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Chapter 13: Learning the Ropes

Next Day: Saturday Parker House 10:45 am

T.V

"That's Right citizens of New York the psychopath Cletus Kassidy that has been plaguing this great city for the past year has been finally apprehended, by the excellent officers of the NYPD, but his capture did not come without tragedy. Police Captain Calhoon was killed during Kassidy capture, but the late Captain is survived by his daughter Lily Calhoon. Newly Promoted Captain George Stacy had this to say on the matter:

"We regret to inform the public that the Captain has lost his life, but he died in the line of duty…."

While the news bulletin was playing on the T.V. Peter was on the couch eating his cereal and watching the news with a small smile on his face, because he knew that he had something to do with Kassidy's capture, but then his smile turned into a slight frown because while Kassidy is now behind bars, there were still some casualties like the Captain, but his brooding was interrupted as his Aunt May entered through the door carrying bags of groceries.

"Hey Aunt May"

"Morning Dear, can you help me with these please"

"Sure thing" said Peter getting up from the couch and taking the groceries from his Aunt and taking them to the kitchen.

"What did you buy?"

"I bought some steak, mac and cheese, pinto beans, corn and mashed potatoes"

"Uh oh"

"What" asked his Aunt

"That's my favorite Meal…..only time you make that is when you're about to tell me something I don't like"

"I have no idea what you're talking about" replied Aunt May looking at her nephew with a straight face.

"Aunt May you have the worst poker face….so come on spill it"

"Alright fine I was gonna wait until dinner, but…..fine ….Peter I think you and I should move….out of New York….to a different state" said Aunt May

"WHAT!" yelled Peter dropping the bag in his hand

"Keep your voice down"

"What….. how can you think about moving"

"How can I not Peter"

"But Aunt May our life…..my life is here in New York…Gwen, Harry, and MJ" said Peter.

"You can make new friends in whatever new state we move to"

"Aunt May we can't"

"Peter, two weeks ago I got shot in the head, Today I could barely go outside my home to the grocery store…the store I've been to a million times…I-I can't live my life like that, what if it had been you my heart couldn't take it if …if something happened to you"

"Nothing is gonna happen to me…trust me"

"Your Uncle…"

"Used to say the same thing I know….but Aunt May I promise "

"Peter….."

"Aunt May I know this city is dangerous but it's starting to become safer….look the police caught that Kassidy Guy"

"Yeah a year later…. no telling how many people he has killed" his Aunt replied.

"Aunt May we can't move…this is our home…plus Uncle Ben is here"

"Peter "

"Aunt May I can't deal with this right now" said Peter walking from the kitchen and towards the front door, grabbing his jacket peter reached for the door knob.

"Wait….Peter where are you going"

"Aunt May I-I need some fresh air…I'll be back later" he replied opening the door and slamming it shut.

"I'm only trying to do what's best for you" said Aunt May sitting down in the kitchen chair and putting her face in her hands knowing that her nephew didn't hear her.

Saturday 2:00pm: coffee bean

Peter entered the coffee bean and went to the counter. He ordered some coffee and while he waited for his order to come in he couldn't help but think of the conversation he had with his Aunt, earlier.

'Move….we can't move…not now….not when..' but his internal monologue was interrupted when his coffee came.

"Thanks" he told the girl at the counter, and as he was about to leave he looked to his left and spotted a familiar face sitting alone in a booth, smiling to himself peter went over.

"Someone is deep in thought" he said sitting down in the booth.

"PETER! JEEZ don't sneak up on me like that" said Gwen

"Sorry"

"No it's okay I was deep in thought about something"

"Wanna talk about it" asked Peter taking a sip of his coffee. Gwen took a moment and looked at peter, and she saw that he was really interested in what was bothering her so she thought no harm could come from telling him.

"My dad is the new Police Captain"

"Wait George Stacy is your Dad"

"Come on smart guy the last name is a dead give away"

"I guess so…hmm... how could I have missed that…but anyway isn't that a good thing"

"No….I-I mean yes….maybe…I don't know I-I just can't help but think about how he got the job….the last guy was murdered…..I was watching the news and-and I saw the guy's daughter and she was my age and the pain in her eyes, it shook me because her dad was the captain and he was killed and now my dad's the captain

"And your afraid he might be killed…or something terrible happens" Peter finished

"Even though me and my Dad don't see eye to eye all the time he's still my Dad and I love him and he's all I got after my Mom died and Peter I couldn't handled it if-if"

"If something happened to him"

"Yeah" she said. A period of silence passed between the two teens, before peter got up from his seat and went and sat down next to Gwen.

"Gwen….Listen to me I-I promise that nothing bad will happen to your Dad" peter said with determination, while looking into her eyes.

"How can you be sure of that….How do you know"

"Because…. I just do"

"You just do…what are you psychic"

"Maybe"

"Maybe" she replied

"Possibly" he said

"Can you tell what I'm thinking now" asked Gwen with a smile

"Uhhh...does it in anyway involve pink elephants"

"I'm thinking that even though we've known each other a few weeks I-I can't help but feel drawn to you" said Gwen looking down at her hands, " and I know you feel the same way"

"Y-Y-You D-d-o" peter stuttered

"How could I not…peter you're not very subtle…you have a habit of staring" she said with a smile

"Well you got me there…b-but, yes Gwen I feel the same….felt the same way ever since you offered me a seat on the bus and you said you like science" replied peter as he shyly looked away, and rubbed his neck. After admitting their feelings for one another both teens slowly turned to face each other, following their instincts they began to lean closer and closer until finally their lips met in their first kiss. Breaking apart they looked at each other smiled.

"You know when I woke up this morning this is not how I pictured my day going" said peter smiling.

"Well that's the thing about life peter you never know what the day may bring" she replied. Peter leaned in again and kissed her and she happily returned his kiss.

'Oh yeah…I'm definitely not moving…sorry Aunt May' thought peter, while he was kissing Gwen.

Parker House: Later

Peter walked into his house happier than he had been in a long time, he had the biggest grin on his face and he was sure that it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

'I have a girlfriend, Peter Parker and girlfriend…two words I was sure to never be in the same sentence together…..and let's not forget that I took down that Kassidy guy…maybe the Parker Luck is getting back on track' thought peter. Looking around he saw that his Aunt was still in the kitchen, but she had out a bottle of what looked like wine and was drinking it. Walking into the kitchen peter pulled out a chair and then sat down; his Aunt looked up at him and then put her glass down.

"How was your fresh air?"

"It was refreshing"

"Peter understand that I'm only doing what I believe to be right...for you….for us as a family"

"I understand that Aunt May…but you're running away….and I can't run with you"

"Why"

"I told you why Aunt May…our life is here"

"I told you…you can make new friends"

" I don't want new friends….I like the ones that I have"

"Peter"

"Aunt May"

"Peter I understand but…"

"Aunt May I-I know what you went through was tragic , b-but please…all I'm asking is that you sleep on this moving out of New York thing a bit more, give it a few months…..please"

"I don't know"

"Please Aunt May" said Peter looking at his aunt

"Okay…..I'll think about it some more before I make a final decision" she conceded.

"Thanks Aunt May" replied peter standing and kissing her on her cheek before leaving to go to his room. Seeing her nephew leave May grabbed her glass of wine and took another sip.

"He's definitely as stubborn as you were Ben" said May smiling to herself.

Two Days Later: 9:00 p.m

Peter landed on the roof of the brown abandoned building with a thud. The building on the outside had been boarded up, and from the looks of it nobody has lived in it for years.

"This is the place" peter said to himself. Looking around he saw a skylight on the roof, walking towards it he peered inside and all he could see was a large circle outlined by candles that were lit. Opening the skylight peter dropped down into the room, and into nothing but pitch black except for the lit candles.

"Hello….Hey I'm here" said Peter, he didn't get a response in fact he didn't hear anything except his own voices echoing a little bit which suggested that the room might be larger than he anticipated but he couldn't see. Peter attempted to walk out of the circle when his spider sense alerted him to danger. Peter jumped back in time to avoid what looked like sharp star shaped knives hit the ground where his foot would have been.

"Hey! is this some type of JOKE!" yelled Peter

"This is no joke Kid" came Daredevil's voice from behind him, quickly turning to the sound and putting up his fists peter saw Daredevil standing just outside of the circle, his face and body was hidden by the blackness and all peter could make out was the DD symbol on his chest, the red eyes and the red horns.

"Is that your fighting stance kid" asked Daredevil

"Something wrong with it" Peter replied.

"Yes" Daredevil answered

"What's wrong with it"

"Everything" said Daredevil as he vanished back into the darkness.

"The hell" said Peter trying to look for Daredevil

"Using your eyes to find me won't work" came Daredevil's voice from all around Peter "Use your other sense"

"What are you…."started peter before he did a back flip to avoid being hit by red club.

"Don't play dumb with me kid, somehow you are able to sense an attack before it happens" he said. Landing in a crouch peter stood up straight

"That's very observant for someone whose blind as a bat" he retorted

"What are you talking about" came Daredevil's voice in a low and menacing tone.

"Now whose playing Dumb" said Peter, but as the words left his mouth he dove to the side to avoid the red club again, but as he dodged Daredevil appeared from what seemed like nowhere to do land three hard punches: two to Peter's face and one to Peter's stomach making him double over slightly, and just as he appeared he disappeared back into the darkness outside of the circle, without so much as disturbing the candles.

"Was it something I said" joked Peter rubbing his stomach 'Ow….jeez this guy is strong" he thought. Looking around Peter slowly started to move towards the center of the circle.

"Moving towards the Center of the circle….. smart" came Daredevil's voice again

"I was thinking the same thing too" Peter replied

"But even if you could see me coming could you stop me" asked Daredevil

"Yes I could" peter replied

"Let's find out"

"Yeah let's…" peter started before jumping in the air to avoid Daredevil trying to sweep his legs. Peter back flipped in the air and landed in a crouch to face his attacker.

"You're quick….extremely agile" said Daredevil facing peter. Throwing his club Peter dodged it, but he was unprepared for Daredevil's speed, Daredevil dashed and landed another powerful punch to Peter's stomach, then delivered a knee to Peter's face, Daredevil, then grabbed Peter by his shirt and picked him up and then slammed him into the ground. Peter felt Daredevil's grip go to his throat and tighten, causing him to start feeling light headed, and angry at the fact that this guy was beating the shit out of him….again. In a show of strength, Peter kicked Daredevil in the stomach as hard as he could, causing the scarlet warrior to let him go, and then disappear again into the darkness.

"You're strong kid…really strong"

"Thanks" replied peter slowly rising to his feet.

"DON"T LOSE FOCUS!" yelled Daredevil appearing in the circle again and rushing at Peter. Peter trusting his spider sense waited and at the last minute he jumped, but so did Daredevil. Using his club Daredevil land several hits to Peter's face, arms, legs, and stomach, before he grabbed and then slammed him into the ground again. Daredevil landed silently and waited for Peter to rise to his feet. Peter rolled over painfully and started to rise again. Looking around for Daredevil Peter turned just in time to receive a hard kick to his stomach, and the force of the kick launched peter off his feet and out of the circle and into a wall.

Daredevil put his foot down and shook his head, turning around he began to walk towards the center of the circle, sitting down Daredevil crossed his legs and pulled off his mask to reveal the face of Matt Murdock.

"Come…..sit" said Matt, using his radar to see that peter was shakily standing to his feet.

Peter stood up and limped towards the circle and stepped over the candles and made his way toward the center of the circle.

'Ow' thought Peter as he took every step, coming towards the center he looked at the mask less Daredevil and recognized his face.

"Hey…I know you" said Peter sitting down in front of Matt

"Do you"

"Yeah….about a month ago…. the beach" said Peter deciding to take a chance and pulled off his mask

"I knew I recognized your heartbeat, but I just couldn't place it" replied Matt, "but we are getting off subject"

"Which was what… to beat me up so I would give up?"

"No, the point was to show you that as you are you are not ready to under take this lifestyle"

"So there's some things I don't know…so what, everyone has a trial and error period this is mine I'll learn as I go"

"That's a recipe for disaster kid…you're gonna end up getting yourself and those you care about killed"

"Hence the masks so no one knows who I am"

"There were at least dozen times where I could've knocked you out and took off your mask"

"So why didn't you" Peter asked.

"Because It would have been counter productive"

"How so"

"You have a lot to learn in a short amount of time, every minute counts" said Matt

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying kid….that I'm going to train you, teach you everything I know about this lifestyle: how to fight, how to escape, how to walk into a room filled with enemies and still come out on top and most importantly how to survive" said Matt

"Why…..what's the catch" asked Peter skeptically

"You remind me of myself at your age….angry and someone showed me how to channel that anger, plus you saved my life" replied Matt

"Everything you know huh…..even that little disappearing act"

"When it's time to teach you that, yes I will" Matt said with a small smile.

"Alright…Uh….."

"Matt, Matt Murdock, when the mask is off"

"Well Matt it's a deal….and my name is Peter Parker by the way" said Peter

"Well Peter….Now that we got that out of the way we need to get started immediately, I only have a year to get you ready"

"Why just a year"

"Because Peter you are coming in on the cusp of something big I have planned….I have some things in motion right now that's gonna bring a big change throughout this city…I'm planning on taking out the Kingpin of crime" said Matt rising to his feet.

"The Kingpin, who's that" asked peter also standing up.

"The person that's responsible for about 2/3 of the crime in this city almost anything that happens in this city doesn't happen without his say so" replied Matt

"So Kassidy was working for the Kingpin"

"No… Kassidy was an entirely different animal than the Kingpin…but that doesn't matter right now the only thing that matters now is training" said Matt

"Well….. Matt show me the ropes then and don't hold back" said Peter with determination

"Don't worry I don't plan to hold anything back Peter…..Now defend yourself" said Matt putting his mask back on and getting into a fighting stance. Peter put his mask back on and got into his improvised fighting stance, intent on learning all that he could from Daredevil.

Across town in an old apartment building, on the top floor an old woman, that looked to be in her early 60's sat in her wheelchair in front of her window that had a pretty view of the Manhattan skyline, put her hands together as a smile crept along her mouth.

"Interesting, very interesting" she said to herself leaning back in her chair, "Peter Parker you will be something of great importance in the coming years"

"Interesting Choice mortal…out of all the people you could have chosen from, out of all the heroes that are to emerge you choose a boy….. A damaged one at that…. to be the hope of Mankind" said a voice that echoed throughout her small apartment.

"Where you see damaged goods, I see a diamond in the rough and Beyonder you asked me to choose so I chose….I am confident in my choice"

"We shall see Cassandra Webb….or is it Madame Webb the teller of fortunes" said the Beyonder.

"Madame Webb is fine" she replied still facing the window, "He is the one that will show you that good will always triumph over evil….I have seen it" she continued, the small smile on her face growing into a big one.

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Ps: one more chapter until this volume is done and then volume 2 starts, actually the title of the next chapter is: Epilogue so until then….