An Arrow Through The Heart

13: Killing One Bird With Two Heroes

Kate's POV

Just as Peter and I reach the billboard, Vulture spreads his wings and flies away. Peter shoots his web directly at him. I fly behind. Vulture is headed right for the plane.

"Ah! Whoa!" Peter yells as we go higher. He bumps into the plane a couple times. I wince, but he manages to hold on.

"Oh, my god! Oh, my god!" Peter gasps.

Vulture puts the portal thing on the plane, creating a small rectangular window, and moves inside. We go to follow Vulture, but Peter loses his grip and almost falls off the plane, so I catch him.

"Hey! Ah! Whew. Thanks." Peter says.

"Don't thank me yet!" I say. We get inside the plane. Vulture doesn't seem to notice us yet.

We approach the wing suit and try to open it.

A small drone is launched out from the wing suit, startling us. The plane is getting off track!

We keep trying to open the wing suit. Suddenly, Vulture comes out and puts on his wing suit. We stumble, but try to hang onto the airplane.

"Just a typical homecoming on the outside of an invisible jet... Fighting my girlfriend's dad." I hear Peter mutter.

"Excuse me?" I ask, but before he can respond, Vulture comes at him and takes out panels right above his head. Peter shoots his web at Vulture. 

Peter is now suspended in air, one hand holding onto the web sticking to the plane, another hand holding onto the web glued to Vulture. The webs snap off and Peter is sucked in towards the engines. I use my powers and catch him just in time.

"Oh, god!" Peter yells.

 Vulture, was also dragged to the engines, manages to keep away. A piece of his suit flies into the propeller and stops it. I sigh in relief.

Suddenly, the propeller falls off. Peter avoids death by holding onto the plane and kicking the propeller off his body. Vulture flies back and attacks us. The impact sets one of the engines on fire. Peter clings onto the side of the engine with a thin strand of web. I struggle to hold both him and me.

Vulture sets to break open the ceiling of the plane. Still hanging from the engine, we see the plane flying straight at the city.

"Oh, my god." Peter and I say in unison.

Peter shoots his web at the right wing of the plane and pulls on it to change the plane's direction. I use my powers to help out. 

"Please turn! Please turn!" Peter begs. 

The plane narrowly misses crashing into the city and heads toward Coney Island. The plane hits a ride and crash-lands on the beach of Coney Island. Peter loses hold of the plane and rolls down the beach. I follow. Everything is consumed in smoke and flames. Peter slowly gets up and takes off his mask. 

"Are you okay?" I ask.

"Yeah I,-" Peter begins.

Suddenly, Vulture flies toward us and attacks us. Sparks fly from Vulture's wings. "Hey, Pedro. Coco." 

Vulture continues to attack us. Peter shoots his web, but misses and gets pinned to the ground like a bird of prey. He screams as Vulture grabs him tightly with his claws and rains down punches at him. I use my powers and push him out of the way. The impact pushes me back as well. I wince as I'm pushed too close to a flame. Vulture's gaze is suddenly on something else.

"Bingo." He says, grabbing a crate full of what looks like arc reactors. Sparks rain down from his wing suit when he tries to lift the crate, but Vulture doesn't stop.