CHAPTER 4: Team ups

Oliver Queen a.k.a the Green Arrow was on his pen house reading several files. Truth to be told, his responsibilities as mayor wouldn't start until a couple of weeks, yet he still felt the necessity to learn as much as he could beforehand.

"Felicity how are you doing with the file Cisco sent you?" Oliver spoke through his earpiece.

In the other end of the line was his companion, the computer genius, Felicity Stone who was looking at her laptop. "Well... It's clean you know? No criminal record, birth certificate, nothing. Peter Parker simply does not exist on this earth." Responded the blonde.

"Well Cisco did tell us that already...what about the hotel cameras?" Continue Oliver.

"Not much either. It´s just him checking in, going to his room and getting out. This guy is good Oliver, there is not a single frame of him that may rise any flags, nothing that may connect him with Spider-man...hey… Do you think he can talk to spiders?"

"What?"

"You know... His name is SPIDER-man so I thought that he could do everything a spider can".

"You watched Harry Potter and The Secret Chamber didn't you?"

"Maybe..."

"You shouldn't watch so many fantasy movies"

"Sure GREEN ARROW, because nothing strange happens to us while protecting the city!". Claimed Felicity just a bit embarrassed "Anyway, what are you going to do then?"

"Well I'm going to request Argus' help to take Harkness to Lian Yu, so that gives me the excuse to meet this Peter Parker up close".

"That reminds me!" Felicity snapped her fingers. "Palmer tech is opening a new lab on Central City and we are saving the funding on the Central City Bank. Sooooooo maybe the CEO should check that nothing goes south"

"That sound like a plan".

Thought at day Central City is at its brightest, the nights were strangely shinning for the time period, many locals close late and the many lights help the city feel very lively. With the reunion of the previous night over, Peter felt a bit better now. Sure, everyone from his earth wasn't here but at least he met good people who he could call friends. Now it was near 9 pm and in every other circumstance Peter would be working on his labs or having dinner but instead he was on patrol with Barry and his team. After replenished some of his standard webbing, Peter was ready.

"Hey man, how are you holding up?" Cisco asked Barry "Anything new on the city?".

"The South side seems clean". Assured The Flash "How is Peter doing?".

"I'm doing good" Responded the brunette on top of a building "East and west are clear too. Though I found a guy trying to steal a car, but don't worry he is webbed and with no pants on 5th with Church". Both Cisco and Barry laughed at the last part.

"Why did you have to take his pants off?" Asked Iris who was also in Star Labs next to Caitlin.

"Hey, I needed to give him a little punishment for trying to steal an old man's car" Peter commented. Soon he landed on a rooftop. Immediately his stomach growl. "Man... patrolling really works out my appetite, wish I could get something to eat". Suddenly the Flash came running on his direction down the street, just to immediately run up the building and appear next to him. "Hey! Remember I'm the one who can climb up wall" tried Peter to sound annoyed. "But now serious, do you have something to eat there?"

Barry thought this for a moment and then he snapped his fingers "I got an energy bar that Cisco designed. It may not give you a full stomach but sure will give you more energy". Barry said as he handled the chocolate bar.

"Thanks Barry". Taking the bar, he pulled up his mask a little bit and bit down. "Um... Is not bad... Wow!" Peter immediately felt the overcharge of energy from the bar going through his body. "That really hit the spot; do you really have to eat the whole bar?"

"Yes, actually I have to it roughly 850 tacos a day not to faint, it's pretty helpful to have this around when I get hungry".

"Damn Barry, I don't want to image how often you had to go to the bathroom before". There was silence for a moment until Peter started to laugh at the thought. Suddenly everyone at STAR LABS laughed as well, they didn't really try to resist.

"Ha ha guys very funny" said Barry

"Now, hahaha, now I understand why our janitor didn't lastweek!" Claimed Cisco as tear fell down his cheeks.

After a solid 5 min of laughter everyone calm down. Barry of course was far from happy.

"I-I'm sorry Barry haha just something I thought, so let's go and finish with the north side" with that Peter jumped from his building with a grumpy Barry closely following.

"So this is what you call a quiet operation?" Felicity asked

"You are not helping Overwatch!" Said Green Arrow hiding behind a wooden box, trying to conceal his presence from his attackers.

A few hours ago, Oliver arrived at Central City joined by his friend and ex-girlfriend Felicity Smoke to check the company's new operation. The plan was to surprise team Flash given that not even they knew about their arrival. But as always, a hero is never far crime, and Oliver Queen was never far from his quiver.

Just before arriving to their hotel Oliver and Felicity got a tip on a weapon dealing at night in a warehouse on the north side of the city. Sneaking in was easy, but one bad move, one henchmen too perceptive and everything can go to hell. That pretty much summed up the situation.

The green archer had been able to knock out some goons but most of them were still looking for him. Now with 20 men trying to find him and just a dozen arrows on his quiver, Oliver was in a thight spot. Going to higher ground by firing and arrow, the archer could get a better angle on the area below him. "Overwatch what can you see through the security cameras?"

"20 guys looking for you, 3 very big guys armed with shotguns. The rest with handguns and assault rifles".

"Any useful object?"

"Just some propane tanks near your position"

"Ok, let's activate protocol Dark Knight"

"But we haven't test it properly yet!"

"We have no time, do it now!"

With the command at hand, Felicity pressed the keys masterfully on her keyboard -Please let this work- "OK…..Initiating in 3, 2, 1!".

From Oliver's perspective the warehouse went almost pitch black. His mask started to produce a grim green light. Through it, everyone was highlighted in a blue light while the weapons, melee or fire arm were highlighted on orange. Oliver couldn't avoid a small smile to appear on his face

-Time for some action-. Jumping down Oliver started taking down his attackers, two of them got separated at the blackout, and pretty soon they were out of the game. Four more were his next objective.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit! I can't see anything!" One of the four yelled

"Shut up damn it! He is gonna now where we are!" Another one spoke. Sadly for them, a deep and well-known voice reached their ears.

"I already know". Almost instantaneously all of them fell a chill going down their spines as they heard those words. Turning to the source of the voice, they unloaded their weapons to no effect. T3 of them heard a scream from one of their companions as he felt something pulling him up by his ankle and a strong fist hitting his face. Two more felt cables constricting them to a steel pillar, rendering them unable to move, they soon stop struggling. The last one stood there, terrified, feeling as if he was being watch by a ghost. Thankfully or not, he felt something hit his back followed by thousands of bolts going through his body.

-6 out, 14 to go- Thought the archer

"Oliver the reaming guys are close to the four propane tanks I mentioned, get there now!" Felicity informed and Oliver obeyed. In no time his explosive arrow when flying straight to the explosive objects, knocking them all out with the resulting blast. Then the lights return.

"Well, that was exciting" Commented Overwatch.

"Yeah... Let's go back". Before he could leave though, the entrance door blow off as two armor guys came through carrying grenade launchers.

"So, the famous Green Arrow" One said.

"Alive and well it appears" said the other "hand in the air!"

Oliver didn't have much options, he had to comply. Only one second, one distraction, it was all he needed to escape, but his enemies had eagle eyes.

"Our boss will want to talk to him".

"Sure he will, but does he need him in one piece?"

"No, he doesn't" both men aimed their weapons at the hero intending to shoot but they couldn't. Before anyone could blink and orange and red light burst in front of them, grabbing one of the attackers and sending him to the nearest wall. His partner didn't have any luck either, as he fell something hit his firearm to the ground and noticed two webs attaching to the ground missing his head. Looking up he could only register two feet colliding with his heads sending him back. The figure, taking advantage of the momentum, flipped back landing next to Oliver.

The 3 heroes stood there just in a circle, in silence, when Spider-man spoke "So what's new doc?". There was no answer from the green hero. However he turned to Flash

"Thanks Flash though I had it under control". He said, of course he had activated his voice distortion device.

"Don't mention it. Thank goodness we were close by so Overwatch could tell us"

"Sure... We meant to surprise you but well" The archer turned to spider-man "You are the spider-boy everyone speaks of".

"The one and only Robin Hood... You know, a darker outfit and maybe a gliding gadget may be really helpful for stealth." Suggested Peter

"Already thought about that kid, but the design is taken"

"Shame, you can't have everything you want I guess. Anyway what happened here?"

"Weapon trading, nothing far fetch hopefully".

This time, Flash spoke "Any lead on the master mind this operation?

"Overwatch is working on it, I'll let you know if anything happens" as he finished, the green vigilante fired and arrow to the roof and exited the building. With everything resolve, Peter and Barry started to make their way back.

"He looks... nice, but doesn't seems to like me much". Commented Peter

"Give him time web-head, he is new on the trusting department" responded Barry

"I guess... He doesn't have a preference for the color purple and hawks, does he?

It was the following day and Peter was once again on Jitter's or more like the new outdoor section of the cafe. The coffee was good, prices were reasonable and despite all of this the little shop was surprisingly empty. Peter, being one to enjoy his own time, was reading his newspaper. The news on it where pretty standard, aliens sightings, companies downsizing and other boring stuff. However a small article about him, or more like his alter ego, called his attention.

"Although the city have seen many wonders through the past year, our newest resident, seems to be as interesting as our town's hero, The Flash". As Peter continued, he didn't notice a person approaching him.

"You like it?" The sudden question surprised him. Looking up to the source he could see Iris on the other side of the table. Looking around he could also detective Joe West ordering some food.

"Oh, Iris sorry I didn't see you there" Peter apologized "I was reading this article".

"I can see that Mr. Parker" She smiled "so you like what I wrote?"

"I actually do, the photos are pretty good and you guys really got my nice angle. You got a good team. I say this a lot but I wish I had this positive feedback back home"

"Don't people like you in your earth?"

"Mostly but when your brother-in-law just so happens to be the Mayor and the ex CEO of a newspaper that tented to criticized negatively spider-man more than not... Yeah people sometimes get the wrong idea about me".

Before the conversation could continue, Joe came to the table with their orders "Here you go honey".

"Thanks Dad" she responded.

"Mr. Parker, good morning" Joe said with his normal tone.

"Mr. West good morning, how are you today?"

"We are fine thanks, how is the city treating you?"

"I can't complain, interesting sightseeing, new people to meet and exciting night activities".

"I can certainly imagine. So, are you leaving tomorrow right?"

"Yup" affirmed Peter "Cisco and I were checking the portal and now believe it will open tomorrow at 8 pm".

"Hopefully everything goes as planned" Joe got a taste of his coffee.

"Hopefully it does" Peter did the same.

Though the vigilante and the policeman were in good terms with one another, they were far from friends, so the silence between them was unavoidable. Sensing this situation coming, Iris spoke again. "So Peter you told at the meeting that you were a photographer right?"

"Yes I was" Peter smiled "for many years actually. I started when I was 16"

"Wow, you should have seen a lot" Iris claimed

"Both inside and outside the job. I tell you sometimes life can get really crazy back home". In that moment something hit the young man's shoulder then. When he turned to see what it was, he saw a little girl looking down.

"I-I'm sorry mister" muttered the girl "I-I didn't mean to bump into you". The girl had long black hair and she seemed really embarrassed by the accident.

"Don't worry sweetheart, everything is fine" Reassured the Hero.

From behind them, an older boy with short blonde hair called the girl "Melissa don't run like that, you can get lost" Reaching to where she was and taking her hand, he leaded them to their parents "Come on! let's get something to eat" he said with a big smile. And with that the pair was gone.

The whole time the threesome had been looking at the two siblings, but specially Peter. Something seemed odd with the two children. Then it hit him. They were the children he saved from the burning building!

-I'm glad they are ok- He thought –Times like this make it worthy it-

"What did you say?" Iris asked. It appears that Peter had spoken out loud.

"Oh, no nothing, pay no mind to it. What were you saying Joe?"

This time, it was Joe's turn "I was going to ask what was your plan, how do you plan to get home?"

"Well, it's difficult to say". Peter explained "Usually when this sort of situations happen I just have to wait for the portal to open up again, I go through it, get to another universe and repeat until I get home"

"How often do you have to do that?" Iris intervened

"A couple of times, maybe 5 or 6 times. Then I get home"

"That's quite a lot..." Mention Iris before considering something. "Peter sorry but I have to ask something... Did you….. Did you really visit a Disney movie!?" For some reason Iris's smile grew.

"Yeah...? Though I still have trouble believing it myself though"

"... Did you see Felipe?"

"What?"

"The horse, Did you see Belle's horse?"

"Ummm... No?... Sorry I don't think I did"

"Oh..." Iris looked sad at the respond. Peter's puzzling look didn't go unnoticed by Joe who couldn't help but laugh.

"I'm sorry Mr. Parker but Iris here had a fascination with Beauty and The Beast when she was little. You won't believe how much she asked me to let her practice horse riding. And once she even tried to persuaded my into buying a horse for her"

"Dad!" Both Joe and Peter's laugh were noticeable and Iris's blush was pretty obvious. Then Peter realized something

"Now that I think about it where is Barry? I haven't heard from him since yesterday".

Joe spoke first, not before wiping a little tear "He is with Caitlin and Cisco on Star Labs waiting for our friend to call them"

"I see... How long have you met Barry?" Peter asked out of the blue

"Since we were little. His parents were very close to us" Iris said but soon her expression saddened. Joe decided to elaborated

"Barry's mother was killed when he was young and his father ... went to jail accused of her murder. I've taken care of him since then".

Before Peter could ask, Joe's cellphone rang "And speaking of the Devil... Joe here, what happened Barry?... you got a lead on the warehouse job?... Ok we'll see you there…. apparently Overwatch found something about who is behind the weapon treading you three stopped. They need us back on Star Labs".

"Let's go then!" Grabbing her things, Iris was the first one to get out of the local. Peter chuckled a bit.

"She is one for danger isn't she Joe?"

"Sadly... She is" Joe replied rather grumpily.

The gang was once again on Star Labs. Strangely though, Peter was on his civilian clothes. Caitlin was next to Barry on the computer checking something. They greeted Joe, Iris and Peter once they entered.

"Hey guys!" Said Cisco "So Peter are you gonna give me the formula for your webs?"

"Sorry man, company's secret" Peter responded rather amused by this enthusiasm.

"So, any clue to who is behind this?" Joe said as directly as ever

"Take a look at the computer" Caitlin order and everybody turned. "In the past few months several armed trucks and military weapons have been stolen by a coordinated team of people. We have some videos of the assaults. At the beginning, there was just one man, but the numbers of operatives kept increasing as the assaults went on"

"Probably due to the contract of mercenaries to help in the operations" Iris pointed out.

Now Barry stood up "Last night, Peter, The Green Arrow and me stopped the 13th robbery on the state, making it their first failure"

"So, they steal the weapons, get enough for their private army and then sell the rest to the best buyer?" Questioned Peter

"That's what Team Arrow thinks, but if that's the case then we need to figure out what their next move will be". Caitlin said

"What about their leader?" Peter asked "He may give us a clue".

"Well..." Caitlin tipped the keyboard "According to our research his name is Axcel Drive. Theft, extortion and blackmail, he is a very flexible criminal. Also according to Overwatch he is known as The Shocker".

"The Shocker!?" Peter got close to the screen "Are you sure?!"

"What? Do you know him?" Iris asked.

"Actually I do. In my earth, The Shocker is a super-villain. He has or more like created a shock device on his gloves that allow him to shoot high-pressure air blast that can crumble solid concrete at a distance and it's much worse when directed at a human body, believe me. But in my universe his name is Herman Schultz not Axcel Drive"

"Different universe, different names I guess" commented Cisco "Nevertheless that any explain this". He proceed to show a video on the screen "Now this is the video from their first attack, if you pay close attention, you can see a kind the military truck shooting their weapons and seemly hitting their target. But then a type of air blast comes from him, and the blast expands as the fight goes on".

"But with the amount of force the blasts are generating, and the bullets he is taking he shouldn't be standing" Caitlin spoke

"True, but in my universe the shocker also wear a specialized suit that allows him to reduce the damaged taken from outside forces, including firearms and his own devices". Peter claimed.

"Ok. Peter you know him better that anyone so what's his next move?" Joe Question.

"I don't know….. In my universe he's always been impulsive. Whenever I was able to stop him, he usually turned to rob banks when he needed get the money". Peter explained

"Oh god" Caitlin gasped "Felicity Stone transferred 5.3 million dollars to the Central City Bank, to open the new Palmer Tech departments here on the city. If Drive is anything like you´re saying, he may go for it".

"Ok Caitlin that's a theory" Joe claimed "we can't be sure that Drive will attack or even if he'll show up"

"He will" This time Barry spoke "we stopped his last operation, so he'll make sure to get the job done this time. Peter you are the expert. How do we stop him?"

In that moment the central screen turned black and the green head of an arrow appeared on it.

"Guys we have a problem!" The voice of Felicity could be heard from the screen. "There's been an attack on the Central City Bank and Axcel Drive was identified on the scene".

"Damn it, you were right Caitlin" Joe ranted "The son of a bitch is quick".

"Barry" Felicity continued "You need to see this". Immediately a video appeared on the screen. The background was the inside of the bank with people tied up. A man in a brown and yellow vest covering his upper body and his face with a metal mask.

"This message is for The Flash. Every hostage behind me has an explosive attach to them. Show and I'll blow each one of them. Let's see if you are fast enough to save them". The video ended.

A silence fell upon the team. The screams of the people got printed in the minds of everyone in the lab and no one could say anything. Then, Peter spoke "Green Arrow I know you are there. This is Spider-man. I know you don't trust me but right now you'll have to. We need to finish what we started last night and I have a plan. Barry can't show up so it's only you and me. Will you help me?"

"..."

"..."

"I'm listening" was the archer's response.

The inside of the bank was silent. Every hostage tied up. Women, children, men, all of them isolated in one room on the second floor with 3 guys keeping an eye on them.

"You think he'll show up?" One of the goons asked.

"Nah... There are 3 remote controls among us. He may be fast but he won't risk taking us all out before any of the 3 press the button and blow everything to hell". The other one responded.

"Did you hear that?" Overwatch asked. Outside the bank, the police had blocked the access, barricading the road with cars. From two blocks away the Green Arrow and Spider-man were standing on a building ready to move.

"Yes we did Overwatch. Now you sure your plan will work?" The archer asked his partner.

"No, but it is the best I got". Peter replied "Overwatch you got the thermal scan?"

"Yes, it shows 18 hostiles and 10 hostages. The cameras showed 3 guys with the detonation devices. One is with the hostages on the first floor; the other is on the main floor. He is armed with a mini-gun and heavy armor. The last one is near the vault, on the underground level. But he is showing strange energy signals"

"That last one must be the Shocker". Peter took a deep breath. "Are you ready Robin Hood?"

"Always Bug". The two heroes jumped out of the building, going from the rooftops to the bank.

At the bank, the vault was being cut by a laser. Trying to separate its supports

"How long until you open it?" The man in yellow vest spoke.

" 5 minutes boss, the vault is very thick" one of the henchmen responded

"You got 3" Shocker said again as he crossed his arms.

Back with the hostages many of them were mumbling, crying or praying for something to happen. On the big room inside, 3 masked guys kept guard. 2 watching the people and the one with the remote looking through the window. Spider-man had silently infiltrated the ventilation system and was just above the room. Thank goodness Barry had convinced the police to turn on their sirens so Peter didn't have a problem removing a fan to enter. Sticking to the roof, there were at least 5 meters between him and the ground. First he positioned himself above the biggest threat, the guy with the remote. Throwing two webs, he pulled him up quickly. The henchmen couldn't scream after a strong fits went to his face. With the threat out of the way Spidey dropped to the ground landing without being noticed. The two remaining guards looked at each other at the same time as they felt the strong force that made them hit each other's head, knocking them out.

Now with all three guards webbed and the remote control destroyed. The hostage tried to thanks the web-head only for this to give them the silence gesture.

"Now don't move". Pressing a button on both his wrist he covered all their torsos where the explosives where, with his webs. "That should be enough. Now stay here, we'll get you out of here soon". Jumping back to the ventilation system Peter navigated his way to the main floor. Here there were 12 men patrolling the entrances and the exits. The biggest threat however was the guy with the mini-gun in the middle of it. "Arrow you are there?"

"I'm here bug, ready for phase 2?"

"Almost, give me the signal to enter the vault"

"Ok, get there and I'll tell you". The archer was inside the building, hidden on a pillar near the roof. With 12 enemies, Oliver had to play it tight. His main objective, armor guy. His electric arrow should do the trick. For the others, it would be tricky. Too much open space. He would need help. "Bug, ready?"

"Yeah, I'm in the entrance"

"Ok". Oliver pressed a button on his earpiece "Engaging in 3... 2... 1... NOW!" The electric arrow immediately flew straight to its target. Upon impact the armored enemy felt something attaching to his chest and then screamed as the electricity ran free through him. Eventually it reached the remotes and fried it. Now spotted, the archer descended to the ground dodging the bullet aimed at him. The smoke arrow would be enough to blind five attackers. Without much thought, he fired it. The targets were hit. 5 henchmen were coughing and the hero took the opportunity and ran to the smoke, protected by his mask and a breathing device. The henchmen could barely see anything, but they indeed felt the vigilante's fits. One tried to attack him but Oliver ducked and returned it with and uppercut to the jaw. The masked hero then took a knife from a pouch on his ankle. He wouldn't kill them but making sure his enemies where immobilize was his priority. Soon the smoke dissipated and everyone blinded by it was on the floor with wounds that prevented them from getting up.

6 guys were still standing, looking for him. The hero was behind a concrete pillar waiting. Then something happened. The big guy stood again. -Damn it he is tougher than I thought

"Behind the pillar!" One of his pursuers yelled. This got him out of his thoughts, so taking a deep breath he extended his bow and fired his arrow impacting him on the chest. Non-lethal arrows, good choice for now. Oliver had to run to the next pillar to dodge the bullets but he now had another problem. The mini-gun had started rotating.

"That hurt Arrow!" The big guy shouted "Let's see you avoiding this!".

All the men concentrated their fired power on the pillar. It was holding but the mini-gun was making quick work of it. -Damn it- thought Oliver -Here goes nothing-. In a moment of adrenaline the archer jumped to his right, bow extended, ready to shoot again. But before he could free his projectile the Flash came rushing through the doors, throwing a lightning at the enemies hitting them all and knocking them down.

"It appears I arrived just in time". The Flash claimed

The Green stood there, thankfully that his friend had arrived. "What took you so long Flash? Stuck in traffic?"

"Ha! Now you make jokes too?"

"Shut up"

Back with Spidey, he had moved at the archers command. Inside the underground room, he could see the vault wide open with bags full of money close to it. Suddenly he saw the shocker getting out it, being followed closely by two armed guards.

-This should be quick-.

Jumping down to action, Peter first attacked the first guard. Throwing a web to create a pendulum he kicked one on the stomach sending him flying to the wall. The Shocker on the other hand caught something coming on the edge of his eyes and rolled out of the trajectory. The last guard aimed his pistol and shot but Peter reflexes kicked in so he jumped out of the way. Getting close to him, Peter finally knocked his opponent with a roundhouse kick to the face.

"Well, you are clearly something, bug". The shocker commented close to the entrance of the vault.

"Arachnid! Spiders are arachnids not bugs! But whatever, you better stop what you are doing before we call your mom little Axcel." Said Peter. Immediately he could sense a blast coming from Shocker's hands so he jumped to avoid them.

"You are fast but" Axcel reached his remote control "if I press this button 10 lives will be on your conscience! Are you ready to stop me Bug!?"

"Are you ready for a life in jail?" Peter counter.

The time seemed to slow down. Axcel's thump got close to the button and Peter webs were in their way to his left hand. They were too late however. Upon impact, the remote was activated and the Shocker's smile grew devilish from behind his mask. But nothing happened. No explosion, no boom, not a single sound. Drive was noticeably confused.

"What?!... Why isn't it working!?"

"Oh sorry, didn't I tell you that I covered the hostages with static webbing?" Peter explained "It's good for stooping radio signals from getting in or out of any device , useful huh?" With a winning smile on his face, the hero attached a web to the villain's chest and pulled himself to where he was "Let's finished this!". A solid punch went to Drive's face. Enough to surpass his defenses and knock him out but upon impact he fist just stopped and the smile of his enemy grew once again.

"Indeed bug, Let's finished this!". The Shocker's eyes where covered in yellow energy and so did his hands.

-Shit, this is going to hurt-

Once the bad guys were tied up and the hostages save, the flash started to get in and out of the building taking everyone to the cops while Green Arrow stayed behind keeping an eye on the floor.

"Remember, the webs should dissolve in about 40 minutes". The Flash instructed to the policemen. He went back inside. Oliver was waiting for him.

"Can the cops handle it?" Green Arrow asked

"Yes, they can. Any news here?" Barry questioned.

"No, it's quiet... Too quiet" Oliver tightened the grip on his bow "Where the hell is Spider-man?"

As in clue a terrible explosion occurred. The ground shook, concrete erupted from the ground with Peter alongside it. He just went flying until he hit a wall, cracking the concrete behind him and dropping to the ground. Trying to get up, Peter balanced himself on one knee. He grabbed his torso

"Broken ribs... Hello old friends" muttered the hero. Lifting a bit his mask above his mouth to spilt some blood.

"Peter are you ok?" Barry had sprinted to where the arachnid was, helping him stand.

"It-It's not a device... He is a meta-human" said the hero.

As both heroes looked at the hole on the ground, Axcel Drive came out with both eyes and hand emitting yellow energy.

"So the Flash and Spider-man, is gonna be fun disposing of you" The shocker said.

Suddenly 2 arrows went flying on his direction just to stop when they made contact. Turning, The Shocker saw The Green Arrow standing firm, readying another arrow.

"The Emerald Archer, you are next on the list". Moving his hand, Drive tried to blast the hero but the Flash came rushing to move his friend out of the way, making the villain miss his target. Once saved, Barry ran to the meta-human, going on cycles around him and attacking with a rapid combo of punches with no apparent effect. As his eyes got brighter Axcel redirect his enrgy to his fits and with a quick move he punch the ground sending a shock wave throughout the bank and sending Barry flying.

Peter was still holding his ribs from the attack, watching everything unfold and trying to come up with a plan. Both web-shooter were damaged as a result of the punch so he had to count on his reflexes and spider-sense to avoid all the concrete coming his way.

"Spider-man, are you all right?" It was Green Arrow voice.

"More or less but I can handle myself and you?"

"I'm fine but running out of arrows, any ideas?"

"A few, but I need your help with something. Do you have any explosive arrows left?

"Yeah, but I don't think it'll be enough to take him down"

"It doesn't have to, just shoot at him!"

Barry was stunned; the impact of the blast had sent him rolling through the floor. The Shocker unaware of the other two heroes was walking slowing to him. Once close enough he was ready to shoot.

"End of the road Flash!" When he was about to shot, an arrow flew into his chest, attaching to it. Taking the distraction as an opportunity Barry escaped his enemy's sight while the arrow exploded soon after.

The shocker just stood there without moving an inch, surrounded by flames. Upon reaching a safe distance a voice talked to Barry.

"Barry how are you holding up?" It was Oliver voice again.

"Not good, that guy is really tough".

"The web-head has a plan but we need to distract him. Making him shoot you and dodge his blast"

"Easier said than done!... But I'll try"

Barry started to run, taunting Drive to get him while avoiding his attacks. His energy appeared to diminished at every fail attempt. One the other side however, were Peter and Oliver ready to go. The arachnid pressed his communicator.

"Flash now!" At the command, Barry stepped out leaving Shocker alone.

"What!? That's all you got coward!?" Yelled Axcel trying to mock Barry. He was so focus on the speedster that he didn't notice 3 arrows coming his way. Mid-way they opened up showing cables between them. As the arrows passed him, Axcel was sent into the wall, restraining his movements

"Ha! Do you believe this is enough?!" Struggling a little he produced enough energy to break the cables but in doing so, his energy started to fade away. "What!?"

"Hey dummy, look up!" Came Peter's voice. At the same time he threw a tiny metal object to his face with was pierced by an incoming arrow. The result was a blinding light.

When it all settled down, there were enormous webs covering the wall and a knocked out shocker in the middle of it all.

"What was that?" Barry asked.

"That my friends, is what happens went my web cartridge gets destroyed" Peter explained "My web-shooters were broken so Robin Hood here had to help me out".

"It was a risky move bug, how did you know that would stop him?" Questioned the archer.

"Elementary my dear Watson". Peter had to put a hand on his ribs "I wasn't sure why he was getting so powerful each time we hit him but then you fired your explosive arrow and I understood. He was absorbing the kinetic energy of our attacks and applying it to the air. That's why the flames from your explosion remained."

Barry snapped his fingers "That's why I'm the video every time he was getting shoot, the radio and the intensity of the blast were getting bigger".

"Clever" commented Oliver "but now what do we do with him?"

"I don't know about you guys, but I'd really like to see Caitlin right now. I may have 3 broken ribs" Peter said.

CRACK

"More like 4"

Everyone was on top of a building. Both, team Arrow and team Flash were waiting for the portal to open, so Peter could go home.

After stopping Drive on his assault of the bank the heroes got a well-deserved rest. Peter quickly went to Star Labs for checking and after some test Caitlin let him home. According to her, his healing factor should be enough to cure him after a good night sleep. The following morning his ribs were brand new.

The rest of the day was remarkably quiet. Peter just repairing his web-shooter and his suit with the help of Cisco who couldn't resist suggesting a couple of upgrades that Peter gladly accepted. Once the hour grew late Peter went to the nearest building to the portal and was surprised to see both teams there, including Joe and Iris. More amazing of all was Felicity Stone, who decided to came out of the shadows and introduce herself to Peter as Overwatch. Oliver was…. Well, being Oliver, so he was there as his alter-ego.

"Hey Peter, here is something for you" came Cisco to the web-head and handled him two thing, a camera and little pouch.

"The pouch is full of energy bars and a communicator. There may be useful to wherever you are going" explained Cisco

"And what's the camera for?"

"Come on! you need to have some proof of you being on another universe don't you think?"

Peter chuckled "Yeah, you are right". The next hour or so were just them fooling around, taking pictures and doing silly things. Even one with a very serious-looking Green Arrow. At the end the portal opened just a few floors below them.

"Everyone ... Thanks for trusting me, I know it wasn't easy. Barry, Green Arrow, our lives are never easy. Being struck by lightning, beaten by a radioactive spider or just training really hard, those moments gave us our powers but the people around us make us stronger. Felicity, Iris, Joe keep the guys in check but still look out for them. Caitlin, Cisco you may not have powers, but you are still heroes, with remains me". Peter took one cartridge from his belt and threw it at Cisco. "Put it to good use"

"Thank you man! Barry, this is gonna by so cool!" With the good byes finished Peter jumped out of the building and into the portal ready for his next adventure.