Slickboy444: Peter will have a few words with Bruce later on about him and Diana and you'll see if what you think is going to happen will be right.
Doza: I don't write action in every chapter, that gets to be too much trouble and it's not needed in every chapter either.
Silver Warrior: I'm thinking of a Teen Titan spin-off of this fic with that spider head guy in it. He sees her kind of like Gwen cause of her attitude and the hair. Yeah I've seen that Batman Beyond episode, I'm not sure about the Society anymore, everything else is still in the works.
Jezrianna: You could try and send me the first chapter and see how I like it, but be warned I'm very picky.
Nighthawk: I'm thinking he'll be around after since the climatic ending will be with Doc Ock.
Steph-59: Well like it said he wasn't sure if she was still avoiding him or not.
The Uncanny R-Man: Sorry you're way off on the roommate, thanks for that even though I still never heard of Morlin.
KaliAnn: You'll have to see about Donna.
Stoneman85: You might have given me an idea for another fic, but Carnage was destroyed and given that it killed Gwen there no way he would allow another one to be created. I don't think I saw that episode.
Zoken: Well you should, and damn man you read fast, and yet another soul for that has been sucked into my web HA HA HA HA!
Casey: No it happened after it, just a coincidence and when Doc Ock makes his presence known it will be large and have a major impact.
Multifan: Yeah I think they are, although I might have some fun I mean since Spider-Man didn't exist in the DCU then there's no telling the kinds of changes he could make. Actually some of that was taken from how the Amazons were described by the Greeks and the rest I figured since no one aged on that island too, but don't tell me bisexuals or homosexuals give you problems.
Thanks to: Stoneman85, Pokemonmaster14, X00001, X-Over, Spyder616, Superstar Kid, Big B, Morlin, Wage Shenron, Paladin, Dr. Evans, sma, ldypebsaby, Drkman, MidgeeBlue1
AN: I'll try and fit in Teen Titans later on or I might do a short fic about them that takes place in this universe. Also the future showed in Batman Beyond may not happen exactly. With Peter here that would change things, how much, well…you'll have to wait and see how his presence alters the future.
JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE SPIDER
CHAPTER 17: GRADUATION
Kara was walking the hallways of the Watchtower happily and with a huge smile on her face. She had just managed to graduate, well actually she did pretty well and it was thanks to Barbara and Peter's help with her studying that really did it. It had been a month after she and Peter had made up after that incident and looking back on it, it was funny as hell. She and Peter shared a good laugh at that and she was glad to have him back in her life.
She thought about hitting the gym and then the showers. The equipment here had been heavily modified for those like her with super human strength. She chanced into some gym shorts and T-shirt, she didn't bother with the treadmill, the last time she did that she broke it anyway and still didn't get a decent workout. She did some work with the larger equipment that could go up to a few hundred tons of pressure. She worked out for over an hour and after a quick shower changed beck into her uniform in the locker room.
"That was impressive." Kara turned to a dark haired girl about her own age that looked a lot like Wonder Woman.
"Thanks," She said smiling and tilted her head. "Hey are you Donna by chance? I've heard that Diana had a sister but haven't met her yet, wouldn't happen to be you would it?"
It was in fact Donna and she nodded. "Yes, I've been seeing a lot of this world with my sister but making new friends is a bit more tougher then I though." She sat down next to her. "In fact other then my sister and her friends I really only got to know this one other man."
"Oh really?" Kara said interested. "Friend or something more then that?"
"Well…that's the thing…he's a really nice man and I find I enjoy the time with him but I'm not sure how I really feel…I've never had a relationship with a man before and well…I'm not sure what to do, plus he's kind of getting over a great loss in his life."
Kara felt for the girl. That had to be hard not sure about how to take the first step. "Boy got a name?"
Donna thought about it. "I'm not sure if I should say his name…he's kind of a private person."
Kara smiled thinking of Peter. "Yeah I know someone like that too, plus he's got kind of a memory problem, I mean he got so lost the first time in Metropolis."
Donna laughed a bit and remembered a joke her sister told her about men in general. "Let me guess…he didn't stop and ask for directions?"
Now it was Kara's turn to laugh, thinking of Peter in his Spider-Man uniform asking people on the street for directions, the mental image alone was just priceless. "Oh I don't think so. I wish I knew why guys were like that."
Donna just shook her head. "Who knows what goes through the mind of a man?"
"Not much." Kara said with a smile and both girls laughed at that.
"All too true I fear at times, and I could name a few like that," Donna said after she stopped laughing.
Kara smiled at her. "Let me guess…Flash right?" Donna nodded sending the girls into another set of giggles. The two girls continued to talk on and Kara was liking this Donna girl, she was a bit different then her other friends and that was a good thing. Donna was just happy to meet another woman she could identify with.
-Kent Farm, a few days later-
Kara was walking back to the farm after visiting her friends in Smallville, even though she found the place boring she had to admit that she did have a few nice friends here, although she couldn't tell them about most of her life it was still nice to be a 'normal' girl now and then.
She and her friends had just had the graduation ceremony yesterday and it was nice except that black gown was hot and itched but getting the diploma was well worth it. Her friends had gone out having a small party and it was great to get out of high school. She walked up the dirt road to the two story white house and felt a small pang of regret. This had been her home for a few years now and she was surprised that she was going to miss it.
She opened the door. "Hey I'm back! Anyone here?" She yelled out.
"In here Kara, will you come into the kitchen." She heard Martha Kent call out to her. Kara shrugged and as soon as she was in the Kitchen she jumped as there was a group of people shouting out 'surprise' at her. There in the Kitchen were the Kents, Clark, Lois, J'onn, Barbara Gordon and even Peter Parker, Flash, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl. After the small heart attack she had just suffered she couldn't stop the huge smile on her face. It looked like her other friends and family had their own celebration for her.
"Man you should have seen your face," Peter said pulling down a camera with a grin on his face. "In fact you will as soon as I get this film developed after the party." Peter was glad he had taken the time to remember his camera for this, being a professional photographer had its benefits.
"Peter! You wouldn't dare!" Kara said to him, there was no way he was going to do that, she had no idea what exactly her face had looked like it in that photo but she wasn't going to take any chances. She made a dash for him, but because of that damn that spider-sense of his he knew she was coming, so he jumped up on the ceiling and passed it to Flash and told him to 'go long'. Flash sped out of the place and as far as Kara knew the camera was now halfway to China at the moment. She made a glare at Peter who just smiled back at her.
After a few calming words and after sending Wally back out to get the camera (which he had placed back in Peter's place apparently he figured it would have been the most obvious place to look and figured no one would look there because of it) Peter swore to give Kara that photo he took.
After that things got into a more relaxed mode, John was making sure Shayera wasn't too isolated. Ever after a few months the League were still a little uncertain about her, but it was a lot better now then it had been. Although they were both surprised that Superman invited both of them for this and Hawkgirl took it as a sign that maybe she could patch things up with her friends again.
Batman of course had declined and Wonder Woman also, saying she and her sister were out doing something special. Clark didn't know what it was but figured it had to be important, he was glad to see that Kara's friends Peter and Barbara could make it. He watched the three of them talking and joking and laughing and was glad she had such good friends.
"What's on your mind?" Clark turned to face Lois as she wrapped an arm around his waist.
"I'm just thinking how it's such a good thing Kara has people who understands her at her age," Clark thinks back to when his powers were first emerging and he had no one to share that information with, even with his best friend Lana, but she had found out anyway. "I mean I had to keep all this a secret, at least she has friends who-" Clark stopped as he turned sharply to the trio and saw an embarrassed Peter and a slightly less Kara, but Barbara was clutching her stomach turning red from laughter.
"What?" Lois asked looking to the trio.
"I…I thought I heard them say something about…Kara walking in on Peter in the…the shower?"
Lois gave a small laugh at the look on his face. "Don't worry about it Clark I'm sure you heard wrong besides you shouldn't eavesdrop with that hearing of yours."
He looked down at her and grinned. "You don't seem to mind to help get a story or when you need saving."
"Well okay it has its uses but just remember to keep it eavesdropping to a minimum anyway, just to be polite." Lois told him, but made plans on asking Kara woman to woman what was going on. She had to admit that looking at Peter and Kara together they did seem like they could make a cute couple. She also could see Clark a bit unsure about them being more then just friends and there was also the fact that he had always been a bit overprotective with Kara.
J'onn made his way over to John and Shayera. "It is good that you two came."
"Yeah well the kid isn't as reckless lately as she was when she first joined in." John told him, and it was true lately she had stopped thinking of all of this as a game and took it a bit more seriously.
Hawkgirl who was in normal clothing without her mask was just glad to be invited here. So far she had talked with Martha Kent and she liked her, and she could see where Clark got the way he was. Her people didn't raise their children like the Kents, they were a warrior race and didn't think that 'cuddling' their children like the Kents did would have been correct…but…seeing them and all of this, it made her question a few things.
Ever since she came to Earth she had been questioning things and had changed. She found love in John Steward a man just a thick headed and stubborn as she was, she had learned about her race's past and the old Gods they had believed in and faced one of them that ended with Grondy's death. She had changed by being here and to tell the truth…she liked who she had become and was glad that she was gaining back the trust of her friends again, because now that she was exiles from he people they were all she had, and she didn't want to lose them again.
Later on after a very good meal by Martha, they were gathered in the living room. Wally had claimed that for the first time he had eaten his fill, which was surprising after the fifth helping of everything he had. Martha was just amazed he had eaten so much that they didn't have any leftovers. "I swear I got to learn how you cook like that." Wally told her.
She smiled at the red haired speeder. "Why thank you Wally, and thank you for doing the dishes."
"Hey it only took me a minute, least I could do." Wally told her leaning back in his chair with a grin.
Barbara was sitting next to Kara and had to just breach the subject of what was next for her. "So…where are you going to Collage? Gotham?" She asked hopefully, if she did then they could share a place and she had to admit it would be nice to have someone around."
"I thought you wanted to go to Metropolis?" Clark asked her from across a coffee table.
"Well…the thing is…I'm not going to either," Everyone was surprised by that and she explained. "I would love to see you more Barbara but I think Batman wouldn't like me in 'his' city and I am NOT taking orders from him. Clark, I really love Metropolis but with you and Steel, well, that's your city and I feel people would be comparing me to you all the time there, I just need to go somewhere where I'm either not in the way, or when I'm not constantly compared to someone."
"In other words you want to strike out on your own and be your own person." Jonathan Kent said to her nodded his head.
"Exactly." Kara told him.
"So where do you want to go?" Clark asked her, he had thought she was going to go to Metropolis and to be honest he had hoped that he could keep an eye on her while there, since she had a knack for getting into trouble.
"Well…I was thinking NYU, that is if you don't mind Peter?" Kara said looking over to Peter.
Peter himself was a little surprised by this but thought about it and smiled and shrugged at her. "I don't got a problem with it, besides I could use the help. Back in my New York there were other heroes all over the place, with it just being me for a whole city is a lot harder then I thought it would be."
Kara was glad about that, she hoped he wouldn't mind and at least she would have at least one person there she would know. "Isn't New York an expensive place to live though?" Martha asked a bit worried. "I mean with school and all."
"I…hadn't thought about that." Kara said thinking about things, she would most likely need to get a job and a place to live but she remembered how Peter had once said that finding a nice place in a good price range was tough.
"You could always move in with me." Peter said off hand without thinking and then noticed how everyone's attention was on him. "What? I mean I live rent free but being Spider-Man isn't cheap and I was thinking of a roommate but it's hard to find just some stranger to live in with me who won't ask a lot of questions."
Clark even though he liked Peter wasn't sure if her sharing a place with a boy was something a young woman should do but Kara was already over to Peter hugging him. "You really mean that? Thank you! I mean that place is gorgeous and I wouldn't have to worry about keeping my secret either, this is just so perfect!"
"Kara…AIR!" Peter yelled out the last bit as he was being crushed by the blond powerhouse.
"Oops, sorry." She said letting him go as he gasped for air and his face went back to it's original color.
Lois saw the look on Clark's face and nudged him with an elbow. "Oh lighten up Smallville, Peter's a good guy so don't worry about her, besides she has to grow up sometime."
Clark sighed. "I guess your right Lois, I guess I'm just having trouble of her being on her own."
"Well she is family," She told him with a smile. "You're just worried, I mean I was with my sister when she went off to collage on her own, just remember that she's with a good friend."
-A Week Later-
Kara was finishing unpacking in her new room. She had to admit saying goodbye to the farm had been bitter sweet but she couldn't wait to decorate her new room. It was larger then her old one and she had to admit New York may not have been as clean cut as Metropolis but it was a great city. Peter was going to show her around the city later on too and she couldn't wait for that.
She even asked him if they were hiring at that paper he worked at, with her experience at the Planet she might make it, plus Perry always had said she could always use him as a reference. Peter of course had said that he would ask around. She needed the extra cash if she wanted to pull her weight around here.
She swung open the glass door to the long patio like structure and looked over the city. She had to admit it was nice here and she also couldn't wait to make her presence of Supergirl known.
Downstairs Peter was watching the news and there was an image of him there stopping another bank robbery. 'What's the point? You'd think these clowns would know to try this outside of New York by now, but no they always think that they can get away with it.' He mused to himself and then listened to a reporter on the TV.
"Once again New York's own super-hero Spider-Man, foiled another crime in the city, in fact ever since the web-swinger had arrived in our city the crime rate has gone down." Peter was still getting used to the fact that he was actually celebrated here in this version of New York. So far the cops hadn't shot at him once, and he had to admit that was nice…hell a patrol man asked for his autograph for his kid of all things!
"We of New York had always seemed to live without the feeling of someone looking out for us, Metropolis, Gotham, Key Stone, and Jump City as well as others have had the protection of heroes some for years and it seems New Yorkers are actually grateful for this new hero that has made his home here." Peter watched on as they did interviews of people, some actually claimed he had saved them in some way.
It was hard to tell with all the people he saw. They mostly said good things about him, back home it was kind of a split decision but The Journal, the paper that he worked for didn't have a problem with Spider-Man like JJ had. So the public was more on his side without someone saying he was a menace to them.
"Personally this reporter would like to thank Spider-Man, whoever you are, for making New York a safer place." Peter turned off the TV and just stared at the blank screen, for so many years fighting without any recognition to suddenly have it was both nice…and a little surreal.
"If they like you wait until they get a load out of me." Kara said from behind him, causing him to jump a bit and turn around. "That is if you don't mind the competition."
"I don't consider this a competition Kara." He said seriously.
Kara sobered up a bit at that, she forgot how seriously Peter took this. "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that," She was about to go on when the doorbell rang out. "I'll get it." She was off before said a word, he shrugged and looked at the time. He wasn't sure but he thought there was something he was supposed to be doing today…then it hit him. He quickly got up and ran to his room for his camera.
Kara went to the door a bit excited, this was their first guest and she wondered who it could be. She opened the door and was shocked to see Donna there, only in jeans and a red blouse and what looked like a camera with her. Donna was just as surprised by seeing Kara there.
Both just stared at each other for a minute before both found their voices. "What are you doing here?" They both asked.
"Me? I'm living with Peter now? What about you?" Kara said to the dark haired Amazon.
"Peter was giving me lessons with photography." Donna said a bit shocked by the fact Kara not only knew Peter but was also living with him.
"Hey sorry about that, I nearly forgot you were coming over today Donna." Peter said putting on a jacket with his camera handy. "Hey Kara this is a friend of mine, Donna-"
"We met." Kara said a bit quickly.
"Oh…okay…well when I get back I'll take you on that tour of the city I promise okay?" Peter said to her grabbing his key and exiting the door.
"Yeah…sure…" Kara wasn't sure what was going on, she knew Peter wasn't dating but the way Donna placed her arm in his and then she remembered how she had said she might have feelings for this one boy and she was sure she had been talking about Peter.
She closed the door and just walked back to the couch and sat down just staring. She wasn't sure but…it just seemed to bother her or something that Peter was going out with a woman who might like him then more then a friend. She knew she should be happy that Peter might find some happiness but…it just felt…wrong.
She couldn't be jealous, he was her close friend why should she feel this way?
Donna was a bit unnerved that Peter had a woman living with him now, from what she had known, in this world when men and women live together they are usually together as a couple but that couldn't be the case or Peter would have said something She asked about Kara and he told her she was just a close friend who was going to school here and he needed a roommate to help pay the bills.
He explained how they already knew all their secrets so that worked out in both their favors. Now Donna had nothing against Kara, she liked her in fact, but the thought of Kara sharing a place with Peter didn't sit well. She had to know if Kara just thought of Peter as just a friend or if she now had competition for Peter's affections.
Peter himself wasn't sure what was going on. He had hoped that Donna and Kara would get along but for some reason there was a…tension or something between them. Maybe it was just the shock of finding out they knew the same person all along. He knew he should have said something sooner but it had just never came up.
Either way he hoped they could all get along. Plus there was the fact that Donna was linking her arm with his and he felt a bit uncomfortable. It had been a long time since he ever looked at another girl ever since…well…ever since he came here. But he remembered that strange dream of his with Kara and Donna and had to wonder again if he felt something for one of them? But then again he had never been that luck with girls so he put it aside, there was a small chance they would feel that way about him, and both of them was just impossible to him…at least…he thought so.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 18: SISTERHOOD
