"Alright, Jason you crack the safe, Alex, you hit the cases and Marco, you stand watch outside" the crook in the balaclava said "If anybody even so much as sneezes near here we're out, right?"

"Right" the other three said in unison. They each set about their work in good time, their trained hands making quick work of the numerous locks and dials in the jewellery store. The minutes slowly ticked by before the sound of a rolling can got the attention of the aforementioned Marco. He stepped outside of the entry way and looked around only to be suddenly snatched from above and knocked out with a swift punch.

"Marco?" one of them asked, looking at the door for their friend "Marco?!"

"Polo!" a cocky voice laughed, the red and blue clad Spider-Man lowering himself into vision via web-line.

"Spider-Man!?" another yelled.

"No, no, you're supposed to shout 'Marco' again and then I shout 'Polo' so you can try and find me" he chuckled arrogantly, looking at each of them slowly "But... hey! You guys aren't wearing blindfolds! That's cheating!"

"Get him!" the boss yelled, throwing his lock pick down and charging at Spider-Man. Spider-Man sighed in disappointment, lurching forward, over the crook's head, and landing behind him.

"Really?" he asked bemusedly "Get him? That's the best you could come up with?" Spider-Man dropped low and swept the crook's legs out from underneath him before pivoting on his hand and kicking him in the stomach before he hit the ground, sending him flying into the wall and knocking him out.

"After all the trouble I go through to turn you into famous Spider-Perps-" he said, using his webbing to catch another of the criminals and pull him towards himself, catching his leg and using him as a weapon against his friend, taking two of them down and webbing both of them against the wall "You could at least try to be a little more creative than just get him, after all, I always am" Spider-Man looked around and once he confirmed that the room was indeed empty he went about his usual routine of signing a piece of paper, in capitals as Twilight had told him, sticking it to the forehead of the lead crook and making sure to trip an alarm on the way out.

"Say hi to Commissioner Glover for me will you?" Spider-Man asked as he left the store, seeing people beginning to notice him too "We kinda got off on the wrong foot last time"

"Wrong foot?!" Glover snapped "I'll put my wrong foot up his ass!" Shining lowered his coffee from his lips with a grin secured on them. He ran a hand through his freshly cut and styled hair before taking off his blue aviators.

"Alright boss, I think you're taking this a little too personally" Shining grinned, walking over to his superior "I think we just need to get some of the uniforms down here and have them take care of it before you burst a blood vessel" Glover whirled around to the smiling captain with a furious expression before looking at the coffee he was holding.

"When did you get that?" he asked, eyeing the cup with a suspicious expression.

"I came here with it, I've got another one in the car if you want it?" Shining offered.

"Decaf, right?" Glover asked.

"Yup, don't want to get you any more energized than you already are" Shining nodded.

"Right, any word back from the boys on the desks?" Glover queried as the two of them walked over to Shining's car.

"Yeah, we got a positive ID on one of them, Jason Guiles, thirty five year old with known connections to higher ups in the Big Man's crime chain" Shining recited from memory "He's mostly known for petty theft and small time drug pushing but seems to make enough money from somewhere to get a good enough lawyer to get him out every time"

"But this time we've got him red-handed" Glover smirked.

"Yeah, it'll be hard for his lawyer to get him out of this one" Shining said with a nod, reaching into his car and taking out the extra coffee "Hold up a second, I need to make a quick call" Shining took his phone out of his pocket and dialled Cadance's number, the call ringing four times before she picked up.

"Mmph... what d'you need honey?" she asked sleepily, her voice rough and quiet.

"You feel any better?" he asked with a smile.

"No... I feel like I've been run over by a fire truck" Cadance moaned, the sound of the phone scraping against the pillow sheets audible as she presumably turned over in bed.

"Well that's what you get when you play four rounds of beer pong with Smirnoff in the glasses" Shining said critically.

"I won didn't I?" she asked with a weak laugh.

"And how happy do you feel about that?" Shining responded.

"Fuck my life..." Cadance groaned "Just... fuck everything"

"Alright babe, d'you want me to pick something up for you when I'm on my home?"

"That'd be great, how long will that be?" Cadance asked.

"A few hours at least, I've got a new case to work on and I've gotta tackle a new pile of paperwork" Shining said apologetically "Do you wanna try and sleep a while longer before I get back?"

"Why do you have to work?" Cadance said in a moping voice "I can look after both of us"

"Because my masculinity feels threatened" Shining said bluntly "I feel like as a man I need to do my part to put food on the table"

"Shining..." Cadance said slowly "I don't think we need to worry about food on the table when I control one fourth of the country's fucking money"

"I've noticed that you swear a lot when you're hungover dear" Shining said "Its quite unladylike"

"Fuckity shit fuck cunt!" Cadance said loud and fast "Love you, hurry home!" Cadance ended the call and Shining stared into space for a brief second with a wide grin on his face.

"What's up Shining?" Glover asked from a few steps away.

"Nothing, just Cadance reminding me why I love her so much" Shining grinned.

"Is she using her feminine charm to try and get you home quicker?" Glover asked with a small smile.

"In a way... I guess you could say that" Shining nodded "Now, you need your coffee and we need to get back to work"

"And that's another one of our heists ruined by this damn Spider-Freak" the deep Manhattan accent growled, slamming the newspaper down on the table in front of the Big Man "I don't know about you Boss but I'm getting sick and tired of our boys endin' up webbed to a fucking wall every time I open the paper"

"Hammerhead my dear friend, relax" the Big Man said, linking his fingers together and resting his broad jaw on them "This Spider-Man is nothing more than an annoying pest, another bug to be squished under our boot"

"You sure Boss?" Hammerhead asked "I think he's becomin' a problem" The Big Man was silent for a brief second before turning his large swivel chair around to look out the window of his penthouse suite.

"If the Spider-Man truly scares you Hammerhead then maybe I shall look into the matters involved in removing him" the Big Man said in a dry tone.

"I ain't scared of him Boss, I just don't think we should risk letting him get any closer to us, he's already got one of our goons to talk and now half the fuckin' city is looking for anyone who operates under the name Big Man" Hammerhead explained "Look, Boss, if you think he ain't worth a damn then I respect that and I'll trust you, but what I'm sayin' is that this fucker doesn't operate like the police and can get information out of our goons that the police can't" The Big Man was silent for yet another moment before he nodded curtly.

"OK then my friend, I've heard your argument and I agree with you, we'll look into taking care of this pest" he said slowly.

"And how are we gonna go about this Boss?" Hammerhead asked.

"We'll start with a phone call to our dear Mr Osborn about that little deal we agreed on" the Big Man said with a wry grin "I believe that his genetic reconfiguration machine is just about complete"

"I like the way you think Boss" Hammerhead grinned, taking out his cell phone and making a call as he walked out of the room. As the doors closed behind Hammerhead the Big Man leaned back in his chair and sighed.

"So Spider-Man, you've got my attention, just as you wanted" he growled "Now I believe its time to show you how big of a mistake you've just made" Next Chapter: "Going shopping"? Huh... never heard of that side quest before. Estimated time remaining: 11 Hours, 32 Minutes