"Seriously, you know who she is under that mask? I remember she pulled it off then I blacked out a few seconds later. Unmask, woman, then fade to black, that's it." Frogman asks Prowler as they play a game of poker at the hideout, with Patrick playing through the tray slot in his cell.

"Even if I did they didn't tell you for a reason."

"Ah you're both full of it. Royal flush." Patrick says as he lays his cards down and pulls the chips through.

"He's cheating, he's got to be." Frogman says. "That's six in a row."

"Quit whining and pay up." Patrick says smugly. Frogman reaches into his pocket and a small green gem falls out.

"What is that?" Prowler says as he looks down.

"The eye of Barcelona." The amphibian says hesitantly.

"You stole it?"

"I 'liberated' it from Black Cat's stash. Interesting story with that."

"And this is exactly why no one tells you who they are, completely untrustworthy."

"Wow, a loser and a thief." Patrick says laughing

"Who are you calling a loser short stack?" Frogman says

"The guy who dresses in a frog suit and thinks he can get with Fire Star."

"That's it." Frogman jumps up. "You want me to come in their?"

"Bring it chunky." Patrick jumps up ready to fight. Prowler then jumps up and stops him from opening the door. "Why do I have to be the babysitter for these guys?"

Frogman's built in headset starts to go off and he answers it. "Yeah, oh hey Patch. Oh yeah, great I'll be right over. Okay see you then." He looks over at Prowler. "Hey great news, got some valuable info. I just need the informant. You want to come?"

"We can't go, we're supposed to watch the kid."

"True. Hey kid wanna go on a field trip?"

In town the girls take Vana out for the day as they patrol town. "This was a really good idea Peter had taking them out individually." Scarlet Spider says to Fire Star as they travel above.

"Yeah she really seems to be enjoying herself." Fire Star looks over at Vana who is clinging to Scarlet. "Aw, like a baby koala."

They look down and see their destination, a small building in town. They land down and enter, where a group of men, Bernard Gou among them, are seated. "Hello gentlemen, we're looking for a Mr. Gou." Scarlett says.

Gou still seated motions for his men to get rid of them. This proves a futile effort as Scarlet rushes forward using her venom blasts focused into her hands and immobilizes the group with a series of strikes. Fire Star rushes forward and grabs Gou from behind the table. "Let's talk." she says

"Veuillez ne pas me faire du mal. Je ne parle pas anglais."

(Please don't hurt me. I don't speak English.)

"Ne vous inquiétez pas je parle français." She says, smiling.

(Don't worry I speak French.)

"Nom d'un chien. Fine what do you want?" he says frustrated.

"Molten Man, I know you helped break him out of Rykers. His family wants me to bring him home." She says to him.

"What have we here, a little heroes for hire?" he starts to laugh. She shows her displeasure by shooting a fireball at the wall. "Okay, yes I broke everyone out but most went their separate ways. If I knew honestly I would tell you."

She releases him. "We'll be back, soon." The three exit as Gou falls back in his chair.

"Don't worry, we'll find him." Scarlet Spider says

"Yes, we really should do this again soon." He jokes as he pulls out the control for Molten Man's nanites under the table. "And we will."

Across town Frogman, Prowler and Patrick have made it to the rendezvous point on a small platform under the docks. Patch appears from the shadows. "Hey Patch long time no see. I'd like to introduce my sidekick Prowler and this is uh…my son." Patrick looks up at him very much annoyed.

"Great, nice to meet ya. I called you here cause I got some information you might be interested in. Word on the street is all the bosses in town have posted a bounty on a high profile target. They've laid down 15 million to whoever can get to him first."

"Any idea who it is?" Prowler asks

"Not exactly but I do have one lead in particular." He hands them a newspaper and the three observe the front page article.

"That's about as high profile as you can get I suppose. Thanks for the info Patch." Frogman hands him a twenty. Patch then hands him a large manila envelope then departs.

"Can we trust this?" Prowler asks

"Patch has never let me down before. He's a good guy, doesn't seem like it, but you know, deep down like me."

"Yeah except he still has a better chance with Fire Star." Patrick says.

"That's it!" Frogman yells out.

At the Police department Spider-man lands in the window of Captain Stacy who sits in his chair and turns around. "Glad you could make it."

"I heard you wanted to see me." Spidey says still perched in the window sill, Michael clinging to the side of the building.

"Hey dad I…oh Spider-man." Gwen Stacy says as she enters the office. "Sorry dad, didn't know you had company."

"Ms. Stacy." Spider-man says to her.

"Actually I could really use your assistance. Are you familiar with President Ahmed Fakkadi?"

"The president of Niganda. He'll be in town to speak at the U.N."

"He's made a lot of enemies with his reforms and that makes him a potential target for any of them." Gwen says. "However he doesn't want S.H.I.E.L.D. protection."

"Wow, you'd think for a guy with so many enemies he'd want the best protection." Spidey says.

"He doesn't trust them, thinks they have ulterior motives." Captain Stacy says.

"You'd like me to help with the security then?" Spidey asks as the captain gives him a silent nod.

Just then another officer enters the room. Though he looks young he has short cut white hair. "Captain Hayashi, you're just in time. I'd like you to meet Spider-man, he'll be helping us with Fakkadi's security team."

Hayashi looks over at the hero, just barely acknowledging him. "Right, Captain I'd like to go over Fakkadi's motorcade route. I've taken the liberty of making several changes that I think will help in making our operation more efficient. I'll leave them here for you. Ms. Stacy." He says as he leaves the room.

"He seems nice." Spidey says sarcastically.

"He just arrived at the precinct. My best assumption is that he was sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. They were bound to get their hand in somehow. That's one of the reasons I'd like you to help out with this particular assignment."

"And I'll be helping out too." Gwen says excitedly.

"You're just here to observe young lady." Her father tells her.

"Come on dad I can really help. Officer DeWolfe's been showing me everything I need to know."

"Well if you need my help, my friends and I are at your service. Just let me know the when and where." Afterward he exits the building with Michael not far behind.

"So we're bodyguards now huh. Pretty cool. Gwen's pretty cute." Michael says as they swing through the skyline.

"Yeah she…wait how did you know her name?"

"I uh…it's uh…imprinted. It's complicated to explain. In the tank we we're taught things. There were a lot of images and names that helped us learn, not sure what they were all for, but her name and face were in there too."

"Interesting if not a little creepy."

At a small warehouse Comet, T.C., and Warp work on their equipment. Comet wears a welding mask as he makes adjustments to his pack. Just then Gou enters the warehouse with his men. "Greetings gentlemen."

"What do you want?" Comet says as he removes the mask, revealing a black skinned face with long dreadlocks.

"To make you an offer. I am aware you are under Manfredi's employ, so let's cut to the chase, I want you to work for me. I'll pay you double what they are."

Comet marches over to Gou and stands in front of him. "You think we would betray the trust of our employer, who we have taken a solemn vow to serve until our contract is complete for your insulting offer of monetary gains? We'll it wouldn't be the first time. You've got yourself a squadron."

"Sweet double down." Warp says in the background.