The Spectacular Spider-man

by choejhulkp9

One happenstance trip to Central City in December changed the life of one individual in a way he never imagined. You wake up one day and all of a sudden, your body changed, you gain super powers and you find yourself wondering if it was an accident or maybe it was meant to happen. Who knows but all I know is with great responsibility comes...a lot of weird crap.

4. A step in the right direction

Here is the fourth chapter of Spectacular Spider-man. Spider-man's revelation of Sara's death to Captain Lance sends him on a collision course against Laurel and the Arrow for the truth and he won't be happy when he does. Their relationship will never be the same and Lance might just been done with Vigilantes unless Spider-man can convince him otherwise. On top of that drama Will prepares for his first real date with Aria, Parents weekend, and a mysterious hacker group that shows up. Fun times. Enjoy!

Also to Ulthane, who let me know that his cousin Aisha is turning 19 today on 10/25/19, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sorry it wasn't The Blue Wolf that was updated today but hopefully a next chapter of that story should be up next month. Still, Happy Birthday and thanks for being a supporter.

The Spectacular Spider-man: A step in the right direction

October 2014-Starling City

It was Friday evening in Starling City and the start of the weekend was usually busy with activity as people were heading home from work or families were going out for dinner. Unfortunately, not all people were heading home to relax as one construction yard was very busy with activity but not of the construction kind. Will was out in his Spider-man gear and perched up on a tower crane of the construction site. He looked around and saw a lot of men not in construction orange and didn't seem to do any kind of construction, so he tapped his earpiece and contacted Yuri.

"Yuri, I'm here at the construction site and their equipment is covered in dust." He told her.

"Just there for show?" Yuri asked.

"That's my bet. I'm gonna take a closer look." He replied, hanging up and began planning out his attack. He web zipped down to an I-beam and overheard talking by one of the goons.

"Heard Hammerhead's been working his ass off to try and get the other sites up and running quickly." One of them said.

"Yeah, well the Big Man likes his money and Spider-man has been screwing with him." Another replied.

"I'd love to see the bug show up so I can show what I'd do to him." Another added.

He saw one of the goons on lookout by himself, so he shot a web at his leg and yanked him up into the air. Some more webbing left him tied up and completely harmless. He web zipped over to some of the rafters and saw one of Hammerhead's men walk right under him so he web yanked him up into the air and encased him in webbing before hanging him upside down. Another gangster came by, so he did the same thing to him. He web zipped to the west side of the yard and web pulled the lookout up into the air and then yanked him down hard, slamming his head onto the metal rafter before webbing him up too. He looked around and saw two guys talking to one another and knew he'd have to separate them to take them out quietly so he shot a web bullet at a chair, making a loud noise and attracting their attention.

"Anyone there?! Because you'll wish you weren't." One of the thugs walked over to check out what was going on which left the other one by himself, prime for a stealth takedown. He shot some webs and yanked him up into the air before webbing him to the rafter. He then webbed up the other guy quickly and quietly.

"Echo six, report in." One of the guys called into the radio but got no answer. "Echo six report in. Someone check on Echo six, he's not responding."

"Time to make my entrance." He said to himself, web zipping to one of the goons and knocked him out with a flying kick to the face. He quickly kicked another goon in the face and chest before back flipping off him, shooting a web line at his face and pulling so he slammed his face into the ground.

"Get the bug! We still got this! I'll get him for ya!" The bad guys shouted, thinking they had this, but they didn't.

Spider-man quickly 360 dive-rolled to the side to avoid some bullets and shot a web blast at the gunner's face. He web zipped to the gunner and knocked him out with a flying punch to the head. A barrel was webbed and thrown through the air, hitting one of the nameless goons in the face. The bad guys shot their guns but either missed or had them yanked out of their hands by webbing. One goon saw a blur of red and blue but was too slow to react and got a front flip kick before lights out with a right cross. His friend tried to shoot Spider-man but missed and his pistol ran empty. He quickly tried to reload which was a bad idea because it got him a foot to the groin and a kick to the back that sent him face first into a chair. One guy was web pulled forward but then was yanked backward and off his feet before he was slammed onto the ground. A guy with a crowbar charged forward only to get a shot of web and a tornado kick to the face.

"Come on! Hammerhead will have our ass if we don't take him down!" One of the leaders shouted only to get a mouth full of web and a flying knee to the face from Spider-man. It resulted in an unwanted nap. He quickly 360 dive-rolled to avoid more bullets and distracted him with webs to the face before taking him out quickly with a web-zip takedown. He grabbed a concrete bag and threw it at some goons, causing the powder to explode and obscure their vision. He front flipped forward and landed in a superhero landing, zapping the ground in front of him with his venom blast and striking 5 guys, rendering them unconscious.

He looked up and saw more guys show up. "Oh, more guys?! Sorry but we're all out of the complimentary donuts!" he quipped while backflip kicking a guy in the face. He shot some webs at a crate and threw it at some more bad guys when one of them got smart and tossed a flashbang grenade at him. He quickly jumped into the air, shot a web at the flashbang and tossed it at a group of bad guys so concussed them. He tossed a web grenade at them and back flipped in the air to avoid being tackled from behind. He landed on the bad guys shoulders and back flipped, throwing him through the air and slamming him into a trashcan.

"You don't mess with the Big Man and live!" One of the goons shouted as he swung a crowbar at Spider-man only for the web head to web his hands and jumped over him. He pulled the webs over one another, so the bad guy's hands were entangled. He then yanked so hard he knocked himself out with a punch to the face. Two vans swerved into the construction yard and more bad guys showed up.

"Whoa guys, slow down. The Black Friday sale isn't until the day after Thanksgiving." He quipped, spinning to the side to avoid another flashbang and web threw it at the bad guy who threw it. He kicked another bad guy in the face, punched another in the stomach before vaulting over and tripping him up with a leg sweep when his phone went off.

"Spider-man, that construction site's taken delivery of enough concrete to build two skyscrapers." Yuri told him as he slid between a dude's legs and kicked him in the groin.

"Wait, don't tell me. They're hiding drugs in the concrete mix." He replied, jumping over a guy with a riot shield and kicked him in the back, sending him flying into a group like a bowling ball before shooting more webbing at them to keep them from moving.

"That's my theory. We'll need probable cause to get on site to confirm it." Yuri said as he disarmed another goon and did a flying head scissor takedown and slammed him onto the ground hard.

"And you'll have it." He replied before web zipping to another goon and knocking him into the air with a backflip kick before kicking him away with a 540 spin kick.

"We can't let him win!" One of the goons shouted only to get a plastic barrel to the face. Spider-man looked and saw another wave of reinforcements arrive.

"And more of them. No shoving, I'll give you all personal attention." He said, flipping in the air to avoid more bullets and web zipping to the gunners. The gunners did their best to try and shoot him but he was too quick. All the bullets they fired either missed and hit the ground or flew into the air because Spider-man dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged some more. A knee to the stomach, elbow to the chest, right cross to the face, gainer kick to the chin, head scissor throw into a group followed up by a spin kick to the stomach, jumping back kick to the chest, a TD raiz kick to the face, a butterfly kick to the face, and finished with corkscrew spin kick to three unlucky faces. That's how you take down eight armed and deadly idiots.

He backflip kicked a goon in the face and shot some webs at him before slamming him down onto the ground. A large shelf was web pulled down and it collapsed on a group of bad guys before some impact webbing stuck two dudes together. A large wooden pallet was thrown into two idiots before another got hit by a side flip kick to the face. He fired a venom blast at four more guys before doing a quick backflip to avoid more gunfire and web zipped to the gunner, knocking him out with a kick to the face. He tossed two more web grenades to tie up the bad guys before finishing off the last one with a butterfly kick to the face.

He gathered up all the bad guys and hoisted them up like a bad guy piñata. "Yuri, I've got Hammerhead's guys and all the probable cause you need webbed up and waiting." He told her.

"Good job. This is third construction site we've taken down. Only three more to go." Yuri said.

"Roger that." Spider-man replied, before thinking about Captain Lance. "How's Captain Lance doing?"

"So far so good. I don't think he's confronted Laurel about what you told him. He seems to be doing fine at the moment." Yuri replied, seeing him in his office and he looked ok, just deep in thought. "I'll let you know."

"Right, keep me updated Yuri. If I'm right and the Arrow kept this from him, something tells me Captain Lance's view on Superhero/Vigilantes is going to go south really fast." He said.

"I will. Get some rest." Yuri replied.

"I sure hope he's ok." He said, before heading out into the city to pick something up.

Yuri finished up a report at her desk before she walked over to Captain Lance's office. "Captain, I got a lead on a possible drug smuggling operation at a construction yard. I'm heading over there with some uniforms to check it out. If I'm right, then it might be something big." Yuri told him.

"Like those other construction yards you busted?" Lance asked, holding up a stack of case files she submitted. "Close the door."

Yuri did as she was told and walked over to his desk. "I've been looking over the reports and the other construction yards you and Spider-man have taken down result in a lot of contraband and money recovered. Like they're pieces of a larger puzzle." Lance said. "Care to fill me in?"

"I've been working on the rackets of a new crime boss in the city a few months ago. I managed to get a source to identify one of his primary sources of income with the construction sites. On paper they're all legit with investors but once we dug deep enough, we found that the Big Man's been using them to move guns, drugs, and money." Yuri explained.

"The Big Man?" Lance looked at her funny because of the stupid name.

"That's what his associates call him. We've never gotten a name or anything and the only thing I do know for sure is that he's the one who has been sending the weird criminals after Spider-man. We've been doing a lot of damage to his enterprise, so the Big Man wants him out of the picture. And he's got a legion of street enforcers because Hammerhead has gone to work for him." Yuri said and Lance realized that this was more serious that he previously thought.

"Damn, that's not good." Lance knew full well of Hammerhead's reputation and if he was going after Spider-man then it was something serious. "You trust Spider-man with all this, Watanabe?

"I do." Yuri replied, defending her position and her relationship with him. "I know that he's breaking the law, but he's been protecting people in the city without dropping bodies. It's better than the Arrow when he started."

Lance looked at her and had to concede that point. While the Arrow hasn't dropped any bodies recently, when he first emerged as the Hood three years ago he was a killer. Spider-man is different but he's still breaking the law. "He talks a lot, he jokes too much, and acts like a 12-year old on a sugar rush but he's risked his life to help the people of this city. He's gone up against the Cartels, Los Halcolnes, Triads, and Russians along with every single gangbanger who's tried to hurt someone and Hammerhead and the Big Man's goons. He's never asked for anything and I don't think he's profiting from any of the Spider-man merchandise made in the city or else we'd already have his name. I know it might sound naïve, but he hasn't given me a reason not to trust him." Yuri said.

"Yet." Lance replied, and Yuri noticed he seemed troubled with something.

"Everything ok, Captain Lance?" Yuri asked.

"Yeah." Lance replied.

"You haven't talked to your daughter, yet have you?" Yuri asked.

"I'm sure it's nothing, Watanabe. And forgive my frankness but I'm gonna take the world of a masked superhero with a little trepidation." Lance told her and she nodded. "Get to work on tracking down who Hammerhead is working for. I want a name."

"Of course, sir. I'll get to work on it." Yuri said, walking to the door when she stopped herself and looked back. "I'm sorry if I'm overstepping my bounds, sir but Spider-man only told you what he thought you should know. I think it says a lot about who he is under that mask. I know he's annoying and can be a pain, but he get serious when he needs to be. He's usually never wrong, but I hope he is this time."

Yuri said her peace and left his office. "So do I." Lance said to himself, looking at the picture of Sara and Laurel on his desk. He took out his phone and called the number Sara gave him. He had called dozens of times before but not even a text back that she was ok. He anxiously waited for the dial tone to be interrupted and Sara to answer to his relief, but it never came.

"This is Sara, leave a message. [Beep] The mailbox is full." Lance sighed in desperation and put his phone down. He hoped to high heaven that Spider-man was wrong, and that Sara was just busy.

Back over at Starling University, Aria was in her room with Spencer and Emily getting ready for her first official date with Will. She was getting dressed for her date with Emily and Spencer helping her with her outfit.

"Ok, I think that should do it." Spencer told her, helping Aria with her hair.

"Thanks, Spencer." She replied, standing up and looking at herself in the mirror. She flattened her black and red floral dress and put on her brown leather belt. She put on her iconic feather earing on her right ear before grabbing a light blue jacket.

"So, has Will said anything about the date? Where are you guys going?" Emily asked, genuinely interested in knowing what Will would do for a date.

"He hasn't said anything other than to dress comfortably which isn't helpful, so I had to make it comfortable while stylish." Aria told them, taking another look in the mirror and it was perfect.

"Well, Will is known to be full of surprises so I think we can say with certainty that tonight should be memorable." Emily said when they heard a knock at the door. She opened it and saw Will dressed up in a nice pair of jeans, a blue button up and a blazer with a bouquet of tulips in his hands.

"Good evening. I'm looking for a beautiful, spunky, and talented young woman who lives here. I don't suppose you've seen her?" Will asked, acting like he had never been there before to Emily's amusement.

"I don't know. That could describe all three women who live here." Emily replied. "Could you be a little more specific?"

"Of course. She happens to be a beautiful brunette who is insanely talented and has a future as an amazing designer or as an incredible writer. Honestly, she has a sure shot at either of those two aspects that the one she doesn't choose will be filled with jealousy." Will said as Aria stepped out.

"Very nicely said." She replied, walking up and giving him a quick peck on the lips. "And I love the flowers."

"I'm glad. I swung by and picked them up." He joked, handing her the tulips. "But I also wanted Emily and Spencer to have a little color in their life."

He reached behind his back and took out two single tulips for the girls and handed it to them. "Oh, that's sweet." Spencer said, smelling the tulip.

"Yup, did I hit the jackpot or what?" Aria asked.

"You did." Will replied, giving her one quick kiss. "Ok, don't worry you two. I'll have her back before midnight. Shall we?"

"We shall." Aria replied, grabbing his arm and the two of them left the dorm.

"Is it a little sad that she's the only one of us who has a date or plans on a Friday night?" Emily asked.

"A little bit." Spencer replied.

Will and Aria walked out of the dorm and made their way through campus. They passed people who were heading to parties or other places and slowly but surely made their way to the art's building.

"Will, where are you taking me?" She asked.

"Well, I wanted our first date to be something special and I've kind of been killing myself the past day to try and figure that out. A part of me figured that the typical night out with the whole dinner between the two of us just isn't what we should do." Will told her. "I began to really tussle with the entire idea until I got some advice to just do something that Will Detmer would do and I think I figured that out."

"And what's that?" Aria asked as they stopped walking at the blind spot in the building where there was now camera coverage. Will looked around to see there wasn't anyone around before he pulled her close and put his arm around her.

"Hold on tight." He raised his hand to show he was wearing his web shooter. He then shot a web line and pulled them into the air. Aria held on tight as Will yanked them up high and they landed by the roof lounge and to her amazement saw it was decorated for their date. Beautiful lights were strung around the area to give it an elegant and romantic atmosphere, the roof lounge furniture was beautiful elevated and refurbished, a small fire pit was set up in the middle next to a table of food and small movie projector was set up next to a blank screen. "What do you think?"

"How did you set this up?" Aria asked, walking around, and looking at the amazing lounge.

"I managed to convince the janitor to help me set this up and I got some of the design students to refurbish everything for a small fee. Some of my friends in the AV club had an old movie projector and I tracked down a copy of your favorite movie at the library." Will said.

"Casablanca?" Aria asked and Will nodded.

"You need a certain type of ambiance for a movie like that and I figured this would do it." Will said, walking her over to the table where dinner was waiting for them. "And for dinner, we have homemade seafood pasta and cheesecake for dessert."

"Wow, you went all out for our first date." Aria said.

"I wanted to make it memorable." He told her, holding her close. "After all the advice I was given and while I was setting this up, I sort of had an epiphany as to why I've been freaking out so much lately."

"Really?" She asked.

"I've been freaking out so much lately because I've been trying so hard to be a person I no longer am." Will said which drew a confused look from her. "I told you that I've been doing my best to keep my Spider-man life separate from my other life in order to keep you and the others safe and I'm going to keep my promise but I think it had an unintended consequence with my psyche. When we started this, I thought I'd have to try and act like the old nerd I used to be but then I realized that I'm not that person anymore. Even if I tried, I don't want to be. My powers and everything that happened after the Particle Accelerator changed me and it's not that I don't want to use my powers or am ashamed of whom I turned into, but they are a part of me now. It's going to be a part of my life now and I can't ignore that."

"You're right. A lot's changed since we first met and we can't ignore that." Aria said as Will moved his hand up and pushed some hair out of her face.

"So, if you're still ok with dealing with all that…then I'll give everything I have into this relationship." Will assured her. "No matter what Spider-man or Will Detmer may be dealing with, you will always be a priority."

"And I promise to help you however I can. This is going to be new territory for both of us. I've never dated a superhero before." She joked.

"Well, I never dated anyone before so hopefully I won't let you down." Will said, giving her a quick kiss. "Now, shall we?"

"We shall." She replied and the two enjoyed their date.

Back in the city, Lance was waiting in the alley of the police station for the Arrow to show up. It was time to talk about Merlyn showing back up in the city. He waited a few more seconds when he heard some footsteps come down the alleyway and the Arrow appeared.

"What is it, Detective?" Arrow asked.

"Is there something about that weird purple smoke at the chemical factory you want to tell me, because I happen to meet a friendly wall crawler who showed me this?" Lance took out his phone and brought up the image of Malcolm Merlyn that Spider-man gave him. Lance couldn't see but the Arrow was shocked that he had that photo. "I find it funny that your first copycat shows up and you don't come to tell me."

"Where did you get that?" The Arrow asked.

"Spider-man showed up and gave it to me after his little run-in with Merlyn. He wanted to keep me in the loop about the most dangerous man in this city being alive and wanted to figure out what the plan was to deal with him. What I'm trying to figure out is why you never told me and I had to find out from him?" Lance questioned.

"I was trying to protect you, Detective. Make no mistake that Merlyn is still dangerous, and he will kill you if he figured out you knew." Arrow told him. "Don't worry about Merlyn, I'm handling it."

"Right." Lance said, knowing that he was being lied to. He had worked with the Arrow long enough to tell a lie. "And I suppose Sara's lady friend in red showing up was also a coincidence?"

"Whatever Nyssa was doing here in Starling had nothing to do with Merlyn." He assured her.

"Really?" Lance asked, knowing that answer was bullshit. "You know, I've been a cop a long time and even when I've been dealing with you, I can pick up on lies and bullshit excuses. You really expect me to think to that crazy woman was back in town and it had nothing to do with Merlyn…or my daughter?"

"I don't understand." The Arrow replied.

"There's another funny thing that happened with my chat with Spider-man. He told me that Laurel showed up when he dealt with Komodo and was ready to kill him because Sara's dead." Lance said as the Arrow went wide-eyed from hearing that. "Please tell me that he misread the situation and that you and Laurel haven't been lying to me for weeks."

The Arrow took a deep breath, realizing that he couldn't keep Lance from finding out the truth now. "Detective…I'm sorry."

Lance was heartbroken after hearing that response and he knew it was true, his baby girl was dead. "No. No. No. Not again." Lance broke down crying in the alley. "Not my baby girl, not again."

The Arrow immediately contacted Laurel and she came by the alley to pick up her father and the two could finally mourn together. Lance never spoke another word to either of them that night. Suffice it to say, that the cat was out of the bag and time would tell the disastrous consequences their actions wrought.

Line Break xxxxx

It was Saturday now and Will and his friends were going to be busy with their parents this weekend. Parent's weekend was self-explanatory and was when parents could visit their child for the weekend with events, showcases, talks, and other activities for them to do together. A lot of the activities were set up for the freshmen students, but it was a nice weekend for the parents to visit. Will took a shower and got dressed before grabbing his old vintage camera and heading out to the quad by the water fountain. He was going to meet with Aria, Emily, and Spencer there and their parents would meet them there.

He walked over to the fountain and found he was the first person there, so he'd wait for the others. He checked over his camera and made sure it was ok, being a casual observer and watching students meet up with their parents and show them around campus. Will heard something running towards him before it jumped onto his back. Whoever jumped onto his back was small and judging from the flowing hair he felt, he knew who it was. He grabbed the small person and spun her around to his front before giving her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Morning, beautiful." Will greeted Aria and she smiled back. He looked and saw she was wearing high heeled boots, maroon pants, floral long sleeve with a black top over it.

"Morning." She greeted back, giving him another kiss. "So, did you miss me?"

"Like the clouds miss the sky. Last night was the best date I've ever been on." He told her.

"Same. As far as first dates go…that was the most memorable." Aria said, giving him one more kiss.

"She's telling the truth. She told us all the details non-stop last night." Spencer said, walking over dressed in her heels, green maxi skirt, white and black blouse, with her grey cardigan over and carrying her purse. Emily was with her wearing flats, her black pants and grey top with the blue triangles on it.

"See, I told you that you had nothing to worry about." Emily said.

"Yeah, you're right Em. You always are." Will replied. "Now, since all my favorite ladies are here, I think I would like to get a picture."

Will moved away a bit while the girls grouped together by the fountain and got close for the photo. Will focused his camera and found that it was just like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it. He snapped a few pictures of the girls in front of the fountain when he saw his mom walk over.

"Aw, isn't that sweet." May said as Will walked over and hugged his mom. "Now, where is Aria?"

"Hey, Mrs. Detmer." Aria greeted her but May immediately pulled her into a hug. Aria looked at Will funny, but he just shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh, Aria please call me May." She said, looking at Aria and smiling. "I owe you so much for what you've done with Will. When he told me about you two, I nearly destroyed his eardrum in joy."

"She's not kidding. Even with my super healing, it still hurts." Will said, ringing his ear a bit when Emily elbowed him in the side.

"I am so glad you two are together. Now while I would have also been pleased if it was Spencer or Emily, I'm overjoyed that you two got together." May said, causing Emily and Spencer to blush a bit and Will to shake his head in embarrassment.

"Mom, seriously, again Spencer and Emily both are in relationships." He told her for the hundredth time.

"I know but a mother has her hopes. Still, I'm overjoyed that you and Aria finally acted on those feelings that even I could see." May said as Aria hugged Will.

"Well, it's been the best decision we've made yet." Aria said.

"I couldn't agree more. Fighting supervillains has nothing on this." Will added, giving Aria a kiss on the forehead that made his mom squeal in delight.

"Oh, you two are so cute together. You two will give me such beautiful grandchildren." May said and immediately Will and Aria blushed in embarrassment.

"Mom! Seriously, we just had our first date!" Will shut her up.

"Ok, ok, I'm done for now." May said, holding her hands up in defeat.

"Emily!" They heard and turned to see Emily's mom and to their surprise her dad as well.

"Mom! Dad?!" Emily rushed over and hugged them with all her might. "Dad, what are you doing here? I thought you had to be on base this week?"

"I managed to convince my boss to give me the weekend off so I could come visit. I told your mom, but I wanted to surprise you." Wayne told his daughter.

"Well, consider me surprised. I'm glad you two are here." She said. Things with her family had gotten immensely better since a month ago and it showed. "Come on."

"May, it's so good to see you." Pam said, giving her a hug. "Thank you for everything you've been doing for our daughter."

"Of course, it's my pleasure. I love Emily. She's like the daughter I wished Will turned out to be." May replied and Will had a hurt expression on his face.

"Ouch, that hurt a little." Will said, causing the others to laugh.

"Aria!" They heard and saw Aria's parents and younger brother arrive. Aria rushed over to hug her parents Ella and Byron Montgomery and her younger brother Mike. "Oh, we missed you sweetie."

"I missed you too, mom." Aria walked them over to the others. "Mom, dad, you remember Spencer and Emily?"

"Of course, how are you girls?" Byron asked as he and Ella hugged them.

"We're fine." Emily replied. Aria then walked over to Will and stood next to him. Byron and Ella saw Will but also saw how close Aria was with him.

"Mom, you remember Will, I hope?" She asked.

"Of course, how are you?" Ella asked as she hugged him and he hugged back.

"I'm doing great. It's great to see you both." Will said, shaking Byron's hand. "I'm glad you two could come."

"Well, any chance to see our daughter is a welcome opportunity and to get Mike thinking about colleges is a bonus." Byron replied, noticing Aria's hand in Will's.

"Mom, dad…there's something you should know about me and Will." She told them.

"And what's that?" Ella asked, knowing what it was and couldn't keep the smile off her face.

"Will and I are actually dating now." Aria told them as both she and Will waited to hear what they had to say. Ella smiled and hugged Will one more time.

"I'm happy for you two. To be honest, with all the times you've spoken about Will it was only a matter of time." Ella said.

"You talk about me a lot?" Will was intrigued.

"Not as much as she is implying." Aria assured him.

"Actually more. When she did come home during the summer for a little bit, we were lucky if we went one day without her mentioning you." Mike said and Aria gave him a death glare.

Byron walked over to Will and sized him up a bit, causing him to gulp. "You be sure to treat my baby girl right, Will."

"Of course, sir. I would never hurt Aria."

"Good." Byron smiled and pats him on the shoulder.

"Spencer!" They heard and saw Spencer's parents and to their surprise her sister Melissa and her fiancé Ian.

"Mom…dad, hey." Spencer walked over and hugged them. "What are you doing here?"

"It's parents' weekend. We weren't going to miss that." Peter told his daughter.

"I just didn't think you had time, what with the new job and all." Spencer said.

"We could spare a day to come spend time with you." Veronica said, hugging her daughter.

"And you brought Melissa and Ian…why?" Spencer was curious.

"Well, they wanted to come see you as well. You haven't been to our new home at all since we've moved here." Peter said to her.

"Yeah, you know, just really busy with school and work." Spencer said.

"And we wanted to get an advanced tour of Ian's new workplace which was a plus as well." Melissa added.

"Workplace?" Spencer asked.

"Yeah, there was an opening here at Starling University for sports science and medicine so I interviewed here. The dean liked me a lot and offered me the job." Ian said and Will, Emily, and Aria could see that Spencer was screaming on the inside but kept up the façade for her sister and her parents.

"That's…that's great." Spencer managed to say.

"Yeah. Ian gets a great job and we can stay close with mom and dad." Melissa said with a smile, hugging her fiancé while Spencer was literally seconds away from tearing her hair out so Will quickly acted.

"That's amazing. I'm sure Ian will fit in perfectly here. Mom, why don't you start leading everyone over to the welcome reception at the dining hall?" Will suggested, giving his mom the subtle expression of help so she nodded.

"Of course. We wouldn't want to miss that. This way, please." May lead the parents, Melissa, and Ian away while Will, Emily, and Aria moved over to Spencer to try and calm her down.

"Dear lord, I'm ten seconds away from tearing my own hair out and beating her with it." Spencer said when Will got in front of her so she could focus on him.

"Easy, Spencer. Take a deep breath and calm down." Will said in a soothing and calm voice. Aria and Emily got to her side and began calming her down slowly but surely. A few calming words, hand holding, and hair brushing and Spencer calmed down to the point where she would be ok, not great but ok. "It's ok, Spencer. Deep breaths…in and out. Here, squeeze my hand."

Will held her hand so she could squeeze something in anger which turned out to be a big mistake because even with his powers, it felt like his hand was in a hydraulic press with Spencer hell bent on breaking it. "Ok, ok [wheezes] bad idea. Emily, Aria, help!" Will told them and they quickly got her to let go so he could tend to his aching hand.

"It's ok, Spencer." Aria tried her best to calm her down and it was slowly working.

"I swear to god I'm going to ring Melissa's neck with her faux diamond necklace. Will, get your web shooters and string her up from the flagpole. Do it know!" Spencer told him.

"That's a little bit of an extreme measure, Spencer." Emily said.

"And kind of goes against with great powers, comes great responsibility thing that I've been working on." Will said but shut up when he saw the death glare Spencer gave him. "And you don't want to have a freak out today. It would just give Melissa what she wants, and you don't want that."

"You're right." Spencer admitted, calming down a tiny bit more.

"Yeah, you don't want to give Melissa the satisfaction that she got under your skin. You know that's what she wants." Emily added.

"Besides, don't think too much into Ian's job here. Sports science and medicine is just a glorified college term for future gym teacher, sports masseuse, or sports trainer. And it's not like we'll even run into him when he's here. We never head to the sports building unless it's to see Emily compete and it's a big campus, so we won't see him. Besides, you're busy enough as it is, and we'll help with that." Will assured her.

"Ok…ok." Spencer said, finally calming down.

"Good." Will rubbed his hand and flexed his fingers a bit to get some feeling back. "Now, we head to the reception, mingle with the other parents, head to Emily's swim meet to watch her kick ass, then head to Aria' design showcase before wrapping it up with a trip to the academic building and showing all of Spencer's awards to stick it to Melissa."

"Thanks, Will." Spencer said as they joined their parents at the reception. The Dean gave his small speech to the students and visiting parents and there was a small welcome reception/lunch, so everyone ate and mingled amongst each other. Melissa did her job and began introducing Ian around to the students and other professors and enjoying herself. Spencer and the others shot back by introducing her parents to all her professors, academic instructors and other important people of the university who knew Spencer and they said nothing but good things about her. They praised her work ethic, grades, and her attitude and said she was an amazing student, well on her way to graduating summa cum laude. Her parents smiled and talked praise about their daughter and were proud which made Spencer happy and seeing Melissa's face made it all better. When Melissa would introduce herself and Ian, all the professors would talk praise about Spencer and her achievements. Will looked around and noticed that Dr. Connors wasn't here but before he could wonder where he could be, he and the girls were pulled into another conversation.

May smiled as she watched Will kiss Aria on the head and pulled her close for a one-armed hug. She hadn't seen him this happy in a long time…life was going good for both of them. "Here." Ella walked over with a cup of coffee for her.

"Thank you." May replied, taking a small sip.

"I want to say thank you again for everything you've done for Aria. It's been hard having her so far away from home, but I feel better knowing you've helped a lot. Aria's sang so much praise about you and Will." Ella said.

"It's been my pleasure." May said, looking at Will, Aria, Emily, and Spencer talk to some other students. "I love the girls. I'm just glad they found each other and they found Will."

"You have a special son, May." Pam said to her. "You should be very proud."

May looked at Will and smiled; proud of him for not only doing well in school and his regular life but for everything he's done as Spider-man in keeping the city safe. He's come a long way. "I am." May said, happy about everything. "Things have been going well for both of us."

"Really?" Ella asked.

"Don't tell Will but I have been getting my social life back in some kind of semblance of order." May told her.

"Oh, believe me, my lips are sealed." Ella joked as the moms shared a laugh.

Will saw his mom enjoying herself which was nice when he noticed the time and realized Emily needed to head out. "Em, you need to head out to your meet. We'll meet you there."

"Right." Emily put her punch cup down and ran up to her mom and dad, giving them a quick kiss goodbye before heading to the university's pool.

The reception ended soon so students and their parents left to head to other department showcases or events like music performances and department mixers. Will, Aria, Spencer, and their parents made their way over to the athletic portion of campus. They entered the school's pool where other students, parents, and visitors from the other universities were piling in to watch the swim meet. There were student volunteers who were handing out Starling City University sports flags with the Starling City Shark mascot on them, or as it would soon be renamed the STAR city shark. Will took a small Star city shark plushy as he and everyone took their seats in the bleachers.

"So, I think our mission seems to be going well so far." He said as he, Spencer, and Aria glanced over at Melissa and Ian who were keeping to themselves a bit more.

"That it does. If Melissa thinks she can tear me down here, then she has another thing coming." Spencer added, in a gleefully threatening yet happy tone.

"Whoa, Spencer. Take it down a notch. You're starting to scare me." Aria told her.

"I'm not scary." Spencer said.

"You are a tiny bit." Will joked, causing her to punch him in the shoulder which was a bad idea because of his new super strength. Spencer nursed her hand a bit when she notice Alison walk in with her older brother and mom and there seemed to be some arguing and it wasn't a good thing.

"Hey, check it out." Spencer pointed over to Alison so Will and Aria could see. "Guess everything's not going so great over in Allie's perfect world."

"If I had to garner a guess, I think it has to do with her failing chemistry and being on academic probation." Will said.

"What makes you say that?" Aria asked.

"I might have taken a peek at Dr. Connor's books when it was on his desk…when he wasn't looking and saw her grade. Even though her name is Alison, the only A I saw was in the word failing." Will told them.

"Guess not everything is perfect with Alison and her horde of mindless drones." Aria said.

"Just think about it…in another reality, you and she could have been best friends. Extra glad that I saved you and Emily from being friends with her?" Will asked. Aria smiled and gave him a kiss.

"Definitely." Aria replied.

"She absolutely should. If Will hadn't saved you from Alison, you two would never have been a thing." Spencer pointed out.

"That's true." Will said as Aria looked at him offended. "Come to think of it, if we hadn't met the first day of classes and became friends, a lot of things would be different."

"Like what?" Aria asked.

"Well, like Spencer said, we wouldn't be dating." Will told her.

"Why, you think I'm that shallow?" Aria asked as Will gulped.

"No, but if you were friends with Alison then you never would have given me the time of day let alone us becoming close. Alison would have done her little mind control thing and turned you into her little drone." Will joked, tapping her nose causing her to chuckle. "Emily too so we wouldn't be friends. That's…kind of depressing to think about."

"Well, what about Spencer?" Aria asked.

"We probably would have." Spencer said but Will shook his head no.

"I don't think so." He said as Spencer looked at him. "We became friends after the whole Huntress incident, and you showed up at my dorm room with Aria and Emily. Not to mention you were friends with Aria and Emily so it helped us become close but if Aria and I weren't friends then you would likely have become friends with Alison as well."

"That's a terrifying thought." Spencer replied. "But Will you can't possible know that's what would have happened."

"Sure, I can't tell you what would have happened, but I can paint us a general idea. I've studied enough physics and watched enough movies about time travel to know that events build on one another from a primary point in time. In this case, if I hadn't met Aria and Emily the first day of classes. A lot of things now are kind of a product of that moment."

"Yeah right." Aria said, thinking he was kidding.

"No, I'm serious. If we hadn't met then Spencer and I wouldn't be friends, neither would I be with Emily or you." Will told her.

"True but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have asked you out." Aria said but Will shook his head.

"I don't think so. If this is a scenario where we never became friends, I would stick to myself while you would be part of Alison's popular crowd giving you any guy you want to date. Plus, if we weren't friends, you never would have given me my makeover to how I am now. I'd still be meek, shy, nerd Will Detmer." Will pointed out and Aria began to get offended that he thought so little of her, so he decided to end it. "If I hadn't met you that day…my life would be crap. Let alone being Spider-man, you made me a better person for it. I'm the luckiest guy in the universe."

"Good save." Aria told him, giving him a quick kiss.

"Here's a thought, if you hadn't met Aria…would you still be Spider-man?" Spencer asked causing Will to think.

"Hmm…that's a good question. I'd still have my powers since I still would have gone to the Particle Accelerator for my physics class, but I think things would be different. I don't know if I would have gone to stop the Huntress. I did that because Emily and Aria were in danger." Will said when he noticed the death glare Spencer was giving him. "And to save you and the other hostages, of course."

"Sure." Spencer rolled her eyes causing Aria to laugh.

"I wouldn't have people to talk to about this which would have made it harder…but I think I still might have. I would have been in the city for Deathstroke's siege with my mom so I would have tried to help her. Maybe, still become Spider-man but things would be a lot different and a lot harder without my support group." Will came to that conclusion after thinking things over. "Bottom line, my life is amazing because of you girls."

"Aww." Aria gave him another kiss and he kissed back. "Well, our lives are more fun with you in it."

"That is definitely the truth." Spencer said. "Let's just hope we never run into an It's a Wonderful Life Scenario when we have to find out."

"Amen to that." Will replied as the swim meet was about to begin so the sports announcers got on the loudspeakers.

"Welcome everyone to the State qualifiers swim meet. The school that wins today will be moving on to the regional qualifiers in November. We have our visiting schools North Pacific University, Ravenswood College, Rosewood University and our very own Starling City University Sharks!" He shouted and all the students and parents cheered.

"Go Emily!" Will shouted as he and the girls waved at her by the pool and she waved back.

"Swimmers take your mark…" The announcer said as the first group got on their diving platforms. "Get set…go!"

The first group of swimmers took off and began making their way down the pool as fast as they could. Everyone cheered as the race seemed to be neck and neck between all of them. The swimmers doubled back and tagged in the next group and they did the same followed by the next group and then the next after that. It was soon down to the anchors of the teams which meant that Emily was up next, but Starling City University was behind, so she had to kick it into overdrive. Emily put on her goggles and readied herself, watching her teammate race back to the side. The second her teammate finished, Emily dove into the pool like a shark and swam as fast as she could.

"Look at her go!" Aria said in excitement as Emily booked it down the lane with gusto, catching up to the lead swimmer.

"She's catching up!" Spencer shouted.

"No, she's passing! GO EMILY!" Will shouted, taking photos of the entire thing. The swimmers touched the far wall and began swimming back to the start to finish the race. Emily picked up the pace and began swimming faster and faster, passing everyone and taking the lead. She was like a dolphin racing through the water. Emily hit the wall, sounding the buzzer as everyone cheered for her. "YESS!"

"And the Starling City Sharks take the win with anchor Emily Fields setting a new school record!" The announcer proclaimed as Emily got out of the pool and hugged her coach and teammates in joy.

"Yeah, Emily!" Aria shouted in joy. Emily's parents were thrilled in seeing her action and setting a new school record and securing the school's shot for the regional qualifiers. "Let's go!"

Will, Aria, and Spencer raced down the bleachers and made their way over to the team who were toweling off. Emily dried her hair with her towel and saw her friends rush over. "I did it!" She shouted in glee when Will ran over and picked her up, spinning her around in a crazy hug. "Oh, my god! Will, put me down! I'm still wet!"

"Worth it to hug a celebrity!" Will joked, putting her down so the others could hug her. "You not only won but set a new school record."

"Emily, this is huge. You got the school in the regional qualifiers! That hasn't happened in ten years!" Aria exclaimed.

"I know. I didn't think I'd make it." Emily said, wiping her face.

"You seemed to be doing just fine. I think that was the fastest we've ever seen you go." Spencer said.

"I need a photo to commemorate this event." Will said, taking a picture of Emily to mark this occasion. Spencer and Aria joined in for a few photos and Will took an extra one for Maya. Emily's parents came over to congratulate and tell her how proud they were. She left for the locker room after to take a quick shower and join them outside. Emily's parents were so proud of their daughter for how she performed in the meet and that she was able to break a school record.

They made their way to the art's building for the student showcase where all projects, paintings, and performances for the students involved in the art majors were displayed. They walked into the art's building and once they did Will just sighed in exhaustion. "You've got to be kidding me." He said to himself.

The reason he said that was because everything that was on display was inspired by his alter-ego, Spider-man. There were Spider-man painting and drawings that showed him swinging through the city or stopping bad guys. There were expressionist and modernist pieces next to abstract Spider-man sculptures or mannequins dressed up in Spider-man inspired fashion.

"Wow, check out all the Spider-man stuff." Aria said, sarcastically as Will looked at her.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" He asked and saw the funny look Aria was giving him.

"Because I wanted to see your face when you saw this for the first time. And let me tell you that it didn't disappoint." She joked, kissing him on the cheek.

"Cute, very cute." Will said, pulling her close and kissing her on the head. "You're lucky I like you so much."

"I know." Aria replied, giving him a quick kiss.

"Whoa, check out all the Spider-man stuff." Mike said, excited as he walked over to a mannequin that had a Spider-man inspired outfit on it. Kind of like if Spider-man went punk rock.

"Are you a fan of Spider-man, Mike?" Will asked.

"Yeah, he's so cool. I've read all the articles on him since he showed up in Starling. He's actually national news. A real life superhero." Mike replied. "Have you guys every seen him?"

"Uh…no, not that I can remember." Will told him.

"Me neither, little bro. We kind of keep to campus and Spider-man doesn't come here." Aria added.

"And that's a good thing. The last thing I need is Aria caught up in the crossfire between a superhero and criminals." Her dad said. Aria glanced at Will and saw he kept a neutral expression.

"I couldn't agree more with you, Byron. Protecting the city should be left to the police and people trained to uphold the law. Not some crazy vigilantes who wear masks and take the law into their own hands." Wayne Fields added.

"Dad, Spider-man and the Arrow have saved the city plenty of times. They put bad guys in jail." Emily told him.

"Maybe, Emily but they also break the law and their fights put innocent people in danger. I mean, the Arrow used to be a killer and now the police are ok with him?" Wayne told her. "There are people trained to protect the innocent and uphold the law. The second we let Vigilantes run wild then we get anarchy."

"That's a fair point." Peter Hastings added. "I mean, it's been barely six months since the siege where those masked men terrorized the city."

"And the Arrow stopped them and Deathstroke. I'm sure even Spider-man was there before he put on that mask." Spencer suggested.

"Well, maybe that wouldn't have happened if Spider-man and the Arrow didn't exist." Byron added.

"Well, I think we can all say that we don't know anything because none of us know the heroes. Besides, let's not focus on the whole ethics of vigilantism while we're here." May said, trying to get the point of the conversation away from heroes and hearing them badmouth her son.

"She's right. We are here to bask in the greatness that is Aria Montgomery and the artistic pleasures she has ready for us." Will said, making a dramatic gesture down the hall which drew a few chuckles.

Aria's mom walked over to her daughter and nudged her in the side. "He's cute, smart, and funny. You nagged a good one." She whispered.

"You have no idea." Aria whispered back as they began making their way through the art showcase. They looked at the displays and most of them were Spider-man inspired but not all of them. There were some nice expressionist and postmodern sculptures, various paintings ranging from amateur to potentially museum worthy. Granted that was a matter of opinion.

They got to some of Aria's pieces which were fashion related. There was some of her design sketches put in display frames. Aria's parents gushed over how great they were and how proud they are of their daughter. Emily's mom suggested that Aria's outfits would look amazing on her daughter while Emily just nodded but didn't really feel the same way. Aria was a great designer, but she wasn't feeling the ones at the moment. Will used his camera and took photos of all the designs. He glanced over at Aria and saw the pride and happiness on her face as her parents gushed over her designs and other parents and students complimented her.

"I have to ask, Aria…." Will said, getting her attention. "…you said that your design professor has that fashion show coming up, are we going to see any of your designs on display?"

"Yeah, actually our professor says we all can create one design to use in the showcase next month which is going to be awesome." Aria told him.

"Maybe your father and I should visit your school that weekend to see it?" her mother suggested.

"If you don't, you'll have free professional photographs waiting for you if you can't." Will held up his camera and took on quick picture of them together.

"Thank you, Will." Bryon said and Will smiled. "Are any of your photos going to be up here?"

"Uh, no actually. I've kind of lost touch with photography to be completely honest. That is, until Aria got my old camera completely refurbished for my birthday." Will said, holding it up. "Honestly, it feels good to get back into it but my schedules filled to the brim as it is."

"Well, perhaps you should get back into it?" Byron suggested.

"We'll see if my schedule makes room for it but my academic record is already full enough." Will replied before thinking. "Not to mention that being Spider-man would make it even harder."

"Oh, this is nice. You should definitely try and make this, Aria." Spencer said, looking at a beautiful red and blue off shoulder dress with small edges of white at the bottom. A sort of Spider-woman dress.

"Yeah, it would make a pretty great dress for a Fourth of July Party." Will said, snapping a photo. "Switch out the blue with green and you have a Christmas dress."

"Hmm, not a bad idea. Aren't I lucky to have a super smart boyfriend." Aria walked over and gave him a quick kiss and Will eagerly kissed back. Ella and May smiled at the little exchange. The two were just so cute together. They continued to explore more of the art's building and saw more projects on display. There was a little musical performance which was nice and once that was done they made their way into the main academic building for Spencer's turn in the limelight.

They arrived at the massive building where other students and parents were walking around and visiting the various department showcases/meet-&-greets. Will, Aria, Spencer, and Emily showed their parents around and introduced them to their teachers they didn't see at the reception. Will and the girls pointed out all the academic awards and plaques that Spencer had which drew admiration from her parents. Spencer, being the massive Brainiac that she was, was an academic heavyweight at the university and she was only a sophomore. Basically, any subject that wasn't science based she pretty much dominated. Science was Will's expertise. Math was a subject the two battled over for dominance.

"And on this wall here is where the school's debate and academic decathlon plaques, awards, and trophies are set up." Will said, pretending to be a little tour guide to the parents. "And up at the top are the plaques of the captains which happens to be our Spencer."

"That's our Spencer. Always the over achiever." Peter Hastings said, proud of his younger daughter.

"Yup, she keeps it up like this then she's well on her way to getting Summa Cum Laude in two years." Emily added.

"And we'll make sure she has a social life while she does that." Aria joked as Spencer lightly elbowed her in the side.

"Well, we thought being here in Starling would mean we could check up on Spencer more often and make sure she's ok. Which we will but it looks like she's in good hands." Veronica Hastings said.

"Don't worry, Spencer's in the best of hands." Will said, slinging his arm over her shoulder while Emily and Aria pulled her into a side hug.

"Will, I have a question. Spencer often spoke of you as an academic rival but I noticed your name was nowhere to be seen on your little tour." Spencer's dad asked, curious. When Spencer came home for a little during the summer she spoke about Will and how he was just as smart as her and by the way she spoke made it sound like he was a serious academic.

"I do very well in school, but my specialty is more science related. Spencer kind of beats me in English, history, finance, foreign languages and pretty much everything that isn't science based. I do great but Spencer is better than me in those subjects whereas I beat her in Science." Will explained while Spencer elbowed him in the side. "Ow, and she doesn't like to be reminded that I best her in subjects that are science related."

"Are you majoring in physics?" Bryon Montgomery asked.

"Actually double majoring in physics and engineering with a double minor in chemistry and biology." Will replied and all the parents were impressed.

"Wow. That's a lot. How do you manage all that?" Ella Montgomery asked.

"Science kind of comes naturally to me. Always has." Will replied.

"That's true." May added. "Will has always shown a talent for science. I can't tell you the amount of Science fair trophies and science awards he's won. All through middle school and it got him a scholarship to Starling Academy. It even got him notice from MIT."

"Wow, very impressive." Wayne Fields said. "How come you didn't go there? MIT is an amazing school."

"I thought about it, but I preferred being closer to home. Besides, if I went to MIT, I'd never have met my favorite girls." Will said, wrapping his arms around Spencer, Emily, and Aria causing all the parents to awe. "I'm happy here. I'm working on a really great project with Dr. Connors as his lab assistant. He's a physics, biology and chemistry professor here and my college advisor."

"Is there any chance we can see what you're working on?" Bryon Montgomery asked.

"Probably not but I can show the lab we work out of?" Will suggested. "One last way to kill some time before we head to the city for dinner."

"Sounds like a great idea." May said as they all left for the science building with Will leading the way.

Line Break xxxxx

Dr. Curt Connors was in his lab working on a very secret project that was very near and dear to his heart. While Will did caution restraint and patience with the Genetic Recombinator, Dr. Connors was determined and knew that he could figure out a way to get the Recombinator to regrow limbs. He was adjusting an RNA genetic vial with his own cross-species genetic research of Lizard DNA, trying to isolate the cellular activity that facilitates cellular regeneration. Dr. Connors was adjusting his ØØ Decay Rate Algorithm to the DNA sample which would preempt the proteins and immune response to the subject so when they were exposed to the Recombinator beam the transformation wouldn't cause cellular degradation and result in sickness, mutations or death. Dr. Connors heard some voices from the door so he saved his work and put it in his secure file.

The door opened and Will walked in followed by everyone else. "Dr. Connors is an amazing mentor to work with. Not to mention the espresso machine he had is a nice bonus." Will stopped when he saw Dr. Connors at his desk. "Dr. Connors, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, just getting in some work." He replied, putting his test vial into the locked drawer in his desk. "Science waits for no man…"

"So we don't wait for the opportunity." Will finished the quote. "This would explain why you weren't at the Parent's day reception."

"Ah, I knew I was forgetting something today." Dr. Connor said, slamming his forehead. "Sorry about that."

"Oh, no worry although I think you might have to answer to the reception committee." Will joked. "I hope I wasn't interrupting something important. I thought I'd show everyone the lab."

"No problem." Dr. Connors told him, walking up to the ground. "May, it's good to see you again."

"You too, Curt." May gave him a quick hug. "How are Martha and Billy?"

"Martha is great. Billy has been obsessed with your spaghetti and meatball recipe ever since Will's birthday. I don't suppose you can give me the recipe?" He asked but May shook her head no.

"Sorry, but that's a secret family recipe." May told him.

"Don't bother, Dr. Connors. I've tried for years but she said she won't tell me until I'm forty." Will added.

"Well, I figured I'd try." Dr. Connors said before looking at Aria, Emily, and Spencer. "Aria, Emily, and Spencer it's good to see you three."

"Hey, Dr. Connors." Aria happily greeted him. "Mom, dad, everyone this is Dr. Curt Connors. The university's resident biology and chemistry professor."

"Hello, nice to meet you all." Dr. Connors introduced himself to the parents and siblings. "I hope you've been enjoying today so far. All of your daughters have been a pleasure to have in my classes."

"Well, you must be an excellent teacher if Aria managed to get an A in chemistry last year." Bryon Montgomery said causing Aria to blush a bit.

"I can't take all the credit. She and the others are lucky to have my prize pupil and lab assistant as a friend." Dr. Connors pat Will on the shoulder in pride. "Will is one of the most gifted students in the entire science department. He's gonna go on to do great things."

"And one of those things is working with Dr. Connors on his project." Will added.

"What kind of project?" Peter Hastings asked.

"Um…kind of a secret project at the moment, sorry. I'm not sure if we can go into detail." Will replied.

"Oh, it's all right, Will. The school board knows what we're trying to do and the patent's already been set up. Besides, there's a new RNA strain that I've been wanting to test so perhaps a demonstration might be a nice way to cap off your tour." Dr. Connors suggested.

"All right. Sounds good to me." He replied as he walked over to the coat rack to get his lab coat and goggles. "Everyone, please follow me over here."

Will led them to the test lab where their equipment was set up and gave the group their first look at the DNA Genetic Recombinator. "Is that a giant laser?" Mike Montgomery asked.

"No, unfortunately not Mike. That is a DNA Genetic Recombinator. It's a highly advanced genetic sequencing device that we plan to use to help the world." Will explained, going over to the computer and setting up the system and Recombinator for another test.

"Uh, Will do you mind explaining that for those of us who aren't scientifically inclined?" Aria asked, gesturing to everyone else who seemed confused.

"Dr. Connors?" Will motioned for him to speak while he moved the Recombinator arm into position.

"Sure thing. As Aria mentioned I'm teach biology and chemistry, but my primary training is as a molecular geneticist." Dr. Connors explained while some of the group was still confused.

"It means Dr. Connors is the foremost specialist in genetic changes and mutations of DNA on the west coast." Will further explained which help those who were confused.

"Thank you, Will. Now, my field focus is primarily diseases and mutation. Mankind has done a lot in medicine and treatment with diseases and viruses that were once rampant. Polio, smallpox, and even the common cold. But there are still troubles that medicine and science hasn't been able to deal with such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Cystic Fibrosis, and even cancer. This is where my research is focused on dealing with but not with vaccines or radiation and instead with genetic sequencing." Dr. Connors told them.

"How do you do that?" Peter Hastings asked, curious about the whole thing.

"Well, that's what we've been working on for the past couple of months." Will replied, having gotten the Recombinator into position and now going to the cooler to grab their cancerous tumor sample.

"The Recombinator is how we plan to combat that. It was built with the help of a colleague of mine, Dr. Stillwell at MIT and we paid Smythe Industries to help us construct it." Dr. Connors told them.

"Don't ask how much it costs because you don't want to know. Trust me." Will added causing Dr. Connors to chuckle.

"Science and changing the world is never cheap, unfortunately but it's worth it. The key to the Recombinator is in the RNA sequencing vials. RNA is the essential biological component used in genetic coding, decoding, regulation and expressions of the genes. Most cellular organisms, humans included use messenger RNA strands to convey genetic information into the body. The vials contain blank RNA sequences that we then adjust depending on what we're trying to treat. The Recombinator then turns the vial into a beam of concentrated energy that helps the subject's body recover and repair itself." Dr. Connors explained.

"Wow, that's incredible." Pamela Fields said.

"We're still early into the beta-testing phase but we've had success in treating tumors and completely reversing them." Will said, bringing Pinky's cage over for them to meet. "This is Pinky. This cute little guy had a tumor on his back but after his first Recombinator treatment and some time it's gone."

"Impressive." Bryon told him as they all looked at Pinky who was happily munching his food. "So, what are you working on now?"

"Right now, we're working on cancerous tumors trials." Dr. Connors said, inserting the RNA vial into the Recombinator and pressed a few buttons. "Now, let's get the show started."

Dr. Connors and Will moved over to the computer console and got their safety goggles on. Aria, Spencer, Emily, and their parents joined them by the console while Will got them all extra pairs of safety goggles from the cabinet. "The laser is bright, so everyone please place your goggles on." Will instructed and they all did as they were told. "Now, please buckle your seatbelts, keep your arms inside the ride at all times and remember no flash photography."

His joke drew a few chuckles as Dr. Connors pressed a few buttons on the computer console and energized the RNA vial before he inserted in place into the Recombinator. The mechanical arm moved it into position and aimed at the cancerous tumor petri dish set up on the table. The Recombinator hummed and powered up before it fired a green laser at the dish. The beam fired for about 20 seconds before it stopped and the Recombinator powered down. Dr. Connors pressed another set of command buttons and the mechanical arm lowered into standby position. "Status?" Dr. Connors asked as Will checked on the biometric readings from the petri dish.

"Cancel cells division and growth have decreased by 50% and vitals have improved. Regular cell division has reoccurred. RNA number 13.258 has improved on the previous iteration." Will told him.

"Excellent. Just like our simulations predicted. We're getting closer and closer. We might even be able to move to more difficult cancer samples." Dr. Connors suggested.

"And one more step to coming up with a viable treatment for Cancer." Will said, taking off his goggles and looking at the others. "And that's essentially what I do when I'm not busy with classes and homework. I hoped you enjoyed the final stop on our tour and please don't forget to tip your waitress."

Will took a dramatic bow causing Dr. Connors to chuckle. "Another bonus to having him as my assistant besides his remarkable brain is his humor. You'd be surprised how many scientists have little time for jokes. And I share his sentiment and hope that you all enjoyed the little demonstration."

"Please, the pleasure was ours, Dr. Connors. This is incredible work." Peter Hastings said, shaking his hand. "My wife and I happen to be council for Dr. Raymond Palmer of Palmer Technologies. If you would like, perhaps I could arrange a meeting between two fellow scientists to generate funding for your project?"

"I think you just opened Pandora's Box." Spencer whispered to Will.

"Maybe but it couldn't hurt. We could use the funding to speed up the research." He whispered back.

"Well, I'll never say to no to additional funding and I've heard some very good things from Dr. Palmer." Dr. Connors replied.

"Excellent, I'll give you my card and we'll be in touch." Peter Hastings handed him his business card and Dr. Connors handed him his as well.

"We'll be in touch. I hoped you all enjoy the little demonstration and all of Parent's day and I hoped I managed to inspire the thrill of science into one potential college student." Dr. Connors said, referring that last point to Aria's younger brother Mike.

"I wouldn't put your hopes up Dr. Connors. My brother isn't the science type." Aria told him.

"Science is not just for the scientists and science-inclined but to those who are willing to put in the time and effort into what they are doing. You'd be surprised with what you can accomplish so long as you try." Dr. Connors told her.

"Ah, another wise word of wisdom from Dr. Connors." Will said. "We even each other out. He provides the wisdom and I keep things fun and light with my jokes."

"Yeah, maybe a little too fun." May said, pulling him close and ruffling his hair before placing a kiss on his head. "Why can't you be a little more serious every now and then?"

"I'm serious when the situation calls for it but I prefer to be funny." Will joked causing his mom to huff and pinch his cheeks. "Well, let's get out of here before my mom decided to embarrass me any further. I'll see you on Monday, Dr. Connors."

"See you then and enjoy the weekend." He replied, bidding them all a goodbye.

"Well, Will that was very impressive. Not many students such as you are working on groundbreaking projects like that during their sophomore year of college." Bryon Montgomery complemented him and Will smiled. Aria smiled as well, happy that her dad liked him and after seeing what he was doing with Dr. Connors she knew that it helped settled any doubt her parents would have on him. Granted, if they ever found out he was Spider-man then they might explode.

"Well, I'm unique in that way. I'd like to think of myself as an enigma wrapped inside a puzzle wrapped inside six feet of humor." Will joked. "Honestly, I guess you can say I have a habit of wanting to help people and solve problems."

"So, do you honestly think you'll be able to do anything serious with the laser?" Mike asked and Will shrugged in response.

"With enough testing, most likely but we still have some work before we can even think of testing this on actual people." He replied. "But by the end of the school year we might actually have something viable."

"So, I imagine you plan to try and work for one of those big science companies after graduation like Stag industries?" Mr. Fields asked and Will took a moment to think. Before the Particle Accelerator that was kind of the plan but after the whole spider bite thing, he hasn't given any thought to his future. Honestly, he hasn't given any thought to anything in the future past a month.

"Honestly, Mr. Fields I'm not entirely sure what the world holds for me after graduation." He admitted. "The plans I originally had set for me…well, I'm not sure how plausible they are anymore. I do know that science is going to be a major part of it and like Dr. Connors I want to help people but I'm not entirely sure exactly what is gonna happen after graduation."

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that, Will. It'll work itself out for you." Ella Montgomery assured him.

"Thanks, Mrs. Montgomery. So, Mike what do you think about SCU? Think it's a possibility and I'm partially asking because I know that it would drive Aria insane." Will joked which got him an elbow to the side courtesy of Aria and a smack to the head by Emily.

"I'm not sure yet. I mean, this place is great but I don't know if I'm ready to commit the next four years of my life to here yet." Mike replied.

"Well, don't rush the decision. College is going to be one of the most important choices you'll make in your life so make sure it's the best one." May said.

"She's right, Mike. Give it some more thought and make sure it's the right decision." Will added. "So, I think today had been a great success on our part. How about we meet up by the same fountain from this morning in about two hours? It should give us some time to get ready and take care of what we need to do."

"Sounds like a great idea. We'll meet you there when we're ready for dinner." Mr. Hastings said as the parents bid their children farewell. Once they were out of earshot they all took a major sigh of relief.

"Dear god. Thankfully that all went well and your parents or more importantly your dad won't kill me." Will said to Aria.

"That's a good point but I think after your little science display you got on his good side." She told him. "I'm sure my dad thinks you're an improvement on the last guy I dated."

"And who would that be?" Will asked but Aria kept her mouth shut with a smirk. He playfully kissed her head before seeing the smile on Spencer's face. "Well, Spence I think I can say for all of us that we managed to stop Melissa's plan to outshine you today."

"That we did. Thanks a lot for today guys. I mean it." Spencer said.

"Don't mention it. Something tells me we're going to get into the habit of it with Ian working here now." Aria said.

"Or at least Emily will. She's the one who spends the most time in the athletic building." Will pointed out only for Emily to stick her tongue out at him.

"Thanks." She said, sarcastically.

"Oh, don't get into a bad mood, Aquagirl. You broke a school record and got the swim team into the regional qualifiers. This is a big day." He said. "I'm sure if Maya was here, she'd be showering you with kisses and getting back at me and Aria for our public displays of affection."

"Shut up." Emily told him, turning to the side and brushing her hair to the side to avoid them seeing her blush but they saw it.

"Aw, Emily's so cute when she blushes." Aria joked. "Well, she's showing up later this week so you have that to look forward to."

"All right. You girls head back and get ready for dinner and I'm going to call Yuri to check up on what's going on." Will told them and they went their separate ways. He got back to his dorm room and put on a pair of nice black dress pants, shoes, and a white undershirt before grabbing his burner cell to contact Yuri.

"Spider-man." Yuri answered.

"Hey, Yuri. I don't suppose Lady Luck loves us and decided to get the bad guys we captured to spill on who the Big Man is?" He asked.

"Unfortunately, no. Over fifty bad guys put away in jail and awaiting trial for drug trafficking, weapons possession and a load of other crimes but no one is talking about the Big Man. Whoever this guy is, he has his henchmen scared stupid and I mean stupid. Either that or a strong sense of loyalty." She told him, typing up her report at her desk. "But we took over 20 million dollars of drugs from the site so the Big Man took a big hit."

"That's great but from what we've been dealing with the past few weeks shows that the Big Man will just keep drudging up more revenue. We need to find out who this guy is. Did they give you anything on Hammerhead?" He asked only to hear Yuri chuckle.

"Please, we never got anything on Hammerhead during his Maggia days so there's no chance we're getting anything now. And if he's consistent then he likely has someone inside the department so trying to get a CI is dangerous." Yuri told him.

"I can trust you, right Yuri? Just kidding. Trying to alleviate the tension with humor but it's not working. Did Vulture give you anything?" He asked.

"Nothing concrete there. Toomes isn't saying who hired him but I think I might be able to figure something out on our end from the technology. I've been doing some digging into Smythe Technologies after what you told me about the drone." Yuri informed him.

"And did you find anything?" He asked. "Can you find anything? I figured you won't be able to find much without a warrant and probably cause."

"And you're right but I've been subtly reaching out to my contacts and old CIs in Central city." She told him which drew a raised eyebrow.

"You have contacts and CIs in Central City?" He asked.

"I had a life before you met me, Spider-man and we'll leave it at that unless you want to be forthcoming about who you are under that mask?" Yuri shot back. Will didn't answer right away because there was a small part of him that felt maybe Yuri knowing the truth about him might be a good idea. As weird as their relationship has been, he trusted her. Especially considering that there's the possibility he might have to do the same to Captain Lance depending on his reaction and response.

"Maybe one day, Yuri." He told her causing her to chuckle.

"I'll hold you to that. Anyway, my sources say that there's been something odd going on at Smythe Technologies." Yuri told him.

"Odd like what?" He asked.

"Well, for one thing there was a massive black cargo truck that left the Smythe Technologies building a few weeks ago along with a blacked out sedan. And if that's not odd for you then there's this. Apparently, the CEO and founder of the company Spencer Smythe hasn't been seen in that same amount of time and neither has his son and heir Alistair Smythe." Yuri told him.

"Ok, seemingly more interesting. Please continue." He said when he heard the electronic lock to his door go off and Aria walked in, wearing a black dress designed with blue hearts, a black jacket over that, a nice necklace/choker, matching purse and heeled boots. He smiled, waved, and motioned her to come in. "I'm guessing that you managed to find something odd with Mr. Rich Tech inventor and his son not being seen the last month."

"You're right about that. Officially, they're supposed to be on some kind of retreat/vacation thing abroad in Europe but I haven't been able to dig up a solid piece of photo evidence or physical trace of them being there. And then there's this…" Yuri brought up some stilled traffic camera footage that showed Alistair going down the street in his wheelchair with a bag of takeout in his lap. "I've got CCTV camera footage of young Alistair Smythe with takeout in his lap from a Chinese restaurant…in Starling City."

"He's here?" Will asked as Aria sat down at his desk and looked over some of his gadget prototypes.

"The footage was a week ago which is in between Shocker and Vulture's appearance. He got into a blacked out sedan but I lost them in the industrial area." She told him. "I think you're right that the Big Man has Smythe Technologies building weapons for his…supervillains to try and take you out."

"Well this is the rare moment I was hoping that I was wrong." He said, rubbing his eyes and trying to think of what they could do to fix this problem. "Well, The Big Man's sites we've been hitting are funded and covered to look like legitimate businesses so maybe funding to Smythe is one way he keeps his money clean."

"And would explain why he went to them for weapons to take you out. You've been hitting his revenue which means Smythe gets hit as well. The Big Man and Hammerhead provide the muscle while Smythe provides the weapons. Awesome in theory but there's no way Smythe is going to have anyway to tie any of this back to him." Yuri pointed out.

"And the Big Man is likely to ensure that if this does come back to bite him it'd be Smythe who takes the bullet and Hammerhead would clean up loose ends. We're up a creak without a paddle, pardon the old phrase." Will said. "We'll think of something. They'll screw up eventually, bad guys always do. I'll do some digging in the industrial area tonight or tomorrow and see if I can find something or if someone's seen something. People love me so they'll talk."

"True but you do know anything you say will be hard to get through to court. We'll have to do this the legal way." Yuri told him.

"And we will like we've been doing so far. I find out where the bad guys are, make a little noise that gets the police involved and let exigent circumstances take over from there." Will told her.

"Exigent circumstances? What are you a lawyer when you're not wearing that mask?" Yuri asked.

"Please, as if a lawyer would actually be able to do his job well if he moonlit as a superhero. No, I just happen to have some very knowledgeable friends." Will told her before giving a smile to Aria. "By the way, how's Captain Lance?"

Yuri let out a sigh which was all he needed to hear. She looked over at his office and saw it was empty. "He hasn't been in all day and no one's heard from him, calls go straight to voicemail. Something tells me he's going to take a few days off."

"Right. Keep me posted. I'll want to talk to him and explain myself and hopefully let him know that I'm on his side." He told her.

"Will do." Yuri said before hanging up.

"Is everything ok?" Aria asked.

"Ask me another day. If only Spider-man's crime fighting life was as easy as Will Detmer impressing his girlfriend's parents." He replied, sitting down on his bed. "But Yuri and I are dealing with it. We'll figure it out."

"You will. There's nothing Spider-man can't do when he puts his mind to it." She told him and he smiled.

"If I didn't know any better it sounds like you've got a superhero crush." Will joked. Aria chuckled and walked over to him, taking his hands into hers.

"Well, I like to think he's very handsome under that mask. And charming, smart, funny but a bit of a dork." She shot back with a smirk so Will pulled her forward so his hands were around her waist.

"Oh, well if I'm a dork what does that say about the girl who's crazy enough to date that dork?" He playfully asked only for Aria to match his flirting and get close enough so that their lips were barely touching.

"Someone who sees the dork as the amazing person he is." She said, kissing her super-powered boyfriend and he happily reciprocated. She moved her hands along his arms and shoulders to feel his toned muscles. The kissing got a little playful as Will moved to her cheek, forehead, and nose which made her chuckle before moving back down to her lips. She moved her hands up into his hair while his hands moved down to her hips before pulling her up. "Oh, look who's moving a little faster."

"I've got four years of non-existent high school dating to make up for." He replied, moving her over and setting her down on a clear space on his desk.

"Then allow me to educate you." She whispered and the kissing got a little more heated. Aria's hands grabbed his white undershirt and untucked it from his pants to feel his defined abs and muscles. Will took off her jacket and cupped her cheek, getting more into the kissing when both their phones went with texts from Spencer and Emily saying they were ready and that May was waiting for them at the fountain. "They can wait a few more minutes."

"Right." They kept kissing when both of their phones went off with another text from both Spencer and Emily that read, Stop making out and come now! We're not going to wait around for you two to get busy!" "Guess we'll have to pick this up another time."

Will kissed her once more before tucking his undershirt back in his pants and grabbing a dress shirt from his closet. Aria fixed her hair and checked herself for hickies in the mirror before putting her jacket back on. Will finishing doing the last button on his blue button-up before grabbing his jacket. "All right, let's go."

The two left and headed to the fountain where Emily, Spencer, and May were waiting for them. "Took you two long enough." Spencer told them.

"Now, Will I know you're smart and all and I have no right to be controlling you now that you're in college but you're only 20. You and Aria are both too young to be having children." May told them which made Aria and Will blush red in embarrassment while Emily and Spencer laughed out loud.

"Oh, dear god." Will whispered.

"And Aria I'm not sure what kind of birth control you're on if you are on any…" May started.

"Oh, we're going there." Aria said.

"Oh, man." Spencer chuckled to Emily.

"Hey, if we can't talk about it, then we shouldn't be doing it. Right?" May said, getting odd looks from them all. "Now, I'm not going to be saying you're too young for sex but I will tell you that birth control pills are useless against STDs. Make sure you are suited up every time. No pulling up the drawbridge early."

"Ugh, I get it!" Will told her. "Stop, please! Aria and I were just…kissing. All right. We haven't gone that far so please…don't do this…ever again…ever."

"Oh, look they're here. Let's go to dinner. Now" Emily said, pointing to her parents who pulled up in their rental car and saving everyone from the awkward conversation.

"Right, let's go." Spencer said, pushing May to the car.

"Dear god in heaven please strike me down now." Will spoke to the sky.

"This night cannot possibly get any worse. I swear if my mom does the same thing then I'll die." Aria added as the two walked over to the car.

Will wasn't the only one dealing with his own personal issues. Quentin Lance was dealing with it as well but his personal issue was much grimmer in nature. Captain Lance was in the Starling City Cemetery at the grave of his daughter Sara, having just placed a fresh flower wreath there and trying to come to terms with her death…again. He had a large bottle of whiskey in his hands but hadn't found the courage to drink it yet.

He had been there for hours when Laurel showed up. "Dad. I didn't know you were going to be here." She said. The two hadn't spoken since she dropped him off at his apartment after he found out.

"Where else would I be?" He asked. "I got to figure out a way to tell your mother about this. Unless you already told her."

"She doesn't know." Laurel told him as Lance stood up to face his daughter.

"I'm wondering if I hadn't found out the way I did if you would have told her before me or were you going to be concerned about her heart too?" He asked, sarcastically.

"You know if you were going to drink that you would have done it by now." Laurel said, referring to the bottle in his hands that was unopened.

"Really? Because in my mind I've already gone through three of these." Lance said. "The reason I want to crawl into this bottle is because of what you did to me. I love your sister, I love your mom and I love you. They were so much like each other, these wild spirits. But you and I we had something more than that because we were a lot alike and we had a trust and a bond and you broke it. Sara's been dead for weeks and I had to find out from Spider-man, of all people that she was dead."

"Spider-man?" Laurel asked.

"He came to see me a few days ago. Telling me that he wanted me to trust him and everything after everything he's been doing in this city and I felt I owed him that much. After all he saved you when you tried to take a baseball bat to that guy and he put you in the hospital." Lance said, chuckling at his own stupidity at the moment. "I should have realized what was going on with you then but I decided to trust you which was a mistake. Spider-man, a man in a mask told me that Sara was dead and he told me because he felt that I deserved to know the truth and to figure it out for myself and he was right. If only my own daughter felt the same. I don't know how you could do that to us. I don't know how I'm gonna survive this but I got to for my baby girl. But what you've done, I don't know how I'm gonna live through this…or how I'm gonna forgive you."

"Daddy, you should go to a meeting." Laurel told him.

"Yeah, your right. I'll go to the one on Brockton. You go to the one on Fourth." Lance put the bottle in her hand and left. The daughter and father parting on terms that essentially set their relationship from ten to negative one. Laurel looked at the bottle in her hands before uncapping it but instead of drinking it she poured it on the ground. She struggled to hold back the tears but they were of her own making.

Line Break xxxxx

Parents' weekend finished and luckily Will, Aria, Emily, and Spencer survived it although the embarrassment May subjected Will and Aria too was something none of them wanted to relive…ever. They went back to classes and their regular lives which was fine but now it was Monday afternoon and they were at Ted Grant's Boxing gym for their first lesson. They took a bus into the city and were all dressed in workout clothes. Will was wearing some spare sneakers, athletic shorts, and a form-fitting Under Armour shirt. The girls were dressed up in their workout clothes which for Emily was fine as she had dozens of pairs but was wearing some workout shorts and shirt while Spencer and Aria were dressed in yoga pants and workout shirts. They had their hair done up in ponytails with their bags, towels, and water bottle out when they walked into the gym.

"All right. You guys made it. Welcome to your first lesson." Ted welcomed them into the gym, having just finished with another class. "Hope you guys are ready for this."

"I'm ready." Will told him. "Trust me. After an entire high school existence of my head being stuck in a toilet or crammed into a locker, I'm ready for this."

"On a scale of one to ten, how much is this going to hurt tomorrow?" Aria asked.

"I won't go too hard on you guys today. This will just be a warmup and introduction to everything. There's a lot you need to get used to before we go full contact." Ted told them. "Let's get started."

Four hours later

Aria and Spencer were exhausted, doing their best to catch their breath and replace the fluids they sweated out during their first intense workout. Spencer was sprawled out on the floor with a towel over her head while Aria was hunched over a bench, guzzling down water as fast as she could. Emily was faring better, taking some deep heavy breaths with a towel around her neck. She was leaning against the boxing ring post and drinking some water while she watched Will go through the form exercises in a practice spar with Ted. Ted took them all through the exercises they would be doing regularly at their sessions and it would be a mix between cross-fit exercises and actual boxing/sparring. As the girls expected, Will picked up boxing easily and seemed like a natural at it. Once Ted showed him how to throw a punch and the proper form, he was able to get in down very quickly. Even Ted was impressed. He'd only see this kind of thing with former athletes or fighters.

Will threw out three left-right-left combos followed by two quick right jabs, a left hook before ducking under Ted's mock counter attack and then repeated. After about the tenth repetition, Ted threw out a surprise left hook that Will managed to duck under. "Nice!" Ted shouted, relaxing his stance and Will relaxed as well. "Are you sure this is your first class? You're a natural."

"Yeah, first boxing class." Will replied, using his teeth to take undo the Velcro strap on one of the gloves so he could take off the other. "My dad taught me some things before. Guess it's all coming back. And while I may be a science nerd, I'm able to pick up anything once I learn it. And with my body having finally gone through puberty this is a lot easier than I thought it would be."

"Well, I can definitely say that you and Emily are the athletic ones in your group." Ted said as they looked at Spencer and Aria in the corner who looked dead. "But this was a great first lesson. Get back to school, get some rest and try to get some protein within the next hour. I'll see you guys in two days."

"Thanks, Ted." Emily replied, wiping her forehead with her towel as she and Will walked over to Aria and Spencer. "That was actually a lot of fun. And that extra workout will help in the water."

"Yeah, you'll go from swimming like a shark to swimming like a damn Sailfish." Will told her but she looked at him funny. "It's the fastest fish in the ocean able to swim at speeds up to 70 miles per hour. And besides the exercise, you seemed to pick up on the boxing pretty quickly. Some more so than others."

"I'd slap you if I could lift my arms up over my head." Spencer warned him.

"I'd just be happy to get the feeling back in my arms." Aria added. Will smiled before pressing his right index finger to her shoulder and released a small charge of bio-electric energy into her body to help ease the pain and get her moving. "Oohh…. that feels that better."

"My venom shock can disable someone but it can also help ease the pain in the muscles and get you back on your feet." Will said, pulling Aria back up before doing the same thing to Spencer and it worked.

Spencer got back to her feet when she heard someone say her name. "Spencer?" She turned around to see Laurel Lance standing there in workout clothes. "What are you doing here?"

"Laurel, hey. My friends and I just finished up a workout. What are you doing here?" Spencer asked.

"I'm actually about to start my workout. I didn't know you came here." Laurel said.

"Yeah, we just started today. My overprotective nerd friend felt that learning some self-defense lessons might be a good idea but if I knew how draining the lessons would be then I would have never agreed to this." Spencer explained.

"Oh, buck up, Spencer. Remember your Hastings motto, if a Hastings has a shot she makes the most of it. So make the most of it." Will told her.

"Will, it's if a Hastings has a shot she takes the shot." Aria corrected him.

"Well I amended it a little bit. Sue me." He replied when he saw Laurel. "Hello, Laurel. Sorry, ADA Lance."

"Laurel's fine, Will. It's good to see you again and in such great shape. I figured with that building falling down on you you'd be a little more bedridden." Laurel pointed out.

"Well, I tend to heal pretty fast and an entire summer in recovery kind of helps. Plus it helps to have a doctor for a mom." Will explained but Laurel wasn't completely convinced with that answer. She saw him and noted he looked completely fine. No scars or any kind of walk with a limp or hitch in his movement which you would expect someone to have after having a building fall on them. She was quickly brought out of her staring when Will waved his hand in her face. "Uh…Laurel, are you ok?"

"Sorry, yeah it's just been a tough few days." She said.

"Oh, I know how that feels. And going through this didn't help at all either." Aria accused Will.

"Hey, sorry but now you're set and ready for any kind of guy who tries to attack you. I personally feel better knowing that my girlfriend and my best friends who are girls are prepared for anything. I have a thing against dirt bags hitting women…" Will said which made Laurel flashback to the night she attacked Rozak with the bat and Spider-man had to save her… he said the exact same thing and their voices matched. "…and now it'll be the women who do the hitting against the dirt bags."

"Cute. Come on. I need a good shower and something to eat." Aria said, dragging his arm and leaving the boxing gym.

"Bye, Laurel. See you tomorrow." Spencer bid her farewell and left with Emily while Laurel watched them leave. As she watched him leave, she remembered the night she met him when Deathstroke and his army laid siege to Starling City. He saved Sara from being trapped under a burning building only to get trapped himself and then lift the rubble off of him. The rubble had to weigh more than a ton and he was able to save himself and lift it off. Then at the precinct he saved her from one of the masked minions and then Deathstroke himself, someone Oliver had trouble with and the way he moved and fought…it was just like Spider-man.

"Spider-man's a college student?" Laurel questioned…not believing it but…it could be true. She needed to confirm her suspicions or if this was just her imagination and paranoia playing against her and she knew just the person who could help her.

Across town, Captain Lance walked out of the side emergency exit of the precinct into the alleyway to see four idiot robbers trussed up with steel cables on the ground. Lance just sighed before walking over and cuffing one of them.

"I found them trying to rob an armored car. I brought them over." Lance heard so he looked up and saw the Arrow on the fire escape of the adjacent building.

"What, you want a medal for bringing them in?" Lance asked, before grabbing one of the robbers and bringing him over to the door. "Get the hell out of my sight."

"Detective…It's Captain now!" Lance shouted at him. "What? Did you think by bringing some dirt bags here that everything would be back to normal between the two of us? Are you really going to stand there on your high horse and pretend like you didn't know my daughter was dead for weeks?!"

"Detective, I'm sorry. Laurel told me not to say anything. She was worried about your heart." Arrow told him.

"You had no right to keep that from me." Lance shot back. "You know, my whole career…my whole life, even when I knew nothing I knew at least right from wrong and I knew vigilantism was wrong. The day we take the law into our own hands is a day that we—we become outlaws. And that idea—that idea was precious to me. Almost as precious as my own daughters. I threw that all away the day I threw in with you. You know why? Because I trusted you even after everything you did and it nearly costed me my career, I felt like I could trust you and you could do the same…if only I knew how wrong I was. I see the man under the hood now. He lies, and he keeps secrets. All so he doesn't have to carry around the weight of his decisions and the lives he ruins. And I'm done with him. You come here again I'll arrest you."

Lance went back inside, dragging the criminals with him while Oliver felt the lowest he had ever felt since he put on the hood. He lost one of his best allies and it was his own fault. He returned to the bunker where Felicity, Diggle, and Roy were waiting and when they saw him walk in, they knew he was in a mood. Oliver put his bow in his case and put his quiver away before closing his eyes, taking a deep breath and holding his forehead in sorrow.

"Oliver…what's wrong?" Felicity asked.

"I just got back from the SCPD and talked to Lance. He's not happy that the Arrow knew about Sara and didn't tell him." Oliver told her.

"What he'd say?" Dig asked.

"A small variation on go to hell." He replied.

"Oliver, he just needs some time." Felicity assured him.

"No, he was right. I lied to him…for weeks. I kept something from him and he had every right to know." Oliver said. "I trusted Laurel's decision with her father but we should have told him from the beginning and not have him find out from someone else. He trusted me and I betrayed that. I don't think we're gonna get it back. It's my fault."

"If he's this angry with you then I don't even want to know how angry he is with Laurel." Roy commented.

"I pretty sure their relationship is delegated back to business only." Oliver said.

"What I want to know is how Spider-man even knew about Sara." Dig told him.

"He was there when Laurel confronted Komodo and tried to kill him. He heard everything she said. That and when he tried to stop Merlyn must have been enough for him to piece it together and he went to Lance." Oliver explained.

"Why? Do you think he's trying to discredit you?" Roy asked.

"Lance said it was because Spider-man wanted to earn his trust." Oliver replied, pinching the bridge between his eyes in exhaustion and frustration. "I'm not sure what his game is and it's starting to get on my nerves."

"Well, I would think his intentions are pretty clear, he's a hero and he helps people. He's just like you, Oliver. Everything I've done in looking into this guy has shown nothing but stopping criminals and saving people. He's like you except he's able to go out during the day when we don't." Felicity told him. "I don't think he's a bad guy."

"And you might be right but that doesn't mean I'm ok with him still in my city." Oliver stated.

"Are you sure you're not just placing your anger at what's going on with Lance on Spider-man? I mean, he did help you stop Zytle, and then stopped Komodo along with helping Laurel before helping you fight Merlyn and Nyssa. I've even heard from my friends in the Glades about how much they love the guy because he deals with the gangs the police can't deal with. If anything, he's proven to be on our side." Roy told him.

"Maybe, Roy but he's also an unknown in the city, not to mention that the city's had to deal with Shocker and Vulture since he showed up." Oliver pointed out.

"Is that any different than when we had to deal with Helena or Slade Wilson?" Dig asked.

"And he probably knows who I am." Oliver told them which was a bit of a concern. "He was there when Laurel confronted Komodo and heard everything Merlyn said to me and Nyssa, he knows my name. You'll understand why I want to know who this guy is and ensures he's not going to blab to Lance about who the Arrow is and put us behind bars."

"That's a fair worry, Oliver but I don't have anything for you at the moment. All my old searches gave me nothing." Felicity told him. She brought up the failed searches she ran for months which included searching in police and federal databases along with searching traffic cameras all over the city but got nothing. "I can't do much with what we have and we have nothing."

"We have to have something." Dig assured her.

"No, I checked Dig, we have nothing. No fingerprints or DNA samples because of the suit, and the mask makes facial recognition impossible, no voice matches for anything in any database, and considering what he can do I'm not hopeful for a match as a criminal." Felicity explained.

"What about the night Helena took those hostages? That was Spider-man before he put on the stupid sweat shirt suit." Roy said, pointing to the screen shot Felicity had of an image of Spider-man in his early clunky sweatshirt and sweatpants combo.

"True but I've gone over every single photo, still frame, and live camera footage from that night and can't get a clean image of his face. And any partials aren't enough so I'm left with thousands of possible identities for this guy." Felicity explained. "I have never been this puzzled, confused, and annoyed in my entire life. Well, ok, maybe when I was in high school but that's a different story."

"What about his webbing? Surely you've done tests on that." Oliver suggested.

"I did from a sample you recovered but only for about an hour. It disintegrated after that but I did manage to analyze some of the chemicals in the webbing as Hydrogen Peroxide, carbine polymer acid, cycline acidic components and helium oxide. Ingredients that don't occur or exist in natural spider silk." she explained.

"So that means it's not actual spider webs he shoots out from his hands." Roy added.

"It's manmade, like from a lab?" Oliver asked.

"Definitely. From the chemicals I just listed it was definitely made in a lab and from the tests I've run on the webbing and the chemicals, it was designed to disintegrate after a few hours and the combination is very complex. This was made in a state of the art lab by a brilliant chemist." Felicity told him. "I tried to run down some potential leads but these chemicals are common enough in every lab across the country so we need to narrow down that list and I've already done that with another potential lead."

"And what's that?" Dig asked.

"It didn't occur to me until after my trip back from Central City to see Barry. Maybe our Spider-man might not be a regular vigilante like you but is actually just like Barry." She suggested and Oliver instantly knew what she was suggested.

"You think that Spider-man might be a meta-human." Oliver said and she nodded.

"Sorry, what's a meta-human?" Roy asked.

"When the Particle Accelerator exploded last year it released a ton of dark matter and quantum energy throughout the city and it affected certain people certain ways. Barry was one of them when he was struck by lightning and now has unique abilities. Given everything we've seen and eye witness reports say about Spider-man, he might one of them." Felicity explained. Oliver seemed to agree with her assessment as it made the most sense at the moment while Diggle and Roy were confused.

"But if Spider-man was in Central City when the Particle Accelerator exploded, why is he here?" Roy asked and they weren't sure on the answer when Felicity's phone went off from a call from Laurel.

"Hey, Laurel." Felicity answered, confused as to why she was calling.

"Hey, Felicity I know this is an odd request but can you dig up everything you can on someone for me. I'm on my way to the bunker now and I'll get there by the time you've found everything." She said.

"Ok, what's the name?" Felicity asked.

"Will Detmer, I'm think? He's a sophomore at Starling City University." Laurel said.

Felicity did a quick search and found him in the student directory. "I think I found him. Six feet tall, lean, black hair, and kind of cute?"

"That's him. Find everything you can on him. I'm on my way." Laurel ended the call and Felicity got to searching.

"Why does Laurel want you do some search on this guy?" Roy asked.

"Could be for a case she's working on." Dig suggested as Felicity brought up information on Will Detmer and she didn't think that was the case.

"Well, if it is a case then this kid isn't a criminal. He's just a 20 year old Starling City University science major. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for but I haven't found a single piece of incriminating evidence against him." Felicity replied.

"Laurel will tell us why she's looking into this guy when she gets here." Oliver said. About twenty minutes later of Felicity searching for everything she could on Will Detmer, Laurel arrived in the Arrowcave. "Laurel."

"Hey, Oliver. I'm guessing by your scowl that you've talked to my dad?" Laurel asked and he nodded. "I'm sorry. You were right. I should have listened to you in the first place."

"We've both made mistakes, Laurel. We'll just have to learn with the consequences." Oliver told her. "It's gone back to how your father first felt about me when I started. All that work earning his trust is gone."

"Just give him some space, Oliver. He's really hurting but he still knows you protect the city." Laurel said to him.

"Laurel, I got everything I could on this kid but there's no criminal record or anything like that." Felicity told her.

"What about hospital records? Any incidents or red flags with him?" She asked and Felicity did a triple check but got nothing.

"None other than admittance to Starling General for a broken arm he got when he was 12. It seems pretty standard and he was treated by his mother. Must be nice to have a doctor for a mom. Makes things easier if anything." Felicity commented. "Laurel, I've run every search I could think of on this kid and he's squeaky clean, other than some mentions in his school records for academic excellence, he's completely normal."

"Laurel, what case are you working on?" Oliver asked.

"It's not a case but more of a hunch." She told them.

"Hunch about what?" Diggle asked as Laurel took a deep breath.

"I think that Will is Spider-man." She said. There was a minute of awkward silence as everyone looked at her weird and tried to process the idea.

"Of all the things she was going to say I was not expecting that." Felicity commented.

"You think that a 20 year old college student is secretly Spider-man?" Diggle asked.

"I know it sounds crazy—""Crazy, it sounds like the idea of a comic book." Roy said, cutting her off mid-sentence. "I'm sorry, Laurel but out of all the craziness we've been dealing with the idea that Spider-man is a college student just seems ridiculous."

"Laurel, where is this coming from? Something tells me that you didn't just come to this realization just overnight." Oliver added.

"Ok, I've actually met Will a few times now. He's the friend of one of my interns at the DA's office and he seems perfectly normal but I first met him the night of Slade Wilson's siege. Sara and I were heading to the precinct when we saw this building on fire and a mother's child was stuck inside. Just as we got there, Will and his friends did the same along with his mother and he ran inside to help Sara. He actually saved her when the building collapsed but it collapsed on him and he was trapped." Laurel explained, remembering that night like it was yesterday.

"He survived the building falling on him?" Felicity asked.

"It actually didn't fall right on him but pinned him to the ground. We tried to save him but it was too heavy and we couldn't risk moving the rubble or else he'd get squished. That's when he actually lifted the rubble off of him." Laurel said which took them all a moment to digest because of how insane it sounded.

"Lifted as in lifted off of him?" Roy asked.

"Yeah. All that burning and crumbled rubble must have weighed at least a ton if not more and he was able to lift it off and heave it behind him. I've heard of people lifting cars in extreme cases with adrenaline but lifting that much seems impossible." She explained.

"Lifting a ton worth of rubble sounds like Super strength to me." Oliver said. "Anything else?"

"After he lifted the rubble off him, we brought him, his friends, and his mom to the precinct when one of Slade's goons came. He took down dozens of my dad's officers but Will actually managed to kick him out of the precinct window and then Slade showed up. Believe it or not, Will actually fought Slade to a standstill and saved me and when he was fighting he moved and jumped around a lot like Spider-man." Laurel explained.

"Super agility and reflexes." Oliver said.

"Spider-man saved me from an attack as well and his voice sounded almost exactly like Will's. I know it sounds crazy but I think Will is Spider-man." Laurel told them and if what she told them was true then it turned from crazy idea to an actual possibility.

"Felicity, who is he?" Oliver asked as Felicity brought up everything she had on Will.

"Ok, William Alexander Detmer, born October 8th, 1994 and is a current Starling City University Sophomore with a double major in physics and engineering with a double minor in chemistry and biology. He is the current lab assistant to Dr. Curt Connors and on full scholarship to the science program. Mother is May Detmer, current chief of Radiology at Starling City General." Felicity told him.

"What about his father?" Oliver asked.

"Uh, deceased." Felicity brought up Richard Detmer's death certificate. "He was a special agent with the FBI assigned to a special taskforce that took down the Maggia Crime family in Starling city years ago. He died in the line of duty when Will was in middle school."

"I remember that. It was a huge deal. I mean, the FBI's work in taking down the Maggia was the biggest bust in years." Diggle added.

"He was killed in the line of duty and was buried with full honors." Felicity told them. "Can't imagine how hard that must have been for him but Will kept his nose clean. He focused mainly on his studies and it earned him a scholarship to attend Starling Academy which is impressive. Only families who can afford it can send their children there. Of course, Oliver already knows this considering Thea was there at the same time Will was. And based on his schedule and Thea's straight A's in all science related fields, I'm guessing she found someone to help her pass."

"That always did make me curious. Thea isn't the most gifted with the sciences so it was strange to see she had straight A's all four years." Oliver commented.

"Were they friends? Maybe Thea can tell us something." Laurel suggested.

"I've never heard her mention him at all when we were dating and I've met plenty of her friends." Roy told them.

"Something tells me they probably weren't friends outside of school." Felicity brought up an old yearbook photo of Will, full glasses and everything. "There are some disciplinary notes with Will mentioned in them."

"I thought you said he was squeaky clean?" Diggle asked.

"He is. The disciplinary notes weren't against him but in favor of him for multiple instances of fights, teasing, shoving in hallways and in lockers, and uh…head dunked into toilet." Felicity commented with a sigh of disgust. "It's always the bullies who go after the smart people."

"That couldn't have been fun." Oliver said.

"Please, like you never did that to anyone when you were growing up." She commented sarcastically."

Oliver shot her an offended look but Laurel shrugged her shoulders at him. He wasn't exactly a bully when they were younger but he and Tommy probably weren't…the nicest to other people in high school. Oliver was about to respond but decided to keep the conversation moving. "Anything else?" He asked.

"Um, multiple academic awards while he was at Starling Academy. Science fairs and things like that. Glowing recommendations from his teachers from all four years, perfect scores on his SATS and uh…wow." Felicity stopped when she came to an official test his high school did for him on recommendation from one of his teachers that measured his IQ and the test showed it to be 250. "That is impressive. I take it back, this kid isn't normal."

"Is that his IQ?" Oliver asked and Felicity nodded.

"Yeah. One of his teachers recommended an official test of his IQ and it measured out at 250. That's insane." Felicity said. "That's super genius level IQ."

"You said he's chemistry minor, right? With that IQ, he could develop the webbing that Spider-man's been using." Oliver suggested.

"Yeah, it's possible. And SCU's chemistry lab would have what he would need to make it." Felicity replied.

"If this kid is a super genius then why is he at SCU? I find it hard to believe that a super genius with his grades and scores would stay in Starling for college." Dig pointed out.

"It says here he was offered a full ride to MIT for college but…he turned it down." Felicity told them. "He wanted to stay in Starling to stay closer to his mother. Oh….that's really sweet."

"Ok, he's smart enough to create the webbing that Spider-man uses but I'm still having some trouble getting my head around the idea that a genius gifted science student is Spider-man." Diggle pointed out.

"If Felicity's point that Spider-man is a meta-human from Central City then it could explain why he's able to do what he can do." Oliver suggested.

"What's a meta-human?" Laurel asked.

"It's a long story but I think I found some proof. I checked his schedule and he was placed in an advance physic class during his fall semester his freshmen year. It's a highly advance class reserved for juniors or seniors unless you have a recommendation, pass a test and write a report but he got in." Felicity showed them.

"All that for one class? Hardly seems worth the effort." Roy commented.

"Anyhow, the class's professor scheduled a field trip before the end of the semester to Central City for the unveiling of the STAR labs particle accelerator and based on credit card statements and school records he was there the night it went off." Felicity said.

"So, what? He showed up for the Particle Accelerator explosion and somehow got super strength and the ability to crawl on the walls like a spider?" Diggle asked.

"We're probably missing some details but most likely. And then there's this." Felicity brought up a Facebook photo taken of Will November 28th, 2013. "This is a photo of Will with his friends on November 28th, 2013."

Everyone looked at the photo and it showed Will with two girls tagged as Aria Montgomery and Emily Fields. The three were standing outside in thick cold weather clothing and posing for a picture in the city. They got a good look at Will and saw the 5ft9, short haired, glasses wearing science nerd. "Will looks nothing like that." Laurel told her.

"Maybe because he looks like this. This is a photo taken December 20th, 2013. Just a few weeks later." Felicity brought up the next picture which was of Will with Aria and Emily just before the girls left for holiday break. This time, Will was wearing some new clothes, seemed to have grown a few inches, filled out his clothes more and had no glasses. "Now, I'm no health expert but it looks like to me that he seemed to grow a few inches along with some muscles."

"Something that a little Particle Accelerator mutation might have helped with." Roy commented.

"I'll be right back." Oliver walked over to his display case and grabbed his bow.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, where do you think you're going?" Felicity shot up and got in front of him to stop him from leaving.

"To talk to him." Oliver told her.

"Talk as in a friendly chat or talk as in threaten him with an arrow?" Felicity asked.

"Felicity, I just want to talk to him." Oliver assured her.

"I'd actually believe you if you weren't taking your bow with you but Oliver what are you actually planning to say when you find him?" She asked.

"She's right, Oliver. You can't just march onto the campus wearing that Hood. And if Will is Spider-man, starting a fight there might not be a good idea." Diggle told him.

"And if you're right and he knows who you really are then threatening him with his identity won't help." Roy added and Oliver finally saw reason.

"You're right." Oliver said. "Ok, for now we just gather up any more intel on him we can. Dig, do you think you can scope out the campus for him? I want to make sure we're a hundred percent right before we talk to him."

"I can do that but Oliver, like we've mentioned before, if this kid really is Spider-man then he's not like Slade or Helena. He's a good kid trying to do the right thing." Diggle told him.

"He also a kid who is way in over his head. He doesn't understand how complicated things are. I want to talk to him." Oliver said.

"And say what? Stop doing your Spider-man thing or I'll put an arrow in you?" Laurel asked as Oliver gave her a look. "Oliver, Will's helped me three times now and probably dozens of other people in this city. Despite him telling my dad the truth and putting our relationship into state it is now, why are you trying to stop him from doing the exact same thing you and everyone here is doing?"

"Just get what you can on him." Oliver told them, not replying to the question and heading out of the bunker.

"Where are you going?" Diggle asked.

"To clear my head." He replied. You did not want to be a criminal that night.

Line Break xxxxx

The next morning, four groups of people were getting in some early morning combat training before they started the day. Oliver and Roy were sparring in the bunker, Laurel and Ted were boxing at his gym, Thea and her father Merlyn were sword training at a special hidden place while Will was doing some special training of his own. Oliver and Roy were sparring with escrima sticks like they normally would when Oliver noticed Roy was a bit sluggish today.

He parried an attack and threw down a strike that Roy managed to block only to get tagged on the side and then on the knee. Roy raised his stick and managed to block a strike before he got hit in the face. "You're not moving very quickly this morning."

"I just didn't sleep much last night." Roy replied only to duck under an attack but get his feet knocked out from under him.

Laurel and Ted were boxing in the ring but it was more like Laurel was swinging to get out her aggression and everything wrong with her life. "You're not boxing, Laurel. You're not even fighting. You're just lashing out. Come on." Ted told her only for Laurel to continue her assault.

Thea and Merlyn were training with swords at his special hidden training area. Block, strike, block, parry, dodge and repeat. Thea swung her sword at his neck which resulted in her and her father ending in a draw. "Impressive." He said.

"How do normal people spend their morning?" Thea asked.

Will was in gymnastics gym early in the morning to get some training in. He locked all the doors and covered up windows before he began vaulting, flipping, and jumping off the equipment with a blindfold around his eyes. This was training his spider sense. He vaulted over a block and flipped through the air before landing in a crouch and moving into a spinning windmill, pretending to kick and lash out at pretend bad guys. He spun back to his feet to throw out punches, knees, elbows, a spin kick, a TD raiz kick, a butterfly kick into a corkscrew spin kick before doing a triple backflip into a crouch. While he flipped and pretend fought, nerf guns hooked up to timers trigged and fired at him which triggered his spider sense so he flipped, dodged, and avoided them with the grace of Spider-man before landing in his signature spider crouch. He took off his blindfold and relaxed before quickly catching a dart that would have hit him in the back of the head.

"I'm getting really good at that. A nice start to my day. Now, for breakfast." Will picked up the darts and cleaned up before heading to the dining hall to get some food.

Across the city, Felicity Smoak was doing her own early morning workout which consisted of her in her pajamas doing sit ups on a yoga mat with a workout video being played on the TV. "F-four…. f-five!" Felicity pulled her set up for her fifth pushup before falling on her back and fist bumping in celebration. She got up and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth when she got a knock on her front door. She groaned and walked over to answer it while brushing her teeth. "Mrs. Fernands, I've already told you I haven't seen your caAAt…"

She opened the door only to see her boss, Ray Palmer there in his business suit. "I haven't seen him either." He said before walking in. "Or is the cat a girl? Was I just being misogynist now or is it misogynistic? I never know."

"Ray…what are you—" "Nice place you got here. Lots of space." Ray said. "So it occurred to me this morning: what's the one thing that Queen Consolidated has that we don't use to our maximum potential?"

"A doorbell?" Felicity asked.

"Have you heard of a process called Cogeneration?" He asked only for Felicity to give him a look.

"I have even looked at a cup of coffee." She walked over to the sink to spit out her toothpaste, rinse her mouth and get some coffee.

"Well, Cogeneration is—" "The repurposing of waste heat given off by energy production." Felicity finished his sentence.

"Yeah, it's a principle of thermodynamic efficiency. Which occurred to me could be applied to a building which generates over 240,000 watts of electricity like Queen Consolidated." Ray said, pulling out a small napkin with some scientific equations written on it. "I did some preliminary calculations on the ride over."

"You want to sell QC's excess energy back to the city." Felicity said.

"If by sell you mean give away for free, yes. Energy is something that should be given freely to the masses." Ray told her when there was another knock on her door. "I'm guessing you haven't found Mrs. Fernands' cat?"

Felicity rolled her eyes before answering her door and to her shock and utter horror it was her mother. "AAAAHH!/Aaaaahh!" Donna Smoak shouted in glee while Felicity shouted in horror.

"Very friendly with your neighbors I see." Ray commented.

"Mom!" Felicity shouted.

"Mom?" Ray asked. Let's just say that Felicity's morning was not getting off to a good start.

Will walked out of the history building with Emily, having just finished class. The two were heading over to the Starbucks on campus to get a drink. "So, when is Maya coming here?" He asked.

"She'll be here tomorrow which reminds me are you sure it's ok that she can stay with your mom? If not, we can work something else out." Emily said but Will stopped her.

"Emily, relax. My mom is more than happy to have Maya stay with her while she's here in Starling. She's been looking forward to it for days. She even bought new sheets and towels. If anything, I'm a little offended. She had me bring the old sheets and towels from my house to save money but my mom is more than willing to go out and buy new and fresh ones for Maya." Will joked.

"Well, maybe she likes me more. After all, she did say I was like the daughter she always wanted." Emily told him only for Will to grab her from behind and spin her around. "Will, put me down!"

Will gave her one more quick spin before he did which made her hair get all messed up. "You're lucky I love you so much. One little venom shock and you'd be skipping around the quad like you were on fire." Will jokingly warned her.

"Then it's a good thing we're best friends." Emily told him.

"Yeah. But I'll get my revenge. I can't wait for Maya to get here and the tough, teasing Emily will be turned into the cute, shy girlfriend. I'll have plenty of ammunition to toss back at you." Will said with a smirk on his face while Emily was a bit worried.

"Oh, don't you go there because you know I can dish it out as good as I take it." She told him. "Besides, if anyone is really going to change it's going to be Spencer when Toby gets here on Friday for the Costume party."

"Right. Ah, even better. It's funny how different she gets when she talks about him. The tough, OCD, scary Spencer just washes away. Don't tell her I said she was scary by the way. She hates it." Will told her.

"No promises." Emily replied as they arrived at the Starbucks. They placed an order for their drinks when Will's spider-sense began to tingle. It wasn't that there was immediate danger to him or Emily but something was going on. Emily grabbed her drink when she noticed he went a little rigid and serious. "Will, what's wrong?"

"My spider-sense is going off. I think someone's watching me." He whispered as he grabbed his coffee cup. The two walked over to the counter to grab sugar and milk to add to their drinks. "Emily, do a quick glance around the shop and see if you can spot anything out of the ordinary."

She did a subtle nod before pouring in some coffee mate to her drink and glanced around the room. Will added in some sugar and stirred it in his coffee before handing her some. She finished looking around the room and spotted a tall black guy in the far corner of the shop reading the paper but glancing up at them every few seconds and she didn't recognize him. "I think I found it. Black guy in the far corner. He keeps glancing up at you." Emily whispered as she poured in some sugar and stirred it in.

"Give me a quick hug." He whispered and she did. Will hugged her and got a glimpse at the guy she spoke about and Will recognized him from his research on Sara Lance and Oliver Queen. It was John Diggle, Oliver's personal bodyguard. "Right, I got it. Come on."

The two left the Starbucks with their drinks and Diggle folded up his paper and discreetly followed him. Emily took out a small compact mirror to check her makeup but was actually looking behind her and saw the guy following them. "He's following us." Emily whispered.

"All right, he's probably here for me. I'll deal with it. Find Spencer and Aria head to my room. And keep your tracking bracelets ready. Give me a hug." Will said as Emily gave him one. "I'll see you later, Emily."

"Bye, Will." She bid him goodbye. Will walked through the quad seemingly on the way to another class but he just needed to get someplace where he could slip away and do some snooping off his own.

Will moved through the quad when his spider-sense went off again but knowing what it was he didn't react and got nailed in the back of the head with a football. "OUFF!" He hit the pavement hard and everyone in the quad laughed. "I'm getting so sick of this."

"Keep your head on a swivel, Detmer!" Flash shouted as his entourage laughed. "Sad part is that's probably the closest you've ever come to playing sports, Detmer!"

Diggle took out his phone, pretending to check his messages and watched the interaction. Based on all the information they could find it was more than likely that this kid was Spider-man but honestly watching the scene before him you wouldn't be dismissed in thinking that this kid was just a regular college student. Unfortunately, bullies were everywhere in life, even in college.

"Ha-ha, so funny Flash." Will said as Flash and his squad pushed past him and knocked him onto his ass. He grumbled in annoyance before standing up and patting the dirt and grass off his jeans. "God, how has that asshole not flunked out yet?"

He grabbed his backpack and walked into the science building, seemingly to head to work with Dr. Connors. Diggle saw him head inside a building and knew that he couldn't follow without drawing needless attention. Diggle's phone went off with an alert from Lyla that their babysitter for Sara called in sick so he needed to pick her up. He left for the parking lot but unknown to him, Will had slipped out a window and now was spying on him. He quickly jumped from the window and landed on the roof, using his enhanced ranged vision to keep track of Diggle from afar. He saw him get into a car so he reached into his backpack in the spot where he kept his Spider-man gear and took out a spider tracer. He synched it up to the tracking program on his phone before throwing it at the van Diggle got in. The tracer landed on the roof and stuck there just as he drove away. He checked the tracking program on his phone and the signal was good.

"All right, Oliver. You do some snooping on me, I'll snoop back." He said to himself.

Will made his way to his dorm room where Aria, Emily, and Spencer were sitting around. "Oh, thank god." Aria got up and hugged him and he hugged back, kissing her on the head.

"Hey, I'm ok. I asked Emily to bring you two here as a precaution." Will assured her.

"What precaution?" Spencer asked.

"Will was being followed today. His spider-sense went off when we were in the Starbucks and some guy was following us." Emily told them.

"Who?" Aria asked.

"John Diggle. He's Oliver Queen's Personal bodyguard. I recognize him from when I did my research into Sara after Laurel's confrontation with Komodo. He was following me after we left the shop and after, most likely on order from Oliver Queen." Will told them.

"Why would Oliver Queen have his bodyguard follow you?" Spencer asked, confused about the whole thing.

"Because Oliver Queen is the Arrow." Will told them, letting that sink in for a bit. "Yeah, Oliver Queen is the Arrow. Honestly it's not that hard for someone to piece it together considering when he gets back from his five years away the Arrow starts to show up. Wasn't that hard to make the connection. Not to mention I might have heard people call him Oliver when he's in the hood. He probably has his suspicions on who I really am and had his bodyguard tail me to figure out what he can."

"Will, you don't sound all that concerned that your identity is compromised." Aria told him.

"No, I am but I've made some contingencies if something like this should happen. My mom has medical records set up with old samples of my blood should he try steal a copy for evidence or to prove what happened to me. Plus, everything here is encrypted and I've got a security camera by the door and window which I made from the Smythe Drone that was following me should he think of breaking-in. And if thinks he can expose my identity, it'll be the word of a vigilante against mine which won't exactly work in court and I'll expose him as well. He's got no one while I've still got Yuri and despite everything she trusts me. I know she'll help if something happens. Don't worry, it won't come to that."

"What makes you so sure it won't?" Spencer asked.

"Because I've got a spider tracer tracking down Diggle as we speak. Time to do a little snooping of my own. Don't worry, I promised myself that my life as Spider-man won't do anything to hurt any of you and I meant it. If Oliver Queen thinks he can screw with my life then he's got himself a world of hurt coming his way." Will told them, grabbing the Palmer tech tablet off his desk. After Spencer got it for him for his birthday, he spent his free time doing some spider upgrades to it. "I'll be back later. Hit your tracking bracelets if something goes wrong."

Will bid them goodbye but grabbed his camera before he left. "Whew, is it me or is the alpha-male tough Will kind of hot?" Aria asked while Emily and Spencer shared an amused look.

He quickly got changed while making sure no one and no camera could see him before heading into the city. He was web swinging through the city with his backpack strapped tight. One hand was busy shooting webs so he could swing while the other had his phone out so he could keep watch over the spider tracer he placed on the car and it seemed to be heading towards someplace in the Glades. He swung around a corner before flipping in the air and firing another web. He kept watch over the signal as he swung down low and was closing in on a bus so he pulled up, tossed his phone into the air and flipped off the roof before grabbing his phone and swinging away.

He made his way into the Glades by some of the old Queen Industries buildings and stopped on the roof of a building across from Verdant. "Verdant? That stupid club is where Oliver Queen has his Arrow gear set up? That…is actually a brilliant idea." He admitted to himself. "Guess those five years away made him as sharp as his arrows. Ha-ha, oh, I'm funny."

He took out the camera from his backpack and took a few surveillance pictures when he saw Oliver walk out the secret side entrance. He snapped a few photos and smiled under his mask. "How's it feel to be on the other side of the snooping, Oliver?" he asked, taking a few more photos when he realized something. "And I just realized he can't hear me."

He snapped a few more photos when he heard some police sirens in the distance. "It never ends does it?" He took off his backpack and webbed it to the roof to collect later before swinging away.

Two SCPD police cruisers were in a high-speed chase with an SUV. Two idiot criminals were handing out the back windows and shooting at the cops who were swerving and doing their best to not get shot.

"Ha-ha, take that you pigs! Come on! I got more bullets for all of—YA!" He was suddenly yanked out of the car and webbed to a street post.

"What happened to him?!" The driver shouted.

"It's Spider-man! Floor it!" The other shooter shouted only to get yanked out as well and tied to a fire hydrant.

"I'm not going back to jail!" the passenger shouted when they heard some thumping on the roof and Spider-man land on the hood of the car.

"Well, you could get away Scott free but we both know that's not going to happen." Spider-man told them before punching a hole through the windshield and dropping a web bomb in the front seat. "I'd try to get comfortable quickly because you won't be moving for long!"

He quickly vaulted to the roof as the web bomb went off and tied up the driver and passenger. "What the hell is this crap?!" The driver shouted as he and his friend were stuck to their seats.

"A little webbing of my own design. Don't worry, trademark pending. Now, time to stop this crazy ride." He flipped off and fired four web lines at the SUV before landing on the street. He pulled as hard as he could and used his sticky powers to try and keep from moving in order to force the car to a stop. The back tires began to smoke from the pressure but the SUV was eventually force to a stop. "Whew, that is a heavy car. Good thing I'm wearing tough sneakers. Though I'll smell like burnt rubber for a while."

Nearby pedestrians began cheering and taking photos of him and he waved back when the two SCPD cards arrived. The cops got out with their guns ready when they saw the car stopped and the goons all webbed up. "No, thank you. Thank you. Please, hold your applause. You've all been a wonderful audience." He told them before looking at the cops. "Don't worry, boys in blue. You've got the bad guys all wrapped up nicely for you."

"We had that, Spider-man." One of the officers told him.

"I know but no one man is an army and getting them to stop sooner would have stopped some needless destruction." Spider-man replied when his spider-sense went off again. "Oh, crap."

Two large SUVs peeled out onto the street and 12 guys guy out, all of them armed with weaons. "Oh, that's not good. You guys might want to take cover." Spider-man said before web zipping into the air. The cops took cover behind the cars while the civilians in the area ran when the gangbangers opened fire.

"DIE, COPPERS!" One of them shouted onto to get hit by impact webbing which webbed to the side of the car.

"Seriously, die coppers? What, you couldn't think of anything original?" Spider-man asked before he quickly spun through the air to avoid some bullets. He web zipped to the wall and ran alongside it before vaulting off and doing a triple twist. One of the thugs was unfortunate to get a sneaker to the face and fell on his ass before having his stomach used as a spring board. Two other goons got hit in the face with hard punches before being webbed together and hurled into the others. Spider-man quickly dodged with flips and spins before firing a venom shock at three of them causing their muscles to seize up.

"Die, webhead!" another gangbanger shouted, firing his shotgun but missed as Spider-man flipped into the air.

"Ok, now we're getting a little better. Not original but beggars can't be choosers." He quipped. The gangbangers focused their attention on Spider-man but he was too quick for them to shoot or get a decent sight on. One was unfortunate enough to get his feet webbed and pulled into the air.

"AAAHH!" He shouted in fear before Spider-man grabbed him by the back and threw him into the side of the building and stuck him there with impact webbing. He spun through the air and landed a corkscrew spin kick to one of the goons.

[CRASH-GLASS SHATTER] The goon flew through the air and smacked into the SUV, denting the metal and breaking the glass. Several goons fell to the ground and were webbed there while another got a kick to the face and was knocked onto his back. A well placed web snagged some of their guns and tossed them aside before a series of punches, kicks, and elbows resulted in various screams of pain, anguish and the occasional pants wetting terror. One beep of a web bomb later and all the bad guys were webbed up and dealt with.

"Live by the beat down, die by the beat down. Or more accurately, get the snot kicked out of you by the beat down." He quipped as the officers got out of cover and checked on what happened. "Still think I shouldn't have helped?"

"Yeah-yeah, no one likes and I told you so." The officer replied causing Spider-man to chuckle.

"Glad to know the boys in blue have a sense of humor. Catch you later, guys!" Spider-man web zipped away as nearby pedestrians took pictures and cheered his name.

He flipped through the air before landing on a flap pole, spinning around it a few times for good measure before flipping high into the air. He web swung through the air and landed in a crouch on the roof of a building. He looked down at the police who were handling the goons he just beat the crap out of and smiled. It was nice that only half of the police officers he ran into either wanted to shoot him or curse him out. Guess he was making some headway but there was one person he needed to talk to now.

Captain Lance finished getting a cup of coffee before heading back to his office to do some paperwork. Honestly, he didn't want to even be in the precinct but he had to work. He sat down at his desk, typing away at his computer but his gaze lingered on the bottom drawer of his desk…where he used to keep a bottle of whiskey and where a new one was waiting for him. There was a part of him that was ready for a drink after what he's been through.

[Knock-Knock] Lance turned after hearing the knock on his window and saw a note webbed there with the words, Let's talk, meet me on the roof.

"[Sighs] This is the last thing I need right now." Lance said to himself, loading his gun and heading up to the roof. He walked onto the roof with a disgruntled huff, wanting to be anywhere else but here.

"You know, disgruntled huffs are tell-tale signs of exhaustion and or anger." He heard as Spider-man landed on the roof railing in a crouch. "I just hope I'm tied with the exhaustion part and not the anger one."

"Give it a few days, maybe it'll catch up to you." Lance told him.

"I'm sorry you had to find out the way you did but at least you know." Spider-man said to him. "When my dad died, I had the same reaction you probably had as well. Denial before the ultimate realization of truth."

"Honestly, I'd rather be back in the denial stage." Lance said, letting out a huge exhale of exhaustion and stress before leaning against the railing.

"You and probably half of the city would like to do the same. It's easier that way." Spider-man replied. "But my dad used to tell me that denial is just a river in Africa. No matter how much we swim, nothing we do can change what happened. It's up to us to figure out the way that river flows. Away from something or towards something."

"Your father must have been a pretty wise old man." Lance commented.

"Yeah, he was." He replied with fondness. "I know I'm probably one of the last people you want to meet but given my own experience with grief…it helps to have someone there who knows what you're going through."

"How could you possibly know what I'm going through?" Lance asked.

"Just because I wear this mask doesn't mean I didn't have a life before all this. A semblance of normal. I've lost my dad when I was just a kid and it's one of the worse things you can possibly go through. If anyone knows what you're experiencing, I'm one of them." He said. "Now, I know it's not the same as losing a daughter but grief and loss are things I'm familiar with. It makes you feel like your whole world is falling apart and if anything…you'd give anything to have them back even if for a minute."

"I would give up everything just so my little girl could be back." Lance said. "My job has always been to protect my baby girls and now one of them is dead and the other kept that a secret from me for weeks all because she was worried about my heart."

"We've all made mistakes because we think we're trying to protect the people we care about. Can you say for certain that you've never done something similar to protect her?" He asked only for Lance to give him a look. "We do crazy things for the people we care about. Take me for example: I wear a mask, swing from buildings and kick the snot out of bad guys while making funny jokes. I do that to keep the people I care about safe and that include this city."

"So, what? You and the Arrow just take it upon yourself to wear masks and break the law?" Lance asked.

"I like to think of it as doing my lawful job as a citizen of Starling city to keep it safe." He replied. "Besides, isn't that was drew you to be a police officer?"

"Yeah, but what I do is obey the law, not break it." Lance told him.

"Sometimes to put something back together you need to break it so it can reform. You and the SCPD do great work and all I want to do is help. There are things that I can do that you can't. Ethics and legal ramifications aside, I've brought down a lot of bad people and stopped them from doing a lot of bad things by breaking the law and being a hero." He replied. "To quote the words of my old friend Stan, that person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero. Whether that person wears a mask or not and with the bad guys I've pissed off…wearing the mask doesn't just protect me but the people I care about. But…I'm willing to remove the mask to people I can trust…or who want mine."

Before any of them could say another word several electrical explosions went off in the distance. Lamp posts short circuited, buildings went completely dark and pretty much everything that drew power from the city was shut off.

"Oh, man that's not good." Spider-man said.

"A city wide blackout." Lance said, taking out his phone to contact all off-duty officers.

"Stay close to your phone or Yuri, Captain Lance. Something tells me we'll be busy tonight!" He leapt off the roof and began swinging through the city while Lance rushed back downstairs. He saw a car swerve into a fire hydrant and crash into an electrical pole causing a nearby electrical transformer to spark and crackle. A woman backed up into the street to avoid the sparks but a car was heading right towards her only for Spider-man to swing down, grab her and flip over the car. He saved her and saved the driver from the impact. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you, Spider-man." She said and he nodded.

"Don't mention it. Head inside. All of you, head inside where it's safe!" he shouted and many of the civilians ran away. He turned around to swing away when he saw Oliver Queen standing on the sidewalk. A part of him was tempted to web his mouth shut but that was put in the back of his mind when something weird happened with the nearby electronics store. "Oh, man that's really not good."

He jumped onto a nearby pole and watched as the television monitors blipped on and began showing some weird image that looked a lot like some kind of eye. Everyone gathered around to see what was going on. "We are Brother Eye. Judgement has been rendered against this city, a sentence carried out. An earthquake, a siege. This is what comes next—a new life you will live on your knees and it will take nothing more than a push of a button. We are in control now and this is all just the beginning. Let there be light."

All the lights and power turned back on like nothing was wrong. "It just got a whole lot worse."

Line Break xxxxx

Will made his way back to Verdant to get his backpack because it would have some things he need. He began swinging back to the SCPD when his phone went off with a call so he tapped his earbud. "Yeah?" He shouted, swinging through the air.

"Spider-man, I take it you're aware of this Brother Eye thing?" Yuri asked.

"That would be a yes. I'm on my way now to dig up a lead. I'll let you and Captain Lance know if I find anything. I think we're on a talking, not arresting basis. At least for tonight." He told her.

"Right. Keep an eye out and I'll do the same here. I'll let you know if anything comes up." Yuri told him.

"Please do, Yuri. With the blackout and the threats this Brother Eye group made, something tells me this city is going to turn into a powder keg." He said before hanging up. He pressed his earpiece again and dialed Aria's number. "Aria, it's me. Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. We were at the dining hall when the blackout happened. We're ok and no one was hurt. What about you?" She asked.

"I'm all right but I'm about to get a lot busier. Listen, you, Emily, and Spencer head to my dorm room and stay there until I get back. With this Brother Eye group out there it's going to be the safest place on campus. And I'll need your help to find them." He said.

"Ok, Emily and I will head there but Spencer was at the DA's office for her internship." Aria told him.

"All right. I'll call her. She'll be safe there for the time being. The police will protect all the city's official buildings. I'll call you in a bit." He told her.

"Stay safe, ok." She told him.

"I will, Aria." He hung up before dialing Spencer's number, unaware that she was actually with Laurel at the SCPD.

Laurel walked into the SCPD to see it was busy with activity. Spencer was with her, having been helping her with paperwork when the blackout occurred and the emergency services call went out. Laurel brought her along in case she needed someone to help her.

"Dad!" Laurel shouted as Lance saw his daughter and her intern walk in.

"Laurel, are you ok?" He asked. His relationship with his daughter may be relegated back to just business but he was still concerned for her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was close. But why did I get the emergency services alert? Why didn't they call the District Attorney?" She asked.

"Because he's visiting his niece in Coast City. As of right now, you are the acting District Attorney." He told her before getting back to work.

"Right. Spencer, let's get to work. I want you manning the phone calls and emails from the city services. Anything important comes to me." Laurel told her as they got to work. Spencer sat down at a desk when her phone went off from a call from Will.

"Will?" Spencer answered.

"Spencer, it's me. Are you all right?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm with Laurel, right now. We got called in to the police station. The DA's out of town so she's acting DA right now. I'm going to help her as best I can. Something tells me it's going to get crazy here." Spencer said.

"Yeah, you have no idea. All right, stay there. Being in the police station is probably the safest place in the city. I'll let you know if I find something." He told her.

"Right. Be careful." She said before hanging up.

Will was actually at the SCPD right now, or more accurately hanging from the radar tower installation on the roof. He opened up a console on the radar dish and inserted a USB cable, connecting it to the Palmer Tech Tablet Spencer got him. Connecting it would allow him to mirror the access the police had and monitor what was going on with the City's electrical and computer network. He wasn't a hacker but he knew a thing or two about computers…enough at least so he could help. He entered in a few commands and got access to the network before contacting Aria.

"Aria, it's me. Are you in my dorm room yet?" He asked.

"Yeah, Emily and I just got here." She told him.

"All right, get to my laptop and open up the mirror-Alice program. It should be the one in the upper right hand corner." He instructed. Aria did as she was told and was met with a command prompt. "Enter Spider-network-Proxy-Zero-Zero-one."

Aria entered the words and pressed enter. The screen then showed a complex electrical network and system overview. "Whoa, Will what is this?" Emily asked.

"The mirror-Alice program is something I managed to make. It connects to the Palmer Tech Tablet as a sort of screen-mirroring program but more extensive. I've got my tablet hooked up to the SCPD's connection to the city's computer network. The only thing that could simultaneously take down the city's entire power grid and infect all wifi enable televisions with that message is a computer virus. They would have needed to infect the city's network in order to do that." He explained.

"But everything looks fine, I think. I don't read computers like you do." Aria told him.

"Yeah, the virus must have erased itself the second the power came back on. But when it comes back, I'll be ready and my laptop will be able to analyze it. Keep me informed if something happens. The city's about to get a lot crazier." He said.

"We will but be careful." Emily told him before hanging up. He then called Yuri.

Yuri was at her desk, coordinating with other officers on this whole Brother Eye thing when she got a call from a blocked number. "Spider-man." Yuri answered.

"Yuri, it's me. Where's Captain Lance? I've got an update." He said as Yuri walked into Captain Lance's office. She locked the door and closed the blinds before putting the phone on speaker.

"We're here and you're on speaker." She told him.

"What did you find?" Lance asked.

"Whoever this hacker group is infected the city's electrical network with a computer virus and it's powerful in order to break through the firewalls in place. At the moment, it's deleted itself from the city system but I've got a tracer program up and running so the second it comes back up I'll be ready." Spider-man said.

"Ok, what can we do to help?" Yuri asked.

"Right now, just help keep the city from tearing itself a part. But we could start somewhere and find this group's staging ground. To pull off this kind of hack, you would need a seriously strong computer along with a lot of power to keep it running. Not to mention this group would likely want to be hidden so they didn't draw any attention. Yuri, we've had luck tracking down the Big Man's fronts and businesses so maybe we can do the same." He suggested.

"Yeah, but we don't have enough information like we do with the Big Man. It'll be like finding a needle in a haystack." Yuri replied.

"But we know what we're not looking for. Check out the industrial areas or the abandoned warehouses in the outskirts of the city. The emptier the better. If I've learned anything the past six months in fighting bad guys is that they love their abandoned warehouses. Find any warehouse that's drawing an abnormal amount of power. That could narrow it down enough for us to find these guys." Spider-man told them. "I'll help keep the city from falling apart and once my program finds more information I'll let you know."

Spider-man hung up and Yuri put her phone away. "Watanabe, get the city electrical records for the past week and find what you can. Coordinate any spare patrol officers we can to do sweeps of the outskirts of the city." Lance ordered.

"I'm on it." Yuri left to get to work. Lance looked at all his people working and hoped that they could fight this but he only knew one person who was good with computers. He hated himself but the city was in danger and it would only be for this one thing.

Felicity was with Roy, Oliver, and Diggle in the bunker having gathered together to figure out what they could do to fight this. "Whoever this Brother Eye group is somehow got access to the city's protected network and uploaded a system-wide virus." Felicity explained.

"Is there any way to trace it?" Oliver asked.

"No, it deleted itself as soon as it completed its task." She told him.

"They said the power outage was just the beginning." Diggle said.

"Then let's find them before there's a next time." Oliver told them when Felicity got a call on her phone and it was the last person she was expecting.

"Captain?" Felicity answered and Oliver, Roy, and Diggle were shocked it was him.

"Look, I'd rather be throwing your hooded friend in a cell right now and arresting you for helping him but I've got bigger things to worry about. Are you on this Brother Eye thing?" Lance asked.

"We are." She told him.

"Good because there's no one here who knows computers better than you. Find them." Lance said before hanging up.

"I think that's progress." She said, figuring out new ways to track down Brother Eye. Back in the city, calling it tense would be an understatement. With the threat of the Brother Eye group out there any idiot who wanted to commit a crime began causing trouble which got the police busy and sent the city into a bit of a panic. One such situation was a group of six idiots who were robbing an electronics store.

"Come on, hurry up! Get everything in the truck!" One of them shouted as three guys loaded everything they could into an SUV.

"Incoming!" They heard when a barrage of web bullets rained down on them. Those that were fast enough took cover while the unlucky ones got hit hard in the face or body. "WOO!"

Spider-man flew down and sent one of the goons flying with a drop kick before back flipping onto another guy's shoulders to do a head-scissor takedown. Two of the robbers pulled out guns only for webs to yank them away. One of the robbers was yanked forward only to bonk his head on a fire hydrant while the other got a fist to the face.

"SHOOT HIM!" The last two goons standing fired their guns but they couldn't hit anything as their bullets just whizzed in the air and Spider-man easily vanished in the chaos. "Where'd he go?!"

"I don't know man! Let's get out of here!" One of them rushed to the SUV only for a glob of impact webbing to trap him against the car.

"Where are you?!" The robber was panicking, having just seen all his friends get taken out and was left alone. He felt someone tap him on his shoulder and turned only to get a knuckle sandwich to the face.

He plopped onto the ground like a sack of potatoes and Spider-man looked around at all the bad guys with a grin. "You know guys if you worked this hard at an actual job as you did in being criminals then this wouldn't have happened." He quickly got to work and tied up all the bad guys. "Have fun at Iron Heights. Say hello to all the bad guys I've arrested. You've joined a very exclusive club."

He super jumped into the air and began swinging away. "HELP ME!" He heard and began making his way over there.

A couple was running away as fast as they could down an alley while two idiots chased after them. The husband ran as fast as he could with his wife down the alley to escape from the guys chasing them until they came to a dead end.

"Oops, so close. If you had made it down Adams you would have been fine." One of the goons said as he and his friend cornered the couple. "Now, you two are all ours."

"Please, don't do this." The husband begged as the two idiots pulled out knives.

"I think we should take a fair amount of blood before we get what we want." The other goon taunted as the two stalked towards the couple.

"HELP US!" The wife shouted.

"Did someone call my name?!" Spider-man web zipped forward and nailed one of the goons with a flying kick to the face that definitely knocked out some teeth. "Good old fashioned hold-up. Vintage crime fighting right there. Shall we get started?"

The other idiot charged forward with his knife and was hellbent on killing Spider-man. If only he knew how wrong he was. [Slash-slash-swipe-slash-swipe-stab-Nope!]

"Oh, you missed. Missed again! One more time! Oh, nice try so how about your consolation prize!" He kicked the knife away before flipping into the air and webbing the goons hands. He twisted his arms so the webbing ensnared the goons hands and tangled them up. "This is going to hurt me more then it will hurt you."

He gave a hardy yank and knocked out the goon by making him punch himself in the face. "Huh? Guess I was wrong." He webbed up the two idiots before looking at the couple. "It's ok. Get home safely!"

"Thank you, Spider-man!" They shouted as they rushed out of the alleyway.

"Aww…that makes it all the worthwhile." Spider-man web zipped into the air and vaulted off a rooftop before swinging through the city when he got an alert on his phone. He landed on a traffic light and checked his phone to see his connection to the City's network alerted him of another broadcast from the Brother Eye group so he quickly made his way back to the precinct.

"We said this was just the beginning. Electricity is not the only power in this city. Consider money, for example. The banks are next to go dark. Your beloved dollars wiped away as your accounts will finally all be equal, at zero." Brother Eye announced.

"That's not good." Spider-man kicked up the speed and rushed back to the precinct. He landed on the radar tower and engaged the tracking program he implemented before contacting Aria. "Aria, it's me. I'm running a tracking program on the virus that just uploaded into the system. I need you to do the same on my laptop at school. Enter command Spider Network-track-program-zero-one-six-one-six and press enter. That should start my program and will begin tracking down every single lead it can and try to decipher the virus. Do me a favor and let me know what it finds."

"We can do that." Aria replied.

Laurel and Spencer were busy in the precinct, going over all the paperwork and coordinating with the police on keeping the city safe. Spencer just got off the phone with city hall when an officer walked up to Laurel. "Where's Captain Lance?"

"Coordinated squad car patrols with dispatch. Why? What's wrong?" Laurel asked.

"There's a situation at Starling National." He told her.

"Send in an ESU squad." She told him but he just looked at her funny.

"Sorry, Ma'am but you don't have the power to—" "I'm acting District Attorney. The city charter gives me operational authority in times of crisis, which this clearly is. And I'm not letting anyone get hurt. Send in an ESU, now." She ordered and the officer quickly left to do.

"Laurel isn't that kind of a bad idea? I mean, it could make the situation a lot worse." Spencer told her.

"Don't worry, Spencer. I know what I'm doing." She replied.

"But sending in a riot squad to stop protestors usually ends in violence and we already have our hands full as it is." Spencer pointed out.

"Spencer, I gave the order and it will fix the situation. Do your job and continue to filter calls from city hall." Laurel told her before going to talk to the other officers. Spencer took out her phone and sent a text to Will.

Will webbed up some idiots who tried breaking into a nearby store when his phone went off with a text. He checked it and it was from Spencer saying, Riot Squad headed to stop protestors at Starling National. Hurry! "Aw man. As if things couldn't get any worse." He said before web swinging away as fast as he could.

An angry mob gathered outside Starling National demanding their money to be withdrawn before they lose it and they were getting angrier and more violent by the second. One person was either very angry or very stupid enough to take a garbage can and smashed one of the windows to the bank which just riled up the mob even more. The riot squad soon showed up in full gear and riot shields and got in-between them and the bank. An officer used a megaphone and told the crown to disperse but if anything it just seemed to rile them up even more. Two members of the mob charged forward only to get yanked away with webbing and hoisted up into the air. Spider-man landed on side of the bank building and saw the situation he was dealing with. He fired a webbing line and lowered himself down to the officer with the megaphone.

"Do you mind if I borrow this? Thank you." He took the megaphone and cranked it to the highest setting. "Attention, Ladies and Gentlemen! If you would be so kind as to please vacate the premises and go home! You're only making the situation much more complicated and difficult to handle! I assure you that the police and I are doing everything we can to stop this Brother Eye group but all of you rioting here isn't helping!"

"Shut up, web head! Die, you freak!" Some of the rioters shouted and chucked rocks at him.

"Geez! I thought people liked me? Oh, well. Time to get these people to go." He handed the megaphone back to the officer and swiped two of the tear gas grenades from his vest. "I'm gonna need to borrow these. Tell your men to hold their breath!"

"Masks!" The officers shouted.

"Copy!" his men quickly put their gas masks on. Spider-man pulled the pin on the grenades and tossed them into the crowd. Two arrows with metallic tip casings hit the ground near them and filled the crowd with tear gas that caused them to disperse. Spider-man glanced over at a nearby rooftop and saw the Arrow and his red hooded sidekick. He gave them a nod and a mock salute in thanks.

"That should take care of things for now. Best of luck boys in black. We're going to be busy tonight!" Spider-man quickly swung away to deal with the unruly civilians. A few hours tied up to light poles might calm them down and teach them a lesson.

Oliver looked at Spider-man leave before he activated his comm piece. "The teargas is dispersing the crowd but we can't calm the entire city, Felicity."

"The trace led to the virus they're using. It is a mile past complex. I'm combing through now." Felicity told him. "No, no, no, no, no. The virus, I can't stop it."

"Why not?" He asked.

"Because it's mine. I wrote it five years ago." She told him.

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Will spent the better part of the next two hours taking down angry mobs and idiots who only helped create more chaos to add to the over piling drama the city was facing from Brother Eyes. God, if he ever met the cop who authorized those riot officers at the banks he'd web him to the ceiling. Little did he know that it was Laurel and she was getting a talking to by her father.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" Lance dragged her into his office and shut the door. "Congratulations, you called in a riot squad you nearly started one! And! You did it behind my back!"

"You were busy, and the situation at Starling National was escalating." She told him.

"You escalated it, Laurel! Please tell me you can at least see that now!" Lance told her.

"Ok. I'm sorry." She said. Lance took a big sigh of exhaustion. Dealing with the city being held hostage by this Brother Eye Hacker group was stressful enough without having to worry if his daughter would make things worse.

"Look, Laurel I am about as mad as I can be with you about what you've done to us but that doesn't mean that I'm still not concerned for you. Now, I've been trying to deal with Sara's death as best as I can…and despite how h-hard it is deal with her not being here I'm doing my best and not letting it affect my job. You've got to do the same thing, all right?" Lance told her and she nodded. He looked out his window and saw Yuri motion him over. "Look, I need to go but you do whatever you have to do to figure out how to work."

Laurel nodded as Lance left his office and walked over to Watanabe. "Spider-man, just texted me. He has something and wants to meet us on the roof."

"It better be good news because I'm up to my ears in trouble right now." Lance told her as they rushed up the stairs to the roof. They looked around and saw Spider-man hanging upside down from the radar tower on the roof with a tablet plugged into the console by the dish. "Spider-man!"

The web slinger looked down to see Yuri and Captain Lance. "Hang on." He unplugged the tablet from the console in the tower and grabbed a USB drive before flipping down to the ground and landed in a crouch. "I managed to get some information on the virus the hacker group is using and to say it's powerful and dangerous is an understatement."

He handed Lance and Yuri the table so they could see what they were dealing with and saw the red colored virus code that they didn't have the computer science knowledge to understand. "What am I looking at?" Lance asked.

"Well, for better or for worse, you can call it a super virus. I was only able to get about half an hour with the code to understand it and there's probably a lot I don't but basically it's the computer equivalent a Trojan horse. It an X-axis bionumeric algorithm base code but it was designed by someone who clearly knew what they were doing. Once a server or computer system is infected it with this it can enable the user to access any part of the system it's attached to. So, if you infect even a tiny part of the city's electrical sub-system with even the smallest microbyte of this code the virus will spread and enable you to do whatever you want. Any firewalls or failsafe programs are useless because it'll just take over control." Spider-man explained. "If I wasn't so scared about what this group was going to do next with this thing I'd actually be a little impressed."

"Can you stop it?" Yuri asked but he shook his head no.

"No. Something like this way beyond what I can do. I can do some minor hacking but this is cyber boogeymen scary kind of hacking. Unless you've got a team of NSA league hackers and a CIA level computer I can't stop it." He told them.

"Great. Now what?" Lance asked.

"Well, I figured if we can't stop it maybe we can do our best to find the group responsible for this and stop them. If we find their staging ground I might be able to at least shut down the virus and that will stop them from doing any more damage." He handed Lance a flash drive and brought up a digital map of the city that had 12 points of interest highlighted. "I can't crack the virus or even back trace it but what I was able to do is figure out how they infected the city's electrical system. Like I said before, in order for the virus to gain complete control over a system you'd need to introduce a small part of it first. Seeing as how the city's electrical system went first and then the city's banks and financial systems went under afterward, both systems would have had to be have been infected by this group. I managed to track down the key access points for both systems and that's likely where I can start running down a few more leads. If I can find the IP address the hackers used to start all of this I might be able to track them down."

"12 spots in the entire city is a still too wide of a search grid and you'll be looking through thousands of IP addresses. We need to narrow that down a bit." Yuri told him as Spider-man gave them an uneasy shrug. "What is it?"

"I might have a way to make that go quicker but it would involve me…perchance and possibly…gaining access to the restricted municipal computer network to track down the IP address." Spider-man told them.

"You mean, hacking?" Captain Lance asked.

"No, no. No unethical hacking involved at all, I assure you. I don't need any more reasons for you two to not trust me. I would just need to look over the computer data logs you can bring up." Spider-man told them. "Once I look through that I'll be able to narrow down any unknown or foreign IP addresses that don't belong and once I head to one of those terminals I can compare the two and find the one the hackers used. After that, a little hacking of my own and we'll be one step closer to finding them."

"So instead of hacking you just want one of us to give you access to our restricted computer terminals and look away while you glance through the restricted police-only information?" Lance asked as Spider-man gave him a shrug.

"Well, when you put it like that it doesn't sound any better than hacking. But it could work." Spider-man told him. "I'm asking you to trust me."

"Unfortunately my trust is kind of running a little thin for masks these days, kid." Lance told him.

"Believe me, I want to Spider-man but this…this is asking a lot, ok. This is different than me turning up at a crime scene after you round up some criminals or giving you a heads up when something big happens." Yuri added and Spider-man had to agree with both of them. He was asking them to take a massive leap of faith with a complete stranger against a group of mysterious hackers and his potential plan involved accessing restricted data. Even he'd think that was crazy.

"You're right. It's a leap of faith I'm asking you to take with this and you have no reason to trust me." He told them. He gave it another second of thinking before making his decision. "So, I'll give you one."

He grabbed his mask and took it off to reveal his face to both Captain Lance and Yuri. "My name is William Alexander Detmer. Pleasure to meet you both without the mask." Yuri and Captain Lance were frozen in shock at the sudden realization that Spider-man not only revealed himself to them but that he was just a kid. They were expecting someone at least older. "I take it I'm not at all who you were expecting."

"Not at all." Yuri looked over the newly unveiled superhero she's been working with for months only to see he was…just a kid. She was expecting someone her age…or who could at least buy a beer without a fake id. "Although this does explain why you act like a child and crack too many jokes. Does your mother know you're out past your bed time?"

"I'm not that young, I turned 20 earlier this month and I'm in college." Will told her. "Captain Lance should recognize me. We met during Deathstroke's siege."

"Y-You and your friends came to the SCPD. You were the kid trapped under the house…you saved Sara." Lance remembered the night of the siege and the kid saving Sara, working on the radio and saving Laurel from Slade's men. "It's been you this entire time. How did I not put it together sooner?"

"People see only what they want to see. You see a guy swinging from buildings and kicking the snot out of bad guys and you'd automatically assume it's some roided out jock but instead you get a former short and nerdy science geek." Will pointed out. "But it's the beauty of being me. Anyone can be under that mask and I just happened to be the lucky idiot who got bit by that spider."

"You got bit by a spider and turned into a superhero?" Yuri asked.

"There are some details you're missing but that's the general idea." Will admitted. "It's not something I took to straight away. I had my powers for months before you met me and I didn't decide to actually be Spider-man until after the whole thing was over. I figured if I had these powers then I should be helping people instead of doing nothing and letting them get hurt. If I had become Spider-man sooner I would have been able to help a lot more people when Deathstroke and his army attacked. It wasn't an easy decision to come too but I made it. After everything that's happened with Sara and why or why not the Arrow didn't tell you I wanted you to know that you could trust me."

"I-I'm still reeling from the fact that you're just a kid." Lance told him to wait one second and took a deep breath. Will gave him a moment and noticed Yuri still looking at him funny.

"Soak in it, Yuri because this is who I am under the mask." Will said.

"Right. This is going to take some getting used to." Yuri looked him over. "So, do I call you Will from now on?"

"Out of the mask, sure. In the mask, I'd still prefer Spider-man." Will pointed out. "Does that mean I can call you Yu-Yu as a playful nickname?"

"Do that and I'll taze you." She replied in no nonsense demeanor.

"Duly noted." Will nodded. "But I hope the only thing this changes between us is that you can trust me, Yuri. You took a massive leap of faith when you decided to give me a chance so I'm doing the same."

"I appreciate that." She told him. "I can understand that it wasn't an easy decision to take your mask off to anyone. And given that the SCPD hasn't had the best reputation in the past and with everything we've been dealing with you have to worry who you can trust so I'm honored. You had my trust before and you still have it."

Will happily shook her hand when he noticed Lance was still reeling from the discovery which was understandable but given the city was under cyber-attack they needed to get back to work. "Captain Lance." He called out his name and it seemed to kick him out of his funk. "I'm sure you need some more time to process this and you would like some answers but could we wait until after this Brother Eye group is taken care of?"

"Right, right." Lance cleared his throat and refocused. "Ok…Spider-man."

"This is going to take some getting used to." Will put his mask back on when he heard some screeching car tires followed by gunshots. "It just never stops does it?"

He handed Yuri a small thumb drive. "There. If you trust me enough to help you plug that into one of your computers. It'll look through your system for any abnormalities or things that don't belong. I need to go." He jumped off the roof and swung after the speeding car.

Yuri looked at the thumb drive, ready to help him but looked at Captain Lance and saw he was still on the fence about the whole idea. "Captain?"

"Go, Watanabe before I change my mind." He told her. "But if he's wrong about this then you and he are going to be sharing a cell at Iron Heights."

"He hasn't let me down yet." Yuri walked over to the door and went down the stairs back to her desk. "And I sure hope he doesn't start now."

In the city, three idiots were in a car speeding through the city firing guns and generally being unhelpful to a city in peril. A loud thump was heard before Spider-man flipped onto the hood. "Seriously? The city is under cyber-attack and you three idiots think it's the perfect time to cause trouble?"

"Die, web head!" One of the idiots fired his pistol through the windshield but Spider-man flipped onto the roof of the car. The idiot in the backseat leaned out to shoot him only to get his gun kicked out of his hand, webbing in the face that yanked him out of the car and a sneaker to the gut that sent him flying into a light pole. The guy in the shotgun seat leaned out and fired some bullets but missed as Spider-man ducked and dodged. He flipped forward and punched the bad guy in the face before yanking him out and webbing him to the ground.

He crawled above where the driver was sitting and punched out the window. "You're free ride is over dude." He yanked him out of the driver's seat and webbed him to a fire hydrant. The car began to swerve down the street without someone in the driver's seat. The tires screeched and began spinning out before the car swerved to its side and flipped over. The only reason it didn't flip on its roof over and over again and hurt someone was because of Spider-man.

When the car flipped, Spider-man quickly landed on his feet and caught it on his shoulders and back. "ARGH!" He grits his teeth and took a deep breath after dealing with the added weight and the momentum of the car flipping to a stop on his shoulders. He gave a yell and pushed the car off so it landed back on its wheels in a loud crash. "Whew. Add that to the reason's I don't drive."

Yuri got back to her desk and brought up the information from city hall she requested on the electrical sub system and plugged in Spider-man's thumb drive. Once it was inserted, it began going through all the system data that she had access to and analyzed any foreign IP addresses it could detect that accessed the system for even a second. It took a few minutes to finish because a lot of the foreign IP addresses were typical ones. Between spam emails, visitors, and any phone or tablet that connected to the Wi-Fi there were thousands of IP addresses that the system logged in but his program narrowed it down to about two hundred specific ones. These were ones that didn't regularly connect like phones and tablets usually did or were flagged as unknown and possible spam. It was a place to start.

Yuri took out her phone and dialed Spider-man. "Will, sorry Spider-man. I'm getting used to that."

"Don't worry about it." He told her while swinging through the air. "Did my program find anything?"

"Yeah but over 200 possible IP addresses so not exactly helpful." She replied.

"I'm on my way back now. If I cross reference that information with the data I'll get from one of the 12 access points the banks use I'll be able to narrow that down. Meet me on the roof." He said.

"Ok but Spider-man just a heads up. This plan of yours better work or we'll both be behind bars with the criminals we've been putting away. And something tells me that they'll roll out the welcome wagon for the two of us." Yuri warned him.

"Don't worry, Yuri. I won't let that happen." He said before handing up. "Dear god please don't let that happen."

He got back to the precinct and got the thumb drive from Yuri before connecting his tablet back to the radar tower and uploading the data to his server on his laptop or as he called it his spider-drive. After that he made his way to the nearest bank that was cyber-attacked by Brother Eye and found the terminal box for the computer network. A little strength to break the lock, one plug-in later and he connected to the bank's computer system. He found the system diagnostics page and began running the same scan he gave to Yuri to isolate any foreign IP addresses that accessed the network or Wi-Fi. It took a second which he used to handle another mugging before he got an alert from Aria.

"Will, do you have a second?" She asked, unaware he was a tiny bit busy.

"Sure, hang on one second." He did a triple backhand spring into a spinning corkscrew kick that nailed one bad guy in the face and sent him flying into some trashcans before web pulling the last guy towards him and taking him out with a flying knee to the face. "Sorry about that. Had to deal with some rowdy individuals. What's up?"

"I think your program managed to find the foreign computer signal that the hackers are using." She told him.

"One second. Let me get back to my tablet." He webbed up the bad guys and made his way back to the bank where his tablet was still connected. He accessed the data and saw his search managed to find one singular IP address that both the bank systems and the electrical network were connected to for about three seconds. That would be more than enough time to upload a tiny bit of the virus for later. "Perfect, did my program manage to isolate its source?"

"No, but it did narrow it down to somewhere in the southern part of the city within a 15 square block radius of the old Kord Enterprises warehouse." Aria told him when the spider-server got an alert when it detected the same IP address being used on Blackhawk armored security. "That's weird. Your program said it got an alert that the same IP address is being used to access the navigation system of a Blackhawk Armored Security truck."

"Isn't that the company that has those crazy armored trucks? Why would someone be hacking there?" Emily asked.

"Good question." Will said to himself. "Aria, did the program manage to track a location of that hack?"

"Yeah, hold on." Aria brought up the map and the address. "It's 4105 O'Neil Boulevard."

"The hackers must be after something that Security Company is transporting. Thanks a million Aria and let me know if something else comes up." He told her before quickly dialing Yuri. "Yuri, it's me. Find Captain Lance I think I have a lead on this Brother Eye group."

Yuri walked into Captain Lance's office where she locked the door and he closed the blinds. "What is it, Spider-man?" She asked.

"I managed to find a singular IP address that was present in both the electrical subsystem and the bank's network. Most definitely this hacker group but here's the weird part. It was just used to access something at the Blackhawk Armored Security Company." He told them

"Why would it be there?" Yuri asked.

"I figured they must be after something the company is transporting. The location of the hack was for the truck at 4105 O'Neil Boulevard. Maybe the company was tasked with transporting something from there? They transport expensive things, right?" He asked.

"Yeah they do." Yuri told him when she noticed Lance had a look. "Captain?"

"Hang on." Lance went over to his computer and checked over his email. He remembered reading something about Blackhawk security. He found an email from the Mayor's office about an emergency transfer request from the Starling City Treasury for money after the banks went under cyber-attack. The email was asking for three police units to accompany a Blackhawk armored security truck to the banks for the transfer. "The mayor's office sent out a request to the treasury department for an influx of money after the banks went under cyber-attack and for three units to accompany the curriers. Blackhawk Armored Security is the company that transports the money."

"So the address the hack was taking place?" Will asked.

"That's where the Starling City Treasury is located." Lance told him.

"So they're next target is the treasury?" Yuri asked.

"If they're target was the treasury why wouldn't they just target them instead of a security company?" Will asked. "It doesn't make any sense."

"Because the Treasury holds cash and immediately goes into lockdown if it's under cyber-attack. And that place has enough armed men that make it practically impossible to attack it." Lance told him.

"Which wouldn't be an issue if they draw the money out." Will finally saw the connection. "They can draw the money out in the trucks and take them out giving them possibly millions of dollars. Kind of genius and horrible as well."

"So this entire thing was just about money?" Lance asked.

"It's a massive misdirect. Put the city under cyber-attack and make us chase our tails while they get away with the money we need for the city. So we're dealing with smart terrorists. Just great." Yuri said sarcastically.

"But those trucks have to follow the strict route to the bank on their GPS or else the truck shuts down and we get an emergency notification." Lance told them.

"Not if they hack the GPS and get the truck to go where they want. Captain, can you check the units that are with the armored truck and see where they're heading?" Will asked.

Lance pulled up the GPS on the police cars with the armored truck and saw they were heading south, bypassing regular roads and pretty much every single bank on the way. "They're heading south and passed every single bank on the way." Lance told him.

"South…south…" Will took out his tablet and brought up a map of the city. He highlighted the area that Aria said his program managed to track his virus to by the old Kord warehouse. "Captain Lance, is the escort going anywhere near Route 41?"

Lance checked on the map and saw the convoy turn onto the route. "They did just now. What's going on?"

"I think I know where they're heading. I'm going now to triple check but be ready to move out." He quickly put his tablet away and made his way south, swinging as fast as he could through the city. Nearby pedestrians would see Spider-man swing low to the ground before launching himself high into the air at the apex at his swing. He nosedived down to the ground to pick up speed and shot out another web to swing for distance. He landed on the side of a building and ran alongside it before firing a web and banking around the corner.

He flipped through the air after a massive jumped into the air and landed in his signature spider crouch on the roof of an old building. He double checked the map on his phone and saw he was in the general area his program narrowed down from tracking the IP address the hackers used. A 15 square block area was a large search grid but his previous experience with bad guys had taught him a few things. One of which was bad guys typically had people outside as guards or lookouts.

"Now, if I was a mysterious hacker group who wants to rob the city blind of money…where would I be?" He super jumped into the air and landed on the roof of a building four blocks away. Now normally it would take a long time to search this area for anything out of the ordinary but luckily his enhanced vision would make things a little easier. He looked around and used his power to get a clear image of everything around him from blocks away. He never tested his enhanced vision to the max but he could see things that were at least a mile away like it was right in front of him. "Ok, we have empty warehouse, trashcan, dumpster, rat filled dumpster, squirrel and rat filled dumpster, oh flaming trashcan to mix it up, mysterious and sketchy looking dude, pile of trash, birds nest…wait a sec."

He adjusted his vision and zoomed in at the mysterious and sketchy looking dude who seemed to be hanging around the street corner keeping a watchful eye out and the not-so subtle glint of plastic and metal hidden behind his back. "Wow, dude. Way to be inconspicuous. Unlucky for you but lucky for me." He web zipped forward and landed on the roof of another building to get a better look. He saw the sketchy guy seemed to be on the lookout for something but kept glancing over to the east so he super jumped in that direction. Mid-jump he saw some men over by a warehouse so he web zipped to the roof of the warehouse to check out what was going on. He spider crawled over to the edge and looked down at the group of guys grouped together. "Ok, generic looking bad guys? Check. Old warehouse? Check. Suspicious bugles and weapons on their person? Double check."

He crawled along the roof to be extra stealthy and found a broken ceiling skylight, the perfect thing for a sneaky superhero to get a view into the evil villain's lair. One extra careful and gentle removal of some glass and he lowered himself down in his signature upside down Spider-man perch. There he got himself a good look at three massive monitors with the Brother Eye logo, a very sophistical computer workstation and two blonde haired women. "Hello, Brother Eye." He took out his phone and took a picture before sending it to Yuri and giving her a call. "Yuri, good news. My hunch was right and I found Brother Eye's staging ground. An old warehouse on the corner of Hartford and Lake."

Yuri was in Captain Lance's office and showed him the photo of the computers with the Brother Eye image. "Nice job. We're on our way." She told him.

"Just FYI, come with some backup. The group has about 25 armed goons outside, another 15 inside, and I think some hostages." He told her. "I'll try and slow them down."

"We're on our way." Lance grabbed his gun and Yuri grabbed her jacket before the two stepped outside and gathered up a team of armed cops and SWAT officers. "All right, listen up. We've got a location on the group that's been responsible for everything that's been happening tonight. Our latest intel from a CI just gave up a location on Hartford and Lake."

"We believe the group is after an armored truck from the Starling City Treasury. That money is needed to keep this city from falling apart so this group is not taking it." Yuri added.

"We've seen what these people are capable of so be careful. Watch your back and watch your partners back and stay safe. Let's move out!" Lance shouted and all the officers got into their vehicles and drove as quickly as they could.

Line Break xxxxx

The armored truck and police escorts soon arrived at the warehouse and they knew something was wrong but the officers were already made aware of the situation by Captain Lance and were ready. The cop cars swerved in front of the armored truck to make a small blockade before the officers got out and took up a defensive position with their pistols, shotguns, and AR-15s. "SCPD, drop your weapons and put your hands on your head!"

"Light them up!" one of the mercenaries shouted and the group unloaded a torrent of bullets at the truck and cops. The truck's armored plating and bulletproof windows held up to the barrage of bullets while the cop cars were riddled and the officers fired back or took cover. One of the officers emptied his pistol at the mercs before ducking down and reloading.

"Delta Charlie 18 to Central. We have encountered armed and heavy resistance. Requesting immediate backup!" He shouted into his radio before popping off some more rounds.

"Central to Delta Charlie 18. Captain Lance and a convoy of officers are in route to your location, over. ETA, sixty seconds." Police command operator informed him.

The officers kept the mercenaries from advancing on the truck but were pinned down and slowly being overwhelmed by the weapons being used. One of the mercenaries stepped forward with an RPG and took aim at the truck. "RPG!" One of the officers shouted.

Arsenal and Diggle arrived and flanked the mercenaries from the side. Arsenal quickly fired an arrow and pierced the launcher, rendering it unable to fire. That and the bullets Diggle fired got their attention to their flank to they quickly fired in their general direction. Arsenal got over his brief shock of his accuracy and fired another arrow, hitting the launcher mercenary in the leg before firing another and hitting a merc in the shoulder. Some of the mercenaries took cover behind their little blockade/cover they made while reinforcements from inside came to back them up. Lance, Yuri and the SCPD back up soon arrived and it were the mercenaries who were now outnumbered.

"SCPD, drop your weapons now!" Lance shouted only for the mercs to keep firing so he fired back. He took cover behind one of the cars as Yuri covered him and the two made their way over to one of the officers who were with the armored truck convoy. "What's the situation?"

"We have them holed up in the warehouse for now. Possible heavy weaponry and explosive!" The officer told them before firing a few shots with his pistol. "They have us pinned down."

"Get that truck out of here!" Lance ordered as the driver started it up and reversed as quickly as he could to give the SWAT van room to enter. The SWAT officers got out and set up a firing line at the mercenaries. "Watanabe where is he?"

Yuri ducked down to call on her cell. "Spider-man, we're being pinned down outside the warehouse!"

"I'm on it!" She heard before firing a few bullets from cover.

Literally three minutes prior…

Felicity was at the computer doing the dirty work for her ex-boyfriend Cooper who was revealed to be the crazy mastermind of the whole Brother Eye thing in an effort to steal millions from the Starling City Treasury and cause a little mayhem. Her mother was tied to a chair and threatened so Felicity would hack into the Treasury Department and hack into the armored truck's GPS to deliver the money.

She quickly finished her hack and her sending of a distress signal when Cooper returned. "I did what you wanted. You don't have to kill us." She told him only for Cooper to grab her face.

"Really? Who would have thought that I'd become the grue?" He joked before pointing his gun in her face.

"Hey! Hey, you want to wave that gun at me, fine, but don't you dare threaten my daughter." Donna Smoak warned him which actually made him chuckle.

"And here I thought you were all nails and hair." He commented.

"Try single mom who's worked 60 hours weeks in six inch heels for tips in order to raise that genius child you see there." Donna told him. "I may not understand all this cyber whatever, but I know without that gun you wouldn't last 10 seconds against my girl."

"To bad she doesn't have ten seconds." Cooper said, ready to kill her.

"I disagree!" Someone said as they turned and saw the Arrow standing there in the warehouse with an arrow aimed at Cooper. "Put the gun down."

"I'd listen to the emerald archer if I were you." Another voice said as Spider-man dropped down from the ceiling and landed next to him. "Trust me when I say you don't want to get on his bad side."

"You were always so good, Felicity." Cooper said to her.

"We're not gonna ask again. It's over, Brother Eye. The police are already on their way and know about the armored truck. You're not getting going to get out of this one unless it's through us and I wouldn't recommend that." Spider-man told him.

"Really, because I think it'll be fun." Cooper pressed a button on his phone and four auto-mounted M240 machine guns with laser motion tracking sights activated and were set on the two heroes. "Motion sensored. They can hit most any target."

"Key word being most." Spider-man told him before whispering to the Arrow. "You go left I go right."

The two immediately moved to the side with the Arrow firing a grapple arrow to gain altitude while Spider-man ducked, dodged, and flipped to avoid gunfire. The guns were dangerous but the motion sensor tracking wasn't that great and unable to keep up with him. The Arrow grappled up to the nearest mounted machine gun which fired several dozen rounds but he moved too quickly to get hit. He landed on the platform and stabbed an arrow into the control panel so the sensor deactivated before firing another arrow at the other gun, short-circuiting the sensor. Spider-man flipped to the side and fired two globs of impact webbing that gummed up the gears and kept the guns from moving. Two web lines along with a harsh super strength tug and the guns were ripped from their mounts and thrown into the corner.

Cooper used the distraction to cut Felicity free and use her as a human shield. He kept her close and aimed his gun at her head. "This is all your fault."

"I don't think so!" One web hit the gun and the other Cooper's face. One harsh yank and he was pulled forward and dropped Felicity. The Arrow pierced Cooper's hand with an arrow, forcing him to drop the gun while Spider-man web zipped forward and delivered a flying knee to his face that sent him flying into the wall.

"And that's that." One glob of impact webbing and Cooper was restrained. "That's that? Egh, I need to update my quips."

His earbud rang with a call so he answered it. "Spider-man, we're being pinned down outside the warehouse!" Yuri yelled.

"I'm on it!" He quickly web zipped over to the entrance. 10 armed mercenaries were reloading their weapons and ready to swap out with the ones who were being shot at. One of them loaded a grenade launcher and was ready to use it when three small metallic spheres clanked on the ground near them. They beeped for a second before exploding and covering all of them in sticky webbing. Spider-man landed near the warehouse cargo door so the remaining mercenaries could see him. "Hi! We could fight or hear me out—we could barbeque!"

The mercs turned and fired only for Spider-man to leap high into the air with a spin so they missed. A barrage of web bullets hit some them in the face, gut or hands while two webs snagged some guns and they were yanked away only to fly through the air and hit two of them in the face. Two webs hit two of the mercs just as Spider-man landed when he gave them a harsh tug and knocked the two into one another face first. His little distraction was perfect for Lance, Yuri, and the SWAT officers to close the distance and surround them.

"SCPD, down on the ground!" Lance shouted as the mercs lowered their guns and raised their hands.

"Drop your weapons and get on your knees!" Yuri shouted with her gun pointed right at their heads. The rest of the mercs dropped their guns just as the remaining SCPD officers surrounded them and took them into custody. Yuri cuffed one of the mercenaries when she noticed Spider-man disappeared.

"Excuse me gentlemen and ladies." They all heard and looked up to see Spider-man perched up on the side of the warehouse with another bag guy tied up and dangling in the air. "This is the person responsible for your headaches and annoyance tonight. I leave him in your custody. Pleasure working with you." He fired a web and swung away in style. "WOOO!"

Lance coordinated his men in securing all the mercenaries, weapons, and the computer equipment they found in the warehouse. They managed to deactivate the virus so the city was safe from any further attack and all the financial information they took from the banks was transferred back. That was a really good win for the city and its people so there weren't anymore riots. Lance contacted the mayor's office and let her know that the situation had been handled and the Brother Eye group was taken care of. The CSU team was finishing its sweep in the warehouse and the paramedics were looking after one of the hostages, Donna Smoak. Lance finished his call when he saw Felicity Smoak walk up to him, still reeling from the whole situation and a little nervous.

"Captain." Felicity greeted him, still shook over what happened but was doing better than before.

"Hey, you all right?" Lance asked and she nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Everyone has a crazy-ex, I guess mine turned into a cyber terrorist." Felicity joked. She glanced at her mom being looked at by the paramedics. Merely a formality at this point but better to be safe than sorry. "So, should I expect a pair of handcuffs on me tonight too?"

Lance contemplated it for a second but he was in a good mood. "Not tonight." He walked away and Felicity breathed a massive sigh of relief. Lance may not trust Oliver anymore but maybe they could fix their relationship again. Yuri talked to some of the officers when she saw a red blur swing nearby so she walked over to the side of the warehouse and saw Spider-man sitting against the wall.

"Nice job tonight, Yuri." He said to her.

"Likewise, Spider-man." She replied before looking him over one more time. "Still find it hard to believe you're just a kid under that mask, especially after what I saw you do."

"First off, I'm not a kid. I'm an adult now since I'm 20. And who would you rather have an uncaring, grizzled, old man under this mask?" He pointed out and Yuri agreed. He was annoying and a bit of a goofball but he kept things interesting and was good. "The city's safe and everything the hackers did was undone."

"The money from the treasury is back where it belongs and we've got the rest of the SCPD out in the city to make sure no idiots try to do anything stupid." She told him.

"Good, makes my job a little easier." Spider-man said, when his phone went off with a notification from his police scanner. "Guess I'm needed in the city."

"Job of a superhero is never done, is it?" She asked.

"Not in my experience. I'll see you later, Yuri." He fired a web and pulled himself away. Spider-man flipped through the air and fired another web to swing away when an arrow sliced through it. He quickly course corrected his body to land in a roll. He spun into his spider crouch on the roof of a building when his spider-sense went off. Two arrows were fired from the darkness but missed as Spider-man butterfly flipped through the air. He landed in a crouch only to see the Arrow step out from the darkness with a metallic tipped arrow aimed and ready to fire. "So, I'm guessing our little team up back in the warehouse is over, huh? And I was hoping it would put me on your good side, if you have a good side."

"Do you think this is a joke? You could have gotten people killed tonight!" He shouted.

"Ok, I'm confused." Spider-man said. "I helped you stop Brother Eye, helped you take out those turrets, saved the hostages and dealt with the rest of the mercenaries. Where in any of those situations did I put people in danger? I may not have been doing this as long as you have been skewering people with arrows but I'm good at my job. Those hostages weren't in any danger. If anything, with the both of us they were safer than if you were just by yourself."

"I had the situation handled." The Arrow told him.

"Maybe, maybe not but you're not the only person who wants to help this city. I just do it in a different way." Spider-man told him.

"I told you before that I don't want another vigilante in this city. You're reckless, dangerous, and people will get hurt. Stop this now or I'll make you…Will." Arrow warned him. It actually made him smirk but he was unaware that Spider-man was smirking as well.

"First off, not a vigilante. Second, what you confuse as reckless I would like to think of as eager and helpful. Third, never once has anyone involved in any of my superhero business gotten hurt. And finally, when I put on this mask I made a promise to help keep this city safe so Spider-man is here to stay. And if you think threatening me with who I am under the mask is a good idea then I can give you one good reason it isn't…Mr. Queen." Will said with a smirk. Even though the hood covered his face he could have sworn he saw Oliver get a little nervous. "What? You think that sending your bodyguard John Diggle to my college to keep an eye on me was you being clever? He's not exactly a student."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Oliver did his best to play it off.

"Oh, please. Don't try it. Any idiot with half a brain could put the dots together. You leave for five years, you come back, the Arrow then shows up at the same time and since you don't get into your usual playboy antics anymore no one really knows what you do since Queen Consolidated went belly up months ago. And you don't own Verdant anymore so why was Oliver Queen skulking around the alley behind the club from a secret door? Very suspicious." Will said in a sing-song voice, having a little fun only for Oliver to pull the arrow back further and ready to fire. "Relax, jolly green. I'm not about to rat out another costumed hero. Its rule 10 of the Superhero/vigilante rule book. Right after rule 9 which is get some leverage on your fellow heroes in case they try to screw with you."

"What do you want?" Oliver angrily asked.

"I don't want anything Oliver except for you to stop treating me like I'm the bad guy. I'm not. I do the exact same thing you do: keep the city safe. I've done nothing to you or any of your friends to get the contempt I am now so whatever reason you have for hating me is on you. All I want is to left alone and do my job." Will told him.

"I'm handling it." Oliver told him.

"If that were true then the city would be in better shape. I'm not blaming you for that, no one can be everywhere at once but this isn't just your city. The Queens may have been rich and had this city in the palms of their hands but this is as much my city as it is yours. The only difference is that I experienced it without the lap of luxury, money, and power to get me out of trouble." Will shot back.

"I'm not that kind of person anymore." Oliver said.

"And I'm glad about that. Whatever happened those five years away clearly changed you. Made you less friendly for sure but clearly gave you some new skills. I'm plenty friendly but I have my limits and seeing as how you have been attacking me since we met why don't we start small and give each other some space. You do you and I'll do me. Who knows, maybe with enough time you'll start to see that I'm here to help. Lucky for you, I've had my fair share of bullying and have learned to turned the other cheek. So…I forgive you for trying to attack me several times. Now, if we're done here I have some work to do." Will bid him farewell and web swung away.

Line Break xxxxx

Oliver returned to the bunker later that night to put his gear and hood away when Felicity walked in. "Hey. So, Captain Lance didn't arrest me today which I'm guessing is a move in the right direction. And considering he did give us a call erlier…maybe things will get better."

"Maybe." Oliver said.

"So, how was it teaming up with Spider-man tonight?" Felicity asked and Oliver gave her a funny look. "I'm only asking because I got to see him in action tonight with my own eyes and have so many questions."

"Your point on him being a meta was right. No human could move like that. But…he did help me save you and this city is a little safer." Oliver admitted.

"If I didn't know any better that sounded like a compliment." Felicity commented.

"I ran into him shortly after the SCPD arrived." Oliver told her. "I tried to get him to stand down but he's…determined to keep doing this. Starling City is his home and he wants to keep it safe."

"Sounds a lot like another superhero I know." Felicity said. "Just for the record, I was referring to you. What else happened?"

"He knows who I am …and he saw Diggle following him at SCU. He's definitely not a regular college student." He said.

"So, should we be worried he's going to tell people who you really are?" Felicity asked but he shook his head no. "Good. I know you don't trust him Oliver but he did help save me and keep this city safe tonight. If anything…I think it's earn him the benefit of the doubt, at least."

"Maybe…but that doesn't mean I'm comfortable with him out there." He told her.

"You wouldn't be you if you were." Felicity said.

"Are you all right?" He asked and she nodded.

"I guess so. Old lovers have a way of opening old wounds. Lovers…sounds creepy not matter how you say it." She said causing him to laugh.

"Felicity…I want you to know that whatever experiences you had to go through, I'm glad that you did. They shaped the person you are today. And you know how I feel about her." He told her. She nodded but quickly tried to change the subject to avoid the awkwardness there.

"You were right. We have to love our families. No matter what." She left to go make peace with her mother.

At the SCPD, the police were finishing up paperwork and last minute details after the crazy night they had. Things had finally started to quiet down and were getting peaceful again. Laurel and Spencer were working on the paperwork that followed after such a crazy night and it was just exhausting. Spencer finished another sheet when she saw Will walk into the precinct in his regular clothes with a tray of milkshakes.

"Will, what are you doing here?" She asked. Laurel looked up and saw Will arrive.

"I was in the neighborhood and figured you could use a pick me up after the night you had. So, I went to that burger place on Adam's and got you a black and white milkshake." He handed her one and she smiled. "A little ice cream seems like the best way to recover from what happened.

"Thanks. I needed something to pick me up." She took a sip and relished in the cold flavor. Will took out an extra and walked over to Laurel's desk.

"I grabbed an extra one for the ADA. Figured you could use one too." Will smiled and Laurel chuckled a bit.

"Thanks, Will. This is really sweet." She took the milkshake and he nodded.

"Don't mention it. Keep up the good work." He said before looking at Spencer. "Spencer, when you're ready to head back to campus let me know."

"Sure thing. I should be done in a few minutes." She said as Will spared a glance to Yuri. She saw him and gestured to Lance's office and he gave a subtle nod.

"Take your time." Will walked over to Captain Lance's office and walked in. Yuri followed soon after and closed the door and blinds along with locking the door. Laurel looked at this and wondered what was going on but remembered that her father said that Spider-man told him about Sara so…could her father know that Will is Spider-man?

Lance was going through some paperwork at his desk when he saw Will and Yuri walk in. Yuri locked the door and closed the blinds as Will put a milkshake down on his desk. "A peace offering and as a thank you for your help tonight." He said, before handing the other one to Yuri. "I would have done something more but again, I'm a college student so I'm on a budget."

"I would have preferred a different kind of drink but seeing as how your only 20 this will do." Yuri took a sip and Lance did the same.

"Thanks, kid." Lance took the milkshake and took a small sip. "What brought you by?"

"Well…I said we could talk more about me being Spider-man after we dealt with Brother Eye and we dealt with Brother Eye. I figured you have some questions and I just want to talk." Will told him. "And hopefully convince you not to throw me and Yuri into a jail cell."

"I said I'd throw you and Watanabe into a cell if tonight didn't go well but it did…so I guess I won't do it." Lance told him and Will breathed a sigh in relief. "Still not sure how I feel about a kid swinging around my city though."

"Fair enough." Will sat down in a chair. "Honestly I still have time believing I'm doing this as well but I made a promise to myself and this city so I'm going to keep it as best as I can."

"Help me understand this…you can do these things that you can do and suddenly decide to be a hero?" Lance asked.

"Not at first, no." Will admitted. Yuri sat down in the other chair because she wanted to know this. "To be honest, I'm still not entirely sure about how it happened but a year ago…I wasn't like this. I didn't have powers and I was just a short, glasses-wearing nerdy science freshman at Starling City University. Being a hero was the last thing on my mind."

"So what happened?" Yuri asked.

"Well, one faithful stormy night in Central City along with a spider bite…and I woke up a few days later like this." Will took out his phone to show them an old photo of him before he got his powers. "This is how I used to look."

"Wow." Lance looked at the picture then again at Will and noticed the change. "You hit puberty fast."

"You were in Central City when the particle accelerator exploded." Yuri said and he nodded.

"I'm not sure how but whatever happened that night changed me and made me…different. After I found what happened to me and I had…superpowers, I spent every waking moment figuring out how this happened and if I was dangerous. I mean, I could be radioactive or I could have grown four extra arms along with six extra eyes. I was freaking out." Will told them. "Granted, the height and body changed was a nice side effect."

"You didn't think to go to the hospital?" Lance asked.

"And risk getting sent to a government lab for the rest of my life? No thank you. I've seen enough movies to know what would happen. Eventually I learned that whatever happened to me to give me powers changed my body but didn't make me dangerous so I was content to get used to my new body and live a normal life…until March 26th, 2014." Will said when that date clicked in Lance's head.

"Wait a second, I know that date. That was the day Helena Bertinelli took hostages at the courthouse." Lance said, remembered the mysterious hooded figure that appeared that day. "That was you?"

"That was me and also the first time I met both your daughters." Will told him. "I didn't plan on that night to use my powers to stop the Huntress but she took people I care as hostages and I had to do something to help them and I'm glad I did. I saved them, stop the Huntress and didn't get killed."

"I always wanted to thank whoever that was that night…so thanks, I guess." Lance said and Will nodded.

"So after that you became Spider-man?" Yuri asked but he shook his head no.

"No, I didn't become Spider-man until after Deathstroke attacked the city and I met Captain Lance that night. The night kind of gave me some clarity." Will admitted. "I felt bad for not doing more. I mean, one of Deathstroke's goons tore through this place but I was able to stop him and then I went home. What about everyone else who was attacked that night? After that night…I couldn't stop thinking about why this happened to me."

"What do you mean?" Lance asked.

"I mean…do you have any idea what it feels like to be a literal doorstop for people? I've been a science nerd my whole life and needed corrective lenses since I was in grade school. I stopped growing in middle school and have been a punching bag, door stop, and swirly machine since I could remember. Yet despite all of that I was the one who got powers out of anyone else. There are a dozen muscle headed jocks at my school who people would think is Spider-man and think they're better for it yet I'm the one who was there and who was changed. Call it random circumstance or destiny…I felt that I had to do something."

"It could have just been a coincidence you got your powers." Lance told him and Will agreed with his statement.

"Fair enough but many people believe there is no scientific basis for coincidence so random circumstance is more accurate. My friends, my mother and I were lucky to make it that night but a lot of other people weren't." Will told him. "My dad used to always say that when you have the chance to make a difference but you don't and then the bad things happen…they happen because of you. At least with doing something, you have the chance to make a difference. He gave his life believing in that when he helped take down the Maggia."

"Your father was a wise man. But you really think he'd approve of what you're trying to do?" Lance asked. It wasn't in an authoritative or disappointed tone but more of a concerned/fatherly tone. "Risking your life and breaking the law?"

"Maybe, maybe not but I know that if he knew I was helping people he would support what I do…like my mother does." Will told him. "I was beyond conflicted with this entire idea before I even became Spider-man but I have these powers for a reason. Any other person would be using them to get rich, rob people blind, or do who knows what. Yet it happened to me and I felt that I need to do something good or else why would I have them in the first place. You can live every day of your life trying to think of something more profound or more on the nose…but for me, who suddenly finds himself looking out at a crazy world and not knowing what the hell I'm supposed to be doing in it…I can tell you that just remembering that with great power comes great responsibility…can completely define you. It was after that…I became Spider-man."

Lance took a moment to himself to think about what he just heard. Here was this kid who was as normal as normal was yet was turned into a superhero with powers he didn't know about. It was true, if anyone else had gotten then they could be doing a lot of bad. Any other person like this kid could have snapped and become something horrible with these powers yet he decided to try and help people. It said a lot about his character that he made his life harder by doing this and revealed his identity. Lance wasn't sure how to feel now.

"Look, Captain Lance…I understand if you don't believe in what I'm doing and don't feel it's right but I wanted you to know that no matter what happens this city can count on me to help." Will promised him. "I'm not some rich billionaire who has a secret lair or some alien from another planet…I'm just a college kid who got by a spider. I've lived in Starling my entire life. It's my home and I'll protect it as best I can. If you want me to stay clear of the SCPD and Yuri I'll understand but if you ever need my help I'll always be there."

Will stood up to leave when Lance did the same. "You're right…I don't really believe in what you're doing. I always believed that the moment we take the law into our own hands is the day we become outlaws. And I still believe that…but I also can understand why you made this decision. I can't condone it officially…but I can at least understand. You came to me with the truth about my daughter and I appreciate that, I really do. You saved my daughter plenty of times and really helped us tonight and you took the risk showing me who you really are. That took some serious guts." Lance told him.

"Guts or faith." Will corrected.

"Well…I guess I owe it to you to not let that faith in me down. Your identity is safe with me, I won't throw you in jail…and despite my best instincts…the work you and Watanabe have been looking into is big so keep working it." Lance told them causing Will and Yuri to smile. "But know this…don't step out of line."

"I completely understand." Will told him before holding out his hand. "Thank you, Captain Lance. I promise I won't let you down."

Lance looked at him one last time before shaking his hand. "I hope so, kid." The two shook hands and a new chapter for Spider-man had started. A small trust was formed and would only get stronger.

End of Chapter 4

That's the end of chapter four. I hoped you guys liked it. It was originally going to have another part but that would make it too long so it'll be next chapter. Even without that part not in it, this one turned out nice with a lot of happening. Some seeds have been set for future plot points and Brother Eye have been taken down. Will has earned the trust of Captain Lance and his risky move to reveal his identity seemed to have paid off. Yuri trusts him and hopefully Captain Lance will be a complete convert with time. Although Oliver and Team Arrow now know who he is but so does Will so a small truce was formed. Time will tell if it lasts.

Next chapter, Halloween has arrived and it brings a massive headache curtesy of the Big Man and the Smythes. It'll be his toughest fight yet but a defining one. Until next time.

William Alexander Detmer-Age 20: Birthday, October 8th, 1994

· Moniker: The Spectacular Spider-man

· Appearance: Tyler Posey

· Uniform: Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider suit.

· Casual outfit: sneakers, blue jeans, black or red t-shirt with blue button-up or sweatshirt.

· Weapons: Mark 1 Web Shooters, Web Grenades/Bombs, Spider tracers, acid embrittlement bombs, earpiece connected to phone, modified Palmer tech tablet

· Skills: Genius intellect with 250 IQ, Superhuman strength, Superhuman speed, Superhuman reflexes, Superhuman agility and balance, Super senses, accelerated healing factor, wall-crawling/adhesive stick, Spider-Sense, Night Vision, and enhanced range vision, Bio-Electrokinesis/Venom strike-blast

· May Detmer: Marisa Tomei

· Aria Montgomery: Lucy Hale

· Emily Fields: Shay Mitchell

· Spencer Hastings: Troian Bellisario

· Dr. Curt Connors: Dylan Baker

· Yuri Watanabe: Kelly Hu

o (Guess China White is the evil twin)

Disclaimer: I don't own Spider-man, Arrow or any above mentioned products. All rights belong to their respective owners, I'm just a big fan.