Classes started and Peter and Bobby were no closer to finding a suspect. Scott had gotten back to them to let them know that Professor X did have a record of a mutant that matched the description and may or may not be going by the name Firebrand. It was really more of a rumor of a possibility and not much to go on. Another fire had broken out the night before classes started a few blocks from Johnny and Wyatt's apartment. Unfortunately, Peter and Bobby were on campus at the time and couldn't make it back before the fire had been put out and there was no sign of their mysterious mutant.

It wasn't until Friday that everyone's schedules let them make it out to the Odyssey. Peter and his group were considered fixtures at this point, with their own table. No one dared try to take Gwen's pool table so they were back in the comfortable rhythm of eating and watching each other get destroyed at pool by Gwen.

"Hey, isn't that one of the boys from Biology?" Peter nudged Wyatt towards the direction of the door.

"Yeah...David, Davis? Something like that. He's Australian." Wyatt and Peter raised their hands and waved him over.

"Aren't you in our Bio class?" Peter asked as the boy made it over to their table.

"Yeah. Davis Cameron."

Wyatt pushed a chair out with his foot. "Have a seat. This is Peter and I'm Wyatt." He glanced around, "The two getting beat at pool by the blond are Johnny and Bobby. And, the blond, that's Gwen."

Davis sat down. "She was in one of my classes last semester. I'm not surprised she's good at pool too."

Peter leaned back in his chair. "Australian?"

David nodded and took a sip of his drink. "I came over at the beginning of last semester."

"That's a long way from home. What made you decide to come?" Peter was genuinely curious. He couldn't imagine being that far from his family.

Davis shrugged. "I got in." He added a smile. "And it was a long way from home."

Wyatt laughed. "I get it. I'm from Oklahoma...not quite as far but far enough. Peter's only four hours from home so he doesn't get it."

Davis nodded and took another sip. "Gwen mentioned this place a couple times last year. Thought I'd break down and check it out."

Peter grinned. "We like it." Peter took a bite of pizza and offered a slice to Davis. "So what other classes do you have?"

Gwen and Bobby worked their way over to the table and sat down on the tail end of the schedule comparison between Davis, Wyatt, and Peter. They actually had a couple labs together as well. Wyatt looked over at Gwen. "What did you do with Johnny?"

She nodded her head towards a group. "He's flirting with some redhead." The comment caused almost all of them to roll their eyes. And none of them missed the fact that he left with her thirty minutes later. Wyatt looked over at Peter and Bobby, "So you're giving me a ride home, right."

Peter pulled out of his parking space into traffic and made his way in the direction of Wyatt and Johnny's apartment. His Spidey sense started tingling as soon as he turned down the street their apartment was on.

"Is that smoke?" Bobby peered out the window, dread settling in his stomach.

Peter pulled over far enough back and parked. He got out and headed toward the apartment building. Wyatt and Johnny's apartment building. He realized when he reached the entrance that Bobby and Wyatt were both behind him. Wyatt was on his cell with 911 reporting the fire. Peter pulled open the door and started looking for a fire extinguisher and alarm. Finding it he pulled the alarm and smashed the glass, yanking the extinguisher free. "Wyatt, start banging on doors." He handed the extinguisher to Wyatt and turned to start up the stairs but paused long enough to toss his keys to as well. "Just work on getting everyone out. We'll check the upper floors."

Bobby followed Peter up the stairs, willing to follow his lead. People were starting to respond to the alarm and were filling the halls and stairwells. Bobby followed Peter through the flow of panicked bodies up another floor. They both knew there were a total of six floors in the building because they had been on the top floor less than a week ago. The smoke started getting thicker as they approached the 4th floor. Peter looked around to make sure he was clear and triggered the Iron Spider suit. The mask started filtering the smoke making it easier to breath. He saw Bobby was in his ice form as well. He just hoped they didn't terrify anyone running from the fire. "Karen, scan to see if there's anyone still on this floor."

"Scan negative. Peter, as the heat of the fire intensifies my scans will become less efficient."

"I know, just keep scanning and let me know when I need to take over." He glanced back at Bobby who was starting to work on the flames that were licking down the wall. "Up". He started up the stairs, Bobby behind him.

"Peter, scans are picking up a heat signature on the 5th floor. No additional signs. My scanners are starting to be less reliant though."

Peter tensed and bolted up the stairs. Alighting at the top he saw a figure, a figure he recognized, at the end of the hall, flames streaming off the walls onto his arms.

"Johnny, stop! What are you doing?" Peter covered the distance between himself and Johnny and spun him around. "Why would you do this?"

Johnny tilted his head and looked at Spider-Man, recognizing the voice. "Peter? What the hell?" He looked down the hall at Bobby. "Bobby?"

Bobby reaches the duo, firing streams of water at the flames as he went. He could definitely manipulate ice better but ultimately it was all water. The problem was, the fire was eating up a lot of the oxygen which meant there wasn't enough to actually pull much water out. "Johnny, what the hell are you doing?"

Johnny looked between the two and he realized what they both meant. "How could you possibly think I was the arsonist?" Johnny asked incredulously.

"Because you're always playing with matches and lighters. And now this...". Peter fired back, gesturing at the flames on his arms.

"Because I'm the Human Torch. I'm literally fire. I'm trying to stop it!" Johnny stood in front of Peter, flames flickering off his arms.

"Well that makes a whole lot more sense now. But I didn't know that did I?" Peter ducked as a piece of debris fell from the ceiling.

"Well, you do now...Spider-Man." Johnny said pointedly as he pulled a stream of fire away from Peter and Bobby.

"Can we talk about our alter egos after we get out of here?" Bobby was doing his best to pull enough water out of the air to combat the fire but it was being consumed rapidly. "Do you think everyone's out? I'm not sure we're doing much good."

Peter tilted his head to listen for sounds other than the cracking of wood. "I don't hear anyone else but I'd feel better if I checked upstairs first." Knowing that Bobby was going to quickly lose his ice form if he stayed in the fire much longer he added, "Head back down to Wyatt and make sure he got everyone out." Peter darted towards the tumbling stairs. He was startled to see Johnny flying next to him. "Ok, that's pretty cool." Peter landed in the hallway on the top floor. He paused long enough to focus. "Hang on, I hear something." He could hear a faint heartbeat. Following the sound he yanked a door off its hinges, smoke billowing around him.

Johnny stood behind him, coercing the flames to create a path Peter could travel through. Peter followed the heartbeat until he found an unconscious girl on the floor in the bathroom. Scooping her up he turned to head out, noting that Johnny was pulling flames away from him. "Go. Make sure Bobby and Wyatt got out. I'll take her out the window."

They could both hear sirens coming from outside now and knew fire and police would be on the street. Johnny hesitated at the door. "They'll see you."

"I'll figure it out. Just make sure Bobby and Wyatt are ok. Head to our house. I'll meet you there." Peter waited until he was sure Johnny was leaving and kicked the remains of a window out and scoped out his options to secure a web. Finding a high spot he flung a web and propelled himself out of the burning building holding the girl securely at his side. He landed a short distance from the first ambulance he saw.

"Hey, you're Spider-Man!" One of the paramedics rushed towards him to help him with the girl.

"Yeah. Visiting a friend for the weekend. Thought I'd give you a hand. The top two floors are clear." He truly wasn't sure about the rest of them. He had hoped Wyatt had been able to get everyone else out. Several police and firefighters made their way over. Peter didn't want to risk any kind of confrontation so he flung a web and pulled himself up. "Take care of her and be careful!" He swung his way down the street and headed for the closest roof he thought he could land on unseen.

Crouched on the roof he could still see the fire but it looked like they were getting it under control. "Karen, scan for heat signatures, wide scan." He had tweaked her scanning abilities after she hadn't been able to pick up the same signature Bobby had and thought he had it pretty well dialed in. A figured appeared on the outskirts of his HUD, seconds away from being out of range.

"Peter, there is no path you can take that would allow you to intercept."

Peter sighed. "I know. Run a search of the area and see if anything jumps out. And, do I have any options to actually swing home or am I stuck walking?" A path illuminated on his HUD that got him within about a block of the house. It was better than nothing. "Get a status update from Bobby and can you turn up my heater?"