A/N: Hello Muggles, Hollanders, Spider… people, whatever you call yourself!

This is my first time writing for this fandom so bare with me, please. Since this story is set in the MCU, this will be the Tom Holland Spider-Man. Also MJ, Ned, Flash etc. are all based off their Homecoming counterparts. Also just incase (for some reason, unbeknownst to man) you didn't read the Summary, this fanfic will be set post Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Jade (my OC) is kind of based off one of my best friends (personality wise) and there are specific reasons I called her Jade and not Y/N, but in all fairness you can just insert your name when you see Jade, it doesn't bother me. Also everything's going to be in Australian spelling just to clarify.

IMPORTANT! - Peter, Ned, MJ, Jade and Aurora (you'll find out who she is later on) are still sophomore's and they're all 15. Liz is 18 and she's still a senior. Sorry just had to clarify that so there's no confusion.

This first chapter is mainly just an introduction to the villains and plot of the story so there won't be too much of Peter or Jade for a while. BTW's it's also going to be take a while to get into the thick of the plot (and the romance), so I'll try and get chapters out ASAP.

Rated T for mild violence and swearing.

Enjoy! ;D

SkyD12

The Huntsmen's Prey

Chapter One: Birds of the Feather Flock Together

Date: 2 October, 2017

Time: 15:42

Location: Prison (A/N: I have no idea where this prison is so…)

POV: Adrian Toomes

"And I heard a rumour… you know who he is." Mac Gargan gave me an intense stare, as if looking at me hard enough would reveal the bastard in the red tights' weak, yet well-guarded identity.

I stared at him for a second longer and smirked, "If I knew who he was… he'd already be dead." Mac didn't look convinced, but he nodded and I gave him a smug look.

"Toomes! Your family's here!" A guard called out. I brushed past Mac and held my head high and continued down the corridor. As I neared the guard, he grabbed my arm in a surprisingly tight grip. I gave the guard a sideways glance, raising my eyebrows. He gave me a slight shrug.

"Sorry, Toomes. It's protocol. Unless you'd prefer to be cuffed?" I shook my head. We turned several corners and then came into a large white room. Several swivelly chairs were stationed in front of soundproof glass panels. Phones were set up on both sides of the glass.

"You have 10 minutes." The guard nodded toward one of the chairs.

At the station the guard pointed to, there Liz sat, holding the phone tightly in her hand. Her knuckles were white and her beautiful dark eyes were bloodshot. Anger coursed through my veins. My poor girl was suffering because of Peter's actions. I rushed over to the chair and held the phone to my ear. Her words came pouring out so fast, it was hard to understand her.

"Dad, why did you do this? Why didn't you tell us? Do you not trust us? Do you not love me anymore?" I held up a hand to slow Liz's torrent of questions.

"Sweet-heart, I had to provide for my family, for you. Please don't be angry at me,' I kept my words soothing and calm. I needed to tell her the truth about this whole mess, 'Liz, I did all that, to help you, I promise. I never used any of the money for what I wanted." If she could only understand why I was going to spend the rest of my life in prison, then it wouldn't be so bad.

"Couldn't you have found another job?" She asked quietly.

I was stumped, why didn't I find another job? It wasn't like there weren't plenty of other jobs around New York that were within the law. "I guess the other jobs… didn't pay as much. The world, it's changing Liz, and we've got to change with it and if that means getting more money than… argh, like I keep saying gumdrop, I only wanted to be able to provide you with the best opportunities the world can give you. Stealing those things, it was the only way. Please, you have to believe me." Liz looked skeptical, I felt my heart clench, she wasn't going to forgive me anytime soon.

"Dad, who caught you?" I tensed. Surely it had been all over the news. Maybe Stark wanted to keep my whole arrest quiet.

"Spider-Man." I replied in disgust. Liz's jaw dropped, obviously it hadn't been on the news. "He had made several attempts to arrest me, it was only a matter of time before he succeeded. I even told him why I was doing it, just to make him think whether he was doing the right thing. He even knew that I had a family. I went pretty easy on him too. I didn't really want to hurt they guy, until after he had arrested me." I decided to leave out the part about how I dropped a building on the kid.

"B-but, surely he would've understood then!"

"Oh he understood, but he still arrested me, because what I was doing was 'wrong'." I couldn't help but smile as I saw Liz's face show clear signs of anger.

"You were trying to provide and protect us! What so wrong about that?" Liz yelled. I smiled in satisfaction.

"Yes, what is wrong with that?" I repeated Liz's question. I didn't expect her to actually answer it.

"Well, you did steal from SI." I mentally face palmed. The girl was contradicting herself!

"So have you forgiven me?" She shrugged. I took that as a no.

"I mean I know your motives were right, but surely you could've gotten a job that could pay just as much as stealing did. What happened to, 'Crime doesn't pay'." I smiled, Liz was so naive.

"Darling, I was making thousands daily. There ain't no job that I would be allowed into that pays that much anywhere. Unless of course you own a business like Stark Industries." She looked at me and sighed. My little girl could be an excellent asset to destroying the web-slinger, if only she could agree in my views on the law. I decided to go from a different angle.

"You know gumdrop, I just so happen to know who our little spider friend is." I gave Liz a smug look, she looked at me curiously.

"Who?" This was going to be hard. These conversations were clearly being monitored I couldn't just reveal Peter's identity for the whole world to know. I wanted to be the one to have revenge.

"Your runaway Homecoming friend." It took a minute or two for her to understand and then the realisation hit her like a truck. Her reaction was priceless. She looked almost like a fish out of water, struggling to find words. It was clear she was conflicted, she had loved him, it didn't take a genius to figure that one out. And I knew that Peter kept disappearing constantly to take care of certain situations, leaving Liz all confused. She would have definitely been mad at him for that. I couldn't help but think that this would be the final straw.

"P-" She stopped herself just in time, realising what I had, about the whole monitoring thing. "He's Spider-Man? B-But, but… but how?"

"That's a question I can't answer." Liz huffed angrily and I laughed.

"I mean I literally can't tell you! I have no idea how he became Spider-Man, I just know he is Spider-Man."

"How did you figure it out?" Now that was a question I could answer.

"When I was driving you two to Homecoming." I answered simply, her eyes widened.

"Is that what you were talking about in the car?" Liz asked. I nodded and she sat there deep in thought. Soon she looked up and asked.

"Is there any way I can get you out, Dad?" Finally. I opened my mouth to reply but then she added, "Legally?" So she still wanted to be on the right side of the law. I couldn't help but feel so proud of Liz; she wanted to help me by doing the right thing. But if this was going to work, she was going to have to step out of her comfort zone.

"Gumdrop, it's nearly been ten minutes and I have to talk to your mother, okay?"

"But…" Liz protested, crestfallen. She had clearly realised I had avoided her question.

"We'll talk soon, I promise." Liz nodded, reluctantly. I knew she knew that that 'soon' would be 'in several weeks'.

As Liz got up, Doris came hurriedly and asked, "Have you convinced her yet?" I sighed, Doris had forgiven me the moment she found out, no idea why. No explanation needed, and ever since then we had begun to plot my escape. There hadn't been much scheming since it was nearly impossible for her to contact me while I had been in custody, but she had managed.

"No, unfortunately not." Doris looked exasperated. "I told her why, but she doesn't want to do anything outside the law, I tried. " I shook my head and I looked back at Doris. "I guess it's all up to you, now. You have to convince her." I thought about how the police were probably monitoring our conversation and added. "Because I don't want her doing anything wrong in her anger." I widened my eyes so Doris got the message. She nodded, understanding what I was implying.

"Are you sure you want us to move?" Doris looked doubtfully at Liz who was waiting patiently by the door clearly on the verge of tears. And who could blame her? She had just found out that Spider-Man, her idol and ultimate crush, had arrested her own Father and Peter Parker her best friend, was Spider-Man.

"Yes, only for the trial. I-I don't want Liz to be around to see it." I said shamefully. Liz had suffered enough, she didn't need to see me get sentenced to jail. I may have only been stealing but I had been doing it for eight years, no way was I going to get out of having a life sentence. "Also there's a couple of things I want you to pick up while in Oregon."

"Okay,' Doris winked, 'but she'll be heading back to Midtown right after. We need her in a close vicinity to Peter." As Doris schemed I heard the guard say, 'One minute!".

"Look, do you think we should put Liz in such danger? I don't want her to get hur-"

"Adrian! She's eighteen! Liz can handle herself. Now, more pressing matters, where's the you-know-what?" I sighed, as much as I wanted revenge, I couldn't stand it if my little girl got hurt.

"Where I left it." That was basically code for, Liz's suit is hidden in the old warehouse. I had been working on a suit for Liz, so that one day she may be able to take over the family business, as well as doing whatever else she wanted. Sort of a, high society member by day and alien tech raider by night. I had never finished it because of my arrest, but knowing how smart Liz was I was certain she could complete it. But she wasn't about to complete anything that could get her into serious trouble and most of the parts that I needed to complete it, were only sold in Oregon. Sold by an old friend of mine, Robert Hunter.

"Okay Toomes, you're done!" The guard came over and I stood up, looking back at Doris and Liz. As I walked back through the corridor, I couldn't help the smirk on my face. Everything so far had been running smoothly. Doris and I hadn't had much of a plan, but we sure as heck had schemed for revenge against Spider-Man. Communicating had been the hardest part after the arrest, just quick coded phone calls and snatches of conversation, but we've managed so far. We just need dear Liz to comply, she needed to understand how the world works. She needed to know that unless she could magically pull out a truckload of money, I wouldn't be able to escape prison.

I was led to my cell and stared around at the grubby walls. The metal bars looked so strong and at the same time there was rust all over them. A pathetic looking mattress was suspended on a metal frame, a thin blanket and a disgusting moth-eaten pillow lay at the end of the bed. I scrunched up my nose, there was a disgusting stench emanating from the cell. I couldn't believe I was probably going to spend the next few months in this junk heap. But none of this revolted me as much as the man that was sitting on the opposite, just as grubby, bed.

"I knew we were at the same Summer Camp, but roommates? Isn't this the best Adrian?" Mac gave me a very fake smile. He nodded at the guard who, looking slightly nervous, closed the cell and walked off. "Now, why don't you tell me who our little Spider is… and maybe, just maybe, I won't kill you, right here, on the spot."

Date: 2 October, 2017

Time: 19:49

Location: (Travelling) Prison - New York Airport

POV: Elizabeth "Liz" Toomes

We began to drive to the airport, our belongings packed into the boot, New York blurring past. I couldn't believe it, Peter was Spider-Man. I could feel tears on my face, but I didn't care. 'Let them fall' I thought bitterly. Why? Why did Peter have to be Spider-Man? I couldn't be angry at Peter, but he was the one who caused this mess! Peter, of all people. I remember the way he looked at me, when we last saw each other. The only emotion I could see on his face was guilt. He had actually felt guilty. Back then I thought it was because he had abandoned me during Homecoming, now I know different. Now I know Peter looked guilty because he put my Father in prison. The very thought, stung me.

How? Why? I didn't know how to feel. Should I be angry with Peter or Dad? Who is to blame? Is revenge even necessary? More tears fell down my cheeks and I could only hope that Mum hadn't noticed. She had.

"Liz, sweetie. I know it's hard to except what Spider-Man did, he clearly thought he was doing the right thing." I stared at Mum surprised, she knew that Spider-Man arrested Dad? "But you have to face the facts; Spider-Man's landed your Father in jail, because he was too focused on doing the right thing than helping out a struggling family. Afterall your Dad did do all those things for you."

I couldn't help but feel a whole heap of guilt at these words. Was it my fault that Dad was now facing a lifetime of prison? Was it my fault I would never be able to embrace him again? Dad disobeyed the law, did everything he did, for me, to help me, to give me the best future. Oh, why did I feel proud at these thoughts? By now I was full-on crying, but I had forgotten how to care.

"Look we're moving to Oregon, but that's only for a couple weeks." My head snapped up at these words. Were we going to be moving somewhere else again. "We'll be moving back here, soon after your Father's trial. We'll be staying in a motel, that's why your bags aren't 100% packed. You'll be returning to Midtown Tech soon enough."

I was shocked. Why, were we making such a big move to Oregon, if we were just going to come back? I had said goodbye to everyone and they all thought I was never returning. I looked at Mum, a confused expression on my face. That's when I realised something was off. What was the real reason we were going to Oregon? Did Dad really want us to move, just because of his trial? A nasty feeling settled in my stomach. Was it something illegal? There was definitely something going on here. I wiped the tears off my face and looked bravely at Mum, hoping against hope she wouldn't get angry at me for asking this.

"M-Mum?"

"Yes, darling?"

"I-Is th-there,' Gosh, this was going to sound rude, '...is there something you're not telling me?" Mum looked at me with a stern expression. I recoiled, expecting a lecture on 'questioning your parents', but she just laughed.

"You're so smart, Lizzy. I'll explain everything later, but first I want to ask you a question. How much do you want your Father out of prison?" If I wasn't confused before I certainly was now.

"Um, a lot I guess.' It took me a while before I realised what I had just said, 'I mean, I want him out, 100%. But…"

"But?"

"We don't have enough money to bail him out and…" Mum gave me a meaningful look and my eyes widened as I realised what she was silently suggesting.

"We are NOT going to break the law!" I yelled. "Did you know what Dad was doing? Did you know that he was a criminal? Do you know that-that Peter is-is, that Peter…?" I tried to find the right words, tears of anger were now on my face, instead of tears of sadness.

"Darling, I do know that Peter is the Spider-Man. But I didn't know what… what your Dad was doing. I guess, I just understood where he was coming from. No questions needed. Your Father was trying to help us. His heart was in the right place he just…" Mum began to stutter, trying to find the right words as well.

"He just didn't do it right." I provided.

"Exactly. The only way we'll be getting your Father out is well… doing it illegally I guess." I looked at Mum horrified.

"Mum! We can't do that! I'm sorry, but… I don't want to end up in….in prison." Out of the corner of my eyes I saw Mum's face. There were silent tears falling down her face and even more guilt built up inside of me. And I realised what my Mother was saying. She wanted Dad free so badly she was prepared to break the law and risk her own freedom in order to do so.

"You-you really want Dad out… that bad." I said. It wasn't a question but it wasn't quite a statement. She nodded.

"I hate what your Father did Liz, I really do. But, I could never dream of coming up with the money to bail him out of prison. I know there's the trial still, but we both know that there's no way he could protest against what he did, there's just far too much evidence. That's why we need to do this. After we help him escape, you can live your life however you want darling. We'll go into hiding and you can say you have no idea where we are."

I sighed. It was a crappy plan, but I guess that's why I needed to help. Mum was going to get herself caught if she tried anything, besides, I couldn't help but feel excited. It was awful that I was feeling this way, but I can hardly help that, it was natural I guess.

"What's the plan?"

Date: 9 October, 2017

Time: 9:20

Location: Midtown School of Science and Technology

POV: Peter Benjamin Parker

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. I was so late! I ran as fast as I could down the corridors, luckily with enhanced speed the fastest I could go was pretty damn fast. I skidded to a halt, outside of my Physics classroom and slowly opened the door. I poked my head into the classroom and stepped into the lesson that was already in full-swing. I cringed as the door slammed when I tried to shut it quietly. My Physics teacher, Ms Warren, turned around and sighed.

"Ah, Mr Parker. So nice of you to finally join us." I shuffled into the class sheepishly, Ms Warren gave me the meanest glare I'd ever seen her give. "Have a good reason you decided to be twenty minutes late, Peter?" I looked at my feet. Sure, I had great reason.

"I was stopping a bank robbery and fought armed criminals and one of them stabbed me in the calf." I mumbled, so that no one else would hear. Even if they did, they wouldn't believe me.

"Excuse me Peter?"

"I said I locked myself in the bathroom and to get out, I… er… wedged my ruler in the door which… broke it in half…?" 'Really Parker? Locked yourself in the bathroom and you used a ruler to get out! Sure, no one's going to question why you had a frickin' ruler in the toilet! Everyone's going to believe that story.' Flash smirked and a couple of the other students nudged each other and giggled. I felt my face heat up as I gave the teacher what I hoped was an apologetic look and sat down next to Ned.

"Anyway, as I was saying. Vibranium is the strongest metal on Earth. Found in Wakanda it's properties…" Ms Warren continued to drawl on and I eventually tuned out and began to massage my bandaged leg. I hadn't had much time to treat it, so a quick trip to the sick bay and a couple of bandages was all I could come up with. I knew it wasn't a deep wound and I also knew if I tried to get any actual help for the injury, there would be a lot of questions. Of course Aunt May now knew my secret, so maybe I could ask if...

"So do I need to lend you my ruler?" My thoughts were interrupted as Ned leaned over and whispered to me. Oh, yeah, speaking of which, Ms Warren clearly wasn't going to believe my story so may as well get some proof for it.

I got out my ruler and snapped it in half, doing my best to muffle the noise. I leant over to Ned and muttered, "Now you do." Showing him the two halves.

"Wait. So you did lock yourself in the bathroom?" Maybe my story was pretty believable, to people like my best friend anyway.

"No Ned."

"Then why is your ruler…?"

"Ned, I need to have evidence to back up my story don't I? Don't want anyone to find out where I really was." I nudged him and gave him a look. He clearly didn't get the memo.

"So you didn't lock yourself in the bathroom." I face palmed. Who would think that being a vigilante meant you would have to come up with insane stories that nobody would believe, but you still had to back them up with stupid evidence anyway, because you were too dumb to think of a saner and less ridiculous reason to be late to school.

"No Ned, I didn't…"

At that moment the door burst open. I whipped my head around and saw a girl, with raven black hair and deep blue eyes standing in the doorway panting. I had never seen this girl before and exchanged a glance with Ned who shrugged.

"S-sorry… Ms Warren. S-see I had n-no idea where the Physics class…huh… room was and I didn't know anybody and my friend had gone to her class and I've been running around the hallways for ages, until I found this map in my bag… I was panicked so I forgot it was there…" Ms Warren held up her hand to stop the girl's long and elaborate explanation and gestured for her to come in and sit down. Okay, sure, she gets let off for being late but I have to give a ridiculous explanation as to why I was late and get humiliated. Sure, that's totally fair.

"It's okay Miss Hunter. I understand that being new can be difficult. But in future, don't burst into a room if you're late. Okay?" The girl nodded and sat down next to MJ who, surprisingly smiled at the new girl and whispered something in the girl's ear. I couldn't help but feel like it had something to do with me because the girl looked at me and back at MJ, looking like she was about to laugh. She then whispered something back and MJ nodded.

"Ahem." Ms Warren cleared her voice to get everyone's attention. The constant undercurrent of talking came to a halt as Ms Warren indicated to the Hunter girl. "Everyone, I would like you to meet, Jade Hunter. She will be joining your class and I hope you all make her feel welcome."

A/N: Aaaaand done! Okay so I need to clarify some things that are now relevant to the story in the aftermath of this chapter.

Liz was reluctant to help her Dad to escape because of course the only way her family was suggesting was illegal. I've read a couple of Fanfictions like this where a good character just immediately becomes a villain without hesitation. We're talking about frikin' Liz for Pete's sake (Haha, see what I did there?)! The nicest, funniest girl in the school? She isn't about to go all evil… at least not… immediately.

So yes, Liz will eventually go all out with her villainy but that's a long way off.

You may have noticed Adrian was bit nicer than he was in the movie, that's only because he was interacting mostly with his family and I always viewed him as a big family man. After all it's true, he did do the whole Vulture charade to get money for his family. You also may be wondering who Mac Gargan is. In the comics he's the super villain Scorpion. The only reason I think he's Mac is because if you noticed the dude has a Scorpion tattoo on his neck. Easter egg much? So I just decided to make him Mac Gargan. (Also his name's on the cast list).

And finally Doris. So there wasn't much of her in Homecoming so I just thought, why not make her a little villainous. So yeah, that's why she was a bit evil we just didn't know enough about her character to make proper assumptions.

I promise there will be a lot more of Jade and Peter next chapter. I just like dedicating the first chapter to the villains and give them a bit of backstory before the whole fanfic starts.

Until next time,

SkyD12 Out!