Black Cat kept her breath steady and her head held high as she sprinted over rooftop after rooftop, ducking under pipes and leaping over ventilation systems, skidding to a halt at the end of a roof and looking over the edge with a trained gaze. She settled into a low crouch, resting her fingertips on the edge of the roof to support her and allow her to balance more easily. Her attention was taken away from the people moving in the street beneath her by the sound of soft shoes landing on the roof behind her. She looked over her shoulder to see the red and blue clad superhero. A smile touched her lips as she stood up, turning around to face him with her arms held out by her hips.

"Well, hello there Spider" she chuckled "I was hoping I'd run into you sometime soon"

"Why?" Spider-Man asked, settling into a more relaxed stance "Your other punching bags taking their holidays?" Black Cat chuckled, slowly walking closer to him, her hips swaying as she performed a catwalk strut. Spider-Man tensed up quickly and stepped back as she got closer only for her to giggle at his actions.

"Calm down Spider, I'm not going to hurt you" she said "Look, I feel like we got off on the wrong foot the last time we met"

"You think?" Spider-Man asked with a chuckle, relaxing slightly.

"I do, and I was hoping that I'd get a chance to apologize" she continued "So, I'm sorry"

"Right-" Spider-Man said slowly "So you're going to let me arrest you now?"

"Oh goodness no" Black Cat laughed "Why would you want to anyway?"

"Because you work for the Big Man" Spider-Man stated in a matter-of-fact voice "That's kind of a big no-no"

"I don't work for him, I work with him" Black Cat corrected, looking at the tips of her fingers as if to check her nails "Occasionally, that is" She turned around and walked back to the edge of the roof, looking over it.

"Hold up, I thought you were one of his most trusted employees" Spider-Man said, walking towards her "You mean you're not?"

"No, I've never even met him before, no one has" Black Cat chuckled "The only person who knows him is his second in command"

"And that would be?" Spider-Man asked. Black Cat didn't answer, she instead looked over her shoulder and winked at him before leaping off the roof and using her grappling cable to swing away from him.

"Where are you going!?" Spider-Man demanded, leaping after her "I'm still talking to you!"

"I've got an appointment!" Black Cat called back "Hurry up and I might just let you help me"

"Great, another chase" Spider-Man sighed, web-zipping after her as she leaped, jumped and flipped over the rooftops. The two of them moved at great speed, clearing several city blocks in a matter of minutes before Black Cat came to a stop on a rooftop overlooking an enclosed basketball court. Spider-Man landed softly next to her followed by Black Cat pointing down to the court. Spider-Man turned his head to see a small group of Hispanic men dressed in yellow football jerseys talking to another group of men dressed in all black and sunglasses.

"Ah, a drug deal" Spider-Man said "And in broad daylight no less... they're not very professional are they?"

"The Hispanic men aren't, but the guys in black work for the Big Man" Black Cat answered "Any minute now the deal's going to go south, and then the reinforcements the Big Man set up around the block should move in and clean them up"

"Whoa, clean them up?" Spider-Man asked in a horrified tone "That's not gonna happen" He went to move forward only to have Black Cat place a hand on his shoulder, causing him to pause briefly.

"What's so wrong with that?" she asked "That'll be one less group of gangbangers on the street"

"And a group more in the ground, I'm not gonna let that happen" Spider-Man snapped, leaping down into the middle of the court. The men doing the deal all recoiled in shock before reaching into their jackets or pockets and pulling out guns.

"What the fuck man?!" one of the Hispanic men yelled "Who brought this fucker!?"

"Didn't you get the memo?" Spider-Man asked "It was part of the brand new city-wide care package: and for every drug deal we'll throw in a Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man for free!"

"You jokin' us here dickhead!?" one of the men in black roared, aiming his gun "Let's see you laugh with lungs fulla lead!" Spider-Man lashed his hand out to the side and shot a web at the man's gun, yanking it away from him before leaping forwards and kicking him in the jaw. The man was knocked down to the floor by the kick and the other men turned and fired. Spider-Man used the force from the kick to propel himself backwards, landing on his shoulder and rolling across the court as bullets cut holes into the ground. Once he was on his front he pushed himself up and back, landing on his feet, before skidding backwards and slamming his elbow into the jaw of another one of the Hispanic men.

"Two down, many more to go" Spider-Man chuckled, dropping low and sweeping the man's legs out from underneath him "Thanks guys, I've gotta say I thought I'd get bored today without your help, what with having free time and playing video games, risking my life is so much better!" Spider-Man used his powerful fingers to flick himself forward, trucking into a roll before springing up on his hands once he was on his shoulders to kick another man in the face.

"What the fuck is wrong with you guys?!" a man in black yelled "Just fuckin' shoot him already!"

"Hey!" Spider-Man said, using his webbing to grab hold of the man and pulling him closer to him "Watch your language, there are impressionable children here" He punched the man down to the ground and kicked his gun away before another hail of bullets was fired at him. Using a back handspring he dodged the cloud of deadly objects and landed on a wall.

"Take it easy now fellas, there's no need to get hasty" Spider-Man said "Hasty... tasty... food... God dammit now I'm hungry, thanks guys!"

"You cannot be serious?" a Hispanic man asked in utter disbelief.

"Oh no, I'm serious" Spider-Man nodded "I missed breakfast today, my own fault I know, and I was supposed to be getting something to eat with my friends before I got distracted by someone and they brought me here"

"And who the fuck would that be?" one of the men dressed in black asked "Another one of your lame jokes is gonna be the answer, right?" Black Cat, having been absent from the fight the entire time, leaped down from the roof and landed on the shoulders of a Hispanic man.

"I've been called many things in my time, a joke being one of them, but I've never felt like it was a strong insult" she sighed, using her weight to flip the man over and onto his back. He landed with a painful cracking noise, Black Cat landing on her feet before she dropped down onto her knee and punched the man in the face, knocking him out.

"What!?" another man yelled in surprise "What's she doing here?!"

"Helping" Black Cat shrugged, sprinting forward and feinting a punch to a man's face before dropping down and slamming her knee into the man's knee joint, causing his leg to snap out to the side. He screamed in pain before Black Cat roundhouse kicked him in the jaw and knocked him down and out. Spider-Man noticed one of the men taking aim at Black Cat's head and he acted, webbing the gun and pulling it out of the man's hand before using his other hand to catch his leg and drag him to him. Spider-Man stepped forward and kicked him in the face, knocking his head back onto the floor, being unconscious before hitting the ground. The two of them worked together as a team to take out the remainder of the thugs before they noticed the large amount of heavily armed thugs, wielding assault rifles, shotguns and being covered in armour flooding into the court.

"Oh great... ideas?" Spider-Man asked Black Cat.

"Yeah, run!" she answered, leaping high into the air and latching onto a wall with her claws before using her grappling cable to make a quick getaway. Spider-Man noticed that she was holding the case that had been offered during the exchange and he leaped after her. He landed on the roof and spotted Black Cat moving rapidly back up to Midtown with the case in her hand.

"God dammit, slow down Cat!" Spider-Man yelled. Try as he might to keep pace with her it was when she dropped down into an alley, still several seconds ahead of him, that he lost sight of her. He jumped down into the alley, landing softly, before standing up and looking in all directions. His Spider-Sense went off and he turned around, just in time to have Black Cat jump on him and knock him down to the floor. His head slammed off the floor with a loud crack coming from his neck as Black Cat's playful grin shone down on him, radiating beauty.

"Owww" he mumbled, looking up at the woman who wouldn't move and yet wouldn't attack him "Any need?"

"Yes" she responded happily "I just wanted to see the view from up here"

"Why?" he asked, his head throbbing in pain.

"Oh, you know-" she giggled, leaning slightly to the side with her hand placed flat on Spider-Man's abdomen "I always like to get a good view of my conquered land"

"W-What?" Spider-Man whimpered, attempting to move Black Cat off him only to have her place a hand on his outer thigh.

"What's wrong?" she asked in a pouting tone "You don't like it? Or do you want to be on top?"

"I... uhhh..." Spider-Man muttered, unable to find words. Black Cat slowly moved her hands up to his neck, hooking her thumbs underneath his mask and beginning to pull it up.

"Whoa, what are you doing?" Spider-Man asked, grabbing hold of her wrists to stop her.

"Nothing, just going to give you a little taste" she said in a seductive tone "Don't you want me to?"

"I..." Spider-Man mumbled.

"That's what I thought" she laughed, pulling the mask up to his nose "Now hold still..." She lowered her head down to his and locked lips with him, sliding her tongue into his mouth with a giggle. Spider-Man's head hit the roof as over a thousand different emotions rocketed through his mind like a shot of adrenaline, ranging from the smell to the taste and to the texture. His eyes closed under his mask as he allowed himself to kiss back, his heart thudding hard enough to break a rib. He felt Black Cat pull away from him, too soon in his opinion, and he heard her take in a breath before her weight was lifted off him.

"Wow... Cat, I had no idea that you-" he began before opening his eyes, seeing that Black Cat, as well as the case full of drugs, had disappeared in a matter of seconds "Son of a bitch!" He jumped back up to his feet and pulled his mask down over his mouth again, fitting it back into place, before sprinting out into the street.

"Where did she..." he muttered, seeing the bizarre look he was getting from people "Fuck, she's gone" Next Chapter: Boot Camp Estimated time remaining: 12 Hours, 11 Minutes