Chapter 52

"Relax, I'm a nerd too in case you didn't notice," I smiled back, "but yeah, the operator told me he was hired by someone. I found his hide out and took this," I tapped the decoder, "apparently his employer gave it to them to use. I'm trying to see if I can find a clue about it's production, something like this, bound to be expensive and noticeable."

Reed hummed as he looked it over. I had taken it apart, he quickly put it back together and connected it to my desktop computer. He quickly accessed the root system and sorted out through tens of gigabytes, finally arriving at the factory production details.

We skimmed through the basic details when Reed spotted it, "there," he pointed on the screen stopping the flow of data.

My eyes went wide, "holy shit." Staring at m in green letters were words I hoped I wouldn't see.

Oscorp Industries

"Fucking hell," I hissed, "not him."

"Oscorp huh, I didn't peg Norman Osborn for corporate espionage," Reed humned.

"What do you mean?"

"That suit they stole? It was Hammer's response to Stark's Ironman suit. Needless to say it wasn't anything great, but nobody knew that. Now since it's been exposed and stopped by some kid that shoots webs, the value for it to be a weapon of war just went down the drains. Hammer's stock is falling as we speak. If Osborn did do this then...well, I suppose it's because he wanted to shame Hammer."

I blinked, "that makes sense, but without proof I can't do anything," I hummed, "but why? What does he gain? Are Oscorp and Hammer Industries completing over some kind of military contract?"

"I don't know," Reed shrugged, "if they are they it's not public knowledge. But ever since Tony Stark became Iron Man there has been a race in arms, people want the suit, heck the congressional meeting in Washington scheduled for a few days from now addresses directly that. Companies want the latest toys and if they think someone is going to get it first you can be sure as hell they'll do anything to stop them."

I groaned, it made sense. Only question is, if Hammer was making the Rhino armour, what was Oscorp making? Flashes of a green suit and a glider flashed in my head, I really, really hope this doesn't mean Norman's going to go green any time soon.

I worked in the lab a little while longer before going home for the night. The next day at school Spider-man was once again the talk of the school.

I sat down in my history class and noticed a few kids looking over Flash's shoulder at a video showing me fighting the Rhino. Flash cheered as I broke the cockpit open pulling the man out.

"That's how it's done! You see that! That's a hero right there! He took him out in under a minute!" Flash cheered.

"Yeah, he's pretty cool," Harry admitted with a grin.

"He like broke into that guy's cage and threw him out! Did you see the way he like pinned that thing to the ground?!" Flash sound ecstatic, I smiled, nice to know I have such a loyal fan. I took my seat and Flash quickly spotted me.

"Hey Parker! You see this? This is what a real hero looks like!" Flash called out.

I rolled my eyes, "yeah Flash, I know."

"Do you think he can take on Iron Man?" Harry asked, "he probably could right?"

"I don't think so," Kong shrugged.

"Are you stupid! Of course he can!" Flash yelled out, "he's the coolest guy ever!"

"No, he can't, he won't a second against Stark," Felicia spoke out, I looked at her and gave her a smile, one she returned with a grin.

"You're crazy Felicia, of course he can!" Flash yelled out, "Iron Man's cool and all, but take that off and what is he?"

"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist," I spoke the iconic Avenger line without thinking. It just felt so natural.

"Shut up Parker," Flash growled, "he's a goddamn hero. Look at this! Tell me this doesn't make him a hero!" Flash shoved the video into my face, "he took that guy down in seconds!"

I shrugged, "impressive, but that doesn't make him a hero Flash."

"What?!"

"Peter you literally dressed up like him yesterday," Harry looked confused, "and now you're saying he isn't a hero?"

"I never said he wasn't a hero, I just said stopping that thing doesn't make him one," I grabbed the phone and played the video past me fighting Rhino, to when I began helping the injured people, "he fought that thing for what? A minute? That's great and all, but look at this, really look."

The class watched the video of me helping people out, lighting the car and then moving on to pull people out of a burning car.

"You see this? He did this for over an hour. He saved so many lives. This is why he's a hero, not the bing flashy stunts, any glory loving idiot can do that. But this? This is Spider-man and this is why he's a hero."

I tossed flash his phone and turned away. The others quickly went back into their own corners while Flash just stared at his phone in deep thought.

"That's pretty mature of you Tiger," Felicia purred.

I rolled my eyes, "I think I prefer Muscles."

"No, Tiger is a much better nickname. I really need to thank Red for it," she turned around to spot MJ gossiping with Liz, "when she stops acting like we don't exist."

I shrugged, "visa vi, that is life. Sorry about yesterday, I didn't mean to cut our date short."

"It wasn't really a date, you do know that right?" Felicia smile.

"Maybe one day it can be a real one then," I smiled as we got settled for class.

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