When A Spider

Met A Speedster

Part 2

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here. Follow up to chapter 51.

Summary: A little while later finds STAR Labs' newest patient waking up for a second time.

A day later would see one Peter Parker waking up with a groan. "Aww man… I think ol' Stormin' Norman hit me harder then I thought to have a crazy dream like that." Moaned the Web-Head as he sat up.

But then he took a good look at his surroundings and came to something of a realization. "Okay… Either I was dreaming or this is actually real. Or… I'm just somewhere that resembles what I saw earlier. For all I know, Ol' Norman probably drugged me or something too. Maybe Mysterio helped him out with that even. Friggin' jerks!"

A snort could be heard after that, causing him to look in the direction it came from. Allowing him to see the brunette girl from earlier! "Sorry, I could hear you from the other room."

And boy did he seem to ramble! The fact his Spidey Sense hadn't gone off told him that he was obviously not in any danger. But as he well knew by now, there was always ways to fool it! "So you're some kind of doctor?"

"Oh yes, medical. And I have to admit I was rather alarmed by your state when you first arrived. Its lucky your injuries weren't life threatening."

"Well, had that weird light not shown up Ol' Norman and I would have been street Pizza. Which probably would not have been all that tasty!" He watched as she turned green at that image.

So he decided to change the subject. "So, how am I doin' then Doc?" She seemed rather surprised by his question.

Coming up next to him she looked down at him with a curious expression. "Does this mean you feel you can trust me and my friends now?"

"Uhh, not at the moment as I still don't know any of you but my Spidey Sense isn't goin' off or anything so that's something at least."

"'Spidey Sense?'"

"Something that warns me of a threat. Kinda like an actual Spider's version. Very handy I gotta say."

Her reaction was a perfect 'oh' to that and it had her really curious over the whole thing. But she could ask questions later. "That does sound handy but as you asked about your condition, you should be able to get up and walk around without any problems as your injuries weren't very serious. Though I would recommend staying in bed until you've fully healed just to be safe."

Peter snorted at that. "Yeah, trust me Doc. Me staying still like that would be a bad thing as I'd likely drive you up the wall." He then grinned at his own little joke.

"And how would you accomplish that exactly?"

"Not sure if you realized it yet, but I got the ability to talk someone's ears off. Its practically a super power of mine and great for getting bad guys angry enough to get sloppy."

"Wouldn't that possibly be a bad thing though? Especially where lives are concerned?" Questioned the woman worriedly.

Peter just shook his head quickly. "Nah, not if I act fast enough or time it right."

Caitlin considered that for a moment as she still had doubts. "It still sounds really risky." Was all she said in the end.

"It definitely can be." Admitted the Web-Head.

Things were silent for a few minutes between the two of them and it was something Peter was already disliking a lot as he hated moments like these! Though he was thankfully saved when some long haired guy showed up with his Web Shooters. "Hey Cait, is… Oh, never mind you're awake."

"Yup, and feelin' all sorts of refreshed!"

"So you won't mind then if I ask you about these babies then?"

"My Web Shooters? Dependin' on what the questions are I can. But if you have bad intentions I'm gonna be like all silent and what not." Warned Peter and the long haired man nodded in understanding.

"Hey, fair enough man. You clearly don't trust us and I get that but I promise I have no intentions of using these beauties for anything bad. To be honest, I'm amazed by the design of them and the stuff that comes out of them! I think that stuff could go a long way in helpin' us out with bad Metas."

"Metas?" The fact this guy seemed so genuinely wowed by his Web Shooters made him really happy.

"Are there not Meta Humans on your Earth? People with powers?"

"Well we have Mutants where I'm from. Folks born with somethin' known as the X Gene that usually activated during teen years for one reason or another. And man I tell ya what, it was hard at times to see if either me or the Mutants got treated way worse then the other! Then I guess we do have people who you could technically call a 'Meta Human'. Guys like Captain America and the Hulk for example. And can I please just say that its weird I'm not on my Earth anymore!? I mean yeah, there was an older version of me from another Earth around for a short while but I wasn't around for that."

He watched as the two looked at one another before looking back at him, clearly unsure as to how to respond to any of that. "Dude… You seriously just gave us more questions!"

Peter for his part looked slightly sheepish. "Uhh… Sorry? Oh! The stuff that comes out of my Web Shooters is called Web Fluid by the way."

"Web Fluid?" Asked Caitlin curiously.

"Yeah, they help me swing around the city, make traps, and other various stuff. Kinda like a real spider's webbing."

"Huh, that explains the spider symbol on the chest of your suit. Which by the way? Is gonna need a ton of sewing up and some major improvements! Especially where the thinness is concerned!"

In that moment, Peter wasn't ever quite sure he had ever met anyone as enthusiastic as this guy was about working on a suit. Caitlin could see the look on his face and couldn't help but grin over it. "As you can see, Cisco really gets into this sort of thing."

"Right… Just let me have input on what all you do alright? There's reasons for why the suit's the way it is." Granted, lack of funding was one of those things but he wasn't gonna mention that right then and there!

Cisco nodded at that. "You got it man, input is always important to have."

Caitlin then cleared her throat after that as she had something on her mind she wanted to discuss with their patient. "Are you aware by any chance that you have radiation in your blood?"

"Oh yeah, no worries there. I got bit by an irradiated spider when I was fifteen and voila! The Amazing Spider-Man at your service!"

The two friends were quite stunned by that bit of news as they tried to process that. Which would take them a bit considering that more than likely should have killed him!

Author's Notes: I probably could have kept this going longer, but I figured that was a good place to stop it at. R and R!