People! I'm getting a breaking news story...yes...yes...YES! SPIDER-MAN IS BACK!
PS: Anyone brings up Infinity War in the comments, consider yourselves Vulture food.
Finally, a moment of silence as the Mightiest Marvelite of them all passed away recently. RIP Stan 'The Man' Lee.
Chapter 9
Jaune rubbed his temples as he stared at the students under his charge. The members of Team JNPR seemed relatively subdued - even Nora - none of them looking at Yang. Speaking of, the Y member of Team RWBY was staring at the floor of the Bullhead, her face shrouded by her long blonde hair, the only sound being heard from her was the occasional sniffle and the plopping sound of her tears hitting the ground. Ruby sat beside her, rubbing her hand on her back, trying to comfort her. Her partner, Blake, sat beside Yang as well, and merely had a hand on her shoulder.
'Probably doesn't understand how to comfort someone in a situation like this.' Jaune thought before turning his attention to the final member of Team RWBY. Weiss sat on the other side of Ruby, filing her nails and not even bothering to spare a glance at Yang or her other teammates. 'Ok, now that attitude needs to change.' Jaune thought frowning a bit at the apparently callous nature of the young girl.
Turning to Glynda, Jaune cocked an eyebrow and nodded his head towards the group of trainees, his silent message apparent: 'What do we do about them?'.
Glynda, in turn, merely pointed from Jaune to the trainees and back to Jaune, her own message very clear: 'That's what you're paid for.'
Jaune slumped a bit before nodding. 'Great...now I have to deal with teen drama, as a teen, who teaches and advises teens...while fighting crime dressed in a cotton onesie that my sisters gave me...that I had to modify. Good Oum what is my life now?'
The group continued the trip in silence until the Bullhead landed at the Beacon Launch Pads. The group began to leave before Glynda caught their attention by clearing her throat. "I understand that this day has been trying on a number of you. However, I want all of you to know that you did the right thing. Protecting the innocent, ensuring that civilians were out of harm's way. The way you all acted today proves one thing: you all have the capacity to become amazing Huntresses in the future."
"And Huntsman!" Nora exclaimed while grabbing Ren's arm and waiving it in the air.
"And Huntsman." Glynda corrected herself. "Professor Arc, I need you to come with me. There is something that Doctor Oobleck wishes to show you.
"Yeah ok. One sec." Jaune said before giving May a hug. Separating, Jaune turned towards the rest of the group. "Yang...and all of you. I'm...well I'm in charge of your mental wellbeing as well as your academic and personal training...if any of you want to talk about what happened today or about anything at all, please come talk...I-I can't promise that everything will be better right away...but I can promise that I can do my best." Jaune told them, looking each and every one of them in the eye.
Yang nodded with tears in her eyes and a small smile on her face. "Thanks Professor...I'll keep that in mind."
"We all will." May said before giving Jaune a look. "Professor Arc...I like it. Really...clings on well."
Everyone looked at May, who in turn was looking her brother dead in the eyes with a gleam in them. 'Oh shit...that can't be good. The last time she got that gleam in her eyes...Dear Oum that poor cat.'
Coughing, Glynda broke everyone out of their funk. "Yes, well...let's all be on our way now. For now, you all do have classes tomorrow. One of which is with me. And I would be...remorse if you missed it."
Whoosh!
In a flash, the students were sprinting back towards their dorms leaving dust clouds behind them. Turning to Glynda, Jaune cocked an eyebrow. "You Professor, are a scary woman."
"Indeed. And you would do well to remember it Professor." Glynda said before turning on her heels and gesturing with her crop. "Now follow me."
Jaune followed Glynda towards the administrative section of the Beacon campus, which doubled as accommodation for the staff and special guests, like visiting Headmasters. While following Glynda, Jaune was deep in thought about the patrol he was going to be on tonight.
'That Vulture guy will most likely target Mr. Schnee again, and knowing what I know thanks to the Bugle's investigations into the man, he's not one to back down so easily. So, he's most likely in town still. Which means I need to survey the town for a large, metal old man trying to kill the richest man in Remnant. And I have to worry about that chopper showing up again...Guess I'll have to get some backup on this one.'
Jaune smiled at the thought of his backup. Most of the cops in the city were very neutral to his presence, only really pursuing him because of the laws against vigilantes that Vale had. There were, however, police officers on the force that responded well to his presence. 'Looks like the ladies will get a visit from their old friend.'
Stopping just behind Glynda, Jaune saw that they had halted outside of a normal, brown door. Glynda pulled out a set of keys and set one in the lock. Turning the key, Glynda and Jaune heard he click of the door unlocking, with the door swinging open.
Jaune followed Glynda in before stopping as his eyes widened at the impossibly large room. The room was freshly furnished, with a king-sized bed on one side. Opposite that was a large desk with a new Scroll-Top on it, and a nice leather chair. Towards the back of the room were eight smaller tables – four with different chemicals and vials and four with various tools for gadgets. In the middle was a large closet. Glynda moved towards the closet, opening it, revealing several empty hangers for cloths. Moving the hangers aside, Glynda pressed her hand against the wall. A blue light enveloped her for a few seconds before it vanished. The wall moved down, revealing a large mannequin with -
"Oh wow." Jaune breathed out, child-like wonder filling him as he looked at the suit on the mannequin. The suit was very different from the one he had on under his civvies. This one had red on the neck, coming down to the shoulders and down the front of both arms. The red coloration also extended down to abdominals in a thick block, stopping near the codpiece, with two lines on either side around the waist, as well as the sides and bottom of the feet. Where there was no red there was blue, stretching around the legs and down to the tops of the feet. The biggest outward difference was the large white spider on the front, as well as the white lines coming down the arms with large white versions of the back of the hands. There were also white lines on the soles of the feet. Looking closer at the hands and feet, Jaune saw padding.
The last thing Jaune looked at was the mask. Outwardly, the mask appeared unchanged, with the eyes being slightly larger than the ones on the mask in his back pocket. Moving towards the suit, Jaune began to feel the fibers of the suit, loving the way the spandex felt on his hands.
"Doctor Oobleck spent some time making this. It's made of a lightweight form of spandex, mixed with small amounts of Kevlar and Gortex, along with Dust infusions to provide stronger durability. We have also outfitted the mask with a headset, which you can pair with your Scroll so that you can make and receive calls from both us, the students who have your number, and others."
Jaune swallowed. "The Doc made this for me...I-I don't know what to say."
"There is nothing to say Jaune. You are a member of the Beacon Staff. Here we take care of each other. The only thing we ask is that you be careful out there. Now then, I do believe that Spider-Man has an insane bird man to find."
Jaune smiled brightly. "Yes. Yes, he does."
(Scene Change)
(City of Vale)
The people of Vale were going about their business as normal, with several walking back from work, some going to work, some going to get dinner, etcetera. Most of them were used the view of Spider-Man swinging about the city, but they were not prepared for what happened next.
A red blur caught the eyes of many, some pulling out their Scrolls in a desperate attempt to get a video of Spider-Man. Said wall-crawler was zipping off the sides of buildings, performing flips and spins in mid-air much to the delight of the crowd. Spider-Man's latest flip peaked with him doing a back-flip, one leg out and one folded backwards. Falling headfirst, Spider-Man waited until he was about 20 feet off the pavement, before extending his hand, a line of webbing coming out. The line attached itself to a nearby building with Spider-Man's weight pulling himself down like a pendulum, with the bottom of his swing having him nearly touching the ground with his feet.
Pulling back up, Spider-Man let out a loud whoop as he made his way throughout the city.
(Time Skip
(One Hour later)
On top of the VCPD stood two police officers, one dressed in the blue of the typical cop and one in leather jacket with jeans, indicating her status as a detective. The looked over the skyline of the VCPD, waiting for the third member of their group to arrive.
"Ah if it isn't my two favorite police officers! Jean, Yuri how your girls doing?" The two officers looked up, seeing Spider-Man on the top of a nearby pole. The Web-Head jumped down, landing on the handrails around the top of the station, displaying his new suit
"Apparently not as good as you." Detective Yuri Watanabe said as she eyed up the new suit. "Nice suit. Didn't know you had that kind of money. Should we be concerned that you're mugging the muggers?"
"You know Yuri that really hurts. I only break the hearts and bones of muggers, not their bank accounts. That's their lawyers' job."
"Now that the chit-chat is out of the way, what did you want to see us for Spider-Man." Officer Jean DeWolff asked, a small smile on her face.
"I wanted to know if the force has any info on the flying bird man or the helicopter that thought I'd make good swiss cheese."
"As a matter of fact, we do." Yuri said, pulling out a piece of gum and sticking it in her mouth. "According to Jacque Schnee the bird man is named Adrian Toomes. He's a scientist on par with Otto Octavius. Only problem was that no one had ever heard of him. Until now."
"Did old Jacque give any sort of explanation for Toomes's attack?"
"Yes." Yuri said, pulling out a notepad with writing on it. "Apparently Toomes was working on something big called DustFlight. Its -"
"The application of Gravity Dust to personal tech suits in order to achieve long distance human flight without the need for strong semblances or vehicles and such."
"Uhhh...yeah." Yuri said, a little put off by the ecstatic tone of the hero. Clearing her throat to get her attention, Yuri continued. "According to Mr. Schnee he is operating under the name of "Vulture". Sounds...
"Dirty?"
"...weird. Kind of like you."
Spider-Man visible deflated at that before shaking his head and re-focusing. "And the chopper guys?"
"No info one them." Jean said. "You'll have to do that on your own."
"No problem coppers! Your lovable, tough-as-nails, seen-too-much detective is on the case."
Horrified looks began to dawn on the two officers' faces. "No! NONONONONONO! You promised - "
"Spider-Cop!"
The group fell silent with those words – growled out by Spider-Man in a low, raspy voice – with the two officers looking rather annoyed at the crouching hero. The silence and glares continued for several mins before Spider-Man shifted nervously.
"I'll just...go find the Vulture. Bye guys." He said before backflipping off the building, disappearing, before slinging back up and zipping off into the night.
CUT!
That chapter took a lot. Next update will be for Tale of Two Brothers.
