Chapter 4: The End…or the Beginning? Part 1
A/N: Plz, plz, plz read the previous chapter before you read this. IT HAS BEEN EDITED. There aren't too many changes BUT key words have been put in so read carefully. I also changed the description with the outfit Felicia is wearing. I decided it was too short, didn't make sense, and boring so I hope you like the longer one. READ ON!
Disclaimer: I do not own MARVEL in any way such form or fashion. This story and all of its contents are purely fictitious in every way except for the use of the characters which I do not own. Some plot points used in this story are similar to the things happening in the comic BUT I am NOT copying it. This story was made for my and your personal enjoyment. Have a nice day.
The Avengers surrounded the unmoving figures of Peter Parker and Felicia Hardy; cautious as to not accidently stir them. Wolverine let out a loud hrumpff at the sight." That serves the kid right." Captain America walked in to examine them both and starting to cut off Wolverine. "Logan now is not the time to be petty over the fight you just lost." Wolverine only grunted and turned to look in another direction; his pride being hurt by the young hero. Seeing as he was done Natasha Romanov came and delivered her inquiry. "What do we do about them?" Captain America gave a long sigh and spoke with a hint of pity in his voice. "I don't know what happened to him or Black Cat but obviously it has to do with the isotope in the report Peter had delivered via flash drive for this meeting. This incident isn't his fault and it shouldn't be seen as such. I believe has been through enough for a long time. You all read the report, yes?" As the adrenaline died down they all remembered how the meeting was supposed to go. They had surmised from the tests and in person evaluation that the loveable Peter Parker was back for real. But seeing him this way today brought pain in the eyes of his comrades. Captain America looked among them with a solemn look before finishing. "It's time we pay back Spider-Man for all of his sacrifice"
Every Avenger was to be made aware of Spider-Man's status. If this situation were to be under control no one was to be kept in the dark. From the Avengers, to the New Avengers and Secret Avengers Spider-man would be safe among his comrades. Captain America, being the highest in command of the available Avengers mobilized any resources they could. Tony Immediately went on the media to ensure everyone that there was nothing to worry about, the events earlier that day were some after-math of the Goblin Nation. He only ensured that the spider mutants on the roof were not indeed the infamous Black-Cat and Spider-Man. Of course the only one to refute on these claims was Jonah Jameson. His heavy disposition against spider-man had fallen on deaf ears in the Big Apple. This only made things easier for Peter.
Though Tony did have the requirements in his laboratory to hold them, instead they decided to discreetly move to Parker Industries. Tony had brought in Reid Richards as a favor; to keep suspicion to a minimum they only left Black Widow and Spider-Woman to keep guard. By the time the sun had fully set Peter had awoken.
He found himself on a surgery table with dimmed lights. As he adjusted to the low light environment Tony Starks voice brought his attention behind him. "Peter, are you in control?"
His voice came in a cautionary tone. Peter had put it together that something terrible had happened. He gave a long sigh before he responded. "It was bad wasn't it?"
"Peter, please answer the question." A moment passed before he answered. "I am, but there is a stinging pain all over my body" To his answer another voice which he recognized as Reid Richards came in from a side of the room. "I think that may be due to the proximity to your partner here" Both men had noticed that Peter had physically winced at the word partner in her referral.
"Let's just call me Spider-Man for here on out, okay Tony, Reid." They didn't understand the request but they agreed anyway. He motioned for his mask and Tony slipped the torn garment over Peter's face.
"Thanks Tony, now on to this crappy predicament. I'll need you to unstrap me." The two shared a concerned glance before Reid slowly made his way over to the bed. He warily reached for each strap and unlaced them while keeping an eye on their friend. Once untied, Peter rose slowly with a heavy grunt of pain. "Geez, I think some of my ribs a broken. I am not healing as fast as I should. The other DNA must still be in my system." Reid brought up a display of Felicia and his bloodwork. "I don't think you two will transform so extremely again but I can't guarantee anything. Whatever 'Superior Spider-Man' planned on doing with this isotope it wouldn't have gone well for him. The concentration of opposing DNA would have immediately overwhelmed him and killed him."
Peter grimaced at the thought of this mutation being anything but bad luck. "I am glad you guys at least went over the files I had brought to the Tower" a nod from the scientist's was enough to confirm his theory. Tony had moved over to their other 'patient' and wanted to get a few things straight. "This suit she's wearing, it patched itself up on its own. Am I to assume that this is nanotechnology?" Peter only gave nod to avoid saying anything dangerous. "My business partner would be furious with me if she knew I had not only finished a prototype but manufactured something already." Tony laughed at the thought and brought the subject back. "Alright, now how do you plan on fixing the problem that is definitely affecting you both?" Peter looked up from his spot against the wall and he turned toward the sleeping form of Black Cat. "Felicia, I know you are awake so there is no point in pretending to be strapped down still let alone unconscious."
"You're a smart one Spider" she mused. Tony and Reid never picked up on the subtle stirrings she had. She was actually slowly easing the straps and loosened them all the way. She sat up right and glared at Spider-Man. "Tell me, why I shouldn't just kill you right now?" He only stared back at her, his emotion covered by the mask.
"I can ask the same of you Felicia Hardy." He stated plainly
She left the bed and walked over to a counter looking at all the objects and chemicals there while she spoke "I….remember we fought on the tower and…I remember seeing a face but I don't know who's. What I want to know is the name of the man that took everything from me." her voice started hesitant but by the end firm. "This, problem has gone on long enough. Some time ago I would have just beat around the bush and drag this out due to other priorities. Not this time, although I have other problems I am making this my top priority. I won't say what happened here because regardless of how I came to run this company I intend to keep it. Felicia go to your hideout and I'll meet you there."
Peter walked over to a light switch and flipped it off. Seconds later he flipped the switch up and she was gone. Tony walked over to Peter and put his hand on his shoulder "are you sure you want to do this Peter, she is going to try and kill you." Peter only chuckled to himself and nodded his head. As peter packed up his clothes Reid chimed in "hey how is it that you know where she is hiding?"
"That suit of hers isn't just for show. Every nanobot on it has a tracking device. I know what I need to do here so I would appreciate it if you guys let me do this. Tell Jessica and Natasha I appreciate the guard duty but I won't need it."
He had been eyeing a device that was tracking the suit. When it stopped on the map he wasn't surprised it was some penthouse. Felicia always had a taste for the best. As skyscraper by skyscraper passed him he couldn't help but think. 'What am I going to tell her, what would she even believe, would she even believe me no matter what I said and all this just made the coming confrontation even harder.
He landed on the adjacent penthouse from the one she had commandeered. He skimmed over the whole place. Some of the lights were on and dim. The curtains fluttered with the wind. Marble floors and columns, if it were not a penthouse he would think it was a palace. On the balcony by the pool is where she stood. The subtle glow of the water illuminated her figure. Even from this far away he could see the slight glow of her eyes in the night. The stare, even from he was one he felt as hatred. Standing firm he stared back. Neither moved until the wind outside suddenly settled. He shot a web right by her to swing himself in. Instead when it landed she grabbed the web and yanked as hard as she could and it dragged him in.
Momentarily soaring through the air he panicked to get a grip on the web. She over powered him at least two fold. When he was close she grabbed him by the neck and slammed him down on the stone. The stone cracked around him with spouts of water landing on his face. The pain was incredibly intense but she slapped a few times to get his attention to her. "Now now, Spider don't go dying right away. I want to enjoy this." she seethed.
"W-what do you want from me" he spoke in pain.
"What do I want from you, that's rich! I want you to feel pain. I want you to suffer as I have. I have nothing left because of you. My name is tarnished, nothing but ridicule for 'finally getting what's coming to her from the mighty Superior Spider-Man." She yelled.
"I'M NOT THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN!" he yelled back.
She didn't see the difference and threw him through a wall. He landed on a marble counter and into the sink. Running water washed her face as he picked himself up. He fell back over in pain, light footsteps crept closer. Suddenly he was grabbed by the collar and flying through the air again. After crashing through several walls he ended up on something soft. By the feel, a temperpedic bed with satin blankets. If his situation hadn't been bad he could easily enjoy falling asleep here. Slowly dragging himself to the floor he grunted in pain from the thud. Normally bare footsteps would be quite the thing to here in this specific room. Sadly he knew it was her. The slight tap from the claws on her feet told him she was coming for him again. As she neared she played with him. "Oh Spidey, where O where art thou? I want to play with you." She entered the bedroom and found him against the dresser. "Oh my poor spidey is injured, is the little kitty to rough" The funny thing was he found her voice very alluring even with the deadly intent. "Felicia….w-what will be….enough" he wasn't begging. He was pleading that she may sate the need to hurt him. Annoyed she again picked him up. He closed his eyes expecting to soar again, but she just plopped him onto the bed. Surprised he craned his head to look but she pushed him back down. She straddled his hips and leaned her face to the mask. She playfully spoke "the bedroom, really romantic…do you remember the first time we had together?" he hesitantly nodded. She then sharply said "Well…this won't be as pleasurable.
A floor below them was gym with many mirrors. The mirrors started to trembled from the continuous blows dealt just above them. Suddenly Peter fell through the floor and landed face first into a barbell weight. His face rebounded on contact with the metal. He groaned to himself "a gym…..god I hate this penthouse…." When Felicia descended to the gym she found Peter crawling away. She angrily stepped to him and turned him over. A swift jab to his face caused him to cough. His mask now torn around his mouth gave him easy access to breathe. She lay him down as he coughed and spit out a tooth. She sneered "Ha, oh the irony, you come here expecting not to fight and you not only lose a tooth but your pride as well." He only shook his head in denial and spit some blood. "I-I knew you wanted to hurt me so I came. I knew that revenge is what you wanted. This place, it made it possible that no one innocent could be in danger from our fight. This was better than any alternative where you went full dark side and became a queen of the underworld." He was extremely out of breath wheezing out his words.
She watched him closely. His chest's hesitation in its rise and fall, some of his ribs were broken. They eye she could see was looking at her with conviction. He wanted her to do it. Frustrated with his reluctance to fight back she peeled him of the floor from his crumpled heap. "Who are you, to pity me like I'm helpless, who are you, to tell me what I might do, WHO ARE YOU, TO THINK I WILL CARE!"
He slowed his breathing and closed his eyes. Reaching up he tugged on a loose part of his mask. Revealing his face to her, his eyes moist, he whispered "I'm Peter Parker… I am someone who fought with you and for you…someone who loved you….and someone who failed you." Her eyes shot wide as a hail of memories flooded her mind.
Her grip tightened to a deathly hold, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. This traitor was once a young man who was just simple photographer. She only loved the mask and not the man. But when he left her for the redhead she was jealous. She didn't care that bland girl had the man but she also got the hero. She didn't deserve the hero. Only the Black Cat did. When their engagement fell through she thought she won. He never gave the same attention to her he used to. When became 'Superior' he out grew her entirely. The hero was too good for the vigilante. He sent her to the bottom so he could to the top.
Hot tears streamed down her face from her own realization. She pulled her fist back and sent an enhanced uppercut to his chin. The blow itself was enough to launch him out of the building entirely. His body slowed when it impacted the marble floor. Still busting through the roof he arced down to the balcony. He created a human imprint from the fall. Still conscious he turned over to the sky. Wishing he couldn't feel pain right now Peter lay still. His senses were completely thrown off from the damage he received. His healing abilities being hindered by the isotope, none of his cuts and bruises mended. He shifted in an attempt to get comfortable but more pain stopped him. She appeared before him, although he had his powers still he didn't even pick up when she got there. She straddled him once again and raised a fist to him.
"This next one will definitely kill you, I-I didn't want to know why you did it because I didn't care. Now that I remember who you are this hurts me so much more. I couldn't…can't believe someone so close could have fooled me like this. I am so foolish for thinking I could trust anyone….a man like you. I was right, I can't trust anyone but myself I will be a queen like I deserve. Now before that I want to know why you did it. No more jokes, no more lies, and no more running away. If you were a man at some point indulge me…one last time…Peter Parker."
A/N: I know I have been gone along time but I'm not dead. My current beta is actually out of the country so if you are exceptional in English reading, writing, and comprehension PM and I'll send you drafts of my work. If you LAUGHED, CRIED, and LOVED it then I have succeeded. BUT it isn't over yet people. READ IT, REVIEW IT, FAVORITE IT, and FOLLOW it.