"Wait a minute is this Mark Raxton?" Peter asked Kitty recognising the voice of the guy who was throwing flames at him, Kitty nodded looking incredibly scared and Peter thought to himself "so I know he is upset that Kitty broke up with him but this is seriously overreacting!"
"Peter look out..." Kitty shouted as Mark threw more flames at Peter but she managed to push him out of the way...and they both passed through the roof!
"Wait so Kitty has Powers too..." Mark asked confused talking out loud before he got really excited "so now we can be power couple just like Superman and Wonder Woman are nowadays, but first need to kill my first bad guy..."
*TMCUSSM*
"Wait did we just pass through your roof..." Peter shouted shocked and confused and Kitty looked down and said slowly "Sorry Peter I did not want you to find out this way but I was afraid your Spider Sense would not react until you got burned..."
"Kitty what did you not want me to find out about?" Peter asked taking off his mask for a second so he could breath, Kitty sighed and said "the truth is...I have this power to make myself intangible and somehow I can also make myself a little bit stronger by changing my density. My parents and I both found out when I was seven and I accident passed through the floor of the upstairs and gone straight into the living room. My parents did everything they could to keep it a secret just in case some government guy came to take me away and I have been practicing to control it ever since so I do not lose control at the worse moment. You must think I am a freak..."
Peter bursted into laughter and said "I have Spider Powers so why would I think you were a freak, I maybe shocked but I do not think any less than you, though we might want to tell Flash so we do not have to go through lengths to keep it a secret from him as well!"
"Thanks Pete and how about we think of a way to break it to him tomorrow." Kitty said and they shared a look before Peter decided to break the silence by saying "I have to go and make sure your exe doesn't burn the entire of New York to the ground in his delusions of being a superhero."
"Here is something for good luck Pete." Kitty said as she kissed him on the cheek, they both blushed as Peter put his mask on and web slinged out the window. A second later Kitty's father Carmen came in and asked "I thought I heard a noise, is anything wrong Kitty?"
"No dad, everything is just fine." Kitty laughed as Carmen looked a little bit reassured before closing the door.
*TMCUSSM*
Mark noticed Peter web slinging in the sky and began using his newly found flight powers to follow him shouting "once I am done with you Spider-Man, the world will hail me as their new hero! I will be up there with Iron Man, Thor and that Hooded Hero!"
"Keep telling yourself that Mark..." Peter drawled as he landed on the ground, "wait he knows my secret identity already?" Mark asked out loud looking incredibly panicked "this is not good. The arch enemy learning of the hero's identity is never a good thing and I need to kill him before he can go after my loved ones!"
Peter then saw Mark land on the ground and kept running to dodge the flames that was coming his way, "Look at all this damage you are doing Mark, do you seriously think this is what heroes do?" Peter asked trying his best to reason with Mark.
"Collateral damage is necessary when you need to stop a dangerous threat!" Mark sneered as he began throwing more flames at Peter; they both heard police sirens and out came several armed police officers.
"We got your back Spidey." One of the officers told Peter as they began firing at Mark, "I AM NOT THE BAD GUY HERE, HE IS!" Mark roared furiously as the flames surrounding him began growing larger.
"Let me help you to make up for trying to arrest you earlier..." Peter heard a familiar voice say as he saw the Iron Patriot armour floating down to the ground and began shooting at Mark.
"So you brainwashed the Iron Patriot into being your evil minion Spider-Man." Mark sneered as his flames kept growing larger, behind his faceplate Rhodes had a look of disbelief on his face wondering just how delusional was this fire person.
"Spider-Man, catch!" shouted one of the officers who had gotten a fire extinguisher and threw it at Peter, "Let's hope this works..." Peter Muttered as he caught it using a web and managed to stealthily get close enough to Mark's back and he started firing the extinguisher at Mark.
"What the..." Mark asked confused as his flames went out and he turned around to be knocked out by a punch from Peter, Peter noticed that due to his flames that Mark's hair was almost completely burnt off.
"Let's hope you get the physical and mental help you need Mark." Peter thought in his head sorrowfully as he began web slinging home as several government guys in suits came to put Mark in their van "I believe it is another half an hour before Aunt May gets home from her neighbourhood late nigh book club so I will have time to get a shower and get to bed before Aunt May notices. I may need it too since it was such a busy night dealing with the black Cat, Iron Patriot and my friend's delusional exe!"
*TMCUSSM*
The next afternoon Peter was out in the park with Kitty and Flash while he was reading the headline of the afternoon paper about Spider-Man's fight against Mark Raxton who had became the fire based anarchist who had earlier injured the bank robbers and called himself Molten Man. They article also talked about how Mark would be receiving treatment to help with his condition and that Mark's parents had to be escorted by security out of the police station when they barged into the police captain's office and demanded they put out a warrant for Spider-Man who they blamed for what happened to their son.
The article also had as section talking about how the Iron Patriot mistook Spider-Man as a criminal but later returned to help Spider-Man subdue the Molten Man. Colonel James Rhodes actually gave a statement to the paper saying:
"I had gotten orders to bring in Spider-Man of supposed evidence of him being in league with a terrorist cell which gave him his powers. When I got back to the base I found out that said evidence didn't exist and I alerted my higher ups and they assured me they are now looking into the matter. I now publicly apologise to Spider-Man and the civilians who might have been seriously injured if my attempts to capture Spider-Man had continued."
"Don't feel too bad Peter." Kitty said trying to cheer Peter up when he saw how down he was about the whole thing "it's not your fault that this happened and Mark kind of brought it on himself when he lent money from the wrong people and when he got powers out of it, he was the one who decided to use his powers dangerously and irresponsibly."
"What did you ever see in that delusional nut job Kitty?" Flash asked incredulously, "He was a sweet guy at first and it took me some time to realise he wasn't the guy I thought he was." Kitty sighed "but i could never imagine he would ever take things this far."
"But anyway it's awesome that now my two best friends are superheroes!" Flash said excitedly and Kitty groaned saying "I don't think I am ready to start using my powers yet Flash but thanks for the enthusiasm."
*TMCUSSM*
"We should have known Rhodes was too much of an idealist to be expected to follow his orders without question." Fortean shouted angrily in a private office with General Ross inside a military base that was mainly used for Ross's long standing crusade to capture Bruce Banner "he has even told the higher ups I was the one who gave him the orders, what are we going to do?"
"Relax Reginald I have already arranged for someone to take the fall as the one who supplied the 'evidence' we made up, we just need to think of a new plan for capturing Spider-Man." Ross assured Fortean looking quite calm "we just have to make sure Rhodes or any other goody good idealist has nothing to do with it!"
*TMCUSSM*
Mark angrily glared at the glass cell he was encased in, still in his Molten Man uniform he was sitting in his bed and around him he saw in similar cells was Mike Morbius reading a physics book and Adrian Toomes who was for some reason allowed to work on another flight pack.
This was a mistake, he was not a criminal! He was a superhero who was trying to stop Spider-Man, but now he was in custody of some government guys while Spider-Man was free to go after his family and loved ones. He might even go after Kitty! His superhero career was not off to a good start.
"Mr Raxton?" Mark turned and saw a brown haired man who had slight wrinkles in his face and he was dressed in a black suit with a purple tie. He was next to a large black haired man who was wearing a black glove on his right hand and had scars on his face.
"Who are you?" Mark asked wondering if this was some evil businessman in a suit that often appeared in superhero stories. "I work for SHIELD the organisation which owns this base and this is my bodyguard Eric Williams. I head a division of SHIELD which finds and capture threats and we want you to join us!"
"Why should I?" Mark asked glaring at the guy who was holding him prisoner, "I know about you wanting to lead a righteous crusade against villains including Spider-Man." The man chuckled "and I wanted to help you, which is why I sent you the costume you are wearing now!"
Mark looked surprised, "you are not the only hero in his world Mark and though you do not know it yet, you have been made a part of a larger universe." The man stated walking closer to the cell "join us and you can be apart of a team of other heroes who will make the world safe though the codename of the team is not exactly heroic. It is used to show the intentions of what it will fight against instead of what their intentions are."
"Okay I guess I will be in!" Mark said with a smile "but who are you anyway?"
"Norman Osborn agent of SHIELD and Head of HAMMER." the man greeted "and I want to talk to you about the Sinister Initiative!"
