Hello lovely readers! Here's a new chapter for you. Let's see what Peter thinks about the latest events and if he can stay out of trouble. Okay, I guess we all know he can't :) Anyway, enjoy the story!

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It's Tuesday night and Peter is chilling on one of his favorite rooftops, eating a granola bar. His life has become normal in the last few days. As normal as it can be while being Spiderman and living with Tony Stark at the Tower. But he goes to school and has a home again. He sleeps in a bed and doesn't have to worry about food anymore. It's awesome, it really is. His old life with Aunt May might be over, but he really like this new one. He hopes it'll last. He still has his doubts, though. Mr. Stark is not parent material, he said that himself. More than once. He said he worried that he wouldn't be good enough for Peter.

But Peter knows that's bullshit. Because Mr. Stark is kind and caring and compassionate and understanding and supportive like a parent should be. He's not the overconfident, arrogant smartass like he pretends to be at press conferences, no, he's a good man. He could have called CPS when he found out that Peter was a homeless kid, most adults would have done that. But Mr. Stark chose the hard way: he decided to take in Peter instead.

And the boy is really grateful. He has never stayed in a foster family but when he was living on the streets, he heard stories, he met kids who had run away from their foster homes. He knows finding a really good foster family is hard for any kid. Let alone for an enhanced teenager. What normal family would tolerate or even support a kid who wants to be a superhero by night?

What would have May done if the bite had happened before her death? She would have worried about him, sure, but would have she let him patrol as Spiderman? Peter thinks after some serious conversations (no, not fights), May would have understood the importance of Spiderman. With his weird powers, Peter just couldn't stay put not doing anything. He couldn't just not use his powers when he has the chance to help people. He feels responsible for the little guy. And May would have understood that. Being a nurse, helping people was her life, too.

Anyway, Peter knows he's really lucky. He doesn't have to live on the streets anymore, he has a really nice room and Mr. Stark makes amazing waffles. Plus, the man is okay with the Spiderman thing. He added some more rules to the curfew, but they're okay. For example, taking a break every now and then to eat something. Like this granola bar right now.

So things are okay. More than okay, everything's awesome. Peter feels it's like the happy ending of a movie, just before the end credits roll. This is like happily ever after.

But way too many bad things have happened to Peter and he knows good things never last forever. And this will come to an end, too. He remembers how he felt when he woke up at the Tower after Tony had told him that he could stay forever. Peter thought it was all a dream. A really good one. And he didn't want to wake up. Well, it still feels like a dream and he still doesn't want to wake up. But he knows he has to. Sooner or later.

In Peter's opinion, there are two possible scenarios. One day, Mr. Stark will realize living with a kid is too much trouble. The everyday routine that comes with a child is not for him. Getting up early every day, making breakfast, helping with homework, talking to teachers, allowing other kids to come over, making dinner… Peter doesn't think he's that much trouble, he doesn't really need help with his homework and he doesn't get into trouble at school, so his teachers don't have to call Mr. Stark, but still. Peter knows a kid is trouble, much more trouble than a puppy and Mr. Stark's life is crazy enough even without a kid, thank you very much. And yes, one day the man will realize this and Peter will have to go.

Or. More likely, Peter will screw up. He will let his emotions get the better of him and he will do something really stupid. Like the last time, when he ran away and hid in the warehouse. What did he think? How could he possibly think that Mr. Stark would be okay with that? Well, the answer is simple: he didn't think. At all. And Peter tries really hard not to make a mistake like that again. He tries not to do anything stupid that might make Mr. Stark change his mind about taking him in. But who is he kidding? Of course he'll screw up. It's just a matter of time. Mr. Stark might be really cool and understanding but he won't tolerate Peter's shit forever.

Because there's so much to tolerate. Although May died more than half a year ago, he's still not over it. He still misses her. So much.

And after living on the streets for months, he's lucky enough to find a good home, but instead of feeling happy and relieved, what is he doing? He's running away, back to his cold and dirty hideout to cry, because it's too much. Pathetic.

And when he feels better, he goes out to patrol as Spiderman while all the other kids are safely tucked in their beds.

Yeah, Peter's not a hard case at all. Absolutely nothing extraordinary about him. He really doesn't make it that hard for Mr. Stark to take care of him. He doesn't give him any trouble. Yeah, sure.

Right, Mr. Stark said he would never kick him out. He said that when they were discussing those stupid rules. The man claimed no matter what Peter did, he would never send him away. But the boy thinks Mr. Stark didn't know what he was talking about. He didn't know how much trouble Peter could be.

So. It's just a matter of time until Mr. Stark kicks him out. And Peter won't even blame him. No, he'll understand.

Suddenly, a scream interrupts his train of thoughts. He immediately drops the last piece of the granola bar and pulls down his mask. He's ready for action. Actually, he feels relieved that he has something to distract him from his misery. Then he feels bad because he shouldn't be glad that someone is obviously in trouble.

"Karen, what's happening?" he asks, leaping over the ledge.

"Three men attacked a young woman two blocks from here. I checked a security camera footage, one of them has a knife," Karen informs him.

With his AI's help, Spiderman soon arrives at the scene. In a dark alleyway, three thugs are surrounding a woman in her late twenties; one of guys already has her bag in his hands. But they clearly want more. A man reaches for the girl's jacket and she screams again, stepping back from her attacker only to bump into another one behind her. That guy grabs her arms and she struggles to get out of his grip, but the man is strong and she can't get away from him.

"Didn't your mom teach you to treat a lady with respect?" Spiderman asks, crouching on the top of a van.

The man might be surprised by the superhero's arrival but he's definitely not scared. He strengthens his grip on the woman's arms and she hisses in pain. The goon's friend, the one with the knife steps forward, he probably wants to defend him from Spiderman. The third one is just clutching the handbag like it's some kind of precious treasure. He probably doesn't even know what to do. The weakest link, Spiderman thinks to himself.

"Okay, so this is the moment when you let the lady go and run," Spiderman implies what the criminals should do now. But they don't understand. Or don't want to. "Well, don't complain later that I didn't give you a chance to leave," the superhero shrugs.

He quickly shoots a web at the guy with the bag and webs him to a streetlight. The bag falls from his hands. One down, two more to go.

The man with the knife – a tall, skinny guy with a brown beanie – steps even closer to his friend, who moves back with the woman. Spiderman jumps off the van and lands in front of them. The goon with the knife raises his weapon threateningly.

"Relax, buddy," Spiderman says, holding up both of his hands in a mock surrender.

It's gonna be too easy. He'll just yank out the knife of Beanie's hands and go for the other guy. That one doesn't seem to have any weapon; it'll be easy enough to convince him to let the woman go. Scratch that. Something metallic is shining in that thug's hand, too. Where was his knife until now? Well, there goes Spiderman's plan. If he starts to fight with Beanie now, he might not be able to protect the woman from the other guy. He can't risk that.

"Why don't you let the lady go and we'll call it a night," Spiderman offers.

"Why don't you get lost, freak?" the criminal holding the girl snorts.

"You know I can't let you leave with her."

"But I like her," the man grins, pulling the woman closer. She squeezes her eyes shut, she probably tries to pretend that she's not even here, in this crazy situation.

Spiderman thinks hard. If there was no hostage, he could easily fight both of these guys. But he can't risk the thugs hurting the woman. He has to come up with a new plan.

"Karen," he mutters, "Could you create some kind of diversion?"

"Sure, Peter," the AI answers.

Suddenly, an alarm goes off further down the alley. The sound is way too loud for Spiderman's super hearing and he hopes it's too loud for the criminals, too.

"Nice, Karen," he praises the AI. Now he needs to move fast.

When the thugs turn to check out the noise, Spiderman immediately takes the opportunity to shoot a web at a fire escape and swings over the bad guys, landing behind them. The men are still distracted by the alarm and Spiderman can easily get the woman out of her attacker's grip. By the time the guy realizes what happened, the superhero has already pushed her behind his back.

Okay, now that the hostage is safe, he can fight the bad guys. He whispers to the girl to leave. As she hesitantly starts to back away, he's shielding her from the thugs who are still trying to get closer to them, holding out their knives. "Easy, easy," Spiderman says as if talking to wild animals.

Finally, the woman decides it's safe to run. She quietly thanks Spiderman and darts off. She even grabs her bag from the ground.

And now the fight begins. The men seem really angry now that their hostage has slipped away and they launch forward furiously. But Spiderman dodges most of their punches and their knives never touch him. Okay, he might take some pretty bad hits, but he's fine, it's alright, it's nothing he can't handle. He kicks out a knife from its owner's hand and he shoots a web to snatch the other one. The fight lasts only like three minutes and then the three criminals are webbed up as yet another gift for the police.

"Huh, that was fun," Spiderman remarks, dusting off his hands. "Maybe we can do this again some time? On second thought, maybe not. Don't steal bags and kidnap ladies, that's mean."

He shoots a web to another fire escape to leave the scene. It must be late and he has school tomorrow, maybe this has been enough for tonight.

"Karen, call the police, please, let them know that we have a nice surprise for them. And if you could also send them the security camera footage that you used before, that would be awesome."

Spiderman is already on a rooftop, ready to shoot another web to swing home when he realizes something is not right. Something is missing. But what? Maybe his AI knows what's wrong.

"Karen?"

There's no answer.

"Karen?" he tries again. Okay, now he's officially worried.

Then a script appears on his HUD.

"I'm sorry, Peter. One of the hits must have damaged my audio system. I'm afraid my voice is gone."

Oh shit. What has he done?

So here we go again.

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