Chapter 10: Final Showdown

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Ricky Calusky was grumbling as he sat in his cell at the New York Police Department, his cell was being guarded by several agents of the anti terrorist organisation Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Divison or SHIELD for short which was standard procedure for super powered criminals after being arrested so they did not try to escape. His grandparents were there waiting to visit along with their lawyer Janice Lincoln but he did not care about them. All that he cared about was getting out so he could go back to trying to make his old man proud as a super villain.

Then the wall of his cell got blasted open and there were a whole lot of men in suits carrying high tech weapons. "Thanks for the help guys..." Calusky shouted with glee at the men apparently helping him escape and was about to ask them to help him out of the specialised cuffs the SHIELD people put him in only to be grabbed by them. Before any of the police or SHIELD agents were able to stop them the men then threw Calusky in the back of their van and then drove off.

Right Now

Peter did not like it when his arms were tiring him from all the web-slinging he was doing following the van so it slowed him down but the search lead him to an abandoned science building that was once owned by a company called Vistacorp. "Always have to an abandoned something..." Peter muttered to himself as he jumped down and saw that the place was surrounded by cops who seemed to be trying to get in.

One of them noticed Peter and went up to him, the officer was a black haired man and underneath the short sleeve of his left arm Peter could see that he had a skull tattoo. "Hey Spidey, I'm Frank Castle and my kids really like you costumed guys." The officer said greeting the young costumed vigilante. "The guys inside have several kids from the Midtown High School hostage for some reason and they have taken that super powered brat you beat up, the one whose dad is in the Wrecking Crew." Castle told Peter and Peter instantly realised he was talking about Calusky and had a bad feeling about why they were doing this. "Seems that the place's security still works so the doors shut tight but it seems that the top level's windows are normal, something that some super powered punk can break through if he climbs up that high..." Castle said with a smile and Peter instantly could tell what he was implying.

After thanking him Peter ran to the building startling the other officers as he climbed up the building up and then smashed through the window as he climbed into it. He saw that the room was filled with some guards and Mason was there along with Calusky. "Wait that's the nutjob who calls himself the Tinkerer, I caught him about a month and a half ago or something so why is he doing this? Well no time to think about that now since I have to take care of them and find out from Tinkerer were the prisoners are..." Peter wondered and before the guards were able to notice them Peter then got to work attacking them.

Peter managed to knock them all down before they had any chance to use their weapons and Peter lifted Mason up by his throat and asked "okay Tinkerer, where are your prisoners and why are you doing this?" Mason managed to laugh through the hold that Peter had him in.

"You have to find them yourself Spider-Man and I made a new friend called Charlie who does not seem to like those people..." Mason told him and Peter knew that he meant Charlie and thought that he should have realised he would be involved by who was kidnapped. After knocking him out Peter then threw Mason to the wall and used web to stick him there for police later.

Then there was cackling and Peter turn to the door and saw Charlie with all his skin and was now wearing an outfit made of some Unstable Molecules that Mason once managed to steal the formula from the Baxter Building. "I knew that seeing Kallenback taken would take you here Parker." Charlie laughed and Peter glared at him.

"Where are they Charlie, after you tell me and turn yourself in you can get the help you need..." Peter told him but under his mask he was looking scared at the classmate he had tried to befriend. It must have been because of the serum and the Vibranium he came in contact with. Charlie then managed to make a fireball in his hand which he threw at Peter and managed to dodge thanks to his Spider Sense.

"I don't need help, you may have ruined my life but my new powers means that no one will ever pick on me again!" Charlie shouted at Peter charging at him. Before Peter could dodge he managed to grab at Peter and put him into a strong grip. Peter yelled as he managed to feel the heat of the fire in Charlie's grip and before it could melt his clothes Charlie threw him down.

"Now I am much stronger and more powerful than you Parker, I am going to spend some minutes proving it before I end your pathetic live and then the lives of those who ever picked on me including that Kallenback girl, I may never have a normal life again but in my new life I will be the one that is feared and does the picking on..." Charlie told Peter as he was down in a taunting tone of voice. Peter managed to get his head up and glare at him through is mask.

"So you decide you want to be a bully yourself, even pick on people who are trying to help you, trying to be your friend and even blaming people for things that happened because you were stupid enough to meddle with things too dangerous for you to handle." Peter said managing to find his voice and get up. Charlie snapped at this and Peter had to web-sling up to the roof of the room to avoid Charlie up at him.

As Charlie was throwing fireballs at him Peter then went to the wall and then running into the room armed were several police officers. "How did you get in, Mason had the building's security sealed off!" Charlie demanded and the officers made room to let someone through and both Charlie and Peter could not believe who it was...

"Thanks to someone who was able to override any old fashioned security system with his technology." Said the voice of Tony Stark walking in wearing his world famous Iron Man Armor. "Surrender now Mr Weiderman." Tony said sternly facing the super powered teen. Peter stared in wonder at the billionaire scientist and superhero, someone who was one of his all time idols but had to stay focus on the matter at hand.

"...I am strong enough to take you on Stark..." Charlie said aiming his hand at Tony but said it was clear from his voice that he was not feeling as confident and sure of himself as he was pretending to be since he was now dealing with an experienced world famous Avenger. Peter then turned and spotted some sort of freezing chamber machine and got an idea.

Peter sneaked to the machine and opened the door and Tony knew what he was thinking. Tony then aimed his hand at Charlie and hit him with an attack called the Repulsor Blast before Charlie could react knocking him out. Tony then lifted him up with the Armor's strength and threw him into the machine. Peter closed the door and saw that Charlie was getting up then activated the machine. After about half a minute he shut it off and opened the door with Charlie knocked out again and the machine cooled his skin back to normal.

Peter looked down sadly and Tony put a comforting hand on Peter's shoulder. "I think we will have some prisoners to find." Tony told Peter and he gave a slight nod. With the police officers taken care of the men Peter and Tony managed to pry open a locked room with Missy, most of the bullies Peter knew at Midtown and Calusky who was still in the cuffs from before.

Ten minutes later Peter was outside watching the prisoners who were freed and getting checked over by a medical team before being allowed to go home with his parents. Calusky after he was checked was being led to a police van to take him back to the station and he was stopped when he tried to make a break for it. Peter was still feeling quite sad about Charlie but he felt assured that they were okay including Missy.

"Don't worry about the Weiderman kid, the SHIELD agents told me that they are taking him to a special force field cell where he would not be able to break out of and he will be treated to see if they can neutralise his powers. Once that is settled he will be looking forward to some psychiatric evaluations, the legal trouble he is in cannot be ignored but he will be given the mental and physical help he needs. Turns out it is far from the first time a teen gains powers and becomes a super villain so they a procedure for that." Tony told him and he knew that Peter did not seem happier about it. "Some people gets themselves into trouble and sometimes they have to be stopped for everyone else's sake and I think you handled that well. You might be Avengers material one day." Tony told him and Peter could not but be startled by that and then Tony flew off.

Looking at Missy, Peter decided that with the knowledge that Charlie will be getting his help then decided to focus on something else. He then web slinged off to where he put his clothes so he can get changed and be somewhere else...

*SM:ROTN*

Missy had to endure a five minute hug from her mother when she arrived and then she was driving them home. In her seat Missy was thinking that she did not get the chance to thank her saviour Spider-Man or as she knew him as Peter. Once they arrived at the house her mother turned to Missy and startled her daughter when she said "oh look there is that nice Peter lad." Missy saw that it was indeed Peter there waiting for them with his backpack.

Missy's mother told them that she can come on after having a minute with Peter and then went inside. "So Iron Man told me that Charlie will be getting the help he needs but mostly likely will not want." Peter told her and Missy could not help but think that she knew Peter would come to rescue them but was shocked to see Iron Man with him. "So you want to give this dating a try or do you want to wait..." Peter asked and did not even finish his question as Missy pulled him into a kiss to answer. Peter returned it and then Missy said she would see him later and then waved at him as she went inside her home.

*SM:ROTN*

The next morning at eleven in the morning Missy was watching TV at her home remembering that her family had watched her kiss Peter through the living room window and now her sister would be teasing her for who knows how long. She also had to email Ursula to tell her that she was okay. In the morning the news said talked about what happened yesterday with Charlie taking the Midtown High students hostage along with Calusky. They said that Midtown High embarrassed that people managed to kidnap students right off their property would be temporarily closing so they can find better security on their grounds. Sure enough they got a telephone call telling them that.

After changing the channel Missy was now looking at a love news coverage of a battle that Spider-Man was now having with the super villain who went by the Wizard. Missy then smiled as she sat back to watch her new boyfriend in action.

Yeah I know that the Punisher is usually a former marine but he had been a cop in the Spider Gwen comic and the Ultimate Universe. Also no, Frank will not become the Punisher in this universe as I feel that he deserves to have a happy life with his family alive in at least one universe. Since Iron Man was in Skin Deep the storyline where Charlie appeared, I decided to give him a role here and it helps that it allowed me to do a little world building and setting it up in case I do an Avengers story set in this universe. Now here is kind of a end-credits scene for a possible sequel:

Several police officers had come across several masked thugs knocked out in an alleyway. They then noticed spray painted on the walls was the words "THE NIGHT THRASHER WAS HERE!"