It was the middle of the night. May looked at the note Black Tarantula gave her and refamiliarised herself with the number. She called it again and recognized his voice from the moment he said "Hello, Spider-Girl. I take it you have considered my offer."

"Yes, Black Tarantula." said May, "I have. And I am quite interested."

"Excellent, and call me Fabian."

"Okay, Fabian."

"So you're accepting the offer?"

"Not entirely sure, but I think I might."

"Well, when you make your final decision, meet me in person. My HQ is at the old zoo on the Bronx."

"Got that. Goodbye, Fabian."

"Goodbye, Mayday." May hung up and crashed into bed.

The next day, May went to the zoo and met Black Tarantula.

"Greetings, Spider-Girl." he said, "We have an assignment for you, but first we'd like to present you with your new uniform." He opened a wardrobe revealing a black and white version of her suit with the same symbol on the chest as was on the message.

She swung through the city, basking in her newfound freedom, making her way to a jewelry store. She shattered the window with web balls and web slung the precious gems into a web sack she made. Suddenly Scarlet Spider landed behind her with a new partner at her side. He rode a glider made to look like a hawk and wore medieval style armor. She immediately recognized it as Normie. She webbed them both to the ground, however.

"You really thought you could stand a chance against me?" she said, "Normie, you don't even have powers. Without that armor, you're useless. And Felicity, you may be a powerful fighter, but I taught you everything you know!" She pulled support columns out from the overhang under which she pinned her adversaries, causing it to collapse on top of them.

Mayday woke back up in her bed. She looked at her watch. It was 12:51 AM the day after she called Black Tarantula again.

"It was all a horrible dream." she said to herself, "Thank God. But that could've really happened. I can't join him. I can't!"