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"One day you will look back on this year. You'll hate yourself, you know. You'll absolutely hate yourself."

"That's a risk I am more than willing to take."

"Ok. Fine. What about me though? What if I hate you? Or our friends? What if Kito hates you? Or do you not remember your best friend?"

"He can't hate me because he won't know. No one knows of our mission except the monks. And we aren't going to tell anyone, either."

"Well that's the funny thing about truth huh? It never stays buried forever."

"So, how's the investigation going?" Ava asked Peter as he walked into the lounge.

"Not great. Fury just found even more evidence against Danny."

The feline-themed heroine looked up. Peter noticed the bags under her eyes. She was worried, like the others. He sighed as he sat down next to her.

"I don't know what to do anymore," He said.

"Well I do. We're going to prove that Danny is innocent," Ava growled. Peter looked at her in surprise.

"I thought you were suspicious of him. Isn't Sam too?"

"We were. But, we can't believe that Danny would ever do something like...like murder."

Peter gave her a wry smile.

"How can you be so sure though...I mean, he does like his secrets."

He hadn't meant to sound so cold. He had meant to just make conversation. But Ava stood up with wet eyes and balled her fists as if he had slapped her.

"Don't say that."

"No Ava I wasn't-"

"Peter I swear don't ever say that. Don't. Danny is part of our family. He isn't a killer."

They stared at each other. Peter's lips quivered. He wondered for a second if he could tell her. If he should tell her.

He is a killer. His title told me so. He is.

Peter squeezed his eyes shut. When he opened them again there was white text over Ava's head.

Fighter.

He shook his head and the word dissipated. Ava was a fighter. She would defend her family and her opinion. Why would it matter if he told her Danny's title? She would never believe him anyway.

Peter stood up and straightened his shoulders. He stepped closer to her and smiled.

"You're right. I'm sorry. Danny is innocent and we're going to prove it. Together."

She grinned. Nodded.

"Um, excuse me...I don't want to interrupt anything but..."

Peter turned around to see a scrawny guy with dirty-looking black hair.

"Oh uh hi. Can we help you with something?" Peter asked. The guy walked towards them with an awkward smile.

"Yeah I was wondering if you could help me find Danny's interrogation room? I was there earlier but I can't seem to remember how to get back there."

Peter blinked. The guy was wearing rags, and his hands were shaking like mad. He definitely didn't look anywhere near authorized to be on this ship. Peter was about to speak when Ava beat him to it.

"Sorry but who are you?" She asked, venom in her tone.

"Me? I'm not sure. Sometimes it slips my mind," The guy laughed emptily. His hands shook harder and Peter grabbed onto Ava's arm.

"Spidey sense says this guy is bad news," He muttered. Ava nodded and bit her lip.

"What do we do?"

"Hey I'm sorry, am I scaring you? I'll go ask someone else for directions if you want me to..." The guy said. And yet, he stumbled closer.

"Whoa, not so close kid. I'm a superhero you know," Peter tried to joke. But he was getting some seriously bad vibes. The guy's hand slipped behind his back and he drew out a long blade.

Peter's eyes widened. He had on his mask. He could fight. But Ava was in her civvies, and that meant she needed to protect her identity.

"Ava get behind me," Peter snarled.

"Oh hey guess what! I just remembered my name!" The mystery guy lurched forward, swinging the blade. Peter moved to stop him but he dodged just in time. Peter tumbled, turned.

Too late.

SLASH!

The blade was plunged deeply into Ava's midsection.

"NOOOOOOO!" Peter screeched. Blood splattered onto his face.

"I'm Kito. Danny's bestest friend in the whole wide world!" The guy, or Kito apparently, grinned. He unsheathed his knife and Ava fell to her knees. More blood dripped from her lips.

"YOU!" Peter screamed. He slammed into Kito like a truck, knocking him to the floor.

"You're the one who's been giving us all hell!" Peter hissed through sobs.

Kito only laughed, harder and harder until he was wheezing.

"I'm flattered, really, but I'm not your biggest problem right now," his face suddenly changed to sullen. Peter hesitated, shocked by the change. Kito continued in a crushed tone. "Your friend is slowly dying over there. I think you should help her. I'm still pretty new to this and the sight of all that blood is making me sick."

"You son of a-" Peter shouted. But before he could finish, the lights turned red and the entire chamber rocked to the side as an explosion sounded throughout.

Kito wriggled out from under him.

"That would be Arai! I gotta go now!" He retrieved his knife and took off. Peter moved to chase him. But then he turned to Ava, who's eyes were falling shut. He stopped, turned on him communicator.

"THIS IS SPIDERMAN! I NEED ALL MEDICAL STAFF HERE RIGHT NOW!"

BOOM! The door to Danny's room burst in, flying to the opposite wall. Smoke billowed inside. It was so thick that Danny didn't see the blade that sliced through his hand cuffs.

But as soon as his hands were freed he launched to his feet and grabbed the shadow behind him.

"Arai?" Danny hissed, pushing the figure in question to the wall.

"Time to go Drakov."

"I'm not leaving my friends."

Arai laughed, "What friends?"

Danny tried to retort. But nothing came out. His grip loosened for a split second and Arai grabbed onto his arm. He ran, dragging Danny with him in a hold that was just as strong as Danny remembered.

They rounded a corner and were met by a dozen SHIELD officers.

"YOU! Let him go!" One shouted. Arai tensed, still holding onto his prize. Danny squirmed, but finally also lowered into his fighting stance. As much as he hated what was happening, he wasn't super keen to go back to that cell either.

"Raise your hands, both of you. We will shoot if you cause any trouble," The same officer yelled.

"Well, I guess we're caught then," Arai sneered. Danny whipped his head around.

"What are you planning?" He whispered.

Arai only shook his head. His mask covered his face, yet Danny knew he was grinning.

"What're they doing?" A young officer mumbled to his commander. "HEY! Didn't you hear us? Put your hands up!"

Arai and Danny stood still. Danny was breathing hard. Anticipation swirled through his system. His hands ached.

"That's it no more mind games!" The young man screamed. He leveled his gun at Arai's head. His finger moved to the trigger.

A knife sliced through his elbow. The officer's eyes widened as the bottom half of his arm fell to the floor, spurting blood.

A flash of black hair and crazed eyes. Then screaming.

"Now," Arai hissed as guns began to fire wildly. He and Danny pushed through the crowd as the melodic sound of a knife whistling through the air rang out.

They made it out the other side, and were joined by Kito a second later.

"Hey guys! Glad I found you! I thought you were going to leave without me for a second there," He smiled.

"We're on a mission subordinate. No speaking!" Arai barked. Danny shut his eyes, clenching his jaw tightly.

This isn't happening. This isn't happening.

And yet what choice did he have? He turned to glare at Kito and almost tripped over his own feet.

The smaller boy was covered in oozing wounds. He flashed Danny a smile, then his eyes turned yellow. Black plates began to slide over his skin like armor, and he grew disproportionately outward.

"What's happening to him!?" Danny hissed. Arai didn't look back.

"He's our way out. Keep running!"

Kito was now too heavy to walk. Ebony wings sprouted from his back, one of them knocking Danny against the wall. Through emerging fangs he whispered:

"I told you, Arai would only let me join if he got to test things on me. Isn't that cool?"

Danny had no words. So he just ran faster. More agents came to block their path, but Kito knocked them out of the way easily. They rounded the corner and made it to one of the emergency exits. Arai ripped it open.

Then he grabbed hold of Kito's protruding tail and proceeded to shove him half-way out of the craft.

"Get on," Arai ordered. Danny hesitated.

I can stop them. Or push them out. I could do something. That would probably elevate my status here, saving SHIELD from intruders. But that won't solve my own problem.

Danny narrowed his eyes. He would go along with them. He would follow them as long as he had to until he could make his move. And then he'd make sure that they never came back, regardless of the consequences.

He nodded and jumped onto Kito's back, clutching onto Arai's uniform. Kito took a wobbly step and was immediately sucked out into the wind. Danny's heart dropped into his stomach and his eyes widened.

Air rushed past them as they spiraled down wildly. Kito's wings folded and popped, but they were still falling.

"Arai this isn't working!" Danny grunted, knuckles white.

Arai responded by kicking at Kito's sides.

"Fly idiot! Before you kill us all!"

"It's harder with two people!" Kito complained. His wings spread out suddenly, catching the wind and turning their free fall into a rough glide.

Kito panted, and his face began to lose its scales.

"Um, hey besties?" He mumbled.

"What?" Arai screamed.

"I think its wearing off again," He said.

Danny froze. What did that mean?! He peeked over the side and felt a mixture of panic and anger. They were several hundred feet over the ground still, and Kito was beginning to shrink.

He wondered silently what his chances of survival were. Arai turned around to grab his shoulder.

"Drakov! You need to give us power or we will perish."

Danny blinked.

"I don't und-"

"The red Chi. If we use both of ours together it should be enough to prolong the transformation. Do it now!"

Now Danny understood. He looked down at his hands and twisted them into fists. He was already starting to regret his choice to escape.

I could make it painful for him, if I wanted. I could make it burn...

Danny gritted his teeth and closed his eyes. He focused on the dull ache that had been growing throughout this whole thing. He drew it out, and amplified it. He could feel the fire explode from his hands. It was getting easier, he realized.

Every time it got easier and...more satisfying?

His eyes snapped open and he heard Kito screaming.

He deserves it. He deserves it for everything he did. Everything he's done. This is good. Make it worse.

NO! Danny shook his head and his Chi gave out. Kito stopped screaming. They stopped flying.

CRASH!

Kito quickly reverted back to human and they all fell the remaining ten feet to the ground. Danny hissed through the pain in his back and sides. For a few minutes, they all lay there.

Then Arai stood up and took off his mask. He smiled, a dark glint in his eyes.

"Welcome back Devil King."

Dun dun dun! So many questions! Will Danny do something? Will Tiger live? Will anything happy ever happen? Find out next time!

ALSO! Would you like to see what Kito looks like? Because I drew him in his costume and in his regular clothes over here:

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But anyway, see you all later. Please review!

Wolf Out...