.

Clint raises his eyebrow and glances over to Nat who just shrugs at him.

"You ok Spidey?" Nat prods after a moment.

Still face palming, the vigilante groans softly and waves his free hand at the spies. "I'm not sure."

Raising his head slightly, Spider-Man slides his hand down his face, stretching the mask weirdly before it snaps back into place. Ending with his fingers resting, splayed, over his nose and chin before continuing. "I just tried to figure out who you guys would be in that scene..." He pauses, sighing dramatically, "and I think I hurt myself."

Nat grins, shaking her head and Clint laughs loudly; bringing a smile to Peter's face, even though the heroes can't see it.

Peter, hums softly to himself, swinging around and looking for any kind of disturbance, listening to the others' chatter on their shared channel.

Fortunately, he'd long ago programmed Karen to mute him when he realized that his habit of humming to himself or chatting to his opponents could end up 'upsetting' the Avengers when they were teaming up.

He's near a park when he sees something that could be what they've been looking for. With an extra, sharp pull on the web he currently held, Pete flung himself onto a nearby statue and peered into the trees, watching carefully.

"Hey Karen, Unmute me." He whispers, crouching lower, hoping he hasn't been seen yet, though a shift in the darkness ahead makes him certain that his hope is a futile one.

"Hey uh.. Guys? Gals? Uh..." Peter leaps before he can finish his thought, cringing as a mighty roar splits the night just behind him and he takes to the trees where the Hulk had just charged from, not daring to turn around this close to the uncertain ally.

"I think I found your friend!" All attempts at stealth abandoned, Peter tries to figure out the best direction to kite the big green guy, "He's uh.. not happy for some" Here Peter's voice goes higher as the Hulk takes a swing and he nearly has to actually leap into the man's hands to avoid being crushed into the ground, "ReA-SoN!"

Leaping to avoid another attempt at a grab has Peter clinging upside-down to the side of a building at the edge of the park, above Hulk-grabbing height.