Author's Note: Hi guys! Wow, I must say it's been a while since I wrote a Spider man story—need to update all the other ones XD but it feels good to be back. However, before we begin, as each time we start a new story, each book will become darker and darker and more suspense :D and we would also see the growth of Tony's and Peter's relationship, which I must say is pretty awesome aha. Anyways, let's get going!

Summary: It's been a few months since the attack of the Vulture. Queens is still rebuilding, trying to go back to its former glory. But as peace lingers around the city, Spider Man faces a new challenge as he tries to discover a dark force that is terrorizing the city.

Chapter 1: Finding Peace

It wasn't the first time where the people of Queens had seen Spider Man, whizzing through the city. Ever since the battle of the Vulture, Spider Man had become more active while also helping to rebuild Queens. He felt responsible for the damage he had caused during the fight and so, he was able to help out whenever he could—if he wasn't too busy fighting minor crimes.

Spider Man saw construction workers working on a new building and two of them were heaving up at least four long grey rails.

"Hey guys. Need a little help?"

The ones who were holding the rails paused to look to the side and saw Spider Man who was hanging upside down from his web.

"Hey, it's Spider Man. Boy, sure glad we got to see you. I thought we would never see you with you being busy all the time."

"Well, that's just me I guess. Spider Man on the roll," Spider Man grinned a little. He then untangled himself and landed on his feet.

"I'll take it from here."

Spider Man then grabbed the rails, releasing his web shooters around the objects and tied it securely before he wrapped it around himself. He began to climb the walls until he used his webs for support and reached the area. Once Spider Man reached his designated area, he began to take off the rails and placed them on the top of another rails.

"Okay, what now?" Spider Man called out from above.

"You see how everything is lined up? You do the same way and we will finish it by nailing it in. The rest we can do by ourselves."

"Gotcha."

After a few minutes, the vigilante had already finished what he was supposed to do since he was attaching himself from the side of another rail.

"Thanks, Spider Man!"

"Not a problem."

With that, the hero used his webs to get out of the spot and swung out of sight.

Peter sighed as he watched at the distance while he sat on a step of a ladder. He could see the train in front of him, moving along as it was reaching wherever it needed to go. Far behind it were other buildings with the sun setting down, indicating that the day was going to end soon and its rays were glimmering.

It had been a few months since the battle with the Vulture. In all honesty, he didn't know how to feel. Inside, he still felt lost as he tried to find peace within him even if he spend time with citizens and helping out. Something inside him was struggling. To break free? He didn't know.

Deciding that he needed to go back, Peter paused in thought as he decided to make one more stop.

With that, he swung into the evening air. Web after web, he swung through the city until he reached the destination. Peter smiled as he saw the window open. He could always count on him.

While Peter was settling himself in, he could hear the door being opened and it revealed a person who at first jumped with startle until he recognized who it was.

"Hey Ned," Peter spoke as he was sitting in a chair, comfortably.

"Peter—Er, Spider Man. What are you doing here?" Ned asked as he closed the door.

"Just thought I would drop in and say hi."

Ned raised an eyebrow and sat on the bed. "You know, normally when you come, you always need something. So, what is it?"

Peter rolled his eyes. "Very funny. But seriously though, I…I thought…I could use a friend…" he replied quietly.

Ned stared at him before he gave a small sigh. "But really, Pete. Are you alright? Ever since the…battle, you've been acting odd. I know you were more active as Spider Man from the news and all but you're my friend. And as a friend, I know that something is up."

Peter smiled a little, thankfully for having Ned as a friend. He would honestly be lost without him and high school would be more miserable.

"It's just that… I don't know how to feel right now. Most of the time, I feel confused…lost…don't get me wrong, I love getting out there and helping the citizens but…it's just…I feel like something inside of me is struggling."

Ned paused as he pondered on what Pete had said only to give a small shrug.

"Maybe you're growing tired."

Peter raised an eyebrow. "Tired of what?"

"That's what you have to figure it out. I'm not you, Peter. I can't figure what you want and what you don't despite the fact that I'm your friend," Ned replied as he let his eyes trailed down to his laptop which made his eyes grew wide and there was a silly grin on his face

"Hey, that reminds me. Are you coming to the celebration tomorrow? The whole city will be there."

Peter shrugged. "I don't know…maybe…"

Ned stared at him with disbelief. "Are you freaking kidding me? Maybe? Dude, they're placing the celebration in your honor. In Spider Man's honor! Why on Earth would you not go? If I were you, I would totally go. Who knows? Maybe there, you could find a girl who is right for you so you won't have to spend your life alone and miserable."

Peter groaned. "Thanks, Ned. Thanks. I don't need any more girl problems. And I can say the same thing to you."

Ned rolled his eyes. "Haha, very funny. But you better make your decision by tomorrow. It starts at eleven in the morning. Trust me: you don't want to miss out. Even the Daily Bugle is questioning if Spider Man's coming or not; they think you don't have the guts to do it," Ned smirked.

"Pretty sure you just made that last sentence up."

Ned shrugged. "Maybe. Maybe not. You can read the article if you want. You can't miss it, having a big headline and all."

Peter gave a quick smile. "I'll read it tomorrow. I've got to get going before Aunt May flips out."

Ned nodded. "Alright. Stay out of trouble."

Peter laughed as he was walking towards the window. "That's a good one."

With that, he flew out of sight.

The crowd was bursting with cheers and everywhere they go, there was a sense of excitement in the atmosphere. Hundreds and hundreds of colored balloons that were in blue, red and yellow were hung in the air along with streamers. In the middle of the streets, there was a gigantic poster with Spider Man and Iron Man being in the center of it. There was even an enormous Spider Man and an Iron Man balloon that was hanging on its stand.

Music was blaring from almost every direction and there were a parade of people, performing all sorts of tricks with the band being at the back of the line.

"This is it. The moment we had all been waiting for," the newscaster responded. "The celebration in the honor of Spider Man and Iron Man. Thousands and thousands have arrived at the event just to see the famous heroes who had protected the city from danger. As of last year, the city was threatened by a villain who was named the Vulture. Iron Man and Spider Man worked together and had defeated the villain. While everyone is excited, the big question still remains: Will Spider Man and Iron Man come?"

And then all of a sudden, within a streak of white, something zoomed at the sky before it became clearer which made the entire crowd scream with joy.

"Oh my God. It's Iron Man!" the newscaster shouted. "I don't believe this: Iron Man had made an appearance."

Iron Man landed at the stage

"Iron Man, it's really you," the speaker at the stage breathed, eyes wide with shock as her whole body was shaking. "Tell me; do you think Spider Man will come?"

"Well, I certainly hope so. The party cannot continue without the guest of honor, now can we? But, Spider man can be a bit stubborn sometimes and having him to actually come would be an accomplishment."

"Aww, is that any way to speak to a guest of honor?"

And as before, the crowd screamed with enthusiasm as they saw the blue and red hanging upside down.

Iron Man smirked. "You actually came."

"You sound surprise."

"—Well there you have it folks. Spider Man had actually came," the newscaster continued. "This is Whitney Chang, reporting live."

As Spider Man continued to be in the crowd, he couldn't help but to feel that something was going to wrong.

Elsewhere

Tires screeched nonstop as it was taking sharp turns. It seemed as though it was trying to get away from the other cars that were chasing from behind. Growling, the driver from the car at the front peeked out from the window and began to fire his gun at the police.

Rowdy rodents, the criminal growled.

However, just as he passed another corner, out of nowhere something started to emerge from the ground. But the mysterious appearance grew larger and wider and it caught at the end of the criminal's getaway car. Because of the wide expansion, it also jammed at the front of the police cars which send the two vehicles flying.

At the parade

All of a sudden, the crowd started to scream which gained Iron Man's and Spider Man's attention. In a matter of seconds, the large white truck suddenly came into the view, rolling into the air and the people began to scram out of the way.

In a blink of an eye, Spider Man acted quickly as he used his new method—the web rush to get to the spot in time and then the web crawler released his webs and they extended, being long enough so that they reached out to both of the sides, attaching themselves to the nearest objects they could find.

Spider Man released more webs in attempt to capture the truck with his webs. The nets moaned from the heavy pressure of the vehicle and the people who were underneath it crouched down until they started to scatter away. Iron Man landed at an empty spot on the ground and narrowed his eyes as he stared at the truck.

It wasn't long for the sound of the sirens to be heard and the police cars came into the view.

The police came towards the truck.

"Officers…what's going on?" Spider Man asked.

"That's the thing," one of them replied. "We don't really know, to be honest. All of a sudden, we were chasing this truck and then something came out of the ground—"

As he spoke, Spider Man suddenly start to tingle and he knew something was going to come.

"Get down now!" Spider Man shouted.

The crowd screamed once more but this time Iron Man helped out as Spider Man pushed the officers out of the way. Iron Man shot a beam at the barrels that were heading towards them and they exploded in the air.

And then, the intruder made an appearance by having grit circling around him, forming him into some kind of creature. As the people were running away from the danger, the invader made a loud terrifying roar.

Author's Note: Oh crap. Just when things are starting to look better, things happen…and I'll give you three guesses as to who the new villain is :) but we got a nice long chapter to start us off. What happens next? Find out!