Chapter 7: All Eyes On Me
"Pff... BWH HA HAA HA HAA HA! Oh man, my sides! They're cramping up something bad!" For more then two minutes Roman started to lose all sense of control and laughed at what the teenage spider said out loud.
"I'm serious." Spider-Man said to Roman, his voice devoid of any humor.
"So am I! HA HAA HAA HA!" Already the dapper thief started to produce tears from his laughing, his eyes continuing to pour liquid down his cheeks. "I can't believe you actually said that!"
Wiping away his stray tears, Torchwick looked to see the silent White Fang and started to laugh even harder. Every Faunus who heard Spider-Man's speech were stunned in silence. Roman assumed they were thinking the same as him.
They probably think how stupid the bug is if for actually saying that! I'm gonna to enjoy what comes next!
"You are so delusional. You actually think that what you're preaching will make them stop?" The thief spun his cane in hand as he started walking. "They're doing it because they want too, so you might as wel-"
"SHUT UP!"
The sudden outburst made everyone jump from how loud the masked hero shouted. Even the students from Beacon flinched at how furious he sounded.
"No way. There is no way they want to do this!" To the other people in the area it looked like he was talking to himself more than anything. "I saw one of them shoot an innocent man. I saw real emotions on his face. He didn't want to do it, and I know none of them want to either!"
Suddenly, an image of Denny appeared in Spider-Man's head. His face showing his worries for his life, for the life he thought he took, and above all else, if his family will know what he did.
If he really wanted to join, then why did he look like he knew he made a mistake? If he thinks he was wrong, then I'm sure most of them here think the same.
Spider-Man turned to see the White Fang. Even though they are all wearing masks he can still see their bodies showing their emotions.
Fear.
Anger.
Apathy.
Empathy.
All these negative emotions swirling all around him. But the one thing that still showed in all of them, regardless of what Roman said, was an emotion he was all to familiar.
Regret.
In some small way, I'm like them. I have these powers, powers that are beyond what people imagined, powers that I could get what I want and punish those I deem who deserve it. But I didn't, because that won't change anything that was taken and taking it out on people won't make it any better.
It won't bring back Uncle Ben for my mistake.
"Just shut up," Roman took the cigar from his mouth and stomped it in anger as the vigilante continued. "If they truly want to take this path, if they truly wish to take a life tonight." Spider-Man stepped forward and brought both his arms in the air for the White Fang that still have a clear shot for them to take.
"Then take mine!" He said one more time.
"Wait, Spider-Man, we can hel- MPPFH!" Ruby was about to run to the hero to assist, but Blake quickly grabbed her hoodie and covered her mouth.
The cat Faunus knew that stopping her friend from helping Spider-Man was angering the hooded girl, but she needed to see how the White Fang were going to react.
Nothing. Not one of them were doing anything.
They're finally thinking for themselves and their starting to see what they're doing is a huge mistake.
By now the ones who do still have a weapon in their hands would have already circled around them and got ready to fire. Instead they're just standing in place, listening to what Spider-Man's saying and beginning to hesitate on what they thought they were doing is right.
Roman's humor came to an end when his patience for the masked vigilante finally ran dry. Twirling his cane, he slammed it on the ground and raised his fingers next to his head to signal his entourage to get ready to fire on his command.
"As much as I'd like to stay and chat some more, I have some important errands to run. So, I think I'll just end you all here and now." With a snap of the thief's fingers the White Fang and Ruby's friends readied their weapons for a gunfight, but instead of the sound of bullets hailing in every direction only silence surrounded the docks.
Thinking that they didn't hear him, Roman snapped his fingers a second time with the same results as he tried again in frustration.
"What are you all doing!? Take care of these kids and get the Dust! By now the authorities are already closing in on us, so do something and. KILL! THEM!" Roman screamed at them for their disobedience.
For a moment, the armed group talking amongst themselves, arguing if they should listen to the human or not before one member stepped forward and aimed his weapon at his intended target.
"W-what are you doing?!" Roman asked as everyone seeing the display wondering the same thing.
"Finally taking responsibility." The White Fang member said. The unknown individual removed the mask to show his face to everyone. "I'm not listening to you or the White Fang!" Denny Pesto said while walking to Spider-Man's side with his gun still pointed to the Huntsman.
"You're making a stupid choice, beast." Roman seethed. "You know you're signing your life away if you take their side."
"I'm not taking anyone's side, Roman." Denny said while moving his eye to Spider-Man for a second before turning back to Roman. "I'm doing this for me. I joined thinking I would feel safe, but instead I'm doing what I hate the most. Being a bully."
Seeing one of their own decide to turn against the human, to turn against the White Fang, would mean betrayal and would be rectified that by shooting the traitor. But like dominos, one by one members of the White Fang put down their guns and walked to where Denny was standing. They each took off their masks to show their faces.
Each Faunus showed to have accepted what they had done and decided to take responsibility for their sins with their faces showing determination for whatever punishment awaits them. While others who had taken lives realized that the people they murdered might also have families of their own making them break down crying knowing that those families will never see their children or parents again because of what they've done.
"We're done doing whatever you tell us. Whatever the White Fang tells us! It's time for us to take responsibility!" With so many now joining Denny's side most Faunus who still had their masks on were now looking frantic at how so many members had left them by now.
Roman was already prepared his fall back plan. He slowly reaching in to his left breast pocket and pressed a button on his Scroll as he looked to see most of the White Fang starting to panic.
Amateurs. All of them!
"Well, Spider, I got to give you some respect." He placed the hook of his cane on his arm and gave a slow clap. "You ruined the heist, made most of my goons actually grow a conscious, and yet you're still too late to stop me."
When he man finished speaking Spider-Man stepped forward from the large group to ask him what he meant when his spider sense kicked. He held his head with how strong his senses were blaring.
What! What is this? This intense pain, something big is about to happen. I need to stop Roman from doing whatever his new plan is!
The hero extended his hands to web the criminal in a cocoon when suddenly bright lights circled around them. Several officers wearing riot suits came charging in and set another perimeter with guns at the ready.
"This is the police!" An armed officer holding a megaphone to his face. "Put your weapons down and place your hands on your head!"
With the ex-White Fang members complying with the police, the Faunus who were still part of the extremist group started to panic even worse, some even beginning to get itchy trigger fingers.
"Roman Torchwick. By the order of the Council, you are under arrest for the crimes committed against the kingdoms!"
Seeing that the police showed up in the nick of time the students sigh in relief that help finally arrived, with Roman about to be in cuffs all the better.
"It's over Roman. Tell the rest of your men to drop their weapons no-" Spider-Man was cut off when several lights aimed on him, along with a dozen red dots.
"Spider-Man! By the order of the Council, you are under arrest for the crimes of vigilantism within the kingdom of Vale!" The hero's eyes go wide under his mask. "Put your hands on your head and get down on your stomach. Now!"
"Seriously!?" Spider-Man instantly shot both of his arms in the air. "Are you kidding me!?"
"Wait, don't do it!" This time Blake let go of Ruby and followed her leader to stand next to the wall crawler. "He helped us. He's the reason why everyone here is turning themselves in!"
"We're from Beacon!" Blake informed the police. "We tracked Roman here and now you can arrest him! Thanks to Spider-Man, Roman is still here!" She hoped her explanation would make the Vale police turn a blind eye for the hero.
The police were starting to talk amongst themselves, wondering if what she said was true before everyone looked at Roman laughing to himself.
"It's so cute that you think that but..." Roman trailed off as one of the bullheads became air born. "My ride just arrived."
No one moved after they saw the bullhead hovered over them. The only one to move was Spider-Man reacting to his spider sense before a volley of bullets rained on top of them, causing everyone to scatter.
"Look out!" The young spider screamed at a police officer standing dumbfounded. Seeing that he was trying to fire at the air craft, Spider-Man shot two strings of webbing at the officer and pulled him to safety before the officer was turned into swiss cheese.
"Are you ok?" Spider-Man asked, receiving a nod of thanks. "Great. There are Faunus who aren't wearing masks. They're the good guys. Can you please tell your friends to not shoot them?"
"Sure, but what about those who are?" He asked.
Looking around, he saw that those who were still wearing masks were firing at the police and their ex brethren, while others were dropping their guns and running away thanks to the mass confusion.
"I'll make it easier for you guys. Just see if you can tell your friends not to shoot the wrong people!" The officer nodded and spoke into his walkie-talkie, leaving Spider-Man to web swing into the fray.
His plan was already in motion as he landed behind a cluster of armed Faunus gunning down police officers. There confusion left them vulnerable for him to strike from the rear. The blond spider shot a web line to the back of one of the shooters and pulled. The surprise attack caused the shooter to turn around and see Spider-Man waving at him.
"Sup."
Before he could react, Spider-Man pounced on top of him and pinned him to the ground as the Faunus started to scream in alarm. The noise made his comrades look at the arachnid and attempt to shoot both him and the Faunus beneath him when Spider-Man flipped forward and grabbed the man still on the ground. With the momentum of his front flip he threw the man towards the group.
The body knocked the group down and gave Spider-Man enough time to web them to the floor. The police who were pinned down were now given some breathing room to retrieve the wounded to safety.
Ok, now all I need is to watch out for the remaining White Fang, Roman, and the police from harming me. Yeah. Ok. Sounds easy- Behind me!
"Die traitor!" The White Fang follower screamed waving a sword in the air.
The web head was about to punch him when a red blur encased him in rose petals and soon dispersed to reveal Ruby placing a boot on top of a passed-out goon.
"I did it! I helped!" She sounded pleased that she was helping Spider-Man.
It seemed courteous to give his thanks until he saw the bullhead starting to fire missiles at Blake, who was projecting clones of herself to make it harder for the piolet to aim.
"Ruby!" He shouted to the girl in the middle of praising her. "I need your help!"
"My h-help?" She asked him. Her eyes dilated at what she heard. "You mean like a team up?"
"Yes, a team up. I need you to get that bullhead's attention! Can you help me?"
Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! My first ever superhero team up! I'm living one of my childhood fantasies!
"You can count on me!" With a quick salute, Ruby zipped to the front of the aircraft and shot several shells underneath the cockpit to get the pilot's attention.
Getting the results she expected, the pilot unleashed a turret of bullets at the young Huntress. Using her Semblance to dodge the shots her trail of rose petals were the only things that got hit. With the pilot's attention diverted, Blake used her opportunity to help the Faunus who wanted to help take down the remainder of the White Fang.
Using her semblance, the Faunus student used her clone as a target for the shooters to focus on while she circled around them and swiftly took them down one by one with none of them noticing her.
After she took down the last of the group she looked over her shoulder to see Sun on top of a stack of shipping crates fighting against two sword wielders attacking him on either side. The monkey boy shifted his weapon from bow staff to nun chucks with ease to parry and block their strikes before dealing his opponents a shot to their chests, sending them tumbling down the shipping crates. With them taken care of the monkey Faunus headed over to deal with a small cluster of unmasked Faunus battling their ex brethren.
The Faunus that were still masked held on just long enough for one of the members to open a wooden crate from one of the larger containers showing several cases of explosives. Taking a single grenade, the masked member pulled the pin and threw it in a wide arc. When he launched his arm forward he felt that his palm was empty.
Looking up he got a good view of a large web net latching itself to his face. He tried to claw at the sticky goo with zero success. The rest of his comrades provided no assistance as they too were ensnared by web strings, limiting their movement for Spider-Man to arrive just in time to disable them. A few quick fists and kicks and they fell to the ground.
It's working! here's only a few stragglers left.
Spider-Man saw most of the White Fang on the ropes With the help of the police, the unmasked Faunus, and the help of Ruby and her friends every member was being tied up and cuffed. With everything going so smoothly, the vigilante can get back to his main target.
Now, where did you go Roman?
"You won't get away!" Turning to where the shouting came from he saw Roman enter the bullhead that was firing at them. The aircraft slowly began to raise itself back into the air with the criminal getting away. Ruby shifted her weapon back to its gun form and fired at the aircraft, but to no avail.
Spider-Man was nearby the shooting and was about to join the rest of the group, but before he could get there, Penny finally stepped up to the plate and stopped Roman from escaping.
Out of nowhere, the ginger girl summoned several swords around her. She sent the swords flying with each one piercing the tough metal of the bullhead, and stopped it from getting any higher. Penny was commanding the sword to reel it back to the ground, like a fisher man reeling in the big catch of the day. It was going along well, that was until the pilot trying to pull up was moved out of the chair for Roman to aim the weapons on Penny.
Oh no! I need to reach her before she becomes red smoke!
As Spider-Man was closing in the world around him seemed to slow down. His feet were kicking off the ground, but it seemed that he still couldn't reach Penny in time before a missile was launched straight at her as she refused to let go of the bullhead. Seeing that he won't make it, he shot two web lines at the girl to pull her out of the way, but the missile was closer to her then his webs were.
Before the missile could hit her, someone pushed her out of the way as Denny Pesto became the new target. The missile detonated right next to him, followed by a huge shock wave knocking the young Faunus off his feet.
"Denny!" The blond hero shouted, jumping as high as he can. Spider-Man caught Denny in the air and softly landed on the ground to set the injured teenager down to see if he was ok.
Oh no...
The side of Denny's face he could see showed no visible damage, making the web head hope that it wasn't too serious. But as soon as he turned Denny on his other side he tried not to vomit in his mask. Denny's entire right side of his face was shredded with fragments of steel imbedded to him. His right arm was in tatters with his forearm showing bone, and his leg was nothing but a stump with the thigh twitching uncontrollably trying to register if it had a leg or not.
I'm not even sure Aura can heal him with this much damage. I need medical help. FAST!
"Help!" He shouted, not caring if his voice sounded desperate and scared. "I need help. He needs to go to the hospital fast!"
"S-Spider-Man?" Denny's left eye fluttered open surprised the hero.
"Denny!" Spider-Man was relived he was still alive. "Don't worry, help is on the way just ho-"
"Thank you." Out of nowhere Denny thanked the hero as he looked at the injured teenager.
"W-what are you talking about?"
"Thank you, for saving me." Denny started to have a fit of wet coughs with a thin trail of blood leaving his mouth.
"I didn't save you." The hero was starting to lose his composure. His eyes began to blur with tears. "I didn't save anyone."
I couldn't save you. I couldn't save most of the people that are still in the White Fang. And I couldn't save Uncle Ben from a simple street thug. Just what kind of hero am I!?
"You did save me." He used his good arm to grip the fabric of Spider-Man hoodie and pull the masked hero closer. "You saved me from being something I'm not. A murderer." Denny's grip on his costume soon slackened, his eye starting to close. Spider-Man shook him to keep him stay awake for help to arrive.
"Hey! Hey! Stay awake! Help's on the way!" The frantic hero tried to keep Denny conscious, but with how much blood the young bull Faunus lost, it was only a matter of seconds before he stopped breathing.
"Thank you, Spider-Man." With his final breath, Denny's head went limp, his mouth no longer taking in air. The hero was left silent as he was left staring at the now dead body.
Getting back on his feet, Spider-Man looked at his now blood-stained gloves then back at Denny's still body. The silent hero didn't care that the police finally showed up, he didn't care that Ruby and Blake showed up either. The young hero's eyes were only looking at the bullhead rising into the air again with the culprit getting away. His body turned on auto piolet as his arms reached high into the air, as if trying take the bullhead from the sky. Soon his view of the aircraft grew bigger and bigger as the ground beneath him got smaller.
It soon caught his attention that he was no longer on the docks, but instead underneath the bullhead with his body firmly pressed to the cold metal. With Spider-Man's mind finally coming back in full swing, his emotions filled his entire body with blind rage at what was committed. The masked spider's only thoughts now were what's going to happen to Roman when he gets his blood-stained hands on him.
"How long until we're clear from the police!?" The master thief asked the White Fang piolet.
"We're several leagues above their plane of sight. It'll only take us two hours before we can set this bullhead down and use one of our escape routes."
And away from all those brats and that damn bug, Spider-Man!
Finally letting his guard down, Roman sat on the passenger seat and looked at what he could grab before the plan went to hell.
One box. One measly box of Dust. This is rock bottom. I've never been humiliated like this in all my life! I'm Roman Torchwick, master thief, and now with that damn woman calling all the shots I'm reduced to being her errand boy!
"Tch!" The angry man spat on the floor at his disdain for his lowly status and reached for another cigar. "Damn it!" His hands soon flew out of his empty pocket and slammed it on the arm rest. With no form of nicotine to calm his nerves, he was about to start cursing up a storm when he felt something poke his side pocket.
Turning his head, he saw the Faunus pilot holding a cigar to Roman.
"Here. I don't know what brand you like, so I hope you like them cheap." Roman just stared at him with silence.
Well, what do you know...
The thief gently took the cigar from the White Fang member's finger and gave a nod in thanks. He was about to use his cane to light his smoking habit until...
THUD!
Suddenly, a strong force caused the aircraft to shake uncontrollably. The Huntsman lost his grip on his cigar, causing it to fall and land between his legs. The nicotine stick was soon sent rolling underneath the control system leaving Roman to stare at where his last cigar was.
"What was that!?" He screamed.
"Just some turbulence. It'll pass soon, no need to worry."
Roman knew that not worrying was one of the key things that would kill someone in his line of career. Getting out of his chair he went to the middle of the bullhead and opened the main door hatches, allowing the rush of cold wind to nip at his face.
The sight of rushing winds and large clouds made him think that maybe he was getting paranoid. Before he could close the hatches a pair of red boots collided with his face.
"RAAAAH!" The web slinger screamed as he landed in a crouch while Roman crashed on his back. A loud noise was heard as Roman's head banged on the solid cold metal surface.
The adult Huntsman tried to clear his eyes from the stars circling him, but as he tried to get up and back on his feet he heard the voice of the Spider devoid of any emotion.
"His name, was Denny Pesto." Spider-Man told the only person in front of him.
With his eye sight fixed, Roman swung his cane at the head of his opponent with a downward strike, only for the hero to jump to the side and land on the roof.
"He went to a school, called Midtown High."
Roman already aimed his cane at the bug, but decided against it if he wanted to escape alive. Flipping the cane to aim the hook at the hero, he fired the hook and watched it wrap around the intruder's leg. He pulled the hero down to force him to fall. At least, that's what he hoped would happen, but as soon as he pulled his cane down the wire snapped causing him to stumble.
"His only family was his mom, dad, and his uncle Noel Pesto. Do you have any idea what you've just done to them?" Spider-Man asked Roman, his voice now growing in intensity.
The suit wearing thief looked at the wall crawler in confusion as to what he was yammering on about.
"Who?" A fist connected to his face for giving the wrong answer.
The blow was so intense the Huntsman was sent spiraling down to the floor again, only this time his Aura couldn't withstand the force, leaving him with a now broken and bloody nose.
What the... he doesn't have a weapon on him, so how can he cause this much damage!?
Roman was no fool. There are people trained with their fists, but they usually have weapons such as gauntlets or brass knuckles to fight. With Spider-Man, he's just wearing a silly costume. But that last punch he received from the angry hero made him feel like more than a quarter of his Aura was depleted.
"Denny Pesto! A teen who didn't even reach his senior year!" Spider-Man was striding for Roman, not even caring when the criminal used the remainder of his cane to bash the side of Spider-Man's skull. With the help of his spider sense the blonde hero grabbed the cane and used his other hand to push Torchwick away. He then proceeded to snap the cane into tiny pieces.
"How could you forget, you were the one who fired that missile!?" Throwing the chunks of metal to the side, Spider-Man slowly walked to Roman, who was now kneeling. The masked hero crouched to meet the gasping Huntsman's gaze, and asked him in a low threatening manner.
"How could you forget about a young boy you murdered just a few minutes ago?"
Spider-Man didn't get a reply from the man until the crook answered him with a straight upper cut to the wall crawler's chin.
"here! That's my answer, now shut up!"
Roman's thought of success for hitting the masked bug was short lived however, when he saw Spider-Man's head unmoving from the punch he delivered. Looking to his fist, Roman's eyes widened at the sight of his now shattered hand with several of his fingers in different angles and pain skyrocketing even higher.
"AAAAHHHHH! My hand? What happened to my hand!?" He asked more to himself then to the silent Spider.
I have Aura that protects me, but when I punched him it felt like I was punching solid metal!
"I'm done letting people like you get away. Tired that I have to roll with the punches, so people like you won't get hurt." Grabbing Roman by his collar, Spider-Man raised him high in the air and was about to punch him when his spider sense started to warn him of a large threat closing in.
I don't care! Roman is right in front of me, there's no other threat here!
"This time Roman, I'm not going to go easy on you. Even if I'll be arrested too it'll all be worth it if you'll be in prison." Spider-Man was already raising his fist to punch the beaten thief one more time, but before he could Roman began to laugh hysterically.
"Careful with the temper, hero." Roman managed to speak before he coughed a few specks of blood on Spider-Man's mask. "You can't always expect things to go the way you want it to be."
"You can't fool me! There's no way you can esc- UGH!" Spider-Man's dropped his fist and cradled his now throbbing head as his spider sense was going crazy.
The wall crawler was going to ask Roman what he was doing when he heard the shattering of glass, followed by someone screaming. Turning to the source, he saw Roman's little sidekick wiping away some blood off her parasol next to a now dead piolet no longer flying the bullhead.
"Ah, Neo perfect timing as always." Her boss now wore his signature smirk as help had finally arrived.
"NO!" Letting the killer go, Spider-Man charged at the mute girl, but just like last time she shattered when he contacted her.
He wanted to stop the two of them, but decided to check if the man driving the bullhead was ok. Looking over the Faunus, Spider-Man checked if he still had a pulse.
Nothing. He's dead. I was too angry with what happened to Denny that I ignored my spider sense 'because I was too worried about Roman getting away!
"Well, it's about time we made our exit." Roman told the distraught hero. "Let's see if you can web swing your way out of this." Nodding to Neo, the two criminals collapsed in a heap of glass, leaving only Spider-Man and a now dead body.
The hero now needed to try and land the bullhead somewhere with no people nearby to get harmed. Before he could touch the controls, another Bullhead appeared next to him with Roman now driving it. His spider sense kicked in once more and his body involuntarily moved out of the cock pit before they fired a missile destroying the controls and causing it to nose dive into the kingdom.
With the now burning bullhead diving straight down, Spider-Man forcibly opened the hatch doors and wall crawled outside to see how close he was from crashing. The web slinger saw that Vale's night lights were soon getting brighter with the buildings getting closer and closer. The people on the streets could see the giant ball of fire about to land on top of them.
He could hear the people below start to scream in terror as his mind went into overdrive on how to stop this speeding death trap. Putting all his strength into his legs, he ran to the burning part of the wreckage and used his webbing to suffocate the fire. As the fire was getting smaller, he could see a tall skyscraper in the path of the bullhead and shot web lines on the tall building. He attached them to the end to the bullhead and pulled with all his might to curve the aircraft so it won't hit the populated tower.
"RRAAAHHHH!" With the weight of both pulling the web lines and the heavy bullhead underneath him, tiny tears started to form around his costume due to both forces pulling him in different directions. As the bullhead safely diverted away from the tower, he let the line go and looked down to see the streets closing in.
"Come on, come on, come on!"
Not even taking a second to catch his breath, Spider-Man shot out net after net of webbing in hopes that it could stop the large hunk of metal from plummeting to the ground.
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As soon as the broken bullhead hit the first net it broke due to the weight followed by the second and third.
PLEASE HOLD!
As if sensing the spider's distress, the nets soon started to hold on to the large metal bullhead and slow its descent until the webbing held on and suspended it in midair before it could reach street level.
"Thank goodness." The tired superhero wanted to try and stand but his legs didn't respond due to the stress he'd been through the entire night.
"I can't stay here for long; the police will be here any minute." He shook his legs to get them working, but stopped when he heard several voices coming from the streets followed by the sound of clapping.
"Is that Spider-Man?"
"Did you see that? He just saved us!"
"Way to go Spidey!"
"Thank you, Spider-Man!"
"You're the best thing that ever happened to this kingdom! WOOOOO!"
Soon more and more people started to chant his name. His ears were drowning with the sound of clapping and happy voices for the person who saved them all this night.
Ok. Maybe just a few more minutes won't hurt.
Waving a hand to the crowd, Spider-Man sat on top of the destroyed vehicle. His body was getting some rest and his mind was at peace for saving the people below. Even though Roman escaped, he could only smile under his mask and wave at the happy people knowing that they were saved once again by their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
"You should know better to never run around in a strange city." The man in front of Penny said.
"I know sir." She told him while looking down at the carpet beneath her feet.
After Roman escaped in the bullhead with Spider-Man tailing him, the remaining stragglers surrendered with everyone having minor wounds.
And one death.
It was a hollow victory for everyone. Everything went correctly with many White Fang being arrested, but after seeing what happened to the young Faunus no one could say anything encouraging.
Even Ruby, who was the happiest out of everyone, just stood in the background with her older sister hugging her for comfort. Blake and Weiss were also talking to each other and setting things back on track with the team, but that soon went to silence after that ordeal.
"Sir?" Penny looked back up to see his face.
"Yes, Penny?"
"That boy, the one that saved me. Why did he do it?"
Taking a couple of seconds, the man in front of her put a reassuring hand on her leg and spoke to her in a more comforting tone.
"He saved you because he wanted to do the right thing."
"The right thing?"
"Yes. He saw that you were about to be hurt, so he pushed you away." The man explained.
"But I would be fine, I am a-"
"It doesn't matter." He cut her off. "Even if he knew, he would have done the same regardless of who you are."
For several minutes the girl processed what he said before nodding at his answer. Looking outside the window, she saw as streets, lamp lights, and people passed by while she stayed silent for the remainder of the ride.
Just as the car was turning at a corner, it stopped, causing two of the passengers to lunge out of their seats.
"What's the hold up?" The man asked the driver.
"Webs, sir." The driver replied.
The two looked out their window and saw massive webs tangled over the surrounding buildings with a destroyed bullhead at the center. Vale citizens who were once running in terror began to go near the incident and started to clap and cheer as someone stood atop the wreckage.
"Penny?"
"Yes, sir?"
"Do you know who that man is?" He asked while still looking at the red and blue superhero waving at the crowd.
"He helped us at the docks, I heard from my friend that he is called Spider-Man." She told him.
"And does this 'Spider-Man' know anything about him?"
"No, sir. I don't think Spider-Man knows or else he would have arrived and helped."
Seeing the logic from what the girl said, the man pulled out a large thin pad that showed schematics for a new aircraft he has been developing. It was designed to be much faster and stronger than the ones the four kingdoms use now, making it a good edge for Atlas to use against the White Fang and Grimm threats.
Pressing the play button on one of the videos, he saw his creation compete with several others like it with the new prototype winning. This was meant to be the fastest air craft, a machine far superior then all the others, but it was soon humiliated when a small unknown flying object flew right past it and left just as quickly as it entered the video.
Freezing the video frame by frame on parts where it showed up, he modified the image to enhance the quality to see what had bested his machine. In the image it showed not an aerodynamic shape like he thought it would be, but a metal flying man zooming faster than any of his creations combined.
"It seems there could be more of these anomalies, Penny."
"What are your orders, sir." She said in a serious tone.
"Quite simple. Capture them."
The queen has pawns.
That is the message Qrow emailed to Ozpin's Scroll. Taking a sip from his mug, the headmaster of Beacon looked outside to the quiet night life that was soon turned into a media frenzy after what happened to the docks and the fiery bullhead almost crashing into the city.
Emphasis on the 'almost'.
Switching the live feed from Ruby and her team to the local news, Ozpin saw the people of Vale pointing at several large webs incasing the once downed aircraft with even more people screaming and shouting in joy for who stopped it.
'Local Spider Saves the Day'
That was what the news was saying as the camera focused on the red and blue spider waving to the crowd. Just as the camera were getting a better angle on the hero, the man quickly jumped off the bullhead and swung away from the scene.
"Hmm." Taking another sip from his warm mug, Ozpin typed a few words and sent it to Qrow so he can track down a lead that might be of some use.
Find the Spider.
"How very disappointing, Roman." The woman in red said while looking at a bruised and battered Roman. Seeing how pathetic he looks she can only give him some sympathy. Some.
"We were expecting... more from you." She said while holding one small jar of Dust to her face.
"Hey, you were the one who suggested to work with those stupid mutts from the White Fang." He waved his broken hand to show what happened. "And what a surprise! They bit the hand that fed them. Looks to me that the White Fang isn't what it's all cracked up to be."
"It is disappointing that some of them decided to turn traitor." She tossed the jar to one of her minions hiding in the shadow. Flexing her pale skinned hand in front of her, small embers began to crackle before turning into a small fire dancing in the palm of her hands. "But you will continue to do so."
Stepping out of the darkness, the woman in front was beautiful in all aspects. From her long-toned legs, to the alluring red dress showing all the right places, and her perfectly shaped face with no imperfections. It was a breath-taking sight, if for just a second you could see fire burning bright with fury in her eyes.
The two behind her were two teenagers. One boy with gray hair wearing solid black pants and with a simple gray jacket. The other a girl with sea foam green hair, tan skin, and tan slacks with a top wrapped with white straps.
"We have big plans for you Roman. All we ask is a little... cooperation."
More like being forced to cooperate with you.
"Yeah well, I have big problems that I need to get rid of. Starting with that so called 'hero' Spider-Man." Roman fumed, not even caring if what he looked like a fool in front of her.
"He is beginning to be a problem." The black-haired woman extinguished her flame and placed a hand under her chin. "At first, I thought of him as but a joke, something to be entertained to watch. But what happened at the docks defies all reason with how he was able to turn so many of the White Fang to fight each other."
"Now you see my dilemma. I thought those brats from Beacon were going to cause me most of the trouble, but I was wrong. I'd rather deal with them then have to fight that pajama wearing insect!"
Seeing a small vein popping on the thief's forehead, the fiery woman snapped her fingers to gain the man's attention again.
"No worries. One of my friends has sent me someone who could deal with your bug problem." Hearing faint footsteps behind her, she motioned for Roman to look where the noise was coming from.
"In fact, he used to work for you, Roman. I'm sure you two will work well together since both of you hate the bug so very much."
Stepping closer for Roman to see the mystery person, the thief could only stare slack jawed at who she was referring to. He turned back to her with a confused expression.
"Him?! How will he help me stop Spider-Man!?"
The woman lifted her head and laughed as Roman stepped away from her in fear.
"You're wrong Roman. Our friend here isn't going to stop Spider-Man. No, he is going to kill him."
"What is you desire, my lady?" The young man wearing an all-black suit kneeled in front of a woman sitting on the throne with tattoos on her arms and tiger ears on her head.
To both of her sides stood several of her best guards donning protective armor with the White Fang insignia. The woman on the throne is Sienna Khan, the High Leader of the White Fang, now being called a terrorist organization.
"I have something that needs to be done, Adam." She spoke as she made eye contact. "The other kingdoms already have many Faunus joining us, but the only one showing resistance is the kingdom of Vale."
Pressing a button on her Scroll a large flat screen monitor rolled down to show him several videos of both humans and Faunus burning down the White Fang symbol and lifting another symbol of a spider. This went on for several more minutes before the High Leader turned the screen off. Moving his eyes to meet his leader, Adam bowed his head again and spoke in a calm tone.
"They are delusional that they think they will not go unpunished."
"They are indeed, but it seems why they are so foolish is this so-called hero they call 'Spider-Man' giving them false ideas that the Faunus does not need the White Fang."
This caused Adam to clench the sheath of his weapon tighter, his tone beginning to lose it's cool.
"He thinks he alone can stop us from doing what is right for our people?"
"The people in Vale seems to agree. Everyday more Faunus are turning away from joining the White Fang, making it difficult for us to take root in the kingdom."
Slamming her fist down on her arm rest, Sienna stood up from her chair, walked down the steps, and started to talk to her subordinate with passion and fury.
"That is why I'm sending you, our symbol of the White Fang to go to Vale and show them that we do not need the humans and we, the Faunus, should all join together so we may take back what was taken from us!"
Staying silent once more, Adam Taurus looked up to see the leader of the White Fang extend a hand for him to take.
"And what of the spider?" He asked while taking her hand for the tiger faunas to pull him up from kneeling. "What will happen if I see him?"
"He is doing what I am trying not to have in the White Fang. Complacency. His ways are just like ours before I stepped up to be high leader and look at what happened to us." Turning away from the bull Faunus, Sienna walked back to her throne and sat back down, her face still showing disdain for what this Spider-Man is doing.
"Peace bred complacency and acceptance of our place in the world. I will not stand by and let all our hard work getting to where we are now be stopped by some fool trying to play make believe!"
Hearing a beep from his scroll, Adam pulled it out of his pocket to see a picture of the spider waving at a crowd on top of a crashed bullhead suspended by a dozen spider webs.
"He is but what the old White Fang tried to do and failed. See if you can bring him back alive so I may speak to him."
"And if he refuses and fights us instead?" Adam asked.
"Kill him, so we may show the world that we are done playing nice. This time, we push back."
There you go! The day was saved, but at a cost of someone Jaune wanted to save the most. Even though he couldn't stop Roman he was still happy that no one else got hurt, but now that the docks are secure and he saved the people of Vale more people are now paying more attention at the web slinger. For both the good and the bad reasons.
One group from Atlas wants to capture and question him, Ozpin telling Qrow that finding Spider-Man might help with their mission, Roman getting another alley to destroy their pest problem, and finally the White Fang thinking that this Spider-Man is a threat to their new movement and sent their best to kill him.
All of these problems centered at the Spider, but he still feels he will be fine knowing that people in the Kingdom of Vale is safe from harm. With most of the Faunus now even more dead set on not joining the White Fang it seems that Jaune is becoming more and more of a celebrity.
Some of you might think that he should not be able to do those amazing feats, but many people always thinks that Spider-Man is not all that string until you really make him angry. Like in all of his comics Spider-Man always had to hold back due to his strength because he does not to hurt them to badly or worse. Another big thing about him is that he is still young and when he gets older he will be much stringer, I would even like to think that he is by far the strongest.
I know this chapter is a bit late, but with this chapter done my friend also helped fixing my first chapter, so instead of just one we give you all two chapters to read! Chapter 1 is fixed and more readable, as well as the latest chapter of Jaune's adventure.
Hope you guys like this chapter and I hope you like this chapter so please comment, and fav to keep track on another update. Hope you all have a happy Christmas or any other holiday you celebrate.
Like always my Beta Reader is: The Maestro of Madness!