Nightly living
"Ugh" Felicia groaned, annoyed. These fucking birds and bats. Maybe Felicia would actually have a chance at finding a way outta this hick town if these dumb justice clowns would mind their own business.
She turned her body's swifty to look at the guy.
Red Robin ? At least NightBird and Red Mask weren't so uptight all the time.
"What's it to you, Red? Dont you got some other "criminal" to piss off" she asks nearing the edge
He sighs "I kind of wish I did instead"
"You seem to be no older than a teen. Why don't you go home and study on a night like this"
She laughs mockingly as her eyes burn into his "Why don't you take your own advice" she smirks
His frown twitches as he throws a batarang at her. She cartwheels out of the way. She chuckles "You really think it'll be that easy?"
"Yeah, I really think it will be" he reaches into his pocket but he stops midway when he hears the sound of a grappling hook close by.
They both turn their heads and see a hook on the building. A hand pulls themselves onto the building and stands up. It's some fucking kid dressed like a streetlight.
They turn their head to glare at the taller of the three "Red Robin, are you that incompetent that you can not take in a simple burglar" he asks him
She sighs "I wish this was just a simple burglary" she
"Shut it cat, I could take you out with the blink of an eye" the Whelp barks
She laughs as if he told the best joke all week "Yeah, ok. Whatever helps you into your playpen crumb cruncher
"CRUMB CRUNCHER?" he shrieks "how dare you I-"
"Robin!" He shouts "get out of here, I've got it covered" he bites out
"Improbable, your mic is on and you seem to be blabbing out nonsense instead of taking down the criminal" he tells him
"Like usual you make this 10 times harder than it has to be, Robin" Red says
"The only on making this difficult is you" Robin spats
Red stares down at him. Narrowing his eye he pulled something out of his pocket he pressed a button on it and it exploded both sides revealing a metal staff all while staring at Robin.
Felicia whistles "that was cold" she giggles to herself
The Youngster brands a fucking katana from God knows where and holds it out in a readily manner.
Part of Felicia wonders if she should just bolt. The other wants to watch the drama unfold. Although this is b tier shit. Some Katana welding whelp and a guy who takes his "job" too seriously butting heads for God knows why.
Illegally Watching the Avengers fight over Sergeant Barnes was better.
She hears static. Now her enhanced hearing hasn't always been as strong as the spiders' but the Dynamic Duo just happens to be close enough for her to hear.
"Red Robin, you're needed at the docks by Spoiler."
A grunt "Red you should have been here already what's the hold up"
The whippersnapper replies "The "hold up" is that Red Robin is incapable o-" and gets cut off but a wave that zaps him and Red
Both Robin, and Red Robin start to float up I'm the air, dropping their weapons in the process.
The cat baseball slided underneath them and grabbed the puck. She dusts herself off. "Well boys , it's been fun."
She pulls out a grappling hook she snagged from one of them while grappling the puck.
She wiggles it around in hand. "Oh wait, no it hasn't" she winks and flips off the building and slides down with her claws .
Darts as fast as she can to the only place the bats don't enter.
Tim with his ear piece still in hears Red hood snicker "I think somebodys getting a lecture when the get back"
Tim groans while Damian snarls in response.
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Peter swings around from building to building searching for more crime before he turns in for the night. Crouching in his usual position on top of a building.
It's at times like this where he wishes he had Karen with him alerting him where the crime was, hacking into the police scanners following them and arriving before them.
He laughs at the memory of it. Leaving little sticky notes for Captain Stacy and his crew to find. He knew they didn't like him but they tolerated him which was enough in his book.
He shot up when he heard scrabbling and running. He got up and peeked down at the suspects.
There was a guy in a suit, black tie, pants, and shoes threatening some woman for some money with a gun. Usually peter would see nothing out of the ordinary and take down the robber but these were different.
They wore clown masks. A Lot of them wore clown masks. Some wore black masks, others wore animal masks. Maybe it's some three way cult. Maybe it's some mafia or drug ring or crime ring he doesn't know, this town is fucked somethimes
He slowly scales down the building
"Just gimme your money and I won't shoot ya" the guy tells her
"Please, please this is all I have" the teary eyed woman pleads. She looks in her early 20s. Young but still old enough to make a living. Well how much of a simple living you can make in a city like Gotham.
Peter slowly walks behind the criminal
They guy laughs and shoots up in the air making the woman flinch hard. "I must have missed the part where I asked"
Peter's heard enough.
He grabs the man by the back of his outfit and flings him to the side making him crash into the wall. The man groans and looks up to see him glancing down at him.
He grunts, and points the gun at Peter's head but before he gets the chance to press the trigger Peter backhands the gun out of his hands.
Peter Tsks "As if it would be that easy, Mr Criminal" he then webs the guy to the building.
"Hey, y-you'll pay for this, spiderman" the robber thrashes in the webs
Hey! It's Spider-Man with a hyphen dude! And I don't think I will. I'm just about broke at the moment" he explains to the guy.
He walks over to the woman shaking in her heels "Are you alright ma'am?" He asks carefully
"Ma'am?" He questions again. The woman seems to be taken out of whatever trance she was in and bursts into tears.
She hugs the spider and cry's into him "Oh thank you, thank you young man. This is all I have until next week to feed me and my family! Thank you so much" she sobbs
Peter smiles and hugs the woman back "It's no problem at all Miss"
She wipes her eyes and then eyes the struggling man in the spiderweb. Peter sighs "I should probably call the police on this guy" he tells himself
The woman digs Into her purse and pulls out a tissue " I wouldn't count on it dear" she blows her nose
Peter stares "why wouldn't you count on it?" He asks dumbfounded
She sniffs "the police In this town are very crooked. They are as easily swayed by the Crazy criminals in this city as a kid is to a cookie jar. The chances of them coming her to stop a simple burglary are slim" she mutters
"So, you're saying they will tell me no, if I report a crime?" He cries out. That's ridiculous.
"They won't directly say no but believe me honey, you'll be waiting here all week If you don't ask the right cop" she steps away from the wall
Peter is silently processing the new information.
"How long do those webs of yours last?" she questions him.
"About seven-eight-ish hours" tells her
"That'll be enough time for the Day time hero to find him" she sniffs.
Peter debates whether he should just take the guy to the police station himself. Then he remembers being a vigilante is sorta illegal so they'll probably be more worried about him then the actual criminal.
The woman walks past him readily and he walks behind her about to leave as well until the man shouts "HEY, YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME HE-" Peter webs his mouth shut.
"Well I think I can" he crosses his arms "Make sure to yell as loud as you can for a signal to hear if you wanna get out" he walks away with the guys muffled screams fade.
He walks up to the woman and taps her shoulder. "Are you gonna be okay ma'am? Do you need a walk home or something?" He ask genuinely
She thinks for a moment "I'll be fine young man, my car is parked a block up. Thank you again"
He smiles and thwips a web upon the top of a building and stands from the top saluting down to her. "Any time Ms"
She waves and walks away
"Oh wait not any time stay safe out there" he yells
"She's gone" he says to himself and flips onto the next building he is thinking of going home when his spider sense goes off .
He looks up and around but can't see anyone "hm"
Maybe he'll swing around town once more before returning to his hovel.