Spider Man: Duty And Loss - Chapter 124

Peter looked down one last time at the clock next to his new bed before rolling his shoulders in anticipation. It blinked methodically in a dull red showing the time, 10:00 pm, personally Peter had wanted to go out sooner, he had only been able to scantly go out as Spider man over the last few weeks but now that enough time had passed, it was finally safe.

Say what you will about the eccentric, billionaire, philanthropist that was Tony Start, there was one thing he wasn’t, and that was stupid. Peter knew, it didn’t take too many coincidences for someone like Tony to figure out what was going on, Spider-man and Peter go overseas/missing at the same time and then when Peter comes back, Spider man shows up again.

If he had gone out more prodigiously when he first got back to New York, his secret would have been exposed in, at what Peter calculated, was at best a day. So no he had waited, though it had started to weigh on his conscious with each passing day, Matt, Jessica, Luke and Danny had been assuring him that they had been patrolling his usual areas.

But then as Felicia could attest, he was a worry wart. Being situated in Avengers tower wasn’t the best situation and Peter had considered moving out, but then he had no explanation on where he would be going, having been homeless before hand, which no doubt Natasha and Laura wouldn’t allow, even though once again Felicia would know the truth.

Maybe if he had went somewhere with Felicia, he would have been safe, it wouldn’t have been too hard to buy an apartment with his funds…but he had a sneaking suspicion that a few specific people wouldn’t have liked that idea… he wasn’t that dense. But as the thought popped into his mind, he quickly shuffled it to the side, a small part of his mind clinging to some sort of self denial that he didn’t want to face just yet.

Other than that, with Felicia, looking to be a new prospect of the Avengers along with Laura, something that did bring a small smile to Peters face, it also meant that she had to stay at Avengers tower for the time being. Her Parents were all for it as far as Peter could tell. Though he did wonder sometimes if Felicia actually told them…it was hard to tell with her some times.

But he was getting off track in his thoughts, Peter slowly moved over to the window to his, what basically amounted to penthouse suit, and made sure there were no lights on in the rooms flanking his. Another problem that was vexing, even if easily subverted was the fact they all the Avengers resided on the same floor!

A suggestion from one Steve Rogers about the importance of team work and cooperation, somehow lead to every avenger sharing the same floor when it came to their bed rooms. It was easy enough for them to all fit with the size of the building, it just meant sometimes the walls were thin.

“Everything set Crystal?” Whispering to his small ear piece Peter, waited in the dark room for a few seconds before he finally got a reply. “Yes Peter, the final program has been checked approximately one quintillion, two hundred and fifty eight….” “OK Crystal I get it, you quadruple checked your math before this point.”

Peter could have sworn Crystal was yanking his chain as she started to list of that number, but said nothing else as he reached for the pendant around his neck and gripped it for a second lost in thought, standing still for a few seconds Peter finally let it go as it fell to his chest and… *Swish*… In seconds the Wakandan Spider-S covered Peter’s frame from head to toe, the moon glinting slightly off the clean finish of the new suit.

With a single thought Venom came from his resting place and integrated with his suit, filling out the engraved lines and putting the finishing touches on his transformation. *Fwish* With a slight click the tubing closed around the symbiote as Peter felt the familiar rush of power enter his body once more.

Gripping his fists for a second and letting the feeling wash over him Crystal spoke up. “The Stark servers and specifically Jarvis’s, feed to the room is currently being fed a virtual reality fake of the room, with you about to go to bed, they will not know you are missing. The sensors to your window have been hacked and will no longer be a problem.”

The smile on Peter’s face got wider as he watched his onboard readout for a second, reading the numbers as they flew past his eyes before walking to the glass. “What do you say Crystal? Ready for a night out on the town?” The window quickly lowered and wind licked at the suit, while Peter thought to himself. ‘Thank you, you beautiful bastard of a billionaire for making all the windows retractable.’

“You truly know how to treat a girl, Peter.” With a small bell like laugh from Crystal, and something that Peter knew was joy in her voice, he wasted no more time as he dived out the window and spread his arms wide. Letting himself drop towards the ground, Peter closed his eyes for a second before…*Thwip*… shooting a web out at the last second, Peter let the feeling of air rush by before arcing across the city he loved.

He still had a bit of prudence for the people in the tower, he didn’t start whooping in joy till he was 2 blocks away, Spider-Man was finally back. The window he jumped out of slowly closed itself to an empty room waiting for him to return later in the morning.