AN: Hello, fellow readers! The next chapter of Spider-Man and Class 1-A's patrol is here! Sorry this took a while to update. I had a case of writer's block and stress from work.
I want to get this addressed before we continue with the chapter. I already have plans in place for Batman and his DC Universe. It's not dark and sad. He'll be fine.
Anyways, onward with the chapter. There's a certain cameo in this chapter, so keep an eye out.
I don't own anything at all.
Jewelry Store in New York: Afternoon
*GLASS SHATTER* *BEEP* *BEEP*
As the glass shatters and the alarm goes off, six masked people in different colored jumpsuits grab as much jewelry as they can, putting it in their duffel bags. While they were getting the jewelry, four other jumpsuits people with guns were on look out for cops.
The Red jumpsuit guy looked at the lookouts and yelled. "Hey! Any sign of the cops? We're almost done with the ice!"
"No cops around." The Yellow Jumpsuit guy said. " We might get away with this easily!"
"Then we better wrap this up before the Web-Head or any other costumed freaks show up!" The Blue Jumpsuit guy said as he grabs the jewelry. "Alright! We're almost done! We just need a few more th- *BLAST* AGH!"
The other jumpsuit guys looked to see where the blast came from and saw a kid with grenade bracers and an orange, black, and green outfit. They noticed the kid looking at them with his palms out and a malicious intent.
"DIE! YOU JUMPSUIT LOSERS!" Bakugo shouted as he blasted his way to the jumpsuits.
The four jumpsuit guys started to fire their guns at Bakugo. Bakugo evaded the gunfire and blasted to the side as the guns continued to fire at him. The guns then stopped shooting due to low ammo which signaled Bakugo to dart towards the gunmen. Bakugo opened his palm and blasted the gunmen taking them out.
Once the gunmen were down, Bakugo looked at the rest of the store and saw that the other jumpsuit men had vanished. He also noticed small bits of jewelry trail on the floor leading to the back door. Bakugo grunted and chased after the other jumpsuit men to the back room which leads to the alleyway.
As Bakugo entered the alley, he screamed. "Hey losers! Get back here and fight m-"
Bakugo was interrupted as he looked what's in front of him. He sees the other jumpsuit guys trapped in a wall of ice. He also sees Todoroki there with the bag full of jewels next to him.
Bakugo grunted and yelled. "Dammit, Icy Hot Bastard! I had them dead to rights!"
"You went ahead, Bakugo." Todoroki said. "We were supposed to make sure to take down the criminals together without any of them escaping with the jewelry."
"Considering that these low-lifes don't have quirks, It'll be much easier to take them down." Bakugo said. "It's easier to do this myself!"
Spider-Man suddenly appeared in front of both the young heroes upside down and said. "As much as to my enjoyment as the lawfully wedded couple argue about useless things, I'd say you two did well."
Todoroki looked at Spider-Man surprised and said. "Don't you think you'll scare people, if you keep appearing like that?"
Spider-Man landed on the ground and said. "Nah, that's Batman's shtick. When I appeared, people were either excited, surprised, or annoyed. I have that effect on everyone I meet."
Spider-Man looked at the ice trapped jumpsuit men and looked at the bag full of jewelry next to Todoroki. "The important thing is the both of you stopped the jewel robbery. I already webbed up the jumpsuit guys in the store. If I was your teacher, I'd give you Shoto an A for effort. Although for you Dynamight, a B+."
Bakugo stayed silent and glared at the Webslinger for that comment.
Streets of the Upper East Side: Dusk
A cop car is chasing two vehicles that are speeding throughout the streets in the upper east side. The two vehicles then went into the alleyway which led into another street with the cop car still in pursuit. The criminals in the other two cars started to shoot their guns on the cop car.
"This is Car 11-K! I'm still in pursuit of the vehicles!" Officer yelled as he's driving and avoiding the shots. "Request police roadblock to be built on 1st Ave-!"
The cop car suddenly felt a hit as the front tire was shot. The car then drifted but hit a curb in which the vehicle was launched in the air. The car was about to hit some bystanders in the area until they saw someone they didn't expect.
They saw a young teenage girl in a black and pink costume jump over the incoming car and touch it. The car suddenly felt weightless and stopped in mid air. The bystanders saw the teenage girl landed on the ground and then saw someone else familiar swinging to the car.
*THWIP* "Make way for everyone! Roadside assistance coming through!" Spider-Man said as he swung through and webbed the police car.
Spider-Man had the webbed car with him and guided it to the ground safely. He went to the driver side of the police car to check on the cop.
"Hey, Officer Romita Sr.! How's your kid!" Spider-Man said. "You should be more careful about driving while pursuing nutjobs."
Officer Romita Sr. looked at the Webslinger surprised and said. "Spider-Man! Thank you and the pink girl for saving me! I knew Jameson was wrong about you. Also, my kid wants your autograph!"
"Oh I love to give autographs to my fans, but there's a chase going on so I'm going to jet! Hey, Uravity! Good job! Now let's catch up with the criminals!" Spider-Man said as he thwips his web to swing and grabbed Uraraka to catch up with the criminals.
Both heroes manage to catch up to the two vehicles. The criminals noticed the two and started to precisely shoot at them. Spider-Man and Uraraka evaded the shots and continued to follow the criminals. While the criminals are shooting at the heroes, they notice someone else running at high speed towards them.
The criminals see a person in a fully armored suit with exhaust pipes sticking out of his back. They started to fire at the person but he dodged the shots and catched up with the two vehicles.
Iida was running to the first vehicle and yelled. "Villains, I recommend you stop before anyone gets hurt!"
The driver pulled out the gun and shot Iida but the latter avoided it. Iida slowed down to let the cars pass and then speed up again. He kicked the backside of one car which made the vehicle uncontrollable and crashed into a wall. Iida then sped up to the other vehicle and kicked the back sided making the car sliding out of control.
Iida noticed the car was aggressively sliding towards a family of three. He uses his engine to quickly grab the family out of harm's way. The car crashed into a tree nearby.
Iida looked at where the car was and then looked at the family who were terrified. He asked them. "Are you alright?"
The father spoke up and said. "Th-Thank You! Thank you for saving us!"
"D-Daddy M-Mommy, this hero saved us!" The boy said. "Can we ask for his name? I've never seen him before."
Iida was about to speak but Spider-Man and Uraraka landed next to him.
"Ingenium! Are you alright? Is anyone else hurt?" Spider-Man asked.
The boy overheard Spider-Man and said. "Ingenium? That's a cool name! The costume looks pretty cool too!"
"Thank you! And No, Spider-Man. I got the civilians out of harm's way and stopped the vehicles." Iida said.
"Okay good!" Spider-Man said as he looked into where the criminals were and noticed the police. "It seems the police have caught up to where these nut jobs are. So I'd say well done to both of you for stopping a chase and saving lives."
Iida bowed to Spider-Man and said. "Thank you, Spider-Man! This experience will help us become better heroes!"
Spider-Man looked at Iida amused and then looked at Uraraka and asked. "Is he always like this?"
Uraraka happily replied. "Sometimes."
Outside of a Burning Building: Dusk
*BREAK*
Spider-Man and Kirishima break out of the burning building and land in the safe zone where the firefighters, the paramedics, and Jiro were while the webslinger was holding a small child. Spider-Man handed the paramedic the child.
Spider-Man looked back at the burning building and said. "The firefighters managed to get people from the first floor out of the building. Earphone Jack, check for anyone else who's trapped."
Jiro plugged her earphone jacks in the ground and attempted to detect anyone else inside the building.
"Spider-Man, I detected three people still in the building. A woman with a baby on the second floor. A boy trapped in a closet on the third floor." Jiro said.
Spider-Man nodded and looked at Kirishima and said. "Alright, I'll go get the boy on the third floor. Red Riot, go get the woman and the baby on the second floor." *THWIP*
Spider-Man webs zipped up to the third floor of the burning building while Kirishima activates his quirk and runs to the front door of the building.
Inside the Burning Building
When Kirishima went through the door, debris collapsed behind thus entrapping him. Kirishima went through the burning hallway and saw the stairs. He noticed the stairs were in flames so he quickly got to it. Kirishima went up the stairs and by the time he reached the second floor the stairs collapsed.
Kirishima looked around the burning area of the second floor and yelled. "Hey! Where are you! I'm here to help!"
"I'm over here, help!" the woman screamed.
Kirishima went to the source of the voice and also heard a faint baby cry. When he arrived, he saw the woman and the baby trapped in a room. Kirishima broke through the burning wood and went to the woman.
"Follow me, Let's go!" Kirishima said.
The woman followed him with the baby in her arms. When they reached the burning hallway, parts of the building collapsed blocking them inside the flaming room. Kirishima held the woman and baby close. He looked to see if there's an opening until he saw water spraying through a window and gave him an idea.
Kirishima looked at the woman and said, "I have an idea but I need you to trust me on this one. Hold on to me and don't let go."
The woman nodded and held on to her baby and held on to Kirishima. Kirishima started to run to the window. *BREAK*
Outside of the Burning Building
*BREAK*
Kirishima with the woman and the baby breaks through the window. They were falling and Kirishima turned his body around so he could take the impact.
Both landed on the ground hard with Kirishima taking the impact. He checked on the woman and the baby with both of them fine.
Kirishima then heard another break and saw Spider-Man with the boy escaping the burning building. He landed next to them. The boy left Spider-Man and went to the paramedics.
"Red Riot, are you alright?" Spider-Man asked. "I gotta say that was pretty manly."
Kirishima looked at Spider-Man and said, "I'm good and thank you for the compliment, Spidey!"
As Spider-Man was about to speak, he heard someone else yell.
"Where's my wife and son?! They were there. I have to find them."
The woman spoke up while holding the baby and said, "I'm here, Steve!"
Steve looked and saw that his wife and son were okay and next to Spider-Man and Kirishima.
Steve ran towards his family and hugged them. "I'm so glad you're safe."
Steve then turned to Spider-Man and Kirishima. "Thank you, both of you. I don't know what I'd do without them."
"You're very welcome, Mr. Steve…" Spider-Man said.
"Ditko. Steve Ditko." Steve said. "Again, thank you for saving my family."
Spider-Man and Kirishima gave them their gratitude. The Ditko family left the two and went to the paramedics. Jiro ran towards the two heroes.
"Are you guys alright?" Jiro asked. "The fire's been extinguished and everyone has been rescued."
"We're good." Spider-Man said. "Considering that you both are heroes in training, you guys are naturals at this. I'm impressed. Both of you should be proud about tonight."
Kirishima and Jiro happily nodded at the Webslinger's words of encouragement.
Streets of the Upper West Side: Night
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
The two gangs are in the middle of an intense shootout against each other. Both sides were shooting their guns in the middle of the street with vehicles as cover. Civilians ran away from the shots to get to safety.
One member of the Skull gang takes cover as he reloads his gun and yells, "Don't let the Maggia take over our turf boys!"
While on the Magia side, one member continues to fire shots towards the other gang. He took cover and yelled, "Boss said, he wants the Skulls out of the way! Take no prisoners!"
The other Maggia members moved out of cover and were about to fire their guns until they felt something. *THWIP* Maggia members saw their guns covered in web and were yanked away from them.
"Now now. What did mom say about playing in a gang fight with your friends outside late at night?" Spider-Man said.
The Maggia members looked up to the street light finding Spider-Man perched on it while waving at them.
"It's Spider-Man! Shoot him!" One Maggia member with a gun said as he started firing at the Web-Head.
Spider-Man jumped over the shots and the gang and said, "If this was a carnival game, no plushie for you. Tsukuyomi, you're up!"
The moment Spider-Man finished the sentence, Maggia members turned to see a person with a bird face standing with a dark bird-like shadow in front. The dark bird moved forward attacking the Maggia gang.
Dark Shadow attacked a handful of the Maggia members, knocking them down. When Dark Shadow finished with the members, the other Maggia members pointed their guns and fired at the bird but evaded. Dark Shadow retracted back to Tokoyami then suddenly a tongue wrapped around him and quickly went up.
The gang saw Tokoyami up in the air but then saw a frog-like girl on a wall. The gang members started to point and shoot at the frog girl but she jumped away from the shots.
Both Asui and Tokoyami landed on the ground. Tokoyami moved to one side and released Dark Shadow to attack a couple of the gang members. Asui jumped to the other side and used her tongue to attack one member then jumped on the other members back. She jumped off the other gang member and used her tongue to wrap around another member's arm to which she pulled him to her. Asui then kicked the gang member.
While the Maggia side is busy with Spider-Man, Tokoyami, and Asui. The Skull Gang witnessed the battle in front of them. The gang wondered what to do next.
One Skull member then spoke up. "Since the Maggia are busy with the Spider and those two, let's get out of here."
As a few of the Skulls turned around to leave but saw a net coming towards them. The net caught those few members.
Other skull gang members turned to see a girl with a red and yellow outfit holding a net gun. She then created a bo-staff from her hand and was ready to fight the gang.
Yaoyorozu dashed forward delivering bo staff strikes on a few Skull members. She then saw a crowbar swing towards her. Yaoyorozu parried it and then took down the gang member. She then saw a few Skull members point their guns and shoot her. Yaoyorozu barely dodged it and created a shield to take cover.
As the few Skull members shoot where Yayorozu was at, they suddenly feel a powerful wind force which knocks them down to the ground. The other skulls looked to find the source. They saw a boy with green hair in a green jumpsuit pointing his hand out.
Midoriya then charged up and ran to the remaining skull members who were standing. He grabbed one skull member and body slammed him. Midoriya noticed a bat swinging to him and evaded it. He quickly gave the skull member a swift kick, launching the skull to the other members. Midoriya saw a big skull member coming towards him and jumped over the big guy. He then charged up and delivered a shoot style kick that gave out a powerful wind force. Most of the Skull gang members were caught by the force and were launched to a wall.
Midoriya looked at the Skull gang members down and out. He then turned around to see Yaoyorozu walking up to him. Midoriya gave her a nod in which Yaoyorozu nodded back. They then looked on the Maggia side to see Spider-Man, Tokoyami, and Asui finishing up.
Spider-Man looked around the mess of the gang fight and commented, "Well, I never thought in my life the Skull gang and the Maggia would fight over whose turf it is. There's a first for everything."
Spider-Man turned to the four students and said, "Deku, Froppy, Creati, and Tsukuyomi. Great job! You four, along with the others, are going to be great heroes."
The four students nodded in approval while Asui ribbits and Dark Shadow appeared to give Spider-Man a thumbs up.
Rooftop Building around Times Square: Night
The ten class 1-A students are sitting on the floor of the roof resting after doing patrol. Spider-Man was perched on the ledge and had a conversation with the students.
"So everyone, how's your time on patrol?" Spider-Man asked. "I think you all did well. Learning that all of you had done patrol before."
"I can't believe there are so many crimes happening in this city." Yaoyorozu said. "Are there any other heroes stationed here?"
"Well yeah. There are other heroes here in New York." Spider-Man explained. "Not counting myself and The Avengers. Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, The Punisher, Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Cloak and Dagger, Doctor Strange, and the Fantastic Four."
"Amazing! I would like to meet those heroes!." Midoriya said. "Although, some of them sound like they use their real names as hero names."
"Yeah but I can't really convince them to change their hero names." Spider-Man said. "But hey, it's their preference. Although, I would warn you about the Punisher. He's someone who isn't a social person. Also, his way of heroism is different from some others."
Some of the students wondered about Spider-Man's description of the Punisher and would like to see it for themselves.
Spider-Man then notices Jiro listening to the music player that was made for her by J.A.R.V.I.S.. She's listening to it and seems to enjoy it. Spider-Man waved his hand to get Jiro's attention.
"I see you are enjoying the music player." Spider-Man said. "How's our world's rock and metal music?"
Jiro looked at him excitedly and said, "It is so punk rock! These rock and metal bands have an amazing sound. My favorites are AC/DC, Metallica, and Guns N' Roses."
"Joo. Now, I want a music player!" Kirishima said. "I want to know what manly music this world has."
While some of the students and the Webslinger asked about music, Midoriya noticed Bakugo sitting on the ledge looking down on Times Square. Midoriya thinks that his childhood friend is frustrated after losing to Hawkeye. He decided to walk towards him to check up on him.
"Um… Kacchan?" Midoriya asked. "A-Are you okay? Are you still upset about Hawkeye?"
Bakugo turned to Midoriya and gave him a glare and said in a normal voice. "No… I'm still going to beat him next time we fight. I'm just thinking. Not your concern, Deku."
"Oh, O-Okay. If you still want to talk Kacchan, I'm here." Midoriya said as he walked back to the group.
Bakugo stayed silent and looked down on Times Square. He saw a limo escort wondering what event was going on in the city. Bakugo then saw a garbage truck crash into the limo with black cars surrounding the limo. He later saw men in suits with black and white demon masks grabbing people out of the limo taking them hostage.
Bakugo turned to where the others were and shouted, "Hey, morons! There's a hostage situation down there with some weirdos in demon masks!"
Spider-Man rushed to where Bakugo was and looked at the situation down there. The rest of the students followed suit.
Spider-Man observed and said, "Not good. I remember the Senator is in town for an Oscorp press conference. These dudes in masks are from the Demon gang led by Mr. Negative. Seems they have the senator hostage alongside owner Norman Osborn and…Gwen and Harry!"
The students were surprised to hear the Webslinger's shock and knowledge of the last two names he mentioned.
"Um… Yeah." Spider-Man said hesitantly. "Look, I would explain why I know but we need to save them."
Middle of Times Square: Night
The crowd clears out as the Demon gang held the Senator, Norman Osborn, his son Harry, and Gwen Stacy captive as the villain Mr. Negative is standing in front of them.
Mr. Negative looked at one of his Demon members and said, "Give me Osborn!"
The Demon member pushed Norman to Mr. Negative. He then grabbed Norman by the throat with his left hand. Mr. Negative had his sword on the right and put it on Norman's face. Mr. Negative charged his negative energy on his sword. The sword's energy was burning hot and it slightly burned Norman's face in which he screamed in agony.
Harry screamed as he got out of a demon member's grip and ran towards his father, "Dad! No!"
Harry was then clotheslined by a large demon member. He was laid down on the floor unconscious.
"Harry, No!" Gwen screamed as she looked in horror.
Mr. Negative let go of Norman and walked towards the unconscious Harry. He pointed his sword to the young Osborn in attempting to stab him.
"Martin, No!" Norman screamed.
"You took my family away. I'm going to take away yours!" Mr. Negative said as he was ready for the kill.
*THWIP* A web line hit the sword and was yanked away from Mr. Negative's hand. Mr. Negative looked up to see Spider-Man on a pole.
"Doing a hostage situation and attempted murder in the middle of Times Square is the most amateur thing a villain would do." Spider-Man said as he leapt from the pole and landed on the ground.
"What are you doing here, Spider-Man?! This has nothing to do with you! Stay out of my business!" Mr. Negative exclaimed angrily.
Spider-Man thought about it and said, "A grudge against Osborn, not my problem. But holding hostages is my problem."
"I won't let you take away my revenge!" Mr. Negative said as he charged his attack. "AHHH!"
Spider-Man dodged the negative attack. He then thwips his web and swings around the demons. Mr. Negative orders his demons to shoot him. The Demon gang proceeds to shoot Spider-Man. As the demon gang shoots at Spider-Man, they hear someone yelling.
"DIE DEMONS!" Bakugo yelled as he released a palm blast.
The blast caught some of the demons rendering them unconscious. Bakugo landed in front of Mr. Negative. He charged towards the villain to blast him. Mr. Negative jumped out of the way. Bakugo turned to face the villain again and blasted his way to him for another blast.
While Bakugo is fighting Mr. Negative, the demons who had the hostages suddenly felt webs and were yanked up. Spider-Man landed in front of the hostages. Two other demons tried to sneak attack from behind. Spider-Man jumped over them and delivered two kicks to the face knocking them down.
"You guys okay? You might need to go to safety." Spider-Man asked.
Gwen was about to say something but she instead yelled. "Spider-Man, watch out!"
Spider-Man suddenly felt his senses tingling and evaded a punch. He sees a few demon gang members attacking him. Spider-Man dodges the attacks and jumps backwards. As soon as he lands, Spider-Man realizes he's surrounded by the Demon Gang.
Spider-Man looked at his surroundings and said. "Guys, there's plenty of me to go around. You don't have to surround me like I'm a celebrity."
As the Demons surround Spider-Man, they all suddenly feel stuck in place. They all looked down and saw ice on their feet. The demons tried to get out of the ice. They then looked up to see the Web Head wasn't alone. The demons see eight other people in costumes standing alongside Spider-Man. The eight people are in a battle stance ready to fight.
"Shoto, Uravity, Ingenium, Creati, Earphone Jack, Froppy, Tsukuyomi, and Red Riot. Sweet timing." Spider-Man said. "Also, Where's Deku?"
Todoroki replied quickly, "Went to help Bakugo. Go, We'll handle the demons."
Spider-Man nodded and swung away from the fight and let the students fight off the demon gang. He noticed that Gwen, Harry, Norman, and the Senator moved to safety. Spider-Man then saw Bakugo still fighting Mr. Negative and noticed the explosive teen holding his own.
Bakugo dodges another energy attack as he tries to find an opening. Mr. Negative then delivers a negative shockwave in which Bakugo blasted up in the air. Bakugo tries for an AP Shot only for the villain to move. Bakugo blasted to the villain again only for Mr. Negative duck and hit him with an energy blast.
Midoriya dashed forward with an overhead kick. The villain barely dodges the kick which destroys the ground. Mr. Negative unleashed a shock wave in which Midoriya jumped over it. Midoriya then released a Delaware Smash: Air Force attack. The attack hit Mr. Negative and launched him a few feet away.
As Mr. Negative stands up, he sees Spider-Man landed next to Midoriya. He turned around to see Bakugo standing and ready to fight. Realizing the situation he's in, Mr. Negative unleashed a powerful negative energy wave around him.
All three jumped over the attack. Spider-Man web zipped towards Mr. Negative. Mr. Negative released two energy attacks to Spider-Man. Spider-Man dodges one but gets hit by the second attack. Bakugo blasted towards Mr. Negative again for a palm blast. Mr. Negative saw him coming so he sidestepped and hit him with another energy blast launching him towards Spider-Man, knocking them out temporarily.
Midoriya jumps forward and charges up his Smash and yells, "Detroit Smash!"
Mr. Negative attempted to block but took the front end of the smash. The smash connected and it sparkled a bright flash blinding everyone.
As the bright flash disappeared, Spider-Man and Bakugo recovered and went towards where Midoriya and Mr. Negative were. Once they arrived, both saw Mr. Negative down unconscious and Midoriya kneeling down in exhaustion.
The eight class 1-A students caught up to where the bright flash was and saw Midoriya victorious over a villain.
The Aftermath of the Battle: Times Square: Night
Mr. Negative is laid in a containment stretcher being wheeled off to the police van. The other demon gang members were escorted to a few police vans. Once the vans were full, the vehicles drove off.
Spider-Man was with the ten class 1-A students chatting about what happened today. Spider-Man then looked at the area where the Paramedics were and saw Norman but spotted Harry and Gwen together. He sighed knowing Gwen's with Harry right now so he'll let it be. Spider-Man's train of thought was interrupted as Yaoyorozu waved her hand to his face.
"Spider-Man, are you okay? You zoned out for a second." Yaoyorozu asked.
Spider-Man turned to the students and said, "I'm fine, It's nothing. Anyways, all of you did amazing. Each of you possess a gift and use it for the greater good. A wise man once told me, "With great power comes great responsibility". Use your powers to follow the spirit of this message."
The ten class 1-A students took great aspirations to Spider-Man's advice. They then noticed the Senator walking towards Spider-Man with a smile on his face.
"That's a good speech, Spider-Man." The Senator said. "Firstly, Thank you and these young heroes for saving my life. I see you heroes as part of something that moves ever upward. Like our state motto, Excelsior!"
"Thank you, Senator Stan Lee." Spider-Man said. "We'll try our best to live out your motto as well."
A police dispatch interrupted everyone. "Attention all units! The villain known as Mysterio is attempting robbery at the New York City Bank. Any officers please respond."
"Fishbowl head." Spider-Man sighed as he turned to the students. "So, want to help me catch a fishbowl head?"
AN: Writing fight scenes is still not my forte. However, I tried my best in this one. I wanted the students to experience patrol like how Spider-Man did. Like looking out for the little guy. It gives them good experience and people in the Marvel universe will see them as heroes. Also, I wanted a couple of them to fight a villain so Mr. Negative was chosen.
Next Chapter. Spider-Man and the 10 Class 1-A students are going to battle a certain fishbowl head that might lead to certain villain group showing up.
Rest in Peace to John Romita Sr., Steve Ditko, and Stan Lee. Happy Belated Spider-Man Day!
Rebirth Exile signing off! Peace!