Spidey AU's

Not Your Shadow Pt3

I swear this is the final part... Hopefully. This is the weirdest bit and about in the middle when it comes to angst/fluff.

Ghost had been on patrol, going silently from portal to portal when he was interrupted. Tony Stark's 'intern' had just crashed onto the roof next to him. He wasn't shocked, just slightly curious as to how it was possible and raised an eyebrow waiting for him to regain his breath. While Ghost waited he destroyed the tracking chip Tony had placed so they could talk without being spied on. "Can... You... Mentor... Me?" Harley panted.

Ghost sighed as he created a portal to Oscorp, disturbing the games night they were having in the communal floor. They all looked up to see who he had dragged home tonight but even they were shocked when Stark's son followed. "Stark's kids have a habit of hiding from him." Gwen teased from her beanbag.
"Don't you dare say I was his kid! It was childish naivety and hero-worship that I helped him once!" Ghost snarled, flipping down his hood. That was apparently enough to drag Harley out of his stupor. "You... You're... The kid! Underoos! Why did you leave him, it broke him?"
"I was on the wrong side of the battle, Cap is right. I see that after reading the Accords. I 'left' him after he took my suit away and never tried to help when I had to lift a warehouse off myself protecting his tech! Dr Dad offered me a chance at a better life, the only one in 14,000,605 futures where everyone lives. Why'd you come to us for help when your dad is a billionaire superhero?" Peter ranted.

In response Harley let the wings that had appeared unfurl, a couple of creamy feathers falling out. Pete nodded, this was a fairly common thing, though he was going to personally mentor Harley. The others noticed this and all came to the same conclusion that it was because he saw himself in Harley.
He sighed. "I'll show you the ropes, but you can't tell your father about any of this. You can have an official internship trip for the next 5 nights so long as Stark isn't told about our secrets. In exchange I'll teach you some stuff, you can build your equipment here and none of us cares about whatever tech Stark's building."

MJ rang Pepper to tell her about the possibilities of the new internship they had offered Harley. Tony was furious in the background but couldn't do anything about it without revealing he was Harley's father. They were lucky that Harley already had a pretty good silver tongue when he got a call shortly after. It was easy teaching him for the next few months until threats of a second civil war emerged and once again Tony was trying to get secret advantages.

It was a trying time for Tony, he was trying to change the paperwork for the Accords and build a team just in case. Most had gone over to Team Cap after actually reading the Accords. So he really needed his kids to make it easier for him, however, Peter stopped existing 3 years ago and Harley was out at this internship every day. He had finally tracked down Storm and the even more elusive Ghost, who was only ever sighted for a second next to Storm. He flew out and thought his luck was finally changing when they were both waiting on a rooftop waiting for him.

"It took you long enough to find us Stark." Ghost spoke with such venom directed at him he had to take a couple of steps backwards. "I just want some more members for my team against Cap." He held his hands up in surrender.
"We can't do that. We don't want a fight-" Storm breaks off to glance at Ghost. "Well he might, but I don't. The Accords have so many clauses that don't work for anyone staying close to the ground. Neither of us can sign them and still be able to carry on as we are now." Stark was confused, why did Ghost hate him so much yet mentor Storm, who was almost friendly towards him.

Just as he left Ghost spoke again, still filled with resentment but not as concentrated. "I used to know someone who lived with two life mottos. With great power comes great responsibility. But also just look out for the little guy, friendly neighbourhood, y'know? That person no longer exists, they live but not as the naive child you knew. Spend some time thinking about that and maybe your friends would stick around longer." Then he opened a portal and left, while Storm flew back towards Queens.

Tony couldn't place why their voices both sounded so familiar and everyone around could barely hold his attention for more than a few minutes. He went to look at the Accords in preparation for tomorrow's meeting. That turned out to be one of his many mistakes, as it meant he missed the news broadcast that changed the city's and many nations views on the Accords. Well, he couldn't blame FRIDAY, she did her best to tell him.

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