'think of me when you're out, when you're out there

i'll beg you nice from my knees'

- all i wanted, paramore

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To say the new hotel was an upgrade would be a lie, it was beyond an upgrade. The excited and in awe students entered into a fancy reception area of the hotel, within laid a grand piano and pianist playing a fancy tune. This hotel held flowers that were clearly alive, crystal lights and rich carpets. Some students who had never experienced this looked on with bliss. A cocky Flash existed still.

"Speak for yourself. I'm home." He turns back around, clearly more involved with his vlogging than his classmates. Peter who is awkwardly hovering around Kyungsoo as he stands near Ned and Peter of course stays close to his best friend and his new girlfriend. Peter's phone buzzes in his pocket, he slows to get away from the group. Kyungsoo slows too to try and listen without being obvious.

"Hello?"

"Parker, it's Hill. There's an earpiece with your suit. Put in on and await further instructions. Understood?" Maria Hill's voice rang from the other side.

Ned hurries over when he sees Peter acting suspicious and throughout their conversation, they send quick glances back towards their class hoping no one notices.

"Hey, man. Look, I am so sorry if I seem preoccupied with my relationship. You know, I'm still your guy in the chair."

"No, no, it's all good. Don't worry about it."

"So, what's the status on the whole Elemental thing? Where's it going to happen?"

"Here."

"Peter, we are here."

" I know, I know. It's not good. It's- I'm figuring it out."

Betty calls Ned back to the cluster of pupils in the rich lobby. Kyungsoo see's a jittery Peter and even though the argument is fresh, he wants to console him.

"Spiderman has that fish bowl guy right? I hope he doesn't feel all stressed about saving the world from it when that guy clearly knows more about it all. Wouldn't you agree Parker? Spiderman should just do what he can." Kyungsoo checks for no workers and picks the Protea flower that was sitting on a far too tiny table to be useful. "Courage almost like the Gladiolus, but Protea represents change too, suits Spiderman more." Kyungsoo hands the flower to Parker. "We ended up sharing a room by the way, I don't shut the bathroom door so if I'm showering feel free to walk in and save some water for the planet Parker."

At that Kyungsoo walks back to the live streaming Flash who is annoying Brad by shoving the phone in his face.

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Though everyone was looking forward to Paris, Kyungsoo didn't mind the change to Prague. Any new city holds things to be explored, found and watched by the tourists. Prague held such beautiful and well kept castles, gothic cathedrals, had a lively art scene and knowledge to witness in museums. Kyungsoo, like in Venice, had a tendency to walk away and adventure himself. That's how he ended up getting thrown towards Peter's feet back in Venice.

The boy snuck away after Mr Harrington did a head count, not long after another boy snuck away to be taken away by Nick Fury. Kyungsoo had some places to visit on his mind, firstly the gothic architecture of Charles Bridge, the fine old statues giving haunting vibe which Kyungsoo thought was beyond interesting.

The boy continued to walk around away from the school group, Brad texting once saying Peter was being shy and hardly having any presence so he could make a move on MJ. Kyungsoo would have liked to give his abilities a test, only his brothers knew of this freak power to do with nature. Kyungsoo saw it as pointless but all he knew was that he could heal dying plants. He would bring back any flower and plant he came across but that was about as far as he would go. He didn't have the safety of the Avenger's training grounds or Tony Stark like Spiderman had. He'd risk hurting himself and his brother's and potentially people near by if he tried anything new, so Kyungsoo's extent of his powers remained unknown to the boy at hand.

Above Kyungsoo's eye level Peter sat alone on a rooftop, his mask in his hands looking up at Beck as he flies towards the lonely looking boy. "Look, Fury asked me to come up here and see how you were doing. He just, he felt bad about snapping at you." Peter gave a hopeful look, believing Beck for a second, "You guys do have sarcasm on this Earth, right?" Beck quipped to not let the boy actually think Fury cared. Mysterio in full gear except the mask, sat wearily next to the dejected boy.

"I didn't think I was gonna have to save the world this summer. I know that makes me sound like such a jerk. I just... I had this plan with this girl I thought I liked but this guy I kinda screamed at and wanted to apologise to, and...now it's all ruined."

Beck sighed sympathetically, realising that the kid didn't get to be a teenager, "You're not a jerk for wanting a normal life, kid. It's a hard path. You see things, you do things... Make choices. People look up to you... Even if you win a battle sometimes, they die. I like you, Peter. You're a good kid. There's a part of me that wants me to tell you, just... turn around, run away from all this. And then, there's another part of me that knows what we're about to fight. What's at stake. And I'm glad you're here. I know you're worried about your friends, but just get them inside for a bit and they should be fine."

Peter felt at ease, he had someone to talk about all this with since Tony left his mark, he finally got to let out a previous poisoned feeling breath, "It's really nice... to have somebody to talk to about, superhero stuff, you know?"

"Anytime. And hey... When we survive this, you'll have all summer to kill Brad." Beck patted Peter's back his words coming through jokingly.

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It was later in the evening and the sky was dark and the light pollution allowed little visibility of the stars. Kyungsoo held a couple of bags from his own detour from the tour and all the students were expecting to have a fun night at the Light Festival yet Mr Harrington crushed many spirits by saying that it was really a 4 hour Opera they were watching. All faces dropped except Ned and Peter's.

"Yeah, because we'd much rather go to a four-hour opera instead of the biggest party in the world." Flash was looking forward to filming the lights on his live stream. Mr Dell refused to take blame for any of it.

Each student dressed up to the best of their ability despite the change of location being sudden. Parker walked almost at the back, his shirt with the top buttons undone, looking rather attractive and by his side was MJ who couldn't hear a certain Maria Hill, asking if Peter could hear the comms. Behind them stood Brad who was looking back and forth with a confused face and by his side was Kyungsoo, hoping that he could snatch Parker away from MJ just for this night but going against his thoughts knowing he should let Peter win the girl.

The Opera house was bare, the only seats that were filled were with elderly people with their Opera glasses. Brad walked past MJ with confidence stating he would save her a seat.

"What am I? A toaster? What happened to bros before MJs?" Brad glared at the taller boy who was faking hurt and standing next to Peter but with a good distance. Peter grabbed him just as he started to walk off.

"Um hey I uh was wondering if you want to take the seats with MJ and I'll join in a bit, I'll grab the glasses?"

"You want to sit next to me?" MJ looked at the two boys who were confused at one another.

"No! I meant just - forget it just, MJ yes I'll sit with you and Kyungsoo feel free to join." Kyungsoo was perplexed to say the least, the boy had a chance to be alone with the girl he was chasing but he invited a very clear third wheel to the party.

Nick Fury's voice was ringing constantly in Peter's ear, asking with anger about his position and how long it would take. MJ and Kyungsoo had made small talk on their way to the seating area, both enjoying one another's inability to hold a civil conversation without random unneeded facts spilling out. MJ was perfect for Peter, Kyungsoo could see that while MJ thought how on earth Peter could stand this guy let alone maybe like him when he was an awkward dork compared to the popular and loud Kyungsoo.

Peter pulls Ned away from Betty, "Hey, I gotta go. Could you tell MJ that I'm sick or something? Don't make it suspicious please Ned."

"O-o-okay. Be careful. And Peter, whatever you do, please steer the monster away from the opera house."

"Yeah, Ned, I know." Peter said in an obvious tone. Betty comes up to Ned with her Opera glasses to her face looking at the two boys. Before leaving the Opera, he holds onto a column and looks back toward Ned, Betty, MJ and Kyungsoo. The Opera 'The Devil's Wall' by Bedřich Smetana begins. Brad stands up and looks back at Peter. The red curtains of the theatre rise. Brad lifts the middle finger at Peter and sits right next to MJ, Kyungsoo spots Brad and turns around to see Peter looking at him as he's about to leave. The seated boy turns and thwacks Brad's hand down and turns to check on Peter but he is no longer there. Peter felt angry and was tempted to go into the theatre again but Fury's voice is loud over the comms commanding him to get into position. MJ realises that Peter left and as Brad sits she gets up to leave, a Kyungsoo following. Betty is successfully convincing Ned to leave to go to the carnival, believing the two ditchers were going there themselves. Despite knowing what is actually happening, Ned agrees.

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"All right. I'm in position. Uh... As soon as I see something, Beck, I'll uh... I'll let you know."

"Roger that." Beck responds immediately.

Nick Fury's voice can be heard over the intercoms, "How's the suit Parker?"

Peter responds honestly, "Uh the suit's great. It's awesome. It's a little tight around the old web-shooter."

"Parker!"

"Okay! I'll shut up." The whole interaction reminding him of Berlin and Stark.

On the ground underneath Peter, Ned and Betty head towards a well lit up ferris wheel to give a go at the romantic scenes in films. Not too far stood MJ, covered by the large and bright carousel. Kyungsoo was walking around with meaning once he discovered Peter was not in their shared room like he hoped, his Spiderman theories becoming more factual than conspiracy. Worried that the kid was out there getting hurt, if he was Spiderman like he was slowly figuring out. He was coming up to the area where Ned, Betty and MJ snuck off to, little to none knowledge of Peter lurking on the roofs watching for a huge threat to the people on the ground.

"We have seismic activity." Hill reports from the makeshift SHIELD base.

The cement ground begins breaking underneath the feet of the pedestrians, revealing deadly magma flowing underneath. The lava flows out and moves up a statue and wraps around it. MJ and other people begin running away, Kyungsoo yet to clock what is happening stays still staring up at the forming beast. Yelling can be heard in the crowd. The statue explodes revealing the Fire Elemental threat. It roars aggressively.

Kyungsoo starts see the actual immensity of the threat in front him, he feels useless, believing his abilities can do shit all in this situation unless the beast is upset over his dying rose bush. Which is highly unlikely. He takes tentative steps back, trying to not drag attention to himself. His eyes lifting to a figure in all black sitting on the roof looking alert. "Huh, that guy seems occupied in that tight suit." Kyungsoo thought now would be the wrong time to compliment the guy's, potentially Parker's, arse. He still doesn't leave like the rest of the fleeing public, being a teen his adrenaline kicks in thinking he should stay and watch the battle commence.

"Hi Jae, can't talk right now, um something totally normal is happening! The Opera yes." Kyungsoo's brother decided now would be the best time to check on his younger brother.

"Is that screaming Soo? You better not be doing anything stupid, you know nothing about those abilities so just go back to the hotel room, I've seen the news Kyungsoo! Just get the fuck away from it or I swear to God I'll beat your coffin." Kyungsoo could hear the anger yet absolute fear in his brother's voice.

"I won't die Jae, I promise you can beat me alive. It's just a big magma looking thing, can bring it a pretty flower and maybe he will chill out."

"You said death wasn't an option but you are really sounding like death is the only option, and I will be the one to kill you."

"There's that fishbowl guy and I think Spiderman is here? I'll stay hidden trust me."

"No. You leave."

"Sorry can't hear you hyung, this tunnel is really long. Looks like I'll end the call." Before Jae released his banshee like screams Kyungsoo placed his phone in his pocket and turning down a dark thin alleyway, out of site and hopefully out of any of harms way.

"Okay, he's here! Beck, are you ready? You know what to do."

"On your lead, Spider-Man."

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