35. Ferries
When Becca and Peter reached the ferry docks, the ship they needed to be on was already beginning to take off. The two race quickly in hopes to reach the ferry before it was out of reach. They leapt off the balcony of the building attached to the docks and Becca had already prepared her shoes to become adhesive as she stuck to the side of the ferry. Peter on the other land used his suit gliders to Becca. His hands and feet sticking naturally to the side of the ferry.
Becca waited as Peter crouched and crawled like a spider on the side of the ferry. He looked into a window near them, he couldn't hear what the thugs/dealers were saying unlike Becca though.
"Okay, Karen, activate Enhanced Reconnaissance Mode." Peter whispers to the AI. Becca crouches as Peter absentmindedly attaches a web to her, connecting the two together so Becca or Peter didn't accidentally fall off the ferry while they were still on the side.
"Sure thing." Karen responds and soon, Becca's glasses appear over her eyes and she can see the thugs faces better. Peter can see and hear them better as the dealers talk to one another quietly inside the ferry.
"He's up front, main deck. I hate this guy." The thug they had heard before when the couple were in D.C. was the one speaking.
"It's the guy from the bridge, right?" Peter asks Becca and Karen.
"Same voice as D.C." Becca adds.
"Who's that other guy?" Peter questions as Karen runs the faces of the thugs on the databases to try and find out who they were.
"Just keep me posted." The thug they hadn't seen before says to the other as he gets up to leave.
"There's no record of him in my criminal databases." Karen says but then quickly side tracks, "Incoming call from May Parker. Should I reroute to your heads up display?"
Blue eyes widen as Becca looks over at Peter nervously. If May was calling Peter then she'd call Becca next if he didn't answer. "I can't talk right now. I'll call her back." Peter relays to Karen.
Crystal huffs, "If Aunt May calls me, send her a text saying i'm busy, okay, Miss Karen?" She says slightly annoyed but Karen or Peter don't register the voice tone.
"Of Course." Karen states in reply quickly.
The teenage girl watches a little spider drone crawl onto Peter's head, she giggles a bit at the sight. "Hey, Dronie, keep an eye on that guy for us. We can't let anybody get away this time." Peter says to his drone. Dronie gives a little whistle sound in response to Peter and flies off.
Peter then grips onto the web connecting him and Becca and they both look at each other. They silently nod and he swings his partner with his enhanced strength onto the top of the ferry. Becca flips and lands on her feet in a squat position, Peter following quickly behind.
The two walk carefully up to where they can see three new thugs. They crouch down so they don't get easily spotted. "Who's that guy on the left?" Becca asks and the couple watches as Karen closes up on his face as she runs the criminal databases for a name.
"Mac Gargan, extensive criminal record, including homicide." Karen responds, "Would you like me to activate Instant Kill?" She asks innocently.
Peter stammers, "What? No, Karen, stop it with the Instant Kill already." He states quietly and Becca can't help but laugh at her boyfriend.
"Shush." Becca says quickly as she sees the thug they'd been following appear from a doorway up beside Mac Gargan.
"White pickup truck." The familiar thug says.
The two watch Mac send one of his goons to the car garage on the ferry, "Dronie, scan the ship for a white pickup truck." Peter says to his helper. Soon they're able to see what Dronie sees. The couple watches Dronie scan the ferry and locate the truck. When Dronie hovers by the truck they watch as the dealer and goon inspect the goods.
"Oh, this is too perfect." Peter says proudly, "They got the weapons, buyers and sellers in one place."
Becca hesitates, "Spidey, don't get overconfident." She reminds him softly.
"Incoming call from Tony Stark." Karen says and both of the teenagers pale.
"Buddy?" Becca questions as Peter and her look at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Don't answer." Peter tells Karen but it's too late, Tony's face is already being shown in the middle of Peter's mask and Becca's glasses.
"Mr Parker, Reebs. Got a sec, you two?" Tony states.
"Uh, We're actually at school." Peter replies for them both.
"No, you're not." Karen comments to them.
"Hi Buddy." Becca says nervously.
"Nice work in D.C." Tony says and Becca hesitates as Peter keeps his eyes on the thugs as Tony continues to speak, "My dad never really gave me a lot of support, Reebs and I's mom did that instead of him. But i'm trying to break the cycle of shame." Her brother says and Becca can feel her chest constrict at the mention of their mom.
"I- Uh.. we're kind of in the middle of something." Peter mutters nervously.
"Don't cut me off when i'm complimenting you." Tony quips to the teenage boy. "Anyway, great things are about to-" The horn of the ferry blows into Peter and Becca's ears and Tony hears. "What is that?"
"I'm watching Benji at band practice." Becca says quickly to her brother. She feels horrible for lying to him but if she told him the truth, he'd know she and Peter were tailing the weapons dealers that he had told them not to engage in.
"That's odd. Happy told me Peter quit band six weeks ago." Tony comments.
As Tony starts to speak again, one of the angles the couple have in their vision lights up red, signalling something was happening and Peter begins to panic. "We gotta go!" Peter says.
"What's up?" Tony asks cautiously, Becca could sense her brother know something was amiss.
"End call." Peter states quickly.
"Hey-" Tony starts but the call is ended.
Peter jumps into action and shoots out a web, stealing the truck keys from one of the thugs. "I'll take those!" He states and when the key fly into his hand he says, "Yoink." He and Becca leap off the roof of the ferry and land in the middle of the thugs around them, and Peter being Peter has to rile them up with his usual jokes. "Hey, guys. The illegal weapons deal ferry was at ten-thirty. You missed it." He quips and Becca throws out her widow bites from her bracelets much like her Aunt's.
She stuns two of them long enough for Peter to web them and throw them against the walls of the car garage. Becca ducks as she turns to dodge a punch from the goon behind her. Peter swoops in behind her and kicks the goon with both feet off the edge of the ferry but shoots out a web to stop the good from falling into the water below.
Becca pulls Peter to her on the ground to dodge a strike from the familiar thug and his powered gauntlet. The thug gets his arm/gauntlet stuck in the fencing and it gives Peter and Becca time to stand back up. Peter turns to face the familiar thug and webs his arm to keep him stuck in the fencing. Becca's hearing picks up on the thugs behind the duo and she taps Peter's arm. He nods and he shoots out multiple webs at once, webbing the two thugs from before and throwing them into the side of the railing.
"Are you guys okay? My bad. That was a little hard." Peter says to the thugs that he had just thrown into the railing, then turns to the gauntlet thug, "I got to say, the other guy was way better with that thing." He teases as he casually launches his empty webbing containers from his wrists and reloads his web shooters as Dronie returns to his spot on Peter's chest as the spider symbol. "Honestly... i- i'm shocked." He states in mocking disbelief.
Becca and Peter hear another thug come from behind them and the teenage girl sighs. She pulls out a small disc and tosses it behind her shoulder. The couple hear the guy yell out as the disc electrocutes him enough to knock him out.
But just when they think the worst of it is over, a banging is heard by the two of them. They turn their heads to see the man they couldn't identify earlier standing beside a white van and a man's body lying unconscious at his feet. Just when the two make eye contact with the man in question. Shouting is heard over them.
"Freeze! FBI!" One man shouts with a gun aimed at Spider-Man and Crystal.
"Don't move!" Another agent shouts and Becca instantly raises her hands up in surrender. Her crystal blue eyes behind her glasses widen in fear as memories flood her mind once again. Only this time, from Germany. Being muzzled once again sends a cold chill down her body.
Peter raises his hands as well but can hear Becca's heartbeat picking up in speed as fear grips her entire being. He cowers at the agents but he stands in front of Becca, protecting her. "What do you mean, FBI?" Peter asks confusedly.
"The Federal Bureau of Invest-" Karen starts to answer Peter's question as more agents surround the thugs and the duo with guns raised and aimed at the couple.
"I know what 'FBI' means. But what are they doing here?" Peter cuts Karen off, restating his question. But before Karen can answer, Mechanical wings tear through the back of a white van. The same van where the man was standing before the FBI appeared.
"Sp-Spidey." Becca stammers, trying to fight through her fear as they both watch the agents begin to shoot at the Vulture.
"I'm here. I got you." Peter swears to Becca, gripping her hand tightly before letting go. He races towards the agents around the duo and tries to get them out of the way of the Vulture as the winged man flies straight towards Peter and Becca.
"Get out of the way!" Becca shouts in terror to the agents as the Vulture unleashes a blast from his weapon. Peter sidesteps and dodges the blast barely. One agent is still shooting at the Vulture and Becca dives for him. She manages to push the agent out of the way as a car collides with her body and throws her off the edge of the ferry.
Becca screams in terror as her body flies in the air. "No!" Peter screams and shoots out a web to his love. He yanks her as quickly as he can back onto the platform. Vulture hovers in the air with his weapon raised, he notices that Spider-Man is protective of Crystal. He knew he could use that, but not right now. Becca lands roughly on the platform and Peter races to her and helps her up. He looks her over as quickly but thoroughly.
"Get to the top deck. We're getting out of here." Vulture says to his goons. Peter turns to see a goon start to run off so he sends out a web to catch him but Vulture sends out his own blast, he lasers the web in half so his man could get away.
"Get him." Becca whispers to Peter and he nods in assurance that she'd be okay. He stands back up and sends out a web that attaches to Vulture's foot. Peter's feet slide on the floor but he holds his ground as he grips tightly onto the web that has Vulture stuck. Agents shoot at the winged man and it only pisses him off more. He powers up his weapon and sends out a small blast at the agents shooting at him. He hovers disoriented slightly and sends a blast from his weapon towards where the civilians were located on the ferry.
Peter struggles to keep a hold on the Vulture so he connects the web to a car. The winged man pulls on the car but it gets lodged against the pillars supporting the ferry. Peter flips out of the way of the blasts the Vulture sends towards his way. Becca huffs in frustration with herself and stands up. She grabs a gun off one of the unconscious agents and begins to shoot at the Vulture. Her aim was always precise, always true. She never revelled in it like others in the Red Room did, she never took pride in her skills and talents until she had found a way to use them for good.
Becca causes Vulture to take his eyes off Peter. He sends a blast towards her way and she jumps and dodges quickly out of the way. Peter then jumps up and shoots out multiple webs, attaching to the other foot of the Vulture. The winged man swings Peter in the air until the teenager gets a bearing on himself and he swings himself back onto the Ferry. The Vulture moves his mechanical wing and uses the sharpness of his wing to cut the webs, effectively freeing him from Peter until the boy sends out a web that attaches to the laser weapon.
Vulture and Peter struggle against each other, the younger of the two wrapping his arms and legs around a pole as he firmly grips his web. Becca looks up and then a plan forms in her mind to help Peter. "Activate taser webs!" Becca says to Karen and the AI responds with lighting up the web attached to the weapon and Peter. Becca watches at the mechanical wings short circuit and she knows her plan is working. She sends out two widow bites to help short his wings out more as they latch onto one of his wings.
Peter uses the momentum of Vulture fighting against his wings to pry the weapon from his grasp. The weapon, still webbed, flies out of Vulture's hands and swings onto the ground. Peter is thrown backwards against the momentum of how forceful he was in trying to get the weapon from the older man's hands.
The weapon begins to fire without warning or cause, going haywire. Peter panics as he and Becca dodge out of the way of the blasts until Peter can web it enough to stop the blasts from destroying the ship.
"You two are messing with things you don't understand." Vulture says to the tennagers from the air, his wings not malfunctioning anymore. Peter steps forward until he jolts to the side as the weapon shoots off a blast from within the webbing. The weapon sends out lasers nearly identical to the Chitauri core in the Washington Monument. Becca stands in fear as Peter dives for her. The two huddle together as the weapon tears through the ferry, splitting the ship in half.
Water shoots out of the bottom of the ship where the laser had torn through the ferry. The metal rig begins to break apart in half, quickly beginning to sink. Peter and Becca scramble up onto their feet and watch in horror as the ferry tears in half. "Oh my gosh." Peter mutters in shock.
"What do we do?" Becca asks quickly. Her voice wavers but her fear of people dying because she couldn't save them never leaves her. She had to help the civilians.
"Karen, give us an X-ray of the boat and all the strongest points." Peter states nervously. He looks at Becca, her eyes showing fear and worry but he knows that together, they could face anything. "I'll handle the ferry. You get to the people." He tells her and she nods.
Becca tears through the doors and walks into where the people are. She watches out of the corner of her eye, Peter swinging as quickly as he can to get to the strongest points of the ferry to stop it from sinking. The people around Becca scream. She can hear Peter talking to Karen to make sure he's securing the ferry as best as possible. In knowing Peter for what seemed like all her life some days. She had never seen him like this. The panic evident in his voice as he shoots out webs as lightning speed.
Crystal helps the people and moves them out of the way of the tear in the ship. As she's making sure the people are safe, she can hear Peter panting in her com and Karen. Becca and the civilians around her huddle around the benches, afraid to move as the webs are all around them.
"Great job, Peter." Karen says to the boy as he still pants, surveying his work on a ledge. "You are ninety-eight percent successful." She adds and Becca pales in fear as it grips her and dread overcomes Peter's entire being.
"Ninety-eight?" Peter asks.
One man standing adjacent to Becca stands up and begins to clap, "Yeah, Spider-Man!" The man cheers but the webbing right beside him snaps and soon, the rest of the webbing snaps off.
Becca grabs onto a child as he begins to fall and she holds onto him as Peter shouts in terror on his ledge. The teenager hears screaming from all ends of the ferry, she doesn't know where to go to help. Water quickly fills the sinking ferry and Becca watches her boyfriend jump to catch a snapped web in one hand and the other half of the snapped web in his other hand.
Peter dangles while trying to hold onto the webbing in his hands to keep the ship from sinking any further. He couldn't let the ferry sink. Innocent lives were at risk, he couldn't let Tony and Happy down, but most importantly. He couldn't let Becca suffer from the water again. Not on his watch and not ever again. He screams in pain and frustration as webbing behind him still snaps off as the ship attempts to sink further. As he feels his muscles straining as much as they could, the sinking ferry begins to put itself together.
As Peter's lowered by the ship coming back together, he looks around as to the cause of it but his eyes only find Becca, "What the hell?" He stammers as he lowers himself on the floor that was once in half. His eyes are wide as he and Becca hear pings on the sides of the ferry. "What the hell?" He repeats himself as Becca walks over to her boyfriend and looks at the window in shock.
"Buddy." She states in shock and relief, but all Peter feels is more dread.
As Iron Man's mask lifts and can be seen clearly through the window, Becca hears her brother, "Hi, Spider-Man, Crystal." He greets the duo and Becca knows instantly that her brother is beyond pissed. "Band practice, was it?" He quips in a voice that was not to be taken lightly, and the couple knew it.
"Yeah, Iron Man!" The man cheers again, this time for Becca's brother and soon the rest of the people on the ferry are cheering for Iron Man. Peter knows he's going to be lit into by Tony so he breaks into a sprint and follows Tony as Becca's brother uses his lasers on his suit to seal up the tear in the ship.
Becca on the other hand is making rounds to the people making sure they're okay and not severely injured. It was something she had picked up from her mother and knew it was the right thing to do.
"Hey, Mr. Stark?" Peter calls to Tony and Becca overhears it all. "What do you want me to do?" Spider Man says and Becca hesitates.
"I think you've done enough." Tony snaps at the teenager. "Where is my sister?" He states harshly to the teenager.
Becca soon stands on the edge of the ferry and sees her brother hover in front of her. She knows Peter and her both are in deep trouble, she could only hope her brother saw that they were only trying to help and lighten their punishment, whatever that may be. "H-Hi, Buddy." She says softly, giving her brother a small wave.
"Reebs." Tony greets monotoned and pissed. He backs away from his sister and extends his arms. Becca nods, knowing what he wants her to do. She backs up slightly and gets a running start, she leaps off the ferry and into her brother's arms. Tony holds onto his sister in his arms bridal style as she looks around, coast guard and helicopters soon swarm the ship and she knows they need to leave.
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