8. (Side story) Superheroics 101 Part 3

As well as things had been going for Spider-Man lately, there were some black spots, the Thieves Guild ultimately winning, for one, and the many deaths, Gibbon among them, during Kraven's game. So, when Peter saw Vulture flying past the Baxter Building, he left in the middle of the conversation to pursue him.

"What's the matter, arachnid? Out of jokes?"

Spidey really wasn't in the mood for that.

"You led a man to his death, Vulture! Do you really think I'd be in a joking mood with you after that?"

"Did I? You'll have to refresh my mind."

"GIBBON! Remember him? You convinced him to follow you to save himself from the hunters and you left him to die!"

"Ah, him. I can assure you, he was a necessary sacrifice to fuel my ascension to-"

Vulture didn't get any further than that, because Spider-Man managed to stick a web on him, and then used that to swing and deliver a punch to his face, before climbing on to his back.

"No, Toomes. There will be no ascension. Have you been enjoying the respect 'leading everyone to their survival' got you? Well, I'm sorry to say. You won't be enjoying it for much longer. Because once I beat you. I'm going to get you to jail. And I'm going to parade every single villain I manage to catch in front of you. Show them how pathetic you truly are."

Every sentence to come from Spider-Man's mouth was punctuated by a punch.

"Let's see."

Punch

"How much."

Punch

"They respect you."

Punch

"THEN!"

Spider-Man was prepared to deal one final blow, to get Vulture out of the sky, and then catch him, of course, when his Spider Sense went off. Sadly, this small distraction was all Toomes needed to shake him off and escape.

Managing to stick to a building just in time but losing track of Vulture, Spider-Man looked in the direction his Spider Sense warned him. The only thing he saw was a beautiful, although not as much as MJ, raven-haired young woman, dressed in camo with a red and yellow scarf covering her mouth. Peter didn't really notice anything that could be dangerous about her. Sure, the costume was a little weird, and the flying was even weirder, but she didn't really seem dangerous.

So, naturally, Spidey went to talk to her.

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A/n: Well, with Deatstroke showing Nazarick's infiltrations, I finally got inspired to write some more