Volume II: The Loves of Spider-Man
Note: This will be the twelfth chapter of Volume II, this chapter will bring back Felicia Hardy AKA the Black Cat as she will be reunited with Spider-Man after being apart for a year. The main villains of this chapter are Foreigner and his organization of assassins, the 1400 club as they're hunting down the Black Cat, this will also bring in Chance, Paladin, and Delilah as supporting villains. Peter is still struggling with his feelings for both Gwen and Mary Jane, both of whom share romantic feelings for him, Felicia will join in as she too still harbors feelings for the wall-crawler as he has to choose between the three most beautiful girls in his life.
It's December 22nd, it's nighttime at a private mansion in Switzerland, in the alps, a Christmas party is being hosted by a english man who's true identity is still unknown, but he goes by his codename, the Foreigner. A lot to his guests are drinking champagne and talking to one another, listening the jingle bells theme.
Unknown to anyone, Felicia Hardy is sneaking around the party dressed like a waitress wearing a black wig, she carries a tray in one hand with glasses of champagne blending in with the crowd.
"Excuse me!" Foreigner asking Felicia
Felicia walks over to the Foreigner who is holding an empty glass, she up to him with the tray as he took a glass full of champagne and placed the empty one on the tray.
"Thank you." Foreigner says to Felicia.
Felicia walked away with the tray in her hand as she went into the bathroom with just an empty glass. She locked the door behind her as she doesn't want any interruptions.
She got some time to herself as she needed to actually fast, she pulled out her kit and placed it near the sink. She placed the glass next to the kit, she applied powder on the glass and a some fingerprints shows themselves.
"Thank you too, Foreigner." Felicia smiled in pride.
Felicia put out some tape and focused on the thumbprint the most, she applied the tape over the print carefully, she then proceeded to pull the print off the glass as Felicia successfully got it on tape.
After she got the print, she made it out of the bathroom and sneaks around the mansion away from prying eyes. She made it upstairs towards the master bedroom where there's only one guard watching the door.
"Hold it! No one is allowed inside this room! Turn around and walk back the other way!"
"I'm sorry, I must've gotten lost. I've been working myself off handing out drinks and my feet are killing me. Could you hold this tray for a second?"
The guard took the tray in his hand as Felicia pretends to tend to her feet, she then proceeded by punching the guard out cold as he fell down on the ground. Felicia opened the bedroom door and pulled the knocked out guard inside.
She's finally inside the master bedroom as she looks around to find the secret safe that is hidden somewhere around here. She taps the walls around the bedroom for anything hollow. She kept tapping and tapping until she heard a hollow sound behind the bookcase.
She then proceeded by pulling the books hoping one of them is the trigger, she pulled one and the bookcase opens itself, the door moves and Felicia spotted the safe behind it. She pulled out her code scanner and the lights scans the prints of the numbers. The scanner calculates the most likely code combination used.
Felicia then applied the thumbprint onto the reader and punched in the combination, the safe gave the green light and unlocks itself. Felicia opens the safe to find the contents inside, cash, jewelry, and something that appears to be a gold statuette.
"Jackpot!" Felicia smiled.
(Downstairs)
Foreigner is flirting with his female guests until he got an alert on his phone, he pulled it out to see that his safe has been access very recently.
"Excuse me, ladies." Foreigner walks away from the ladies.
(Upstairs)
Felicia collected everything she can get from the safe, including the golden statuette, she put them all in a backpack. She finished taking everything and closes the safe. She walks out of the secret room about to leave the mansion until Foreigner came in and spotted a waitress here in the bedroom.
"You're not the waitress, obviously. So who are you?" Foreigner asking the thief.
"Just someone looking for a score, and I've got it all here." Felicia has a backpack on her back.
"Do have any idea who you're stealing from? Do you know who I am?" Foreigner says to Felicia.
"No one knows your real name, just that you go by the name Foreigner, your reputation as the world's deadliest assassin is very well known. I'm guessing that killing people pays for this fancy place of yours." Felicia knows exactly who Foreigner is.
"Then you know that it's suicide to break into my home and steal from me. Now put the bag down and leave while you still can." Foreigner says to Felicia.
"Sorry, but I have a reputation to uphold too." Felicia refused to give up the loot.
"Pity, don't say that I didn't warn, Princess." Foreigner says to Felicia.
Foreigner uses his hypnotic lens on Felicia causing her to be temporarily paralyzed for ten seconds as the Foreigner took the time to strike at Felicia while she's under, he executed a push kick knocking her off her feet. Felicia snapped back after the trance is gone to see that she's in pain and on the ground.
"What the?" Felicia is very shocked.
"Told you so." Foreigner remained calm.
Felicia tried to strike back as she got back up and throws a punch only for the Foreigner to use his lens again, she got caught in his trace and he gripped her wrist and tossed her down hard on the ground. Felicia snapped back to see that it happened again, she lost about ten seconds of her time and was tossed down. Foreigner took the opportunity to take the backpack off her to get back all his stuff.
"This is impossible, how are you doing this?" Felicia is very confused.
"Hypnotic lens, very cutting edge, anyone who gaze upon them are in a temporarily trance for ten seconds, which is enough for me to strike without any resistance. You should've heeded my warnings and now you shall pay the price with you life." Foreigner pulls out his gun and aims it at Felicia.
"Not tonight." Felicia pulled out a flashbang.
Felicia closed her eyes and covered her ears as the flashbang went off, Foreigner went blind from the flash of light, Felicia took the opportunity to grabbed the backpack back as she rushed and jumped out of the balcony.
Felicia ditched her disguise and is now wearing her Black Cat suit that she wore underneath. She rushed too the hills where the skis are nearby. Foreigner recovers his sight to find out that the thief is gone as he rushed to the balcony to find her preparing to ski down the mountain.
Black Cat turned back to see the Foreigner looking at her from a distance, she waved to him before she jumped down and is now skiing down the mountain. A couple of Foreigner's men came up to their boss.
"Get her!" Foreigner is very upset.
Meanwhile, Black Cat is escaping far away from Foreigner's mansion, she's using night vision from her goggles to navigate through the darkness, she then noticed a couple of goons chasing after her in skis.
"Really? All this for the loot?" Black Cat is still skiing.
She skis much faster trying to lose her pursuers, they too ski much faster trying to catch up to her. Black Cat looks back to see that they're still chasing after her and won't give up. One of them came up to her closer as he grabbed her right shoulder, she strikes back with an elbow strike to the face, causing him to veer off course.
She's gotten farther away from the mansion but there's still one more goon chasing after her. She spotted some trees nearby as she divert course and heads towards the trees, the goon turns and headed in that same direction. She does her best of avoid hitting the tree as her pursuer does the same. She sees an opening beyond the tree, she then sticks one of the ski poles on the tree she passed by, the pursuer didn't see the pole he's heading towards as he trips on it and falls down hard on the snow. He looked to see that Black Cat has escaped, he cursed himself in failure.
(Mansion)
Foreigner is still waiting news from his men who chased after Black Cat, he looked troubled by the theft she commit in his own home, something bigger.
"Boss!"
"Did you get her?" Foreigner wants answers.
"Negative, she got away."
"Damn it! Return to the mansion at once!" Foreigner orders his men back.
"Yes sir!"
Foreigner slammed the radio down on the floor in anger as Black Cat stole from him something very valuable that is enough to make him so desperate.
(Later)
Black Cat is very far away from the mansion she just escaped from, no one is chasing her for now. She ditched the skis as shes got everything from the Foreigner's safe. She pulled out her phone and makes a call.
"Hello?" Lydia Hardy asking over the phone.
"Hey mom!" Black Cat smiled at the sound of her mother.
"Felicia, I haven't heard from you in a while. Are you okay?" Lydia Hardy says to her daughter.
"I'm okay, mom. In fact, I'm better than okay, I'm heading back home tonight, I got a flight to catch. See you at the airport?" Black Cat says to her mother.
"Of course, I'll see you soon." Lydia Hardy says to her daughter.
"Bye mom, love you." Black Cat smiled.
"Love you too." Lydia Hardy says before she hangs up.
Black Cat puts away her phone as she's planning to return to New York to see her mother again for Christmas, but she's has another reason for returning home.
"I wonder how my spider is doing. It'll be a perfect time to see him again." Black Cat smiled as she's thinking about Spider-Man.
The next day in New York City, it's winter and there's snow around the city. But at the Spider-Cave, Mary Jane is wearing workout clothes as she's practicing her kickboxing skills that she learned from Peter and Gwen to protect herself if necessary. She punched and kicked the bag working out a sweat.
At the same time, both Peter and Gwen are dressed in workout clothes too as they're circling around for a sparring session. Mary Jane stopped her training as she watches Peter and Gwen about to test out their combat skills.
"Don't go easy on me, Pete." Gwen smiled with her fists clinched.
"As long as you don't go easy on me either." Peter smiled back with his fist clinched too.
Gwen throws the first strike with a jab as Peter weaves and avoids her fist, she throws another jab as he backs away and jumps up to strikes back with an tornado kick but she's jumps and does the butterfly twist, she dodged the kick. They circle around one another as they're evenly matched in terms of fighting.
"I have to admit, this is pretty fun." Peter smiles as he's having fun.
Peter strikes with a knee strike but she pulled herself back dodging the strike, he then throws a series of jabs as she's using her arms to block everyone of his fists. She strikes back with a straight blast punch and managed to hit Peter in the chest, causing him to fall back on the ground as Gwen came closer to him.
"You got lucky." Peter is on the ground.
"Then come at me then." Gwen dared Peter to fight back.
Peter does the martelo de negativa kick and caught her off guard as she got hit and fell back on the ground, Peter managed to win this round as he's left standing. Mary Jane watched as they're too evenly match.
"Be careful what you wish for, Gwen." Peter says to Gwen.
"You were just lucky." Gwen says to Peter.
"I bet that you can do better, get up." Peter dared Gwen.
Gwen got back up as she's ready to fight again, Peter came at her with roundhouse kick but she backflips herself and dodged the kick, she then took the opportunity to jump and lock her legs around Peter's neck, she does the hurricanrana and tossed him down on the mat.
Peter tries to get back up but Gwen got on top of him and locked his wrists down on the mat, she's got the advantage over Peter now. Peter and Gwen are so close to one another that they're caught up in a moment, that the chemistry between them is still there as their hearts are beating together.
"Hi." Gwen smiled at Peter.
"Hi." Peter smiled back at Gwen.
Mary Jane coughed herself as Peter and Gwen looked at her to see that she's looking at them. They snapped back to reality, they got themselves off the mat all blushing in their faces and looking embarrassed.
"Nice sparring." Peter blushed in embarrassment.
"Yeah... you too." Gwen is equally blushing and embarrassed.
"Don't feel embarrassed, I could see that you two still have it." Mary Jane says to Peter and Gwen.
"Have what?" Peter is confused.
"The spark that you both share together. You both still have feelings for one another." Mary Jane says to them both.
"Even if that we're true, it still doesn't matter. Peter and I are only partners, nothing else." Gwen says to Mary Jane.
"Gwen is right, when we're out there together, we tend to get emotional, and that's very dangerous for us. When we get emotional, we tend to make mistakes and that will get us both killed." Peter explained their reasons to only be partners instead of a couple.
"I still can't believe it, it's been months since you both broke up, and neither of you has dated anyone during that same period, it's very sad." Mary Jane says to her friends.
"What about you? What's your excuse? Even you haven't dated since you and Harry broke up and still remained friends. So what's holding you back?" Gwen says to Mary Jane.
"Me, my relationship with Harry ended because of my secrets about you and Peter, it took a toll on us. I just don't want to go that again with anyone, I won't." Mary Jane doesn't want to pursue a relationship.
Peter and Gwen couldn't help but feel sorry for Mary Jane since she's had a hard time maintaining a relationship due to her troubled past concerning her parent's broken marriage. Mary Jane is also dealing with another issue concerning her feelings for Peter who she just kissed more than a month ago. Peter is still dealing with his own feelings for both Gwen and Mary Jane that it left him so confused as to who he wants to be with.
Meanwhile at LaGuardia Airport, Felicia Hardy just got off her flight from Switzerland, she went to the baggage area and claimed her stuff.
She walks out of the airport to find her mother waiting outside for her, Lydia waved to her daughter as Felicia is happy to see her again.
"Felicia!" Lydia smiled for her daughter.
She and Felicia went up and hugged each other after being apart for so long.
"Mom, I missed you." Felicia still hugging her mother.
"I missed you too. So how was Switzerland?" Lydia is curious about Felicia's adventures.
"Had some fun, ski down a mountain, I got quite lucky." Felicia told the truth from a certain point of view.
"Well, you can tell me all about it once we get home, come on." Lydia says to Felicia.
Felicia and Lydia walked away towards the cab with the luggage.
Back in Switzerland, Foreigner is in his workout room with a female assassin who's only name is Delilah as they're about to spar, she's dressed in a dark pink sports bra and pants and he's wearing a white tank top and black pants. She throws the first punch as Foreigner caught her wrist and flips her down hard on the mat.
"I didn't hurt you too much, did I?" Foreigner asking Delilah.
"No one could ever hurt Delilah too much and lives to tell about it." Delilah flirted with Foreigner.
The Foreigner's I.T. man came by with a tablet in his hand as he spotted his boss in a intimate moment with Delilah as they've noticed him standing there watching.
"Brought news, I trust?" Foreigner says to his I.T. guy.
"Yes, sir. I was examining the security footage from last night of the mysterious waitress who snuck into your room and looted the safe. I ran facial recognition for any American nationals between the ages of 15 to 20, and I got a hit. Felicia Sara Hardy, age 16, currently attending boarding school here in Switzerland, born and raised in Queens, New York, father died when she was 10, her mother Lydia is her only living relative. According to TSA, she just took a flight from Zurich to New York last night."
"New York, huh? Do we have any operatives in the States?" Foreigner asking his I.T. guy.
"Just one, Paladin just completed his job in Miami and is still awaiting further instructions."
"Send him the information on the girl and instructed him to hunt her down, and especially tell him to retrieve the gold statuette by any means necessary." Foreigner gave the order.
"Yes, sir. It shall be done."
"And also call Chance, knowing him, he should still be gambling in Monte Carlo. Have him sent to New York as well to back up Paladin for assistance." Foreigner tells his I.T. guy.
"I'm on it."
"One more thing, have the private jet ready for my trip to New York. I want to be there when I get my statuette back." Foreigner tells his I.T. guy.
"I shall make the preparations at once."
The I.T. guy walked away and making preparations for Foreigner's trip to New York City. Foreigner grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off his head from the sparring he did with Delilah. She approaches him in a flirty seductive way.
"Planning a trip already?" Delilah being flirty.
"I have no choice, she stole something very valuable that is hidden inside the statuette that can compromise my entire organization. As fun as it is to spar with you, I have get ready." Foreigner smiled at Delilah.
"The jet won't be ready for a while, which means that we've got some time to kill, Hmm!" Delilah being all seductive.
Foreigner smiled as he likes where she's going with this, he picked her up and carries her towards his bedroom, she's giggling and laughing while being carried by Foreigner.
Later in Forest Hills, Queens, Felicia just returned home with her mother to find that there's a Christmas tree already here in their home.
"When did you get a tree?" Felicia asking her mother.
"Just last week, I wanted to surprise you if you were going to stop by. But I'm glad that you're home for the holidays. So how is the life of Felicia Hardy?" Lydia wants to hear her daughter's story.
"Things aren't so bad, even though Europe is wonderful, but I still miss home a bit, and I had this urge to come back immediately." Felicia tells her mother.
"And why is that? Is there something you miss about home? Or... is it someone?" Lydia has some suspicion of Felicia's reasons to return home.
Felicia smiled as she blushed a bit in her mother's presence.
"Felicia, did you meet a boy here in Queens?" Lydia smiled and teased.
"Cut it out, mom." Felicia smiled as she felt embarrassed.
"Don't be shy, just tell me the truth, did you meet someone special?" Lydia smiled as she's asking her daughter if she has a boyfriend or someone she likes.
"Yes, there is this boy I've meet last year when I was in town for a bit. He's... mysterious and yet very cute." Felicia describing Spider-Man.
"I hope that he's not a troublemaker." Lydia hopes he's not trouble.
"No, of course not, mom. You could say that he's kinda like dad in someways, like in a good way." Felicia is describing Spider-Man yet again.
Lydia smiled at the thought of her late husband and Felicia's father, Walter.
"Your father was quite the charming character when I first met him. We'd always go around and have plenty of fun before we finally got married. He was the love of my life, and now our little girl is in love too, guess we really do cut from the same cloth." Lydia says to Felicia.
Felicia hasn't stopped thinking about Spider-Man since the first moment they've met, she felt a connection to him that she never felt before in her entire life.
"I'm going to go to my room and settle in." Felicia tells her mother.
"You'll find it exactly the same as you left it." Lydia tells her daughter.
Felicia pick up her suitcase and proceed upstairs to her bedroom as he mother watched. Felicia opens the door and find her room is exactly the same as she left it. She placed the suitcase on top of the bed, she opens it to find her clothes all stacked together. She took them out and placed them next to the suitcase. She then opened a secret compartment inside the case to show her Black Cat suit along with the loot she stole from Foreigner last night.
But what caught her attention is a book that she picked up, she opens it to find newspaper clippings and internet printouts of Spider-Man's past exploits. She still has a clipping from last year of the Bugle, 'Spider-Man and Black Cat: Partners in Crime.' She then turns the pages to see Spider-Man success in taking down the Kingpin, then she turns to the next page of Spider-Man saving the world with the Avengers, and lastly she turns to see him teaming up with a new partner who calls herself Ghost-Spider.
"So my Spider now has a partner, this Ghost-Spider. Wonder what their relationship are? Maybe I should go out and find you, but how?" Felicia says to herself.
Felicia looks closely at the Bugle photo of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider's team up, she caught the name of the photographer who took that shot, Peter Parker. She remembers that name from before, that boy she met last year at the Coffee Bean. Shen then types into her laptop computer and search for 'Peter Parker, Queens,' and she got some results, he lives in Forest Hills just like her and she found his address.
"So you live in Forest Hills, too. That makes it all too easy. I hope that you can lead me to my favorite Spider." Felicia says to herself.
Felicia has hopes that Peter Parker will be able to help her find Spider-Man.
At the same time, Mary Jane is finally back in her home after her friends went out on their patrol, she's all alone with her pet dog Ms. Lion, she pets his head as gazed upon a photo of herself with Gwen and Peter, she can't stop thinking about Peter since that time they've kissed for the first time.
The door started knocking as someone is outside her bedroom door, Mary Jane snapped back to reality as she gets up and walks to the door to unlock it, she opens it to see her Aunt Anna.
"Aunt Anna?" Mary Jane is surprised.
"Mary Jane, can I come in?" Anna Watson asking her niece for permission.
"Sure." Mary Jane allow Aunt Anna entrance.
Anna Watson enters the bedroom to find Ms. Lion on the bed, she pets him as she remembers the first time they've got this particular dog.
"I remember the first time that Ms. Lion came into our lives, Peter just found him out in the cold streets and tries to give him shelter by taking him into his home. But May didn't want any pets around the house and was about to take the dog to the pound until you stepped and offered to take the dog in." Anna Watson remembers that story of Ms. Lion.
"I couldn't bear parting ways with this cute dog, I've grown quite fond of him. So what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" Mary Jane is curious.
"I wanted to talk to you concerning your relationship with Peter." Anna Watson revealed her intentions.
"What about me and Peter?" Mary Jane is confused.
"No need to hide it, I know what happened between you two, May told me everything." Anna Watson is well aware of Mary Jane kissing Peter.
"Yeah... that was only a moment we've shared, he was just here comforting me through my sad moments. It didn't mean anything." Mary Jane felt embarrassed by that moment.
"Are you sure about that? Mary Jane, be honest, what exactly do you feel for Peter?" Anna Watson is curious of MJ's feelings for Peter.
"Peter... he's... he's a great guy, very smart, funny, and... pretty cute." Mary Jane describe Peter.
"Cute, huh?" Anna Watson smiled at Mary Jane.
"I mean in a nerdy sort of way, he's not like the other guys who's interest are in sport or being popular, he's very dedicated to his studies and prefers to stay out of fights. He's... amazing, I'm lucky to have him as a friend." Mary Jane describing Peter again.
"It's obvious that your feelings for him goes beyond simple friendship." Anna Watson says to Mary Jane.
"Aunt Anna, what are you saying?" Mary Jane is even more confused.
"Mary Jane... do you love Peter?" Anna Watson asking Mary Jane that hard question.
"What do you mean by 'love' him? Do I love him as something more?" Mary Jane is very confused by that question.
Anna Watson remained silent as Mary Jane is working up the courage to give that hard answer to her feelings for Peter.
"Do you love him, Mary Jane?" Anna Watson asking that same question again.
"Yes, Aunt Anna, I love Peter... I've always loved him." Mary Jane finally confessed her love for Peter.
Anna is happy that Mary Jane finally realizes who she loves the most, Mary Jane is totally in love with Peter Parker.
"Then what are you waiting for? Peter is still single and you still have a chance to tell him how much you love him, don't throw that away. You deserve to have happiness with the person you love the most." Anna Watson tells Mary Jane.
Mary Jane loves Peter Parker, but at the same time, Gwen still has feelings for Peter too and he still loves her too, but they haven't been together for months. Mary Jane might have a chance to get together with Peter and confess her love to him.
At the same time at the Parker house, Black Cat is climbing up the bedroom window and enters Peter's room to find that no one is home yet.
"Looks like no one is home. Hope that Parker has left some clue or something that will get me in contact with Spider-Man." Black Cat has her hopes.
Black Cat is looking around the desk for a lead on how to contact or find Spider-Man, she then stopped herself as she heard a noise coming from the back door.
"Someone is coming." Black Cat whispered to herself.
She heard footsteps coming up the stairs as she quickly hides herself in the closet, she kept the door partially closed as she took a peek. The bedroom door opens as Black Cat sees Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider here in Peter Parker's bedroom.
"Spider? What's he doing here?" Black Cat is very confused.
Black Cat still remained hidden as neither of the spiders are aware of her presence here. Ghost-Spider shivered as she rubs her arms for warmth, she felt cold.
"Are you okay?" Spider-Man asking Ghost-Spider.
"Yeah, just freezing." Ghost-Spider is shivering.
"I know the feeling, reminded me of last year when I was wearing my old suit, I would get cold when swinging around in the snow, I had to by some expensive thermals for my suit." Spider-Man telling Ghost-Spider of his experience.
"Does this new suit of yours come with thermals too?" Ghost-Spider asking about his upgraded suit.
"It sure does, and much more." Spider-Man says to Ghost-Spider.
"It's not fair that you're the only one wearing the cool stuff while I'm still wearing this same old suit I've made with my own two hands." Ghost-Spider is disappointed.
"Well, I'll see what I can do about that. Just be patient." Spider-Man says to Ghost-Spider.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both proceeded by removing their masks off their heads and revealing their true identities to Black Cat who is shocked to find out that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, Black Cat gasped in shock, and Peter and Gwen heard it.
"What was that?" Gwen is surprised.
"I don't know." Peter is also surprised.
They then noticed a something about the closet as it's partially closed, Peter came in closer and opened up the door as he spotted Black Cat hiding inside.
"Ahh!!!" Peter and Black Cat both got scared at the same time.
"Oh my god!" Peter is shocked by Black Cat's presence.
"Oh my god!" Black Cat is surprised to find Spider-Man without his mask.
Peter calms himself down as he sees Black Cat again after a year since their last encounter.
"Black Cat? What are you doing here?" Peter is surprised to see her again.
"I was trying to find you, Spider. I knew that Peter Parker was the one who can get in touch with Spider-Man. I just never imagined that you were Spider-Man all this time." Black Cat says to Peter.
Gwen coughed. "Care to introduce us?"
"Right, Ghost-Spider, this is Black Cat. Black Cat, this is Ghost-Spider, my partner." Peter introduced the two girls to each other.
"Partner, huh? I'm deeply hurt, I thought that you and I were partners." Black Cat felt jealous.
"We were, for a very short time." Peter says to Black Cat.
"I think that I've seen your face in the papers from the school incident last year, you're Gwen Stacy. You're the girl that Spider saved from drowning." Black Cat figured out Ghost-Spider's identity.
"So you know who we both are, but we still don't know anything about you." Gwen says to Felicia.
Black Cat sighed. "Fine, I guess it's fair since the Spider and I are tight."
Black Cat removed her eye mask to show her true face, Peter is shocked to find out that Black Cat is Felicia Hardy, the girl he met last year.
"Felicia Hardy?" Peter is stunned.
"Surprise!" Felicia smiled at Peter.
"You know her other identity too?" Gwen is even more confused.
"I met her last year at the Coffee Bean, she was on break at the time visiting from her boarding school. I had no idea that she was Black Cat." Peter explained to Gwen.
"And I didn't know that you were Spider-Man either. I still like you better with your mask on, my dear Spider." Felicia flirted with Peter.
"You know that I'm still here in the room." Gwen felt jealous.
"You shouldn't feel jealous, Barbie. After all you're only his partner, or is there something else between you two that I don't know about." Felicia suspects something with Peter and Gwen.
"No... we're just partners, that's all." Gwen stated to Felicia.
Peter looked at Gwen when she said those words, he knows that they can't be a couple, but he still feels something more strongly for Gwen that is beyond simple partnership.
"Huh? I thought for sure that you two have dated." Felicia says to them.
"It's... complicated." Peter says to Felicia.
The bedroom doors opens to find that Mary Jane has came to the house as she spotted Peter and Gwen with some other girl she never seen before.
"Oh, I didn't know that you would be having company." Mary Jane is surprised.
"Yeah, neither did I." Peter says to Mary Jane.
Felicia smiled as she gave Peter the look as he has another girl in his life besides the blonde, a redhead.
"How many girlfriends do you have, exactly?" Felicia smiled with curiosity.
"What? MJ and I aren't..." Peter is being shy.
"MJ? So you must be Spider's other girl?" Felicia asking Mary Jane.
"Only my friends call me MJ, it's Mary Jane to you." Mary Jane introduced herself to Felicia.
"Fine, I'm Felicia Hardy, the name's Black Cat, and I just crossed your path." Felicia introduced herself to Mary Jane.
"Black Cat? The Black Cat you've teamed up last year?" Mary Jane asking Peter.
"Yup, Hello Kitty is back." Peter says to Mary Jane.
"Wow, you're quite the lucky guy, being surrounded by three pretty girls in the room." Felicia says to Peter.
"I'm only his partner." Gwen says to Felicia.
"I'm just his friend." Mary Jane says to Felicia.
"And I'm just single." Peter says to Felicia.
"So does this mean that I have a chance with you, Spider?" Felicia asking Peter.
"It's Peter, and no, I really don't have time for relationships these days." Peter says to Felicia.
"Ah! That's too bad, I had hopes that there was still something between us. I really did enjoy kissing you that night." Felicia flirted with Peter.
Mary Jane and Gwen are shocked. "You kissed her?!!!"
"It only happen once, so calm down." Peter tries to calm them down.
"Don't tell us to calm down, Peter Parker!" Mary Jane is being aggressive.
"When were you going to tell us about this night you've both kissed?!" Gwen being aggressive too.
"Wait, you have told them?! Are you embarrassed of me?! Embarrassed of sharing that wonderful moment with your closest friends?!" Felicia is also being aggressive.
"No, no, of course not!" Peter says to Felicia.
"So I'm not enough for you! You had to switch to Spider-Barbie and Mary Plain?" Felicia says to Peter.
"What did you call me?!" Gwen felt offended.
"Say that again, old lady!" Mary Jane responded back.
"Old lady?!" Felicia felt offended.
"Enough!! No more fighting, please!!" Peter tries to calm them down.
Felicia, Mary Jane, and Gwen all calm themselves down together as they're emotions are all over the place, until they've gotten back to their senses.
"I'm sorry, that wasn't me." Mary Jane apologizes to Gwen and Felicia.
"I'm sorry too." Gwen also apologizes.
"Me too. Are you having it?" Felicia asking them.
"Yeah, I am." Mary Jane says to Felicia.
"So do I." Gwen says to the two girls.
Peter is confused as to what's happening to them, all of sudden they were aggressive and now they're being sensitive. Mary Jane grabbed a piece of paper and writes down something and hands it to Peter.
"Tiger, do you think that you can make a run for us?" Mary Jane holding the paper to him.
Peter took the paper in his hand and his eyes widen by what they're asking him to get for them.
"Is this...? Are you three having that... thing?" Peter is being nervous.
"Yes!!!" Mary Jane, Gwen, and Felicia all responded together.
"Okay, okay... but seriously, I would be glad to help you girls out with anything, but this is way out of my reach. So please don't make me do this! Please!" Peter pleading with them.
Mary Jane, Gwen, and Felicia all gave him the look together with fury in their eyes putting fear into Peter.
(Later)
Peter is at the pharmacy in Queens, he in the aisle where they sell tampons and other things needed for that time of the month.
Peter sighed. "They made me do this. Seriously Spidey, you risk your life fighting bad guys and rescuing lives, now you're being sent out on a tampon run. I wish I knew what I was doing, but I'm in way over my head."
Peter tries to follow the list the girls gave him but he's way over his head on this particular subject. He still remains stuck in the aisle with no idea what to do.
At the airfield in Miami, a private plane just landed as a man wearing a black and purple suit is waiting for the plane to land. He boarded himself onto the plane and find guy in a green and yellow suit still sitting.
"Paladin." Chance says to Paladin.
"Chance, still gambling your hard earn money on casinos?" Paladin says to Chance.
"I've got an addiction, sometimes I win some and sometimes I lose some. I'm touched that you're so concerned for my well being." Chance says to Paladin.
"I'm not. Did you get the info on the target?" Paladin asking Chance.
"The boss just sent us the data, the target is Felicia Hardy, our sources say that she's in New York. As soon as the plane is done refueling, we'll head straight there. Our boss is already on his way, he'll be there tomorrow." Chance explained about the mission.
"Huh? I thought that he would've be there tonight." Paladin says to Chance.
"His flight schedule was delayed due to Foreigner engaging in his own need for... vice." Chance says to Paladin.
"Should've figured, the man loves women too much." Paladin says to Chance.
The plane doors are closing as the plane is all fueled up for the flight to New York.
"Looks like we're ready, next stop, New York." Chance says to Paladin.
Back at the Parker house, the girls are all hanging out in Peter's bedroom having snacks and relaxing themselves talking. Felicia is wearing her black tank top and her black pants, Gwen is switched to her regular clothes.
"Thank god that you've got some spares at your home, Red." Felicia is eating chocolate candy.
"How fortunate for us. Thanks for going over to my house and getting them, Gwen." Mary Jane says to Gwen.
"No problem, I'm just glad to be feeling fine. Are you sure that Peter won't mind if we raided his kitchen for snacks?" Gwen asking Felicia.
"Hey, as longs as there's chocolate, it's a good." Felicia took another bite of chocolate.
Felicia chews on the chocolate as she took a good look at an old picture of Peter when was still wearing glasses and before he became Spider-Man.
"No!!! No way!!! This was the Spider?!" Felicia smiles and holding the picture.
"Yup, back before he had powers." Gwen says to Felicia.
"Just your typical average science nerd." Mary Jane says to Felicia.
"God, how does that nerd keep pulling in babes like us?" Felicia is surprised.
"I think it's because he's keeps getting beat up all the time, like a pity thing." Mary Jane says to Felicia.
"Ha!!!" Felicia smiled and laughed.
Mary Jane and Gwen laughed too as they all talk about their experiences with Peter Parker.
"Well, I guess it's true what they say, smart is sexy." Felicia says to the girls.
"I can very well confirm that, since he's got the hots for a fellow nerd such as myself." Gwen says to Felicia.
"Okay, so let me get this straight from all the things you've both just told me. You Gwen were just his best friend for years until he saved your life from drowning, then you've developed romantic feelings for the Spider and finally kissed each other under the mistletoe. Then you wanted to confess your feelings for him but he got snatch by another girl. Later, they've broken up and you've both ended up together." Felicia describing Gwen's romance with Peter.
"And it was all good until I got bitten by the spider like the one that gave him powers. Because of that spider, I became the hero you now know as Ghost-Spider. We've tried to make this relationship work, but Peter would often worry for me when it comes to this life. So we've decided to break up and remain just partners, nothing else." Gwen explained about their breakup.
"And this is the part where Plain Jane breaks up with her boyfriend and ended up kissing the Spider. Did I get that right?" Felicia says to Mary Jane.
"It's Mary Jane, get it right! I was going through an emotional crisis and Peter came by to help me out of my breakup. I was still broken up from losing Harry that Peter ended up surprising me with a kiss to my lips." Mary Jane explained to Felicia.
"And let me guess, you've enjoyed that kiss. Didn't you, red?" Felicia says to Mary Jane.
Mary Jane felt shy. "Well... yes, I've enjoyed it and it was going great until the Beetle stepped and ruined everything. We've tried to hide it from both Gwen and Harry, but..."
"But they found out eventually, and I'm guessing that your ex didn't take it too well." Felicia figured out.
"He gotten into a fight at school but Peter refused. But they've resolved their issues later on Thanksgiving, and things gotten back to normal for us." Mary Jane says ro Felicia.
"So you, Gwen Stacy was Spider's girlfriend until you've decided to remain just partners, and you Mary Jane just kissed him, but still remained confused that you didn't make a move on him." Felicia gotten the story straight.
"That's pretty much it." Gwen says to Felicia.
"Basically." Mary Jane says to Felicia.
"Okay, so if neither of you want him, then I'll take him." Felicia smiled as wants Peter to herself.
"No!!!" Gwen and Mary Jane yelled out together.
Felicia smiled as she could see that both girls still has feelings for the wall-crawler.
"What's the problem? He's single and neither of you are dating him at this moment." Felicia says to them.
"Yeah, but..." Gwen blushed in embarrassment.
"But what? You think that you still have a chance with my Spider after you've dumped him?" Felicia says to Gwen.
"That doesn't mean that I've stopped loving him, Peter is a great guy and he deserves better." Gwen says to Felicia.
"Better than what, some cheerleader, a pretty nerd, and the girl next door?" Felicia telling them both.
"Oh! And I supposed that you're the better match?" Mary Jane intervened.
"Hey, at least I'm not afraid to fight for love like you both obviously are!" Felicia dared to speak those words in the presence.
Gwen and Mary Jane felt their nerves touched when Felicia said those words, Gwen picked up a pillow and hits Felicia with a smile.
"Oh, you're going to pay for that!" Felicia smiled back.
Felicia grabbed a pillow as she hits Gwen back, the two girls are enjoying the pillow fight until Mary Jane grabbed her pillow and joined in the fight. Gwen and Felicia both got hit by the pillow as they see Mary Jane joining in.
"Can't let you two have all the fun!" Mary Jane smiled at them.
Felicia, Gwen, and Mary Jane all got back to their pillow fight as they're wrecking up the room. Unknown to them, Peter just returned back from the pharmacy with all the stuff the girls asked to get for them, he became shocked to see the girls all having their pillow fight in his own bedroom.
"Hey!!!" Peter gets their attention.
Mary Jane, Gwen, and Felicia all stopped the pillow fight as they see Peter just returned back.
"What are you all doing?!" Peter asking the girls.
"Sorry, Tiger. But she started it." Mary Jane smiled as she points towards Felicia.
"I didn't not!" Felicia points towards Gwen.
"I just returned from a tampon run, which is no picnic for me, and I find you all here playing with my pillows and... are those my snacks?" Peter says to the girls.
"Oh, yeah. I hope you don't mind, but we really needed some chocolate." Felicia says to Peter.
"It's fine, but my bedroom isn't meant for pillow fights." Peter says to the girls.
"Okay, sorry, don't need to be so uptight, Spider." Felicia says to Peter.
"I'm not uptight?! I'm just having a very stressful day in my life." Peter says to Felicia.
"Sorry... but don't be like that. Just have some fun." Felicia says to Peter.
"Oh yeah! How?" Peter asking Felicia.
Felicia tossed a pillow at Peter hard but he caught it easily with his hand and his quick reflexes.
"Don't do that!" Peter says to Felicia.
"Then come and make me, Spider!!!" Felicia is daring Peter.
Peter smiled as he still has the pillow in his hand and walked up and fights Felicia with a pillow as Felicia is giggling and laughing.
"Ladies, help out!!!" Felicia asking Mary Jane and Gwen to join in.
Mary Jane and Gwen teamed up as they both hit Peter with their pillows as Peter is being overwhelmed by both girls, Felicia recovers and teamed up with the girls as they're all taking on Peter with pillows.
(Downstairs)
May Parker just returned home with a paper bag full of groceries, she placed it on the table and was about to pull everything out until she heard noises coming from upstairs, the sound of girls giggling and making a ruckus.
"What is going on up there?" May says to herself.
She leaves the kitchen and started walking upstairs.
(Upstairs)
Peter is still being overwhelmed by too much pillow impact the three girls are throwing at him. Unknown to anyone, May opened the door.
"Alright! What's going..." May stopped her sentence and became shocked.
May sees Peter on the floor being overwhelmed by Gwen, Mary Jane, and Felicia each holding pillows. Everyone stopped as they see Aunt May here looking at them in shock, Peter is very shocked too to find his aunt home too early.
(Downstairs)
Peter, Gwen, Mary Jane, and Felicia are all downstairs and remained quiet as May is walking back and forth in front of them, and she doesn't seem too happy.
"Let me be clear on something, I won't tolerate any hanky panky here my own house. Is that understood?" May tells the four teens.
"What?! Wait a minute, Aunt May, we're not doing any hanky panky here, this is all a big misunderstanding!" Peter tries to correct her.
"So you're saying that I'm seeing things in my head? That you didn't have three girls in your bedroom." May says to Peter.
"Well yes, I mean no... okay, here's how it goes, me and Gwen just returned back from patrol and we got surprised by Felicia here, who is the Black Cat, and she found out who we both are by accident, and then later MJ came by, then all three girls started arguing with me and each other, and then they've sudden realize that it was that time of the month, so they've sent me on a run, and they've stayed behind in my room and started eating chocolates from our kitchen, when I came back they've were playing with my pillows and they've started to pillow me to death until you've came along and spotted us in a awkward moment." Peter explained how things went step by step.
"So your excuse is that is their time of the month and you just happened to be caught in the wrong place and at the wrong time?" May isn't too moved.
"No, that's not what I..." Peter tries to finish his sentence.
"Peter Parker, you should be ashamed of yourself." May is disappointed with Peter.
"Yeah, Spider." Felicia mocks Peter.
"Not helping!" Peter says back to Felicia.
"You three ladies, go home right now. As for you Mr. Parker, you're going to go up to your bedroom and clean up your mess!" May says to them.
"But that wasn't my fault." Peter says to May.
"Do you want me to ground you for a month?" May says with a serious voice.
Peter remained silent as to not make things any worse when it comes to his Aunt May. Felicia took her first step in leaving the house.
"Way to go, Spider." Felicia mocks Peter as she passed him.
Mary Jane then leaves past Peter. "You're on your own, Tiger."
Gwen then leaves past Peter. "Sorry Pete."
Three girls leave the house as May hands Peter a broom and a dustpan.
"Here, time to clean up your mess. Get started, Mister!" May is being serious.
Peter took the broom and dustpan as he walks upstairs towards his bedroom. Peter enters his bedroom to find all the mess he and the three girls left behind.
Peter sighed in disappointment. "Sometimes I think the universe is working against me, typical Parker Luck."
Peter is getting started cleaning up his own bedroom all by himself.
The next day on Christmas Eve, at 10 AM at an airfield in New York City, both Paladin and Chance are waiting along with members of the 1400 clubs, as they all see a private plane coming in for a landing.
"He's finally here." Chance tells Paladin.
The plane made a landing as it's heading the strip, Paladin and Chance waited as it's coming closer. The plane finally stopped, the hatch open and Foreigner finally arrived in America along with Delilah who had accompanied him wearing her dark pink suit with two katanas strapped to her back. Foreigner sees Paladin and Chance with a group of assassins waiting for them.
"I see that you've made the final preparations for my arrival." Foreigner says to his associates.
"We had expected your presence last night." Paladin says to Foreigner.
"And that's on me, my apologies. Well I'm here, any luck on the girl?" Foreigner asking his associates.
"We've located her home in Forest Hills, we have eyes on her as we speak." Chance informs Foreigner.
"Excellent, time to find her and get back my property. Let's move out!" Foreigner tells his associates.
Everyone started to mobilize in their mission to find Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat and retrieve what she stole from Foreigner.
At the same time, Gwen is still at her home as she can't help but being jealous of Felicia's past relationship with Peter as well as her best friend Mary Jane developing feelings for Peter too. The door knocked as someone is outside the door.
"Gwen, it's me. Can we talk?" George is outside the door.
"Yeah, come in!" Gwen gave her dad permission entrance.
George came inside the bedroom to find Gwen looking distracted by something, he seems to have a pretty good idea what it's about.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Gwen is curious.
"About you and a couple of teen girls your age pining over Peter." George Stacy says to his daughter.
"So you know." Gwen says to her dad.
"May told me. I just wanted to ask you concerning your relationship with Peter. How are you both doing?" George Stacy asking Gwen.
"Nothing much, me and Peter are only close friends and partners, everything is smooth as silk." Gwen says to her dad.
"Gwen, I know that I'm still new to this double life of yours, but I've never seen you and Peter having anything but a partnership. Why is that?" George Stacy is curious.
Gwen sighed. "We've both tried to make our relationship work when we've learned the truth about each other, but things aren't the same between us. I'm no longer that same girl who was taken hostage twice last year, I've changed and I guess we came to realize that we can't be a couple while being heroes out there risking our lives for others. We're too emotional when it comes to our feelings of love, and that's very dangerous for either of us. In the end, we've decided that it's best to just remain friends and continue working together as partners"
"Gwen, I'm sorry that's been hard for you." George Stacy says to his daughter.
"So am I, but we both needed to make personal sacrifices for the greater good. I don't expect you to understand." Gwen says to her father.
"Actually Gwennie, I understand you perfectly. Back then when I was younger, me and your mother were having a tough time with our relationship. There were times that my duties as a cop got in the way of our lives, because I never know if I might end up injured or worse yet, dead. You mother would worry everyday for my well being." George Stacy tells his story.
"I didn't know about that, you and my mom." Gwen is surprised.
"The point is that having your mother in my life gave me a purpose beyond just being a cop, even though I couldn't stop doing my duties, I've managed to find a balance in my life so that I could make it back home to my wife. She was my center, the love of my life, and we were both happy, until she died. We thought that we had all the time in the world, but the truth is that no one does. None of us know how much time we've got left in the world, If I ever had a another chance with her, I'd stay by her side til the end. You still love Peter, you still have that chance, Gwendolyne Stacy, don't throw that away for anything, not even for your sense of responsibility." George Stacy give her some advice.
Gwen smiled as her love for Peter never went away, it's still there in her heart. She gave up Peter for her sense of duties and responsibilities as a hero. She still needs him in her life as something more that's just a partner.
(Later)
Gwen walked outside to see the doorstep where she remembers Christmas Eve last year when she and Peter kissed each other.
(Flashback)
Peter and Gwen are caught in a moment, they stood at the doorsteps as a mistletoe is hanging above them.
"Mistletoe." Gwen whispered.
"Mistletoe." Peter whispered too.
They leaned in closer and finally kissed each other for the first time, it was romantic.
(Present)
Gwen has her fingertips on her lips, she remembers that wonderful moment she and Peter shared together. She smiled as it brought up that feeling she had for Peter before they got together. She still love Peter, even now more than ever.
At the Parker house, Peter is all dressed in his winter clothes at it's cold outside. He's walking downstairs as May is still home and spotted her nephew about to leave.
"Going out already?" May says to Peter.
"Yeah, I'm going to the Stan's diner for a bite. I'll be back later." Peter says to May.
"Peter, wait!" May tells Peter.
Peter stopped himself from going outside as he turns his head towards his aunt.
"We need to talk first." May says to Peter.
Peter walked back towards the dining room where May is sitting down, he took a seat in the opposite side.
"If this is about yesterday, I'm telling you..." Peter was about to finish his sentence.
"Actually, it's more than that, I'm worried about you, Peter." May says to Peter.
Peter is clueless. "Meaning?"
"I'm worried that you've been too involved in your double life as Spider-Man. It's been two months since you and Gwen have broke up, and you've still haven't dated anyone in that same period, not even Mary Jane who you just kissed. What's been holding you back, Peter?" May says to Peter.
"Nothing, I'm just too busy being Spider-Man to make time for any relationship." Peter says to May.
"Excuses! You're using this excuse of being a hero to keep yourself distracted from ever pursuing a relationship. Peter, tell me the truth, what's going on with you?" May is looking worried.
Peter sighed. "My past relationships never worked out, I couldn't be honest with Liz about myself or my feelings, then Gwen became a hero just like me and we've decided that we couldn't be together, and my relationship with MJ is very complicated, I ended up kissing her and later it's caused problems between me and Harry, we were just lucky to be able to work things out. Maybe it's better that I just remain alone, I don't believe that having a relationship with any girl is ever meant for me."
"Peter, you're never alone, even though you're a hero, you're still a human being with feelings. You've got Gwen and MJ showing affection for you, and now you got this Black Cat fighting for your affection. Though from what I've heard about her last year, she's a pretty bad influence on you." May says to Peter.
"Aunt May, she's not all bad." Peter defended Felicia.
"Peter, she's a thief and you're a hero, you're both complete opposites, even though she's pretty, she's still a criminal and not someone who you should ever think about getting together with." May says to Peter.
"You're wrong about her, Aunt May. There's more to Felicia Hardy than just being a thief. Last year, she helped me escape from Silvermane's thugs, then the next night, she left me behind to face them all alone, I was about to have my life taken by Hammerhead until she came back and saved my life." Peter explained to May.
"I didn't know about that." May is surprised.
"She could've made her escape with the diamonds that night, but instead she came back and she saved me from certain death. I wouldn't be here if she didn't make that choice. After we've got away, I asked her why she came back, she didn't say anything, she just surprised me with a kiss." Peter says to May.
May smiled. "Did you feel something for her that night?"
"Yes... I felt a connection to her, like we're kindred spirits." Peter says to May.
"What about Gwen and MJ? How do you feel about them?" May asking about Gwen and MJ.
"I think that I always had feelings for Gwen way before I realized it, back at the Stark Expo last year, Uncle Ben told me to have fun on my date, I never knew what he meant, maybe he saw something between me and Gwen that neither of us knew at the time. As for MJ, she's always been the girl next door and my best friend since our childhood, but lately I've been having feelings for her that I never thought was possible, the same way I felt for Gwen and Felicia." Peter described his feelings for Gwen and MJ.
May smiled. "You know, back when you and MJ were so young, me and Anna Watson had this fantasy of pairing you two up when you're old enough, hoping that you both would end up together, maybe even get married in your adulthood."
"Yeah, me and MJ already knew that, it's no secret." Peter isn't very surprised by this subject.
"When I first heard you kissing MJ for the first time, it made me happy, that maybe there's hope for you both. But I also knew that Gwen had made you so happy, she was your first love." May says to Peter.
"Yeah, she was." Peter smiled at that thought.
"Peter, you have three amazing girls in your life, and what I want for you is to be with the one you love the most. Follow your heart, Peter, and find happiness with your true love, you deserve that. Don't let your sense of responsibility get in the way of that." May encourage Peter to find true love.
Peter smiled as he's got three amazing girls in his life, he still has feelings of love for Gwen, he started having new feelings for MJ, and now Felicia is back and that spark they've both shared has reignited.
"Thank you, Aunt May." Peter smiled at May.
Peter felt better from the talk he got from his aunt about him pursuing a relationship with one of the three girls. He got up as he's walking out of the house, he made it outside to find Gwen along with Mary Jane and Felicia all outside waiting for him.
"Gwen? MJ? Felicia?" Peter is very surprised.
"Going somewhere, Tiger?" Mary Jane asking Peter.
"Yeah... you all hungry?" Peter asking the girls.
Later at Stan's Diner in Queens, Peter is sitting in the corner booth with Mary Jane at his right and Gwen at his left, Felicia is sitting next to Mary Jane on her right.
"So this is where you brings three lovely girls on a date." Felicia teasing Peter.
"I just wanted to have a bite here, didn't expect to having female company." Peter says to the girls.
Flash came into the diner along with Kong and Randy as they took their seats, Randy then spotted Parker with three lovely girls.
"Yo Flash, check it out! Look at the babes Parker has surrounded himself with!" Randy points out at Peter.
Flash turns his head to see Peter with Gwen, MJ, and that girl he once tried to flirt with last year, Felicia. He couldn't help but be jealous of Peter's luck in attracting pretty girls.
"What is it about Parker that attracts all the pretty girls? What am I missing, brains or something?" Flash is very confused.
Meanwhile Peter is still sitting with three girls at the same table.
"This place brings back memories." Felicia says to the group.
"You've been here before?" Peter is surprised.
"Back when I was little, my dad used to bring me here when he would pick me up after school." Felicia says to Peter.
"My uncle use to bring me here, this place has got great food." Peter says to Felicia.
The waitress came by and gave Peter his black and white milkshake and walks away.
"And they've got the best milkshakes in Queens." Peter smiled upon the milkshake.
"Oh, I forgotten about them milkshakes. You think I can have some?" Felicia wants some milkshakes.
"If you want, you can just order some." Peter suggested to Felicia.
"Come on, Spider, there's plenty to go around here." Felicia pleaded with Peter.
Peter sighed and smiled. "Fine, grab a straw."
Felicia took a straw as Gwen and MJ watched as Peter is willing to share his milkshake with Felicia. Felicia got her straw in as did Peter as they're about to take a sip.
"Hold on! I want some too." Gwen grabbed a straw.
"So do I." Mary Jane grabbed a straw too.
"Really? You two?" Peter is very surprised.
"I love milkshakes too." Gwen placed her straw.
"Can't let the Cat hog down the milkshakes." Mary Jane placed her straw too.
All four straws are in the same milkshake as the girls came in closer to Peter for a drink.
"Okay, let's drink. Ready?" Peter asking the girls.
"Ready." Gwen says to Peter.
"Ready." Mary Jane says to Peter.
"Ready." Felicia says to Peter.
"One, two, three, now!" Peter says to the girls.
Peter, Gwen, MJ, and Felicia all took their sip of milkshake from the straws at the same time.
Flash watched across the diner to see Peter drinking the same milkshake with the girls.
"No freaking way!" Flash is very shocked.
"Dang! When did Parker become such a ladykiller?" Randy is envious of Peter.
Back at the table, Peter, Gwen, MJ, and Felicia are all still drinking the same milkshake until the glass was empty, they all stopped.
"Ahh! That hits the spot." Felicia smiled with joy.
"Told you, best milkshakes in Queens." Peter says do Felicia.
"Sure is. When is our food ready?" Mary Jane asking them.
Both Peter and Gwen's spider senses tingle simultaneously as danger is close by. The diner doors bursted opened as Foreigner and his three assassins came crashing in and surprising everyone. Felicia's eyes are shocked to see Foreigner here again. She gets up from the seat and shows herself. Foreigner pointed a gun at her and looks at the diner customers.
"Everyone out now!" Foreigner tells everyone to leave.
Everyone started rushing out of the diner as fast as possible, including Peter, Gwen, and MJ, leaving Felicia all alone inside to face Foreigner's wraith.
Peter and Gwen made it outside with Mary Jane along with others as they've made it to a safe distance.
"We have to go back for Felicia." Peter says to Gwen.
"Right, let's go." Gwen went with Peter.
"Good luck!" Mary Jane wished them luck.
Back inside the diner, Foreigner still has his gun pointed at Felicia as Paladin, Delilah, and Chance surrounds her to keep her from escaping.
"Didn't think I'd ever see you again." Felicia says to Foreigner.
"What'd you expect? That I let you get away with my property, there's nowhere in the whole world I can't find you, Black Cat." Foreigner revealed her other identity.
"What do you want?" Felicia is curious.
"I want the statuette you've stole from my safe, I want it back immediately! Where is it?!" Foreigner demands his statuette.
"I don't have it with me, it's in a safe place." Felicia says to Foreigner.
"I'm not going to ask you again, where is it?!" Foreigner is being impatient.
Felicia says nothing as she's only stalling for time as she knows that her spider will come back to save her.
"Fine, don't say anything. I'll still find it with or without your help." Foreigner is about to pull the trigger.
The diner windows came crashing as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider arrived, Spidey drop kicked Foreigner and saving Felicia's life. Paladin, Delilah, and Chance are shocked to find the heroes here interrupting their operation. Felicia looked Spider-Man and smiled as he's here just like she hoped he would be. Foreigner gets back up and sees the two heroes here ruining everything.
"If you guys really wanted the milkshakes, then you should've stayed patient." Spider-Man makes a joke.
"This does not concern you both, I'll give you both the chance to walk out of here alive. If you interfere, then you both will most certainly die." Foreigner makes threats.
"Is that a threat?" Ghost-Spider says to Foreigner.
"Foreigner doesn't make threats, he makes promises. Last chance, leave!" Foreigner tells the spiders.
"And leave her at your mercy? Not a chance!" Spider-Man refused to leave.
"So be it. Kill them all." Foreigner orders his assassins.
Foreigner pulls out his other gun and dual wields them, he started shooting at the spiders as did Paladin and Chance, they all fired their weapons. The heroes all jumped and avoided the bullets. Spider-Man fired a couple of webbing at the Foreigner's pistols, jamming the barrels.
Ghost-Spider jumps ahead and webs both Paladin and Chance's faces with webbing, blinding them. She landed on the floor as Delilah draws out her katanas. She attacks Ghost-Spider with her swords but the hero is fast enough to dodge the bladed edges. Ghost-Spider counters with webbing as Delilah uses her blades to slice through them with ease.
"Not smart bringing those useless things to a sword fight." Delilah wielding two swords.
Meanwhile Spider-Man is facing off against the Foreigner as he drops both his guns covered in webbing to the ground.
"So I get to face off against Spider-Man in combat, what an honor." Foreigner says to Spider-Man.
"It's a shame that the feeling isn't mutual." Spider-Man says to Foreigner.
Foreigner uses his hypno lens and caught Spider-Man in a ten second trance, Foreigner took the opportunity to rush over and strikes with push kick, Spider-Man fell down as he snaps back to find out that he got hit.
"What the?" Spider-Man is confused.
Foreigner smiled as he's stays in control, Spider-Man tries to strike back but Foreigner uses his lens again and caught Spidey in a trance. Spider-Man froze up as Foreigner executes a roundhouse kick to Spider-Man's head. Spider-Man fell back down as he snapped out of the trance. Spider-Man is so confused as to what's going on, one moment he was facing Foreigner and all of a sudden, he lost track of ten seconds.
Ghost-Spider still engaged in combat against Delilah as this woman is very tough with her two swords. Ghost-Spider does some backflips avoiding the swords, she stopped and webbed up a seat next to her. She tossed it hard at Delilah, knocking her back on the ground. Meanwhile Paladin and Chance recovered as they're about to engage Ghost-Spider as well. Paladin tossed a smoke grenade and engulfed the area she's in. She can't see through the smoke until her spider sense tingle, Chance is flying towards her very fast with his ankle jets, he tackled her very hard as he's too fast for her to react.
Spider-Man is still getting bested by Foreigner as the hypno lens can temporarily trap Spider-Man in a trance enough for Foreigner to strike back. He looks around to see Ghost-Spider still fighting both Paladin and Chance all by herself, they're becoming too much for her to handle alone. Foreigner pulls out his knife and was about to strike back at Spider-Man distracted, but the spider sense allow the hero to react without looking, he quickly fired a webbing at Foreigner's face. Foreigner is blinded as Spider-Man has the opportunity to make his escape.
"Ghost-Spider, pull back!" Spider-Man says to Ghost-Spider.
Ghost-Spider stopped fighting as she spotted Spider-Man escaping, she too follows after him. Felicia is still outside waiting for them to come out, Spider-Man is jumping out as he caught her and swings away with Ghost-Spider. Paladin and Chance made it outside and started shooting at them. Both spiders are too far away, they've managed to get away from them. Foreigner went outside to see the spiders with Felicia. He's disappointed that she got away from him again.
Sometime later, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider made it to Roosevelt Island with Felicia. They've landed outside the entrance to the tunnel.
"What are we doing here?" Felicia is confused.
"You'll see." Spider-Man says to Felicia.
The door opened as Felicia is shocked and surprised, both spiders went inside as Felicia follows them into the tunnel.
They all walk down the tunnel as Felicia's eyes widen at the secret lair hidden in an abandoned subway station, the place has a supercomputer and a plenty of equipment.
"Whoa!" Felicia is stunned.
"Welcome to the Spider-Cave." Spider-Man says to Felicia.
Felicia still looks around to see Spider-Man's base of operations. She sees some cases containing his other suits, and a photo of Spider-Man with the founding members of the Avengers. Both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider took off their masks and became Peter and Gwen.
"You've certainly come very far the last time we've met, taking down the Kingpin to saving the world with the Avengers." Felicia says to Peter.
"Yeah, things certainly have changed." Peter says to Felicia.
"Okay, let's focus on the current problem at hand. So who was that guy and what did he want from you?" Gwen asking Felicia.
Felicia sighed. "The guy calls himself Foreigner, he's the head of an organization of assassins called the 1400 club."
"The guy just calls himself Foreigner?" Peter is confused.
"No one knows much about his past, except that he's British, he's former SAS and MI6, he's got training in Boxing, Krav Maga, Wing Chun, Judo, Karate, and Eskrima, now he uses his skills to kills people for money. He's the world's most deadliest assassin." Felicia explained about Foreigner.
"So basically he's an evil James Bond." Peter says to Felicia.
"Yeah, but he ain't no Pierce Brosnan." Felicia says to Peter.
"Alright, can we stay focused, what did he want from you, Felicia?" Gwen asking Felicia.
"Why do you assume this is my fault?" Felicia asking Gwen.
"This guy went through a lot of trouble and expense to get here personally just for you. This guy doesn't seem like the type to give up, he'll come after you again. So you need to level with us. What did you do to make this guy come after you?" Peter asking Felicia.
Felicia sighed. "Fine... I broke into his home in Switzerland and stole somethings from his safe."
"What did you steal?" Gwen asking Felicia.
"Money, jewelry, and a golden statuette." Felicia explained what she stole from Foreigner.
"That's all?" Gwen is stunned.
"He seems to care about the statuette more than anything. He specifically wanted the statuette so badly." Felicia says to Gwen.
"Where is this statuette?" Peter asking Felicia.
Felicia dig into her jacket and pulled it out, she held in her hand before their eyes.
"You had it with you." Gwen says to Felicia.
"I was going to fence this beauty for cash." Felicia holding the statuette.
"I don't get it, why does he want the statuette?" Gwen is confused.
"Maybe what he really wanted wasn't the statuette, but what's inside it. Let me have it." Peter asking for the statuette.
Felicia gave Peter the statuette, he examines it very carefully and found some kind of secret compartment underneath it, he opens it and finds a USB drive inside. He pulls it out and shows it to them.
"A USB drive? What do you think is inside it?" Gwen asking Peter.
"I guess we're about to find out." Peter walks over to the supercomputer.
Peter plugs the USB drive into the supercomputer and attempts to access its contents, the drive itself is password protected.
"Great, it's locked. It's going to take some time to crack it." Peter attempts to unlock the drive.
At the Plaza hotel, Foreigner is using the suite as he's sitting down watching the TV of a James Bond Movie, Tomorrow Never Dies, he's on a scene between Bond and Stamper.
"Dr. Kauffman's record was 52 hours, I'm hoping to break it."
"Hm? I would've thought watching your TV shows was torture enough."
Delilah came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body, her lover is still watching the movie with a towel wrapped around his waist. She sits down next to him and leans against him.
"Still watching James Bond movies as always." Delilah says to Foreigner.
"When I was a boy, I watched these movie so many times that I was inspired to become a spy. When I grew up I enlisted straight out of high school and joined the military. I rose up in the ranks and eventually left to join MI6, I ended up becoming an assassin for them. It was thanks to the organizations I've served under that I've discovered that I have a gift for killing very professionally and without mercy." Foreigner explained his origins into the man he is now.
"Well, I hope that you put those deadly skills to good use, cause getting the Black Cat is now very much complicated with those two heroes watching her back." Delilah says to Foreigner.
"Exactly, they'll be protecting her now. We'll need to draw her out, get her to come to us." Foreigner says to Delilah.
"How?" Delilah asking Foreigner.
Foreigner smiled and chuckled as he has something in mind, he pulled out his phone and makes a call.
"Chance, are you still in Queens? I need you to go that address and fetch something for me." Foreigner orders Chance.
"Anything, what is it?" Chance asking Foreigner.
"Leverage." Foreigner hangs up the phone.
"So what do we do in the meantime?" Delilah is being frisky.
"I have some idea." Foreigner flirts with Delilah.
Foreigner and Delilah began to kiss as they're having their moment of intimacy.
Back at the Spider-Cave, Peter is still working overtime to crack the drive. Mary Jane came into the lair and finds Peter with Gwen and Felicia.
"MJ, did you get our backpacks?" Gwen asking Mary Jane.
Mary Jane has both Peter and Gwen's backpacks full of their clothes they've changed out of when they went out to save Felicia. Mary Jane noticed Peter still working on the supercomputer.
"What are you doing, Tiger?" Mary Jane says to Peter.
"Trying to crack this drive, it's got amazing security..." Peter was able to unlock it. "...till now, at least. I'm in!"
Everyone gather around to see the contents of the drive, it looks like names of clients, assassins, and assassination targets, money transfers and dates.
"What is all this?" Mary Jane is confused.
"I think it's a ledger of some sorts. I recognize some of these names, they're politicians who just died in the last couple years." Felicia says to Mary Jane.
"Now it makes so much sense. It's details of his entire operations, no wonder he wants it back so badly. This is evidence to bring down the entire organization." Peter says to Felicia.
"So what do we do with it?" Gwen asking Peter.
"Maybe Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. might be able to do something with this information." Peter has a suggestion.
Felicia's phone is ringing, she pulls it out to see her mother is calling her.
"It's my mom, I should take this." Felicia walks away and answered the call. "Hey mom, I'm sorry I'm not home, but..."
"I'm sorry, but this isn't your mum, Felicia." Foreigner is calling using her mother's phone.
Felicia is shocked to hear that voice, she immediately recognized it as Foreigner's. She turns to her friends in shock as they see that she's troubled.
"It's him." Felicia whisper to them.
"Put it on speaker." Peter whispered to Felicia.
Felicia switched the phone over to speaker so that everyone can listen in on their conversation.
"What have you done to my mother?" Felicia is very upset.
"Don't worry, mummy is still alive... for now. You've been successful in evading me for so long, but now I'm done playing around. You took something of mine and now I'm just returning the favor, tit for tat." Foreigner says to Felicia.
"If anything bad happens to my mother, then I'll see to it that your entire organization falls. I found your little thumb drive inside that statuette." Felicia threatens Foreigner.
"So you finally found it, I'm impressed. I want it back, so this is my proposal, bring the drive to Rockefeller Center at 11:30 PM tonight, I'll bring your mother and we shall make a trade. Oh, and one more thing, I want you to come alone, and leave your spider-friends behind, if I even see them, then your mother will die. I'll be waiting, Princess." Foreigner gave instructions before he hangs up the phone.
"I have to go alone." Felicia says to them.
"No Felicia, it's too dangerous to go alone, it's obviously a trap." Peter is worried for Felicia.
"He's right, he'll kill you both." Gwen is also worried.
"I don't care! This is my mother we're talking about! She's the only family I've got left. This all happened because of me, I won't let her pay for my mistakes. I'm going and that's final." Felicia made up her mind.
"Fine... then I'm going with you as backup." Peter volunteers to help Felicia.
"Me too." Gwen volunteers too.
"Did you not hear what he said, he said to come alone or my mother dies." Felicia says to Peter and Gwen.
"We've heard, but you can't face them alone. Foreigner can't be trusted, as soon as you give him what he wants, he won't have any need for you both anymore." Gwen says to Felicia.
"She's right, like it or not, we're the only option for you and your mother to make it out of there alive." Peter says to Felicia.
"Why risks yourselves for me?" Felicia asking Peter and Gwen.
"Because it's the right thing to do, and because I know what it's like to lose a mother." Peter says to Felicia.
"And I lost my mother too." Gwen says to Felicia.
"So have I." Mary Jane says to Felicia.
"So like it or not, you're stuck with us. We're going and that's final." Peter smiled at Felicia.
Felicia is touched that they're willing to risk their lives for her and her mother.
"Thank you." Felicia is grateful to them.
"Let's go get your mother back." Peter says to Felicia.
(Later)
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider already have their suits on, Black Cat later came out wearing her own suit.
"Ready?" Spider-Man asking Black Cat.
"Ready." Black Cat responded.
"Then let's go." Ghost-Spider tells them.
Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Black Cat all walk together leaving the Spider-Cave as MJ stayed behind.
"Good luck!" Mary Jane tells them.
Mary Jane couldn't help but worry for them as she wanted to do more to help them, but she can't since she doesn't have powers like they all do. She turns to the glass cases containing Spider-Man's other suit, the one that caught her attention the most is the Iron Spider Armor that was gifted by Tony Stark. It's a hybrid of the Spider-Man suit and the Iron Man armor. She then has an idea, a crazy one.
In the city at 11:28 PM, Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Black Cat are on a rooftop watching Rockefeller Center from a distance, they see Foreigner with Felicia's mother along with three assassins from before.
"There they are. Is that your mother?" Spider-Man looking down.
"Yeah, that's her. It's almost 11:30, I have to go now." Black Cat is about to leave.
"Felicia... be careful." Spider-Man says to Black Cat.
Black Cat turns back and walked up towards Spider-Man as she pulls his mask up and surprised him by kissing him, Ghost-Spider watched and couldn't help but being jealous of them. Black Cat finished kissing Spider-Man as he's still surprised.
"What was that for?" Spider-Man is surprised.
"Just in case I don't make it back. I want you to know that you're the best thing that ever happened to me." Black Cat smiled as she walks away.
Spider-Man watched Black Cat leave to go help her mother. Spider-Man felt that spark again from the first time Black Cat kissed him. Ghost-Spider still harbors feelings for Spider-Man, but she could see that there is something still between Spider-Man and Black Cat.
(Rockefeller Center)
Foreigner and his associates are still waiting for Black Cat to arrive to save her mother. Foreigner looked at his watch, it's 11:29, just seconds away from 11:30.
Foreigner sighed. "I thought that she'd be here by now saving mommy dearest."
"Foreigner!!!!" Black Cat yelled out.
Black Cat came on the ice rink all alone as Foreigner sees her here. Lydia looked at the Black Cat here, she knows now that she's her daughter Felicia.
"Felicia." Lydia says her daughter's name.
Black Cat took off her mask and shows her face to her mother.
"It's me, mom." Felicia says to her mother.
"How touching, but time is of the essence. Did you bring what I ask for?" Foreigner asking Felicia.
Felicia pulls it out of her suit and holds it in her hand.
"Here it is, exactly as I promised. Let her go." Felicia demanded her mother back.
"First, I need to confirm that it's real. Hand it to Paladin for confirmation. If it's real, then you can have her back." Foreigner still has Felicia's mother.
Paladin steps forwards with a tablet in his hand, Felicia tossed the drive to him, he caught it in his hand. Paladin plugged it in and the drive's contents shows up on the screen.
"Well... is it real?" Foreigner asking Paladin.
"It's real, this is the drive." Paladin confirmed its authenticity.
Felicia awaited for Foreigner to keep his word, he lets Lydia go as she rushed towards her daughter Felicia. Felicia embraced her mother with open arms as she got her back.
"I was so scared." Lydia hugged her daughter.
"It's okay, it's over." Felicia hugged her mother.
"Not yet. I'm pleased that you've brought the drive here to me and that you've got back your mum. But I have a thing about loose ends, sorry Princess." Foreigner says to Felicia.
Chance and Paladin have their weapons pointed at them ready to kill both Felicia and Lydia.
"I'm afraid this concludes our business. Thank you and Goodnight." Foreigner smiled as he watched.
Chance and Paladin are about kill both Felicia and Lydia until Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider came in swinging, Chance and Paladin looked up in the air and spotted them, they started shooting but the heroes were able to dodge the incoming fire, they dropped down and each delivered a drop kick on them both. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider landed on the ice rink as Felicia smiled her friend came to their rescue.
"You two again." Foreigner says to the heroes.
"Did you really think that we stayed behind and let you slaughter them?" Spider-Man says to Foreigner.
"Hmm, I kinda hoped, but in any event." Foreigner snapped his fingers.
More assassins came out of hiding around the ice rink and have the four surrounded, Chance and Paladin recovered themselves and are back in the fight.
"I came prepared for your arrival. You're both so predictable, like a moth to the flame, and we all know what happens to the moth in the end." Foreigner says to them.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider looks around to see that they've fallen into an ambush, Felicia puts her mask back on her face and became Black Cat as she stays close to her mother.
"Got any ideas?" Black Cat asking the heroes.
"Not at this moment, we're surrounded." Spider-Man is out of ideas.
"Ready! Aim!" Foreigner tells his men.
All the assassins are ready to deliver a bloodbath on them all.
"Fire!!!" Foreigner gave the order.
Something unexpected happens as the sharpshooters are being attacked by webs, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are surprised by what's happening as neither of them are responsible for this. Each assassin got their faces covered in webs as something red and shiny is swinging around the ice rink. Spider-Man immediately recognized the suit as his Iron Spider Armor.
"What the hell? Who is that?!" Foreigner is very shocked and surprised.
This person finished neutralizing the sharpshooters as she landed on the ice rink next to Spider-Man. Everyone is confused as to who is wearing the Iron Spider Armor.
"Who are you?" Spider-Man is confused.
"Don't recognize me, Tiger. I'm the Iron Spider." Iron Spider gave a hint to her identity.
Spider-Man's eyes widen and whispered. "MJ?"
Ghost-Spider is surprised to find out that Iron Spider is Mary Jane. But their introduction got interrupted as Foreigner, Delilah, Chance, Paladin, and a group of assassins are all gathering around.
"Guess we still have a fight to win." Iron Spider has her iron legs popped out.
"Do you know how to use that suit?" Spider-Man asking Iron Spider.
"Relax, I've red the instructions, plus I've got training from you two. I can take care of myself." Iron Spider is willing to fight.
"I don't care who you are, your fate is the same as theirs. Kill them all." Foreigner orders his forces.
All of the assassins charged at them, the four heroes came charging in as well as a war has started on the ice rink. Spider-Man fired off a web grenade at the group of assassins as it exploded and trapped them all together, Ghost-Spider watched.
"Not fair that you've still got the better stuff." Ghost-Spider is being jealous.
"Don't be jealous, you'll get yours eventually." Spider-Man tells Ghost-Spider.
"Can we stay focused, you two." Iron Spider fights off a goon.
Paladin aims his pistols and started shooting at Spider-Man but the wall crawler does some backflips and dodged the bullets. Ghost-Spider is dealing with Chance who is flying around with his ankle jets shooting at her, she does the butterfly twist as she counters with shooting a web line and hitting her target, she pulled him down hard as she strikes with an uppercut to his face. Chance falls back down after that strike.
Meanwhile, Iron Spider is handling herself very well for her first time, with the training she got from her friends, combined with the suit, she's able to fight off the assassin with ease. She webbed up a couple of them down on the ice.
"That wasn't so hard now." Iron Spider says to herself.
"Oh really." Delilah speaks from behind Iron Spider.
A knife was tossed at Iron Spider but the suit's functions activated her legs as it boosted her up in the air. Iron Spider landed down on her feet to see Delilah pulling out her dual katanas. Iron Spider still has her four legs out to use in a fight.
"Let's see what you've got, bitch." Delilah is ready to attack.
Iron Spider felt insulted as she used the legs to jump up again towards Delilah as the assassins rolls over and avoided Iron Spider dropping down. Delilah strikes back with her swords as Iron Spider uses her spider legs to block her every strike before it could reach her.
Foreigner realizes that the four heroes are turning the tide of this battle, he grabbed the drive from the table and decided to make a tactical retreat. Black Cat punched down a thug as she spotted Foreigner making his escape.
"You're not getting away." Black Cat goes after him.
Spider-Man is still dealing with Paladin who is still shooting his guns until Spidey used both his webshooters to webbed both his guns and yank them off Paladin's hands, disarming him.
"Don't need guns to kill you." Paladin pulls out his knife.
"Oh no, you have a knife. It's my weakness, small knives." Spider-Man mocks Paladin with his joke.
Paladin came at Spider-Man with his knife swinging as the hero is fast enough to evade every slash he throws at him. Paladin is doing his best to slash Spider-Man but it's ineffective due to Spider-Man's speed and senses. Paladin took another swing at Spider-Man until the hero caught his wrist and does the flying arm bar on Paladin, he flips him down hard on the ice. Spider-Man took this opportunity to disarm the knife from Paladin's hand, he got up and finished with a downward punch to Paladin's face, knocking him out unconscious.
Meanwhile, Iron Spider is still engaged in combat against Delilah as the woman is proven to be a proficient swordswoman. Iron Spider still uses the spider legs to strike back and block each blow. Delilah keeps on striking until Iron Spider was able to use the legs to hold the swords in place, she took the opportunity to strike back with a strong punch to the face, knocking her out cold. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider came to see that Iron Spider is looking down at Delilah defeated.
"Who's the bitch now... bitch." Iron Spider insulted a defeated Delilah.
"Wow, you really can take care of yourself." Spider-Man is surprised and yet impressed.
"Told you so." Iron Spider tells Spider-Man.
"Wait! Where's Black Cat?" Ghost-Spider asking them both.
Meanwhile Foreigner is making his escape and was about to reach his car until Black Cat dropped in and landed on the car roof.
"Going somewhere?" Black Cat isn't too happy.
"And here I was just going to call it a night, Princess." Foreigner says to Black Cat.
"You kidnapped my mother and you've tried to kill us! Did you really think that I'd let you get away with this?" Black Cat says to Foreigner.
"I just wanted my property back, it wasn't personal." Foreigner says to Black Cat.
"It just became personal to me! You're going to pay for coming after my family." Black Cat wants revenge.
Foreigner quickly pulled out his pistols but Black Cat was fast enough to use her claws to slice off the guns in halves. She then executed a kick to his face and knocked him down on the ground. Black Cat jumps off and strike down with her claws but Foreigner rolled out of the way. Black Cat pulled out the claws from the ground as she about to face Foreigner in combat.
"You want to fight me again? Did you learn nothing." Foreigner says to Black Cat.
Foreigner uses his special lens to put Black Cat in a trance but it didn't work as she still moves in and strikes back with her claws. He managed to move out of the way but he got cut on his shoulder. He became confused as to why she didn't fall under his trance, she has special lens of her own.
"How are you resisting?" Foreigner is confused.
"You're not the only one with special lens, mines is built to withstand your hypnotic trance." Black Cat tells Foreigner.
"Cleaver, but futile. I guess I'll have to just kill you myself." Foreigner pulls out his knife.
Black Cat and Foreigner walk around in a circle facing each other. They've kept on walking waiting for one of them to strike first. Black Cat strikes first with her claws as Foreigner uses his skills in knife fighting to evade her claws and managed to cut her on the shoulder as Black Cat pulls back.
Black Cat look at the cut on her suit and sees blood on her skin. Foreigner still waving his knife as he's prepared to strike again, he thrust his blade at her but she's kick up and disarmed his hand of his knife. She strikes back with her claws until he caught them and headbutt her hard, then he pushed kick her down on the ground.
"You're out of your league, Princess." Foreigner gained the upper hand.
"Funny, I was going to see the same to you." Black Cat says to Foreigner.
She does the sweep kick and knocked him off his feet as he fell down on his back, Black Cat took the opportunity to get on top and delivers a series of punches to his face. Foreigner is losing consciousness from all the punches. She then delivered the final punch to knock him out cold.
"That one was for my mother, you son of a bitch!" Black Cat defeated Foreigner.
Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Iron Spider arrived to see that Black Cat has just defeated the Foreigner. She took out the drive from his jacket and got up and looked down at the defeated assassin responsible for kidnapping her mother.
"How are you feeling, Cat?" Spider-Man asking Black Cat.
"I feel like I've gotten even. How is my mom?" Black Cat asking Spider-Man.
"Don't worry, she's fine, she's safe." Spider-Man informed Black Cat.
Black Cat tossed the drive to Spider-Man as he caught it in his hand.
"The drive?" Spider-Man holding the drive.
"Take it, put it to good use. It's evidence to bring down the 1400 club." Black Cat says to Spider-Man.
"Thank you." Spider-Man says to Black Cat.
"No, actually it's you and your friends I need to thank. Thank you all for saving my mother." Black Cat is grateful to them.
"You're welcome, Cat." Ghost-Spider says to Black Cat.
They all looked down at the ice rink to see the assassins getting back up to see that they've been bested by four heroes. They all attempt to make their escape.
"Shouldn't we go after them?" Black Cat says to Spider-Man.
"Don't worry, we've already got that covered." Ghost-Spider assured Black Cat.
The assassins made it out of the ice rink but their escape got stopped by SWAT units led by George and Yuri all having their guns pointed at them.
"Don't move, drop your guns and put your hands up in the air!" George Stacy aiming his gun.
"Do it now!" Yuri Watanabe aiming her gun too.
The members of the 1400 club are surrounded by police as they got no way out of this. They all dropped their guns on the ground and raised their hands up in the air. George, Yuri, and the other officers all proceed to arrest them on the spot.
(Later)
All the members of the 1400 club were arrested by the NYPD, S.H.I.E.L.D. have taken custody of Foreigner, Delilah, Paladin, and Chance as they're high level assassins on their radar. Agent Coulson is speaking with the heroes as Spider-Man hands him the drive.
"Here, this will prove helpful in taking down the organization of assassins." Spider-Man tells Coulson.
"Thank you, with this piece of evidence. The 1400 club are as good as finished. Excuse me." Coulson took the drive with him.
"Well, looks like the we've save the day thanks to Spider-Man and his Amazing Girlfriends." Black Cat smiled at the group.
"We are not calling ourselves that." Ghost-Spider didn't like that name.
Black Cat sees her mother coming towards her, she stepped away from the heroes as they watched. Black Cat smiled as her mother is alright, Lydia smiled back as they've embraced each other for comfort.
"I never thought I'd ever see you again." Black Cat hugging her mother.
"I was thinking the same about you, Felicia." Lydia smiled as she hugged her daughter.
The clock hits 12 and rang loudly, it's now December 25, it's Christmas as Black Cat broke off the hug and walked back to her friends.
"Thank you all for everything you've done for me." Black Cat gives her gratitude to them.
"It was our pleasure. Merry Christmas, Cat." Spider-Man says to Black Cat.
Black Cat couldn't help herself as she surprised Spider-Man with a hug, he became surprised as did the girls.
"Merry Christmas, Spider." Black Cat smiled and hugs Spider-Man.
Ghost-Spider and Iron Spider both didn't want to be left out, they've joined in on the hug as all three girls are hugging Spider-Man.
"Merry Christmas to you all." Spider-Man says to them all.
"Merry Christmas to you, Tiger." Iron Spider says to Spider-Man.
"Merry Christmas." Ghost-Spider says to Spider-Man.
The next morning, Peter has just gotten up after sleeping for hours after a long night fighting the bad guys. He stretched out his arms as he looked at the present next to him, it was a gift meant for Gwen.
(Downstairs)
May is in the living room watching the news of last night involving Spider-Man and his friends saving the day and taking down the bad guys.
"As of 11:59 last night, the man who calls himself the Foreigner has just been arrested by government agents. He has been believed to be responsible for a number of assassination committed in the past eight years. The organization he ran calling itself the 1400 club has officially been dismantled thanks to the information provided by the heroes responsible for taking down the Foreigner and his associates. Federal agencies across the world are arresting those who hired the 1400 club to assassinate on their behalf."
May turned off the TV as she spotted Peter coming down the stairs.
"Good morning and merry Christmas." Aunt May smiled at her nephew.
"Merry Christmas, Aunt May." Peter came up and hugged May.
"I saw your exploits last night, didn't think that would happen on Christmas Eve." May says to Peter.
"Yeah, like something out of a Die Hard movie." Peter says to May.
"That's your uncle's favorite Christmas movie." May says to Peter.
"I don't get how it's a Christmas movie." Peter smiled at May.
May and Peter giggled at that joke, May noticed that Peter has a present in his hand.
"Is that yours?" May asking Peter.
"No, it's for Gwen. I'm going to go over to her house and give this in person." Peter says to May.
"Is that all?" May could tell there more to it.
"Is it that obvious?" Peter says to May.
May smiled at Peter as he's made his choice of who he wants to be with.
"Go to her and tell her how you feel." May encouraged Peter.
Peter smiled as he walks away to the door, he opens it to find Felicia Hardy here at the door.
"Felicia?" Peter is surprised by seeing her.
"Hey Spider. Don't worry, I won't take much of your time, I wanted to say goodbye." Felicia says to Peter.
"Goodbye? But why?" Peter is confused.
"Because of last night, we've single-handedly taken down the 1400 club, though most of the member have be arrested, there are still some on the loose. I'm pretty sure they know about me and true identity, they're going to come after me and mother again. So until they're completely done, me and mother have to go into hiding. S.H.I.E.L.D. is kind enough to give us witness protection and new identities. I wasn't going to leave without seeing you first." Felicia explained to Peter.
"It's a shame that you won't be sticking about, Felicia. I was getting used to teaming up with you." Peter says to Felicia.
"So have I, Spider. Why don't you come with me?" Felicia says to Peter.
"What?" Peter is surprised.
"I'm being serious, runaway with me. I miss us being together and we can finally be free from everything, free from responsibility, free to just be ourselves. So what do you say, Spider? Interested?" Felicia says to Peter.
"I'm flattered, I really am, but I can't. This is where I belong, and besides..." Peter was about to finish his sentence.
"There's someone else, isn't there?" Felicia figured it out.
"Yes, I'm sorry if that's not the answer you we're looking for." Peter says to Felicia.
"It's a shame, I thought I'd stolen your heart." Felicia says to Peter.
"My heart has already been claimed, I have to go to her." Peter says to Felicia.
"Oh well. But just keep in mind, Spider, I'm a thief, I'll steal your heart one day. Our destinies are joined together, it's written in the stars." Felicia says to Peter.
Peter and Felicia hugged each other before they've parted away.
"Goodbye Spider. Till next time." Felicia says to Peter.
Felicia walks away to join her mother inside the car, Peter watched as Felicia Hardy has left his life again. But he has a feeling that he'll see her again someday.
Peter is about to walk down the street towards Gwen's house until Mary Jane came out her's and spotted Peter walking down the sidewalk.
"Tiger!" Mary Jane waved to Peter.
Peter stops and turns around to see Mary Jane walking towards him.
"Hey MJ." Peter says to Mary Jane.
"What's with the present?" Mary Jane noticed a present in his hand.
"Oh! This is a gift for Gwen. I'm on my way to give to her. By the way, nice work yesterday. You really saved us all. How was the suit?" Peter says to Mary Jane.
"It was great, I think I got a small taste of being a hero like you both are. Though this was a one time thing, I was glad to be out there helping you." Mary Jane says to Peter.
"And I was glad that you came to our reason, you were amazing, MJ." Peter says to Mary Jane.
Mary Jane blushed as Peter said those words to her.
"Peter, there's something I need to talk you about." Mary Jane want to talk with Peter.
Peter stays as he still doesn't know what it's about.
"Peter, for the past six years since I've known you, we've been nothing but neighbors and best friends, you were always there for me when I sometimes fall behind in math and science. You're so different from any of the guys I've gone out, you're so smart, funny, and kind. You would alway put a smile on my face and make me feel like the most special girl ever. All those times I've seen you as a dear friend, but lately I'm starting to see you as something more. Peter Parker... I love you." Mary Jane confessed her feelings for Peter.
Peter is stunned and surprised that Mary Jane is in love with him.
"MJ... I had no idea that you had such strong feelings for me." Peter says to Mary Jane.
"I'm not afraid anymore, when you kissed me for the first time, I realize that I've always loved you and that I never stopped loving you. To me, you're the love of my life." Mary Jane expressed her love for Peter.
Peter grabbed Mary Jane's hand and looked her in the eyes.
"I love you, Mary Jane." Peter confessed back to Mary Jane.
Mary Jane smiled as Peter said those words.
"As a very dear friend... which is why I have to be completely honest with you." Peter says to Mary Jane.
Mary Jane figured it out. "Gwen?"
Peter nodded his head. "Yes."
Mary Jane teared up and smiled. "I always knew deep down that Gwen was always the one for you, and all I ever wanted for you is to be happy with the girl you love the most, even if that girl isn't me. But just know that even if I'm not the love of your life, you'll always be the love of mine."
Peter smiled and leaned in close, he gave her a kiss on the cheek. Mary Jane blushed and smiled.
"You'll always be the most important girl of my life, MJ. Never forget that." Peter smiled at Mary Jane.
"You should get going, Gwen isn't going to stay home for long." Mary Jane says to Peter.
"Are you going to be okay?" Peter asking Mary Jane.
"Sure... go get her, Tiger." Mary Jane wipes off the tears and smiles.
Peter smiled back as he walks towards Gwen's house, Mary Jane stayed behind and watched as the boy she loves chose to be with Gwen. She loves him enough that she had to let him go to be with his true love, what she displayed is a very selfless kind of love for Peter.
At the Stacy Residence, Gwen and George are celebrating Christmas by listening to Christmas songs and drinking eggnog.
"Merry Christmas dad." Gwen holding her mug.
"Merry Christmas Gwennie." George Stacy holding his mug.
They cheered as they drank their eggnog down their throats and finished. Gwen looked at the tree where the presents are.
"Shall we open our presents?" Gwen asking her dad.
The doorbell rang as someone is outside their door, George got up and walked to the door, he opens it to find Peter Parker here with a present in his hand.
"Parker, welcome. Come in." George Stacy invited Peter.
Peter came inside to find Gwen near the tree where the presents are.
"Hey Gwen, going to open your presents?" Peter holding the present in his hand.
"Yeah, I was about to. You got a present too?" Gwen noticed a present in his hand.
"Oh! This is for you, here." Peter hands it over to Gwen.
Gwen took the present in her hand as it's big and light.
"Go ahead, open it." Peter says to Gwen.
Gwen opens her present to find a new upgraded version of the Ghost-Spider suit with a pair of upgraded web-shooters, her eyes widen by her new gift.
"Is this what I think it is?" Gwen is smiling.
"I figured that you should have the best stuff like me. So do you like it?" Peter is wondering.
"I love it, thanks Pete." Gwen smiled at Peter.
Peter remained quiet as Gwen could tell there more to his visit than just giving her a gift.
"But this isn't the only reason you're here, is it?" Gwen could tell.
"No... Gwendolyne Stacy, will you be my girlfriend again?" Peter confessed his reason to Gwen.
"What?" Gwen smiled as she's surprised.
"Gwen, I know that we've both broke off our relationship so that we can both remain committed to being heroes. But I still need you in my life as more than just my partner, you're the love of the my life, always have and always will be. I know the love we've both chose has risks, but if you're willing, I want to face them with you, together." Peter says to Gwen.
"Peter... I... I still need you in my life because I love you. I love you, Peter Parker, and yes, I'll be your girlfriend." Gwen smiled at Peter.
Peter smiled as he and Gwen reconciled their romantic relationship and got back to where they left off. George is happy that they're together again as they turn to see him in the room.
"Don't just stand there, have at it." George Stacy encourage Gwen.
Gwen smiled as she turns to Peter, they've leaned in closer and finally kissed each other again. They kept on kissing until they've stopped and look at each other's eyes.
"Merry Christmas, Gwen." Peter smiled at Gwen.
"Merry Christmas, Peter." Gwen smiled at Peter.
Peter and Gwen hugged each other as this is the happiest day of their lives. They've gotten back together as a couple and are willing to face anything together.
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