Chapter 4

Interrogation

Spider-Man swung across the road and neared his house. He swung over to his house and into his bedroom by his window. Spider-Man landed on the floor of his bedroom and took off his mask.

"Phew!" Peter said.

Peter went over to his closet and put some clothes over his Spider-Man costume. When he had finished, his eyes widened and he slapped a hand to his forehead.

"I left my clothes on the roof of that building," Peter exclaimed, angry with himself for forgetting.

Sonic ran along the road and saw the web that Spider-Man had been swinging on and it led to a house. He ran up to the house, ran up the wall and into Peter's room.

"Hey, Peter!" Sonic exclaimed, waving at him.

Peter turned around in shock. Sonic was looking around the bedroom in amazement. Peter stared at the hedgehog. He hadn't been expecting him to follow. Sonic smiled at Peter and took his bag and camera out of his quills and handed them to Peter. The Spider-teen took them from Sonic.

"Thanks," he said.

Sonic nodded and looked back around the room.

"Whoa! You live here! If your bedroom is like this, I can't imagine the rest of the house!" Sonic cried.

Sonic started to run toward the door when Peter webbed the door before the hedgehog reached it.

"Hey! What's that for?" Sonic asked Peter.

"You can't just run around my house like that," Peter told Sonic. "More than one person lives here, you know."

"Really?" Sonic asked.

"Yes. My Aunt May and I live here together," Peter told Sonic.

"Huh!" Sonic said. "Does she know about you being a hero?"

Peter shook his head at Sonic's question, "No. Only Eddie Brock, my old school friend and newest nemesis as Venom and Norman Osborne, my best friends' Father who … died, he was the Green Goblin, another villain I faced," Peter explained to Sonic.

Sonic narrowed his eyes at Peter.

"You should tell her," Sonic told Peter.

Peter rubbed the back of his neck.

"I know but I'm just afraid," Peter told the hedgehog.

"Afraid of what?" Sonic asked.

"That I'll lose her if I tell her," Peter said.

Sonic shook his head at Peter.

"It's best to tell the people you care about of who you really are. If you keep it a secret she could still get hurt, either way," Sonic explained to Peter.

Peter kept rubbing his neck in nervousness.

"Well, the other thing is she's sort of a … chatter-box. I'm just afraid that she might tell someone that I'm Spider-Man," Peter told Sonic.

Sonic sighed. He looked at Peter and shook his head.

"If you explain it to her in a way she can understand she may not tell anyone," Sonic told Peter.

Peter nodded his head and stopped rubbing his neck.

"You think I should tell her about it?" Peter asked.

"Yeah! That's what I've been trying to tell you! If you tell her and everyone else you care for, they may not be as wanting to get into danger by finding out your secret," Sonic explained.

"I can't tell Harry though," Peter said, absent-mindedly.

"Why? And who's he?" Sonic asked.

"He's the son of Norman Osborne. The man that was the Green Goblin and if I tell him that I'm Spider-Man … he'll hate me for the rest of my life," Peter told Sonic.

"Why?" Sonic asked.

"Because I … I accidentally killed his father," Peter said.

Sonic's eyes widened and he nodded his head, slowly.

"I sorta have problems when it comes to my friends being hurt," Sonic told Peter, "but that's because I've kept half of my emotions locked inside of me for too long."

Peter stared at Sonic.

"So, if you don't want anyone you care for to get hurt … you need to tell them the truth," Sonic told Peter.

"But I … I … I can't," Peter said.

"You have to … I haven't told any of my friends what happened when I lost my temper and I intend to once I get home. But you're home. You can tell your Aunt the truth before it's too late," Sonic explained to Peter.

"But I can't!" Peter exclaimed.

Sonic sighed and sat down on the ground. Peter started walking over to his window and climbing out of it. Sonic looked over at Peter and lifted an eyebrow.

"Where are you going?" Sonic asked.

"I need to go through the front door to show Aunt May I'm here. If I appear downstairs from up here, she'll think something was wrong with me," Peter told Sonic.

Sonic nodded and Peter climbed out the window and landed on the ground on his feet. Peter, then, walked over to the front door and opened it. He walked into the house and looked in the living room.

"Aunt May? I'm home," Peter told his Aunt.

"Okay, I'm just getting dinner ready," Aunt May told Peter.

Peter nodded and headed up to his room. When he walked into his room he saw the blue hedgehog now sitting on his bed, swinging his legs along the edge. Peter figured that the hedgehog was bored or hungry.

"Are you hungry?" Peter asked.

"Not really," Sonic answered.

"You look like you're either bored or hungry," Peter told Sonic.

"I'm just bored," Sonic said.

"Do you want anything?" Peter asked.

"No. I don't want to be rude," Sonic told Peter.

"You won't be rude," Peter told Sonic.

Before Sonic could answer, there was a knock on his door and they both knew who it was.

"Peter? I heard two voices in here. Is there someone in there with you?" Aunt May asked.

"Err…" Peter didn't know how to answer that.

Sonic looked from Peter to the door, wondering whether he should do something. Sonic finally made up his mind and rushed at the door.

"Wait!" Peter hissed through clenched teeth.

Sonic didn't listen, he ran over to the door, opened it and Aunt May stared at Peter.

"How did you open the door from over there?" Aunt May asked in shock.

Peter rubbed the back of his neck in nervousness. He looked at Sonic as though to give him a glare.

"What? I'm here to help ya," Sonic said and then realised what he did and clamped a hand over his mouth with a smirk on his face. "Ooops!"

Peter glared at Sonic and Aunt May looked behind the door to where Sonic was standing. She stared at him in surprise.

"You're that animal off of TV," Aunt May said.

"Sonic The Hedgehog's the name, speed's my game," Sonic told her. "I think Peter wants to tell you something."

Aunt May looked at Peter then back at Sonic and then back at Peter.

"Peter, what's he talking about?" Aunt May asked Peter.

Peter scratched the back of his neck in nervousness.

"Well … you see … I …" Peter couldn't get the words out.

Sonic rolled his eyes and walked over to Peter.

"He's…" Sonic was cut off by Peter as he put his hand over the hedgehog's mouth.

"And how do you two know each other?" Aunt May asked.

"It's because we met at the park and I helped him defeat Rhino," Peter said.

"Peter, what do you mean?" Aunt May asked.

Peter took his shirt off and showed Aunt May the Spider-Man costume he had on underneath. Aunt May giggled when she saw it.

"You're still wearing that thing from Halloween," Aunt May said.

"No, Aunt May. I … wear it for a reason. The truth is … I am Spider-Man," Peter told Aunt May.

"What?" Aunt asked, shocked.

"That news report that happened a few weeks ago was true. But I didn't want anyone to find out because I thought it would endanger you," Peter told Aunt May.

"Peter, I don't know what to say," Aunt May said.

"I'll show you," Peter said.

Peter shot a web at his closet and Aunt May stared in disbelief at it.

"Peter, how come you never told me about this?" Aunt May asked.

"I thought I would … put you in danger if I did," Peter told her.

Aunt May smiled and gave Peter a hug.

"I promise I will keep it a secret," Aunt May told Peter.

"Thanks, Aunt May," Peter said.

Aunt May let go of Peter and looked at Peter and then at Sonic.

"I bet you two must be starving from that fight," Aunt May said.

The two nodded as smiles grew on their faces.