Spider-Man: Duty and Loss Chapter 53: Downfall Of Shield

"Peter what's that?" An overview of the building appeared on the screen. Felecia stared intently at the TV as she reviewed where she had seen that river before. The scene struck a chord in her head and it took her a while to figure out what she was looking at.

As the daughter of one of the best thief's in the world she knew of some of the places that she had to avoid at all costs and that included the headquarters of Shield; an organization that had locked up her father, before pardoning him when he did them a favor once or twice.

It was hard on her family when her Father was in jail, and it was one of the reasons that he had left that carrier behind him when he got out. It was also one of the reasons that he chastised his daughter's nightly endeavors, if she was ever caught.

While Felicia figured out what she was looking at Peter discreetly put a comm. device in his ear. "I have hacked into their surveillance systems Peter. Captain America just arrived." Peter gave a small nod as the screen suddenly changed. "I will optimize showing key players and objectives throughout the situation."

Peter nodded his head again even though he wasn't up to date on the main characters. Crystal always had a way of assessing the data and finding what to focus on. And so it began as Peter started to fill in Felicia on what was going on.

Needless to say she was shocked to find out that Shield had been compromised by Hydra, a Nazi death cult, and that they were trying to enact a play to kill millions of superhuman individuals as well as whoever else they wanted.

The first thing she asked was if she was a target. Peter struggled with telling her as it would only cause unneeded worry, but in the end she deserved to know, so he gave a small nod. But before she could start to freak out and ask more questions he explained how she was in no trouble, as well as how Captain America was dealing with the problem.

Hearing that an avenger was dealing with the situation did alleviate her fears somewhat but she still had more questions. So as the situation began to develop Peter explained every worry she had away, anything she could think of was answered, well everything except who his tech, hacking genius was.

He still wanted to keep Crystal a secret for the time being.

But soon enough the questions settled down as the situation developed. It was like watching a movie, the sneaking in to the Triskelion, the order to launch the helicarriers; everything was caught on camera and relayed to the screen.

With Crystal's machinations every key moment was shown, including the scene at the council. And Peter's eyes paused as he watched what happened up there. The first thing that drew his eye was the red hair; it made him think of a very specific person. So to his immense surprise when he saw Natasha's face appear he sat a little straighter.

Felicia noticing his reaction felt a small pang of jealousy, as she saw his wide eyed stare at the red woman. Pinching his leg for a few seconds Peter snapped out of his daze, a million thoughts racing through his head as he continued to watch.

"Was that Nat? What the what?!!" But he wasn't a stupid person, he started to go over all the other facts he knew about her as well as her, 'Consulting' job that took her all over the world constantly. 'So she was the infamous Black widow?' 'Crystal must have know.' He rubbed his chin in thought. 'Well I did say to leave it alone.'

Peter let out a small chuckle as he realized that he had somehow made friends with one of the deadliest assassins in the world, though the fact that she was only 18 definitely surprised him. Going forwards he wondered what would happen the next time he met her.

It wasn't long before Nick Fury also turned up, obviously not dead. But by this time the Helicarriers had already started to take off. Despite their best efforts the ships were still launched and the plan was well on its way.

Thankfully Captain America and a new guy called 'Falcon', dubbed that by Crystal, managed to find their way onboard. Honestly it was a nail biting scene, the clock getting closer and closer to zero, no one knowing that it didn't matter.

Captain America and a guy with a metal arm slugging it out until all the ships, the base, everything was decimated. It was an enthralling moment.

In the end the Captain was fine, we couldn't get many details from the images we were getting but he was alive, seemingly saved by the person that almost killed him. The situation had been settled, though a small part of Peter grieved the loss of life that took place, he knew he couldn't make it.

The screen faded to black as Peter stretched his tired muscles. Felicia also got up from the couch and got something to eat. Peter watched as she went and got up himself, he needed something to eat as well. 'Now what am I going to do for the rest of the day?'

Chapter end