A/N: Aaaaaand we're back. Thanks for the awesome reviews, guys.
Amy walked passed the drunk college students, taking a red cup from the table. The blonde spotted Josh over by the pool table, seeing his dorm room keys hanging by a clip on his belt.
"Son of a..alright, think.." Amy pursed her lips as she anxiously tapped her fingers against the wall. She watched Josh aim the cue at the white ball, shooting it and getting a red striped in the pocket. It was then when Chloe began to walk over to the pool table to join Josh and his friends Mike and Peter.
Amy cursed under her breath once she realized she needed to wait for the perfect opportunity to strike. The blonde took her drink outside where she sat on a bench to call Beca. After about two rings the brunette answered.
What's up?
"Nothing yet. Chloe's here so it's gonna take a little longer than expected." Amy sighed, she turned her head to look back inside where she saw Chloe laughing along with Josh and his friends. She took notice of how she stiffened up when he wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
Wonderful..
"Don't worry. I'll keep you updated." Amy ended the call and slipped her phone back into her pocket as she made her way back inside. The blonde took a sip of her drink, glancing over to the pool table and seeing Chloe talking to Mike and Peter. Amy pulled the cup away from her mouth as she scanned the area for Josh. She finally found him by the table with the alcohol. Amy downed the remaining of her drink before walking over to the college student. She kept her head down as Josh began to talk to someone who stopped at the table for a drink. The blonde looked down at the clip on his belt and noticed that it shouldn't be too difficult to remove. Amy looked around to make sure no one was paying attention. She slyly reached down, her fingers brushing against the metal. Amy darted her eyes up, checking to see if Josh was still distracted. Amy grinned to herself when she felt the clip slide off his belt.
Amy backed away slowly, looking around slightly to make sure no one saw her before quickly making her way over to the stairs. She looked down at the key in her hand, noticing the 213 engraved on it.
"Second floor." Amy walked the extra flight up, looking around for Josh's room. The blonde made her way down the hall, following the numbers as they counted down from 223. Once she was in front of 213, she felt her phone buzz.
"Yeah?"
How's it going? The suspense is making me feel a bit uneasy.
"Bec, I'm fine. I just found his room." Amy inserted the key into the slot and turned it, opening the door, "Voila." The blonde walked into the single dorm room, closing the door behind her. She looked around and furrowed her eyebrows when she realized she didn't exactly know what to look for.
"Uh, Beca, what exactly should I be looking for?" Amy winced when she heard Beca let out a long sigh.
Check-Look for anything suspicious. A weird note, maybe-
"How about an alarming amount of photos of you and Chloe?"
What?
"He has..a bunch of photos of you and Chloe hanging on the wall of his closet." Amy moved the shirts further to the side of the closet to get a better look. There were photos of Beca walking in the street with her headphones on, there were photos of Spider-Man perched on the side of buildings, there were even photos of Beca changing into Spider-Man. As for Chloe, there were photos of the redhead meeting with friends in the city, looking out her window, and even a photo of Chloe on the night she almost got assaulted. All the photos had red marks on them, different things were circled like Beca's web shooters that were peeking out from under her sleeve. On one of Chloe's photos there was writing saying Weakness.
Wh-what type of photos?
"The type to make it pretty clear that he's been following you. Both of you..well three of you if you count Spider-Man," Amy knitted her eyebrows at the word written on Chloe's photo, "He has weakness written on a photo of Chloe. I'll take pics so I can show you when I leave-shit!"
What is it?
Amy tugged the doors closed, pressing herself to the side of the closet. She peeked through the opened flaps on the door of the closet and saw Josh enter the room with Mike and Peter.
"Did you leave your keys in here? I thought I saw them on your belt when we left for the party." Mike plopped down on the bed beside the wall. Peter leaned against the wall with his arms folded.
Josh sighed, "Yeah, I brought them. They must have fell or something. Thankfully Pete had a copy of my key."
Peter bowed his head, "Not a problem. So how's it going with Chloe?"
Mike snorted, "Better yet, how's Spidey doing?"
Amy's eyes widened at the mention of her friend.
Amy! What's going on?
The blonde dug into her pocket and pulled out her headphones, quickly plugging them into her phone she raised the microphone and whispered into it.
"Josh and his friends are here. I'm in the closet."
SHIT. Are you okay?
"Ask me again later."
I'll stay on the line. Amy went to her voice memos and began to record.
Josh chuckled, "That arachnid has been checking in on Chloe a lot lately. I finally revealed myself-"
"Why?!" Mike shouted, "We were supposed to deal with Chloe first!"
Josh raised his hands, "Easy, pal. We will. She's the perfect candidate for our experiment."
Peter pushed himself off the wall and made his way over to the closet. Amy bit her lip when he pushed the shirts to the side, revealing the photos.
"As you can see, Spider-Man has been able to stop any criminal she's come across. Why? Because they didn't know how to stop her. They didn't know her weaknesses. She heals from a stab wound as seen here. But what she wouldn't be able to heal from.." Pete pointed at Chloe's photo, "Chloe Beale. This experiment will show whether or not Spider-Man can release her inner killer to save the one person she can't bear to lose."
Mike brought his feet up to rest against the wall, "With all the research we've done..we'll be the perfect enemies."
Josh smirked, "She'll be seeking answers soon. She'll try to warn Chloe because all she wants to do is protect her." He said in mocking voice.
Peter grinned, "But who will suspect an aspiring author to do any harm?"
"No one will. Chloe will despise her for trying to come between us. Then Beca will be faced with her true fear..isolation. No one will trust her."
"What about her friends?" Mike pointed out.
"Give me time. Jesse's my first target."
Peter folded his arms, "He shouldn't be hard to please. Just get him tickets to his favorite sports game and he'll be eating out of the palm of your hand." the blonde laughed.
Josh shook his head, "No no, he's smart. But..Aubrey knows how persuade him. Mike'll handle her and she'll lead us to Jesse."
The college students were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Josh? Are you in there? I gotta leave."
The sound of Chloe's voice brought a grin to their faces. Peter shut the closet door and joined his friends. Josh opened the door and smiled sweetly at the redhead.
"I'll drive you home, beautiful."
Chloe smiled, "Awesome. Bye, Pete! Bye, Mikey!"
"Bye Chlo Bear!" The boys called out in unison.
They all went their separate ways, leaving Amy in the closet. The blonde quietly exited the room, Beca still on the line.
"Alright, they're gone. I'm heading over to your house now."
Hurry.
Beca looked down at Amy's phone, narrowing her eyes at the photos in Josh's room. The recording that Amy took filled the room. She zoomed in on the photo of Chloe and her face softened.
"He's right."
Amy raised her eyebrow, "What do you mean? The guy is a psycho-"
"He's right about Chloe. As long as she's in my life I'm always gonna have a weakness that every villain is gonna wanna take advantage of. She makes me weak as a hero." Beca continued to listen to the recording as she made her way to her bed, throwing herself face first.
Amy sighed, "You can put a stop to this. She's safe with you-"
"No she isn't!"
"Well is she safe with Josh?! No, Beca. She could be in danger every time she's with him. Now, he obviously knows how Spider-Man operates. So you're gonna need to work on your skills."
Beca shifted so she was laying on her back.
"What do you mean?"
Amy rubbed her hands together, "It's time for the hunted to become the hunter."
"I'm still not following.."
"Stealth, Beca. You need to work on your stealth and surprise attacks. You're too enthusiastic when you catch a bad guy." Amy chuckled.
Beca pursed her lips, "Interesting. How do we plan on doing this?"
"Leave that to me. The less you know, the better. In the mean time, Josh and his minions are planning to get to Jesse through Aubrey and from what I saw it won't take long. I mean..have you seen Mike?" Amy fanned herself at the thought of the college student.
Beca rolled her eyes, "Well, we have the evidence. We'll talk to him tomorrow, go home and get some rest."
Amy nodded, grabbing her belongings and walking towards the door. She stopped at the doorway to look back at Beca.
"You get some rest too, Beca. You heard what he said, Chloe won't believe you if you go to her with this. We'll figure this out but for now we need to keep it between us and Jesse."
Beca bit her lip and nodded, sitting up and grabbing her pajamas and storing her suit in the closet.
Jesse stood in front of his locker, neatly putting his books inside. A smile crept on his face when he felt a pair of slim arms wrap around his waist.
"I am never gonna get used to this." He spun around and wrapped his own arms around Aubrey's waist.
"Well thats good. It keeps things interesting." The blonde smiled.
"So what're you doing tonight?" Jesse asked, rubbing his thumbs against her lower back.
"Probably stay home unless you can come up with something fun to do before I'm dragged somewhere with Chloe and Stacie." Aubrey playfully rolled her eyes.
Jesse laughed, "I'll think of something-"
"JESSE!"
Aubrey rolled her eyes before pulling away from her boyfriend. Jesse raised his eyebrows and smirked when he saw his friends running towards him.
"Ladies, what can I do for yo-"
Amy tugged at his arm, "No time! We need to show you something!"
Aubrey scoffed, "We're a little busy here."
Beca sighed, "You can make out with him some other time, we need to go!"
Jesse pulled his arm out of Amy's grip, "Guys, chill. What's going on?"
"We need to talk in private." Beca's eyes darted at Aubrey.
Amy hopped up and down, "Jesse, please!"
Jesse turned towards Aubrey and shrugged. The blonde rolled her eyes and nodded before turning on her heel and walking down the hall.
"This better be good, weirdos." Jesse folded his arms.
Beca steadied her breathing before speaking, "Amy went to get information on Josh so she went to the NYU party-"
Jesse turned to the blonde beside him, "You snuck into a college party?"
Amy sighed, "I can't even express how awesome it was. I would have stayed if I wasn't in detective mode."
Beca waved her arms in the air, "Not the key issue right now!"
"Proceed."
Beca turned back to Jesse, "Josh and his friends are up to something and before you say anything, we have proof."
Jesse raised his eyebrow, "You have proof? Let me see."
"Amy, show him."
Amy reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. Beca stood in front of Jesse, swaying back and forth, Jesse pursed his lips as he waited for this so called "evidence".
"I can't find it.."
Beca's eyes darted towards her friend, "What do you mean..you..can't..find it!"
Jesse rolled his eyes, letting out a long sigh.
Amy looked through her camera roll and triple checked.
"The photos aren't here. They were here last night!"
"Oh my god!"
Jesse tapped his foot, watching his friends freak out over lost photos.
"Can I go back to my girlfriend now?"
Beca shook her head, "No!"
"The recording!"
Jesse quirked his eyebrow, "The recording?"
Beca handed the phone back to Amy, "She recorded Josh and his friends talk about their plan to take down Spider-Man by using a weakness-Chloe."
Jesse raised his other eyebrow.
Beca shut her eyes, "Saying it out loud I can see how ridiculous that sounds."
"It got deleted."
Jesse nodded, "Right, well that's my cue to leave. See you later, guys."
Beca and Amy watched Jesse walk off. The brunette ran her fingers through her hair.
"How in the hell could this happen?" Beca whined.
Amy noticed a flash coming from Beca's back pocket.
"I think your phone is ringing."
Beca reached into her pocket and her breath got caught in her throat when she saw a blocked caller. She showed the screen to Amy, plugging in the blondes headphones and handing an earbud to her.
"Hello?"
Hello, Beca. Did you really think I wouldn't find out? You need to start thinking like a true 'hunter'. Did it not occur to you to check if I had any surveillance? Because I did. This little stunt you two pulled only pushed Jesse away even further. Good luck getting him to believe you, Spidey.
"When I get my hands on you-"
What are you gonna do, huh? Threaten me? Threaten me all you want. I'm always gonna be two steps ahead of you. Without Jesse's brains..you really don't stand a chance.
"Come over here and test that theory while I smash your face into the ground!"
Uh uh ah, for Chloe's sake I suggest you keep those sticky little hands to yourself.
Beca clenched her fist, "If you lay one finger on her I swear-"
Save your hallow threats for someone who's actually feeling threatened, Spidey. I gotta go but don't worry!...we'll be in touch. Give Chloe a kiss for me.
Beca shut her eyes when the call ended. Amy pulled out the earbud from her ear and put a comforting hand on Beca's shoulder.
The brunette smashed her fist against the locker next to her, making a dent from the impact.
"He has no idea what kind of enemy he just made."
"What are we gonna do about Jesse, killer?"
"Nothing. We're on our own now."
Beca walked into her house with the full intention of making sure that the house was not at risk. She changed into a pair of adidas pants followed by a black tank top. The brunette brought her hair up in a high pony tail, now she was ready to get to work. Beca went down to the basement and grabbed the box of their old home surveillance and other cameras that she didn't use anymore. With some tweaking here and there, she was able to upgrade them to working hidden cameras. Beca stepped on the ladder and climbed up to the top, plugging in the camera to the top corner of the ceiling. She turned her head towards the door when she heard the door bell ring. Beca hopped down the ladder and walked over to the door, stopping midway when she saw Chloe.
The brunette opened the door and stepped outside.
"Hey."
Chloe smiled, "Hey, Beca. I hope I'm not interrupting anything.." The redhead let her eyes drift down at Beca in the tight black tank top.
Beca shook her head, "Nope, I wasn't busy. What's up?"
Chloe reached into her bag and pulled out Beca's plaid shirt.
"I thought you might want this back."
Beca felt her heart drop to the pit of her stomach, "Oh, you can keep it if you want.."
Chloe bit her lip, "Just take it, Bec."
Beca reluctantly reached out and grabbed the shirt out of Chloe's hand. She tried to ignore the warm feeling she got in her chest when their hands brushed against each other.
"You came all the way here just to give me back a shirt? I haven't asked for it..didn't you consider the fact that I wouldn't mind if you kept it?"
Chloe tore her eyes away from Beca's navy blue's, settling for the chipped paint on the door frame.
"Can you not make a big deal about this?"
"I'm not. I'm just making an observation." Beca shrugged.
"Right, well I gotta go meet Josh. It was nice seeing you." Chloe turned around to walk down the steps.
Beca wasn't sure what possessed her to blurt out, "Why Josh?"
Chloe stopped at the last step, "Beca can we not do this right now?"
Beca slipped her hands into her pockets, "I'm just asking.."
Chloe walked back up the steps, her lips forming a straight line.
"I'm with Josh because he's sweet to me-"
"I was sweet to you."
"He's actually putting in the effort to be in this relationship."
Beca turned her head towards the street, letting out a sigh, "You can't stand there and tell me that you're completely happy with him. You barely even know him, Chlo." It took all of her will power to not expose Josh for what he really is but she figured it was a bad idea considering the fact that her and Amy no longer had the evidence.
Chloe folded her arms and scoffed, "I'm happy with him-"
"Are you?" Beca challenged.
Chloe took a step closer to the brunette, "If this bothers you, it's your own fault. Not mine. Of course I'm not as happy like I was with you, I'll own up to that. But you can't expect me to wait for you forever."
Beca's eyes darted between Chloe's, "I will, though. You're it for me, Chloe. I can't see myself with anyone else so if I need to see you being happy with someone else then fine..I just want you to remember that you can't recreate what you and I had."
Chloe let herself surrender to the smile that grew on her face.
"Why do you tell me this now-"
"I'm an idiot for letting the best thing that has ever happened to me slip through my fingers."
Chloe bit her lip, "I gotta go, Bec." The brunette lowered her head and nodded. She bid Chloe goodbye, watching her walk down the sidewalk, watching her walk away from her and on her way to Josh. Beca went back into her house and resumed her work. She'd be damned if she let Josh win.
A/N: Ooooh my god. Josh, you bastard. Well a lot happened in this chapter. Question Time: How do you feel about Josh's scheme? What are your thoughts on the Beca and Chloe situation?
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