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10:24 am

"What the hell is that smell?" Peter said as he woke and got out of his bed.

His questioned was answered when he followed the smell into his closet "Damn it I can't believe I forgot to get that washed last night. Now I have somehow get this cleaned without anybody seeing me." Peter sighed.

Peter poked his head out his door making sure nobody was there and then jumped up to the ceiling causing pain to shoot through his ribs. He made his way through the mansion successfully avoiding Ororo and Beast. He threw his costume in the washing machine and went to the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Wow they didn't leave anything for me did they." Peter said as hey looked for any leftovers from breakfast.

Peter sighed but then his eye caught a post it note on the microwave he read it and couldn't help but smile at what the note said. Apparently the girls were able to save him a plate.

20 minutes later

'Deja vu.' Peter thought as he walked into the library after he heard a frustrated moan.

"Need help?" Peter asked Wanda.

"Yeah I need help from the guy who hasn't been in school for nearly a year."

"I'll have you know that I was a straight A student." Peter informed her causing her to raise her eyebrow.

"All right Mr. Straight A's help me with this then."

Peter's day was going so good until now. He spent most of the day helping Wanda with her work school was like riding a bike for him. But now he had a problem he was standing in the middle of the danger room while the X-Men and Logan watched from the control room. While he was trying to figure out what to do about his ribs he couldn't move around with wincing which he was certain wouldn't go unnoticed. His ankle and arms were manageable he needed to come up with a plan and fast.

Spider sense

Peter turned around and saw a metal ball the size of a cannon ball coming at him. 'This is gonna hurt.' But instead of dodging it he stood and took it in the ribs sending him flying against the wall. 'Ow'

The anger Laura has been working on controlling since she joined the institute suddenly started to rise at the site of seeing Peter getting hurt. While Jean's face took on the look of a concerned mother and Kitty had her hands covering her mouth. Wanda and Rouge gave death glares to Logan blaming him for Peter getting hurt.

"You ok kid?" Logan asked Peter ignoring the glares.

"Yeah...just...need….to...catch...my...breath."

"Logan stop the session let's do this another day." Jean half asked and half demanded.

"Kid said he's alright so were continuing." Logan said earning him death glares from all the girls.

'Ok at least now I have an excuse for the ribs.' Peter thought as he ripped the sleeve off of the standard X-men uniform he was wearing and wrapped it around his ribs. 'All right time to show off.' Peter lost himself in the moment not aware of the the people studying him.

They all watched in amazement as Peter jumped around dodging whatever was thrown at him. Ripping out the machines with his incredible strength. They stood there impressed and a little bit intimidated.

Rouge was the first one to break the silence "Maybe we should cut down on the short jokes."

Which earned nods from everyone except Logan and Laura who were watching Peter's every move studying him. Which caused them to both come to the same conclusion that Peter was far more experienced then they thought.

"Alright kid that's enough for today."

The girls were the first to arrive at Peter's side as he was exiting the danger room.

"Like are you ok that hit looked like it really hurt." Asked a concerned Kitty.

"Yeah it's not as bad as it looked."

"Peter you should have Hank look at that your ribs." Stated a equally concerned Jean.

"I'm fine Jean I just need a little rest that's all." Peter then opened his door and walked in his room then flopped on his bed.

"Ow ow ow ow ow. Why me?"

Peter laid in his bed then his head popped up when he heard his door open and close.

"Take off your shirt." Laura simply stated.

"Don't you think you should buy me dinner first." Smirked Peter causing Laura to blush. But she quickly composed herself.

"It's foolish to not properly tend to an injury." She robotically stated. "And rib injuries are quite painful." she added softly.

Peter lifted his shirt just enough to expose his ribs but none of his scares. "Why Laura I didn't know you cared." Peter teased as she wrapped his ribs in bandages.

"I'm not a heartless monster."

"No I didn't mean it like that I was just teasi-." Peter cut himself off when he saw the smirk on Laura's face. "I'll admit it you got me on that one, but I shall have my revenge." Peter stated as she finished causing her to roll her eyes.

"Thanks Laura." said Peter as she left his room.

As she left his room she couldn't get the image of Peter's 8 pack out of her mind. 'He really is all muscle.' Laura thought fighting off the blush that threatened to cover her cheeks. "What's wrong with me?" asked a confused Laura as she walked into her room.

"So Logan what did you take out of Peter's Danger room run."

"He was good, damn good. He only got hit once and after that he was untouchable. He destroyed every machine thrown at him, Forge is gonna have one hell of a time repairing the Danger room. But that's not what stood out the most. I already figured he could do that after yesterdays little test. What really got my attention was his decision making it was quick and decisive. He knew which target to hit first and when and how to hit it while under fire. You get that from experience not mutant powers. He's hiding something Charles."

"I guess well have to keep an eye on him then." Xavier simply stated.

"I hope you had better luck then I did trying to find out the identity of our giant-green-razor-clawed-friend."

"I have a list of twenty possible people. Here give it a look." Dewolff handed Spider-man the folder.

He looked through the folder until a name caught his attention. "Doctor Curt Connors I heard of this guy." Spider-man excitingly said.

"Mind sharing with the class then?"

"He was a surgeon who enlisted in the Army and was sent off to war. He performed emergency battlefield surgery on wounded GIs, but his right arm was injured in a blast and had to be amputated. Connors became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of reptilian limb regeneration and studied reptilian biology extensively."

"You don't think?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Spider-man answered.

"Ok this could work out." Spider-man said sitting in the passenger seat of Dewolff's car.

"And how's that?"

"Doctor Connors isn't stupid he had to see the whole lizard thing as a potential risk. So hopefully he made a cure just in case."

"I hope so."

They stopped in front of Doctor Connors house and knocked on the door. A very worried Martha Connors answered the door.

"Your here about Kurt aren't you?"

They sat in the living room and explained the situation which caused Martha to burst into tears. Which woke up her son Billy who walked in the room rubbing his eyes. "Daddy?" He asked half asleep. "Billy go back to sleep."

Spider-man saw how much Billy missed his father "Come on Billy let's go to your room." He said as he picked the kid up.

"Your Spider-man."

"Shhhh don't tell anyone."

Spider-man made a swing out of webs and put Billy on it pushing him back and forth.

"Do you know where my daddy is?"

"Not exactly but I'm gonna find and bring him home."

"You promise?" Billy asked as he stuck out his pinky finger.

"I promise. Now go to sleep." Spider-man tucked him into bed and walked back into the living room.

"Please bring him back." Her eyes filled with tears as she handed Dewolff a small rectangular metal box.

"Is that what I think it is?" Spider-man asked as they walked to the car.

"Sure is. He gave it to her and said it was if something went wrong." Spider-man let out a loud sigh "What's wrong?"

"Well now we gotta look for him in the sewer system of New York City."

"Aw crap."

"Exactly, it's gonna take forever to find him."

"Guess we should split up and get to work then." Dewolff pulled over and opened the box revealing two trays of adamantium tipped syringes. She gave five to Spider-man and burner phone. "We'll use these to keep in touch. Don't worry it can't be traced Mr. Secret Identity."

Spider-man let out another sigh Dewolff and Spider-man had been through a lot together and she didn't even know his first name. She saw it as him not trusting her although she hid it well. "It's Peter. My name is Peter. I'm only telling you this because I know you won't tell anyone right?"

"Of course"

"Good. So when no one else is around you can call me Peter."

"All right you can call me Jean then."

Spider-man climbed on the roof and stuck his head through the window. "Night Jean don't let the giant lizard bite."

"Night Peter." She shook her head and drove away.

"Man this week sucked I spent most of the nights looking for the lizard and of course came up with nothing. And to make things worse Laura been giving me these your up to something and I know it looks." Peter couldn't help but smile at the thought of Laura. "Man is she gorgeous in a I'll rip your head off kind of way. Although she seems a lot more tolerant of me and the girls then the other students."

Spider-man was interrupted by the ringing of the phone Dewolff gave him. "Talk to me...Aw crap that's not good. I'm on my way. Thanks for listening Bruce. See ya." Spider-man waved goodbye to the stone gargoyle and jumped off the building.

Spider-man was swinging towards the subway station when he saw a bunch of people running out screaming. He rushed in and saw The Lizard attacking a young lady he immediately tackled him causing them to roll on the ground. "Whoa there doc you looking for love in all the wrong places." Spidey was on top when he started throw punches The Lizard swung his tail at him horizontally. But Spider-man saw it coming and jumped and did a barrel roll dodging it and used the momentum to back hand him sending him a few feet away. "You just got back handed by Spider-man how's it feel?" The Lizard got up and roared at him then lunged at him but was met with a fist sending him back. Spider-man closed in on him to continue the attack but The Lizard recovered quickly slashing him across the chest. The Lizard swept Spider-man's feet from under him then followed with a tail smash across his chest causing the ground to crack underneath him. He then jumped on him and then bit into his left shoulder causing Spider-man to scream in pain. He kicked The Lizard off of him and screamed again as his teeth ripped through him. Spider-man clutched his shoulder as he slowly got up only to be sent flying towards the tracks by another tail strike. Spider-man reacted quickly and stuck his hands out behind him and shot out his webs stopping him only inches from the electric rail. "I think he's trying to cook me before he eats me."

Spider-man was tackled by The Lizard and barely manage to move his head out the way avoiding getting his head bit off. 'To close for comfort web-head.' With his movement restricted Spidey was trying his best to keep The Lizard from biting his head off keeping only inches between them. "You don't want eat me you don't know were I've been."

Spider sense

'Kinda all ready know I'm in danger.'

Spider-man's eyes widened as he saw lights getting closer and The Lizard jump off him. He got up and jumped as high as he could trying to avoid the oncoming subway, only getting his upper body out of harms way. With half his body on top of the subway and the other half hanging off the front Spidey was trying not to fall and recover when his head was smashed multiple times by The Lizards tail into the roof making a dent. The Lizard then dug his claw into his Spidey's back causing to scream in pain then threw him. Spidey bounced across the train like a rag doll he struggled to get up thankful for being thrown so far giving him time to recover. The Lizard swung his tail at him only to have it caught. Spider-man caught the tail then used it to slam The Lizard against the train. He went to do it again but The Lizard dug his claws into the train he then swung his tail sending Spider-man flying off the train. (All right not gonna lie I have no idea what to call it but there now where black spider-man fought sandman in the movie.) Spider-man shot out his web and pulled The Lizard with him, as they fell Spidey started punching him. Then gave him a knee to the stomach and landed on top of The Lizard. "Hope this stuff works." Spider-man then took off his web backpack then took out a syringe then stuck it in The Lizards neck. He stepped aside and waited anxiously.

At first nothing happened then suddenly The Lizard got up then started freaking out. Spidey wasn't sure if it was working or killing him, but he didn't have much time to worry about it. Before Spidey knew what happened he was sent flying by the flailing Lizard's tail through an old wall and falling at least a hundred feet landing on his head and shoulder knocking him out cold.