Despite it only being a week since Gwen Stacy had almost been killed by an alternate version of her former best friend and had mutated into a woman/spider hybrid. For most people, they would consider taking some time off but for her it wasn't an option. Just because she stopped doesn't mean crime had, there were still thugs out there causing a lot of hassle for normal people.

In Gwen's mind if she had stopped she would be breaking the promise that she had made to Peter Parker before he had died. She had used her spider like powers for her own gain but now she used them to help others and she had done many things that she thought that she would never do. She had travelled to different dimensions, fought alongside different versions of her former best friend, been enlarged to around fifteen feet in height and with everything that had happened last week she had experienced more than anyone could ever expect.

On this day Gwen Stacy was in her Spider-Woman costume and standing on clinging to the side of a building. Thanks to her powers she was able to stick to the side of the building with ease. For the moment she had lifted up her mask a little so that her mouth could be seen. This was only so that she could eat the tasty burger that she had been chomping down on for the last couple of minutes.

She had been patrolling for a couple of hours without much incident. She thought that it was going to be a boring but she suddenly began to hear the tell-tale sound of police sirens. This normally meant that something was going down and when she looked towards the ground she could see a car speeding by with around three police cars in hot pursuit behind it. It looked to be a standard car chase but it would mean that she would lose her burger.

Spider-Woman gave a sigh as she webbed the burger on the side of the building and lowered her mask and swung down towards the car. This wasn't her first car chase, nor her second nor even the tenth. She was experienced in them and she knew that she needed to take out the driver and then web up the car. It was something that she had done numerous times and she considered herself an expert in the art.

One thing that Spider-Woman did notice was that the car was travelling at a faster pace than she had expected. This one seemed to be going at the speed of a racing car which didn't think was safe on the streets of New York. She knew that she needed to end it fast before anyone got seriously hurt.

The police cars behind were finding it very difficult to keep up and if the pursuit continued on like this they would likely call it off purely for the safety of everyone around them. Spider-Woman for the moment was keep up but she was having difficulties, each time she tried to jump on top of the car it would just about slip away from her and she would find herself numerous metres behind it again.

This was very annoying for Spider-Woman as she almost fell onto the ground. Even though she had superhuman endurance a fall at that speed would most likely lead to some kind of injury. She could see that there were three men inside of the car and two of them were shooting at her. Thanks to her spider sense she was able to dodge each bullet with some ease, if one of them struck it would be the end of her pursuit.

Inside the car the driver was doing everything that he could to try and get away from his pursuers. He had been practicing for this kind of thing for a while now but even he was panicking a little. He knew that one small mistake would most likely lead to some kind of horrible accident.

"She's still on our tail," said the Thug on the backseat. "I thought that you said that you could outrun her."

"Hey if you want to take over from me then be my guest," replied the Driver. "If not shut your trap and keep shooting." He was constantly overtaking cars and even dodging a couple of pedestrians.

Suddenly he saw what seemed to be a giant foot come down right in front of him. It was clothed in a blue boot and the driver just about drove around it but he began to lose control of the car. Despite his best efforts he couldn't regain control and it looked like it was going to crash at any moment.

Spider-Woman saw what was happening she was just able to catch up to the car. She used her webbing to safely stop it by creating a large web that the car got itself stuck in. It almost seemed like a fly in a spider web. Thankfully no one was hurt but the crooks were incapacitated. The police soon caught up and they began to procedure of arresting the men responsible.

Spider-Woman knew better than to stay around so she quickly swung away landed on top of a relatively small building close by. She did want to grab her burger but she needed a moment to clear her thoughts. She was sure that she had seen a giant boot come down and almost block the getaway car. However the giant boot was all that she had really seen and she had expected to see a giant person attached to the boot. Instead she had seen nothing which made things very odd. She did consider that there was someone who had the power to turn into a giant boot but she thought that this was plain silly. However she had been told that there was one superhero in an alternate reality like her own with the ability of super hindsight. If that was possible she thought that any super power was possible.

Suddenly Spider-Woman heard something from behind her, she quickly turned around but this time her spider sense had not gone off. When she did turn around she found herself looking over the edge of the building and she could see a young woman there with a huge smile on her face.

The woman looked to be Pakistani in origin with long black hair. She wore a blue domino mask with a red and blue dress like top. She did wear appropriate red bottoms with her costume but for the moment Spider-Woman couldn't see her boots. She also seemed to be wearing a large gold bracelet on her right arm. At first it seemed like she was flying but when Spider-Woman looked down from the building she could see that the young woman's legs had been elongated to the point that they touched the ground. They were easily fifty feet above the ground which amazed her and in a manner of speaking also scared her a little.

At first Spider-Woman had thought that she was some kind of threat but thanks since her spider sense had not gone off she knew that the young woman didn't mean her any harm. She looked at her for a few moments and she could still see that the young woman had a huge smile on her face.

"I can't believe that I'm finally meeting you face to face," said the Young Woman. She raised her hand towards Spider-Woman as she wanted to give her a hand shake. "Oh sorry, where are my manners? I'm Ms Marvel." Spider-Woman was still speechless but she did shake her hand. "And you're Spider-Woman."

"Y-Yes I am," replied Spider-Woman. She took a deep breath. "Sorry but I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this. Who exactly are you?"

"Like I said I'm Ms Marvel." She began to climb onto the roof. As she did her near fifty-foot-long legs began to retract. By the time she had successfully climbed onto the roof and standing in front of Spider-Woman she was a few inches shorter than her. Only now could her boots be seen and they were blue. "I'm a superhero just like you, well a trainee super hero. To tell you the truth this is actually my first day on the job and I'm still getting used to it all."

"You want to be a superhero?" This was still all she could get out as she was still confused. If she had time to properly process all the information she would gain a better understanding. But for now, she was in a grey area.

"Sure, I've seen you saving people's lives and since I have these powers I decided to follow your footsteps, I know that a lot of people think that you're a monster but I know the truth. You're a hero."

"Thanks, I guess." She wasn't sure exactly how to react to this. She was used to people hating her and calling her a menace but actually having someone who was a fan was actually a breath of fresh air. It did help that her fan did seem to have her own superpowers. "You should have been more careful, I saw how you literally put your foot down in front of that car. It could have killed the people inside."

"I know and I'm sorry." Her bubbly attitude seemed to melt away as she seemed to be worried. "I'm still learning but you can teach me, can't you? You've been at this game a lot longer than me. I promise that you won't be disappointed."

"I don't know, this is all happening really fast." She paused for a moment as she tried to wrap her head around everything. She could see that Ms Marvel was very eager to help but she couldn't help but feel suspicious. Betrayal was something that she was getting used to but she felt that it wasn't fair to write Ms Marvel off straight away. "I'll think about it but before we go any further I need to know what you can do."

"Oh sure, let me show you." Ms Marvel seemed to become happy again and tried to think of exactly where to start. She thought for a couple of moments before she began to stretch her body. Spider-Woman took a step back and watched as Ms Marvel stretched much like she was being pulled by an invisible hand. She also saw as her hands and feet expanded until they were many times their original size. "I have the ability to stretch my body and change the size of any body part that I want." She began to revert back to normal but when she reached her normal height she kept shrinking. Within seconds she was only a few inches tall and looking up at the seemingly giant Spider-Woman. "I can use these powers to shrink myself like this or…" She began to grow and within a few moments she went from being a few inches taller to being just over fifteen feet. As Spider-Woman looked up she couldn't help but think about when she was stuck at that size. "I can grow in size as well, this isn't my maximum but I didn't want to go through the roof."

"Very impressive, now you wouldn't mind shrinking yourself down would you? I'm getting a neck strain."

"Sure thing." She smiled and quickly shrank herself down. It only took a couple of seconds for her to return to her normal size. "Pretty cool don't you think? I also heal pretty fast but obviously I can't show you that."

"I bet you can." Spider-Woman began to think that Ms Marvel might be connected to Doctor Janet Van Dyne. She was the scientific marvel who had created Van Dyne particles that allowed people and objects to change size. After seeing Ms Marvel's abilities she couldn't help but think that Van Dyne Particles were somehow linked to her. "I'll you what, I'll meet you here this time tomorrow so that I can tell you my decision. As you can imagine I need time to think about this."

"That's cool, I understand." She could sense that Ms Marvel was a little disappointed but it wasn't a shattering blow. "Please consider it, I won't let you down." With that she began to walk towards the edge of the building. She began to stretch her legs once again until they were long enough to reach the ground below. "See you tomorrow Spider-Woman, I hope that you make the right decision."

Ms Marvel began to walk away and Spider-Woman watched for a moment. She thought it was funny seeing someone walking like Ms Marvel. Her legs were incredibly long but her body remained the same. It almost looked like something from a cartoon. Then again quite a lot of people thought that she was like some kind of cartoon character.

When Ms Marvel was out of sight Spider-Woman shot a line of webbing from her web shooters and began to swing away. She wasn't going to be swinging around aimlessly either as she was travelling in a particular direction.

Many different thoughts were going through Spider-Woman's mind as she swung from one web line to another. She thought that Ms Marvel's eagerness to become a hero was quite refreshing and with her powerset she would be a very effective crime fighter. However there was some suspicion that she was feeling that she couldn't shake off. After everything that had happened with the alternate Peter Parker and the fact that she had recently transformed into a woman-spider hybrid she needed time to think.

There was one person who could help her out in this situation and she was going to visit her right now. This was Doctor Van Dyne who could hopefully give her some more information on Ms Marvel. If her powers were linked to Van Dyne Particles there was a good chance that Doctor Van Dyne would be able to give her some more information.

There was one thing standing between Spider-Woman and Doctor Van Dyne and that was the Avengers. She knew that many of them did think that she was some kind of supervillain who was bent on world domination. She would find it funny but if she was captured and her identity revealed as Gwen Stacy, everyone she loved would be in danger and she couldn't allow it to happen.

Within minutes Spider-Woman found herself a short distance away from the Avengers Mansion. She knew better than try to go through the front door and she did consider sneaking in. She suspected that some of the other Avengers had not liked the fact that she had been able to sneak by their security. She thought that security most likely had been improved and it would be difficult to get by them all. She wished that there was some way for her to contact Doctor Van Dyne without having to sneak through the security.

Suddenly her spider sense began to tingle and she looked around. She couldn't spot anything at first that seemed to indicate danger but she knew better than to dismiss her spider sense. The first strike came from behind but thanks to her spider sense she leapt over the strike and landed on her feet several feet behind. For the first time, she was able to see her attacker.

Her attacker was what looked to be a man who was completely covered in a robotic suit. She could see no human part on him and he was flying thanks to some thrusters that were located in the bottom of his feet. There was a somewhat triangular shape on his chest that was glowing. She couldn't help but think that he looked a lot like Iron Man. She knew that he would be difficult to defeat and she wanted to try and end the fight before things went out of control.

"Hey take it easy, I don't want to fight," said Spider-Woman. She held her hands up in the air. She knew how intelligent the man in the armour was and she thought that this would show him that she wasn't a threat.

"Threat evaluation," replied Iron Man. His voice sounded very robotic, this made her feel that she wasn't actually speaking to a person but instead a machine. "Target identified, beginning termination program."

"Oh crap!"

She was only able to leap out of the way at the very last moment as Iron Man fired at her. She realised now that she was going to have to fight in order to survive. She also thought that she was fighting a machine rather an actual man. She did try to web up Iron Man which with her speed and agility only took a few seconds.

Iron Man found himself wrapped up in webbing and he couldn't move. This only lasted a few short moments as he was able to blast himself free and fired another pulsar ray from his hand at Spider-Woman. Her reflexes were the only things that saved her as she dived out of the way. She quickly moved towards him and landed a powerful blow right to his chest. She saw as he staggered back a little but she could feel pain in her hand.

A lot like a cartoon character she could feel her hand throbbing and she began to blow on it in an attempt to subdue the pain. She knew that Iron Man was made out of something that was strong but she hadn't expected it to be that strong. She looked up and could see that Iron Man easily recovered from the blow and was floating above her. She was ready to fight again but she didn't think that she would last that much longer. She did have one secret weapon on her person but she still didn't want to use it here. She thought that this was a simple misunderstanding.

Before Spider-Woman could do anything else she noticed what seemed to be a tiny person flying in front of her. She had insect like wings but the rest of her body looked human. She recognised her instantly as Doctor Janet Van Dyne and she couldn't help but feel relieved. She watched as the tiny woman grew rapidly until she was back to her normal size. Iron Man seemed to stop his attack and stare at her for a couple of moments.

"Iron Sentinel Number Four Six Seven Three shut down order ROBC Nineteen," said Doctor Van Dyne. Almost immediately Iron Man began to lower to the ground and power down. Within moments he was completely shut down and Spider-Woman could see that he wasn't the true Iron Man but instead a robot. She watched as Doctor Van Dyne turned to her and had a somewhat annoyed look on her face. "Why are you here this time? You're not turning into a giant spider again are you?"

"No, thankfully nothing like that," replied Spider-Woman who was grateful for what Doctor Van Dyne had done. She did feel a little embarrassed about the whole situation. "I just wanted to talk to you about something. I am allowed to speak in your lab aren't I? Or am I going to have my head blown off?"

"Fine but you better make it fast, I have a lecture in an hour and it is one that I really can't miss."

A couple of minutes later Spider-Woman found herself in Doctor Van Dyne's lab. This was the first time that she was inside without sneaking in. She didn't spot any of the other Avengers who were currently dealing with a threat on the other side of the world. This meant that the mansion was empty besides the two women. This was a relief for Spider-Woman although she didn't like the idea of fighting another one of Iron Man's so-called Iron Sentinels again.

At least for Spider-Woman she didn't have to worry about mutating this time and she saw that Doctor Van Dyne was working on some kind of device. It was very large and in pieces on a work desk. She wasn't even going to attempt to figure out what it was and she thought that it was best not to ask.

"So tell me why you're here," said Doctor Van Dyne with the slightest hint of annoyance in her voice.

"Ok I'll it quick," replied Spider-Woman. "Earlier I ran into a superheroine who had similar powers to you. She could change her size and stretch her body, she called herself Ms Marvel and I was wondering if you had any idea who she is. I thought her powers might be fuelled by Van Dyne Particles and since you own practically all the Van Dyne Particles in the world. Well you know where I'm going with this."

"I wish I could help but to tell you the truth I have no idea who this Ms Marvel is but what you've told me has intrigued me. As far as I know there haven't been any unauthorised uses of my Van Dyne Particles since that incident we had a while back. Other than that no one else besides myself have used Van Dyne Particles. That means that this superheroine's abilities are either don't originate from them or someone has been able to replicate them. The latter is very troubling for me, if someone else has been able to reverse engineer my Van Dyne Particles then we could be in big trouble." She seemed genuinely worried about this, if it were true then it meant that someone could use them to make things bigger or smaller. When she invented them she ensured that they had a cap so that something couldn't shrink to microscopic size or grow until they reached the clouds. If someone else had indeed reverse engineered them there was a good chance that they hadn't added these safety caps onto them. "Listen to me very carefully Spider-Woman I need you to do me a very important task. Find out everything you can about this Ms Marvel and report back to me as soon as possible. If her powers are linked to Van Dyne Particles I need to know who created them and where they are. Can you do that?"

"Sure but that might be a little difficult, if she's anything like me I wouldn't give that information away. I am meeting her up again tomorrow, maybe you can see her yourself then."

"No, it's best that I'm not there. If anything sinister is taking place my appearance will only aggravate the situation. That is of course if what I've feared has occurred but if it hasn't then we don't have anything to worry about."

Spider-Woman could see that Doctor Van Dyne was very serious about all of this. From how she had met Ms Marvel she couldn't sense any kind of danger or malice from her. Her spider sense would have alerted her to any danger immediately. If someone had replicated Van Dyne Particles then it was important to prevent them from going onto the black market, The last thing that she wanted was to be fighting fifty foot criminals or being shrunk until she was the size of a literal spider.

After everything was said and done Spider-Woman left the mansion but not without being given a small device that she could use to report back to Doctor Van Dyne. It did make her feel like she was a secret agent but the truth was that she hoped that their fears weren't correct.