Entangled

JCarrasco: Of course!

Awesomerebel55: Yeah I honestly thought to myself, 'Would it be out of character for Peter to just fight these guys? No? Hmmmm…' and your right it is an ultimatum. I know that there are people who defend Ozpin's more questionable actions and sometimes their reasoning is fairly sound, however that right there was when I decided I do not trust any of these people when I was watching the show. And the last scene was something I thought of for a while, I wanted to show just how much of a bastard Norman is, and he is like Ozpin in that regard. Doing whatever it takes so that his side wins in the end.

Gamerlover41592: He's trying but man would anyone know what to do?

AnimeKing6: Hmmm, good question. Since Grimm are not technically alive there is no morality in killing them. However, Huntsmen also act like law enforcement. They help their communities, they keep borders safe, so I imagine the line is similar to theirs. Killing is fine as long as it's justifiable, at least that's how it seems for RWBY and JNPR. Blake and Yang only kill Adam as a last resort, they give him a chance to back out, but he just keeps coming and gives them no choice.

But I imagine it differs huntsmen to huntsmen. Qrow went after Tyrion the first time with the intent to kill, not subdue. Second time because he had back up he went for subduing him.

StriderSpider01: Thank you, I love those moments too, the hard part is that there's not many moments where Peter would go against the show's plot like that going forward. Like there's one or two things I can imagine brings up debate like this looking forward as far as volume 6. But I'll try and find things so that moments like this can happen more. And if RWBY was aware of the circumstances that Pyrrha agreed to become the next maiden, I have little doubt they would protest as well.

However Ozpin is also only barely justified in his actions because no matter what, Amber is going to die. So he justifies her sacrifice as a way to both not allow Cinder to fully succeed, and also probably putting her out of her misery. The whole point of May's story to Peter is that May's father put his brother out of his misery out of love for him, and Peter understand that. It gives him part of an answer.

Superjoeyf721: Agreed, some of them are legit criticisms and CRWBY does respond to those thankfully. For example, RWBY had less of a focus in volume 7 as it was more about Atlas and Ironwood than the Team. Which I can personally accept as it's helping build the new setting for the next two volumes, but we also come to the show because of RWBY and JNPR.

Guest 1: Yeah I am very proud of how last chapter turned out and I hope I can match it going forward when I need to.

The mysterious Mr. E: There's a preview of the book available!

Dracus6: Yeah. I mean it's better than Adam and Blake. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT! I SAID IT! COME AT ME!

Colossal of Omega: Yeah that's something I need to think about actually, part of me thinks he would just be quiet for the longest time (which is disarming when it's Spider-Man of all people) as he goes over every explanation he can for what he's learned.

And I notice that as well, what I do is I look at legit crossovers and see how they handle the dynamic. My favorite has to be Spider-Man and Batman by Mark Bagley and JM DeMatties, since DeMatties wrote both Spidey and batman he knows how those two characters work. Plus it subverts the one thing that all superhero crossovers do, there is a fight between them, but it's strictly verbal.

And both of them have their moments to shine while not disrespecting the other character.

Cruden: Yeah I heard about that, so unfortunate to hear. I don't own or have read any of his stories to my knowledge but nevertheless it's sad to hear of a creator's passing.

pyrojack25: Well like the old saying goes, patience is a virtue, and Last of Us 2, while I understand and apricate the story, seems more like….Depression the game. It's still solid but man you gotta go into it with enough good vibes to not feel flat out bad about everything. Right now I've been on an Assassin's Creed beinge with Ghost of Tsushima being my next big thing I preorder.

Keys of Fate: Well for all intent and purpose this….is that? It's RWBY from Spider-Man's perspective for the most part because Peter being on Remnant doesn't change much in the grand scope of things. I mean I get you want to see more of RWBY but Beacon is a BOARDING SCHOOL literally at the ASS END BORDER OF VALE with students only having weekends to go to the Kingdom. While Peter is a High school student who pretty much lives in the city, has a job, and is a SUPERHERO.

That's like….the definition of worlds apart. They cross paths when I can get them to but even then that's not a ton! Hell RWBY in the story so far have only had FIVE ADVENTURES with them in Vale. I mean I expect us to circle back to Beacon at some point in the series but still.

And I try to include them together when I can and when I think it makes sense in terms of story, hell I redid the entire Grimm Eclipse storyline into something a little darker since in the game RWBY doesn't even go to VALE!

And yes, Peter broke up with Yang because ultimately he didn't think it was fair that he should expect total honesty from her, when he can't give her the same treatment since he doesn't think she could keep his secret to himself. But that angle of Peter not telling RWBY his secret affecting his ability to stay friends with because they might tell someone who shouldn't know? That is how Peter treats EVERYONE outside of MJ who even HE didn't plan on telling. She found out by ACCIDENT. That's not so much an angle, more of a reason as to why Peter never reveals his secret to anyone, or rather shouldn't.

Pathos! That's pathos, that's the word I'm looking for.

And total honesty I stopped watching Ultimate Spider-Man after like the…..third Episode? I'm assuming your referring to the animated series because in the Ultimate comics, Norman knows basically from the beginning because he had people watching Peter after the spider bit him and they told him that Peter basically jumped ten feet in the air when a car was about to hit him and he pieced together that he's Spider-Man.

I just did the drone thing because I thought it'd be a nice update to the way Norman finds out as opposed to Norman tailing him on his glider, in broad daylight, right after Peter fought him and would reasonably be on the lookout for him. But that was in the 60's so you can No. Prize that as being believable for the times.

As for calling Ozpin and co a cult…..they use their positions as professors at a school to 'convince' a TEENAGER to possibly sacrifice who she is to become a maiden. All of this being kept secret from the world as a whole, HOW THE HELL ISN'T THAT CLUTISH?! Exerting their power and position to make someone who not only went there to be taught by them but are people who are apparently In charge of the world? They're the illuminati basically, which is probably more apt, but that's not much better, if not possibly worse if what the implications of that being the case are.

As for what else they could have done. ANYTHING? Maybe instead of killing Amber by cramming her Aura into someone, they could have someone donate part of their Aura to her like Peteiro did to make Penny! And he was fine for the most part! That means they didn't because they wanted someone that they could have control over. Or maybe make another Penny like robot they could transfer the Aura into! Or put effort into finding Cinder and taking her out at half power before Amber bites it and let the power go off into the world at random. In that case it's better for no one to have a maiden in their corner if Oz can't have it.

But no, Ozpin goes for the one where he has the most control. He brings in one of his students, tells them that the fate of world rests on their shoulders, and leaves out everything else.

Look Ozpin isn't a bad guy, he's like….a Jedi! They think that their wisdom means that what they think is right, is right. But at what cost? It's the Greater Good, for example you let a few die so others can live, but if that few is like children is it right then?

"Robbie I'm telling you, Yang would never maim someone!" Peter pleaded with the editor of the Bugle as he followed him through the office of the Bugle. He wanted to get in touch with Yang as soon as he could to figure out what happened but the first Airship to Beacon wouldn't be until 11 a.m. so until then he wanted to try and get the Bugle to hold off until they published anything. He tried calling her fist thing this morning but the call went straight to her voicemail.

Robbie looked over to Peter sympathetically, "Listen Peter I know you know this girl but that doesn't change facts. She attacked a defeated student on live broadcast." he replied, stopping at Ben Urich's desk as Peter stopped beside him. "Ben I need that Osborn story in five minutes." he said, Peter briefly glancing at the monitor at his desk. He could see a picture of Norman, the sight of him making Peter inwardly sneer in anger.

"It'll be ready in two." Urich Replied before Robbie walked off, Peter following behind him.

This is all my fault! If Yang had never even met me then Norman never would have targeted her! he thought to himself. Telling Mary Jane what happened this morning she assured him that it wasn't his fault what happened. However that was hard to believe when the news outlets were talking about Yang like she was some sort of violent maniac! "Ben you have to believe me-" he started.

"Peter I want to, but how do you explain what she did?" Robbie asked evenly, "And apparently this isn't her first offense. The Globe just published an article that links her and her Team with that disaster on the I-55 two months ago with Roman Torchwick." he added, making Peter's blood run cold. That seemed so long ago compared to what he was dealing with right now, it's what led to him and Yang splitting up on account of him realizing he couldn't trust RWBY with his secret and him being dishonest with her wasn't fair to her. "Apparently before she even enrolled at Beacon, she was the instigator in a fight at a nightclub. Junior's."

"Robbie that place is run by a bunch of low-level goons!" Peter protested as they entered his office.

"Maybe but it shows signs of a pattern Peter. And objectively? It's hard to disagree with what the Globe has." he replied honestly as he sat down in his chair. Peter folded his arms over his chest, "Look Peter I know you care about her, but these are the facts. If you can find me some that disprove them? I'll support you, but with what she's facing? They better be bulletproof." he offered fairly.

Peter sighed, "I know, I know." he agreed understandingly. "I'll talk to you if I learn anything." he said, Robbie nodding in understanding as Peter walked out of the office and closed the door behind him. Leaning against the door he let out a long breath, reaching his hand up he rubbed his eyes in an attempt to soothe himself. Opening them he saw Betty and Ned looking at him from her desk across the room, walking over to them he offered an empty smile as greeting. "Don't suppose either of you know anything that could help me clear her name?" he asked.

Ned frowned as he shook his head, "Pete man, I'm sorry." he apologized, but Peter waved him off. Ned had been present and had written the piece the bugle was going to run about Yang. But that was before his wife informed him that Yang was his ex-girlfriend, "Look if I'd known-"

"Ned, you're just doing your job. Not your fault." he replied peacefully. "What I'd like to know is where the hell the Globe got that information about Yang before this. Who wrote the article?" he asked, having not bothered reading any of the articles or watch any of the news about Yang until he heard from her directly.

Ned folded his arms, "Take a guess." he poised, making Peter grit his teeth. "Brock was doing a piece on the team but got in touch with Junior and got that info." he explained. The vigilante was tempted to swing across the street to the Globe and give Brock a piece of his mind, but he had bigger things to worry about than a tabloid spewer like Eddie Brock. "Look Pete, is there anything I can do? I feel bad about this, and if I get to wipe that smug look off Brocks face? The better." he asked eagerly.

Betty raised a hand to his arm, "I stress that it's something legal. And doesn't involve a tire iron to Brock's head." she dryly added.

"Thanks Ned but aside from talking to Yang? I don't know what else I can do until then." he said, once he spoke to Yang and heard her side of the story he hoped that he could get a better picture of how this happened. Norman was involved, that much was obvious, but what was eating at Peter was how could he have possibly done this? Norman was on the phone with him as it happened, so he somehow had it arranged but how the hell could he? He was hoping that having Yang retrace her steps up to the fight might provide some clue, something that he could look into at least.

"What about Mercury? Could he have seen something?" Betty asked, "No one has gotten his side of the story so far."

Ned and Peter shared a look, "Couldn't hurt. You take your ex, I take Mercury?" he suggested.

Peter nodded, "That'd help, thanks Ned." he said gratefully before walking away. I know I should be looking for Norman but I can't let him go after my friends just to mess with me. And who knows, this might lead me straight to him. he thought to himself as he reached the elevator.

'You find out anything at the Bugle?' MJ asked him over their scroll call as Peter walked across the Beacon Campus. After his outburst with Ozpin and the others, he wasn't sure where he stood with them. The entire Amber situation itself seemed to be the least of his worries right now, he couldn't do anything for Amber unfortautely but that couldn't be said about Yang.

"Eddie Brock is an asshole." Peter bluntly replied, "He's the one who published the story about her trashing Junior's Bar and RWBY being part of the highway incident." he explained. "DeWolf called me earlier about it, asking if it was true. I told her that they were there trying to stop Roman but I was too busy stopping the highway from collapsing to see what they were doing." he explained, recalling his phone call with the police captain. "After this I need to send her flowers or something. That's appropriate right?" he asked.

'Considering all she's done? Throw in a box of chocolate and a spa day for good measure.' MJ added, making him smile a little bit. 'But yeah, they were on the news earlier and people are really relied up about it. Some people are calling for them to be expelled.' she said as Peter entered the dorms. While he didn't approve of how they handled the situation, Peter did recognize that they were doing what they thought was right. And the team did learn their lesson if the Merlot incident or the Breach proved.

"I don't think it'll come to that. Ozpin will cover for them…but I'm not sure if that's a good thing." he admitted. The entire Pyrrha situation didn't fully sit well with him, May's talk helped but the fact that Pyrrha was in this position to begin still made him wary. "You talk to Pyrrha yet?" he asked.

'No…..god I don't even know what to say to her. I mean how would I even explain that I know, you know?' She asked. 'I mean….if she wants to do this, like really wants to? Then…..am I right to stop her?' she asked as Peter made his way to the elevator, only to frown when he saw a sign hung up on it that said, 'out of order'. 'I mean what bugs me is I don't know how much she knows…would it even work?' she asked.

Peter bit the inside of his cheek at that question, after his talk with May he browsed the web for any information on Aura transfer theory he could find. "Theoretically? Maybe? From what research there is on the subject, they've never tried it on another living person. People can infuse Aura into their weapons, objects, armor, stuff like that. But that's only as long as they're in contact with it, no one's tried what Ozpin is suggesting. Officially anyway."

He heard a heavy sigh on the other end of the line, 'I just…..if I knew what the worst was I think this would be easier but…what if by getting Aura she….she's not herself anymore?' she asked.

Peter paused as he reached the door to the stairwell, "I…..I wish I could give you answers MJ but-"

'I know. I know. Your big brain doesn't have all the answers, hard as it is to believe.' she admitted.

Peter smirked, "Hey I'm more than just a big brain."

'Right, your ego is so modest.' she said jokingly with a smile in her voice. 'I'll talk to her tonight after her singles match.'

Peter smiled, "You're a good cousin MJ. I wish I had one like you." he replied as he entered the stairwell and began walking up the flights.

'You never asked May for a sibling?' she asked.

Peter snorted, "Oh no I did, when I was five all I wanted was a little brother or sister to play with." he admitted, remembering how he would almost beg his aunt and uncle to get him a sibling for the holidays or his birthday. "But with how much it costs to raise a kid. I totally get why they didn't in hindsight."

'Well you'd make an awesome big brother. Just ask Ruby.' she said as Peter reached the floor where RWBY's dorm was located. However what immediately caught his attention were the two Atlas androids standing guard outside the door to the dorm.

"Hey MJ, I'll call you back later." he said before hanging up and approaching the door, both the androids' heads turning to him as he stepped in front of the door and looked at both of them. "…ok any other day I swear, I'd be nerding out over you both, but I seriously need to talk to my friends so….." he trailed off before the door opened with General Ironwood stepping out. "Oh, um….well this is awkward." he mumbled as the door closed behind him. "Ok look I don't agree with Amber or anything but I know that Yang didn't do this, Norman is behind it." he quickly whispered.

Ironwood gave him a look, "Are you sure?" he asked.

"He called me last night while I was watching it and told me that he doesn't care of people get caught up in our little game, so yeah! Pretty sure." Peter said truthfully. "But I need to find evidence."

Ironwood looked down in contemplation, "But how could he have arranged it?"

"That's one thing I'm hoping I'll find out." Peter replied with a tilt of his head to the door, Ironwood nodded in understanding as he stepped aside. "Thank you." Peter said with gratitude before entering the room. RWBY all turned their attention to his entrance, Weiss, and Blake sat on Yang's bed while the downtrodden blonde brawler sat with her sister on Weiss'. "Um…hey." he greeted.

Yang looked at him sadly, "Hey….." she greeted sadly.

"Peter what are you doing here?" Weiss asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I saw what happened and….well I want to know what exactly happened but….I'm here for my friends." he said, turning his head to Yang and giving her a supportive smile. The Blonde's shoulders relaxed visibly at his explanation; she was afraid that this would turn out like the highway incident with Peter voicing his disapproval with them. "So….what happened?"

Yang took a breath before going on to explain for what felt like the tenth time today, "I got him knocked down, he was out of Aura. I turned my back on him, but he said it wasn't over yet, and attacked me from behind." She explained before giving Peter a saddened look with her lilac eyes, "But when I saw the playback…..you gotta believe me Peter I would never have-" she began before Peter raised his hands.

"I believe you." Peter said with a small smile, Because I've had that happen to me. Whenever I fight Mysterio it's just like that! He's locked up, but could Norman have gotten a hold of his tech and made Yang thinks she saw something? "I mean you don't even squish spiders!" he said in an attempt to lighten the mood. His response being Ruby snorting a stifled laugh, while Weiss gave her Blonde teammate a look, Blake however wasn't affected.

"You can't squash spiders?" she asked skeptically.

"They get rid of bugs and make neat webs." Yang quietly said, "But you guys believe me too right?" she asked, sacred that her sister might not trust her.

"Psssh! Of course." Ruby said with a wave of her hand."

"Your hotheaded, but not ruthless." Weiss provided.

Peter cracked a smile at Weiss' astute observation. However Blake's notable silence is what drew attention, Yang was the first one to notice, "Blake?" she asked, hoping to hear that she also believed her. However the faunus couldn't meet her eyes, instead they glanced down at the ground as Ruby and Weiss shared a concerned look along with Peter.

"….I want to believe you." she said simply.

"What?!" Ruby exclaimed.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Weiss asked accusingly.

"Blake what the hell?!" Peter exclaimed as tears gathered in Yang's eyes, the bloke croaking out her name again. Peter knew for a fact that Norman was behind this, but the fact that Blake would even think she meant to maimed someone?!

"How could you say something like that? Yang would never lie to us!" Weiss asked, Blake looking over at her out the corner of her eyes. Looking around the room the faunus saw her friends awaiting an explanation.

"I had someone….very dear to me change. It wasn't in an instant, it was gradual. Little choices that began to pile up, he told me not to worry." she began to explain. "At first it was accidents, then it was self-defense, and before long I started to think that he was right. This is all just….very familiar." she explained.

Peter shook his head, "Blake that's not what this is, this is Yang." he said, gesturing a hand to the blonde who was looking at her partner with a hurt look.

Blake nodded, "I know, I want to believe you. But I need you to look me eye, and tell me that you're telling the truth, that he attacked you. And you regret what you did" she explained.

Yang wiped the tears out of her eyes and looked at her partner's amber eyes, "I saw him attack me, so I attacked back." she reiterated, her voice not wavering once with conviction in her eyes. Blake watched for any sign of untruthfulness in the blonde but found none, filling her with relief.

"Ok. Thank you." she replied, grateful from her partner's honesty.

Yang's shoulders delated, "I think I'm gonna rest up for a while." she said, the last twenty-four hours starting to catch up with her.

Blake nodded as she stood up, "We'll get out of your hair." she said, Ruby gave her sister a hug before standing up as well, Peter walked over and placed a hand on her shoulder, the blonde looking up and seeing Peter flash her a smile made her feel a little better.

"Hey, it'll ok. We'll get to the bottom of this, I got the…..third best reporter at the Bugle asking some questions." he said, Ned was a good reporter but he had to give the top two spots to Robbie and Ben respectively.

Yang snorted, "That fills me with confidence." she dryly replied, her voice sounding a little hollow.

"Hey, it could be worse, so you're out of the tournament. Better than being in jail." he provided. She gave him a look, "Look we all know you'll end up arrested one day but not for something serious like this." he joked.

Yang rolled her eyes but smiled a little as she pulled her shoulder free of Peter, the teen taking that as his signal to leave. Walking out the door to the room, he found Ruby, Weiss, and Blake conversing with JNPR. Jaune, Nora, and Ren were in the doorway while Pyrrha sat back in the room on her bed. Peter was instantly brought back to the Maiden situation, the saddened look in Pyrrha's eyes having a different meaning for him. "So, Pyrrha, you're fighting in the singles?" he asked. The redhead looked at him before realizing MJ must have told him, Peter gave her a smile, "Kick some ass."

"Peter since when you swear so much?" Ruby asked, folding her hands on her waist in an almost disapproving manner.

Peter rolled his eyes, "Ruby everyone swears. Literally everyone, just last week I heard your dad swear when he came to visit May and bumped his toe on the coffee table." he retorted. The team leader hissing as she subconsciously raised her foot and tapped it against the ground, as JNPR's door closed, Peter let out a breath of air. HE then turned his attention to Blake, "Seriously?"

The Faunus frowned at his criticism, however Weiss stood between her and Peter and gave him a firm look, "Look, I get what you're saying Blake. But really? Yang?" he asked.

"Peter, I needed to be sure that-" she began.

"But do you really think Yang would really do that to someone without a reason?" Peter asked genuinely.

"No of course not but like I said, it's similar." she defended.

Peter fought the urge to roll his eyes, "And that makes it ok? he asked. Blake's head dropped down in shame while Weiss gave the photographer a sharp look. He sighed, "I know…..I'm sorry it's just…..something doesn't sit right with me about this. I mean I believe Yang, but if only she saw it. Then…." he trailed off.

Ruby gave him an odd look as they began walking down the hallway, "Then?" she asked leadingly.

"Maybe he said something only she could hear, then she retaliated?" he suggested. Norman threatening someone to do what he asks? He could see that happening. "What happened to him? Mercury I mean, you know what hospital he's staying at?" he asked.

Blake shook her head, "Emerald said that they're flying him back to Haven to be with his family." she explained, causing Peter to raise an eyebrow. That didn't make any sense, those medical airships aren't designed for intercontinental flight, they would have to treat Mercury here in Vale and make sure he was stable before transporting him. And from the footage the kind of injury he sustained wasn't one he could heal from easy.

As they descended the stairs, Peter reconsidered the options he had. Now that he knew what happened it was clear that Yang had been played. But how could he prove it? It was witnessed by hundreds of people in person and caught live on TV. But he knew that Norman somehow, someway manipulated the match, finding Mercury was the logical next step, and they couldn't be back at Haven already. Man it's a good thing I asked Ned to look at what hospital he must be staying at. he thought as they exited the doors where they were met by someone who made Peter scowl.

Eddie Brock.

"Are you serious?!" Peter exclaimed as Weiss and Blake both frowned at Brock's appearance underneath the entrance of the school, leaning against one of the pillars that supported the small roof above the entrance. "How did you even know this is where they live?"

"There's this thing called a school directory, and there's only like three dorms so it was just a game of odds." he explained as he stepped off the wall, Weiss marching up to him with an angered look in her eyes.

"Mr. Brock, I'm aware that you may work for a newspaper, but we have no comment about what transpired at the arena." she said in a collected but cold tone.

"Oh, then what about the allegations that your team was responsible for the incident regarding the stolen atlas mech used by Roman Torchwick on the I-55?" he asked smugly. Weiss' cold blue eyes glared daggers at him as Peter and her team walked up behind her.

"No comment." she reiterated coldly.

"Oh? Then how about the fact that Yang Xiao Long is responsible for the destruction of private property at a club in downtown Vale?" he asked.

Ruby frowned at him, "Could you-could you just stop!? Please? My sister feels bad about what happened enough as is!" she exclaimed pleadingly to the reporter. However Eddie didn't seem phased by her plea.

"Eddie." Peter firmly said, the reporter turned to him fully, showing the difference between him and Peter as he had a good two feet on Peter, had arms thick as his head, and could easily throw someone Peter's size around if he needed. Peter however was trying hard to find a reason not to just knock him out cold, "Please…just let it go." he asked resolutely.

"Look Parker I get they're your friends," he said as he walked around and put an arm around Peter's shoulder, a look of annoyance crossing Peter's face. "but you gotta face facts." he said before Peter grabbed him by the hand and applied a copious amount of force. "Gah!" he yelped as Peter used his strength to make Eddie' go down to his knees in pain.

"Facts?! Fact is Brock? You're a half assed reporter who does whatever he can to get the headline and doesn't care who he screws over along the way." Peter growled out as Ruby, Weiss, and Blake jumped back in surprise as Eddie tried to pry Peter's hand off his. "You belong in the tabloids. And I'm gonna prove it. That is a fact." he said before tossing the arm aside, Brock falling fully onto the ground as Peter stomped off, Ruby and the others following after him as Brock began to pick himself back up.

"Peter!" Ruby called out as she caught up with him, "What is going on with you?" she asked with concern as she ran around in front of him.

"What do you mean he was asking for a lot worse than that!" Peter asked, gesturing back to where they came from.

Weiss gave him a look of concern, "That may be the case but you know better than to be violent with someone like that." she reprimanded. Peter stopped in his tracks and took a minute to breathe. "What's going on? This is something else than Yang, isn't it?" she asked.

Obviously, he was on edge, Norman's attack on Yang notwithstanding Eddie Brock had been a pain in both his and Spider-Man's lives for a while now. But he could handle that, going after his friends was something else. "I'm fine I just…..it's been a couple rough days." he admitted vaguely.

Ruby's silver eyes looked him over with concern, "Peter, what's going on?" she asked again, this time in a calmer voice.

So Peter told them, not everything obviously, but he told them about how Norman was wanted by the police for all the things he's done to Harry. Who wasn't even aware of what was going on in the first place, to say they were horrified by all this would be an understatement. "That monster! Where is he?!" Weiss snarled out.

"No one's seen him, no one has even heard from him." Peter lied, running a hand down his face as he did. "Harry's been crashing with me and May ever since this started. This is really hard on him." he explained. It had been tempting to just call DeWolf and tell her that Norman was the Green Goblin, that way they could draw him out of hiding. But then of course his secret would no doubt go out the window with that.

Ruby looked down sadly, "Poor Harry."

Peter nodded, before he could continue his scroll beeped, pulling it from his pocket he saw that it was Ned calling him. "One sec guy." he said, taking a few steps away to answer. "Hey Ned, any luck with finding Mercury?" he asked.

'Ok yeah, here's the thing. No one knows where he is.' Ned said, making Peter's eyes widen. 'I checked with every hospital in Vale, none of them admitted him for treatment. And none of the doctors on call last night reported seeing him.'

"You're sure?" he asked, turning back over to RWB who were watching him with interest. "And they couldn't take him to Haven right away right?" he asked, making the three looks at him oddly.

'No doubt about it, and get this, the ambulance crew that was supposed to oversee the match? They were called off; another ambulance was stationed there but none of the hospitals have records of it.' Ned said, his voice loud enough for Ruby, Blake, and Weiss to hear. Their faces morphing into surprise and disbelief at the news. 'I think this is enough proof for Robbie. I'm going to share my notes with him.'

"Ok, thanks Ned. I owe you one." he said before hanging up and giving the girls an expectant look. "What do you guys know about Mercury?" he asked.

Ruby shook her head, "Nothing, Emerald said that he's socially awkward but I mean….that's about it." she said with a shrug. "Wait. Emerald was the one who told me that he was going back to Haven to be with his family." she realized.

Peter cupped his chin in thought, "Who was the team who faced them before Yang and Mercury fought?" he asked.

"Coco and Yatsuhasi from CFVY." Blake answered uneasily, this whole situation had gone from strange to disconcerting in a matter of minutes. "But why would they lie?" she asked, not understanding what possible reason there could be for any of this.

Peter shrugged his shoulders, "Sore losers? If they can't get in then whoever beats them can't?" he falsely supplied, knowing full well that they were somehow connected to Norman. But he had to be sure of the method before proceeding, if the Bugle gets this out then it nullifies the damage Norman was trying to do. But it also meant that he might try again, I need to stop him. I'll get what I can from Coco, relay it to Ned, and then get after Norman. he reasoned. "You guys know where Coco might be?" he asked.

Ruby's hand shot up, "Oh! She's probably at the airship doc, I'll go with you." she offered readily. Clearing Yang's name, what kind of sister would she be if she didn't jump at the chance?

"We'll come too." Weiss offered, Blake nodding in agreement to offering aid.

Peter rubbed the back of his head, "Um…..I just need to ask her like two or three questions." he explained, while he was happy that they were ready to help, this wasn't really something that he needed them for. Weiss and Blake both slightly deflated, "Appreciate the offer though. If I need your help, first people I'll call is you guys." he replied as Ruby led him off towards the airship dock.

It would have taken a normal person a couple of minutes to scour the airship dock in search of someone, but with Ruby Rose and her at times blinding speed it took merely a minute to find the fashionista leader of team CFVY. "So what do you want to know?" Coco asked once she and Peter were a safe distance away from the crowd while Ruby chatted with Velvet who was happy to talk to the freshmen.

"It's about your match with Mercury and Emerald." Peter began, "See, Yang said something happened during her fight with Mercury and I was wondering if you remember anything odd happening during your match against them." he explained, causing Coco's brow to rise.

"Well I didn't fight the silver guy. But the other one? The girl? Something weird did happen." she said as Peter folded his arms across his chest. "See after we got separated during the fight, I swear I saw Yatsu coming up to me. But at the time, he was on the other side of the field when he lost against the silver guy." she explained. The photographer cupped his chin at her story, "I got taken out by Emerald right after."

"His partner?" he asked. Coco nodded affirmatively, It sounds like one of Mysterio's illusions but if he were halfway across the arena, how could he have tricked her? he wondered. "Think it could be a semblance?" he asked.

Coco shrugged, "Wouldn't surprise me, you're not a huntsman so you'd be surprised what some of us are able to do. Yatsu, big guy? He can make you forget things if he wants." Peter's eyes widened at the revelation.

"Seriously?! Man, that's…useful." he admitted, If I could get Norman and have the big guy erase his memory of who Spider-Man is? Then I could stop him cold!

Coco pressed her lips together, "Yeah but it depends. I mean if he uses it wrong, you could forget who you are entirely. So he doesn't like using it needlessly." she explained. The vigilante nodded, he could understand that, a semblance like that could do a lot of damage depending on who has it. "So why you asking?" she asked.

"Mercury wasn't checked into any hospitals last night, there's not even a record of the ambulance used to take him away." he explained, making her eyes widen. Tipping her glasses down she looked him dead in the eye.

"You're sure about that?" she asked.

Peter nodded, "One of my co-workers just called and told me, he checked with every hospital in Vale. And if he had an injury like it looked like he did? He'd need to get to one before going back to Haven." he explained. While the news footage didn't show a good shot of how badly Mercury was injured, him being out of Aura and Yang's weapons being shotgun gauntlets, it was safe to assume that he would need some surgery at least.

Coco frowned as she tilted her glasses back up, "It's one thing using your semblance to win a match, but framing someone?" she asked with disgust. She let out a sigh, "Oh god I can't believe I hit on her too." she said, noticing Peter's eyes widen in surprise. "What?"

"Nothing just…wow I'm surprised MJ didn't pick up on that when you met her." he said, recalling how friendly Coco was to Mary Jane when they first met. However with that little tidbit of information it cast the interaction in a different light.

Coco gave him a look behind her glasses, "Not a problem is it?"

"What? No, me and MJ weren't together, no harm no foul." he replied.

"Wait your dating her now?!" she exclaimed, Peter grimaced and nodded his head. The fashionista bowing her head down in disappointment. "Typical. Well there's more fish in the sea." she said, deciding to be positive about the news. "But anyway, you need anything else? I wasn't looking for payback before but now?" she asked before smirking. "Next time will be different." she said as she patted her handbag. Peter had seen her weapon before and needed no further idea of what the implication was.

"Um…..thanks, if you're willing to give a statement to the Daily Bugle? That'd be more than enough help." he said, reaching into his pocket to get his wallet where he kept a card with the Bugle's information for when he needed it. "Just tell them you talked to me and need to talk with Ned Leeds, he's the one working on the story." he explained as Coco took the paper between her two bare fingers of her gloves.

"Sure thing. Good luck with all this." she said, bidding farewell as she walked off to velvet.

Ok so Mercury and his team are somehow involved in this, but how the hell could they know who Yang would face in the finals? He wondered as Ruby approached him. "Learn anything?" he asked.

The team leader shook her head, "Nothing new. Sorry." she apologized, her silver eyes looking down in disappointment.

Peter shrugged in response, "No problem, I got all I need from Coco. Enough for the Bugle to start asking some questions and throw some doubt on the whole thing." he said positively. Ruby smiled at the first bit of good news she had heard today, Peter on the other hand knew this wasn't over. With Norman out and about there was no telling who he would strike at next, "Thanks for your guys help."

The team leader shook his head dismissively, "You're the one who helped Peter." she replied before frowning, "I'm sorry to hear about Harry….again." she added.

Peter solemnly nodded, "It's not your fault, Norman is just…..twisted." he sneered, taking the hooded girl by surprise. She had rarely seen Peter this angry at someone, "What I don't know is where he could be hiding, I mean Vale is only so big." he said, turning his head to look over his shoulder to the City in the distance. Peter had gotten a news alert that Norman had bombed the other buildings on his list so those were dead ends.

"Well he can't hide forever." Ruby said positively, Peter turning back to see her determined look, "I don't know why he….why anyone would do what he did to Harry. But I don't think he would just run away either." she reasoned.

Peter smiled at her intuition, a sense of pride going over him at seeing how Ruby was thinking like…..well, like a hero. "Yeah." he agreed before he realized something. "Yeah…look Ruby I got to go. I'll get in touch with you later, ok?" he asked as he suddenly began backtracking to the airships.

"Oh! Uh, ok! I'll see you-and he's gone…." Ruby said to herself when Peter was far out of earshot.

The sun had already set when Harry Osborn walked out of Murdock and Nelson's law office feeling some weight finally move off his shoulders. Murdock had been very sympathic to his situation and they had spent the day planning out his legal options if his dad were to be convicted. It was a little rough to talk about, considering his father being imprisoned but given what he had been finding out…..well it was a real possibility. But Matthew had seemed to see, ironically, how he was feeling about all of this and assured him what he was doing was the right thing.

Given Harry's age, he was set to inherit his family's assets without any hassle, and if he were to somehow not be convicted, Matt was sure that they could get Harry a portion of assets that would have hit set financially for a long time. Overall he was just happy to have come at Peter's suggestion, Man, Pete's been a great friend through all of this. I gotta do something to show how much I appreciate it. he thought as he stopped at the street corner, waving his hand out to grab attention of a taxi. Unbeknownst to the Osborn heir, he was being observed covertly from above, hovering silently in the air was drone, the same one that was used to witness Spider-Man reveal his secret identity to its owner, the Green Goblin.

Whom at the moment was a block away from his son, watching the screen inside his van. Watching as his only heir defied his lawyer words and found his own legal counsel. "Damnit Harry what are you thinking?!" he growled out in annoyance as his son entered the cab and began driving off. Hitting a command on the console of his computer he recalled the drone to the Van. It could only follow a target for a few blocks, and he didn't even know where else Harry could be going.

Leaning back in his chair, Norman folded his hands beneath his chin and considered his current situation. The police wanted him for questioning related to charges of child endangerment, unethical drug testing, and a half dozen other crimes. He hadn't bothered to contact Fisk, it'd be hard for even him to get him out of this, and besides once things got back on track he'd have to get used to not relying on the Kingpin. What he really right now was a patsy, someone who could take blame for his actions so he could continue to operate.

The problem was, there was no one in his organization who could take the fall, "This is what I get for playing things close…..but then again it's better than letting someone in and them betraying me." he conceded to himself. If his son has shown him anything, it was that he couldn't trust anyone to be reliable unless they proved themselves. The roof to the van opened, the drove descending don to the floor, Norman turned him his seat to retrieve the device when he noticed something on the top of the drone. A small red….Spider?

Before he could properly react, the rear doors to the van were torn off their hinges, "Geeze Gobbie I knew you were hiding out somewhere but I never expected the back of your car." Spider-Man quipped as he sent a webline to Norman and pulled him out of his mobile base, swinging him up into the air and throwing him on top of a nearby roof. As Norman tumbled across the surface of the rooftop, he stopped on his hand and looked up to see Spider-Man poised on the edge of the building, fists balled and ready for a fight. "Last chance. Give up." he threatened, his voice devoid of his usual mocking tone.

Norman tapped a switch on his belt, his Glider blasted out the back of his van and flew up after him. Spider-Man ducked beneath the glider as it flew at him, Norman leapt up onto his glider, pumpkin bomb in hand before lobbing it at the vigilante. Spider-Man sprung off his perch into Norman, the glider taking off through the air as the two battled atop the small aircraft.

Peter landed a bow to the side of Norman's headas he countered with an uppercut, Ngh! Well he's not pulling any punches so- Spider-Man sent a webline behind Norman to the corner of a building while the his other hand hit the glider. -Neither will I. he thought as he was pulled off the glider by his web, feeling the webbing attached to the glider stretch within his grip he let go of the building and rocketed back into Norman, striking him hard in the face and sending the both of them through the window of a building!

Goblin grabbed him by the front of his costume and threw Peter through a wall before charging in after him. Spider-Man sprung off the ground, touched onto the ceiling and then shot into Goblin's back with his arms crossed and slammed into his back, knocking the wind out of Norman and having enough force to send them both through the floor! The glider took them out the other side of the office building as Norman kneed Spider-Man in the stomach before using his finger blasts to shoot him off and into the air.

Flying overhead, Spider-Man snagged the end of the glider with his webbing once more and was yanked up into the air, the duo flying towards Oscorp tower. Of course. Peter dryly thought as he climbed up the webline. The police left Oscorp today so of course this is where he'd run to. Well your not getting away this time Norman. he thought as he climbed up the webline to the back of the Glider.

Flying over the roof, Norman turned back to see the webline hanging behind him, Did….did he fall off? Norman thought in confusion before a dozen more webline shot out from the bottom of his glider to the rooftop below him. "What?!" he exclaimed as Spider-Man swung himself up from underneath the glider and kicked him off it and down onto the roof, the webs holding the glider acted as a pendulum and swung the glider down into the rooftop, smashing the metal like it was in a car crash.

Goblin reached into his bag and threw a trio of pumpkin bombs at the hero, "You think this will change anything Parker?" he asked movingly as he threw a razor disk at the teen as he landed. Oscrop was the tallest building around so the hero's mobility was at a detriment, the razor disk slicing the shoulder of his suit and flesh. Peter ignored the pain and sent a kick to Norman's chest, knocking back across the ground he found his hands once again webbed by Spider-Man's webbing.

Goblin grinned as his gloves automatically discharged plasma to incinerate the webbing, sending a charged fist into the side of Spider-Man's head and painfully knocking him away. "Unlike you, I learn from past mistakes! Didn't I make my message clear?" he asked.

Peter felt his cheek bleeding beneath his mask, Great, he's still upgrading himself. He's nuts but he's still smart. He thought as he lepat out of the way of the plasma blasts that bruned at the spot he was at a second ago. Think Parker, how do you beat a egotistical nutjob…you insult his pride…..and I'm great at that! Peter realized before stopping to talk, "Yeah, it was loud and clear Norman. In fact it was so loud that you left a few too many loose ends." he replied, making the smirk vanish from Norman's face. "I work at a news outlet you moron, you didn't think I would let you hurt my friends? I looked into it, and I know it was a set up. I even have proof." he replied smugly.

Norman grit his teeth, "Bull."

"Anything but. I got witnesses that are talking right now about how Mercury and his team pulled the same stunt with another team. I gotta ask are all your plans this stupid? Because your batting a hundred with those." he mocked, Norman yelled out in rage before charging Peter. The teen ducked under the charged fist, countering Norman's attack with a hard cross, "You want to know why you'll never win Norman?! Because everything you do? All the selfish justification? It always blows up in your face!" Spider-Man spat out with a spin kick to the back of Norman's head, hitting him to th r ground face first.

He felt the back of his uniform pulled up, "You find out who I am? You get cocky and tell me who you are!" he shouted, jumping up into the air with Goblin before throwing him back down onto the roof shooting two weblines down and pulling himself down into the Green Goblin, the impact making crater on the rooftop. Norman however counter with a blast of plasma directly to Parker's chest, singing the suit and blasting him off, giving him enough time to grab a few pumpkin bombs out of his bag while his gloves stopped the current of plasma.

Peter pushed himself off the ground with his hands as the bomb was thrown, the explosive force knocked him through the air across the rooftop through one of the antenna. "NGh! You experiment on your son, and the cops find out and come after you!" he mocked painfully.

"Shut up!" Norman shouted as he threw another bomb. Spider-Man watched the bomb leave his hand carefully, calculating in his head the trajectory before he used a web shot to hit the bomb in midair, detonating it between them and giving him a brief cover of smoke.

"What did you expect?! Did you expect your son to not question it? I'm his best friend Norman, he told me! As soon as that article came out, he asked me if I thought you were a bad person." he stated as the smoke cleared. Spider-Man standing firmly in place opposite of Norman whose fists were balled in anger, "And you know what I told him? I told him that you put yourself first."

Norman was seething, "You filled his head with lies! I care about my son!"

"Yeah? Then why aren't you with him right now?" Peter shot back, "Because your hiding! Your afraid of owning up to every horrible thing you've done, everything Harry's been finding out because you care about yourself, more than him." Peter replied coldly, his eyes narrowing at Norman.

Norman let out a primal growl that shot out of his throat before charging at Peter, the teen ready for the attack launched his own offensive, his wrists flicking as ice webbing shot out into Norman's hands. The glove activated the plasma automatically, melting the ice and soaking his gloves, and the circuitry in them! "No! No!" he shouted as he hurried to yank the gloves off and toss them aside, the fabric burning his hands slightly as he threw them away and burst into flames. Turning back to Peter all he saw was a gloves had hit him hard in the side of the face, tearing a part of his mask off.

Before Norman could react, a webline hit his bag and pulled it off his strap, Spider-Man tossed it aside out of Norman's immediate reach. Norman turned back at the hero and lunged forward only to have a foot plant itself into his chest. Catching his foot on a web, he pulled and tripped Osborn back onto the rooftop, stepping forward as he punched Norman's head back into the ground, stunning him long enough for Peter to reach down and pull off his mask, revealing the bruised and slightly bloody face of Norman Osborn.

"Stay down Norman…..it's over." he stated.

For a moment, a brief moment, it was, Peter stood over Norman triumphantly. His greatest foe beaten….until the sirens rang out.

Peter's head snapped up and looked around widely, "What the-" he muttered as a sinister smile spread across Norman's face.

"Is it now?" he asked, making Peter's attention snap to the maniac as his Spider Sense rang all the way from the back of his neck to the base of his spine in a way it never had before. Turning his head in the direction it was pointing him towards, his stomach dropped at the sight of a ocean of blackness making it's way towards the outskirts of the city. "He…..hehehehe….HehehehehHeheHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Norman cackled minaicaly, Peter turning to him with a look of utter disbelief. "I'm sorry, what was that you were saying about my plans? HAHAHAHAHA!" he howled, Peter gritting his teeth in rage before stepping forward to Norman, reeling his fist back and punching the man down with a resounding crack to his face.

To Be Continued!

An: Wow I'm close to the end! Of this volume I mean, also if you missed it the first chapter of Daredevil: Man without Fear Season 1 is up under the MHA/Daredevil fanfic! And unlike this, I can be violent as I want in that!

I really liked this chapter, Peter being part of the Paper really came into play here and I can't wait for what that means after the dust has settled. Also I kinda used Peter as a mouthpiece for the Blake conversation there, at least as far as my voice when I saw that scene again. Like seriously Blake Dafuq? And I know that Ruby says in the show they took him to Minstrel but…..that'd be like….weeks of travel? Without a visit to the hospital? For what I can assume is a shotgun to the leg?

Now then in rwby news; WHERE'S THAT SOUNDTRACK JEFFERY?! Nah but it should be coming out soon based on prior releases. Oh! And they're already writing RWBY volume 9 which…kudos to Kerry, Miles, and Eddie for that.

In Spidey news….nothing? I mean I started reading the Miles Morales Spider-Man series that's been going on since he's gonna get his own game! Seriously I can't believe I didn't mention that last time! Man I'm so hype for it!

Man I love video games.

Anyway, next time we'll get into the fall of Beacon, and how Vale fairs as a battleground.