Summary: What happens when a simple patrol around the city leads to a discovery he can't believe?

Chapter: Findings

Peter had just heard a call in to the police on his home radio. The police were screaming something about a dangerous villain attacking the largest bank in Manhattan. Peter never heard them sound so alarmed before, so he dressed up quickly and jumped out the window to his small room.

He landed on the pinnacle of a tall building and looked down at the bank being attacked. Police officers were running out and around, screaming orders. He slung half way down the building and landed on a window seal. He could hear the police men now. "Get whatever weapons you can! Take this...this thing down now!" he ordered three men, who hurried to the make of a squad car. The charged large laser like weapons and attached little grenades. Spider-man's curiosity perked. Now why would they need those? He only saw them use those weapons a few times, against the biggest of foes. He jumped as far as he could toward the bank and shot his webs at a ledge. Swinging, he crashed through the window and swung up so he could be up on the roof, looking down.

Below him, was one single person. Whoever it was, they were tall and in all black. He could see the fur and dog ears on their suit. A puppy villain? He chuckled and dropped down from the roof. He landed with a thud and laughed at the villain's suit up close. "Did someone forget to walk the dog?" the person snarled and he could see real life fangs. "Wow, down dog, down!" he laughed when it lunged forward to tear at his stomach. He hung over the dog on his web and turned his head. "What happened, did you lose your owner, little guy?" he sensed something behind him, but before he could move, something struck his back and he went flying into the wall. He opened his eyes to see someone dressed in a all black panther suit. What is this? Did animal wear get popular among villains again? he got up and stretched. Wow, was that a punch!
The panther suited man glared at the dog.

"Don't let him get to you, Fáelán."

Fáelán? Spider-man shrugged. "Yes, Fáelán, don't listen to Spider-man," and then he jumped toward them and threw his webs at the panther's face, blocking his eyes. Jumping behind him, he kicked his back and threw another cob of web, but at Fáelán. It hit...but Fáelán tore it away and charged toward Spider-man and struck his chest. Before he could react and move, Fáelán grabbed Spider-man and pushed him against the wall. Fáelán snarled at him again and was about to slash at his face, when he held a hand up. "Wow, wow Fáelán!" it paused. "I think we got off on the wrong foot..." the wolf villain lowered him a bit. Spider-man smiled and then smacked its hands away and launched his foot into its chest as hard as he could. "And that's," he pushed and then jumped up above Fáelán. "Is called acting...or fooling!" he hung onto the wall and watched Fáelán stand back up, quickly. He's not hurt from that? Then he's got something infused in him, but what? Fáelán glared up at him. Well, at least they can't fly...what! Seriously! He jumped toward the roof when Fáelán and Panther started to climb the sides of the wall with their claws. Could I have gotten any other villain? He thought as he stuck his web to the ceiling's lights. He pulled and then broke it free.

Hanging onto the string of web, he twirled it around and around until he got enough speed and then he threw it at Fáelán. The ceiling light smashed into the villain and as a result, caused him to drop from the wall and down on the floor. He groaned. Spider-man paused. That...didn't sound very manly. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Panther drop and run toward Fáelán.

"Fáelán! Are you okay?"

"Y-yea...I think so." Spider-man's eyes went wide. A girl! That thing...that villain is a girl! He remembered Black Cat and decided to search out their lair or at least their identity. He quickly reached inside a pocket of his suit and found a small blinking orb. He spun web all over it and as the two villains got up to run away, he threw it at the back of Fáelán and allowed them to escape the building. We'll just see who you are...

Unfortunately, he lost the remote to the tracker and had to search for it. It wasn't in his room, so he decided to dress for school.

As usual, Flash was there with his friends, waiting by the front door, chatting amongst themselves until Flash saw Peter. "Hey, did you hear about Spider-man?" Peter smiled. Flash always did like Spider-man. "This morning a gang of new villains was holdin' the place up and then Spider-man showed up - scared them off I bet!" Sally elbowed him.

"Aren't you gonna tell him the school news - leave it up to Flash to talk all Spider-man. Did you hear about the new student from California?"

Peter shook his head. "I didn't hear anything about it. Shouldn't they have announced that yesterday?" she nodded.

"Of course, but they didn't and now we all get a day off of course 'cause the misunderstanding. Plus, squeezing her in would cause lots of problems-"

"Her?" asked Harry as he walked up. "The new student is a 'her'? Cool, hope she likes science."

"Far from it, nerd," said Kenny, crossing his arms. Peter crept off before being dragged into the fight. Now school for a new student? That's just weird, that has never happened. As he entered the hall to the school, he saw the small bubble of close football players talking. He snuck up to his locker to put his stuff away for the next day.

"Did you hear about the new girl?"

"Yea, too bad she's-"

"Hey Louie, did you see the way her eyes looked?"

"Yea, pretty weird."

"I wonder who her parents are. Their probably rich, as usual people from California are."

"Humph! Why do we deal with these rich people anyway?" Peter dropped out of their conversation and turned to head down the hall and to the lunch room. Maybe he could see the new girl and those 'weird' eyes of hers. The lunch room was crowded, but he could see a empty circle around once table. He frowned when he saw a girl with long brown hair and fair skin. She was wearing dark brown jeans and a thin beige sweater. Dropped next to her, was a old backpack crammed full of books and school supplies. She was sitting alone and everyone was avoiding her. Why? They were all whispering and looking at her, not even trying to hide it. She was messing her fork around in the peas on her plate. Peter frowned. Someone should sit with her...

He sat by her and smiled. "Hey, mind if I sit here?" she looked up, shocked. Shaking her head, she blushed. "Good..." he sat down and crossed his arms and leaned over the table. "Are you the new girl?" she nodded again. "I'm Peter Parker, who are you?"

"...Emma Bradley." she weakly smiled at him and that's when he noticed her eyes. They were defiantly weird. Purple eyes, with pupils that oddly resembled a dog... She frowned when he started to stare. She immediately looked down. "I know. T-there weird."

"N-not weird...cool." Peter laughed. "I just never saw them before, they are neat though."

"Really?" he nodded and asked if she were hungry. "Y-yea..." his eyes widened.

"Y-yea...I think so." he gripped his hands under the table. The thief...its this girl? She doesn't seem like the type...

"Emma?" she looked up at him. "Are you..." he paused. I can't just ask her if she's Fáelán, because then she'd know I was Spider-man. Hm, how can I make sure of this? "Are you going to be coming to the school all year or are you here for a few days?" she looked down again.

"All year..." a villain hanging around all year? I don't need any more of them. Next time I see her as Fáelán, I'll take her mask off and scare her from the city. When he didn't respond, she arched an eyebrow. "A-are you okay? he nodded.

"Yea - sure am! Look, since school is out-" thanks to you. "I'll be going. Maybe I can catch you tomorrow?" she smiled at him.

"T-that would be nice...bye."

Okay, he thought, sitting the tip of a mall's roof, so Fáelán turned out to be a girl from school. So what, justice is justice. I'll just have to take her down...nicely. He heard explosions and turned his head. Wow, what are the odds they'd strike here? He laughed and launched himself off the mall to fall down toward the street. He shot his web at the next building and swung around and landed on a cop's car. The owner of the car sighed in relief.

"Spider-man! Those thieves, there in the mall!"

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this." and then he jumped off the car and ran inside the mall.

He saw them filling a bag up with jewelery. Okay, de-mask her. De-mask her. He ran toward Fáelán and, with a quick twist of his hand, shot the web at her face. She ducked and turned, growling at Spider-man.

"N-Not you again!" she growled in frustration. "Panther, hurry up!" she sounded confused. "I don't want to fight him alone-"

"I'm hurrying! Jeez!"

"Aw, I'm sorry, did I ruin your fun?" Spider-man asked, shooting another glob of web at her. She caught it and threw it back at him. Wasn't expecting that! The web hit his face and blocked his eyes. Darn, never had this happen before! He was tearing at the web when he felt a kick in the chest and then he was slammed up against the wall again. Oh, not this scene again! He freed himself of the web and glared down into the eyes of Fáelán.

"Look, Fáelán-"

"I'm not falling for that again!" she insisted, smashing him further into the wall. He growled.

"Just listen...I don't want to hurt you or get you caught. Just go home and forget about being a thief!" she frowned and threw him over her head to smash into the floor. He coughed and got up swiftly. She's got super strength...and a lot of it! She ran toward him and ran her fist into his stomach, he coughed. Jeez, who engineered this one? He jumped up and threw a long string of web at her back and then plucked her up off the ground and hurled her at the roof. She hit the ceiling and then fell to the ground. She sat up slowly and rubbed at her head.

"Ouch..." she turned her glare back at Spider-man. "I'll teach you not to do that again!" she howled as Panther finished the last bag. He tied it and then went for the bigger bag to finish its ties. She opened her mouth and howled again. It created a sonic wave and started to shake the building. Panther growled.

"Hurry up, Fáelán! I'm leaving." Spider-man turned and then threw web at his feet.

"Oh no you don't," he jumped in time to avoid another strike from Fáelán and then kicked her in the back. She landed besides Panther, coughing. He quickly spun web all around them and then stood back to admire his work. "Well, its not as good as I couldn't have gotten it." he walked up to them and looked down at Fáelán's face. Only her chin was exposed and from what he could remember of Emma, he knew it was her. "Alright, time to take that mask off." he reached out.

She gasped and then closed her eyes. No!

Whoo...how was that? Did I get Peter/Spider-man on character? I can't believe there won't be a season 3...I guess I'll take a stab at it then! lol

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