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Hey readers it's me Nomad88 back with another chapter, and yes it's not a year later. Again everyone I apologize for the long wait. There were many factors that went into my hiatus, and through my closest of friends and family I've made it through and I'm back and better than ever, just like Spidey lol. Anyway, you all know the drill please continue to read and review(A writer's main source of motivation) and of course enjoy!

Chapter 10: The Defenders Unite

Streets of New York

Ben Urich flicked his last cigarette out the window of his speeding car as he tore down the street. He tried to concentrate on the road and block out the screaming voices of his wife Doris Urich and son Tim Urich but it was proving to be a difficult feat. He looked through the rear view mirror and he could see the van that were chasing behind him.

"What the hell is going on Ben!" said Doris

"It's the story of the year if we survive." He said under his breath.

Ben said a curse as he and his family felt one of the cars from behind ram them. They were gaining; it was a miracle that he was able to get to his family in the nick of time. After he got the call from Indy he had rushed over to the Bugle and it was a complete and utter circus. It was full of news crews, EMS, police, even Jonah's son John was there. Everyone was reeling from the attack made by Mac Gargan aka the Scorpion. At the sight of it, all of the death, destruction as well as Indy's kidnapping, he knew it was his fault and it pained him.

He could see the worry and hurt in Robbie's eyes when he went to the hospital. Randy was rushed there for internal bleeding because his spleen had been ruptured and the doctor's were working hard to save his life. Robbie wanted to know why the Scorpion had been looking for him but he could not reveal the reasoning just yet at least not until he himself knew the whole story. And the only way to get the whole story is if he survived.

Ben stepped on the gas as he glanced at his rear view mirror again. He gritted his teeth as they were rammed once more. After the brief meeting with Robbie, he got a call from Indy who told him all about her escape, Hammer and him being in bed with the Friends of Humanity. He quickly realized that if they were after him then it would only be a matter of time before they got to his family. He managed to reach them but just as they got into the car Hammer's men or the Friends of Humanity were right on their tale.

Ben grabbed his phone and he dialed a set of numbers he knew by heart. He prayed with all of his might that Matt would pick up.

'If there was ever a time I needed a hero this is it.' He thought to himself.

Daredevil's Training place

A mask-less man without fear placed another ice pack on his slightly swollen jaw and he let out a long sigh. He could 'see' his allies clearly thanks to the arguing. He could feel their frustration because it was something he was feeling himself. They had all failed in their attempts to save one of their own. They had each failed to save Jessica Jones once known to them as Jewel, and this was the second time they had failed her.

Matt remembered the day he had called all of them together to form a group and when one of them went missing the group did nothing. They may have searched a little but they did not find her. It hurt him that he did not do more but her trail had gone so cold that there was no way for him to find her. It was only after a year or so that she had just appeared on Luke's radar and that was by accident.

He did not know what happened but before he could ask she was kidnapped again. Matt spit out some blood in the trash and he stood from his seat. He would not let her trail go cold again, and every minute they spent squabbling was another second the trail was lost.

"Can everyone just please call down?" He said.

Colleen whipped towards Matt with an angry look upon her face.

"Calm down? Please. You would be pissed too if you almost got killed by some freak with a tail." She said.

"Probably, but I was almost killed too only by cyborg by the name of Donald Pierce." Matt replied.

Luke shook his head.

"Cyborgs, Freaks with Tails, shady governments. Sweet Christmas, can you believe the lives we live." He said, "Colleen tone it back some, we all got our asses handed to us today, but getting pissy at each other ain't helping the situation."

"Do not tell me what to do Lucas." She snapped.

"Hmph, still pissed I didn't call huh." He said.

As the others were beginning to argue again, Danny handed Misty a long case. She took it with her left hand and she set it down on the ground. She opened it and there was another replacement bionic arm for the one that she had lost earlier in the day thanks to the Scorpion. After being interrogated by the cops for hours, she had made a call to Danny and he told them where to meet, and what he would have for her.

Misty smiled at him.

"Thanks." She said.

He nodded his head back to her.

"It's not the same as the one you had before, there's no Stark Tech but Randy Industries has its own bells and whistles." He said.

"It's fine Danny. Iron Man owes me one, I'll get him to make an update but for now this will do perfectly." She replied.

Misty picked up the bionic arm and placed her stump near the open socket, once it was in place the arm beeped and dozens of tiny needles inserted themselves into Misty's flesh. She grimaced only a little but the pain was wiped away once it synced with her nerve endings. Misty moved her mechanical hands and opened and closed them before smiling at Danny sweetly, however the moment between the two was broken as the voices in the dojo area began to grow louder.

Misty sighed.

"Hey! Everyone the F*** chill out!" she screamed, "Look I love a good argue as the next person but Luke is right getting pissy at each other ain't gonna get us any closer to finding Jessica. We let her down in a big f***** way last time, let's not make the same mistake twice. We all got attacked today by people whom I am sure are working together. And that's what we need to do, work together because we're the Defenders right." She said.

"Defenders?" Matt questioned.

"Yeah, we need our own handle. You got Shield out there shielding things, the Fantastic Four being fantastic and the Avengers avenging because they…Avenge or whatever hell it is that they do, but us, we represent the little people We defend the streets. So we're the Defenders."

"I like it." Said Danny.

"It has a nice ring to it." Said Luke.

Matt shook his head at the name and was about to respond when his phone began to ring. He walked to the ringing phone and he answered the call. The others watched intently as an array of emotions ran across his face while he talked to whoever was on the other line.

"We'll be ready." He said.

Matt hung up the phone and he grabbed his mask off the counter and he slipped it on his head. DD then walked towards the solid brick wall all the while tilting his head, listening intently. He sifted through all the loud sounds around him until he locked onto something that was familiar to him, it was fear. He could faintly hear the sounds of speeding tires, panicked voices, and the sound of something else that he could not place, but whatever it was it was indeed trouble.

"What is it Matt?" Luke asked.

"Trouble, so Defenders, get ready to Defend." He said.

Outside- Roof-Tops

Spider-Man flipped through the air and he landed on a clothes line, he ran across the thin line for a moment before springing off and through the air once more. He had forgotten the thrill of being weightless through the air, the feel of the wind along his body as he moved about the city like an Olympic gymnast.

Spider-Man rolled in the air and landed on the side of an office building, he ran along the glass and then jumped to the adjacent building and continued his trek. At the end of the building he jumped and sailed through the air once, before he knew it a loud shout of joy left his lips.

'Even though I might be going as fast as I like, I have to admit that this is amazing.' He thought to himself.

Spidey let out another shout of joy before reaching a water tower and springing off with one hand. He tucked his body and rolled in the air for a second longer and landed on an electronic billboard that had J. Jonah Jameson's face along with a headline. Spider-Man took a moment to the read the headline.

'Looks like Gargan is on the rampage. He has to be stopped, I hate that I was not able to catch him before….before my retirement, but now I'm back and he is at the top of my priority list.' He thought to himself.

The headline changed to that of Robbie's son Randy laying in the hospital. Spider-Man gripped his fist tightly, he still remembered the last time he saw Gargan, and what he had said to him.

Flashback

"This ain't over web-head! Not by a long-shot!" The Scorpion yelled.

Present

"Damn right, this is not over." He said to himself.

Spider-Man prepared to continue his journey to Daredevil's spot when his spider-sense nudged him. He looked down to see what looked like a car being chased by three unmarked black vans. He saw one of the van ram into the end of the car. Spider-Man felt his spider-sense come to life again and so he looked to the sky as he heard the faint sound of a helicopter flying over head in the same direction of the car and unmarked vans and they all were going in the direction of Daredevil's training spot.

"Well, that's not ominous at all." He said, "I wonder where they're going? I don't know maybe in the same direction I'm going, which means this is going to be a long night. And so my watch begins."

Spider-Man thrusted his hand out like he was about to fire a web and that's when he remembered that he didn't have any. He groaned and jumped to the nearest ledge and followed as fast as he could after the vans and helicopter.

In the Air

Donald Pierce took his mechanical gloved hand off of the last switch inside the helicopter. It was a trigger to a new piece of tech that masked the sound and camouflaged, the helicopter; it was a gift from one of the many benefactors behind the Purifies and Friends of Humanity. He glanced in the pilot's direction and he smirked.

"It's time for us to run silent, run deep." He said before placing a hand to his ear, "Alright people look alive. I know the place Urich is heading for because I've been scouting these vigilante folks for a time. We gon kill two birds with one stone but we have to be precise, like a surgical knife, too much noise has already been made, and we're too crucial a stage for anymore mishaps like this morning. We are the last line of defense against thah muties and freak tyranny that has run rampant. Ben Urich and these costumed folk have poked their noses in our business and they must be purified so that the human species can live and live free. They must be purified silently. Snipers get ready to be placed. I want a perimeter set and if you see a shot take it."

Two snipers opened one side of the helicopter clipped ropes to their belts and as the helicopter began to slow up a bit they repelled out the side and slide down to the roof-tops below.

The two snipers quickly ran to the edge of the roof that was about five miles away from Daredevil's training spot. It only took them a few seconds to set up their rifles and peer through the scope. The scope locked onto the brick wall, and with a simple click of a button the scope changed to that of a deep green hue and allowed the snipers to see through the brick wall and all of the targets inside as clear as day.

"We're in position."

IN the Air

The silent and camouflaged helicopter rose high into the air and continued towards the building with the targets inside. Pierce looked down below to see Ben Urich's car come to a stop in front of the building. He watched as the investigative journalist along with his family ran inside.

He hated having to kill human civilians but he knew it was a necessary evil to keep the lid on their big plans to solve the mutant problem. He knew that Ben had to die along with anyone he spoke to about Roxxon.

"Alpha team, hold your positions outside." Said Pierce.

The vans down below came to a stop but no one exited the van. Pierce put his hand to his ear again.

"Sniper team, give me a sit rep on what's inside." He said.

KRZZZ

"We see five individuals. All are from the files you gave us; we can see Daredevil, Cage, Rand, and the two chicks from earlier. All of them look like sh**, Gargan did a number on them."

"He does not deserve all the credit. And by tha way those two chicks, their names are Misty Knight who is ah former officer of tha law, and Colleen Wing, Japanese Special Forces and intel gathering. Show some respect. These people deserve better than tha deaths they're gonna get."

"We have visual on Urich. He just entered, shall we take the shot?"

"Yes."

Training Spot

Ben and his family burst into the large and open training spot. He slammed the door shut but as he did that his wife started to scream, because standing behind them was Daredevil.

"Quiet." He said.

Doris instantly closed her mouth. He could hear something, someone yelling in the distance.

"DD, SNIPERS ON THE ROOF! MOVE!" came a voice he recognized and trusted.

Daredevil's eyes widen and he grabbed Urich and his family and dragged them to the ground just as a bullet hole the size of a walnut emerged through the brick wall and through the door.

Roof-Top

"I hope DD heard my oh so subtle warning." Spider-Man said to himself as he landed on the roof.

The Snipers heard the shout and stood up while turning their weapons him.

"Sir, we have a negative on hitting Urich, but we have a new target and you won't believe who it is."

In the air

"Dammit all they missed, Alpha team converge." Said Pierce.

He turned his attention to where his snipers were supposed to be and put a pair of binoculars to his eyes.

"Well, ain't this a kick in the head, it's Spider-Man. Well this changes a few things." He said to himself.

Pierce took the binoculars away from his eyes, and he began to think about the current situation before him.

"Sir." Said the Pilot.

Pierce glanced at him.

"Soldier, Ah need you to switch seats with me and do me a favor." He said.

"Anything sir."

"Be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice." He replied.

Roof-Tops

The Snipers opened fired on Spider-Man who jumped in the air, he twisted out of the way of the bullets and he landed in-between the two of them. He dropped low and swept one them off their feet, he then grabbed the fallen sniper weapon and came up and smacked the other one in the chin. The sniper fell to the ground groaning.

Spidey kicked him in the face knocking him out before turning back to the one he swept who was trying to crawl away. Spider-Man flipped and landed in front of him. He grabbed the fallen purifier and easily hoisted him up with one hand.

"You're the, You're the…."

"The Grinch. And yes I know I'm a little early for Christmas." Spidey replied flippantly, "Now tell me what's going on?"

"No." The Purifier said defiantly.

Spider-Man punched the sniper in the face knocking him out. He then looked towards the training spot and he could hear yelling, fighting, and he could faintly hear some shooting.

"It's not like I need you anyway. I'm sure I'm about to find out all on my own." He said.

Spider-Man ran and jumped to the next building.

Training Spot

Ben Urich and his family were in one of the corners of the room and standing between them and death was the Defenders, who lived up to their recently acquired name. Luke Cage took point and was the last line of defense to the Urich family, he watched out for anyone that got too close and for any bullets that were heading their way.

Luke jumped to the left and took the bullets that were aimed for Urich, they harmlessly bounced off of him and to the ground. The Purifiers charged at Luke and he smiled.

"Bring it." He said.

He backed handed one sending him flying across the room, while he picked up the other one and brought him down over his knee.

As Luke dealt with the attackers that go too close to Urich the others made themselves the first and second line of defense. In front of Luke were Colleen and Misty Knight.

Colleen side-kicked a purifier and he went tumbling back to the ground. She pulled out her sword then jammed it into the man's leg earning a scream of pain. She then jumped into the air and kicked the purifier that was coming up behind her in the face. Her injuries from the fight with the Scorpion earlier were still evident. After the jump kick she fell to a knee for a split second.

Colleen heard someone scream.

"DIE!" came the voice.

Colleen saw the gunman and she gasped. He pulled the trigger but instead of killing her it bounced off Misty's golden arm.

"I got your back girl, but now ain't the time for a rest." She said.

Misty aimed her arm and a slot on the forearm opened and from the port a cannon emerged and a concentrated blast of electricity fired out and hit the purifier in his chest shocking him until he passed out. Misty helped Colleen up and the two women stood back to back, ready to take on the next wave of Purifiers that managed to get past the first line which was Daredevil and the Immortal Iron Fist.

DD and Iron Fist took the brunt of the waves of skilled Purifiers. DD used his escrima sticks to block two simultaneous attacks; he ducked under a kick from the third Purifier that was in front of him. He kicked the woman in the shin breaking it and then shifted his weight to the left and head-butted the man to his left. Another Purifier emerged and tried to wrap a thin wire around his neck but DD managed to get his escrima sticks up to protect himself from being cut. The two struggled for a moment before DD started backwards and rammed him into the wall. The grip slacked a bit he didn't completely release his hold.

DD heard the sound of feet and his radar picked up on a Purifier coming right towards him with a punch. He steeled himself as the punch connected with his jaw. He tasted blood but it only made him smile before delivering a thrust kick to the stomach of the enemy that punched him.

Iron Fist did his best to fend off the attacks that came his way as well. He was doing a bit better than the others thanks in part to his fist and his training from the monks and Immortals in the land of K'un-Lun. Danny kneed a Purifier in the stomach and then rolled over the man's back and kicked a charging female in the face. He made his fist glow with his chi, illuminating the room for a moment.

"I think its time to air this place out." He said to himself.

Iron Fist backflipped out the way out of a knife being thrown at his head and he continued to flip until he was next to the far side wall. The fist glowed brightly, and he struck the wall.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Came the sound of the wall being blown outward. The force from the hit caused everyone to loose their balance for a moment, and allowed the summer breeze inside.

"Okay everybody out!" Iron Fist yelled, "Luke get them to safety."

Iron Fist felt the wind kick up around him, and that's when he and the other Defenders noticed a military helicopter uncloak itself in front of them. Daredevil smacked a Purifier in the face and then tilted his head to the sound of gears turning. He could hear the voice of Donald Pierce talking to someone as well as the sound of a gun turret being primed.

"EVERYONE TAKE COVER!" He screamed.

The gun turret emerged from the bottom of the helicopter and unleashed a barrage of bullets. Iron Fist barely managed to charge his fist with is chi and use it to stop the barrage that came at him. The bullets ricochet off of his hand but the force sent him flying backwards.

Luke turned his back to the open space and used his body to protect Urich and his family. Misty, Colleen and Daredevil all dove for any type of cover they could find.

Helicopter

"This is not how ah wanted this done but nobody said anything bout Spider-Man showing up. So ah'll have to make this quick and nasty." Pierce whispered to himself. He made sure to spray the turret bullets in every single direction, not caring if he was hitting his own troops. He only wanted Urich dead, people respected and listened to journalist of his caliber and the media could not get a whiff of their plans unless deemed necessary by Creed. He owed Creed too much to fail now.

Training Spot

Luke gritted his teeth against the barrage of bullets as he did his best to protect the Urich family. The first couple of bullets he didn't feel but as the turret centered directly upon him he started to feel something that he had not felt in a while and that was pain.

"Somebody do something! ARGHHHHHH" Luke shouted.

The Hero for hire glanced over his shoulder to see that the others were pinned down, anytime they tried to move the turret would quickly turn in their direction before turning back to him.

In the air

"That damn Luke Cage, bulletproof even against these bullets, if that ain't amazing then I don't know what…" he started to say, but a knock at the window beside him caught his attention.

Donald Pierce narrowed his eyes as he saw the black and white clad Spider-Man next to him.

"Hi! I'm with New York City's helicopter cleaning service. I noticed you have a couple of dirt spots on your glass. Do you mind if I take a look?" said Spider-Man.

The wall crawler crawled towards the front of the helicopter.

"I see the problem right here, let me fix it." Said Spider-Man before punching the glass and cracking it badly.

Donald ceased his attack on the other Defenders and swerved on the controls. Spider-Man clung to his spot and he struck the glass again only this time breaking it completely.

SMASHHHHH! Came the sound.

"There we go, no more dirt but I think you might need a new windshield, luckily I know a guy." He said.

Spider-Man reached towards Pierce and grabbed him by the front of his gear but at that moment his spider-sense went off again. The co-pilot lunged at him and wrapped his arm around his neck.

"Whoah there Baloo, you're in my personal space." Said Spider-Man while letting go of Pierce and prying the co-pilot of him. The co-pilot glanced at Pierce.

"God with the Lord my son." Said Pierce.

Spider-Man then spotted the grenade in the soldier's hand just as he pulled the pin with his teeth, and at the same time Pierce twisted the controls. Spidey with the co-pilot in tow jumped off of the helicopter, the wall-crawler kicked the grenade out of the man's hand, sending it flying upwards.

BOOOOOOOOOOOM! Came the sound of the explosion.

Spider-Man fell through the air with the co-pilot in his hand and right before they passed the training spot where the Defenders where he reached out and grabbed onto the edge of the blown out wall. He turned his head towards the Helicopter that was flying away.

"Wow, that escalated quickly." He whispered.

"You should have let me die!" the co-pilot yelled.

Spider-Man kneed him in the face, knocking him out before hoisting both of them up and into the nearly destroyed training place.

Training Spot

"Well look what the wind blew in."

Spider-Man looked towards Luke who nodded in his direction. The other Defenders started to recover and make their way over to Spider-Man.

"Good to see you back again." Said DD

"I see you're up to the same ol stuff." Spidey replied.

"What are you doing here?" Luke asked.

"Oh you know, I was in the neighborhood, and I saw a car being chased by some vans with some mysteriously armed people inside along with a helicopter. So I figured I'd follow it and lo and behold here I am. Anyone mind telling me what's going on because I'm in the middle of my own thing."

"I think I can." Said Ben who nodded at him as well, "I can tell you what's happening and what will happen if you all do not stop Justin Hammer."

Dreamscape/Memory

"WAKE UP!"

Jessica felt herself being kicked off a bed and to the ground. She then felt someone grab her by the hair and yank her face upwards. The Purple Man glared down at her with an evil stare. She saw a couple of bruises on his face but they were beginning to heal. He reared his hand back and slapped her as hard as he could across the face. He did it two more times before yelling at her again.

"I hate you!" he yelled.

Purple Man grabbed her and flipped her over onto her back and grabbed her by the neck choking her.

"Every last one of you costumed f****! I'm gonna kill all of you one day. Each of you slowly, and I may just start with you. SAY YOU LOVE ME! WHY WON'T YOU SAY IT!"

Jessica felt the breath leaving her lungs as darkness began to creep around the edges of her eye sight. She wanted to move to fight back but crazy man that was choking her had probably forgotten that he told her not to move until he said so, and so she was trapped and slowly dying.

'Please….someone….h-help.' She thought frantically to herself.

"Don't you pass out on me now Jessica. WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"

Hammer Underground Storage Facility

"WAKE UP!"

Jessica's eyes snapped open as she felt the cold water wash over her. She gagged as the cold water continued to wash over her until a voice made it stop.

"Enough."

Jessica had to shield her eyes away from the bright light that was shinning directly in her eyes.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"Wrong question girl." The voice snapped.

She quickly recognized the voice belonged to the man thing creature that was in her apartment. Jessica tried to crawl forward out of the bright light.

"Don't move." Said the Scorpion.

She ignored him.

"Hit her."

Jessica heard the hum of a weapon and electricity emerged from the darkness on her left and hit her in the shoulder. She gritted her teeth as the electricity shocked her.

"Hit her again." The Scorpion demanded.

Jessica was hit again with more electricity. She screamed out in pain before finally collapsing to the ground. The Scorpion walked forward and he wrapped his tail around her body and hoisted her up.

"Who else have you talked too?" he asked.

Jessica vision began to blur, but she was able to make out the men that surrounded her, each had weapons and were dressed in military gear. The Scorpion shook her and forced her to look at him.

"I need to know if you talked to anyone else. It's only a matter of time before we find the old man and Urich but is there anyone else!" he growled.

"Where is Nadine Edmonds?" Jessica replied.

The Scorpion threw her down the ground. He let out a loud yell, and put the tip of his stinger next to her eye.

"You are really testing my patience! EVERY ONE IS TESTING MY PATIENCE! AND I'M A VERY PATIENT MAN! You have to be to put up with the sh** I've been through, but the more you test me the angrier I get because you are keeping me from my kids. I'm going to ask you one last time…."

"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?" Jessica asked defiantly, "Buddy I've seen the face of true evil and you're not his shade. So kill me or don't, just stop wasting my time."

The Scorpion let out another yell however it was drowned out by sound of Justin Hammer's voice coming in over on the PA system.

"Gargan! I need to see you right now."

The Scorpion let out a long sigh before whipping away, knock her and put her in the cage.

"Where is Nadine!?" Jessica shouted out to his retreating form, but she received no answer.

Jessica saw the purifiers walking forward with their weapons aimed at her. For a moment she saw a flash of Purple and there laying next to her was her purple shaded tormentor smiling at her.

"Do you think they'll hurt you as much as I did Jessica?" he asked.

He started to laugh, a laugh that haunted her daily.

"Let's find out!" he said gleefully.

Elsewhere: In the Air

"Sir, are you sure you want to do this. I mean all of the time we spent with…." Pierce started before being interrupted.

"Yes, I'm sure. You did not dispose of Urich and Hammer's henchman is all over the news. This is spinning wildly out of control but I think I have an alternative plan to salvage all of this. I just need you to destroy that facility, leave no witnesses." Said Creed over the communication line.

"Yes sir. I will not fail again." Said Pierce.

"I hope not, because that would be strike two." Said Creed.

Donald Pierce pursed his lips together in a thin line as the line went dead. He pushed on the controls and he flew in the direction of Hammer's facility that the mutants were being kept. He would not fail a second time.

Street Level

Former Captain George Stacy from his spot down the street on Terri's motorcycle surveyed the security surrounding the shipping yard that held his target Justin Hammer. George cut the lights and got off the bike and he hid in the shadows of the alley he was next to. He watched as the guards pace back and forth in the front of the place. He could tell that they were probably hired from a private company or they could be part of Hammer's secret backers for the MGH.

He knew that Hammer was inside because he had followed him from his lavish penthouse and straight to the facility earlier. He smirked as he thought back to how his favor of having a couple of cops raid his office buildings and his penthouse while throwing out accusations would rile him up enough to lead him to his mutant holding facility; criminals, no matter what they wore, bandannas, biker jackets, crazy costumes or well fitted Armani suits, all thought the same.

George reached towards his waist and he removed his gun.

"Jessica, Nadine and a bunch of innocent mutants are probably in there somewhere and it is up to me to get them out. The question is how? I've got no back up and Parker has not made a decision yet, so I'm on my own. How do I get in there?"

"You can start by getting out of my way." Came a gruff voice from behind him.

George whipped around and aimed his gun but it was knocked away by an odd looking man. The man held up one hand and three claws popped out from the back of his knuckles.

SNKTT!

Each of them glinted in the dim night light as he aimed the claws in George's direction.

"Who are ya?" Logan demanded.

"George Stacy."

"What are ya doing here?" Logan asked, while pointing his claws at George's throat.

"I'm looking for a girl." He answered.

"This ain't the red light district bub."

"Not that type of girl. A friend of mine Jessica Jones was kidnapped. We're both looking for a mutant girl by the name of Nadine Edmonds that was kidnapped by Justin Hammer and one of his thugs, a crazed goon by the name of the Scorpion."

"This Scorpion guy got a tail?" Logan asked.

"Yes."

"Is he in there?" Logan asked.

"Yes." George answered.

Logan retracted his claws and he snorted before walking around George and to the street.

"Wait who are you and what are you doing?"

"Name's Wolverine, I'm a mutant and I'm gonna get a little payback on this Hammer guy and his thug Scorpion. He spilled my beer. If you wanna help then keep up and keep quiet." He replied over his shoulder.

George wasted no time in picking up his fallen gun, cocking it back and hurrying after Wolverine.

Facility

BAMMMM! Came the sound of the Scorpion's fist striking the wall and leaving dent.

"This is not what you promised Hammer!"

"You told me you could handle this and you couldn't! You've screwed us all!" Justin replied.

"You wanted these people alive and that brings unwanted consequences."

Justin was about to respond when the alarms began to blare around them. A purifier burst into the room they were in with a panicked expression on his face.

"Hammer, we've been breached."

"By who?" He asked.

"Wolverine."

Hammer whipped towards the Scorpion.

"I told you, this is your screw up. I heard about your escapade with that mutant earlier and your fight with him has led him right to us. Either you fix this or you'll never see your kids again!"

The Scorpion raised his hands towards Justin but he quickly reigned in his anger, then back-handed the purifier that delivered the bad news so hard his face caved inwards spraying blood all over his employer.

"I'll take care of it." He said in a dangerously low voice as he stalked out of the room.

Justin watched him go and he waited until the Scorpion was completely out of view before he released a long sigh. He wiped the blood that was on his face off. Any other person would have been horrified at the sight of the warm blood but he was…indifferent. He could careless about the dead body that was inches away from him.

It was all spiraling, his position with Creed, his hired muscle and finally his ultimate goal of reclaiming the respect that was taken away from him by Fisk.

"I'll get it under control. I'll get everything that is owed to me if it is the last thing that I do." He whispered to himself.

BOOOOOOOOOOM! Came the loud sound of explosion followed by the ceiling above him rattling violently. He looked up for a moment confused before everything around him shook again and the ceiling above started to collapse.

Daredevil's Spot

Spider-Man touched one of the cupboards that were on one side of the room and the bullet ridden door fell off the hinges. He looked inside and there were his old web shooters in the corner. He reached for them, doing a quick inspection. He said a curse as he noticed that the right hand web-shooter had a few busted coils stick out.

"Great." He whispered while throwing the right one to the ground; Spider-Man then slipped the left one on his wrist, 'I guess I'll have to do this with one web shooter, well it could be worse' he thought to himself.

"Spider-Man are you listening?" Daredevil asked from behind him.

"I heard everything DD. Mutant experimentation, MGH, Justin Hammer, Scorpion and Jessica or Jewel as we know her has been kidnapped. My missing person's case is tied into all of this as well. Do we have a location is my most pressing question."

Ben shook his head.

"No, my contact did not mention a specific location; just that Justin's whole company is rotten."

"Well we gotta find her now, there is no telling what Hammer and his cronies are doing to her." Said Luke.

"Does anybody have a cell phone?" Spider-Man asked.

"Why?" Misty asked.

"Because I have an idea." He replied.

Ben tossed him his phone. Spider-Man dialed the numbers he remembered on the paper that Captain Stacy had given to him before he left Ravencroft. He waited a few seconds and George's voice emerged on the other line.

"Captain Stacy it's me where….

"SHIPPING YARD!" George yelled.

Spider-Man could hear the sounds of shouting and shooting right before the line went dead.

The Defenders looked at each other.

"Well, we have a location now." Said Spidey.

"Except how many shipping yards are in New York City." Said Colleen.

"How many are on fire?" DD asked, "I can hear police scanners from here but we can beat them there if we move quickly, I know where we're going and time is not on our side."

"I'm driving. I'll get us there is no time and you better believe I'm gonna be hauling ass so buckle up." Said Luke

Hammer's Facility

Justin Hammer fanned the smoke that filled the room away from his nose as best as he could. He could barely see as most of the lights were out leaving small fires to illuminate the area. He did not know what was happening, one moment he was plotting his next move and the next everything was on fire; his ears rung and his vision swam but the adrenaline pumping through his veins kept him from passing out or loosing focus to the immediate danger he was in.

Justin slowly picked himself up from the floor and stumbled to the security cameras. He could see his shipping yard facility was being blown to bits, rockets were flying in from the sky, and all of the purifiers were fighting wolverine or killing his private gurads.

It didn't take him long to realize that Graydon Creed was cleaning house. It didn't take him long to realize that Graydon looked him in the face and lied to him just hours ago. Justin slammed his fist against the counter at the thought of how he had yet again been lied to by someone with more power than what he had.

"You'll Pay for this Creed!" he yelled before turning away and limping towards the exit just as another rocket hit the ground.

Elsewhere

Jessica felt the ground shake and her eyes slowly opened to see her purple faced nightmare staring back at her.

"I'm somewhat proud of you Jessica. You held out for a good while but in the end it wasn't enough." He said.

The electric shocks had stopped and had given way to the smell of smoke, the temperature was beginning to rise rapidly and that could only mean fire. Jessica began to pick herself up off the ground. Her attackers were busy listening to something over their communication lines. She could not hear it but she did not care, the only thing she cared about was finding Nadine.

"No Jessie, stay down, it's too painful to see you like this. You're not that stupid girl with the pink hair anymore. You're my broken little toy." The Purple nightmare said.

Jessica ignored it and continued to make her way to her feet, staring daggers at the group of Purifiers.

"HEY!" she yelled.

They all whipped towards her.

"The mutant is awake!" one of them shouted.

"Where is Nadine Edmonds!"

"Screw you! Kill her!"

Jessica saw them raise their weapons, and so she steeled her body and lifted off the ground and she leaned forward and zoomed straight ahead, barreling shoulder first into the Purifier that yelled at her. She flew him straight into the wall. She turned around punched the purifier behind her in the jaw, breaking it in the process and sending him skidding backwards. The other purifiers snapped out of their stupor and began to fire at her again.

Jessica, thinking quickly used the body of the Purifier she flew into as a human shield. She swung the unconscious body around like a rag doll and hit the others. A radio ear-piece fell out her captor's ear and at her feet. It was Donald Pierce issuing a message that was looping over and over.

KZZZZZZ, "My brothers and sisters we are in the eleventh hour of our holy war against the abominations known as mutants. We have been through many triumphs as well as failures but our resolve to bring back our world from the darkness has never wavered. In war there is death but there is also glory. And in your sacrifices of your lives tonight glory be unto you."

Jessica stepped on the radio destroying it. She limped her way out of the room she was in and found herself in a corridor that had locked metal doors on each side. She could hear screaming voices on the other side.

"Let us out!" they yelled.

"NADINE!" Jessica yelled out over the noise.

"I'm Here! HERE I AM!"

Jessica heard the scream come from the door that was a few feet away. She limped towards the door and she grabbed the lock and easily ripped it off. She then pried it open and a thin and frail looking young woman fell out and to the ground. She was pale even in the dim light and all her hair was missing. Nadine turned her teary eyes towards Jessica who bent down to her.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"No. No I'm not okay. I-I just want to go home." Nadine sobbed.

"I know. I'm here to make sure you get back to your parents."

"HELP US! HELP US! WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US!" came the other shouts from the trapped mutants. She looked at all doors and then felt the rumble from another rocket. Jessica and Nadine both heard cracking and crumbling, and both looked up towards the ceiling above just as it collapsed.

Jessica cursed as she dove on top of Nadine just as the rubble reached them.

Outside

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Came the sound of a loud explosion that rocked entire shipping yard. George was thrown off of his feet, loosing his cell in the process. He and the Purifiers he had been fighting were thrown off their feet. He was on his back and so he was able to see the helicopter up above that was firing off powerful military grade rockets at the shipping facility.

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Came the sound of another rocket hitting the ground.

Several Feet away

Logan mercilessly sliced through any Purifier that stood in his way. They bombarded him with bullets but thanks to his healing factor it was not enough to hold him back. He could smell the scent of the Scorpion all over the area and around the men in front of him which meant that he was close.

He shoved his claws in the chest of the Purifier to his left and just as he pulled it out several rockets hit the ground, spreading fire and destruction. The short tempered mutant gritted his teeth as he felt a burst of fire wash over him. The others around him screamed in pain but he didn't make a sound.

Logan walked out of the flames, skin seared and burning but it was already beginning to heal. He looked up to see a helicopter, firing rockets at all of the shipping containers.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! Came the sound of feet.

Logan had just enough time see the Scorpion quickly closing the distance between the two of them. The Scorpion ran his sharp claws upward slicing a chunk of skin off of Logan's face. The Scorpion using his agility easily hopped over Logan and sunk his claws deep into the short mutant's flesh. He then lifted him up over his head and threw him towards a burning container.

Logan bounced off the door and to the ground and much to his chagrin the burning door fell on top of him. The Scorpion felt a bullet strike him in the shoulder and so he turned to see George on the ground with his gun aimed in his direction.

"Aww Sh**!" George shouted as he continued to fire.

The Scorpion used his superior speed and agility to dodge each of the bullets. He moved swiftly out of the way until George's gun went empty.

"I remember you." He said, "You took my family away."

"I did not take them away you crazy psychopath. Your ex-wife willingly went with me to get the hell away from you." George replied, "They're in protective custody and far away from you."

The Scorpion leapt into the air and came down next to George. He lifted the older man up so they were eye to eye.

"Where are they? Hammer promised to tell me where they are but his promises don't mean squat and now I'm thinking you know. You're a cop." He said.

"Ex-cop." George replied.

"A pig is still a pig." Scorpion growled while shaking him.

George gritted his teeth from the shaking.

"I'm not telling you sh** until you tell me where you're holding Nadine Edmonds?"

"What is with this Edmonds girl, first that drunken mess down below asks about her and now you. I don't even know who that is!"

"You kidnapped her!"

"And I don't remember the names of the people I kidnap! She's either dead or dying, but I don't give a rat's ass about her, just tell me where my family is and I'll make this death as painless as possible."

"Do your worst." George replied defiantly.

The Scorpion snarled however before he could do anything a set of high-beams caught his attention. He and George turned to see a black van speeding towards them. He tossed George to the side and jumped high in the air over the van.

"INCOMING!" came a shout.

The Scorpion managed to see two black clad feet right before they met his face. He went flying back down to the ground in a heap. Spider-Man landed a few inches away.

"Scorpion you and I have unfinished business." He said.

"YOU!" Scorpion exclaimed "I thought you were dead."

"Well that's the problem right there, with your limited mental abilities you really shouldn't be thinking, it never turns out well for you." Spidey replied.

"Are you callin me stupid?"

"Yes." Spidey replied.

The Scorpion whipped around with his tail but Spidey ducked under it and leapt to the top of a shipping container. The Scorpion followed suit and the two agile foes began to battle for dominance.

The black van came skidding to a stop and the rest of the Defenders came pouring out of the back.

"DD where is Jessica?" Luke asked.

Daredevil blocked out the sounds all around him as he tried to focus on a heart beat, he had memorized the patterns of each of his teammates the last time they were all together, so if she was there then he would find her. It was hard to concentrate, especially with the helicopter up above firing rockets in every direction.

"Can somebody please do something about the helicopter?" Said DD.

"Misty, now would be a good time to try out your new arm." Said Iron Fist

Misty looked at her bionic arm and then raised it high while taking aim at the helicopter. The palm of the hand opened and a miniature rocket appeared.

"That little thing isn't going to get the job done." Said Colleen.

"Wait for it." Iron Fist replied.

Misty curled her fingers and the motion made the rocket launch.

The rocket shot forward and nailed one of the engines on the side of the helicopter.

BOOOOOOOOOOOM! Came the sound followed by the helicopter spinning wildly out of control. It swerved around until it came crashing down in a fiery display.

"Wow, I stand corrected." Colleen whispered.

"Small but oh so powerful." Iron Fist replied.

Luke opened his mouth, but Danny held up his fist and made it glow.

"Not a word Luke." He said.

"QUIET!" Daredevil yelled.

Once the helicopter was down he could hear and see dozens of heartbeats but there was only one with Jessica's signature. He heard it coming from down below, and he could also hear the Purifiers heading that way.

"This way!" he shouted.

The Defenders all headed down below.

George picked himself off of the ground and that's when he saw Justin Hammer come rushing around the bend. He was heading for the exit but the former Captain would not let him get away so easily. He gathered his strength and he ran towards the corrupt business tycoon.

George closed the distance between the two and knocked him down to the ground. Hammer reached into his suit and pulled out a gun but George knocked it away, in response he got a punch to the face. The two older men began to struggle with the other both attempted to go for the fall gun.

Above- Shipping containers

Spider-Man nailed the Scorpion in the face with an uppercut; he then dropped low and swept him off of his feet. The Scorpion hit the edge of the container they were on and began to fall but his tail jammed itself into the metal and halted his fall. The tail yanked him forward where he socked Spidey in the jaw sending him flying backwards. Spider-Man flipped in mid-air and landed on his feet, his spider-sense came to life and without a second thought he jumped over the red-tipped stinger that was aimed for his head.

THWIP! Came the sound of him firing a web-line to the Scorpion's back. He tugged on the line and sent the Scorpion off the stack of containers and to the concrete ground below.

Spidey landed a few feet away.

"Give up Gargan you won't win." He said.

"I ain't goin back to lock up web-head, you'll have to kill me first." Scorpion replied.

"Don't temp me." Said Spider-Man.

"New attitude with that ugly new costume."

"It was a gift and it's not ugly…well maybe it is since you definitely are the authority on ugly. Dude time is not your friend, I think you've gotten uglier since I've seen you. And your breath is horrible." Spidey quipped.

The Scorpion growled as he charged forward and Spider-Man met him in the middle with three web balls to the face, followed by a solid right hook. The Scorpion spun around kicked the wall-crawler in the stomach and then smacked him in the face with his tail.

Down Below

Jessica Jones managed to push the rubble that was on top of her to the side. She was exhausted, but she continued find the strength to keep going and pick up the unconscious Nadine. She could still smell the smoke, see the fire around her and hear the screaming from the others that were trapped.

She did not know what to do and she knew that time was running out. From the right she saw a dozen purifiers round the corner, all of them had their weapons drawn, none cared about the fire and destruction all around them, they only cared about killing mutants. She could faintly hear Donald Pierce's manifesto playing over their radios but all sounds were drowned out by the sound of the laughter.

She could hear his voice clear as day.

"Jessica. When will you learn that no one gives a damn about you. You are nothing but a dumb girl playing at being a superhero. There is no happy ending for you, and it is not like you deserve one anyway. HAHAHA!"

Jessica closed her eyes and gritted her teeth while preparing herself for the end, but thankfully it never came. She opened her eyes to see the Purifiers pointing past her. She looked and a smile began to appear on her face because standing there was her friends Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Misty Knight and Colleen Wing.

"Defenders, time to go to work!" Luke yelled as he dashed forward.

The Purifiers opened fire but their bullets bounced off of him. He continued on and punched the first one he saw in the face. From over his shoulder Iron Fist jumped over and delivered a flying kick to the head of another purifier.

Jessica watched the two heroes for hire taking on the crew of Purifiers for a moment before she heard the voices of Misty and Colleen.

"Hey, you good girl?" Misty asked.

"Getting better now that you guys are here. I'm glad you came."

"Of course, we failed you once and that will never happen again." Said Colleen.

Daredevil turned around just as more Purifiers came onto the scene. He pulled out his escrima sticks and met them head on as well.

Up Above

George socked Hammer in the face one last time before finally reaching for the fallen gun and aiming it at him. He could faintly hear the sound of police sirens and fire trucks heading in their direction, and so he did the only thing that felt right to him.

"You're under arrest, for conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and assaulting an officer." He said strongly.

A beaten and bruised Justin Hammer began to loudly chuckle.

"Where's your badge? Show me a badge, better yet show me a warrant or probable cause for you to be here officer!"

George gritted his teeth in response but did not lower his weapon; he kept it trained on the corrupt business man.

"That's what I thought, you've got nothing on me." Said Justin while trying to rise to his feet.

"Stay down!" George shouted, kicking him back down, "I got everything I need. I have your pills, and you've led me right to your holding facility."

"One of my many properties, I didn't know what was going on here until tonight where I swooped in and shut everything down, only then to be ambushed by you. As far as the pills concerned, I don't know if you've noticed but this place has been blown to hell I doubt there is anything left."

"I don't care I'm still arresting you, and you're going to tell me what you did with Nadine Edmonds."

"She's probably dead. I don't remember the names of these freaks."

George kicked him in the stomach, and Justin spit out some blood. He looked at the blood on the concrete and then glared at the former captain.

"I will destroy you for this."

George wanted to respond however the sound of screeching tires caught his attention. He saw the men and women in blue arrive on the scene, as well as the fire trucks.

"Over here!" he shouted.

He waved them over however they all stopped when they saw a figure go flying over head.

Spider-Man went flying back first into the windshield of one of the police cars that had arrived.

CRACKKKKK! Came the sound of the windshield breaking.

"Ooof." Spider-Man groaned.

He shook his head and flipped off the hood and to the roof of the cop car right as the Scorpion came down with a fist that put a large dent in the hood.

"FREEZE FREAK!" a female officer screamed.

The Scorpion whipped towards the officer that called him a freak and his tail zoomed forward with its stinger tipped aimed for her heart. At the last second the stinger was stopped by a web-line. Spider-Man jumped at him and kicked him in the face.

"Everyone move! I got this!" he shouted.

The Scorpion wiped the red blood that spilled from his lips and he stared evilly at the black and white clad hero.

"Why won't you leave me alone!? All I want is to be with my family, they need me, why can't you understand that!"

"They don't need you Gargan, look at what you have become! You have killed people; injured a dozen more and you've even resorted to kidnapping. What kind of family needs that type of person in their life?"

"Oh what do you know about what they need. Huh! Do you have kids! No ya don't because you're still a kid yourself I'm betting. The moment they were born I told myself I'd do whatever I had to for them. So yeah I steal, I kill and kidnap because I come from nothing, I've never had money, I ain't go no education, no skills, but what I do have is love for them."

"And that so called love has twisted you into something evil." Spider-Man replied, "If you were to see them do you even think they would recognize you? Do you even recognize you?"

Spider-Man fired a web at a side view mirror on one of the police cars and yanked it off and into his hands. He held the mirror up at Gargan who stared at his reflection. He was so horrified at what he saw that he recoiled in disgust.

"Now you understand, so give yourself up." Said Spider-Man

"NO!" the Scorpion yelled, "You're trying to trick me. I know who I am and I know that my children would know me, I am their father." He said.

"No, you were once maybe but now you're nothing more than a two bit murdering psychotic monster that has the brain the size of an ant and the breath of a baboon's butt!" Spider-Man retorted, 'Time to end this and the only way to do that is to get him nice and angry.' He thought to himself.

The Scorpion let out a yell.
"DON'T CALL ME NAMES!"

Spider-Man threw the mirror in his hands at the Scorpion who smacked it away. The Scorpion lunged at Spider-Man in hopes of spearing him across the waist however his foe was too agile. Spider-Man leapt over him and fired several thick webs at the tail. Scorpion hit the ground but was on his feet in a manner of seconds. He looked over his shoulder to see his tailed webbed to his back. He could have ripped it off but in his anger to kill Spider-Man he chose to continue his assault.

Spider-Man rolled under a swipe and then kicked the Scorpion in the back of his leg making him drop to a knee. Spidey back-flipped and as he came over the Scorpion he grabbed the crazed foe's head and brought a knee right to his nose as hard as he could. The Scorpion stumbled back as blood poured from his broken nose, and on instinct he tried to whip his tail but it was firmly webbed to his back.

Spider-Man took the opportunity to continue his assault. He socked him in the jaw with right hook, then a left. He then jumped up and kicked him in the chest with both of his feet.

"Fall down!" Spider-Man shouted.

He charged in using his speed and agile to hit him all over. The Scorpion tried to continue to fight but the punches from Spider-man were fast, hard and precise, it was like they were coming from every direction. Spidey hit him again and again and finally on the last punch to the stomach the Scorpion tumbled over and to the ground groaning.

Spidey webbed him up as best as he could and then tossed him to the officers that were nearby.

"Book him." He said, before turning back to the blazing inferno that was the shipping yard.

Underground

Daredevil elbowed a purifier in the face and then dropped low and swept another off of his feet. The Man without fear heard a shout coming from behind him and he gritted his teeth as he felt a knife graze his arm. HE grabbed the Purifier that cut him and head-butted him in the head.

He gritted his teeth as he heard the sounds of metal crunching; his radar picked up on the sounds of the entire structure crumbling, they had minutes before everything collapsed inwards.

"DEFENDERS LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE THIS PLACE IS COMING DOWN!" he yelled.

Jessica kicked a purifier in the face and then snatched his weapon out of his hands and swung it like a bat at the purifier that was blocking the cell door of another trapped mutant. She then broke the lock and she pried the door open. She freed a young boy that could not have been older than eleven years old. She smiled at him and urged him out and to Colleen, who was directing the other freed mutants to the path of safety.

"I think that's the last one." She said.

"Good, let's get the f*** out of here." Said Misty.

Jessica bent down and she picked up Nadine. Daredevil had cleared them a path and so she started in the direction he had cleared.

"CAGE! FIST! WE ARE LEAVING!" Misty yelled.

Luke looked to Iron Fist.

"Patty Cake." He said.

"We agreed to never call it that again. We both agreed to call it Sonic Fist."

"No you said that and I just didn't reply, now hit me."

Iron Fist made his fist glow with his chi. He took aim and thrusted his fist into Luke's hand.

KLANGGGGGGGGGG! Came the sound. The force that erupted from the hit tossed the remaining Purifiers in every direction. The Heroes for Hire turned and rushed after their fellow Defenders.

Up Above

Colleen and Jessica led the way as they emerged from the underground holding area. They saw fire and destruction in every direction. She managed to spot the busted security gate where she saw officers and fire fighters trying to put out the raging fires that seemed to be everywhere.

"This way!" She yelled.

They all started after her however a yellow and black shipping container suddenly fell in their path and blocked them off. A web-line found its way to the container and it was then yanked out of the way.

"KEEP MOVING!"

Jessica looked up to see Spider-Man pointing towards the exit; a sigh of relief washed over her as she continued to lead the others towards the exit. As they fled the area the ground began to shake but several well placed web patches kept it together long enough so they were able to make it to safety.

Elsewhere

A limping Donald Pierce continued to flee the scene of the burning shipping yard. He had succeeded in destroying all the evidence that would lead back the Friends of Humanity but in doing so he had damaged his cybernetic parts. He could smell some of the leaking oil, and scorched synthetic skin. Pierce was more machine than man and so with each step he could feel his mechanical parts shutting down, he had the will to keep moving but not the parts that would listen.

"Sonuva Bitch." He cursed as he collapsed to the ground.

He reached towards his waist and he dug into one of the pockets in an attempt to retrieve a distress beacon, but the device was destroyed. He tossed the broken item away and he leaned against the brick wall.

"At least ah got away." He sighed to himself.

"I wouldn't say that bub." came a gruff voice.

Donald Pierce turned his head to see a figure slowly walking towards him, each step echoed in the night and making the remaining human blood he had run cold.

"Wolverine." He whispered.

Logan came to a stop allowing Donald to see that some of his skin was still healing from the burns inflicted upon him. He looked like something out of a horror movie but he would not be frightened by a mutant. He refused to show fear and so he pulled out the only weapon he had left and that was his mechanical arm machine gun.

The slot opened unleashing every bullet in the clip before the circuitry blew out leaving a small trial of smoke. The useless appendage fell to his side unmoving. Donald kept his face neutral, trying to show no fear as the bullets fell out of Wolverine's flesh and to the ground.

Logan snarled, and his eye twitched in anger.

"Do whatever you want to me mutie but I'll never talk. I'll never betray my kind." He said defiantly.

Logan raised his hands and his claws popped from the back of his knuckles.

SNKT!

"Ya say that but if it's a challenge ya throwing out ya southern bastard, then challenge accepted."

END CHAPTER: Hey all it's me Nomad88 back with the closing comments. I know it's a bit late but I wanted to give a special double stuff chapter. This chapter was supposed to be shorter than what it is but I figured I kinda maybe owed you all a longer chapter.

So The Defenders! Yes I did manage to binge watch the Defenders on Netflix and I did enjoy it. I'm curious to see if they're going to do another one but the plans are kinda up in the air at this point. I hope everyone enjoyed my interpretation of the Defenders or Marvel Knights as they were originally supposed to be called. They will return.

Anyway, I thank everyone for tuning in for another chapter and another one will be on the way. It will be a direct follow up to this chapter as well as a spring board for furthering the story. So Hit me with a review or a PM and I'll get back to you ASAP. This is Nomad88 saying later…

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Summary: All the pieces have been reset. Peter Parker has found renewed strength to be the Amazing Spider-Man, and tries to re-integrate himself and move on to the next step in his life—College. Meanwhile, the whole city reacts to the news of the Defenders in action and the return of the Amazing Spider-Man. And a new candidate for Mayor of New York City emerges. Be there True Believers!