Logan sat on his bed and groaned in frustration when he saw the news showing Peter fighting the Vulture.

Apparently people were starting to get the idea that he was the people's hero and wasn't too much of a big time to fight for the little guy. Except some guy from the daily bugle, who said that he was interfering with the law.

He looked down at the photo in his hands. This one was of Him, Mary, Richard, and Natasha Romanoff. His eyes focused on Mary, taking in every visible feature of her face. He fell in love with her some time after the four began working together while temporarily doing work for S.H.I.E.L.D. She was always optimistic about everything. Mary would often be seen as naïve, but anyone stupid enough to get on her bad side would find out otherwise.

Logan always said that an animal like him couldn't settle down, which is why she chose Richard over him. He didn't know why. Even if they seemed happy together, Richard was still a che-

"Logan?" Ororo cut off his thoughts as she came in through his open door.

He looked up at her and the glare he had at Richard softened. "Need something, Ro?"

She looked at the tv on the wall opposite his bed. "Just checking in. I guessed you had already seen it."

He nodded with a sigh. "Fury's gonna be all over this."

She sat beside him and padded his shoulder comfortingly. "We can handle him."

"He's not the one I'm worried about."

Ororo grabbed his face and turned him to her. "You'll do fine. You did fine with Laura and several other students. You can handle it."

He gave a grateful nod and she looked at his hand. Her eyes landed on Natasha. "Are you going to tell him?"

He followed her gaze and sighed. "Not yet."

After the thing with vulture, Peter and Laura made their way back and parted ways.

Laura stood on her balcony, facing the back of the mansion, and watched as mutants of all kinds enjoyed their day in between classes or training.

Her blank gaze noted peter absentmindedly walking through the gardens, seemingly muttering to himself. Her enhanced eye-sight and ability to lip read made it seem like he was talking to someone.

She still wasn't sure why Logan was so intent on helping him. He seemed like an idiot that didn't know when to shut up to her.

With her questions going unanswered, Laura decided to get the answers herself. She left her dorm and traversed the halls towards Logan's.

She arrived at his door and knocked. No one answered, and Laura quickly slipped in. Shutting the door behind her, she began to look around. Laura looked in drawers, the closet, under and in the bed, and practically everywhere, but found nothing.

She cursed and threw pillow in frustration. An envelope slipped out of the pillow case. Laura picked it up and immediately opened it.

'Logan, I know you must hate me right now. I would have loved to stay with you but the wolverine would have gotten in the way and I cant settle down with an animal. I'm leaving this because I want to ask something of you. If me and Richard ever leave this world before Peter, please watch him. The circumstances may not be ideal, but he is my son now and there isn't anyone I would rather watch him than you. Your nothing if not loyal. Just don't let 'her' have him.

-Mary Fitzpatrick-Parker

Laura narrowed her eyes at the strange letter. Logan wasn't one to be sentimental, so for him to save this was unusual. At least now she knew why he was so invested in Peter. But who was this 'her'?

Laura shrugged it off and began putting everything back the way she found it.

"Laura?"

She turned and saw Kitty standing there. Laura glared. It was just like her not to knock.

"What do you want." Laura demanded.

Kitty squirmed under her gaze. "I was j-just looking for Logan. W-why are you looking through his stuff?"

Laura walked up and leaned in close. "That's not your business and I suggest you forget you saw me."

Kitty looked uneasy. "B-but wont he smell you…us?"

Laura didn't look bothered. "I'll handle it."

She went over to his nightstand and tipped over a bottle of cologne that she remembered Ororo had given him. It shattered and the smell soon enveloped the room.

Laura turned to Kitty and saw she was still hesitant. Laura sighed. "Keep this to yourself and I'll…mention you to Peter."

Kitty perked up and gave an eager nod. "Deal."

She phased out through a wall. Laura heard footsteps and realized there was only one exit.

The balcony.

She opened the double doors and jumped, intending to land on her feet, just as Logan entered the room. Instead of the ground, she landed in a pair of strong arms.

"I knew you were quite the catch." Peter said with a smirk.

Laura gave a blank expression. "Well I'm not falling for you."

Peter mock gasped. "Was that a joke? I wasn't aware you could do those."

"…"

"…"

Laura glared. "You can put me down now."

Peter gave sheepish smile and set her down. She wondered if she should tell him what she found. Laura decided against it however, since she felt she didn't owe him anything.

"What no thank you? You wound us." He said and feigned an aching heart.

She looked at him with confusion. "Us? Who is 'us'?"

He only smirked. "You know the saying 'A girl's gotta keep her secrets'?"

"So you're the girl in this relationship? Makes sense." She taunted.

He turned the tables. "So your saying there's a relationship."

Surprisingly, she blushed slightly. "That's not what I-"

"That's exactly what you said." He said cheekily.

She scowled as they walked towards the mansion. "Are you coming on to me, Parker?"

He immediately backtracked. "Uh n-no."

'Wuss.' Venom laughed in his head.

'Would you want to piss her off?' He thought back.

'…no.'

'Thought so.'

Before anything more could be said, an alarm began to go off. He looked to her and she clarified.

"The school is under attack…again."

Peter blinked in surprise at how casually she said that, and followed her inside. The younger and less experienced were making their way through the halls and deep inside, while the older and more trained went out to defend the school.

A blue and furry guy with a tail was nearby and laura went up to him.

"Kurt, take me outside. Peter, follow the others."

"What?! Why are-"

Before he could finish, Kurt gave an apologetic smile and vanished in a puff of blue smoke. He gawked at having been told to stay out of it. He wasn't used to running, and he wasn't about to be now.

'Fight!' Venom cheered.

Peter mentally agreed and made his way through the halls and outside. When he got there, he saw several people who wore 'FOH' on various places, attacking the students.

The suit formed and he jumped towards the fight. Landing in a crouch, he spotted a school bus speeding towards the school. Peter ran straight for it and tackled it to a stop. His spider-sense blared and he jumped away as it exploded.

Upon landing, he leaned to the side as a bullet flew by and web-pulled the shooter into his fist. He saw a few closing on Logan and quickly ran over.

Logan grunted as a bullet hit his back. He turned and jammed his claws into the shooters head.

Peter came up and sent a fanatic flying with a punch. "Does this happen often?"

Logan buried a clawed hand in one's chest. "Every other Tuesday."

Peter ducked under a machete and punched the crazed zealot off his feet. "Maybe we could recommend a gym. Makes for a less bloody workout."

Logan grabbed peter by the shoulders. "This isn't a time to hold back. The law wont do much to them, and every one of them that you let live today, is another mutant child that they'll kill tomorrow. If your not giving it your all then get the hell inside and out of the way."

Peter stepped away from his grip. "It doesn't need to come to that."

'Yes it does. It is them or us.' Venom spoke.

Logan shook his head. "It always comes to that eventually. So long as you understand the weight of taking a life, your allowed to do what needs to be done to survive. I'm not saying go on a killing spree, but learn to do what's necessary."

Peter didn't like where this was going, but knew that it would need to happen eventually. Especially since his ultimate goal was to kill Norman Osborn.

Peter had an unsure expression behind his mask, but a rocket prevented any further reply. It hit Logan directly and sent peter flying away. He hit the ground hard and looked up to see Logan on the ground, but healing quickly.

He heard someone yell and saw that kid who tried to poke his face when he arrived yesterday. The kid fell and multiplied. The duplicates tried to defend him but they were also being pushed back by several mutant haters with machetes, batons, and other improvised weapons.

He saw one close in and raise his machete. In a split second decision, Peter threw his arm out and a spike drove itself through the attacker's chest.

'KILL THEM ALL!' Venom yelled in his head.

Peter began to grow larger and his mask opened with a row of sharp teeth. A massive roar escaped him and all the nearby combatants froze.

"Our turn." Venom hissed.

Alistair threw a wrench in frustration. He looked up at the silver sleek robot that was strung up by chains in his lab. It had large blue bug like eyes and two antennae like protrusions coming up from the bottom jaw.

It was meant to act as an alpha over the other spider-slayers, he couldn't figure out how to make it aware enough to fight anyone. It wasn't smart enough…wasn't human enough.

That last thought gave him an idea and he picked up his phone. "Doctor Warren, I need your assistance in my lab."

"I'm busy, Smythe."

Alistair growled. "Stop playing with that stupid girl and get up here."

"…this better be good."

He smirked. "It will be."