The Silent Slasher

Chapter 3: Gotta Pray Faster

"HE BURNED DOWN A SCHOOL?!" Peter shouts into the phone at Matt.

It's Thursday and Peter walked off of the subway and is heading to school. Matt had called him as soon as he heard the news.

"A middle school. Luckily there was no one there so no deaths but he carved a spider" Matt explains.

"Do you think he's looking for me?" Peter asks.

"You're the only teen spider out there and he knows you're looking for him, I wouldn't be surprised that he's after you. You have to change up some things in your patrol, make him fall into a loop" Matt explains.

"I will. Wade should be back from Jersey today so I'm meeting up with him later. You want to join?" Peter wonders.

"Sure, why not. I gotta go, a client just came in. Bye Peter" Matt informs.

"Bye Matt" Peter responds before the call ends while he makes it up the school steps.

"Hey loser" Mj greets. "Did you see the news?"

"I heard" Peter nods.

"He's probably pissed off from last year. You spent the whole month looking for him in Brooklyn which isn't even your territory and almost got him before he took off and disappeared" Mj recalls.

"I was close but couldn't even get an identity and followed too many loose trails" Peter reminds her.

He doesn't have any excuse for that horrifying month last year. It was his first year at being Spider-Man and at that point, the cops didn't know who spidey was. He was still in his hoodie for Thors sake. Peter still looked through the police database to find information but came up with nothing.

"Hey guys!" Ned waves walking over to them. "Mr. Flep is absent!"

"We have him last period today right?" Peter asks.

"Yeah, why?" Ned wonders before his eyes goes wide. "Guy in the chair?"

"Not today, I'm meeting up with Wade and Matt but I mind as well leave after attendance so I can get some patrol done before" Peter explains.

"Wade got info out of Thomas?" Mj questions.

"I don't know he hasn't texted yet but he should be back" Peter shrugs.

The bell rings cutting the trio off and they all head to their first period class.

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"Hey Karen!" Peter greets his AI as he shoots his web out starting his early patrol.

"Shouldn't you be in school Peter?" Karen questions.

"We have Ms. Cami as a sub, she never expects students to come back from using the bathroom" Peter tells her.

"Oh well in that case, hello Peter. There is a shootout with some cops and armed men who seems to have stolen jewelry. They are five blocks away" Karen informs as she pulls up the directions.

"That's a great way to start patrol" Peter sarcastically responds before changing his direction and quickly heading over there.

He can hear the bullets stopping and shouting rising through the air. He hears everyone before he sees them and jumps down webbing a guy who tried to get away. Since he's on the end of Midtown starting of Queens, there are both Queens and Midtown officers on scene.

"Seriously guys? I'm sure whoever you're giving this jewelry to would love it if you'd just pay for it" Peter informs.

Peter feels his six sense coming to life as he instinctively jumps into the air just missing a bullet.