A NEW FACE IN NEW YORK

Two Years later, in an abandoned building, a meeting between two gangs happens but confusion soon starts.

"The hell you say? You didn't set this up? Then whose party is this?" A gang member asks.

"I thought it was you east-side losers. You already rolled over for the Black Mask. Figured you were gonna ask us in." A gang member from the other side says.

"Rolled over? The mask whacked six of my crew in a month. Some of my best people."

All the gang members go around the table, but no one there arranged the meeting. One of the gang members stand up.

"Screw this. I'm gone. You brain donors wanna hang around-"

"Sit down, Freddie." A voice says from above.

They look up and sees someone, wearing a sleek black jumpsuit, with a leather jacket, and a black helmet.

"It's my meeting." The masked man says.

"Spider-Bat?" someone asks.

"We didn't do nothing." Freddie says.

The masked man laughs.

"Well, we all know that's a lie." The masked man says.

Everyone of the gang members then pull out their guns and aim them at him.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Let's waste him."

The masked man aims what seems to be web shooters at them. Instead of shooting out webs, they shoot bullets, causing the gang members to scatter.

"I said, sit down!" The masked man says.

"You know there's easier ways to kill yourself." Freddie says.

"Yeah, like yelling at the guy with two machine guns on his wrists. Listen to me you drug- peddling scumbags. I will be running the drug trade from now on. You eight are the most prosperous street dealers New York City, I'm offering you morons a deal. You go about your business as usual but kick up forty percent to me. That's a much sweeter deal than scraps Black Mask is leaving you. In return, you will have total protection from both Black Mask and Spider-Bat. But you stay away from kids in school yards. No dealing to children, got it? If you do, a bullet goes through your head." The masked man says.

A few minutes pass and all the gang members laugh.

"Ok, crazy man. This is all very generous. But why in the hell should we listen to you?" Someone asks.

The masked man throws down a bag on the table. One person slowly unzips the bag and everyone starts to get sick.

"Damn." Someone says.

"Those are the heads of all of your lieutenants. That took me two hours. You wanna see what I can do with a whole evening? Make no mistake. I'm not asking you to kick in with me. I'm telling you."

The masked man opens fire on the table, making the gang members duck down. When they look back up, they see that the masked man is gone.

"Forty percent works for me." Freddie says.

"Damn skippy." Another man says.

Meanwhile, on the anniversary of Jason Kaine's, Aka The Scarlet Spider, death, Spider-Bat stands at his grave, putting flowers down for his young partner. He then stands there in silence, remembering Jason and smiling. He then looks over his shoulder.

"Is the Devil checking up on me? I don't really know how to take that." Peter says.

NightDevil, Dick Grayson, steps forward chuckling.

"It's fifty/fifty really." Dick says.

The stand in silence for a moment, as Peter continues to stare at Jason Kaine's grave.

"You gotta stop blaming yourself for what happened." Dick says.

"I put him in that suit. If I never took him in-"

"Then he would have been on the streets, probably getting into more trouble. Jason wanted to be a hero And needed you. You gave him a home, a family, something that he could be proud of in his life. And you did everything in your power to protect him. Don't forget that." Dick says, putting his hand on Peter's shoulder.

Peter doesn't say anything for a moment.

"Thanks, Dick." Peter says.

Dick smiles.

"Don't mention it."

At that moment, Peter gets a call from Jill.

"Spider-Bat, we have something. Am I interrupting?"

"No It's fine, Oracle. What's going on?"

"A group of sketchy guys are moving an unmarked shipment through the docks."

"Understood. I'm on it."

As Peter hangs up, he looks at Dick for a moment.

"You want to tag along?" Peter asks.

Dick smirks.

"Thought you'd never ask."

As the two head to the docks, a mysterious figure watches them from the shadows.

While that's happening, Black Mask is told about what happened earlier tonight.

"This new player, is calling himself Black Spider." His assistant says.

"I don't care what he's calling himself. He's just a small fish in a big pond, trying to make a name for himself. He's not a problem. Now, what about my shipment coming in tonight?" Mask says.

"Everything should be on schedule. They should be arriving her in a few hours."

Black Mask smiles.

"Good. This score is going to be game changing for me. Soon my name will be at the top. Then not even The Avengers can touch me."

At that moment, one of Black Masks men call from the docks.

"Malik, I'm assuming you're calling to tell me you and the boys are on your way with my shipment." Mask says with a smirk.

"Boss! We have a big problem!" Malik says.

At that moment, gunfire can be heard from the other end of the call.

"Jesus, what's going on down there?" Mask asks.

"We were moving the shipment, then all of a sudden these guys rolled up on us and said they were taking the shipment. When we told them no, they started blasting us. Half of our guys are down." Malik says.

Mask is angry and confused.

"Who's guys are they? Two-face? Penguin? Who has the balls to actually try to rob me?" Mask asks.

"I don't know. All I know is they're packing some serious-"

The line then cuts off as Malik is shot. Mask then gets even more angry and throws his phone against the wall.

"Sir, it's reasonable to guess that the one responsible is this Black Spider chara-"

"I KNOW!" Mask yells.