Spider-Moon 2 – The Tri-ad Connection.
Chapter 2: Information Hunt
Finding information out about an organization that didn't want to be known was harder then it looked. Even after Spider-Man was able to get a hold of Michiru, he was still in the same spot that he was in before. No where. "I'm sorry that I couldn't be of any more help to you Spider-Man. Personally I'm also surprised that nothing happened once we got back here from Tokyo as well." Michiru stated. Spider-Man sighed and looked around the area that they were standing in. It was a plaza seated right in front of a big screen that was constantly showing some kind of news broadcast. At first when Spider-Man had first seen the place, he had thought that he had stepped into something out of that updated version of the Time Machine movie in the future part of it. However he knew better then that. "Sorry Michiru. It's just that ever since the two stunts that were pulled off I thought that you might also have some light to shed on this as well." Spider-Man finished as he looked down at the ground. Haruka was also standing there as well. Sitting down next to Spider-Man, she put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Spider-Man, you shouldn't always take everything on your own shoulders. I know that you've been on your own for a while, however now that you're working with a team, you have to understand that it's not just you any more." She told him. Spider-Man knew and understood that, however it was still hard for him to take. After all, the last thing that he needed was anyone hurt from something that his powers had created. However before Spider-Man could say anything else, Spider-Man's cell COM link started beeping. Taking it out, he looked at it and then opened it up. On the screen on the inside was Mars. "Spider-Man, we've gotten something here. I know that this might sound strange; however we're in the shopping district of Tokyo. Is there any chance that you can get over here and fast?" She asked him. Spider-Man looked at her through the screen and really couldn't figure out how the thing worked. However he knew that something was up. "I'll be over there as fast as the web line express can take me." He told her as he flipped the device closed.
Mars couldn't understand what was taking Spider-Man so long. She knew that she understood what he meant by the web line express, however she thought that he would've been over here sooner. "I know that we can't wait here forever, but this is getting on the crazy side." She stated to Jupiter. Jupiter looked like she was ready for just about anything. Currently the both of them were seated in a nearby alley across the street from the shop that they were looking at. They had both already changed into Sailor Mars and Jupiter after Mars made her call to Spider-Man to let him know what was going on. "This is nuts, come on, he can meet us on the inside of the place." She said as she got up and started heading for the place. Mars couldn't believe what Jupiter was doing, however she followed none the less anyway. Once they were halfway across the street from the place, both of the girls felt something connect onto the back of them and pull them back.
Spider-Man had just gotten into the right area and spotted both Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter crossing the street when his Spider-Sense started going crazy on him. As he got closer, he discovered that it was coming right from the place that the two girls were heading right for. Shooting two web lines out, he snagged onto the girls and then shot another line out back towards the alley that they had come from in the first place and pulled as fast as he could. Suddenly, the entire place was rocked by an explosion. As Sailor Mars and Jupiter flew back they watched as the place went up in flames. Both of the girls landed in a heap and slowly got up as the continued to look at the flames that continued to eat away at the building. Spider-Man was over head looking at both of the girls as well as the building in flames. "Well what ever was inside the building, its history now." He stated. Mars looked up at him. "Actually it was someone. We had tracked someone here that had information. I thought when we first talked to the person, which something was a bit off, so we followed him here. Once we found out what the place was, we called you. I'm just glad you were able to get here in time." She finished. Jupiter looked up at him. "So what did take you so long to get here?" She asked him. Spider-Man looked down at her. "I'm sorry, but I don't know Tokyo like the both of you do. I had to stop and ask for directions before I could get here." He said. "However the moment that I got here, my Spider-Sense starting going off and I knew that the both of you were in danger. I have a feeling that they remote detonated the place to make sure that not only was there nothing left of the place, but also so that the both of you might also be hurt in the explosion as well." He told them as he jumped down and walked over to the edge of the alley that they were in. He knew that he couldn't take of his mask at all, however he also knew that he had to get a closer look at the explosion area to see for him self what was the real cause of the explosion. Mars was watching what he was doing, however she was wondering other things. "I have a feeling that who ever set this off was watching us from a different place, and once we were to get close enough, we were going to be killed. I don't think that they expected you to arrive in time to save us. That would mark the second time that you've save us from getting killed in the first place." She said to him as she walked up behind him. "I believe at this point, they're getting a bit upset that we haven't been killed off yet." She said. All three of them watched as the Tokyo Fire Department finally showed up to put the fire out and start their investigation. Spider-Man didn't know how they would run it, however something told him that it would be quick and only half done. "Does either of you girls know how they run investigations around Tokyo at all?" He asked them. Both Sailor Mars and Jupiter looked at him. "To be honest, once everything gets done around the fights that we happen to be in, we're gone before anyone ever has a chance to show up. So no we don't have any idea at all." Mars told him. Jupiter looked at him. "I take it that you want to get a closer look don't you?" She asked him. Spider-Man only nodded. He was going to have to use the cell phone changing device for the first time, since Luna gave it to him. However he knew that it was going to be hard right then since all of the fire fighters that were there were facing away from him. He needed to see the front end not the back end. However he knew just how to be able to get it. Looking at the girls and then back at the fire fighters, he realized that none of them were young women. "Ok so that's not going to work." He stated as he slumped against the wall. Jupiter looked at him. "What's the matter Spider-Man?" She asked him. Spider-Man didn't have to say anything; it was Sailor Mars that picked up on it at once. "If he goes over there, we can't go with him to help him out with anything. None of the fire fighters are women, they're all guys." She stated. Jupiter herself slumped against the wall. "It would figure. We would have to stay over here and wait while he went over there and looked at everything." She stated, but then she realized that they did have a way. "Wait a minute." She said as she brought out her cell device. "We can still be over there with you at the same time that you are even if we aren't over there." She finished. Spider-Man looked down at her cell and realized that since they also doubled as video com links, that they would have no trouble at all. "All right," he said as he looked for someone that he could be able to look like. "I just wish I knew how this thing worked." He stated as he spotted one and held up the device. As it turned out the device worked just like the camera phones that they had over in the US, and the controls were also similar as well. Holding it up he got the subject into view of the lens and then hit what would've been the snap shot. However as Spider-Man looked down, he noticed that his own clothes had changed as well. I sure hope that my costume is still on under everything. He thought as he pulled away some of the jacket and noticed that it was still there. Looking into a reflection rite quick he also noticed that his mask was no longer there as well. Reaching to the back, he felt for his mask and noticed that it had moved to back there. I've really got to talk to Luna on how this thing works. He thought as he headed forward to where the fire by that time had been put out and there was nothing left but smoking ash. As Spider-Man, who now looked like an undercover Peter Parker, walked around through the rubble, he noticed that there were traces of what appeared to be a bomb. Bending down and taking a closer look at it, he held out the camera phone and turned it on. "So what do you girls think, seen anything like this at all?" He asked. On the screen he saw the girls and in the up right hand of the screen he saw the device, he knew that the girls had a bigger picture of it on their screen while he was smaller. "It's nothing that we've ever seen before, not by any of the villains that we've ever faced or by the Witches 5 either." Sailor Mars stated. Peter closed the device and put it away and continued looking around. He knew that there was something else here that was going to be important. Then he saw it, something that just about made his stomach turn. It was human remains. Once again opening the camera phone he pointed at it. "I have a feeling that the ones that were in here wanted him to stay put while they took off and toasted him." He told the girls. "This is all that remains of him." Looking around him he noticed that the guys' wallet was still in one piece. Picking up the wallet, he looked through it and noticed that there was still quite a bit here including information that they were going to need. Looking around he noticed that the other fire fighters were still roaming around the front end of the place. Peter took that time to slip literally out the back side and head up the nearby wall to get to the roof. Once there Peter changed back into the Spider-Man costume and headed back to the girls.
As Sailor Jupiter and Mars watched the scene there, they had no idea that Spider-Man had already left and was coming back, till he dropped in right behind them and said something. "I've got the guys wallet." He told them, startling them both. "Spider-Man, do you have to do that?" Sailor Mars asked him as she placed her hand over her fast beating heart. "I mean I like that you can do that, however it will take lives off of us, if you were to keep that up." Jupiter just looked at her. "So what's in the wallet?" She asked him. Spider-Man brought it out and opened it up. "Looks like stuff that every Japanese person here in Tokyo would carry ID, cash, and other assortment. However I highly doubt that any normal typical Japanese person would carry a card key. I mean the only kind of person that would, would the high ranking official, either in government or in the military." He said as he pointed up and indicated going to a higher local.
Both of the girls grabbed on and Spider-Man shot a web line out and all three of them went up to the nearby roof. Sailor Jupiter noticed that there was no indication that there was a web shooting device under the glove. "What happened to the web shooter?" She asked him. Spider-Man dropped both of them off on the roof and landed himself. "Actually they were destroyed about two weeks ago during and explosion dealing with a bank and some other things." He told them. "So I've just been dealing with the one in my wrists ever since." He finished as he once again pulled the wallet out. Sailor Mars took the ID and started going over it. Sailor Jupiter help Spider-Man go over everything else that was in there. Mars knew that Spider- Man couldn't read Japanese, however she could and she didn't like it at all. "I think we might end up with some unwelcome company when it comes to this." She told them holding up the ID. "You could think of this as the Japanese version of the Central Intelligence Agency of Tokyo. Nothing gets by with out these people knowing about it. I wouldn't doubt it if they had something on all of the Senshi." She stated as she handed it back. For once Spider-Man wished that he had a contact here in Tokyo that might be able to help him out on something. Then he thought of something. "Can these things make a call to New York?" He asked. Both Sailor Mars and Jupiter looked at each other, both shaking their heads no. "We have no idea." Jupiter told him. To Spider-Man it looked like a cell phone so he had no idea, however, he figured that it would be better to give it a shot then not at all. Dialing in the number that he needed, he was surprised to find out that it did work. Moving his mask above his mouth, he started talking. "Hi, this is Peter Parker, any chance that I could talk to J.J. at all?" He asked into the phone. A moment later, "yes Mr. Jameson its Peter. Look I have a bit of a problem and I was wondering if you might be able to help me out here. I need to talk to someone in the Tokyo government about something...Yes I said that...Yes it's gotten that big over here...Yes I need to talk to someone in the Japanese version of the C.I.A....You can, great...I understand... Believe me it's already heating up to something big...Ok right bye Mr. Jameson." Peter finished as he hung up the phone by closing it. Sailor Jupiter looked at him. "So what happened, and what's going on?" She asked him. Spider-Man looked at her and Mars. "How would you two like to help me as undercover reporters?" He asked them. Even though they couldn't see his face, Spider-Man/Peter Parker was smiling from ear to ear.
As they arrived out side of the building, the other girls had also arrived. Peter had explained to them what was going on and told them his idea. Michiru was able to get press ID badges for the two that were already going to help him, while the others were going to act like they were on a school assignment. Peter knew that no government would ever deny the chance for their schools to see what the government was like, not with the Press hanging around. Peter already had his camera on him to make sure that he got photos of everything that they were going to need. However he wasn't the one that was going to be writing anything down. Yes he was going to be asking the question, however it was going to be Rei and Makoto that were going to be recording and writing everything down. Rei was going to be writing down notes while Makoto was going to be sound recording everything that was said. The rest of the girl had their school uniforms on, despite the fact that it was clearly a Saturday and there wasn't supposed to be any school. However it way Ami that pointed out that it would at least make it look like they were trying to learn about their government more then what was actually taught in schools. Once they got to the front doors, Peter had them all do one finial check before crossing the line and entering the building. Once they were inside, Peter walked over to the security desk and waved. "Hi, my name's Peter Parker, I'm from the Daily Bugle in New York City America. I was told that I could be able to come along on this trip with the girls here for their field trip." He told the guard as he show them his American Press badge. "These two lovely ladies here are going to be helping out." He stated indicating Rei and Makoto. "They're going to be recording and taking notes since I need to handle the camera." He told them. Peter knew that he wasn't letting the guards get a word in edge wise and that was just how he had wanted it in the first place, however now they had the chance, but they would shortly loose that chance. "Ah...I would have to clear that..."He tried to say. "As you can see, the building has been around for some time, about 60 years to be exact. A standing testimony to the efficiency of the Tokyo government." Michiru was telling the girls as they looked around the building in awe. Of course Usagi however was looking like she would rather be some place else. Ami gave her a bump in the side and Usagi turned her attention back to what Michiru was saying. Peter turned to look at the guy. "I'm sure that for this one time, you could let this slide." He stated nodding back to the girls. "After all, it's not these ladies get a chance to see these things every day." He told him. For once the guard actually nodded. "You know, you're right. Well...ok, but don't let anyone else know about this ok, the staff here is at a minimum because it happens to be the weekend." He told Peter. Peter smiled and nodded and waved the girls past the desk while taking photos of what seemed like the girls. In actuality, he was taking photos of both the girls and the place that they were in. He knew that some where down the line, he might just need them.
One they were past the desk Peter and the girls knew that it was only a matter of time now. Soon they knew that they were going to have to change into the Sailor Senshi while Peter changed back into Spider-Man. "Well so far so good." Usagi stated now that she was fully back into Senshi mode. Peter was surprised at the sudden change in her. If I didn't know any better, I would think that there is something different about Usagi. Something that I might not like at all. He thought as they continued onto the elevators that would take them to the higher. Levels.
Inside the elevator, Peter motioned to over his head and all of the girls looks and noticed that there was a hidden camera. "I have a feeling that this entire building is going to be riddled with them." He whispered to them. Haruka looked at him and gave him a look that asked how did he know about it? "Spider-Sense." He whispered. The elevator dinged as they arrived on what appeared to be the first level of their tour of the building. As they looked around at first, Peter used his Spider-Sense to direct him as to where the cameras were hidden in the place. However quickly ducking into a closet told him that there was nothing there in the way of any kind of surveillance. Peter looked around the outside and surprisingly, there was no cameras aimed at the door of the building. He knew that they were going to have to leave the building as how they came in, however they also knew that they would be able to get more done as the Senshi and Spider-Man. Peter ushered them all into the closet and started changing, luckily for him, he had under dressed what he was eventually going to be wearing. The other girls had to change a different way. "Moon Cosmic POWER!" "Mars Star POWER!" "Mercury Star POWER!" "Jupiter Star POWER!" "Venus Star POWER!" "Uranus Planet POWER!" "Neptune Planet POWER!" Within seconds each of the Senshi were standing there along side one very unmasked Spider-Man. Peter changed that by pulling his mask back on. Stepping back out into the hall, Spider-Man looked both ways before fully stepping out and waving the others to come out as well. "The place we need to go is this way." He told them as he led the way down there. Sailor Mercury had brought out her visor and was working it. It was her job to spot all of the hidden cameras that were around as they made their way to one special office. "There are a lot of hidden cameras around the place." She noted as she mapped out the place on her computer. "Let us know when we happen to get close to one." Spider-Man told her. "A little webbing should fix it right up." He said as she point to one spot on the wall. "Right there, about two meters from the ceiling and the wall point." She stated. Spider-Man looked up and then shot his hand towards the spot and fired off a glob of webbing. "Not any more there isn't." He said as they continued on. "So what's this person supposed to be like anyway?" Jupiter asked him. Spider-Man didn't know quite what to say. "Well he's one of the people that know what's going on in Japan at all times. However I did have a chance to talk to him over the phone as Spider-Man and talked to him for a bit. I have a feeling that he's not expecting what he's about to get." Spider-Man stated as he had webbed up about four more on their walk to the office door. "And here we are." He said as he pulled open the door. He had already known that he wasn't about to even knock or pull any punches when it came to this at all. Under his mask he was smiling the entire time. The man that was sitting at the desk on the inside of the office had no idea what in the world was even going on at all. "What is the meaning of this?" He asked as Spider-Man and the entire Sailor Senshi (at least the ones that could make it) walked into the office. Spider-Man walked right up to the desk, while the rest of the Senshi just picked a spot in the room and stayed there. Sailor Moon however had her nose glued to the window for where they were at. The room wasn't that high, however she took to the view none the less. "I asked, what was the meaning of this?" The man asked once again. Spider-Man had started walking up a wall and was now walking along the ceiling. Everyone had their eyes on him at that point, he had even gotten a chair and webbed it to the ceiling as well. "Well, for one thing, the main reason why we're here is because of what's going on with Tokyo's main, and as far as I know only, set of super heroes." He said. The man looked at him. "I have no idea what in the world you're talking about." He stated. "Gee for a man that I talked to over the phone, you certainly have clamed up in a short amount of time." He stated. "Could it be that the Tri-Ads here in Tokyo have gotten to you as well." He finished. However that line of thought had already started racing onto other lines of thought as well and soon Spider-Man was diving for the desk and flipping over the man seated there and heading for the window. Spider-Man had started to web up the window, however the bullet that he knew was coming for the window and the man that he was talking too, got through to him either way. It had been able to slice through one of the holes in the webbing and get right to its main target. The man slumped forward in his chair after the bullet had gone into and out of him. At that point Spider-Man had stopped webbing the window and was now looking at him. "Ok this isn't good." He stated. Sailor Uranus was at the window using her abilities to located where the bullet might have come from. Suddenly an explosion rocked one of the buildings that were several streets away and higher then the building that they were in. Uranus had already figured that that was where the bullet had come from in the first place before the place was rocked by an explosion. "Something's telling me that our route of escaping this place has just been sealed up." He told them. He took out a small canister of some kind and started spraying the webbing that was on the window and the entire thing started to rapidly dissolve. "A little something that I came up with just in case something like this was to happen." He stated to Sailor Mercury as she was studying what was happening. Sailor Moon's mind was already in high gear. "We have to get out of here and fast. The window might be our only chance right now." She stated. Sailor Mars was already at the door poking her head out. "Well I don't hear anyone coming yet." She said. "That's because it's going to take a little while for security to get up the stairs heading for this floor." Sailor Neptune stated. "We're going to have to head for a stair well leading out of the back of this place. However, if I know how the government works, even in my country, they'll have sealed off the building of this place completely except for one way, the roof. It's going to be the only way that we can get the heck out of here." He told them. Spider-Man didn't wait for the webbing to finish dissolving before he left and headed for the door. "Come on girls, time to take our leave." He stated as he headed for the door with the others following him. As they came out into the hall, Spider-Man quickly web swung back to the closet where his clothes were located and grabbed them. After he rejoined the girls, they headed for the stairs farthest away from the office that they had just come out of. Once everyone finally got to the roof, Spider-Man looked out over the side. He knew what was going to have to happen. "You girls will have to do the Sailor Teleport in order to get off this roof. Meet me over at Rei's temple." He told them as he shot a web line and swung off.
Back at the temple, Spider-Man had been waiting in one of the trees by where he knew the girls would be at. It was also the same tree that the rose at been tossed at the last time that he had been there as well. "Not having much luck are you?" A voice stated below him. Spider-Man looked down to see a short old Japanese man standing there looking right at him. "What do you mean?" Spider-Man asked the man. "Well for one thing, you're sitting in a tree." The old man stated. "Not a place that one would normally find a super hero like your self." He stated. Spider-Man had to admit that he had him there. "Just thinking I guess right now." He said to him. The old man looked at him. "Maybe I can help." Spider-Man looked down at him. "Some how I doubt that." "One never knows till one tries." Spider-Man had to admit once again that he did have a point there. "Guess you're right on that one." He stated as he dropped down from the tree. "I guess one of the main reason why I was up there thinking was because I'm trying to find out why anyone would want to kill your cities super heroes the Sailor Senshi." He said. "I mean I can understand that the Japanese Tri- Ad would want them in their fold with the powers that they have, but to go to such lengths just to make sure that no one else can get them, I think that things are getting a little bit drastic there." Spider-Man explained to him. "Hm, I've never heard of this Japanese Tri-Ad before. I know about the Chinese Tri-Ad, but they only operate in Hong Kong China, and in selected countries where they know that their operations will go further with the business that they do. But a Japanese Tri-Ad, that is truly something that is new. I have never heard of anything like that before." The old man stated as he looked up at the sky in thought. Great I'm getting a lecture on the Chinese Tri-Ad's when I already know about them. Heck who doesn't know about them, and their far reaching grips. Then suddenly it hit Spider-Man like a title wave just as if Sailor Mercury had been standing there right next to him hitting him with her powers. "What if the Japanese Tri-Ad is just an off shot of the Chinese Tri-Ad.? I mean a group that used to be apart of the Chinese one but wanted to branch out on their own?" Spider-Man asked in thought. The old man looked at him. "Well I wouldn't doubt that. After all, the Chinese Tri-Ads have always tried to get into Japan, but it's been the founding four fathers of the Chinese Tri-Ads that have been keeping them out of Japan for years." He informed Spider-Man. "Which means that now, an off shoot group has come over to Japan and started their own version of the Tri-Ads and are trying to get the Senshi to join them." Spider-Man said as he finished in thought. Why in the world couldn't I have seen this before, because I didn't know that much about even the Chinese version of the Tri-Ads, I knew that they were there, but I had no idea about them at all other then that they were there in the first place. He thought. "You wouldn't have any idea where they might end up trying to stay would you?" He asked the old man. The old man looked up in thought. "Well if I were them, I would want to go to a location that would not only be out in the open, but well hidden as well." He stated. Spider-Man picked right up on the thought. "Hiding right out in the open. The only problem is that I don't know Tokyo that well." He told him. The old man looked him right in the lenses of his mask, and for a second there Spider-Man wondered if he could see through and see who was under the mask. "And yet from all that swinging around the city you have no idea. I find that hard to believe." He told him. Spider-Man didn't bother to breathe a sigh of relief, because he knew that the old man would know what was going on. "Sorry I guess I'm just used to New York City in America." He told him. The old man chuckled a bit. "I already understood. You would want to find the place some where in the warehouse district of the city." He told him. Spider-Man reached a hand out. "Thanks, you've been a big help, even more then you know." He told him. The old man didn't say anything, but just waved. Spider-Man shot a web line out and snagged the nearest tree branch and swung up from it. He knew that he was going to have to come back later to talk to the other Senshi after he checked the places out down there just to find out if what the old man said was true.
To Be Continued...
Next up: The Hunt for the Tri-Ad location. So far the Senshi have been almost shot at, almost blown up, and then almost shot at again, all while trying to gather information about the people trying to do this to them. And now Spider-Man might have just gotten the break that they were all looking for in the first place. However is the information true, or just the ramblings of an old man?
Finding information out about an organization that didn't want to be known was harder then it looked. Even after Spider-Man was able to get a hold of Michiru, he was still in the same spot that he was in before. No where. "I'm sorry that I couldn't be of any more help to you Spider-Man. Personally I'm also surprised that nothing happened once we got back here from Tokyo as well." Michiru stated. Spider-Man sighed and looked around the area that they were standing in. It was a plaza seated right in front of a big screen that was constantly showing some kind of news broadcast. At first when Spider-Man had first seen the place, he had thought that he had stepped into something out of that updated version of the Time Machine movie in the future part of it. However he knew better then that. "Sorry Michiru. It's just that ever since the two stunts that were pulled off I thought that you might also have some light to shed on this as well." Spider-Man finished as he looked down at the ground. Haruka was also standing there as well. Sitting down next to Spider-Man, she put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Spider-Man, you shouldn't always take everything on your own shoulders. I know that you've been on your own for a while, however now that you're working with a team, you have to understand that it's not just you any more." She told him. Spider-Man knew and understood that, however it was still hard for him to take. After all, the last thing that he needed was anyone hurt from something that his powers had created. However before Spider-Man could say anything else, Spider-Man's cell COM link started beeping. Taking it out, he looked at it and then opened it up. On the screen on the inside was Mars. "Spider-Man, we've gotten something here. I know that this might sound strange; however we're in the shopping district of Tokyo. Is there any chance that you can get over here and fast?" She asked him. Spider-Man looked at her through the screen and really couldn't figure out how the thing worked. However he knew that something was up. "I'll be over there as fast as the web line express can take me." He told her as he flipped the device closed.
Mars couldn't understand what was taking Spider-Man so long. She knew that she understood what he meant by the web line express, however she thought that he would've been over here sooner. "I know that we can't wait here forever, but this is getting on the crazy side." She stated to Jupiter. Jupiter looked like she was ready for just about anything. Currently the both of them were seated in a nearby alley across the street from the shop that they were looking at. They had both already changed into Sailor Mars and Jupiter after Mars made her call to Spider-Man to let him know what was going on. "This is nuts, come on, he can meet us on the inside of the place." She said as she got up and started heading for the place. Mars couldn't believe what Jupiter was doing, however she followed none the less anyway. Once they were halfway across the street from the place, both of the girls felt something connect onto the back of them and pull them back.
Spider-Man had just gotten into the right area and spotted both Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter crossing the street when his Spider-Sense started going crazy on him. As he got closer, he discovered that it was coming right from the place that the two girls were heading right for. Shooting two web lines out, he snagged onto the girls and then shot another line out back towards the alley that they had come from in the first place and pulled as fast as he could. Suddenly, the entire place was rocked by an explosion. As Sailor Mars and Jupiter flew back they watched as the place went up in flames. Both of the girls landed in a heap and slowly got up as the continued to look at the flames that continued to eat away at the building. Spider-Man was over head looking at both of the girls as well as the building in flames. "Well what ever was inside the building, its history now." He stated. Mars looked up at him. "Actually it was someone. We had tracked someone here that had information. I thought when we first talked to the person, which something was a bit off, so we followed him here. Once we found out what the place was, we called you. I'm just glad you were able to get here in time." She finished. Jupiter looked up at him. "So what did take you so long to get here?" She asked him. Spider-Man looked down at her. "I'm sorry, but I don't know Tokyo like the both of you do. I had to stop and ask for directions before I could get here." He said. "However the moment that I got here, my Spider-Sense starting going off and I knew that the both of you were in danger. I have a feeling that they remote detonated the place to make sure that not only was there nothing left of the place, but also so that the both of you might also be hurt in the explosion as well." He told them as he jumped down and walked over to the edge of the alley that they were in. He knew that he couldn't take of his mask at all, however he also knew that he had to get a closer look at the explosion area to see for him self what was the real cause of the explosion. Mars was watching what he was doing, however she was wondering other things. "I have a feeling that who ever set this off was watching us from a different place, and once we were to get close enough, we were going to be killed. I don't think that they expected you to arrive in time to save us. That would mark the second time that you've save us from getting killed in the first place." She said to him as she walked up behind him. "I believe at this point, they're getting a bit upset that we haven't been killed off yet." She said. All three of them watched as the Tokyo Fire Department finally showed up to put the fire out and start their investigation. Spider-Man didn't know how they would run it, however something told him that it would be quick and only half done. "Does either of you girls know how they run investigations around Tokyo at all?" He asked them. Both Sailor Mars and Jupiter looked at him. "To be honest, once everything gets done around the fights that we happen to be in, we're gone before anyone ever has a chance to show up. So no we don't have any idea at all." Mars told him. Jupiter looked at him. "I take it that you want to get a closer look don't you?" She asked him. Spider-Man only nodded. He was going to have to use the cell phone changing device for the first time, since Luna gave it to him. However he knew that it was going to be hard right then since all of the fire fighters that were there were facing away from him. He needed to see the front end not the back end. However he knew just how to be able to get it. Looking at the girls and then back at the fire fighters, he realized that none of them were young women. "Ok so that's not going to work." He stated as he slumped against the wall. Jupiter looked at him. "What's the matter Spider-Man?" She asked him. Spider-Man didn't have to say anything; it was Sailor Mars that picked up on it at once. "If he goes over there, we can't go with him to help him out with anything. None of the fire fighters are women, they're all guys." She stated. Jupiter herself slumped against the wall. "It would figure. We would have to stay over here and wait while he went over there and looked at everything." She stated, but then she realized that they did have a way. "Wait a minute." She said as she brought out her cell device. "We can still be over there with you at the same time that you are even if we aren't over there." She finished. Spider-Man looked down at her cell and realized that since they also doubled as video com links, that they would have no trouble at all. "All right," he said as he looked for someone that he could be able to look like. "I just wish I knew how this thing worked." He stated as he spotted one and held up the device. As it turned out the device worked just like the camera phones that they had over in the US, and the controls were also similar as well. Holding it up he got the subject into view of the lens and then hit what would've been the snap shot. However as Spider-Man looked down, he noticed that his own clothes had changed as well. I sure hope that my costume is still on under everything. He thought as he pulled away some of the jacket and noticed that it was still there. Looking into a reflection rite quick he also noticed that his mask was no longer there as well. Reaching to the back, he felt for his mask and noticed that it had moved to back there. I've really got to talk to Luna on how this thing works. He thought as he headed forward to where the fire by that time had been put out and there was nothing left but smoking ash. As Spider-Man, who now looked like an undercover Peter Parker, walked around through the rubble, he noticed that there were traces of what appeared to be a bomb. Bending down and taking a closer look at it, he held out the camera phone and turned it on. "So what do you girls think, seen anything like this at all?" He asked. On the screen he saw the girls and in the up right hand of the screen he saw the device, he knew that the girls had a bigger picture of it on their screen while he was smaller. "It's nothing that we've ever seen before, not by any of the villains that we've ever faced or by the Witches 5 either." Sailor Mars stated. Peter closed the device and put it away and continued looking around. He knew that there was something else here that was going to be important. Then he saw it, something that just about made his stomach turn. It was human remains. Once again opening the camera phone he pointed at it. "I have a feeling that the ones that were in here wanted him to stay put while they took off and toasted him." He told the girls. "This is all that remains of him." Looking around him he noticed that the guys' wallet was still in one piece. Picking up the wallet, he looked through it and noticed that there was still quite a bit here including information that they were going to need. Looking around he noticed that the other fire fighters were still roaming around the front end of the place. Peter took that time to slip literally out the back side and head up the nearby wall to get to the roof. Once there Peter changed back into the Spider-Man costume and headed back to the girls.
As Sailor Jupiter and Mars watched the scene there, they had no idea that Spider-Man had already left and was coming back, till he dropped in right behind them and said something. "I've got the guys wallet." He told them, startling them both. "Spider-Man, do you have to do that?" Sailor Mars asked him as she placed her hand over her fast beating heart. "I mean I like that you can do that, however it will take lives off of us, if you were to keep that up." Jupiter just looked at her. "So what's in the wallet?" She asked him. Spider-Man brought it out and opened it up. "Looks like stuff that every Japanese person here in Tokyo would carry ID, cash, and other assortment. However I highly doubt that any normal typical Japanese person would carry a card key. I mean the only kind of person that would, would the high ranking official, either in government or in the military." He said as he pointed up and indicated going to a higher local.
Both of the girls grabbed on and Spider-Man shot a web line out and all three of them went up to the nearby roof. Sailor Jupiter noticed that there was no indication that there was a web shooting device under the glove. "What happened to the web shooter?" She asked him. Spider-Man dropped both of them off on the roof and landed himself. "Actually they were destroyed about two weeks ago during and explosion dealing with a bank and some other things." He told them. "So I've just been dealing with the one in my wrists ever since." He finished as he once again pulled the wallet out. Sailor Mars took the ID and started going over it. Sailor Jupiter help Spider-Man go over everything else that was in there. Mars knew that Spider- Man couldn't read Japanese, however she could and she didn't like it at all. "I think we might end up with some unwelcome company when it comes to this." She told them holding up the ID. "You could think of this as the Japanese version of the Central Intelligence Agency of Tokyo. Nothing gets by with out these people knowing about it. I wouldn't doubt it if they had something on all of the Senshi." She stated as she handed it back. For once Spider-Man wished that he had a contact here in Tokyo that might be able to help him out on something. Then he thought of something. "Can these things make a call to New York?" He asked. Both Sailor Mars and Jupiter looked at each other, both shaking their heads no. "We have no idea." Jupiter told him. To Spider-Man it looked like a cell phone so he had no idea, however, he figured that it would be better to give it a shot then not at all. Dialing in the number that he needed, he was surprised to find out that it did work. Moving his mask above his mouth, he started talking. "Hi, this is Peter Parker, any chance that I could talk to J.J. at all?" He asked into the phone. A moment later, "yes Mr. Jameson its Peter. Look I have a bit of a problem and I was wondering if you might be able to help me out here. I need to talk to someone in the Tokyo government about something...Yes I said that...Yes it's gotten that big over here...Yes I need to talk to someone in the Japanese version of the C.I.A....You can, great...I understand... Believe me it's already heating up to something big...Ok right bye Mr. Jameson." Peter finished as he hung up the phone by closing it. Sailor Jupiter looked at him. "So what happened, and what's going on?" She asked him. Spider-Man looked at her and Mars. "How would you two like to help me as undercover reporters?" He asked them. Even though they couldn't see his face, Spider-Man/Peter Parker was smiling from ear to ear.
As they arrived out side of the building, the other girls had also arrived. Peter had explained to them what was going on and told them his idea. Michiru was able to get press ID badges for the two that were already going to help him, while the others were going to act like they were on a school assignment. Peter knew that no government would ever deny the chance for their schools to see what the government was like, not with the Press hanging around. Peter already had his camera on him to make sure that he got photos of everything that they were going to need. However he wasn't the one that was going to be writing anything down. Yes he was going to be asking the question, however it was going to be Rei and Makoto that were going to be recording and writing everything down. Rei was going to be writing down notes while Makoto was going to be sound recording everything that was said. The rest of the girl had their school uniforms on, despite the fact that it was clearly a Saturday and there wasn't supposed to be any school. However it way Ami that pointed out that it would at least make it look like they were trying to learn about their government more then what was actually taught in schools. Once they got to the front doors, Peter had them all do one finial check before crossing the line and entering the building. Once they were inside, Peter walked over to the security desk and waved. "Hi, my name's Peter Parker, I'm from the Daily Bugle in New York City America. I was told that I could be able to come along on this trip with the girls here for their field trip." He told the guard as he show them his American Press badge. "These two lovely ladies here are going to be helping out." He stated indicating Rei and Makoto. "They're going to be recording and taking notes since I need to handle the camera." He told them. Peter knew that he wasn't letting the guards get a word in edge wise and that was just how he had wanted it in the first place, however now they had the chance, but they would shortly loose that chance. "Ah...I would have to clear that..."He tried to say. "As you can see, the building has been around for some time, about 60 years to be exact. A standing testimony to the efficiency of the Tokyo government." Michiru was telling the girls as they looked around the building in awe. Of course Usagi however was looking like she would rather be some place else. Ami gave her a bump in the side and Usagi turned her attention back to what Michiru was saying. Peter turned to look at the guy. "I'm sure that for this one time, you could let this slide." He stated nodding back to the girls. "After all, it's not these ladies get a chance to see these things every day." He told him. For once the guard actually nodded. "You know, you're right. Well...ok, but don't let anyone else know about this ok, the staff here is at a minimum because it happens to be the weekend." He told Peter. Peter smiled and nodded and waved the girls past the desk while taking photos of what seemed like the girls. In actuality, he was taking photos of both the girls and the place that they were in. He knew that some where down the line, he might just need them.
One they were past the desk Peter and the girls knew that it was only a matter of time now. Soon they knew that they were going to have to change into the Sailor Senshi while Peter changed back into Spider-Man. "Well so far so good." Usagi stated now that she was fully back into Senshi mode. Peter was surprised at the sudden change in her. If I didn't know any better, I would think that there is something different about Usagi. Something that I might not like at all. He thought as they continued onto the elevators that would take them to the higher. Levels.
Inside the elevator, Peter motioned to over his head and all of the girls looks and noticed that there was a hidden camera. "I have a feeling that this entire building is going to be riddled with them." He whispered to them. Haruka looked at him and gave him a look that asked how did he know about it? "Spider-Sense." He whispered. The elevator dinged as they arrived on what appeared to be the first level of their tour of the building. As they looked around at first, Peter used his Spider-Sense to direct him as to where the cameras were hidden in the place. However quickly ducking into a closet told him that there was nothing there in the way of any kind of surveillance. Peter looked around the outside and surprisingly, there was no cameras aimed at the door of the building. He knew that they were going to have to leave the building as how they came in, however they also knew that they would be able to get more done as the Senshi and Spider-Man. Peter ushered them all into the closet and started changing, luckily for him, he had under dressed what he was eventually going to be wearing. The other girls had to change a different way. "Moon Cosmic POWER!" "Mars Star POWER!" "Mercury Star POWER!" "Jupiter Star POWER!" "Venus Star POWER!" "Uranus Planet POWER!" "Neptune Planet POWER!" Within seconds each of the Senshi were standing there along side one very unmasked Spider-Man. Peter changed that by pulling his mask back on. Stepping back out into the hall, Spider-Man looked both ways before fully stepping out and waving the others to come out as well. "The place we need to go is this way." He told them as he led the way down there. Sailor Mercury had brought out her visor and was working it. It was her job to spot all of the hidden cameras that were around as they made their way to one special office. "There are a lot of hidden cameras around the place." She noted as she mapped out the place on her computer. "Let us know when we happen to get close to one." Spider-Man told her. "A little webbing should fix it right up." He said as she point to one spot on the wall. "Right there, about two meters from the ceiling and the wall point." She stated. Spider-Man looked up and then shot his hand towards the spot and fired off a glob of webbing. "Not any more there isn't." He said as they continued on. "So what's this person supposed to be like anyway?" Jupiter asked him. Spider-Man didn't know quite what to say. "Well he's one of the people that know what's going on in Japan at all times. However I did have a chance to talk to him over the phone as Spider-Man and talked to him for a bit. I have a feeling that he's not expecting what he's about to get." Spider-Man stated as he had webbed up about four more on their walk to the office door. "And here we are." He said as he pulled open the door. He had already known that he wasn't about to even knock or pull any punches when it came to this at all. Under his mask he was smiling the entire time. The man that was sitting at the desk on the inside of the office had no idea what in the world was even going on at all. "What is the meaning of this?" He asked as Spider-Man and the entire Sailor Senshi (at least the ones that could make it) walked into the office. Spider-Man walked right up to the desk, while the rest of the Senshi just picked a spot in the room and stayed there. Sailor Moon however had her nose glued to the window for where they were at. The room wasn't that high, however she took to the view none the less. "I asked, what was the meaning of this?" The man asked once again. Spider-Man had started walking up a wall and was now walking along the ceiling. Everyone had their eyes on him at that point, he had even gotten a chair and webbed it to the ceiling as well. "Well, for one thing, the main reason why we're here is because of what's going on with Tokyo's main, and as far as I know only, set of super heroes." He said. The man looked at him. "I have no idea what in the world you're talking about." He stated. "Gee for a man that I talked to over the phone, you certainly have clamed up in a short amount of time." He stated. "Could it be that the Tri-Ads here in Tokyo have gotten to you as well." He finished. However that line of thought had already started racing onto other lines of thought as well and soon Spider-Man was diving for the desk and flipping over the man seated there and heading for the window. Spider-Man had started to web up the window, however the bullet that he knew was coming for the window and the man that he was talking too, got through to him either way. It had been able to slice through one of the holes in the webbing and get right to its main target. The man slumped forward in his chair after the bullet had gone into and out of him. At that point Spider-Man had stopped webbing the window and was now looking at him. "Ok this isn't good." He stated. Sailor Uranus was at the window using her abilities to located where the bullet might have come from. Suddenly an explosion rocked one of the buildings that were several streets away and higher then the building that they were in. Uranus had already figured that that was where the bullet had come from in the first place before the place was rocked by an explosion. "Something's telling me that our route of escaping this place has just been sealed up." He told them. He took out a small canister of some kind and started spraying the webbing that was on the window and the entire thing started to rapidly dissolve. "A little something that I came up with just in case something like this was to happen." He stated to Sailor Mercury as she was studying what was happening. Sailor Moon's mind was already in high gear. "We have to get out of here and fast. The window might be our only chance right now." She stated. Sailor Mars was already at the door poking her head out. "Well I don't hear anyone coming yet." She said. "That's because it's going to take a little while for security to get up the stairs heading for this floor." Sailor Neptune stated. "We're going to have to head for a stair well leading out of the back of this place. However, if I know how the government works, even in my country, they'll have sealed off the building of this place completely except for one way, the roof. It's going to be the only way that we can get the heck out of here." He told them. Spider-Man didn't wait for the webbing to finish dissolving before he left and headed for the door. "Come on girls, time to take our leave." He stated as he headed for the door with the others following him. As they came out into the hall, Spider-Man quickly web swung back to the closet where his clothes were located and grabbed them. After he rejoined the girls, they headed for the stairs farthest away from the office that they had just come out of. Once everyone finally got to the roof, Spider-Man looked out over the side. He knew what was going to have to happen. "You girls will have to do the Sailor Teleport in order to get off this roof. Meet me over at Rei's temple." He told them as he shot a web line and swung off.
Back at the temple, Spider-Man had been waiting in one of the trees by where he knew the girls would be at. It was also the same tree that the rose at been tossed at the last time that he had been there as well. "Not having much luck are you?" A voice stated below him. Spider-Man looked down to see a short old Japanese man standing there looking right at him. "What do you mean?" Spider-Man asked the man. "Well for one thing, you're sitting in a tree." The old man stated. "Not a place that one would normally find a super hero like your self." He stated. Spider-Man had to admit that he had him there. "Just thinking I guess right now." He said to him. The old man looked at him. "Maybe I can help." Spider-Man looked down at him. "Some how I doubt that." "One never knows till one tries." Spider-Man had to admit once again that he did have a point there. "Guess you're right on that one." He stated as he dropped down from the tree. "I guess one of the main reason why I was up there thinking was because I'm trying to find out why anyone would want to kill your cities super heroes the Sailor Senshi." He said. "I mean I can understand that the Japanese Tri- Ad would want them in their fold with the powers that they have, but to go to such lengths just to make sure that no one else can get them, I think that things are getting a little bit drastic there." Spider-Man explained to him. "Hm, I've never heard of this Japanese Tri-Ad before. I know about the Chinese Tri-Ad, but they only operate in Hong Kong China, and in selected countries where they know that their operations will go further with the business that they do. But a Japanese Tri-Ad, that is truly something that is new. I have never heard of anything like that before." The old man stated as he looked up at the sky in thought. Great I'm getting a lecture on the Chinese Tri-Ad's when I already know about them. Heck who doesn't know about them, and their far reaching grips. Then suddenly it hit Spider-Man like a title wave just as if Sailor Mercury had been standing there right next to him hitting him with her powers. "What if the Japanese Tri-Ad is just an off shot of the Chinese Tri-Ad.? I mean a group that used to be apart of the Chinese one but wanted to branch out on their own?" Spider-Man asked in thought. The old man looked at him. "Well I wouldn't doubt that. After all, the Chinese Tri-Ads have always tried to get into Japan, but it's been the founding four fathers of the Chinese Tri-Ads that have been keeping them out of Japan for years." He informed Spider-Man. "Which means that now, an off shoot group has come over to Japan and started their own version of the Tri-Ads and are trying to get the Senshi to join them." Spider-Man said as he finished in thought. Why in the world couldn't I have seen this before, because I didn't know that much about even the Chinese version of the Tri-Ads, I knew that they were there, but I had no idea about them at all other then that they were there in the first place. He thought. "You wouldn't have any idea where they might end up trying to stay would you?" He asked the old man. The old man looked up in thought. "Well if I were them, I would want to go to a location that would not only be out in the open, but well hidden as well." He stated. Spider-Man picked right up on the thought. "Hiding right out in the open. The only problem is that I don't know Tokyo that well." He told him. The old man looked him right in the lenses of his mask, and for a second there Spider-Man wondered if he could see through and see who was under the mask. "And yet from all that swinging around the city you have no idea. I find that hard to believe." He told him. Spider-Man didn't bother to breathe a sigh of relief, because he knew that the old man would know what was going on. "Sorry I guess I'm just used to New York City in America." He told him. The old man chuckled a bit. "I already understood. You would want to find the place some where in the warehouse district of the city." He told him. Spider-Man reached a hand out. "Thanks, you've been a big help, even more then you know." He told him. The old man didn't say anything, but just waved. Spider-Man shot a web line out and snagged the nearest tree branch and swung up from it. He knew that he was going to have to come back later to talk to the other Senshi after he checked the places out down there just to find out if what the old man said was true.
To Be Continued...
Next up: The Hunt for the Tri-Ad location. So far the Senshi have been almost shot at, almost blown up, and then almost shot at again, all while trying to gather information about the people trying to do this to them. And now Spider-Man might have just gotten the break that they were all looking for in the first place. However is the information true, or just the ramblings of an old man?