Spider-Man: Duty and Loss Chapter 97: The Arrival part 1

Hawkeye looked from his perch at the scene below, slowing his breath as he aimed an arrow at Magneto. He knew they were made of metal and he had just seen what had happened to Natasha's guns. Honestly it freaked him out more than he would like to admit. But he had faced a god before, a freaking god.

He was just waiting for the opportune time, a moment when his concentration would slip and he could nail him. *Puff* From the side Nightcrawler appeared next to him looking at where he was aiming. Clint didn't move, after saving him before, he was sure that they were on the same side, probably.

"I don't think those arrows are going to work mein friend." Clint still kept his back tensed. "It will if you give me a moment to focus." Nightcrawler just rolled his eyes. Just as Barton was about to let loose his arrow, Magneto sent a glance his way. He could feel the gaze on him, and he could also feel the metal in the arrow.

The look that passed between them was all Clint needed to know that his shot would fail. *Sigh* He lowered his arrow as his eyes spied on the rest of the Avengers. Cap was in the most danger, starting to help out the yellow clad short mountain of muscle that was wailing into the beastly looking one.

The two had surprisingly good team work as another group of people joined the fight. They were on the top of another building getting ready to join in. At the lead was a woman with pure white hair and black skin.

Though their outfits looked a bit weird to Hawkeye, he was glad for the assistance. Night crawler was still next to him as he pointed down to Tony, who was still not moving in the street. "Hey, blue man, could you grab my friend and pull him up here?"

Nightcrawler looked at where he was pointing for a second before nodding. "Sure, and by the way, the names Nightcrawler." With that he was gone. *Puff* Clint spoke to himself as he disappeared into the blue smoke. "Nightcrawler? That's not a frightening name at all, totally trustworthy." *Puff* It was only a few seconds later when he returned, Iron man landing on the roof with a dull thud. "What the hell?" "Will the suit still work Stark?" Disorientated for a few seconds Tony's head snapped to Clint as he regained his bearings.

He looked at Nightcrawler for a second before he replied, reaching up to tap on a holographic screen. "It's pretty damaged after chrome dome down there did whatever he did. I can get back in right now but I'm trying to create a way to take him down."

Nightcrawler, who had been listening in, decided to butt into their conversation. "His names Magneto and he's the leader of the Brotherhood, all those mutants down there. To sum him up, he basically believes that Mutants are superior to humans and should rule the world." Both avengers stopped for a second as they turned to look at Kurt, a bit dumbfounded at the name.

"Magneto really? Because he can control Magnetism?" Clint scoffed. "How original. But…" His face turned serious as he looked back at him. "He's an insanely powerful supremacist who hates humans. That's not good. The Brotherhood is basically his cult." The two looked at each other for a few seconds before looking back at the fight. Tony got back to work on whatever he was doing while Clint pointed at the X-men who had already engaged.

"Your friends going to be alright blue man?" There was a small smirk on Clint's face as he said the name, purposely not using Nightcrawler. Kurt looked at the small smile and sent one back of his own. "Yeah they'll be fine. We've clashed with the Brotherhood many times. There probably here to recruit Laura to their cause."

Both tony and Clint frowned at the motive. "She won't join them." Kurt just shook his head. "They'll still try to convince her and cause as much damage as they want in the meantime." Clint's frown just got deeper as he assessed when the best time was to jump in and help.

Steve looked at the man trading blows with the beast before him and had to stop for a second. A memory formed in his mind, one from many years ago, back in World War 2. "The howling commando, Logan." He said it so quietly that no one heard him.

After starring at the intense fight for a few seconds though he shook his head. That had been over 70 years ago, the man looked to be in his mid-30-40, it couldn't be him…but maybe it was a descendant. That one thought stuck in Steve's mind as he quickly dashed to grabbed his shield and join the fight.

He would be dammed if he didn't help a descendant of one of his lost comrades!

Storm barked out commands fast after Logan jumped down the building. "Kitty, Jubilee I want you to go over and help Laura against whoever that is!" She pointed out at Kimura and Laura whose fight was getting even more intense. Both of the teens nodded as Kitty grabbed Jubilee and started to phase down the building.

Pointing again she motioned to Black widow who was still taking cover behind one of the over turned cars. She had to continuously move though as they would blow up after Pyro took aim. Avalanche was standing at his side hand at the ready to cause more mayhem. "Scott and Jean, you guys take Avalanche and Pyro, help the Avenger down there."

"Right!" Scott nodded vigorously as he jumped onto a small kinetic platform that Jean created. On their way down he reached for his visor and slowly turned the dial to control the output. In the next second, *Boom!*, his optic blast took out the pavement right where Avalanche was standing. Avalanche just jumped out of the way before sending a glare at the incoming enemies.

Finally Storm pointed to Spike off to the side, deadly bones at the ready to join the fight. "Gambit Take out spike and then come help us." Gambit shot Storm a bit of a playful smirk before pulling out his foldable staff. Picking a small card from his pocket his threw it off the side of the building before making his way down. It was a few seconds later that an explosion went off forcing Spike to dodge to the side.

Storm didn't pay them much mind as she turned to Beast and the Professor. They started to walk down the stairs of the building, ready to face Magneto who knew they were coming.

Chapter end