Spider-Man: Duty And Loss

"Is that Jean and Rogue?"

Peter narrowed his eyes as he looked at the camera footage on his HUD. His body went through the usual motions of swinging through the city. Giving out a wave or two to the people below that noticed and pointed up, he was quickly making his way to the scene.

'But damn, how fast does that jet go?' The avengers had somehow left him completely in the dust, sure he was maybe 2 minutes away, but from what he could see they had just arrived on the scene. But that was just his ego hurting a little.

No what was slightly concerning for Peter was the fact another 'Sinister Six' team had been formed, 'This time by hydra?', as he was lost in the little thought Crystal, as if reading his mind, spoke up. "You think they would have learned after the last time we beat them."

There was an undertone of sinisterness' in her voice and yes Peter had just made up that word, but he couldn't come up with a better one as a small shiver went down his spine. Crystal got a little over protective whenever it came to the 'Sinister Six', they had almost killed him the first time they met. Something she was none too happy about.

But Peter was getting off track, looking at all the super villains, he knew who he was facing and with his new suit Peter was pretty confident he could take them down. Hydra was a wild card, but mooks were mooks in the end. Anyone with a gun he could confidently take down….even if there were quite a few of them.

'Where do they even find the man power some times?'

"Crystal, who is the grim reaper wannabe with the scythe?" Though the feed was not the best he trusted Crystal's capabilities. "Searching SHIELD database now." Peter stopped on one of the buildings just a block out from the mall as the fight raged on, the Avengers were holding their own, with the help of Jean and Rogue, Peter had no doubt they would be able to beat them back.

Though it might take them a little longer, plus Mysterio was giving Jean some trouble, if he wasn't taken down the rest could escape. "Shield database match found, Eric Williams, code name: Grim Reaper." Peter was just about to leap of the building and almost fell off it as he heard the code name.

"Really?" Peter could just hear the snicker in her voice. "Really." Peter stifled a quick laugh as he jumped off the building. *Thwip*. "Any powers?"

"Other than his Vibranium edged scythe and technological prosthesis, not really." Peter's eyebrow rose. "Where the heck do villains keep getting Vibranium from? Shuri isn't going to like this when I tell her. Whatever, Crystal make sure my entrance is a good one."

He could hear the smirk in her voice as she replied. "Ohh it will be."

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"Kill them."

"Avengers! Take them down!"

With those words the battle actually began. The hydra agents scattered about quickly raised their weapons and opened fire as Natasha ducked behind cover. Steve was quick to follow but used his shield to block a few of the shots, while Laura did neither and barrelled straight towards Kraven.

Their eyes locked and he felt the presence of a primal beast rushing towards him, challenging him. A smile spread over his lips as he pulled his knife free and sprinted forward to meet her. It did come as a surprise to her though when their blades met and clashed together.

"Hahaha, Adamatium blade sweet heart! Though I am surprised you come equipped with some of your own. You will make a nice trophy to hang on my wall right next to the Spider!" "Grr" Her eyes turned just that little more blood shot as, *Snikt*, her foot blade came out.

Drawing the blade in and Kraven hopefully off balance, she flipped her body up, aiming to gut him as she fell, seeing the murderous glint in her eyes Kraven quickly tumbled upwards into the pull and flipped himself over her body, her foot completely missing.

Their fight continued into one of the side shops as Clint let loose an explosive arrow at a group of Hydra goons taking out any stupid enough to peek their head out of cover. They quickly adapted though as return fire came back his way.

Taking their chance while they were distracted, Cap and Widow both moved forward, Cap blocking incoming fire as they got to close quarters. As for Iron man, he started to let loose his weaponry as he tanked most of the shots coming towards him. Seeing how much of an issue he was going to be Grim Reaper quickly barked out orders as he rushed to engage Captain America. .

"Electro take care of Iron Man, Scorpion lock down that girl or kill her I don't care, just do it quick. Mysterio take out the telepath. NOW!" Shifting his scythe into a futuristic type weapon it gathered power for a second before firing our a small beam of energy.

Captain America frowned for a second at the projectile that reminded him of the old WW2 hydra weaponry and quickly blocked. His shoulders buckled as he took the brunt of the attack and kept moving forward.

A few more shots were fired before the two finally met in the middle. The scythe came back full force as it clashed and slashed over the impregnable shield, though Steve's eyes widened just a little when he saw the shield get a few new scratches.

The Grim Reaper could only smile for a short few seconds at his shocked face before he retaliated. Using his strength and reflexes they both began a brawl, the reaper having to dodge most of the attacks and shoves that could have sent him flying.

Natasha was making quick work of the hydra men around her as she flipped and moved around the battlefield with a grace that only came with experience. Her widow bites blasted out continuously giving out as much pain as possible as she moved from cover to cover.

With Clint holding her back she didn't have much to worry about that was until she felt something shift to her left. Quickly diving out of the way, the rubble she had been hiding before blew up in a shock wave of power as her new opponent stood before her.

Shocker caught Black widows eyes as he gave a small ċȯċky grin, arms coming up into a boxing position. "Alright sweetheart, enough playing around, let's see if you really know how to really throw a punch." Natasha narrowed her eyes; Shocker would later come to regret his words deeply.

While Hawk Eye was taking care of hydras men that littered about, Rogue continued her fight against Scorpion. Though she had the lead in power, his mechanical grafting and extra limb were making it an even fight, not to mention the sharp tip of his tail that had almost impaled her a few times.

Throwing away the remains of the statue she had been using so far she went in close again trying to grapple him to the ground with her speed and strength. Scorpion was prepared though as he let her get close before blindsiding her with a tail shot to the body. Rogue grunted in pain as her clothes were ripped and she was blasted into the ground.

A small crater formed around her body and she coughed up a lung as she regained her breath. Trying to capitalize on the crippling blow and going for a kill shot Scorpion jumped ready to impale the young mutant not seeing the repulsor blast coming for his helmet till it was too late. "It always feels good to save a damsel in distress."

Iron-Man floated above the disorientated scorpion arms at the ready as the villain got back up. "I would give out a scorpion joke, but honestly who the hell knows a joke about scorpions, no one likes them." If looks could kill, Tony would have been dead, while all Rogue could do as she floated up was roll her eyes at the billionaire.

*Bzzzt!* *Bang*

Tony's smile was wiped off his face as he was suddenly shot from the side by a burst of electricity. Appearing next to Scorpion, Maxwell Dillion Aka Electro appeared in a burst of light and an angry look in his eyes.

"Did anyone get the license plate of the light bulb that just hit me?" Tony shook his head as he refocused. "Sir Energy reserves charged to 150%" Tony's smirk returned. "Ohh you done messed up now sparky!"

Firing the uni-beam from his ċhėst Scorpion was caught by surprise as he was flung backwards while Electro dodged to the side, hands sparking as he got ready for round two. Rogue flew forwards to meet him as their fight continued.

As every small fight raged on Jean floated above them all, closer to the second floor, fighting Mysterio. She didn't know how he was doing it, but Mysterio wasn't just blocking himself from telepathy he was completely cancelling her telepathy.

She noticed this fact when everything went black. She couldn't tell which way was left, right, up or down. Along with that she also couldn't feel anyone else at all; it was like she was cut off from the whole world.

Jean hadn't felt that alone in a long time and the mere thought of it scared her. It scared her so much that something inside her lashed out in defense. Fire burned in her eyes and she wanted to send out blast of telekinetic energy in every direction but knew better, with all the others fight around.

So the anger built as she waited for her opponent. Finally he appeared before her, or rather multiple Mysterio's appeared before her. The first 10 went down in seconds as she focused on dodging all their blasts while also blasting the bodies…sometimes crushing them.

Though this was the case she knew that if she couldn't find the real Mysterio, or break out of his illusion it wouldn't matter what she did. She was starting to become desperate when the illusion was broken.

"Urgh" Mysterio could only let out that sound as he was tackled from mid air. He had been so concentrated on keeping himself invisible from the scary mutant that was pummeling his doppelgangers he didn't see the woman behind him.

Jean blinked her eyes for a few seconds as she took in the mall around her again, the destroyed landscape and ongoing fighting. Her eyes quickly focused on the one who helped her though. Black Cat had a victorious grin on her face as she held on tight and rode Mysterio back down to the ground floor.

She had been bidding her time and keeping out of everyone's sight as the fight started, it was when she saw a clear opening on Mysterio that she took her chance. She knew he was one of if not the most dangerous person here.

Mysterio tried to shake her as he was plummeting down, but was a bit sluggish after the slug to the head she delivered as she tackled him. In the end he didn't have enough time before crashing into the ground.

"Urrrrgh." Groaning in pain, Felicia hoped up from her enemy a brilliant smile on her face that didn't match the situation, while Jean came down to join her. Grim Reaper who was still fighting with the Captain frowned when he saw Mysterio go down.

Things weren't looking good in his books. He still had a lot of his men up, but without the other super powered individuals the fight would be lost. Just as that thought crossed his mind, *Crash*, he watched as Kraven was thrown out one of the boutique walls that surrounded them.

There were scratch marks over his body and his fur pelt, his scowl was ugly as he locked eyes with his prey….no the predator he was fighting. He could still fight, but he was losing. 'Damnit they were losing on all fronts. It might be better to retreat for today'

The thought continued to grow in his mind as he started to back away from Captain America who also took the time to ȧssess the situation.

What no one could hear but Tony, was when Jarvis spoke to him as he dodged another tail swipe from Scorpion. "Sir we might have a problem." Tony rolled his eyes. "Ohh really Jarvis, I haven't noticed." There was a pause…

"That's not what I meant sir, it seems the suits systems have been hacked again. They are accessing the speaker system." Tony's blood ran cold… no it wasn't possible, no one could hack him… no.

"No." He had patched his systems! It wasn't possible!

Everyone stopped fighting as a new sound entered everyone's ears, it was a static that pierced the air drawing everyone's attention, a few of the more perceptive noting the still working mall speakers doing the same.

"Obie trice, real name no gimmicks." Captain America tilted his head in confusion before it continued; the rest of the Avengers also confused at what Tony was playing at, though the distraction sure was working.

"Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside." As the beat went on, Rouge slightly bopped her head to the beat, she knew exactly what song this was having had an emo, rock and rap phase in her life.

"Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside." Grimm Reaper finally had enough though, pushing the odd music and stupid distraction from his mind he prepared his blade and shouted out to the rest.

"Stop gaping we have a job to finish and Avengers to kill!"

His words knocked the rest of his men out of their stupor as well as the avengers as everyone prepared for round 2. But before anyone could make a move, the next lyrics sent shivers down a certain 5 supervillain's spines.

"Guess who's back, Back again."