Volume III: The Speed Demon

Note: This will be the sixteenth chapter of Volume III, this will introduce a new supervillain who has super speed called Speed Demon, he recently gained his powers by accident and decided to use them to pursue a life of crime by robbing banks and armored cars, he will prove to be a greater challenge for both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider to handle together without Kid Arachnid on their team. Meanwhile Miles Morales is still struggling to own up to his mistakes and ends up pushing away everyone around him, eventually his father will attempt to help Miles out of his struggle given his uncle being in prison, Peter and Gwen misses Miles as they're still having a hard time trying to forgive him for his actions, May will convince them to take back Miles as they'll need his help against Speed Demon.

Tonight is January 24th in upstate New York at Power Broker Inc. a chemist name James Sanders is working with out chemists attempting to replicate the super soldier serum despite the governments ban on human experimentation, the company once had a promising serum until it was stolen years ago by a certain thief who exploit it herself and destroyed some of the research, so now everyone is recreating it from scratch in hopes to create a perfect one and sell on the black market for a greater profit, all of a sudden the company's boss came in to check on the work everyone is doing, he doesn't seem too happy, particularly Sanders who has suffered his bullying due to not being able to complete the formula in time.

"Sanders, when will the serum be ready for testing?"

"It's not ready yet, boss, I can't promise that it'll be a success, there's no telling if its safe or what the side effects could be." James Sander said.

"You told me that you were close."

"I am close, but you can't rush science." James Sander said.

"You're useless Sanders, I've invested a lot of money into these projects of your and you can't even produce a promising result."

"Hey, don't you dare insult me, I don't care you're the boss of this company, I won't let myself be stepped over by a tyrant like you." James Sanders stands up for himself.

The boss got angry as he punched James Sanders hard against the table, the man is abusive to his employees and doesn't care if they get hurt, meanwhile on the table, James Sander is shaking as something unusual is happening to him, the fellow chemists came to him aid to see that he was injected by three different syringes that haven't been tested out yet until now, James Sanders got triple the injection as something unusual is happening to his body, he look like he's having a seizure, his hands are moving too fast, James Sanders screamed out so loud as he then got back up and moves incredibly quickly, faster than the human eye could see, he himself could see that everything around him is moving too slow like time has slow down for him or he's moving faster than everyone, he suddenly stopped as everyone in the room is looking at him all stunned by what just happened, even James himself is stunned by what just did. The boss himself is amazed by what James has done, he was able to move faster than anyone, he sees something he could exploit, security guards are in the room with guns.

"What's happening to me?" James Sander is confused.

"Men, take him, I want to know how he does this."

James Sanders looked to see one of the guards pulls out a baton ready to zap him unconscious, he tries to zap the man but James reacted as he's moving too fast again, he moved away very quickly and took the baton from the guard's hand, he punched him ready hard too fast and runs towards his boss who threatens his life, the boss got stunned to see James in front of him with the baton in his hand.

"Now it's your turn to suffer, you bastard." James Sander insults his boss.

James used the baton to zap his ex boss with so much voltage as the guards all reacted and started shooting at James, he moved away too quickly dodging the bullets that looked too slow for him, he runs around the room taking down each of the guards simultaneously within seconds and runs away from the place as everyone left standing is stunned to see that James Sanders gained super speed, able to move himself faster than a speeding bullet. James made it out of Power Broker Inc. and continues running down the main road, he's heading towards New York City as he's done working for rich pigs, now he has the power to do whatever he wants with his life and he plans to exploit it by becoming a criminal.


It's January 25th around 7:15 AM in the morning as Peter and Gwen are in the dining room having wheatcakes for breakfast, May is in the kitchen washing dishes listening to the small TV playing the news concerning the absence of Kid Arachnid for about a week, she already knows why he's been inactive as he's no longer Kid Arachnid, Peter and Gwen had to continue their adventures without him, but it has been easy for them to make that decision but they know that they can't trust Miles anymore not since he kept the truth about his uncle being the Prowler from them.

"It has been a week and still there has been no sigh of the hero Kid Arachnid ever since that night Aaron Davis, the criminal called the Prowler has been arrested last week for his attacks against certain criminal heads who's name still hasn't been released and there have been no further arrests against them, the people of New York are only relying on Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider to keep the streets safe, but will that be enough?"

May turns off the TV as even she has her worries for Peter and Gwen's safety now that Miles is no longer part of their team, she finished her work and walked towards the dining room as Peter and Gwen finished eating breakfast.

"How was last night?" May asking them about their adventures.

"It was easy, though we had to double efforts to cover the whole city." Peter said.

May sighed. "Are you sure that you both made the right decision in kicking Miles off the team?"

"Honestly no, but given everything that's happened with the Prowler being his uncle and him keeping it from us, we can't trust him anymore, Aunt May." Peter said.

"He's right, Miles didn't trust us and now we can't trust him." Gwen said.

"Look, he was in a hard place because it was his uncle, it couldn't been easy for him either." May said.

"We get that, Aunt May, but we can't work with someone who just shuts us out because of it." Peter said.

"Peter..." May wants to say more.

"We should get going, we got school." Peter said.

"Bye May." Gwen said.

Peter and Gwen got up from their chairs and grabbed their backpacks as they're about to head out for school, May could tell that this subject is still too painful for them to handle, they felt betrayed by their friend that they refuse to talk about it with her, she just hopes that they could go on without Miles, but she still has her doubts for them.


Around 9:34 AM in an apartment in Manhattan, James Sanders just escaped from Power Broker Inc. after he received his new powers by accident, he is no longer that same scientist who worked for greedy CEOs, he has become something more who can do anything he wants with his new gifts, he has decided to use them to become a supervillain, he's sitting at the desk working on a new suit for himself to start his life of crime, he spent hours working on it as he finally finished it and holds up in the air, its red, black, and yellow, he smiles as he decided to try it out, minutes later he stood before the mirror checking himself out in his new suit.

"Finally, you're perfect James, you're no longer that weak egghead being stepped on by fat greedy pigs, thanks to that accident, you now have the power to do whatever it is you want, I shall take what I want and nobody is fast enough to stop me, from now on I shall be called Speed Demon." James Sander is now Speed Demon.

Speed Demon then runs out of his apartment and made it out as he's running down the streets of New York to see the city is too slow for him to handle, with his new super speed he can do whatever he want, he's smiles as he's confident that nothing will stand in his way, not even the heroes of New York City, he'll be a bigger challenge for them.


It's 2:45 PM at Brooklyn Visions Academy as the school bell rang, everyone is getting out of class as school has ended for the day, Miles is walking down the hallway all alone as everyone around him is giving him the look, it's no secret anymore that his uncle is the Prowler ever since the news revealed his true identity, Miles is dealing with a lot ever since his uncle got sent back to prison after his arrest last week, including him being kicked off the team by Peter and Gwen for keeping the truth from them, he's no longer Kid Arachnid, Ganke Lee could see that Miles is reluctant to accept his mistakes, Anya Corazon suddenly came up to Miles to show her support for him.

"Hey Miles!" Anya walking beside Miles.

"What is it, Anya?" Miles still walking.

"I heard about what happened with your uncle." Anya said.

"That he's the Prowler, I don't need you to remind me, Anya, so save your words." Miles really went out of line with Anya.

Anya felt hurt. "I just wanted to give you my support, sorry if I bothered you, excuse me."

Anya walked away from Miles feeling hurt by his words, Ganke looked at Anya walking away as he knows that Miles went out of line with Anya, she didn't deserve this kind of treatment Miles gave her.

"Hey, you didn't have to be like with her." Ganke stood up to Miles.

"What are you going to do? Tell Peter and Gwen, go ahead, seems like you're more their friend than mine." Miles does it again with Ganke.

"You know what, forget it, Miles, you're on your own." Ganke then walks away disappointed.

Miles looks at his best friend walking away, it was bad enough he had to push away Peter and Gwen, now he pushed away his friends Ganke and Anya, he's starting to feel more alone than ever, everyone he care about was pushed out of his life and it hurts him, Miles said nothing and just walked out of school all alone as he's got much on his mind, right now he's not in a mood to talk to anyone.


Around 3:45 PM at the Daily Bugle, Peter is in the office with Jameson examining the photos of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider in action without their partner Kid Arachnid, Peter is awaiting to see if Jameson is interested in purchasing them, but the editor-in-chief doesn't seem too impressed as it's nothing new with Spider-Man and his friends fighting crime in New York, but he still sees them as menaces despite all the good things they have done for this city.

"Still crap, as always." Jameson looking and holding the photos.

"But this is pretty decent crap than any other tabloid is showing off on paper." Peter said.

"Very well, I'll give you 150." Jameson is being cheap.

"300." Peter raised the price for the photos.

"That's outrageous, done." Jameson pulls out a checkbook and writes it down for 300 dollar, he gives it to Peter. "Here, and don't comeback until you have a better picture than this, Parker."

Peter took the check and walks out of the office after getting paid, he accidentally bumps into his friend Betty Brant still interning at the Bugle delivering coffee to Jameson, some coffee got split off onto both her and Peter as it too hot for them to handle.

"Ow!" Betty is feeling the burn.

"Oh Betty, I am so sorry, I didn't mean to..." Peter felt embarrassed and apologizes to Betty.

Betty smiled. "It's alright, Peter, it wasn't too serious."

"BRANT! WHERE IS MY COFFEE?!" Jameson yelling from his office being impatient.

"I should go and fetch some more coffee." Betty said.

"Yeah, and again, I'm so sorry." Peter apologizes again.

Meanwhile the TV is showing off breaking news footage of a robbery happening in downtown where police have barricaded the building and having trouble containing the situation as they're under attack by someone dressed in red moving too fast. Peter is getting the sense that it's a new supervillain causing trouble again, Betty is watching the TV, she then noticed that Peter suddenly gone from the room, she suspects that he's ran out to get more photos. Meanwhile on the rooftop of the Daily Bugle, Spider-Man jumps and swings towards dangerous to stop this mysterious villain.


It's 4:02 PM at Rikers Prison, Miles Morales is in the visitation room along with everyone visiting their loved ones and talking over the phone from behind the glass, all of a sudden Aaron Davis came out to see his own nephew is here to visit him, he never imagined Miles would come given everything that has happened last week, he walked over to the chair and sat down, he picked up the phone to speak with his nephew, Miles picked up the phone too.

Aaron Davis sighed. "I didn't think you'd come, Miles."

"Just tell me, why?" Miles wants to understand Aaron's actions.

"I thought that once I was out, my life would change, but I still owe someone a debt, someone very powerful, so I had to accept being the Prowler and do things that I'm not proud of. This is the reality I'm in, once you make a deal with the devil, he owns you. " Aaron Davis talks about the Kingpin.

"Who?" Miles wants to know who Aaron is talking about.

"I can't tell you that, it's for your own protection, for your own good, drop it, Miles." Aaron refused to say his name.

"Uncle Aaron, if someone is threatening your life, then speak up and maybe my dad could help on your behalf, you have to say who's behind this." Miles trying to persuade Aaron to give up his boss.

"THAT'S ENOUGH, MILES! Don't you get it? They're listening to everything, the more you talk about it, the more worse you're making this." Aaron is afraid for Miles's life.

"Uncle Aaron..." Miles wants to say more.

"I'm sorry, Miles, but I've made my choice and I must pay for my crimes. For your own good, don't ever come back to see me, cause I won't see you anyone." Aaron Davis said.

"Uncle Aaron, don't..." Miles said.

"Goodbye." Aaron said everything he needed to say and hangs up the phone.

Aaron walks away after he's done talking to Miles who is hurt his own uncle pushed him away, Miles felt saddened by Aaron turning his back on him. Aaron is walking back through the hallway, he teared up feeling sad for pushing away Miles, but he did that for his protection, he rather have Miles hating him than to see him dead by the Kingpin's hand.


The time is 4:13 PM at the bank downtown as almost all the officers are down for the count, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider arrived on a rooftop overlooking the bank, meanwhle inside the bank, the Speed Demon has a number of duffel bags in his hand, he looks around to see the counters, safety deposit boxes, and the vault all full of vaults just ripe for the taking, it's too much stuff for one man to collect all alone, luckily he runs very fast all around the place taking everything in his path and stuffing them in duffel bags within seconds, Speed Demon finished taking everything he can in ten duffel bags on the ground.

"Piece of cake." Speed Demon smiled with success.

He makes the preparations to take it all away until Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider arrived inside to see a single man in red causing all the trouble, Speed Demon isn't too worried or surprised to see them since it was inevitable he would cross paths with them at some point, now is a good opportunity to show what he can do against them with his new powers.

"Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, what an honor." Speed Demon said.

"And just who are you suppose to be? The Whizzer?" Spider-Man said.

"The name's Speed Demon, and this is my moment to show off." Speed Demon just introduced himself.

"Well, Speed Demon, you do realize that we can't let you leave with all that money, so we'll have to stop you." Spider-Man said.

"You want me? Come and get me!" Speed Demon is being daring.

"As you wish!" Spider-Man fired off his web shooter.

Spider-Man's webbing fired off towards Speed Demon who moved extremely too fast for the naked eye to track, he moved towards Spider-Man at high speed as time around is moving too slow, Spider-Man's spider sense tingles but he's too slow to react as Speed Demon strikes with an uppercut and knocked Spidey off his feet, back in normal time Ghost-Spider sees Spider-Man punched off his feet and fell on his back, she's just confused as to what just happened, she went to help her partner on the ground as Speed Demon suddenly appears on the other side of the bank.

"Spider-Man, are you okay?" Ghost-Spider tending to Spider-Man.

Spider-Man felt the pain in his mouth. "Ow, what just happened?"

"What's a matter, Spidey? Not quick enough for me?" Speed Demon taunts Spider-Man.

Ghost-Spider helps Spider-Man back up on his feet as they team up to fight back against Speed Demon by firing off webbing together, Speed Demon quickly grabbed the webbing and ran at high speed around the heroes and tied them both up together with their own webbing, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are trapped in webbing as Speed Demon easily bested them in combat using his super speed.

"Too slow!" Speed Demons taunts them.

Speed Demon then runs and picks up all the duffel bags, he ran out of the bank at high speed slipping past the police as they felt something slipped through the barricade, they all went inside to find the two spider heroes all webbed up together, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider realized that this new supervillain has the power of super speed and he just bested them within seconds, they've never came across someone like him before.


Later at the Spider-Cave, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are removing the webbing on their costumes as the supercomputer is playing the news about their defeat at the hands of Speed Demon who managed to bested them both and make off with the contents of the bank he just robbed, meanwhile May and Mary Jane came in to see that neither of them are too happy being unable to stop this new supervillain who is too fast for them to take on together.

"Earlier today, a unknown individual calls himself Speed Demon managed to rob the bank and make off with millions of dollars in cash and other valuables, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are unable to stop this new supervillain who managed to take them both on and run off with the contents of the bank, this Speed Demon is still on the loose and neither the heroes nor the police are enough to stop him, how long until he robs New York dry?"

"Hey Tiger? What happened to you?" Mary Jane said.

"We got bested by a new guy, an incredibly fast guy." Peter said.

"Is that nutjob Overdrive back?" Mary Jane said.

"No, this time it's an enhanced individual who has the power to run super fast, too fast for even us." Peter said.

"Oh dear, how do you both plan to catch someone who is faster than a bullet?" May is wondering what's their next move.

"We don't know yet, but we'll figure it out." Gwen said.

"Clearly you both can't take him together, too bad Miles isn't here to help out." May remind them of Miles Morales.

"Okay, that's enough, Aunt May, we've been doing fine before Kid Arachnid came into the picture, we'll find a way to stop him ourselves. Let's go Gwen." Peter grabbed his suit.

Gwen grabbed her suit and follows Peter to get changed, May is more worried than ever that their heads aren't in the right places when it comes to Miles, they still can't trust him enough to have him rejoin the team again, she knows that neither of them can take on this Speed Demon together without Kid Arachnid backing them up, even Mary Jane is also worried for her friends.


The time is 5:45 PM around the neighborhood in Brooklyn, at the apartment where Aaron Davis used to live, Hobie Brown is collecting all of his friends stuff to put away for safekeeping as he isn't sure if Aaron will come back after he just had his parole revoked for his crimes as the Prowler, all of a sudden the door is being knocked on, Hobie is walking through the living room and opens up to see Aaron's nephew Miles Morales outside in the hallway.

"Hi, you probably don't know me." Miles said.

"I know who you are, you're Aaron's nephew, Miles Morales, he talks about you." Hobie is aware of Miles.

"May I come in?" Miles asking for entrance.

Hobie sighed. "Sure."

Miles went inside as he has so much questions to ask Hobie who is his uncle's best friend, maybe he might know more about what's going on with Aaron and why he became the Prowler.

"Look, I'm sorry about what happened to your uncle, I know that you two were so close." Hobie said.

"That's why I'm here, other than me, you also very close to him, I need to know why Aaron went back to the life of crime as the Prowler, I was hoping maybe you know something Uncle Aaron won't tell me." Miles said.

Hobie sighed. "Look kid, if Aaron didn't tell you, he probably had a very good reason."

"Because he was afraid of someone and he refused to tell me." Miles said.

"Listen to him, kid, sometimes it's smart not to look into something very dangerous, Aaron wanted to keep you very safe, so please listen to him and let this go." Hobie said.

"I can't let this go, please understand me, when he got out, me and my family welcomed him back with open arms, we believed in him when he said that he wanted to change, we gave him a second chance. If someone forced him back, then please tell me." Miles said.

Hobie is conflicted in whether or not to tell Miles why Aaron became the Prowler, all of a sudden, the door is being knocked on, Hobie walked up to see who else is here, he opens up to see Aaron's brother Jefferson Davis who spotted his son here too.

"Miles?" Jefferson Davis is surprised to see his son.

"Dad?" Miles looked surprised.

"What are you doing here?" Jefferson Davis asking his son.

"I came to ask Mr. Brown if he knows anything about my uncle's reasons. What are you doing here, dad?" Miles asking his father.

"I came by to pick up some of Aaron's stuff Mr. Brown has packed away in a box." Jefferson Davis said.

"I do, wait here, I'll go get it." Hobie Brown walked away to the bedroom to fetch Aaron's belongings, Miles and Jefferson waited in the living room as Hobie came back with a box and hands it to Jefferson. "Here you go, it's all there."

Jefferson Davis takes the box off of Hobie Brown's hands. "Thank you, let's go Miles."

Jefferson and his son Miles left the apartment after collecting Aaron's things, Miles is disappointed that he couldn't the get the answers he seeks about his uncle's reason in being the Prowler. Jefferson and Miles made it outside of the building, Miles climb to the passenger side of the sedan as Jefferson is putting the box in the trunk, after he's done he went to the driver seat and sat down, he drove himself and Miles away from the apartment and headed back home, Jefferson could tell that Miles isn't too happy with everything since his uncle got sent back to prison for his crimes as the Prowler, Jefferson needs to have a serious talk with his son to help him out.


It's 6:03 PM in the city as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are riding around the city in their Spider-Cycles hoping to find Speed Demon who is still out there and roaming around Manhattan committing a series of robberies, he's already stolen a number of valuables and the police are too powerless to stop him, even the heroes have their doubts in fighting someone who can run circles around them. They rode around the neighborhood until they stopped as they're not having any luck in finding him.

Ghost-Spider sighs. "We've been roaming for like an hour and still nothing."

"Patience, this guy has proven himself to be very cocky to be robbing banks so soon after his first robbery, he'll show himself eventually." Spider-Man said.

"Attention all units, an armored car has been hijacked around Upper East Side by someone dressed in red moving too fast, proceed with caution."

"That's our man." Spider-man said.

Ghost-Spider twist the handles roaring the engine. "Let's go."

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider rode away from their current location heading towards Upper East Side hoping to catch up and stopping Speed Demon this time. Meanwhile around the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Speed Demon had already disassembled the armored car's tire with just a cross wrench at his high speed, the guards inside are unable to get out as Speed Demon has jammed the door handles, he proceeded to unhinge the back door until it finally opens up. After the door is finally opened up, he sees all the money stuffed in bags ripe for the taking.

Speed Demon smiled. "Jackpot."

Speed Demon quickly climbs into the back and takes as much as he can carry, about a few bags of money is all he can carry for now, he climbs out to see a couple of heroes on motorcycles heading his way, he doesn't seem too concerned seeing them.

"Well, this will be interesting." Speed Demon wants to have some fun.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider spotted Speed Demon already here and making a run for it, he's escaping on foot as fast as he can, they then speed up chasing after him, Speed Demon is still running through the streets as the heroes are still chasing after him, the heroes themselves are having a hard time trying to catch up to him despite having some high speed wheels.

"This guy is too fast! We need to speed up!" Ghost-Spider riding her Spider-Cycle.

"Fire the web cannons!" Spider-Man riding his Spider-Cycle.

Both Spider-Cycles are firing off webbings towards Speed Demon who is still running, the supervillain noticed it as he took evasive action and dodges every webbings they throw at him, the heroes are having a hard time hitting their target as he's too fast to be targeted, Speed Demon then make a right turn, both heroes made a hard right as they don't want to lose him again, but they already lost sight of him as he's nowhere to be found, they both hit the brakes and stopped their cycles, they look around trying to find him but still no luck.

"Damnit, he's gone." Spider-Man is disappointed.

"Where did he go?" Ghost-Spider said.

All of a sudden Spider-Man got attacked and knocked off his bike, Ghost-Spider also got attacked too and fell off, both heroes looked up see Speed Demon moving around too fast toying with them, they quickly got back up and tries to fight back together, Spider-Man charged in swinging for a drop kick, but Speed Demon managed to dodge the kick easily and charged at Ghost-Spider for a punch to the face, he then picked her up and spins her around until he tossed her hard towards Spider-Man, both heroes collided with each other, meanwhile Speed Demon ran at the Spider-Cycles doing some sabotaging as the two heroes are getting back up on their feet, Speed Demon ran back in front of them to taunt them.

"Still too slow!" Speed Demon taunts them.

Spider-Man got mad as he tossed in the first punch but Speed Demon ran father away keeping his distance, both of them see him at the other end of the street, he waits for them and dares them to come after him again, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider quickly got back on their bikes and rode off to chase after him in the streets, Speed Demon runs away again, the heroes hit the throttle and speeds up at it highest limit, they're catching up to him who then turns and runs backwards to taunt them some more, he smiles and waves to them before turning back and running more faster than ever before, they lost him as they hit the brakes, but their cycles wouldn't stop for some reason, they noticed that their brakes have been sabotaged.

"The brakes are gone!" Ghost-Spider is in trouble.

"Jump!" Spider-Man also in trouble.

"What?!" Ghost-Spider said.

"Jump!" Spider-Man yells out.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both jumped off and ditched their Spider-Cycles as nothing can stop them from crashing against the parked cars in their path, both heroes are safe but their vehicles are both totaled and damaged. They've failed to capture Speed Demon a second time as he succeeded in defeating them and robbing the money, he's still out there and they're both powerless to stop him from doing anything.


It's 6:31 PM in Brooklyn as Jefferson drove up to the front of Brooklyn Visions Academy to return Miles back to school who still hasn't said a word ever since they left the apartment, Jefferson could tell that his son is dealing with a lot and feeling conflicted with this whole Aaron thing, Miles has withdrawn himself and pushed away his friends because of it, he decided to have a serious talk with him before he gets out of the car, this whole thing cannot go on.

"Thanks for the ride, dad." Miles is about to get out.

"Wait, Miles, we need to talk." Jefferson stopped Miles from leaving.

"About what, dad?" Miles said.

"I'm worried about you, I want to know how you're holding up, son." Jefferson Davis is concerned for his son.

"Dad, seriously, I'm fine." Miles is in denial.

"You're not fine, Miles, you just to act like you are, but even I can see it in your eyes, I know that this whole Aaron situation is getting to you." Jefferson Davis said.

"I don't want to talk about it, dad!" Miles refuses to talk.

"Well I do, so like or not, you're not leaving until we get this whole thing out of our system. Please Miles, whatever it is that's eating you, talk to me." Jefferson Davis said.

Miles sighs as he still feels conflicted and tears up. "I don't get it, why did Aaron have to do this? He didn't have to throw his life away just like that, it's not fair."

Jefferson Davis sighs. "No, it isn't... Miles, I loved my brother too and I believed in him when he wanted to change, but we have to accept that he brought this upon himself when he chose to go back to that old life, and there's nothing we can do to change it... Miles, back before I met your mother, before I ever became a cop, I was just a street kid like Aaron, we both did stupid things together in our youth, stole and wrote graffiti on the wall, even our dad would get mad at us for our troubles. Eventually we ended up facing trouble with the law and faced trouble with the cops, we called them pigs."

"Seriously? You dad?" Miles is surprised.

"Back then cops aren't very popular, still aren't, but as I grew up I came to accept my mistakes and decided to change myself, so I left the old life behind and dedicated myself to becoming a better person, I joined the force cause I wanted to make a big difference for my community and to serve it the right way, I tried to convince Aaron to leave that life behind and to make something of himself, but I failed." Jefferson Davis told of his past.

"What's your point, dad?" Miles wants to know where he's going with this.

"My point is, we can't blames ourselves for the actions other people make, some people learn from their mistakes to become better, others never learn and they end up repeating the same mistakes over and over again, just like Aaron did. That's my lesson for you, Miles, we need to own up to our mistakes, it's the only way to become a better person." Jefferson Davis gave his son words of wisdom.

"I've made so many mistakes, dad. I pushed away my friends and now they're mad at me. I don't know what to do." Miles admits he was wrong.

"You can start by making up to all the people you've alienated, don't push them away Miles, let them help you because you need them in your life and they need you too." Jefferson Davis said.

Miles felt a bit better talking with his dad. "Thanks dad."

"Now get out of here and see your friends." Jefferson Davis said.

Miles stepped out of the car after talking with his father, the car drove away as Miles is left alone outside his school, he realized that he made a serious mistake in keeping the truth from Peter and Gwen about his uncle being the Prowler and now he's paying the price for it, he even pushed away Ganke and Anya who stood by him during his troubled times, he need to mend his mistakes and repair his relationships.

Back inside the school, Ganke Lee is in his dorm room all alone studying on his computer until the door opens and his roommate Miles finally returned home, Miles could see that Ganke isn't happy to see him given the way he treated him and Anya earlier today, he can't blame them since he pushed his closest friends away, now he wants to mend all the damage he's done to them and hopes they could get back to the way it was.

"Hey Ganke..." Miles sees Ganke saying nothing and ignoring him, Miles sighs. "Listen, I'm sorry for the way I've treated you and Anya, you both didn't deserve it, I know that you were trying to help me, I was I still dealing with my own issues with Aaron and my fight with Peter and Gwen, I ended up taking it out you and Anya, for that I am truly sorry for everything."

Ganke then turns to face his friend Miles. "I forgive you Miles, but there are others who you need to apologize to."

"I know, I didn't want to face them and own up to my mistakes, what I did is on me. I don't know if they'll forgive me, but I have to try." Miles said.

"You might want to do that sooner than you think, check this out." Ganke types the keyboard.

Ganke shows Miles recent footage of the events that happened in the city, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider having trouble fighting off a new supervillain who can run faster than they can and besting them both on two occasions, this Speed Demon maybe too much for both of them to take on by themselves, he knows that he needs to help them, but will they accept his help since he lost their trust, but he'll have to try.


Later at the Spider-Cave, both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are bringing in their Spider-Cycles that have been totaled recently in the crash after their fight with Speed Demon, May is here as she came after hearing that they've failed to stop Speed Demon a second time, May knows that neither of them can take on Speed Demon without Kid Arachnid, they parked their bikes and removed their mask as neither of them have a happy look on their faces since they got defeated by Speed Demon again.

"Oh dear, what happened to your bikes?" May said.

"Speed Demon happened, he sabotaged the brakes and they've crashed at high speed, they're going to be out of commission for a while." Peter said.

"What's worst is that Speed Demon managed to make off with the money yet again and he's still out there." Gwen said.

May sighs. "Look, what I'm about to say is not something you two want to hear, but you can't stop Speed Demon together, not without Miles."

"I know Aunt May, but how could we go out into battle with someone we don't trust?" Peter said.

"I have to agree with Peter, we still don't trust Miles." Gwen said.

"I know that Miles was wrong to keep his uncle the Prowler a secret from you, it couldn't been easy for him to find out and it must've been so hard for him to keep this secret from you two." May said.

"It sounds like you're defending him." Gwen said.

"I'm not trying to defend him, but try to understand what he had to going through in that moment, he was blinded by his family ties, I thought you two of all people would understand." May said.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Peter is confused.

"You know exactly what I mean, when you found out that Bucky Barnes was the man who killed your parents, you were so blinded by your personal feelings that you didn't want to understand why he did it and what he had to go through. Even you, Gwendolyne Stacy, you were blinded by your need for revenge when you wanted to kill Mister Negative for murdering your father. My point is that we all have a blind spot when it comes to our family, Miles was in that same spot like you both were, can't you both understand what he must've went through?" May said.

Peter sighs. "I see your point, Aunt May."

"So do I." Gwen agrees with May.

"Good, I hope that you two can get past your own pride and give him a second chance, cause like it or not, you'll need him to stop Speed Demon." May finished saying everything she needed to say to them.

Peter and Gwen are still distrustful of Miles Morales for violating their trust all to protect his uncle, but they understand why he did it, Miles wanted to help his uncle turn away from the wrong path, but he failed and they learned the truth on their own, Miles tried to apologize for keep it from them, but it was too late, their trust in him was broken and they kicked him off the team. Now after having a conversation with May, they realize that they can't take on Speed Demon together, they'll need his help to stop him, they just hope that they can trust him enough to give him a second chance.


Around 7:46 PM at the apartment of Speed Demon, the whole place is full of stolen valuables he had robbed recently, cash, jewels, and high valuable items, he sit at his recliner chair smiling as he watch his success on the TV he had stolen, still has the price tag on it, the TV is showing off news footage of his recent ventures robbing the city and besting the two heroes of New York without difficulty, even they can't keep up with him on wheels, now that they've lost their means of transportation, he's has the advantage over them as neither of them has the power to stop him.

"Another robbery occurred in the streets of Upper East Side as an armored car transporting money through the city has been ambushed by the Speed Demon who is responsible for a number of robberies earlier today, the heroes Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider attempted to stop this criminal from escaping but failed once again, he managed to make off with thousands of dollars in newly minted currency. At this rate, all of New York will go broke with no money to support it and it's people, things are looking to be grim here."

Speed Demon smiled. "All these years of being a nobody, now I'm finally somebody, even the heroes can't stop me. Just need one last score, then it's on to the next city."

Speed Demon jumped off the recliner and pulls his mask back on, he runs out of the apartment heading to do the next big robbery, once he's done with New York, he'll move on to the next city to continue his crime spree all across the country, he remains confident in his ability since not even the heroes of New York are fast enough to stop him, he bested them two times, he'll defeated them just as easily.


At the same time at the Spider-Cave, Miles Morales walks down the tunnel as he couldn't believe that he's back here after a week being kicked off the team, he made it to the headquarters to find Peter and Gwen working on their Spider-Cycles all damaged during their confrontation with Speed Demon, he could see that this guy is really giving them trouble, Peter and Gwen stopped working as they see Miles Morales has come back after a week, neither of them are sure as to what to say since their partnership has been disbanded, Miles doesn't blame them for being distrustful of him since he was the one who broke their trust first.

"Miles?" Peter is surprised.

"Hey Peter, Gwen, it's been awhile." Miles said.

"It sure has." Gwen said.

"Listen, I know that I'm the last person you both wanted to see and you had every right to be upset with me, but I'm here anyway... and I wanted to say I'm sorry for everything, I should've told you the truth about Aaron the minute I found, I never meant to take it this far, I wanted to give him a chance to do the right thing, but I failed and I ended up betraying your trust in me, I'm finally owning up to my mistakes." Miles apologizes to his teammates.

"We're glad to hear that, Miles, and to be honest, we were just thinking about you." Peter said.

"I'm sure you already heard about this Speed Demon causing trouble all over the city, he's too much for me and Pete to handle together." Gwen said.

"So like it or not, we need your help, but can we trust you?" Peter asking Miles if they can trust him again.

"I don't know if we could ever get back to the way it was, but maybe we find a way to move forward with everything, I'm not asking you both to forgive or trust me, I know I still need to earn your trust again, all I'm asking for a second chance to prove myself, just one chance, please." Miles asking them for a chance to atone.

Peter and Gwen still don't trust him enough yet, but they know that they'll need his help to take down Speed Demon, all of a sudden the police scanners are radioing in concerning another Speed Demon attack.

"Attention all units, the Federal Reserve is under attack by Speed Demon and units at the scene are requesting backup, send all units there immediately, use of live fire is authorized, if you see him do not miss, suspect is considered to be extremely dangerous."

Everyone heard the police scanner, the people at the Federal Reserve is in trouble and the police cannot stop this guy, neither can the heroes, but with Kid Arachnid on their side, that could all change in their favor, Peter and Gwen looked at each other as they came to accept that they need Miles Morales now more than ever, Peter walked up to the glass case where the Kid Arachnid Suit has been kept for safekeeping, Peter took it out and tossed towards Miles who caught it, he couldn't believe that he got to hold his costume again, he turns back to Peter.

"One chance." Peter gave Miles another chance.

"Thank You, I won't let you both down again." Miles is grateful to them.

"We'll hold you to that." Gwen is counting on Miles.

"Alright, let's suit up." Peter tells his teammates.

Peter, Gwen, and Miles are all suiting up in their costumes gearing up for battle, sometime later Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid left the Spider-Cave and heads towards trouble to stop Speed Demon again, they hope that with Kid Arachnid on their team again, they might have a decent chance this time, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are willing to put their faith in Kid Arachnid this time and hopes that they'll come to trust him again.


It's 8:26 PM at the Federal Reserve in the city, the NYPD has set up a barricade all around the place and closed off the entire area to keep civilians out, SWAT are attempting to fire upon the Speed Demon who is moving too fast all around the area, he strikes back at high speed taking out any officers in his path, the news reporters are outside recording the event happening right now, Yuri Watanabe is at the scene leading the operation to contain the situation, she is firing her pistol at the blur moving too fast, Speed Demon cannot be touched by bullets as he is faster than they are, Speed Demon moves in closer towards Yuri and he knocked her pistol off her hands and pushed down on the ground, almost all the NYPD has been hurt as Speed Demon suddenly stops and shows himself to the reporters here watching the event.

"Is this the best New York's finest can do? So far I'm not impressed, is there anyone who dares to challenge the Speed Demon?!" Speed Demon is challenging anyone to face him.

All of a sudden everyone turns around to see Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid swinging through the streets heading their way, Speed Demon isn't too worried since he already bested them twice, but this time there's three of them, Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid finally made it to the scene and landed down onto the streets in a three point stance.

"You two again, big deal, and I see that you've brought a friend." Speed Demon isn't too worried.

"You may have bested us twice, but we'll always get back up on our feet over and over again until we take you down." Spider-Man said.

"I've beaten you both twice before, do you really think this time will be any different?" Speed Demon remains overconfident.

"We're counting on it." Ghost-Spider said.

"Let's find out." Speed Demon will take the challenge.

Speed Demon moves in too fast as the three spider heroes all fired their webbing together at the villain, Speed Demon still runs towards them avoiding any webs in his path just as easily, he managed to move in closer and strikes Spider-Man hard in the face, then he punched Ghost-Spider in the face too, and lastly he delivers an uppercut to Kid Arachnid's head, all three heroes got punched at the same time and fell down in pain, Speed Demon runs back towards the other side as he defeated them without getting a scratch on him.

"Care to fight me again?" Speed Demon smiling and taunting.

"You can knock us down, but like I said, we'll always get back up, we're not done yet." Spider-Man is getting back up.

"If you all want to keep on losing, so be it. It's more entertaining to humiliate you three on live TV." Speed Demon said.

Ghost-Spider gets back up on her feet. "What's the plan? If we try to take him head on, he'll see it coming."

"He'll see you both coming, but not me." Kid Arachnid has a plan.

"Oh, I see where you going with this." Ghost-Spider knows what Kid Arachnid has in mind.

"Let's hope this works." Spider-Man said.

Speed Demon then charges in for another attack against them, Kid Arachnid quickly turns himself invisible and disappears, Speed Demon attacks both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider who are defenseless against his super speed, but he couldn't find Kid Arachnid even at high speed, the villain continues to run around hoping to find the third hero but Kid Arachnid uses his spider sense to pick up on Speed Demon's whereabouts he suddenly got punched hard in the face by something invisible, he got knocked off his feet and fell down on the ground, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider looked to see that Speed Demon has got a bruise on his face, Kid Arachnid managed to land in a strike.

"What do you know, he did it." Ghost-Spider is impressed.

"He sure did." Spider-Man is also impressed.

Speed Demon is getting back up. "You got lucky, kid."

"Come and find me, Speedy." Kid Arachnid is still invisible.

Speed Demon then charges at the direction where the voice is, Kid Arachnid stepped aside and used his leg, Speed Demon tripped on the foot and lost his balance at high speed, he crashed himself against the police cruiser, he still can't see Kid Arachnid who remains invisible to the naked eye.

"What's a matter? Missed me again?!" Kid Arachnid taunts Speed Demon.

Speed Demon is being bested by Kid Arachnid as he still can't find him, he then looked at the motor oil bottle in the trunk of the cruiser he crashed against, Speed Demon then quickly grabs it and runs around towards the last place he heard the voice, he tossed it and it got spilled upon Kid Arachnid still cloaking as he finally shows himself, Speed Demon then strikes hard at the hero with a punch to the face, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider spotted their friend is in trouble as he got hit and de-cloaks himself, they suddenly decided to rushed to help their friend, but Speed Demon spotted them heading his way, he moves in and strikes at the two heroes, they fell back down on the ground.

"Clever trying to hide yourself from me, but pointless. You've just played your trump card, what's next?" Speed Demon said.

Ghost-Spider is still on the ground. "Great, now he's on to us. What can we do?"

Spider-Man is thinking of another solution. "I have an idea, come on!"

Spider-Man is getting back up on his feet along with Ghost-Spider and Kid Arachnid, Spidey might've thought of a way to stop Speed Demon.

"Okay, now what?" Kid Arachnid is curious.

"Do as I do, do you trust me?" Spider-Man is standing still.

"Always." Kid Arachnid trust Spider-Man.

Ghost-Spider and Kid Arachnid has no idea what Spider-Man has in mind, but they've followed his lead and stayed very still, Speed Demon is confused by their tactic.

"So you've finally given up? How disappointing!" Speed Demon said.

"Who says we're giving up? We're still not done yet! Come and get us!" Spider-Man dares Speed Demon to make his move.

Speed Demon smiled as he plans to finish them off once and for all, he charges in at high speed, Spider-Man then makes his move firing his webbing, only this time he's firing them towards the ground, Kid Arachnid and Ghost-Spider followed his lead and fired their webbing at the ground, Speed Demon smiles as the heroes are doing something stupid, Spidey only hopes that this plan of his works, Speed Demon ran in closer to the heroes prepared to deliver the finishing blow, Spider-Man's sense can sense Speed Demon throwing in the punch, Speed Demon almost hits Spidey in the face but stopped all of a sudden, Speed Demon is confused as to what just happened, he looks down on his feet to see the webbing he stepped on, his feet are stuck to the ground. Kid Arachnid and Ghost-Spider found out what was Spidey's plan, he wanted to immobilize Speed Demon from running around, Speed Demon still stuck to the ground as he realizes that he's in trouble.

"Now who's too slow, smart mouth!" Spider-Man taunts Speed Demon.

Spider-Man then took the opportunity to strike back at Speed Demon in his vulnerable state, he got punched in the face and tilted back only for Ghost-Spider to deliver a punch to his face, everyone who is here is witnessing the heroes finally besting Speed Demon who had defeated them both twice, now the tables have turned, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both punched him together as he's losing consciousness from the beating, Kid Arachnid steps in front as he delivers an uppercut to Speed Demon's face, the villain fell down on the ground, all three heroes webbed him up for good measure, Speed Demon has finally been defeated and capture.

"And that's a wrap." Kid Arachnid said it first, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider gave him the look. "Sorry, couldn't resist saying it."

Everyone is happy to see that Speed Demon is finally taken down thanks to the three heroes back together again, the NYPD claps at the heroes for their help in bringing Speed Demon to justice, the press all recorded the event on camera, unknown to anyone there, there is a camera webbed up to a building overlooking the event, it took the picture of the three heroes together and Speed Demon all webbed up.


Later at Joe's Pizza in Greenwich Village, Peter, Gwen, and Miles are inside the restaurant about to celebrate their success by eating pizza and drinking soda, Peter holding up a check as he got a bonus for delivering the photo to the Daily Bugle, the TV in the room is playing news footage of their success in defeating Speed Demon and the police at the apartment Speed Demon was staying at, they've recovering millions of dollars in stolen goods Speed Demon had taken earlier, the streets of New York is once again safe thanks to the spider heroes, they're still waiting for the pizza to come to dine in and celebrate.

"After a day of a massive manhunt, James Sanders, the criminal called Speed Demon has been taken by authorities for his series of robberies around New York, the police managed to recover all the valuables Mr. Sanders had stolen earlier, the streets are safe once again thanks to the teamwork of Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid who had just returned after being inactive for about a week, things are looking to get back to the way it was."

"Looks like everything worked out in the end, Speed Demon finally got taken down, I've finally received a generous bonus from Flattop, and the team is back together again, that's what I'd call a good day. Pizza is on me, my treat." Peter tells his friends.

"That's very kind of you, Pete." Gwen said.

"By the way, thank you both for giving me a second chance, still not sure if I've earned your trust back." Miles said.

"You've earned it, Miles Morales, welcome back to the team, Kid Arachnid." Peter welcomes Miles back.

"Thanks... and I'm sorry for betraying your trust, I've never wanted to do that to either of you, it's just that Aaron... well..." Miles said.

"He's your family, Miles, we understand, I guess if it was someone in our family, we'd probably give them the benefit of the doubt." Peter gets Miles's reason.

"And you did try to give him the chance to do the right thing, which is more than what he deserve." Gwen said.

"Too bad it didn't work out, I've lost him." Miles said.

"He's still your family, Miles, I know that you still care about him, and maybe deep down he still cares about you, don't give up on that." Peter said.

Miles smiles as he felt better. "You guys are my family too, you're both my brother and sister."

"And you're our brother too, Miles." Gwen said.

"I vow to you guys that I would never betray you trust again, I promise." Miles made a promise.

Miles felt happy to be part of the team again, but also part of their family too, all of a sudden, the waiter came by with the pizza as all three are happy to celebrate their renewed friendship with pizza and soda, the team felt stronger and complete again, Miles earned their trust back and vowed to never betray them again.


Around 10:03 PM at Brooklyn Visions Academy, Anya Corazon is done brushing her teeth and is all ready to sleep as she laid down on the bed, all of a sudden the dorm room door is knocking, she got back up and puts on her sandals, she walks up to the door and opens it up, she sees Miles Morales outside her dorm room holding a box of pizza from Joe's, she then closed the door as she's upset at Miles for the way he treated her earlier today, Miles could tell she's still hurt as he wants to apologize to Anya.

"Anya, listen I'm sorry for the way I snapped at you, I know you were trying to help me and I pushed you away, you didn't deserve that. I was jerk, okay, actually I was a big jerk, there I said it." Miles apologizes and accepts that he was a jerk to Anya.

All of a sudden, the door opened back up and Anya got to look at Miles, she could tell that he's really sorry for everything.

"You're still a jerk, you know that." Anya said.

"Yeah, I know." Miles smiled and reluctantly accepts, Anya smiles. "So, friends?"

"Friends." Anya accepted his apology.

"Listen, me and Ganke are going to stay up late watching a movie, Bad Boys for Life. Want to join us?" Miles said.

"Why not?" Anya accepts the invitation.

Anya walks out of her dorm room and walks with her friend Miles to watch a movie with Ganke, Miles has finally made up with his two closest friends, his friendships with everyone has been restored, he got to go back to being a hero again, things are looking to be great for Miles in the future moving forward.

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