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Chapter 2
Peter raced through the halls of Midtown High, glancing at his watch every few seconds. He is just two meters away from the classroom when the last bell rings. Peter starts muttering some words that should not be muttered near children as he turns around and heads to the office for a tardy slip.
The secretary glances up when he enters and raises her eyebrows at him. "Late again, Mr. Parker? What happened this time? Did the subway stop, or did you oversleep, or did you have to go back because you left your homework?" Peter grimaces at the woman's sarcastic tone. Evidently, she no longer believes any of the excuses he comes up with. Thinking quickly, peter decides that he should tell at least part of the truth.
"Actually, I saw the Avengers fighting some members of the Serpent Society and it was too good a fight to pass by, so I took some photos for the Bugle and the next thing I know, I was late for school." Peter replies with an innocent look on his face. It was a good fight-for the onlookers. However, I am still sore from Anaconda trying to break my back. The secretary doesn't look completely convinced by Peter's tale, so the fifteen year old fumbles for his camera and shows her the photos from the fight.
The secretary, seeing that the boy is being honest, waves him through, giving him a late slip. Peter lets out a breath and runs a hand through his messy brown hair as he hurries to his class.
Mr. Warren looks up briefly as Peter edges into the classroom, but otherwise ignores him as he continues his lesson. The adolescent sighs in relief-he really didn't want to get chewed out for being late…again. Peter tries to listen to his biology teacher, without much success. The teenager is lost to the world, completely wrapped up in his thoughts. Once more, Peter debates whether or not to keep his secret identity. Umm…if I tell everyone, my loved ones will be in danger. On the other hand, the Fantastic Four, most of my teammates, and most of the X-Men don't have secret IDs and they manage to live their lives just fine-without villains kidnapping anyone. Then again, they don't have myluck. Peter grimaces as he remembers occasions where his "Parker Luck" ends up messing with his life.
"Mr. Parker?" Peter glances up at the sound of his name. Mr. Warren is giving him a very stern look. "I know that you feel school can be boring, especially considering the fact that you know most of this material already, but can you at least pretend to pay attention?" Peter shifts around in his seat self-consciously, making sure to give the professor the properly abashed, apologetic look that Peter, as a proper teacher's pet, should have at the moment.
"I'm really sorry sir. I suppose I got lost in my thoughts for a minute or two. It won't happen again." Luckily, the adult doesn't add anything else. Peter makes sure to actually pay attention for the rest of the lesson. If he wants to get into a good college, then he better start to find a balance between his two lives and listen during school.
Peter grabs his books for his next class from his locker, when Gwen appears next to him. He glances at the blonde and waves, despite the fact that she is less than a foot away.
"Soo…you've been out of it lately." Peter can't help it-he lets out a brief snort at Gwen's comment.
"I'm not out of it. I just have better things to do than Biology." Gwen raises an eyebrow at her male friend.
"Like what? Saving the world?" Peter grins cheekily at her. If only she knew.
"Yeah, I like that idea." Peter is about to continue, but is cut off by the beep of his cell phone, announcing to the world that he has a message. Peter grabs it and glances at the small screen.
AA TIMES SQUARE. GET HERE ASAP. Peter immediately rushes off, creating some half-baked excuse to Gwen. He slides into a closet, and rapidly strips down to his iconic red and blue threads. As Spider-Man, he opens a window and rushes to meet the other Avengers at Times Square.
Upon arrival, Peter notices that his fellow heroes are once more locked in combat with some members of the Serpent Society. The mutate immediately jumps into the fight, hitting Rock Python with a double-fisted blow that, even though it was slightly off, would destroy a normal man. However, the villains name was chosen for a reason, and Peters glancing blow does little more than annoy the rock-hard man and alert him of the web-slingers presence.
"Hi! You know, mug shots aren't really the most flattering of photos," Peter remarks. In response he gets a vicious right hook to the face that would have ripped his head off if Peter was completely human. Of course, Peter wasn't a regular human, and his enhanced reflexes made sure that the hit didn't actually land, which was good, because while Peter was much more durable than a regular human, it would have at least have left a nasty bruise, considering the fact that his adversary's body had the density of rock.
Spider-Man smirks under his mask. "Hey, hasn't anyone told you that it's impolite to punch people in the face?" The serpent-man ignores Peter's comment, and grabs a 'snake egg' to throw at the boy. Peter jumps to avoid the weapon and lets loose a hail of punches and kicks. Unfortunately, Coachwhip manages to snag him with her whip and is brought to his knees as she jerks him back. She starts to send an electrical charge through the whips, but Peter manages to escape the constricting binds, for once thankful that Electro is one of his rogues, as it has somewhat accustomed him to electrical attacks.
What Peter doesn't notice, is that his mask snagged on one of the whips and came off. Both villains are momentarily in shock and Peter notices his mask, entangled in the villainess's whips. Peter mutters some words that would have his aunt washing his mouth out with soap, before taking advantage of the state his opponents are in, and quickly downs them.
Out of the corner of his eye, the Midtown student notices his allies doing similar takedowns as he finishes webbing up the two members of the Serpent Society before grabbing his mask. Before Peter can tug his mask on, he is swarmed by reporters who start asking rapid-fire questions. Peter ignores them as reality sets in. He had been exposed to the entire world!
AN: I'm back and sorry for not updating to those of you who like and read this story. I've been swamped by homework and well…I got distracted. I will update more often (I hope). Umm and I probably shouldn't have left a cliffhanger here. Sorry if the villains are really OOC because I got my information from Wikipedia so…yeah. For further reference, in my universe all the supers are close-knit and know each other's identities. They're like a big extended family ;). R&R please! Positive constructive criticism very welcomed.