Gotham Spider

Chapter 7: Meeting the Bat

Night fell, which meant it was time for Spider-Man to go to work in Gotham for the first time. I changed out of my suit and tie and put my mask on, swinging out of my apartment as I did so. I landed on the roof of a nearby building and started going through different signals. Police Scanner said there was a 10-30B with shots fired. Armed bank robbery, ok I can deal with that. I started tracing the signal from the police scanner that I got the police car I scanned it from. It was heading for First National Bank Of Gotham. I quickly jumped over to the Spider-Tracer I have in that area. A whole group of guys are guarding the bank and loading bags of money into the back of an armored truck. "Ok, should be easy enough for me to handle," I said as I started to swing to the bank, using my Spider-Tracer's GPS as a reference point. Halfway through the code changed to a 10-30B with an explosion. I accelerated my pace and got to the bank. There was a large plume of smoke was coming out of each of the windows. Amidst the smoke, I saw another shape moving above the windows. Batman was here too, and he was staring at me.

I jumped over to where he was and filled him in. "This started as an armed bank robbery. It turned to bombing about 10 minutes ago. I'll hang back and vent the smoke, get any people out. You catch the bank robbers," I said as the armored truck the robbers came in started driving off. My Spider-Tracer sent me the License Plate and I looked it over thoroughly, "License Plate number was stolen, but it's SLBK-6239 on a black and white armored truck," I said to Batman. He jumped into the Batmobile and sped off after the armored truck. Meanwhile, I jumped down to the now burning window and looked inside. There were 5 civilians and 10 tellers that were left unconscious by the blast. Before I get them out though, I need to clear the smoke. I started bursting down the walls with a few punches, putting that super strength to work. I left the support pillars standing, although that would only hold for so long. I then ran into the burning bank, grabbing civilians and pulling them out of the bank and onto a rooftop where they could actually get some fresh air. The police arrived soon after, and I filled them in on the situation...well...tried to at least.

The police immediately pulled their guns on me, causing me to panic and put my hands up. I was terrified, because they thought I caused the bank to explode and nearly kill those people. Then I heard a voice cut through them. "Hold fire! He's a friendly," I heard as the chief of police, James Gordon walked through them and walked up to me. "I didn't do this. I pulled the people out of the blaze and vented out the smoke," I said. "My god, you're just a kid and you did all that?" he said, surprised by my young sounding voice. I guess when you just finish college and become a superhero, you do sound really young. "Yeah. Batman chased a black and white armored truck with the money in it down that way" I said pointing to the south. "Although if you go southeast, you'll have 30 minutes to an hour to set up a blockade around all possible escape routes," I explained. Mr. Gordon nodded and relayed the information to his officers, who immediately sped down the roads, sirens blaring and lights flashing as they drove. "It's nice to see someone else fighting the good fight. Good work, kid," James said to me. "It's Spider-Man, Mr. Gordon," I said as I swung off into the fray again. "Spider-Man...impressive," Gordon said to himself.

I swung faster, practically throwing myself across the city and in a matter of minutes; I was caught up with Batman and the armored car. "Try get on top of the truck and toppling it," I heard Batman's voice say. "Wait. How did you get into my suit's secure channels?" I asked. "I'm Batman," He said simply. "Right dumb question. What's the plan?" I asked. "Get on top of the truck and used the stick power along with your strength to topple the truck over," Batman explained. "Good plan," I said as I landed on top of the truck. I stuck myself to the truck and started swinging my body weight left and right, slowly feeling the truck sway in response. I mentally started counted down. 3...2...1...NOW! I threw myself to the left of the truck, nearly toppling the truck then and there. Then I threw all my weight to the right of the truck and the truck flew off it's wheels and fell onto its side. Then I shot web nets onto the truck and attached them to building to slow the truck to a halt. Batman caught up and so did the GCPD.