"Whoa! What are you going to do?" Chloe asked in a demanding tone.

"I want to make sure Bumper is alright. That's all I'm trying to do." Beca said to her as softly as she could.

Turning around so that no one would hear, Chloe then turned her voice as low as she could until it was a whisper. "You're Spider-Girl aren't you?" Her eyes were just as demanding as her tone of voice was. Beca couldn't help but want to gulp right then and there.

"No!" Beca closed her eyes in annoyance. "No, of course not, Chlo. Just call it mundane curiosity. I just want to make sure nothing bad's happening."

"Ah hell! We'll all go! Enough of this cheesy sh—" Donald started when Denise also spoke up, interrupting him.

"What do you even think you're doing, Becky? Whatever's happening is dangerous and you just want to risk your neck for—"

Now Beca cut her off. She wished she could explain to Denise, Chloe and Donald the newfound morals her aunt and uncle had given to her. She wished they could see things as she saw things. But Beca was exasperated. Eventually, she realized she was living in the real world. Her ideals wouldn't be understandable to anybody. Maybe Stacie was the only one who understand me. She thought sadly. She finally spoke.

"I can't explain any of this to you. You wouldn't understand. I just want to make sure everything and everyone is okay."

Chloe appeared quiet throughout the whole ordeal. It was time for her to speak. Beca was about to go off again when she appeared in front of her blocking her path.

"You say we don't understand. But it would surprise you greatly that we do." Chloe then seemed to consider her words when she saw Aubrey who rolled her eyes at the whole scene. "Well, at least some of us. My point is we should all go."

Beca couldn't allow that. However, she could not let anyone think that she's going running off suggest she would have a hero complex and if that were so, then Chloe or anybody else would start to suspect Beca was Spider-Girl. She had to be discreet. For that, Beca had no choice. She had no more time to waste. Whatever's happening, it could start to get worse. Reluctantly, she motioned for everyone to come with her. As soon as she had a chance, she would disappear and go into costume without them knowing.

"Let's all go then." She nodded.

They made their way down to the street where Bumper drove. Passing by several clothing line stores, Beca and the gang soon saw smoke as they went around to the boulevard. Immediately the group began to cough as soon as they came around the corner. A wall of smoke appeared in the downtown street that was as thick as mushroom clouds. Car alarms blared instantly.

"What happened here?" Chloe asked trying to survey several pieces of debris by her feet.

"Yo, man. I can't even see." Donald said putting a hand to his eyes as they started to water.

Beca squinted her eyes but it seemed futile. The only thing she could make out were several cars flipped over. The only other thing she heard were shouts that reeked desperation a few feet away from inside the clouds of smoke. A man on a bullhorn had been talking but his voice was difficult to make out what he was saying because of the distortion. Unfortunately Beca had to wait for the smoke to clear up. What the hell's going on here? What's causing all this? Beca didn't have a clue what was going on and so she was unsure of how to approach the situation.

As the smoke turned into a foggy texture, thus making it much more bearable to see through, Beca saw what was causing such disturbance. A makeshift perimeter had been set up and judging by the amount of police cars stationed near the focal point and the ones that were flipped over, a stand-off was occurring.

A shootout immediately occurred. It was what made her grab Chloe and pulled her to the ground. "Everybody down!" Beca cried to Donald, Aubrey, Denise, and Jesse.

Several windows from cars shattered from the projectiles. Chloe began to give out a shriek. Aubrey and Donald knelt down beside a car to avoid the hits. Beca on the cement was already thinking about what was happening right then and there.

That's a machine gun, alright. Somebody or perhaps even a few other people are doing a good-old fashion robbery or assault. Beca was frantically trying to search for an explanation in order to get a handle on the moment.

"Oh man! I thought I left the south side to avoid all this!" Donald shouted as he covered his ears.

The moment worsened when Beca raised her head slightly to take a peek ahead and saw that a small missile had been ejected somehow from someone and was heading towards their direction. "Oh sh—" She wanted to say but her words were unheard when the missile collided with an apartment building right next to where her friends were hiding. The explosion was a new level of deafening.

Beca saw her other friends saw to their horror raining fire and debris from the building. They screamed and Beca saw Donald embracing Aubrey and Denise as quick as he could to protect them from the heavy pieces. Seeing as Chloe was still face first on the concrete ground trying to block out everything that was happening, Beca thought it was a good time as any. With incredible speed, she pulled her sleeve out and with her hand extended, she shot out a web-line to Donald's back. The adhesive was applied instantaneously and using her incredible strength, Beca pulled them away from the falling debris just in time.

"Whoa!" Donald yelled as he was yanked away. He still had the girls in his arms, who was shaking from shock.

"H-How did?" the girls in unison stuttered.

Beca could not answer them. At the moment, she was in a crouched position surveying what was happening up ahead. She saw police officers pointing their guns at an unknown figure in a store. Beca had to guess that whoever was causing the mayhem was inside the store. Gunshots from the police officers ensued. A pause had occurred from the store for a moment only for another missile to head straight forward. This time hitting a police cruiser and injuring two officers.

Looking at Chloe all of a sudden who had pleading eyes that suggested that she resolved all this as quick as she could. "Becs .." She insisted.

She knew she couldn't do what she wanted the blonde to do. She had to keep her identity secret. "I think we should get out of here!" She shouted to the rest of the group.

"What? Beca, you have to do something!" Chloe shouted in disbelief.

"What the hell is she supposed to do?" Aubrey who was covered in dust and grime shouted back.

"Yo, I think Spider-Girl's here." a disheveled Donald panted.

"What?"

"I said Spider-Girl may already be here." Donald said looking at every building around him.

"How do you know that?" Aubrey asked him.

Donald yanked out the webbing attached to the back of his shirt. He pulled it out as hard as he could. Looking at it and showing for everyone to see, Donald said "I say she's around here somewhere but where?"

Beca eventually thought that she needed to regroup.

"I think we've overstayed our welcome." Beca said and grabbed Chloe's hand. "Let's go!" Beca had to rethink her strategy as to how she would be put in costume without anyone seeing her.

As they headed on back toward the opposite direction in which they came from, a piece of debris landed in front of them, missing them by several inches. Beca by that time, already had Chloe in her arms, who had been in front of her the whole time they ran. the other girls and Donald were in gall at what had just transpired. Beca understood as well as they did because one thing was certain, there was no way of getting out of the street. The block was cut off.

"We have to go the other way!" Beca said.

"For once, I actually agree with you." Denise said rolling her eyes.

"That way is disasters-ville, dude!" Donald reminded her. "Why'd we even come here in the first, frickin' place for, man?"

"You guys wanted to come, remember?" Beca reminded them. "I guess we're going to have to find some other way then. We just barely came out of there, I don't know if we'll even—"

"You were the one who gave that idea out to begin with, Parker! It's the only way out of this street! God! I can't believe you guys are chickening out!" Denise said in a huff. "I'm leaving!" She then proceeded to run off.

"Man .." Donald shook his head as Denise ran off to where the action had taken place. "She's crazy alright."

"Oh my God! What is she doing? Someone get her!" Chloe said worried.

"I'll go. You stay here."

Chloe interjected. "But Bec—"

"Stay here. Everything's going to be alright." She said calming her down. "Spider-Girl's coming." She nodded before she ran off.

Beca ran after her but she was already long gone and already she could feel the danger coming back to her. The action, debris and damage became viewable once again. Passing by police officer and police cruiser alike, Beca didn't have the chance to see who was causing the damage as she passed by the store. All she knew was she had to get Denise back.

Suddenly her spider-sense rang loud in her ears, without using her costume, she shot out a webline and launched herself in the air. Doing a backflip, she avoided the danger and landed back on the ground easily. She saw as a car had been thrown. It was Bumper's by the color of it.

"What the—?"

What threw that? The tiny brunette thought as she turned around but all she could see were police officers being subdued by an unknown force.

Should I help them or help Denise? She thought. She was a bully to Beca but she also didn't want her hurt. But the threat was hurting many police officers.

Beca ran off again to look for Denise. Throughout the pieces of burnt metal, objects on fire and cars flipped over, Beca saw no trace of Denise. "Denisse!" She called out.

"Where are you?" She shouted.

"Over here!" someone called out.

To her surprise, Beca saw Bumper on the ground up ahead. A piece of debris was by his side blocking him. But Beca saw him and went to his side immediately. He looked hurt but otherwise alright. "Bumper." She nodded.

"Parker?"

Bumper looked astounded at the sight of Beca. She knew that it was strange for Bumper that someone like Beca was helping him.

Beca had lent out a hand which Bumper took with a grudge. Beca picked him up with ease and helped him walk.

"Come on. Let's go." She helped him.

Despite the devastation, Beca using her incredible strength and speed ran off with Bumper's arm on her back. They both ran eventually to get out of the warzone they were in. Beca used her senses to block any incoming attacks such as bullets or missiles. She came back to where Donald, Aubrey, and Chloe were waiting.

"Beca!" Chloe said as they arrived.

They made it. Donald grabbed Bumper by his shoulders. "I got him." He told Beca gently and tried to get Bumper seated.

"Where's Denise?" Chloe frowned.

"I couldn't find her." Beca panted. She looked back at the war behind her. "I'm going back for her."

"Yo, man. There's a chance she could have already found a way out of here, homie." Donald said. "Besides Spider-Girl's probably out there doing her thing. Let her handle this."

"Hold on!" Bumper grunted and pulled out a device from his pocket. "I got her number on my phone."

As soon as he put the phone to his ear, he waited for an answer. Seconds went by. Bumper began to get worried now. "Denise ain't answering man!"

Beca had to get back out there. She didn't want Denise to get hurt. "I'm going!" She then sprinted off back towards the action. She ignored Chloe's pleas as well as Donald and Bumper's cries.

She jumped from plaster and debris and kept on going. Beca went through the perimeter and saw nothing except violence. And she didn't know what was causing it. As she ran, she scolded herself for getting Chloe and the others into this. This is my responsibility. I got them into this. I got to get them out of it. That includes Denise.

"Denise!" She shouted once more.

Suddenly a soft moaning was heard. Beca finally found Denise on the ground with a bloody arm. Her eyes were closed. Beca knelt down to inspect the damage she sustained. "Hey." She took her head in her hands trying to urge her awake.

She came to. "Spider-Girl?" She murmured. She opened her eyes only to find Beca looking back at her.

"Parker?" She frowned.

"Let's go! I found Bumper. We got to move!" She began to pick her up with both hands.

"Why? Why would you do this?" Denise asked confused as Beca had her in her arms.

"One day you'll understand." Beca muttered. "Besides it's not everyday I get to save my old bullies."

She was about to run off with her when out of nowhere, a discouraging sight was shown to her. Beca finally saw what was causing the havoc. Several men with business suits and billowing jackets were on top of debris. All of them had weapons the likes of which she had never seen before. Beca frowned.

"Well, what do we have here?" A heavy-set man with a cigar in his mouth spoke curtly.

"Two girls at the wrong place at the wrong time. Ain't that a crime?" the man in the middle chuckled.

"Who are you?" Beca demanded.

"The ones who pull the strings around these parts." the man said throwing away his cigar. "However, the cops feel as if some strings shouldn't be attached. That's their opinion. It's a stupid opinion. But it's the country we live in. Me and my enforcers are the Gods to this city!" He grinned.

One of the men spoke. "I'm a bit insulted that these kids haven't heard of us, boss!" He chuckled.

"That's true. Surely you must read the newspaper. tiny shit? We're the ones causing almost 80% of the fun around these blocks."

"Just let us go. You've done enough damage." Beca muttered. She understood that the enforcers were a major gang that was causing most of the crime in New York. And just when I had the occasional fellow super-freak and petty burglar to worry about. She thought.

"I'm afraid we can't do that, you see." the man climbed down. "You're witnesses to all this. I'm afraid uh .. I can't have any faulty circumstances occurring."

Beca sighed and hoped she wouldn't have to do what she had to do. She was about to reveal her identity. She had her web-shooters at the ready. When all of a sudden several shots erupted from behind the men. Beca let her guard down as her surprise overwhelmed her. She saw several police officers with their jackets torn and grime covering their faces going up against them.

"What the hell?!" the man turned around and picked up his automatic weapon and fired tremendous rounds at the remaining officers. Several of the enforcers were taken down.

Beca took the chance and ran off with Denise.

"Oh my god!" Denise cried out as Beca ran as fast as she could.

Beca could hear bullets flying and explosions going off. But at the same time, more police cruisers came to the scene from behind, apparently back-up had finally arrived. SWAT teams also surrounded the remaining gang members. They were ambushed. Beca had to smile. Looks like things are going back to normal! She wanted to say.

Going through the smoke, Beca got back to the group as fast as her legs could carry her. She was already trembling from head to toe. She used her remaining willpower to get through the smoke.

She got out of it and both she and Denise made their way back to the group. The ambulance and EMTs were already on the scene. "What a day!" Beca said.

"What a day? That's the best you got?" Denise shook her head annoyed.

"You're welcome." Beca muttered.

Chloe saw how Beca had Denise in her arms as she walked through the smoke. She could tell Denise was very appalled by what the brunette had done.