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Hey all its Nomad88 back with another chapter in the Amazing Spider-man mythos, I hope everyone enjoyed the last chapter with the debut of the Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange. I know a lot of people were waiting for his debut and I hope I delivered. Anyway we kinda sorta slow things down slightly but it's still entertaining, also there is a small time skip, having said that the only things left to say is READ, REVIEW(A writer's Fuel), and of course ENJOY!


Chapter 43: House Party

5 Months later- April- Thursday Night

Dark Clouds swirled in the sky over the vast and always on the go city of New York, from the gathered dark clouds rain began to fall and blanket the city. The New Yorkers down below paid no mind to the rain; they simply pulled out their umbrellas to shield themselves from it and continue on with their nightly routines.

THROOM! THROOM! Went the sound of the thunder which only served to make the rain fall just a little bit harder. Most of the New Yorkers down below gripped their umbrellas tighter but there was one New Yorker who had no umbrella to shield against the rain and that person was Peter Parker aka The Amazing Spider-man.

Spider-Man was perched on the head of a stone gargoyle keeping his ever vigilante eye out for any sign of something out of the ordinary, but like the night before and the night before that everything had been relatively quiet and peaceful, which is exactly what he wanted. Spider-man heaved a sigh and then turned his gaze upwards to the darkened sky.

"Well Carl you know what they say…April showers bring May flowers, right" he said looking down at the Gargoyle beneath his feet, but the stone statue didn't reply.

"You know something Carl, you are a great listener….it's been fun talking to you but I gotta go, it looks like it's another peaceful night so you know what that means"

"…"

"Exactly….time for this wall-crawler to get some much needed and much neglected sleep" he said before jumping off the statue and swinging through the rainy night.

It has been five whole months of relative peace, no new monstrosities, no crazy mystical beings, and thankfully no more intergalactic wars…just the usual. Busting up gangs, beating down purse snatchers and other small time crooks, nothing too out of the ordinary. During the five month peace time Spider-man had been upping his training with Iron Fist and Daredevil learning more and more as the weeks rolled by. Iron fist taught him more about different types of holds and joint locks, more about pressure points and how to disable a stronger and tougher opponent and lastly he taught him about channeling his strength….focusing his strikes to make them harder and more efficient but that was proving to be the most difficult to master than the others, namely because of his own natural spider strength. Spider-man could already punch through walls and bend steal so he didn't really see the point in making his attacks any stronger in fear of accidentally killing someone, but Iron Fist assured him that it was something that he needed to learn because there might come a day where he would either be powerless or he would come across a tough opponent.

Spider-man swung low towards the Bridge that would take him back to his home in Forest Hills Queens. While he was swinging his mind shifted to another project he had been working on during the 5 months of relative peace and that project was checking up on Vanessa Fisk aka The Kingpin of Crime. He along with Daredevil had been keeping a very close eye on her and her operations. In their combined efforts they have busted up several of her operations which ranged from: Assassinations, racketeering, bribery and pretty much everything else in-between, but even though they were hitting her hard she like her husband was never once at the scene of the crime so they could never link her to the things she was guilty of , but they knew it was only a matter of time. All they had to do was be patient and wait for her to slip up because they knew she would. A few weeks ago they were staking out a meeting that Vanessa was having with Don Maggia and the other crime families. They were outraged because of several costume people like himself and Daredevil were hitting their operations hard and as Kingpin it was her job to take care of it but so far she hasn't done anything. Even though she had Hand Ninjas and Bullseye they weren't enough for their combined efforts, which angered her to no end.

Daredevil explained to him that the crime families were beginning to lose faith in her, and once that happened things would start to get more interesting. The Crime Families would start to break apart from her and then everything that Vanessa held dear would start to slip through her fingers. Spider-man remembered that Daredevil kept talking about the reason why everything was quiet was because something big was about to happen, it was always calm before the storm and they both knew that Vanessa wouldn't take much more of their meddling and that she would try something soon, something desperate to keep the faith in her as Kingpin and that's when she would slip and that's when they would catch her. All they had to do was practice patience.

Spider-man flipped and he softly landed on the roof of a taxi-cab, he was almost out of web fluid so he wanted to conserve until he got across the bridge. As he rode across the bridge his mind shifted away from everything that was Spider-man and towards his personal life. While everything was going good for Spidey…..things were going great for Peter Parker. First and foremost was his Aunt May, after the whole therapy thing Peter realized that he needed to have a talk with his Aunt, her heart was in the right place, she was worried about him and that was his fault so he needed to rectify that and while he couldn't reveal himself as Spider-man to her he figured he could let her in on what was going on with his school life. He remembered that conversation like it was yesterday.


5 months Ago

It had been two days after the whole Dormammu and soul stealing fiasco and so far what he told the police was holding together and he gave a silent thank you to Doctor Strange for that. His Aunt didn't ask too many questions after that nor about the therapy session, so he figured that she was waiting for him to make the first move and it was time that he did.

Peter finished drying the dishes in hands and he looked into the living room. His Aunt was sitting there quietly watching one of her programs.

'Time to come clean….or cleanish' he thought to himself wiping his hands and then walking over to the couch and sitting down next to his Aunt.

"…Aunt May can we talk please?" he asked looking at her.

"Sure we can dear" she replied picking up the remote and pressing mute, "What did you want to talk about?"

Peter looked at her and he could see all of the love that she had for him in her eyes, he smiled a bit and he released the breath he was holding.

"Well Aunt May I just…..I just wanted to say Thank you"

"For what dear?"

"For everything….you know being there for me and trying to help me."

"That's my job Peter"

"I know….. and you're knocking it out of the park"
"It doesn't feel that way"

"I know and that's my fault. I know putting up with me these last two years has been…difficult, I mean with the way I've been acting, along with other stuff but I want you to know that it was nothing that you did nor is it a reflection of your parenting skills its just….I'm going through some….changes….changes…I guess most teens go through and stuff that I can't really share with you right now"

"Why not"

"I just can't"

"Is it because you don't trust me"

"Of course I do….I trust you with my life but it's not really a matter of trust it's a matter of…."


'EVERYONE YOU EVER LOVED IS DEAD!'

"KASSIDY IS COMING FOR YOU REAL SOON"

"I'll KILL YOU SPIDER-MAN"

"NEXT TIME BUG!"

"I AM THE KINGPIN! DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CAPABALE OF!"


"Safety" he whispered looking her in the eyes.

"You see Peter when you say things like that it makes me very uneasy" she replied folding her arms across her chest.

"I know I know and I wish I didn't have to be so mysterious but…..just trust me it's not anything illegal I can promise you that much. It's the complete opposite of illegal. In fact Aunt May it the rightest thing I've ever done or probably will ever do and when the time is right I will share everything with you"

"But that time isn't now"

"No…at least not for that, but I do know where you're coming from in wanting to be more involved. You want and need to be apart of my life but I'm keeping so much from you, so I'm going to air out a few things that's been going with me that I haven't told you about"

"Things like what"

"Well Gwen and I broke up"

"WHAT!" Aunt May shouted looking at him in shock, "When"

"Week's ago, we broke up and now she's dating Johnny Storm"

"Of the Fantastic Four?" she asked.

"Yeah"

"No wonder you've been kinda mopey" she said

"Yeah, she's been dating him and at first I thought it might have been rebound but as the days go by….I think it might be more than that"

"How did the two of you break up?"

"I….wasn't giving her the attention that she needed, missed dates and missed opportunities" he replied referring to the job at the Baxter Building, "As a result of that Gwen felt that…..we needed some time apart and that time apart turned into a break up and she hasn't talked to me since"

"Neglect will drive a woman away" Aunt may said while nodding her head.

"Yeah"

"Have you done anything to get her back?"

"I've tried to apologize but….."

"Well Peter there's the problem you can't just try you have do it….and mean it, make her understand that you know you were at fault and that you'll never neglect her again"

"Will that get her back?" he asked

"I don't know maybe, maybe not but it'll open up a dialogue between the two of you"

Peter listened to what his Aunt was saying and what she saying had some definite merit to it and he vowed that's exactly what he would do, he just had to find the right time.

"Thanks Aunt May" he said smiling at her.

"It's why I'm here Peter. So what else have you been keeping from me"

"Well you know that Internship at ESU with Dr. Curt Connors"

"Yes"

"Well it's kinda a bigger deal that I've been letting on. I was one out of three to actual receive this internship. There were dozens of people vying for a shot people older than me with more training but I was able to obtain a spot on my own. The type of science work we're doing is revolutionary Aunt May and if I play my cards right….I could be apart of history"

Aunt May's eyes widen at what he was telling her, if she would have known he was doing something this important she would've taken him out to a fancy dinner or threw him a party or something that would let him know how proud she was of him. Aunt May heaved a sigh and leaned back in the couch.

Peter saw her movement and then he looked at her face and he could see the slight disappointment there.

"Aunt May I….."

"Peter I really wished you would've made a big deal of this….I would've…..I'm proud of you and…."

"I know Aunt May, and don't worry you didn't have to do anything"

"Well I don't have to do anything but I would've wanted to anyway" she replied letting out a sigh, "What else"

Peter leaned into the arm rest of the couch and he began to tell her about his job search and how he liked working at the Daily Bugle, he told her about Harry and Mary Jane getting together and Harry running his father's company, and his the recent change of his behavior. All the while he revealing everything to her Aunt May couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction wash over her, because finally after what felt like forever she and her nephew were talking again, really talking. Once he finished telling her everything Aunt May scooted over and she gave him hug. Peter smiled to himself and he hugged her back.

"I'm glad we had this talk Peter" she said to him.

"Yeah, me too Aunt May and I promise from now on….no more keeping you in the dark about what's going on with me at school. And my grades, well I'm working on pulling them up now and I'm sorry that I ever let them slip in the first place"

"I'm happy to hear that" she replied

"I'm glad I can finally put you at ease"

"…..I love you Peter"

"I love you too Aunt May"


Present

Spider-man smiled to himself as he thought about his conversation with his Aunt, ever since that conversation things between them have been great. So far he's kept his promise with keeping her in the loop about everything that was going on with him…at least school wise. Speaking of school, thanks to the five month break in crime he had been able to bring his grades back up to the top of his class.

'I can't believe I let them drop so low….I mean I know I had been phoning in a few assignments but man I was….'

"HEY! NO FREE RIDES!" came a shout. Spider-man looked down to see the taxi driver with his head out of the window trying to look and yell at him while keeping his eyes on the road.

"NO FREE RIDES YOU WANT A RIDE YOU GOTTA PAY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!" he shouted.

"Oh come on were almost there" Spider-man replied

"I DON"T CARE YOU RIDE YOU PAY!"

Spider-man rolled his eyes and he effortlessly hopped to the roof of the truck next to the taxi.

"JERK!" they both yelled at the same time.

Spider-man turned his attention back to the road ahead as the end of the bridge came near. While riding on the truck his mind shifted back again to his personal life and how great things were finally going. After patching things up with his Aunt, it wasn't long before he worked up the courage to finally go and talk to Gwen.


Flashback- 4 and half months ago- Stacy Apartment

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Hearing the sound of the knocking Gwen Stacy looked up from the book she was reading and at the door. She scrunched her eyes up in confusion wondering who that could be at the door at this time of night. She slowly rose from her spot and made her way to the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me" came the voice of Peter Parker.

Gwen's eyes widen and she hesitated for a second, debating with herself as to whether to open the door or tell him to go away.

"Gwen Please this will only take a few minutes I have….need to talk to you" he stated through the door. Gwen could hear the slight desperation in his voice and her resolve softened. She was still angry at him, but she also wanted to talk to him too, truth be told she was tired of being angry at him. She released a breath and then began to undo the locks on the door and then she opened it, to reveal the face of her ex,-boyfriend Peter Parker. He had a dozen tulips in his hands and he raised them up her and smiled.

"Tulips" he said

Gwen looked at the tulips and she took them from him and smiled slightly.

"Can I come in?"

Gwen stepped back and nodded her head and Peter walked inside the apartment.

Peter stepped inside and he looked around briefly before turning to her, Gwen closed the door and she leaned against it, she turned to meet his eyes.

"So" he started

"So" she replied

An awkward pause passed between the two of them before Gwen said something.

"You…..uh. You came here to talk right so you might want to…you know talk"

"Right. Uh….how are you and Johnny…."

"Let's not talk about that" she interrupted him quickly "Let's talk about why you're here"

"Uh….." he started before rubbing his neck sheepishly 'Come on Parker…you rehearsed this like 50 times on the way over here…man up' he thought.

"Gwen….look I know that we're in a bad spot right now and…"

"Whose fault is that?"

"It's mine…..entirely mine and I know that it's long overdue but…I apologize, I'm sorry for a lot of things, the way I was acting towards you, the way that I you know grabbed you that day and for all the other stuff the missed dates, the blowing you off and mysterious disappearances…."

"And for not telling me about you and Mary Jane" she inserted catching Peter off guard.

"What" he said in confusion.

"I know about the two of you Peter" she said in a low voice.

"About the two of us"

"About how you guys…you know"

Peter instantly caught her meaning and he closed his eyes and let out a sigh of frustration. He smacked himself in the head and then opened his eyes.

"How did you find out about that?" he asked.

"I was in the restroom that day you two were talking about it...you got over me pretty quick"

"No….No, it's not what you're thinking. That was a complete mistake…there is nothing going on between us"

"Then why did…"

"It's….its complicated, but that's over now, it'll never happen again we're both in agreement on that. To tell you the truth you were the only girl I wanted to…you know with but…..the point is it's not what you're thinking"

Gwen shifted in her spot for a second, although she didn't want to be upset at him anymore she was still a little…miffed at him about what happened between him and Mary Jane. An awkward silence passed between the two of them before Peter started back talking.

"Um….so like I was saying about my mysterious disappearances…..you uh….you deserve better and I…."

"You're never going to tell me what's up with that are" she stated more than asked. Peter released another sigh and looked down at his feet.

"Well I wouldn't say never just….just not right now and I've come to realize that being in a relationship would involve a level of disclosure. A level that I can't meet right now and having said that I know we can't go back to the way things were between us, but I just hope that we can….go back to being friends. Gwen you're one of the most important people in my life and I've already lost you as my girlfriend, I don't want to lose you as my friend" he said sincerely to her.

Gwen stood there listening to him and she could hear the sincerity in his voice, she shifted slightly and continued to look at him and the sad puppy dog look on his face. The remaining portion of her anger at him began to melt away and as it melted away she couldn't help but admit that she missed being with him. All the times that they shared together began to come back to her and a small smile found its way to her lips.

"I….accept your apology and I would like that….for us to be friends again" she said after long minute.

"REALLY!" he exclaimed "I mean….cool"

"I'm tired of being angry and I do miss being with you but like you said since you can't share everything with me we can't back to the way things were but we can still be…friends"

"…great" he said.

The two stood there for a second just looking at the other.

"So…I'll see you at school" he said rubbing his neck.

"Yeah. I'll see you there…friend" she said.

Peter smirked at her comment and then he made his way to the door, he was about to exit the apartment when she called out to him again.

"Hey Peter"

"Yeah Gwen"

"Thanks for the tulips…..they're my favorite" she said

"I know" he replied "Bye" and with that he left her apartment, making sure to close the door behind himself. Gwen released a sigh and she looked down at the tulips in her hands. She turned and made her way to the kitchen to get a glass and some water, she grabbed a big glass cup and filled it with some water. She put the tulips inside of the water and she took the glass and set it on her window seal.

"WHOOOOO HOOOOOOO!" came a loud cheer.

Gwen looked out of her window to see Spider-man swing over head.

"I wonder what's he's so happy about?" she asked herself, shrugging her shoulders she turned at went back to her couch with her book.


Present

"I'm so glad she said yes" Spider-man said to himself "I know we're not girlfriend and boyfriend anymore but at least she's still in my life…and who knows maybe down the line we could still get back together…..that is if she ever breaks up with Johnny" he continued. Spider-man jumped off the car he was riding on and he shot a web swinging in the direction that would take him home.

'Ever since that talk things have gone back to normal….minus the making out….I really miss that' he thought wistfully 'Oh well…you win some lose some and then…then you fall somewhere in the middle'

At that thought Spider-man's mind shifted to the next person on his list of people he had talked to and straightened out in the last 5 months, Mary Jane Watson.


3 Months Ago- Saturday- Watson Household

Knock! Knock! Knock!

The door to the Watson household opened up and there stood the Mary Jane's Aunt: Anna Watson.

"His Ms. Watson is Mary Jane Home?" asked Peter.

"You're May's boy aren't you?" she asked

"Uh….yeah I'm her nephew Peter" he answered.

"You know you've been causing your Aunt quite the headache young man. You know she works hard to put food on the table for you and….."

"Ms..Watson" Peter started putting a smile on his face trying not to show his frustration, "I can assure that I'm aware that my behavior was not becoming of a young man but My Aunt and I had a long talk and we worked things out and I promised her that I would do better"

"Let's hope you keep that promise mister"

"Is Mary Jane home?" he asked again.

"She in her room" Anna Watson replied opening the door.

"Thanks" he replied stepping into the house.


Peter made his way up the stairs and to the door where he could hear the TV turned up loudly. He raised his hand and he knocked on the door.

"AUNT ANNA I SAID I'M NOT HUNGRY!" Mary Jane shouted out of breath.

"It's me MJ…Peter"

"Peter" she repeated in shock.

He heard her making her way to the door and then opening it.

"H….." Peter started before he got a look at Mary Jane. She was sweating slightly and she was in her work out clothes which consisted of a yellow cut off shirt that showed her midriff and tight black spandex shorts.

'Dear God' Peter thought to himself looking her over.

"H-H-Hi" he struggled to get out.

"Are you okay?" she asked oblivious to Peter mentally drooling over her.

"F-Fine" he replied quickly shaking his head "I was wondering can we talk for a minute?" he asked.

Mary Jane shifted slightly and then nodded her head.

"Uh Sure…come on in" she replied opening stepping to the side and allowing him in. Peter walked into her room and she closed the door behind him.

Peter looked around her room and a sense of déjà vu washed over him, which was fitting because he had been in her room before. His eyes roamed around the room and he saw a mat on the floor in front of her TV which had a workout program running.

Mary Jane grabbed the remote off of her bed and she put the TV on mute.

"So what did you want to talk about Pete?" she asked looking at him and folding her arms across her chest.

Peter opened and the closed his mouth.

'This was much easier in front of the mirror' he thought letting out a sigh.

"I just wanted to pick up where we left off…..you know about talking about what happened between us" he said finally. Mary Jane's eyes widen and she let out a sigh as well.

"To tell you the truth I've been kinda hoping we could take your approach the….let's just ignore it thing"

"Well we've been doing that and every time we see each other its….really awkward….and the Hi and bye we give each other in the hall is getting kinda old"

"It kinda is" she replied rubbing the back of her neck.

"I mean if you want we could do that all the up till we graduate thus ruining a good friendship or we could just….talk it out. I mean if Gwen and I can talk it out then I'm pretty sure we can too"

"Good work on that by the way, it's nice having the two of you back to normal….minus the making out of course"

"Well I mean it is a start in the right direction" he said to her.

"That it is. Okay then….let's talk. I guess the first obvious question is why did it happen?"

'An alien parasite took hold of mind and body and seduced you' he thought but he knew he couldn't tell her that so he opted to go another route….the truth….or at least part of it.

"Well….I guess it happen because….I've always been attracted to you. Ever since the first day we met and I guess I was feeling down in the dumps about Gwen and you were feeling down about Harry and then…..we got caught up in a moment. It could've happened to anyone" he reasoned

"Wow you've been crushing on me since we met?" she asked.

"Come on MJ…how could you not know" he said with a raised eyebrow.

"I mean okay….maybe I did know, but I just didn't want to acknowledge it. You were one of my good friends and I didn't want to complicate it"

"Wait…. I was one of your good friends….was is past tense….what am I now?" he asked.

"One of my best friends…..whom I'm attracted to as well" she answered looking at him. The two teens shyly turned away from each other and they both let out a sigh. Mary Jane sat down on her bed and Peter paced the floor for a second until he came to a stop.

"Okay, so we both admit it we're attracted to each other…..so what we can still be friends right"

"I don't know can we?"

"Of course we can, I mean we're not the first friends be attracted to each other and still maintain a platonic friendship and plus even if we are attracted to each other we're both in a relationship with two different people"

"Except you and Gwen broke up" she corrected.

"Right….. right…we did, but you still have Harry" he replied

"I don't know if I have him. He's been acting like an asshole for the longest time now and I mean I don't even think you can classify what we have as a relationship anymore. He's not the guy I once fell for; for starters he's cold and distant. He doesn't even call or talk to me for days on end and when we do talk all he wants to talk about is his company and how many millions he's making since he took it over. It's kinda driving me insane and I'm almost at the end of my rope" she said in an exasperated tone.

Peter listened to her and he couldn't help but agree with everything she had said because Harry was treating all of his friends the exact same way. He let out a sigh and walked over and sat down next to her.

"What is going on with us Peter?" she asked.

"I don't know MJ…this whole year has just been a Goddamn disaster, it's been one thing after the other, our once close knit group…gone" he replied. He turned his head and he looked into her eyes, "But don't worry….I'm going to fix it, we're heading into our senior year soon and I want us to go back to being the way we were before this year ever happened and we will get there… I promise and I know Harry has been…..difficult to deal with but trust me when I say this…he's crazy about you, he has been for a long time, just….just hang in there, I think he's still trying to adjust to…..you know his Father going insane…killing people and calling himself the Green Goblin, that's a big psychological trauma for someone to go through, not to mention he's running a company….from what I know about running a company it's pretty cutthroat and one has to put on a façade of being strong and uncaring" Peter said to her.

Mary Jane let out a breath and then looked away for a second processing what Peter was saying to her, it had some merit but she felt that he should at least be able to talk to her about what he was feeling, if he couldn't talk to his girlfriend then who could he talk to but then as the thought crossed her mind she was struck with another thought.

'Maybe he's waiting for me to make the first move' she thought to herself, 'Maybe it's time for me to take some initiative' she continued.

"MJ" Peter called out.

"Hmm" she replied snapping out of her thoughts.

"I said do you understand"

"Yeah….I do" she replied with a smile.

"Good"

"We still have a more pressing matter to attend to, we're attracted to each other...….where does that leave us?" she asked.

"To tell you the truth I don't know, but at least we know we're attracted to each other…it's not exactly the level of awkwardness it was before…"

"The majority of it is gone but it's still there"

"I think the only thing we can do at this point MJ is…..to just take it day by day" he said with finality.

"Day by Day huh…..I guess that could work, it's either that or we just can't be friends….."

They both looked at each other.

"NAH!" they both said at the same time. The two friends then shared a small laugh with each other and once they stopped laughing a small silence passed between the two again and they sat on her bed smiling at the other but unlike the other times it wasn't exactly an awkward silence, it more of a comfortable one, where they didn't exactly have to talk. The air between them was finally clearing but there was still a little visible tension between them. A tension that was starting to grow slightly, Peter's eyes drifted towards her lips and her eyes drifted towards his and just like before slowly….ever so slowly the two teens started to inch in closer, neither knew who started to lean first but it didn't matter. Their eyes lowered and closed and their lips were inches from each other they could feel their breath on each other's face.

BAM!

"I KNEW IT! OH NO YOUNG MAN YOU THINK I'M GOING LET YOU CORRUPT MY IMPRESIONABLE NIECE YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING!" shouted Anna Watson busting into Mary Jane's room. Peter and Mary Jane quickly jumped apart and at the same time looked at Anna Watson as she stomped into the room.

"What….corrupt" Peter repeated confusion. Anna Watson grabbed him by the ear and pulled him off of the bed.

"OUCH! MS. WATSON HOLD ON!" he shouted.

"Oh no I'm too young to be raising grandkids out you go" she said pulling him by the ear towards the door.

Mary Jane couldn't help but laugh at his predicament, being yanked by the ear by her Aunt.

"See you at school MJ" Peter struggled.

"That's the only place you'll see her mister" Anna Watson said as they disappeared down the hallway and towards the steps leaving Mary Jane all alone.

"Bye" she whispered still staring at the door, she let out a sigh and then fell back on her bed and stared up at the ceiling, "Day by Day huh…..easier said than done….oy"


Present- Parker Household

Spider-Man landed on the roof of his house and stealthily climbed through the window of his attic and he dropped down to the ground.

'So far things between Mary Jane have been….a little weird but we're managing….just taking it a day at a time' he thought to himself as he took off his mask and he shook it letting the rain droplets fall out and to the ground, once it was dry he walked over to a towel he had on the back of the chair and he grabbed it and began to wipe he wet face attempting to dry it as well. Peter tossed his mask to the ground and he began to take off the rest of his costume.

'Let's see Gwen and I are good, MJ and me are...whatever, Liz and I are…..well…we're actually okay..' he thought right as his mind shifted to the conversation he had with her a few months ago


5 months ago

Peter ran down the crowded hallways of Midtown High, he was on his way to his math class trying his best not to be late again, but as he rounded the corner he saw none other than Liz Allen conversing with Mary Jane, if you were to ask Peter when did Liz become one of his friends it would be a question he would not be able to answer, she just showed up one day and found a way into his circle and there she stayed and upon seeing her his mind went back to the promise he made to her as her friend, he would find Spider-man and ask him to search for her brother, but Spider-man didn't have to search for too long before the new and improved Mark Raxton found him. Peter let out a sigh as he looked at her.

'I should at least tell her that I found him….I mean she was extremely worried, but how did I tell her that her brother is the golden crazy guy the news is calling the Molten Man' he thought to himself, 'Still though, I have to tell her something'

Peter let out another sigh and decided to walk over to the two girls.

Mary Jane and Liz turned to the left when they saw Peter walking over towards them.

"Hey Pete" they said at the same time, they looked at each other for a second before turning back to him.

"Hi MJ, Liz….can I talk to you for a second?" he asked looking at Liz. Mary Jane took the hint and started to back up.

"I guess that's my cue, I'll talk to you later Liz…..Peter…uh…bye" she added quickly before turning around and walking away.

'I've still got to square things with MJ too….it's on my to do list' he thought.

"So what did you want to talk about Pete…is it my brother Mark?" she asked anxiously.

"Yeah Liz it's about Mark" he answered.

"Well did Spider-man find him or what?" she asked with hopeful eyes. Peter looked into her eyes and he felt torn he wanted to tell her about her brother but at the same time he didn't want to break her heart or worry her even more so he did the only logical thing….he lied.

"Spider-man search for him high and low but…..he didn't find him" he said looking away.

"What?" she replied

"He told me to tell you that he's sorry but your brother has disappeared" he continued. Liz let out a sigh and then leaned against the wall.

"Oh God…..this is all my fault I should've stopped him, I knew he was gonna get himself into trouble…I knew it and I didn't do anything" she said bumping her head against the wall slightly.

"Liz don't blame yourself, you can't blame yourself for your brother's antics…"

"No I should because I knew he was going to do something stupid and I could've done more to stop him"

"You don't know that Liz and you shouldn't spend your time dwelling on that"

"What should I dwell on…the fact that my brother is missing, he's possible being held somewhere being tortured by some thugs he's pissed off or….worse he's dead in a ditch somewhere decomposing. I mean he was a jackass but he was still my brother" she said. Peter looked at her and he let out a sigh.

"You should dwell on the fact that…..Spider-man will do everything in his power to get your brother back….he'll keep looking"

"But you said he said that he searched hi and low for him already what makes you think he'll find him, better yet how does he even know if he's still alive?" she asked

Peter looked at her and then a memory passed through his mind


Mark: Next time wall crawler….NEXT TIME!


"Call it a hunch" Peter replied "But….Spidey can't do it alone, while he's searching maybe it would be a good idea for you to go to the cops and tell them what you know so they can do a missing person's report"

"Yeah….I'll do that after school….plus my parents will be back in a few days what do I tell them. Thanks Pete…you're a good friend and tell Spider-man that I said thanks too" she said pushing off of the wall, she gave him a quick hug and the she turned and walked down the hall in the direction that Mary Jane went just a few minutes earlier. Peter watched her go.

'Find Liz's crazy golden brother…another thing for my to do list, I've got so much on my plate….God I need to start checking stuff off…" he started to think right before he caught a glimpse of his ex-girlfriend Gwen Stacy looking at him, she was coming down the hall but she stopped in front of a classroom. She cast a glance at him and her eyes lingered for second before she turned into the class.

'Before the damage becomes unfixable' he finished still looking at where she went.

BRINGGGG! Went the bell.

"Great….I'm late…oy" he said out loud as he started to walk to his math class.


Present – Parker Household- Attic

"Damn…five months and still no sign of Mark…nothing. You would think a guy that's about 6ft and bright gold would stick out like a sore thumb, and yet he can disappear so well…go figure" he said folding his costume and placing it in the chest and locking it. He turned and began to head for the stairs out of the attic.

"Still though….I'll keep an eye out for him, no doubt I'll see him again, I just have to make sure I'm prepared" he said to himself as he hit the light switch and exited the attic.


Peter walked down the hallway until he reached his Aunt Room, he pressed his ear to the door and he could hear light snoring meaning that she was sleeping.

"Good" he whispered backing away from the door, 'I'm glad she didn't wake up…don't want to give her anything to worry about after we had our little chat' he thought turning and heading to his room.


He walked into his room and he shut the door, Peter eyed his bed, he crouched and then hopped into his bed. Once his body hit the soft mattress he let out a sigh of complete content.

"Oh bed how I missed thee" he groaned while getting comfortable. Peter's eyes were on the way to closing when his mind drifted to one last person, his best friend: Harry Osborn. He raised his head slightly once he thought about his friend. In the past five months Harry's attitude and behavior had begun to spin wildly out of control, it was almost like he was a completely different person. They had barely spoken and in the times they did speak it was only briefly enough for Harry to tell him he had better things to talk about. Peter scrunched his eyes up when his mind roamed over all of the things he saw wrong with his best friend. So far Peter had been chalking it up to Harry's father but it was time for that excuse to pass, it was time for someone to confront him about how he's been acting and treating his friends and since they were best friends the responsibility fell upon him.

"I'll talk to him and hopefully set him straight…tomorrow" said Peter laying his head back down on the pillow "But right now all I need is….. sleep" he mumbled as his eyes closed and he drifted off to sleep.


Elsewhere: Later that night: Statue of Liberty

Perched upon the head of the giant green Statue of Liberty was a man; A man that was far from ordinary. He was about 5'8 with a bald head, blue eyes, a long nose and wrinkly skin which made him looked to be in his 50s. The bald head man was garbed in a green and black body suit. On the chest area of the suit was a sleek looking mechanical harness that extended all the way from his torso to under both of his arms and under his arms and attached to the harness were dozens of razor sharp feathers of various sizes ranging from 3ft to 9ft long. From afar the bald headed man looked like a man sized bird and with his long nose he looked like a Vulture. The Vulture sat on top of the Statue of Liberty with binoculars secured on his eyes.

A smile of anticipation crossed his lips as he eyed the cargo ship carrying freight containers entering the New York Harbor. The vulture lowered his binoculars and he took a deep breath.

"Now to enact the second part of my revenge" he said to himself, he hooked the binoculars to the belt of his green and black body suit and then he stood up. The Vulture spread his arms and he dove off the head of the Statue of Liberty, he fell through the air but as he reached the halfway point he began to rapidly flap his arms like a bird. The mechanical harness gave a slight whirring sound and then like an actual bird flying through the air The Vulture started to fly. He flapped his wings and he directed himself upwards, he soared upwards and he spun through the air until he came to a comfortable height to where he could hover and not be seen. He hovered in his position flapping his wings for a second eyes glued to the container ship. Putting a grin on his lips he dove downwards towards the unsuspecting ship.


The Vulture flapped his wings making himself go faster, he twisted to the right and he flew around the ship until he eyed several men hovered around what looked like the control room. Once identifying the control room he thrusted his left wing forward and five razor sharp feathers shot out and towards the control room.

The five feathers sliced through the men and the control room with ease destroying the console and the electronics.

The ship gave a shudder before its slow crawl towards the New York Harbor became a brisk crawl. In small increments the ship began to speed up until it barreled into the harbor with extremely force.

BOOOM! went the sound, the containers that were being transport tumbled and crashed onto the front deck of the ship.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" laughed the Vulture in delight as he saw the ship crash, "Now for the icing on the cake" he said to himself. Flapping his wings he flew a little closer and he thrusted his right wing forward and only one feather shot out and hit the hull of the ship where the oil was located. The lone feather gave a beep before detonating and causing a grand explosion.
KABOOOOOOM! The explosion rocked the ship destabilizing it and causing it to sink to the bottom of the water and the container freights followed along with it.

The Vulture proud of his work turned around in the air and flew away from the scene of the crime; he turned his head and cast one more glance at the fire and at the sinking ship.

'Now you'll have to come to New York' he thought to himself turning his head and flying away into the night.


Next Day: Friday-Parker Household: 7:00 am

May Parker was downstairs finishing up her normal morning routine which consisted of making breakfast for herself and for her nephew. She set the plates of food on the table and then she took off her apron.

"PETER BREAKFAST HURRY BEFORE IT GETS COLD!" she shouted. May was about to sit down when she looked at the small TV in the kitchen and saw there was a news report on the station. She went over to it and she turned it up, just as Peter touched down on the bottom floor.

"Morning Aunt May breakfast smells great" he said going to his seat and sitting down.

"Thank you dear now hurry up and eat or you'll be late for the bus" she replied sitting down in her seat and then looking at the report.


TV

"Good Morning New York I'm Michelle Burns bringing you your morning news our top story tonight there was an explosion at New York Harbor last night as you can see on your screen here. The Authorities are baffled by the cause of this explosion so far, it was reported that the explosion happened somewhere between 3:00 am and 3:30 am. The police are scouring the area as we speak to see if there are any survivors but so far there doesn't appear to be any, we got a chance to talk with Captain George Stacy of the NYPD and he's what we had say:


Captain Stacy: My officers and I are hard at work trying to find the cause of this explosion and we will let you all know the information as it is brought to our attention, if anyone has any information regarding the explosion please do not hesitate to contact us…thank you


"This just in we have just received a message from a source saying that the ship belonged to one Anastasia Hardy, the founder and CEO of the Hardy Foundation. An illustrious big name company that has made its money by being involved in Government defense manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, as well as Philanthropic activities, but more on that later…


Parker Household

'Weapons Manufacturer….could be competition for Vanessa…maybe this was a sabotage attempt' thought Peter while chewing on a piece of bacon, 'Knowing her, most likely, maybe this was the big thing DD was talking about'

"Peter you better finish up you don't wanna be late for the bus, you've been doing so well with not being late I'd for you to….."

"Say no more Aunt May I'm gone thanks for the breakfast and have a great day at work" he said standing up, he gave his Aunt a kiss on the forehead and then he grabbed his book bag and he head out the door.


Location Unknown

"Such a filthy place….but this is the only place available" came the voice of Dr. Miles Warren. Miles was standing inside a large underground type of bunker that looked like it hasn't been used in decades. For the past 5 months he had been searching for a better place to conduct his research rather than at Oscorp. The prime reason being is that he wanted to keep his work away from prying eyes namely the ones of Dr. Stevens, she was a good scientist but he knew it was only a matter of time before she blabbed her mouth about his condition and his cloning aspirations to the new CEO of Oscop: Harry Osborn and that was something he didn't want to happen, so he began to scour the city for a better location one that he could work in secret and if need be hide from prying eyes but in the 5 months he hadn't found anywhere that was suitable, with enough space or any decent electrical support system. That is until today, it was by pure chance that he found the bunker he was currently inside. He had dug up some old architectural designs of New York and he noticed a black area under the city and it wasn't too far away from Oscorp or his apartment so he decided to inspect and it led him to the current space. Dr. Warren scrunched his face in disgust as he saw a rather large rat scurry across the middle of the floor and into a hole on the other side of the room.

"Ugh" he said as he walked forward eyeing all of the cracks in the foundations and the dust that covered everything. He tilted his head upwards as he heard the train roll pass overhead shaking the entire place. Putting his hands to his ears Dr. Warren continued his trek through the underground bunker; he eyed the water dripping through the cracks and the electrical wiring. After walking across the room he found himself in front an old elevator lift, Miles looked at the lift and saw that it only went one way and that was downwards. Deciding to take a chance he pried open the doors to the lift and he stepped inside, there was lever inside the elevator so he grabbed it and he pulled it forward. The lift shuddered and began to slowly and loudly lower down and further into the bunker. As he was being lowered Dr. Warren saw that there was another level and this level was considerably bigger and more spacious…exactly the amount of space that he needed for his plans.

"Okay…this could work" he said to himself as a smile found its way to his mouth.


Oscorp: 8:15 am

"Ladies and Gentlemen…..did I deliver or did I deliver. I know ever since the….unfortunate death of your predecessors, each of you had your doubts about throwing your chips in with a…..teenager but look at what this teenager has done with this company in just a mere 5 months. Oscorp has never been higher and your companies as a result have risen as well, I've had my people crunch the numbers and we're all 15% above the mark. Can you ask yourself when was the last time you saw product increase like that, the answer is never. None of you have ever seen an increase of this magnitude….not even when my father was head of this company, never could my father accomplish what I have, so Ladies and Gentlemen relax I have everything under control….there is nothing to fear. Now if you'll excuse me I'm late for School" came the voice of Harold Osborn. He was standing at the head of the Oscorp meeting table talking to several business associates; people that were investing the company. When he took the reigns of Oscorp there were doubts that a teenager could run the company but the OZ enhanced Harold quelled everyone's fear. Oscorp had risen above the ranks again as one of the world's top Weapons Manufacture right next to Stark Industries and Fisk Corp. The business people in the room had a pleased smile on their face after hearing his speech because he was right, they were skeptical about him but he has kept his word and they were all even richer….richer than his father could ever make them. Harold walked around the table and he headed for the double doors of the meeting room.

"I shall see you all at the Gala on Saturday night" he said over his shoulder as he exited the meeting room.


Outside Oscorp Building

Harold exited the building and the first thing he saw a black limo waiting for him. The driver of the limo got out and quickly opened the door him.

"Thank you" Harold said before slipping into the Limo.


"Good Morning Sarah" he said glancing at his assistant of sorts and head of the Oscorp science division Dr. Sarah Stevens.

"Good Morning Harry" she replied

"Doctor….what have I told you, my name is Harold not Harry and frankly I'm getting tired of repeating myself" he said turning to her.

Dr. Stevens caught Harold's gave and she let out a sigh. For the past 5 months she has been keeping a close eye on the young Osborn. So far since his Oz treatment he hasn't gone off the severe deep end like his Father: Norman Osborn but she knew it was only a matter of time. She could already see signs of problems in the future…particular his anger and short temper. The Oz was too dangerous a drug to be used on people and everyday since allowing it to be used on Harry she has been neck deep in guilt.

"Well Sarah…"

"I'm Sorry….Harold" she replied after a minute

"That's better. Now tell me what on the agenda for this week"

Dr. Stevens let out a sigh as she pulled out her notepad with all the activities that were planned.

"Well the two big things for this week are the Ribbon cutting event this Saturday at the Oscorp Center for Disease Research Facility that has finally finished construction, and there is the Annual Gala which is also on Saturday"

"Is that all?" he asked

"Yes"

"Good" Harold stated leaning back in his seat with a smile plastered on his face "Oh how I love being me"

Dr. Stevens cast a sad glance at him and then turned her eyes to her window.

'I have to find a way to fix him…..but the question is how?' she thought to herself.

The limo then drove down the street with the intentions of heading to Midtown High.


Daily Bugle

Ben Urich sat at his desk smoking a cigarette as usual. He took a long drag of his cigarette and he stared at the computer screen before him, on the screen were several sets of pictures of Spider-man; every single picture of him. Ben blew out a puff of smoke and he continued to stare at the screen because he had found something that didn't add up. He leaned closer on his desk and he hit the space bar. Several pictures of Spider-man flashed across the screen but these were pictures taken by professional photographers and each of their pictures were out of focus or just down right terrible and the reason they were terrible was because Spider-man just moved to quick and he would be at heights that it would be impossible for anyone to get and yet there was always someone able to get while maybe not a professional shot but a very decent shot of the elusive wall crawler.

"Peter Parker" Ben said to himself before taking another drag of his cigarette. Ben moved his mouse and clicked on another set of pictures all of which were taken by Peter at some point, "How in the hell are you able to get these pictures?" he asked no one in particular.

"I'M WASTING MONEY ROBBIE!" came the loud voice of J. Jonah Jameson.

Ben turned his boss's office and he shook his head, J. Jonah was always yelling about something. He turned his head back to the photos and he leaned back in his seat.

"What is the connection? Spider-man is a kid right…..maybe he knows him, goes to school with him. That's the only explanation as to how he could these pictures, He knows Spider-man and he knows where he's is going to be. I think its time Mr. Parker and I had a talk" said Ben putting his cigarette out in the ash tray.


Later that Day: Midtown High: 12:45pm

"When is Dr. McCoy coming back….I can't take much more of this" whispered Gwen.

"I don't think he's coming back anytime soon" Peter whispered back to her. The two teens were currently in their honors science class watching a movie on the ecosystem. Ever since Dr. McCoy's sudden leave of absence due to his mutant abilities returning, they have had a revolving door of substitute teaches who have done nothing but popped in videos and sat back and read the news paper. Their current substitute was the gym instructor and he was sitting back in the chair with his hat pulled over his eyes, if they listened closely they could actually hear him snoring.

"I thought the principle said he would be back"

"I wouldn't count on it Gwen I hear the gas leak explosion was pretty bad" Peter replied. While Peter knew the real truth the official explanation on Dr. McCoy's disappearance was that he was in a terrible gas explosion at his apartment and that he was terribly injured and confined to an upscale hospital in Westchester, New York.

"You're probably right, but I don't understand why would he be transferred to Westchester…..that makes no sense"

"Uh…I hear the reason is because he has family there, trust me he'll be in good hands Gwen" Peter replied with a smile.

"I hope so. Meanwhile we're stuck watching movies everyday"

"It could be worse Gwen, the principle could've funneled us back into regular science classes" he said turning to her. She gave a slight shudder.

"Good point" she replied.

BRINNGG! BRING! Went the sound of the bell ending the class period; the students quickly gathered their belongings and hurried out of the class.


Hallway

Peter and Gwen walked side by side down the hall in a comfortable silence, they neared a group of students who were loudly talking about a topic that was on the mind and has been on the mind of every teen for the past month and a half…Flash Thompson's end of the year House Party. For weeks Flash has been handing out flyers and spreading the word throughout the whole school about the party and now the day of the party had finally arrived and Peter and Gwen could feel it in the air. No one was really focused on school they were all ready for the party that was sure to be a hit because anyone who was anyone was going to be present.

The two passed the group of students who were excitedly talking about what they were going to wear. Peter shook his head and then turned to Gwen.

"So, you heard about Flash's party"

"Who hasn't….you're not thinking about going are?" she asked

"I wasn't invited and even if I was Flash is a jerk so I wouldn't be caught dead at his party. How about you"

"I wasn't invited either and plus… Johnny and I are going to the movies tonight" she said. Since they began talking to each other again they've been able to talk about everything except….her relationship with Johnny Storm. It was a topic that they still danced around a bit but they were managing.

"That sounds…nice" Peter replied putting a smile on his face despite the fact that he wanted to scream.

"Hopefully it will….."

"Gwen Stacy….just the girl I wanted to talk to"

Peter and Gwen turned to see Flash Thompson and the rest of his goon squad stroll up to the pair. The two glanced at each other for a second before turning back to Flash.

"I can't say the same to you Flash, I would rather get a root canal" she replied looking at him.

"HAHAHA You see guys she has a sense of humor to go along with that pretty face. You know something Gwen you would look 10times hotter if you lost the glasses and put on some make up"

"And you know Flash you would look even better if you didn't have a Horse's ass for a face" Peter chimed in.

"Quiet Parker!" Flash snapped

"What do you want?" asked Gwen in an exasperated tone.

"Glad you asked, I'm sure that the both of you have heard about my end of the year Party tonight, its gonna be big and I was wondering….."

"Pass" Gwen said getting ready to turn.

"Wait…hold on….hold on I really what you to be there"

"Why?" she asked

"Because you're cool and…"

"I'm cool huh….are you sure this doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I'm dating Johnny Storm"

Flash looked at her and smirk found its way to his lips. While Peter and Gwen tip toed around the subject of her and Johnny, it wasn't exactly a problem for the rest of Midtown High. A few months ago it was discovered that she was dating him and since that discovery her level of popularity skyrocketed. For two months straight she was hounded day and night not only by media outlets but her fellow students as well, it was only by sheer luck that at around the same time the media found something else to focus on, namely the Avengers Mansion being attack by a group of villains known as the Masters of Evil, and they were led by an old enemy of Captain America by the name of Baron Helmut Zemo. So thanks to the Masters of Evil the news of who Johnny was dating sort of fell to the background, at least in the media. She was still hounded but it was mostly by the female populace who were very jealous.

"Okay you got me there I was hoping that the two of you would maybe stop by and…."

"Like I said Pass" she replied to him.

"Well at least take a flyer you might change your mind" he said quickly before grabbing a flyer from Kong and shoving it into her hands. Gwen let out a sigh and reluctant took the flyer. She and Peter turned and was about to walk away when Flash called out to them again.

"Hold on"

"What now?"

"Parker….here take a flyer" he said in a bored tone.

"Oh Flash really….golly gee you're inviting me to your party…..thanks but no…"

"Get real Parker I'm not inviting you I want you to give this flyer to Spider-man seeing as how you take his picture and all, it would be awesome if he stopped by" said Flash before giving Peter a flyer.

"Let's go guys"

Peter and Gwen watched as Flash and his goons turned and walked away.

"Well, it looks like one of us was invited" said Peter.

"No I wasn't invited…Johnny was" she replied while resuming her walking.


The conversation between the two went quiet as they continued on towards their lockers, after a while though the silence was broken by Gwen.

"Are you gonna tell Spider-man about Flash's Party" she asked glancing at him.

"Trust me when I say this Gwen…Spider-man has other…important things on his mind besides a party"

"Like what?" she asked.

SLAP!
Peter and Gwen looked up as they heard the sound and they saw Harry with his head tilted to the side slightly and Mary Jane shaking her hand. Harry turned his head and smiled at her and then he walked away leaving her standing there.

"I'll talk to you later Gwen" he said walking away following Harry. Gwen watched him go and she turned to Mary Jane who was still shaking her hand. She wasted no time in making her way over to her friend.


Gwen and Mary Jane

"Ouch" Mary Jane whispered.

"Hey MJ, what the hell was that all about?" asked Gwen.

"Harry….no excuse me Harold comes over here and tells me about some company party that's happening Tomorrow night and that I should wear a black dress because it exudes power and strength and because it has a slimming effect and he went on to say something about when we go to the Party or whatever I'm not to say anything to embarrass him"

Gwen scrunched her face up and stared in the direction that Harry walked off in.

"What the hell is wrong with him" the two said at the same time.


Peter and Harold

"Hey Harry hold on a second" said Peter running towards his best friend and standing in front of him. Harold glanced at him and then came to a stop.

"Ah…hello Peter…..my friend how can I help you?" he asked.

"Uh you can start by telling me what the hell was that back there with Mary Jane"

"That….Well she took a comment I made to her the wrong way" he replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Harry you've been very different for a while now and you've been neglecting and alienating all of your friends, we've all been very patient but I think it's time you told me…us what the heck is going on with you" Peter demand while looking Harold in the eyes. Harold's eyes narrowed slightly at the tone in Peter's voice, he took a slight step forward so he was standing real close to his friend.

"Careful….friend, that sound like a demand" Harold said in a low voice.

"What if it was" Peter counted.

Peter and Harold continue to star each other down but Harold put a smile on his face and he let out a dry laugh.

"Wow Peter for a second you had me going…you making a demand and attempting to be tough...HAHA. Listen…there is nothing wrong with me…it's your imagination now if you'll excuse me I believe I have a useless class to attend" he said patting Peter on the shoulder and then walking around him.

"Harry stop, there is something wrong with you…..ever since your Father went crazy you've been…" Peter started.

Quicker than he could react Harold whipped around and grabbed him by the front of his blue shirt and shoved him into the wall and held him there tightly.

'His….grip….so…strong…..too strong.' thought Peter looking down at the offending hand, he could feel himself being lifted off the ground a little. Peter glanced back up into Harold eyes and he saw a familiar glint within them. Staring into his best friend's eyes Peter had a flashback of himself fighting the Green Goblin.

"Don't….ever….mention my Father's….predicament to me again, is that clear. My father didn't go crazy he did what was necessary to achieve a goal. He was….is a great man the likes of which you'll never become. This is your first and last warning…friend" said Harold before releasing Peter from his grasp. He straightened the suit he was wearing and turned and walked away.

Peter took a few breaths to steady his quickly pumping adrenaline and he stared after his friend.

'Okay….now I'm worried…does he…could he have super strength' '


Later: 7:45pm: Watson Residence

The sun had fallen and nighttime was beginning to roll in and almost everyone was getting ready for Flash's end of the Year House Party. Everyone except for a few certain individuals, the first of which was one Mary Jane Watson. She was sitting in her room on her bed leafing through an old photo book that she had started a while back. Her eyes lingered on a photo of herself and Harry; it was on a day where they decided to skip school and head to Coney Island. She gazed at the smile on his face a smile she hadn't seen in a while.

"What is going on with you?" she asked quietly

SCREECH! HONK! HONK! HONK!

Mary Jane's head shot up as she heard the loud honking, she got out of her bed and she went to the window that overlooked the front of her house and she peered outside. Her eyes lit up as she saw Liz parked outside in a red convertible. Mary Jane lifted her window and poked her head outside.

"OH MY GOD! IT'S GORGEOUS!" she shouted.

"I KNOW!" Liz shouted back jumping out of the car and walking towards Mary Jane's window, "Come on are you ready yet I believe we're late enough"

"What are you talking about?"

"Flash's party duh….I know you didn't forget"

"…No, it's just….I'm not really in the partying mood"

"Since when"

"Since…." She started before letting out a sigh, "You know"

"Harry…..Yeah he's been crazier than usual and I don't know what's up with that but sitting in your house dwelling on negative emotions is not good for your health, you're too young to be stressed MJ…so come on" said Liz

"I don't know…."

"Mary Jane I'm your friend so trust me when I say this…you need a distraction from all of this relationship drama….and what's a better distraction than a good ol' fashioned House Party…..even if it's being thrown by Flash" said Liz with a smile.

Mary Jane shook her head and let a smile cross her lips, Liz had a good point, and she needed to think about something else rather than all of the negative stuff she's been dwelling on for the past couple of months. She needed to do something fun. Her smile only grew as she started to get excited about the Party.

"Okay hold on….let me get dressed" she said but before she went back inside she looked down the street and her mind then drifted to someone else that needed to have some fun.

"Hey Liz…before we go….we have to make another stop"


Down the Street: Parker Household

Peter was laying down on his bed staring up at ceiling deep in thought about several things but the most prominent thing on his mind was his confrontation with Harry earlier in the day.

'His….speed…Harry never could move that fast and even then I would have been able to….. and his…..strength….and…. his eyes…those eyes' he thought. Peter sat up in his bed and he sucked in a huge breath as he thought about the look in his friend's eyes a look that reminded him of the Green Goblin. The more he thought about Norman Osborn the more he thought about Harry's behavior as of late, whereas before Harry was a warm type of person that exuded friendship, he as of now was somewhere more close to someone who oozed power and fear. The more his mind roamed over Harry the more his mind started to turn to a dark place.

'This change didn't take place until after….his father got put away. What if Harry found some of his Father's crazy sauce and he….NO NO NO Come Harry wouldn't do that…he doesn't know anything about the OZ, how could he…but let's assume that he did…and he and he took some of it and now he's….turning into his Father' Peter thought with wide eyes. Upon the realization of where his mind was taking him he jumped up from his bed and he began to pace the floor anxiously.

"NO NO NO I refuse to believe that" he said strongly but the more he thought about it the more the pieces fit in, "Maybe he's been hitting the gym….come on Parker you're jumping to conclusions here, you have no proof….no hard evidence. Just…Just…..get your mind off of…."

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Peter turned to the sound of the knocking on his door, he walked over towards it and he opened it.

"Hiya Tiger" said Mary Jane.

"MJ….what are you doing here?" asked Peter with wide eyes.

"To get you….come on, you're coming with me" she stated walking into his room; she got behind him and began to push him out of his room.

"Wait….what…where are we going…..and I have to tell my Aunt….." he started.

"Already taken care of Tiger…come on, time to throw our cares to the wind and have some good ol' fashioned fun…trust me we all need it" she said pushing him along.

"Wait…what" he said again.


Mary Jane continued to push Peter down the hall and then all the way down the steps and towards the front door.

"Have a good time at the movies dear" his Aunt said from dinner table. Peter looked at her and then at a smiling Mary Jane.

"We will Mrs. Parker…come on Pete we don't want to be late" she said pushing him out of the front door.


Peter eyed the red convertible that had Liz Allen behind the wheel.

"Oh my God Liz….where did you get this car from?" he asked.

"The only good thing about my Brother disappearing is that my parents believe he ran away because of them so in an effort to keep me around and keep my happy they bought me a car" she replied, "So are we going or not"

"Get in Pete" said Mary Jane hopping into the passengers' side

"Where are we going?" he asked opening the door and getting into the back.

"Flash's Party Duh" Liz replied

"WHAT!" shouted Peter.

Liz slammed her foot on the gas pedal and the convertible gave a loud screech before zooming down the street and into the night.


Manhattan- Movie Theater

Gwen Stacy stared at the large movie screen before her completely enthralled in the movie that was playing. She had a slight smile on her face as the man and woman on the screen were about to kiss but just as their lips touched she heard a light snoring sound. Breaking for her small trance she glanced to her right and saw her current boyfriend Johnny Storm fast asleep. He had his had pulled over his face and head tilted to the side, Gwen looked at him and shook her head, she nudged him with her elbow and he jumped up and looks around. Gwen suddenly stands up from her seat and she begins to make her way to the aisle and then out of the theater. Johnny looks at the screen and then at Gwen's retreating form, he gets up from his chair and he follows her out.


Lobby

"Hey Gwen where are you going the movie was just gettin good" he said catching up to her.

"Oh please, you're not fooling anyone Johnny you were sleeping" she replied with a smile on her lips.

"Ugh okay you busted me I was sleeping but I mean come on it was a chick flick"

"It's not a chick flick, it's a drama about a man and a woman desperately struggling to…" she started before seeing Johnny's expression, "Okay…it might be a chick flick but I really wanted to see it"

"I know which is why we're here….but you know Gwen, lately we've been doing a lot of stuff that only you like to do"

"What….name them" she replied

"The Museum of Modern Science, The science fair, the Hall of weird Science, Theories of the Big Bang lecture, and that Stark Expo thing….."

"Hey you said you like that Expo" she interjected.

"Only because Stark had all of those women in bikini's practically everywhere"

Gwen smiled and then rolled her eyes; she folded her arms across her chest and looked at Johnny. She had to admit he did have a valid point they've only been doing things that she enjoyed, she kept forgetting that even though Johnny spends his time around people that liked science he himself didn't find it very interesting.

"What about that long walk in the Park" she said remembering that they took a walk in the park a few days ago.

"Okay I admit that was nice but Gwen…when you can fly walking seems pointless"

"….You're right" she said after a minute, "We have been doing stuff that only I like, there needs to be a balance in this relationship. So what do you want to do?"

Johnny smile grew bigger on his lips as she asked him that question

"I want to PAAARTAY! Let's go to a club I know a spot nearby"

"A club" she replied

"Yeah, you know where people dance and have a good time" he said.

"Yeah I know…it's just….I'm not one for clubs"

"Really"

"Yeah….at least clubs in New York, the clubs in California are better"

"How would you know?"

"I'm from California" she replied

Johnny reeled back slightly at that revelation

"Really"

"Yeah, I didn't tell you"

"No"

"Oh, well I am and….God I can't believe I'm considering this but I might know where a house party is happening…right now"

"Sweet let's go" he said taking a step but he saw she wasn't moving "What's the problem"

"It's at the house of the biggest jerk in our class and the only reason why he invited me is so I would tell you and you would come"

"So why did you tell me?"

"Because you wanted to go to a party" she replied

"You're afraid this is gonna turn into the Johnny show right and people will flock to me and I'll forget about you" he stated looking at her and smirking.

"What...no…okay maybe. It's just that since it came out that you and I are dating the attention has been kinda"

"Crazy" he finished "Yeah I know and I'm sorry about that, it kinda comes with the territory of dating a world class hero such as myself, the important thing you should remember though is that none of that celebrity stuff is more important than you. So despite the fact that I want to turn this house party into a scene from Almost Famous….being the Human Torch is the farthest thing from my mind tonight. Right Now I just wanna be plain old Johnny Storm and I wanna go dancing with my beautiful and brainy girlfriend" he said with a smile.

Gwen looked down at the ground trying to hide her slight blush and then she looked back up at him.

"So we going or not?" he asked

Gwen nodded her head reached into her pocket and he pulled out the folded up flyer that Flash had given her earlier that day and she read off the address. Johnny smirked and then quickly scooped her up in his arms.

"JOHNNY!" she shouted.

"Hold on"

"What about keeping a low profile and no human torch?" she asked.

"Do you see me in uniform and If we wanna get there with enough time flying is the fast way to travel" he replied before igniting his feet. Johnny with Gwen in his arms lifted up off the ground and flew away.


Queens, Middle Village

"Wow….I didn't know Flash was Rich" said Peter.

"He's not…this is his Aunt's house. He told me once that she was crazy rich" Liz replied turning off the engine to her convertible.

"Looks like the party is in full swing...let's go" came Mary Jane's voice opening the door and stepping out.

The three teens had parked a few paces away from the very big and elegant looking brick house. The house had a beautiful green lawn with a small garden on the left side of the house, there was a large oak tree in the lawn as well doing nothing but adding to the beauty of Flash's Aunts house.

Mary Jane, Peter and Liz began to walk towards the brick house that had dozens of teens and young adults standing on the beautiful lawn. They could see people coming in and out of the house and they could hear the music blasting loudly. Peter eyed the people standing around the lawn laughing, talking, dancing and drinking out of red plastic cups.

"Hey I thought this was a party for people at our school" he said while they walked up the lawn and through the throng of people towards the front door.

"It is" Liz replied

"Are you sure because I don't think they go to Midtown High" said Peter looking at some of the men and women who looked quite older than them. Mary Jane and Liz looked at them as well.

"Well it's supposed to be" she said under breath.

The three open the door and the music hit their ears as did the rowdy shouts of joy from the people inside. Mary Jane and Liz smiled at all of the noise and of the people having fun while Peter covered his ears a little. They proceeded further into the large house and through the crowd of people.


Peter glanced around the elegant interior of the house and everywhere he looked he saw partygoers partying. Jumping up and down and dancing wildly with each other. The red plastic cups were everywhere. Peter looked towards the kitchen and he could see several silver beer kegs. Some guys were filling a few cups to the brim with beer from the keg's tap and giving them to some girls and other guys who were standing nearby, they grabbed the cups and started to greedily chug the beer.

Peter shook his head and turned to the left looking for Liz or Mary Jane but to his surprise they were gone.

'Where did...' He started before looking over towards the living room where most of the dancing was taken place and he saw the two of them. They had immediately taken to the floor and happily move to the music. Peter leaned against the wall and he watched the two of them dance; it wasn't long before a few of the guys found their way to the two of them and Peter couldn't help but smirk.

'Look at the two of them, cutting loose and having fun' he thought his eyes drifted away from them and at the other people in the house, '….and me over here on the wall…I know what Mary Jane was trying to do…but I can't stop thinking about Harry…could he really have taken the Oz. No…there you go with the jumping to conclusions again...'

"Hey"

Peter was broken out of his inner monologue by a voice. He turned to the right to see a familiar face.

"Hey…it's been a while…Peter right"

"Yeah…uh…uh…..wait a minute Lana, it's Lana right" Peter replied final recognizing her face, Lana Baumgartner, the cute girl he met at Dr. Sofen's office 5 months ago. He didn't recognize her at first because she looked completely different, for one her hair was shorter and a different color it was now light blue and black, she had light blue eye liner on the edges of her eyes. She had on black lip stick, a silver stud was below her lip but right above her chin, she had on a tight dark blue shirt, a black skirt, and black boots. Despite her overall new Goth like appearance she was still very attractive.

"Oh you do remember me" she said playfully.

"I almost didn't recognize you…last time we met you had brown hair" he replied

"Yeah I know, I'm kinda going through a phase" she replied pulling out a pack of cigarettes and grabbing one and lighting it; She took a drag and then blew out the smoke.

"Well, with the cigarette I'd have to say the James Dean phase. Rebel without a cause"

"Mmmm….closer to Charlie Sheen…. I just don't give a F&^%" she replied with a smile taking another drag.

Peter smirked at her answer.

"How did you find out about this party?" he asked curiously because he knew for a fact that Lana didn't go to Midtown High.

"I got an email few days ago….It said Party in Queens…I didn't have anything better to do so me and my best friend said what the hell. How did you find out?" she asked blowing out some smoke.

"I go to school with the guy that's throwing this party"

"Cool." She stated, Lana glanced at the dance floor and then back at Peter, "So….why aren't you out on the floor dancing"

"I…I have a lot on my mind" he replied rubbing the back of his neck

"Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that why you're here, to forget about your troubles"

"Well I was kinda dragged here by my friends and this thing that's on my mind is kinda big and it's weighing heavily on me and I don't know what to do about it…"

Lana listened to him and she took a few more drags of her cigarette and blew out the smoke. She took the remainder of her cigarette and placed it in the cup of a guy that was walking past her and Peter.

"HEY!' the guy shouted

"F*&^ OFF!" Lana shouted at him and then turned back to Peter; she grabbed him by the front of his shirt and began to lead him over to the living room.

"Wait…what are you…" he started.

"Peter you know what you need….you need to relax, whatever the problem is you can handle it, tomorrow, right now….time to dance" said before beginning to move to the music. Peter swallowed nervously, he was good at a lot of things…but dancing wasn't one of them, but he couldn't let her know that.

'It's not like she isn't going to find out….move Parker do…..something' Peter thought to himself as he stood awkwardly on the dance floor.

"Are you gonna start dancing soon" she asked as she turned around and continued to move her body against him.

"Just waiting for the beat" he offered lamely, 'OHGODOHGODOHGODOHGOD! I CAN'T DO THIS!' he thought anxiously. He started to sway back and forth but he could see some people throw him a look and that only made his anxiety shoot up even further, 'I CAN'T DANCE…..I CAN'T DAN…..whoa' he started to think before a familiar eerie feeling crept along his spine, but it wasn't the normal urgent feeling that his spider sense usually gave off that ended up putting his body in hyper awareness, this one was more along the lines of gentle nudging, nudging that he found himself compelled to follow. Peter instinctively began to move his body in a way that not only matched the music but Lana's movement's as well, his hand slowly snaked around her waist and pulled her close to his body all the while still staying in sync.

'Is my…..Is my spider sense teaching me how to dance' Peter thought and he continued dancing with Lana. She switched up and turned back around to face him and thanks to his spider sense he didn't miss a beat, 'IT IS!" he thought happily 'What do ya know a new ability..hmph….if being Spider-man doesn't work out I might have a future career as a back up dancer. The Amazing Dancing-Spider' Peter thought while a smile formed on his face as the music turned up and he continued to dance.


2 hours later

Mary Jane and Liz were resting against the fireplace trying to catch their breaths from the dancing they had just finished doing and as they were resting Flash walked up to them with a girl hanging off of his arm.

"LADIES! Enjoying yourselves so far" he asked excitedly with a smile plastered over his face.

"It's a good party so far" said Mary Jane eying the girl, "Flash where the hell did these people come from because they do not go to Midtown High"

"It's Kong's fault, his inability to understand social media….He was suppose to send an email out to just to our school but he screwed up and sent an email out to practically every school in New York, and even to some Universities but under the circumstances I'm not complaining this party is awesome, I'm gonna be a legend" he continued.

Mary Jane and Liz glanced at each other before laughing.

CRASH! Flash whipped around to see a destroyed mini-statue of Buddha on the floor, his eyes widen in shock and he stormed over to the guys who were laughing.

"HEY! THAT BELONGED TO MY AUNT YOU JACKASSES!" he shouted.

"Legend huh" said Liz watching him go, "More like legendarily grounded"

"Hey where's Peter?" asked Mary Jane looking around.

"I don't know I lost track of him when we started dancing" Liz replied.

Mary Jane searched the crowd with her eyes but it was no use the crowd was too big, there were too many people. She jerked her head a Liz indicating that they should go look for him. They both pushed off the wall and started through the crowd.


The two girls pushed their way through the people carefully trying to stay out of their dancing path. Mary Jane stepped out of the way of a girl and a guy that was dancing backwards, her eyes roamed over the two and recognition passed across her face.

"GWEN!" Mary Jane stated in shock seeing her friend at the party, her eyes then went to the guy she was dancing with, he had a hat over his head pulled down low, but Mary Jane lowered her head and recognized the face of Johnny Storm.

"John….mmph" started MJ before Gwen lunged forward and slammed her hand over her mouth.

"Shhhhhh…we're trying to keep a low profile" she said hurriedly looking around to see if anyone heard her but no one was paying attention everyone was in their own little world.

"Oh my God Johnny" whispered Liz before lunging at him and wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Gah!" he gasped at the sudden added weight on him, "Hi…Liz right" he said with a smile

"You remembered my name…you are so hot" she said in his ear.

"Thanks" he replied attempting to pry her off of him but she had a firm grip. Gwen and Mary Jane both shook their head at Liz's antics.

"What are you doing here?" they both asked at the same time.

"You First" they said again, the two friends smiled at each other.

"I'm here because I'm tired of thinking about Harry and how he's been lately, whatever is going on with him is his problem and I wanted to have fun tonight" she said to her. Gwen shook her head understanding where MJ was coming from.

"That's kinda why we're here too…Johnny wanted to have fun and go to a party" she replied folding her arms across her chest.

"I never thought you would go to a party thrown by Flash"

"Normally I wouldn't be caught dead here but Johnny brought up an interesting point, we're always doing stuff that I like to do so I figured…."

"You'd take one for the team" finished Mary Jane

"Sorta…" she replied turning back to Johnny who had finally managed to pry Liz's arms from around his neck.

"Peter is gonna be shocked to see you guys" said Mary Jane offhandedly

"What…Peter is here?"

"Yeah he is" Mary Jane replied


Balcony: Same Time

Peter and Lana were standing on one of the Balconies in the house talking amongst themselves. They had stepped outside to get some air and cool down from dancing…and maybe to get some privacy. Lana took a sip from the red plastic cup and she set it down on Balcony railing and then looked at Peter.

"You are a good dancer" she said to him leaning against the railing she took a drag of her cigarette and then blew out some smoke.

"Thanks" he replied 'And thank you Spider Sense my favorite Spider power' he thought to himself taking a slight step forward and towards her, "I'm full of surprises but you know it also helps….if…you have the right dance partner" he continued while rubbing his neck again.

Lana smirked at his nice comment. She took another drag and then flicked her cigarette over the balcony. She blew out some smoke and pushed off the railing and took a slight step forward herself, which brought the two teens very close to each other. They started to lean closer and closer until Lana suddenly grabbed him and brought him in for a kiss. Peter was caught off guard slightly but he quickly started to kiss back. He could smell and taste some of the smoke from her cigarette but he didn't mind as much as he thought he would….at least not while they were in a lip lock.

'She is a good kisser…..block out the smoke' he coached to himself. They stood there kissing for a long minute until they were interrupted by the balcony doors opening.

"LANA! There….you…..I'm sorry I didn't know you were occupied….hi" came the voice of a blond haired girl.

Lana and Peter broke apart and turned to the right. Peter's eyebrow rose slightly as he looked at the girl he assumed to be Lana's friend. The girl was about 5'6 with short blond hair; she had blue eyes with black eye liner around the edges, red lipstick, a fair skin tone that made her look to be about 18, and she had a slim build. She was wearing a long sleeved black shirt with a blue short tank top over it; she had on a black skirt and black boots similar to the ones that Lana was wearing. While Lana had a rebellious feel to her, the girl before him had a more playful aura about her and her smile only confirmed that feeling.

"Boy you sure do work fast Lana…and he's cute too"

"Tabby what the F&^# are you doing can't you see I'm in the middle of something" Lana snapped.

"Who is this?" asked Peter.

"You remember that friend I mentioned earlier this is her…Tabitha Smith"

"You can call me Tabby cutie" she said walking towards the two

"Nice to meet you Tabby I'm Peter Parker"

"No way…you're that guy who takes photos of Spider-man. Uh Oh Lana you bagged the guy who takes pictures of the hottest guy I've ever seen in Spandex" said Tabitha in a dreamy voice.

"Uh…it's not really Spandex" Peter threw in "Its more like long johns" he joked

"Well whatever it is makes his butt look…."

"Tabby…my question could you answer it first before you head into one of your Spider-man fantasies" Lana interjected folding her arms across her chest.

"Right….look we have to go…and I mean right now" she said seriously

"Why?"

"Because Morrie is here" Tabby answered.

"S*&^" Lana responded.

"Whose Morrie?" asked Peter curious about the sudden change of mood between the two girls.

"My abusive ex-boyfriend" Tabby stated turning away slightly.

"It was a big thing Peter they've been over for about a year and a half now, but if he's here then it's probably time for us to go. I had fun tonight…and I would like to do it again sometime" she said to him. Lana looked down at her skirt and she reached into one of the pockets and pulled out a small black lipstick bottle. She opened it and then grabbed Peter's hand and began to scribble some numbers into his hand. Once she finished she closed the bottle and then looked at him.

"Call me" she said quickly kissing him on the lips, "Let's go Tabby" she continued while turning and making her way back inside. Tabitha pushed off of the railing and walked after her friend.

"Tell Spider-man I'm available" she said over her shoulder before winking at him and walking away.

Peter shook his head and then looked down at the number in his hand and he smiled, he stared at it and committed the number to memory.

"Maybe tonight was a good idea after all"


Downstairs

Lana and Tabitha made their way down the steps and began to push their way through the crowd and towards the door, but right before they could reach the exit Tabitha felt someone grab her by the arm and twist her around. The sudden twist made her gasp and it was heard by Lana who stopped and turned to see Tabitha's ex-boyfriend Morrie Bench standing there.

Morris Bench stood at 6'0 and he looked be about 22. He had wavy blond hair, light blue eyes and a dark even skin tone. He had a strong build that suggested that he worked out heavily, he was wearing a dark blue T-shirt that clung to his frame and he was wearing brown pants and black shoes.

"Whoa were you going girley you're not running away from me are you?" he asked in a dangerous tone, he had her hand in his hand and he was squeezing it slightly.

"What if I was…..you jackass" Tabitha replied trying to yank her hand out of his grip.

"You know I hate it when you run and when you call me names Tabby" he replied squeezing her hand a little bit more.

"Back the F*&^ off Morrie" said Lana

"Shut up…this is all your fault anyway. You and your stupid little whispering in her ear, Tabitha it's time to come back and live with me I promise I'll be good to you this time"

"He's lying Tabby don't listen to him" said Lana

"I SAID SHUT UP!" shouted Morrie swinging his hand and smacking Lana in the face and knocking her down to the ground.

All of the music stopped upon hearing the yelling and the smack, everyone turned to what was going on, but Morrie paid them no attention. He turned back to Tabitha and he looked her in her eyes.

"We can be together again…a lot has changed since we broke up….I'm like you now I'm a mutant" he said to her. Tabitha's eyes widen at the mention of him being a mutant.

"HEY!"

Morrie turned to see Flash, Kong and Leo coming up behind him.

"This is my party and what I say goes and I'm telling you to let her go and get the hell out of here" Flash said forcefully.

Morrie looked at Flash and then smirked, he rolled his eyes and he turned back to Tabitha and he let her go.

"Let me show you how different I am Babe" he said to her.

He straightened up and then held up his hand and suddenly his whole arm turned to clear blue water. He whipped his arm around at Flash and his friends and knocked them back and to the ground.

"MUTANT!" someone screamed out loud.

"RUN YOU IDIOTS HUMANS! MUTANTS ARE THE NEW WORLD ORDER!" he shouted as his lower body turned to a column of water.

"AHHHHHH!" shouted the teens and young adults as they all dropped their cups and clamored out of the house. Flash and his friends scrambled to their feet and ran for the nearest exit as well.


Balcony

Peter was still standing on the Balcony looking at Lana's number in his hand, he let out a sigh and then a smile.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

His head shot up at the sound of the shouting and crashing. Peter turned his head and he looked over the Balcony to see people making a mad dash out of the house. Peter turned and then ran through the Balcony doors and back into the house and to the stairs and he looked down. His eyes widen as he saw Morrie Bench, he instantly grabbed his shirt getting ready to pull it off but then he was struck with a thought.

'Damn…..I don't have my costume' hethought to himself 'oh well…looks like it's Peter Parker to save the day' he thought looking at Morrie and trying to figure out what to do.


Morrie thrusted his hand forward and a stream of water shot out and hit a few of the running partygoers violently knocking them down or into a wall.

"MORRIE STOP IT!" shouted Tabitha, but her words fell upon deaf ears and he kept demonstrating his new powers.


Gwen, Mary Jane, Liz and Johnny ran out of the back doors and into the backyard.

"You girls okay" he asked taking off his that, they each nodded their heads but he could see the fright in their eyes.

"You'll be safe here"

"Johnny what are you doing?" asked Gwen.

"Sorry Gwen but its hero time" he replied kissing her on the lips and then rushing back inside.


Inside

Morrie turned around to Tabitha and Lana

"You see Tabby…I'm now like you….we're perfect for each other"

"Dream on Psycho" she replied "I told you it was over between us…GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEAD!" she shouted.

"RAH!" he shouted holding up his giant fist made of water.

"FLAME ON!"

Morrie turned to see the Human Torch flying towards him; Morrie quickly shifted and swung his arm at Johnny. Johnny thinking his fire would burn through the water did nothing to get out of the path. The fist of water hit him hard and sent him flying back into a wall scorching it a little and sending a light gust of steam everywhere. Johnny slid down to the ground drenched in water, and to his surprise his flames had been put out.

"That's not good" he said to himself.

"The Human Torch…..time for you to meet Hydro-Man" said Morrie before held up both his hands and two high powered streams of water shot out and hit Johnny square in the chest. Morrie kept the stream of water focused on Johnny and he could hear him spluttering and choking on the water.

"HEY HYDRANT MAN!"

Morrie turned to the right and he saw Peter standing there with his hands behind his back.

"That's Hydro-man Jackass"

"Whatever it's time for you to chill out" he said removing the Fire extinguisher from behind his back. Morrie's eyes widen as the cloud of chemicals from the extinguisher hit him full on. While the extinguisher chemicals were designed to put out fires the dry powdery chemicals within still reacted to the water.

Morrie could feel his body violently reacting, he was slowly down he could feel each of his water Molecules mixed with the powder causing him to slow down making it harder for him to move almost like it was freezing him in place.

Peter kept blasting him with the fire extinguisher making him back away from the drenched Johnny.

'Spider-sense' thought Peter.

Suddenly the fire extinguisher was knocked out of his hand by a whip made of water. Morrie had gathered as much of his water as he could and knocked the extinguisher away, he raised his right hand and a fist of water shot forward and hit Peter in the chest knocking him back and into the wall where he slid down to the ground next to Johnny.

Morrie growled to himself as he looked at the two of them

"You two are Dea…." He started before several glowing lights caught his eyes, he looked down to see five glowing balls next to his feet, his eyes widen as he saw them glowing brighter and brighter.

"TAB…." He began to shout before the balls exploded and blew him apart.

Tabitha looked on as Morrie was blown apart, the parts of his body that where frozen were lying in pieces on the scorched floor while the remaining liquid portion was pulling together. A face formed in the water and it locked eyes with Tabitha.

"T-T-This isn't…o-over…..y-you…b-belong to me" he struggled to say, while his head slithered across the ground. Tabitha and Lana watched as Morrie made his way to the sink in the kitchen, he slithered up the counter and then to the sink and then into the drain, thus allowing him to escape.

"Well this has been an interesting night" said Peter looking at the sink where Morrie disappeared into.

"I'll say….thanks for the save" said Johnny rising to his feet.

"Don't mention it" Peter replied standing up. He looked across the room and he saw Lana and a distraught looking Tabitha get to their feet as well. Lana glanced at him and a slight smile passed across her face, she turned back to Tabitha and began to push her to the front door and out of the house.

"Oh My God" came a voice.

Peter and Johnny turned to left to see Flash walking back into the house; he looked around and saw the absolute mess that was his Aunt's living room.

"My Aunt…. is gonna kill me" he said smacking himself in the forehead.


Later that Night- Parker household

Liz's convertible came to a stop in front of Peter's house. He let out a groan and the hopped out of the car. After the fight he and Johnny went outside where they met up with the girls. After a moment of catching up they decided it would be better to get out of dodge before the cops got there, they could hear the sirens in the distance. There were still a few people lingering around but for the most part everyone had scattered. Johnny scooped up Gwen and flew away while he, Liz and Mary Jane drove away.

"Well tonight was….one for the books" he said looking at his two companions.

"Hey it was great until…you know the craziness started" said Mary Jane.

"Listen….thanks for tonight I really needed it" he replied looking at her

"No problem Tiger, we all needed it. See you tomorrow"

"Bye MJ….Goodnight Liz"

"See ya Pete" she replied.

The convertible turned and headed down the street towards Mary Jane's house. Peter watched them go and then turned and headed into his house.


Inside

Peter entered through the front door and the first thing he saw was his Aunt watching the news, her face lit up when she saw him.

"How was the movie dear?" she asked him

"Huh…oh…oh the Movie, well you know how movies go Aunt May, I mean they start off good but then towards the end it gets kinda….weird, but anyway I had a good time and I'm kinda sleepy so I'm gonna go to bed" he said heading for the stairs.

Suddenly though the lights in their house dimmed and then they came back on, the lights dimmed again and then they came back on.

"Aunt May did you pay the power bill?" he asked looking up at the lights.

"Yes I did….it's just a power surge nothing to worry about" she replied

Peter shrugged his shoulders and headed upstairs.

"Good night Aunt May"

"Good night Peter" she said watching him go. May let out a sigh once she saw that he was upstairs and turned her attention back to the news report.


TV

"Uh we apologize for the technical difficulties that we just experienced, as I was saying the young Harold Osborn will be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony tomorrow at Noon. The ceremony is to celebrate the opening of the new Oscorp Center for Disease Research Facility. The Mayor of New York is also scheduled to make an appearance at the ceremony. Along with this bit of news the Annual Oscorp Gala is tomorrow night at 7:00pm it will be held in the ballroom of the New York Civic Center….….


Water Front

Sitting on the edge of the docks was a large almost dilapidated looking Warehouse. It was once used for storage but it has long since been abandoned, at least by the general public, but it was still being used by someone and that was evident because of the light shinning through the windows and the soft laughing and mechanical whirring.


Inside

The interior of the Warehouse didn't match the outside because while the outside looked dilapidated the inside was actually reinforced. Electrical wiring was everywhere and it was all leading to a platform that had a five giant curved steel columns. The columns were curved to form a circular type of center. From the top of each of the columns was a thin steady beam of energy firing into the circular center. The combined beams of energy formed a small glowing ball of gold looking energy. It was spinning slowly and in small increments it was growing larger.

Standing in front of the platform was a man garbed in a green body suit, around his waist was a sliver metal harness that was seared into his flesh. From four holes in the back of the waist harness were four long silver mechanical arms with pinchers at the end of them. The man's name was Dr. Otto Octavious.

"Yes….My machine is working perfectly" he said out loud. One of his tentacles rose up to his ear and the pinchers moved almost in a whispering fashion. Otto turned to the tentacle and shook his head.

"Yes, I'm well aware of the power, as the fusion energy increases and grows larger the more energy it's going to require. If my calculations are correct Blackouts around the city will start occurring around 5:00 am tomorrow" he answered.

Otto's bottom left tentacle rose up towards his face and in its pincher was a radio; the top left tentacle grabbed the dial and began to turn the radio up.


Radio

"In other news around town, tomorrow Harry Osborn the new CEO of Oscorp Industries will be holding a ribbon cutting event at the brand spanking new Oscorp Center for Disease Research. For those of you who don't know Harry Osborn is the son of Norman Osborn who almost a year ago was revealed to be the flying costumed weirdo known as the Green Goblin. So far under the reigns of the young Osborn Oscorp has soared to the top of the charts in just about everything and….


CRUNCH!

Otto's tentacle crushed the radio and then dropped the remaining bits to the ground unceremoniously.

"Norman you might've slipped my through my fingers, but I can assure you that your son will not. The Sins of the Father shall be paid with the blood of the Son; I believe it is time for the young Harry Osborn to become acquainted with….Doctor Octopus"


End Chapter: Read and Review: Hey Readers it's me back with the closing comments. I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter and that small time skip. I tried my best to go over all of the most important things that happened in that five month time skip so I hope I pulled it off. Plenty of stuff happened in this chapter and as you read Peter might be close to finding out the secret of Harold's success, so I hope everyone returns for the next chapter. If anyone was wondering Peter's age he is still 16 and he's still a Junior but in the next few chapters he's gonna be heading into his Senior Year at Midtown High and he's turning 17 I'll probably make another announcement kinda how I did when he turned 16. I know not much Spider-man action but I felt that it was time to focus more on Peter's personal life and as you read he might be on the way to getting a new girlfriend now who it will be…HAHA you readers will have to keep on reading. I hope everyone enjoyed the debut of Hydro-Man initially he wasn't going to appear in this chapter but I decided what the heck and I threw him in there anyway. He'll be back and next time he'll have to face a fully prepared Spider-man. One other thing I really hope that everyone is enjoying the way I'm portraying each of the characters, their motivation, their background, and emotional state if anyone has any comments, criticism or advice they'd like to impart I'm open to hear them. Just leave said comment in the Review(writer's fuel) or just send me a PM Message and I'll get back to you ASAP…..this is Nomad88 saying Later…..

Ps: The next story up for update is definitely Secret Warrior: Spider-man I promise and then it's Batman Beyond and then back to TSA. The next chapter is the 50th chapter….a Milestone. This story has lasted 50 chapters and it's still going strong and what better way to celebrate the 50th chapter/issue than with one of Spidey's most iconic and anticipated enemies….Doctor Octopus…..see you then, this is me saying Later….

Next Up: The Six Arms of Doctor Octopus