I know, I know. I haven't updated this story in like a year. I'm so sorry about that.

This is a few weeks later, from Part 2. For the general note, Matt is now fourteen.

Part Three

Matt turned his head toward a conversation he was hearing. The two men a few yards away were talking about Spider-Man. They were saying since the wall crawler hadn't been around crime was going up.

Spider-Man, a person everyone was talking about. Or rather Spider-Man: No More was what everyone was talking about. Where had he gone? Why did he quit?

If the Daily Bugle had its say, they thought they had ran Spider-Man off because of all the bad press they had given him. From what Matt heard from before, the Bugle had Spidey's costume. How in the world they got it, Matt didn't know. But he knew that Spider-Man wasn't dead, he had to be some where, but where?

Sure, Murdock, he thought, what would you say to Spider-Man if you could talk to him?

This was yet another time Matt wished his father was around. Not that Dad could find Spider-Man, but he had seen him once. But maybe his dad would have understood why Spidey had quit.

"That's everything. Just leave him and lets go."

Matt frowned, the voice sounded close, but he knew better than that, it was a few blocks away. He heard a thud followed by a low groan.

Quickening his pace, Matt headed in the direction he heard the footsteps from. So intent on that, he bumped into other people, and not getting not so nice comments because of it.

The footsteps were getting fainter, but Matt wasn't worry about that. Into the alleyway away from the crowds, he listened for the person the others had left behind. He heard heartbeats and shallow breathing.

Reaching the person, Matt dropped to his knees to feel for a pulse. It was slightly irregular. Lightly feeling the person's face, he heard a low moan. But the man didn't stir. Whoever had done this had beaten the man senseless.

Matt knew he needed to call 911. But were could he go that was the closest to get help? Getting back to his feet, Matt let out a pent up breath. Inhaling, he smelled pizza.

Quickly jogging, he went toward the building that had it cooking.

"Joe's Pizza, what can-"

"There's a guy in the alleyway, he needs help." Matt interrupted the man.

"What, kid? Are you trying to pull a joke?" The man swore in what Matt could guess was Arabic.

"Do you have a phone?" Matt didn't want to waste anymore time by trying to convince the guy otherwise.

"It's in the back." The man paused. "On you right, and just go straight. You're not going to call 911, are you?"

"You don't seem to believe me so yeah. What street is this?" Matt knew he needed the name.

"Thirteenth." A different man answered him, and then he said something in Arabic to the first one. "I'm going to check out the alley."

"Thank you," Matt said to the second man and headed to the phone. At least someone had taken him seriously.

Dialing 911, he got a hold of someone. He told the operator everything he knew along with the address.

"Okay an ambulance is on its way. What's your name?"

"This is Joe's Pizza." Matt hung up after that.

Heading back outside, he walked into the alley.

"You were right kid," The voice of the second man from Joe's Pizza reached his ears.

"An ambulance is coming. Is the guy okay?" Matt wanted to know.

"No he is still out. Are you going to stay with him? I have to get back."

"Okay, I'll stay."

Walking back over to the uncurious man, Matt just waited. While he did that, he thought back on Spider-Man.

With Spider-Man gone, crime was getting out of control. What made the hero quit? Matt wondered on that. He hoped that it wasn't for always.

Finally he heard an ambulance in the distance. Quickly as he could he left the scene. He didn't want to be questioned when the paramedics came.

"There's he is, just like that undefined caller said he'd be. But where is he?"

Matt was too far away to be found, but he could still faintly hear what was being said. At least I helped in some way, he thought to himself.

Walking as fast as he dared, Matt headed home. He knew that Anna Watson, his new foster parent, would be worried about him. But he wasn't going to tell her what happened. The guy, after all was going to okay, Matt was sure.

The End of Part Three

Notes: Just in cause some are confused about this, the scene is around the boy who got beat up by the two older men, whom, Peter didn't bother to help. So this is set just before Peter and Aunt May visiting Uncle Ben's grave.

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