Chapter Six: Grounding a Vulture

"Owwwww… every bone in my body hurts!" Peter said.

He was no longer wearing his costume. After being knocked unconscious by the Vulture, he had woken up several hours later and he swung home in pain.

It was now 11:00.

Peter climbed into bed and started to fall asleep. 'Tomorrows a Sunday, so I can sleep in' Peter thought right before he fell asleep.

Peter woke up at 7:00, he would have slept in, but a sharp pain in his back woke him up. Peter tired not to cry; he closed his eyes and clenched his teeth. His eyes began to tear up and a few tears dripped down his cheek.

Peter decided to walk downstairs and make some food. Peter turned on the oven and started to make an egg sandwich. While he was making it he turned on the news.

"The Vulture has robbed a bank and has made off with one hundred thousand dollars. Local hero spider-man chased after him but sources say that spider-man was knocked out of the air by the Vulture. He is presumed dead but no body has been found. After spider-man was beaten several police choppers chased after him but the Vulture used his incredible speed to out-wit the choppers and they crashed into a construction site." The reporter said.

"Dead, they think I'm dead!" Peter exclaimed running over to the T.V. completely forgetting about the eggs.

"The Vulture has been identified as Adrian Toomes, chief scientist of Trask Industries. We have tried to get an interview with Trask, but he has refused to interview and he has no comment on the situation." The reporter said.

"Hm… Trask, eh?" Peter said running off, leaving the T.V. on and the Eggs on the stove.

--Trask Industries--

Trask walked into his office placing two armed guards at the door. Once in his office he shut all the blinds on the windows. He then sat down in the chair behind his desk. 'So Adrian is a Super-Villain now? He'll probably come for me' Trask thought.

Peter, in his spider-man out-fit crawled on the ceiling above the armed guards. Once he was directly above them, he jumped down and in one swift motion he knocked the one out.

The other guard quickly took out a pistol but Spider-man fired a wave of webs at him knocking him against the door and he was covered with webs. Peter shot a bunch of webs at his mouth so he couldn't talk.

The guard tried to say something but it was muffled by all the webs. It sounded like: "You bastard"

"Who's there?" Trask said.

Peter opened the door and Trask ducked under his desk without seeing Peter.

" Adrian I'm sorry I fired you! Please don't kill me! Take all the money you want!" Trask shouted.

"Don't pee yourself Trask, it's me Spider-man" Peter said.

Trask slowly peaked a look at him; he still had a look of terror on his face.

"I'm not going to hurt you" Peter said.

Trask stood up and the fear on his face was replaced by anger, "Then what do you want?" Trask shouted.

"I want to know how the Vulture can fly" Peter said walking up to him.

"He created a device that allows him to use electro-magnetic wave lengths to defy gravity allowing him to fly" Trask said reaching into a drawer on his desk, he pulled out a binder. "Here are the plans for the device! If you can create another device and activate it near him, the wave lengths will cancel each other out!" Trask said.

Peter took the binder and looked through it.

"The lab is on the third floor, the parts you will need will be there" Trask said.

Peter started to walk out of the room. "Oh and don't beat up any more guards on the way there!" Trask shouted as he walked out.

Peter spent the entire day in the lab making it and by 8:00pm Peter was finished. "It's a lot easier making this when you have all the directions!" Peter joked as he put the invention in his pocket and swung out the window.

--The next day--

The Vulture hid in the darkness of a building that was next to the bank. In five minutes someone would be delivering the most valuable gem in North America to the bank. The local mobsters would pay a fortune for it. Spider-man was dead, no one could stop him!

The limo arrived.

Two armed guards stepped out, and then a middle aged man came out carrying a brief-case. That was it!

The Vulture lunged from the darkness and straight at the man. The armed guards saw him but before they could shoot, he had made off with the brief-case! "Yes it's mine ALL MINE!" the Vulture cried.

"What you don't want to share with me?" a familiar voice said.

The Vulture turned in horror to see Peter in his spider-man suit chasing after him. "I thought you were dead!" Vulture yelled to him.

"Sorry, but the amazing spider-man doesn't die that easily!" Peter said.

"I see, but you know… you won't survive this time!" Vulture said and he punched Peter while he was in the middle of a swing. Peter let go of the web by accident but quickly shot another web and he regained his speed.

"Lucky!" Vulture taunted.

Vulture took out a bomb and chucked it at a billboard the billboard fell over and it was going to crush the people bellow.

"No!" Peter cried, he swung at the billboard and quickly shot webs at it. He then held on to the web-line and he pulled back and hard as he could. The Vulture laughed as he flew away. 'I can't let him get away!' Peter thought. Peter held the billboard with one hand then shot a web-line at the Vulture with his free hand.

"Let go!" the Vulture cried.

By some luck of the gods, Peter managed to pull the bill board all the way back so it would no longer fall. Peter then pulled the Vulture toward him, and with his other hand he shot another web-line at him. The Vulture was trapped!

'Now, when he gets close enough I'll activate the device!' Peter thought.

But the Vulture tossed a bomb straight at Peter! It exploded sending Peter flying through the window of a apartment building. Peter was in the bathroom with a girl in the shower screaming at him.

"Sorry!" Peter said right before he swung out the window.

The Vulture was a few yards away from Peter; he was ready if he tossed another bomb at him. And sure enough the Vulture did throw a bomb at him, but Peter swung to the left and it missed him. "You annoying little pest!" the Vulture said. Peter shot a web-line at the Vulture and quickly pulled himself at him, now that peter was right on him he activated the device.

The Vulture suddenly started to fall! Peter shot a wave of webs at the ground below him and the Vulture landed unharmed. The police quickly swarmed all over him and they hand-cuffed him and they pulled him into a police truck.

"I'LL GET YOU FOR TZHIS SPIDER-MAN!" the Vulture screamed looking right at him.

"I'LL HAVE MY REVENGE! I SWEAR IT!" Vulture screamed again. Then he was shoved into the police truck and they drove away with him.

The crowd of people that were watching turned and cheered looking straight at Peter. Even the cops clapped.

Peter waved to the crowd, and then he leapt into the air and swung away!