Museum Madness

That Monday Xavier's group had gone to the museum in New York City. "Now everybody stay together and try not wreck anything will you?" Cover Girl sighed.

"Some of this stuff is already wrecked," Ray scoffed. "I mean who would actually pay money for some of this junk."

"This 'junk' as you call it is art you ignoramus," Roberto growled.

"Please," Ray looked at him. "Have you seen the latest cover for REDMETAL? Their latest CD has the coolest picture of this chick with a guitar in one hand and a battle-ax in the other. Now that is art."

"Give me a break!" Amara groaned.

"Better yet I'll give him one," Wanda remarked.

"Look I want all of you to be on your best behavior!" Xavier warned.

"You mean like him?" Pietro pointed.

Hank was wearing a nice suit and was standing right next to a wealthy woman who looked like she would rather be anywhere at that moment than near him. Hank however pretended to take no notice of this. "Ah Vassily Kandinsky's 'Black Lines'," He lectured, mostly for his own amusement. "One of the enduring works of Expressionism that still resounds like a clear bell today. Notice how the bold strokes emphasize the pathos of the artist. His frustration with himself and society is clearly stated in this piece. Don't you agree?"

"Y-yes," The surprised woman stammered.

"His determination to shake the viewer by the roots and let loose all the anger, frustration, and morbidity really shines through in this doesn't it?" Hank went on. "No wonder he inspired so many abstract expressionists of the Forties and Fifties. Not to mention graffiti artists anywhere."

"Hey Lance didn't you once draw something like that on the Boy's bathroom back at our own high school?" Fred told him.

"Yeah it looks a lot like that," Lance nodded. "Only I did it in red spraypaint." He looked at the shocked woman. "I was going through my angry period. The red represented my frustration with society and stuck up jerks that were in charge."

"That and it was the only color the store had left," Pietro remarked.

"That too," Lance nodded.

"Sometimes I wonder why I even try?" Xavier rolled his eyes.

"Now you're sounding like Roadblock," Cover Girl told him.

"I wish I was with him doing reports right now," Xavier groaned.

"Wow some of this art is really cool," Kitty said. She was standing with Peter.

"Da," Peter nodded. "Some of the greatest artists in the world were from Russia."

"More like con artists," Lance grumbled.

"Lance you promised you wouldn't start anything!" Kitty snapped.

"I'm not starting anything!" Lance told her. "It's him starting things that I'm worried about."

"I will not start anything!" Peter snapped. "You are the one that always starts things!"

"I do not!" Lance snarled.

"Do so!" Peter snarled back.

"Will you two knock it off for once?" Kitty snapped. "I told you I'm here with both of you today so please for once try to get along!"

"I wish he would get along," Lance said. "Get a long way from here."

"The feeling is mutual," Peter growled.

"Honestly why can't you two be civil to each other for one day?" Kitty groaned.

"Kitty this ain't the 'Bachellorette'," Wanda told her.

"Yeah if you'd just make up your mind about those two we all wouldn't have to suffer!" Roberto told her as they moved on.

The exchange was noted by three slightly older college freshmen. "Ah to be young in love and completely stupid," Mary Jane Watson shook her head.

"Says the woman who used to date Flash Thompson," Her current boyfriend Peter Parker remarked.

"Like I said, young and stupid," Mary Jane shrugged. "That and he had a cool car."

"And I thought we had a strange relationship," Harry Osborn, Mary Jane's former boyfriend and Peter's best friend shook his head. "At least the three of us are still friends and mature enough to handle everything."

"Since when were you ever mature?" Mary Jane asked.

"Hey since I came into my trust fund I have gotten loads of maturity," Harry remarked.

"Not to mention tons of dates by pretty girls," Mary Jane smirked.

"That too," Harry grinned.

"There is something odd about those kids," Peter thought.

"You're right," Harry nodded. "Hey I recognize that guy! The one in the wheelchair, he's Charles Xavier. You know that mutant activist."

"Yeah," Peter said. "That must be some of his students he's with. He runs a school for mutants as well as some kind of hero group."

"Great just what we need," Harry muttered.

"Oh come on Harry don't tell me you have a problem with mutants," Mary Jane looked at him.

"Let's just say my past experiences with folks with superpowers haven't exactly been positive," Harry said. "Like Spider Man. Remember?"

"Actually I'm not sure Spider Man is a mutant," Peter said.

"Even if he was you can't judge a whole group of people by one guy," Mary Jane said.

"I suppose you're right," Harry sighed. "Still…maybe we should move to another room. No sense in tempting fate."

"Harry!" Mary Jane looked at him.

"Well you gotta admit from what you've seen on the news and in the papers trouble always seems to follow them around," Harry said. "I mean look at that guy over there! He looks like an escapee from Monsters Inc.! I can't believe they actually let that guy in here!"

"Well why wouldn't it? It's a public place," Mary Jane glared at him. "Mutants have as much right to be here as anyone else."

"I'm just saying…" Harry started to say when something droned him out.

Actually it was something in Peter's head that droned him out. It was a familiar alarm that rang off whenever danger was near. Although it wasn't as acute as it normally was, Peter Parker had learned that sometimes even the slightest thing amiss could be very important. Okay something just sent my spider sense off…it's low level but…Peter looked around and saw someone very familiar standing over by a nearby exhibit. A well dressed woman with black and purple hair. "Uh maybe we should move on like Harry said."

"Not you too Peter! Why…?" Mary Jane followed his gaze. "Oh…"

"Well isn't this a coincidence," Harry muttered. "My ex-girlfriend who ditched me without a reason is here as well."

"That's Cheyenne isn't it?" Mary Jane looked at her.

Also knows as Talon, super thief…Peter thought. Instead he said. "Yeah maybe we should go after all."

"Uh you go ahead," Harry waved. "I just want to say hello."

"Harry…" Peter held his arm.

"Don't worry Pete I'm a big boy," Harry looked at him. "I'll be right back."

"I can't believe he would want to talk to her after the way she treated him," Mary Jane shook her head.

"Well guys are funny like that," Peter remarked. That and the fact that he has no idea what she really does for a living. I mean she even tried to steal from Harry's own company!

"Hmmm, hold on I need to use the ladies room," Mary Jane entered the restroom nearby.

"Well this is looking like an interesting visit," Peter sighed as he took some pictures. "I know Jamenson wants me to get some random shots of the museum for the new exhibits but I don't think this is what he had in mind. Whoa! Is that…?"

A huge, heavy bald man dressed in a very dapper black suit and red shirt walked among the art. "Wilson Fisk also known as the Kingpin…?" Peter whispered to himself. "He's here too? Let's see, mutants, Talon and the Kingpin…This is not good. No wonder my spider sense is going nuts. Can things possibly get any worse?"

"Hey Peter look who I ran into in the bathroom," Mary Jane returned with a young woman with black hair in high gold ponytails and glasses.

"Indy?" Peter blinked. It was the young TV reporter Indy Daimanji from the local station. She had a passion for not only making it as a reporter, but quite an interest in both Peter Parker and Spider Man. Peter had briefly dated her before realizing she was more interested in getting the story than him.

"Hey Peter! Great to see ya!" Indy smiled.

"What are you doing here?" Peter asked.

"Well I was assigned to do a human interest story on the museum's new exhibits which I was sure would be a total snoozefest," Indy rolled her eyes. "But now I see a great opportunity! I mean look at this, Professor Charles Xavier of the Xavier Institute and Wilson Fisk the philanthropist both in the same place at the same time! Now that is a story! I've got to interview at least one of them!"

"Come on Peter let's go with her," Mary Jane said. "It will be fun!"

"You're kidding?" Peter looked at her.

"Peter I know you're kind of shy but this is a golden opportunity for you too!" Indy said. "You'll get some great pictures! It will be good for your career! Hey is that Harry Osborn! Great I can interview him too!"

"Harry?" Mary Jane asked. "Why?"

"His corporation is the one that donated all these new artworks and antiquities to the museum," Indy said. "Didn't you know?"

"He didn't tell us," Mary Jane replied.

"Well you know Harry," Peter said. "He doesn't exactly like to act like a big shot too much around us."

"Well like it or not he's news," Indy said. "Come on let's start with Professor Xavier!"

"Sometimes I hate it when my spider sense is right," Peter grumbled to himself.

Okay I took the situations based on the new MTV version of Spider Man for this fic. Fun huh? Yup Talon is a new character from the series as well. And so is Indy. Isn't this going to be fun! Oh yes…