After hours of waiting outside the large metal swinging doors which lead to the ER of the local hospital, Ben finally stood. It seemed like forever since he had stood and the aching in his old joints proved that fact. But it was all worth it. Peter was okay. Well not okay. The five year old had been pumped full of every anti-venom the hospital had after it was discovered that the cause for his predicament was caused by an exotic spider bite. Secretly Ben had begun to wonder just what was going on in that company. Poison exotic spiders? He didn't really think that OsCorp was even insuranced or had the right handlers for animals sure as those. The nurse came out to him patting his shoulder gently. "He will be fine after some rest. We are going to keep him over night just to be sure. Go home and try to get some sleep."

Ben smiled nodding knowing that he wasn't going to do that at all. He still had tons of paper work to finish and he was going to try to sneak into the labs to get a better idea of just what had happened to his nephew. If there were going to be side-effects he wanted to know about them. Of course..he didn't have the exact side-effects in mind. He could have never imagined that in his right mind. Now..he just had to get back to Oscorp.

Norman Osborne was just your average powerful man. Drunk off his own power and greed, but yet still yearning for more. To men like Norman...there was no such thing as enough unless he had it all. When he was 'king' of it all only then it would be enough to feed his greed.

"Is it ready?" he asked the scientist as he worked non-stop with the machine his nervousness given away by his constant twitching.

"Yes, Sir. Just a few more adjustments and it should be ready in a few minutes."

"I don't have a few minutes!" yelled Norman threateningly. "I want it done. NOW!"

Suddenly the power blinked on and off as the machine whirled to life. The scientist barely had enough time to scrabble out of the pathway before Norman took this 'throne' chuckling all the way. "Gentleman, I give you a new tomorrow!"

Electricity spread throughout the room hitting random surfaces as the machine did its job sucking the life-force from the air its self and giving it to Norman as untested drugs races through his system changing him forever into a monster that would put fear in the citizen's of New York for years to come. An almost unseen shadow raced past the door alerting Norman with his new found strength and awareness to its presence. "Seems we have company.." He stood up jerking the restraints that once held him down up with him shredding them with his raw power. "I'll take care of that…" Poor Benjamin Parker never knew what hit him until it was all over.

Tony ran a hand through his dark hair and sighed heavily. Why he was coming back to Oscorp for the second time in one day he had no idea but he still had more business to take care of unfortunately. He rounded the corner and stopped dead as he saw the ambulance sitting outside the front entrance. "What..." He made his way quickly over, trying to get one of the medics attention. "What's happened?"

The medic paused as stepped aside allowing another medic to push the body bag into the back. "Oh..just some lab accident. You don't want to go in there its pretty bad. There was an explosion of some kind." He medic looked behind him to make sure the others were out of hearing range. "This guy is basically in pieces. I have been at this job going on a near ten years and this was just the worst I have ever seen it."

Tony balked slightly at this. "Pieces..." He felt his stomach drop a few inches. "Who was killed. Do you have a name?"

The medic blinked before talking a chart from the body. "Some Parker guy. You know him? Mr. Osborne said that he came working late and just got caught up by accident. Poor guy. It was over for him before it began." He took his hat off rubbing his hair. "From what I hear...Guy had just gotten his brother's kid after an accident and his wife is basically living in the nursing home now days."

The man felt his blood run cold for a few moments as he thought back to only a few hours ago when he'd met the man that had been so desperately searching for his nephew. A man had been told to fire. If he'd done that his life would have been spared. Tony wasn't sure why this bothered him so much. After all he did create things that killed people every day. He had to get to the bottom of this. He headed towards the building entrance.

Norman stood talking to a few offices faking sadness as he answered their questions. This was always the messiest part. The cover up. Of course this time the man's own research had made the perfect alibi. Those chemicals he had been so found of they worked perfectly when mixed the wrong way. Norman nodded as the cop closed his notebook walking down the steps before hopping onto his motorcycle to call in his report. Norman was quite happy with himself. He had just gotten away with his first murder.

Tony stood there in the background as the cops came and then went. He had to almost physically stop himself from walking up and punching Norman in the back of the head. He knew when someone was lying and he was lying like his life depended on it. When the last officer left he spoke up. "All right. Now how bout you tell us what really happened."

Norman snapped his head around. "I don't know what you mean, Mr. Stark. Mr. Parker had been working with dangerous chemicals ..without my knowledge of course ..to help his sick wife. It's such a shame an pity it turned out this way. Such a noble cause." He clapped his hands together. "So are you here to discuss our arrangements?"

Tony gave him a hard look. "Do I want to make any kind of 'arrangement' with a man that can brush the death of an employee off that easily?" He looked at the other man for a moment. "There's something...different. About you..."

Norman raised an brow a little throw back by Tony's bluntness and shocking revaluation. "I don't know what your talking about, Mr. Stark. But.." He switched his tones to one of fake hurt and anger. "if this is how you treat your business partners. Then OsCorp wants nothing do with you." He turned grabbing the handle to the building. "I bid you good-day, Stark. Have a safe trip."

Tony shook his head as he watched Norman walk away. The man was a down right fool as far as he was concerned but there where bigger things on his mind right now. He found himself wondering the fate of Ben Parkers family now that he was gone.

After pulling a few strings and making a couple of phone calls Tony finally found himself walking into the hospital Ben had taken Peter to when he had left OsCorp that fateful day. He sighed a bit heavily as he approached the front desk, attracting a few curious stares but ignoring them he stopped in front of the woman behind the counter. "Scuse me miss but...I'm looking for Peter Parker?"

The dark haired nurse looked up from her computer screen his eyes widening in shock. "Tony Stark?!" She quickly scrambled to work to find the information before pausing a look of regret on her face. "I'm sorry, Mr. Stark. Family only is allowed."

Tony sighed and was about to walk away but then turned back around, leaning over the desk slightly," Are you positive you couldn't make an exception." He gave the receptionist his winnings smile and a slight wink. "It would mean a lot."

The nurse almost fainted as blood rushed from her face. "Room 203. Nurse Joy in with him right now." She closed her eyes slightly. She hadn't met to do that, but this was Tony Stark. Her boss would understand she hoped. "Just …say you're a relative."

Tony smirked. "Thanks sweet heart." He turned on his heal and headed for the room, down right proud of what he had just accomplished. He stopped outside of the door and took a breath. He had never been a huge fan of stuff like this...hospitals didn't sit well with him. He opened the door and stepped in.

The nurse gently rubbed the waking child's hair from his face. It had been a very close call last night. Twice they had almost lost him. With as much venom that had been running through his system it was amazing that he hadn't actually past. He would be with his family then. The nurse wiped a tear from her eye before it fell. Her friends had told her time and again that she was to tender hearted and at the moment she was proving them right. Green eyes fluttered opened slowly as a yawn escaped Peter. It was down right adorable, but she couldn't take him. Her husband sadly hated children. "Hey little guy, how are you feeling?"

"I.." Peter looked around unsure of where he was at first. "Where is Uncle Ben?"

Nurse Joy was about to answer when the door opened up as a medium sized man walked in. She stood up to greet him. "Hello? Can I help you?"

Tony smiled gently and offered a hand to the nurse. "Tony Stark. I'm a relative of Peter's. I just wanted to make sure he was doing okay."

The nurse seemed shocked. After all the police has just been here last night telling her that the boy was to stay in the hospital's care until a social worker could come by. "A relative?" She turned looking to Peter. "You know this man sweetie. "He briefly nodded remembering the events of yesterday. A relieve smile crossed her face. "Thank God."

He pulled the nurse to the side to for a moment, not wanting to Peter to hear in case he had yet to know the fate of his uncle. "I was at Oscorp last night. Tell me. Does he know what happened to his uncle yet?"

"Look…" she said rather guilty. "I couldn't do it to a kid. The other's agreed. We just told him that his Uncle had a long trip and that he wouldn't be staying with him. It was wrong, but last night twice we almost lost him. Heart just stopped. I didn't want to risk it."

Tony felt his heart sink to the vicinity of his shoes. "What about his aunt? Why are you keeping him here for social workers? That doesn't make a great deal of sense to me in all honesty."

"Mr.Stark…Mrs. Parker has a severe illness which includes memory loss and strange behaviors which could lead the boy to harm. It…She is a good woman, but its just to dangerous. Social isn't going to take the chance without Mr.Parker around."

Tony thought for a long moment, unsure why he was suddenly so attached to the fate of this boy he had only met by a freak chance only the day before. "What if...I where to take him..." It was a bit of a leap on Tony's part, he was aware of that. But he felt that it was the right decision.

"Isn't that what you came for? I thought you were a relative?" She eyed him cautiously for a moment. "Mr.Stark I know you're not, but for his sake I'm going to fill out everything and get the papers to you. If you are serious…he is yours, but" Suddenly she seemed to be twice the size she was before as she loomed. "You better take very good care of him. I don't want to see his face in scandals like all those spoiled brats on TV."

Tony was slightly intimidated for a moment but then brushed it off with a smirk. "I'm the spoiled brat in the family. Don't worry he'll be in good hands I promise."

She nodded. "He is yours then; I'll get everything in order. Fake what I have to…congratulations . It's a boy."