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Chapter 14- Pain

That new Spider-Man suit was lit. Like, Peter was grinning wide like a maniac, swinging around Tony's lab, checking out every single web combination, all the extra features, laughing in joy, and Tony really couldn't hide his fits of laughter. The show had ended with Pepper entering the lab (read: attacked the door), and ordered Peter to come back down this instant, and then continued to scold Tony rather than the teenager.

Peter just grinned wickedly when Pepper left the lab, while Tony just rolled his eyes.

"You spoiled brat." Tony muttered, while Peter just continued to smile.

"You're the one spoiling me with the suit." Peter replied, and by Tony's expression, Peter at once wanted to take that back, "No, no, NO, you can't take the suit away from me! Don't you dare!" Peter exclaimed and Tony just smirked.

"I'm hungry." Peter announced, changing the subject, "and I need pizza."

"FRIDAY, you heard that? Feeding time. Spider-kid's hungry. The usual, plus, get orange juice, freshly squeezed." Tony said, looking at Peter the whole time, the boy's smile growing.

After a huge meal, Peter went out for patrol. It was a pleasant night, with only a burglary and one attempt at a bike robbery. Feeling a sense of accomplishment for the night, Peter was happily swinging around New York, testing his suit in the open-air. 

It was nearing to eleven, when Peter was sitting on a rooftop of one of the highest buildings in New York, legs dangling of the edge, headphones on, when Karen suddenly alerted him of high levels of radiation on one of the cargo ships. Peter's senses were on fire. He swung towards the Port of New York, as fast as possible, asking Karen for all the details.

"Karen, tell me, what is causing this radiation?!" Peter exclaimed, breathing heavily.

"I do not know yet, but it seems to be some radioactive elements. I detect radon, and large traces of Mercury, none of them properly protected. I believe it is an illegal transition." Karen said. Peter's heart thumped faster. These were dangerous elements? How did they get their hands on those?! 

Soon, he reached the Port, finding the cargo ship Karen was talking about. People were still piling in. Nothing seemed suspicious.

"Where are the crates with the elements?" Peter asked, webbing himself up onto the ship, watching out for people still boarding the ship, "are there people armed?"

"I detect radiation on the lowest floor of the ship, on the left wing. There seems to be five people with guns." Karen informed him. Peter literally had minutes before the cargo ship left the port. And how the hell was he supposed to get this ship to stop and get these elements out?! He landed on the deck, Karen mapping out the plan of the ship for him. There were three people on the deck. He webbed all of them up and went inside. He was welcomed by darkness. He detected movement on the far side and went that way. Getting closer, he could hear whispers. Peter ran further and hid behind a crate, seeing five men, sitting round, all armed. He gulped.

Peter looked round. It was a tight space filled with crates and boxes. There was a dim light coming form a light bulb sticking from the ceiling. Webbing them up would be pretty much impossible as he didn't have enough space to avoid bullets. He checked through his web combination and found an advanced web grenade, which in use could split into five nets. That was just what Peter needed. 

"You know, I wouldn't be so sure about sitting so close to very highly radioactive elements." Spider-Man said, when he went out from his hiding place, revealing himself. The response was instant, and predictable. Peter dodged the two bullets instantly, at the same time activating the web grenade. In seconds the five men were covered in nets. Peter smiled to himself.