THE DEVIL OF HELL'S KITCHEN.

(One month after Peter received the Spider Bracelet)

The borough of Clinton, better known as Hell's Kitchen, wasn't a neighborhood that Peter Parker frequented very often.

Its reputation as a troubled and crime-ridden place used to be kind of short, and that's why Peter used to stay away from it, preferring to stay in Forest Hills, Harlem, or just about any other borough but that one. However that night, Peter Parker was in Hell's Kitchen, clad in his Spider-Man suit and watching a couple of criminals, who were waiting for an unknown cargo for a mysterious New York crimelord, a man who was only known as "the Kingpin."

A couple of weeks ago, the young wall-crawler had had an encounter with a gang, which was in a meeting with a couple of criminal groups known as the Maggia and the Hand, which Spider-Man didn't know much about, only that they had armament and enough men to face other dreaded organizations like HYDRA and A.I.M.

After he had ruined some sort of deal, things had begun to turn black, apparently the young hero had started a gang war, but fortunately, people like the Heroes for Hire, the Punisher, Deadpool at some level, himself and a guy who was known as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, had managed to keep things from escalating too much.

However, because the five New York crimelords were against each other, to avoid further disasters, Spider-Man knew that he and the others had to take down the leaders of all the gangs, so that S.H.I.E.L.D. could intervene and finish with the rest of the organizations. And since the Heroes for Hire were after the Hand, the Punisher and Jessica Jones were after another criminal known as Tombstone, Deadpool was taking care of the Maggia because someone had hired him for that task; Peter had set himself to go after the Kingpin and defeat him, although of course, being only a 15-year-old teenager, it was quite difficult and if he failed, he had too much to lose.

For the moment, the young superhero was on the roof of a building, watching a group of criminals linked to the Kingpin, who were waiting for a cargo for his boss in an alley. And since the criminals were heavily armed, Spider-Man knew that the cargo was probably very valuable and that they expected someone (be it the Hand, the Maggia, the cops or any of the vigilantes) to show up.

Given the situation, the teen began to analyze in detail the scene and his opponents, trying to find a scenario where neither he, much less a civilian, could get wounded.

To his bad luck, because his Spider-Sense hadn't stopped tingling due to his proximity to the criminals, Peter didn't notice when it warned him that there was another guest at the party that was going to unleash in that alley.

At that time, Spider-Man began to slowly and carefully crawl down the wall, trying to stay in the dark so that the criminals couldn't easily spot his colorful attire, however just before he could press on the attack, someone else went ahead of him.

A man dressed in a strange suit, that even with the dim lights of the alley, was noticeable that was red with black details, came out practically out of nowhere and attacked two of the Kingpin's men, alerting the others. However, the most impressive thing about the newcomer was that he was just as agile and fast as Spider-Man, however, unlike Peter, the man in the red and black suit knew how to fight, and not just threw punches with grace and agility.

- It's him! - Shouted one of the criminals while he tried to shoot at the newcomer.

- The insect? - Asked another while he tried the same as the first.

- No, you idiot, someone worse.

"Worse than me, huh?" Thought Spider-Man. "We'll see about that."

With that said, the arachnid hero jumped on the truck in which the criminals had appeared, catching their attention and scaring them for a moment.

- Hey guys. - Spider-Man chuckled. - I'm sorry to drop unannounced, but I think my invitation got lost in the mail.

- Get rid of him! - Roared one of the criminals.

Before the criminals could shoot, a webline and some kind of metal rope, snatched off the guns from the Kingpin's men's hands. After that, the unknown man in red and black suit and the wall-crawler began to attack the criminals, leaving each one of them unconscious.

A few moments later, a truck appeared at the other end of the alley and when they saw the two vigilantes in red suits, tried to turn back, but Spider-Man jumped in their direction to stop them.

However, the wall-crawler soon felt a tingling sensation in the back of his neck and he saw how some sort of baton was thrown against the windshield of the newcomer truck, and it broke it, hitting the driver and causing the driver to turn the steering wheel enough so that the vehicle would end up crashing into a wall.

Spider-Man fell on the ground and rolled, then felt a tingling on the back of his neck, which prompted him to jump at the nearest wall, evading a series of shots at him.

After that, Spider-Man jumped back onto the ground and used several weblines to disarm the criminals inside the van, then the guy in the red and black suit entered the vehicle and knocked out almost all the passengers. Except one, whom he threw out of the truck. The criminal tried to pull a gun out of his pocket, but the attacker in red and black suit's baton hit him in the hand and made him drop it, then Spider-Man wrapped him in webbing and the guy in the red and black suit walked up to the criminal, dragged him into the light and slammed him into the wall, revealing Spider-Man and the criminal that he was the infamous Devil of Hell's Kitchen, Daredevil.

- What were you waiting for? - Daredevil demanded.

- I'll never tell you! - Said the criminal.

- You can talk now or you will have to learn to fly...

- You can go to hell because you can't fly!

- And you neither, asshole.

With that said, Daredevil grabbed his baton and pressed a button on it, causing the top to release a grappling hook that was shot at the rooftop of one of the buildings, creating a rope, which almost immediately retracted and pulled the Devil of Hell's Kitchen and the criminal to the roof, which caused Spider-Man to follow them.

As soon as Spider-Man reached the roof where they were, he let out a gasp when he saw Daredevil holding the criminal staggering on the edge of the building.

- Hey, don't you think...? - Spider-Man tried to say.

- Shut your mouth! - Daredevil snapped at the wall-climber. - Now answer!

- I-I can't! If I do, the Kingpin'll kill my family! - The terrified criminal replied.

- And if you don't answer me, I will kill you! Daredevil snapped.

- Whoa, I'm so not letting you do that! - Spider-Man snapped.

- Shut up! Now answer!

- I-I can't! - Said the criminal.

- Then you're of no use to me.

With that said, Daredevil released the man, causing Spider-Man to gasp and jump over the edge of the building, shooting a webline almost immediately, stopping his fall just inches before the criminal crashed into the roof of the truck.

However, the last-minute move had caused the criminal to pass out, just as several New York police patrol cars began to be heard at the distance.

But for the young vigilante, that only meant an alert from his Spider-Sense, which prompted him to do several back flips, avoiding several blows and kicks from an angered Daredevil.

- You ruined it! - Daredevil said. - I'm not normally on the side of journalists, but J. Jonah Jameson was right! You truly are a menace!

At that moment, a fierce fight between the two vigilantes began, with Daredevil in the lead, since he had much more combat training than Spider-Man, who had only started training seriously a couple of months prior to the fight.

- Oh yeah? Well, I'm never on Hawkeye's side, but he was right! You are a homicidal psycho! - Spider-Man said as he managed to block a couple of kicks and respond with a punch.

- I wasn't going to kill him! Falling on the roof of that truck would only have sent him to the hospital and given me time to interrogate him! - Daredevil snapped as he blocked the blow and managed to kick the arachnid in the chest.

- Do you know nothing about Physics?! Only an augmentated body could withstand such an impact!

- You're an amateur, boy! This is not the first time I've interrogated someone about the Kingpin's whereabouts!

- There are less barbaric ways!

Spider-Man tried to sweep-kick Daredevil to knock him down, but Daredevil dodged it without much trouble and responded with another kick, which sent Spider-Man crashing into a vent. Then, Spider-Man's Spider-Sense alerted him about more danger and prompted him to flip over, shooting a couple of web-balls at Daredevil, who dodged them while he retracted the half of his staff.

Spider-Man didn't give up and continued to spin his webs left and right at the vigilante, who dodged them with a series of flips and an agility comparable to that of the bearer of Responsibility.

After this, Daredevil grabbed his baton, aimed it at Spider-Man and pressed a button on it, shooting half of the staff to shoot at the young arachnid, who, showing off his Spider-Sense and reaction speed, dodged it without much difficulty, and took the rope that held the two halves of Daredevil's weapon together, to give it a strong pull and bring Daredevil closer to him to receive him with a blow strong enough to knock him out. However, Daredevil pirouetted and gave Spider-Man a hard kick to the face.

Fortunately, Spider-Man reacted quickly after the attack and shot a strand of webbing at Daredevil, managing to catch and pull him towards him, kicking him in the chest, which sent the vigilante to crash into the door that lead to the inside of the building.

Daredevil growled and got up, jumping out of the building as he split his weapon in two to attack Spider-Man, who attempted to hit him with several web balls, which were expertly blocked by Daredevil with his batons, then the vigilante in red and black roared and kicked Spider-Man hard in the chest, suffocating him and making him roll on the ground, after which, he pounced on the arachnid hero and hit him a few times in the face to finally throw him against a wall, where he hit the back of the head hard, ending up very stunned, and then he held him by the neck, cutting his breath a little.

- You stand in my way again, and I'm gonna crush you, insect... - Daredevil growled.

With that said, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen threw Spider-Man off the roof of the building, causing him to hit a fire escape and end up crashing into a garbage container.

Several minutes later, Spider-Man crawled out the garbage container, falling to the ground with a thud, panting, and feeling quite sore.

But on the other hand, the hero was upset.

Despite managing to stay in hand-to-hand combat with Daredevil, he had practically lost since the beginning, since despite the evident advantage in strength and agility that he had, Daredevil was a much better fighter, and unlike him, he had known well how he was going to beat him from the start.

And while he listened to Daredevil run away from the place, Spider-Man growled and hit the ground, breaking it.

- He's gonna pay for this... - Spider-Man said. - I'm not gonna let a lunatic like you stay free...

At this point, Spider-Man stood up, still feeling sore, and climbed up a nearby wall to gain height and start swinging back to his home, hoping he could get the smell of trash off his body with a good shower while he thought of a plan to stop Daredevil.