“So kid,” Tony said, sliding the tablet across the table to Peter to allow him to look at the design of the so-called ‘Iron Spider’ “What d’you think?”

Peter stared at the design for a long second, taking in the retractable three leg-esque objects, the enormous golden spider moniker and the flashy-yet-plain design Stark had created.

“What do I think?” Peter asked, looking up at Stark “I think the better question is what do I feel? And right now I feel fucking insulted that you’d even think I’d wear something as disgusting as this abomination.”

“I had a feeling you’d say that.” Stark chuckled, getting up out of his chair and walking over to the cases that contained his own models of Iron Man suits before stopping at a blacked out one with a spider-symbol projected onto it.

Peter’s eyebrow raised in curiosity as Stark placed a hand on a scanner mounted on the wall next to the case and entered a code, refraining from pressing a button on the pad before Peter made his way over to it.

“C’mon, take a look.” Stark said with a gesture.

Peter nodded, getting up and walking over to the case where Stark hit the button and unveiled something much better.

The biggest improvement was that this suit actually looked like armour and not a tacky, plastic halloween costume.

This suit was a grey-and-black weapon with a series of intersecting plates covering the body, each plate mimicking a certain muscle and being a slate black. Thick shoulder plates, visibly screwed on by triangular-patterned bolts

The next thing to catch his eye were the gauntlets, they were thick and powerful looking weapons with protruding yet blunt knuckles that seemed designed to be more painful and to leave a larger mark, same being said with the thick boots made of the same metal, all of the suit being polished to a shine.

The underlayer of the suit was a cold grey, visible through the joints of the suit and appeared to be made of the same material Stark’s thermal gear was made of, sure to have some bonus to it, Peter guessed.

The two best things about the suit, in Peter’s opinion, were the mask-no, the helmet, and the spider-symbol.

The helmet itself was styled after the tight-fitting appearance of his regular mask but was instead a completely black, sleek piece of what looked like some kind of glass, fitted with the back being the same material as the armour plates, several pieces of hardware behind the area his ears would be to do God-knows-what.

Then came the symbol, the steel grey, angular spider on the armour plates had its bottom four legs go around the lower waist of the armour and seemingly connect with the symbol on the back, something he’d originally wanted to try with his own costume but never found a way to do successfully.

“So?” Tony asked. “How about this one?”

“In all honesty, this one kicks the shit out of the other one.” Peter grinned. “What’s this thing boasting?”

“Improvements, some topping my own armour,” Stark said. “I know you move a lot more than I do in my armour, in different ways too, so instead of going with the more stocky and heavier armour I designed a more flexible and less-restrictive type of power armour, and this is what I came up with.”

“But I’m guessing it's not made of concentrated vibranium though?” Peter asked.

“No it is not, instead it’s a tri-weave combat chassis consisting of both an outer and inner titanium-dipped tri-weave fiber mesh with MR-fluid liquid body armour sandwiched in between.” Stark explained.

“MR fluid?” Peter asked with a raised eyebrow.

“It’s shortened from magnetorheological fluid, it’s a type of carrier fluid that, in a magnetic field, can alter its viscosity and ultimately become a viscoelastic solid.” Stark continued.

“So that means it can change how thick or thin it is depending on the strength of the electromagnetic field it’s exposed to, right?” Peter questioned.

“Exactly, and the electromagnetic field of this particular suit is controlled by the sensors implanted all over the armour that detects pressure and analyzes impact before altering the field to compensate.” Stark nodded.

“Wait, you mean the thing doesn’t run on piezomagnetism to strengthen itself?” Peter asked.

“No, it can be kind of unreliable when being deployed in the field and mostly relies on deformation for it to work, something we don’t want the armour to do, and with piezomagnetism as well as piezoelectric being observed in mostly crystals, and only then antiferromagnetic ones which rely on the spinning of electrons to alter their fields, I felt that having an electronic sensor and control unit would be much more reliable than a natural force.”

“That’s pretty clever, so what’s the system that controls and regulates the electromagnetic field in my armour?” Peter asked.

“Cassie will be, we salvaged her from your phone and she’s ready to be downloaded into your new armour’s mainframe.” Stark answered.

“Hang on a second, you said the armour was tri-weave, you mentioned two layers, what was the third?” Peter asked with a raised hand.

“The third layer is the fiber mesh in between that, when used in tandem with the electrmagnetic field manipulation and the MR fluid allows the armour to absorb a greater amount of shock, which is another name for a strong force, and with the ever-present third law from our friend Newton, allows the suit to not only take more damage before breaking but also to allow much more vicious and powerful counterattacks using the transfer of the kinetic energy the tri-weave allows.” Stark finished.

“That’s… that’s pretty fucking awesome.” Peter said. “And the colour looks great too”

“And d’you wanna know something cooler?” Stark asked with a grin.

“Shoot.” Peter nodded.

“The eyes light up.” he responded “Bright blue.”

“That’s fucking dope.” Peter beamed “Can I try it on?”

“Yeah, we want you to take it for a test drive before you use it against Ray.” Stark answered “I’ll take it down, take it apart and let you put it on.”

“Won’t I need help with that?” Peter asked.

“Nope, you just put the different parts on and it does the rest for you.” Stark answered.

“It’s like Christmas came early.” Peter chuckled, visibly shaking with excitement.

“One more thing, I’m gonna need your usual costume to finish off a project I’m working on.” Stark said “So when you get changed, just leave it over there.”

“What d’you need it for?” Peter asked.

“To make it more convenient for you.” Stark answered, walking back over to a laptop on the table and beginning to work on something “Now, get suited up.”

“Yes sir.” Peter said.

Peter watched with an amazed grin as the new armour’s plates slid and folded into place, the chest tightening around his own as each of the anatomically-accurate plates covered his body, the thick boots locking and tightening with the same happening to the gauntlets, the legs and crotch protecting their innards before Stark handed Peter the thick, glass helmet.

“Get ready for this kid, it’s the best part.” Stark grinned. “Just place the glass on your face and the tech’ll do the rest.”

Peter followed the instruction, placing the cold and heavy glass to his face, it fitting perfectly, before their was a whirring noise and the small metal parts on the side of the mask began to fold around his head, locking into place as the suit’s U.I booted up and several bright cross-hairs, statistics, body and suit vitals and area analysis reports appeared on screen for him to watch.

“Oh… this is so fucking-” he began before realizing that he now spoke with a reverbing, mechanical voice, the suit disguising his vocal patterns to hide his identity further “Oh fuck me this is cool.”

“I know, the others seem to think so too.” Stark nodded.

“The others?” Peter asked “You mean the rest of the team, right?”

“Oh no, I mean the U.S Marines, the British SAS, the Ryker’s Island security force, the SWAT team.” Tony listed “This is Stark technology and it is up for commercial sale, in fact our very own Secretary of Defense, Princess Luna, bought roughly ten thousand of these suits for use in the American Special Forces teams.”

“Well… I feel disappointed.” Peter sighed before shaking his head “Nevermind, I’ll live with it, so you said about a test drive, right?”

“Indeed he did Master Parker” Cassie’s voice said in Peter’s ear, the sound wave for her speech appearing in the suit’s HUD.

“Hey, it’s great to see you’re okay Cassie.” Peter smiled, genuinely pleased to have her back. “How’re you feeling?”

“Salty.” she chuckled “I’m glad you’re okay too Master.”

“So am I, so, what’s the low down on this thing’s abilities?” Peter asked.

“Well, it’s not one of Mr Stark’s suits, so don’t expect the thing to be flying or firing repulsor shots any time soon, but it is equipped with its own motorized joints that will greatly boost strength as well as being light enough to not hinder your movement or affect your speed in a negative way.” Cassie explained. “It’s also able to generate it’s own electric current which can be channeled through the gauntlets and boots of the suit to allow for electrically-charged attacks to keep opponents down for longer.”

“Well… that’s fucking awesome.” Peter nodded “Any special toys it comes with?”

“Several, Mr Stark improved the basic design of your web-shooters and implemented them into your gauntlets, protected by a layer of fibre to prevent them being electrocuted by the charge the suits carries, as well as having larger web canisters installed to allow you to use them for longer before needing to reload, he added in an improved version of the coded that allows you to actively scan for available frequencies as well as modifying the helmet to make it completely soundproof so you don’t need to worry about being heard and to top it all off he gave it pockets that you can open by asking me.” Cassie explained “Does that meet your standards?”

“Indeed it does.” Peter nodded, turning to face Tony. “Thanks man.”

“No problem, now, get out there and see how you like it.” Tony said, pointing to a nearby window.

Peter stepped towards Tony and noticed that he now stood slightly taller than him, the boots he wore giving him an extra bit of height.

“Huh.” he stated.

“It’s throwing you off a little right?” Tony asked.

“Yeah… eh, I’ll get used to it.” he said with a shrug, moving towards the window in the nearly weightless suit “Now to look for the Scorpion.”

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