Welcome to the S.H.I.E.L.D office, a hub of sleek and advanced design and tech jargon bursting at the seams with activity. As our camera glides through the corridors teeming with busy workers in suits, we are drawn to a central room dominated by a round table.
Seated around it are a group of impeccably suited men, all with extremely focused expressions. In front of them, Nick Fury.
Nick: The Japanese hero, Izuku Midoriya, also known by his hero name, Deku, is becoming too powerful for his own good.
As Nick speaks, a screen rises from the wall, depicting Deku in action.
Nick: His battle against the villain, Nine, leads me to believe that the rate of his growth will pose a great threat to the United States.
The screen now shows Deku standing alongside Dynamight, fists held high together.
Nick: Undercover intel tells us that he's on the loose. Something we can't afford. It's no secret that he has a tendency to push boundaries to in an attempt to have his own way.
The screen switches to a translated headline from a newspaper: "Pro hero Deku has vanished," with a subheading: "UA High is currently looking for any information regarding his location."
Agent Fitz: What is our next move Fury?
Nick: Simple. We can take him away on an extended visit. This is purely to assess whether he poses a threat to the integrity of the United States.
Fury gave a sly smile.
Nick: Leo, get Spiderman on the line.
We cut to the city, where Spiderman is doing what a Spider can, swinging around cleared out, gloomy expanse. The skies were grey and dusty buildings stood still, as if there was no life to begin with. Why so?
Well, the city had been ravaged with a massive spike in crime. At least, apperently. This spike was so big, most feared for their lives, causing a mass evacuation. Despite that, this was the last sighting of Midoriya.
And Spider-Man, was ready to investigate!
Miles: Alright! Rally me those details again, man.
Agent Carl: You are to find, and subdue the lone student, Izuku Midoriya. If he resists? You are to use force.
Miles: Is...he nice?
Agent Carl: Probably. The data from his high school says so at least. But be wary.
Miles: Got it! Leave it to me.
Agent Carl: It's that or America, Spiderman. Good luck.
The call cuts.
Miles: Jeez, I wish I got paid for this.
He lands on a lampost, and focuses again. The radar in his mind doesn't take long. He was near. And he looked incredibly cranky.
Miles: Bingo.
He lands right next to Izuku, resting his shoulder on his broccoli hair. Deku doesn't seem to notice at first. When he does, he screams, jumping back into a fighting stance. Only for his tired, battle-ready eyes to glaze over into excitement.
Deku: Whoa. WAIT. WAIT. ARE YOU... SPIDER-MAN?
Miles: Whoa. I have fans? I-I mean... the one and only chief! Well, now at least.
He gasps in excitement and quickly rushes over, poking and prodding without permission.
Deku: WOW! Your suit really IS like the manual! How's America? Do you still fight Vulture often? Are you really-
Spider-Man: Whoa! Dude. Chill out.
Deku: Ah! Yes, yes. (He starts bowing frantically.) Sorry!
Spider-Man: Well, at least you're in an easy mood. Come on. S.H.I.E.L.D is calling.
Suddenly, the excitement wore off. The Deku stood before him was but as a figure marked by exhaustion, his clothes bearing the damage of countless battles fought and won.
Deku: No. Sorry.
Miles: Why not?
Deku: Normally, I would Spider-Man. I adore you. A lot. But you shouldn't get involved in my troubles.
Miles: Troubles?
Deku: I won't let anyone else get hurt because of me. So please, respect my choice to go it alone for now. It's for everyone's safety.
Miles: Ah! I see! Well uh... I'm sure I could help!
He turns away, and brushes the ground with a bashful kick.
Deku: I'm afraid not. Even if you could, you shouldn't.
He grips his gloves, looking down.
Deku: I have to handle this alone.
Miles sighs. He of all people understands the feeling. That of helplessness. That of isolation. The aching feeling, that no one else understands.
But he had to push. He knows what he was told. And he doesn't want such a kind soul to cause harm to anyone, even himself.
Deku: Their hopes rest on me. I will persevere. Now. Leave me alone, Spiderman.
Miles: But-
Deku: GO!
Miles: Seriously, you have to...
Deku: I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!
His outburst left him taking heavy breaths. But Miles simply shook his head, strolling casually toward him.
Miles: I just care, alright? I don't want you die. Trust me. I can help. Anything you're facing. Anything at all. I. Can. Help.
His breaths are still raspy, though. He starts staring off into space, seemingly dozing off. Typical for those who don't get much sleep. The blurriness abruptly ended as Miles put a reassuring hand on Deku's shoulder, jolting him out of his reverie.
Only for a sudden, piercing pain to shoot through his head. His danger sense kicked in. Miles hand crackles with Venom
Miles: Hey.
BOOM!
FIGHT!
A Blast of electricity levels the ground beneath them. Although, the smoke lasted much longer than it should have.
Miles: Damn, that always worked!
Miles' Spider-Sense kicks in, a few seconds too late, as in the midst of the smoke, Deku's arm emerges.
Deku: Detroit Smash!
He sends Miles off the building, barreling like a ballistic meter as he gasps in pain, before jumping right after him.
The impact of him hurtling into the ground creates a small crater, as he forces himself up, cracking his back as he moans. He quickly ducks an incoming kick, with the wind behind it crashing with a swoosh.
As soon as he stands straight, Miles uppercuts Izuku, sending him skidding back. He fires webs as many times as Deku can fire blasts of pressurised air, only for the two to pant after a while.
Miles: Ok. This is on me. Can we start again?
Deku: So you'll leave me alone?
Miles: No can do.
Deku: Then, sorry.
Deku takes to the air, swi
Miles: Hey! That's my thing!
He slings after him, launching constant Chain Lightning bursts at him, which he deftly dodges. He then turns around and uses Black Whip, a weapon with pinpoint precision, to stab Miles in the side. He then carries him all the way to a building and pins him there. Deku jumps off after landing sideways on a building and stamping upon it to generate energy.
Deku: Take this! Manchester Smash!
He smashes him through the building, into the window of another, where he grabs at his aching ribs.
Miles: This guy packs a punch! Or Kick!
He keeps up the momentum, as He continues to swing around while Midoriya now follows him from behind, flicking some Delaware smashes at him. Miles is almost hit by one and shrieks a little bit with a close call absolutely walloping another building nearby. He continues to dodge them and suddenly vanishes.
Deku: Huh? Where did he-
Suddenly, he appears just inches from his face, winding up. For a second, the nerd in Deku reappeared.
Deku: Cooool!
VENOM PUNCH!
Deku skids on the floor three times and lands in a Jacko-like pose. His danger sense forces him up, but in what direction? His head still wasn't very straight after that punch. The buildings around the evacuated town in all their golden brown glory definitely didn't help. Then, he looked up.
Venom Smash!
The entire area had a multicoloured venom convulsion of an explosion.
Miles: What's your deal anyways? Why'd you have to make this so difficult?
Deku: I just want to do my own thing. I know what's best here.
He slowly walks towards Spider-Man, pointing at him accusingly with every phrase.
Deku: I don't know what's up with you. Or why you won't leave me alone. But I'll never follow you! Ev-
Miles webs his mouth, much to his dismay, as he tries to get it off.
Miles: Where have I heard this before?
With a venom dash, Miles Venom punches him into the air and then shoots a barrage of webs at an increasingly fast pace. The web shots push Deku to a giant web (created by the missed shots) behind him and around him, creating a massive building-sized web. He is fully restrained by Spider-Man's webbings. Soon after, he shoots a load of webbing at once behind him to create a slingshot.
Miles: Hang on. This will only hurt a bit!
Deku watches helplessly as Miles slingshots himself as hard as he can using two buildings. Now he's barrelling towards Midoriya at light speed, foot first.
Rapidly, thoughts fly through Deku's head as he tries to mutter his way to a possible counter. Suddenly, Miles is much too close for comfort, forcing Deku to use pinpoint focus Black Whip yet again. Froppy Style.
This time though, he stabs him straight through the head.
Miles delivers a blood curdling scream as Deku bursts through the ropes with his hair a slight glow.
Deku: Texas Smash! Gearshift!
Thanks to the properties of Gearshift, Deku delivers 5 absolutely nasty Texas Smashes, with the last one even creating a massive whirlwind.
And, it's raining.
Miles at first lies motionless, his suit was now as torn up as Deku's. He checks his pulse. Still beating.
Deku: I have to...do this...alone.
He readies Black Whip to swing away from the fight. Until...
Lightning strikes.
Right on Miles's body. Deku watches as the lightning flows through his veins with shakey eyes.
MEGA VENOM BLAST!
He's is sent flying into the air. Now Miles is covered in a venom coating, like a superform.
Miles: Fury was right. All that strength is being funnelled into the wrong guy!
The storm continues to rain down on the two, as Midoriya stops himself again, mid-air, heaving heavily. The energy around Miles continues to crackle.
Miles: What's the point of being strong if you can't help others, huh? Doing it alone IS what WILL get them hurt!
His expression darkens at this scolding. But he rises up, like he always has.
Deku: I don't...wanna be a burden, for anyone...I just want... To be a hero, who saves people with a smile!
Miles: Too far up your own ass. Sigh.
Miles leaps off the building, taking some glass with him as it reflects the beautiful scene. He flips mid-air and lands with a slam on the marble road, sending orange electric shockwaves of venom towards his opponent. He slightly avoids it. But as soon as he jumps in the air, he shoots a web at Izuku, zipping through the air again, and tagging him with multiple electric blows. Each blow sends volts through Deku's veins faster than he can process the pain.
Deku: WYOMING SMASH!
Screaming, he double axe handles the Spider into the ground yet again, while he recuperates in the air.
Deku: Maybe you are right. Maybe I could get some help. But all it'd do is get more people hurt. And I'll put any amount of effort to stop that from happening!
The air crackles with intensity as Deku goes all out!
Deku: One hundred percent, and beyond! PLUS ULTRA!
Miles: Alright. You made your choice. I won't hold back either.
He stomps a foot into the ground, and stances himself, ready to risk it all.
Miles: But you'll regret this, no matter the outcome.
Mid-air, Deku stops himself, before propelling himself at the speeds of his opponent.
Deku/Miles: And I'll give it everything I've got!
The two clash punches, shattering any remaining glass throughout the City.
But he breaks through.
Deku: United. States. of. SMASH!
Deku delivers a resounding second punch, knocking everything out of the spider. Before delivering one final vibrant kick to the midsection, the impact dwarfing the entire city the entire city.
Deku lands on the ground. His opponent had been kicked into complete nothingness. Vaporised. Obliterated by the force. Exhausted, tears leave his face without permission.
Deku: No. Wait. I- I didn't mean too...
His vision blurs. His legs wobble.
Deku: I- It wasn't meant to...
He is cut off by his own failure. He collapses to the ground, as the rain continues to pour on his unconscious body.
KO!