Peter wake up with a start, the nightmares have been becoming more frequent as of late, no matter what he tries to remedy it, he can't seem to make sense of the almost terrifying flashes of images, Peter see's faces, lights and... blood but the faces are all blurred and the flashes end just as soon as they arrive.

"I don't need this crap, I'm almost 18... can't it wait until adulthood kicks my butt?" He mutters into his hands, a cold sweat blankets his body, it's now a familiar feeling to him. He turns his head to check the time, 4:30, great. Well, he's up now so may as well give up on going back to sleep. turning so his legs dangle off the bed, he stands up, scratching his chin, he walks to the bathroom, turning the faucet on and climbing in the shower. When he gets out, he checks his face, could do with a trim in a few days or so. Brushing his teeth and combing the knots out of his messy hair, he gets dressed before walking out, thanking whatever god above that was listening that today was Saturday as he pours a bowl of cereal and adds some milk. not even three spoons in, his phone rings.

"Of all the- Crap! I forgot I was gonna meet up with MJ and Harry!" He says, shoveling down the rest of his cereal and running out the door. For once, he makes it there with minutes to spare.

"Hey guys... sorry I'm late!" He pants out, hands resting on his knees

"You're actually just in time, We've already got the tickets come on!" Mary Jane tells him, grabbing his and Harry's hand and pulling them into the screening for the new Sentry movie. The movie lasts around two and a half hours which is fairly standard for movies. Both Harry and MJ seemed to enjoy it, But Peter just shrugs

"Meh, it was okay I guess?" He says simply, he definitely wasn't going to admit he's met the real Sentry and that the Void was actually part of Sentries psyche and not a completely different person.

"You're tough to please when it comes to movies aren't you?" Harry asks jokingly, ruffling Peter's hair, both he and MJ both tell him constantly to cut it, and every time he refuses. At this point he's worried their going to tie him to a chair and do it by force!

"I probably would have enjoyed it more if the internet didn't spoil the ending for me." He lies, to be honest he didn't even know until he got there that there was a Sentry movie.

"Ouch, That would explain it wouldn't it tiger?" She says, using her all famous nickname for him, Harry prefers to call him a cub though, usually followed by a fist bump.

"That does suck Pete, sorry you got spoiled." Harry says sympathetically. his hand on Peter's shoulder, Peter simply grins

"It was no big deal, I liked it more than I thought I would!" He says, his usual Parker attitude shining, or at least a strained version of it, those nightmares have been eating at him for weeks now, he can barely bring himself to emote in public anymore. But he still quips when out patrolling, since it's the only way to hide his fear every day. And speaking of.

"Hey guys I gotta get going, I have to go help Aunt May, later!" Peter says, hugging both of them before running off, once he's far enough away, he ducks into an alley, tearing open his backpack and stripping, sometimes cursing the fact he made his costume a 7 piece. After a minute or two all Peter has left to do is put on the mask. This is when the fun happens, leaping out of the alley, he shoots a web onto the nearest building, whooping as he swings into the air. The rush, the adrenaline he gets from swinging is what keeps him going as he tries so hard to make his city a better place to live for everyone. His mood is comparatively better today than most, even with his recent falling out between his two team mates during his early career, Iceman and Firestar, They still won't speak to him... No matter, things will all go back to normal eventually. Peter notices out of the corner of his eye, a mugging, two people, one has a gun, the other has a knife, the victim, a woman, she seems to be in her early to mid twenties. landing quietly, he keeps his distance, waiting for them to turn in a way he can disarm them. a minute or two later, his moment comes when they motion to a car with tinted windows. Peter scowls, criminals like them give males a bad name. Peter quickly latches onto the weapons with a web, yanking them out of their hands.

"Didn't your parents ever tell you it's not polite to kidnap? Oh that's right! you guys probably got your intelligence from your dad, because you're mamas would never accept this!" He says, tapping his foot with his arms crossed. Though instead of the reaction he expected, which was a lot of yelling and punches and kicks, they quickly froze up, putting their hands up.

"We surrender!" They say shakily, Peter raises an eyebrow in confusion.

"Isn't this the part where you go *Die spider-freak?*?" He asked, very much confused by this behavior.

"No way buddy, we've seen how you've handled those super powered weirdos, we ain't taking a piece of that medicine!" They said, sweating nervously as police showed up, the woman called them immediately.

"We can take it from here, thanks spider-man." The one not cuffing them says, he looks like a typical cartoon or movie cop. big bellied, a bushy moustache and sunglasses.

"But... I didn't even do anything? they just... gave up?" Peter mutters, somewhat sad he didn't get to vent his frustrations.

"Even guys like you get good days, besides, it's the weekend, take a day off Spidey!" He said with a hearty chuckle, patting Peter on the back, and nearly knocking him over in the process.

"Uh, right. Have a good one boys in blue!" Peter says before swinging off, in particular taking his backpack and returning home to his little apartment. It's not very exciting, and its not very roomy, but it's home.

"How come I get the feeling this luck won't last.." Peter says to himself, for once he came home with no injuries, but how long will that last?

END OF CHAPTER