AN: So video games and Netflix have been a major time suck in my life recently. Yeah. Sorry about that.

Chapter 6

Spider-Man and Black Cat swung through the high rise buildings of Manhattan. The sun had gone down a few hours ago, but the lights from inside the buildings indicated that the night shift was still hard a work making the world spin until the morning. The sounds and bustle of the night life on the streets below could be heard from where the two heroes were above.

The two flew through the city in practiced form. Spider-man was out front on one side of the street, and about 10 meters back on the other side of the street, Black Cat followed behind him. When it was possible, they would run on the roofs of building to give their shoulders, arms, and hands a break. The night so far had been slow, with only a car chase, and a car accident that resulted in needing to take people to the hospital.

Spider-Man decided that the two needed to take break. He pointed out the roof of the building to Black Cat to point out where he intended to go. When he looked behind and saw her nod her understanding, he pulled hard on his webline and yanked himself up to the roof. He landed with a soft thud and looked behind him to see Black Cat land gracefully without sound.

"What's up?" Black Cat asked cheerfully.

"Not much is going on tonight." Spider-Man said crestfallen.

"So what do you want to do?" Black Cat said mimicking his tone.

Spider-Man mulled over a few idea's in his head. Random patrols just produce random results. Shocker was working for Fisk. Hobgoblin is in hiding. The two groups were both going after the same thing. They both had access to some kind of information about Alchemax. Then an epiphany came to him. They would have to get updated information about what they were after. All the two hero's had to do was get the same information from them.

"I have an idea!" Spider-Man said excitedly.

"Well don't leave a girl wondering."

"We can break into one of Kingpin's labs and steal the information on whatever they are trying to take from Alchemax."

Black Cat just stared at him with her mouth open.

"What?" He asked with a quizzical expression on under his mask.

"It's just strange to hear you say that you want to steal information. That's all. Normally I would expect you to ask for information from someone in the Avengers, or at SHEILD." Black Cat shrugged.

"Yeah, I would. The problem is that those groups have all kinds of laws and policies and morals that might keep them from getting information from a legally operating company. I know that Fisk doesn't, and I have no moral qualms stealing from him." He explained.

"You don't have to explain to me. I'm just pleasantly surprised by this decision." She said with a smile. "So what's the plan?"

"First, ask someone in the Avengers or SHEILD where Fisk's current hideout is."

"Ugh." She groaned.

"Hey, somethings don't change." Spider-Man said as he pulled out his Avengers ID card. A quick video chat later with Hawkeye, who was the Avenger on Duty in the tower, and the duo had the location on Fisk's current base of operations.

"You want any help with this issue?" Hawkeye asked after giving Spider-Man the coordinates.

"Nah. Cat and I got it." Spider-Man said casually.

"Please?" The archer begged.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked.

"There hasn't been any major world crises' that need a whole team right now so I'm stuck here answering calls." Hawkeye complained.

"Sorry. Can't help with that. I prefer a stable geopolitical atmosphere." Spider-Man said with cheeky cheerfulness.

"Can you at least have your girlfriend call next time? She's much nicer to look at."

Black Cat overheard this. "How about you make me a full member of the Avengers and I can call whenever you want?" She proposed.

Spider-Man hated when this subject came up. "I'll talk to you later there Robin Hood." Trying to deflect and end further conversation, and turned off the video link on his ID card without giving Hawkeye time to respond.

When he looked up Black Cat was glaring at him. "What?"

"You still don't want me to be an Avenger?" She asked in mock exasperation.

"I just don't want to risk competing with Tony Stark and having you putting your hands all over him." He said in the hope that suggestive humor would distract her.

"Maybe all you need to do then is keep my hands all over you." Felicia responded none too coyly as she walked into Spider-Man personal space to put her hands on his chest.

"Ummm, uh…can we go and break into Fisk's place of illicit business now?" Spider-Man asked in a nervous manner as he backed away and vaulted over the edge of building.


The coordinates that Hawkeye gave the pair led them to a Fisk Industries subsidiary in Midtown. The building itself was wasn't actually owned by The Kingpin, but a legitimate company that bought, rented out, and sold property and other assets like so many other companies. The labs that belonged to Fisk Industries only occupied five floors. The two vigilantes clung to the windows a few floors up from there.

"What plan do you have Spider?" Black Cat asked with genuine curiosity and enthusiasm. She loved it when the two got to break into places. It was all the fun of her former criminal lifestyle, with all the fun of her current hero lifestyle. The excitement of being caught, with the fun of kicking ass in the name of good.

Spider-Man had been examining the blueprints of the building. "Well, the bottom floor of the labs are just conference rooms, the top floor is executive offices. The middle three floors are labs, likely where we'll find a computer with all of the information on Alchemax that they are holding for competition purposes."

Black Cat already knew how she would break in, but she loved seeing how her boyfriend came up with a plan for a heist. She had plenty of experience breaking into banks, jewelry exchanges, and museums. Spider-Man had far more experience sneaking into secret lairs belonging to super villains. The security systems were similar, except her targets had video surveillance, and high end criminals didn't because it was just visual evidence that the authorities could pick up in a raid. Also, if she tripped an alarm (which she only did on purpose) then it was the cops who would respond and try to take her alive at some point, and it usually gave her a few minutes to escape. When Spider-Man tripped an alarm, henchman responded in seconds, usually trying to kill him.

"Now the weakest point of security isn't going to be on any of those floors." He explained.

"Where is it then?" She asked.

"The law offices that we are outside right now." He said cheerfully. "We break in. Sneak down the elevator shaft, force the door, and start searching the labs."

Black Cat smiled. Spider-Man would have been an incredible thief had he not opted to be the hero he was. It was part of the reason that she found him so alluring. "Well then. This should be fun." Black Cat said smiling brightly.

"Well I know that you have toys to use for this type of situation." Spider-Man said, encouraging her to start.

"No. Toys are used for pleasure. I have accessories." The former thief said proudly. She then pulled a small device from her belt. It was about the size of a marker, and had a similar shape. The base was a small black cylinder, and the rest of the device was an elongated loop of wire. The device an extremely powerful heat coil. Black Cat used it because the average glass break sensor would only detect glass actually breaking. This was to prevent the alarm from going off if the window was opened as they usually are. The heat coil melted the glass gently to make an opening, but cut like any glass cutter.

Black Cat used the heat coil for its intended purpose, and made a hole about three feet in diameter. The two slipped in and found themselves in lavish office of what was likely a partner of some sort. The tempered glass desk sat with expensive pens and an expensive looking clock.

"Never been inside a lawyer's office before. Looks like it pays well." Black Cat said, admiring the expensive decor.

"Only met one. Matt Murdock. Nice Guy." Spider-Man said exiting the office into the lobby.

Black Cat followed him. "Why would you need a lawyer? Was it sexy? Did he 'get you off'?"

Spider-Man walked over to the elevators. "In order. There was a patent dispute for a sensors I designed to analyze wide a spectrum radiation frequency. It was not particularly sexy. Yes, we won our case. I proved I created my sensor free of copyright violations. Mostly because as a scientist, I keep meticulous records of all my work."

"Mmmm. I'm dating a bad boy." Black Cat said with a sexy purr.

Spider-Man forced open the elevator door. "Well J.J. claims that I'm a menace. Seriously though. Let's get the party started." He finished as he started to wall crawl down the elevator shaft.

"Ah. You're no fun sometimes." She groaned and followed him down the shaft.

Spider-Man forced the door open on the floor right below the executive offices. The two infiltrators slipped in and looked around. The hallway they were in was not anything out of ordinary. There was carpet on the floor, and doorways leading to other rooms. The two walked over to a nearby directory on the wall next to the elevator. One conveniently labeled room was 'central system'.

"How did you know that they would be here?" Black Cat asked.

"One in three chance to begin with." Spider-Man said. "But if I were a megalomaniac, I would keep all of the information away from me to keep myself safe from the law, but close enough to have constant access. The nearest lab seems like the best way to do that." He finished explaining.

The two crept along the wall toward the room with the central system. The barely audible sound of padded feet making the only noise. At the end of the hallway, they hung a right down another hall. The moment they rounded the corner, they saw two Fisk Industry security personnel. The khaki body armor and slacks with the white polo shirts presented a strangely professional appearance. As though the two henchmen were trying to say 'I'm here to hurt people, but that doesn't mean I'm a savage.

The two men pulled 9mm Glock 17's from hip holster and began to aim them at the hero's. It was to no avail though as Spider-Man and Black Cat were used to disarming thugs pulling guns. So long as the webline/grapple hit the arm with the gun in it, they could whip the arm away from the intended target, and then disable the attacker. This was the exact case that happened here. The two men with guns were taken out, and rendered immobile by webbing to prevent them from interfering further.

"Well that was exciting." Black Cat said.

"Yep. Now I get to play with encrypted computer data." Spider-Man said in an excited tone.

The two grabbed a security badge off one of the now unconscious guards and opened the door. "Glad those guys were here." Black Cat said. "It takes my lock cracking program a lot slower."

Spider-Man wasn't paying attention though. After plugging in a USB cord that connected to his Avengers ID, he started typing furiously away at a keyboard attached to a monitor. "Allrighty then, I'm downloading the memory, but just at a glimpse, whatever The Kingpin sent Shocker after is now at Alchemax's Roosevelt Island facility."

"That's enough to start. Let's get going." Black Cat said.

The download finished less than a minute later. Spider-Man unplugged the USB cord and put his ID card away. Just then an alarm started to blare throughout the room.

"You're in for it now!" came a voice from the other side of the door.

"Well, apparently one of didn't hit their guy hard enough." Spider-Man said. "And now our exit is going to be far more interesting."

Black Cat was smiling. "And now I get to punch people."

AN: So the next chapter is going to get a bit...violent. Not bloody per say. But there will be bruises and broken bones.