Author's Note: Alright moving forwards, through a haze of painkillers and apple juice. I own nothing.

28. New Results

Piper stepped into the warehouse, briefcase in hand. Her head was pounding. That flash grenade had done a number on her enhanced senses and the short conversation with Flash had done nothing to help her headache. She sighed as White Tiger made the call back to Avengers Tower.

"Make sure they bring Doc Connors too." Piper said, her own voice grating on her ears. She rubbed at her head and Luke stepped forwards.

"You alright Spidey?" Piper flinched slightly.

"Is the yelling necessary?" The others frowned at her.

"No one is yelling Spider." Danny stepped forwards lowering his voice as several of the Iron Legion, which was much farther along now though not completely finished, set up a perimeter on the building. "Are you alright?" Piper shook her head, rubbing her ears.

"No. Octavius's grenade did a number on my head. I should head home." She handed the briefcase over to Ava and swung out of the warehouse. The light of the city were like miniature suns. Every car on the street was a blaring monster truck of noise. She landed hard on a familiar balcony as she jammed her hands over her ears trying to block out the noise. The window behind her slid open and a familiar voice called out to her.

"Pip.. I mean, Spidey?" She turned and saw Glen leaning out of the window. She blinked at him for a minute before he stared out at the streets and motioned her inside. She slipped into the darker room and whimpered at the sounds from the street.

Glen had not been expecting her to show up at his window. The dinner he'd invited her to wasn't until the day after tomorrow, that and she was in full costume. Once she was inside his room she curled in on herself with a whimper, her hands jammed over her ears. He blinked at her for a second before it occurred to him what was happening. He rushed into the other room to find something.

Ava was a touch confused when Spidey left, still shaking slightly but she let it slide, she'd bother her later back at the tower where she couldn't hide from her problems. The cleanup crew had arrived, a much smaller crew than normal as there was just a bit of glass to clean up. The science crew that showed up was a bit bigger though. Led by Doctor Connors there were seven scientists and technicians were taking apart what was left of Oc's lab. Connors was going through the briefcase. He turned to Ava.

"It is a very good thing Oc didn't make off with these. It looks like he's been working on attempting to create new formulas, something that would in theory turn out a superpowered army." He showed Ava the vials in the briefcase, each labeled with a different animal. He glanced at one of the screens that was reading the data the other technicians were ripping off Oc's computers.

"It seems like he was trying to do something similar to what we're doing at Stark Industries right now, but on a much bigger scale and not for the medical benefits. He was very much in the super solder game, but he wasn't very successful at it." Doc Connors scratched his chin looking thoughtful as the briefcase was loaded up into the Stark Industries Van along with everything else. Ava raised an eyebrow under her mask.

"Everything alright Doc?" Doc Connors nodded.

"Yes I was just wondering." Danny, who was sitting on a crate watching the van being loaded, it was delicate equipment, he'd offered the technicians a hand but they'd assured him that they had it, raised an eyebrow.

"Wondering what?" Doctor Connors sighed.

"I knew Otto a long time ago, back then I'd say he was one of the best men I knew. I know people change but, I have a hard time believing that the man I knew would do this." He sighed running his hand through his hair. Luke shook his head.

"Sorry to hear that Doc, but trust us, you haven't seen him recently. Whatever man you knew, I don't think he exists anymore." Connors sighed and nodded. He climbed into the van's passenger seat and they drove off.

Piper jumped slightly as something slipped over her ears. Suddenly the sound around her dimmed to a much more tolerable level. She sighed her tense muscles relaxing slightly. She looked up and saw Glen holding a sleeping mask, meant to block out light, in one hand. He held it out to her and she shook her head slightly. His light was off, just the ambient light from the street coming in. There was a light rap at his door and he blanched slightly before racing over to the door. He only opened it a crack.

Glen gave a grin to her dad who raised an eyebrow at him.

"Everything alright? Your mom said you were looking for the noise canceling headphones." Glen nodded.

"Yeah I found them. Just a bit too much noise tonight. Gotta be well rested for the internship." His dad nodded.

"You want me to wake you up in the morning?" Glen grinned and nodded.

"Sounds great thank you dad. Night!" Glen closed the door and leaned against it sighing. He had no idea what his dad would do if he found Spidergirl wearing noise canceling headphones over her mask. He wasn't sure what to do as he knelt down in front of her. She was still slightly curled in on herself but not nearly as bad as she had been before. He was hesitant to reach out to her, but she made the first move, carefully lifting her mask above her nose and mouth. She sighed.

"Sorry, this was not the plan." Glen nodded, keeping his voice low, hers already was.

"I bet, what happened?" Piper let out a breath and explained about the flash grenade. She'd dealt with them before but this one had been louder, right in her face and far too bright.

"I haven't lost control of my senses like this in years, not since I first got them. It's a bit... overwhelming." Glen nodded.

"Kinda figured that. Are the headphones helping at all, it seems like you can hear me perfectly. Do you need something else?" Piper shook her head.

"They bring it back to a normal level. Thank you." She smiled at him, the lights of New York twinkling behind her. He smiled at her. Neither of them were sure who leaned forwards first but a moment later her lips were on his. It was warm and soft. She leaned forwards and he found his lap full of red and blue clad spider. He squeaked slightly as she cuddled closer. She laid her head on his shoulder. He made to run a hand through her hair but was met with her mask. She shook herself and skittered back slightly pink cheeks just barely visible beyond her mask. She stammered slightly.

"I… I'm sorry… I just… I wasn't thinking. I…" He shook his head.

"No don't apologize please! It… It was nice." They both sat there staring at each other for a moment until Piper chuckled slightly.

"Not how I had that planned." Glen raised an eyebrow.

"You had a plan for that?" The pink on her cheeks became more pronounced.

"I mean… Not really… I was kind of hoping it would happen. But I mean my last relationship kind of ended in disaster so I wasn't sure." Glen cut her off with a short kiss.

"I think it went alright." She let out a small giggle.