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Issue 3: Run in with the Vulture

Gramercy. Manhatten, New York 7:14 p.m.

Flechettes of sharp feathers struck hitting a few cars, two and a bus as the bodysnatched Black Cat moved a little girl out of the way with a diving roll. She leaped above the taxi cab as the little girl ran back to her mother, firing two darts at Vulture get the old villains attention while the police arrived on the scene. Vulture flung his sharp feathers at the cop vehicles as the police ducked in cover, with Black Cat narrowed at the harness to draw the old buzzard away from innocents. Black Cat jumped on his back as he flew away, heading for the Brooklyn bridge with Anna leaped off and her sharp claws on the wall before Vulture double back to her position. She jumped off and landed her feet on the roof of a taxi cab as Black Cat performed acrobatic leaps and flips through vehicle to vehicle.

"Time to see if you have nine lives." Vulture said launching blade feathers from his harness at Black Cat

She dodged the incoming blades as they explode in small shrapnel on impact, wounding a taxi driver leaving Black Cat to rush him away from the fight.

"Go! Get out of here!"

"Come on out, little kitten."

Black Cat turned her attention to the flying bird based villain. "This has got on long enough, old bird. I'm not gonna tell you again. Stay down or I'll make you." she said, giving Vulture a final ultimatum as she pointed at him

"Do you really think you could make me come down?"

"You could say that." Black Cat slowly graced herself in a protective stance, widening her form as her eyes narrowed at Vulture. "Besides, everyone knows birds are afraid of cats. Like how a canary sees a cat as a canary."

"I am no canary, little kitten. I am a-" Anna suddenly interrupted him

"Buzzard."

"What?!"

"I kept calling you a buzzard. Looks like you're going to need some aloe vera for that sick burn I just hit on ya." she taunted as Anna fired her grapple hook that grabbed Vulture by the leg. 'I'm doing it again. I'm acting just like Peter. You're not Spider-Man, Anna. Not Spider-Man.' she thought to herself tugging the Vulture further

"I will enjoy killing you." Vulture said flying directly toward her

Anna dodged using a back flip and her claws on the wall of the bridge upon her leap. "And I'm surprised you haven't realized something." she shot back jumping off when Vulture threw an explosive feather her direction

Vulture flew fast to face his opponent. "And what is that?"

Anna countered by doing a backward kick that sent Vulture crashing through a cab window. "Cats chase birds. And it's not wise to corner a cat with its prey. It makes them dangerous. Especially if its a canary cornered by a feline."

"We'll see about that, little kitten."

Black Cat shot out her grappling hook on Vulture's wings as he flew port, taking Anna with him in the air. She held on tightly onto her grapple as Vulture spun around while he flew, heading to a nearby sedan. Anna quickly moved her legs upward to the side, avoiding the collison in time along the way wall ran to a freight truck container. Anna used her grapple to zip line toward Vulture as she tackled him, follow by a couple jabs across the face. She covered his eyes with one hand while the other grabbed the left wing of his flight harness as they crashed fifteen feet above the bridge.

"Get a new hobby." Black Cat sending a right cross directly to Vulture's face, having him descend down as he was laid out an empty suv. "Preferably chess or checkers." she caught a sudden glimpse of police sirens as she left the Brooklyn Bridge

"Black Cat? Cat thief turned hero, or is this a ruse?" a cop suddenly asked. "This kind of thing doesn't fit her MO."

"No idea." the police captain ordered as he left the scene. "As far as I'm concerned, she's still a wanted criminal. A thief at most."

"Love the new outfit. Why is it that leather always good on hot chicks? The Black Widow, Emma Frost at one point. And there's Black Cat."

"What was that lieutenant?"

"Nothing ma'am."

"Captain Wannabe, the press are here."

the police captian shook her head as she sighed. "Of course they are. Cover any evidence for the precient, clear this area, and arrest this insane old fart." Wantanabe ordered

"Yes, ma'am."

"I will find you." she said before she headed off to handle the press. "What are you all staring at? You've seen the Vulture before."

"Was the Black Cat involved with defeating the Vulture?" another reporter asked

"No comment. And that's all I'm saying." Watanabe said brushing her way pass the press

Peter and Anna's apartment, Tribecca. New York, New York 12:48 a.m.

"Peter? Cindy? Are you two home?" Anna looked left and right, then the whole apartment before walking back to the living room. "I guess you're not here. No note or anything either. I wonder where they went." she turned on the television, seeing a picture of herself as the Black Cat. "And now, the entire city knows the Black Cat is back in town. Or more likely, back in action."

"The Black Cat was spotted in Brooklyn Bridge while in an intense battle against the Vulture. The well known thief fled the scene before the police could apprehend her, and an investigation is currently underway."

Anna scoffed. "Just what I needed. The police starting a manhunt to found me." she said in a sarcastic tone. "Now I know how Peter feels whenever the police try to arrest him. Then again, i'm in the body of super cat burglar so I can't really complain."

"Meanwhile, an increase in crime through various gang rivals. Follow by an increase rate in crime as well. Police officials plan to start a contingency on the matter of the gang war."

"Guess I'll call it a night." she yawned heading to her room. "Tomorrow... tomorrow I'll stay out of sight from the police. Might have to find out about this gang war." 'Who's involved? Not Kingpin because he's dead. Or most likely "presumed" dead. Only time will tell. There's Tombstone, Mr. Negative, and Hammerhead.'

"You've received the phone number of Peter Parker. Unfortunately, I can't come to the phone right-" Anna hung the phone up before the voicemail could end

"Where could he be doing one of his superhero patrols?" she asked herself but shook off the question as she headed for her room. "I could call Cindy, but I don't know her phone number. Think again, I'm pretty sure she doesn't even a phone." Anna sighed as she laid back on the bed with her eyes closed. "Tomorrow night, I'll hit whichever crime boss in the city. But before that, I'll check on Felicia in the hospital."

St. John hospital. Garmercy, New York 1:14 a.m.

"How is she?"

"She still stable. And responding which is good news." the nurse stated. "Doctor says we should expect her wake up in a couple of days."

"Such a shame. I knew that Black Cat was a crook just like the rest of them in this city."

"I thought she could change."

"I doubt it."

"Well she did take on the Vulture yesterday. So anything's possible at this point."

Without knowing, the patient's hand suddenly twitched as her eyes slowly opened up. She glanced at a unconscious man next to her as she took her IV tube and injected into him. She got off the bed but felt she was in a large room. She headed inside the bathroom as she widened her eyes to find out she was not only in her body, but in the body of a short stature woman and ran out the room in shock. By the time the nurse came back she found the short woman was gone, while outside she left the hospital in plain clothes she came across on her way out.

Anna's apartment, Tribecca. New York, New York 8:43 a.m.

Anna groaned as she heard the sudden ringing of a phone next to the living room, sighing before getting out of bed. She walked her bedroom scratching her head as she sheepishly walked toward the phone. Anna grabbed the phone and yawned before saying.

"Hello?" her eyes suddenly went wide. "What?! What do you mean she's missing! How?! When did this happen?" Anna paced back and forth worried 'How the hell did she take off? In my own body! Felicia Hardy, you better not be dead!' she thought angrily. "Does anyone else know she's missing? Friends, colleagues- Good, good. I'll be sure to Mr. Parker when I have the chance. Thank you." she hung up the phone

Anna rushed back to her room and grabbed a backpack.

'Sajani's there. The others will be there too. I'd probably do more better if I find Felicia sneaking inside the hospital more than heading there in plain sight.' Anna shot a grapple line as she swung out of the window of the apartment. 'Where are you, Peter Parker? You and Cindy.'

Lower East Side. New York, New York 2:30 p.m.

In an abandoned hospital, armed thugs stored shipments of drugs and weapons inside while two remained on watch. Their hands behind their backs, whose pistols hid on the back of their pants. Then all of a sudden, two daggers made of black light lunge and stabbed the chest of the two thugs guarding the entrance as a figure stepped forth before entering the building. A gaping white shadow began to engulf the shipments containing the drugs and weapons in a white void. Gunfire suddenly erupted inside as men in black demonic masks charged in, taking out the thugs while a figure walked behind them. His skin was covered in black, wearing a white suit and had white hair. This man was Martin Li, Mr. Negative as he walked past dead thug, while a blonde haired woman in black stood side by side with a dark skinned man in a white cloak. A thug hid behind the crates and ran away from the gunfight, heading to the entrance outside.

"Collect the rest of the shipment and load up. No witnesses."

"Should those two take care of this, sir?"

"I can control them, but not before they lose the corruption have placed in both of them." Mr. Negative stated. "In the meantime, do as I say. And finish up here before anyone shows up unannounced."

"Too late." they looked up to see Anna Maria Marconi, the Black Cat crouched on a crate up top beside the controlled Cloak and Dagger. "Uh, hi. Are you two suppose to be good guys?"

"Deal with her."

"I hate it when someone says that."

West Harlem. New York, New York 2:55 p.m.

In a penthouse in Harlem, a cowering thug busted through the door as two suited men grabbed him.

"Mr. Lincoln, we got a problem. Something happen to the shipment."

"What happened?"

"The demons hit the place up. Took the shipment. The guns. All of it, just gone."

"You're telling me that my shipment was attacked?"

"Yeah by that Mr. Negative nutjob, Mr. Lincoln. Those two heroes Cloak and Dagger were with him."

"If you saw this, why didn't you do anything other than coming to me?"

"I-"

"You have a phone. You could have just called. Instead..." Tombstone grabbed the man's head and slammed him toward the wall as blood spilled out. "You come to me rather than handling it like you're suppose to do. One job. You had one job. Find Li. Find him now. And my shipment."

"Right away, Mr. Lincoln."

Hudson river. New York, New York 3:10 p.m.

A black limo stopped at its destination as a foot step out of it. An bald and overweight man wearing a white suit stepped outside and walked toward the man in glasses. "How are things in the city so far, Wesley."

"Mostly Hammerhead, Tombstone, and Martin Li trying control of the Manhatten city. All seizing the title of Kingpin." Wesley stated to the bald man. "Black Cat is also involved in this as well."

"It's time that I make myself known to the criminal underworld again." Fisk declared