the Computer
Tatyana and Peter live in a one-storey flat above an electronics shop. However, after a few weeks of living in this new home, Tatyana bought and renovated the shop with Peter's help. It was now Tatyana's full-time job, building and repairing electronics for all the customers who came through her shop. Most of them were elderly people who came in to have their computers repaired. Sometimes Peter could be seen helping her after school, but on weekends he was always at his desk, working on various electronics.
Even though their shop was small and customers were few and far between, at least they were proud of their name: Stark Industries. It was a well-chosen name, as they had both been taught electronics and mechanics by Tony Stark, and it was clear that they would continue his legacy in this new world, as they had done in their former universe. They were not selling new technology yet, waiting for more customers and money to start creating new phones, computers and other technologies.
Peter spends all his free time planning the creation of their arc reactor, he has created a small one, enough to power his suit and Tatyana's, but he knows that with enough time and the right materials, he would be able to create a better arc reactor, even bigger than the one Tony created. He hopes that by succeeding in overthrowing his former mentor, he can make Tony proud of him.
It had been a week since the duo had saved the bank and defeated Two-Faced. Nothing really exciting has happened since that night, the last two Avengers have continued to fight local criminals in their neighbourhoods, and it seems that Gotham's major villains have decided to lay low for a few days after the fall of one of their own.
Like every Thursday, Peter was at school while Tatyana worked in the shop, she was working on improving her radio, she wanted to be able to intercept the communications of the villains and, if possible, Gotham's great hero, but she knew that Batman's technologies were encrypted, but his encryption was child's play compared to Tony's.
[...]
Peter Parker was in his science class, he was bored, and he already knew everything that was being taught. When he was not in Tony's workplace, he spent all his time learning and experiencing with Banner. He was quite familiar with everything that had to do with science, he loved to hypothesise with Bruce to create new formulas, even if half the time it resulted in an explosion that Tony had to pay for.
This time, however, Peter's boredom is replaced by annoyance when the teacher reveals that today's experiment will be done with a partner. Peter had to work with someone; he loved pairings in Midtown, but here he was in a private school in Gotham, full of rich people who all acted like Flash. He couldn't help being mentally older than his classmates. He was almost an adult before he entered this new world, and he still had no idea how his body reverted to 16 years old, he was two years back. It was at this age that he met Tony and Tatyana.
"Peter Parker?" the teacher says, causing Peter to lift his head from his science book. "You will be paired with Tim Drake, please Tim raise your hand so Peter can find you."
Peter signed before standing up, quickly grabbing his things before moving towards the only raised hand. Peter was the only one at the back of the classroom, he had no neighbouring classroom because he was added to the school and this class at the last minute. Thanks to Tatyana's hack, he was able to enrol in this school without too much trouble, and his good grades helped him to allay suspicions about his sudden appearance.
Peter starts to walk towards the boy, who has a buzz cut and icy blue, droopy eyes. But what struck Peter most was his pale skin and the huge dark circles under his eyes. Peter was also quite surprised by the teenager's physique, while his muscles are hidden behind his uniform, the same cannot be said for Tim. Thick neck, thick torso and large shoulders, it was obvious that the teenager in front of him was full of muscles.
"Hello," Peter said as he sat down next to Tim after the other teenagers had greeted him.
After the greeting, Peter kept his eyes forward, listening and watching as the teacher described the experiences they were about to have and gave instructions.
But he could feel his partner's eyes on him. What the Avengers could not know was that Tim was fascinated by the boy next to him, not seeming to know him, or at least not showing any interest in the fact that he was the adopted son of the richest man in Gotham. The truth was that Peter did not know that sitting next to him was the adopted son of Bruce Wayne, the man he considered to be the alternative version of Tony Stark in this universe.
[...]
While Peter was at school, Tatyana was still working on improving the radio when she was disturbed by the sound of the shop door opening. She was about to greet the new customer, but when she saw the familiar older man in front of her, she smiled, he was her favourite customer.
“Hello Henry, I hope you're doing well today! Is that right, are you here again to fix your computer?” she left her worktable to come closer to the counter. “I'm sure you'll agree that it's definitely time to think about investing in a new one. After all, this is the third time in a month that you've been here for the same thing”.
She was about to laugh at the situation, but when she looked at the older man in front of her, she knew something was wrong. He was looking down, his face was dark and his eyes were teary.
“I was robbed again yesterday they broke a lot of things and they stole my computer” he confessed, he was physically fine but the woman could guess that the robbery affected him emotionally.
“I have a few computers that I have bought from a dump and that I have repaired, they are like brand new, I will bring one out and give it to you”
“There is no need to worry. I have no requirement for another one. I only kept it because it contained pictures of my late wife and daughter. I no longer require a computer”
“I am so sorry Henry, is there anything I can do?” she asks hopeful.
“I am bringing my old phone, do you think you can recover some photos? It stopped working a few years ago but I am certain there are some photos of my favourite girls” he grabbed the phone from one of his pockets before dropping it on the counter.
“That I am sure I can do, can you give me your address so I can personally deliver it to you when as soon as it is ready”.
[...]
“Tatyana, what are we doing here?” asks Peter confused.
They were both crouched on the roof of a building near a warehouse, Peter could hear men talking inside the building and through the window in front of them, he could tell from their clothing what they were.
“Why are we in front of a Penguin warehouse? Isn’t Nightwing supposed to take care of this guy?”
“Normally yes, but we are not here to arrest Penguin, we are here to steal back Henry’s computer”
“Henry? As in old man Henry from the shop?”
“Yes, some Penguin followers broke into his house and stole his computer, I would not have done anything, but he told me that all the remaining photos of his dead wife and daughters were in it”
With just his sentence, Peter was more than ready to beat up some men and return the computer to its rightful owner.
The two Avengers planned their silent intrusion to steal the computer back from her shop, Tatyana had followed the IP address to this location. She still did not know why they were stealing this computer, as Henry was just an ordinary old man. However, her plan was interrupted by the sudden arrival of two superheroes in the warehouse.
“Fucking Nightwing and Robin” she mumbled in annoyance. “Let’s go, Peter!”
Without waiting, she leaps from the building towards the window, smashing the glass with one punch and shooting a web towards the ceiling with a quick movement, knocking out two men in front of her before getting back up. She was followed by Spiderman who began to fight some Penguin’s men.
“Who the hell are you?”
The Red Widow remains silent as the youngest Spider waves at the blue and back superhero in front of them before returning to the fight.
Nightwing and his little brother were confused and surprised by the sudden appearance of the two new, mysterious superheroes. It was the first time the two Spiders had attacked a warehouse, they usually stuck to fighting petty criminals in the neighbourhood, but since the bank, they seemed to be taking on more and more of Gotham's known villains.
The Dark Knight's two adopted sons remain suspicious of their presence, but their priority is to fight the Penguin's henchmen and hopefully gain new information about his whereabouts so that they can finally put him in Arkham alongside Two-Faced.
The four superheroes fought the bad guys, but it seemed that more and more men were coming as if they knew they were coming. Not the Avengers, Penguin's new Nightwing and Robin would attack this warehouse, but why?
After a few fights, the four of them were surrounded by many men, their backs to each other. Tatiana thought it was time to ask the oldest Bat.
“Nightwing, they knew you guys were coming, how?” asks Tatyana.
“What?”
“There are too many people in this warehouse, don’t you believe it is weird?”
“You're right, we came here because his men stole something important and the IP showed this address, he knew we'd find it and came here the bastard”, Nightwing was angry for falling to Penguin’s trick and bringing Robin to this trap.
Are they looking for Henry's computer? Was Henry hiding something important for Nightwing to be looking for? Tatyana began to think that the old man was hiding something.
“I see, then we better knock them all out”
“But there are too many of them, I better call Batman…” Nightwing begins to say but he is shut down by Tatyana screaming for her teammates to follow her.
With quick movements, the two spiders begin to shoot web after web, trapping villain after villain. Using their spider senses, they were able to fight off several people at once. Their actions caused the two Bat superheroes to quickly follow in their footsteps.
“Robin careful!” screams Nightwing scared.
The smallest Bat was surrounded by Penguin's men, his back to the wall. His weapon was also disarmed and pushed away from him, and he was now fighting with his hand. Nightwing was dealing with several men and could not run to his teammate. He cursed and began to fight more furiously, determined to save his little brother.
Then Robin was surrounded by smoke after one of the villains threw a smoke grenade. Nightwing could no longer see his brother. Robin could not see what was happening across the smoke, he was crouched. Then, he felt someone drop behind him. From the other side of the room, Nightwing could see men armed with guns walking toward the ball of smoke.
“No! Robin!”
And soon, NIghtwing saw that the men were shooting toward Robin.
“Don’t move!” the presence screams to Robin.
It was Tatyana who took the smallest superhero in her arms and covered him with her whole body. She pressed a button and wings unfolded from her back, covering her and the boy in her arms. The Red Widow could hear Robin's heart pounding, he was scared.
“I am here,” she says calmly. “You are fine okay? My wings are protecting us”.
She removed her arms and stroked his head with her right hand, hoping it would calm him, and as his heart slowed, he calmed down.
“Let's wait for your friend and mine to defeat the armed men”, she ruffled his hair before standing up, soon followed by Robin.
The youngest Bat was confused by the female hero's actions; she saved him, why? Also, he couldn't admit it to himself, but her motherly actions made him blush, but he convinced himself it was out of embarrassment.
After a few minutes, the shootings stopped and Tatyana heard the voice of Peter in her helmet saying that the remaining men were down. She removes her wings and removes herself from Robin, she begins to walk away, toward Spiderman while Nightwing runs to his little brother.
“Are you okay?” Nightwing asks concerned and anxious.
“Yes, she protected me” he simply said, averting his eyes from his brother.
The blue and black superhero was suspicious of Robin’s actions, but he appeared fine to him. He would discuss it with him later on when they would be back to Bruce’s manoir.
“Okay?” Tatyana asks Peter, who responds with a thumbs up. “Great, let’s find what we came here for, quickly, I think they are looking for the same thing”.
The two spiders run around the warehouse looking for Henry’s computer. After some time they enter a storage room, and they see their objective on top of a wooden box. Tatyana grabs it but as they are turning back to leave the room, they are stopped by the two Bats.
“Sorry, but the computers will be leaving with us, thanks for saving Robin but we cannot let you leave with it,” Nightwing speaks blocking the door, Robin standing next to him.
“No” she simply states, “Spider, the window!”
After her order, Spiderman runs to the window, and breaks it with a punch, before disappearing from the view of the two other heroes.
“Wait!” screams Nightwings as he sees the woman spider doing the same.
Without stopping, the woman disappears from their view, shooting a web to the building next to the warehouse.
“He is going to be pissed…” the man mumbled, brushing his face with annoyance.
“Yeah, you are so dead” Robin smirks.
“Not helping!” he remarks angrily.