Sparky Genocide: Yeah I wanted to shift the perspective a little, and
you bet she'll get jealous. As for May that's a good idea, although I
think a purse since she doesn't have a cane.
Hatten: Thanks glad you like it.
Supergirlhv: You got it, and I'm glad you liked the last chapter.
Dacl73: Ah crap I hate it when I miss stuff like that.
Morlin: Thanks, and you know that's not a bad idea, thanks. I'm not sure if MJ will end up with Peter though, and Black Cat will not be joining up, she's solo all the way. (Check out The New Teacher for Peter/MJ stuff)
Emerald Knight: Cat fight is definitely the right word for it, and I agree with what you said, I try and balance it all out between plot, action & character development.
The Uncanny R-Man: Whoa, one thing at a time, I'm trying to make this my longest fic ever and I don't want to bring in all the really cool stuff right away, but I'll get around to it don't worry.
EvilWhiteRaven: Sorry not wither of them, the clue was the second word in the title, but you'll see.
Kaliann: Oh yeah, and I bet you do know who it is.
Ldypebsaby: You got it, but I think she's more of an independent person.
X-Over: You bet she is, but I'm not sure she's going to join up them since she's not a mutant or have powers.
SPIDER-X
CHAPTER 22: THE CAT BURGLAR
Peter was on one of his nightly patrols of the city. So far it was a quiet night, only one mugging and some guy trying to steal a parked car and that was it. He was definitely thinking about turning it in early. With a test coming up he could use the extra time to study.
He landed on a building top that he noticed was near the museum. 'You know I've never seen it yet, maybe I should go on the weekend or something.' He thought to himself. Being the intellectual type Peter was always ready to learn, plus he heard they had a few interesting things there.
He was about to head in when he saw someone coming out of the museum...from a window on the roof. "Well I doubt they forgot their key, so much for a quiet night." He said to himself and lunched himself from the building.
He swung himself down right behind the thief. "Now I'm going to give you a choice put whatever it was back or we fight, things get ugly and well you don't want that."
"Oh really?" Peter was surprised at the female voice and when the thief turned around and moved closer into the more lighter areas he was surprised by what he saw. It was a woman he guessed to be around eighteen, short pure white hair. She was dressed in very tight black leather that seemed to show every curve of her body.
'And boy what a body.' Peter thought as he took it all in. She also had a small v-shaped plunging neckline that showed off her cleavage, and there was white fur like stuff on the neckline, above the wrists and below her knees. She also wore two kinds of material over her eyes.
She walked silkily up to Peter. "My, my, my." She looked Peter over. "And what do we have here?"
Peter snapped out of his little trance. "Uh, look in case you haven't heard the name is Spider-Man, and I can't let you leave with that." He pointed to a golden rod encrusted with jewels.
"Oh really?" She said grinning. "Well my name is Black Cat, and I just crossed your path." She walked backward to the ledge, and blew him a kiss. "Later sexy." Then she dove backwards off the building.
Peter thought she was nuts and ran to the edge, just in time to see her shoot out some kind of crippling hook and swing to another building. "Oh no you didn't, that's my shtick there missy, I'm the one that swings around this town." Peter said to himself and went after her.
He and to admit the girl was good, but he was better and he knew this city enough to get ahead of her. After several minutes Black Cat looked behind her to see if she was being followed and was a little disappointed that Spider-Man wasn't behind her. 'Too bad, he was kind of cute...well body wise but if his face is as good as that body, then meow.'
"You really shouldn't take things that don't belong to you." She whipped her head around to be literally face to face with Spider-Man.
She took a step back. "Well I'm impressed Spider, no one has ever and I do mean ever chased and caught me before." She moved up to him and started to run a finger down his chest. "Tell me isn't there any other way we could get out of this?"
"Uh...well...you could give back what you stole for starters." Peter said trying to ignore her flirting, and boy was he trying, cause that girl was not making it easy on him.
She gave a pouting look at him. "Do I have to?"
"Yes." Peter said sternly.
She sighed. "What does the sexiest man I've met have to be such a good boy?" She said to herself. She suddenly looped both of her arms around his neck and pressed up against him. "Are you sure there isn't another way we could work this out." She whispered to him.
She was close enough for him to make out her blue eyes and the look in them too, and well he had never had a girl, especially a vary HOT girl look at him like that, also he was definitely trying to ignore her body pressed up against him too, so his answer was a little weak. "Uh...y-yeah I'm sure."
"Pity." She said her face dropping. She slid back from him and looked sadly at him. "Too bad your such a nice guy, but before we get to the cliché battle there's just one thing I got to do."
"What's that?" Peter asked not liking where this was going. The next thing he knew in a flash she was right up against him again only she was pulling his mask up. "Hey what are you-" But his objection was cut short. After she only pulled enough of the mask up to reveal his mouth did she cut him off by planting the biggest kiss Peter had gotten in his entire life.
She pulled back and licked her lips. "Damn, and a good kisser too." She went to the edge of the building again and held out the golden rod. "Tell you what let's skip the battle, here think fast!" And with that she threw the rod over the building.
Peter had to act quickly he knew he had to get that back, but if he did she might get away. 'Screw it, the things most likely worth too much to lose.' Peter thought and dived for the rod.
He managed to snag it and when he got back to the roof there was no sign of this Black Cat girl. "Great, now I got a female thief who has the hots for me, and has a thing for cats. What am I Batman?" Peter said to himself.
He looked at the rod and shrugged. 'Well I better get this back.' He made his way to the museum just in time to see that the guards had noticed the rod was gone.
"The golden rod of King Alexander its' gone!" One of them said. Peter put it back with his webbing from the roof quickly. "The golden rod of King Alexander it's back!" said the same guard.
Peter just started his way home. On his way there he passed a clock set into a building. "Oh crap!" It was one in the morning and the deal was if he was to still be Spider-Man he had to be back before midnight. "I'm so dead!" He made his way as fast as he could back to the Institute.
When he managed to get back into his room he felt he was safe. "You're late kid." Said a familiar deep and gruff voice. Peter turned slowly and sat Logan sitting in a chair almost completely hidden in the shadows. That is until he stood up and made his way to Peter. "You better have a good excuse." Then he sniffed the air. "And why I smell a girl all over you too?" He asked studying him with his gaze.
"Well first off I was on my way back, and ran into, well a cat burglar, only she was really getting into the role." He told him. Logan raised an eyebrow and Peter told him everything.
"Wait a minute, you saying this girl dresses up as a cat, broke into the museum, you chased her, she came on to you, and she got away."
"Well...I did get back what she stole at least." Peter offered.
"We'll talk about this in the morning." Logan said and started to walk off.
"Am...I in trouble for coming in after curfew?" Peter asked wearily.
Logan stopped and considered it. "I don't think so, at least not this time since you had to stop that, but if this becomes a habit then I'll reconsider it. Got it?"
"Oh yeah." Peter said quickly. Logan nodded and left his room. Peter stripped off his costume and put on his sleeping attire.
THE NEXT MORNING
Several of the students were getting their breakfast. "Hey guys check this out." Kitty said placing the paper in the center of the kitchen table for everyone to see. "Spider-Hero of Bayville?" Kurt read the title.
"Yeah, looks like Peter's actions are getting noticed and people are talking already." She said.
"Yeah I heard this one kid at school said that he was saved by a guy in red and blue." Evan spoke up, while reaching for some toast.
"This might be a problem." Scott said looking at the outlined picture on the front with a question mark on it.
"Why this could be perfect for us." Evan said and everyone was interested in this line of logic. "You see if people see other people with powers doing good, maybe they would be more tolerant of mutants when we come out."
The others look at each other. "He might have a point." Kurt said.
"Well...maybe the Professor would know what to do about all of this." Scott said. He didn't like the exposure of what Peter was doing, but he had to admit to what Evan said. If people became used to this kind of thing, maybe they wouldn't have to hide all the time. It was far-fetched but it was a nice thought. Peter chose to come in at that time. He looked like he just got up, his hair was still a mess and he was shuffling more then walking.
"Late night?" Rogue asked him with a smirk. He merely nodded his head and went for the coffee. When he came back she noticed a pinkish color on his lips. "Is that lipstick?!" She shouted out.
That got Peter's attention and everyone else's. Peter went to the closest mirror and looked it. "Damn it." He hadn't noticed it last night because he hadn't checked himself in the mirror. It was still there, slightly faded but if you looked you could still see the color.
He went to the sink and rubbed it off with some water. When he turned he saw everyone staring at him. "What?"
"Peter like why did you have lipstick on you?" Kitty asked him. Rogue however was still a little shocked at that.
Peter sighed and sat down to eat. He told them everything about last night. One of the new recruits mainly Bobby asked for better details of how Black Cat looked, and him and several of the male members got slightly envious looks on their faces.
"So she just kiss you, just like that?" Scott asked him after it was done.
"Yeah caught me by surprise." Peter admitted.
"Vhat about your spider sense?" Kurt asked him after thinking on it.
Peter scratched his head. "Well that only goes off against threats, and well I guess a kiss doesn't count."
Rogue however had heard enough of this and got up. "Ah'm goin' ta get raedy for school." She said coldly and stormed off. The others watched her leave and were a little stunned by her odd reaction.
"Like I better go get ready too." Kitty said and went after Rogue. She caught up to the older girl just outside their room. "Rogue are you alright?"
"Yeah." She simply said, but Kitty could hear the hurt in her voice.
"Rogue-"She began but she was cut off.
"Kitty just drop it...please." She said and Kitty nodded, but when she was feeling better she was going to ask her what exactly was wrong. Then an idea hit her. 'Does Rogue have feelings for Peter?' She thought.
She knew about Rogue's crush on Scott, but lately she seemed to have gotten over it, now after her reaction to Peter's night...well it didn't take a genius to figure it out. At that moment she felt bad for Rogue, if she was crushing on Peter then what had happened was only a reminder of something she would never be able to do with him.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 23: RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
Hatten: Thanks glad you like it.
Supergirlhv: You got it, and I'm glad you liked the last chapter.
Dacl73: Ah crap I hate it when I miss stuff like that.
Morlin: Thanks, and you know that's not a bad idea, thanks. I'm not sure if MJ will end up with Peter though, and Black Cat will not be joining up, she's solo all the way. (Check out The New Teacher for Peter/MJ stuff)
Emerald Knight: Cat fight is definitely the right word for it, and I agree with what you said, I try and balance it all out between plot, action & character development.
The Uncanny R-Man: Whoa, one thing at a time, I'm trying to make this my longest fic ever and I don't want to bring in all the really cool stuff right away, but I'll get around to it don't worry.
EvilWhiteRaven: Sorry not wither of them, the clue was the second word in the title, but you'll see.
Kaliann: Oh yeah, and I bet you do know who it is.
Ldypebsaby: You got it, but I think she's more of an independent person.
X-Over: You bet she is, but I'm not sure she's going to join up them since she's not a mutant or have powers.
SPIDER-X
CHAPTER 22: THE CAT BURGLAR
Peter was on one of his nightly patrols of the city. So far it was a quiet night, only one mugging and some guy trying to steal a parked car and that was it. He was definitely thinking about turning it in early. With a test coming up he could use the extra time to study.
He landed on a building top that he noticed was near the museum. 'You know I've never seen it yet, maybe I should go on the weekend or something.' He thought to himself. Being the intellectual type Peter was always ready to learn, plus he heard they had a few interesting things there.
He was about to head in when he saw someone coming out of the museum...from a window on the roof. "Well I doubt they forgot their key, so much for a quiet night." He said to himself and lunched himself from the building.
He swung himself down right behind the thief. "Now I'm going to give you a choice put whatever it was back or we fight, things get ugly and well you don't want that."
"Oh really?" Peter was surprised at the female voice and when the thief turned around and moved closer into the more lighter areas he was surprised by what he saw. It was a woman he guessed to be around eighteen, short pure white hair. She was dressed in very tight black leather that seemed to show every curve of her body.
'And boy what a body.' Peter thought as he took it all in. She also had a small v-shaped plunging neckline that showed off her cleavage, and there was white fur like stuff on the neckline, above the wrists and below her knees. She also wore two kinds of material over her eyes.
She walked silkily up to Peter. "My, my, my." She looked Peter over. "And what do we have here?"
Peter snapped out of his little trance. "Uh, look in case you haven't heard the name is Spider-Man, and I can't let you leave with that." He pointed to a golden rod encrusted with jewels.
"Oh really?" She said grinning. "Well my name is Black Cat, and I just crossed your path." She walked backward to the ledge, and blew him a kiss. "Later sexy." Then she dove backwards off the building.
Peter thought she was nuts and ran to the edge, just in time to see her shoot out some kind of crippling hook and swing to another building. "Oh no you didn't, that's my shtick there missy, I'm the one that swings around this town." Peter said to himself and went after her.
He and to admit the girl was good, but he was better and he knew this city enough to get ahead of her. After several minutes Black Cat looked behind her to see if she was being followed and was a little disappointed that Spider-Man wasn't behind her. 'Too bad, he was kind of cute...well body wise but if his face is as good as that body, then meow.'
"You really shouldn't take things that don't belong to you." She whipped her head around to be literally face to face with Spider-Man.
She took a step back. "Well I'm impressed Spider, no one has ever and I do mean ever chased and caught me before." She moved up to him and started to run a finger down his chest. "Tell me isn't there any other way we could get out of this?"
"Uh...well...you could give back what you stole for starters." Peter said trying to ignore her flirting, and boy was he trying, cause that girl was not making it easy on him.
She gave a pouting look at him. "Do I have to?"
"Yes." Peter said sternly.
She sighed. "What does the sexiest man I've met have to be such a good boy?" She said to herself. She suddenly looped both of her arms around his neck and pressed up against him. "Are you sure there isn't another way we could work this out." She whispered to him.
She was close enough for him to make out her blue eyes and the look in them too, and well he had never had a girl, especially a vary HOT girl look at him like that, also he was definitely trying to ignore her body pressed up against him too, so his answer was a little weak. "Uh...y-yeah I'm sure."
"Pity." She said her face dropping. She slid back from him and looked sadly at him. "Too bad your such a nice guy, but before we get to the cliché battle there's just one thing I got to do."
"What's that?" Peter asked not liking where this was going. The next thing he knew in a flash she was right up against him again only she was pulling his mask up. "Hey what are you-" But his objection was cut short. After she only pulled enough of the mask up to reveal his mouth did she cut him off by planting the biggest kiss Peter had gotten in his entire life.
She pulled back and licked her lips. "Damn, and a good kisser too." She went to the edge of the building again and held out the golden rod. "Tell you what let's skip the battle, here think fast!" And with that she threw the rod over the building.
Peter had to act quickly he knew he had to get that back, but if he did she might get away. 'Screw it, the things most likely worth too much to lose.' Peter thought and dived for the rod.
He managed to snag it and when he got back to the roof there was no sign of this Black Cat girl. "Great, now I got a female thief who has the hots for me, and has a thing for cats. What am I Batman?" Peter said to himself.
He looked at the rod and shrugged. 'Well I better get this back.' He made his way to the museum just in time to see that the guards had noticed the rod was gone.
"The golden rod of King Alexander its' gone!" One of them said. Peter put it back with his webbing from the roof quickly. "The golden rod of King Alexander it's back!" said the same guard.
Peter just started his way home. On his way there he passed a clock set into a building. "Oh crap!" It was one in the morning and the deal was if he was to still be Spider-Man he had to be back before midnight. "I'm so dead!" He made his way as fast as he could back to the Institute.
When he managed to get back into his room he felt he was safe. "You're late kid." Said a familiar deep and gruff voice. Peter turned slowly and sat Logan sitting in a chair almost completely hidden in the shadows. That is until he stood up and made his way to Peter. "You better have a good excuse." Then he sniffed the air. "And why I smell a girl all over you too?" He asked studying him with his gaze.
"Well first off I was on my way back, and ran into, well a cat burglar, only she was really getting into the role." He told him. Logan raised an eyebrow and Peter told him everything.
"Wait a minute, you saying this girl dresses up as a cat, broke into the museum, you chased her, she came on to you, and she got away."
"Well...I did get back what she stole at least." Peter offered.
"We'll talk about this in the morning." Logan said and started to walk off.
"Am...I in trouble for coming in after curfew?" Peter asked wearily.
Logan stopped and considered it. "I don't think so, at least not this time since you had to stop that, but if this becomes a habit then I'll reconsider it. Got it?"
"Oh yeah." Peter said quickly. Logan nodded and left his room. Peter stripped off his costume and put on his sleeping attire.
THE NEXT MORNING
Several of the students were getting their breakfast. "Hey guys check this out." Kitty said placing the paper in the center of the kitchen table for everyone to see. "Spider-Hero of Bayville?" Kurt read the title.
"Yeah, looks like Peter's actions are getting noticed and people are talking already." She said.
"Yeah I heard this one kid at school said that he was saved by a guy in red and blue." Evan spoke up, while reaching for some toast.
"This might be a problem." Scott said looking at the outlined picture on the front with a question mark on it.
"Why this could be perfect for us." Evan said and everyone was interested in this line of logic. "You see if people see other people with powers doing good, maybe they would be more tolerant of mutants when we come out."
The others look at each other. "He might have a point." Kurt said.
"Well...maybe the Professor would know what to do about all of this." Scott said. He didn't like the exposure of what Peter was doing, but he had to admit to what Evan said. If people became used to this kind of thing, maybe they wouldn't have to hide all the time. It was far-fetched but it was a nice thought. Peter chose to come in at that time. He looked like he just got up, his hair was still a mess and he was shuffling more then walking.
"Late night?" Rogue asked him with a smirk. He merely nodded his head and went for the coffee. When he came back she noticed a pinkish color on his lips. "Is that lipstick?!" She shouted out.
That got Peter's attention and everyone else's. Peter went to the closest mirror and looked it. "Damn it." He hadn't noticed it last night because he hadn't checked himself in the mirror. It was still there, slightly faded but if you looked you could still see the color.
He went to the sink and rubbed it off with some water. When he turned he saw everyone staring at him. "What?"
"Peter like why did you have lipstick on you?" Kitty asked him. Rogue however was still a little shocked at that.
Peter sighed and sat down to eat. He told them everything about last night. One of the new recruits mainly Bobby asked for better details of how Black Cat looked, and him and several of the male members got slightly envious looks on their faces.
"So she just kiss you, just like that?" Scott asked him after it was done.
"Yeah caught me by surprise." Peter admitted.
"Vhat about your spider sense?" Kurt asked him after thinking on it.
Peter scratched his head. "Well that only goes off against threats, and well I guess a kiss doesn't count."
Rogue however had heard enough of this and got up. "Ah'm goin' ta get raedy for school." She said coldly and stormed off. The others watched her leave and were a little stunned by her odd reaction.
"Like I better go get ready too." Kitty said and went after Rogue. She caught up to the older girl just outside their room. "Rogue are you alright?"
"Yeah." She simply said, but Kitty could hear the hurt in her voice.
"Rogue-"She began but she was cut off.
"Kitty just drop it...please." She said and Kitty nodded, but when she was feeling better she was going to ask her what exactly was wrong. Then an idea hit her. 'Does Rogue have feelings for Peter?' She thought.
She knew about Rogue's crush on Scott, but lately she seemed to have gotten over it, now after her reaction to Peter's night...well it didn't take a genius to figure it out. At that moment she felt bad for Rogue, if she was crushing on Peter then what had happened was only a reminder of something she would never be able to do with him.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 23: RELATIONSHIP ISSUES