Paparazzi ~ MCU

1.7

ACT ONE-HOMECOMING

Gwen looks at her 'Who is Spiderman under that mask?' board. She repeats all of her clues and all of the other crimes that happened. "You have the fight at the airport, the party, Washington, the ferry,..." She repeats in her head. "He has webs and reflexes, since then he was public,..." She says to herself.

Gwen jumped on her bed in tiredness and looked to her side. She saw a picture of her and Peter. The two haven't talked since the Washington monument. Where was he? She sat up and took the picture out of the frame, holding it in front of the board. Thinking back to the last few weeks.

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"Spider-man would he definetly love" Peter suggests. "How would you know? We don't even know if he's a man" Gwen grabbed her camera from her backpack. "Oh, it's a man" Peter said too fast.

"Who are you texting anyway?" Gwen tried taking the phone but Peter put it away quickly. "Fast reflexes" Gwen pierced her eyes.

"Peter knows spider-man" Ned stands up and walks towards the bleacher.

"I've met him" Peter admits calmly but stuttering. "Yeah. A couple times. But it's, um... through the Stark internship." He explains.

"Hi there, Gwen" May opened the door for her warmly. "How was the party? Peter said it was great" She smiled. "Peter what?" Gwen asked. Peter left the second he came.

"Are you hiding something?" She pierced her eyes. "No! What? Why would you think that? Me?" He started moving something in his bag.

"Hey, welcome back, Peter. Flash, you're back to first alternate"

Gwen took pictures and everyone wondered where Peter was, he had once again dissapeared.

"Ahem. Hey, how you doing? Don't worry about it. I got you." Spiderman says in a Brooklyn accent.

She was scared to death yes, and yet, she had never felt more safe. There was something comforting about Sipderman

"Where were you?" She then asked him. "I was..." Peter thought but he couldn't find an answer.

"What's this?" She looked at one of her pictures. It was a backpack with a glowing stone in it.

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Gwen started putting Peter as the missing piece and everything fit. Peter was Spiderman!

She started putting other crimes together. She had worked all night on the case of the Vulture. The case wasn't easy but with all the help from her dad's files she put two and two together. He was a construction worker when the avengers saved earth from the chitauri invasion, Stark interfered and they lost the job. Now they sold left over junk.

"Gwen?" George knocked on the door and Gwen put a blanket over her board. "Yes?" She answered, pretending to be mad. George walked in with a dress in his hands. "I know how you wanted to go to prom with your friends" He put the dress on Gwen's bed. It was beautiful red.

"Dad, I don't know what to say" She looked at the dress and then at her father. Gwen wrapped her arms around him and he hugged her back. "You haven't gotten in any trouble lately, it's a reward" He said calmly and Gwen smiled at him.

After putting on the dress, doing her hair and applying mascara, Gwen walked down the stairs. "Oh my" George looked at his little girl and got tears in his eyes. "What is it?" Gwen asked. "You look just like your mother" George said soft and Gwen hugged him. "Thank you dad" She smiled. "Let's get you to prom in style" George wiped away his tears and got a devious smile. "We're taking the sirens"

"Gwen! You came" Mj ran up to the girl as she embraced her. "My dad had a change of heart" Gwen smiled. "Shame you're not talking to the boys yet" Mj then said. "What do you mean?" Gwen asked her. "Liz is in total panic, Peter just left" Mj starts explaining. "Where is Ned?" Gwen now knew what was going on. "In the school somewhere?" Mj told her. "I'll be right back" Gwen excused herself and left.

"Where would Ned go? If he knows about Peter he probaply wants to be a side-kick or something. Computer!" Gwen figured and ran towards the computer room. And there she found Ned sitting at a computer.

"Ned!" She yelled and the boy had a heart attack. "Gwen? This isn't what you think" He tries to make up an excuse. "Is Peter on the phone?" She asked him. "Gwen?" Peter's phone voice asked. "I know it's you" Gwen told him. "Let me see" She took a paper that Ned was writing on. This Toomes person is the Vulture?" She asked and Ned nodded. "Stark" She then said.

"Stark?" Peter repeated in question. "They're moving today aren't they?" She said and Peter sighed. "You guys need to warn Happy" He said. "I'll get Toomes" Peter's call stopped. "Peter?" Gwen called out. "You call Happy, I'll help Peter" Gwen ordered Ned who looked at her confused.

"Hi, can I borrow your bike?" She asked a guy who looked a bit younger than herself. "Thanks" She said as she took the bike and left. Gwen started looking up and deciding to ride to Stark tower. After regretting the descision to pick a bike and not a car, she arrived after a half hour.

"Hello?" Gwen looked at the building but it seemed quiet empty. The sky on the other hand showed a plane all of a sudden, flying towards the city. "Oh no" She called out. The girl took the bike and started riding it, following where she estimated the planed would land, or crash.

"Peter?!" She yelled as she stepped off the bike at the beach. "Peter!" She called out as worry overtook her system. "Gwen?" Peter's voice was heard between the smoke, fire and plane parts. Gwen runs into the chaos and meets her best friend a few feet away. "Peter watch out!" She yells as she points to behind Peter. The Vulture makes a swing towards him.

Vulture continues to attack Peter. 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. Gwen looks around, trying to find a way to help. When Peter grabs Vulture's fist to prevent another blow, Vulture flies up and lets go of him.

Peter avoids serious injury by shooting a strand of web and holding on to Vulture, but Vulture cuts it off and throws him to the ground. He then slams Peter into the ground a few times. Peter flips onto his back in a sluggish way, then looks up at Vulture, who picks him up by the hood of his Spider-Man costume. Vulture is holding Peter there, studying his limp body.

Gwen notices a crate and knows the Vulture would want it. "Hey bird person!" She yells as she stands in front of the crate. The Vulture looks back at Gwen and notices the crate. Vulture lets go of Peter, takes his goggles off, and grabs the crateful of arc reactors. Sparks rain down from his wing suit when he tries to lift the crate, but Vulture does not stop

Gwen runs towards Peter and watches how the Vulture's suit was going to blow. "Your wing suit. Your wing suit's gonna explode!" Peter yells as he is being held up by Gwen, unable to stand up himself. Lifting his weary arm, Peter shoots a strand of web at the crate and pulls with all his might. A tug of war ensues.

"Time to go home, Pete" The Vulture yells as he tries to fly away. "I'm trying to save you!" Peter yells back. Vulture cuts the web with his wing and tries to fly off. Peter presses the button on his web shooter, but it doesn't work. He looks up to see the wing suit failing and covers his head. Vulture drops to the ground along with his wing suit. An explosion consumes him.

Gwen and Peter run towards the explosion. They spot Toomes and try to lift the wing suit off him, but scream as they makes contact with hot metal. Gwen let's go as she steps back a little. However, Peter doesn't give up. He picks the wing suit up, finds Toomes, and carries him away from the flames with Gwen. Peter lays Toomes down on the beach. Wheezing and coughing from the smoke, Toomes looks up at Peter, who returns his gaze.

Peter and Gwen sit on the side of a roof. "I am really sorry you know" Peter says as they watch how the police arrive on the beach. "I get it now" Gwen smiles as she puts her head on Peter's shoulder. "My dad is going to kill me" She then laughs. "You could stay with me tonight, he won't see you like this" Peter suggests.

"Thanks Parker" Gwen smiles at him. Peter looks back at her and then at the scene in front of them. "You want a ride home?" She looks at Peter and he looks confused at her. "I stole a bike"