Orders From J. Jonah Jamenson
Needless to say Mary Jane was not very happy about Peter Parker running off like he did even though it was his job to be a photographer. Indy wasn't happy that Peter disappeared during the action. His Aunt May called and yelled at him for putting himself in danger for taking even more pictures of 'that awful Spider Man'. (Apparently she had heard all about it from Mary Jane's aunt whom Mary Jane had confided in.) Harry was downright miserable but most likely not with him but since Peter was the only target around of course he would crab about it to him. Ironically the only person relatively happy was the one person who was never happy with him.
"Great shots! Great shots! For once Parker you've earned your Twenty Five dollars a shot!" J. Jonah Jamenson, editor of the Daily Bugle crowed.
"I thought it was now 30 dollars a shot sir?" Peter asked.
"Don't interrupt me," Jamenson snapped. "I don't know how you do it, but you did it."
Early in his career Peter had learned the art of sticking his camera in the right spot where it wouldn't be noticed, holding it with webbing and setting it on a timer as it took shots as he fought for his life. "Just a little something I picked up, sir."
"Mutants are big news!" Jamenson shouted. "Okay this shot with Fisk and Xavier is a little lame, but usable. Give the society pages something for their files. But these mutants fighting Turbo is great stuff! Great stuff! Even if they are taking the law into their own hands. But you did say they were working with some army folks right?"
"Uh yeah G.I. Joe but I don't think all of them were…"
"Close enough," Jamenson waved. "Okay Parker normally I wouldn't do this but with all the fighting in the Middle East, the Yankees creaming the Red Sox again and all the other stuff going on in this city all my real reporters are to busy to pick up the slack! One thing about this town, never a slow news day! Sometimes that's not a good thing. I even have to do an interview myself of Senator Kelly. He's an up and coming rising star in politics. I can see it now. 'The Inside Story on Senator Edward Kelly' by J. Jonah Jamenson. What do you think?"
"Well it'll be a change on your usual ranting about Spider Man sir," Peter said it before he thought.
"Who asked you? But you may have a point," Jamenson frowned. "Spider Man is old news. Yesterday's trash. We need something new and fresh. And that's where you come in Parker! I want to find out the inside scoop on the Xavier Institute and you're going to get it for me!"
"Me sir?" Peter gasped. "But I'm just a photographer. I'm not a reporter."
"Do you know the difference between you and a reporter Parker?" Jamenson asked.
"Uh…I have a camera and I'm cheaper?" Peter asked.
"You learn fast kid," Jamenson chomped on his cigar. "Now go get me that story!"