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The only word Matt could think of was run.

Which was helpful since he was, y'know, running for his life from Kingpin and a titan. He wished he could say that he knew the other guy was a titan because his enhanced hearing told him that he wasn't lying- it would have been the believable explanation. The real reason was because Percy had instilled a healthy fear of titans into him by heavily describing their scent as Mango Habanero Squeeze- whatever the fuck that was- and Matt had thought he was joking until he got a whiff of the dude standing next to Kingpin.

Honestly, the only descriptor Matt could come up with was Mango Habanero Squeeze.

Needless to say, Daredevil booked it in the other direction before the titan could even say his name- which probably would have been helpful for something but Matt feared the Mango Habanero Squeeze.

Back to the present, Matt had been running for a good fifteen minutes and he was tired. The only reason why he hadn't fallen to the ground in defeat was because Deadpool kept quietly murmuring obscure things in his com unit and the spicy smell was getting stronger. Percy also had told him a long time ago that if he died, he would bring him back to life just to murder him with a sub sandwich and to this day he still has yet to tell Matt how he would accomplish said task.

"YOINK!"

Before Matt could question who managed to yell "yoink" aggressively, the vigilante found himself hoisted into the air and flung into a pair of arms. During the few seconds it took to reorient himself, he discovered that Deadpool and Venom had finally caught up to him and that the two were undoubtedly getting arrested once everything was over and done with.

"Did you hijack a fire truck?!"

"No. Yes. Maybe. In my defense, they left the keys in the ignition." Deadpool stated as he calmly instructed Venom to run over a group of HYDRA agents that he saw. He clucked his tongue in annoyance when they managed to jump out of the way. "Why does the titan look like that?"

"I don't fucking know, I'm blind. Why did you steal a fire truck?"

"It cleared the roads! We even had a police escort!"

"Okay but-" Matt paused. "...Where's the police?"

Deadpool projected as much cheer as he could in his voice. "I said we had a police escort."

There was a moment of silence.

"That's it, I'm calling Percy."

"NO!"

Before the two could squabble more, there was an ominous "thoomp" sound before the front tires of the fire truck exploded and the vehicle went flipping forward. Venom, free from having to drive the truck now that it was on fire, proceeded to grab Matt and Wade before leaping out of the vehicle and into the sandy grass near a beach.

"Did we ever find out where Percy was?" Matt asked. "Oh," He continued with because Wade had broken his neck in the tumble. He waited a moment before he repeated himself.

Wade shrugged, rolling his neck and shoulders as he got up. "Nope but I'm sure it's fine."

The vigilante and anti-hero were doing a good job at ignoring Kingpin, who was beginning to turn red in anger at the slight. The titan looked more fascinated with watching Venom eat a chunk of grass and Eddie standing next to the symbiote, chiding them like a wronged housewife.

"Why do you look like that?" Deadpool demanded as he looked at the titan, who blinked at him like a cat.

"What does he look like?" Matt wondered, curious as to why Wade seemed disturbed.

"Enough chatter!" Kingpin roared, cutting Wade off when he was about to answer. "I will have you all destroyed!"

Matt snorted. "There's only two of you."

The titan tilted his head. "Does Deadpool count as a person?"

"A valid question." Wade said. "Why do you look like that?"

Before the titan could answer- and, really, Matt wanted the interruptions to stop because what did the guy look like?!- the trio had to dodge a flurry of gun fire thanks to a flood of HYDRA agents that came out of a nearby warehouse.

Wait.

Warehouse.

"Nice of you to finally show up." Cable said as he cleared a path for himself through the agents with his own gun. "Jackson's inside with the kids."

"Is he mad?" Venom asked once he spat out the grass.

"He cycled back to calm."

"Oh, shit."

"Hey, wait." Deadpool turned to Matt, ignoring the fact that his body was riddled with bullet holes. "Where's Domino? I thought I sent her with you?"

Matt shrugged. "I told her to run away when Kingpin started chasing me and she just shot finger guns at me and disappeared."

"How do you know she did finger guns?"

"It has a distinct sound."

"Huh."

There was the sound of a roaring engine and Deadpool and Venom watched as HYDRA agents went flying like bowling pins as a 1969 Dodge Charger slammed into them.

"Is that guy's head on fire?" Cable asked as he watched the driver exit the vehicle.

Wade sighed with relief. "Oh, good, you see it too."

"That's the Ghost Rider." Venom informed the two.

"Why do you know who he is?"

"I just do."

Luke got out of the passenger side of the vehicle, a slightly manic grin on his face. "What'd I miss?"

Matt, Wade, Venom, and Cable looked at the HYDRA agents lying around, Kingpin fuming a hundred feet away, and the fire truck on fire. "Not much, honestly. We just got here."

"So, are we just ignoring them?" He gestured to the two villains.

Wade shrugged. "I was hoping this was one of those Ignore-It-and-It-Will-Go-Away type of situations."

"And how's that working out for you?"

The anti-hero looked down at the holes in his suit. "Not that well." He looked at Ghost Rider. "So... Slummin' it with the peasants?"

The spirit of vengeance gave an unsettling grin. "Something like that."

"Oh, gods, you talk. I thought you just did a chattering noise."

"Chattering?"

"Yeah, sort of like t-t-t-t-t-t-"

"That sounds stupid."

Matt ignored the two as he focused his senses back on Kingpin and the titan. The human of the two seemed a bit weary with the appearance of Ghost Rider but managed to hide it from his voice as he shouted obscenities and sent more HYDRA agents to get mowed down. The titan had yet to say anything more after his brief question aimed at Wade but he didn't seem fazed by any of the new arrivals. In fact, he seemed to be looking for someone and Matt would be one whole sub sandwich that it was Percy.

"He seems all bark." Cable observed as Kingpin sent another wave of Nazis at them.

"He tried to strangle me once."

"Huh."

"Yeah." The two stood there in silence and it was only a bit awkward. "Do you think he's not outright attacking because he's waiting on Jackson?"

Cable nodded. "It seems like a stupid reason so I think that's what he's doing." There was another pause. "Why does the titan look like that?"

Matt threw his hands in the air. "What does he look like?!"

"He looks like-"

"Luke?" Percy interrupted as he finally stepped onto the battlefield.

Everything seemed to come to a standstill as the titan turned and gave the demigod a soft smile.

"Hello, Percy."

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