Spiders, Time Lords, And Timey Wimey Mischief

Chapter 15

When they finally arrived back at the room where the TARDIS was, they were greeted with quite a sight, as the cops were all at different stages of trying to cut themselves free of the webbing, with the incredibly awkward help of other officers and fire-fighters. Some appeared to be in rather uncomfortable positions.

"Oop," Spidey said, ducking behind the other three in an effort to hide himself.

"You!" someone yelled, and the police officer from before came marching towards them holding up an accusing finger. "You are under arrest for interfering with an important police investigation and the harassment of officers," he fumed. And now that he was closer, they could see he still had bits of web stuck to him.

Spidey tried to shrink down further behind them.

"Hello officer," the Doctor began cheerily, "sorry for the misunderstanding, but we have sorted out the problem for you and..."

"That includes you too!" the officer cut him off.

"Oh, I'm sorry, but my friend here only tied you up for your own safety, so you wouldn't get caught up in danger. Trust me, we are on official top secret business and the situation has been dealt with," the Doctor said confidently, while flashing him his psychic paper.

"Oh, oh sorry sir, I apologise sir," the officer said, in surprise.

Spidey looked shocked at his reaction, eyebrows rising, but didn't say anything as the Doctor continued.

"It's all cleaned up for you now. Although, err, you might find a few trashed rooms and damage around the building. Sorry about that," the Doctor apologised awkwardly.

The man just looked at him, lost for words.

"Well then, I guess we'd best be off. Nice meeting you officer," he said, as they began to slowly walk past, nodding at him as they went.

"Not you," the man suddenly said, as he threw out an arm in front of Spider-Man, blocking his path. "You're still under arrest," he stated.

"Oh come on," Spidey complained. "I just helped save dozens of lives and now you want to arrest me? When will this ever stop!" he moaned.

"When you're arrested," was the blatant reply.

"Oh, no can do officer. Places to be, people to see...lives to save, you know. The work of a superhero is never done," Spidey said, chirpily.

"He's with us, let him go officer. He's done nothing to harm you, and he did do a lot of good here,' the Doctor vouched for him.

The officer just looked between them all for a second, before speaking up. "Fine," he said, "but we will get you one day," he added, with an accusing finger pointed at Spider-Man, before grumpily moving back to the others, mumbling to himself.

"Thanks, I owe you one," Spidey said, turning to them thankfully with a slight lift of his shoulders and upwards hand motion.

"No problem kiddo," the Doctor said, patting him on the head, before they all walked over to the TARDIS and waited while the Doctor unlocked the door.

"So, what happens now?" Spidey asked, watching him.

"Well, now we put this thing somewhere safe and go home," the Doctor said, motioning to the teleport. "The TARDIS should be all charged up by now and ready to go," he added looking at the box.

"Right, soo..." Spidey said, looking down. "I guess this is goodbye then?" he asked, looking back up at them.

"Yeah," the Doctor said, with a smile, as they were all still standing at the door, smiling at him slightly, not yet having entered.