"This is nuts" Spiderman said as he leant on a wall just taking in the sights of New York
"What is man?" Sky Knight asked as he sat on his board doing the same
"My sister was Agent Web, sorry Spinneret, most of our friends have spider powers and you are basically using repurposed Oscorp tech" Spiderman said
"Yeah, it is crazy, hard to believe we're sort of like a neighbourhood version of the Avengers" SKy Knight laughed until they heard a gunshot making the two heroes jump into action and investigate the sound. Soon they reached a spot where a teenager was grasping his side while blood leaked out from in between his fingers. The two heroes nodded and Spiderman moved the teen's fingers away from the wound and webbed it up before helping him onto Sky Knight's board
"I'll get him to the hospital" Sky Knight said
"Okay" Spiderman said "I'll go hunting for the thugs who did this" he said swinging away
"So you guys excited?" MJ asked
"Why?" Anya asked as she and the other girls were walking to class
"Because of the show tonight" MJ said
"There's a show on tonight?" Cindy asked
"Yeah, Honey Lemon is doing a fashion show down at the Madison Square gardens"
"That's tonight; oh man I didn't get tickets" Anya shouted face palming
"Don't worry I managed to get us some" MJ said smiling
"You are a life saver girl" Gwen said
"And for some reason we can go backstage and meet her as well" MJ said
"That is so AWESOME!" Cindy cheered
'I wonder if Teresa had anything to do with it, since she's a SHIELD agent and all, I'll check with her later' Gwen thought before seeing Hobie
"What's wrong with him?" Anya asked as they watched the guy run out of the school
"ABE!" Hobie shouted running into the Emergency department seeing his younger brother Abe being guarded by Sky Knight who looked at the rushed teenager and stood straighter
"You know this kid?" Sky Knight asked
"He's my younger brother, what happened?" Hobie asked
"I don't know, Spiderman's looking into it at the moment" Sky Knight said
"Was there anything to tell you what happened?" Hobie asked
"Just a gunshot" Sky Knight said
"Gang members, I'm pretty there has been an influx of these sorts of things since Bonesaw and the Skulls were beaten, now several other gangs have been stepping in, the only one not making a move is Kingpin; and that's because no one wants to mess with him" Hobie said "And the worse one of them is Tombstone"
"Tombstone?" Sky Knight asked
"So if I was a bunch of gang bangers where would I be hiding?" Spiderman asked
"What do you mean Gang bangers?" a voice asked causing Spiderman to turn around, to see Ghost Spider landing next to him "Does it have anything to do with Hobie freaking out?"
"Hobie, of course that kid was Abe, Hobie's brother. I should have seen it before" Spiderman said
"And since you mentioned Gang-bangers I'm guessing he was shot" Ghost Spider said
"Yeah, he was, pretty badly as well" Spiderman said
"So what are you going to do?" Ghost Spider asked before she looked confused "That was different"
"What was?" Spiderman asked before his spider-sense went wild "Spider-sense!" he gasped
"Is that was that was?" Ghost Spider asked
"Yeah it is, and it's usually a sign of danger' Spiderman said pulling her down as a storm of bullets fly over their heads
"Hey freaks, this is Tombstone's turf now and anyone caught here has to pay the toll" a gang banger said
"Tombstone?" the two spiders asked before they got out of there
Once they were back at school Peter had his laptop out trying to find anything on Tombstone when Harry sat down
"How's Hobie?" Peter asked
"Not good, but he's with his mother now so it should be okay" Harry said "Do you know who is controlling the gang-bangers that shot Abe?"
"Yeah, we met some more and they belong to one Lonnie Lincoln aka Tombstone" Peter said
"Tombstone, wasn't he a hitman, how did he become a gang leader?" Harry asked
"That is what everyone including Kingpin wants to know" Peter said
"So where is his turf?" Harry asked
"Right around our school" Peter said
"That's not good, what does SHIELD say about him?" Harry asked
"I'll have a look." Peter said only to be blocked "Then again"
"Teresa's our link in, maybe we should ask her" Peter said as his phone rang
"Why are you looking into Tombstone?" Teresa asked
"Shooting in the area, he may have been involved with it somehow, what's SHIELD's interesting?" Peter replied
"He's a hitman who has taken out a couple of SHIELD agents, and I've checked he wasn't involved in dad's death. Jackal was way too happy to reveal that" Teresa said "But still, stay away from Tombstone" she said "I mean it!"
"Okay, but if he comes to our school all promises are off" Peter said
"Alright, but only if he tries anything" Teresa said hanging up
"He's trouble" Aaron said
"I know, he's supposed to be smart, he may not be Stark levels by he was always tinkering. But I think he's limiting his intelligence for some reason" Teresa said
"Which is why he's using your dad's equipment" Aaron said
"I just wish I knew how and why he's doing it" Teresa said
The group were about to walk out of school when several grey muscle cars rolled up and several thugs got out with semi automatic handguns, which they all cocked. The team looked nervous before one of them speak
"Alright he's what's going to happen now, all of you kids are going to get a golden opportunity and join up with Mr Lincoln and if we get enough we'll leave your school alone. If not well" The leader said as they aimed at the students. Peter gulped before subtly shifting his wrist so he's web-shooter was in place before he would need to use it
"Hey" a voice said making the leader turn to someone wear dark green tactical gear, clawed gauntlets and a purple mask
"who's this freak?" one of them asked
"Simple, I'm The Prowler" he said grabbing the thug's head and slamming it into the car before throwing him into some more then turning to the others. "who's next?"
"Get him" the leader said making the rest of them charge at Prowler, who just shrugged and threw a punch at one of them, before flipping another over into the car and elbowing the thug's head into the windshield. Watching this Peter, Flash and Miles left the crowd to became their hero identities
"So how are we doing this?" Kid Arachnid asked
"Carefully, that mean no excessive force unless required, you got that AV?" Spiderman asked
"I hear you" Agent Venom said cracking his knuckles
"Let's move" Spiderman said
Soon the three spider heroes leapt into action and started to web up the thugs making Prowler look shock as he saw Spiderman jump over his head and fling tow thugs into the wall and web him up. Agent venom collided several thugs using a gridiron tackle. Kid Arachnid was being overwhelmed by the biggest thug then and held up his hands, to block a punch only for the thug to fly backwards
"That's new" Kid Arachnid said looking at his hands and electricity were dancing across the. "That's real new" he said before ducking and dodging the thug, so he jumped in the air and landed on the big thug and clapped his hands onto the thug's head unleashing a blast of the electricity making him fall over out cold. "That works" he said before seeing Prowler about to be shot by the leader of Tombstone. Only for Agent Venom to come up to the leader and knock him out before allying him on the ground
"Thanks, but I had these guys" Prowler said
"I don't think you did" Spiderman said
"Whatever, just don't let me catch you going after Tombstone" Prowler said "He's mine got it?"
"Too bad, we've already been warned off by someone else" Spiderman said
"We have?" Kid Arachnid and Agent Venom asked
"We have, SHIELD has asked us kindly to back off" Spiderman said
"Like I care, all I want is Tombstone's name of his own tombstone" Prowler said walking away
"Damn it" Spiderman said before firing a spider tracer at Prowler
"Good move Spidey" Agent Venom said slapping Spiderman on the shoulder
"Thanks" Spiderman said
In a club somewhere an Albino wearing a stone grey suit was sipping from a glass of the finest Scotch while listening to some Louisianan Jazz when one of his thugs walked in
"Ah Mr Lincoln?" the thug asked as the Albino got up and glared at the thug "Mr Tombstone"
"Yes, what is it?" Tombstone asked as he sat back down and sipped his drink again
"The school you sent us to" the thug said
"What about it?" Tombstone asked
"Spiderman and several new guys showed up" the thug said
"New guys?" Tombstone asked
"We only got one of their names and it was Prowler" the thug said
"Prowler, haven't heard that name in years. He was an old enforcer for Fisk before he was arrested for killing a Irish mobster while saving his Pig of a brother" Tombstone said "Was it the same guy?"
"No, we check he was a different Prowler, younger to" the thug said
"I see, and my men?" Tombstone asked
"Arrested" the thug said
"I see" he said as he inhaled smoke from a cigar and then let it roll out of his mouth from in between his pointed teeth. Seeing Tombstone's teeth the thug gulped and stepped back a bit, smirking Tombstone took another slug from his cigar and looked at the man "Tell me, do you know I got my teeth like this?" he asked
"You filed them to points" the thug said
"Wrong, you see when I was 18, I was about to dump a corpse in the middle of the ocean, when all of a sudden a massive gust came along and threw me into the railed, shattering every single tooth I had, it was painful, like real painful. The only thing I can think of is having salt water and acid poured on a wound, so when I got back to shore my boss sent me to his dentist; nice bloke and he had to remove all of the shard that remain and when I had none left he asked if I liked Sharks, so I nodded and then he gassed putting me out for a good while" he said unaware that Prowler was now inside the club listening "So when I came to; I had a brand new set of teeth that were ripped from the mouth of a Great White Shark" Tombstone said, "And my nails, those I pulled off and replaced them with razor blades" he said before shoving his thumbs into the thug's eyes before slashing his throat. He clicked his fingers and two guards dragged the body away before he sat down to enjoy the Jazz music again when Prowler landed behind Tombstone and crept closer, only to be thrown into a pillar while Tombstone strangled him "You're this fake Prowler huh?" Tombstone asked
"Yeah I am, so what?" Prowler asked
"You been messing in my business boy" Tombstone said
"And you've been messing with my friends" Prowler said glaring at each other before the door burst opened
"SHIELD! Don't move anyone!" an agent shouted as several heavily armed SHIELD agents swarmed in
"Lonnie Thompson Lincoln, you're under arrest!" Teresa said wearing an agent uniform
"On what charges?" Tombstone asked
"First Degree murder, blackmail, possession of narcotics, distribution of narcotics, kidnapping" Teresa said asked
"Like you can put that on me" Tombstone smirked
"Okay" Teresa said taking a swab and wiping the blood on his hands and then doing the same to the corpse
"Oh you bit" Tombstone said before he was taken away, Teresa looked to Prowler and smirked
"You come with me" Teresa said
"And what is this place?" Prowler asked
"This is Parker Laboratories, the base of my team" Teresa said
"your team?" Prowler asked
"Think of us as something similar to the Avengers, looking out for the city and neighbourhoods when they're not around" Teresa said stepping into a chamber
"And why would I join you guys anyway?" Prowler sneered
"Because, as much as you want you can't be a vigilante" Spinneret said as she walked out in her costume "You will be targeted by law enforcement"
"Spiderman wasn't" Prowler said
"That's because I have a good relationship with the police, I've worked with them when they needed my help and I've needed theirs before as well" Spiderman said as he entered the room
"So just like that, I'm forced to either pick being a freelancer or joining the Neighbourhood Avengers" Prowler said
"We're not forcing you, we're giving you an invitation, one which we hope you'll take" Spinneret said
"I'll think about, especially since you guys did help me out, and saved the life of that kid" Prowler said
"I hope that kid is alright" Spiderman said
"Me too" Prowler said leaving the labs
"So do you think he'll join you?" Black Cat asked as her hair swayed softly in the wind
"I hope so, he's a good kid at heart but what he went through against Tombstone was not something lightly" Spiderman said
"Anyway, it was at least good you invited me into the group" Black Cat said
"Don't worry your turn will come one day" Spiderman said kissing her
"I hope so, Spider, I hope so" Black Cat said
G'day Guys Grizz here I know its a bit late, so sorry for that anyway this chapter introduces both Tombstone and Prowler, originally it was just going to be Prowler only to have Tombstone brought in during this chapter as a threat only to be dealt with by SHIELD in this chapter; but I will bring him back as well. Not to mention a hint of the Big Hero 6 team joining this shared universe project which I'm deciding on what to do with them.
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside