Felicia Hardy sat on the floor of her bedroom with her eyes closed and her legs crossed underneath her. The night before when she had finally come to, she was in the Kingpin's mansion. She remembered thinking that it was over for her and her father, but surprisingly, the Kingpin just dismissed her. 'Something's up, and I know it,' thought Felicia as she continued to sit on the floor with her eyes closed.

"Breathe in and out as you focus on the sensation of relaxation," said the woman in the yoga video.

'Of course, if you live in New York, there can't be a moment of relaxation,' thought Felicia grimly. As if on cue, she heard a loud shout. She immediately opened her eyes and heard a girl scream for her mother. She calmly and coolly walked over to the window and saw Adrenaline holding a hostage. Normally, she'd just walk past that kind of stuff. That's what she did when Doc Ock was rampaging around the city, but the girl's urgent scream made her realize that she could actually do something about it. She could actually HELP her. She had power, and she had a choice.

Instead of turning back to her yoga pose, she quickly walked out of the room, and making sure no one noticed her presence, sheran up the stairs. After running up three flights without breaking a sweat, she kicked the door to the roof open. She looked down at the crowd below, and in a blink of an eye, she changed into her Black Cat costume.

"And here I come," whispered Felicia as she pushed herself toward the air. She felt the sensation of falling, and the wind rushing past her ears. As she grabbed the closest pole, she saw Adrenaline about to pierce the tentacles into the little girl's mother. She knew she wasn't going to make it; so instead, she quickly let go of the pole and tossed a black cable toward Adrenaline's tentacle.

"I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE, YOU ASSHOLES!" screamed Adrenaline. He was getting so annoyed. He didn't have much time left. In fact, he only had several days to get the specimen to some stupid scientist named Dr. Connors. The policemen continued to hold their guns up to him. He smirked maliciously.

"I warned you," said Adrenaline as he began to place his tentacles into the woman's body as the little girl screamed.

Suddenly, he felt something thick and hard aimed at one of his tentacles, and then another, and another, and another. Adrenaline clenched his teeth at the pain traveling up his spine, but he still maintained a tight hold on the woman. He looked up to see a familiar black figure soaring through the sky.

"Her again?" he thought to himself as he saw her land in front of him with ease. He smirked again.

"So, you've come back?" asked Adrenaline.

"Let her go," replied Felicia with an icy glare.

"Or what? You'll hurt me? I don't think so!" said Adrenaline. Adrenaline craved for the moment that he would kill Ms. Hardy, and this was it. 'Last time, she was lucky, but not this time.' He immediately ignored his hostage and dropped her to the ground as two of his tentacles reached for Felicia, who swiftly avoided them. She knew what would happen once those tentacles made contact with her, and she didn't want to experience that again. Little did she know that that one action would haunt her life forever.

"Mommy!" screamed the little girl with joy and relief as her mother was dropped to the ground. The officer still held onto her tightly. She suddenly grew angry and anxious.She bit the officer's hand and stomped on his foot as the officer yelped and let go of her. She took the opportunity to run towards her mother.

She ran towards her mother, who quickly began looking for her daughter. Suddenly,the little girl sawgreen tentacles pass the woman in the black suit and head straight for her. She screamed as the tentacles made contact with her and felt the cold liquid enter her body. It didn't take long as her heart beat so fast that it literally burst. As she felt herself fading away, she heard screams and shouts and the rush of wind flowing past her ears.

Spiderman furiously shot web strand after web strand, trying to get to the little girl in time.

'I can't believe MJ tried to talk me out of this one,' thought Peter angrily. How could she do that when she knew why he did what he did? Peter pushed the thought out of his mind as he tried to locate the girl and Adrenaline. In no time, he saw Adrenaline and the Black Cat fighting each other.

'Something's going on between those two...' thought Spiderman as he saw the Black Cat move away from Adrenaline's tentacles. Peter felt his spider sense tingling, and underneath his mask, his eyes went wide as he saw the little girl colliding with the tentacles. Without thinking of the danger, Peter quickly dived for the girl, grabbed a post, and landed onto the ground.

"Sarah!" screamed her mother. Adrenaline was ready to lunge at the mother with his other two tentacles when he saw Spiderman quickly grab both of them in front of his very eyes.
'Please, please, please...not today...don't...' thought Spiderman as he grabbed both the girl and her mother and ran towards the closest police officer, who was oddly massaging his left hand with his right.

"What the hell are you doing?! Take her and get her to a hospital fast!" screamed Spidey as he shoved the girl into his arms. Spidey quickly, but gently placed the mother next to the officer, who seemed to jerk alive at the weight of the little girl in his arms. The officer ran into the screaming, chaotic mass of people as the mother followed close behind.

Meanwhile, Spiderman turned his focus back toward Adrenaline and the Black Cat. He grew angrier at the sight of Adrenaline's smirk. Spidey aimed four web balls successively, which Adrenaline caught...or rather pierced...with his four tentacles.

Before Peter could do anything more, Adrenaline pressed a red button on a silver device.

"Nightie-night, Spiderman," chuckled Adrenaline as he disintegrated into thin air.

"NO!" screamed Spidey with frustration as he shot a web strand at Adrenaline with no success because it went right through Adrenaline's disintegrating body. He tried again, but by that time, Adrenaline had disappeared. He angrily turned his attention back to the Black Cat, who stood there looking stunned.

"What the hell is your problem? You could have helped her!" screamed Spidey with a wave of his hand. He was beyond control, beyond caring. The only two emotions he could feel at that moment were bitter anger and a growing sense of failure.

"I-I-I-didn't know-"

"Didn't know what?" screamed Spiderman angrily as he walked toward her, "Are you obsessed with your little game that you didn't realize the innocent lives you might have hurt or killed? Is that it? Answer me!" Spidey was so emotionally distraught and angry about the fact that he didn't reach the girl in time that he didn't realize the look of true sorrow on the Black Cat's face and a spark of anger in her eyes. He didn't even realize the strong tingling sensation at the bottom of his neck.

He walked closer to her, but he felt a hot searing pain in his right shoulder, and instantly, he dropped to his knees. He felt warm liquid seeping through his costume as blood dropped onto the street.

He tried to get up, but he felt another searing pain in his left leg, and another in his right. The world around him began to revolve in a thousand circles as he wavered slightly from side to side before hitting the hard, cold concrete below with a soft thud.

Author's Note: Hey, people. Hope you like this chappie! Sorry that I didn't update for forever. Btw, Mark C, you'll find the answer to your question later. Sorry, but I don't wanna spoil anything, and plus, sometimes, I change a lot of my original ideas. Thanx again to everyone who reviewed last time; it means a lot to me. :)