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treyalexander6397: I can't lie it was hard to come up with an idea of how to introduce him to the story, I set the precedent that people can get powers in this story but if anyone can get powers then where does it stop? So, I thought making Marko a ex-huntsmen student would be fitting. And yes, Weiss would show Spidey up I talking down sandy.
Atom king: Yeah having May go looking right after Ben's death would be a bonehead move, I recently lost my mom and it took months for my dad to think about moving on.
Spiderfan616: I don't have plans for the clones, in fact I'm not even sure they could work in this story. Sure, Remnant is highly advanced technology wise but we've never seen anything genetic wise. Otherwise why are there robotic parts and not just cloned body parts? Don't get me wrong, Kane and Ben are awesome but I don't see how I could fit them in…..yet….maybe…..I don't know…
AnimeKing6: Yeah at this point Peter and Yang have really become friends, before they just hung out from time to time but talking about each other's roles really brought them together I think. And I love the contrast between them, Yang had her family to help her when she needed it but Peter didn't really have anyone. May of course but there are things he can tell Yang that he can't tell May.
keys of fate: I'm really glad you like it! Another good one on here is The Amazing RWBY Spider, the writer does some cool twists with the Spidey formula and really makes it feel like your watching a show. I've also gotten both some love and dislike the idea of Yang and Peter together, and while it's early I do have some alternative ideas people might like. But like I said it's early and nothing is concrete.
Spiderfan626: Yeah the series has some rough spots here and there but overall I like the story that they're going with. Honestly I'm excited for season two and hope they introduce some more characters, *cough**cough, Mary Jane, *cough**cough*. Plus Josh Keaton is always a win in my book, and him as Norman is acutally kinda cool….plus it was cool that we got him in the spidey suit again for Spider Island.
Guest 1: Well I'm not rushing into Romance just yet, unlike the other crossovers I do, this show is still going on. And as my familiar readers can tell you, I don't change the cannon that drastically. If the story goes from point A to C, I add point B between them in my story, but in the end it still goes to point C. So if a certain two characters on the show wind up together (not that I ship, not since the Makorra incident of 2013) then they'll probably wind up together in the story.
ssjmichael26: See above.
theallaroundnerd: I can't see a reason why they would spar but yeah…..god Peter would be such a dork it's just too funny…..maybe I'll make a little chibi thing and show it?
Shivasb: I do have plans for Black Cat…..though I'm conflicted on what she would look like…..I freaking love her classic look but her more recent costume is pretty kickass too…not gonna lie I'm tempted to make this story M as soon as she shows up Lol :D
"Please…..make it stop…." Harry groaned out as he tried to climb the rope for gym class. Peter was right behind him, looking up the three out of ten feet he was supposed to climb to ring the bell at the top of the rope. Peter was behind his friend on the ground looking up at Harry as he struggled to make his way up the rope, coach Ramos shook his head at the sight.
"Alright Osborne you tried, all I can ask." he said, signaling Harry to drop down onto the mat below the rope while Randy reached the bell on the line beside the one Harry attempted to climb. As Randy dropped down, Peter was shoved aside by Flash as he made his way up to the rope, sending a glare at Peter as he did. Flash had suspected that Peter was behind the prank that he had suffered from the week before. And for once his assumption was right, and he had been making Peter's life hell since.
On Monday he 'tripped' Peter in the lunch room, making him faceplant onto his tray of mac and cheese, on Tuesday he tried to give Peter a swirly in the boy's locker room but Peter managed to slip away. But he made up for that on Wednesday when he punted Peter in the rear with his foot when he bent down to tie his shoe. If only I had some sort of precognitive sense that warns me of when I was in trouble….oh wait! I do. he thought dryly.
His Spider Sense had warned him each and every time that Flash had retaliated, but since Peter Parker couldn't suddenly be strong as an Ursa, he had to stand and take it. Secret Identities suck. Peter thought as he approached the rope and looked up at the top where the bell hung, Take this rope for example, with my strength I could pull me, Harry, Flash, and Kong up there without breaking a sweat. But I need to do bad..…because I'm Peter Parker. he thought dryly as he grabbed the rope and pulled himself up off the ground barely, letting out an exaggerated grunt of exertion.
He heard Flash let out a laugh as he rose up the line, "What's wrong Parker? Head so big it's weighing you down?" he mocked before reaching the top of the exercise. "Tell you what, I'll wait for you to catch up!" he called down, the coach rolling his eyes before looking at Peter.
"Parker come on, I know you can reach it." he said, trying to encourage the teen to give it his all. I know too but I can't! Peter thought with frustration, pulling himself at least three feet off the ground, kicking his feet back to emphasis the fake struggle. He had to make it look like how he usually would, no super strength, or wall crawling, or anything, "Alright Parker that's enough. Get down." the coach said with a sigh. Peter fell off the rope rear first onto the mat while Flash mockingly rung the bell.
He walked over to Harry on the bench while the rest of the class preformed the exercise, the Osborne heir rubbing his shoulder as Peter took a seat beside him, "Well that was thoroughly embarrassing." he said to his friend. Peter gave him a irked look, "At least you were on the rope longer than I was." he pointed out, Flash taking a seat by Liz and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
Peter suddenly thought of Yang, ever since their heart to heart last week they both had become really good friends. Talking about the losses that both of them dealt with played a huge role in that, before he wasn't exactly sure how to act around Yang but now he didn't worry about it. Yang liked to hang out with him because just got along well together, not because of his social status which she didn't know about, or his intelligence which he didn't think she knew about…..come to think of it, maybe it was time he told her a little more about himself….
Too bad she goes off to Beacon after summer break. He thought sadly to himself. Summer break for schools in Vale lasted only four weeks and it started next week for him. And as much as he hated to admit, Harry was right about him and Yang relationship wise, they'd be going to two different schools and would only see each other on the weekend…..but he wasn't going to give up, May and Ben Parker didn't raise no quitters…..any quitters…..besides Yang hasn't brought it up….though maybe that's because she doesn't want to like me.
Peter was taken out of his thoughts as the bell rang for the end of the period, Peter and Harry made their way to the men's locker room and quickly changed into their clothes and grabbed their schoolbags. Exiting the locker room, Peter bid Harry goodbye as he made his way to history class with Mr. Straczynski, the one class that Peter hated.
He had nothing against the teacher, he was a very nice man who told the class a number of great stories, but he just had trouble concentrating on the subject of History. Taking his seat near the back of the class he pulled out his notebook and readied himself for class, "Good afternoon class, hope your all having a nice day." the middle aged man said as he walked in front of the class and turned on the holo board. Taking out his smart pen he wrote on the board while Peter began writing what was on the board.
'Friday is Final for Histor-'
FRIDAY IS FINALS FOR THE CLASS?! Peter thought in a panic as he quickly reached into his bag and pulled out his textbook. How did I miss that!? Oh god I need to cram today and tomorrow! he thought as Mr. Straczynski began the review for the final.
After his classes had finished up, Peter made his way to the Bugle to pick up his paycheck for some photos he had given them yesterday. I'll stop in, pick up my check and then head home to study. he thought to himself as he made his way towards Betty's desk. The assistant looked up at Peter as he approached with a welcome smile.
"Hey Peter, here to pick up your check?" she asked, the photographer nodding as she reached into her desk drawer and pulled out a check with his name on it. Peter took the check and read over the amount and frowned, Jonah only bought three pictures for one hundred and seventy five lien, that wasn't a big take. Betty noticed his displeasure and gave him a look of sympathy, "Not as much as you wanted?" she asked jokingly.
"Well if you got an extra three hundred lying around I wouldn't say no." the teen said as he pocketed the check. He might have staved off the bills for the past two months but he couldn't start slacking off now.
The assistant looked past Peter to Robbie's office, "You know if you want some more cash you should try talking to Robbie, see if he needs any pictures." she suggested.
Peter smiled at her advice, "Thanks Betty….where is Jonah by the way?" he asked, suddenly realizing that he hadn't been shouted at since he entered the offices. Or that Jonah hadn't shouted at anyone since he entered come to think of it.
"He took today to spend time with his son, John. He's visiting from Atlas and wanted to treat him to a night out on the town." Betty explained. Peter looked at her skeptically, "Jonah's a good guy underneath all the shouting. And he really does love his son." she said simply with a smile.
Ah see but you need a heart to love and I'm pretty sure that Jonah has this deep dark put where his should be. Peter thought sarcastically, "Thanks Betty, I'll talk to him." he said gratefully before making his way over to Robbie's office. Knocking on the door, he heard a muffled 'come in' from the inside. Opening the Door he saw Robbie behind his desk typing away at his computer.
"Peter, what brings you here?" he asked, looking up from his screen to the photographer.
The spider vigilante rubbed the back of his head, suddenly feeling awkward asking Robbie this, "Um, well Mister Robertson-"
"Peter, call me Robbie." the man kindly insisted, making the teen more relaxed.
"I was wondering if you had any jobs you might need a photographer for, one that's….better in quality then….." he stopped to find the right sequence of words to describe his needs. He couldn't just ask Robbie for more money.
"Peter, if you need an assignment for more cash you can just say so." Robbie reassured with a bemused smile. He gestured to the seat in front of his desk, Peter took the seat as Robbie folded his hands together, "Listen Peter, you've gotten us pictures of Spider-Man when all the other news outlets have been having trouble getting a single frame of him. But you can't count on Spider-Man forever so how about I give you a real assignment as a trail run?" he proposed, making Peter smile at the idea.
"Yes! Totally! Where do you need me?" he asked eagerly.
Robbie chuckled at the teen's excitement, "There's a charity concert hosted by the Schnee Dust Company, the CEO's daughter will be playing there and everyone wants a good shot of her. Since Phil Sheldon is sick I need you to bring me some pictures, and if I get another assignment I'll keep you in mind. Deal?" he asked, Peter nodding in agreement, "Ok you should hurry, the event starts in an hour." he warned, causing Peter to spring up from his seat and run out the door.
Moments later, Spider-Man leapt off the roof of the Daily Bugle, "This is great! I snag some easy pics at this thing and I get paid. And who knows, this could lead to me getting a real job instead of freelance work." he said aloud as swung down between traffic lanes. Leaping off his web he sprung off the back of a bus and shot another line to swing high up into the air. "And who knows? Maybe I'll have some spare cash left over and actually ask Yang out on a date?" he mused as he landed on the side of a building about ten stories off the ground, "Well either way this should be easy as-"
"Help! They stole my car!" Spider-Man looked down at the street to see a woman sprawled out on the sidewalk with a car going way too fast down the road. The Spider powered vigilante leapt off the wall and shot a webline, swinging after a car as it turned around the corner, flying out from around the side of the building Spider-Man attached a line to the corner to change direction after the car before jumping off and shooting another line to get overtop and dropping onto the roof of the car.
"Excuse me I think you have the wrong car sir." Spider-Man said as he was about to look through the front windshield only for his Spider Sense to go off, instinctively he pulled his body to the side as the driver shot into the roof of the car. "Woah! Watch it!" Spider-Man chastised as he dodged another bullet.
Ok, don't want to trash the car like last time, so how do I stop the driver-he dodged another shot, -without getting turned into a used target? he finished his thought before flipping himself over onto the side of the car so he was facing the driver seat window where the car thief was busy shooting into the roof until Spider-Man punched him through the window and knocking him out.
However the driver's foot was still on the accelerator, "Ok, so now what?" he asked himself before the car drifted across the yellow line into traffic, "Oh crap!" Spider-Man yelled as he grabbed the steering wheel and pushed it so that they skidded back into the right lane of traffic. However the car turned to hard and skidded and began to tip onto the side Spider-Man was on, "Oh double crap!" the vigilante reissued as he braced his back against the side of the car before sticking his feet out onto the road, the abrupt stop causing the car to flip over onto the teen's back with him bent over I the middle of the street.
"Nggh, ok, that's one way to do it." Spider-Man groaned out from the uncomfortable position before gently dropping the car back down onto it's tires. Taking the thief out of the car through the window he webbed the carjacker to the side of the car, "Well you took me about six blocks the opposite way I was heading." he commented aloud before swinging back into the air. "But I got-" he stopped himself in mid swing, "Oh man I almost said 'I'll be there in no time' like a chump…aw crap." he said aloud, realizing his error.
No sooner after saying that, he noticed a window washing platform had both the lines on one side snap and the woman hanging off the railing with her legs failing about wildly. Spider-Man quickly swung over and caught her, hoisting her over her shoulder as he spun a webline and descended down to the streets, "Ma'am I only suggest falling with building when there's a professional such as myself present…..or if you have wings." Landing on the sidewalk, he gently laid her down onto the ground where she shook from the sheer shock of nearly falling to her death.
Just as Spider-Man was about to swing away however his Spider Sense directed him up to see the window platform falling down, "Huh, there's something you don't see every day." he said aloud, the vigilante spraying a net of webbing across the street to catch the platform before it hit the ground or any innocent bystanders. OK. he thought with conviction he resumed swinging though the air, I am going to this thing before anything else makes me have to stop. he thought to himself, spinning a web with either hand to the buildings on either side of him, his weight pulled him down towards traffic but ricocheted him back up into the air .
Attaching another line to the side of a building he circled around the corner to see the civic center down the street….only to nearly hit a balloon. "WAHHHHH! My balloon!" he heard a child's voice down below as he wailed about his lost gift. However that was short lived as the balloon floated ack down with a ball of webbing weighing down on the string.
Meanwhile, Peter landed on the side of the building next to the civic center, the circular shaped building was teeming with Atlas security, "Hmmm, it almost looks like they don't want anyone to get inside except for the front door. How odd." Peter said sarcastically to himself as he crawled up the building and onto a ledge wide enough for him to change into his clothes.
Peter dropped down into an alley across the street from the building, walking out across the street he approached the civic center's front entrance. Walking through the front doors however he came to another set where an usher with neatly combed over hair with white on the sides as well as a strong square jaw, stood in front of the door with a sign on the wood, the usher noticed Peter approached and gestured down to the teen's shoes, "Sir your shoelace." he pointed out, Peter looked down and saw one of his shoelace was untied. He quickly bent down and tied it, he took another step forward before the usher gestured to his own hairline.
Peter frowned, he hated it when his hair got messed up from wearing his mask, Peter quickly adjusted his hair, the usher smiled and gave him a 'ok' symbol with his hand, but as Peter approached the door he held up his hand, "May I help you sir?" he asked.
"Oh I'm here with the daily bugle to get photos of the event." he introduced.
The man frown slightly, "Hmmm, I'm sorry sir but the event has already begun and no one is permitted to enter." he said sadly before gesturing to the sign on the door. Peter looked at the sign, 'Quiet Please While Event Is In Progress.' was spelled out in bold lettering. "It helps maintain the illusion." the added with a nod.
Peter sighed before turning around and exiting the lobby, Well if Peter Parker can't get inside then maybe Spider-Man can. he thought, not planning on being deterred so easily. As he left the usher walked through the doors to the auditorium, walking around the outer ring of seats he came to a staff only door to a stairwell which he entered, closing and locking the door he turned to see a man who looked identical to him.
"Where is the heiress?" he asked as his hair receded back into his head and now had a bald head as his sin tone changed from Caucasian to pale white, his clothes flickered from the red vest, dress shirt, and slacks to a black tactical uniform with twin pistols beneath his arms and a grey belt with a white light in the center of it that died down as the clothes he wore previously disappeared.
The 'real' usher tilted his head back, silently asking to fallow him down the stairs, "She's already going to preform, but if you can get her father's secretary out of the way you can pose as him then extract her." the other man said, "And keep in mind that belt of yours I made can only mimic material with hard light, so if you make yourself look like a bulletproof vest then it'll look like it but you won't have it." he warned.
The pale man nodded in understanding as they stopped in front of the door leading to the staff area underneath the stage and lead to the backstage. "Beck, get the van ready, after the performance we need to move fast. Understand?" he asked, his partner giving him a look.
"What am I? A unprofessional?" he asked, his colleague giving him a blank look, "I'll get it done, just get her out of here without any hustle." he reminded before the man in front of him shifted his shape to be more slender than his partner and into a white Atlas security uniform and his skin tone becoming tan with a white goatee, his eyes becoming green as well before exiting the stairwell.
(Play 'Mirror, Mirror' by Jeff and Casey Lee Williams)
It took a few minutes for Spider-Man to find a safe way into the civic center, but he discovered his way in on the roof….though an airduct. "These are much more roomier in the movies." he said to himself as he crawled through the vent with his arms reaching far out in front of him so he wasn't trapped by his shoulders. "And I'm pretty scrawny too…man this kind of ruins like a few dozen action movies for me." he mused before reaching a vent over the main hall.
Pulling the screen into the vent, he crawled out onto the underside of the vent before jumping onto the ceiling and lowering himself down though the air by a webline between his feet, the teen looked around the large open room where thousands of cameras where flashing in the nosebleeds while the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company sang on stage. When he saw the girl, he couldn't help but pause for a second, Woah….she's super pretty. Peter thought.
The girl looked around his age, her petite form was covered by a elegant white dress and jacket with a red interior to the former and the sleeves expanding out near her wrists. Her dress expanded out around her thighs like a bell, her skin was pale with white hair that was tied with a icicle shaped tiara which made an off center ponytail. She also had a scar over her left eye.
Pulling out his camera, Peter zoomed in only for the image to become more blurry before he manually adjusted the lenses. She's not what I expected….especially with that voice….instead of the fat lady I got the petite girl, go figure. he thought as he snapped a picture. Due to his position near the front of the stage he had a much better view than anyone else had, Get some pictures? Check, get some cash? Soon to be checked, just need to make sure I don't get caught and- he stopped as he felt his spider sense lightly vibrate.
Spider Sense!? Danger?! Here!? he thought with confusion as he searched in the direction that the sixth sense was directing him to. Looking down at the side of the stage he saw a man standing readily as he watched the heiress preform, Ok creep factor is at level nine right now. But he doesn't look that dangerous, so why is my Spider Sense going off? he thought to himself before swinging on the webline to the wall above the man.
He waited patiently until the heiress finished singing and walked over to the man with a look of distain on her face. "Has father called?" she asked expectantly. She had given her secretary her scroll in the event that she was called during her time on stage, and the last thing she needed was her concentration breaking when performing.
"No he hasn't." the secretary stated as they fallowed the heiress. "But I do need to speak to you about something private, it'd be best if we talked outside." the secretary said as the girl's eyes narrowed. She knew her father's assistant wouldn't be here unless he wanted it, "It's urgent Miss Schnee." the secretary warned lightly.
"You usually call me Weiss." the heiress noticed.
The secretary sighed, "Well that's good to know." they said before the imposter reached out and grabbed Weiss forcefully by the shoulder and spun her around, before she could shout for help she felt something metal press against her back. "Listen closely Schnee, your supposed to be delivered alive, cooperate and you'll be fine. Struggle and you'll be delivered alive, but not unharmed." the imposter threatened before leading her towards the backstage where the stagehands went about.
Weiss grit her teeth at her misstep, she should have went straight backstage where there had been witnesses to prevent this, to where security was. Or better yet she should have brought Myrtenaster with her to the concert for her own protection but she thought better of it, what could happen at a charity concert after all? This apparently for one.
"Well that's not threatening at all." A webline hit the gun and pulled it up out of the imposter's hand as Spider-Man fell and kicked the kidnapper away behind the stage away from the heiress as the people around scattered to get security. He looked back at the white haired girl and saw her flabbergasted expression before they both focused on the imposter as their clothes flickered back to normal and the secretary's face morphed into it's base form. "What the-" he started before he shot at the two.
Reacting quickly he grabbed the heiress and leapt into the air as the imposter shot at them, the crowded auditorium screamed as gunshots rang throughout the stage. Thought it wasn't nearly as loud as Weiss Schnee was being right now, "PUT ME DOWN YOU RAPSCALLION!" she demanded as Spider-Man shot a webline and swung them up onto the catwalk where the man couldn't get a beat on them. Weiss immediately pushed the vigilante off her, "Who do you think you are!?" she demanded.
The white eyed hero shrugged, "I dounno, the guy who swung you away from the other guy with a gun?" he replied smartly before looking over the railing to see that the man had vanished, "Oh perfect he's gone."
"Why'd you let him get away!?" the girl criticized, making the other teen look at her as she placed her hands on her hips, "You should have taken him out when you had the chance instead of disarming him!" she reprimanded.
"And possibly let him shoot you? What if the gun went off and hit someone else?" Spider-Man replied before pointing at her, "Lady I've saved a lot of people in my short tenure of doing this, but you're the first to criticize me…..well second, behind J Jonah Jameson." he corrected as Weiss folded her arms across her chest.
"Well then that explains a lot." Weiss replied curtly.
Before Spider-Man could respond however, he felt his Spider Sense go off in his head, "Spider-Man freeze!" the vigilante turned around to see a number of security forces closing in on him.
"Well that about figures. Fine lady have nice day and try not to get captured again." Spider-Man said before diving off the catwalk and spinning a web to carry him over the stage and to the vent he entered the building from as the security surrounded Weiss to protect her as some of them aimed at the teen before he swung up into the vent and scurried away as Weiss as escorted down from the catwalk by a trio of the guards.
"Ms. Schnee we'll escort you out the back and get you to a secure location." the head of the three assured as they waked though the backstage towards the rear of the building. As she was led towards the back of the building she realized two things, that was where the attempted kidnapper wanted her to go, and that she didn't know a single one of these men.
The heiress stopped in her tracks, "We should wait for the police so I can tell them what I saw." she said reasonably in a attempt to halt the others. The man who tried to kidnap her was able to morph his appearance through his semblance apparently, so she couldn't trust a single person here until he was caught. "Besides I need to find my father's secretary, I thinks she might have been hurt by whoever tried to take me." she explained.
However the trio looked between them confused before they seemed to realize what she was implying, "Ma'am, we all that Spider faunus try and take you. We'll give them our statements." one of them said, the others nodding in agreement.
Weiss felt her eye twitch in frustration, "He didn't try and kidnap me. He was the one who was doing YOUR job and protecting me." she said as she stomped forward, the three men collectively taking a step back from the look the heiress had on her face. "In fact I think your time would be better spent getting the police, finding my assistant, and searching for whoever tried to take me." she said in a cold demanding tone.
The three men each took one of those tasks and left to complete them, leaving Weiss alone for now, Well that takes care of that. she thought as she made her way towards her dressing room where a guard stood watch. As she entered the room she felt a prick against her neck and suddenly felt drowsy. She wavered a few steps, realizing too late that she hadn't inspected the man guarding her door.
Spider-Man fell out of the airduct onto the roof of the civic center, "Ugh! Thank god I'm finally out of there! If I ever see the inside of a air vent it'll be too soon." he said to himself as he raised his camera over his head. "But at least I got what I came here for." he said proudly before standing up and cracking his back and patting the dirt and dust from his brightly colored costume.
Spider-Man walked to the edge of the building about to spin a web and swing away before he noticed a blue news van skid out of alleyway and out onto the street. "Let's make it a double and catch the bad guy while we're at it?" he asked himself before swinging after the van. Swinging around the corner of a building as the van did the same further down the street, he cut off the van by launching himself across rooftops and down onto the street as the Van passed under him and landed on the roof of the vehicle.
Beck looked at his partner in the back of the Van where he had finished handcuffing the gagged heiress, "Did you hear that?" he asked, Weiss glancing up to the roof.
"Probably a cat, just keep driving." he said simply before the rear window was broken and a webline connected to Weiss and pulled her back towards the rear doors as one of them was ripped off it's hinges as Spider-Man pulled Weiss out of the van and into his arms. However before he could swing her to safety the driver hit the breaks as Weiss was pulled back, making her miss Spider-Man's grasp and the girl letting out a muffled scream.
"Crap!" The vigilante shouted before spinning a web net into the alley they had driven into to catch the heiress. He looked back into the van and saw as the imposter grabbed a shotgun and aimed it at him, "Oh come on!" the teen protested before vaulting over onto the side of the van as he shot a large hole in the door.
"How many guns do you have?! Can't we just fight with water pistols?" he asked before driving his first through the side of the van where he sensed the kidnapper was, hitting him in the back of the head and into the other wall where he laid dazed.
"Chameleon!" Beck shouted before digging into his pocket and retrieving a small disc shaped device as Spider-Man made his way towards the heiress in the web as she spat the gag out of her mouth.
"WHAT IS THIS STUFF!?" she shrieked when she saw the large web she was in before Spider-Man landed on the webbing beside her. Her eyes narrowed at him, "You!" she accused. "What did you do!?" she asked as he reached behind her bak and broke the handcuffs she had off her with ease, shocking the Heiress.
"Run! They're after you, I'll hold them off." he said before turning his attention to the van to see the now named Chameleon had recovered and readied to fire at the two. Before he could, Spider-Man leapt off the net of the webbing and dove at the imposter only to dive right through him and tumble across the ground. He looked back bewildered, "What the-" he started until man's form began to flicker away with a small disc on the ground remaining as the van drove off. "Great." the teen said sarcastically as the Van drove off.
As much as he wanted to stop them, he couldn't just leave the heiress here all by herself so he instead ran over to the Schnee as she slid off his webbing to the ground, shaking slightly as he came over. "Are you ok? I thought your security-" he began.
"The man who could shapeshift, he posed as guard to my dressing room." she explained, running her hand up to her neck where she had been injected. It was a very short tranquilizer, she still felt a little drowsy from the drug's effects but her aura was tending to the aftereffects.
Her rescuer cupped his chin, a shaped shifting semblance would explain how he could disguise his features but the skin color wasn't explained by that. Well Chameleons are able to change their pigmentation to hide from predators….maybe he's a faunus? he thought before the heiress snapped her head at him disapprovingly. Oh boy. he thought.
"I suppose….I should thank you. As much as my family has…issue with your kind, I recognize that you helped me." she admitted, however one of Spider-Man's eyes closed around his lens, giving him a confused expression.
It took him a second to realize what she thought, "Oh! Oh no, I'm not a faunus." he denied as he waved his hand back and forth. However the heiress didn't look convinced whatsoever, "Honest! Cross the spider on my chest and hope it gets torn."
"Don't you mean cross your heart and hope to die?" Weiss asked.
"I know what I said." the teen said, crossing his arms.
Weiss however shook her head, "No, you have to be a faunus. How else can you do that?" she asked, gesturing behind her to the large web he sprayed to catch her.
That explained why she seemed so disturbed when getting off it, "Well I can stick to walls, have super strength, agility, speed, but I'm not a faunus." he explained.
Weiss was taken aback by this information, "Wait….you can do all of that?" she asked as she went over the events that transpired. She thought back to what her sister told her of her encounter with the Spider-Man during her short trip to Vale. She assumed that he was an amateur Huntsman who was trying to make a name for himself, but thinking back on it... "Regardless, I imagine you want some sort of reward?" she asked reasonably.
Peter pressed his lips together in contemplation under his mask, he knew the Schnees where possibly one of the richest people on the planet…..and he definitely could use a few thousand lien…..and they wouldn't miss it…..
"Thanks….but I'm good…hey could I see your scroll?" he replied.
At this Weiss's eyes widened, "Your…Your serious?" she asked in disbelief. Honestly Peter couldn't believe he was doing this either as he nodded before the heiress handed him her scroll, "What are you doing?"
"Well since this guy is still out there, you can't really trust anyone. But I know a guy on the police who might be able to help." he said as he dialed 911. When he reached the receptionist he spoke, "Hello? Yes could you connect me to detective Lemont? I have some information on a case he's working on that might be prudent to him." he lied, setting his empty hand on his hip while he waited for Lamont to pick up.
'Detective Lemont speaking.'
"Heya Detective." Spider-Man greeted warmly.
'You? Why the hell are you calling me?' the policeman asked.
"Well long story short, you hear how a few minutes ago someone tried to kidnap Weiss Schnee?" the vigilante asked.
'Are you kidding it's all on the radi…..why?' he asked in a accusing tone.
The teen rubbed the back of his head, "Well see, I saved her from the guy who kidnapped her but he has a semblance or something that makes him shape shift. And since I know it's you on the other end-"
'You know that I'm trustworthy.' Lamont finished understandingly, 'Ok, I'll be there with a few men.' he said before hanging up and handing Weiss her scroll back.
"He'll be here soon, sit tight until then." he said as he turned and readied to swing away.
"Wait." Weiss stopped him, "They mentioned a hotel beside a club, I don't know if that helps but…" she trailed off, suddenly feeling very helpless.
"It does actually, thanks." Spider-Man said gratefully before spinning a web and shooting up into the air after pulling back on it. Ok a hotel by a club, that narrows it down, most clubs aren't near anywhere residential so it must be near the more rough side of town like the Pound. he thought to himself. The Pound was a section of Vale where mostly faunus populated. It was by no means a slum but the faunus there were constantly victims of hate crimes, Spider-Man probably stopped three crimes there whenever he swung by there at night.
"Well they couldn't have gotten far so I'll check the places closest and then work my way out more." he said to himself as he swung off a webline overtop a building, shooting a line down over the other side and pulling on it to get him over the roof.
It was night when Chameleon and Beck ditched the fake news van a few blocks away from their hideout, and old decrepit looking apartment building by a club run by Junior Xiong, a well-connected businessman in the criminal enterprise. The outside of the building was so bad that no one would pay it no mind, but the inside was completely furnished and occupied by a number of men employed by Junior . "I can't believe we got screwed over by some kid in tights!" Beck shouted as he kicked a footstool over.
Chameleon leaned his back against the wall with his arms crossed, "I'm not pleased about it either but how were we suppoused to anticipate the wall crawler?" he asked as his partner in crime rubbed his eyes with his hand before pointing at Chameleon.
"How about this, you impersonate the wall crawler and go to her, tell her that we got apprehended." he explained, "You knock her out and get her out of the station with one of my illusions disguising her as a cart or something?" he proposed.
His accomplice shook his head, "No good, the Spider isn't very goody, goody, with the police. He'd probably be arrested on sight." he said, making Beck clap his hands together in frustration, "The White Fang are putting good money up for this and I do not want my repuatation sullied because of some punk in a costume." he spat out.
"Aww, you do think of me." the two turned their heads to the window to see Spider-Man crouching on the inside of the room. Beck looked at the door beside Chameleon and sprinted towards it only to be stuck to the wall.
"Oh come on!" he protested as Chameleon ran out the door into the hall with Spider-Man breaking the wood off it's hinges to run after him. Turning the corner the impersonator entered the elevator and clicked the doors closed just as Spider-Man leapt to the corner and swung around the side by his hand to see both elevator doors closed.
"Ok, ennie, meanie, miney, moe. Catch a Grim by it's toe, if it howls don't let it go-aw screw it." He said aloud before pulling apart one of the elevator doors and looking down the saft to see a box heading down. "Gotcha!" he said before diving down after the elevator. Landing on the roof with a thud, he tore open the emergency hatch, before he looked inside however his Spider Sense rang out to warn him of his target shooting at him.
The Spider powered teen swing his body over to the side of the elevator, "Where does he keep getting guns!?" he asked himself before crawling underneath the elevator and spraying a glob of webbing to the part where the wire of the elevator ran through, causing the box to jam in place just under the third floor.
"What?" the imposter asked before hitting the control panel to try and restart the elevator. Turning to the door he dug his finger between the crack and pulled them apart, he climbed up onto the third floor and begun to stand before coming face to face with a group of policemen pointing their guns at him with Detective Lamont standing behind them.
"Well I'll be. When Ms. Schnee told us that a shape sifter tried to kidnap her I didn't think we'd get the Chameleon." he said as he walked forward with a pair of handcuffs while the criminal held his hands up, Spdier-Man watching the scene unfold from the elevator shaft.
"Haven't caught me yet!" the man said before pressing a small device in his hand, causing the lights to shut off.
"I can't see!"
"Get the perp!"
"My flashlight won't turn on!"
Crap! I can't see anything! Peter thought as he wandered through the darkness, he ducked as one of the officers blindly swung at him. Jeeze! Thank you Spidey Sense…..wait, maybe I can use that to find this guy, he can't see in the dark right? he thought to himself as he shut his eyes. Ok, focus….focus on everything around you. Peter thought to himself as he slowly navigated the hall.
With each step his confidence wavered, out of all his abilities he didn't know exactly how his sixth sense operated. However as he felt the other people in the room trash around trying to get their bearings he began to feel the people around them, he could see their shapes in his mind's eye, and one of them triggered his spider sense, "Gotcha!" he said as he grabbed the Chameleon as the lights turned on.
Only to see he grabbed Lamont, "Get off me you idiot!" he shouted as he tried to pry Spider-Man's grasp off him.
But I was-Peter thought as one of the officers pointed their weapons at him and ordered him to let go the Detective. However Spider-Man thought back to the civic center where the imposter used a belt to change his clothing. "Hope I'm right about this or this is going to be real awkward." he said before grabbing the belt and ripping it off, shattering the illusion and revealing Chameleon's back tactical clothing before his sixth sense warned him in time to dodge a shot from one of the officers by backflipping and shooting a web at Chameleon's hand to the wall.
Landing on his feet he turning and punched out the window before swinging up into the air as the police went to the window. "Stop! Don't shoot in here!" Lamon said as he climbed out of the elevator the criminal had thrown him down.
Spider-Man connected a thread to a water tower and swung past it and leaping off the end and down onto a ledge, "Phew. That was close." he said before looking up at the night sky and groaning, "Aggghhhh, I gotta get home before Aunt May starts worrying." he said to himself before springing off the building and diving off the side, firing a web to carry him through the air.
Peter let out a yawn as he walked through the gates of the school with Harry, his friend looked over at his friend and smiled. "Late night with Yang?" he asked as they walked around the fountain in the main square of the school.
Peter shook his head, "Wha-? No, no I just stayed up late to work. Plus gym class kicked my butt yesterday." he lied. He didn't get home last night until ten o'clock, Aunt May was a little mad that he didn't call her and tell her that he was going to be late but once he explained, or in this case lied, that he was busy working at the Bugle she cut him some slack for now.
Harry gave his friend a sympathetic look, "Oh man, that plus studying for Straczynski's class? You gotta be tired as hell." he said, causing the other teen to freeze in his tracks. Harry noticed and when he saw the look of devastation on Peter's face, he mirrored it, "Oh my god you didn't." he said before covering his mouth.
I totally forgot about the Final! I was so busy with Chameleon and the Schnee girl I totally slipped! He thought before slapping his palm against his forehead. "I'm totally gonna fail." he said sadly as he made his way past Harry who put a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Maybe you'll get a C?"
'Harry I haven't gotten a C since elementary school." Peter said, causing his friend to deflate as they entered the school.
AN: Funny enough I'm doing this while doing my exam for one of my online classes so yeah, I know that feeling.
I actually didn't plan on Chameleon being in this chapter, I just wanted the gag from Spider-Man 2 in this but one thing led to another and the idea of someone with a shape shifting semblance and being a chameleon faunus like all our favorite gay lizard girl was too good to pass up…..seriously though, Illia is a really cool character and I love that in just a handful of episodes RT made her a fan favorite with just as much complication as one of the mains.
Also, I realize that it was never specified where the charity concert that Weiss attended in the White Trailer was, they don't even say in the Manga, but I assumed from the timing that it was in Vale.
Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter and can't wait to see you guys next time.
