Chapter 9, Enjoy and drop any thoughts below in the reviews!


"Heya guys where ya going?" said a figure in the night sky as multiple armed men ran away. The looks of fear in their faces as they wrecklessly sped down an alley way and made a sharp turn. Stopping when they saw that there was no way out, that their voyage came to a dead end when they tried to reach the street again but the figure stopped them. Landing on the ground in front of the group and leaning against the wall as he commented "Guys I thought we were closer then this..." he said faking emotion behind his words. "It's the Spider, kill 'em!" shouted the ring leader of the little gang, all of them brandishing some form of a knife whether it was a switch blade or from a kitchen.

The first two charging at the young man as he shot a web line at the left one's face, swinging his arm to the right casually as they crashed into each other. Leaping over the two and webbing their unconscious bodies mid flip, landing inbetween the others before they all came swinging at him and continued to do so even when their attacks missed and were nullinvoid. Spider-Man ducking to the right then suddenly appearing on the left, matrix dodging the next as he held both of his hands near his waist and shot a web at the leader's face while rolling backwards. The two guys then swung at him with their blades as the hero caught both bladed hands and held them there. The men struggling in his grasp and he swung them away with the lightest of throws. Their bodies hitting walls with a thump as the web-head crossed his arms over his chest and shot webs to both sides sticking them to those surfaces with his adhesive.

The leader, fumbling to get to his feet as he slipped and fell like this was some type of cartoon. "Hey, I hope you don't mind if I ask a few questions while yooouuu... do your thing there." the hero said in a joyful yet sarcastic voice. The man swinging his body around as he pulled out a gun, yet Spider-Man just webbed the last line of his defense and took it away. Examining the small fire arm as he broke it with his bare hands. "At least you were smart enough to use it as a last resort..." he commented as he flipped onto the wall above this man. Shooting a line at his feet as the strong white substance shined in the night. Pulling on the strand and the man was now suspended in mid-air upside down. His screams filling the alley way as he flailed around and tried to escape the webs's hold, but his movements made no difference.

"Just relax man... jeez, now about those questions--" "Sure sure, anything you want Mr. Spider-Man!!" the man said in his most respectful voice. An eyebrow raised under our hero's mask as he just continued on "Well I spotted you and these 'fine' young men at the art gallery down the street. Care to explain??". The man waited patiently for the Spider to finish as he then answered "O-oh! We were doing a gig, just taking something and that's all." "Yeah I figured that much Sherlock, but who hired you?? what were you taking?" he asked. The man hesitating as he stuttered over words and began to sweat an oceans worth of salty water down his face.

Spider-Man giving a fake yawn as he pretended to lose his grip a little, the thug screaming like a girl as he thought he would fall. The hero raising an eyebrow as he joked "You know, I wonder--" but the man interrupted him "Alright, alright, alright!! Please just don't do that again... I-I-I'm terrified of heights man...". "Then I need the details." retorted our hero as his catch threw up both hands agreeing. "Okay okay, I-It's some guy named the 'Big Man'. He's the one that hired us for this job okay?? We were supposed to run in and grab some paintings that's all!!". Our hero looked at him questioning, the name seen as unfamiliar to his ears as the thug then continued "T-that's all I know!! He don't even contact me face to face, I just get a random call and then I'm offered money for a little work!!".

Spider-Man then without a word set the guy down on the ground and proceeded to web him there as he walked over and called the police to anominously inform them that he found some armed men. Swinging off after hanging up while his thoughts investigated the information he had built up so far "This seemed TOO easy for some 'experts' doing a gig, they were sloppy and tripped an alarm. I better head back.". So, he did just that and made his way back to the gallery that he spotted the men breaking into. Landing on the side of the building as he noticed a window was left open, a squint in his eyes as he slowly crawled along the brick surface. Making his way inside through that window as he gently closed the exit with his foot and began scoping the area for some signs of intrusion. "No signs of forced entry, not a dust bunny out of place..." he thought while moving along the white ceiling's surface.

He web zipped across the room and he landed on a nearby wall while continuing the search cautiously. Stopping in place when he saw someone at a gorgeous painting, the build of their figure was distinctively very feminine, and by the looks of how tightly her costume hugged the frame of her curves, she wanted people to know it.

The scene facing this woman's back as our hero descended down and made his usual remarks "I believe it's past closing hours ma'am. I'm a have to ask for you to come back when everyone else does." The woman suddenly stopped moving at the sound of his voice and then slowly turned around, and when she did lets just say poor Webhead wasn't sure how to respond. The position of her neck was side ways, her head half cocked as the features of her face casually became visible in Spidey's field of view. Her eyelids lifting up and allowing for her neon green eyes to shine in the florecent lights almost as if she was a piece of art on display herself. A black skin tight leather costume was on full display for the young man to observe, shiny material and white fur so clean it shined with a prestine glow.

"U-uhm..." was all he said as the woman giggled at his response, one that she must be accustomed to over the years. Biting her lower lip as the shiny lip gloss only complimented her light and soft skin. Moving back and leaning against the wall that held the painting while she commented "Awwee... But you see I'm not like everybody else~" a glimmer in her eye as the Spider noticed a sudden shift in his position, looking up as he saw his web snap that very instant. Falling on his head with a thud, rubbing the spot that he fell on as he looked up and the woman was gone. "What the?..." was all our hero said before he noticed her turning a corner and leaving the crime scene as he got up and began to chase down this culprit. Jumping to the wall as he looked around the corner and found her leaving through a back door, so he rushed to make his way after her and once outside he scaled a building he saw the woman climbing and landed directly in front of her.

"Woah, you're pretty fast Spider" she said with a big smile, her sultry and hypnotic voice was like music to anyone's ears when she spoke. But, Spider-Man had a job to do as he stood his ground and replied "Yeah, helps me to catch theives like you. Mind telling me what you took from the museum?" he asked. Her eyes flickering a little as she stuck up two fingers on her right hand and replied "I didn't take a thing, 'Scouts Honor'~". Spider-Man giving a sarcastic chuckle as he examined her when he saw nothing in her hands and her costume too tight to hide anything bigger then a pen, yet she had golden bells on her hips, weird they didn't make any noise. "Like what you see?~" she said as she walked backwards and sat down on the ledge of the building. "Just making sure, something about a woman running from the crime scene dressed in all black screams trust worthy." he retorted. "Touche " replied the mystery gal, her head leaning to the side as she brushed all of her long and soft colorless hair to that same side. A glint in herneon pools of attraction she called her eyes, staring dead into his lenses almost like she could see right through them. Staring like she could see right through him.

The hero made the mistake of looking into her eyes, his thoughts moving when he prevented his mouth from doing so. "Wow... She has some pretty eyes, they're something el- NO Parker, focus." He coughed into his hand before speaking "Well mind telling me what you wanted from the gallery?" he asked as the woman sighed. "Oh it's all about business with you guys Spider, what if I really just wanted to check out the scenery?~". The hero looked at her and watched her do such exaggerated facial expressions which led into puppy dog eyes, confused looks under his mask as she suddenly threw something in his face. Spidey throwing his hands up to block the ball as it exploded into a huge puff of smoke, the hero swinging his arms around as he tried to expell the stuff from his vecinity before his sixth sense started going off. Moving out of the way as he saw the girl go right by him in the form of an attempted drop kick, taking a fighting stance before he heard the sound of a mechanism going off. He rushed to the edge of the building and he jumped off after her as he landed on the wall of a lower floor.

Wiping away at his lenses as he looked around and spotted her swinging down the street on a grappling hook. "Hey don't steal my shtick lady!" he shouted as a white rope left his hand at the flick of his wrist, swinging off into the distance in an attempt to try and capture this woman. Speeding down the street as she looked back and noticed the Webhead was hot on her tail, smiling as she spun around and swung down an alley way. Spidey letting go of the current line before he zipped up to the side of the building near him, flipping over the edge and onto its roof as he sped up into a full sprint. Running off the edge and leaping off onto another building as he spotted the girl on the move now running along the cement tops.

"You're peristent Spider, I like that!~" she shouted as she jumped onto the next building and continued on her way. "Well something tells me I shouldn't be worried about what the theif likes," he replied. Jumping up and landing on the building she was just on, leaping off and after her as he shot a web at her back and yanked. A small shout coming from her at the surprise of the force she was taken by with Spider-Man landing on the side of the building as he pulled her in. The girl hanging from the line suspended in the air as he finished his comment "Unless that's a nice cozy cell, then I'm happy to oblige~". The girl laughed at his comment, one that he thought sounded genuine to him. "You're one interesting man, Spider~" she said as she grabbed on the line and pulled herself up towards her captor.

A grin on her face as she brought herself closer to Spider-Man while examining his body with upward and downward glances. Reaching out her slender fingers towards his chest as he grabbed her wrist and stopped this woman, her eyes gazed up at him as he told her "Hands off the merchandise lady." A grin on her face as she replied "Hehe, are you sure?~" "Oh, I'm positive of that. Haven't even taken me out to dinner or a first date yet." She smiled and laughed again as she fluttered her eyes a little "Oh, I'm sure that can be arranged Spider." "Oh I'm sure it can, who are you? Who sent you?" he asked as the woman licked her lips and sighed a gentle and captivating sigh "It's Black Cat.". The hero tipped an imaginary hat as he replied "It's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, now what about the guy who sent you?" Spider-Man pressured. She placed a hand on her bossom and shook her head slightly with a little sass "Oh, but you haven't taken me out to dinner yet~...".

Her hand tracing up slowly as she quickly swiped with her finger tips, claws headed for the hero's face as he easily dodged it thanks to the superior biology. But, it didn't account for the small projectile that launched at his face and burst into the thick grey smoke from earlier. Spider-Man wiping it away as he yanked at the rope and she was gone, but her voice lingered in the scene as he looked for her "You know what they say Spider, never cross a Black Cat's path~.". He jumped went to shoot out two lines like usual when attempting a zip. But, for some odd reason the gadgets of his didn't work, in fact they fizzed and jammed at the press of their triggers which caused him to fall into a garbage can below.

"Well... at least it's empty." He commented while he looked at the webshooters, it was practically the first time in a year they had ever done such a thing. The last time being when he used the prototype on his first swing before the wrestling match. A loud groan as he laid there staring up at the sky while he complained about the predicament "Guess I'm walking home..."

At The Institute

The boy was climbing in through his window and closed the entrance once he had gotten inside of the building. Standing in the middle of the floor as he yawned and removed his mask and then moving onto the shirt next. Grabbing the pants and removing them finally as he was in only a pair of boxers, reading the time on the clock to be five in the morning. "All in all, besides the part with a cat burguler slipping away I did pretty good tonight, I think it deserves a good night's rest." he said pulling on a pair of shorts as he flopped onto the bed. Letting his eyes shut peacefully as he dosed off into a deep sleep and didn't awake til the morning.

A few hours had passed as he laid under his pillow, a friend appearing at his door as he spoke to Peter. "Hey, Breakfast will be ready downstairs if you want it" spoke the blue haired friend of his, Peter groaning as he wasn't exactly ready to wake up, but he knew if he waited for too long the lack of his presence would mean a lack of a good sized meal. So, he sluggishly brought up his head and nodded and reply that he would be downstairs in a little bit, the kid at his door then teleported away in a puff of blue smoke and a flash of light. Peter brought himself up and stepped out of his bed before yawning into his hand. Next making sure he was presentable as he looked in the mirror, pushing the hair out of his face as he wiped away the sleep in his eyes. Grabbing a shirt and heading downstairs with the rest of the kids that were in the need of a good meal to start the day.

Once downstairs he greated everyone and the others gave him a good morning in return, sitting at the table as he brushed the hair back again. Stretching his body out as he needed to fully wake up from the fact he was on a new sleep schedule. After all working out for basically five-ish hours a night while on patrol and then coming back to barely sleep for three was starting to have it's toll already a few days later when he wasn't getting some good rest to begin with. "So like, how'd you sleep Pete?" asked Kitty Pryde, the boy looking up at her as he gave a nod and said that he slept well. It was a lie but he didn't want to bother them with his smaller troubles, a plate being sat before him and so he thanked Ororo.

"What about all of you, did everyone have a good night?" he asked to track attention from himself, and because it was only fair to ask in return. Everyone giving a nod as they all were eating their food as well before Xavier came rolling into the room and was met with a choir of good intentioned greetings. "Hello to you all as well," he joyfully replied "I hope everyone is enjoying their morning yes?" The teens all answered back with yes in unison, a very calm and understanding aura just came off of the man in the wheel chair. He made everyone he talked to not only trust him, but he made them extremely at ease and feel like as if he was some form of a mentor and sometimes even a father figure. Laughs and smiles at the table as a certain black haired girl came walking into the room silent as usual while her foot steps casually made their way to the table for her to sit down.

"Why good morning young lady, I assume you slept in for a little bit?" he asked her this with a smile and awaited her answer patiently "She sleeps?" commented Bobby before Kitty elbowed him in his side, wincing at the pain while she gave him a serious look. "What? It was a joke..." he said while tending to the wound.

The girl didn't answer verbally, but instead had given him a nod in return and he simply smiled at her and moved on. "Good, glad to see you're well rested and ready for the day. It is an important one after all" he said and the kids all stared at him with questioning looks. "I'll explain the details shortly, but for now enjoy the meal and enjoy the company before Logan gets back." was all that they needed to hear before everyone just sighed and groaned. "Is he really that bad?" Peter asked and in return multiple people all came to focus on him. "Oh trust me when I say this man... Logan 'll work you to the bone." Evan commented before getting back to his food. "He'll make you work til you start getting dizzy, then he'll make sure to make you top that." added in Bobby from the other side of the table, Peter letting out a small chuckle of worry. "I see..." he said before getting back to his food and hoping to find something else to think about other then a nightmarish gym session.

"I hope he doesn't keep us busy all day. I'll need the time to fix my webshooters later on today and find out what made them short out the way they did. It came so fast and sudden, and the way they acted were out of the ordinary." He took a bite of the meal before continuing on "I wonder if she had something to do with it, that Black Cat lady brought herself close to me on purpose after all. Daredevil warned me about slight of hand tricks when we fought that bullseye guy, she must know a thing or two about that. She definitely has a thing for distracting people with her eyes and... assets. Not to mention she isn't new to flirting either, she was definitely trying to play with my head. I'll have to remember not to let my guard down around gorgeous women that toss a few pretty smiles. No matter how white their teeth are." He began drinking the rest of the beverage while his thoughts were running a mile a minute. "Not to mention she totally brought attention to her-" he awkwardly coughed in his hand without finishing the thought. "Must be a tactic of hers, surprisingly a very effective too" he admitted this before mentally facepalming "Hope she didn't catch me looking when she touched them, I do not need to seen as 'The Amazing Spider-Pervert'. That would only make Aunt May even wearier of the guy and I don't need to give any more reasons. I wonder how Aunt May is doing- wait" then something came to mind.

"Oh! I almost forgot, hey guys are any of you open Friday?" said Peter as everyone looked to him, luckily recieving a "no" from them in response. "Like, what's up Pete?" asked the pony tail wearing friend of his, Peter feeling a small build up of hesitation in his throat when asking the next question "Well... My aunt was super worried about what happened to us Monday, and so when i called to tell her how we were all doing we came up with an idea.". "Oh?" questioned the one in shades as he continued on "And so we were wondering if any of you wanted to come over for movie night Friday? me and her will be making home made deserts and food-" Bobby then interjected "Oh count me in!" was his answer. "Yeah, it should be fun!" commented Rogue as everyone else was down for the invitation.

"Great, I'll let her know to expect guest." he replied and multiple people got excited at the news, words beginning to exchange mouths as the boy answered any questions they had. The kind words and simple questions then coming to a stop when Kitty asked the girl "What about you?". The girl looked up at Kitty, a blank stare in her eyes as she thought over the idea before answering. Everyone got quite, waited for her to say something and she tried to avoid much attention to herself as she replied "Yeah, I'll tag along.".

Bobby choking on his drink before forcing the rest down in a big gulp, it wasn't everyday you heard that the girl would attend a party. Rubbing his throat as Peter laughed along with other friends at the table from his little struggle, but then came the sound of a door. Rogue leaning back in her chair to see who was the one entering their mansion, sitting back in the seat correctly once she saw his face "Uh, looks like we gots company."

Then came Logan walking into the kitchen as everyone got dead silent "Hey, what was all the commotion?" "Oh, i was just asking everyone about something. My Aunt and i are having a family movie night this Friday." Logan raised an eyebrow and shrugged as he didn't care too much for such things but wasn't against them either. "Alright kid, once you all finish get to the Danger Room asap." he told the teens, and everyone let out a sigh as he walked away with a smile on his face. He found some form of amusement in working out the kids, a little bit of pride when they showed signs of improvement as well.

In The Danger Room

The kids showed up to the metal coated room in the usual clothes you would expect for a gym class, baggy pants and shorts everywhere except for Logan who wore his iconic jeans and a woman beater. His arms crossed as he stood there and watched every kid flood the room and finally beginning the lesson once the doors shut behind them.

"Alright, today will be our first team session with the newby. Parker step-up." he commanded, and the boy moved to the front of the crowd as he was asked. A pair of black shorts on while his t-shirt said "Midtown Tigers" along the front with a picture of the mascot. "From the looks of your examination, fighting multiple armed assailants is nothing new to ya bub. Care to enlighten us on what you got going on?" Peter froze at the question and tried to keep his posture. His mind however was the complete opposite as he needed to find an excuse, so he went with what first came to mind.

"Uhm, before my powers showed up... I well, I used to get bullied. You know, multiple guys coming at you and shoving you in a locker or the Big Guy of the group punching you out for showing IQs can go past the double digits." Peter responded with air quotes around 'big guy'. He waited for the instructor to make any furthor comments, hoping his explanation was good enough as the man just stood there while thinking over the words. "Well that may have helped you get by alone, but now you're with us. So, today we'll be working on your team effort." He looked over to the group of kids and began explaining "For the rest of you this won't be anything new, but you all will be split into two serperate teams. Each team will start on opposie sides of the field, and the objective will be to eliminate your enemy. Everyone will be wearing a flag around your waist and once that flag is physically removed you're out, whoever is out will walk to the side lines and watch as the rest try to fulfil the task at hand."

Logan called over for someone to get the red and blue flags for distributing, so Kurt teleported next to him and offered up the help. Logan's jerked at the smell of Kurt's smoke from his sensetive nose, covering the appendage as he handed over the box and Kurt teleported back. "Now teams. Kurt, Kitty, Bobby, Jean, and Scott over there. The rest you go over to the left and then I want everyone to get to strategies." With the teams decided eveyone started to put on their bands around the waist and began discussing what approach they should take. Evan beginning the conversation after attaching his blue flag on Peter's team "Alright, looks like it's me, Rayne, James, Rogue, Pete, and you" he pointed to the girl with black hair. Logan walking over as he tapped on her shoulder and informed the rest that she wouldn't be participating. "Come up with me to the observation deck, we need to talk."

Her team just watching as she headed off with the older man and Rogue continued their conversation "Well, what's the plan guys? They got a tough team to beat." "Yeah, but we got my boy Pete, he's practically our golden goose" said Evan as he slapped Peter on the arm with a thumbs up. Rayne then interjecting "Yeah, but it'll be best not to rely on Peter for a win" with rogue replying "Yeah, we'll need an actual plan if we want to come out with the least downs." Rayne stuck out her hand in the middle of their circle as she began to count off on her fingers while speaking "Well we got Scott's Beams, Jean's telekenisis, Bobby's ice, Kitty's intangibility, and Kurt's teleportation. If things will be like before then the room will become a maze which prevents Jean from snatching us up from too far, but how can we combat that team?"

Peter caressed his chin as he let their abilities sink in, unsure of what exactly were their limits and needed to find a way to overcome the odds they were dealt with. "Kurt is most likely the biggest problem, his teleportation would make avoiding our flags getting snatched extremely difficult." said Rayne.

"Yeah, our best bet would be to either have James or Pete go up against him." Rogue suggested while everyone was stumped on the problem of their blue friend. "He's gonna be able to get a bird's eye view and report back to his team, which means we'll need to prevent him from moving around too much or keep him too busy to relay messages" Evan brought up to his squad. "That's the thing, none of us can restrict his movements. He get grabbed he'll just teleport away" mentioned Rogue. "Alright, I believe the best course of action is to prepare for any form of an attack with him involved. So, I'll be the distraction from the skies, and James will make multiple clones to previde a human shield against any teleporting sneak attacks" Peter settled as the rest nodded.

"Next on is Kitty, she's untouchable when phased so how do we go about that?" Their newest teammate asked as Rogue brought up a fact. "Well Kitty isn't as disciplined as Scott, Jean, and Kurt. She's very good with her powers but there's some room for improvement" "Which means she'll be the most likely to make a mistake once her concentration is broken!" exclaimed Peter. "Yeah, but it'll have to be some HUGE distraction. If she notices or thinks someone will snatch her she'll just remain intangible and then we'll be stuck avoidin' the girl. So, the best thing is to just catch her before she can flip the switch." "But that's the thing, none of us are exactly 'ninjas'... she'll hear my skateboard, anyone's footsteps, and Pete's already a distraction for Kurt." This left everyone stuck once again as they thought over the situation. "Hey Rogue, if I can get you close would you be able to take Kitty's power and help flip the tides in our favor by taking Bobby's as well?" asked Peter. Rogue wasn't too sure on what exactly he had in mind but could make a guess, so the girl with her white streak of hair nodded. "Good, because if we can pull that off we'll be the ones with an untouchable teammate. And then you can just phase through any of Bobby's defenses and syphon them of their protection from a frontal attack."

"So now you and Rogue will take off and jump Kitty, what do we do about Kurt?" James questioned curiously and waited for an answer from the boy. "You'll have to become our Bobby, Kurt can only take flag off of the original to count you out. And with the original and the rest of our team hidden away he'll be stuck unable to reach anyone without high risk of getting his taken away in return." "That's a pretty good plan man, so you and Rogue will be on the search for Kitty and then after nabbing her flag you both will be launching an assualt on their source of protection?" Evan had summed up the plan.

Peter nodded in return as he replied "That's the plan, with those two things will honestly be in our favor and as long as we remain cautious the victory will go to team Peter" he said with a smile as they all came to a highfive. The bell ringing directly after that and catching the talking teens off gaurd as Logan's voice rang in the room "Red team take your places, Blue team do the same." The kids walked over to where they had to be, the ones with red bands making their way to the wall near the exit as the ones with Blue walked towards the side under the observation room. Final moments of strategy planning and revizing as the room chaged and shape shifted into what looked like to be walls among walls. Almost maze like in nature with the only exception being the lack of any dead ends, just corners where cover met the Danger Rooms sides and som walls connected to one another.

"Guess it's time to put our plan to the test" said Peter as his team all shook out any jitters with stretches and final bits of humor, the games were about to commence...


Hello everyone, I am finally uploading once again!! I just got to say that I am alright and only reason its so late is a hint of laziness and some attempts at improving the writing quality after a very helpful review. So I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter, drop your thoughts down below! I'll see you all with the next one to come!!