I forgot this in the last chapter but I do not own webs of passion it is burrowed titled from a short story by Salazar (great spider/tiger stories if you haven't read his work)
Jackpot321: Kaine's not really an asshole just crazy but there is a surprise twist to him later on
Spider-Mane15: correct Gwen along with the entire police force will blame spidey for what happened. (as for man Spider I'll either go that way or go with your first suggestion)
latinoheat151: Vulture is a good idea as for Peter catching Ava and her "math book" I like that idea
Gwen fumbled with her phone as she tried to call 911 ignoring her friend's worried questions,
"What's wrong?"
"Did something happen?"
Gwen finally managed to dial now she was trying control her shallow hastened breathing so she could speak,
"N.Y.P.D what is your emergency?" asked the operator.
"This is Gwen Stacey I think something happened to my dad please send somebody to find him!" Gwen cried into her cell phone before her shaking legs gave way dropping her to the floor trying to fight back her tears, as the girls crowded around her in a supportive comforting manor.
While the girls are away the boys will play… call of duty that is, "this is total crap everybody is killing me!" Sam whined as his character was killed by a frag grenade.
"Patience is a virtue my friend, and this sniper rifle is deadly accurate" Danny said calmly as Sam's newly spawned character walked into his cross hairs.
"Damn you!"
Luke & Ben burst out laughing as Sam threw his controller during his tantrum "you guys are bastards!" he snapped, storming into the kitchen leaving the others laughing in the den.
"Delicate thing isn't he?" Ben asked.
"Screw you!" Sam shouted from the kitchen, the boys burst out laughing again until the phone started to ring prompting Aunt May to answer it since the boys wouldn't,
"Hello?" she answered "oh hi Ava"
"Mine!" Peter shouted jumping for the phone but Aunt May just slid one cushion over and he toppled over the side table. "Oh my god! Is Gwen ok?" the room went dead Aunt May sounded upset and was asking if Gwen was alright, "of course dear I'll be right over" she hung up the phone looking petrified and sickly ghost white.
"Aunt May…something wrong?" Peter asked standing back up to face his Aunt, who now had tears streaking down her cheeks.
"Peter…George Stacey was murdered" she whimpered, Peter's world stopped moving George was a close family friend and one of New York's best police officers his death would only mean great trouble in the future.
"How?" he asked in a croaky voice,
Aunt May stood from the couch "they don't know but the girls are at the police station with Gwen and her mother" Peter & Ben stood up to along with others and ran for the car. Peter took his spider-cycle for two reasons 1. It was faster and 2 the car would be too over crowded, so here he was flying through streets Peter Parker on a wickedly fast motor bike.
Peter arrived at the police station first and barged through the front doors, almost immediately he spotted the girls and over to them "Gwen…" he whimpered.
Gwen was wrapped in her mother's embrace as was her little brother, Peter understood their pain losing some body you cared about is devastating and no matter how long you live or how hard you try you never truly get passed it. Ava popped up beside him out of nowhere "she's having a tough time with it" she whispered.
Peter sat down beside her and waited for the others to arrive "have they said what happened?" he asked in a low whisper trying to avoid having Gwen overhear him, Ava shook her head as M.j and Liz came back carrying arms full of junk food.
Aunt May and the others finally arrived just in time for coroner's report, "Mrs. Stacy we just completed our cursory autopsy on your husband…and he was killed by a great fall, but there was a very peculiar hand print burned into his face as if somebody marked his death"
That last detail caught Peter and Ben's attention. Captain Stacy was marked by having hand print burned into his body a calling card Ben had seen before back in Oregon and told Peter about, the brothers looked at each other as if they both knew what the other was thinking. An expression that was missed by all except for Ava & M.j whom were now starring at the boys with great suspicion.
Peter got up and walked over to pop machine Ben soon followed after him they whispered but thanks to the Tiger enhanced hearing Ava heard every word,
"Peter I'm telling you it can't be him, he degenerated to dust a long time ago after trying to ruin my life in Oregon" Ben whispered.
"Then explain why this sounds like his handy work Ben?" ("No pun intended")
"Maybe Jackal created more clones that weren't released yet"
"You know as well as I do out of all of those experiments only 4 of us walked away from that lab when it was destroyed"
"In all fairness Spidercyde was put on ice" Ben replied.
"Ben its Kaine he's here" Peter finished, Ben's eyes fell to the floor Peter was right this had Kaine's finger prints all over it literally.
"Ok let's go after him…but your friends can't tag along this will be hard enough without having to baby sit a bunch of rookies" Ben replied,
Peter hesitated but ultimately nodded in reluctant agreement he wasn't part of the team anymore or an Avenger he was once again a solo act only now he was public enemy but he still had Ben by his side,
Ava had heard enough Peter was hiding more secrets from her and decided it was time she knew all of them, "Peter talk now!" she demanded dragging him into the washroom causing the female officers to turn and look at them before leaving. She fixed Peter with strict menacing glare "ok talk, who is Kaine? What is a Jackal? And what in the hell is a Spidercyde?" she snapped
Peter swallowed hard Ava was scary even worse considering her birthday was now beyond ruined (Angel and Devil spidey popped up on his shoulder, "tell her the truth you can't have a healthy relationship when you have secrets lingering on the borders of your mind" angel spidey said.
"Oh yeah good plan tell her the truth it's just a casual Kaine is my other clone only he's unstable and degrading and crazy as hell, she'll either dump you for lying or she will get so worried about you she will follow you and be in the way where Kaine would ultimately kill her is that what you want your little blue bastard!" Devil Spidey replied.)
"Peter for god's sake if you zone out one more time I will emasculate you where you stand...mind your own damn business!" she growled turning to the remaining ladies in the washroom who were all watching the Peter and Ava show.
Peter took a deep breath and looked Ava in the eyes "neither the time nor the place Ava Gwen needs some support" he said disheartened,
"Peter I love you but I can't be with you if I don't know you" Ava whimpered. The saddened and hurt look in her eyes told Peter she meant what she was saying and it cut him deeply leaving an unsettling stinging chill in his heart like a cold knife running him through.
"I'm sorry you feel that way Ava… I love you to but I can't risk you, yeah I know you can handle yourself but you've never dealt with somebody like Kaine if we have to end us…" Peter paused, Ava was tearing up and it was a heart breaking sight for him to endure.
"…as long as the people I care about are safe, I won't let him use you or Aunt May as another calling card. You say you can't be with me if you don't know me that's your decision now if you'll please excuse me I have work to do"
Peter brushed past her doing his best to hide his impending tears ("did Ava & I just break up?")
"Doesn't look like that was a good talk" Ben whispered as he and Peter made their way to the exit only meet ironman at the door.
"Peter" Ironman greeted as he marched past them into the station,
"Traitor" Peter mumbled.
Ava remained in the washroom nearly heartbroken she too didn't know what happened if they had broken up or not.
"He…did us…Peter what have we done?" she whimpered.
Ironman entered the morgue to examine Captain Stacy's body "Jarvis scan and compare prints" he ordered, the on board communicator scanned the hand print burned into the captains body.
"Sir the scans have a positive match 100% to…this is most peculiar sir it matches two candidates Peter Parker & Ben Riley" Jarvis replied,
"that's not possible not even twins have the same finger prints, Jarvis do a background check on Ben Riley" Tony ordered "something's not right first shield finds a satellite video of black suit Spider-man in Latveria and another one of him murdering Stacy and now a double match?" Tony thought to himself.
"Sir. Ben Riley has a file in Captain Stacy's personal hard drive it seems some time ago Mrs. May Parker dropped off some D.N.A samples…sir they're genetic matches…clones" Jarvis said.
Tony read the data Jarvis was uploading it was true they were clones, and Tony knew that in the scientific community there were multiple faults with cloning mainly that most clones wouldn't be able to handle being copies and try to murder then replace the original. "Jarvis upload images on the both Spider-man and the other Spider along with the shield file photo"
Within seconds Spider-man, Scarlet Spider and the mystery Spider-man appeared on screen "it all fits, the clone ruins the originals life, kills him then replaces him I need to warn shield that Parker might be innocent"
But of course Shield knows all, they bugged Jarvis everything Tony knew they now knew Spider-man's face under the mask and the realisation that they might be able to create their own soldiers. Director Hill sat at her desk as everything Jarvis was sorting and uploading was transmitted to her computer, Ben Riley's identity confirmed as Scarlet Spider and the fact that he and Peter Parker were clones could only mean Parker would be Spider-man red or black was still unconfirmed.
Hill pulled a flash drive from the computer and handed to another agent "send this to J. Jonah Jameson at the bugle the public has a right to know under the registration act" she ordered.
"Director the act is voluntary exposing any of them could result in a riot…" the agent argued,
"the act is meant to give them the option and those who refused to register are deemed enemies of the nation and therefore under the patriot act lose their civil rights so again take this to Jameson and have him broad cast it" she ordered.
"Director Spider-man has done a lot of good for shield and made a lot of dangerous enemies some of whom won't hesitate to attack those he cares about"
"One more word agent Myers and I'll charge you with insubordination!" Hill snapped.
With Spider-man's reputation on the verge of ruination, Peter's relationship now unbalanced on the edge of a metaphorical cliff Kaine saw fit to take everything that was Peter's and rip it away. And his friends were no exception not even Johnny Storm,
The Baxter building lab was turning into rubble under the growing battle between Kaine and the human torch, Johnny crashed through a wall his body was sore and weakening this black suit Spider-man was stronger than Peter his webbing was stronger and seemed like it had no limit "what the hell are you?" Johnny choked.
Kaine booted Johnny sliding across the laboratory floor "I am the future Spider-man one who won't be afraid to put the animals down!" Kaine growled "but first things first I need to make sure no one will remember the face under his mask"
Johnny's eyes widened this guy was here to kill Peter and assume his life, Kaine threw him into a wall and Johnny flamed out his body bruised and bloody from the beating Kaine had inflicted choking and hacking Johnny tried to stand but his shaking legs failed him and he fell to the floor. He was beat, Kaine's right hand began emitting a reddish glow "you're going to lose" Johnny groaned.
"Let's agree to disagree" Kaine replied planting his hand into Johnny's chest,
"Argh!" Johnny screamed as he felt his flesh be eaten not burned eaten as if his skin was deteriorating under Kaine's hand something what strength he had left Johnny conjured up one last fire ball and blasted Kaine expelling him from both the lab and the building. Johnny was getting light headed and the world began to slant Johnny hit floor before the world went dark.
with their finger prints burned onto Captain Stacy's body what will become of Peter & Ben?
Shield knows about Peter and Ben after bugging Jarvis without Tony's knowledge and is delivering the information to the bugle to go public with it.
did Peter and Ava just split up?
and is Johnny storm dead?