And just as Spider-Woman swung in, Spider-Man also made an appearance. Hanging upside down on a pink line. [color=pink]“And wherever Spider-Woman goes, Spider-Man is sure to follow.”[/color] Spider-Man got off the web line, and got back on his feet, and took off his mask. [color=pink]“Um…surprise?”[/color]

Only one person was surprised by the revelation that Danny Davis was Spider-Man. [color=00a99d]“Whoa! Danny’s been Spidey this whole time?”[/color] Chase’s eyes went wide with shock.

Alex teased his friend. [color=orange]“See? I told you your boyfriend was Spider-Man!”[/color] 

Danny laughed sheepishly. [color=pink]“Um… anyway, can I talk to Chase alone for a minute?”[/color]

Danny led Chase away from the group, finding a quieter corner of the rooftop. The first thing the boys did was give each other a hug. [color=pink]“Chase! It’s been so long! I know things between us have been awkward since Christmas… But I’ve missed you!”[/color]

[color=00a99d]“I missed you too. But… you’re Spider-Man?”[/color]

[color=pink]“Yeah, I’m sorry to keep that a secret from you. I didn’t want to get you caught up in all of this. But a lot has happened since the last time we saw each other.”[/color]

The boys talked a lot. Danny talked about his adventures as Spider-Man, fighting villains, and meeting his clones. Chase talked about what happened with his parents, and what brought the group to New York in the first place, their parents.

[color=00a99d]“I always knew my parents were assholes, but never in my life did I think they were anything like this.”[/color]

Danny always knew Chase’s parents weren’t very supportive, but ritualistically murdering a girl is a whole other level. Danny gave him a pat on the shoulder. [color=pink]“Oh, Chase. I can’t even imagine what you must be dealing with.”[/color]

[color=00a99d]“The gang and I ran away, but thanks to our parents, we’re the ones being blamed for that girl’s murder, and the police are looking for us. If we hadn’t met Cloak and Dagger, I don’t know what we would have done…”[/color]

Danny bit his bottom lip. [color=pink]“Jeez…”[/color]

[color=00a99d]“We came here looking for you two, and then Nathan showed up, and this whole thing has just been a mess. But it hasn’t been all bad. I stole these from my parents lab.”[/color] He showed the metal gauntlets he was wearing on his hands. [color=00a99d]“Check this out. They really pack a punch!”[/color] He demonstrated by firing a fireball from the palm of the fistigons.

Danny was in awe of the technology. [color=pink]“Awesome!”[/color]

[color=00a99d]“Thanks. It’s a start,”[/color] Chase said, his smile a bit shy. [color=00a99d]“They’re not quite Spidey-level, but they’ll do.”[/color]

Danny’s expression became stern. [color=pink]“Listen, I promise we’ll fix this. Your parents, Ultron, everything. I don’t know how we’re going to do it, but we’ll do it.”[/color] And then Danny took his turn to be impulsive, and gave Chase a kiss on the lips. They held it for a few minutes before pulling away. [color=pink]“Sorry… I’ve been wanting to do that for a while.”[/color]

Chase grinned. [color=00a99d]“Don’t be sorry.”[/color]

Meanwhile Nathan also led Alex away from the group telling him that they needed to speak alone.

[color=669999]“I know what you're planning to do.”[/color] Nathan said bluntly once they were out of earshot from everyone else.

[color=orange]“I don't know what you're talking about.”[/color] Alex responded, clearly playing dumb.

[color=669999]“You're planning to betray your friends to save your parents.”[/color]

[color=orange]“How did yo—”[/color] Alex tried to ask before Nathan cut him off.

[color=669999]“You told me. Except it never happened in my timeline because Ultron's attack threw you and the Gibborim's plan out of the game. You protected LA before returning to New York to join the X-Men's stand of resistance.”[/color]

[color=orange]“The X-Who? This… this is a lot to take in.”[/color]

[color=669999]“X-Men. A group of hero mutants like Molly. You and Nico have a daughter, Jia. She's a smart and powerful mage and a hero. If you betray your friends you'll never have the happy ending that you want.”[/color]

[color=orange]“But my parents…”[/color] Alex said. He loved Nico, but he loved his parents too. He believed they could be good. They could be better.

[color=669999]“Are murderers and instead of stopping the Gibborim chose to help them in their plan to destroy the world. But… in my timeline a lot of villains reformed and your parents actually sacrificed themselves to save you and the others from the Ultron Bots. It may have been a common enemy situation for most of the villains, but I got to know a lot of them as family. I'll give your parents a chance at redemption… if they help us defeat the Gibborim.”[/color]

[color=orange]“Thank you Nathan. Please don't tell the others. Not yet. Not when we're facing the Terminator. I don't want it distracting them.”[/color]

[color=669999]“I won't. But you should at least tell Nico. She's stronger than you give her credit for.”[/color]

[color=orange]“Trust me. I don't doubt her strength at all. I'm just scared of how she'll look at me.”[/color] Alex turned to look at Nico and the others. It was as if she could sense him looking at her, because she turned to him and gave him a smile and wave. He returned both gestures knowing he never wanted to be the reason that smile faded.

Caty was having a great time reuniting with the others. She had been on a winning streak ever since they took down the Sinister Six. Even Jameson couldn't spin this one. Though she hated that Flint was considered as one of the Six, but she made sure to emphasize him turning against the criminals and helping the Spider-Twins as an eye witness to the fight.

But she now understood why the girls had gone MIA all this time. They were literally running for their lives. They couldn't use cell phones. They could barely find a payphone. But she was amazed to find out that Nico was a witch, Molly was a mutant, Gert had an actual living breathing telepathic dinosaur, and Karolina was a beautiful glowing alien. I mean she was already beautiful and glowing before, but here she was floating and glowing in front of her.

[color=E137E3]“Wow Karolina… You're beautiful.”[/color] Caty was truly stunned by what she was witnessing. She was lost for words.

Karolina blushed under the glow of her illumination and brushed her hair behind her ear. [color=ffec80]“Thank you, Caty. You too.”[/color]

[color=ff3399]“Are you two going to start kissing like Alex and Nico do all the time now?”[/color] Molly asked louder than she probably should have.

[color=ffec80]“Molly!”[/color] Karolina shouted before lowering back down to the ground and depowering.

Caty was surprised by what she heard. [color=E137E3]“You and Alex? Congratulations! I had no idea, but honestly. I see it. You two look great together.”[/color]

[color=cc99ff]“Thanks, Caty. Yeah, it's always been an unspoken attraction there. Running for our lives made it spoken. I love the little nerd. I never thought I'd feel this way about someone, but I'd follow him to the ends of the Earth.”[/color]

[color=E137E3]“Wow. I really love that for you. I hope to have that someday.”[/color] She looked at Karolina as she said the last bit.

Cloak and Dagger looked at each other, starting to realize that they felt the same way about each other.

[color=1aff8c]“Enough with all the romance talk. When can we pick up Old Lace so we can kick some robot butt?”[/color]

[color=666699]“Soon.”[/color] Cloak interjected. [color=666699]“If we're fighting tomorrow I'll need to be recharged after multiple cross-country trips. Though I feel I'll be of better use against your parents than Ultron.”[/color]

[color=669999]“I agree.”[/color] Nathan said coming in. He waited for Chase and Danny to rejoin them before continuing. [color=669999]“We're splitting up the groups. I originally thought it best for all of us to attack both enemies, but realized it'd be more efficient to split into teams. Team Ultron will consist of me, Spider-Woman, Dagger, Lucy in the Sky, Gert and Old Lace. Team Pride will consist of Spider-Man, A-Wild, Sister Grimm, Princess Powerful, Talkback, and Cloak. Any objections before I continue?”[/color]

[color=pink]“No objections here.”[/color] Danny replied. [color=pink]“What’s the plan?”[/color]

[color=669999]“Team Ultron will wait for the Ultron announcement. We can't change too much, but we can stop Ultron from winning. I have a virus that'll wipe out his army. I just need to get it into him since he's the main Ultron. He goes down, they all do. But I have a plan for that. I'm going to create an android of my own and I need Spider-Woman and Dagger's help.”[/color]

[color=ccffff]“You sure this will work? Creating another him?”[/color] Dagger asked, unsure of what her part in all of this is.

[color=E137E3]“I trust him. He doesn't seem like the type to decide on a plan unless he was sure it'd work. Whatever you need, I'm in.”[/color] Spider-Woman chimed in.

Nathan blushed. She was his future mother-in-law, but here she didn't know him from anyone on the street. Yet she had unquestioning faith and trust in him. She reminded him so much of Davina. It was amazing seeing her like this and if he had any doubts before she squashed them completely.

[color=669999]“Thank you. What Ultron lacks and what our Vision will have is Hope. Ultron saw that humanity was a dark and worthless bunch without an ounce of hope only twenty seconds after connecting to the internet.”[/color]

[color=1aff8c]“Oh, yeah. I get it. Have you seen Twitter nowadays? It's actually the one thing I don't miss from my cell phone.”[/color] Gert said.

[color=ccffff]“But that's where I come in.”[/color] Dagger added. [color=ccffff]“Cloak's fear and I'm hope. And you think my powers can give him life?”[/color]

[color=669999]“It's never been done, but I asked the future you. She believed it was possible and I trust in her, your power.”[/color]

[color=ccffff]“Alright. Then I'll do it.”[/color]

Nathan was happy he didn't have to hide his plans anymore. They trusted him and his plan despite this being the first time they met him. [color=669999]“Team Pride has a harder mission. A-Wild, Sister Grimm, Spider-Man and Cloak will convince Pride to team up against the Gibborim. If talking doesn't work, Cloak will show them the truth and the future. If that doesn't work I trust him to get you out of there until the ritual where you'll have to stop them and the Gibborim. Once Team Ultron is done we'll try and join you as fast as we can.”[/color]

[color=orange]“Sounds solid to me.”[/color] Alex added. [color=orange]“You planned for our parents’ stubbornness. Either way it ends with us fighting the Gibborim and with your plan we'll have some expected backup incoming. So what should we call this team of ours? We're starting to take on more than Runaways.”[/color]
 
[color=669999]“In my time my team was called the Young Avengers. I believe it's time for them to form early.”[/color]

[color=pink]“Cool.”[/color] Danny responded while putting his mask back on. [color=pink]“But for now, I’ll be an on-call Young Avenger. It may have its ups and downs, but I like being New York’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The city needs a hero it can believe in. Um… anyway, back to the plan. It sounds good to me. Although, I am a little worried about facing the Gibborim if I’m being honest… I’ve never faced ancient deities before! The most I’ve ever gone up against is a guy in a fishbowl helmet with hallucinogenic gas.”[/color]

[color=00a99d]“You got this Danny-boy! We got this. I don’t care how powerful they claim to be, they don’t have a chance against us!”[/color] Chase cheered.

Danny smiled under the mask, and sighed wistfully. [color=pink]“Chase, you always did have a way with words.”[/color]