Peter walked back through the front door, sighing, he'd texted Aunt May the news as soon as he could, this was a big thing and well she was excited and so was he but he need to fix the lack of a Spiderman problem that was going on whilst he was in Japan for a while. His brain whizzing with possibilities and worry. Some of the pro-heroes didn't even believe Spiderman when he told them about Mysterio or Electro, which really drove him up the wall.
Aunt May grabbed pulling her nephew into a tight hug "Oh Peter! I'm so proud! Going to UA your going to do great things in the world!" Peter wheezed as the hug loosed slightly allowing the secret superhero to breath, "Thanks Aunt May, I didn't do much though Harry just choose me cos well I'm the only reason he's passing any exams" he said smugly as possible, May rolled her eyes. "Well anyway because of the good news I thought I should do something special for dinner" "What is it?" "A surprise, now go do something productive, I want every support company after you before this year is done!"
Peter chucked as May pushed him towards the basement which had become his impromptu lab/workshop, full of random things he was working on at the time, and well all of his Spiderman left over gear in a spare trunk, settling down on the old creaky chair by the makeshift computer that was odds and ends from the local dump and new parts from online, Peter began looking through the work load he had to do. There were the standard things like 'shock gauntlets, extendable arms or jet pack' those were the 3 big ones but Peter had his eye on something else on the list. 'Trackers'
"Trackers hmmm, well there's some regular ones and some Spidey style there" he said smiling, booting up his homemade very dangerous looking 3D printer, Peter began designing, a simple tracker, small compact disc shaped with a grey metallic finish, putting all the circuits in the tracers would take time hopefully he'd get it done before the deadline or before he left for Japan. God that was a thing he had to sort and fast.
New York as much as he loved the heroes in it, was full of heroes that only dealt with the big stuff, the only pros that even help the little guy Luke Cage and Iron Fist were at best, glory hounds, so he couldn't really ask them for any help it would instantly be across social media that 'Spidey paid us to be him for a while, don't worry you only have to pay us for it all' yeah that would really help the public image.
Fiddling with a circuit and soldering iron Peter's phone chimed with a message, not looking at his phone he webbed it towards himself, and looked at his home screen. 'SuperNewsSite- Avengers are in league with Masked Menace Spiderman' Peter rolled his eyes, SuperNewsSite was an online site dedicated to well heroes and one of its most popular pages was well him, Peter had some pride in that fact, with reporters running around trying to figure everything out, trying to get his side of the story instead of the side that mainstream media portrayed. Peter opened up the article, reading the mindless fluff the Bugle had written before somehow they got an interview with the Avengers?
Peter put down his soldering iron as he read. 'Captain America had this statement on Spiderman- If he wasn't a vigilante I defiantly would consider him an Avenger, off the record here speaking, some of the other have asked him and he declined, whatever he wants it's not fame I can assure you that' skim reading the article to the next avenger he really didn't want to read bout Cap's latest attempts on catching up with society 'Iron Man gave this statement about Spiderman- Yeah I have asked the Webhead to join, he's good even if he is unlicensed. Hell I'm pretty sure if he took the mask off he'd have a licence instantly' Peter looked at that statement of course Tony Stark would say that, too much ego to see what damage revealing his secret identity would do. Scrolling pass Tony's ego spout Peter looked at the a very unexpected name 'Ms Marvel's comment on Spiderman- Spidey? Oh he's great we took a selfie together, I mean he's alright I suppose nothing spectacular he only helped me take down Shocker in literally the most amazing team up ever! Even though all of the teachers at Horizon told me off the next day for not arresting him on site, detention for a week sucked!' Ms Marvel of all the heroes training at Horizon she was the only one that got a permanent internship with the Avengers and was also the only one that kinda patrolled like he did.
But the report was plastered with the Avenger's 'official' statement- All actions by vigilantes are not condoned by the United State Government or UN council in response to the New York Act 2012, all unlicensed 'heroes' will be treated as such
Peter lips curled into a smile, nothing was stopping his idea, that statement was just so the Avenger's weren't shut down, after all they did it for the money as well as helping people, he'd try an pop in as Spiderman tonight to Avengers Tower apparently he was always welcome, he'd try and let the others know about the fact he was going out of country for an extended period of time. Yeah that'll solve the whole problem. Hearing Aunt May call him for diner Peter smiled "Well I think everything's coming out Milhouse or Spidey"
The Avengers were partying hard, it had been a stressful week, with the intern (unpayed) Ms Marvel the only member of the current team being able to respond to anything less than a major threat, leaving the poor intern to deal with 25 muggings, 3 attempted murders and a well that wasn't something any 16 year old wanted to see, as Steve and Tony were both up in the high courts trying to wrangle something, it hadn't worked out but on the bright side The Fantastic 4 had brought speakers and Johnny was fire dancing it was gonna be a good night, and that was before all the other guest started to turn up, the coat rack was becoming very full as the original X-Men team had turned up as well for some reason.
And this party was extremely uncomfortable for the intern Ms Marvel sure the X-Men had brought literally one of there newest recruits in the form of Nightcrawler just so someone could flight the Black Bird home. Both of them sat cross legged on the Black Bird playing cards, of course it was some weird X-men game of cards so Kamala had literally now clue if Kurt was cheating or not, when a strange noise echoed out from the party bellow them, it was almost a cheer as if someone else had arrived. "Vhat vas dat?" asked Kurt completely confused at the noise "No idea come on lets go have a look" Kurt bampfed to the door, Kamala took the opportunity to look at Kurt's cards, both of the jokers in his hand "What is this game?" she muttered to herself rushing towards the door.
The pair looked though the large glass windows of the pent house. Inside stood all the heroes they expected to see an one very surprised looking Spiderman "You guys were having a party and didn't invite me?" he asked faking insulted "Yeah Webhead, sorry but none of use have your address" stated Tony smiling drink in hand. "Yeah, like I'd give that out so freely" stated Spidey crossing his arms, the party seemed to continue as Spidey began talking to Tony.
"Listen Tony, Imma be out of town for a well a while I feel kinda bad just leaving you guys without anyone knowing" he said lenses expressing some form of concern "So why are you telling us this?" Spidey pulled a USB from his belt "I got a list of everything I discovered about crimes 'Big Man' on here as well as files on all of the villains I've fought, just in case they show up again, also to hopefully find a replacement for me whilst I was gone" Tony took the USB and opened it up displaying the files, one of a particularly wet looking Human Torch shouting at Spidey. "Oh I am so blackmailing that hothead" stated Tony, Spidey nodded "It's why I put it on there" you could hear Spidey's enjoyment at that.
"Spidey!" called Ms Marvel, not in costume towards the spider powered teen, Nightcrawler 'bampf' appearing next to the only costume in the room "Spiderman ist gut to see you" "Good to see you too Blue boy, Elastagirl" he greeted them. Both of them seemed to be confused by his presence, Spiderman was famously a lone wolf when it came to hero work, so him handing Tony and USB meant something big was happening. "Anything else I could do for you kid?" "Tell the Japanese heroes to try an not kill me whilst I'm there?"
Both Ms Marvel and Nightcrawlers jaws dropped "You're leaving New York!" they said in unison, Spidey slightly readjusted his mask as it been blown by the force of the shout slightly "Yeah, I got some business to do outside the Big Apple, so I was hoping yous lot would hold down the fort for me" Tony put his hand on Spiderman's shoulder "Sure we can manage without you, however since your here I got a present for you Webhead" Spidey mask made a questioning expression, it always impressed did that mask, revealing much about the wallcrawler's mood but never his face. "It better not be a swirly I've had enough of those for 5 life times" he muttered to himself, before following the Iron avenger.
Ms Marvel and Nightcrawler just stood flabbergasted, both of them knew what Tony's gift was, and well it was kinda impressive for someone being a hero illegally, the whole crowd had notice, Spidey looked around 'was this gift really that important?' was the only thought going though the webslingers head. "Spiderman" Tony opened up a panel revealing an Avenger's ID card, his Avengers ID card. "This is yours kid you earn this, a welcome to the Avengers, even if your a secret member" he said winking at Spiderman whilst handing him the card. No wonder this never happens, not to vigilantes or Parker! Oh this was so illegal it hurt.
Peter was flabbergasted under the mask, he was an Avenger! and he could tell no one such is life, if only Flash could know that would make this so sweet right now, finally bringing himself down to a level where he could quip "So does this get me a discount anywhere?" Tony looked at the kid for a moment nodding, that was the Wallcrawler he expected "No but it should stop most heroes trying to attack you where ever your going. This is basically a hero license don't lose it and only show this to a hero if they caught you, I don't wanna deal with Alpha Flight before I put the word out that you're a member, or persuade the licencing companies that your actually not going to kill anyone by accident" Spidey smiled "Sure thing, if the Avengers haven't court me yet then I doubt anyone's going to be putting me in a giant glass anytime soon"
Then the party resumed with all the Avengers, including the new wallcrawler having a good time. Eventually the all posed for the camera being held by Jean Grey telekinetic powers, all of them sitting in the pent house with Spiderman an Kurt hanging from a webline. Peter wouldn't say this but he kinda wish he could have at least shown Aunt May this, finally Spiderman at least to the other heroes of New York was a hero, that was for filling but he wasn't a hero for fame but a hero because he had great power and with that came great responsibility.
The party started to wind down once 3 A.M was reached, Peter looked on as people started to leave, standing atop the roof smiling hands on his hips, Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman the Avenger! oh that felt good somewhere near his ego. "So you heading out then?" asked Tony form behind him "Yeah it's kinda past my curfew" Tony looked at him for a moment before pinching his nose "Kid sometimes i really hate you" he burped thumping his arch reactor in his chest. "Anyway I was going to give Kamala a lift home but..." he gestured to himself, he was defiantly a special kind of drunk, the special branded Tony Stark drunk "So can you take the other kid home?" Kamala appeared from behind Tony in her costume, Spidey sighed "Sure but I expect a good review on Uber!" he said pointing to Kalama, she looked very sleep deprived and after seeing what she'd been up too this week, good god did this girl take alot of selfies when on the job, it had taken at least half an hour to scroll through all of them, Peter wounldn't think of taking her home normal, more likely to have been 'Isn't she her own superhero' but the girl could barely stand.
"Thaaaaaaannnkkk youuuu" Kamala yawned, Peter sighed if being Spidey had done one thing to himself was this, his body clock was completely fucked, no other way around it, hopefully Kamala wouldn't have his problem of randomly napping in class to catch up. "Right hold on tight your taking air Spidey tonight, if we have overbooked this flight the most qualified person with be removed violently" Kamala grumbled back "Try that an I'll bet you worse than Squirrel Girl beat Doctor Doom" Spidey turned around "Just grab on and hold on, and directions where am I going?"
"Jersey City" Spiderman mask dropped "Oh, and I thought I liked you" before Kamala could even process his comment he leap off Avengers tower and began to webs swing though New York. The scream of terror by his right ear and arms rapping tighter around his neck and legs rapping themselves around his waist like snakes, releasing the webline at the top of his swing Peter smiled under the mask, just before it would be unrecoverable he fired another webline sending both him and Kamala back into the air.
After about 3 minutes of swinging Kamala finally piped up "So is this how you get around normal?" "Yeah, quicker than the metro" "It's fun once you get past it being terrifying part" "Yeah it is" an awkward silence echoed out between the pair "So your leaving?"
Spidey sighed "Yeah, something came up when I'm not Spiderman, so I won't be around, I was hoping you'd kinda try an take up any slake whilst I was gone" Kamala looked at him questioningly "You want me, to take up the slake of one of the greatest vigilantes of the world?" "When we start talking about Daredevil?" that garnered a chuckle. "You don't have to if you don't want to it's just I don't want any of my messes causing more trouble" Peter wasn't even concentrating on the webs slinging, "Don't worry I got your back, you're an Avenger now and we stick together"
Peter smiled under the mask "Yeah an avenger" that would happen right before he had to leave for a while, keeping that secret was so gonna be difficult.
UA was a wash with feeling, class 1-A was no different all of them had been in the dorms for at least a month with those having some of there number just obtaining a provisional hero licence they all sat around discussing various topics, the big one at the moment was talking about famous villains from across the globe. Izuku of course having various notes taken of each of them and the heroes they fought. They found this list of 100 worst villains on the internet and were scrolling threw.
"Number 23- Sandman- real name Flint Marko- Quirk: Sand- Flint Marko can change his whole body into sand at well and create weapons from his body or absorb more sand become a living sand storm, he was last defeated by the vigilante Spiderman in New York" stated Mineta reading off the next villain as the passed the laptop between the group that was sat in the commons room. "Wait that's like the fifth one that this Spider guys beaten!" Mina, the pink girl shivered that the thought of a literally man with a spider face.
"It would certainly seem that way" replied Tokoyami, closing his eyes and resting his head against the wall he was leaning on. Izuku had come across accounts of Spiderman on the internet and his various fights with villains that normal would have been left by an unlicensed vigilante. "It says here that Marko broke out just to try an get even with Spiderman, wow that guy must have done a number on him for him to want revenge that much" Mineta added. "As impressive as that is Spiderman is still a vigilante, he is breaking the law" said Tsuyu from her little place she'd carved out for herself on top of the bookshelves.
Mineta handed over the laptop to Midoriya, who scrolled absentmindedly to the next villain on the list, having his notebook on quirks open just to note down some of the basics, "Number 22- Hero Killer Stain- real name Chizome Akaguro- Quirk: Bloodcurdle- Stain was formally the vigilante Sentdhal, took his ideology to far taking out 13 pro heros and crippiling many more before Pro Hero Endeavor took him out he is currently imprisoned"
"The hero killer used to be a vigilante?" asked Tenya, sub consciously looking at his ruined hand "Apparently, I haven't heard anything else about it, could just be some fluff on the article" Izuku stated scribbling something down on Stain's analysis before handing the laptop to Kirishima, he looked over at the green haired hero's notes for a second before reading the next one.
"Number 21- Sabertooth- real name unknown at present time- Quirk: Primordial Predator- Sabertooth has rapid healing on the same level as Pro Hero Wolverine and extendable claw like fingernails, last know public appearance was the Brotherhood attempt to break out Magneto from his prison cell" turning the laptop around a granie picture of Sabertooth and Wolverine rushing each other was shown under the blurb, both men were wildmen but Sabertooth seemed to be at least 2 metres tall at least. "That guy looks tough I can't wait till were bashing heads with villains like that!" stated the hardening hero as he passed the laptop Uraraka.
"Number 20, the big hitters now- Green Goblin- real name unknown- Quirk: Unknown- The Green Goblin is a masked villain seemingly set on one goal, destroying Spiderman for a unknown reason, the Goblin uses a vast array of Halloween themed weaponry from Pumpkin Bombs to Baterangs flying about on a glider. Spiderman has been the only vigilante or hero in New York to encounter the villain, it is unknown why. Okay he's creepy looking" stated Uraraka showing the picture.
Manic smile, tiny pinhole pupils in large yellow eyes, with green plastic looking skin with a purple tunic and long flowing hat, on a bat shaped glider with a pumpkin bomb in hand, it with just in frame was Spiderman swinging on a web from bellow the villain, "This Spiderman seems to be quite the capable fighter, maybe we should see if there are any videos of him online?" questioned the ever formal and reserved Yaoyorozu, Uraraka nodded opening up a new tab an typing Spiderman onto the search engine.
"Spiderman footage captured, he smacks down the villains both physically and verbally" Uraraka muttered to herself before placing the laptop in view of everyone and clicking the video.
A large man like rhino creature was stopping through Times Square, shaky camera dash board cam from a taxi or something, when a traffic cone landed on the Rhino's main horn. A voice in english echoed out, obviously making a remark about something, the video was paused by Kirishima as he looked over to Momo "What did he say?" English wasn't exactly his strong suit and Momo was basically fluent "'Hey I got the thing on the thing! What do I win?'" Momo looked unamused at the comment. All of the other looked back at the screen when it started up again, the Rhino guy spoke then Spiderman again. The pause came.
"The rhinoceros man said 'You' and Spiderman respond 'I win me? What a swizz prize, I want my money back'" Momo said rubbing her head. Izuku looked back at the video as Spiderman seeming goaded the villain into attack, or did he just have a motormouth? It was hard to tell with only one video to go on from. The video came to an abutted end as Rhino tried to use the car the dash cam was in to swat Spiderman. Scrolling though the comments it seemed that this was some of the bog standard exchanges between Spiderman or as the american fans called him Spidey, and his villains.
"I can see why all the villains in New York want to kill him" stated Momo having understood ever word of his just looked slightly in disbelief that that was his normal behavior "Heroing is serious business and should be treated as such" Tenya began "And this bantering is wasting time an valuable energy, obviously this vigilante has no respect for the rules what so ever!" Tenya said bolt upright light glinting off his glasses.
"Maybe it's a way of distracting his enemies and throwing them off balance?" asked Izuku trying to figure out such an odd method of fighting whilst speaking. "What getting them angry so they make a mistake?" Tsuyu said from her perch, a book having appeared on her stomach from somewhere. "That does make sense, people fight less logically when angry"
Uraraka reading the description found a link to a website with more info "SuperNewsSite?" clicking the link they were greeted by a splash screen full of all of America's heroes, and some of the more world traveling ones like Wolverine who had worked in Japan for about a year or so. The Avengers Agency having a massive section dedicated to themselves as was standard practice when talking about Pros from the States, with the Fantastic 4 and X-Men aswell, the last one to have a tab to himself- the Webhead.
Mineta looked surprised at that, so did Mina "Why would you have someone based on a spider as you front screen?" Mina didn't like to admit it but she really didn't like spiders not at all. "He must be popular enough" stated Jiro finally joining in the conversation. Clicking on the link to the Spiderman page the Webhead was finally shown in all his as Mina put it 'weird spider glory'
He was lean but with definite muscle mass, red and blue costume, black webbing pattern of the red with a spider logo in the center of his chest, full face mask with large white lenses over his eyes, he was just clinging to the side of a building like it was nothing. With all his big headlines reading one of two things thing 'Masked Menace' 'Going Pro?' "Well that odd, say do you wanna get back to the list, the idea of him having a weird spider face is kinda giving me the creeps" Mina stated having moved from the sofa to behind it. "Said there girl that wanted to be called 'Alien Queen'" came Jiro from the other side of the room.
"Alright hey Tsu it's your turn" called Uraraka, the frog like tongue grabbing the laptop bringing it to the bookshelf perch "Number 19- Dabi"