Tony Stark, Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff stood around a large table staring at a screen.

"We need to do something about him," Tony said, gesturing at the picture of Spider-Man on the screen. Natasha and Steve nodded.

"We need to unmask him," Natasha said.

"I agree, but how would we do that?" Tony said. Natasha shrugged and looked at Steve.

"Ask him to join the Avengers? Then, depending on his answer, we would at least know where his loyalties lie," he said slowly. Tony frowned.

"That could work." Natasha turned back to the screen.

"It's worth a shot," she said. Tony nodded once.

"Then it's decided. I'll go out tonight when he's on patrol and I'll ask him to join the Avengers," he said, shutting off the screen.

Peter Parker slipped out his window and onto the smooth wall of his apartment building. He took a deep breath of the late night air a smiled. This was the best part of his day. He shot a web across the road to the next apartment building over and began to swing through the city looking for trouble. Three bank robberies and nine attempted assaults later, Peter sat calmly atop a tall skyscraper, looking out over the New York skyline.

"Spider-Man," a confident voice called. Peter whirled around to find Iron Man standing directly behind him. Peter jumped up.

"What do you want?" he asked cautiously. Stark scoffed.

"Relax, Underoos. I just need to ask you a question." Peter frowned.

"Underoos?" he asked. The Iron Man suit opened up and Stark walked out wearing a full suit and tie. He rolled his eyes.

"Nicknames are fun," he responded with a shrug. Peter sighed.

"Fine, whatever. Now what do you want, Stark? From what I've gathered you and the Avengers don't like me to much." Stark wiped a hand across his face.

"That's because you get in our way sometimes," he said. Peter shook his head.

"No. It's because I'm the only person who dares disagree with the choices of the mighty Avengers when I think the decision is wrong. It's because I'm the only one willing to stand up for the little guys," Peter said angrily. Tony sighed.

"Whatever. I actually came here on behalf of the team to ask you to join the Avengers." Peter laughed.

"Hell no. Did you hear anything I just said? The Avengers are crooked and biased, So no, I don't want to be any part of that. I'll see you around, Mr. Stark," he said, before jumping off the building and swinging off into the night.

Tony pressed a thin finger to the comm in his ear.

"He said no. Vehemently and repeatedly," he said. Steve sighed.

"Then I guess we'll just have to try something else."

"What if Steve tries to talk him into joining us?" Natasha suggested. Tony shrugged.

"We can give it a shot, if you're up for it Cap?"

"Sure," Steve responded. Tony smiled.

"Great, but if this doesn't work we might have to resort to force. Spider-Man is a threat as of now."