I ran all the way home, deep in thought. When I finally reached the city of Queen's I started walking towards my apartment, knowing that once I got there I would have to take my suit off again. The thought of this halted my steps. I don't want to take this awful thing off. I felt comfortable in it, like a second skin. It reminded me of so much trauma, but at the same time it made me feel more alive than I ever have before. I hastily continued the path to my apartment, careful to stay invisible so no one would stare. Once I arrived at my door, I just couldn't bear myself to open it. I teared up. Why couldn't I just do this? I didn't want to take off my suit and have to hide it in my closet for another two years. I took off mask slowly.i ran my thumb over the worn material and then reached my hand up to wipe my tears. I put the mask back on and turned visible. I looked to the wall of my apartment complex. I could easily scale that. I placed my hands on the bricks and pulled myself up. I carefully placed my feet on the bricks below me and continued this motion until I reached the very top of the building. I finally pulled myself over the ledge and walked over to the other end of the roof. It felt nice standing here with my mask on and my hair flowing. My building wasn't very tall so I couldn't see as much as I wanted to, though. I looked to my right and I saw that the building next to me was much taller. Perfect. I walked to the left side of the roof and dropped to a crouch. If I was careful about this, I could totally do it. I've done more ambitious things back when I was an assassin. I stood back up and shook out my legs. May as well do it, only way to find out if I can. I backed up a good few feet and then began sprinting towards the edge. When I got there I pushed my legs up as hard as I could. I felt myself fly through the air and my heart dropped for a second before the side of the other building hit my gut. I grabbed onto what I could and noticed that I had reached the edge of the roof.my feet were dangling and I was holding on for my life, but I managed to pull my torso and legs up and climb on top the roof. I walked to the other side and looked down. It still wasn't tall enough. This was kind of fun, jumping from building to building. Why not do it again? I ran forward and propelled myself towards the building next me. This time I managed to land on my feet. I couldn't help but think of the Spiderman, swinging from building to building. I ran again and landed into the next roof. It was fun doing this without any of my powers. The people could probably see me. The thought of this drew my arms to my chest. I slowly looked down over the edge of the tall building I was now standing on. It was night time now. I had been exploring for longer than I thought. In fact, I wasn't really sure where I was. I didn't see too many people so I assumed it was fine to leave my invisibility off. Being invisible takes up a lot of energy and I felt more free doing this without my powers. I found a good view where I could see all the lights.i sat down with my legs crossed and looked out above the city. It was beautiful. Ive lived here a whole two years and I've never done this before. Before today, the mere thought of putting on my suit made me nauseated. Now I can't imagine taking it off. The red filtering of the eyes of my mask was comforting somehow. I could feel the warrior inside me awakening again. I smiled a little bit and just looked out at the city. It was so peaceful and quiet at this time of night. I could care less about being lost now. I sat there in silence for a long while, thinking. I missed Peter. His cute smile. His fluffy hair. I blushed at the thought of him and lowered my head. I laughed lightly and then looked up again. I brought my head all the way back to where I could see the sky. I could make out a couple stars, a rarity in New York. I used the tech in my mask to pinpoint this location so I could come back later. Right now I was tired. I looked at the watch engraved in my bracelet and saw it was only midnight. Wierd. As I got up to leave I heard footsteps behind me. I wipped my body around and came face to face with Spiderman. I glared through my mask. He walked towards me and crossed his arms. "What are you doing here?" He asked coldly.
"Youre not the only one with powers that lives in Queens." I replied back, hand on the shotgun at my waist.
"I've never seen you here before." He said, his attitude softening for some reason.
"I was on a hiatus of sorts." I said, keeping up my cold stance.
"You gave me a black eye." He lifted his head to the side and chuckled lightly.
"I was hoping to do worse." I continued to glare at him.
He turned his head back to me and returned the glaring turn in my voice. "I should really turn you in." He spoke sharply.
"Id like to see you try." I replied.
He shot his web at me and I quickly dodged, sliding to the side and then dashing to his periphery. I grabbed my shotgun out from my belt and fired once into his shoulder.
"Shit!" He yelled and turned towards me. He cradled his shoulder and then shot another web at me.
I easily dodged. "Does this stuff come out of you?" I yelled and without warning he shot a web at me again and I didnt see it in time. It wrapped around my wrists and roughly pulled me towards him. Once I was a couple feet from him, I kicked up and latched my legs around his chest. The motion pulled him down towards the ground with a thud. Once I had him pinned down I wrapped his own web around his neck and pulled harshly. He gasped for air and I didn't let go. I leaned in close to his face. "Let's make a deal." I whispered. "You leave me alone and don't turn me in and I won't kill you on the spot right now." His mask twitched at the mouth as he struggled for air. I pulled a little more. His mouth opened and closed and he finally choked out "Yeah, fine." I quickly took out my knife from my side and cut my wrists free from the webbing. I got up off of his chest and walked to the edge. I looked once more at him and then leaped off of the building. I let myself fall to the rough pavement before turning on my invisibility. I landed onto my feet and started walking home.
