Ezekiel was hanging out at Tony's after Tony showed off his new and improved flying car model. All the issues they ran into last time were fixed and Tony even added a bunch of safety features. Stuff he didn't think were necessary for a test model, but were added at the insistence of Pepper. With those features added to the car, Pepper and Morgan joined them for the first official test drive. A test drive that took them halfway around the world in only an hour.
With a henge technique used on the others, they stopped in Italy to eat lunch, even though it was dinner time for everyone else in Italy. Afterwards they returned back to LA and Tony's house within half an hour as Tony tested the car's top speed. As Tony checked over the data from the test drive in the living room. Morgan, who was seated in Pepper's lap, held out her teddy bear to Ezekiel and said, "Zek, make teddy dance!"
"Morgan, that isn't how you ask people to do something." Pepper said in a teaching tone.
Morgan tilted her head to the side for the moment in thought before her eyes lit up and she asked, "Can you please make teddy dance, Zek?"
"Sure, since you asked so nicely." Ezekiel said as he reached over and accepted her teddy bear.
Ezekiel placed the teddy bear face down on the couch as he said, "Since teddy can't dance normally, we need to first help him out and wake him up with some pokes."
Ezekiel poked the teddy bear in a few different places as he said, "Alright, the first step is done, now we just need some proper music to wake up teddy."
Tony glanced over to see what was going on as Ezekiel said, "JARVIS if you would, please."
"Certainly, sir."
A few seconds later a song started playing, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-o!"
"Daaaaaaaaaaay-o! Day light come and me wannn go…" The song played as the teddy bear's butt started to wiggle around.
"Daaay! Me say day, Me say day, Me say day, Me say day, Me say Daaaaaaaay-o! Day light come and me wanna gooo…"
By this point the teddy bear's whole body was wiggling around as Morgan giggled, while Pepper watched on with a faint smile. Tony even stopped what he was doing to watch, since this was the first time he'd ever seen Ezekiel make Morgan's teddy bear dance. As the song carried on the teddy bear slowly got up and started to wiggle its body around before it started to stretch.
Tony frowned slightly at the whole display before he asked, "I thought it was supposed to be dancing? Why does it look like it's stretching?"
"Because he's been laying around too long and needs to stretch first." Ezekiel said with a playful smile as Morgan nodded along.
"But its-" Tony was cut off as Ezekiel winked at him and said, "Everyone knows it's a good idea to stretch before you practice any type of physical activity."
Tony rolled his eyes before he continued to watch as the bear finished its stretching and the song slowly faded away. Just before the next song started, the teddy bear back flipped off the couch and landed on the coffee table in a perfect gymnast pose. A moment later the music started to play as the teddy bear started to dance around.
Morgan started to clap excitedly as the song played, "Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake your body line!"
The teddy bear slowly started to float in the air and dance as the song continued, "Shake, shake, shake, Senora, shake it all the time!"
"Is he really-" Tony asked before Pepper cut him off as she said, "Yes."
"Work, work, work, Senora, work your body line! Work, work, work, Senora, work it all the time!"
As Ezekiel was in the middle of reenacting the ending dance scene from Beetlejuice, his clone was in the process of corrupting Peter. Peter glanced at the pile of kids groaning on the floor with a helpless look on his face. He really didn't want to fight, partly because he didn't think it would help anything and might make things worse. The other reason was he knew just how strong he was and didn't want to hurt anyone.
But when Flash and his friends went to attack him, his body just moved on instinct from all the combat training Theo put him through. He might have been a little rougher than needed, but ninety percent of what just happened was all muscle memory. Theo's clone let on a low whistle as he smacked Peter on the back and said, "Nice job Pete."
Peter rubbed the back of his head as he said, "Yeah… But now we might get in trouble."
A playful smirk played across the clone's face as he said, "Nope… I didn't fight, only you did."
Peter's face paled as he realized what Theo's clone said was right before the door opened and two more of Flash's teammates entered. They paused for only a moment before they both bolted out of the room a second later. Peter's head whipped towards Theo's clone as he asked in concern, "Shouldn't we stop them?"
"Up to you, I'm just along for the ride."
Peter frowned at the comment before he said, "Let's just leave before they come back."
Peter and the clone left the room and headed towards where the cheerleaders practiced. It only took them a minute or so to reach the area and they found Milly off to the side watching the other girls practice. When Peter and Theo's clone arrived she glanced at them before she said, "You better not have been fighting or I'll tell mom."
The clone reached out and rubbed Milly's head as he said, "Look at you fishing for brownie points… Unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, mom isn't gonna lift your restriction any time soon."
Milly clicked her tongue and looked away as Theo's clone chuckled slightly and studied the area. As he glanced around he noticed the two boys who took off early, they were now on the practice field talking with the other members of the football team. Theo's clone watched them for a few moments before he nudged Peter and subtlety motioned towards them. Peter nodded in understanding but did nothing as he turned back his focus to Jean and MJ as they practiced with the other girls.
Over the next minute or so, Theo's clone watched as the rest of the football team started to move as a group. No teachers were in the area and as for the football coach, they passed him and another teacher on the way here. Technically after school activities were over and everyone should be cleaning up or leaving. But from the past few weeks of experience, certain clubs and sports activities always stayed later.
The football team disappeared towards where Flash and his friends were and within five minutes or so reappeared with them. Everyone Peter beat up was near the front of the group, well that wasn't true since Flash was hidden in the middle of the pack. As soon as they reappeared, the group of forty plus students headed directly towards Peter and his group. As they approached, everyone who was still in the practice field paused to see what was going on.
Peter glanced towards Theo's clone as he asked in a worried tone, "This doesn't make sense, why are all of them coming over here?"
The clone's eyes flashed red as he said, "I told you this would be fun."
Peter's eyes widened as he finally realized Theo's clone used some type of genjutsu on everyone to cause this. The clone patted Peter on the back as he said, "Make sure you take off your shirt."
"What?... Why would I do that?"
"Couple reasons, the first is so it doesn't get ruined in the ensuing fight. Second, it will show off your muscles to all the girls watching."
Peter blushed slightly at that comment before he frowned and pushed the clone forward as he said, "No way! You caused this mess, you have to deal with it."
"But I set this all up so you could show off to MJ and Jean. Plus if this doesn't impress them, I'm sure other girls will like it…" The clone said before he pointed to a different area of the practice field as he added, "Look over there, besides the cheerleaders, there is also the track team and I'm pretty sure that's the girls volleyball team."
To his credit Peter did glance towards all the girls that were currently following the football team's movement before he said in an annoyed tone, "I don't care about that… You caused this mess, now go fix it."
Milly nodded in agreement as she added, "Stop trying to get Peter in trouble, it's clear he doesn't want to fight."
"But he already beat up eight of them."
Milly's head snapped towards Peter as she asked in surprise, "What?"
"I didn't mean to… I just defended myself…"
Theo's clone nodded his head as he said with a smirk, "In for a penny, in for a pound."
The football team members were pretty close now and one of them yelled out, "Hey, you punk! You think you can sucker punch the captain and get away with it?"
Peter groaned at how cliche everything was before Theo's clone patted him on the back again and said, "You got this."
Peter grabbed the clone by the arm and pushed him forward as he said, "Since you wanna show off so much, you go handle it."
"No way, I set this up for you, you go handle it."
As they broke out into an argument, Milly stepped away and climbed up on the bleachers nearby as she pulled out her cellphone. She recorded as Peter and Theo's clone were surrounded by the football team while one of the leaders confronted Peter and said, "You like to sucker punch people, huh? Why don't you try that shit on me? Go on, do it, pussy!"
Peter tried to deescalate the situation as he said, "I didn't sucker punch anyone, you guys tried to jump me and I just defended myself."
"Bullshit! A little nerd like you would never be able to touch us." The boy said before he swung at Peter who shifted his head slightly to the side to dodge.
The boy swung again and Peter easily dodged again as he said, "Look, I don't wanna fight you guys. Can you please stop."
"Someone hold him in place, so I can punch this nerd."
Some of the other members attempted to grab Peter but he easily evaded their grasps for a few seconds as he glanced towards Theo's clone and asked, "Are you gonna help stop this or what?"
"You look to be doing fine." The clone said just before someone attempted to punch him in the back of the head.
As the clone dodged to the side, someone else managed to grab his shirt and tear it slightly before he pointed at it and said, "And this is why I said you should take off your shirt."
Peter, who also had his shirt ripped at this point let out a sigh before he blocked an attack because he didn't have room to dodge anymore. As the other members pressed in closer, Peter could no longer dodge and neither could Theo's clone so they finally attacked. Peter's arm connected with someone's stomach first and as they doubled over he grabbed their head and smashed it into his rising knee.
Theo's clone reacted at the same time as his right hand shot out and clipped someone's jaw. As that person dropped like a puppet with its strings cut, his arm retracted and he elbow struck someone else in the nose. Within mere moments six people were down and they had created a tiny bit of space around themselves again.
Theo's clone looked down at his ruined shirt before he clicked his tongue, grabbed it by the collar and ripped it completely off. Since Theo liked to wear slightly baggy loose fitting clothes, it seemed like he was tall and skinny to most people. Sure Theo wasn't overly bulky like the football players around him, but years of consistent training had given him a body absolutely packed with tight, lean muscles.
Everyone around him paused for a single moment while they took in his appearance, as Theo's clone rolled his shoulders a smile played across his face as he asked, "Alright, who's next?"
Peter who was next to him let out a sigh and ripped off his own ruined shirt to expose his own upper body packed with muscles and abs as someone yelled, "Fuck you, everyone get them!"
After that person yelled, it was like a switch was flipped and everyone charged towards them. While Peter didn't have the same amount of training as Theo, with his decently trained spider sense and reflexes, he easily danced around anyone who got close. Theo's clone on the other hand had years of training and real combat experience under his belt.
Compared to Peter who was like a dancer, Theo's clone was an orchestra conductor as he easily controlled everyone around him. Anything he did was calculated for the best possible outcome. Instead of dodging an incoming punch, he would redirect it towards another person instead. An incoming kick would be pushed aside at just the right time to hit someone else.
Within a few minutes the entire freshman football team was on the ground groaning in pain as Peter and Theo's clone stood above them. Besides the noise the football players were making, the rest of the training field was dead quiet as everyone stared in complete shock. The silence was finally broken as Milly excitedly said, "I recorded everything! Just wait till I show this to mom!"
Theo's clone chuckled and shook his head as he said, "Go ahead, it's not like it's my problem anyways."
"I hate you so much right now." Peter mumbled before two concerned voices broke the silence, "Peter!"
Peter glanced up to see Jean and MJ rushing over while Theo's clone whispered, "Looks like they don't even care about me and you won't even dare to ask one of them out, how tragic…"
"Shut up, I really don't like you right now." Peter said in an annoyed tone as they walked through the groaning students.
They both meet the girls and Milly who came down from the bleachers nearby as Jean and MJ stopped to examine Peter. Other girls started to come over as Jean asked, "Are you okay? They didn't hurt you did they?"
MJ nodded in agreement as she asked, "What the hell was that about anyways? Why did they attack you like that?"
Theo's clone tossed his arm over Peter's shoulder as he said, "Apparently some of them thought Peter didn't deserve to even talk with either of you girls and it just escalated from there."
Jean narrowed her eyes slightly for a few moments before she frowned and said, "Flash, that idiot who asked us both out the other day… He's the one who started this whole thing."
"What? Someone asked both of you out?" Peter asked in concern.
MJ nodded before she said, "He asked out Jean first and after she turned him down, he found me and asked-"
"What the hell is going on here?!?"
Everyone turned to see the football coach storming over along with two other teachers in tow and some students. When they reached closer one of the football players sat up, his face was bruised and he had a black eye. He pointed at Peter and the clone as he said with a lisp, "They beat us up!"
The coach frowned as he glanced over the entire team and the two shirtless students before he asked, "You expect me to believe two kids beat up all of you?!?"