Taskmaster
Peter swings through the city in his new Iron Spider Armor that Tony made for him. He see the helicopters surrounding the Daily Bugle building as well as police cars. Peter listens to the news.
"I'm coming to you live, There is a hostage situation at the Daily Bugle, a team of mercenaries lead by an individual who calls himself the Taskmaster. So far the police are unable to enter the building."
The police outside the building are having a hard time entering the building as mercenaries shoot out the window. They are led by recently promoted Captain Yuri Watanabe, who took over George Stacy's precinct after his death.
She wore a bulletproof vest over her captain's uniform. The SWAT team arrived armed and ready. Spider-Man landed on top of the Captain's sedan.
"Hello there, Captain. Having a difficult day?" Peter said.
"Spidey, what brings you here? Aren't you usually off fighting alongside the Avengers?" Yuri asks.
"I'm a part time Avengers and part time Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. What can I do to help?" Peter said.
"There are some hostages on the 15th floor, Jameson, Robertson, and a rookie reporter named Betty Brant. We got this image of their leader." Yuri said.
"Taskmaster, right? What do we know about him?" Peter asks.
"He's on the Avengers most wanted list, it says that he has the ability to mimic the skills and techniques of anyone he witnesses." Yuri said.
"So he's a copycat. I guess I'll have to find a way to beat him fast." Petet said.
"Hold on! They say that there's a bomb inside. If we try to breach inside or they see any cops, they'll detonate the bomb and kill everyone." Yuri warned.
"Well, it's a good thing that I'm not a cop. Wait here, I'll deal with Friday the 13th and his friends." Peter said.
"Wait a minute! Did you hear what I said about the bomb? It's too risky." Yuri stated.
"Don't worry, they won't see me coming. I'll call you of if I need help." Peter said.
He activates the retro reflection panels in his suit to turn invisible. He crawls up the windows and enter the building undetected. He sees two mercs armed with guns that were shooting at the cops.
"Surprise!" Peter taser webs them.
They both went down before they could warn Taskmaster. Peter uses the suit to scan the building. He spots five on the 14th floor, then spots four on the 15th floor. They must be the three hostages and Taskmaster himself. A merc was walking down the stair. Spidey webs him ups and cocooned him to the celling. Mercs heard something from the stairs.
"Hey, are you alright?" Merc suspects something is . "Go check it out."
A Merc went closer to the door. He opens to see nothing, then he got webbed up. The mercs tries to radio in.
"Activate jammers." Peter said.
His suit was able to jam every frequency. He successfully kept them from warning Taskmaster. They shoot at him. He webs up their weapons and yanks them of the hands. He then fires a web grenade at them, pulling them together, unable to free themselves.
Peter then went to the 15th floor, he sees Taskmaster waiting for him. All dressed in a suit with a hood over a skull mask armed with shield, sword, bow and arrows.
"I'm amazed that you were able to sneak in undetected. You're more than what they say in the papers." Taskmaster said.
"Yeah, well, Don't believe everything you read. Even from Flattop here." Peter refers to Jameson.
"Why you... You're the reason this is even happening." Jameson said.
"He's right. All this is to draw you here." Taskmaster said.
"So you're a fan. If you wanted an autograph, all you had to do is ask." Peter said.
"I'm here because someone paid me a lot of money for your demise." Taskmaster said.
Taskmaster draws out an arrow and shoots at Spider-Man. Spidey was able to dodge the arrows easily. He noticed that way he shoots is identical to Clint.
"Not bad, but you're no Hawkeye. He never miss... most of the time." Peter said.
"That ain't all I can do, I can do other things." Taskmaster said.
"Like what?" Peter asks
"Like this." Taskmaster throws his shield at Spidey.
"Whoa." Peter jumps over the shield.
He can throw his shield like Captain America. It bounces back.
"I can mimic the skills of any heroes." Taskmaster said.
Spidey fires his webs at him. Taskmaster jumps over the web. He jumps like Spidey did.
"Including yours." Taskmaster said.
"In other words, monkey see, monkey do." Peter replied.
"Jokes now, huh. Lets see if you can back them up." Taskmaster said.
Spidey and Taskmaster fight. Spidey throws his fist at him. He caught it and wraps his legs around Spidey's neck and rolls him down to the ground. He fights like Black Widow does. Peter got himself up.
"You know, you fight like a girl." Peter said.
"I see that you recognize the fighting style of Black Widow." Taskmaster said.
"And Cap's and Hawkeye's, even mine's. But there are somethings you can't mimic." Peter said.
"Like what?" Taskmaster asks.
"Like my powers." Peter said.
He charges in and punches Taskmaster. He went fast that Taskmaster wasn't fast enough. He then throws another punch, Taskmaster counter grabbing and tossed him down, Spidey does a sweep kick and got Taskmaster off his footing.
"How is this possible?" Taskmaster said.
"I fought against Captain America and know how he fights, You're too predictable." Peter said.
"Then I'll have to switch it up." Taskmaster said.
He fights like Spider-Man does. Peter could predict his moves thanks to his spider sense. Taskmaster is having a hard time fighting him. He can mimic Spidey's moves but not his powers. He then surprises Spidey by using the flashbang. It blinded him, gave Taskmaster an edge.
Taskmaster then does a push kick, pushing Spidey back to the wall. The suit activates and pulls out the legs. He was stopped before he could touch the wall.
"What the..." Taskmaster said.
"Nice." Peter amazed.
Spidey then jumps forward with the legs and punched out Taskmaster, knocking him out, he then pins him down. Taskmaster knows that he is defeated.
"Not bad. I truly underestimated you." Taskmaster said.
"Who hired you to come for me?" Peter said.
"I could tell you, but I think you got other problems." Taskmaster looks at Betty.
Peter sees Betty with a vest packed with C4 on a timer.
"You could continue your interrogation or save a innocent woman from being blown to pieces. You choice." Taskmaster said.
Peter punches Taskmaster and got up and went to Betty.
"What's happening?" Betty said.
"Oh, no. There's a timer on the vest, 30 seconds left. Hold on." Peter pulls the vest off her. "Everyone, run to the other room now!"
Betty, Jameson, and Robbie ran to get some distances. Peter then runs with the vest to the window, 15 seconds left. Peter reached the window and throws as far as he can. The timer has run out and blows up. The explosion was too far from any buildings in range. The shockwave shattered some windows. Yuri and the police sees the explosion.
"Everyone move in now." Yuri ordered.
They enter the building to see some mercs that Spidey took down. Peter returns to find the Taskmaster gone. He must have slipped out during the chaos. The important thing is that hostages are alright.
"Is everyone alright?" Peter asks.
"Everyone is fine. Thank You." Betty said.
"Thank you." Robbie said.
"Alright? Alright? Nothing is alright, look at this. You nearly got us all killed." Jameson said.
"Jonah, that was all Taskmaster, he nearly got Betty killed. Spider-Man saved us." Robbie said.
"Taskmaster was only one problem. Spider-Man knew that there was a bomb and he just came in here, endangering everyone." Jameson said.
"Boy, JJ, you sure have a weird way of saying thank you." Peter said.
"You think that you're a hero. You're wrong, you're a menace. You bring danger in everyone's lives. I'll see to it thay everyone know about what happened today. See you for you really are." Jameson said.
"Love to stay and chat. But I got places to be." Peter went to the window and swings away.
"YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF THIS! YOU HEAR ME!" Jameson yells out loud.
Spidey disappeared, The police came in and see the hostages are safe. Later the paramedics came to check on them, see if they have any injuries of tramas.
"That bug, he'll pay for all of this." Jameson said.
Peter later came in all dressed in his casual clothes.
"Peter." Betty said.
She hugs Peter. She was glad that Peter is here.
"I heard about what happened, I'm glad that you're alright." Peter said.
"Thank you. I'm glad you're here." Betty said.
"I heard that you're a reporter now, congratulations. You sure came far from that nice secretary you use to be." Peter said.
"Parker, Last time I checked you don't work here anymore." Jameson said.
"I just came to see Betty and to make sure that she's alright. I just got worried." Peter said.
"Well, that's fine with me. You're still working for Mr. Stark, I'm I correct? Let him know that I'm not done with Spider-Man and that he would be hearing from me." Jameson said.
"I'm sure that he knows." Peter said.
Later at Ravencroft, Fiers went to see Harry and informs him.
"Taskmaster has done his part well. I sent him his payment, he's gone underground." Fiers said.
"Good, everything is going according to plan." Harry smiles.