Fraered the base followed by two girls. The first one, I'm 100% sure was Emma Frost. Tall, blonde, blue irises, and that revealing white dress was the same one I'd seen her in X-Men movies. I could see her thighs, a bit of her tummy, and her nice cleavage. The sed woman, shorter, dressed in casual clothes, seemed much more id-back. Her brown hair fell in waves around her shoulders, and her eyes darted around the base with curious excitement. She had a youthful, almost pyful energy about her. Two birds were sitting on her shoulders. Chat?!

  Michelle stopped her run and turoward uests.

  Frank grunted as he stopped in front of me. "We o talk."

  "You made some new friends, I see," I asked, my eyes locked owo women beside Frank.

  The bloepped forward before Frank could answer. "I'm Emma Frost," she said in a voice that was cool and anding. "I've heard a lot about you, Peter. Or should I call you Spiderman?"

  Ah! Great. There goes my secret identity. Frank should have at least called me beforehand. Well, she would have found out after reading his mind. It is what it is.

  "And I'm Chat!" the other woman chimed in, a wide grin on her face. She seemed to be the plete opposite of Emma—light-hearted, friendly, almost like a breath of fresh air. "o meetcha, Peter Parker! And wow, this pce looks loaded with tech."

  "Well, this is... ued," I said, eyeing Frank, who wasly known fing new friends to py. "So, what brings you two dies here?" I asked. I'm curious.

  "Obviously to join your team of heroes," Chat replied quickly, gng around the base with obvious excitement.

  "My... What?" I said, shooting a fused look at Frank.

  "Arg!" Frank scratched the back of his head before replying. "They want to join us. You know, team. The Professave them the green light, so..."

  I looked at Emma and asked, "What happened? Kingpin, died or something? Last time I heard, you were in charge of the Hellfire Club."

  "Last time I heard, Kingpin was dead, and someone exposed all his illegal activities," Emma replied with a smirk.

  "Is that someone also responsible for Kingpin's death?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

  "Maybe, maybe not. Does it matter with one scum less in the world?" Emma shrugged.

  "hose halluations would have killed him eventually, but, oh well." I shrugged. "Anyway, why do you want to join me instead of the X-Force or the Avengers? I mean, they are the pros." I gotta know the motive.

  "Because you are much more iing than those bunch," Emma said, her eyes sparkling with amusement. "We are trying to start a new life and you got a eam. So, I thought, why not?"

  I stared at her for a moment. Is she serious? She wants to join just because she thinks I'm iing and making a eam?!

  "Just because of that?" Michelle asked as she dragged her feet toward us. "You just wao join his team because you think he's iing? What's your motive?"

  Emma gave Michelle a sly smirk, "Don't worry, I'm not going to steal him from you. But if you two were to ever break up, then..." She winked suggestively at Michelle.

  "Yeah, it's o dream every on a while. Don't let reality break you," Michelle replied, unimpressed by the seductive smile on the blonde's face.

  I g Frank, who just shrugged iurn. And just like that, I had two new recruits. An Omega-level telepath and a bird girl. Not what I was expeg, but still... I looked at the two birds sitting on Chat's shoulders. Humm... Her ability could be useful. I called the rest of the team to officially establish our little team of heroes.

  Wanda, Felicia & Venom, Michelle, Frank, Emma, Chat, aanding in a circle, waiting for me to begin my speech. I wao add Sue to the team after Reed's death, but dealing with the Baxter Industries workload, I think it's better for her to focus on that for the time being.

  I cleared my throat. "Now, uh, with two new additions to the team, I think we o gh some basic rules and protocols. Rule number one! No fighting among the team. No matter what happens, we are on the same side. We o trust each other and put the team first. The minute you fet that, you will get kicked out."

  "Got it," said Chat with an eager nod. "We are a team, so we fight as a team."

  I smiled at her and tinued. "Rule wo: Loot the ehugs, loot them. Big mafias angs, loot them too. Guns, cars, moVs, fridge everything. Then Frank will sell them to his tacts. We will donate a portion of that moo the charity and divide the rest among ourselves, equally."

  "Is that how you got your car colle, Frank?" Emma asked with a knowing smile.

  "They ain't gonna miss them. And leaving them for the cops, you know how they are. Go to the bck market, around 60% of sellers are either cops or secret service agents," Frank replied.

  "Rule hree: Do whatever you want with your enemies, but don't leave a trace behind. Rule number four: Never hurt an i person. I'll be keeping track of all of you, so if I find out you did something like that, I will hunt you down myself. And the final rule: Don't steal my gadgets," I webbed the prototype web shooter that a small squirrel was holding, and pulled it toward me then g Chat.

  "Oops. I wao... You know, try to swing like you do. Sorry," Chat apologized with a sheepish grin.

  "That's dangerous. Please don't do that again..."

  "So, that's it?" Emma asked, "Don't fight amongst ourselves, loot the bad guys, and don't hurt is. Seems pretty basic."

  "Pretty much, yeah. Now," I activated the holographic map of the city over the table. It was ected to the NYPD and surveilellites in orbit. There were multiple red dots all over the city, showing crimes in progress. "The first thing we o do is get rid of those red dots on the map."

  "That many? At once?" Wanda asked.

  I pulled out a big box from uhe table and ope. Inside were smart goggles, watches, and phones, made by Tony Stark. There were enough for all. They should help them keep track of the city until I built my own gadgets.

  "Yup! Reality be harsh. No one stop all the crimes, but we minimize them. So, pick up one device each. It will allow you to view the same map I'm seeing. It will also dispy the address, the crime type, and a tdown until it bees an emergency, as well as your location and the location of any allies in the area."

  "What happens after the ter reaches zero?" asked Chat.

  "That means we failed," I replied. "Well then, chop-chop. Get to work. I gotta train Michelle, so we won't be joining today."

  "Finally some a," Wanda took a smart watch.

  "Time to feast... I mea some bad people," Venom's head came out from Felicia's right shoulder as she took a smart goggles.

  Frank took bck smart goggles, Emma took a phone and Chat took a smartwatch.

  "Let's make an awesome first impression, sis," Chat said as she put the smartwatch around her wrist.

  "Oh, I almost fot to mention. Keep property damage to a minimum, yeah? JJ's always after my ass... So, you imagine what he'd do after learning that you are my teammates."

  "I see, so, try not to destroy too many things while saving the city," Emma smiled.

  "Exactly! And the armory's at the back. Take whatever you need, but after the job is done, put them ba the armory," I poi the metal door at the end of the training hall.

  "Uood!" The team replied, each of them moving toward the armory, while Michelle dragged her feet toward the training room.

  "You wao go with them?" I asked.

  "Yup! But I'm not ready. So, I'll train first and kick butts ter," Michelle replied with a smile.

  After a while, Chat came running...

  "I almost fot to ask. What's our team's name?" She dropped the big question.

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