"So, you're staying at Harry's tonight?" May asked down the phone.

"Yeah, I should be back home tomorrow morning though, I'll get the bus back" Peter nodded, still feeling slightly guilty about lying to his family. The night life of New York was in full swing beneath him with groups of men and women going out to drink and party, others on their way to their night shifts and some on their way home from an extra long day at work.

"Are you sure you've got enough money for the bus?" May asked "You've spent quite a lot of your money this month on your video games haven't you?"

"I'll be able to afford it Aunt May, stop worrying about it" Peter snapped irritably, angry at the fact he had to fill in a questionnaire over the phone according to him.

"Oh... alright then sweety, just be safe" May said in an offended tone. Peter placed a hand to his face and sighed angrily.

"Look Aunt May, I don't mean to act like a dick but its just that I'm kinda stressed out at the moment with... work and everything" Peter lied, a pang of guilt hitting his stomach "Sorry..."

"Alright then Peter, I'll let you go now, I love you" May said quietly.

"I... I love you too" Peter nodded, listening to the phone hang up before an explosion of anger hit him, causing him to throw his phone out into the open air before using his web-shooters to catch it and bring it back over to him "Fuck me, why am I acting like this all of a sudden?" He checked his phone to see that it was eleven forty five and that it was almost time to go see Black Cat.

He pulled his mask over his face and leaped over the edge of the building he sat on, plummeting down into the streets before he used his web-shooters to move through the air.

"I can't believe I blew Aunt May off like that" he sighed, the wind curving around his aerodynamic costume as he swung rapidly through the air "I have no idea where... where that even came from, I don't usually act like that" Spider-Man sprinted alongside a wall before using his fingers to latch onto the corner and swing himself around it, firing another web-line onto a higher building and swinging around at great speed.

"Maybe I wasn't lying, maybe I am stressed out... that's an option right?" he asked "I am allowed to feel stressed and upset about this whole superhero gig aren't I? I'm not just supposed to soldier on thought it without ever telling anyone how I feel on the inside?" After bouncing between two walls he fired two web-lines between two different buildings, sling-shotting forwards and higher into the air.

"Right, you're in the deep end Parker so you might as well just drown peacefully with your large-breasted rock tied to your foot" Spider-Man sighed, falling silent for a long second as he landed on a rooftop "Now that is not an image I wanted in my head" He made the rest of the way to the Chrysler building in silence, landing on one of the eagles to see a familiar face sitting on a blanket with candles lit, a bottle of champagne and a basket of different bread rolls.

"Wow, all this just for little ol' me?" he asked as he walked over to her.

"I figured I'd give us a little treat" she chuckled, taking the bottle of champagne and uncorking it, pouring it into two glasses and handing one to him as they sat down "You a big drinker?"

"Never touch the stuff personally" he shrugged "But I'll make an exception for you"

"Thank you" she winked, taking a sip from her glass. Spider-Man pulled his mask up to his nose and sipped from the champagne, a very expensive tasting crackle filling his mouth with a surge of different flavours.

"What is this stuff?" Peter asked, licking his lips.

"Cristal brand champagne" she answered, swilling the drink around and looking at the golden solution.

"I've heard of that before, Rick Ross is big on the stuff" Spider-Man answered.

"Who?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Rick Ross, he's a big rapper these days, kinda sucks but hey, I'm not supporting him" Spider-Man shrugged as he took another drink "This is really nice"

"Right, and are you big on the rap game?" she asked in a mocking tone "I'm guessing as a white guy you're a big fan of Eminem right? Think he's the best ever?" Spider-Man picked up a bread roll, taking a bite out of it before giving an answer.

"No, I'm a big fan of the guy but he's not the best" Spider-Man answered "If anything I think Pac, B.I.G and Nas are better than Em" There was a few seconds of silence before Spider-Man looked up at Cat who was staring at him with a blank face.

"What?" he asked.

"I think..." she said, lowering her legs over the edge of the eagle "...Maybe, I know two of those people and that's Tupac and Eminem, but this B.I.G guy and Nas, I've got no idea" Spider-Man finished the bread roll before washing it down with another sip of Cristal.

"B.I.G is the nickname for Biggie Smalls, huge rapper back in the nineties and Nas holds the record for the best hip-hop album, in my opinion, with Illmatic in ninety-four" he explained "Nas had quite a big feud with Jay-Z a few years back because Jay sampled Nas's voice on a track and since Nas didn't get direct payment for it, his label did, and Nas didn't like it so he dissed Jay on a radio interview or his own track if I think. Jay bit back by dissing Nas in a song called The Takeover and Nas hit him with Ether which completely destroyed Jay"

"Um... you're a lot more well versed in this than I thought" Black Cat said slowly, dragging a finger around the rim of her glass "Its kinda sad to be honest"

"We all have our things, mine's rap music and video games" Spider-Man said, lying down on his back as he set his drink down next to him "I was hoping to make it big in the MLG circuit one of these days"

"MLG? Isn't that what gamers use to insult each other?" she asked with a finger on her lip.

"Its used sarcastically nowadays but when it first came around it was a big name that commanded a lot of respect in gaming matches" he explained.

"But, it just a title right, like being knighted by the Queen, it doesn't get you anything really" Black Cat said, finishing her glass with a quick gulp.

"No, actually there's a lot of money to be made in video games, especially in professional Counter Strike and Dota 2 tournaments" he said "They held a competition in for Dota 2 called the International where the first place prize was just under five and a half million dollars" Black Cat was silent for a long second, stunned into silence, before speaking.

"That much money?" she asked in complete shock "But... when I was in high school the only thing you won from video games was an ass-kicking, gamers were losers that got beat up and forced to sit together in their own loser tables"

"If you think that's amazing, did you know that in South Korea the people that play a game called Starcraft professionally are recognized as professional athletes?"

"You're not serious" Black Cat asked, sitting up straight and looking at the red and blue clad superhero "You can't be serious"

"Oh I am, gaming is a major industry that's up there in terms of money making with things like movies, TV and sports" Spider-Man chuckled, using his webbing the grab another bread roll, taking a bite out of it after removing the webbing "Its an industry that's worth billions of dollars that, like most other industries, has their own press releases and superstars, events like E3 and the PAX conventions are flocked to by millions every year and people like Shigeru Miyamoto and Hidea Kojima are heralded as legendary heroes among gamers like me"

"But... they just sit in front of computers and type in shitty code" Black Cat said in protest "How can they be heroes?"

"In the same way people like Kubrick, Spielberg and Tarantino are considered to be, they're entertainers who make a specific product that millions of people love, Miyamoto and Kojima are the men behind by two all-time favourite video game series', the Legend of Zelda and Metal Gear"

"But..." she said, placing a hand to her face "How can such a shit industry be so successful?!"

"Whoa, whoa there girl, there may be some bad apples in the bunch but gaming as an industry is one of the best things to happen to the world!" Spider-Man said, sitting up and pointing a finger at her "I've been playing video games since I was seven years old!"

"But its for losers who can't get girlfriends!" Black Cat snapped "Losers don't make things successful!"

"Then why the hell is porn such a successful industry?" Spider-Man asked with a shrug "Its made for losers who can't get girlfriends and that makes billions every year"

"That's because it acts as an escape, let's people imagine things they can't do themselves" Black Cat said, setting down her glass and moving over to him, sitting down next to him and folding her arms.

"And you think video games don't?" Spider-Man asked "I can't remember how many hours I've sunk into Hyrule, Shadow Moses, Skyrim, Morrowind, Daggerfall, New Vegas and the Capital Wasteland, they're places I'e spent so long in that I know them like the back of my hand, most recently Liberty City and Los Santos have become my favourite places to spend time just driving around and shooting people" Black Cat suddenly straddled Spider-Man and placed her mouth next to his ear.

"Why are you such a loser?" she asked with a grin "I was attracted to the short, bright and costumed thing before but the more I know about you the more and more of a dork I realize you are"

"There's nothing wrong with... wait, what do you mean short?" he asked after realizing what she'd said.

"What don't I mean when I say short, you're tiny!" she giggled, placing a hand on the top of his head "You're like the smallest thing I've ever seen!"

"No I am not!" Spider-Man snapped angrily, sitting up straight and lifting her up before putting her down on the eagle.

"You're like three-foot-nothing" she said giving him a saucy smirk "I've seen fifteen year olds bigger than you"

"I'm five foot seven Cat, you're not that much bigger than me!" he growled.

"I'm five foot ten, closer to six foot when I'm in my costume" she said, resting on her elbow as she lay on her side with a wide grin "Compared to what the national average for a woman is supposed to be I'm nearly a giant"

"I know, national average if five-three but I'm not that much shorter than most men" he said, crossing his arms defensively.

"Baby, most of the men I run into on the street are averaging from five-eleven to six-six, I've seen high schoolers that average around six foot tall, you're practically non-existent compared to them at your height" she laughed, watching as Spider-Man ground his teeth angrily "Sorry, am I upsetting you shorty?"

"Don't call me that" he hissed.

"How tall was your father?" Cat asked.

"What?" Spider-Man asked angrily "Why does that matter?"

"Because I wanna see ow much you've lost, or gained depending on your answer, in regards to Dear ol' Daddy" Cat said with a playful smile "Go on, how big was he?"

"Six... Six three and a half I think" he answered quietly.

"And Mommy?" she asked.

"Five nine, nearly five ten" he answered. Black Cat looked at him for a long second before laughing hysterically, rolling onto her back and hugging herself.

"Shut up!" Spider-Man snapped "I don't really care about my height to be honest"

"You should, if you were taller more women would take you seriously" Cat sniggered, wiping a tear away "Christ honey, you really lost out in the genetic gamble there, how sad would it be for you to stand shorter than your own mother?"

"Shut up!" he repeated.

"Sorry... thought if you've got a handsome face under there I guess women might give you a second glance, maybe" Cat smirked "You've got a very masculine jawline there baby... care to let me see what the rest of you looks like?" Spider-Man tensed briefly, this action noticed by Cat who then went on to question it.

"What's wrong?" she asked "You're not ashamed of your face are you? What, are you ginger or something? Freckly? I'm sure it can't be bad enough to make you wanna run a mile can it?"

"Uhhh..." Spider-Man said slowly, taking a step back.

"Now you've got me intrigued... I really wanna see now" she said, licking her lips "Come on Spider, I promise I won't laugh"

"No... I'd rather stay masked if its all the same to you" Spider-Man said. Black Cat rolled her eyes for a second before looking down, this seeming to Spider-Man that she was dropping the subject.

Turns out he wasn't as sharp as he wanted to be.

She then whipped out her arm, using her grappling hook to pull his leg out from underneath him before he even had time to react. He fell to the floor, Spider-Sense screaming loudly in his head as Black Cat used the same ropes to tie him down that she had before. He tried to pull away but the eagle they were on was made out a much stronger material than the roof this had happened before on and he was unable to escape.

"Cat, don't!" he snapped. She straddled him once again, moving her hands up to his mask with deliberate slowness.

"Relax Spider, we're both adults here" she giggled.

"Fuck, how wrong could she get" he thought.

"And I'm sure that if you don't tell me your name then you don't have to worry about your secret identity getting out... as long as we don't pass each other in the street that is"

"Cat please I am begging you to not do this" he said quickly.

"What's the matter Spider?" she asked, kissing him on the lips briefly before continuing to speak "You're not scared are you?"

"For you, yeah I am" he nodded, trying again to pull away.

"Why?" she smirked "Are you afraid that your handsomeness will make me faint?"

"Not that, but I think there might be some fainting involved... you're only going to hurt yourself by doing this" he said as she tucked her fingers under the rest of his mask.

"Come on now honey, just let me see-" she said, taking the mask off and looking to the side as she threw it away "And we can-" Her eyes fell onto the extremely young face of Peter Parker and she froze in place, her gorgeous green eyes widening in horror as she found herself trying to seduce a teenager. She threw herself off him and he finally managed to tear the cuffs away, by tearing a metal panel off the eagle they were on. He kicked up to his feet and stared at her, the two of them shocked into silence.

"What the fuck..." she said in disgust "How old are you... you're like twelve years old!"

"I'm fifteen actually" he said, hanging his head and running a hand through his hair to get it to stand up to its usual volume again "Not that it matters to you... I told you not to do it" Black Cat seemed to convulse briefly before placing a hand to her mouth, seemingly to stop herself from throwing up everywhere.

"You alright there?" Peter asked, holding out a hand to her before she swatted him away furiously.

"Why didn't you say anything!?" she demanded angrily.

"What the fuck was I supposed to say?" he demanded "'I know that you're a female super villain who has been trying to seduce me since we met but guess what? I'm a fifteen year old boy!' Is that what you wanted me to do?"

"I... I, fuck kid, I don't know what the hell I wanted you to do" she said, clenching a fist before grabbing him by the costume and dragging him over to her with fury in her eyes "But right now I want you to get the fuck away from me and never come back" She then realized how close they were and shoved him back again before placing a hand to her mouth again and leaping off the side of the building. Peter sighed angrily, putting a hand to his face and shaking his head.

"Nice going Parker... this train derailed much faster than you wanted it to" he growled. He retrieved his mask and pulled it over his head, sitting down on the edge of the roof and looking down at the picnic.

"At least I get to keep the wine" he said, not wanting to leave any evidence behind. He blew out the candles and wrapped everything up in the blanket before webbing it to his back and leaving the scene of the disaster.

"And now I need to find something to do for twelve hours because I can't go home without being given another questionnaire about why I'm home early, having to say there was a problem at Harry's, Aunt May calling Harry's Mom, her exposing the lie and me getting grounded for lying to my family again... fuck man, this superhero stuff isn't easy" Next Chapter: S.H.I.E.L.D Files of The Mysterious Kind Estimated time remaining: 7 Hours, 59 Minutes