19 The Defender's Base Planning

Wing Base

Sitting in front of the monitors I was thinking of Norman Osborn accelerated reaction in perfecting his serum seems to be more of a desperate attempt to proof himself. The super villains that he created seems to be more violent and monster like compare to any marvel universe i know of. Slightly distracted by one of the monitor I smiled to myself as the news is discussing about the dispute between Spiderman and J Jonah Jameson.

Continuing my train of thought I realized that the huge changes could be due to my existence in this world, I decided to forge my own road without thinking or worrying so much about the timeline. As I came to a decision I called out to Bernard to enter the room while picking up the small canister of Oz serum.

As Bernard entered and stood by my side. "Bernard the oz serum I used to strengthen myself, I want you take it too. With it I will know that you will be safe" I said as I pass the small canister of the serum to Bernard.

Bernard looking at the canister in his hand relied "Sorry sir, the Houseman has been in service to your family for generations and i don' think I want to be a superhero called 'The Butler' ".

Coughing in surprised I quickly replied "No that is not what I mean. What I mean is that with this serum, I will have the ease of mind that you will be safe and able to protect yourself if anything unforeseen happen if i am not around" I answered back while trying to imagine what will his costume look like if he end becoming 'The butler' and laugh to myself.

"Very well, Sir! I will get Oracle to help me later" Barnard replied. "Do you have a plan on how deal with your father, sir?".

Thinking for a few second I replied "Yes, his action has become more drastic and dangerous to be left to his own device. I will need to call The Defenders to help out but first I think i need to talk to Spiderman".

"Oracle, please set up the largest safe house as The Defender's Headquarters and training ground. At the same time please contact Spiderman to meet me there and send him the coordinates" I said as I stood up in determination set my own path.

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Peter is lying down in bed thinking to himself about the increase in number of super villains that been appearing recently. First there is this weird Shocker guy, then it is the creepy looking Scorpion and lastly the dumb Rhino. Spiderman cannot shake the feeling that there will be more villains to come.

Sighing to himself, he pickup the call.

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MJ was on her way to check on Peter, from the conversation they had last night it seems that Peter is not feeling well and she is concern for him. She is currently thinking about her feelings for Peter even though he is weak but he is a good loyal friend, sweet, nice, thoughtful, and in her own opinion cute. She had clearly known Peter for a long time but he can really be dumb about his surrounding and relationship. She hated it when Peter was interested with Elizabeth Toomes but recently he stopped showing interest which delighted her.

Reaching Peter's home, MJ was building up her courage to go in when suddenly she noticed a figure coming out of Peter's room window. The figure was wearing a blue and red suit where suddenly he shot a lining towards a nearby building and started to swing down the street into the city.

Standing in shock at what she has just saw, she realized that she had saw Spiderman leaving Peter's room. Gathering her thought she came to a conclusion, Peter is Spiderman.

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One of Nightwing's Safe House (The Defenders Base)

As Spiderman entered the base and saw me seating in front of computer monitors he called out "So this is where you have been hanging your cape and Where is the others?"

While typing on the computer trying to locate Norman's secret lab exact location, I replied without looking back "This is not my place. This is The Defender Base that i have created for all of us to increase our efficiency as a team and training".

Spiderman excitedly replied without waiting for me to complete my answer "Wow! We have our own secret club house!! Wait you have your place! How much money you have?".

Turning towards Spiderman "I need to talk to you in private first" I said as I looked at him seriously.

Finally getting Spiderman attention, I looked back towards the monitor and continued typing and said "Do you notice the increase in super villains?" with Spiderman nodding his head.

"The reason seems to be due to Kingpin and Norman Osborn" I said shocking him "What! Norman Osborn!" he replied.

Ignoring him I continued talking "Wilson Fisk posed as a legitimate businessman but in truth he is called The Kingpin a powerful crime lord in New York. Our fight against crime has effected his business so he has obtain Norman Osborn help to create this super villains to stop us".

Spiderman quickly asked "What does this got to do with talking to me alone!".

Giving him a glance I replied "From what i can gather Norman Osborn seems to be interested in capturing you and he has made an agreement with Kingpin to capture you first before killing all of us". "We need to stop them before they endanger more people".

Spiderman hesitated for a few second before asking "Does Harry Osborn know about his father's action?"

Thinking for some time, I finally decided that it is not time yet "Their relationship is estrange and from my investigation Harry Osborn has some knowledge of his father connection with the criminal which caused their relationship to be further worsen. They have been living separately and their financials are separated", I replied.

Spiderman looked down in silence.

"Since it is regarding your safety what do you want to do?" I asked.

"What are the options I have so far?" Spiderman sighed before he stood looking at the monitor of my investigation results while brooding.

Looking at the aura of depression he is having right now, I replied "First option, once we locate Norman Osborn's secret laboratory we will destroy all research but it is not be a long term solution because he might one day be able to recreate what he has lost since there won't be any evidence to convict him and Norman might take drastic action during all the commotion"."If anyone is killed during all the commotion, we will be deemed as criminal vigilante and will be hunted down".

"Second option, we get the evidence that Norman Osborn and Kingpin is behind the appearance of super villains in New York. Spoil their name and reputation by informing everyone of all their wrong doings but by doing this more villains might be created and might endanger more civilians in the process of them hunting you. But doing this will allow us to have the legal authority to stop them once and for all but there will be a possibility that we need to kill to stop them" I concluded.

Spiderman stayed in silence, seeing him looking deeply conflicted I know that I really need to give him a hard time to help him grow as a superhero. We can't always be Mr Nice Guy when we are trying to protect people because his actions have consequences to ensure the safety of the team and civilian.

After a long pause, Spiderman finally decided "Plan B, I am not happy that we might need to kill to protect people but i will accept it. I will make myself a decoy and bring them to unpopulated area so that there will be less casualties.

Nodding my head at his response. "The others will arrive in around 10 to 15 minutes. Before that I want to ask you, what do you think of Black Cat?".

Hearing that name Spidey jumped in shock and without realizing it used one of his hand to cover his balls, he stuttered "Black Cat! Why you ask?".

"Black Cat want to reform herself to be a hero so she might be joining the team if she passed my evaluation" I replied surprised by his reaction.

Hearing that Spidey started screaming in horror "Nooooo!!!!!"