Spider-man, Spell Of The Black Cat

By Kevin1984

Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-man, or any of the characters in this story. All Characters are owned by Marvel Comics.

New York City

At the top of the many skyscrapers, a lonely figures, crouches and surveys the world below him. His eyes focused and his ears trained ready for that one sound. The sound that would cause him to swing into action and play the Hero once more. As if on cue, a few block over the figure hears the sound he has been waiting for. He stands from his position and leaps off the building, diving to the busy world below. However has he falls through the air, he extends his arm and from his wrist, a sticky white webbing is fired. As usual the figures aim is perfect, and he now uses the webbing to swing from one building to the next, getting ever closer to his destination.

Jewellery Store

Three men in ski mask, quickly started to grab the various jewels and gems on display. They knew they have to be quick, if not then they would all pay the ultimate price. One of the crooks was so nervous that his hands were shaking as he wield his crow bar and smashed the various glass cabinets on display.

"Evans! Quick day dreaming, and grab the jewels," The thief known as Evans turns to his colleague has he clawed at all the rings and necklaces now freed from their confines.

"Sorry Mark, but I can't help it. You heard what happened to Richard and Karl, what if that thing comes after us? What do we do? I heard that he can dodge bullets, and hit so hard that you are feeling it for the next two weeks."

Mark groaned. He knew who Evans was on about. A self proclaimed Hero dressed in a red and blue costume, calling himself the spider-man. However Mark wasn't worried, the ones who had been caught were weak, he could take on some masked wannabe easy. However before he could think anymore on the matter, he watched as one of his colleague screamed as he was yanked from the store and vanished into the New York evening air. Mark growled, he pulled his gun from his pocket and trained it on the now broken window in front of him. Just then a figure swings through the window and kicks Mark right in the chest, causing the thief to fly backwards and land behind one of the many counters. His gun now laying helpless a few feet away from him.

"You do know shopping hours are 9 til 5 right guys" Mark sat up and glared at the masked hero who was now dangling upside down in front of him suspended from some weird white thread. Before he could get a chance to move, he found himself bound and gagged by the same webbing that had yanked their other colleague out of the store. Mark looked across the store and could already see that Evan was hanging from his feet on the ceiling. He too was bound and gagged. Just then he heard the unmistakable sound of sirens blaring in the distance. He locked eyes with their masked jailer who was now standing up in front of him. The figure stood at 6'2 and was dressed in a blue and red costumes, with black line web pattern all over it. On his head he wore a red webbed mask, with two huge white eyes.

"Look like that's my business done for the night, say hi to your buds in the big house won't you. See ya" Just like that the figure swung out through the window leaving Mark and his two colleague wriggling within their webbed cocoons.

The figure stood on top of the building and watched as the police cars arrived. He stepped back away from all the lights and then removed his mask. Underneath was the face of a sixteen, going on seventeen year old boy. He had chocolate brown eyes and messy brown hair. His name was Peter Parker, an A straight student by day and super hero by night. Peter watched as the Police apprehended the crooks. he then pulled his mask back on and ran right to the edge of the building, at the very last minute, he leapt into the air and dived off. He used his webbing to swing through the city. It was the same every night for Peter Parker. Mostly he dealt with small time crimes, however there were the odd occassion when he had come up against tougher foes. As he swung through the city, his spider-sense suddenly went off. Peter heard the huge 'BOOM' and then saw the rising smoke. Wasting no time he swung towards the now towering smoke cloud raising above the city skyline. He had just got to the scene of the explosion when he noticed a van and three figures were in the middle of looting a old chemical factory. Two out three of the figures were your normal average human crook, however one stood out from the rest. He stood at 6'9 his whole body was covered by a grey titanium hide, and on his head he had one huge horn that curved upwards. Peter Parker knew who this guy was, his name was Rhino, and he had been one of the many super villians he had faced. Peter leapt off the building and web swung right into the middle of the three crooks.

"Shouldn't you be grazing in a zoo somewhere!" Peter noticed Rhino had turned and was now growling. He was holding a canister which he threw to one of his other colleagues. He lowered his head and charged towards the costume freak who had dared spoilt there heist.

Peter seeing the danger leapt up and over Rhino head. As he flipped he shot out two lines of webbing which tangled around Rhino horn. Peter then yanked both lines of webbing causing Rhino to be halted in its tracks. he fell with a huge crash. Seeing Rhino was down for the minute, Peter began to take care of the other two crooks, who were now drawing their guns. Peter spider senses kicked in gear. He dodged the various bullets being fired at him. flipping here and there and everywhere. He waited for the thieves to run out of ammo before going to work. He jumped down from where he had been hanging and punched one of the guy clear off his feet. Peter had hit him so hard that the guy had flown into one of the nearby dump containers. Seeing how one was down Spider-man decided to concentrate on the second thug. However he was forced to flip backwards has Rhino charged once more. this time he charged right into his fellow colleague who also flew up in the air and landed in the same dump bin has his partner.

"Wow, you and me make a great team Rhino. How about it." Rhino eyes narrowed he then let out a huge roar and charged towards Spider-man. His huge horn would have gorged the Hero in two, had it not been for his horn being grabbed at the very last second. Now both were locked in a struggle. Rhino was doing his best to advance, however his enemy Spider-man was holding his ground.

Spider-man could feel his arms getting tired. Although he was a super human, he was still partly human, and his muscles began to grow tired. He surveyed the area and noticed something a few feet away. Getting an idea, Peter used all his strength to yank Rhino horn towards the ground where he sank it into the hard tarmac. He then leapt over Rhino's back and headed towards two lamp posts. He stood in the middle and fired two line of webbing around each post. he then began to walk backwards, causing the webbing to contract. He walked back as far as he could. he noticed Rhino horn was now free and the huge thing was charging towards him once more. Peter waited to the very last minute, before catapulting himself feet first towards the advancing Rhino. Both feet caught the huge titan under his chin, lifting the Rhino off his feet and slamming back into a nearby wall. The Rhino smashed through the wall and fell into a pile of rubble. He lifted his head, and then looked at Spider-man one last time, before his head fell back and he laid motionless.

Peter seeing the danger was now over, began to tidy up the mess. he webbed the two crooks together and then hang them the lamp post. However for Rhino something else would have to do. He grabbed the huge titan by his huge grey feet and pulled him out of the rubble. He then aimed his web shooters and fired webbing all over the Rhino body pinning him to the tarmac. "That should hold you until animal control get here." Just like before Spider- man could hear the sound of sirens coming towards him. He jumped up onto one of the walls and then crawled up to the top and landed on the roof of the building.

"Well glad tonight wasn't a total waste. least it gets me away from Harry and MJ. I still can't believe those two started dating without telling me. Oh well guess this spider is meant to be alone."

Peter rolled up his sleeve and took a quick look at his watch. It was nearly 3.30 in the morning. Peter decided that it was time to swing back to his aunts. Peter lived with his aunt May, in a small house in the district of Queens. He did use to have an uncle, however several years ago, there was an incident and his uncle was shot and killed, just leaving his aunt to take care of him. Peter carried on swinging through the busy streets, when something caught his eye. There leaping from one building to the next was a figure in black leather with long silver hair. Spider-man wasn't use to seeing anyone else swinging from building to building. The other super heroes had their own way of getting around the city. Peter decided to follow the figure, he made sure to keep a good distance away, as he didn't want to alert the person who was now jumping from building to building, with such grace that Peter could never do. Whoever this person was, they knew their trade well.

Felicia Hardy swung through the night air. She had got tired of living as the perfect little rich girl and wanted a change in scenery. Her silver moon like hair blew in the gentle breeze as she swung and clawed her way across the city skyline. She was planning to take revenge on a boy who had cheated on her. His family was also very wealthy and he pretty much had everything like she did. Felicia had really liked the guy, of course that was until she had found him cheating on her, with some other blonde bimbo. She remembered him telling her about a special collection he had, and Felicia decided the best revenge was if she took that collection away from him. So here she was staring across at the pent house that the boy lived in. She moved a small device from her suit and placed it on her head. She then looked through the visor, that was displaying all sorts of information, from security alarms to other security measure around the property. working out her route, she decided to move in.

Peter crouched on one of the building not too far from the mystery figure. He could now see that the figure was a woman, and watched as she dived off the building and then used a grappling device to hook herself over to the other side of the road. At first he wondered what she was doing, however when he saw her scaling the building towards the top pent house, it suddenly snapped that she wasn't there for sight seeing. Peter signed in dissapointment, just another crook looking to sneak in and steal god knows what from the Pent house now opposite him.

Peter watched as the woman flipped over the side of one of the walls and tip-toed across the patio tiles, around the outside pool. he watched as she approached the glass. He was ready to move in as soon as the crime had been commited. He watched as the woman vanished inside, coriuosly not one single alarm had been triggered. He waited a good ten minutes, when suddenly he noticed the woman came out of the pent house a sack over her back. It was now show time.

Peter leapt across the busy road and then used his webbing to swing himself right on top of the pent house. He looked down at the surprised crook. He could now see every detail of the woman, she stood around 5'7 and dressed from head to toe in a black suit, she wore black gloves and on her face she wore a small black mask that covered her face.

"You know, taking stuff that doesn't belong to you is wrong right. Now why don't you drop the sack and surrender yourself peacefully. After all I don't want to be responsible for hitting a woman now do I."

Felicia looked up and noticed the costume super hero now looking at her. She had only seen his pictures in the papers, and this was the first time she was getting a good close look at him. Like many girls her age, she had a crush on the super hero, and decided this was her best chance of snagging him for her own. besides the whole idea of Spider-man chasing her through out the city sounded fun, and Felicia needed some excitement in her life.

"I don't think so Spider. If you want me, then you will have to catch me first." Peter watched as the woman dived off the building and then swung away.

"So that's the way it is going to be. Okay, I'm game." Peter then jumped off the building and swung after her. The two weaved in and out of the city skyline, climbing building, jumping roof tops. Although Peter knew it was wrong, he was really enjoying himself. It had been a long time sense anyone had given him a challenge and this woman was doing just that.

Felicia looked behind her and smiled. The spider was hot on her heels, this just made the game more fun for her. However suddenly she noticed her hook lost its grip and she began to fall towards the city below. Felicia screamed as she fell to her death. Suddenly she felt herself stop and felt a strong muscular arm around her waist. her eyes widened. Spider-man had caught her, and now she was in his arms. "You know spider, i could get use to this."

Peter felt the claw like fingers grip hold of his suit, he could smell the sweet perfume now coming from the woman in his arms. he may not be able to see who was under the mask, but he could see the eyes, they were the deepest blue he had ever seen. Peter swung over to the nearest building and then landed placing the woman on solid ground once more.

"Sorry lady, but i don't date crooks, and seeing how I caught you leaving that pent house with a sack full of goods, then it is the police station for you."

Felicia smiled as she ran her hand up and down the chest of spider-man. she liked what she was feeling. "Are you sure you want to take me in spider? You know we make a great item you and I." The words purred from her lips and Peter was suddenly stunned. before he knew what was happening he felt his mask lifted and found his lips covered by the woman he had just caught breaking into someone else property. The lips felt so soft and inviting. he noticed she pulled away and then rolled his mask back down. he watched as she stepped backwards and soon was right on the edge of the building. Peter was still frozen from the kiss.

"Who are you?" Felecia smiled and then winked. "Names Black cat, and I just crossed your path." Felecia then blew a kiss before falling backwards off the building.

Peter suddenly came to his senses, and raced over to the edge. he looked down and saw nothing but the busy streets below. She was gone. Peter crouched on the roof top, wondering just who the Black cat was.

A/N: This is a little side project, and will be updated slowly. It just i have spent the weekend watching a few old Spider-man series, and decided to write a small story based on the characters.