Spider-Man: Duty and Loss Chapter 50: New Design

Peter stared into the roof above him for another few minutes before finally, he spoke out loud. "Crystal where will these helicarriers be launching?" "At the Triskelion in Washington, situated next to the Potomac River." Peter quietly crunched the numbers in his head.

Although he had resolved himself to not interfering, he still had his worries. Hearing the answer to his question he let out a pent up breath. Washington was 4-5 hours away, he wouldn't be able to make it there in time, unless he stole a private plane.

'Which I could possible do' 'No Peter, stay here!' Slapping himself lightly on the cheek to get rid of the thoughts he slowly rose from the bed. He still had to return Felicia's phone. 'Maybe he could do something...'

Springing from the bed and walking to the door, it wasn't long before he knocked on to Felicia's door. Opening the door he quickly gave back the phone. Taking it back she raised an eyebrow. "Are you going to tell me what that was about?"

Peter was about to say no when he stopped himself. "Actually yeah I will, want to watch some TV with me?" Felicia still didn't know where he was going with this, but shrugged her shoulders. "Ok." Peter gave a smile. "Ok let me do something really fast.

Rushing back to his room he pulled out Crystal's Comm device. "Hey crystal could you hack a few satellites on rotation and keep track of everything happening at the Triskelion. Could you also please hack Felicia's TV so that I can watch what's going on?"

It took less than a second before she replied. "Of course Peter. Surveillance set up, stream linked to TV in the next room." Peter gave another nod and smile. "Thanks Crystal." "No problem Peter." With that done Peter walked back out the room and began to watch some shows with Felicia. It would still be another hour or two before anything happened. And Crystal would inform him if anything happened.

Though his heart rate did go up when Felicia snuggled up into his arms.

(Location unknown)

"MMMmmmMMMmmMMMM" A woman hummed to herself while she worked in front of a metal table. Equipment was sprawled everywhere as sparks came from what she was working on every now and then. In the background music blared out.

She looked to be in her teens, 16-18 years old. Her head bobbed up and down as she continued her work. A holographic display was changed and thrown away as she worked on multiple different things at the same time. A pair of goggles covered her eyes to protect them.

Throwing another hologram away she turned her head back to the suit in front of her. The black metal shinned from the lights above, small engravings, which were a personal touch covered certain parts of the torso.

The black was intermingled with red and a small ting of blue. The woman smiled to herself as she looked into the two eyes on the mask. The whites of the lenses stared back into hers, and she nodded.

Pulling up a hologram and grabbing a small dial, she twisting it a few times, she made sure that the eye lenses were working properly. Making sure that was perfect, she let her eyes drop down to the center of the chest.

A white spider logo was in the middle that told anyone in the know that this suit was meant for Spider-Man! Her eyes stayed on the logo for a few seconds before she got back to work. A few minutes later though the music suddenly stopped.

"Hey what?" Looking up from her work, she looked around for anyone in the room, before a clear voice came over the silent speakers. "Hello." The woman was surprised for a second before a smile broke out on her face.

"Ohh it's just you Crystal. It's nice to hear from you again.....How's Peter?" She started out in a cheerful voice, but by the end it had gone a bit quiet. It took a few seconds before Crystal responded. "..He is doing better. Just recently he started living in an apartment again."

A small smile came to the woman's face as she heard the news, but there was a little bitterness in her eyes. Mumbling to herself, Crystal only just heard what she said. "It's been more than a year and he is finally picking himself up. I wish father would have taken him in. He needed help...he needed me... he needed someone."

Crystal didn't say anything to the comment, as it was clearly only meant for herself. But she did crunch some numbers in her cortex. It wouldn't have mattered, at that time Peter wanted to be alone, if someone was to help him, it might not have worked. It might have even backfired.

Finally the woman spoke up again. "Thanks for the information Crystal. If it wasn't for you, I would have been worried sick, when he suddenly stopped messaging me." "No thanks are necessary. You are an important part of Peter's life. And you care for him deeply."

The woman didn't reply for a few seconds as she looked around to make sure no one was there as she turned red. *Cough* Cough* Spluttering for a few seconds and trying to get back her composure, she changed the subject.

"So what do I owe the pleasure?" *Pfft* The woman's head suddenly snapped to the speakers above her, she could have sworn that Crystal had just laughed at her. Before she could ask she got a reply. "Yes; it is about the project you are working on right now actually. There has been an unexpected occurrence which has changed parameters."

"Mmm?" She raised an eye brow as she got back to work, there were still a few details that had to be ironed out. "Do you remember specimen V?" Her hands stopped as her eyes widened. "Are you talking about Venom? Wasn't it trapped? Locked away?" "Yes. It was" Her tone turned serious. "What happened?"

"Due to circumstances Specimen V escaped and Peter handled it." "What! He should know he can't touch it!" The woman burst out as a slight bit of fear grabbed her heart. 'Was Peter ok?' As if reading her mind Crystal responded. "Don't worry, there has been a change in Specimen V. Its aggressive personality seems to have shifted. It is possible that we might have to incorporate it into the suit."

The woman stopped what she was doing and looked up. "Incorporate it into the suit?" "Yes, there is a 75% chance that Peter, will want such a change to occur. Your thoughts?" The woman thought to herself for a while. "Well I could change a few of the structures to accommodate, and use the vibranium as a sound dampener. It would account for its weakness to sound. I'm still not sure it's the best idea though."

The woman had a frown on her face as her thoughts went over many different designs, Crystal's voice in the background. "My thoughts exactly, we'll have to plan for..." A discussion on the design of the new suit and its new features went on for another hour or two before it finally finished.

Just before Crystal left the woman's voice spoke out. "How surprised do you think Peter will be when he gets his birthday present? Haha" A small giggle escaped her lips as she got back to work. "I'm sure he will love it." Crystal reassured her.

With that crystal was gone and the music started back up. Soon the woman was back to her work, humming to the song as she went.

Chapter end