I just learned something today. S.W.A.R.M doesn't like Floyd Baxter. Now, you're probably wondering who Floyd Baxter is. Well, Floyd Baxter is a rival mob boss to Black Mask. He hides his crimes with charities and fundraisers and things like that. Floyd Baxter is a business man who only cares about himself, and he'll do anything to make sure he stays alive. I'm guessing S.W.A.R.M knows what he really is, and wants him dead.


Setting: Jay's Apartment

Jay sat in the cave, listening to crime reports over radio. Nothing happened during his patrol so he was able to go home early. He was still bored though, so he hacked the police crimes reports. He was also replacing his web cartridges in his web shooters. He was slowly placing his electric webs into his web shooters when his door bell rang. Jay set the webs in it's place and then gt up to answer the door. Jay took his elevator into his apartment, walking to the front door. He opened the door to see a blonde woman with a black leather jacket and a motorcycle helmet in his arms.

"Hey," She started with a smile. "How's Mommy's little spider?"

"Mom, I told you not to call me that." Jay said as Dinah Lance, aka the Black Canary walked into his apartment.

"I know, but I couldn't resist." Dinah said as she set her helmet down on the coffee table. "How are you? You seem tired."

"I'm fine. It's just this new organization has come up and I'm having trouble stopping their crimes." Jay said as he walked toward the couch.

"Well, I think that must mean you need help." Dinah suggested and Jay laughed.

"Yeah, from you maybe." Jay said laying on his couch.

"You know Batman Inc has available members to help you." Dinah said, causing Jay to groan.

"I can handle this, I don't need the Bats." Jay said as he closed is eyes. "Expect Babs."

"Yes, Barbara is something else, on and off field." Dinah agreed taking a seat next to Jay. "I see you've been doing well on your own."

"Yeah, I haven't bled out yet." Jay joked, only to punched in the shoulder.

"That's not funny and you know it!" Dinah scolded as she laughed.

"So, what have you been doing?" Jay asked walking over to his fridge.

"Nothing much really, just helping out with the League whenever I can. I'm actually have a lot more time on my hands, that's why I came to visit." Dinah said following Jay to the kitchen. Jay grabbed a soda and sat at the stool near the island as Dinah stood in front of him.

"That's awesome. I didn't think you could find extra time with being a Leaguer."

"Yeah, it does take time from my everyday life, but me and-Jay, what are those?" Dinah pointed toward the television, which had the news channel on it.

Jay turned to the TV to see the Baxter building being swarmed by bee men. S.W.A.R.M. There were armored cars on the ground around the building and S.W.A.R.M thugs climbing up the building, to the top. Jay grabbed the remote and turned the TV up.

"This is Crystal with channel 4 news and I am here at the Baxter Inc building were men in bee suits are climbing their way up the building." the reporter said as she ducked when she heard gunshots. "And the police are being blocked off from getting into the building. Hurry Spider-Man!"

"Well, duty calls." Jay said, pressing his hand to his chest and activating his mobile suit.

"Let's go toget-" Dinah cut herself off as she got a call on her ear piece. "Never mind. League needs me. Be safe."

"No promises!" Jay said before running out of his window. A blur flew passed Dinah as she turned to leave, she was lucky is was Swift.

Setting: Baxter Building

Spider-Man arrived on the scene and as he saw on the news, S.W.A.R.M agents surrounded the bottom entrance. He knew he couldn't get in from the bottom or the top. The evil agents were also on the roof, climbing down into the top floor. There were also agents climbing up towards the top floor, and the ones on the ground were having a shoot out with the cops. Luckily, Spider-Man doesn't need a door to enter buildings.

"Swift, help the cops." He said and Swift flew over towards the gun fight.

Spider-Man jumped off the building he was on webbed onto the next. He then swung towards the Baxter Building and crashed through the window, scaring the agents on the other side. Spider-Man landed and looked up at the agents, who had their guns aimed at the hero.

"Am I late to the party?" Spider-Man joked as the agents open fired.

Spider-Man immediately dodged the bullets and ran towards the agents. He then jumped over one agent, took his gun and kicked him in the back. Spider-Man then threw the gun at another agent's head as he turned. Spider-Man then kicked the next agent in the chest and launched an electric web behind him, shocking the agent coming for him.

Spider-Man's Spidey-Sense went off and he quickly dodged a missile, aimed for his head. He turned to see more agents, one with a rocket launcher and the others with rifles. Spider-Man webbed the missile, spun, and threw the missile back at the agents. Lucky for them, their armor protected them.

An explosion went off and blew a hole in the roof. He shrugged as he jumped up and through the hole. He landed on the next floor of the building and saw that the floor was on fire. He looked around to see no other way out, until he heard cries for help. He ran over to see a support beam had fallen and trapped some civilians behind and under it.

"Don't worry, I'm here!" Spider-Man said as he ran over to the beam. He then put his hands on the beam and lifted it up, struggling a little bit. He held the beam over his head as the people ran out thanking him and jumping down the hole.

"There's bee men trying to kill Baxter!" a woman said to Spider-Man as she ran to his side.

"Okay, I'll get there as fast as I can." Spider-Man said dropping the beam. The woman nodded as she ran to the hole.

Spider-Man looked around to see no other way up, since the elevator was destroyed. So, he did the one thing he loved, besides web swinging; jumping out of windows. Spider-Man ran towards the closest window and jumped out. He quickly twisted his body and grabbed onto the building. He looked up to see S.W.A.R.M agents on the side of the building. Spider-Man then stood up and ran up the building avoiding bullets and beating down agents who came at him.

Spider-Man then looked onward to see another window was blown open. He guessed it was where Baxter was. Spider-Man ran up to the broken window and jumped in Floyd's office. In his office, Floyd was at gun point while another man in a bee suit was sat in front of him. This one looked different. He had four other legs on his sides, along with his two main arms. He also had a yellow striped abdomen and a golden helmet, with black antennas. He also had golden wings on his back. Spider-Man guessed that this S.W.A.R.M agents was a wasp instead of a bee.

"Finally, a bug I actually want to see." Floyd said with a sigh.

"Ah, you finally showed up, Spider-Man." The wasp agent said as he stood up and turned to the spider hero.

"Do I know you?" Spider-Man asked web shooters aimed.

"No, but you will." The wasp said. "Sadly, not today. I've gotten all the information we needed."

"I'm not letting you escape." Spider-Man said before he realized something about the wasp. "You're a-"

"Spider Wasp." Spider Wasp said before throwing down a flash bomb, blinding Spider-Man.

"Shit!" Spider-Man covered his eyes and grabbed his head, his Spidey-Sense going haywire.

He then shook it off and ran over to Floyd, who got up and sat in his office chair.

"Are you okay, Mr. Baxter?" Spider-Man said putting a hand on Floyd's shoulder. When he didn't respond, he started getting worried. "Mr. Baxter?"

Suddenly, Floyd Baxter was shot in the head. Spider-Man jumped back as Floyd's body flew backwards. Spider-Man then went to see how bad it was and noticed something. There were sparks coming from the bullet hole and Floyd's neck. Spider-Man then picked up Floyd's head and cursed as he held it over his head. The Floyd Baxter Spider-Man came to help, was a robot the whole time.

"This is so something Floyd would do." Spider-Man said before going to the broken window.

He looked out to see a man in orange armor running across roof tops toward a helicopter. He knew exactly who this was. Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke.

"Slade." Spider-Man hissed before jumping out of the window.

The helicopter flew above the last house, waiting for Deathstroke. A blue laser flew passed the helicopter causing it to dodge and move. Spider-Man smiled as he swung in to chase Slade. Spider-Man caught up to the assassin but couldn't get close enough as he dodged Slade bullets. A shuriken from the helicopter cut Spider-Man's webs and causing him to fall on the rooftops with Slade. Spider-Man quickly recovered and chased Slade with him super human speed.

Slade was able to jump up on the helicopter as it took off, leaving a wide distance from any roof. Spider-Man ran as fast as he could and jumped, easily clearing the wide gap. Before he could reach the helicopter, a figure jumped out and kicked him in the chest. The figure then placed a device on suit before flipping off him and landing back in the helicopter.

Spider-Man fell to the ground and couldn't move. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something fly to the helicopter. The paralyzing effect of the device wore off and Spider-Man got up to see Nightwing behind him.

"Rose is back to her old ways." Spider-Man said and Nightwing nodded.

"What did Slade do before he left?" Nightwing asked as Spider-Man walked over to him.

"Killed a robot version of a crime boss. Mostly it." Spider-Man responded. "Why are you here?"

"The Titans and I tracking down Slade, and trying to get Rose back." Nightwing said with a sigh.

"Titans? Like the original?" Spider-Man said. "But Bruce said-"

"Yeah, Bruce said no. What he doesn't know won't hurt him." Nightwing responded. "Where are you going?"

"To find Slade." Spider-Man responded.

"What? No, I'm finding Slade." Nightwing said defensively.

"My city, my problem."

"Boys, stop fighting." Oracle said over their comms. "Slade was only here for one reason, and he thinks he's done that. He shouldn't be here anymore."

"Right."

"Yeah."

"It's good to see you're doing well." Nightwing said.

"Yeah, guess so." Spider-Man said walking over to the edge to see Swift leading the people out of the building and to the cops. "Well, I got to go."

"Are you going to rejoin the team?" Nightwing asked and Spider-Man shrugged.

"Maybe, but not now. Got my own shit to deal with."

"I see that, and I thought Bull was destructive." Nightwing said and Spider-Man chuckled.

"Well, tell Donna and Wal hi for me." Spider-Man said before jumping off the edge and swinging away, with Swift flying after him.


Coming up: Rescue Mission