Web of Spider-Woman

by ComicChick19

Finally! Petra Parker has graduated from High School, and is off to College at Empire State University in Manhattan! But with this new phase of her life comes a new set of challenges, enemies, romance. and adventures! Can she finally achieve a proper work/superhero/life balance? Probably not. Also posted on Ao3 and Wattpad!

12. In the Clutches of the Kingpin! Part I

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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b01bf1274ce61ec8a549b7cad5d31c0f" Petra threw out her hand, extending her middle finger and waving it at Gwen without even looking back. She knew she was being petty, but she figured it was only fair, considering how petty Gwen and Harry had been when they had tried to tamper with her experiment. She kept walking until, finally, she was out of Gwen's line of sight. She decided that now was as good a time as any to change into her costume and spend some time as Spider-Woman, so she moved between two campus buildings to prevent anyone from seeing her. The small space between the brick buildings was filled with grass and was devoid of people, a perfect spot to change completely unseen. She started pulling her costume out of her bag, but before she could change, she saw someone dressed in a black business suit turn the corner in between the buildings, tapping a white cane on the ground in front of him, yet, strangely, her spider-sense wasn't alerted. As soon as he entered the space and was out of anybody else's line of sight, he stopped tapping his cane, held it at his side, and began walking at a faster pace. Petra recognized him instantly./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="616b2108d3041cd5c22feb7581afa424" "I've been following you since you walked out of your last class." Matt explained./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="54bffa996c5c604b75c1a43d366dd39c" "I'm very good at finding people. I have something to talk to Spider-Woman about. I naturally assumed that you wouldn't want to have that conversation out in the open while dressed as Petra Parker." Matt explained./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f73c56aeab0f48ded0038502941145c2" "Um, aren't you blind?" Petra asked. "You don't need to turn away."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="d8b818a57c6a19f4a8bc8ca89e7afdc2" "Fair enough." Petra replied./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="49d3dc197d748601b2d2c66c7455c55f" She changed out of her clothes and quickly threw on her costume, putting on her mask first to hide her face in case any strangers approached. Matt, meanwhile, pulled off his satchel, then his suit jacket, and unbuttoned his dress shirt, revealing his Daredevil suit underneath. He then pulled off his suit pants, revealing the rest of his costume, and reached into the satchel on the ground and pulled out his mask. It was a deep red leather material that covered every area of the head except for the mouth and nose. He secured it to his head, then pulled out his gloves and boots, which soon covered his hands and replaced his shoes. He also strapped a holster to his left leg's thigh and clipped a red utility belt around his waist. To finish it all off, he began firmly wrapping his hands with red rope./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="0294c2fabbeab701d32545b9e9f0d827" "What is that stuff? I've always wondered what it was." Petra asked./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="fd8decd9e1827966a637957275af48dc" Daredevil looked down at his hands. "Oh, this. It makes my punches harder, and it protects my hands from injury when I'm throwing them. Boxers tend to use wraps to protect their hands from injury when throwing hard punches, which is what this is for. The only difference is, this rope is harder, which makes my punches a lot heavier." He explained./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b9c09d13e288d0acc468ae124243ba87" "Alright, Double D, what's going on?" She asked./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="873645e76fe26ae3948395fbac83d271" Petra nodded along, taking in everything he was saying./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="bd3032d22cbbb83377e1a67889cc93fa" "I've heard of the Kingpin! I've been running into his gang more and more lately. They're spreading like wildfire!" Petra blurted out./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="366db0061ea2c7b30e36991899311a4a" Daredevil nodded. "Same here. It's becoming a serious problem. Word on the street is that he's ruffling a lot of feathers. The Maggia, the Owl, the Irish, Russians, Albanians, and Serbians. Hell, even groups like Hydra have all been targeted by his expansion, and they aren't happy. Pretty soon New York is going to light up with an all-out war if we don't take this 'Kingpin' down." He ominously explained./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="d03a2929e2fa87541dbdf87399ceff6e" "Jonah, I DON'T understand. We publish outlandish slander about Spider-Woman every day! Our readers won't bat an eye and this article could lead to some em style="box-sizing: border-box;"real /emchange!" Ben badgered, pressing on./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="a055dad379b8ef42f9c39d7a58514032" "Why?" Ben asked, anger brewing within him./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="5fadf483ab2d52936748d13b4b93cb17" "What do you mean, 'why', Ben? I just explained it to you!" Jonah said./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b2246a2d89105501f362e99b401e58be" "Why did you blindside me with this, Jonah? You were completely on board with the article when I came to you with it! Hell, when Foswell tried convincing you that it was 'far-fetched', you sided with me, and told him to get out of your office! Then, the very next day, you called me in here and told me you were shutting me down." Ben ranted./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9cef078f90bdb1b6e2c9d33a3988e907" Jonah jumped from his seat, outraged./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="58868fc97ba9856c6de601efcb449e29" "Do I em style="box-sizing: border-box;"really /emknow you, Jonah?" He asked./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="7eb7245e51c1513aa5d5be57aa067341" Ben started moving through the door. Jonah's face twisted further with anger, his fists balled, and he closed his eyes tight, before opening them to look Ben straight in the eyes./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="67c799753a10af9433137b669c805b5b" "URICH, YOU'RE FIRED! Do you understand me now, Urich!?" He raged./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="709c150297c60ed5bbd67ea94c4d8a03" "Word on the street is, you have some information about the Kingpin. We were wondering if you could help us out?" She asked./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4c9853fafbc4c8f65dc01d980ed35ffd" Before him stood his subordinates; Elektra and Bullseye, two assassins that he kept on standby for covert, deadly assignments. Elektra, a Greek woman with long, straight black hair, who always held two sai in her hands, wore a red scarf that wrapped around the top of her head, and a red sleeveless tunic, which hung down with two pieces of fabric that covered the space between her legs, ending just above her knees. She wore black leggings with knee pads, ready for combat, and tall red combat boots. Bullseye wore an all-black costume with white gloves and boots and a white target symbol fixed upon the forehead of his mask, which only exposed his eyes and the lower half of his face. The outlines of two white rings wrapped around his shoulders, giving the appearance of a second target, and a white utility belt was wrapped around his waist./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="1cdeabc993684df59a7af0613ed6b86b" "And that's the extent of my knowledge, I don't know much after that. From what I dug up on the company, it's run by a man named Wilson Fisk. He does a lot of 'philanthropy', goes to fancy parties for rich people, the usual. And as far as I can tell, Fisk Industries itself is a completely legit holding company that also dabbles in imports and exports, but not much else. I don't believe any of that crap though." Ben said, finishing his long-winded explanation./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4c3ef9e81379656bdcfee037f59f63bf" "Oh please, this has been a long time coming. You've wanted to fire me from the moment you and I first butted heads. How long have I worked for the Bugle now? Thirty years? It feels like it's been a lifetime. You've wanted me gone from the beginning." Ben rambled./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="131db835bdbf90f655662dcd03919f74" "Yeah, I've wanted to fire you a hell of a lot of time in my career, Ben. You're annoying, and you somehow always find a way to get on my nerves! But you're a damn good reporter, with a lot of integrity. The Bugle needs more good men like you. I'm sorry, I don't want you gone, but you've given me no other choice." Jonah cryptically explained./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="af21d0d44969f63830f66da300c29d39" "What happened?" He asked./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="6efdcf3257301ed5cc062c3d6f44255b" Jonah pushed himself up, while Ben kneeled down to meet him on his level. "I told Foswell that I didn't give a rat's ass about how he felt about the article. That we were going to expose the Kingpin! I didn't know that the Kingpin had sunk his claws into the Bugle, Ben. I got home early that night, before my wife. The first thing I saw when I walked into our room was a Sai with a red handle stabbed right into the pillow on her side of the bed, with a note attached. The message was simple. Keep my mouth shut, and she lives."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="bc93dd8bb1a1991f8a16a3262a07fdbe" "Maybe, I don't know. Probably." Jonah vacillated, rubbing his forehead. "The point is, if I publish the article in its current state, it's over for me. You have good leads, but any investigation that springs from its publication would take months...months that my wife and I don't have. You have no smoking gun, Ben. Nothing that will bring an immediate end to him."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="e5a53ff64017e3fd576d752f53fef50e" "Oh, man, I missed your cooking Aunt May! That was sooo good!" Petra said as she began to wash her dirty dishes in the kitchen sink./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f5c42d756e76086f6a548ac16b751e81" Petra rolled her eyes, then brought her attention back to the dishes, all while continuing to dance along to the music. May shot her a curious look./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b64c40b92cc0faf2d31d6bca9735893e" "Petra, what on em style="box-sizing: border-box;"earth /emare you listening to? I haven't heard garbage like this for forty or so years." She said./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="dfde770aa89168ac691468e825291382" Petra finished off the last of the plates and dropped them in the dishwasher, then closed it./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="9af0ab025291898ca94989ac35bf89ab" "This is Dazzler!" She said as she began to shake to the music even more. "She's bringing disco back!"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="67e5d4aeee7b77c6581fad283cde5c2c" "Uh uh, that's where you're wrong! This is em style="box-sizing: border-box;"exactly /emthe way Uncle Ben raised me! He and I would have disco parties all the time whenever you weren't around! He always made sure to keep it secret, and now I know why!" Petra said with a goofy grin./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="18c7181c51b5e90ad050a5277e9cb560" "Oh! I'm sorry Petra! I should have knocked, I was just trying to say good night!" May explained./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="5eca764da3047c512e5b024c93599b0a" "Uh, yeah, night May, I love you!" Petra hurriedly said./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="1b57e2626323a36a4605979e770b0d88"em style="box-sizing: border-box;" Whew, that was a close one. She's been so much more worried about me ever since she got out of the hospital, I need to be more cautious. /emPetra thought./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="77d4ab59a96e015f8706035c1c9bf61b" "You see anything interesting happen yet?" Petra asked./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="ff325a4719451d2810c9d07d0cda969b" An amused grin formed on Daredevil's face. "No. In fact, I didn't see anything."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="8ecb80724a2049bf67fe7004c46247a5" "How will I contact you?" Daredevil asked./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="dfe7fe18586e9dffe5113fd7e0b68827" Petra looked at him. "Do you have your phone on you? I can give you my number so you can call me!" She explained./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="368da47a3618bd026bb516ca7557e6da" "It's about time we got each other's numbers, anyway. Now you won't have to stalk me on campus until I'm alone when you need my help." Petra chirped, handing the phone back to Daredevil./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="c95bf0e6277f13c1fe6908ae771cd9b6" Daredevil grinned, shaking his head, before tucking his phone back in its concealed pocket./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="8763974d23e07496ad28220a279ffb24" "We might be here for a while, so we might as well settle in." He suggested, then walked to the edge of the roof and sat down, leaning his back against the ledge so that he was faced away from the building./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="6ac70f3d9127270478babcfb35fa781e" Petra joined him./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="aa1cd59f65b36ff42302f466d2b28309" Petra glanced at him. "So...what?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b2f2eb146f2c7d6187adbd6094b55a3f" Petra rolled her eyes. "Ugh! Yeah, don't even get me started on Gwen! First, she tried to blow me up, then she stole my friend, and now she wants to act like everything's cool!?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="7ed9dbe9c5a1461f098949bcd1ce0a2a" Petra nodded fervently. "Yeah, like, what's up with that?!"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="dbce68a638c307620e0474ea0e095ec2" Petra shrugged. "Well, no, but...freakin' Gwen Stacy? Really!? I don't know why, but for some reason, she has it out for me!" She cried, perplexed./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="65f709d40c68eb2a2c11e34d86b38554" Daredevil fixed her with a glare. "Listen, Petra, you know what I can do with my abilities. The only hostile person I sensed by the water fountain was you. That girl only had the best of intentions when she was trying to talk to you." Daredevil explained./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="cba071917adbf555fa869c2bf9db3cd4" Petra looked down, mulling his words over. "I...I dunno. I don't really buy that." She hesitantly said./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f01375151bed355b6e5bd51edee900d8" "Why do you care?" Petra asked./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="ec1a17a90cbb45b388b433478ed48661" Daredevil paused, then spoke. "Well, because I've been there. My childhood...wasn't the greatest. And it prevented me from making connections, from having em style="box-sizing: border-box;"friends. /emCollege was my chance to change that. I met my best friend at Columbia University, just north of the Upper West Side. Now we run our own private practice together! That's why I'm here today. To keep that practice open. It's a symbol of our partnership, one that I want to keep alive for as long as possible."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="7818ef22face67e5d0762e4b41ab1a5a" "Fisk just left his office! Now's your chance." He said./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="1719e44486161db4ff88748e7ed9c771" Quick as a jumping spider, Petra leaped onto the edge of the roof and crouched low. She scanned the building. She didn't see anyone looking and decided to go for it. She leaned forward and launched herself from the roof while shooting a web line to the top of Fisk Tower. She arced through the air, bringing her closer to the building, then launched yet another web to the top of the tower. Petra yanked on it, pulling herself higher. She stuck to the exterior of the building, then crawled to the top floor, right where Fisk's office was./p
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