Spider-Man: Duty and Loss Chapter 64: Investigation

Peter made his way outside after getting out of his suit. Making sure that there was some dirt on his clothes, but not tearing them, he had enough of wasting his clothes. He made it out and started looking for Felicia.

By that point the Police, Ambulance's, and Firemen had already arrived. The area outside was cordoned off as people made their way out. They were shuffled towards the Paramedics, who made sure to check everyone before they left.

The police kept the perimeter as sightings of Spider-Man and Iron-Man had already been reported. It would be worse for them to interfere when super powered figures were involved, they would just get in the way. It was already a code they had to follow.

Well in most instances, they would still engage if the fighting was subdued and involved a vigilante. Spider-Man while considered a Vigilante by some, the Police realized how much good he does and had taken him off their vigilante list.

Especially after the last year of constant work done by the red and blue hero, the Police where used to letting him handle the more dangerous matters. Though they had his back if it was needed. This was one of the good things that had happened lately for Peter.

He had been Spider-Man for so many years, but it was only the last year when the Police started to treat him better, or at least didn't have standard orders to take him in as well. Even when he was a vigilante, most of the good cops let him do what he wanted.

But Peter's thoughts had been wandering, he finally noticed the vibrant head of silver hair that was in the crowd before him and made his way over. 'She must have changed it so I could find her.' Peter and Felicia met up, before making their way out of the crowd.

Peter took hold of some of the bags as they made a beeline for an alleyway. Making it into the dimly lit area, Felicia's hair color changed back to her original brown. As they walked towards Felicia's flat she started to grill him on what happened.

She had only heard some of the details, and wanted to hear all the juicy details. With a small smile on his lips Peter began to narrate the battle.

(Night)

*Haa* Peter let out a sigh as he made his way back to the apartment. *Swoosh* Swinging through the air, he kept his ears open for any screams for help and Crystals small voice in his ear. She relayed concise details of any crime taking place in the city.

Much better than listening to the police frequencies for something to happen. *Thwip* He sighed as he swung back as he just came back from the warehouse area. Deciding that he had wasted enough time during the day Peter had made his way out after Dinner and gone to the crime scene from the morning.

The area was still cordoned off with police tap, but some of it already littered the ground. After leaving it for so long, someone had already come along and ripped down the tape. Peter had pushed his senses to the max as he scoped out the area, looking for any clues.

After being a hero for so long he looked for all the obvious signs, but of course the police would have found the easy stuff. A small white chalk outline showed where the body once lay as blood was splashed about the area.

'Whatever attacked the guy was out of control.' From the spread of blood, it could be guessed that the victim had thrashed about when he was being attacked. It was easy to understand why the authorities believed that it was an animal.

The area was a small alley way leading up to one of the warehouses. The wall the chalk lay before showed small amount of blood which Peter starred at intensely. Scanning for anything minute, Peters gaze stopped on 2 small puncture marks in the wall. It was hard to tell on such an old brick wall, but there were two punctures that had been covered by some blood.

Walking closer to get a good look his eyes sharpened as he compared where the body had dropped, to where the puncture marks were placed. Seeing the scene in his mind, Peter easily deduced that the puncture marks coincided with where his heart would have been.

'So the man had almost died immediately, before the rest happened.' The small thought that this might have been Laura, diminished in his mind. Even though he suspected it might be the case, he didn't want to believe that Laura could be this brutal and animalistic without a reason.

It was more likely that a new player was in town, someone out for blood. He would have to find them and stop them. Giving the area a once over again, Peter finally made his way out on patrol, before finally going back to the apartment.

He could get Crystal to hack into the police database tomorrow and find out what they had found so far.

Making it back to the balcony a smile came to his face as he saw the small light waiting for him.

Chapter end