Part II
To say the next forty-eight hours of Gwen's life were very far from easy, to say the least. But before we jump ahead it starts the morning after she took down the mugger with a very rude awakening.
*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
"Ugh, I am so not ready for this day to start" stated a tired Gwen. "just *yawn* five more minutes" she slammed the snoozed button.
Much to her displeasure the alarm gives out a loud beeping sound again.
"Alright I'm up" glaring at the contraption that interrupted her previous slumber. The harsh red lights glowed brightly the time of 6:00 A.M.
Gwen made her way to grab a comfy outfit for the day not bothering to worry about looks cause honestly who had the time, especially after last night? As she continues her morning routine to not look completely like a homeless person she steps out of her room to find her dad cooking breakfast.
"Morning! I'm just keeping things simple with eggs, bacon, and some toast. More than welcome to have some just get however much you need"
"Morning Dad. And thanks" She makes her way over to grab her portions of food. As she was piling on her food she heard her dad ask.
"Did you not get much to eat last night?"
"Um.. yeah it was just something light so I feel like I could eat a restaurant out of business"
"Oh well if I'd known I could of made you more... but I was also going to ask did you hear about the mugging that happened not too far from the apartment"
Gwen froze from eating and going slightly rigid, "Um not that I'm aware of maybe I was asleep or something before all the craziness occurred"
Quickly losing her appetite as fast as she wanted to get out of the situation "Well look at the time I'm about to run late to school I'll see you later Dad" Gwen quickly makes her way to the door almost forgetting to bring her backpack with her.
"Huh, that was odd," haveGwen's father says to himself before continuing with making his meal.
As Gwen was speedily taking her route to make it to school on time she realized that she may have forgotten to do some of the assignments she had the night before after all the excitement from the previous day.
"I should be able to get help from Peter if I even need it to get back on track. Speaking of Peter where is that boy at?" Gwen ponders as she makes her way up the school steps.
As she makes her way to her locker she spots Peter waiting on her. She gets a slight warmth through her body knowing that he's been waiting for her.
"Hey Pete," she says as she leans up pressing a quick kiss to his lips. " Do you by any chance have Mrs. Millers' English assignment done? I didn't have the time last night to finish with my other projects."
"Wait we had homework in English!" Peter exclaims as he goes fishing in his backpack hoping that the assignment will just appear finished." Heh, I may have also not gotten any of my assignments completed"
With a roll of her eyes she closes her locker.
"That's fine I can just get it done during my free period third hour"
*Ring* *Ring*
Bell signifying that classes will start soon Gwen quickly tiptoes kisses Peter's cheek.
"I'll see you later alright?"
"Um yeah later bye Gwen" Peter stumbles over his words slightly as his cheeks grow warm.
As the school day progresses Gwen doesn't see much of Peter after the morning. Not thinking much about it and with the school day coming to a close texts Peter asking where he's been all day.
With a sigh she makes her way through the streets of New York as the hustle and bustle of the streets lull her through her trek. As she comes upon her home she hears in a nearby alleyway what sounds to be a possible drug deal. She quietly makes her way to the side of the building to not be caught eavesdropping on the conversation but close enough to hear them.
"You know the boss hasn't been too happy lately with the Spider guy screwing up his business"
"Yeah your telling me. I swear I thought he was gonna kill Joe after he delivered the bad news"
"That might've been better considering he's in the hospital right now. And let's just say if ya saw him you wouldn't recognize him"
"Yesh man didn't need to know. But speaking of which I heard that he's supposed to be getting a shipment tonight in the warehouse near the Queensboro Bridge"
"Yeah. He's bringing a lot of men in to make sure nothing goes wrong but let's keep it down who knows if anyone's listening? I'll see you later at 7 don't be late or you know..."
Gwen quickly makes her exit from the building and blends into the crowd around her. As she makes it to her building and up to the door she contemplates 'What do I do now'.
"I could just tell Peter he can take care of it but he hasn't been answering me most of the day" She slowly gets to her room spotting the clothes she was wearing yesterday. "or I could just take matters in my own hands and do it myself"
She finds another pair of black leggings to fit on and the hoodie is missing something she realizes. She goes through her drawers trying to find a black Sharpie before locating it. She brings the hoodie to her desk flips it backward and gets to work on a quick logo.
She brings the hoodie to her desk flips it backward and gets to work on a quick logo.
(Similar to the one on Tom Holland's suit)
As she finished up with her drawing she got a backpack out and made her way to the one place that would have the last item she needed. Quickly leaving a note to tell her dad she was off to Peter's for a school project that was due by the end of the week she leaves the apartment locking the door on her way out.
"Okay it's simple I just need to go get a mask and some web shooters no biggy"
As she gets to Peter's she realizes he won't be home yet since he's currently out patrolling. So quietly she makes her way up to Peter's window opening it and making her way inside of Peter's room.
"It's not stealing really if he would let me borrow his stuff right. I mean I've taken his hoodies before and that's the same thing," she thinks as she rummages around his room looking for the spare web shooters that she knows he hides just in case.
"So if I was a web shooter where would I b-" She feels a floorboard give way. Quietly crouching down and picking up the loose floorboard she spots one of the items she needs. She checks to make sure there's enough webbing and takes a couple of spares to just be safe. She makes her way to his closet and finds a mask that she knows should be somewhere in her if his first suit has any indication. Eventually, after 15 minutes of searching the messy closet, she finds an old ski mask that has been worn more than once considering the red has turned into a more pink hue. With the items in hand, she makes her way out of Peter's room quietly closing the window and jumping down to the ground below.
She makes her way through the streets of New York to find the warehouse that the thugs in the alley were talking about taking a glance at her phone saying it's 4:45 she rushes off in the direction of Queensboro Bridge.
As she comes up on her location she realizes that to her luck the options are limited being that two buildings could be the possible location for the meeting. She stealthily makes her way towards an alleyway and starts to climb the building from across the street. As she makes her to the top she unpacks the items she would need. First, she places the web shooter on her wrists to give them a test to make sure they're functioning correctly and to make sure she understands how to use them. As she tinkers more with the web shooters she remembers Peter telling her how exactly they work a quick burst only requires a quick press and release of the button while a long thread is held down and released to cut off the webbing. For the next hour, Gwen gets to work familiarizing herself with the web shooters and quite possibly thanks to the spider bite learns she has a good shot. As it nears closer to the supposed meeting there are multiple vehicles seemingly entering the warehouse across from her.
"I guess it's showtime," Gwen says aloud as she takes the hoodie she brought over her head and finally places on the mask. As sneaky as a spider she makes her way to the other abandoned building to get a scope out on security. Realizing that they have guards posted all along the perimeter of the building Gwen realizes quickly that this will be a stealth mission so the front door is definitely not going to work. She sees above that there is an old ventilation unit that could probably be her key to getting inside undetected at least from what she heard from Peter's stories. Soon she sends a web toward the warehouse and pulls herself across to the next building. In her mind, she thinks, "that was crazy and I should have practiced more before attempting that luckily there's way too much noise going on for them to hear me landing".
As Gwen makes her way toward the unit she pulls of the grate allowing her to access the vents and make her way inside.
"ugh this is disgusting it's so dusty in here that every time I move I think I'm causing a dust storm of some kind".
As she slowly makes further progress she starts to hear slight murmuring of voices from ahead. Eventually, Gwen made it to the next grate that opens up to the warehouse. From her current vantage point, she spots 5 men walking around and two who seem to be putting the deal in place. Quietly she removes the obstacle in front of her and makes her way up to the rafters of the building. She soon realizes there are way more than just 5 guys here.
"What can they be selling? There's got to be at least 50 or so guys down there and that not even including the other 10 or so I saw outside"
She wonders how she's gonna be able to stop this before she feels a light tap on her shoulder. Without any hesitation from being spooked, Gwen turns around and in the same instant goes for a right hook to the person behind her before her hand is caught.
"You may wanna learn to control the strength of that punch or you may end up killing someone"
And there he stood... well more crouched but Spider-Man was there in front of her and she almost just took off the head of her boyfriend and she quickly realizes she hadn't said anything.
"So who are you supposed to be? Cause that last I knew I was the only vigilante around these parts"
Still stunned by the revelation that he's here she allows him to continue.
"Also, what's with the get-up? I mean I'm flattered but I believe there's only one spider person in New..."
Spider-Man's eyes quickly widen in realization and slightly narrow.
"Gwen!' Peter whispers and shouts. "What are you doing here this is not safe and you have not protection wait is that my old mask and did you take my old web shooters"
"Umm, Hi Pete".