Chapter 2
Peter had been on his way to turn in his newest pictures of the infamous Spiderman to his boss JJ when he passed the Astro comics just as the door opened. Peter jumped out of the way with his almost inhuman reflexes having almost run headlong into the suddenly opening glass door.
“That was close...hey you should watch where your going...” he said in a calm tone as he looked at the male who has exited the store. The guy was slightly shorter then him with long jet black hair that looked to be a mess but was slightly tamed by a loose ponytail. The male closed the door and frowned
“Sorry...” he muttered tucking a comic book in his back pocket as he finally looked at peter with brilliant green eyes. Peter was slightly taken aback by the eyes as they seemed somewhat familiar but he couldn't put a finger on it as he looked over the dark haired male he noticed a few telling things. For one the male has rather tattered clothing on but it was all straight and neat meaning he cared about his looks but probably didn't have the money to upkeep a decent appearance clothing wise. Peters attention was once again brought to the males eyes witch were currently narrowed in annoyance. “what do you want” he snapped at peter who laughed it off lightly.
“Ohh sorry...I thought we might have met before...but I'm mistaken” he said nervously.
/jezze this guy needs to take a chill pill...he's a bit intense and he's the one who almost ran me over/ he thought to himself before waving off what he had said.
“Forget I said that I'm pretty sure we haven't” he said as Levi continued to watch him intensely.
“we haven't....” he said in a cold tone.
“yep that's what I thought and now....I am just going to go because...yeah” Peter muttered as he turned to leave the scene still mulling over why he had such a feeling of familiarity. Levi watched the male leave frowning slightly to himself.
“...strange...” he muttered to himself. He was about quite done with today particularly since he disliked talking to people. He had learned a long time ago that people only caused problems and they were best avoided. “I suppose I should go home...” he muttered to himself.
It didn't take long for the male to reach what was his 'home' witch as it turned out was nothing more then an abandoned warehouse that had been forgotten years ago. He slipped in thru the backdoor as he entered the huge open space of the main floor. He had been living here for a few months having run away from his mother years ago with no intentions of going back to her. He sighed and climbed the steps to the upper office parts of the warehouse and slipped into the main office witch he was using as a living space. The place looked as if it had seen better days but it was clean if not beaten and worn. He pulled the comic out of his back pocket and flopped down on an old stained mattress he had lugged up there after getting tired of sleeping on the floor. He hated to admit it but Comics were one of the few things from his childhood he had a hard time giving up as he opened up the magazine he started to read. After a few panels however he frowned slightly to himself. He had been right in front of Captain America. He put the comic down slightly as he took a deep breath closing his eyes as the encounter ran thru his head.
“...I should have expected as much..” he muttered to himself opening his eyes. “...but he's more annoying in person” he sighed laying back on the bed as he stared up at the ceiling. Part of him couldn't help but wonder what would have happened had he been able to present more of a fight for the other male...could he have convinced him to train him? Captain America was well known as a master of quite a few fighting styles including boxing. Levi jumped up from his mattress and put his fists up as if he was facing an invisible opponent.
“...guard...” he muttered to himself as he pretend to guard an invisible punch. It was no use he would have to learn more if he wanted to stand even a small chance against the man and even if he ever got a chance to spar off with him again. He gritted his teeth annoyed at himself he had had the chance to impress him and failed. As he stood there he felt a tingle thru his body his fists tight he punched the air in front of himself a few times intently focusing on what Cap had done in there spar. After a few seconds of this he felt a biting cold and finally noticed his breath was visible. He quickly stopped what he was doing and took a deep breath looking at the window in front of him witch had iced over.
“I'm letting this get to me...” he muttered to himself, before reminded himself that what happened had happened. What did he expect to have happened anyways had he been able to hold his own better? It was Captain America he hardly had free time and particularly not for someone who had no interest in crime fighting or being much more then a boxer.
The sound of a creaking door brought his attention back to the here and now as he recognized it as the groaning creek of the back door on the first floor. He frowned to himself as he slipped out of the room looking down from the catwalk balcony off the office to see who was there.
“I thought you said he would be here...” a voice spoke out being carried by the echos of the large main room. Levi cursed himself harshly having forgotten he had a meeting with his...employers. The slender male took the stair quickly and lithely as he kept an eye on the two rather rough looking men below who were inspecting some of the old equipment.
“maybe he bailed....he's not very reliable...maybe we should remind him of why he needs to behave ehh?” he heard the second voice speak as he jumped the last few stair and then collected himself crossing his arms before either noticed him.
“I told you to meet me outside here....” he said darkly to the two men who turned to see him. The first one who had spoke glared lightly at the kid before speaking.
“And I thought we told you to meet us at 6pm on the dot...” he said gruffly as Levi grimaced knowing it was quite a bit later then that.
“I got busy...what do you have for me” he said coldly in a nonchalant way. He knew one thing about dealing with these guys and that was never show weakness the moment you looked like you were scared or uneasy was the moment they exploited it for all it was worth. The other male rolled his eyes.
“Oy kid...you keep on being late you know whats gonna happen?” he said in a rough voice filled with malice. Leviathan rolled his eyes keeping his arms crossed his heart pounding slightly in his chest.
“you keep saying that....I don't have a watch what do you expect.” he said as he leaned on the stairs rail.
“thats not an excuse brat your lucky we let you do this job for us...best keep your mouth shut” he said threateningly as Levi scowled at him.
“whatever you gonna give me the package or what?” he said as the first male pulled a backpack off his back and put it down in front of him.
“yeah yeah...same as always you get it to our dealer on the east end...you get a cut of his profits and you bring the rest to us...” the man said pushing the bag to the dark haired male who looked at it for a moment. He knew better then to turn his back on these two they disliked him because he stood up to them...but he was also one of there best runners. He walked over and picked it up still watching them as he glared lightly.
“Meet me tomorrow then....outside...you come in again unannounced and you will regret it...” he said tursly. It was an empty threat because even with his strength he couldn't take one two thugs with guns...but it was an expected threat none the less.
“next time don't keep us waiting kid and we wont come in...what is this your little playground or something” the thug said looking around as Levi scoffed at him.
“Hardly...just a place I come to...got it” he snapped. The two thugs rolled there eyes at him obviously not impressed by his tough guy act before heading to the door and leaving. Levi let out a soft sigh glad to see them leave as he put the pack on his back. The sooner he got this done the better and maybe he could afford something nice for dinner tonight rather then cup of noodles he normally lived on. After he was sure the Thugs had left he slipped out the back door pulling up the hood of his hoodie he wore particularly as protection from the cold but also to obscure his appearance.
Levi made his way out of the industrial part of town catching a bus just as he got into a more populated area. He stepped onto the bus showing his pass to the driver 40$ a month was a heavy price for him but it was better then having no transportation and made his 'job' much easier. He sat down near the front of the bus shoving his hands into his pockets as he gazed out the window. He had to remind himself this was only temporary until he could get on his feet. Money was hard to come by particularly for someone like him...he had no home to reasonably return to and school well he had dropped out a year ago unable to handle it and surviving on his own. He watched as the huge buildings passed by the window as they slowly made there way thru the crowed city streets. It was starting to get late and the sun was thinking about dropping below the horizon. He hoped this wouldn't take to long or have any unforeseen incidents in this delivery while he was sure he knew what the backpack held...he also choose to never look at least then if he got caught he could truthfully say he had no clue. He sighed leaning his head on the window as he pursed his lips.
After a few stops the bus reached it's destination and Levi got off quickly. Being the historic district of New york it was filled with a lot more pedestrians walking around from one area to another. Small shops and large apartment buildings were everywhere in this part of town. Levi walked slowly down the street trying to not attract suspicion as he walked to the drop off point. He was to meet the dealer in the back alley near a small florist shop not far from his bus stop. In no time he was waiting at the designated point. Normally the dealer who lived somewhere in the apartment building next door would watch out for him and meet him in a few minutes after checking to make sure he hadn't been trailed. He stood against the wall the pack at his feet as he waited. After a few minutes an older gentleman stepped out of the back door of the apartments. He hardly looked like a dealer as he was well dressed and looked rather well off but, the dealers almost always were the more the blended in the more successful they were. The man motioned towards him and his bag as he walked over grabbing it.
“ahh good to see you....I was starting to think you were going to wait for tomorrow to bring my things” he said taking the bag rather roughly and shooting a rather dirty look. Levi glared back.
“Yeah....anyways....they want there payment...and I want my cut...” he said darkly as the man rolled his eyes.
“Blood sucking vampires the lot of you...” he said as he pulled a wad of cash out then seemed to think better of it. “...your not getting this until I check you haven't shorted me brat...” the male opened the bag looking in as he counted then glared.
“What?” Levi growled as the male looked at him with an annoyed expression.
“Just what I thought brat...wheres the rest ehh?” he said tursly as Levi felt his fight or flight instinct kick in and a rush of adrenaline as the man threw the bag to the ground pulling out a gun from where he was hiding it. “cough it up” he motioned with the gun making sure to keep out of site. Levi stepped back slightly but kept his scowl in place.
“Don't look at me...if your shorted talk to your providers” he said. He knew if it came to him versus a gun he wasn't going to win unless he was extremely lucky.
“Guns aren't toys” he heard above him as suddenly the man's hand was thrown back and bound to the wall by a thick white web like material. Levi instantly looked up spotting Spiderman. The masked heroes looked exactly the same as he always did from the news papers and news stations that often covered his exploits. “what about you then? Your not playing with weapons ehh?” the masked male said as he jumped down from the wall and landed adeptly. He seemed to pause as he actually got a look at Levi then looked at the man who he had webbed. The man had gotten his hand free and charged the two of them as Leviathan let the web head handle it. He on the other hand knew when it was best for him to disappear rather then get caught by a masked vigilantly, he slipped around the corner and into a nearby coffee shop glaring lightly. He was going to have a hard time explaining this to his employers as he hadn't even managed to get the money witch is what he really needed. He sat down at one of the tabled pushing his hoodie off somewhat dejected not sure how to solve the problem they had now created for him. The shop was luckily rather full and no one was paying much mind to the slender teen as he leaned lightly on one hand trying to think things thru.
“fuck...”he muttered under his breath lightly. He sat there for what seemed forever letting his thoughts wonder away from him trying to not think about the one pressing thing what he was going to do about his employers and how he was going to keep himself safe if they decided to take action against him. When he finally came back to the real world the shop was closing a young woman who had worked behind the counter was scowling at him.
“you need to leave sir were packing up” she said as he stood up
“Fine...” he said coldly as he shoved his hands in his pockets not wanting to bother with an argument. As he stepped out into the cold he pulled the hood back up then noticed ice forming on the windows of the shop as he passed by and frowned to himself. He would have to be very careful.