Rematch

Peter's fight with Shocker last week had given him many questions, where did he get the technology from? Who gave it to him? Was he working with Roman Torchwick? But the most prevalent question he asked himself was how was he going to beat him? He couldn't just knock shocker out with a punch like he used to so just hitting him was out of the question. So he had to get creative, however thinking outside the box only resulted in ideas that made some cartoons look more realistic.

Well maybe I can at least answer another question. Peter thought as the elevator doors in front of him opened, stepping out into the main offices of the Daily Bugle he made his way through the bullpen to Ben Urich's desk. The reporter was busy typing on his computer when the teen approached him, "Mr. Urich do you have a second?" he asked as he walked over.

"Just….a…..second." he said without looking up from his work before finishing his paragraph, "Alright I got a few minutes before Jonah reads this and tells me to make it shorter or longer. What's up Peter?" he asked, making the young man smile.

"I was wondering if you heard anything else about those dust shop robberies? I heard that some guy in yellow plaid or something was seen near the last one? Was just wondering if I read that right." he explained, sticking his hands into his pockets. And knowing that I got my butt handed to me by the same guy isn't like, humiliating or anything. he thought to himself sarcastically as Ben thought to himself.

"Now that you mention it yeah. Some witnesses I interviewed said they saw someone looking like that. You know him?" he asked, folding his arms across his chest as he leaned back in his chair.

Peter rubbed the back of his head, "He's a street thug that Spidey's beaten up a couple times. I'm just surprised he's involved with something like this." he explained, not a total lie since he couldn't understand why anyone would hire Shocker to do something like a series of Dust Store robberies.

Urich chuckled, "Guess Spidey's loosing his edge if he got beat by this guy." he said, an email from Jonah appearing on his computer drew his attention away from the slightly ticked off look Peter got at the mention of his defeat. He was used to getting picked on as Peter Parker but Spider-Man? No one made fun of Spidey, dragged his name though the mud? Fine. Being called a menace to society? No problem. But he was not going to let another reputation of his turn take a nose dive again.

"Thanks Mr. Urich." he thanked briskly before walking off towards Betty's desk, the assistant flashed him a welcoming smile, "Hey Betty, can you tell Jonah I got those pics? I gotta run." he said as he pulled out the photos of Spider-Man he took yesterday afternoon.

Betty took the pictures with a raised brow, "You usually stick around and haggle with him for a while. What's the hurry? You got a hot date?" she teased, making the teen's cheeks redden slightly.

"First of all, I knew I shouldn't have told you about Yang. And second, I promised my Aunt I'd help her with her F.E.A.S.T. fundraiser she's working at." he explained. F.E.A.S.T. was short for a Food, Emergency Aid, Shelter and Training, a charity that worked all around Vale to bring help to those who needed it. It wasn't the most glamorous, or well paying, job but May found it very fulfilling.

But even knowing that, he secretly wished she could get a better job with better pay so that they wouldn't have such a dire need for cash.

Betty gave him a smile, "I'll send your check in the mail." she assured, making the teen smile back before Betty leaned on her desk, "So speaking of Yang." Peter's smile instantly vanished, "Got any plans? There's a new Noose Carnball movie coming out, I mean it's a total budget flick but in a good way." she suggested.

"I'd love to. But I haven't gotten in touch with her since Summer break started." he explained, he had tried calling her but she hadn't called back, or even texted for that matter. His fear was that he did something that would make her want to avoid him, or worse yet she found out somehow that he was just Puny Penis Parker and didn't want to be seen with him.

However Betty's smile didn't waver, "Relax. Your not calling her every day or something like that right?" Peter shook his head no, "Then you have nothing to worry about, you said that she got into Beacon right? She probably has a bunch of things she needs to do beforehand. When I first attended College I had to take six different placement tests. She might be doing something like that." she suggested, trying to ease the teen's concerns.

Peter nodded at her reasoning, "Probably right. Look thanks again, I'd love to talk more but I gotta run." he said, pointing his thumb back over his shoulder before taking off, Betty waving him goodbye as he made his way towards the elevator, only to enter the stairwell beside it when no one was paying attention.

Ok so Shocker IS working with Roman, so odds are that he'll pop up at the next time he hits a dust shop. he thought whilst he climbed the staircase. Reaching the door to the rooftop, he opened the door and stepped out onto the roof and proceeded to change into his costume he had hidden inside his bag. Alright, that explains why he was there. Now I just need to figure out who to beat him when I can't hit him. he thought as he placed his regular clothes into his bag and slung it over his shoulder. Pulling his mask down over his face, he leapt off the building and shot out a web line to swing from.

Aunt May's fundraiser wasn't so far, he could take a taxi and be there in minutes but swinging through the air was surprisingly calming, considering he was sent plummeting through the air only to swing back up at speeds over fifty miles an hour. But he took it slow, shooting out another webline before letting his prior one go, the same speed he did on patrols around Vale. "I got to put a stop to Roman and Shocker, problem is I got no idea where they'll hit…but there are only so many Dust shops in Vale, and they've been at this for a good full week so their targets have got to have gone down then right?" he pondered to himself.

He fell through the air, throwing a line out he swung through an intersection and up beside a skyscraper before casting another webline and pulling it over to his opposite side, giving him some extra speed before falling again down onto a flagpole overlooking the building where Aunt May was, the roof of the semi skyscraper was open and where a charity event was being held. It was fundraiser for a new and improved shelter downtown.

Leaping from the flag pole, he used a web to pull himself onto a ledge beneath the rooftop where he changed back into his regular clothes. Scaling the wall, he peeked over the side of the railing and saw that May wasn't currently present on the roof, crawling along the side of the building he climbed over the other side near the elevator doors just as they opened. May walked out with a tray of food, "Peter! When did you get here?" she asked, Peter taking the tray from her and walking over towards the catering table along with his Aunt.

"I just did, how's everything coming along?" he asked, setting the tray of finger food down onto the table. The rooftop was open enough for a good amount of people to fill it up but the only ones in attendance for the moment were the F.E.A.S.T. workers who were busy setting the event up. Tables were being set up along with a stage for a band scheduled to play, and the surprising part of all this was that the hotel where it was being held was paying for the entire thing.

May looked around with a proud smile, "Great so far, at this rate we'll be on schedule. Still don't have a clue how Martin got all this set up." she asked, Peter noticing the man in question walking over to them from behind May. Martian Li was the founder and CEO of F.E.A.S.T. as well as Aunt May's boss, Peter had met him a few times and from his experience he was a very nice man.

Martian wore a white button up shirt with the sleeves rolled back to his elbows, black dress pants covered his legs while a pair of black loafers. The charity worker had an almost pale complexion which was offset by his neat black hair, "Friends in high places May." he said simply as he walked over, "I knew the owner of this place back when we were both coming to Vale." he explain, May giving him a kind smile as he turned his attention to Peter, "Good to see you again Peter, just get out of school?" he asked, shaking the young man's hand.

"Yes sir, just last week." he replied.

"Peter call me Martian, everyone does." He corrected gently, "May told me you got a job at the Bugle, what's it like working there?" he asked curiously. Peter had to take a minute to find the right word for the experience of working there….or more precisely working for J Jonah Jameson.

"….I always got some work to do." he said, trying to make it sound positive.

Herman paced through the warehouse impatiently, he had accompanied Roman and his crew to a number of robberies. They had gone off without any problems, but ironically he found that part the most frustrating. He had fought Spider-Man and finally won! But he hadn't seen the wall crawler since he kicked his ass a week ago, he was ready for him to show up anytime and finish what they started.

However he hadn't showed, he wanted to go out and finish off the Spider but Roman had put a stop to that idea as soon as he brought it up. "I still don't get why I can't just go out and just blow him away!" the deepened voice of the thug said as he folded his gauntlets across his chest while Roman oversaw his men pack the dust away properly.

"Watch it!" He chastised one of his men, "Do you want us to get blown to little meaty pieces? Or electrocuted, or frozen, or…..whatever happens with gravity dust goes off." he said before turning to Shocker. "As for you pin cushion you're our muscle, meaning you stick close and take care of what I need you to. Get it?" he asked condescendingly to the former street hood.

Shocker didn't back down, "Only reason you guys brought me on is because you want me to take care of the spider. I'm just saying if you let me do what I'm supposed to, we could get a lot more done." he explained as Roman rolled his eyes before walking off.

"Tell you what, you want to go do your own thing? Go right ahead, I'll just tell your boss about it." he threatened. Shocker was silent as Roman walked away.

He had dealt with people like Roman all his life, he thought he knew better because he was a well-known criminal but the truth was that he didn't understand that with Spider-Man out there? There was someone who could still try and stop them. "If you want something done right, you got to do it yourself." he said to himself before heading to the exit of the warehouse. If he wanted to get Spider-Man's attention however he needed to do something that would get his attention.

Peter finished settled into the corner of the rooftop, watching as the guests to the fundraiser mingled. It was a simple donation fundraiser where people from all across the city would come to donate any amount of money and in turn would get a free meal along with musical entertainment. However it wasn't a number of wealthy patrons that attended but instead people from all around the city, all of which Martin personally greeted and seemingly knew very well.

Martin had also asked Peter if he could act as the event photographer, taking pictures of people in attendance when they asked as well as large shots of the event that he could send out to the attendants afterwards. Can't believe the turnout for this thing. I don't think I've seen a party this big since…well ever. the teen thought as he snapped a photo of Martin shaking hands with a dignified looking guest.

He caught sight of May making her way through the crowd towards him, "Smile pretty lady." he greeted as he took a snapshot of his Aunt, making her smile. Looking down at the photo on the screen he chuckled when he saw that he had captured a great shot of Aunt May…..with someone's hand covering her face by accident. His aunt glanced over his shoulder at the picture and giggled.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself." she noticed while he pocketed the camera. "I thought you might be bored to death by now to be honest." she admitted with a slight smirk.

Peter shrugged, "Honestly compared to school, work, and everything between? This is nice…..so you think he's serious about all this?" he asked, looking over at the host with May. Peter had never taken much interest in what May did for work, he had met Martin Li a few times when he stopped by to give May some lunch but never got to know him as well as Aunt May did.

She nodded, "Yes he is. He started this whole thing by himself to help others and now…..three years ago we were just a small charity working to provide what we could to others. But now? We have ten shelters in Vale, this one is to open up others in Minstrel." she said with a slight awe to her tone. Her nephew was taken aback by the news at how quickly something so small had grown so big in such a short amount of time, and he couldn't help but feel pride that his Aunt was a part of that.

May caught Peter's soft smile, "What?"

"Nothing it's just…..Uncle Ben told me that…..he told me that with Power comes Responsibility….I didn't get it at first but now…." he trailed off, taking a look around. May had taken his idea and lived by it too. All without Spider Powers. "Well I think he'd be really proud of you." he said, causing his Aunt to smile with pride on her face.

She wrapped an arm around his shoulder and hugged him, "How about we go get some burgers?" she suggested.

"But what about this?" he asked with a glance around the rooftop as May led him towards the elevator.

His aunt looked at him with a mischievous smirk, "We'll be back before anyone notices." she said, Peter shared the smirk with her as they approached the doors to the elevator and they slid open. When Peter looked inside his eyes widened as the yellow and brown costumed thug stared them both down with his gauntlets raised. Before May could react Peter was standing between her and Shocker.

"Going down?" He asked as his gauntlets hummed with yellow energy crackling off them as the rest of the guests took notice of him, Peter pushed Aunt May back off to the side as he strode forward. "Ladies and Gents, keep calm, don't try anything and you won't be sent off this roof the express way." he threatened as he stepped towards the center of the rooftop.

Peter kept both himself and May in the corner, Ok I can't change here but maybe I can get a Spider Tracer on him and when they give him whatever he wants I can track him down and beat the tar out of him later. Peter planned. The roof had nowhere he could change into his costume without someone seeing him, there was a storage room on the other side of the roof opposite the elevators but that was where the band was. His only option was to let Shocker win this one and track him down later.

Peter watched as Martian Li stepped forward to Shocker, "If you're here for the collection, then take it and go. No one's life here is worth it." he spoke earnestly. Peter couldn't help but admire Li for stepping up against someone like Shocker as he was now. If he didn't have his powers he'd be on the ground begging him not to hurt him.

"What? No, well…maybe. Look, all I want is simple. I want Spider-Man, here in the next hour. And if he doesn't show up by then…..well let's be honest he'll be here. So you all have nothing to worry about." Shocker reassured Martin as Peter's eyes widened. Irony seemed like too small a word to describe the situation, and not in the fun way.

Oh…shit. Peter thought plainly before he gulped. If there was a silver lining to this it was that Shocker didn't seem to want to hurt anyone. Besides Peter of course, but it could have been worse, it could have been some maniac with a trigger fing…..

Peter needed to think of a way out of this ASAP.

The police arrived at the foot of the building merely minutes after Shocker appeared, he didn't seem to mind whatsoever as long as it was Spider-Man who showed up as well. But time was starting to run out, it had been forty minutes since Shockers arrival and his pacing across the rooftop had begun to stress everyone somewhat. As for Peter the only solution he could come up with was asking to go to the bathroom, now normally that would be a stupid idea but this was Shocker so…

Still he didn't want to draw attention to himself so he nixed that idea right away, he and May had settled into the corner of the rooftop. His Aunt had put on a brave face but he could tell that she was beginning to loose what composure she had by the look of fear in her eyes that was slowly spreading across her face. He grabbed her hand for reassurance, "We'll be fine." he said simply, giving her a small smile.

May inhaled a deep breath to try and calm, she was trying to put up a brave front for Peter's sake but she had been ticking the clock down in her head. She knew they were running out of time.

Ok Parker think, you gotta suit up but make sure no one sees you. he thought to himself. Usually he'd find somewhere private to change but he couldn't exactly leave of his own free will at the moment. But if he could just find a way to slip out of sight and get over the railing then he could change and get Shocker's attention. Wait a second. he looked up at the lights above their heads, a string of lights went from one side of the roof to the other, in fact they were right beside one of the posts that connected the lights.

Peter reached his hand out ever so slightly and wrapped his hand around the thin metal pole, Maybe if I kill the lights I can slip away, and these things run on a closed circuit so if I just… he thought to himself as he applied enough force to crush the portion of the metal he held before sharply yanking it.

Darkness enveloped the rooftop, Yes! Peter thought as he quickly stood into a crouch and quickly made his way to the side of the rooftop as everyone screamed and scrambled around in the darkness.

"Hey! Everyone pipe down!" Shocker shouted as he fired a yellow blast up into the air as a warning, making everyone quiet. "Look I'm about out of patience since the webhead isn't here! So nobody start any funny business!" He warned the captives, turning in a full circle with both gauntlets raised and at the ready to blast someone.

"What about tomfoolery?" Shocker turned to the voice just for a glob of webbing to cover his face as Spider-Man swung over the ledge of the building and over the crowd, "Or nincompooping? Or nerdewelling?" Spider-Man asked, laninf behind the hostage holder and swinging his feet out from under him. He quickly covered his arms and legs with webbing to stick him to the floor. "Now if everyone would please make your way to the nearest exit I need have some words with your uninvited guest." he said aloud as everyone started towards the stairs.

Spider-Man caught May being caught up in the crowd but she was searching frantically around even as she was pulled towards the elevator by Martin Li. Thanks Mr. Li, owe you one. he thought while Shocker snapped the webbing holding his arms, sitting up the teen's Spider Sense warned him that Shocker had recovered, leaping up to the wiring as Shocker fired, the blast shot at the elevator as it began to go down, "NO!" Spider-Man shouted before the concussive blast shot through the doors and tore the elevator off it's rails.

Before Shocker could adjust his aim, Spider-Man dived at him and hit him as hard as he could, the force of his punch sending him through the roof and down a floor before leaping at the torn off elevator doors after the cylinder down the side of the building. He fell like a anvil down through the air, the elevator was a good one hundred feet below him and he wasn't gaining.

And given their current velocity it wouldn't be long before it hit the ground and the occupants inside would-Stop. Stop thinking about science behind it and just hold on. he thought as he sprayed a webline to the roof of the elevator and reached his other hand out to the wall of the building without thinking.

POP!

Peter felt pain shoot through his entire body but he bit down the scream that built in his throat, Hurts so much! But I can't let it get to me, just bite it down and hold on goddamnit! he thought as his hand hold onto the web with all his might while his other dragged across the wall until he came to a halt.

Below in the elevator, May felt like she had a mule fall on her. She stood shakily as the rest of the people in the elevator took time to recover, her hand reach out ot the control panel and hit the emergency button making the doors unlock. Martin shook his head as he gripped the doors and pulled them apart. They were in between the floors, thankfully just enough for them to be able to climb out, "Everyone out now!" he shouted while he opened the doors to the floor by himself, stirring the others from their stupor as they climbed out of the elevator.

As they emptied out of the cylinder Spider-Man could feel the weight get lighter and lighter, when he was sure it was safe he attached the web holding it to the wall and slowly began to climb down towards the door the passengers were entering. "Everyone get out ok?" he asked through gritted teeth as his eyes scanned for May, seeing her leaning against the wall to calm herself down.

Martin Li looked up at the wallcrawler as he poked his head in upside down through the open elevator, "Everyone is safe, thanks to you." he said gratefully.

Spider-Man looked back up towards the roof, "Well don't thank me yet, I still need to take care of your entertainment. Just make sure everyone makes it down safe." he said before he began to crawl back up towards the roof. The sane thing to do now would be to just run and let my arm heal up but I am not letting Shocker get away after he nearly got Aunt May killed! he thought stubbornly as he stopped on the wall with his feet keeping him in place.

Grabbing his arm, he laid it onto his chest and proceeded to spin a wrap around his arm and shoulder to keep his arm from flopping around wildly. Ooooh yeah, that is definitely dislocated, that's bad…..I'm going to need to look up how to reset it….that's gonna suck. he thought as he crawled up the building with only one hand. Reaching the top floor of the building, he looked inside to see Shocker climb back up onto the roof using a filing cabinet.

As Herman finally climbed onto the roof, he looked around and saw that his hostages were now gone, "Aw crap." he muttered.

"You got that right." Spider-Man pounced at Shocker from behind, grabbing onto the top of his head with his good hand and swinging himself overhead before planting both his feet into Shocker's chest and kicking him back while he backflipped off onto a table while Shocker stumbled back.

Shocker immediately noticed the makeshift sling, "Seriously?!" he declared in disbelief.

"Yeah I'm thinking the same thing." the vigilante admitted before flipping forward, grabbing the rim of the table and throwing it over his head at Shocker. He held up his gauntlets and fired at the table in mid air like a skeet shooter. He blindly fired through the debris at Spider-Man whom had leapt away to dodge, Ok Spidey think, there's a way to beat him I just know it. he thought as he landed on his hand and flung himself up onto one of the poles that hung the lights.

"Wow even with one hand behind my back you still suck." the vigilante teased, Shocker let out a growl of frustration as he unleashed a powerful blast that tore up the roof as it closed in on the webhead. Spider-Man leapt skyward and Shocker immediately got a beat on him and fired, "Whoopsie! Don't want to make that mistake again." he said aloud as he sprayed a webline and pulled himself to the other side of the roof to avoid the follow up attack.

I could try what I did with Clash. Have him keep firing at me until he runs out of juice, but who knows how long that suit will…..wait maybe that's it? He thought as he dove off the building as Shocker obliterated the corner he was perched on. Before he just had his gauntlets but now he an entire suit. Before he could do with a internal battery but something like that hardware? It has to have a battery pack or something to power it!

He swung over the rooftop above Shocker's head and line of sight before shooting a webline down beside him and pulling himself down, Shocker looked up to have a pair of feet ram into his face. Spider-Man flipped off into a crouching position, "Well that's embarrassing. Though that's nothing new for you Herman." the teen joked as Shocker turned his glowing eyes to him. "Bet you that you could turn that thing up to full power and you couldn't get upgraded from Shocker to Vibrator." he teased.

"OH YEAH YOU WANNA BET PUNK!?" Shocker yelled as he reached for the power unit across his waist.

Sucker. Spider-Man thought as he quickly shot a webline at Shocker's hand as it was about to access his power source. Pulling Shocker's hand away with the web he leapt forward and reached onto the pack around his waist and with a strong pull, yanked it off Shocker's suit before throwing it aside. Shocker's suit sparked with electricity from the disconnected power, "What?! No, well….fine! I don't need any more power to finish you off!" he said while is voice returned to normal with his gauntlets still holding some power.

"Wait, wait, wait, waaaaait." Spider-Man pleaded as he held up his hands, "Just for clarification, your suit isn't padded like the other one so I can only assume that there are internal devices to absorb the recoil from your gauntlets-" he began to ramble.

"Get to the point!" Shocker bellowed.

Peter rolled his eyes under his mask, "My point is, that suit is basically all metal, and if you shoot me with those gauntlets then won't you get tossed around inside like a egg being shook in a glass jar?" he asked. Shocker was quiet for a minute as he contemplated the webhead's words, however just as he thought he didn't notice the thread of webbing hit his foot before being pulled, yanking him off his feet. "Oh second thought nah you'd be fine." the vigilante said with a shrug as he webbed Shocker's elbows and knees to the rooftop so he couldn't move before proceeding to take his gauntlets off.

"You tricked me!" the thug complained.

"No duh. Now tell me, how does a two bit crook like you get tech like this by working with a guy like Roman Torchwick to steal dust?" he asked, leering over Shocker as he did. He heard the villain gulp and Peter couldn't help but smirk beneath his mask, he had hit the mark. "So, how about you spill before I send you to the ground floor through the express way?" he threatened, thinking of how he would get payback for him putting his Aunt through something like that.

Shocker shook his head, "N-no need for that! Look, Roman hired me for protection but he did it because someone else wanted him to do it." he explained. "I don't know who but….the guy who gave the suit, he was a scientist, like a legit scientist. I don't know him though. All I know is he made me the suit so that Roman would have some reassurance if you showed up." he admitted, causing the teen's eyes to narrow at him. That wasn't much to go on, in fact it raised more questions then it answered, but then again it was Shocker, he wasn't the most sophisticated villain he's faced.

Spider-Man sighed, "Of course it's not simple." he muttered as he back off of Shocker and made his way towards where he had stashed his clothes. May had to be worried by now, but he had an idea of what he could say.

The second that Peter walked out of the stairwell he was escorted outside by police where he was promptly trapped in a death grip by Aunt May. Which he had to bite the inside of his cheek to stop himself from screaming from his dislocated shoulder. He had fabricated a story about how he had been pulled with the crowd towards the stairs and had tried to find his Aunt but was unable to so he tried to catch up with the other guests downstairs.

After getting their statements the pair had been cleared to leave the area and head home for the night. Walking through their front door, Peter held it open for his Aunt as she entered, "Your sure you're ok? We can talk about it if you want." his Aunt offered.

Peter shook his head as he shut the door, "I'm fine Aunt May. I'm more worried about you." he admitted, his Aunt stopping to look at him beside the staircase.

She however smiled at him, "I'm fine Peter, the paramedics checked me out before you arrived. I'm fine." she reassured, putting her nephew's worries at ease. She let out a sigh, "Now I don't know about you but I'm exhausted after a day like this, I think I'll go to bed early." she said as she begun to climb the staircase. Peter was left alone downstairs, he quickly made his way to the basement where he promptly grabbed his wounded arm as soon as he closed the door.

Ok first thing, I need to fix my arm! It's killing me! He thought as he made his way downstairs and into his chair at his desk. Ok I'm not going to go off what TV shows do and look up how to do this on the internet. he added as he booted up his computer and waited for the screen to load up. Typing the keyboard with his left hand he searched 'how to relocate shoulder by yourself' into the browser before clicking search. However all that he received was a number of sites telling him where to get medical assistance from. Typical.

He couldn't just go to the doctor, he couldn't afford what it cost for the simple procedure and that wasn't even considering that they would be legally obligated to tell May since she was his guardian. However he did find one site that was pretty…basic, it wasn't a part of a hospital but a private practice which actually didn't charge much and even advertised free treatment for certified Huntsmen and Huntresses, it was located in the Pound.

He read over the website, it was a small clinic run by a single doctor, there was no other staff listed on the website, which she probably had to make herself by the looks of it. After preforming a few more searches on the clinic he found a few people who had wet there for treatment, all of them saying that the doctor there is very skilled despite being the only one there.

Honestly Peter would take anything at this rate even if it seemed VERY sketchy….however he still didn't like the idea of someone treating Peter Parker, but Spider-Man on the other hand….it was a longshot but the worst case he would show up in his regular clothes the next day and get fixed then.

After painfully swinging to the Pound, Spider-Man easily found the small clinic, dropping swinging down to the side of the building he crawled to the window and looked inside to see a woman doctor at her desk looking over a few files. She had long black hair that was tied back into a ponytail, she wore a dark blue sweater with black pants, her lab coat draped around the back of her chair while she read over the papers in her hands, Ok well here goes nothing. He thought before tapping on the window. Inside the doctor's head perked up at the sound of tapping.

She turned her head around until she heard it again at her window, when she turned and saw a red and blue costumed vigilante outside she was understandably shocked. However it quickly disappeared as she walked over and opened the window, "You're that Spider guy from the news right?" she asked.

"Um….yeah, I'm Spider-Man….your not gonna scream and tell me to get lost are you?" he asked, she shook her head with a small smile. "Oh wow this is a first."

"Same here, I've never had a guy hang outside my clinic's window before." she asked before backing away and letting him crawl into the window still, she immediately noticed the makeshift sling he applied to his arm. "I'm guessing that you're here for that?" she asked, pointing to his arm. He sheepishly nodded, "….I treat Huntsmen and Huntresses for free ….. come on, let's have a look." she said with a roll of her eyes and a small smirk as she led him inside, grabbing her coat as he followed her somewhat dumbfounded.

"Um, look I got to be honest, I'm not huntsmen." he admitted as she led him into a room, it looked just like the doctor's office he used to go to with Uncle Ben when he was younger.

She shrugged, "I also treat police, firefighters, and a few locals around here who help keep the peace." she said. "And from what I hear, you've been doing that all over town….so relax, and tell me how this happened." she said, gesturing to the table where she wanted him to sit. He did as she instructed and sat down while she pulled over a chair and inspected his arm, "Could you get rid of this webbing too?"

"Oh, right. Sorry." he apologized, "Well this guy blasted this elevator and it fell so I grabbed the wall with one hand and used a webline to grab the other…didn't go over very well."

"Apparently." the doctor said as she grabbed his arm, "Sorry in advance." she said before suddenly yanking up on his arm, pain shot through his body making him yelp out before he felt his shoulder back in place. "There, good as new!" the doctor said cheerfully as the teen got up off the counter and moved his arm around a little, it felt back in place but was still sore.

"Thanks Doctor…..I'm sorry I didn't get you're name." he admitted.

"Linda Carter." she introduced, raising her hand, Peter shook it.

"Spider-Man."

"Oh really? Never would have guessed." she joked. "Look, I treat Huntsmen and the like for free because they help save people. Kinda like quid pro quo, so if you keep doing what you're doing? You can come here whenever you get a little busted up." she proposed, Peter couldn't help but smile beneath his mask. "Alight now usually I'd prescribe you some painkillers but I doubt Spidey is your real name, and I have a Nine o'clock in a few minutes so….." she glanced at the window, hoping he'd take the hint.

"Yeah I know the drill. Skeedatle." he stated as he opened the window and shot a webline out into the night, "Thanks again doc." he said gratefully, Linda nodded with a small smile as he swung away. Shutting the window she walked out of the room and out into the hall, she released a sigh as she readied herself for the night shift at her clinic.

Cinder Fall watched the television at her apartment with a frown, her scroll was held up to her ear with her partner on the other side of the line, "This isn't what was supposed to happen." she stated plainly, Shocker being caught and arrested wasn't part of their plan. And there was no doubt that the police would question him where he got his equipment from, he'd finger Roman for sure but it was Norman which she was concerned about. Roman assured her that Shocker didn't know her name but it was still a risk that they could trace the equipment back to them.

"No it wasn't." he replied across the scroll. "However Norman has some safeguards in place so that it can't be traced back to him even if Shocker ID'd him. We're safe for now, but this Spider-Man is beginning to become a real problem to our plans." he assured the false Maiden, Cinder relaxed at his words of explanation.

"I agree…I have an idea in mind but it'll require some time and bodies. But until then I think we should continue what we've been doing. Causing distractions to throw him off our trail." she explained. So far it was the only strategy that yielded any results that were in their favor, and so until then it seemed like their only real deterrent.

"And worst comes to worst? I'll deal with him myself." he added, making the ashen haired woman smirk to herself before hanging up and turning off the television and turning her attention to her scroll. On the screen was a image of a elderly bald man that Spider-Man had imprisoned when he first appeared in Vale, other was of a stout slightly overweight man with glasses which had actually defeated Spider-Man once according to what she's read.

While for the time being the people they sent after him had served their purpose well, she was well aware that they couldn't keep throwing bodies at this problem forever but for the time being it sufficed. She had so far picked out Otto and Vulture since they had both bested the wall crawler, granted it was when he had just arrived on the scene but it still meant that they had experience with him.

Another possible candidate she was looking at was Kraven, Roman's men inside prison stated that he was currently challenging any inmates who thought themselves worthy to a fight. But she saw that he was training for when he would fight the wall crawler once again, despite him being a normal man with no semblance or aura. But he still seemed to put up a good fight against him, with basic weaponry no less.

These three would put up a good fight but there was still a chance he could beat them, so perhaps she needed more members for her little group.

AN: A little short chapter wise but I think it fits well enough. I will have the next chapter be longer to make up for this though, or I'll try to at the very least.

So what finally got me off my ass and got me to publish this chapter you may ask? Amazing Spider-Man 800 came out today, marking the end of Dan Slott's ten year run on the character.

Now, after Brand New Day, I didn't read spider-man comics for a WHILE. Partly because I grew up with a married Spider-Man and what Joe Quesada conviced marvel to do was so stupid that I'm glad we're still calling them out on that bullshit, but also because Marvel comics put a number of different writers on a single book and turned it into a meatgrinder.

And at the end of it, Dan Slott was still standing because he made New Ways to Die, putting Eddie Brock back in a symbiote and giving Spider-Man a interesting new character in the form of Anti Venom. Along with introducing the widely liked villain of Mr Negative.

And then, Spidey hit the Big Time, and I started reading Spider-Man again.

Now I know there's complaints to slott's writing sometimes, especially when it comes to how he handles Mary Jane Watson. But I can honestly say for the most part, I loved how he went through Spider-Man's rogues gallery and told a story for each of them. The new Hobgoblin, Superior Spider-Man, Spider-Verse, Parker Industries, Horizon Labs, it's all added to Spider-Man and I love all of it.

Clone Conspiracy was also something he wrote.

And he ended it today, he put his toys back in the toy box and got ready to move onto Iron Man and the Fantastic Four. Dan Slott got me back into Spider-Man and I can't thank him enough for that, and it's crazy that we've had Eight Hundred Issues of Amazing Spider-Man, and it all started with Stan Lee and Steve Ditko making a story about a teenager getting bit by a spider, who no one thought would sell so they put it on a comic that would be soon cancelled.

Spider-Man is my hero, and he sums up why I like him the best.

"Fight the Good fight. If you fall, pick yourself back up. And if your Neighbor falls, give them your hand. That's how we all save the world…one friendly neighborhood at a time."

I know Nick Spencer is going to be writing from now on and honestly I'm excited to see what he does, but he's got some big shoes to fill in my opinon. So thank you Mr. Slott, thank you for giving me Spider-Man again.