Unknown Spider, New Danger

The cool nightly air was more calming then anything in the Gotham City Harbor. As cargo ships were currently puling in to port to drop off their shipment from overseas or fishermen cashing in their catch of the day. None of them even seemed to notice the slight movement in the shadows around them or even felt that they were being watched till it was too late.

Before anyone could react a strange mist began to rise over the docks. Some didn't take notice of it till they heard a blood curdling scream. It started out slow but soon everyone started to act differently, one man was patting his body down desperately muttering to himself of him burning to death, another swiping at nothing his face contorted in fear as he screamed at them to go away, only there was nothing there.

Soon a lone figure walked out from the shadows his unhealthily skinny body hidden behind dark brown rag like clothing stitched together by black thread. But what caught everyone's terrified attention was the sickly man's face. One saw a giant insect like head snapping it's pincers like it was ready for a meal, another saw a demon with its evil eyes staring right at him as if to take his soul, another…saw his mother in law.

The fishermen and the men who had ridden in the cargo ships quickly started to flee in terror, trying to provide as much distance from the man as they could. The man only gave a twisted smile as he watched them run. When the docks were what he deemed barren he spoke up. "Let's go. We don't have all night." His voice was muffled by the mask before walking over to one the containers.

From the shadows three other figures started to come into focus, one being a man wearing a yellow and black suit with a bizarre emblem on his chest. The man had purple skin and black hair, and around his finger was a yellow ring. The man seemed to illuminate a slight glow.

Next to him was a female, but what was strange about her was that instead of smooth flesh, she had orange fur with black dots. Her face was more feline with yellow cat eyes and orange hair. She was wearing a skin tight purple outfit that did not leave much to the imagination.

Last but not least was a very large man. His skin was as white as snow only being concealed by a black suit that was ripped all over. The man held little expression on his face as he just followed the other two.

The man behind the mask was getting impatient as he was trying to open one of the containers but was having no luck. His eyes traveled to the big man behind his mask. "Grundy a little help." He ordered. The giant nodded as he slowly walked over to the container and not only opened it but tore the door right off with ease.

The man only nodded before walking into the container and looking around. "Sinestro, a little light." The man named Sinestro glared at the masked man but he raised his fist up and the room was soon eliminated in a yellow light thanks to the ring.

The man behind the mask grinned when he saw what was in the center of the container. To the untrained eye it looked like just a normal engine, but to him it was something a lot more. The cat like woman walked over to it to examine it her yellow eyes growing curious. "What is this thing?" she asked.

The masked man looked at her. "This, my dear is our ticket to the Promised Land." The man said as he looked over the machine. "With it I can enhance the effect of my gas, making it more toxic, more…horrifying."

"And that helps us how?" She asked sounding slightly annoyed.

The man looked up at her behind his mask. "With this…our demands will be met in full, after all," he glanced over at Sinestro, "Fear is all powerful." He smiled behind his mask. "Let's get this thing to the hideout to run some tests" he said.

Sinestro raised his fist up and a yellow beam shot out of his ring incasing the strange device. The man lifted his arm up and the device did the same. It moved over to the man in yellow and he began to walk out with the masked man and the cat like girl.

The masked man looked over his team and his smirk grew even darker under his mask. However his smirk turned into a frown when he noticed that one of his members was missing. "Where did that grey idiot go?" he asked himself in annoyance.

He looked around for a moment before finally spotting the big man not that far from them. His back was to them and he seemed to be looking at something. The masked man walked over to him. "What is it? We don't have time for this! The Bat could get here any second we have to go Grundy!"

The big man looked down at the master of fear with a confused expression on his stone like face and pointed at the container he was in front of. "Pretty light." was all he stated.

The masked fan felt his patience running thin as the longer they stayed here the sooner the feds or worst the Bat could show up ruing everything he had planned. "I don't care we have to go-" he was stopped when the door to the container suddenly flew off its hinges, the master of fear was able to jump out of the way but Grundy was not so lucky as he was hit head on with the door making him stager back and getting him angry.

The masked man looked up and saw something he was not expecting. He saw what appeared to be a robot in green clothing, was walking out of the container. The master of fear felt an idea form in his head, that maybe he could use this robot as extra protection…or spare parts.

Doom was not having a good day. First his plan was ruined thanks to that annoying little insect, and now he has to think of another way to take what he thought was rightfully his. He was now surveying the aria he was in. He had not remembered being locked in a container and most certainly did not remember being any were near the harbor. He was brought of his thoughts when he noticed movement from the corner of his eyes. He turned his head and saw a sickly skinny man with a brown mask and top hat. To Doom this man looked like a walking Scarecrow.

The man was joined by two others one looking like she was a cross between a human and a wild cat, a Cheetah was what he suspected. He then noticed a man with purple skin approach him slowly his arm raised and his fist closed tight showing the metal man the glowing yellow ring.

Doom's attention was drawn however to where the door he had blown off had landed revealing a very angry big man. He reminded Doom of the Hulk in size but did he match the green behemoth in strength?

The big man charged at Doom anger evident in his eyes. Scarecrow tried to stop him but couldn't get through to the undead giant. Doom simply scoffed as he lifted his open palm up and fired one of his repulsion blast's sending the giant flying back and colliding into a crane causing large amounts of sparks to fly. Doom looked back over at the three and simply fixed his cloak before asking, "Next?"

The master of fear stared at the metal man in shock. He had tried to stop Grundy from simply damaging the robot but was shocked to see the robot take out the undead man so easily. The man behind the mask grew weary when he heard the robot speak. It sounded too human.

"You trying to help the Bat?" Scarecrow asked forcefully making the metal man turn his attention on him. The master of fear reached into his pouch and pulled out some of his fear gas. This guy will not mess with his plan. Doom said nothing. He instead took notice of what was behind them. The man started to approach the device.

"Interesting, a magnetic amplifier, you have an interesting eye." Doom said.

Scarecrow's eyes grew wide behind his mask not expecting the man to know what the machine was. "Thank you." The master of fear said.

Doom looked over the device as he started to plan. "What is it you plan on doing with this?" he asked.

The cat like girl let out a growl as her eyes seemed to glow in the night. "That is none of your business!" she hissed.

Doom examined the device for a moment before looking back at the three. He was no fool, he knew almost every villain in the world, and he would never forget a face, he was too smart for that. But these three-Doom heard something grumble from the crane-four he had never seen before. He grew cautions, trying to think about common ground, they did not seem to trusting, well neither was he. Doom smiled behind his metal mask.

"Well…how sad." He said as his hand reached down and grabbed a piece of the device and started to twist it. The three villains all gasped at this and they narrowed their eyes into a glare at the doctor. "For you see, whatever you have planed…I could help."

The three were surprised by this. Cheetah did not trust the guy and just wanted to tear his eyes out, her animal side shining through. Sinestro was cautious. He had not seen someone other than a few Justice Leaguers take out Grundy like that. However he had to smirk slightly at how this man/ machines stood up to them with little fear. Scarecrow was studying the man with a keen eye. He may not have been the most well known threat in Gotham-he was no Joker. However this man seemed to carry a certain air about him. He seemed like no one could ever touch him, like he was superior in every way.

"We are going to use the Magnetic power of the device to increase the power of my poison, making it more toxic to everyone who inhales it. With it, fear will spread over Gotham, and anywhere else we want. There will be no one to stop us!" The master of fear stated proudly.

Doom stayed silent taking everything in. He was running every city he could remember through his head, but could not remember a Gotham. He decided to think about it later. He thought about the masked man's plan. It was silent for a few more minutes before Doom began to speak.

"My friend…you may have something there. Fear is indeed a powerful thing… But it is not enough." He stated simply.

Scarecrow frowned at Doom. "What do you mean not enough?" He asked annoyed.

"What do you do after fear has spread over this world?" He asked the masked man. "Fear is indeed a powerful thing. But using miniscule items will not let the public fear you. No you need to show them…show them little mercy; show them that the way they live is twisted, show them…that there is no hope."

Scarecrow stared at the man for a moment thinking over what this man said. He was right. He had used the gas to cause terror so he could watch the world burn for what it did to him. He wanted a world run by fear and fear alone. He gave the man named Doom a hard look before looking over his two colleagues. They seemed a bit taken back by what he said but soon a grin appeared on Sinestros face approving of this man's thinking.

The masked man walked up to doom and extended his hand to him. "Welcome aboard…" he paused wanting to hear the man's name.

Doom grinned behind his mask and extended his hand from the device to shake the masters of fears. "Doom…Dr. Doom"

Meanwhile

The Dark Knight took a deep breath as he tried to relax ever slightly. He was currently alone in the Watchtower lab, going over the blood sample he was able to obtain from the one who calls himself Spider-Man.

When he got to the space station he got to work. He gave the boy a stronger sedative so he could take blood easer, and he placed him in a cell just to be safe. As Batman looked over the boy's blood, he heard the door to the cell open and soft footsteps approach.

"You think that was a little much?" A female voice asked from behind him.

He did not turn around knowing who it was. "Nope." He answered back in a monotone voice.

Wonder Woman let out a sigh as she walked up next to the Dark Knight. She studied him for a moment before shaking her head. "He hasn't woken up yet." She stated.

Batman nodded before looking at her. "Take a look at this." He said before moving to the side.

Diana stared at him for a moment before shrugging and taking a look through the scope and her eyes got wide at what she saw. "His blood is both red and blue." She stated surprised.

Batman nodded his head. Diana looked over at him and saw him in deep thought. 'He always looked kind of cute when he's thinking.' She thought, before shaking her head to get the thought out.

Batman did not notice as he was too deep in thought. He had never seen something like this before. The closet thing might have been Killer Crock as his blood was green, but this boy's was a mix. He was able to find out after some testing that his DNA was a mix of both human and that of a spider. This was a mutation. How bad? He was not sure. But what he did know is that he needed to run more tests to see how far it will go.

He was brought out of his thought when he felt someone shake his shoulder. He looked over and saw Diana stare at him with a frown. "He's awake." She stated.

That was all the Dark Knight needed as he got to his feat and started to walk to the jail cell he had locked the boy in. Wonder Woman following him.

Spider-Man let out a groan as he slowly started to regain consciousness. He placed a hand on his aching head, "Ugh…why is the room spinning?" he asked himself. He shook his head trying to shake off the dizziness. When the room slowly stopped spinning Spidey began to look around where he was. He was in a small room with nothing really in it and in front of him was a blue see through wall. "Okay...something tells me this isn't my room in Queens." He stated getting to his feet.

He stumbled a bit but finally got his bearings and started to walk to the blue wall. He reached a gloved hand up to it and he yelped and pulled his hand back quickly when he felt the wall shock him. He frowned at the wall "Well that's great." He mumbled.

He looked past the blue wall and could see a large room with nothing really in it. He let out a tired sigh as he sat cross-legged on the floor and placed his chin on his fist and began to think. He blinked behind his mask when he saw the wall beyond the blue force-field slide up reviling a woman who wore a stars and stripes leotard with a golden lasso rolled up at her side and silver bracelets around her wrists. She had midnight black hair that seemed to flow. And to Spidey she looked gorgeous.

However his teen mind was halted when he saw who was next to her. He crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes into a glare at the Bat. "We'll look who it is? Mr. Dark and Creepy, and American Sweetheart." He stated his cocky attitude showing full force.

Batman's eyes narrowed as he stared at the masked teen. "Why were you in Gotham?" Batman asked.

Spider-Man glared at the man not intimidated one bit by the Bat. "I told you before I don't know. The last thing I remember is stopping Doom from detonating a bomb in Times Square."

"A bomb?" Wonder Woman asked sounding curios. "We would have heard if there was a bomb." She stated.

Batman narrowed his eyes at the boy. He seemed to be telling the truth but he had not heard about any threats on New York. Not recently anyway. He stared at the masked boy for a moment before talking. "We found Spider DNA in your blood. Care to explain?"

Spidey looked up at the Dark Knight. "…Does it matter?" he asked.

"It does when your mutation gets out of control and you need to be stopped." Batman said.

Spider-Man stared at the Bat for a moment before he let out a low laugh. But this sounded different then the ones he usually did, this one sounded dead. "Blame the radioactive spider bite." He said simply.

Batman raised an eyebrow at the boy's change of tone but did not press on it. He instead turned around and began to walk out only to be stopped by the boy's voice. "You're a real piece of work you know?" He heard the boy ask but he did not answer as he left the room he turned to Wonder Woman. "Watch him." He said simply.

Wonder Woman nodded at him as the door slid down. She looked back over at the boy and saw that he was taking deep breaths as if to calm down. "He has that effect on people." She said to the boy.

He turned his head to look at her. "What's his problem?" he asked.

Diana let out a sigh. "He's just trying to help." She said. "We all are, trust me."

Spidey let out a sigh and turned his head the other way. "Hard to do when I'm the one stuck in a jail cell…again." He mumbled the last part.

She stared at the boy for a moment trying to pick up on anything. He did not seem like a bad kid. Sure he had an attitude, but she admired that. He did not flinch when Batman was questioning him, something that she could not do. He seemed more out of place than anything.

"Where are you from?" she asked him with a small smile.

Spidey looked back at her. He could not resist that smile, damn teenage hormones. "New York." He said with a grin.

"What's it like?" she asked.

"Well. The city that never sleeps explains it pretty nicely. Buildings that seemed to touch the sky, and people that don't seem to understand the meaning of taking things slow." He said with a nostalgic smile. "It's a nice place to live, odd ball bad guys though but nothing that the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man can't handle." He said proudly, witch caused Diana to smile. "It also has the best pizza on the earth, when this little thing is over, I'll take you there." He said. He realized what he said and he felt his face heat up behind his mask. "If you want to that is." He quickly said

Diana smiled brighter at the boy. "We'll see." She said.

Spidey smiled behind his mask. "So what about you? Come from a family of royalty, an army family…World War II?" he asked.

Diana blinked at the last one but shook it off. "I'm an Amazon." She said with pride.

Spider-Man blinked behind his mask but shrugged. Hey if god's existed why not Amazons? "Cool." He said with a grin.

Wonder Woman smiled at the boy and then began to wonder something. "So why do you were a mask?" she asked.

The boy seemed to tense for a moment "Why do you want to know?" he asked her.

She shrugged. "Just curios, many heroes here don't really were masks."

"Except Mr. Brooding?" Spidey asked with a smirk.

Diana grinned and nodded. "Among others yes."

Spidey let out a sigh as he leaned back. "I were a mask…it goes with the look." He said trying not to tell her anything else.

Diana could tell he was hiding something, she had heard of what happened to Bruce's parents and the reason that he is the Dark Knight. It pained her to know he was going through that kind of pain, but she also knows why he wears the cowl. "You're trying to protect someone aren't you?"

Spidey remained silent for a moment before leaning forward. "I wear it to protect the one's I care about. After all they are the only thing keeping me sane in this crazy comic book like world." He joked.

Diana nodded with a small smile understanding. The two continued to chat lightly for about an hour before she left for the night. When she walked out she headed right for the lab and saw the Dark Knight continuing his research. "He's not a bad kid Bruce." She said.

"I know." Was his only response. She walked over next to him and leaned agents the table.

"Do you believe him?" she asked the Dark Knight.

Batman paused for a moment before continuing with his testing. "Not sure…yet." He said. "We would have heard about a bomb threat in New York." He said.

Diana nodded and let out a yawn before stretching slightly. "I'm going to bed, don't stay up to late Bruce." She said.

Batman felt his lips curl into a smirk. "I always do." He said simply.

Diana rolled her eyes but smiled as she began to walk out of the room but stopped at the door. "Goodnight Bruce." She said softly before walking out and closing the lab doors.

"Goodnight Diana." He said.