Friendship

Kie's POV: I scrambled into my bed still in my clothes from that day and turned off my lamp. 'I didn't want this to happen between Cassie and I.' I decided that the next morning I was going to call her and demand to talk this out.

The next morning I stood up and grabbed my phone. I quickly hit the speed dial that had Cassie's phone number on it. 'One ring…two rings, come on! Three rings, please pick up! Four rings.' I quietly set the phone back on its hook. I grabbed my jacket and headed out the door.

I flagged down a taxi and gave them Cassie's address. Once there I paid the cabbie driver and walked up to her door. I knocked three times and waited for an answer. No one came. I furrowed my brow and knocked again. No one came. I walked back out of the apartment building and heavily sat on the steps.

Footsteps were heard and I jerked my head up to meet a police officer, I stood up briskly wiping my clothes off. "Hello officer, er, what can I do for you?"

"Are you Cassie Andersen's roommate?"

"Cassie doesn't have a roommate, but I'm her best friend."

"Have you heard of her condition yet?"

I frowned, "no…"

"I am sorry to inform you miss…"

"Kiendra, Kiendra Fox."

"I am sorry to inform you miss Kiendra that your friend was mugged late last night and has been killed."

My eyes widened in horror, "she what!"

"She has died."

With my mouth agape I looked down at the ground.

"Are you okay miss?"

I snapped back to reality and looked up at the police officer again, but not only with remorse but anger, "have you caught the mugger yet?"

"No we have not but we have been suspecting that he is hiding in the Saho area."

I nodded, "thank you sir?"

He nodded as well and turned around and went back into his cruiser and took off down the road.

I watched him drive away, 'Saho eh? Well, whoever did this is going to pay!'

Instead of flagging down a taxi I ran all the way back to my apartment, I went inside and grabbed my black ski mask, a black slim long sleeve shirt, black leather gloves, and tight black pants, and to go with it all, black boots. I changed into these clothes and then looked myself in the mirror; I was going in style.

I walked out onto my balcony; I turned around and looked up. The roof wasn't very far away from where I was standing. I walked to the railing and put my hand to the wall. I started pulling myself up.

Once on the roof I looked out across the city in the direction of Saho. I walked to the edge of the roof and looked down, I brought my arm up in front of me and pushed my middle and ring finger down on my palm. A strand of webbing shot out and attached itself to the building across from me. I gulped, "well here goes nothing." I closed my eyes tight and jumped. The building was coming closer and a much higher speed; I flung out my other arm and attached another strand of webbing to another building. 'Ah crap, now what do I do?' Both of my arms were stretching and straining from being pulled different directions. I released my first arm, which was my right, and swung a different way. I then released my left arm and attached a strand of webbing with my right arm to a skyscraper. After continuing this pattern I was finally starting to get the hang of it and I was going much faster.

Before I even realized it, I had landed on a building in Saho. I looked around, 'if I were a criminal hiding from the police, where would I hide?' My eyes scanned the small town; finally they rested on an old abandoned apartment building. I jumped from building to building finally reaching the old apartment. I crawled down the wall to an open window and silently slipped inside.

Upon hearing a clatter of metal objects I snapped my head towards a door that had a light underneath it. I quietly jumped to the ceiling and crawled over to it, good thing I did too because just as I neared the door it flew open and a guy stormed out.

"I hate the police! Why don't they leave me alone, it was only a stupid girl!"

My eyes filled with angry fire, 'just a girl? She was my best and closest friend!'

He started pacing the room muttering to himself. I narrowed my eyes and jumped behind just as he made a turn. I followed him silently until he turned again, so he came face to face with me.

The mugger looked me up and down then grinned a malicious grin. "So girly, what are you doing here?"

"Getting revenge," I growled.

"Ooooo, tough girly eh?"

I grabbed the front of his shirt and slammed him against a wall, "you got that right!"

He held out his hands, "whoa, take it easy girly!"

"My name is not girly, it is Kiendra and you killed my best and closest friend!" I said between clenched teeth then pulled off my mask so he could see my face. "And you know what I'm going to do about it?"

Fear filled his eyes when I talked about him killing someone, "w-what?"

"I'm going to beat the crap out of you until you wish you could just shrivel up and die." I set him roughly back down on his feet.

He stepped back clearly afraid, I made his fear even worse when I started walking towards him with my fists and teeth clenched, I hardly noticed when he tripped over a pile of rubble and fell of the window and crashing to the ground.

When finally what happened registered into my brain I walked briskly to the window and looked seven stories down, I could see his body on the cement and a crowd of people gathering around him.

I pursed my lips and walked away from the window, picking up my mask and slipping it over my head, I walked to the other side of the room and crawled out through the window I had entered from and crawled up to the roof. I took off towards my apartment. After landing on my balcony, I pulled off my mask and gloves then sat down briskly on my bed. I then broke down into tears and started sobbing into my hands.

I was interrupted by my phone ringing, wiping my tears I grabbed the phone and tried to desperately answer it with a strong and cheery voice, I didn't succeed.

"H-hello?"

"K-Kiendra? Th-this is Peter, I, I just wanted to a-ask if y-you would c-come to, to, to…" he paused.

I sniffed and waited knowing that something was wrong.

"If you would come to, to my U-Uncle B-Ben's f-f-funeral." I heard him break in to small soft sobs.

My heart sank even more than it was now, 'Uncle Ben, dead? As well as Cassie?' "O-of course Peter, I'll come." I tried to sound cheery for him.

The soft sobs on the other line stopped, "Kie, are, are you okay?"

I sniffed a bit too loud, "yeah, I'm fine."

"It doesn't sound like it."

I started to cry, "She's dead! She's dead Peter!"

"Who's dead?"

"Cassie!"

I heard a small gasp through the receiver, "but, how?"

"She was mugged and then killed in the process."

The other end was quiet.

"Kie?"

"Yes."

"I'm gonna come over there, okay?"

"O-okay."

"Bye."

"Bye," I hung up the receiver and collapsed onto my bed again.

Peter's POV: I softly knocked on Kiendra's door then waited, finally I heard a small click and the door opened slowly. I looked at Kiendra who had red eyes and a red puffy nose. She was clutching a small tissue in her hand. What really struck me, as peculiar is that she was decked out all in black.

"Come in," she told me and opened the door further to let me in. Once inside she closed the door then looked up at me. Her emerald eyes were full of tears, which made tears come to my eyes again to see her sadness and mixed with my sadness I couldn't hold it in.

I walked to her and quickly enveloped her in my arms, "I am so sorry Kie, I am so sorry." I knew that I didn't ever want to feel this way again and ever see her this way again ever, it pushed me further on to wanting to help stop all the crimes in this dreadful city.

She pressed her small body against mine, "I'm sorry too Pete." She turned around and looked into my eyes, I felt as if she were reading every thought that was going through my mind. I leaned down and set my lips softly on hers.

I looked out over the city, I was now devoted to protecting it, with my life if needed. My legs dangled over the edge of the building, Spider-Man was what they called me, the people of this gloomy city, the vigilante in red and blue tights. My spider sense tingled slightly, 'that's my cue to leave.' I stood up and jumped off the building and headed towards the scream.

Kie's POV: I was watching the news when it showed a picture with a small guy in the corner of the picture on some type of thread swinging away. My eyes widened and I looked closer.

"Spider-Man has apparently just stopped a robbery…" the news report said.

"Spider-Man?"

A couple weeks later

This Spider-Man person really sparked my interest in crime fighting, 'if he could fight crime and have the same powers as me then why can't I?' I had done some research on the vigilante and concluded that he had the same powers as me.

I didn't have a costume yet so I just slipped on a tight v-neck shirt, tight pants, black boots, black gloves, and a small eye mask that didn't cover my whole face. I stepped out onto my balcony then jumped off.

I free fell until I was almost to the ground, then I let off some webbing and took off towards a skyscraper. Landing on top of the skyscraper I sat down with my legs dangling over the edge. I was hoping that Spider-Man would come tonight since I had seen him up here many times before.

Peter's POV: I was swinging towards my thinking spot which was at the top of a sky scraper, as I neared it I saw someone sitting at the top with their legs dangling over the side. I narrowed my eyes and swung towards the person and landed on the rooftop. The person turned their head and glanced back at me, then turned back to gazing over the city. As I got closer to the person I figured out that it was a woman, I sat down next to her, "so, you come up here often?" I asked trying to strike conversation.

"Nah, this is my first time."

"Oh." 'First time? Yet she's not surprised to see me here.' "So… what are you doing up here anyway?"

"Thinking, and watching for you."

"Oh, right. Uh, how'd you know I'd come here?"

"I live nearby and see you up here once in a while."

"Oh, um, what's your name?"

She paused, "uh…"

I lifted an eyebrow, 'she doesn't have a name? Maybe she doesn't want to be known.' "Do you have a nickname that I could call you?"

She grinned, "as a matter of fact I do, Spider-Woman."

My eyes widened, "what? Are you trying to be like me or something? I didn't know I had that big of a fan." I teased.

She elbowed me in the stomach, "no goofball, I have the same powers as you."

My eyes widened further, "you do?" I narrowed my eyes, "show me."

"All right," she stood up and pointed her wrist at a nearby building and shot some webbing at it.

With my eyes still narrowed I walked over and tested the webbing; I shot out some of my own and tested mine to hers. It was exactly the same. "Wow, I didn't know there were more like me out there."

"Only one that I know of."

"Who?"

She rolled her eyes, "me you iggit."

I laughed, "right, iggit? What's that?"
She rolled her eyes again, "another way of saying idiot, iggit."

"Oh…" I scratched the back of my head nervously, "…right. Um… do you fight crime like me?" I would like to have some help with all the criminals that are running around.

She nodded her head, "yeah, I'm starting to, so you don't have to count me as your enemy." She then lifted up her sleeve and looked at a watch. "I have to go now, bye!" She walked backwards off the edge and started spiraling down to the ground, and then she shot off a strand of webbing and took off.

"Wow, she's pretty amazing. Ah man, I'm probably already late for my date with Kiendra!"

I am sooooooo sorry for the long wait! I had a HUGE writer's block on this chapter, add that with school work and you get a long wait! I'll try to be quicker on this next chapter;)