Peter was out as Spider-Man during the night web slinging and ended up noticing down below the Shocker using his gauntlets to blast open an ATM machine and jumped down while the Shocker was opening up the sack that he brought with him. "Herman Schultz the Shocker... It's been years; hasn't it? I am going to be honest; the only reason why I even remember you is because I have faced you more than once and you pretty much have the honour of being the first masked bad guy that I had ever fought which is special for a D-list loser like you..." Peter quipped as the Shocker noticed him and began sending blasts against him.

"Close but no cigar boy; I got out of prison and got my hands on Schultz' stuff. I am the new and improved Shocker but one that has a grudge against you for putting me behind bars; Jackson Brice or you may know me better as Montana!" the Shocker told him in a Texan accent as Peter continued avoiding his blasts.

"Uh... Who?" Peter asked confused as the names didn't sound familiar and Montana got how outraged he was feeling through the body language of his head and face through his mask at not being recognised.

"I was a part of the Enforcers; the top gang of the Hammerhead crime family but we you took us down while we were gathered to get upgraded weapons... I lassoed you boy and had to watch as you and Octavius destroyed the business of the Maggia..." ranted Montana as Peter then webbed up his gauntlets causing them to imlode on him knocking him out.

"Doesn't ring any bells but being a new Shocker means that you don't have the experience of using his junk including the tricks I used to beat him..." Peter gloated as there were sirens of police cars and helicopters arriving.

"Spider-Man; this is the NYPD Enhanced Crimes Task Force! We have orders to bring you in for questioning about what happened to Hank McCoy and Herbert Landon... This is your only chance to come in quietly..." one of the officers said through a megaphone as they came out with enhanced weapons with Peter groaning at this.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you what happened but that was all Landon and Brandon's doing what happened and they manipulated the footage..." Peter protested as more cars came and the officers went to to them to drive away but they opened up to reveal masked Demons with energy through them making Peter gulp as he saw them touch their shoulders to knock them unconscious.

"Hey Demons; we are not in Chinatown..." Peter told them ready for a fight as one picked up a rocket launcher.

"You escalated things and now the Enhanced Crimes Task Force will be sending those contraptions into the streets which we do not want. Find out how to de-escalate things yourself because you do not want to see what we will do to fix your problems for you!" warned one of them in English as the one with the rocket launcher then fired at the helicopter and Peter panicked as he web slinged up to save the pilots but then there was Liz as Firestar dragging the officers in the helicopter out with her flight and Peter used his web to drag the rest of them out and got them out. They then got to the area where the helicopter was crashing on the ground and made sure that no one was around but the Demons had escaped in their vehicles.

"The Demons... They got to the task force and knocked them out for me... Not too happy about me 'escalating' things with them as if it was my fault that Landon led me into a trap and now you will be dragged into this since your boyfriend is a fugitive..." Peter groaned as Liz noticed the unconscious officers.

"We will do this together; clear your name but best thing to do right now is to get out of here before they send the robots out..." Liz assured them as Liz picked him up to fly him away so that he could better make his way back to his apartment window without being noticed.


The next afternoon after college; Peter and Liz decided to make a visit to the FEAST shelter to help out. Peter and Liz were smiling as they were giving out clothes to the residents of FEAST and one told Liz "never thought that Alchemax's princess would be here helping out as most in your position would find it beneath them."

"Well I certainly don't find helping people who need help to be beneath me." Liz replied sharing a looking with Peter as that was what they both did as superheroes. Liz then spotted in the corridors were Martin talking to Rio Morales. "Wait... Isn't that?" Liz asked recognising her and Peter did as well.

"Captain Davis' widow..." Peter muttered in awe as they both decided to come closer out of curiousity.

"...I want to thank you Mr Li as Jefferson's death has been hard on us both and Miles as well; I think he blames himself for a fight that they had just before the incident. His roommate says that he hardly spends time in his own dorm anymore and while has found it in him to spend time with Phin; I think that he is also angry as when he's over I find him in his room taking his frustration out of a Colonel Jupiter toy... I told him that he can volunteer here or more therapy; help him think that he is doing something useful as that could be the problem." Rio was telling Martin and Peter was silent at Rio mentioning her son feeling angry at John.

"It's no problem at all Mrs Morales... Peter, Liz... What a surprise..." Martin replied and noticed the two young adults as they stammered.

"Sorr for eavesdropping Mr Li... We noticed Mrs Morales and we couldn't get but be curious and hearing... So sorry as well Mrs Morales..." Peter stammered out as coming closer was May.

"Be more mindful Peter and I can't help but wonder if hearing about Miles reminded you Peter since you were only a year older than him when we lost Ben." May told him softly and Peter sighed as Liz having her eyes widened put an arm around her shoulder.

"If you have anything to say to Miles to help him when I have him over then I would be most appreciative. Your nephew Mrs Parker?" Rio told the Parkers and they nodded.

"Peter and I bet he would love to." May said as Peter nodded before she sighed. "Now if only the streets were safer for fine young men like them with that Task Force and their new robots; Mayor Saks said that next time Spider-Man appears and doesn't surrender then they will be sent out to hunt him." May muttered as Peter and Liz shared a grimace.

"From a doctored footage and I don't trust Brand or these robots; this is going to blow up in their and the mayor's faces and they will have to do damage control. I can only hope that no one dies or is seriously injured before it happens; I have half a mind to run for city council to get my objections to these death machines serving as law enfourcement." Rio replied as Peter and Liz were silent for a moment.

"Let's see if Spider-Man will keep his head down before it does..." Liz said as Martin shook his head.

"People like Spider-Man who go out to do good; it will not always be easy and has risks and sacrifices with hard calls but what's best for the people will make it worth it." Martin said making Peter and Liz feel better about it. "I have to go now; be seeing you all later. Hope you don't mind running things for me May." Martin said as they all wished him goodbye.

"Petey and I better head off now as well..." Liz said as they bid May and Rio farewell as they went to the door.

"I have to give Mrs Morales this; being so strong after her husband's death and full of grief but wanting to be the best parent to her just as grief stricken kid who puts blame on himself... Reminds me of Aunt May..." Peter told Liz as he felt his Spider-Sense go off as the looked up and a figure running across the buildings.

"Go and change; I will follow after I am done changing myself..." Liz told Peter and he nodded as he went to the back of the shelter to get changed.

Peter was web slinging and saw the figure running across the buildings chasing after Martin's limo; he looked and saw some sort of anti-gravity tech on his boots and using grapping hooks from the silver spiked gauntlets that he had to move about like he was using webs.

"Wow... Is this a fan imitating me..." Peter said as the figure got down onto the limio and ripped the top open as Peter lunged at the figure and saw that he was a short figure in a black bodysuit with a green Prowler logo painted on it; dark purple high collared jacket, black full face mask with a purple visor over it. "You are definitely too short and lean to be Aaron Davis; are you a new Prowler because I fought a new Shocker yesterday and if fighting legacy villians is going to be my thing now... I really am not looking forward to fighting a new Green Goblin..." Peter said as the new Prowler looked at him.

"Stay out of this Spider-Man; Martin Li knows where the Man-Wolf is and he is going to tell me!" the Prowler told him going to fight Peter with his gauntlets and Peter then ended up dodging them and Prowler was distracted as he saw Martin get out of his limo and running to an alleyway with Prowler giving chase.

Peter went to follow but then there was police cars came out with Enhanced Crimes Task Force officers and soon Spider-Slayer robots as well. "You idiots... Stand down... Martin Li is in trouble..." Peter snapped as he went to the alleyway and found Prowler moving up the wall with his boots scared and Peter saw that Mr Negative was there to his confusion as he glared at Peter with his energy going down to reveal Martin.

"Wait... Mr Li... You're Mr Negative..." Peter muttered in shock and denial but then the Spider Slayers came blasting and Peter picked up Martin and began running up the walls dodging the laser blasts. Martin took the chance to put a hand to Peter's shoulder...

Peter found himself in a black and white memory of Martin meeting with Simon Krieger and Johnathon Ohm at Roxxon Freedom Plaza and when the glass panel of the energy source generator was shattering; him being caught in the energy seeping out of it. Then Peter saw that one night Martin was cornered by the Demons but trying to defend himself he ended up activating his powers for the first time, taking them down and finding out that he coudl put energy in them to put them under control trances or even empower them.

Peter got out of it and to the top where there was the robots climbing up but then there was Liz as Firestar sending fire blasts at the Spider Slayer robots as Peter then jumped down with MArtin and put him down on the pavement while he was dodging laser blasts from the Spider Slayers and taking his chances to web to their backs to attack them.

Soon there was windows and walls destroyed with Peter and Liz having to go to catch teh debris and get civilians out of danger. "Come on... They wil lhaev to retreat if us both are not here and no need to escalate things and get people endangered..." Liz said as Peter was quiet thinking about what had happened and Liz looked towards him concerned when she had gotten them far enough.

"Martin Li... he is the leader of the Demons... He is Mr Negative..." Peter muttered as Liz was open mouthed shocked at what he had just told her.


The Prowler took a deep breath as he had managed to escaped to his hideout in an abandoned building scheduled for demolition the next year; he found a makeshift lab and greeted Phin. "Martin Li escaped... He has some sort of freaky powers himself... Some sort of black and white ghost like magic stuff... Trying to catch him for information won't work... Plus Spider-Man was there; cool to see him again but now he will be treating me as a member of his rogues gallery." the Prowler told Phin as she sighed.

"I was afraid that he would; even with your improved gym grades with your training and the gadgets that I have been working on with Grandpa; they can only do so much against another superhuman. Plus you are nowhere near ready to take on Colonel Jameson when we do find him..." Phin told him as the Prowler took off his visor.

"I have to try... He has to face justice for for what he did to my dad..." the Prowler told her as he unmasked to reveal Miles.


That night Peter was on a video call on his laptop with Liz, Grady and Debra. "Martin Li is the leader of the Demons? Your aunt's boss, the philanthropist who set up FEAST?" Debra asked sounding like she didn't believe it.

"It's true... I saw it with my own eyes and he used his powers on me... During my first year as Spider-Man and you know what happened when I first met Cloak & Dagger at Roxxon?" Peter asked and they nodded heard of the story. "The other dimensional energy that they were using hit him and it gave him his powers... Maybe it affected him and made him evil... He had done so much good and I don't think he wants people harmed..." Peter said giving it thought.

"He is still the leader of a crime organisation that went through a lot of effort to make sure the people and you especially didn't know that they existed... He knows you know but you don't have proof and it's not like people are going to trust someone who is a fugitive now about someone like Martin Li..." Grady said as Peter sighed.

"Have to somehow get proof and there are the robots..." Peter muttered as Liz coughed to get their attention.

"Well I have just saw the news and there are witnesses interviewed not happy about the robots putting their lives in danger and shop owners having their place of businesses trashed thanks to the lasers... Mr Li himself made a big speech to the reporters about how afraid he was of being targetted by the new Prowler and then the robots... Saying that he feared for his life and was grateful that Spider-Man and Firestar was able to get him to safety..." Liz sighed and Peter groaned as this was only going to make him more conflicted but hopefully the bad PR for the robots will ease up on their use for now.


The headquarters of the Demons and Martin was talking to a lieutenant of the Demons; "Mayor Saks has given a statement saying that in response to last night's incident then the SS robots will now only be sent out against Spider-Man in a last resort and to be more reserved against more dangerous villains." Martin was told in Chinese and he was pleased because the less risk of those things being loose in the city then the better.

He went to a special suite set up and inside there was John still in his wolf form using the accomodations given to him. "Mr Li; I can't thank you enough but is it worth the trouble... After what I foolishly done and what my family must think... You don't need to get into possible trouble thanks to me and should have just handed me over..." John told Martin solemnly as Martin shook his head.

"Nonsense Colonel Jameson; my life's work consists of helping those down on their luck without anyone else to turn to." Martin assured him with a smile.

Miles' Prowler suit here is based on the Earth-42 Prowler from Across the Spider-Verse; I had plans to make Miles a Spider-Man as usual but since I went through an origin for the alternate universe Miles in this story, I decided to switch it around for the main universe MIles in this story and have him be the new Prowler only without his uncle helping him and Phin being his tech support. How he moved about is inspired by a deleted scene tht I found online that was supposed to show the Earth-42 Miles' vigilante acts (as said by the art book) in action as a Robin Hood type figure albeit using a more generic look but actively working with Aaron who was still the Prowler. I believe it was deleted for time as the movie was already quite long.