Chapter 2

Beca hadn't even realized she had fallen asleep until she suddenly woke up on the subway. Her forehead felt wet when she shot up. She looked around and realized everything was upside down. Suddenly she noticed her hair and looked up to find the floor, and looked down to see she was on the ceiling. "What the…"

She jumped down and heard the lady next to her, "great I'm covered in beer."

She walked over to her and set her hand on the woman's shoulder, "I'm so sorry." She went to move her hand and found it was stuck to the fabric of the girl's blouse.

"Get your hand off."

Beca looked at her and then her hand and then the man next to her, "get your hand off of her," the man said.

"I'm trying, it's stuck," Beca said before she felt someone push her. She fell and caught herself on the pole and realized the woman was now topless and her hand was still stuck to the shirt, "oh my God! I'm so sorry." She then felt the hair on her neck stand up and turned around just in time to dodge an attack from the man behind her. She jumped up, still holding onto the bar and kicked the man in the chest. "I'm sorry." This process continued as she managed to dodge multiple attempts from people lunging and reaching for her. She managed to get everyone to keep their distance as she heard the intercom call her stop.

She relaxed and the pole which she managed to pull out of place and the shirt that was stuck to her hand finally fell out of her grip. Shocked and confused, the girl grabbed her bag and ran off the subway. She was sweating profusely by the time she made it home, and when she walked in, she saw her aunt and uncle, "I'm sorry I'm late, I'm sorry. I'm irresponsible, I'm insensitive," she said as she approached her aunt who gave her a hug. "I'm so hungry." She quickly walked over to the kitchen and searched the fridge.

May and Ben watching curiously at their niece, "is it drugs?"

"No, it can't be."

"Then what is it? She's not acting normal."

Beca spoke up, "is this your meatloaf? This beats all other meatloafs."

"Something is not right."

"Yeah," Ben nodded. "No one likes your meatloaf."

Before May could respond, Beca closed the fridge door holding stacks of food, thanks to her newfound grip, she was able to hold onto the food. She quickly.loved up the staircase, and as one of the food started to slip, May tried to help but Beca caught the container, "I got it." once she got to her room she ate a majority of the food. She felt sweaty and gross so she decided to take a shower. During the shower she felt like there was something stuck to her back like a piece of hair.

Once she got out of the shower, she wiped off her mirror and looked for the lose strand. Seeing no hair, she almost gave up until the light caught a small silver line. She ran her hand to the back of her neck and yanked on it. She grunted as she pulled the string, and sighed once she finally yanked it out, detaching it from her neck. She brought the string in front of her and saw a spider dangling on the edge. She felt the back of her neck where the web once was and felt the hole where spider had bit her. She quickly put the spider in a small glass tube and closed it off. She washed her face once more with water, hoping to wake up from the dream she felt she was in. With no luck of being brought back to another reality, she went to bed.

The next morning she felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up, and she thought something was crawling on her, she woke up just before her alarm went off, and when she went to silence it, she ended up smashing her alarm clock to bits. Since she was already up, she decided to get ready, she quickly went into the bathroom and started getting ready. She ended up squeezing too much toothpaste out, and it splattered against the mirror. She sighed as she wiped some of it onto her toothbrush and turned on the water. To her surprise she ripped the handle of the faucet out, and in her rush to grab the towel, she took the bar out of the wall. "Jesus," she groaned. Once she stopped the water she went to her door, and with two fingers, she slowly opened the door and went back to her room.

She sat on her bed, with messy hair, the towel rod, and handle in one hand and her toothbrush in another. She felt as if she was going crazy, her senses were hyped up, and she couldn't relax. Every breeze, every sounds, and every change of light caught her attention. She was finding it impossible to focus on one thing. She heard something on her wall and looked over to find a spider. Realizing she may be affected by the spider bite, she decided to do some research on Google. She was midway through her search when she suddenly couldn't type, and she realized she had pulled up some of the keys. After fixing her computer, she got ready, noticing in the mirror on the door that she suddenly had very defined and toned muscles. She wasn't in terrible shape in the first place, but it was still a noticeable difference from the previous day.

After getting ready, she headed to school and met with her friends in homeroom before going to her locker before class. She felt the hair on the back of her neck raise and without even thinking about it, she moved to the side, dodging Bumper's fist which now clashed with her locker door. Bumper turned to face the now smirking girl who quickly turned to go to class. The feeling came back, and before she knew it, she was being turned around, and Beca's newfound reflexes allowed her to dodge his multiple attacks. Soon there was a crowd circling around the two, including Beca's best friends, and her captains. Frustrated and humiliated, Bumper was about to throw another punch when one of the teachers came between the two.

The crowd slowly spread out, Beca looked across the hall to see Chloe who watched her as she began to walk away. She was about to start making her way to class when she noticed Bumper turn back around and head for the girl, "Beca watch out!" Beca was in a rush, and didn't want to be late for class, so she ignored the tingling, buzzing, and ringing that she had felt earlier and ended up getting slammed to the ground by Bumper. Thankfully the teacher was still outside and pulled Bumper off of the girl who was helped up by her lab partner. "You know, when I said you were brilliant the first day, I didn't mean to go picking fights."

Beca chuckled, "thanks for helping me up, and I can handle myself."

"I know you can, but if you get hurt, I'll have no partner. For science," Chloe clarified. "And cooking."

"Yeah, you'd be pretty lost without me."

Chloe hit the girl's arm, and laughed, "rude!" The warning bell rang and the two girls parted ways. The rest of the day went as planned the only major bumps were the dispute with Bumper and when Mr. Smith announced their first test would be Friday. Once classes finished up Beca was going to head home since there was no Bellas rehearsals. She had made it outside and was walking out to meet Jesse when she heard someone call her name and tap on her shoulder, and she turned around to see her lab partner smiling at her, "hi."

"Hey."

"Whatcha doin?"

"I'm about to go meet Jesse, so we can walk home together."

"What? You don't take the bus?"

"We ride the bus to school, but we walk home."

"Why?"

"Well in the mornings I'm too tired to walk. But in the afternoons Jesse and I usually grab a sandwich at Delmar's."

"Oh nice, I'm personally a fan of Benny's."

"Oh yeah. I love pizza, especially if the slice is only a dollar."

Chloe chuckled, "well I was wondering if you wanted to study for that test together sometime this week?"

Beca nodded, "yeah sure that sounds good." The two were walking out of the school when she saw Jesse who was talking to Benji. It seemed like they were deep in conversation, so Beca turned to Chloe, "would you want to go with us?"

Chloe nodded, "sure, maybe we can drop by your house and we can start studying?"

"Sure," the two headed over towards Jesse and Benji who were both surprised to see the other girl with Beca. "Hey guys, I'm starving, are you guys ready to go?"

Jesse and Benji stood in awe before Jesse finally spoke, "actually Benji and I are going to my place to work on some stuff, sorry Bec."

Beca shrugged, "that's cool, tomorrow?"

"Totally."

"Alright, well, see you later." The two made their way downtown and walked into a small grocery store that had a small deli as the main focal point in the shop. "Hey what's up, Mr. Delmar?"

"Hey, Ms. Mitchell," he waved and smiled. "You've brought a guest?"

"Oh yeah this is Chloe."

"Well hi, what can I get you?"

Chloe looked at the sign and shrugged, "I don't know surprise me."

The man chuckled, "get me a number 3 for this young lady."

"Thanks," Chloe smiled as she handed the man her money and took her sandwich.

"And Beca, your usual number 5?"

"Yeah, and with pickles, and can you squish it down real flat? Thanks," Beca said to the man working behind the counter.

"You got it boss."

Beca nodded and smiled at Chloe, she grabbed a pack of gummy worms and set them on the counter, "you want anything?"

"No I'm good thanks."

"Suit yourself," she said with a sigh.

Mr. Delmar set Beca's sandwich down and grinned, "how's your aunt?"

"She's alright, still married," Beca commented.

The man turned to his coworker, "la tía de él es una italiana bellissima."

Beca chuckled and crossed her arms, "cómo estás tu hija?"

The man's face turned cold, "ten dollars."

Beca scoffed, "its five dollars."

"Its ten for that comment."

"Hey come on, I'm joking," she said pulling out five dollars. "I'm joking." The man sighed, took the dice dollars and handed her the sandwich. "Thanks, hey Murph," Beca said as she pet let the cat. "Ready to go, Chloe?" Chloe nodded with a smile, and the two headed out towards Beca's house.

Beca opened the gummy worms and began eating them, she had put another in her mouth when she offered some to Chloe, "no thanks," she shook her head. Beca shrugged and put a couple more in her mouth, "I didn't realize you knew spanish," Chloe mentioned.

Beca nodded, "oh yeah I'm full of surprises."

"What were you two talking about that made him so mad?"

"Oh he was saying stuff about my aunt, like objectifying her, so I asked about his daughter."

"Bec."

"I know, I know, dick move."

"It was kind of funny though."

"I really thought he was gonna charge me ten dollars."

"I'm surprised he didn't just kick you out."

Beca laughed, "nah, I've been going there forever, Mr. Delmar and I go way back."

Chloe chuckled, "well that's good."

The two finally made it to Beca's house and made their way inside, "Hey, May."

"Bec, how was class?"

"Good, I brought a friend, we're gonna go study."

May walked out from the kitchen and smiled, "hi I'm Beca's aunt May. But you can just call me May like all of her other friends."

"I'm Chloe, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you, Chloe. You two have fun."

The two headed up to Beca's room to start studying, "I'm sorry about the mess, I was a bit under the weather yesterday."

"Oh it's fine, so where do you want to start?"

"Uh actually I don't usually study here."

"Then where do you study?"

Beca walked over to her window and opened it before stepping outside. She smiled back at the older girl in her room, "you coming?"

"I think I'll just stay in here."

"Okay. I'll just lean against the window then."

Beca came back in and grabbed her bag before going back outside. Chloe sat at the end of the desk that was closest to the window so they could study together. Beca sat back out on the roof and leaned against the window frame. Her legs were stretched out in front of her, and all Chloe could see was her torso and up. Chloe smiled as she saw the girl reading through her notes outside, and couldn't help but sneak a picture of the girl. Midway through their studying, Beca pulled out her father's folder and started looking over the notes. Curious, Chloe poked her head out the window and looked over Beca's notes. "what chapter is that from?"

"What? Oh. It's not from a chapter. It was part of my dad's research."

"Cool, can I help?"

Beca shrugged, "sure, it's actually stuff Dr. Connors was talking about. That cross species stuff."

"Oh cool, what are you trying to figure out?"

"I'm trying to figure out, let's say it worked, how much of the host would be taken over by the foreign species?"

Chloe shrugged, "I have no idea, Bec. Honestly I've only ever helped with the simulations but all of them have failed."

"Do you know why?"

"I think he mentioned something about the decay rate."

"The decay rate algorithm?" Chloe nodded in response, and Beca flipped through her notes, "do you think this would work," she asked showing the equation to the other girl.

Chloe nodded, "it's possible, you'd have to talk to Dr. Connors though."

"Well that's not likely to happen, I got kicked out of the internship," Beca joked.

Chloe chuckled and smiled, "well what are you doing tomorrow after school?"

"Don't we have rehearsals?"

"Yeah but it's wednesday workout so it'll just be cardio and vocals. Dancing is primarily Monday and Friday is full skills."

"I'm aware, this will be my second year, remember?"

"And will you remember the choreography this year?"

Beca nodded, "yes, I promise."

"Anyways, we can go to Oscorp after. He usually works late on Wednesdays anyways."

"Alright, but how do I get in? Jessica Stanley is no longer permitted in the building."

"Well Jessica Stanley should have stayed with the group. And don't worry, I can get you in no problem."

"Alright then."

The next day Beca was excited to go to school as she would be able to spend more time with Chloe after school. However, her day did not go as planned once gym class rolled around. She and Jesse were stretching when Bumper threw a basketball in their direction which barely missed the duo and hit another girl in the class.

"You did that on purpose Bumper!"

"I didn't," he shook his head. "I was aiming for Mitchell."

Beca scoffed and nodded her head as she grabbed the ball, "are you okay," she asked the girl who nodded back. "Good," she smiled while holding the ball.

"C'mon, Mitchell give me the ball back."

Beca chuckled to herself, "one second." She handed her camera to Jesse who was as confused as everyone else watching. She walked onto the court and grinned at Bumper who was impatiently waiting on her to give back the ball. "Why don't you take it from me?"

Bumper scoffed, "whatever." He walked up to Beca who was holding the ball in her right hand, and reached for the ball. Suddenly, Beca quickly moved the ball behind her back, moving it to her left hand. He reached for it again and Beca switched hands and held the ball behind her. Bumper lunged towards the girl, and she jumped in the air, placing her hand on his back and whipping the ball around his head before swiftly landing back on the floor. Bumper turned around to his friends as Beca threw the ball, hitting Bumper in the back and returning back to her. Bumper gritted his teeth and Beca smiled before quickly changing her demeanor and pretending to throw the ball at the boy who was ducking in preparation for impact.

Beca held the ball out in front of her again and sighed, "just take it." Bumper stood still and the girl rolled her eyes, "alright how about this," she asked as she covered her eyes. "How about that," she stated turning around so she was no longer facing him. Using her newfound senses she maintained a strong grip on the ball through Bumper's multiple attempts to retrieve the ball. After feeling a couple more pulls, she looked to Bumper with a sly grin, "come on, Bumper, take it."

Bumper sighed and backed up, squaring up on his opponent, "come on, Mitchell."

Beca looked around and noticed she now had the attention of the entire class. She dribbled the ball a couple times and began to run towards Bumper. She took one last dribble and power stepped into Bumper, pushing him to the ground, and used her last step to leap into the air. She felt as if time had stopped as she went towards the basket, she had brought her knees towards her as she knew she wanted them to be bent when she landed for more support. She scored with a slam dunk, but she wasn't expecting to break the backboard. The sound shattered through the gymnasium, and Beca found herself holding the rim while glass showered down from the remaining frame of the backboard, "oh fuck."

The gym teacher blew his whistle, "Mitchell, Allen."

"Yes coach," the two said in unison.

"Principal's office."

The two glared at each other before turning to get their bags. Beca was reaching down for her bag when Jesse approached her, "dude what the hell was that?"

Beca shrugged, "it's an old school, I guess it was too much force for the old thing."

Jesse nodded, "I guess that makes sense. Are you guys in trouble?"

"No we're going to the principal's to get ice cream, yes we're we're in trouble you egghead."

Jesse chuckled, "sorry, silly question. Keep me updated, Bec."

Beca gave him an awkward grin and walked towards the coach, handing him the rim, "sorry coach."

"You've got some skills, Mitchell. If you can take it easy on my backboard, you should try out this year."

"Thanks, but sports aren't really my thing."

"From what I just saw, you're a natural athlete."

Beca nodded and headed for the principal's office. Beca sat down in the waiting room until she was called into talk to Mrs. Junk, "Ms. Mitchell, please come in. Bumper, stay here until your parents get here."

"Seriously? You called his parents?"

"I called yours as well, your uncle is on his way."

Beca sighed and headed into the office, once she sat down the other woman started talking, "so Beca, Bumper already told me what happened, but I want to hear your side."

"We were in gym and he was playing basketball. He threw the ball in my direction and admitted he was aiming for me. And I don't know, I just lost it."

"Well this is very unexpected for you. And I know Bumper has tended to pick on you since you started here. But I need you to know that humiliation like this is not okay."

"I know," Beca nodded.

"Look you're a good kid and an excellent student. I'm not going to suspend you or anything, but I am requiring you to join an athletic team or club."

"What why?"

"Because exercise is a good way to relieve stress and release endorphins that can help you with controlling your emotions."

"But I'm already in the Bellas, we do cardio."

Mrs. Junk smiled, "as much as I love the Bellas, they are a chorus group a part of the fine arts department, not the athletic department."

Beca sighed, "you're not gonna let up on this are you?"

"Nope."

"Fine, I'll find a team or something."

"Excellent, now stay here while I see if everyone is here."

Beca nodded and waited for the rest of the meeting to start. Once all of the adults arrived, the principle explained the events that occurred in gym class. Beca and Bumper then affirmed their actions and how they were affected. After the meeting Beca and her uncle were walking down the hallway in silence. Beca looked around awkwardly before finally speaking up, "you know they aren't actually gonna make you pay for the backboard right?"

Ben rolled his eyes, "God, Bec I don't care about the backboard. Is it true what I heard back there? Did you humiliate that boy?"

"Well...yeah but he...he deserved it."

"Did he now?"

Beca nodded, "he's a dick."

"Language, Beca. Is he the one that hit you?" Beca looked away from her uncle, "Is he?"

"Yeah, he is, but-"

"So this was about getting even? If so, I'm guessing you are feeling pretty good right now. Am I right or wrong?" Beca looked down at the ground in shame and sighed. "That's what I thought. Well thanks to this little escapade, I had to change shifts at work. So you have to pick up your aunt at nine, okay?"

Beca nodded, "yes."

"Good," Ben looked up and saw Chloe at her locker. "She looks familiar," he said with a grin.

Beca turned around and saw the redhead, she quickly turned back to face her uncle and shook her head, "no I don't think so."

"She's the girl on your computer."

"No, please don't-"

"She's got you on her computer," he said to Chloe who immediately looked up. "Yeah, I'm her probation officer." He patted Beca on the back, "don't forget about May."

Beca nodded as he walked away. As soon as he was out of sight she looked at Chloe and laughed awkwardly, "he's a character. That was my uncle. He is a pathological liar and thought you were someone else."

"Aw so you don't have me on your computer," Chloe asked as she chuckled.

"Well, it's just a picture of the Bellas…"

Beca continued mumbling and Chloe decided to decided to speak up, "right. So did you get expelled?"

Beca sighed, "no, Mrs. Junk is actually making me join an athletic club or team."

"Really?"

"Yep."

"Well I think that you would make a cute jock."

"Thanks."

"You know, Aubrey and I are actually gonna try out for the cheer squad."

"Really? I didn't know you were into that."

"Yeah, plus it looks good for college to be like involved in stuff at school."

"Yeah but what about the Bellas?"

"Oh well, Bellas only rehearse three days a week and we can always adjust the schedule."

"And the internship?"

"It's only twice a week, I'm sure I can work around it."

"Well that's pretty cool."

"Yeah but what about you? What are you thinking of joining?"

"Probably gonna try out for basketball."

"Basketball, that'll be good for our team, bad for local backboards."

Beca chuckled, "whatever, I'm sure the practices won't conflict with the Bellas. The girls usually don't practice until later anyways."

"Hey maybe I'll even cheer at your games."

"Maybe."

"Well I'm glad you weren't suspended, then I'd have to get a new partner."

"Yeah, that'd be tragic."

Chloe smiled and wrapped their arms together, "wanna walk to class together?"

"Sure," the two walked together arm in arm, and sat down in their seats. The next two classes went by quickly and soon the girls were headed off to rehearsal. Today was one of the more intense workouts but Beca felt fantastic throughout it. She didn't feel nearly as worn out as she usually did, and she definitely wasn't as sore. Once rehearsals were over the pair grabbed their bags and walked out together unaware of the two pairs of eyes watching them.

"What do you think they're up to?"

"They've probably got a date."

"No, Chloe would tell me."

"Well did you see them walkin down tha hall earlier?"

"No, why?"

"They were all looped together like all coupley," Amy told Aubrey.

"Chloe does that with everyone. That doesn't mean anything."

"Fine, but I'm gonna win this bet."

"I don't think so."

Once the girls got to Oscorp, they made their way upstairs to Dr. Connors office, and Chloe knocked on the door, the man smiled and waved the two girls in, "hi, Dr. Connors. This is Beca she is-"

"She was one of the interns."

"Yes sir."

"What can I help you two with?"

"Well, Beca here had some questions about your research."

"Really?"

Beca nodded.

"Are you sure I don't know you from somewhere," Connors asked examining Beca's face.

"I think you worked with my father, Richard Mitchell."

"Wow, you really have grown up, Rebecca."

"I go by Beca," the girl said with a smile.

"Right. Well sorry about your parents, your father had an incredible mind. Anyways what about my research has intrigued you?"

"I was just curious about how much a foreign species would take over if it worked. Chloe mentioned something about you struggling with an algorithm?"

Connors nodded, "that's right, since I had none of your father's research, I attempted recreating it. However, we have been unable to have subjects survive, our problem was the decay rate algorithm."

"Right," Beca nodded and looked over to the whiteboard. She grabbed a marker and looked at the scientist, "may I?"

"Of course." Becs quickly turns and writes down the equation she had memorized from her father's notes. Connors looked at the equation in awe as he reviewed every variable the girl had wrote down, "extraordinary, how did you come up with this?" Beca shrugged and tapped the marker to her head as she smiled. "Well why don't you two follow me over here really quick to try to see if we can finally generate a serum."

The two girls nodded and followed Dr. Connors into the lab. The man explained that the goal was to transfer the regenerative abilities of lizards to their host subject Freddie the three legged rat. Beca entered the algorithm and rejected a phone call from her uncle. Meanwhile Chloe was working on the last key to the serum, "alright, Bec I need your help with this." Beca walked over and stood behind Chloe. Neither realized how close they were standing until Chloe went to take a step back and ran into the sophomore, "sorry."

"It's all good, what are you trying to do?"

"Preempt the protein."

"Brilliant, you do that and you preempt the immune response." Beca leaned around Chloe and adjusted a few of her inputs, and sent the file over to Dr. Connors. After nervously watching numerous failed attempts, the three were about to give up hope until they finally heard the computer declare the a successful regeneration simulation. The three walked over to the other part of the lab and generated the new serum. After they injected the mice, the two girls left the lab and headed home.

"Thanks for bringing me here, Chlo."

"Anytime, Bec."

"See you in school, Red." Chloe leaned in and kissed the girl on the cheek before parting ways with Beca. Beca had a smile on her face up until she saw her uncle sitting on the front porch, frowning at her. She walked up the stairs and smiled at her uncle, "hey, Ben."

"Don't hey me, young lady. Did you forget something tonight?"

"What?" Beca stood in confusion until she noticed her aunt through the window, "oh crap."

Her uncle nodded, "you owe your aunt an apology, now get in there."

Beca sighed and walked inside to give her aunt a hug, "I'm so sorry, aunt May."

"Honestly, Bec you don't need to apologize."

"Like hell she doesn't," Ben exclaimed.

"Ben."

"I'm sorry, uncle Ben I just got caught up at Oscorp."

"Oh you got distracted. Your aunt had to walk twelve blocks in the middle of the night, alone. And then she had to wait in a deserted subway station and walk home from there by herself."

May stood up and set her hand on his chest, "Ben, sweetie, honestly, I'm completely capable of walking home by myself."

"You will not defend her!"

"I'm not!"

"Yes you are," he turned to Beca. "Now listen to me, Bec. You're a lot like your father and that's a good thing, but he lived by a philosophy, a principle. He believed that if you could do good things for other people, you had a moral obligation to do those things. That's what's at stake here. Not choice, responsibility."

Beca scoffed and nodded, "that's nice, that's great. So where is he?"

"What?"

"Where is he? Where's my father? He didn't think it was his responsibility to be here to tell me that himself?"

"How dare you-"

"How dare I? How dare you," Beca screamed as she stormed out the door.

"Bec, come on where are you going?"

Beca ignored her uncle and slammed the door, not realizing her strength and turned back when she heard the glass shatter and watched pieces of the glass fall out of the frame. She looked to her guardians with an apologetic look before continuing down the road. Her uncle went after her despite her aunt suggesting he give her some space. Beca was glad she decided to climb up a pole to sit in the upper frames of a bridge when she heard her uncle below calling her name. Once she was sure he was gone, she hopped down and headed to the grocery store. She grabbed a bottle of chocolate milk but when she went to pay for it, the man at the counter wouldn't let her take it since she was down two cents.

She was on her way out when she heard something fall to the ground. The next thing she knows she sees the man that was behind her in line stealing money from the register and passed her the bottle of milk she was unable to buy. She quickly walked out of the store, ignoring the clerk's pleas for help. She was two blocks down when she heard a gunshot and slowly walked over to the scene to find her uncle the victim. She quickly leaned down and placed her hand over the hole that was gushing blood, "oh god, oh god. Uncle Ben! Uncle Ben, please stay with me." She pressed down harder on the wound trying to stop the bleeding but nothing was helping. "Somebody get some help, call an ambulance, please anybody!" Unfortunately, by the time any help arrived, her uncle had passed. She was back home with her aunt talking to the police, and Beca managed to get the drawing from the sketch artist who also said the man had a star tattooed on his left wrist.

The next day at school, the news had spread, and Beca finally understood what it was like to be a zoo animal. Everywhere she went people looked at her with a frown. She was at her locker when she heard Bumper's voice down the hall, "hey, Mitchell."

"Not today, Bumper," Beca said as she closed her locker door and started to walk away from him.

"Hey c'mon I just want to talk," Bumper went to give her a pat on the back, but Beca grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and slammed him against the lockers. "Feels better right? Look your uncle died, I'm sorry. I get it. I'm sorry." Beca sighed and let go of his shirt and turned to walk to class.

She was halfway to her class when she saw Chloe at her locker. The redhead shut her locker and walked over to Beca, she quickly wrapped the smaller girl in a hug and held her as she started to cry, "I'm so sorry, Bec."

Later after school, Beca went to search for the man that shot her uncle. She managed to get into a fight with a group of people that ganged up on a girl to steal her purse. In the end she winded up falling through the roof of an old rundown building. She ended up landing on the mat of a wrestling wring. The man above him was shouting about how he knew what she looked like. Beca sighed as she looked around at the posters of masked wrestlers, and she smirked. As soon as she got home she grabbed some of her old clothes and started making a suit. She ended up using old sweatpants and sweatshirts. She spent a little time making goggles that could help her focus. By the time she was done with the goggles and the first part of the suit her aunt called her down to dinner.

After dinner she worked on making web shooters to get around more efficiently. An idea she got when she was walking home and saw a spider web and another spider dangling from their web. She used some old watches, parts from an old computer, and the manufactured webbing she swiped from Oscorp. She decided to integrate the web shooters into wrist bands so that she could easily take them on and off. After many failed attempts and reprogramming she finally managed to get the web shooters to work. They were a tad bulky, but they worked easily to where Beca only needed to flick her wrist to move her hand out of the way, and put her middle and ring fingers on a small pad that acted as the trigger for the web to shoot out. When she finally put on her suit and looked in the mirror she cringed and made a note to herself to improve her suit once she got the money for it. She didn't look awful, she was wearing what looked like a blue sweatsuit with a red hooded vest jacket and a ski mask with the goggles. In addition, she had her web shooters which were their own masterpiece, and likely the only legitimate part of the suit. When she looked at the clock she saw that it was already midnight and decided to call it a night.

The next few weeks went by quickly as Beca was focused on avenging her uncle's death. She had tested her web shooters and was now swinging around the streets in her costume looking for the man that shot and killed Ben. She quickly made a name for herself, the public called her spiderman, and she rolled her eyes at the assumption but decided she liked the name. She had saved multiple people from accidents, caught thief's, and even helped with small tasks like saving cars from trees. Yet with all of the newfound fame she had gained throughout the city she was still haunted by the same man. The only thing that made her days better was a certain redhead that she sat next to in class. Balancing her new responsibilities of being a local superhero and the Bellas seemed to be easier than she thought, but she was worried about what would happen when basketball started. Pushing her worries aside Beca was swinging through the streets of queens when she saw Chloe and Aubrey walking out of a restaurant. Beca assumed they were headed home as it was getting dark out, and she was about to shoot a web in the other direction when she heard a scream and looked to see a man running down the street with a purse. Beca shot her webs out to the man and they quickly caught the back of his shirt. She pulled the webs towards her, jumped down from the roof she was on, and quickly wrapped the man up in the webbing. She shot one more web up to the ceiling of an awning above them and attached the man to it before grabbing the purse and returning it to the girls.

"Thank you so much, Spiderman."

"Anytime, Chl-uh, Red," Beca stuttered. "You two should be more careful wandering the city at night."

"I thought you were a guy," Aubrey stated. "You sound like a girl, and you're...shorter than expected."

"Well you know the name just kinda stuck, who am I to correct them. And I'm average height for a girl."

Chloe chuckled, "well how can I thank you?"

"Just stay out of trouble."

Aubrey sighed, "yeah yeah we get it, thanks again. See you around spidey."

Beca waved and swung off to go back to her house for dinner.

"Oh my gosh, Bree we just met spiderman!" Chloe said as she jumped up and down.

"Calm down, Chloe."

"How are you not excited? We met him-well her technically."

"I guess it was nice she got your purse back, but do we really need her protecting our streets. That's what cops are for."

"Please, my dad can't do everything, Spiderman is like an extra helping hand."

"I wouldn't let your dad hear that. I hear he is about to issue for Spiderman's arrest."

Chloe rolled her eyes, "whatever."

"My dad doesn't like her either, says she gets in the way of business."

"How does Spiderman get in the way of his clean up from the battle of new york and all of the other avengers mishaps in the city?"

"Something about how he will bring other things into the city and destroy it again," Aubrey said with a shrug.

"Well I think Spiderman is awesome," Chloe said with a sigh.

"Keep your toner in your pants, Beale."

"I-I do not have a-"

"Yeah you can't look me in the eye and tell me you don't like that mysterious masked vigilante."

"Shut up," Chloe said as the two continued walking down the street.

"I mean I get it, I just think the girl seems cocky, and her suit is ridiculous."

The next day on her way to school, Beca decided to do a quick patrol, while she was on her way she noticed Aubrey and Chloe walking to school. Intrigued she decided to swoop down and follow the two. She stayed a couple blocks behind the girls to make sure they wouldn't notice her. Halfway through her patrol she felt a tingling sensation, and turned her head to notice a car going to fast to stop before the light. Beca looked down to see the two girls in the path of the car. She heard the horn go off and saw both girls stuck in shock. She shot a web out to the closest building and landed in front of the two girls. She shot two webs out and attached it to their bags, sending them out of the way of the vehicle while Beca planted her feet and braced herself for impact. Much to her surprise she stopped the car, only moving a couple inches from her original spot. The crowds on the sidewalks cheered and Beca quickly turned to her captains, "are you two okay?"

Starstruck, Chloe nodded, "thanks to you, spiderman."

"Twice in the past twenty-four hours, starting to think you guys want me to save you."

Aubrey scoffed while Chloe smiled, "well thanks anyways."

"Well I guess I'll see you around, bye ladies."

And with that she swung out and headed towards the school.

"Spiderman goes to school," Aubrey questioned.

"Apparently, oh maybe she goes to our school!"

"Doubtful, we live in New York City, there a hundreds of schools in each burrow."

Chloe sighed, "well one can hope."

The rest of the day went by quickly and Beca was glad when cooking class came. It was a relaxing class, one where Beca and Chloe spent most of their time talking. Today they were working on a two part assignment where they would have to finish the rest of it at home. Once they started on the first part the two girls started talking. "So how was your weekend," Beca asked. "Anything exciting happen?" Chloe grinned as she remembered the events from last night and this morning, causing a smirk to form on Beca's face, "what? Did you meet someone?" Chloe nodded. "Who? A boyfriend?"

Chloe chuckled, "no."

"Then what's got you all...smiley?"

She sighed, "okay you can't tell anyone, promise?" Beca nodded and Chloe smiled, "okay. I met Spiderman."

"Really," Beca asked even though she was aware of their meeting. "What was it like?"

"It was amazing. I was in awe, although she did get my purse from a thief and save my life this morning."

"Wow, were you alone?"

"No, Aubrey was with me."

"She must've been excited."

"Not really, she thinks the suit is lame."

"What? No I've seen pictures of it, it looks brilliant."

"Well the web shooters are pretty interesting," Chloe said with a nod. "But the outfit itself is subpar."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well obviously Spiderman's main use of transportation is swinging through the skies. And that's likely a huge advantage, yet she wears loose clothing that increases air resistance and slows her down."

"Maybe Spiderman was on a budget."

"Maybe but I would look into like a spandex suit or something, it's more breathable and it will definitely be better for fights and stuff, plus it's better for swinging through the air. I like the colors though. Could use a better design."

"Why design?"

"I don't know Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, they all have a signature look, Spiderman needs one too."

"You think Spiderman is as good as the avengers?"

"Spiderman is like our local avenger, Beca."

"Nice," Beca nodded.

"Anyways, what about you? How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay."

"I'm really sorry, Bec. I can't imagine how you feel."

"Thanks," Beca said with a small grin.

Chloe wrapped her arm around Beca and gave her a small hug, and then sighed, "well when do you want to get this other part done? It's not due until Friday."

Beca shrugged, "what about after rehearsal wednesday?"

"Sounds good," Chloe said with a smile.

The bell rang and Beca quickly made her way out. She headed home as quickly as possible and began researching new materials for suits. Over the next two days she took Chloe's advice and came up with a new design and worked on her new suit made out of spandex. It was red and blue, the red parts had black webbing around it, while the blue had the appearance similar to the texture of a basketball. In addition she added a black spider similar to the one that bit her on the front and a red one on the back of the suit. The red parts of the suit were mainly her mask, gloves and boots while the rest was blue. She used sunglasses in her mask instead of her goggles, and designed slimmer web shooters for this suit. It took two afternoons and late nights, but Wednesday morning, Beca was finally able to test out the new suit. She woke up early in the morning, packed an extra set of clothes in her bag and headed out the door.

Once she got downtown she quickly climbed up a small apartment building and and ran across the rooftop. She shot a web towards the next high rise, a d continued her path towards the large skyscraper. Once she was a building away, she shot a web to the next building and swung toward the skyscraper, using her momentum to soar through the air and land against the glass. She stared at herself in the reflection, and nodded,"nice," she said to herself. It was definitely an upgrade from her previous suit, and it allowed her to move around more. She decided to make her way to school when she saw Chloe and Aubrey walking to school and decided to drop by on the two girls she shot a web at a the bridge they were approaching and quickly swooped by them, catching their attention. She stayed at the bridge until they were just about to walk under the bridge, then she stopped down from a web in front of the two, "ladies."

"Spiderman," the two girls said in unison.

"Hope you guys are staying out of trouble."

"Maybe we like trouble," Chloe said with a sly grin.

Aubrey rolled her eyes, "yes we are staying out of trouble, now please move so we can get to school."

"Sure thing," Beca moved up on her web to let the girls go by.

Beca was about to leave when Chloe turned around and called out to her, "hey Spiderman!" Beca turned her head, and saw noticed Chloe walking towards her, "the new suit looks good." Chloe gave the hero a kiss on the cheek and winked before she returned to her friend's side, leaving a shocked Beca, hanging upside down in awe.

Notes: well that's all for this chapter. I'm sorry it took so long for this one, I tried to make this chapter longer to make up for it. I had a really hard couple weeks, and found out some really bad news. If you need references for the suits, the first suit mentioned is Peter's handmade suit from spiderman homecoming while the new suit last referenced is the one in the amazing spiderman and will be the main suit for a while until beca meets stark in later chapters. Well anyways the plan for this is to mix some PP bechloe stuff with the amazing spiderman storylines while also keeping it in the setting for MCU spidey and maybe a couple scenes from the original spiderman trilogy. Anyways please let me know what you think, thanks for reading and as usual, RR much appreciated (: