((So just to address this really quickly, in the previous chapters I had said they used Boom tubes when in the show they use Zeta tubes. Honestly at the time I had begun writing this I completely forgot the ones they used were Zeta and not Boom tubes. So now I have to somewhat make a choice, be consistent to my story or be consistent with the show. I'll go with being consistent with the show here and from this point onwards they will be referred to as Zeta tubes and not Boom tubes.))

A few days passed since that entire incident. So far everything was normal, as a matter of fact things were too normal. There had been no sign at all of Doc Oc, or his robots. Thankfully Aqualad convinced the League to let me take some time off so I can keep a closer eye on my house and aunt May in case she became a target. In spite of the impending dangers that might arise, it was mostly relaxing. I got to spend more time focusing on school and even on Harry, who was more than happy to have his best friend back and honestly I was glad to be with Harry again. The past few days we spent all of our free time here, whether it was assignments or something else.

This day in particular Harry noticed my eagerness to get home and stay there and wouldn't let up about it. "Come on Pete, just tell me why you're so hell bent on staying home all the time?" He asked as soon as we got inside. I think he only noticed because I was rushing home even more today than before. We did get home in record time today but that might look suspicious I guess.

"I'm not. I just really want to relax is all." I said smiling at Harry as I walked in and saw aunt May in her track suit. I guess she was going for a run since she didn't look like she just got in. "Hey aunt May, going for a run?" I asked her, hoping Harry would let it go.

"Hey Peter, hey Harry." She said as she picked up her phone and keys from the counter. "Yeah I'm going out for a quick run to the gym and spend some time there. I even have my keys this time so I can go unlike the other day when they went missing." She said with a sigh. Her keys didn't exactly go missing as much as I hid them from her. I couldn't risk her going out and getting hurt or kidnapped, especially if Doctor Octopus knew who I was.

"Are you sure you want to go running today? I mean you already missed the last couple times, why not just call it a full week of rest?". I knew Aunt May wasn't going to go for that but I was grasping at straws here. She chuckled and smiled at me.

"Oh Peter, I'm not so old that I need to rest so often." She said as she walked by me and Harry. "I'm going now. I'll be back in a while Peter. Harry keep him out of trouble while I'm gone." She said before disappearing out the door. Damn I should have tried something else. Being in classes all day really hindered my ability to stop aunt May from leaving.

"Well then Peter, Aunt May isn't here now so what excuse do you have for not wanting to leave the house." Harry said coyly as he leaned against the door.

"Well…" I said scratching my chin. "Aunt May isn't here. Someone needs to watch the house right?" was the best I could come up with. The look on Harry's face was one both amused and sceptical. He laughed a bit to himself at my pathetic excuse. "Alright fine, I haven't really left the house lately. I just haven't felt like it is all." I said. Which is pretty much true.

"Come one Pete. You can't stay locked up in here your entire life." He said. I hadn't planned on staying here my entire life. Just until Doctor Octopus was dealt with although at this point in time I'm pretty sure he figured out who I was, most likely so did his boss. "Here's what," Harry said pulling me back to the conversation. "How about I throw us a party tomorrow night? You can't say no. You already bailed on me last week." He said with a smile. I knew that smile. He had been wanting to throw a party for a while and he was just using this as an excuse. Not to mention since I've been busy he knows I'd feel obligated to show up, which I did.

"A party? Why?" I asked with a heavy sigh.

"Because I can Peter." He said taking out his phone.

"But you can't plan a party in one day." I said trying to deter him.

"You can't but I can. I know people." He said. "I'm gonna go. I have to make some calls to set all of this up." He said walking to the door. "Tomorrow at my place. I'll text you the details later." And with that he was on his phone and out the door before I could say anything.

I sighed and just went to the couch and turned on the TV. Hopefully I'd find something to relax me. Harry's parties were always legendary and they were always weird for me because I'm not really a partier. I was just Harry's friend who just showed up. At least the party would be in the night. Could always stop by the base tomorrow and help out a bit.

As I flipped through the channels I heard a familiar voice ranting. "As you can clearly see from some of the surveillance footage from the night of the Gotham prison break, Spider-Man was involved!" Jameson was at it again. Painting me as a criminal. The picture on the screen was a picture of me holding a criminal up with my web. "Clearly Spider-Man orchestrated the entire prison break!" He yelled at the screen. This wasn't making my mood any better so I shut the TV off. I might as well take a walk. Aunt May wasn't going to be home for a while and she was in a public place so hopefully she'd be safe.

"RECOGNIZED SPIDERMAN, B-07" The computer alerted everyone as I appeared in the main hall of the cave. I came here out of habit I guess. Beside I hadn't been here in a few days.

"Helloooo, anybody home?" I said as soon as I was out of the Zeta tube. I scanned over the area and noticed nobody was here. Almost immediately I saw Robin and Miss Martian come out to greet me.

"Dude what are doing here? I thought you were taking some personal days." Robin asked as soon as he saw me.

"Yeah well I decided to drop by and see how things were going." I said.

"Well nothing new. We're still looking at the droid we got from Doctor Octopus." This wasn't exactly reassuring. I sighed

"Don't worry though. We'll find him" Miss Martian tried to cheer me up. I smiled at her. "How are things at home?" She asked.

"Good, quiet." I said with a sigh of relief. "No news is good news… right?" I asked looking for confirmation. "As if that wasn't enough Harry is throwing a huge party tomorrow and I have to show up." I grumbled.

"Harry…. That was the guy that was at your house when I came by the other day right?" Robin asked. Then with a grin he said "A party? That doesn't sound so bad. At least you haven't had to be doing all this research on a machine that from what I can tell has everything about it being made from scratch."

"Well yeah. It could be worse." I sighed.

"Hey have you seen J. Jonah Jameson's constant ranting about you with the prison break?" Robin asked. Robin loved hearing Jameson rant on and on about what a nuisance and a menace to society I was. He and the rest of the team would usually watch it and mock me. I was getting used to it though. I ended up spending the rest of the night there, catching up with Robin and Miss Martian. Kid Flash and Aqualad came by later and we all hung out for a while. Superboy was there too but he kept to himself.

The next day came around and I was getting ready to head out to Harry's party. I had to wear some clothes that Harry had bought for me but I have to admit, Harry did have a great sense of fashion. When I went down the stairs and saw Aunt May her eyes went wide. "Well well well, somebody looks nice tonight." She said. "Going to wear that to Harry's party?"

"Yeah, the party which I'm already late for." I said checking my phone. "I should get moving Aunt May. Still going over to your friend's for the night right?" I asked. No way was I letting Aunt May stay here by herself while I was off partying.

"Yeah she's actually just around the corner coming to pick me up." Aunt May said. I didn't notice she was all dressed up. It was times like this that I had to admit Aunt May was a very beautiful woman.

"Alright Aunt May." I said giving her a very tight hug. "Have fun and be safe Aunt May." I said before giving her a quick peck on the cheek.

"You too Peter. Tell Harry hi for me." She told me. I'd better get a move on. I made my way out the front door in time to see Aunt May's friend pull up outside the house.

After a rather lengthy taxi ride, I finally made it to the building that Harry's dad owned. It was much more a sky scraper than just a normal building though and all the way down here I could hear the music playing. Harry really was going overboard with this party. After I entered the building there was a line to the elevator. The doorman waved me over to him. "Mr Parker, over here." He called to me. When I walked to him he led me over to an elevator. "Mr Osborn said you were to use the special elevator to get up to the penthouse." He said. I thanked him and got into the elevator.

After a short ride, I was up in Harry's penthouse. And the music really was loud. As soon as I stepped out of the elevator I saw Harry waiting by it, greeting guests as they came up in the other elevator beside this one. The second he saw me his expression lit up. "Pete!" He practically yelled at me. He ran past the people who he was talking to and gave me one of his big hugs. "Look who got all dressed up." He said letting me go and taking a step back as he observed the clothes he gave me. "You're half an hour late though. I almost thought you weren't going to show up." He said with a relieved smile.

"Come on man, I wouldn't miss this for anything." I said. He had a look of scepticism on his face when I said that. "Well I'd try not to. Again, I'm sorry for all the…" I began to apologise but Harry shook his head.

"It's fine dude. We're here now." He said. He turned back for a moment and saw all the people coming out of the elevator then turned back to me. "But looks like I'll be stuck here for a while so you head on in and have fun. Oh and guess who showed up? MJ." He said with a smile. "Go find her and talk to her." He said turning back to the people and going over to greet them. MJ was here? If I barely saw Harry, then I must have been a stranger to her at this point. I really haven't spoken to Mary Jane in weeks.

I walked through the penthouse and after a few minutes I got tired of walking around so I went up the stairs. Funny how I can train with Black Canary but walking around at a party is what I find exhausting. I went up to Harry's room and laid on his bed. I really wasn't much of a party person. After a few minutes I heard a knock on the door. When I looked up I saw her, MJ. I've had a crush on her for as long as I could remember.

"Well if it isn't Peter Parker. I heard you fell off the face of the earth." She said with a smile.

"Oh hey MJ." I said sitting up. "Well… yeah something like that." I said chuckling to myself.

"Not enjoying the party?" She asked sitting beside me.

"It's awesome but…" I said. I began thinking about it.

"Just not your scene?" She said with a sigh. "Yeah this is a bit over the top, even for Harry."

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's only throwing this big party as a way to blow off steam." I said. That and probably to annoy his dad. "Enough about that, how have you been MJ." I said trying to change the topic. Conversations about Harry and his dad felt wrong. It felt like I was gossiping about him. MJ and I spent a while just talking, catching up in each other's lives. MJ had been up to a lot while most of my adventures I had to keep secret.

"Pete!" I heard Harry calling for me, which was surprising considering the noise of the music. Then I noticed an intercom system by the door of his room. "Peter I know you're hiding in my room." He said again. I walked over to

I pressed the communication button over by it and sighed. "Yeah Harry?"

"I need to speak to you by the elevator." He said. His voice was somewhat harsh. I didn't like the sound of this at all.

"On my way." I said quickly before turning back to MJ. "I should probably go." I said with a half-smile. She got up.

"I'll come with you." She said sweetly. Whenever Harry was upset and MJ was around he'd always go easier on me.

"Thanks MJ." I said to her. We walked out of Harry's room and fumbled our way through the ocean of people. When we finally got to the door I saw what Harry called me for. Robin, Artemis, Superboy, Aqualad, Kid Flash and Miss Martian were here. Or rather I should say Richard, Artemis, Conner, Kaldur, Wally and Meghan were here. What the hell were they doing here?

"I see you invited some friends of yours and didn't tell me." Harry said with a bit of a scowl.

"No I didn't invite them." I quickly said. I turned to them and glared at them. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked a bit annoyed.

"Oh come on Peter, we couldn't pass up on this party." Dick said with a coy smile. "Besides it wouldn't be called party crashing if we told you we were coming." He said, his smile spreading.

"Sorry if we're causing you any problems." Meghan chimed. "I just really wanted to come to a party." She said grabbing my hands as she spoke.

"Peter, I apologize for this. I told them over and over that this was inappropriate." Kaldur tried to explain. I could always count on him to be the voice of reason.

"Yeah well I say this party was worth it. I'm shocked you didn't invite us officially Peter." Wally said as he eyed the place over. "Sweet pad by the way dude."

"Guys you still shouldn't have just shown up." I said with a sigh. Harry cleared his throat and it occurred to me I hadn't introduced them yet. "Oh uh guys, this is Harry, the guy whose party you're crashing, and this is Mary Jane." I said indicating to them as they waved. "Harry, MJ, these are my friends; Richard, Kaldur, Artemis, Meghan, Wally and Conner." I said pointing to each one as I called their names. Everyone smiled and waved except for Conner who just kinda nodded at them.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you MJ." Wally said with a wink. I glared at him and he noticed and stopped. Really wasn't up for Wally's flirting.

Harry looked at me then chuckled to himself. "It's fine. Any friend of Peter is a friend of mine. Come on in and enjoy yourselves." He said. He seemed to have changed his mood pretty quickly. He leaned over to me and whispered into my ear. "That Meghan girl seems like she might like you. Seems like you have a type there." Whoa whoa whoa! Meghan does not like me first off. And what does he mean a type? I looked at both Meghan and MJ and then I saw what he meant. They're both redheads but even so Meghan is just a friend. She was friendly that's all.

"Peter are you ok?" MJ asked me as I was unaware of the shocked facial expression I had.

"I'm fine." I said. "Well if you Harry says it's ok then…" I said looking over to Harry who nodded. "Then you're welcome here." I said.

"Alright!" Dick said as every one of them cheered. "Come on guys let me show you how we party in New York." He said as he walked past me. One by one they followed him.

"Sorry about them Harry." I said to Harry. "I really didn't know they were coming by."

"It's fine Peter. The more the merrier." He said. "That guy, Richard, he was at your house the other day wasn't he?" Harry asked.

"Yeah that was him."

"Hmm." Harry said scratching his chin. "How do you know those guys anyway? They don't seem like people you'd normally hang out with." Harry asked folding his arms. Uh oh. How do I explain this?

"Oh well." I said quickly thinking of an excuse. "I met them through some volunteer work I did a while back." I said, hoping it was a convincing lie. It was actually pretty true though. I met them through my superhero work but I couldn't tell them that. How would that conversation go?

"Oh. Well that's kind of surprising. That Conner doesn't look like the type of guy who would do volunteer work." Harry said. Conner was rather cold and distant so I could get what Harry was saying.

"I don't know, he was kind of cute." MJ said after being quiet so long. Both Harry and I turned to her. "What? He is." She said with a shrug before disappearing back into the crowd.

"Looks like you'll have to step your game up Peter, Conner there might beat you to it." Harry said with a wink.

A second later there was a ding as the elevator doors opened up. In it was an older man in a well-dressed suit. A much more accurate description would be that Harry's dad, Norman Osborn, was here. Harry's mood immediately went neutral when he saw him. "Well, quiet a party you're throwing here, son." Mr. Osborn said as he walked out of the elevator. "Peter, it's a pleasure to see you again." He said with a smile at me.

"Nice to see you again Mr. Osborn." I said scanning Harry to see his mood. Henry was actually smiling. I guess his father was in a good mood and Harry could tell.

"Hey dad. I thought you weren't going to be in tonight." Harry said sheepishly. Despite his occasional outbursts when it came to his father, Harry really did love him. He didn't want to possibly keep him awake if he was staying.

"No I'm not don't worry." Mr. Osborn said as he placed an arm around Harry's shoulder. "Oh and Harry, I meant to tell you, thanks to some… interesting developments at the lab, my project has had a rather surprising jump forward so I might be able to come and take you out for your birthday after all." Mr. Osborn said with a smile.

"Whoa really dad?" Harry said, his face beaming with joy. "That's great." Harry practically cheered.

"I'm glad you're happy." Mr. Osborn said. "Now I just have to grab some files from upstairs and I'll be out of your hair." He said scowling at the sea of people he would have to wade through.

"I can go and grab them for you Mr. Osborn. Wouldn't want you getting your suit all messed up going through all of this." I offered. He pursed his lips for a second then nodded. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys.

"In my office there's a briefcase on the chair. Bring it for me, will you?" Mr. Osborn said as he handed me the keys. "Thanks Peter." He said with a smile. I nodded to him and off I went. I pushed through the now thicker crowd of people.

When I finally made it upstairs I found Mr. Osborn's office door. I put the key in the door but something was off. I pulled the keys out and opened the door normally. The door was unlocked? Why would he give me the key if the door wasn't locked? When I pushed it open I saw Dick and the others, in their fighting stances. As soon as they saw it was me the relaxed and there were sighs of relief throughout the room. I quickly ducked into the room and slammed it behind me. I turned to them furiously. Dick, Artemis and Kaldur were behind the desk using the computer there while the others watched the door. "What the hell are you guys doing in here!?" I asked in a yelling but hushed voice. "You guys shouldn't be in here!"

"We have to be in her." Kaldur said "Because we found out that the robot that attacked you and the man who controlled it…" He stopped.

"They work for Oscorp. Norman Osborn is involved in all of this." Dick said. That can't be true. There must be a mistake. Norman Osborn, my best friend's father was behind what recently happened? No way, that can't be right. There must be a mistake.

"What!? No." Was all I could manage to get out of my mouth.

"It's true. That's the real reason we're here." Dick said. "We found out that some of the circuitry in the robot was specially made at Oscorp." He said as he went back to the computer. "The man who attacked you, Doctor Octopus, was an employee at Oscorp known as Otto Octavius. That bit I just found out on his computer."

I stood there dumbstruck. This was all too much for me. I refused to believe that Mr. Osborn….. there was no way he was like this.

"Guys you must have the wrong person. I know Mr. Osborn he isn't that kind of person." I said walking over to them. "You need to go back and recheck the robot or something. Maybe you missed something." I said pulling Dick away from the computer. When I did I saw something on the screen. Dick's custom made hacking program was pulling up file after file and I saw something odd. "Wait, what was that?" I asked as I let go of Dick. He sat back in the chair and began clicking among the many files that had opened up until he came to the one I saw. "That one." What I saw shocked me. They were plans for something. He wanted to weaponize my powers and sell them. There were other scribblings of other plans but nothing concrete. If he was making plans to weaponize my powers, then could he really have been the one to hire Doctor Octopus? This can't be right. Harry's dad was evil? I took a step back and I felt like I couldn't breathe. This was too much. My best friend's father, a man who looked out for me for as long as I can remember. Next to uncle Ben he was the next father figure I had in my life. This just didn't feel right.

((Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reading.))