The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
rise of the kingpin part 4
Disclaimer: i am neither an elderly man who always has sunglasses on or a major company so clearly i don't own spider man
Over the course of the next week Peter did everything he could to distance himself from Gwen he didn't even show up to the ESU lab like he was supposed to just because he would have to be around Gwen 'no matter how much it hurts both of us I can't endanger her anymore' he became more actively involved with his photography for the bugle and boy that was something, he was about to head over there now when aunt may approached him "I noticed Gwen hasn't been around this week…. 'she's fishing' Peter dear what's going on.?" 'Oh great now what do I do? I can't tell her the real reason and any excuse I could make up probably wouldn't work…' "um aunt may…." but she cut him off " I realize this is none of my business but Peter for the past week I've watched Gwen walk into her house like she saw someone shoot her cat" "Gwen doesn't have a cat aunt may" but she ignored him and kept on going "and you doing everything you can to avoid dealing with whatever this is. Gwen cares for you dearly and you feel the same for her so you two need to work passed this before you both go crazy 'crazy? I already have to avoid Gwen to keep her out of harm's way because I dress up in red and blue longjohns and fight bad guys for free! I think that's already pretty crazy' "you know Peter before you met Gwen ben and I used to worry about you all the time, you were always so quiet, in your own world, no one could ever reach you, just like your father was, he never could connect with people, I took your mother to bring him into the rest of the world and we feared that you would have to go through the same thing,until she moved in" with that aunt May walked away so Peter headed to the bugle.
Over at fisk tower an old Associate of the kingpin is dragged in front of fisk by none other than flint marco and alex o'hirn "gentlemen who considerate of you to escort mister toomes here" kingpin said as menacing as possible however the elderly man known as adrian toomes was less than thrilled to be there "fisk?! What is this all about?! And tell these d-bags to let go of me!" Kingpin however remains unaffected "mr. tomes let's not forget forget you're still in debt to me after that loan you used to start up that company of yours ? by the way how long until it shut down by FEMA?" At this point times was furious " two weeks because of you Fisk you set me up from the beginning!" Kingpin can't hide his smirk " it's important to keep watch of your assets mister toomes a lesson I assumed you would've learned by now" "what do you want fisk…!" Now Kingpin was grinning from ear to ear "tell me how would you like to test out that flight suit of yours doing a job for me" toomes was grinding his teeth in frustration but managed to ask what this job was "eliminate spider man"
Not long after Peter arrived at the bugle and walked up to joe robbie robbertson the editor of the daily bugle and the father of his classmate rand. As he approached him he perked up " hey Peter how's it going kid? Any new shots?" He handed off some recent photos of himself stopping gargan and macendale… again when the loudest, most obnoxious voice was suddenly booming "robbie! Where is my front page photo!? Deadline is in 20 minutes!" This guy was a tan man with greying black hair, a goatee and mustache, he wore a brown dress shirt with blue pants, a black vest a tie. After his screaming a woman who was short but probably in her early 20s with auburn hair, smiling calmly and dressed very professionally in a white dress shirt and a olive green vest walked over and told him "robbie is right over there no need to scream, he's talking to that new photographer now and deadline's not for another hour" 'how could she react to his blow up so calmly…?' Mr. jameson then walks over to them "parker right( he extends his hand) I'm the publisher: mr. Jameson 'oh that explains that little meltdown, from what robbie said he has them all the time' so robbie tells me you're pretty good at getting photos of that red and blue clad menace that's been swinging around…." "menace…?! Mister jameson spider man has been stopping crooks and saving people! He saved a friend of mine just last week!" Jameson doesn't seem deterred or amused "the girl from that metal armed freak right parker? But listen here kid this is my paper so if you're gonna have a problem with me showing the people the menace that wall crawling weirdo is than save me the trouble and walk out the door right now! (After about a minute) you still here? Good now you've been the only one to get me pictures of that freak and since he sells papers I'm gonna need another set of pics to go through by tomorrow now out! OUT!" 'Well this is gonna be a real treat now isn't it' as he walked out of his office he realized robbie never gave him his check but he had disappeared somewhere else when "you still need your check Peter?" 'Well johnas secretary seems nice in more ways than one, whoa parker what are you doing? You broke up with Gwen last week because you endanger her safety so don't go trying anything with uhhh…?' "Sure thanks ummm…?" "Betty (just then jameson started screaming again) don't worry you'll get used to that, mister jameson might yell a lot but he's a decent guy" 'I wonder what could have given her that idea…?' "Hey parker there's some nut in a bird suit flying around Osborns tower house and your pal spider man is bound to be there so come on get going! Before I decide to fire you!" 'Nut in a bird suit? That can't be good… and outside Harrys house… he must be after Norman. Well better get to it' as Peter swings of towards the residents of the Osborns captain George Stacy is in the office of his home studying a bulletin board of the possible identities of the kingpin when he sees his daughter walk by with her head down moping, he knows something happened between her and Peter and he knows about his secret but won't mention it if Gwen doesn't know, he knows it was probably to keep her safe but can't help but be irked by how it affected her. "Hey Gwen! I noticed you've been kinda down lately, what happened?" Gwen got on edge which did not go unnoticed "it's nothing dad! Don't worry about it I'm fine." "Pete told you to stay away from him for your safety didn't he..?" By the look on gwen's face he could tell she knew but was surprised he did too "with how he let himself get beat on to protect you it wasn't hard to figure out, the first criminal spider man ever stopped was dennis carodean besides Peter isn't exactly trying to disguise his voice or anything, he should really keep that in mind…" he was gonna say more but when Gwen started crying he just stopped and allowed her to let it out "dad I love him! I have for years and I know he loves me too I can't let him sacrifice his happiness, his safety just for the sake of mine! I can't live like that!..." George held his daughter and told her "I know honey but pete doesn't want to bring you into his world just yet, it's a dangerous life he has but soon he'll realize that he's gonna need you, that he doesn't have to give up everything to be a hero. Just give him some time to figure it out." Meanwhile he swings over to osborn tower to see an elderly man dressed in a green flight suit with what looks like stark energizers powering it but the weirdest part was the giant green metallic wings that were attached. Inside Norman is working on something with his assistant doctor ashley kafka while harry was in his room playing a video game. "Hey there bird brain! What's shaking? Just hanging around the house of the osborns for the view!?" 'Let's see what this beaked bastard wants whoa he looks pissed! This can't be good' "the name is vulture and I'm here to take out osborn for what he's done to me and you because I have no other choice!" 'Oh perfect not only did storman Norman screw this guy over somehow but he's also apparently being forced by the kingpin to take me down' with the commotion Norman went out to the balcony "toomes?! Is that you?" 'Toomes? Adrian toomes? That guy was a brilliant inventor, an expert in gravitational forces, he had a theory that those forces could be manipulated to allow someone to soar through the sky like a fighter jet but he hasn't been heard from in months… not since he was fired from oscorp' toomes dive bombs right over and yanks Norman off the ground "easy toomes calm down! What do you want!?" Vulture only got angrier "you osborn! You fired me for not being quick enough, you confiscated all my research, you forced me to seek help from HIM and you will pay for all of that!" 'Him? Could he mean the kingpin? But that would mean Norman knows who he is! Maybe I can…..' but his thoughts were interrupted as harry came outside and saw what was happening "dad! Hey web for brains don't just sit there save him already!" "Right right…" As he jumps into action "hey feather brain! I thought kingpin wanted you to go after me?! Last I checked Norman here isn't exactly a handsome, red and blue hero!" 'Good news i'm distracting him, bad news i'm making him madder. Wait if someone gets frustrated enough they start acting on impulse, they don't think things through so maybe I can use that to take him down' "come on beaky norms small fish, the big games over here! 'Damn he's not taking the bait' hey vultch I thought you only go after dead meat?! Last I checked me and osborn are still alive! 'Oh I don't like that look in his eyes' "not for long you pest!" He drops Norman and starts chasing spider man "Norman no!" He makes a web net to catch him so he doesn't get harmed. That doesn't stop harry from leaning over the ledge screaming for him "dad!?" "I'm alright harry!" Norman calls back with a hint of iration. A news chopper flies by recording the events and broadcasting them. Gwen watching the TV as It comes on while preparing dinner drops a plate in shock. Peter was being chased, slashed and constantly knocked out of the air by a guy in a green wing suit and she couldn't bare to watch "huh? Dad he can't swing out of there! That bird guy keeps cutting his webs! He's going to fall! He's gonna die!" George went over and held the sides of her firmly "Gwen? Gwen?! I've already seen him handle a lot worse than that! Peter is quick on his feet he'll be fine honey!" Back with spidey he was unable to stay airborne, no buildings to cling to close enough, every time he tried to swing away vulture's wings sliced right through his web, he had only one chance to avoid being streetart "hey vulture what's the matter to chicken to just finish me off up close by yourself?! Have to just let me go splat instead while you watch from way up there!?" 'This better work!' "How dare you! I'll show you who's afraid spider man!" Toomes nosedived right at him as he manoeuvred himself on top of his winged back "hey what get off!" As he was flailing around spider man had to hold on 'no problem bull riders do this all the time, whoa! Yippee cai yay!' Vulture then flew towards an electrical antenna 'well if I'm gonna clip his wings this looks like the time to do it!' He then swerves vulture to slam his wing right into the antenna breaking it of "nooo! My wing! Years of research went into this tech and it's ruined by some wall crawling pest!" He exclaims as he dangles in spideys grasp as he himself clings to the antenna. When he brings Norman back to the balcony harry can't suppress his anger "why is it every time you show up spider man you cause trouble for me? Do me a favor and just stay out of my way you creep!" 'I know harry can have his outbursts and even though he doesn't know it's me under here that hurt' he swings off.
Over at the bugle he turns the photos in he has of him and the vulture "parker?! About time! Let's see those front page photos of spider man and his winged partner harassing the osborns!" Peter just grinded his teeth a threw them on his desk and walked out. while that was going on Gwen tells her father that she can't just wait for Peter to come to his senses, she's going to have to help him do that herself.
"Chameleon I have another job for you. This Peter parker seems to be the only one who can get close enough to spider man in order to photograph him, I want you to shadow him I need to know why." Said the kingpin. When Peter got home Gwen went out to talk to him but saw that inside his house was liz Allen who went over and practically threw herself on him and he didn't even stop her, Gwen couldn't bare to watch any longer and went back inside her house.
A/N this might have had a little too much of the high school drama bullshit going on but the best spider man stories are the ones that can blend spider mans world and Peter parkers world together, plus I'm writing this at 9 in the morning after being up for about 20 hours so that's never good. If this sucks to anyone because of that I apologize; I write when I feel like it even if it's not a good time to.