"STOP!", yelled the commanding officer of a group of Fire Nation soldiers. They were currently chasing an Air Nomad boy and his companions, a Water Tribe girl and boy. It was Avatar Aang and his friends, Katara and Sokka. Ever since the siblings had found Aang and his flying bison Appa in an iceberg back in the South Pole, they had been chased out of village after village by Fire Nation soldiers.

Even after recently arriving in the village of Dit-Koh, the trio couldn't escape the scrutiny of the Fire Nation. They were currently being chased by spear-carrying firebenders on ostrich horseback. Taking a detour down an alley, Aang, Katara and Sokka ran past a familiar looking cabbage merchant, whose cart Aang sent a gust of wind at to blow into the Fire Nation soldiers. "MY CABBAGES!", the merchant screeched.

This shriek alterted the attention of a red-and-blue clad figure who was clinging to the side of one of the buildings. Pavitr's first stop after leaving the ferry had been to return to Shuzumu's Flaming Circus. Ty Lee was the only other person who knew about his powers and he needed a friend right now. Plus, he figured if he was going to be a 'friendly-neighborhood' Spider-Man, Dit-Koh Village would be a good place to start.

Much to Pavitr's disappoint though, he soon found out that, apart from a few pickpocketers here and there, there weren't too many crimes to stop. So he turned his attention to disrupting the Fire Nation military occupation there. He still remembered that Arachne wanted him to help end the Hundred-Year-War, so Pavitr thought it would be a good idea to start by pushing the Fire Nation troops out of Dit-Koh Village.

Many soldiers could attest, once the webbing had been removed from their mouths, that during their rounds of 'keeping the peace', which was code for harrassing and exploiting residents of Dit-Koh Village, they had encountered a red and blue figure crawling along the walls. Said red and blue figure was now swinging across Dit-Koh Village to answer the cries of the offended cabbage merchant.

"Good afternoon, citizen.", Spider-Man greeted mock-authoritatively, "What troubles you on this otherwise fine day?" The hysterical merchant pointed in the direction that the trio had fled and shouted, "Those hoodlums desecrated my cabbage cart! Bring them to justice!" Spider-Man glanced in the direction that the trio were running and replied to cabbage merchant, "Not to worry, cabbage man. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is on the job."

With that Spider-Man swung off after the three offenders. He had updated his look since returning to Dit-Koh Village. The ninja-like circus outfit that Ty Lee had let him have, he had learned, was too frightening. While it scared criminals, which was what Pavitr had wanted, it also scared the people he was trying to save, which he didn't want. Therefore, Pavitr started making drawings of potential alternate looks for himself.

The one he finally settled on was a simple design. A red and blue long-sleeved shirt with a web pattern sewn and a black spider symbol into the red parts. A mask would be attached to the shirt and would have white eye pieces made of two way mirror so that Pavitr could see out, but no one could see in. The rest of the costume consisted of a red sash with the same web pattern, baggy white pants and red pointed shoes with gold trim.

After acquiring the materials, many of which came through looting from rich people who passed through Dit-Koh Village, Pavitr threw it all together as the official Spider-Man suit. The reaction so far was mostly positive and the people of Dit-Koh Village began to hail Spider-Man as their local hero.

As Spider-Man swung away, the cabbage merchant yelled after him, "My name is Kantu! Not cabbage man!" As he gathered his cabbages, he thought to himself, That's it! I'm boarding the ferry to Ba Sing Se first chance I get!

Aang, Katara and Sokka had taken a turn down a dark alley and successfully lost the Fire Nation soldiers. Now they were catching their breath. "That was way too close!", exclaimed Sokka. "Well SOMEBODY said we had to go into Dit-Koh Village!", Katara said angrily, "Because apparently they had meat!" Sokka glared at his sister and shot back, "I can't help my basic instincts! My belly demands meat!"

Katara and Sokka went back and forth with each other, while Aang sighed in frustration. He couldn't understand why those two couldn't just get along. Then again, he'd never had any siblings. "What are those fighting about?", a voice next to Aang's ear whispered. The boy turned around and was greeted with a red face and large white eyes.

Aang let out a frightened gasp as he found himself looking at a red and blue creature hanging upside down on a line of spider web. Aang tried to get Katara and Sokka's attention by touching their shoulders. "G-Guys?", asked Aang, but they wouldn't pay attention to him. Suddenly, the creature shot more webbing from its wrist at Sokka and Katara's mouths.

"Simmer down you two!", the creature said, "The kid's trying to tell you something." The Water Tribe siblings looked in the direction of the voice and their eyes got wide with fear. They immediately ripped the webbing off their mouths and Sokka screeched, "WHAT IS THAT?!". The creature turned its head both ways and answred, pointing to itself, "Who me? I'm just you're friendly neighborhood Spider-Man."

Next Time: A Marvelous Team-Up