A week had past since J. Jonah Jameson had been sworn in as Mayor of New York City and going out as Spider-Man was now a lot harder for Peter than before. Now having to make extra care to find hiding spot to change into and as Spider-Man as there were a few calls off his Spider-Sense warning him about nearby police officers being close just as he was about to change so he had to find somewhere else. Having to hide in the shadows off the buildings when his Spider-Sense warned him about police helicopters making a sweep as well as trying to stay out of sight of police snipers perched on rooftops.

Plus taking care of crimes meant that having to swoop in the catch them and quickly throw them to the police when they arrived; taking an extra run and web swing before they have a proper chance to make chase. Still there were people who needed help for accidents so he would help out and make sure they were okay and having to leave when he heard sirens.

Having to be the mouse being chased by the cat that was Mayor Jameson's new Anti-Vigilante Task Force; he was certain that Jameson would have caleld it the Anti-Menace Task Force or something similar if he could get away with it.

Still he was getting better at fighting thanks to his new mentor in the fine ancient art of masked vigilantism Daredevil; during their lessons Peter could feel that he was going easy and was one hell off a fighter. The fabled Daredevil certainly earned his reputation; Peter wondered if his gimmick was devil themed because he made a deal with the devil to become the greatest fighter that the world has ever known.

He wasn't sure that he would be open to trying that himself; Spider-Man making a deal with the devil?

Pfft...

Well he was web slinging to Central Park, Manhattan while singing Barenaked Ladies' One Week to himself but stopped himself as he felt his Spider-Sense go off when he was getting near and nearer to the Park. He decided to go back to the nearest alleyway to quickly change into his normal clothes and hid in the shadows as he made his way back to the park.

He saw a couple of men with knives going up to a scared looking woman in a dark green coat and short red hair; he felt his Spider-Sense go off again and looked around and couldn't help but notice some police officers hidden behind trees and some snipers in the trees. "So this is a fake mugging they set up to draw me out; well let's see how they deal with a good sammaritan..." Peter thought getting an idea that was sure to get him hurt or worse if he didn't have powers.

He ran to the men and tackled them; taking them by surprised as he took them down using the fighting lessons that Daredevil had taught him. Was a big help in learning about Krav Maga and how to counter it; just in case an officer was lucky to get in close. The others had no time to get over their shock as Peter took them down as well and faced the confused and uncertain redhead woman.

"They are down for now; you can get away..." Peter yelled making his best looking frantic face at the redhead woman.

"Uh... Thanks kid but next time you shouldn't try and be a hero...Next time just report something you see to the police..." the woman muttered as Peter gave a nod and after turning away to leave had a grin feeling a bit too vindictive about making a fool out of the Task Force after all that the grief that they had been giving him for the past week.


In his bedroom young 15 year old blonde haired gifted science student Clayton Cole had earphones playing rock music loud in his ear while he was hard at work finishing up a black and white full body costume with a full face mask along with golden lenses. Plus miniature sonar devices that he had invented and would connect with wires to an electric backpack that he had made to power it.

He had gifted potential and his mother pushed him towards all sorts of science competitions but he knew his future was as the first ever rockstar scientist. True his sonar technology had gotten him into trouble recently but his suspension was up and he looked to his calendar which had the next day's date circled. He would get himself noticed for sure at the big football game his high school was having and this suit would make sure off it along with his tech.

On his wall he had pictures off the Spider-Man guy printed and taped to it; he was interested in this weird vigilante breaking all sorts of rules of physics and science imaginable. Plus all the attention he was getting with his weird abilities and his bright costume. Well it helped inspire him to put his costume together.


The next morning in his new office at City Hall; Jameson was not amused to get the latest report off the status of the Anti-Vigilante Task Force from New York's Police Commissioner Yuri Watanabe a strict looking Asian American woman with short hair. "All the budget that I gave your department for the Task Force and that masked menace is still eluding you all! I thought that your officers are supposed to the be city's finest but it seems that they can't even set a trap for them without some youth handing them on their literal butts!" Jameson demanded and Yuri suppressed a grin from the slight amusement that she had found from that particular detail about the operation.

"If it makes you feel any better Mayor Jameson sir; the officers involved are totally embarrassed with their pride irrevocably damaged." Yuri said thinking about how the officers would be the laughing stock off the department for the time being; the woman involved Officer Brigid O'Reily had been looking forward to snapping the cuffs on the 'masked lunatic' when he got close enough.

"I had better start seeing some real results soon Commissioner! That webhead put my son into a coma and I have a grandson who doesn't know if his father will ever wake up!" Jameson ranted as Yuri looked stern.

"I assure you Mayor that we have the officers in the Task Force hard at work on trying to catch him but considering what Spider-Man has shown himself to be capable off; it's easer said than done! We are doing what we can unless you want me to pull in officers from other cases or raise taxes for more of a budget!" Yuri replied and Jameson then angrily dismissed her and then put his hands to his face.

Soon there was a knock and Jameson allowed them to be sent in because if it was a waste of time then he could let out his pent up anger at them. He sat up straight as it was none other than Norman Osborn smirking as he came to his desk; "I can't help but overhear that you have a problem with our fair city's police force inability to catch Spider-Man. I think that I can offer a solution..." Norman explained and Jameson was intrigued.


It was that afternoon at night at the stadium at Midtown Magnet High as Peter was talked into attending by Harry who he was sitting with; the Midtown Tigers were taking on the Forest Hills Mustangs which was a weird situation for Peter to be in as Forest Hills High was his previous high school.

He saw how the Tigers were winning and the team was impressive; especially Flash who was maybe an arrogant blowhard but Peter couldn't deny that his place on the team wasn't well earned. Flash after entering the field with the team went to the cheerleaders and shared a kiss with Sally who was getting ready to lead her cheerleading troop; wasn't much of a surprise to find those two were a couple.

Though Peter cheered on his school with the others he couldn't help but spot Liz's own impressive moves using gymnastics to move about in her uniform; "Was Liz the reason why you agreed to come?" Harry teased as Peter was red in the face.

Half time came and Peter went down with Harry to meet Flash and Liz; "So Parker; are you here to admit how great that I am after you have finally seen me at work on the field?" Flash asked making a pose with his helmet and Peter sighed.

"Nice moves out there Liz..." Peter told Liz feeling a bit embarrassed but she looked amused.

"Glad that I have the support off my favourite tutor; my grades are up and everything!" Liz told Peter embracing him by the shoulder and his embarassment grew.

"I must have been inhaling too many chemical fumes because is that Peter Parker with a cheerleader and a football quarterback?" asked a familiar voice that Peter hadn't heard in a while and he turned and sure enough there was a blonde haired girl with a ponytail and glasses.

"Wait; aren't you Norman Osborn's son? I think Peter may have been replaced with an alien doppelganger who has much better luck!" said an obtuse boy with long blonde hair who was looking at Harry.

"Debra; Grady? What are you doing here?" Peter asked at once not having seen them since transferring to Midtown.

"We wanted to see our friend since we kind of lost touch but it seems that he has replaced us. We understand if you found better replacements to be your peers." the girl Debra said looking like she was actually sirking and PEter frowned as he sighed.

"Sorry; just have been a lot since transferring and then there was losing my Uncle..." Peter said apologetically as they were stunned and he groaned; "You didn't know..." Peter then muttered.

"Your Uncle Ben? If I knew I would have come to see how you were doing..." Grady muttered with Debra giving a nod.

"So Parker; are these your friends? You want to introduce us or keep pretending that we are not here?" Flash asked looking like the idea of someone having forgotten he was there frustrated him.

"Sorry; guys this is Harry, Flash and Liz. We kind of hang out now... Sort of... I am tutoring all but Flash and me and him just know eachother..." Peter said introducing them and then motioned towards the two of them. "These two were basically my social circle since middle school; we kind of stuck together because hardly anyone else would talk to us." Peter explained.

"Debra Whitman at your service; I consider myself Peter's sister." Debra introduced herself.

"Yes the sister that I both never had nor wanted..." Peter muttered and Debra pretended not to hear them.

"Grady Scraps and I heard all possible jokes about the name." Grady introduced himself.

"So you are all nerds?" Flash asked and Liz sighed at Flash's bluntness with Harry not knowing what to say but Peter shook his head.

"Peter was the smartest of us all; no kidding from the save he made at the science fair before he transferred..." Grady said but this got confusion from their eyes and Peter sighed.

Peter cleared his breath and said "well it's a funny story..."


At the science fair Peter was showing off his table filled with homemade gadgets that he had come up with along with a compound that he came up with. His aunt and uncle were there for support but on the table next to him Peter saw Clayton setting up a big and weird looking device.

"Uh... Clayton; didn't Ms Warren say to be careful with our projects as that looks kind of dangerous..." Peter asked Clayton looking at the socket that was plugged in looking like it could blow a fuse; his attention was turned to his classmate so he didn't notice an elderly man with glasses looking over the gadgets on his table.

Clayton scoffed as he powered it up saying "shows what you know Parker; don't try and sabotage me out of jealousy but my sonar cannon is going to literally blow away all competition..." Then the device let out a sonar blast which caused nearby people to cover their ears and messed with the electronics in other devices.

Then there was a yell and a call for the fire alarm and Peter acting quick picked up his mixture and covered the machine with it which seemed to dampen the machine with it.

Soon the auditorium was evacuated and Peter was being checked on by his aunt and uncle while Clayton was being chewed out by the school principal with almost everyone glaring at him. "Excuse me young man; I was eying what you had and seeing your quick thinking... You see I am the dean of a little school caleld Midtown Magnet High and I have an offer for you..." the man with glasses from before said to Peter coming up to them.


"...Peter got a transfer to a better school and Clayton got a suspension that he only recently returned from..." laughed Glady as the Midtown students thought that it was some story.

"So you pushed yourself to be a hero even at your old school..." Liz asked and before Debra and Grady could ask for more they heard static over the PA system. Then there was a sound saying:

"Attention all; you have an opportunity to be there for the debut for the Spectacular Sultan of Sound! Please go back to your seats!"

Peter had a bad feeling especially as his Spider-Sense went off; they went to the crowds and found that in the middle off the field was Clayton in his suit who put up his hands to activate his sonar tech which began damaging the football field along with the walls.

"Here I am the Spectacular Sultan of Sound: Clash!" Clayton said and the crowd began screaming as they evacuated.


Jameson when he had gotten time in his busy schedule went to Oscorp Tower and waited at the desk for Norman to come and greet him; he was brought to a lab and was introduced to Stillwell. "We understand that you want a solution for your Spider-Man problem. Well it just so happens that we have continued the tests that Mr Gargan had volunteered for once he had been cleared from hospital. We have been upgrading the tech around Mr Gargan's tail and with his abilities plus some upgraded tech; we believe that he could be the solution that you have been looking for." Stillwell said showing off some blueprints plush footage off Gargan during his training, leaving out the detail off the bribes that had been made for Gargan to be checked out.

"Looks well and good but I am looking to stomp down on masked vigilantes and you think the solution is to make another one?" Jameson demanded but Norman grinned.

"'Vigilante' would imply that Mr Gargan would be acting outside the law but with your approval he could be deputised to work with your Task Force; Mr Gargan has the training for the police department and I bet with the benefit of hindsight he has learned from his misguided mistakes." Norman replied and Jameson thought it over and grinned.


Was chaos at the school stadium with so many students and staff trying to flee and Clayton being careless with showing off his technology making a show for it. Peter found a place to change into being Spider-Man and made a big show off web swinging into the stadium as if he had just arrived.

"Funny what you can find out when you check for newly posted phone footage!" Peter yelled as he went to confront Clayton who was surprised; the audience noticed Spider-Man being there and looked like that they wanted to see what would happen now.

"You want to do a two man show? That's cool Spidey but I was hoping that I could get my big moment to myself..." Clayton said only for Peter to grab him by the collar off his suit and unmask him with his eyes widened upon seeing Clayton. Clayton then panicked as he was activating his sonar technology to blast at Peter who barely managed to dodge but felt the blast.

"What gives... I wanted to follow your example..." Clayton complained sending blasts at Peter to keep him away that he kept dodging to Peter's eyes widening.

Finding out that Clayton had made a suit and used his dangerous sonar technology to highjack this game was bad enough but Peter somehow inspired him? "Follow my example? What example?" Peter demanded.

"You showing off with the unusual things that you can do and with your suit! My first time showing off my invention didn't work out but then I saw you and I realsied I coudl get attention like you did!" Clayton continued on and Peter was furious.

"I use this suit to hide my identity so know one can come after me and my loved ones; I use these power to help people and not to show off! You saw me 'showing off' as the thing to emulate then you missed the point of what I am trying to do! Do you think I like the attention that the police have been giving me lately? The attention that the mayor has? Do you think I would endanger people like you are now..." Peter demanded as he jumped up to Clayton's back and crushed the backpack powering down Clayton's suit much to Clayton's panic.

"Here is a tip; not that there's a next time but try and keep your power source more hidden..." Peter said feeling like there was little else to do as he web slinged up and left as he heard sirens. Clayton tried to make a break for it but the security easily caught him.


Peter changed back and was now being checked over by May who drove like crazy as soon as she had gotten wind of what happened; "Kind of crazy huh Pete?" Grady asked coming up to Peter and May along with Debra after they were checked over by paramedics and were waiting for their parents to arrive.

They then noticed Clayton being forced into the back off a police car and Peter sighed; "Once again that Clayton boy endangered you children by wasting his gifts... To think that someone could be so smart and so careless..." May muttered and Peter had to agree with her.

They then noticed Flash with the football team and the cheerleaders; "Did you see how easily that Spider-Man took down that masked weirdo? I bet he came to the game himself to watch me lead the Tigers to victory!" Flash shouted excitedly and Peter wondered if his alter ego now had him as a fan.

"That's great but I bet the Clash kid did this on purpose to ruin the game as he knew that you were squashing his school's loser team!" Sally said as Liz noticed Peter.

"I wish you would stop worrying me Peter." Liz lightly chided him and he just gave a smile in return.

"So you have a cheerleader girlfriend then?" Debra whispered into Peter's ear and he glared at her.

"Will you drop it Debra?" Peter asked and her face showed that she had no intention to; he had forgotten what it was like having her around.


The next day after school Peter had gone home and on the news was a live press conference in front of City Hall by Jameson. He made a speech:

"Clayton Cole had a bright future ahead off him but now it has been squandered thanks to being inspired by that webhead menace Spider-Man! Not only does he directly put people at risk with his careless actions but now indirectly with the misguided youth taking him as inspiration! I hope he is happy with the youth whose life he had ruined; with him off to probably Juvie because he thought to replicate Spider-Man!"

"Something tells me that you are the type to blame violent crimes on video games and movies..." Peter thought as Jameson continued:

"But I have a solution; the newest deputised agent off the Anti-Vigilante Task Force!" and Peter's eyes widened as crawling down the building was Gargan in a black and dark green high tech armor with even his tail decorated as well and a helmet with large dark orange lenses. He jumped down next to Jameson as the cameras went into overdrive for pictures. Jameson continued on:

"Former badged NYPD officer and former private investigator: Mac Gargan was a volunteer for Oscorp's designs when he was assaulted by the webhead! Well he has been upgraded and well now be working with the Anti-Vigilante Task Force to take him down! Mr Gargan has made mistakes while he was in the force but he has seen the folly off his ways and now seeks to make up for it by taking a dangerous criminal off the streets! He shall be acting as New York's first true superhero: the Scorpion!"

"This could be a problem..." Peter thought as he took this in.

The police false flag operation to draw Spidey out is inspired by something similar that happened in an episode off the Watchmen show (a scene that featured a vigilante called Mr Shadow who looks like Big Daddy from the first Kick Ass movie) as well as the literature book Enemies & Allies. Basically taking place during the early days off Superman & Batman's careers and their first meeting set during the Cold War.

PS4 design for Scorpion's proper look.