The cannon muzzle at the ship's bow lit up.
Chen Mo and Peter were still hanging from Avengers Tower's outer wall. The repair arms had only just secured the pressure relief ring when white light illuminated the clouds overhead.
"Clear the roof!"
Tony's voice burst into their earpieces.
They both released their webs. A dozen armor panels flipped up along the tower's outer wall, and the mechanical arms pulled the pressure relief ring inward.
The ship's cannon fired down.
Six layers of energy shields rose from the roof. The outermost two shattered on contact. The white light pressed the remaining shields downward, shaking the entire tower.
Chen Mo smashed through the laboratory window and rolled under a workbench with Peter.
"Forty-eight hours early, just to get hit by something bigger?"
He braced himself against the edge of the bench and climbed up.
"Can I get a refund for the difference on this rollback service?"
Tony controlled the shields with one hand while pulling the data module left over from the previous round out of the isolated computer with the other. A string of code was written onto a chip, and a mechanical arm immediately fastened it to Chen Mo's chest.
"Next time you come back, find a networked device and plug this in. It'll bypass Stark Industries' permissions, deliver the data to me, then send an independent suit of armor to find you."
Peter had just crawled out from under the bench.
"No offense, but isn't planning for next time already a little too pessimistic?"
Tony snapped his fingers.
Two metal cases sprang out of the wall.
Nanotech armor crawled over Peter's Spider-Suit and covered the tears in Chen Mo's suit. Four mechanical Spider Legs spread from each of their backs. On Chen Mo's first activation, his nearly shoved Peter