Hey guys, here's a story that I never anticipated doing but after playing the new Spider-man PS4 video game, it got me inspired to try one. A Spider-man inspired hero in the Arrowverse. I thought it would be interesting and after tossing around a few ideas in my head, I thought I'd give it a try. One thing to remember though, it's not going to be a complete crossover with Arrow and Spider-man. My OC is just inspired by the Spider-man game, comics, movies and cartoons. Him along with any villains I use.

One little excursion to Central City in December turned out to be a blessing in disguise for one of Starling City's residents. One small encounter turned out to chance his whole world from that point. But it doesn't stop there are he learns that being different might also mean helping people if he can. With great power comes…a lot of weird crap.

The Spectacular Spider-man: Once is happenstance, twice is coincident, three times is fate

December 11, 2013-Central City

The city was busy with excitement as the STAR Labs Particle Accelerator was going to be turned on tonight. It was a big deal in the science community as it would be a new source of renewable clean energy and would help further the advancement of science and medicine. News cameras from all over the country were here for this historic event including a large crowd of people to watch the event along with protestors who felt the Particle Accelerator was a time bomb waiting to go off.

In the crowd was a Starling City college freshman who was here on a special trip with his advance physics class to see the Particle Accelerator. This person was William Alexander Detmer. A Starling City University Freshman double majoring in physics and engineering with a minor in chemistry and biology. He was born and raised in Starling City all his life with his parents, Richard and May Detmer. Will was a smart kid at an early age with an affinity for all things science. He had no idea where he got it because his dad was an FBI agent and his mom was a doctor. Still, they helped nurture his mind at an early age and he was easily smarter than any kid his age although it did leave him the target of bullies and teasing as he was called a nerd often. Plus his glasses and lanky build didn't help either. His dad passed away on the job when he was in middle school in a raid that took down the Maggia Crime Family of Starling City. It was a tough time, but Will stood strong for his mom and vice versa. Will eventually got a scholarship to attend Starling Academy, the city's best high school where only the rich and elite could attend. Life there wasn't any better either but it was all worth it as he got a full ride to Starling City University. No extra cost to his mother at all and he could pursue his goals with science. Because of his excellence in high school and with a placement test, Will got into an advance physics class that was reserved for the juniors and seniors. The class took a trip to Central City for the unveiling of the Particle Accelerator and its activation.

Will was in the crowd with his classmates who were there with the rest of the crowd to watch the event. He was wearing converse sneakers, blue jeans, and a button up shirt with a sweater over that and a jacket over that. He had the camera on his phone ready to go off as soon as the ceremony started. He fixed the glasses on his face as he watched with anticipation to the start of the event.

The crowd then began cheering as Dr. Harrison Wells took his place at the podium to address the crowd. "Thank you. My name is Harrison Wells and tonight…the future begins. The work my team and I will do here will change our understanding of physics, will bring about advancements in power, advancements in medicine, it will bring about advancements…period. This is the future. And trust me, it'll be here faster than you think." Harrison Wells addressed the crowd when a purse snatcher took someone's purse.

"Hey, he has my laptop. It's has my dissertation in it." Someone said as her friend chased the thief through the crowd. The thief ran through people and knocked Will to the ground as he and the girl's friend ran away.

"Well, I see tonight's entertainment is not limited to the stage." Wells said as Will sat up off the ground and began looking for his glasses which were knocked off. He found them to his side but saw that the lenses were cracked.

"Aw man. If I had a dollar every time these things got broken, I'd be able to afford laser eye surgery." Will said as his classmates helped him back to his feet. He had his spare back in his college dorm so he'd have to stick with blurry vision for now. He put them in his pocket and was so focused on his glasses and the Particle Accelerator that he missed a small red, black and blue spider crawl up his jeans.

"What's the first thing you'll do when the Accelerator goes online?" One of the reporters asked.

"Well, that'll be crack open an expensive bottle of Dom Perigon with my staff because I ride them hard and they've earned it." Dr. Wells joked as everyone laughed. "Next?"

"Those protesting the accelerator believe it could open a black hole in Central City but is it not more likely to cause a benevolent phenomenon, like a Higgs boson bridge?" A woman asked as Will looked in her direction but his vision was blurry that he couldn't see her clearly.

"The only phenomenon that will occur this evening is one that's been calculated to the tiniest detail to the tiniest decimal point." Wells told her.

"So you've foreseen every possible outcome?" She asked.

"Yes, I have Miss?" Wells asked her name.

"Mrs. Marliese Devoe." She replied as Wells nodded as he recognized that name.

"Devoe. Devoe. I would expect that would make the gentleman to your right your husband?" Wells asked as Clifford Devoe nodded his head. "Clifford Devoe. I'm a big fan of your work. Sir, I believe it'll have an enormous impact on our future…yours especially and another here."

Wells looked through the crowd and looked at Will in particular, but Will couldn't tell where he was looking because he couldn't see. "Good luck. Thank you everyone for being here." Wells said as the crowd applauded and he and his team went inside. The crowd dispersed a bit as they waited for the accelerator to turn on while the protestors kept shouting for Wells to stop doing this. Will took out his glasses and looked at the crack and put them on, having some kind of vision would be better than running into somebody.

He put them on and despite the cracks in the lenses he was able to see. He saw a couple walk by, talking about the Accelerator and how it wasn't going to work and would explode. Will recognized the woman's voice as the one who asked him the question. Marliese Devo. They said something about a plan and a cap. The weather started to turn as it began to rain and thunder. Will took out an umbrella to cover himself as more of the crowd began to disperse and even some of his classmates were heading someplace inside. Will looked up at the sky to see the lightning flash and thunder roar. The water splashed on his glasses a bit when all of a sudden he heard some kind of weird machine sound and the rain stopped right in front of him like someone hit pause. Will reached his hand out and saw some of the rain float up into the air before another loud thunder roar went off followed by an explosion causing people to run. The rain came back in full force as the crowd ran for safety. Two people knocked Will to the ground and knocked his glasses away again. Will sat up and with his blurry vision he saw Clifford Devoe pull out some kind of metallic cap with sensors and readers that most likely measured brain activity.

"Will! Come one!" One of his classmates shouted as Will saw Clifford Devoe wasn't leaving so he ran over to get him to move.

"Sir, we need to go! It's too dangerous!" Will shouted as Clifford pushed him away.

"All for the cause of science." Clifford said as he put on the cap. A huge orange energy explosion erupted from STAR labs and washed past Will and Clifford and then all over Central City. It affected their bodies and even affected the small spider that was crawling down Will's arm, causing it to glow. Once the energy wave rushed past Devoe, several bolts of electricity hit his helmet and began shocking him, energizing whatever kind of helmet he made. One of the bolts of electricity ricocheted off the helmet and sparked past Will, further energizing the spider that was now on Will's hand. The spider then bit Will on the hand hard.

"AH!" Will shouted as he slapped his hand and saw he killed a small red, black and blue spider that bit him. Will's teacher ran into the rain and helped him get inside a building to safety as Will scratched the bug bite on his hand, not knowing what would await him tomorrow.

Police and Fire department teams quickly began responding to emergency calls that night for injuries and fatalities from the explosion as even the National Guard arrived to help. FEMA came a few days later and declared STAR Labs as a Class 4 hazardous location. Will and his classmates took the train back to the Starling City soon after the event. Will was feeling funny and went back to his dorm to get some much needed sleep. He passed out on his bed face first; unaware of the changes that would happen when he woke up.

December 14, 2013-Starling City University

Will groan in annoyance as the sun peaked though his window and hit him in the face. He reached over and closed the blinds to save him from the evil of the sun. He looked up at his alarm clock and saw it was around noon so he got up. The semester was over so he didn't have classes just finishing up his engineering project and that was due later this week. Will looked and saw his roommate's bed was empty. He was about to go back to bed when he heard his cellphone go off and reached over to pick it up. The Caller ID read Aquagirl.

"Hello?" Will spoke into the phone as he rubbed his eyes to wake up.

"Will, it's me. Where are you?" A female voice spoke.

"In my dorm, asleep. What's up?" Will asked.

"What's up? Aria and I are waiting for you at the library. You said you'd help us with our science final?" She told him as Will realized he was late.

"Oh, crap I overslept. I'm sorry Em. I'm on my way now. Five minutes top." Will told her as he stood up from his bed and grabbed his glasses.

"I'm be counting the seconds." She said as she hung up.

Will quickly change out of the clothes he wore to bed and grabbed a fresh pair of boxers from his drawer. He grabbed his jeans from his hanger and walked over to the bathroom to brush his teeth as quickly as possible. He gargled water and mouthwash and spat it into the sink and put on his glasses but his vision got blurry causing him to squint his eyes. He took them off and saw he could see perfectly fine which was weird because he always needed his glasses. He put them back on and his vision got worse so he put them down.

"Weird." Will said as he put them down and walked back to his bed when he stopped and looked into the mirror. It wasn't just his eyesight that changed…he changed. He rubbed his eyes and pinched himself to make sure it was real but he had physically changed. He used to be lanky and slim, which made him the target for bullies back in middle school, high school and even now but he now had muscles. Solid muscles. Defined biceps and pectoral muscles and he now had a six pack. Not overly built but someone who was in perfect shape for his age. He flexed a bit in the mirror to see his new muscles when he noticed he was also a little taller. Will was 5ft9 inches if he stood up completely straight but now he was easily 6ft. What the hell happened to him?

Will looked down at his hands and saw the small mark from where the spider bit him in Central City the night the Particle Accelerator exploded. Could the bite have something to do with this but before he could even think of any more answers, his phone went off with a text from Aquagirl telling him to pick up some coffee for them and they'd forgive him for being late.

Will grabbed a t-shirt and zip-up hoodie, his backpack and slammed the door on his way out, missing that the door knob came completely off. Will walked out of his dorm and through campus as he normally would be invisible and people wouldn't pay him a second thought but everyone was looking at him as if he was a new student. People wondered who he was and those that knew of him recognized him after a few seconds and began gossiping about how he changed so quickly.

Will walked over to the Starbucks on campus and ordered one grande caramel macchiato with cinnamon sprinkled on top and one Hazelnut Latte. He put the coffees into a drink carrier and made his way over to the library. He walked past the administration building and saw some movers bringing old equipment and furniture out on trolleys to be replaced with new ones. The brake device on the trolley was squeaking under the intense weight of several desks and file cabinets and it being old wasn't helping either. The movers dropped one more desk onto the trolley and the sudden jerk caused the brake to break and sent if flying down the pathway straight towards Will.

"Shit! Kid, look out!" one of the movers shouted as Will got a tingling sensation in the back of his head. Time seemed to slow down around him as Will took in his surrounding environment. He turned his head to see a large trolley of furniture and office supplies rolling straight for him and would run him over painfully. Will's body went on autopilot as he tossed the drink carrier high into the air and then did a 540 butterfly twist to the side and landed in a crouch as the trolley blew past him and crashed onto the grass. Will held his hand out caught the drink carrier in his hand with ease. To the bystanders watching, it looked like something out of an action movie. The movers ran over to the trolley as one of them went over to Will.

"Jesus. You all right, kid?" He asked as Will was unsure how any of that happened.

"Uh, yeah. I'm fine." Will said.

"Those were some impressive reflexes there. You a gymnast or something?" He asked.

"Not exactly." Will said as he walked away to the library. He kept going over in his head how any of this was possible. I mean, he used to have a hard time completing PE back in high school and now he was able to pull off a flip that takes gymnasts years to learn and he did it without any second thought or hesitation. And what was up with the weird tingling sensation.

Will was pulled out of his thoughts as he arrived at the library. He walked up to the second floor and made his way past the book shelves to the table where he saw Aria and Emily. Aria Montgomery and Emily Fields were Will's best friends in college. They met in their English literature class on the first day of classes after Will helped Aria when her bag fell apart before class. They got paired up on a few assignments and quickly became friends much to the surprise of Will. Back in high school, girls usually avoided him unless they were brainy like he was or needed him to do their homework for them, but Aria and Emily were nice…although he did help them with their science homework and assignment but willingly. Aria and Emily liked Will and despite his kind of shy, goofball, science geek personality, he was the only genuine nice guy in the entire school without an ulterior motive for a hook up. Will helped them in school and Aria and Emily helped Will be a bit more social. They were as thick as thieves and Will was one of the first people Emily went to when she came out of the closet and he never looked at her any different. It was one of the moments that solidified their friendship.

Emily was the athletic one of their little friend group which showed as she was one of the best swimmers on the schools team and it's why Will had her caller ID as Aquagirl, kind of an inside joke. She was also the best striker on their volleyball team and was an amazing dancer. Aria was the literature god of the group as she wanted to be a writer. She also had a small interest in fashion and art and was learning to dance from Emily.

"Hey Em, Aria sorry I'm late but I did get your coffee. One grande macchiato and one hazelnut latte." Will said as he put their drinks down in front of them and sat down. He put his backpack in the extra chair and took out his binder when he noticed they were looking at him funny. "Everything ok?"

"You tell us." Emily said as she and Aria couldn't stop starring at him.

"What happened, Will? Where are your glasses?" Aria asked as Will realized they never saw him without his glasses.

"Uh…I got contacts. Yeah, contacts." Will said as they looked at him funny.

"You got contacts within the 16 hours since we last saw each other?" Emily asked not believing his excuse.

"No, of course not." Will said as he quickly thought up of an excuse. "My mom had ordered them a while ago and they came yesterday. What do you think?"

"Uh…you look good." Aria said as she took a few seconds to reply because she never saw Will like this. With his glasses, Will had a meek appearance but was cute in a bookish kind of way. Now, he looked he went through puberty the right way and was cute in a teen heart throb/grown up kind of way. The kind of guy she would ask on a date.

"Thanks, I think I'll stick with the contacts from now on." Will said as he opened up his binder.

"Is that a new sweatshirt?" Emily asked as she looked at him. Will looked down at his hoodie.

"No, same old hoodie. Why?" Will asked as she looked at him.

"It looks a little snug." She said as she was right. It was a tiny bit snug now due to Will's sudden growth.

"Uh, just shrunk in the wash. I was bound to have an accident sometime and it just happened to be now." Will said as Emily wasn't convinced.

"Are you sure you're all right, Will? You seem different. You know you can tell us anything." Emily said.

"Yeah, I know Em. But I'm fine, really. Guess I woke up on the right side of the bed." Will told them. "Now, let's get you girls ready to ace this final."

Will went over the things they'd need to know for their final and after a few hours, they got to a point where they were comfortable for their exam. They'd study a few more times later this week until their test. The sun was going down and it was dinner time so Will, Emily, and Aria left the library and went to the dining hall to get some food. As they were walking to the dining hall, Aria and Emily then noticed that Will was taller than they were. Granted he was already taller than Aria, but he used to be the same height as Emily. Now he was taller. It's like he shot up three inches overnight.

"And now you're taller than me? Ok, what happened, Will?" Emily said, stopping them. "Seriously, you're taller than me now, you look like you gained muscle overnight, and I can see your eyes and you're not wearing contacts. What's going on?"

"I'm not…" Will stopped as he got another tingling sensation in the back of his head and quickly reached behind his head to grab a football that would have hit him. It all happened in the span of a second and looked like Will knew it was going to happen. Will, Emily, and Aria were shocked as Will looked and saw it was members of the football team who threw it at him. He took the football and threw it back at them, throwing it with more strength then he intended, and it nailed one of them in the gut and knocked him to the ground.

"Whoa…" Aria was shocked at what she just saw. The usual nice and meek Will Detmer just nailed one of the football players in the gut with a throw any professional player would kill to have.

"Will…what happened to you?" Emily asked, now worried about her best friend as Will looked at his hands, now realizing something was seriously wrong with him.

"I honestly don't know." Will told them.

They went to the dining hall and sat down at a table by the corner to give them some privacy. Aria got a salad and Emily got some pasta while Will got a burger, fries, three slices of pizza and a plate of spaghetti…he was starving and to their surprise, he at it all in one sitting and he was fine. Aria and Emily looked at Will as they saw him finish all that food with ease.

"Wow. Guess I was hungry." Will said as he cleaned his mouth with a napkin.

"I suddenly don't have an appetite." Aria said as she pushed her half-eaten salad plate away.

"So, are you going to tell us what happened to you? What caused all this…change?" Emily asked.

"I would if I knew but…I'm not even sure I know the entire truth. I mean, I just woke up this morning like this." Will told them.

"You just woke up this morning having grown three inches taller and not needing glasses?" Aria asked as Will nodded.

"Guys, look I know how it sounds." Will told them.

"It sounds like something out of those old science fiction movies you made us watch." Emily said.

"Hey, you said those were funny in an ironic way." Will said as Emily chuckled.

"We're serious, Will. I mean movie magic is one thing, but people don't magically change body types, grow three inches, and not need corrective lenses overnight. Can you remember anything before this all happened?" Emily asked as Will rubbed his forehead.

"Uh…I wasn't feeling great the past few days and I passed out right away last night." Will told them as he rubbed his eyes and looked at the small little scar where he got his spider bite. "After I was bitten by a spider a few days ago."

"Did you say bitten by a spider?" Emily asked. Will nodded as he looked at the scar on his hand.

"I know I don't do great in science and even less so in biology, but I don't think a spider bite can turn you from meek geeky, science nerd into a Michael Phelps." Aria said as Will looked at her.

"Wow, thanks for that." Will said, a little hurt by her words as Aria chuckled.

"You know what I mean." She told him.

"She's right. Not about the Michael Phelps thing. I don't think Will's got the Michael Phelps physique. Maybe more of Cristiano Ronaldo body type." Emily suggested as Aria looked at Will.

"Oh, that works better." Aria said.

"Ok, not to stop this installment of dreamy athletes who aren't me, can we get back to the situation at hand here?" Will asked.

"Sorry, Will but Aria's right. A spider bite would send you to the hospital for poison, not give you a body makeover in one day." Emily told him as Will looked at his binder and saw an old flyer from the Particle Accelerator night in the flap.

"Unless it wasn't just a regular spider bite." Will told them as they were confused. "The night I was bitten by the spider I was in Central City for the Particle Accelerator demonstration. It bit me right after the accelerator exploded and a huge wave of energy rushed past me."

"So, what you were bit by a radioactive spider bite?" Aria asked.

"No. The accelerator wasn't a nuclear one, but it might explain some other things." Will said as he grabbed his backpack and made his way to the exit.

"Should we follow him?" Aria aske.

"Definitely." Emily said as they grabbed their bags and followed Will who made his way to the science building. They walked in as Will used a key to enter the restricted science lab and walked over to his designated and secured workstation. For those in advance physics and engineering courses, they were given designated and secure work places in the science lab where they could work on their projects and keep them secure.

Will walked over and turned on the computer and began opening up some files. He walked over to the spectrometer and turned it on and grabbed some glass slides and a microscope from the cabinet. Emily and Aria watched as Will was in full science mode and focused on what he was doing. Emily sat down on a stool as Aria walked over to his station and saw several beakers of chemicals and a notebook with chemistry notes on it that read Hydrogen Oxide Cycline Acid Super Adhesive.

Aria reached over to the touch the beaker and see what it was. "Please don't touch that." Will said, stopping Aria from touching the chemicals. "That's my final project for Engineering."

"Sorry. Super adhesive?" Aria asked.

"A special chemical formula I designed that creates a glue-like adhesive with the same tensile strength of steel cables. Still adjusting the formula." Will said as he took out a clean exacto-knife and pricked his thumb.

"Will, what are you doing?" Emily asked as she saw him prick his thumb. He put a small drop of blood on the medical slide and a drop of saline solution. He wrapped his thumb in a napkin and put the slide into the microscope which he hooked up to a computer. He looked in the microscope at the sample of his blood as the computer began analyzing the blood sample and projected it onto the computer screen. "Well? Don't keep us in suspense."

"I've study science all my life and I'd say I know a lot but whatever happened to me is something different." Will said as he looked at the blood sample. "My blood changed."

"What do you mean it changed?" Aria asked.

"Look." Will said as they looked at the blood sample on the computer screen and it showed an over active white blood cell count but not degenerative, rapid hemoglobin creation and faster blood vessel reproduction.

"For those that aren't doing so well in biology?" Aria asked.

"Sorry. This isn't how normal human blood acts. The white blood cells control your immune system and we all have a normal amount. A high or low count usually indicates something wrong and I have a high count. Plus, my blood is generating at a faster rate than normal." Will said as he took the blood sample and ran it through the mass spectrometer to get a better read out of his DNA.

It took a few minutes and the mass spectrometer produced a DNA double helix, but something had changed on a cellular level. "Jesus Christ. My DNA mutated." Will said.

"Mutated?" Emily asked.

"Yeah. Our DNA is naturally adaptable, and overtime can undergo changes known as mutations. some of the time they're harmless and in some cases, they can be helpful, but most cases are bad. Like Sickle Cell anemia is a genetic disease caused by the mutated version of the hemoglobin gene, the one that carries oxygen to the blood cells. I've studied the DNA of that disease and this is nothing like that. This is something else." Will said as he looked at his DNA and was both in awe and slightly worried.

"Ok, so what does this mean?" Emily asked as Will paced a bit to think. Aria walked over and looked through the microscope. She had no idea what she was looking at, she just wanted to look.

"I'm not sure. But this has to do with the Particle Accelerator explosion. You're right in the fact that a regular spider bite wouldn't do this, but a spider infused with the energy from the Particle Accelerator might." Will told them.

"What kind of energy?" Aria asked.

"I'm not sure. The Particle Accelerator was meant to help create a whole new understanding for our reality. I mean, physics problems and theoretical elements would have been proven if the thing worked." Will said as he was about to go on an entire lecture, but Emily raised her hand to stop him.

"Will, focus. What kind of energy?" Emily asked.

"I don't know. Dark matter, quantum energy, the possibilities are endless. Stuff that shouldn't normally exist or hasn't proven to be real but is. It's the only reason I can think of that caused my body to change." Will told them.

"So, what do we do?" Aria asked as Emily looked at her.

"We take Will to the hospital and get a doctor to look at him." Emily said.

"No, no way am I going to the hospital." Will told them.

"Will, you need to go to a hospital and let them figure out what's wrong with you." Emily told him.

"Emily, I'm not going to a hospital, so they can stick needles in my liver and probe me in uncomfortable places to figure out what happened. I have an aversion to needles, you already know that, but I also know that if they figure out what happened to me, they'll stick me in some kind of cell like a lab rat and do experiments on me for the rest of my life." Will told her.

"Will, you're being ridiculous and have watched one too many science fiction movies." Aria told him.

"Art often imitates life. And I know what they'll do if I go to a hospital. Hell, I've been studying science my entire life and I know what I would do if I encountered someone like me. I'm not going." Will told them. "Look, guys I know this is crazy but I'm not radioactive. If I was, the mass spectrometer would have read something. Even the computer reading of my blood would have read something so I'm not a danger to you two.

"Will, this is serious. I mean, who knows what that bite has done to your body. What it could be doing to your body now." Emily told him, worried about his safety.

"I know, and I appreciate your concern but I'm fine now. The last thing I need is to be poked and probed by doctors and scientists who want to see what my brain looks like on a dissection slab." Will told them. "Let me do a little more research and digging on my own to see what I can find out. I promise that if I get worse, I'll go straight to the hospital and you can say I told you so."

"Don't make me wait on that." Emily told him, genuinely worried about him. "I'm serious, Will."

"I promise." Will told her as he looked at himself in the reflection of the computer screen. He smiled as he looked at his reflection. "There is one upside to this."

Emily and Aria managed a small chuckle as they saw Will admiring himself in the reflection. "It's nice to see that you're not letting your new appearance go to your head." Emily said as Will chuckled.

"Cut me some slack. I've been a punching bag my entire life. Now, it won't be as easy." Will said as he powered down all the equipment and deleted all the records of his little blood test. He grabbed his backpack and put it on, adjusting his sweatshirt because it was a little snug. "Although I will need some new clothes."

"Now we're moving into my territory. Come on, let's go take Will shopping." Aria said as she took his hand and they walked to the door.

"You really think this is a good time for that?" Emily asked.

"No time like the present. Besides, I've been dying to give Will a makeover and this is the perfect chance." Aria said as she took Will's hand and dragged him out of the science lab.

"I don't whether or not to feel insulted." Will said as Aria dragged him away and Emily followed them.

They took a bus into the city and to the shopping district. Will was just a passenger as Aria and Emily took him to clothing stores and got him some new clothes. It was torture for Will as they went shopping for hours but Aria was having a blast. Aria had to measure him for new clothes and the first time she saw him without a shirt brought a blush to her face…it even brought a blush to Emily's face who wasn't even attracted to guys. Aria still couldn't believe that her best friend, the geeky book-worm, science nerd Will Detmer now was hot. It would take some serious getting used to.

After hours of shopping the trio were finally making their way back to the dorms. They walked out of the last shop and Will was carrying easily 10 bags of clothes. "You know, I think you might have overdone it, Aria." Will told her.

"Are you kidding? You should be thanking me. You're going to be turning heads when people see the new you." Aria said.

"I don't know about that. I've kinda gotten used to just blending in or being invisible." Will replied.

"Well, not anymore. Emily and I are now going to help transform the new Will Detmer." Aria said.

"I'm starting to regret being bitten by that spider." Will said as they walked down the street to the bus stop. As they walked down the street, Will noticed they were being followed by some rough looking guys.

"Hey, ladies. Going out for a stroll tonight?" One of the guys asked as he got in front of them and Will saw he had about four other friends.

"Yeah, just going home. Excuse us." Emily said as she tried to walk past him but the guy blocked her.

"Whoa, what's the matter, beautiful. It's a nice night and it's the holidays. We should all hang out…celebrate. Be jolly and all that." He said as Aria and Emily backed up a bit.

"Look, guys. We don't want any trouble, ok? Just let us go." Will said.

"Ah, listen to this guy. He's scared. Don't worry, we'll let you go after we get some Christmas money." One of the thugs said as he went to grab Will from behind. Will got another tingling sensation in the back of his head so he ducked, spun, and kicked the guy in the back, sending him flying into one of his friends.

"Oh man, I'm sorry. Are you, all right?" Will asked as he saw they were hurt.

He got another tingling sensation and turned around quickly, swinging his arm, and hitting one of the guys in the face who tried to attack him and knocked him out. Will dropped the bags as the fourth guy drew a knife and went to stab him but Will moved to the side and kicked him in the back, sending him flying into a fire hydrant. The guy who Will kicked got back up and charged at him and threw out wild haymakers that Will dodged with ease. A left, right, uppercut, Will dodged them so all the thug hit was air. Will then pushed the guy back but used too much strength and sent him flying back into another guy and they hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. The guy Will hit in the face grabbed him by the jacket, but Will grabbed his hands and squeezed, causing the thug to shout in pain. Will then threw him at the guy who hassled Emily who was about to shoot him with a gun. Will threw him with enough force that he knocked the two into a light pole, causing it to break in half.

Will, Emily, and Aria looked and saw all the thugs were on the ground, groaning in pain from the impromptu and accidental beatdown Will just gave them. "Whoa, Will how did you do that?" Aria asked as Will looked at his hands.

"I'm not exactly sure about that." Will said as Emily pulled out her phone and called the cops. Soon enough a cop car arrived and the police arrested the five thugs.

"That kid any normal! He's a monster!" One of the goons shouted as the officer put him in the back of the car. Will, Aria, and Emily were off to the side as a detective walked up to them. She was wearing a red shirt, leather jacket and jeans and was of Asian heritage.

"Are you kids ok?" She asked as Will, Emily, and Aria nodded.

"Yeah, we're fine." Emily said as she and Aria were still a little shaken up but were alive.

"Well, it's a good thing you called us and a good thing you stopped them. We've been after those five for a while. They've been harassing people, stealing, and assaulting among others. You did a very brave thing, kid." She said to Will who looked at Aria and Emily.

"I just wanted to protect my friends." Will said as she nodded and looked at the girls and at him. His hands were shaking…he was terrified of what nearly happened.

"And it was very brave. Hopefully there won't be a next time." She said as she handed him a business card. "Here, incase something else does happen."

Will looked at the business card and it read Detective Yuriko Watanabe. "Thank you, Detective." Will said as she smiled.

"It's me who should be thanking you. Now get home safely." She said as she had some uniform officers drive Will, Emily, and Aria back to campus.

"So, Will…how did you do that?" Aria asked as Will looked at his hands.

"Not sure yet. I'll find out." Will said wondering how else his body changed from the bug bite.

Line Break xxxxx

March 2014-Starling City University

It's been nearly three months since Will discovered his new abilities and he was still figuring out what to do with them and how they worked. The only people who knew were Aria and Emily, he hadn't even told his mother yet because he didn't want her to worry and he knew she'd send him straight for tests. He loved his mother but he didn't want to make her worry, she had enough on her plate at the hospital as it is. Will spent all his free time researching how his body changed and what else it did to him. Thankfully, a lot of the stuff in the science and biology lab was able to help him.

One of the first things he learned was that his body changed physically giving him superior speed and strength then he had before…probably more so than any normal human. He, Emily, and Aria tested it at the school's gym after hours and he found he could bench press up to 800 lbs. with no problem. He even picked up one of the treadmills with ease and crushed the metal weight lifting pole by squeezing too hard. He needed to be careful with his strength because he could seriously hurt someone if he wasn't careful. He was also faster. He outran a treadmill and ran a mile in under 2 minutes. He also had superior reflexes, agility and balance. Emily took Will to the school's gymnasium where the gymnastic team practiced. They were there after hours and Will jumped around and found that he was able to jump and swing through the course like he was a seasoned Olympic acrobat. He even managed to balance himself upside down on one finger. He also could jump really high. He wasn't sure how high because Will didn't want to test that and end up hurt. He also found his eyesight remarkable improved and not just with no longer needing glasses. He could see in the dark and even see things from a far distance as clear as daylight.

Those were normal abilities he discovered; the weird ones he found out were his abilities to stick to walls, Bio-Electrokinesis, and his extrasensory metacognitive ability. The same time he learned he about his agility and balance, he learned he could stick to walls like a spider could, crawl up walls like a spider and even crawl on the ceiling and not fall down. Will did a little research and found that he somehow increased the attraction force of his body to surfaces allowing him to increase the coefficient of friction between his body and a surface and crawl up them. It was the only explanation he could come up with as he didn't see any small barbs on his fingers.

Bio-Electrokinesis was his body's ability to control the natural electricity it produces to send out small bio-electric shocks of energy. He destroyed his alarm clock and his phone by accident with this ability and he was still working on controlling it completely but he was able to interact with people without zapping them. His last ability was some kind of metacognitive perception or as Aria dubbed it, spider-sense. It was like an early warning system in the back of his head when something bad was going to happen to him like with the trolley car, that football to the head or with those thugs. He ran some tests with the girls in the lab. He blindfolded himself and had them throw things at him ranging from rubber balls to a glass beaker and to Will's shock, the tingling sensation crept up when something was going to hit him. He still was going to run some more tests but it seems that his spider sense came up when danger or a perceived danger was imminent and it was a signal to do something or get out of the way.

Will, Emily, and Aria were in the school's gymnasium for another test on his abilities. The gym was empty and Aria locked the doors just to be safe. Will didn't want anyone walking in and seeing what he could do. Will was wearing his sneakers, jeans, and a blue t-shirt now fit to his new body which showed off his lean and defined physique.

"All right, ready Em?" Will asked as Emily had her camera recording.

"Camera's ready." Emily said.

"All right. Test number 21 commencing." Will said as he rubbed his hands and ran through the gymnastic course. He jumped and flipped off a vault, spun over a high beam and swung back and forth from the gymnastic high bars. Will did a triple flip over a landing pad and bounced off a tumble track and landed hands first on a balance beam. He raised one hand off the beam and was doing a one-handed hand stand. He moved on the beam using his hands and then flipped forward and grabbed gymnastic rings and did a few flips and spins. Will then built up some momentum and swung through the air and stuck to the gym wall.

"Wow. That never gets old." Emily said as she recorded everything and was still amazed at what she was seeing.

"Imagine how Will must feel." Aria said as they saw Will crawl up the wall and then crawl along the ceiling. He then hung his legs on one of the rafters and dangles from the ceiling, enjoying the view. He saw one of the bannisters promoting the upcoming Gymnastic meet dangling in front of him when he got an idea, so he lean back and then swung forward, grabbing the bannister. It unhooked from the ceiling as Will held on and it swung him through the gym like Tarzan.

"WHOA!" Will shouted as he swung through the air.

"WILL!" Aria shouted as she thought he was going to get hurt but saw him swing through the air. Will reached the peak of his swing and grabbed the second bannister and swung again.

"JEEZ!" Will shouted as he swung through the air and grabbed a third bannister and swung through the air and landed safely on the ground. Will looked around, amazed at what he just did as he chuckled a bit. Aria and Emily looked at him and chuckled seeing how happy Will was.

"Nicely done, Tarzan!" Emily shouted as Will laughed.

"WOOOOOOO!" Will shouted at the top of his lungs, feeling alive.

They quickly left the gym before anyone found the three torn down bannisters. They had some classes to get to but would meet up afterward for dinner. Will went to the science building and was working on his super adhesive project. He managed to create a stable adhesive formula that was as strong as steel yet lightweight and malleable. Now he was working on the delivery system.

No one was in the science room as Will was alone at his work station, soldering some circuits into place for a small device. His workstation was littered with notes and materials for his project along with snacks and bottles of Gatorade. Will sipped some lemon lime Gatorade as he finished putting in the last circuit and closed up the compartment.

"Boo!" Will jumped as someone touched him and turned to see it was Aria.

"Jeez, Aria. Don't do that." Will told her as he felt his heart racing.

"How did you not know I was there? What, your spider sense not working?" Aria joked as Will sighed.

"I'm not sure. It only goes off if I'm in danger. Guess it must think you're not dangerous." Will joked as Aria playfully shoved him.

"Very funny." Aria said.

"What are you doing here?" Will asked as he looked at the clock. "I know I'm usually late I thought you have still class for another 15 minutes?"

"The professor let us out early today and with Emily still in class I thought I'd come find you. Figures you'd be in the science building." Aria said as Will chuckled.

"Aww…I was your second choice. I'm so touched." Will joked as Aria chuckled. As long as Aria has known Will he was always a jokester, often using it in tense situations.

"So, what are you working on?" Aria asked as she looked at the myriad of components on the desk.

"Just some things for my final project. My super adhesive." Will told her as she looked at the weird device he was building. "I managed to refine the formula for the adhesive so now I'm working on the delivery mechanism. Initially, I wanted a large machine to spin the stuff but then I thought how about something smaller instead."

Will took the device and clamped it around his wrist. It resembled a kind of silver wrist brace made of stainless steel. He took a small cartridge of the web fluid and placed it in the empty slot in the device, a small click indicated it was locked into position. He then took the device's power cord and plugged it into the wall outlet. He aimed the nozzle of the device at the cabinet and pressed a button on the back of the device and a distinct thwip sound was heard and a small strand of white glue shot out and hit the cabinet.

"Whoa…" Aria said in amazement.

"Cool, huh. The adhesive works in any form. You mix it together and you could throw it at the wall, problem is that it's a little hard to control so I made this. The mixture's kept in the cartridge and when you press the button, it pierces and forces it under pressure through the spinneret at the nozzle into a strand about a few millimeters in diameter." Will said as he yanked the adhesive free and fired another strand at his backpack and pulled it over to him. "Just point, click and glue."

"This is so cool." Aria said as Will took the gauntlet off and put it on her wrist so she could play with it. She began firing glue strings all over the room and was having fun. "This is amazing, Will. You made your own webs."

"Excuse me?" Will asked.

"Well, you were bit by a spider and have some spider powers so now you have something to make spider webs, which is a good thing because I definitely don't need to see you spinning webs out of your butt." Aria said as Will sighed.

"Aria, I'm pretty sure if I did make webs like a spider, it'd be from a spinneret gland on my abdomen not my butt." Will said as he thought about it for a moment. "At least I hope so."

Aria chuckled as she took the device off her wrist. "Still nicely done, Will. This'll make you a millionaire someday." Aria said.

"That's the plan." Will said as he unplugged the power cord and began collected the webbing to get rid of it. "I plan to use a smaller power source but I'm having a hard time finding a batter powerful enough to make the device work and that lasts a while. Plus, the trigger isn't the best."

"Still, that thing is way beyond what anyone else is doing. You'll get an A for sure and I can brag to everyone about how I'm friends with the smartest person on campus." Aria said as Will chuckled. He gathered up all the adhesive strings and flushed it down the sink.

"Maybe. There's this girl Spencer who's just as smart as I am in my biology class and she's really competitive." Will said to Aria.

"Spencer? About the same height as Emily, brown hair, a little uptight and scary?" Aria asked as Will nodded.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Will asked.

"You must mean Spencer Hastings? Emily and I have our art history class with her. She's a little wound tight and a bit of a perfectionist but she's nice when you get to know her. Emily and I really like her." Aria told her.

"I'll take your word for it." Will said as she looked at him. "She scares me."

"Really? This coming from the guy who took down five goons and swung from the gym rafters?" Aria asked.

"Hey, the gym thing was science and the thugs were spider sense. Spencer is…scary. She reminds me of my mom on her bad days." Will said as he shivered a bit from the memory of his pissed off mom.

"Whatever Spider boy. Come on, let's get some dinner." Aria said as Will locked up his desk. Aria locked arms with him and they left for the dining hall where they met Emily.

Line Break xxxxx

Starling City University

It was Friday and Will was in his dorm room doing some last-minute adjustments to his super adhesive delivery device. He found an old phone at the recycle station in the electronic store and made some adjustments to the battery to fit onto the device to power it. It would last a few days on a full charge and was small enough to fit. He also developed a better trigger for the device attached to the nozzle so when he put it on his wrist, it fit in his palm. He just had to apply some force and it worked just like the old trigger. He was just making some minor adjustments to improve the sensitivity.

Will was alone at the moment because his roommate was with his girlfriend and Emily and Aria are with Spencer in the city. Apparently, Spencer's Pre-law class got invited to watch the trial of Frank Bertinelli and Emily and Aria were coming along so they could hang out in the city after. He would normally be in the science building, but some noxious chemicals were spilled and the whole placed needed to be aired out for a week. Will was making some last-minute adjustments on the device when his phone went off and he saw it was Emily. He pressed the speaker button and answered.

"Hey, Em." Will said.

"Hey, Will. What are you doing?" Emily asked as Will finishing adjusting the sensitivity on the trigger device.

"Just working on a project. How about you? How's life at the courthouse?" Will asked.

"Oh, a little busy. Spencer's all kind of exciting. And I think Aria sees Oliver Queen." Emily said as Will chucked.

"Is she head over heels yet?" Will asked as he waited for her to answer. "Em?"

"EVERYBODY GET DOWN!" Will heard followed by an explosion and people screaming.

"Emily! What's going on!" Will shouted into the phone, worried about her. "Emily, talk to me!"

"Helena Bertinelli, lay down your weapons and put your hands on your head! Give up, Ms. Bertinelli. The building is surrounded!" Will heard followed by gunshots. "Take hostages and fall back!"

"Emily, pick up please! Emily, can you hear me?!" Will shouted as he heard some movement.

"Sorry, she can't come to the phone right now." He heard a voice say before the line dropped.

"Oh, my god." Will said as he grabbed his blue sweatshirt, his wallet and left for the door when he stopped himself. He looked back at his super adhesive device on his desk and in that moment, he acted. He grabbed a cartridge of the adhesive fluid and snapped it into place before shoving the device in his sweatshirt pocket and left campus. He took a taxi into the city and to the courthouse where the Police, SWAT and Anti-Vigilante Taskforce had set up a perimeter and were keeping everyone back.

Will walked through the crowd and made his way to the perimeter where officers were keeping everyone back. Will looked and saw a command tent set up and saw a familiar police detective walk by and recognized her as the one who gave him her business card.

"Detective Watanabe!" Will shouted as Yuri heard say her name and looked to see it was a kid. She walked over and recognized the kid from a few months ago. "Detective! What's going on?"

"I can't comment on an active situation, I'm sorry." Yuri replied.

"Please, detective my friends were in there! Did they get out?!" Will pleaded as Yuri looked at him.

"I'm sorry. None of the hostages got out." She said as she walked away.

"Dammit." Will exhaled in frustration and worry as his friends were likely hostages or dead. He had to get them out if they were in there and couldn't wait on the police or the Vigilante if he showed up. Will walked away from the crowd to get some space when he noticed a window on the far side of the fourth-floor that was open. He looked and saw a building across the street that had a rooftop that wasn't covered by a sniper.

Will wasn't sure what came over him, but he made his way through the crowd and over to the building. He walked over to the alley of the building and made sure there were no cameras around but just to be safe, he put his hoodie on and pulled the strings to tighten it. He then began crawling up the side of the building until he made it to the roof.

He crouched so he wasn't seen and slowly made his way over to the edge, judging the distance to be about maybe 30 feet to the building and he was about 40 feet high…and right then and there, his fear of heights kicked in.

"Ok, about 30 feet to the building. Just have to jump straight and pray I don't hit the wall or make too much noise." Will said, sweating bullets in his hoodie and began pacing back and forth, gibbering to himself. "I can do this. I mean, I'm strong, fast and can stick to walls. Plus, my spider sense will keep me safe. And I've got my trusty super adhesive device that'll stick the bad guys. Although, I never put it through a field test like this before."

Will was getting more and more nervous as his hands were beginning to shake. "And I'm blabbing on because I'm nervous and I know there's an 89% chance I'll die. This is crazy…but it's to save Aria and Emily. And those other people, and Spencer. Even though she scares me. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. I can't do this. I can't do this." Will said as he took out his adhesive device and attached it to his left forearm and the trigger fell in place nicely in his palm. Will shook his hands out, jumped in place, and cracked his neck. "I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this!"

Will then ran forward as fast as he could and jumped off the rooftop. He sailed through the air and then tucked himself into a roll as he landed through the open window and crashed onto the ground in a thud. He rolled from the impact and hit the wall.

"[Groans of pain] I sure hope that healing fast came with the spider bite." Will said as he sat up and rubbed his head. "Ah, well I least it didn't end up with a concussion. This brain of mine is my golden ticket."

Will looked around and saw no one in the room. "And I'm starting to lose it because I'm talking to myself." Will then heard some movement, so he quickly jumped onto the ceiling and hugged a dark corner as he saw a guy armed with an Uzi walk. He walked around and saw the window open.

"Report." The guy lifted up his radio to respond.

"Nothing here. Must have been a breeze that knocked the window open." He said as he walked over and closed it.

"We can't take any chances. Search the floor or else you won't get paid." The voice replied as Will recognized it as the one he heard before Emily's phone cut out.

The guy walked out of the room as Will crawled along the ceiling. "Hired guns. But who's the brains behind all this?" Will asked himself as he followed the guy, crawling slowly along the ceiling. Will looked around and tried to figure out where exactly the hostages could be, but he's never been here before. He's starting to regret being sick on that one middle school field trip here.

Will slowly crawled along the ceiling when he heard some movement in one of the rooms and saw two girls talking. They were older than him, probably in their mid-20s. One was dressed in business clothes and the other was a blonde in black leather, mask and was carrying a bo staff. She was the mysterious woman in black he heard about a few months ago. They then moved out of the room and through the halls as Will watched from the ceiling.

"I'm inside, I've got Laurel Lance." The Canary said.

"Is that the Arrow?" Laurel asked as Will know now knew the woman in black worked with the Arrow.

"I'm headed to an egress point in the south wing." The Canary said as she led Laurel away.

"Wait." Laurel stopped her. "What about the other hostages? You're just gonna leave them?"

"I need to get you to safety." The Canary said as she drag Laurel away.

"I don't understand! What is so special about me?" Laurel asked as the Canary turned her head.

"She won't leave." The Canary spoke, like she was talking to someone else.

"I know Helena. She's gonna kill all those people, innocent people. You wanted me to show you I'm strong, this is me being strong. I'm staying." Laurel said. "Are you gonna help me or not?"

'Aria, Emily. I've got to help.' Will thought.

"It's not like I can just knock her out." The Canary said. "What, are you afraid of what she'll do? Or what I'll do? I am what I need to be."

The Canary then took out her small earpiece and nodded to Laurel before snapping her bo staff in two and giving her one and the two walked away. 'Great. I should have brought a bow or a sword. What can I do? I don't even know how many there are. If I walk in there I could get myself or the hostages killed.' Will thought as he looked around and saw a fire extinguisher on the wall giving him an idea. 'Then again, my dad used to always say to think with my brain first. And my brain just came up with an idea.'

He aimed his adhesive device and shot a line at the fire extinguisher case and yanked it open. He then fired another line and pulled the fire extinguisher to him. 'Just a few more.' Will thought as he crawled on the ceiling to find more.

In one of the main work rooms of the building, Helena and her band of mercenaries were keeping watch over the hostages which included Emily, Aria, and Spencer. A simple class trip into the city turned into a hostage situation where they were scared for their lives. Helena stalked around the circle of hostages in her purple coat and mask and was wielding one of her crossbows. She then knelt down to a woman who was wearing an engagement ring.

"I was almost married once." Helena said as she stood up and kicked a guy into Emily, Aria, and Spencer. They were terrified. Helena then walked over to the phone which the SCPD were connected to from the outside. "It's been an hour, and I'm a woman of my word. Just ask my father."

Helena raised her crossbow to shoot one of the hostages when a small round object rolled onto the floor. It let loose a loud high-frequency sonic blast that shattered the glass and caused everyone to cover their ears for protection. The sound soon stopped as the Canary walked forward and engaged Helena in a fist fight. Laurel walked in soon after and went over to help the hostages.

"Everything's going to be ok." Laurel said as she began to undo their restraints. The Canary kept fighting the Huntress as Laurel hit one of the mercenaries in the face, but another grabbed her from behind and disarmed her. Helena now had the Canary on the ropes, using her own fighting stick. She then grabbed her by the throat and threw her out of the window. The fall would have seriously hurt her if she didn't unravel some cloth and hooked it onto a railing to slow her descent.

Helena was about to shoot the Canary in the head when the Arrow ran by and shot the crossbow out of her hand with an arrow. The mercenary shoved Laurel with the rest of the hostages as Helena walked over, unholstering her other crossbow. She took off her mask and knelt in front of Laurel.

"Nice to see you again, Laurel." Helena said with a smirk as Laurel glared at her. The phone then rang so Helena picked it up.

"Helena, listen to me. This has to end." The Arrow told her.

"I agree. And it ends with my father in a box." Helena said.

"Ugh. The police are never going to hand over your father." He told her.

"No, they won't. That's why you're gonna do it. Simple trade. My father…for Laurel." Helena said as Will crawled into the room and stuck to the dark lighting of the doorway. He slowly and carefully crawled along the ceiling and stuck one of four fire extinguishers to the ceiling with his adhesive. He then slowly moved around and webbed another to the ceiling and lowered the other two to the ground. Will looked around for something to help and saw a fire alarm on the far wall and decided to put his plan into motion. "You have one hour. Tick tock."

Before Helena could hang up, Will shot out an adhesive line and pulled the fire alarm causing the loud noise and lights to go off.

"Who tripped the alarm?!" Helena shouted as she dropped the phone and held her crossbow at the ready.

"I don't know!" one of her men replied. Will yanked the nozzle off of one of the fire extinguishers and unleashed a cloud of vapor that hit the mercenaries and Helena, obscuring their vision. He fired his web line at the other fire extinguisher nozzle on the ceiling and yanked it off, causing more vapor to come out and obscure view in the room.

Will fired a line at the extinguishers on the floor and yanked the nozzles off, causing the sudden pressure to launch them across the room like missiles as they slammed into two of the mercenaries and knocked them out. Will fired another adhesive line at one of the mercenaries and stuck him to the wall and dropped to the ground in a crouch. He flipped forward, touched one of the mercs in the chest and stunned him with a bio-electric shock and then did a leg sweep. Will stomped on the gun and kicked him into the wall and stuck him there with adhesive. He shot a line at one of the mercs guns and yanked it away before whipping it around and knocking them in the face. Will then did a double front jump kick and sent the two of them flying into the wall and knocked them out. Will finished it by shooting a line at a chair and hurled it at Helena, knocking her to the ground and then shot a line and yanked her crossbow away.

It all happened in the span of a minute as the vapor from the fire extinguishers dissipated and the hostages saw all the bad guys dealt with and some hooded man had saved them. Laurel looked and saw it wasn't the Arrow, the hoodie wasn't green. The mysterious savior moved over and knelt next to a group of hostages which was Emily, Aria, and Spencer. Aria and Emily looked and saw Wills' face underneath the hoodie. He winked at them as they smiled in joy when Aria saw Helena get back up and reach for a gun causing Will's spider sense to go off.

"Behind you!" Aria shouted as Helena grabbed the gun and aimed it at him. Will quickly turned and shot a blast in her face, obscuring her vision as she tried to yank the goop off. Will then spun on his hand and kicked her in the chest using too much force and sent her flying out of the window.

"SHIT!" Will shouted as he ran to the window and shot a line at her leg, saving her from the fall as she dangled in the air. Will attached the line to the side of the building and fired another line at her, wrapping her up for the police. "Oh, dear god."

Will exhaled in relief as he was glad he didn't accidently kill anyone. He then saw the Arrow and the woman in black run over and saw Helena tied up and some guy in a hoodie by the window. Will then heard the door to the room slam open and the SCPD marched in with their guns out.

"SCPD, freeze!" The lead SWAT officer shouted as they aimed their guns around and then aimed at Will. "HANDS UP NOW!"

Will acted and jumped out of the window as the officer fired at him, the bullets whizzing through the air. Will fell through the air in a flip and landed on the ground in a stylistic crouch with no harm. He looked up and saw the Arrow and Woman in Black looking at him but because of how his hoodie was positioned and the lighting, they couldn't see his face. Will heard more cops coming so he had to act fast and jumped onto the side of the building and stuck to it to everyone's amazement. He then ran alongside the building as the news cameras filmed him in action. Will ran alongside the building and then jumped off, sailing through the air and over to the building across the street but didn't jump far enough. He fell through the air and shot a line at a building and swung through the air like he did in the gym with the bannister.

"AHHH!" Will shouted as he was heading straight for a building, so he grabbed hold of the line with his free hand and shot a line at another building and swung away, saving himself from going splat. He swung through the air as all nearby bystanders and news crew watched in amazement at what they were seeing. Will did the same thing where he grabbed the line with his free hand to shoot another line and began swinging through the city to get somewhere safe and isolated.

"What the hell was that?" The Canary asked.

"I don't know." The Arrow replied as they made their exit.

Will eventually got someplace safe and isolated with no cameras, put his adhesive device in his pocket, and threw his sweatshirt into the sewer. The police would be looking for someone in that hoodie. Will then made his way back to campus as Aria texted him that the cops were on full alert and looking for him. He couldn't risk coming back so they'd meet him at his room. Will reluctantly texted back ok because he wanted to go there and make sure they were ok, but he didn't know if the cops or anyone there would recognize him.

Will took a taxi back to campus and went back to his room. He took out his adhesive device and smiled, it worked in the field excellently and swinging from the buildings was terrifying but awesome and exhilarating. Will heard someone knock on his door so he put the device on his desk and opened his door to see Aria and Emily.

"Oh, thank god." Will said as they walked in and hugged him. Will hugged back with a sigh of relief that his best friends were safe. "I was so worried."

"Not as worried as we were." Aria said as she held onto Will as tight as she could. "You saved us."

"Always." Will said as he looked at Emily and Aria. "You're my best friends. I'd do anything for you guys."

Emily and Aria smiled and hugged Will, thinking the same. The three of them were thick and thieves and nothing would change that. "Guess your powers finally came in handy after all?" Emily joked causing them to laugh.

"Ahem." They heard as they saw Spencer standing there in the hall with her arms crossed.

"Spencer." Aria said as they were confused as to why she was here and hoped it wasn't because of Will.

"Hey, Spencer." Emily said with a small wave.

"Spencer, what are you doing here?" Will asked.

"Probably the same thing they are…thanking the guy who saved my life." Spencer said as Will felt his stomach drop.

"Uh…then you'll want to thank the police because I didn't do anything. I'd been here all day." Will said as Spencer raised an eyebrow and brushed past them as she walked into his room. "By all means, walk right in."

"So, you've been here all day?" Spencer asked as she looked around his room to see it was littered with science books and notes.

"Yeah, I've been working on a project." Will said as Spencer turned around and held up his adhesive device. Will looked and saw she must have picked it up from his desk. "That is a…very unique looking watch."

"With a trigger device?" Spencer asked as she pressed the trigger hard and it shot out a line to the wall.

"That's just a coincidence." Will replied.

"I know it was you in that hoodie, Will. I've seen you wear it enough times to recognize you even with that cloud of smoke." Spencer said as Will began to get nervous. "You know, I have noticed something different with you the past few months since the holidays. How the usual meek and short Will Detmer shot up three inches and changed physique. Plus, how secretive you three have been. Although I wasn't expecting you to turn into a copycat vigilante."

"I'm not a copycat vigilante. I'm not even a vigilante. Tonight, was a one-time thing because you guys were in danger." Will told her.

"Will, come on. You were amazing tonight. Maybe this is why you have these powers." Aria told her.

"Powers? How did that happen?" Spencer asked.

"It's a long and complicated story. Look, I don't think now is a good time to get into this considering that my roommate could be back at any minute." Will said and to his word, his roommate walked in.

"Whoa, babe alert. I didn't know you had it in you Detmer." He said as Will sighed in exhaustion and rubbed his forehead.

"And that's the answer to why I'm not close with my college roommate. Look, how about we talk about this tomorrow. Tonight, I could use some sleep." Will told them.

"All right, we'll meet for breakfast at 9." Emily said.

"I'll be there as well." Spencer said as Will sighed.

"Fine. We'll meet tomorrow." Will said as they nodded. "I'm glad you guys are safe though."

"Thanks, Will." Emily said as she, Aria, and Spencer left.

"Aw, what'd you do that for? The party was just starting." His roommate said as he looked at Will. "Seriously, dude. How did you do it?"

Will just sighed and got ready for bed, dreading tomorrow and the conversation he'd have with Spencer now that she knew he changed and that he saved them. He was ok with Aria and Emily knowing what happened because he trusted them, but Spencer was now the wild card. They weren't enemies, but he didn't know her. Aria and Emily liked her, but could he handle a third person knowing what happened to him.

Will woke up the next day wearing jeans and red button up and met Aria, Emily, and Spencer at the dining hall for breakfast. The four got a seclude table in the corner so they could talk. They all sat down together in a moment of awkwardness as they slowly ate their food. Will picked at his cereal as Aria sipped her coffee, Emily took a small bite of her muffin and Spencer ate an orange.

"So…you said we could talk in the morning. What's going on?" Spencer asked as Will took a deep breath.

"It's kind of long story and I'm not sure you'd believe it." Will said as Spencer looked at him.

"Try me." She said as Will began explaining everything that happened since the Particle Accelerator explosion. The spider bite, his body transformation and how he got his powers and how Aria and Emily are the only people who know what happened to him. He explained how he's been looking out for any more changes but other than the hundreds of tests he ran on himself, he seemed to be fine at the moment and no other changes were going in.

Spencer took a moment to absorb all this new information as she looked at them. "So…you changed and managed to save us from a crossbow wielding lunatic because of a radioactive spider bite."

"It wasn't radioactive. I've literally tested myself dozens of times with the mass spectrometer and even with a Geiger counter in the physics lab, I'm no more radioactive than a typical male my age." Will told her. "But now you know the truth…the truth that only the people at this table know."

"Just us. What about your mother?" Spencer asked as Will shook his head no. "How have you kept this a secret? I mean, didn't she notice how you changed?"

"Yeah, she did, and I managed to avoid it as best as I could. Last semester the last time she saw me was parents weekend in September, so I told her that Emily got my into a steady workout routine and that how I changed and grew. And I told her that Aria got me some prescription contacts. She doesn't know." Will told her.

"Why not?" Spencer asked.

"Because I don't want her to worry anymore than she needs to. If she found out what happened to me, she would drive herself into the ground in worry. I can't do that to her, she's been through enough. Please, Spencer, you can't tell anyone about this." Will begged her as Spencer nodded.

"Yeah, sure. I promise." She said as Will sighed in relief. "I just can't imagine what you've been through the past few months. So many questions. How did you do it?"

"Well, I have a very good support group." Will said as he looked at Aria and Emily who smiled. "Thank you, Spencer. I know you don't know me, but I really appreciate you keeping this a secret."

"I know we might have a bit of a rivalry but I'm not evil enough to do that to someone I barely know. Besides…" Spencer looked at Emily and Aria. "if Spencer and Emily trust you then it's enough for me."

"Thank you, Spencer. To be honest, I was more afraid of how today would turn out." Will said.

"Why?" She asked as Will got nervous.

"Because we don't really know each other and…" Will struggled to find the words which Aria saw, and she decided to have a little fun.

"And because Will's afraid of you." Aria said as Will and Spencer looked at each other.

"Excuse me?" Spencer asked.

"It's not at all how it sounds." Will told her.

"Oh, it's exactly how it sounds. Will told me himself when he mentioned you. Spencer who's in the same biology class is just as smart as he is and is very competitive and that she scares him." Aria said as Will glared at her, basically throwing him under the bus.

"You think I'm scary?" Spencer asked as Will gulped a bit.

"Not scary like serial killer scary…more like your kind of wound tight and I'm afraid you'd hit me if you get angry, scary." Will said as he began to sweat.

"I'm not scary. Am I?" Spencer asked Emily and Aria.

"A little." Emily replied as Spencer just gave her a look causing Aria to laugh and Will to sigh in relief that he wasn't dead. In that moment, their little circle of trust expanded and a new friend was made.

Line Break xxxxx

May 2014-Starling City

It was the end of Will's first year of college and he was proud of it. He did excellent, pulling in all A's for his classes despite Will using his spare time to research his powers. Aria and Emily were doing fine as well with Will's help and surprisingly enough Spencer's. After their conversation and Spencer knowing the truth about Will, she became the fourth member of their group. It surprised Will because he thought she didn't like him but it turns out she was just a little jealous he was smarter that her. Granted, Will had an IQ of 250 so it was kind of hard to compete with that. But the two soon became friends although now Will felt like he needed to add a guy friend to the group because he was way outnumbered. But the guys at school were assholes so it was slim pickings.

Will, Aria, Emily, and Spencer took a bus to the city to hang out before they went their separate ways for summer break. Will managed to get an internship at Queen Consolidated in their R&D department. Emily was heading to Florida for an Olympic sponsored Athletic camp and workshop while Aria and Spencer were staying in Starling City. Aria had an internship at Kingsley Limited, a fashion and print media empire founded and run by Roderick Kingsley. Spencer had an internship at the DA's office. They decided to head into the city to celebrate before they all went to their internships. It started with some dinner followed by a movie.

"I still have to say that movie was ok. I don't get why everyone was hyping it up so much." Will said.

"Oh, come on, Will that was great. Way better than the old sci-fi movies you make us watch." Aria said.

"I have to agree with Aria on that one." Spencer added.

"But without my old sci-fi movies, you wouldn't have whatever Divergent was. And that was based on a book too?" Will asked as they nodded. "I kind of wish we saw The Grand Budapest Hotel instead."

"I thought you weren't a fan of Wes Anderson?" Spencer asked, knowing a little more about Will ever since they became friends.

"Not really but something tells me it would have been a little more interesting." Will said as Emily chuckled and hooked his arm.

"Come on, Mr. Film critic. Let's get some dessert." She said as they walked down the street to get ice-cream. As they walked down the street, Will saw one of the campaign posters for Alderman Blood, or now Mayor Blood. He won the race after Moira Queen was killed by someone named Slade Wilson. God only knows how Oliver and Thea were handling it. Will knew Thea Queen…everyone knew who she was, but he went to high school with her. She was ok…in high school, she was like the other girls who often left him alone or gossiped behind his back until it came to the point where they needed his help to pass science. Will was the only reason she did but he whatever his feelings he still felt bad for her. He knew what it was like to lose a parent.

Will's phone rang and saw it was his mother. "Hey, mom." Will said.

"Hey, Will. How's everything?" She asked.

"Everything's fine. Just finished watching a movie with the girls. We're about to head out for some dessert." Will said. "What about you?"

"I just finished up work for the night. Thank god I got out before the hour hit double digits. I don't remember the last time I got out of the hospital before 9 o'clock." She joked as Will chuckled.

"Well, as a treat I'll pick up a pint of mint chocolate chip for you on the way home." Will said as she heard her chuckle.

"I have raised you well." She replied when all of a sudden, Will heard an explosion and gun shots followed by people screaming. Will and the girls ducked as they saw helicopters fly above and the faint glow of fires in the distance.

"What the hell is going on?" Will asked as he heard sirens in the distance.

"Will?! Will, can you hear me?!" She shouted.

"Yeah, mom I hear you." Will told her. "Something's going on."

"Will, I want you off the streets, do you hear me?" She told him.

"We're too far from campus and home is on the other side of the city." Will said as he looked at the street signs and saw they were maybe a few blocks away from Starling City Police Department. "Mom, how far are you from the Starling City Metro Police station?"

"A few blocks." She said.

"Ok. We'll meet there at the police station. Something tells me it'll be safe. Be careful. I love you." Will said.

"I love you too, Will." She said as they hung up.

"What the hell is going on?" Aria asked as they were all scared about what was happening.

"I don't know. Come on. Let's head to the police station." Will said as they began making their way through the city. The city was in chaos from whatever the hell was going on. It wasn't another earthquake so maybe it was a terrorist attack. They needed to get off the streets fast.

"Help! Someone help! Please, someone help!" They heard as Will saw a burning building a mother and son crying for help.

"Will!" he heard as he saw his mother run up to him and hugged him with all her strength. "Thank god you're ok."

"Please someone help! My daughter's in there. I couldn't get to her!" The woman said as she tried to go inside but a huge fiery explosion kept her back.

A police car then drove up to them and an officer stepped out. "Please someone help!" The mother shouted as Will acted and ran inside the fiery hell.

"WILL!" Emily shouted as his mother tried to go after him but Aria and Spencer kept her back.

"KID!" The officer shouted as he got on the radio to call for backup. "Delta Charlie 52 to Central, copy!"

Will ran through the fiery blaze and covered his mouth as best he could. He heard some shouting on the second floor and jumped onto the railing and pulled himself up. He ran into the room and saw the woman in black with a kid but they were trapped in the corner from a fallen support beam.

"What are you doing here?!" She shouted as Will took off his sweatshirt and covered his hands with it. He ran over to the support beam and lifted it, shouting in pain from the heat.

"HURRY!" Will shouted as he lifted the beam out of the way and the woman in black carried the child through the blaze and to the door. Will dropped the beam as he followed the woman back to the front door when his spider sense went off and he saw the roof caving in. "LOOK OUT!"

Will ran forward and pushed the woman in black and the child out the front door and onto the sidewalk as the roof came down in a fiery blaze and the building collapsed.

"NOOO!" Will's mom shouted as Aria, Spencer, and Emily held their mouths in shock as tears dropped from their eyes.

"Delta Charlie 52 to Central, I need Fire and Rescue at my location now!" Officer Lance shouted as Laurel helped the Canary up when she heard coughing. She looked and saw the kid was trapped under some rubble.

"DAD!" Laurel shouted as Officer Lance looked and saw the kid was alive.

"HELP! Someone, please help me!" Will shouted as he was trapped under the rubble. He was in pain, having a building collapse on him but he didn't feel anything broken.

"WILL!" He heard as he managed to look up and saw his friends and mother rush over to move some of the rubble off but there was so much and it was hotter than hell.

"Hang on, kid!" Lance shouted as he, Laurel, and the woman in black helped as well, moving some rubble out of the way. Lance grabbed a large pole and put it under some rubble and attempted to leverage some of the heavier pieces off but the building must have weighed a ton. "Dammit, this thing must weigh a ton!"

"Please, help me!" Don't leave me!" Will shouted in fright as Laurel looked at him.

"Don't worry, we're not leaving you. What's your name?" She asked as Will looked at her.

"Will. Will Detmer." He said as Laurel smiled.

"Don't worry, Will. We're gonna get you out of here!" She said as she helped Will's friend move some rubble out of the way when part of the rubble began to shift.

"Stop! We move anymore and it could crush him!" The Canary told them as Will felt helpless for the first time in a long time and began panicking.

He tried to push the rubble off of his but it was too heavy and he didn't have the strength. "Come on!" Will shouted as he tried to move but couldn't. He looked up and saw a destroyed spider web and a small spider crawl out of the blazing inferno in a hurry. In that moment, Will flashbacked to the last couple of months ever since he got his powers and how much it had changed it. He had changed physically but the one thing the bite didn't do was change who he was. He looked back on the time he saved Aria and Emily from the muggers and when he saved the hostages from the Huntress. He acted because he wanted to help his friends and because he could. It reminded him of a saying his dad use to always tell Will when he was asked why he was an FBI agent. When you have the chance to make a difference but you don't…and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you. Doing nothing is worse than not doing anything at all. At least with doing something, you have the chance to make a difference.

At that moment, Will was filled with a new sense of confidence and purpose. "Come on, Will. You can do this. Come on, Will!" Will shouted as he took a deep breath and began pushing off the ground. The mound of rubble on his back began to creak and rumble as it was being lifted off the ground. Will dug deep into himself and managed to push himself off the ground. "AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!"

Will shouted at the top of his lungs as the pile of rubble began to move up and everyone stepped back and witnessed something impossible. The rubble had to weigh at least a ton and the kid was somehow able to lift it up. Will managed to lift enough and got to his feet. He used his hands and lifted the rubble up over his head and then with a mighty roar and shove, he pushed it behind him.

Will fell forward as he struggled to catch his breath from the immense pain and exhaustion his body underwent. Lance and Laurel grabbed Will and dragged him away from the rubble as the Canary looked at him and still couldn't believe what she saw. His mother and friends were coddling him and checking him for any cuts and bruises, happy that he was alive.

"How did the kid do that?" Lance asked.

"I'm not sure. Guess it was a miracle." Laurel said as he nodded. He helped Will up and put them in his squad car and drove to the precinct. They walked into the precinct as Lance showed them a lounge room where Will, his mother, and his friends could stay and be safe. They sat in some chairs as Laurel walked over with a med kit and some water.

"Thank you." May replied as she took the med kit and began cleaning some of Will's cuts and bruises.

"Don't mention it. If you guys need anything, we'll be next door." Laurel said as she left.

"Girls, could you give me a moment alone with my son?" May asked as the girls nodded.

"Come on. Let's go call our parents and let them know we're ok." Spencer said as they gave Will and his mother some time alone. There was a brief moment of silence as May finished cleaning a cut on Will's face.

"So…do you want to tell me what's been going on with you?" May asked as Will looked at her. "Or should I interpret your superhuman feat today as the reason you've been acting weird since December?"

"I didn't want you to worry." Will told her.

"Well, too bad I'm very worried and disappointed in you, Alexander." May said as Will knew he was in trouble. His mother only called him by his middle name when she was pissed. "I thought there was an understanding in this family that we don't keep secrets from each other. I'm your mother; I'm supposed to make sure your safe."

"And what's my job?" Will asked. "It's to make sure that you don't have to worry about me. You've had more than enough on your plate and I didn't want you to kill yourself in worry over nothing."

"Nothing? Will, you lifted a ton of rubble off your body which is humanely impossible. People can lift cars with adrenaline but to do what you did, you'd need to be forklift or a crane to do that. What happened to you?" May asked as Will sighed.

"The Particle Accelerator explosion from Central City. I was bit by a spider when the reactor exploded. It's why I'm so different. Why I don't need glasses, why my body changed and why I was able to do what I just did." Will told her as she absorbed all this new information. "The changes in physique aren't the only things that changed with me. I have other…abilities as well."

"Spencer, Aria, and Emily know this?" May asked as Will nodded.

"Yeah. Aria and Emily noticed at first and I told Spencer after…" Will stopped himself.

"After what?" May asked as Will didn't speak. "William Alexander Detmer, do not make me ask again."

"After I saved them from the Huntress the day the courthouse was attacked." Will told her.

"That was you?" May asked as Will nodded. "How…how did you do that?"

"I'm a lot more than super strong, but you don't have to worry. I've spent months researching my powers and abilities and I'm fine." Will said.

"Fine? Will, what you can do isn't fine, it's not natural. After this is over, I'm taking you to the hospital and we're having a specialist look at you." May told him.

"Unless that specialist is also a physicist who built a gene splicer from the future, there isn't a specialist that can look at me, mom." Will told her.

"This is no time for jokes, Alexander. Take this seriously." May said as Will looked at her.

"I am taking this seriously, mom. Just because I joke doesn't mean I'm not completely terrified about what happened to me." Will said as he stood up. "And the reason I never told you or went to the hospital was to save myself the look you're giving me."

"What look?" May asked.

"The look of like I'm a freak, ok? Like I'm some kind of weird laboratory experiment I cooked up in the lab and no longer your son." Will told her. "You think you're having a hard time with this then imagine how I must feel? I barely recognized myself in the mirror. I feel like a stranger in my own body. I've studied science my entire life and everything that I can do is scientifically impossible. I can jump 30 feet into the air like it's nothing, I ran a mile in 2 minutes, I stick to walls like I'm a gecko, I can take the gold in gymnastics without even breaking a sweat and to top it off I can stun a guy just by touching him."

May listened as Will was just as afraid of what was going on as she was…probably more. "I spent thousands of hours in the lab to figure out what was going on with me. Months worrying if I would grow extra arms, six extra eyes on my head or spin webs out of my ass along with me being possibly radioactive and endangering Aria and Emily. If I went to the hospital, I know exactly what would happen to me. I would be stuck in a padded cell while doctors and scientists watched behind one-way glass as they poked and prodded me or worse, the military would dissect me to figure out how I can do what I can and try and replicate it." Will told her, getting out all the built up stress, anxiety and feelings he's had about this. "I can't imagine how worried you must have been mom…but not as much as I was."

"Oh my baby." May said as she got up and hugged him tight as Will hugged back.

"I'm so sorry." Will said as he buried his face into the hug.

"It's ok. We'll get through this together." May said they heard a knock and saw Spencer standing by the door.

"Sorry to interrupt but there's something you should see." Spencer said as Will and May followed her into the main room where a bunch of the officers were gathered around a TV and watching the news about military movement on the outskirts of the city.

"What's going on?" Will asked.

"We're watching live footage of an army convoy arriving on the outskirts of the city to restore order." The news reporter said as they showed military trucks and vehicles and men armed with guns.

"Looks like the cavalry's here, finally." Lance said.

"Maybe." Lieutenant Pike said.

"What do you mean?" Lance asked.

"Well, they're taking up positions in the bridges and tunnels." Pike said.

"Well, those are the only ways into the city." Lance said.

"Yeah, and the only ways out." Sara said.

"A buddy of mine in military intelligence once told me the army isn't always the army." Pike said.

"But it's clearly the military. The trucks, the uniforms." Laurel said.

"Except the nearest army base is at Monument Point which is 300 miles from here." Pike said.

"There's no way they could have gotten here that fast unless they knew something was going to happen." Spencer said.

"Ok. So, if that isn't the army, who the hell are they?" Lance asked.

"Maybe we can find out." Will said as Lance looked at him. "Do you have a radio?"

"Yeah." Lance said as he pointed to the desk and Will walked over and began messing with it. "What are you doing?"

"Whoever they are, they're using RF frequencies to communicate. All radio frequencies can be tuned into if you have radio broadcast equipment powerful enough. And police radios are pretty powerful." Will said as he began scanning the radio networks for a match.

"If it's the military, it'll most likely be encoded." Lance told him.

"This is why I'm asking your permission to break the encryption once I find it, Officer Lance." Will said as he looked at him. "It's something that could be considered hacking."

"Dad, we need to know what's going on." Laurel told him as he nodded.

"Do what you can." Lance said as Will nodded.

"I'll need whatever computer equipment you have." Will said as Lance nodded and had one of his officers get Will everything he needed. Will patiently scanned the networks one by one to find an encrypted broadcast. He plugged a laptop into the radio and opened up a command prompt and began coding an x-axis algorithm to decipher an encrypted database.

Will scanned the radio frequencies as he was in full on science mode and his friends, mother, Sara, and Laurel watched. "Does he know what he's doing?" Sara asked.

"He does. Will's the smartest person I know. He can handle science and technology in his sleep with ease. He can do this." Emily said as Will tuned the radio to 84.398 and found an encrypted frequency.

"I think I found it." Will said as he heard garbled talk over the radio. "I just need to run my decryption algorithm and it should let us at least listen in on their broadcasts."

"He's as good with computers as a certain someone I know." Lance said as he looked at Will work. "You want a job, kid?"

"Maybe after college." Will said as he program was nearly finished with the decryption. "I got it."

Everyone looked at him as they heard the garbed transmission come over clean as daylight. "This is ARGUS unit 17. Position taken up at Halden Bridge. Bridge secured and awaiting further orders. Roger that unit 17. Stand by for instructions. All Argus units, initiate containment protocol 295. All bridges and tunnels are on lockdown. Nothing leaves the city." The radio played as everyone listened.

"What the hell is Argus?" Will asked.

"Not sure." Lance asked.

"Containment protocol?" Laurel asked.

"They're keeping those things from leaving the city." Lance said as he looked at Will. "Stay on that thing and let me know if something happens."

"I'm on it." Will said as Lance went to talk to his men about their orders in the field and to be careful fighting against these men. Radio transmissions came over the radio from a unit in the field and it didn't sound good. Will manned the radio as he helped the police technician and kept an ear on what was going on with that military group.

Hours flew by as it seemed like things were calm and contained at the precinct and they were safe. Other police squads were sent out to try and escort civilians to safety while Detective Lance organized his men and coordinated with the other precincts. He hadn't seen Laurel in a while so he went to go find her when Will's Spider Sense went off like crazy and heard the sounds of gunshots and cops screaming.

"Contact!" One of the officers shouted as they opened fire into the hallway.

"Come on!" Will shouted as he grabbed his mom and the girls and took them back to the safe room they were in before. "Stay here!"

"Will, wait—"His mother was cut off as Will closed the door and locked it. He ran back into the room to see a man in a black and orange mask take down several police officers before Detective Lance pulled out his gun to defend Laurel.

"Stop right there! Don't take one more step! One more step!" Lance warned him as he did and Lance shot him four times in the chest and he barely flinched. The man grabbed Lance and threw him across the room. He then grabbed Laurel and that's when Will acted. He didn't know what came over him but he acted.

"Hey!" Will shouted as he charged forward and did a jump kick and kicked the man in the face and sent him flying across the room and crashing into a desk. Laurel ran over to her father and helped him up as the man got back up but instead he focused his attention back on Laurel. "Hey, Halloween, focus on me!"

Will ran forward as the man swung his arm to knock Will back but Will ducked under his swipe and punched him in the gut with enough force that it actually hurt him. The man threw out more punches and kicks that Will all ducked and dodged thanks to his Spider Sense and agility. Will then flipped over the man with ease and kicked him in the back with enough force to send him flying out the window.

Will took a few breaths before walking over to Laurel when he stopped because his spider sense went off big time. Something really bad was coming. Will heard a rattling sound and looked down to see what looked like a small cannister before it exploded in a loud blast of light and high-pitched sound, a flashbang grenade.

"ARGH!" Will shouted as he was concussed by the blast. He couldn't see straight and all he heard was a loud ringing. He saw the outline of someone before he was kicked in the chest and sent flying back into a wall. Will hit the ground as he shook his head and his vision and hearing were coming back. He looked and saw some guy in armor with a black and orange mask and a katana on his back. He looked up and saw the man grab Laurel by the arm and drag her away. "Hey, Last Samurai!"

Will charged forward as the man unsheathed his sword and swiped but Will slid on his knees and leaned back. Will spun on his knees and kicked out one of his legs before hooking his legs onto the guy's neck and did a scissor leg throw and threw him across the ground. Will spun into a crouch as Laurel looked at him.

"GO!" Will shouted as Laurel ran and the guy got back to his feet.

"I was going to let you live." The man said as he spun his sword on his hand. "Now, you're going to pay the price for being a hero."

"How about you bill me later?" Will asked as the man charged forward and swung his sword with skill and grace but Will ducked and dodged all of his attacks. Will leaned back to avoid a sword slash to the chest and then did a one-handed back hand spring into an expert butterfly spin and landed on the wall. Will then did a forward moving back flip and kicked the guy in the chest, catching him by surprise and knocking him back a bit. Will landed in a crouch as the man was fairly impressed with the kid's skill.

Will backflipped to avoid a leg swipe and then immediately rolled forward to avoid a sword stab as he threw out a kick but the man in the mask caught his leg. Will then spun his body and kicked the guy in the face and knocked him back. Will flipped back to his feet as the man threw a knife at him but Will limbo leaned back, and the knife flew over him and hit the wall. Will leaned back up and the man shoulder charged Will and tackled him into the wall. He kneed Will in the gut and threw him over his shoulder and onto the ground. Will groaned in pain as the man pointed his sword at Will's face.

"Nice effort, kid. But you picked the wrong night to be a hero." The man in the mask said as he raised his sword up to kill him, but Lance raised his gun and shot him in the back. Will rolled out of the way as Lance hit him in the back but his armor blocked the bullets. The man dropped another flashbang and concussed Will and Detective Lance. The pain and ringing subsided and they saw the man in the mask was gone.

"Who the hell was that?" Will asked.

"The man behind all this." Lance said as he walked over and helped Will back to his feet. "Thanks. Where's Laurel?"

"I told her to run." Will said as Lance walked away to find her and Will walked over to the locked room. He unlocked it and his mom and friends came running to him, hugging him and calling him stupid for doing that.

"What happened?" Emily asked.

"Masked nutcases and guy with a sword. Long story. They were after Laurel." Will told them as Lance came over.

"She's gone. They've taken her." Lance said.

"Ok, what do we do?" Will asked as Lance took out a gun and handed it to him.

"You are going to stay here with them and stay safe. I have officers on the way back to secure the precinct. I'm going after Laurel." Lance said.

"I'll go with you." Will said as Lance shook his head no.

"Sorry, kid. You've got some fancy moves but leave this to me. I've got some friends who can help. You've done enough." Lance said as he pats Will on the shoulder and left.

They stayed behind as officers soon showed up to help treat the wounded and secure the precinct as best they could but reports indicated that all the masked men were moving to one of the tunnels. Will helped clean up but he felt bad not being able to do more. He heard over the radio how these masked men were taking down the police with ease but he was able to fight one of them with ease and he kicked his ass. Granted, the sword guy was a different story, but Will felt like he had to help. Soon enough, reports came in from Detective Lance in the field that all the masked men were taken down and in custody with the assistance of the Arrow.

Afterward, the police moved out into the city to restore order and keep people safe. The masked men might have been dealt with but who knows what other criminals would do with the opportunity. Lieutenant Pike called in the National Guard for assistance with Mayor Blood dead so he was now one of the high-ranking officials in charge. Will, his mother and his friends were given a ride back home by a police officer. Aria, Spencer, and Emily would stay there for the night and head back to campus first thing in the morning to get their stuff. Will looked out into the city from his bedroom window and saw that despite the masked men being arrested, the city still needed help.

"Will?" Will turned to see his mom walked over as she looked out into the city. "What's wrong?"

"It's just…I feel bad not being able to help." Will said.

"Will, you can't do anything." May told him.

"Except I can. I should be out there helping keep this city safe." Will told her.

"Will…where is this coming from?" May asked as Will sighed and sat down in a chair.

"Tonight…and the nights before. Because I've been me my whole life. The short meek science nerd who was picked on and couldn't help anyone unless it was to pass a test. And now I'm different. I've spent months figuring out what I can do and why this happened to me." Will said as he looked at his mother. "I know out of you and dad, you were the one who was always more into the idea of faith, destiny, and god. Which I'm sure I aggravated you with my talks on science."

May actually managed a chuckle at Will's tangent. "But maybe…what happened to me wasn't an accident." Will told her.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"The chances of something like this happening to a geeky science nerd from Starling City who just happened to be at the Particle Accelerator is ridiculous. And I know how crazy it must sound to come from me of all people but maybe…it was meant to happen." Will said. "Maybe this was my destiny."

"Will, you can't possible know that." May said.

"I know, I know. But if this happened to any other person, then who knows what they would do. They'd be robbing banks or using their skills to get rich but it happened to me." Will said. "Dad used to always say that when you have the chance to make a difference but you don't and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you. Doing nothing is worse than not doing anything at all. At least with doing something, you have the chance to make a difference."

"Your father always believed it was his duty to help people if he could." May said. "With great power comes great responsibility."

"And I have that power. Maybe it's time for me to use it responsibly and help people, like the Arrow does." Will said.

"Like a vigilante? Will, that's insane." May said.

"Not like a vigilante, I could be something better. A hero." Will said as he looked out into the city.

"Will…I thought I almost lost you tonight when you went into that building. I lost your father and now you want to go out there and get yourself killed." May said.

"But I came back. That's more than I can say for those that didn't make it tonight." Will said as he rubbed his forehead, knowing how crazy this was but he felt that he should do something. "Mom, look I know how this sounds but I feel like I should do something. I have all these powers and I've done nothing."

"Not nothing, Will. You stick to your plans, graduate college and you help people with your brain." May said as Will sighed. "Look, it's been a long and stressful night. Why don't you go to bed and we can talk about this tomorrow."

"All right." Will nodded as May walked over and hugged him as Will hugged back. "I love you, mom."

"Love you too." She said as she kissed him on the cheek and walked out of his room. Will looked out the window into the city and for the first time in the longest time felt conflicted as to what to do. He felt he should try and help people. His powers made it so that he was more prepared to fight bad guys than any normal person. He was able to take down that masked guy when the police couldn't. But he also realized how crazy this sounds as well. And the police wouldn't exactly be big fans of another guy taking the law into his own hands.

"What the hell am I thinking?" Will asked himself as he rubbed his forehead.

"Anything you want to talk about?" He heard as he saw Emily walk in wearing a tank top and shorts.

"I thought you guys were asleep?" Will asked.

"Aria and Spencer are." Emily said as she walked over to him. "I couldn't fall asleep and overheard you and your mom."

"Guess you think I'm crazy for even suggesting this." Will said as he looked at her.

"Crazy isn't the word I would use." Emily replied. "You really want to go out there as a vigilante?"

"No, of course not Em. I'm not going to wear a cape, deepen my voice and drive around in a tank." Will sighed. "It's just…I feel like I should be doing more than just nothing. I know how crazy it is to go out there but I have actual super powers. I took down one of those crazed mask guys when the police couldn't and I helped saved that girl from the burning building."

"So you want to go out there and beat up bad guys with your fists?" Emily asked as Will sighed.

"I wouldn't put it like that. If I can help people, then shouldn't I." Will sighed as he sat down on his bed in a huff. "I've never felt this conflicted in my entire life. I'm starting to wish I never got bitten by that stupid spider."

Emily sighed, seeing Will in such a state. She's never seen him this beat up before. "Despite what that spider bite changed, I'm still me." He said.

"And that's a bad thing?" Emily asked.

"Em, I've never been good with this. I've been a loner my entire life and crack jokes and quips to protect myself. The biggest things I ever planned to deal with were trying to land a solid job at a technology company and help my mom. Maybe get a girlfriend who was into the whole lanky nerd thing." Will said as Emily chuckled. "Now, in the span of a few months my whole world changed. I looked at myself in the mirror and I honestly can say I don't recognize myself. My dad always told me that if I could, I should help people but I've never been able to before. And now that I have these powers I feel like I should, but I know in my head how afraid I really am and how it's not me. I honestly wish I was more like you half the time."

"What do you mean?" Emily asked.

"Emily, you're one of the strongest people I know. The courage and fortitude you have when you came out…it's something that most people can't even imagine. You're fearless." Will said to her.

"Will, I'm so not fearless…at all." Emily said. "And I didn't come out of the closet, I fell out…on my face. But I'm out. And whatever else happens, I don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Emily…the second I make a decision about this…my whole world is gonna change." Will told her as she walked over and sat down next to him and held his hand.

"Yeah, it will." Emily said as she looked at him. "Do you wanna hear something funny?"'

"I would love to hear something funny." Will replied.

"When I was trying to talk myself into being interested in boys before I came out…I would look for guys like you." Emily said as Will looked at her.

"Like me how?" Will asked.

"The kind that cares about me more than himself. The kind that helps pulled me onto the stage to sing…because I couldn't do it on my own." Emily told him. "You've done so much for me, Will. And you're not gonna have to go through this by yourself."

"Thanks, Em." Will smiled as she smiled back and leaned on his shoulder, her head in the crook of his neck. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

"I promise you won't have to find out." She said as she kissed him on the cheek and hugged him. "And it might now mean much coming from me…but you're a lot stronger than you think. If you're gonna go out there and help people…you'll be a superhero that this city deserves."

Will looked at his window and saw the skyline of the city. He had made his decision.

Line Break xxxxx

July 2014-Starling City

Starling City was still recovering from what became known as the siege, where masked men terrorized the city and was subsequently saved by the vigilante known as the Arrow. While the masked men were taking care of, criminals used the chaos for their own benefit and were wreaking havoc on the city and its citizens. But the efforts of the Arrow and his cohorts were doing a lot to help with the city's crime rate.

At the moment, a high-speed car chase was going on through the city in the middle of the day as two police cruisers were chasing a car of Los Halcones. The cops were chasing after them and trying to get them to pull over or run them off the road while the Los Halcones were just trying to get away and kill the cops. There were four Los Halcones in the car with the driver driving like a mad man and the other three shooting at the cop cars. The car was driving down Main Street as other cars on the road tried to steer clear from the gunshots and the crazy driver. The car sped up as it neared an intersection and was hell bent on running over some pedestrians until a blue and red blur swung by and moved them out of the way of being road kill. Said blur swung into the air as the sun shined down on him giving people a clear view of what he looked like. The figure was wearing red and black athletic shoes and red sweat pants. He was wearing a long sleeve red shirt and a blue hoodie with a black spider symbol painted on the front and back. He was also wearing a belt with pouches, two devices on his wrists and a mask with goggles on the eye holes. (1) This was Spider-man, Starling City's newest Superhero.

"WOOOOOO!" Spider-man did a nose dive through the air and shot out a web line at a building, swinging like a pendulum and flew into the air doing a few flips and spins for flair. He shot out another web line and swung through the city as the Los Halcones saw him chasing them.

"Waste him!" the driver shouted as the others opened fire at him but Spider-man swung and dodged through the air, so they hit nothing. Spider-man shot a line at the roof of the car and pulled himself towards it, landing and sticking to the roof.

"Well, at least you're not texting." Spider-man said as one of the Los Halcones leaned out of the window to shoot at him but Spider-man kicked his gun away and shot a web line at him. "You know the reasons they give for wearing a seat belt?"

Spider-man shot the line at a light post and the gang member was yanked out of the car. "That was one of them!" Spider-man quipped as he flipped off the car's hood and into the back seat, kicking the other gang member out of the passenger window. Spider-man flipped back onto the roof where the Los Halcones in the shotgun seat raised his gun to shoot him, but Spider-man webbed his hand to the roof of the card. "I think it's time we end this! Here's your stop!"

Spider-man flipped onto the hood and yanked the driver out of the seat. He flipped backward and shot out two web lines at buildings and slammed the speeding car onto the front wheels to force it to stop. "ARGH!" Spider-man shouted as he fought the force of the speeding car but the wheels eventually stopped and the car chase was over. Spider-man flipped off the hood and onto the street. "And this is the reason why I don't have a driver's license."

Spider-man shot a web line at a building and swung away as pedestrians took out their phones to take pictures and the cops arrived to take the Los Halcones into custody. "Oh, geez. I'm gonna be late. Spencer and Aria are gonna kill me." Spider-man said as he swung through the city with haste to go meet his friends for lunch.

Spencer and Aria were standing outside a café waiting for Will to show up for lunch. Aria was dressed in a nice pencil dress and business jacket combination while Spencer was dressed in a business suit and skirt. They had been waiting for about 30 minutes for Will to show up. Aria checked her phone to see if Will texted her but nothing except for a text an hour ago saying he'd meet them for lunch.

"Where is he?" Aria asked.

"Probably got held up at the lab." Spencer said.

"ARIA! SPENCER!" They heard as Will ran down the street in boots, jeans, a black t-shirt, and button up with a backpack on. "Sorry, I'm late."

"What happened? Got held up on a project?" Aria asked.

"Not exactly. More of a car related…incident on main street." Will said as they nodded. "Sorry, it took longer than expected."

"No problem. Although, I think it might be a better idea that we get takeout." Spencer said as he nodded, and they quickly grabbed something to go.

"Guys, really I'm so sorry about being late. I know when I told you I was going to be doing this…that I promised it wouldn't interfere with our friendship." Will told them as they walked out of the café with to-go bags. "There's still a learning curve to go with this but I'm getting better."

"Will, we're not mad. Really, we're not. We support you doing this. The city's doing better than it was months ago because of you. People feel safer. And if you have to be late to our lunches every know and then, we understand." Aria said as Spencer nodded.

"You two are amazing." Will said as he hugged them, and they withheld a small blush. "Ok, I'll make it up to you two tonight. We go old school. Peking garden takeout and a movie marathon and my place. You two can pick the movie."

"Oh, nice. We'll be sure to torture you tonight." Spencer said.

"And I'll tough through the torture for you guys." Will said. "Be at my place around 7:30."

"Ok, see you then." Aria and Spencer bid him farewell and went back to work while Will decided to head to the lab. He was heading to SCU because he got a new job working as a lab assistant for some of the science professors at the University. His internship at Queen Consolidated was over because the CEO, Isabel Rochev was killed the night of the siege. Some said she was a fatality of the attack while most think it was because she was involved with Slade Wilson and his army. Suffice it to say, he didn't have an internship anymore, so Will got a job as an assistant at SCU. It was fine as the hours were flexible enough and he was able to swipe some stuff for his web shooters and suit.

Will arrived in the lab and ate his sandwich at his desk. He had half his sandwich in one hand and was jotting down some things in a small notebook. Things like a new improved web formula that was a lot stronger and would last longer along with different adjustments to his web shooters, so he could adjust the web lines they produced. Things from his regular web lines to bullet-shaped web projectiles to even large nets of webbing. He'd have to run some more tests. He was also working on schematics for different web gadgets to aid in fighting like web grenades and something he was calling impact webbing along with new suit designs. The sweats were working for now, but it was hot in the summer. Granted, money and secrecy were still his concern and being a college student didn't give him funds to buy half the stuff and he had to be careful what he skimmed from the university.

Will finished his sandwich, balled up the paper bag and threw it behind his shoulder, sinking it right into a garbage can without even looking. The door to the lab opened so Will quickly put his notebook away in his pocket and saw Dr. Connors walk in with a large crate. Dr. Connors was one of Will's teachers and his college advisor.

"Dr. Connors, need some help?" Will asked as he walked over to help him push the box into the lab.

"Will, I thought you were in the city having lunch?" Dr. Connors asked.

"That was the plan but some police roadblocks and traffic kind of derailed it. So, I just grabbed something and came back." Will said as he pushed the crate in and saw the logo for Smythe Industries, one of the biggest technologies and robotic companies in the world based out of Central City. "What's up with the box?"

"The new equipment we put an order in for finally arrived. Along with the new chemical base for our cross-species genetic work." Dr. Connors said as he opened up the crate to show a large ray-gun type of machine and dozens of vials of a blue colored liquid. The machine was labeled Genetic Sequencing Recombinator and the vials were genetic sequencing RNA dosages, they were required for the Recombinator to operate. "The DNA-Recombinator."

"More like money sucking ray gun, doc. This thing was way expensive." Will told him as Dr. Connors nodded.

"Yes, but Smythe industries gave us a very big discount because they're impressed by my work in genetic therapy and healing. Work that I've been able to progress thanks to you, William." Dr. Connors said as he looked at Will. "Your mind is brilliant. To be honest, I never thought I would never get to witness untapped genius in my lifetime. You have a tremendous gift."

"Aw, you're making me blush, Doc." Will replied.

"I know this wasn't how you planned your summer internship but I'm truly grateful for your work. I know this doesn't pay as much—" "It's all right, Doc. I already love working for you and to be honest, it feels better being here then stuck in a stuffy computer lab wearing business attire. I'm much more free." Will said, spinning so his lab coat bellowed out a bit causing Dr. Connors to laugh. "And I believe in the work we're doing here. It will help a lot of people, including you."

Dr. Connors nodded as he looked down at his right arm which was amputated from the elbow down. Dr. Connors lost in when he was doing a stint with Doctors without borders about ten years ago in Africa. A militia attack took his arm off. His genetic work was something personal.

"Plus, the espresso machine is a nice bonus." Will joked, pointing to the corner where the espresso machine was set up.

"Funding well spent." Dr. Connors joked as he and Will got to unpacking the crate and setting up the DNA-Recombinator in the test lab. As they carried the DNA-Recombinator into the test lab, they missed the vials of RNA sequencing flicker with lightning and a familiar looking orange energy before it disappeared like nothing happened.

Will stayed at the lab for a few more hours to help Dr. Connors set up the test lab. In theory, the Recombinator works by inserting a genetic sample into the genetic sequencing liquid of the person undergoing the test. The DNA-Recombinator would then turn the liquid in a beam of concentrated energy at the subject and the energy would use the genetic sequence to repair cellular damage in the subject's body. With modifications and adjustments, the Recombinator could cure genetic diseases like Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia and even Huntington's disease. There was also a chance it could cure things like Alzheimer's and even cancer. Dr. Connor's work could help a lot of people.

Will helped Dr. Connor's set up the equipment and they'd beginning small tests next week. Dr. Connors left early to go have dinner with his family so Will cleaned up and used that time to mix a batch of web fluid and swipe some parts for his web shooters. Will went back home to his modest two-story house in the suburbs of Starling City. "Hey, mom. I'm home!" Will shouted as he walked inside and took off his shoes at the front door. He hoisted his backpack and saw his mom going over some paperwork at the countertop in the kitchen.

"Hey, Will. How was work today?" May asked as Will walked over and kissed her on the cheek.

"Not too bad. Dr. Connors is excited because the DNA sequencing device he ordered months ago finally arrived." Will told her as he walked over to pour himself a cup of coffee.

"Does that mean you'll be doing tests with that soon?" May asked.

"Maybe. After we run some basic simulations first. Dr. Connors even offered me to be his lab assistant next year and I told him I'd do it." Will said as May smiled.

"Oh, that's great. I know how much you love Dr. Connors and its nice to see you focused again on science instead of your other job." May said as Will sighed. She knew he was Spider-man and while she was no way near happy about it, Will made his mind up. "I still cannot believe you're wearing your old sweats."

Will chuckled when she said that and walked over to kiss her head. "It's slim pickings for superheroes." He told her. "But I saved a lot of people today and since I've been doing this."

"I know, William and I'm proud of you but this is also dangerous." May said as Will nodded and held her shoulders.

"I know, mom. But I made my decision. I was given these powers for a reason, and nothing shy of a time machine can undo that. At least I can do some good with them." Will said as he kissed her forehead and hugged her. "I promise I'll come back in one piece every night."

"You better." May said as she hugged her son.

"Enough about me. How's the promotion, new chief of Radiology?" Will asked as May sighed as she looked over the paperwork she had in front of her.

"If they told me this promotion would include three times more paperwork, I would have stayed a surgeon." May said.

"Hey, mom. You've earned this, ok? The hospital is lucky to have someone like you there. You'll do great. Who knows, maybe Medical Director is in your future." Will suggested.

"If it involves even more paperwork, I'll pass." May joked as Will kissed her head. "So, what are you in the mood for dinner tonight?"

"Actually, Aria and Spencer were gonna come over for dinner. We're gonna do it old school. Peking Garden and a movie. You're welcome to join us." Will said.

"I'll take you up on the takeout but not the movie. Besides, it'll be nice to give you and your girls some alone time." May said with an underlying tone as Will looked at her.

"What does that mean?" Will asked.

"It's just…Aria and Spencer are both lovely girls and you're not the same lanky boy you used to be." May said.

"Wow, that hurt a little bit." Will replied as May chuckled. "Aria and Spencer? That's ridiculous."

"Is it?" May asked. "I know Emily is gay so there's no chance something could happen but Aria and Spencer love spending time with you and something tells me it's not just because you've changed."

"Aria and Spencer are my best friends. I've never looked at them like that and besides…it wouldn't work." Will said.

"Why not?" May asked.

"Because…" Will struggled to find the words in his head. "because…I'm really busy now?"

"Sure, you are." May replied with a wink.

"Ok, I'm done with this conversation. I'll be in my room." Will said as he took his cup of coffee and walked up to his room. He closed the door behind him and put his backpack on his bed and sat at his desk which was littered with spare parts, vials of chemicals and notes and pieces of paper taped around.

Will took his costume out of his backpack and laid it on his bed. He grabbed his belt and his web shooters and sat down at his desk and did some adjustments. He grabbed some of his tools and did some work on his web shooters and replaced the empty cartridges in his belt with full ones. Will tinkered with the nozzle on his web shooters and charged the batteries along with making sure everything else was working fine and replacing what needed to be replaced. He also began working on an adjustment for his web shooters by adding a secondary nozzle on the back of his wrist to fire concentrated web encasing projectiles. He dubbed it Impact Webbing. He kept working for another two hours and placed the order for Peking Garden delivery.

Around 7:30, Aria and Spencer arrived at Will's house for dinner having changed into some more comfortable clothes. They knocked on the door and Will's mom let them in.

"Thanks, Mrs. Detmer." Spencer said as she and Aria walked in.

"It's May, Spencer. You, Aria, and Emily have earned the right to use my name after everything you've done for will." May said.

"Where is he?" Aria asked.

"He's in his room." May said.

"We'll get him." Spencer said as she and Aria walked upstairs to his room to see the door slightly open. They opened door and walked in and both girls blushed a bit at what they saw. Will was sitting on the ceiling writing on a notebook so he was upside down. That's not what caused the blush. He was wearing jeans and a very form fitting blue tank top so they could see every defined line and curve of his new muscles and physique. Will was the picture perfect example of eye candy.

"Oh, hey." Will said as he looked up from his notebook and jumped down from the ceiling and landed on his feet. He put his notebook on his desk and grabbed a t-shirt, giving the girls a view of his defined back muscles. "So, you guys ready to go old-school tonight?"

"Uh…yeah…" Aria replied as she and Spencer were still looking at will funny.

"You too, ok?" Will asked as he saw they were looking at his chest and stomach and realized what they were doing. "Oh, my god. Were you two checking me out?"

"What, no? Don't be ridiculous? Why would you say that?" Spencer replied as she moved some hair behind her ear and beat down a blush as Will eyes lit up and he smirked.

"Oh, my god you two were checking me out? What would Emily think about this? Have you two no shame? I feel so exposed." Will joked as he covered himself.

"Oh, shut up." Aria said as she chucked her phone at his head which he easily caught.

"Spencer, you too? You have a boyfriend as well. What would he say if Spencer Hastings was blushing at the sight of another guy? Why he would be downright offended." Will joked.

"If he finds out about this, I'll show you the scary you're so afraid of." Spencer warned him.

"Ok, I'm done. I've had my fun. The food should be here soon." Will said as they made their way over to the living room. The food soon arrived and Will, Aria, and Emily got settled on the couch and watched a movie along with some awesome Chinese food. Aria and Emily decided to watch the Notebook followed by The Fault in our Stars. Kind of a weird double feature but the two were enjoying themselves and that was the point of tonight.

The next day, Will was at the lab doing some work on some slides while Dr. Connors was busy getting some stuff set up. Will switched out some slides on a microscope when his phone rang and saw it was Emily.

"Hey, EM. How's Florida treating you?" Will asked.

"Hotter than hell down here and humid but it's nice. The water down here is amazing. I went with some friends from the program to South Beach and it's incredible." Emily told him.

"Nice. Glad you're enjoying yourself. Find anyone special down there?" Will asked.

"Yeah. Her name's Maya." Emily said as Will could tell she was blushing and was happy.

"I'm glad, Em. So, how's the training going? Can I expect to see you at the next Olympics?" Will asked.

"Maybe. The instructors are great here but there's dozens of people like me who want this just as much as I do." Emily said.

"Hey, don't go doubting yourself. You can swim laps around all of them with ease and I know this because I've been to every one of your races. You can do this, Em. You have faith in me, I have faith in you." Will told her.

"Thanks Will. Guess I just needed a reminder." Emily said. "So, how goes your second job?"

"So far so good. People love the jokes I crack and bad guys hate me so I must be doing something right. It's working out exactly how I thought." Will told her. "Although wearing the sweats in the summer is kind of brutal."

"Then maybe you should think of a redesign. Did you see the links I sent you?" Emily asked.

"Em, for the last time, I'm not wearing spandex." Will told her.

"Ok, fine. But maybe you could have Aria sew you something if you get her the material. I mean, you're a genius. Surely you've come up with an alternative by now." Emily said.

"Sure but the thing I have to worry about is cost and secrecy. I'd love to have a carbon polymer suit but where am I going to get the money for that? I'm still on a budget. And the university doesn't keep carbon polymer fabric material in the science lab." Will joked. "I'll think of something. Maybe get some nylon or polyester and hope for the best."

"You'll make it work, Spider-man. You always do. Oh, I got to go. We have another session now." Emily said.

"All right. Have fun and tell your parents I said hi." Will said.

"I will. Bye." Emily said as she hung up and Will got back to work. Will took down some notes in the computer about the latest test slide as Dr. Connors wheeled in some splotches of red fabric on a cart into the lab.

"Sewing a new lab coat, Dr. Connors?" Will asked.

"No, Will. Just making some room in storage. These need to be donated." Dr. Connors said as Will nodded and walked over to help him.

"What is this?" Will asked as he picked up a roll of fabric and noted it felt like polyester but seemed more malleable and little more durable.

"Oh, that's something the engineering lab came up with about 10 years ago. A polyester-like fabric that was twice as strong and flexible…almost tear resistant. Those bundles were prototypes. Didn't work but excellent for clothes. They're being donated to the Red Cross. Can you take them down to the loading bay?" Dr. Connors asked.

"Sure thing." Will replied as Dr. Connors nodded and left the room. Once he was gone, Will picked up a bundle and smirked. "How about that, Em? Guess you were right."

Will took a bundle and walked over to the far cabinet. He lifted it off the ground to reveal a small space where he kept extra chemical containers for his web fluid and placed it there before lowering the cabinet back onto the ground and taking the rest of the fabric to the loading bay. Will then went out into the city and did a patrol that resulted in stopping a few robberies, a drug deal, an attempted kidnapping and one very nasty attempted murder. Will then quickly dropped off the material to Aria and asked if she could sew something up in his size but it would take a while.

Will kept at a regular schedule for the summer: work for Doctor Connors, hang out with Aria, Spencer, and Emily once she got back to the city, get ready for his sophomore year of college and kick butt as Spider-man. People were really starting to like him and part of it had to be that he wasn't afraid to out during the day stopping crime. It made people feel safer…and he didn't leave arrows in people.

August 2014-Starling City

Emily was now back in Starling to get ready for school along with Aria, Spencer, and Will, which involved a lot of planning, boxes, and moving. Aria, Emily, and Spencer got a three person dorm room and Will managed to snag a single which worked for him because he couldn't risk a roommate seeing him as Spider-man. Will just finished helping Aria, Spencer, and Emily move into their room and now they were helping him move into his…or more accurately, Emily and Spencer were helping while Aria was lounging on his bed playing with is new prototype web shooters.

Emily and Spencer were hanging some of his clothes in his closet while Will picked up his desk and moved it to the other side of the room. He placed his desk against the wall and moved his chair when saw Aria messing with his web shooters. "Having fun?" Will asked as Aria looked at him.

"These things seem a little different then the ones you're wearing now." Aria said as she held it up. It was like his current web shooters but a little more sleek and didn't have a trigger device.

"Just a prototype. No where near ready for a field test. I'm working on a touch pad sensor in my gloves instead of a trigger but still needs some work. Besides, I'm good as is." Will said as Aria nodded. Will took a step back and looked at his room for the next year. "All right, I think I'm all moved in. Clothes, books, equipment for my crime fighting job and nice window to the outside by my bed, check."

"I still say being Spider-man is going to get harder now that we're back in school." Spencer said.

"Oh, I'll be able to handle it. How bad could it be?" Will asked.

"Pretty bad, I'd imagine." Spencer told him.

"Ok, enough worry talk. This is supposed to be a happy day. We're back at school, the city's safe, Will's a superhero and the people are loving him, and I have a present." Aria said as she held up the shopping bag she was carrying. "Here you go. One new superhero suit ready to go."

"Seriously?" Will asked as Aria nodded and handed him the bag.

"I even made you a new mask. The goggles were ok, but you deserve better." Aria said as Will reached into the bag and pulled out the mask made of the same red material he gave her. He held it and saw that Aria had designed eye holes in the mask with a white material, so it popped against the red. She made the eyes edged, angled and they pointed up to nearly the top of his scalp, so it gave it a bit of a menacing facial expression.

"Wow, Aria. You outdid yourself." Will said as Aria smiled at the praise.

"Thank you. I got the white fabric from work. It's lighter and completely see through so you won't have a problem. The rest of the suit is all set. I also separated the gloves from the suit to make it easier." Aria said as Will took them out as well. He could add some padding to the knuckles and back of his hands for combat.

"Aria, you are amazing." Will said as he hugged her tight and she hugged back.

"Of course, anyway I can help. Now come on, let me see how it looks." She said as Will nodded and was about to take off his shirt when he stopped himself.

"Do you mind?" Will asked as they nodded and left to give him some privacy to change. About a minute later, Will was changed into his all new red costume complete with his new mask and he liked it a lot better than his sweats. He fit his web shooters on his wrists and they popped out against the red color. He adjusted his belt and looked at himself in the mirror and thought it was perfect…except for one thing. It was missing something when Will got an idea. He reached into his backpack and pulled out his blue hoodie with the spider symbol and put it on. Now he had his red body suit and his blue sweatshirt. It was good but not perfect, so Will ripped the sleeves off, leaving the hoodie sleeveless. Perfect. "Ok, come back in."

Aria, Emily, and Spencer walked back in to see Will decked out in his new suit. He still had the same red athletic sneakers, web shooters, and belt. The new red suit was form fitting and showed his muscles but wasn't too constricting or showing too much. The new mask made him look a little more intimidating and the addition of the blue sweatshirt with the spider symbol completed the outfit. (2)

"Oh, I love the blue sweatshirt with it." Aria said loving how the blue worked with the red and wasn't a lot but enough.

"Right. Added a little something else." Will said as he stretched a bit.

"Way better than the sweats you were wearing, that's for sure." Spencer said as Emily smiled at Will.

"You look like a superhero." Emily said as Will's phone went off.

"What's wrong?" Aria asked as Will picked it up.

"I managed to highjack the police's radio frequency and tied it to my phone. I get everything they do." Will said as he looked at his phone. "Armed robbery in progress at a Jewelry store."

Emily, Spencer, and Aria looked at Will with a smile. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Spencer asked with a smile.

"The city needs you, Will." Aria said.

"Go get em, Spider-man." Emily said as Will smiled underneath his mask. He shot a web line at the window and pulled it open.

"Catch you later." Will did a two-finger salute and jumped out of the window and web swung away as the girls watched.

"There he goes." Aria said as they smiled.

Spider-man swung into the air and shot a line at a roof and pulled himself down. He slid down the roof with his sneakers and then jumped off. He shot web lines at the roof of a restaurant and pulled himself forward in a web zip. "Excuse me, late for work!" Spider-man shouted as he zipped past civilians. He spun through the air, showing off his new suit and it felt great. He shot a web line and swung low to the ground. "Evening citizens!"

"Looking good, Spidey!" A woman shouted as nearby pedestrians saw Spider-man swing by.

"Hello, STARLING CITY!" Spider-man shouted as he swung close to the street and shot another web line to pull himself up to avoid a taxi. He ran on the side of a passing truck and jumped off, shooting web lines at a roof, and pulled himself into the air. "WOOOOO! New suit, same old me!"

At one of the best jewelry stores in the city, three goons were holding the store owner at gunpoint. "Open the safe, now!" He warned him as the gun was aimed right at his head.

[Knock-Knock] The thugs turned to see Spider-man in a new suit standing outside the store on the sidewalk, knocking on the glass. "Hey, fellas." Spider-man said with a wave as the goons panicked.

"AH! Spider-man, shoot him!" One of the thugs shouted as they fired their guns and hit the glass. Spider-man did a 360 backflip and dodged all their bullets which destroyed the glass front to the store. Spider-man landed in a crouch as the thugs ran out of bullets and quickly tried to reload. Spider-man shot one guy full of webs as the two goons ran out of the store to attack him. Spider-man kicked one guy away and then did an uppercut, knocking him into the air. Spider-man jumped and kicked him in the chest knocking him into the side of the building. Spider-man shot a web and stuck him there. Spider-man did some backflips to avoid the last thug shooting him and in his last backflip, he fired a web line at a sewer grate and threw it at the thug, knocking him out.

"Fellas I know people say diamonds are a girl's best friend, but you don't kidnap the friend. It's definitely doesn't make popping the question easier." Spider-man said as he took the thugs and hung them upside down from a light pole for the police. "Maybe now you'll think twice about what you did here today."

"Yeah, Spider-man!" Bystanders shouted as they clapped and cheered for him and took pictures.

"Stay in school, kids!" Spider-man shouted as he swung away.

Spider-man swung through the city looking for more crime to beat down. "Attention all units. Possible reports of a Narcotics sale in progress. Available units, converge at Sunset drive." His hacked police feed reported.

"It looks like they're singing my song." Spider-man said as he made his way over there.

A drug deal between the Los Halcones and another group was going down in an alleyway. There dealing in about 20 bricks of cocaine which were stocked up in the truck of a car. One of the Los Halcones handed over a bag of money when a web hit the bag and yanked it away.

"I'll take that." Spider-man said as he landed on the wall and webbed the bag of money there. "You know, if it's more than Advil in those bricks, I'm pretty sure that's illegal."

Spider-man shot two web lines at two goons and yanked them into one another, knocking their heads together and knocked them out. "Kill him!" one of the goons shouted as they quickly pulled out their guns and shot at him. Spider-man flipped off the wall and rolled through the air before web zipping to the nearest goon and kicking him in the face. Spider-man landed on the ground and shot a web at a guy's feet. He yanked the web and tripped him before throwing him into the others. Spider-man did a butterfly spin to avoid a hail of gunfire and shot some webs into one of the Los Halcones. He then attacked with a flurry of punches and kicks. He web pulled one guy closer and hit him with a right cross, then spun and hit him with another and then followed that up by a jumping roundhouse kick and knocked him out. Will spun through the air and hit another goon in the face with a roundhouse kick. He web pulled another goon to him and hit him with a flying knee to the face. Spider-man rolled from that impact and fired a venom blast at three goons and knocked them to the ground, stunned and unable to move.

Spider-man jumped to the side to avoid a bullet and shot some web at the gunman's face. He then did a web strike and knocked him out. Spider-man webbed up the last thug, shot a web line at him and then spun him around before throwing him into the wall, sticking him there. Spider-man then gathered up all the other goons and webbed them together for the police.

"Drugs are definitely my least favorite crime. Definitely top five…or bottom five, however that works." Spider-man said as he swung away just before the police arrived at the crime scene to see a bunch of thugs stuck together and a car trunk full of drugs.

Spider-man kept swinging through the city and took down some more bad guys. It was getting late as the sun started to dip when he got an alert about a homicide reported at the alley on Bleaker Street by the Calebras. Spider-man swung over and into the alley, sticking to the wall and didn't see anything. The alley was clean…well clean-ish. He didn't want to think what kind of DNA was around.

"Huh, what kind of murder doesn't have a body or any blood?" Spider-man said as he shot a web line at a fire escape to hang upside and lowered himself to the ground. "So the bad guys are getting very good at covering their traps, the government carried out a covert assassination or I've been duped? I'm kind of hoping for the government assassin one."

"It would be the third one." Will heard as he saw Detective Watanabe walk into the alley. "You know you talk to yourself?"

"Just part of my charm. I'm guessing you were the one who called in the murder?" Spider-man asked.

"Had to do something to get your attention. I figured base on all your activity that you were listening in to our police radios. Detective Yuri Watanabe." Yuri said, introducing herself.

"Very astute detective. So, you hear to arrest me or do you need a date for the policemen's ball?" Spider-man asked.

"Got a black and white suit?" Yuri asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Uh…" Spider-man didn't know how to respond.

"That's what I thought. No, I'm here to actually talk to the Spider-man. We don't know a lot about you besides your one liners, what bystanders tell us and the interesting words your perps say." Yuri said.

"It's just Spider-man. And I call them quips. What do you want to know?" Spider-man asked. "Not who I am because if I told you it kind of would defeat the whole purpose of the mask."

"Had to try. You've been causing a lot of trouble for the bad guys in this city and have been a headache for us. We don't need another vigilante." Yuri told him.

"I believe the technical term is Superhero. Besides, you have to admit I'm way better than the Arrow. I've got more personality, from style, more flair, and I don't leave arrow wounds in criminals." Spider-man replied.

"No, but you take the law into your own hands." Yuri said.

"And have helped the people of this city and you guys do your job. Sometimes you got to bend the rules a bit to take down some bad guys. Besides, it could be considered a citizen's arrest." Spider-man joked.

"I don't think a judge, or the DA would go with that." Yuri said.

"And yet I'm not in handcuffs which mean you like what I'm doing. And the lack of other sirens or guns pointed at my head means you might agree with me." Spider-man said.

"I've been a cop in this city for nearly 15 years so I know that it takes a little creative thinking. Plus, it's pretty much common knowledge in the department that Captain Lance has an in with the Arrow." Yuri said.

"So how about we do the same?" Spider-man asked as Yuri gave him a look. "Think about it? Our own buddy cop duo. Taking down bad guys and making this city safer. Detective Yuri and Spider-cop saving the day. She's a by the books detective and he's a hardened, grizzled veteran. Will the two be at each other's throats or come together to save this city?" Spider-man asked as he had deepened his voice after Spider-cop.

"Did you just deepen your voice?" Yuri asked.

"Maybe." Spider-man replied. "Think about it, Detective. Helps to have a superhero as a friend. Catch you later, got a city to save!"

Spider-man swung away as Yuri watched him leave. Maybe there was something to his words. Captain Lance had an in with the Arrow…so maybe she should do the same. And compared to the Arrow, Spider-man was way better. He wasn't a murderer or shot people with deadly projectiles.

Line Break xxxxx

September, 2014-Starling City

Things were going good for Will. The city was safe, people loved him as Spider-man and he had somehow found a balance in being Spider-man and Will Detmer. He made sure his two lives were separate so that his mother and his friends were safe. His classes were all in the morning so he was able to spend the rest of his time as Spider-man or helping Dr. Connors in the lab…granted he had miss some classes and was late more than once but things were ok for now. Right now, Will was Aria and Spencer at the university's pool watching Emily and the swim team practice. Emily had done so well that she was now anchor and co-captain of the team. They watched the practiced as Emily and another girl Paige were neck and neck as they neared the end of the race.

"Come on, Emily!" Aria shouted as Emily touched the wall and the buzzer went off. She was a second ahead of Paige.

"YES!" Will shouted as he, Aria, and Spencer cheered for her.

Emily floated in the pool and saw them in the stands and smiled. "Nicely done, Fields. You perform like that in two days and that regional match is as good as ours. You're starting to earn your place as co-captain." Coach Fuller said as Emily smiled. "Ok, that's it. Hit the showers and rest up."

Emily got out of the pool but Paige stopped her and pushed her back in. Emily came back up and looked at Paige like she was crazy. "What the hell was that for?" Emily asked.

"For taking my spot as co-captain. I was sick that race two weeks ago and that's why I didn't do as well. But the coach doesn't care because she picked you." Paige told her, angry she was passed up for co-captain.

"I'm sorry, Paige but the coach chose me." Emily said as Paige just glared at her.

"Guess the coach felt sorry for you. It's the only explanation why." Paige insinuated as she turned and left. Emily then got out of the pool as Aria, Spencer and Will walked over.

"What was that about?" Aria asked.

"Paige. She was gunning for the co-captain spot and I got it instead. She's still upset about it." Emily told them.

"That looked a little bit more than just upset." Spencer said.

"It's fine, guys. Paige is just all talk, really." Emily told her.

"Well, she's just blowing smoke because you earned that spot, Em. You beat her fair and square and if she can't see that, she's just being petty." Will said as Emily smiled. "Now, go get washed up and we'll grab lunch."

Will, Aria, and Spencer waited for Emily outside the gym. She showered and got dressed in a striped polo long sleeve and jeans and walked out with her gym bag over her shoulder and her hair a little wet. "Nice. Have a fun shower?" Will asked as Aria punched his shoulder causing him to chuckle. "Sorry, had to ask. Come on, let's get something to eat. I'm buying."

"Will, you know the dining hall food is free, right?" Spencer asked.

"True but I'll buy the coffee after." Will said as Emily nodded.

"Sounds good." Emily said.

"Emily!" they heard as they turned, and Emily saw her mom and dad.

"Mom? Dad?" Emily was shocked to see her parents there. Wayne and Pam Fields were Emily's parents. Her father is in the army and her mother was a home decorator…and both were from a conservative background which made things hard for Emily when she came out. Luckily, she had Will and her friends. "What are you doing here?"

"Your regional match is in two days. It's a big deal so we came to watch." Wayne said as Pam had a small smile on her face. Emily cracked a small smile in response, happy to have her parents here but knew that things still weren't on the best terms with them as they weren't exactly comfortable or understanding of her sexuality.

Will saw this so he decided to do something. "Great. How about we get something to eat?" Will asked as Wayne and Pam nodded. Aria and Spencer motioned them forward as Will looked at Emily. "Hey, don't worry. We're here for you."

"I know." Emily said as they went to the dining hall to get something to eat.

"So, how has everything been going on here? Still can't believe that the school is going on considering what happened a few months ago." Pam said.

"Well, the school was undamaged from the event and the police have pretty much controlled the city after everything that happened." Will told her.

"More like vigilantes have controlled the city." Wayne said. "It's one thing for a citizen to make an arrest but these vigilantes taking the law into their own hands is too far. Especially the new one, Spider-guy."

"It's Spider-man and he's been helping this city feel a lot safer ever since." Aria said.

"Aria, you're young so I understand how you can feel but he's not a cop or any person in law enforcement. The law should be protected by those who are charged to defend it." Wayne told them as Aria and Spencer looked at Will who sipped his water.

"I couldn't agree more. God knows my mother worries enough as it is without having to worry about another vigilante." Will said as he spared a glance to his friends and gave them a wink.

"It's just like Emily told us about you, William. You are very smart for your age." Wayne said with a smile on his face. They managed to have a nice lunch and engage in some delightful conversation when Will noticed an older man walk into the dining hall in a business suit and walk over to a table of professors.

"I'm looking for Coach Fuller." The man told the table.

"Is the coach expecting you?" Doctor Connors asked.

"The coach is avoiding me, that's what the coach is doing." The man told him as Dr. Connors stood up.

"Are you a parent?" Dr. Connors asked.

"Yes, I'm a parent. Nick McKullers. My daughter is Paige McKullers." Mr. McKullers said.

"Yes, I know. I have your daughter is my intro to biology class. Dr. Curt Connors." Dr. Connors said, introducing himself as the Mr. McKullers was not amused.

"The Coach, now!" Mr. McKullers told him.

"Tell you what, how about we go the Dean's office and see if we can't find Couch Fuller." Dr. Connors told him.

"I've seen the Dean and all I got was some politically correct double talk about the agenda in this place that is penalizing my daughter. Taking opportunities away from her and giving them to someone who doesn't deserve them." Mr. McKullers said as Aria rubbed Emily's arm and Spencer held her hand. Will glared at the man and his right hand tightened into his fist as he saw red. Normally, Will would be composed unless someone was threatening his mother or his friends.

"I'll be right back." Will said as he got up and went over.

"Will, don't!" Emily said but he walked over.

"Every student gets a fair chance here, Mr. McKullers. All of the staff go out of their ways to ensure that happens." Dr. Connors said.

"My daughter is the best swimmer on that team. And you just can't give a co-captain and anchor position to someone just because…" "Finish that sentence and we're gonna have a problem." Mr. McKullers and Dr. Connors turned to see Will had walked over and by now everyone in the dining hall was watching.

"This doesn't concern you, kid. Walk away." Mr. McKullers told him.

"If it's about your attitude towards my best friend and your very unreasonable or inappropriate behavior then it does." Will told him.

"Will, it's ok." Dr. Connors told him.

"Listen to your professor kid and walk away." Mr. McKullers told him.

"Normally I would but right now you just insulted my best friend so I'm going to give you the chance to apologize for your statements and we can go about our merry way." Will told him as Mr. McKullers turned to Will and got in his face.

"Listen, kid. This is none of your business." He said as he poked Will in the chest and pushed him back causing Will's temper to rise. "And if you're friends with that girl then you should rethink your priorities because that girl is trouble. Taking opportunities from everyone with her disgusting lifestyle isn't a friend you should—"

Mr. McKullers poked Will in the chest again but this time Will grabbed his wrist and twisted it behind his back causing him to shout in pain. Will then grabbed him and slammed him onto an empty table and held his arm behind his back and began twisting. "Finish that sentence and I break your arm." Will warned him.

"Let me go, kid before you regret it!" Mr. McKullers shouted as Will twisted his wrist causing him to shout in pain.

"Probably not a smart idea to threaten someone who has your wrist in a vice and whose best friend you just insulted twice. Normally I'm a very kind person but the one thing that makes me angry is when you insult or threaten the people I care about. Now listen and listen well because I won't repeat myself. You are going to take that outdated, sexists, and homophobic sentence you were about to say and shove it up your ass and never say it out loud again." Will warned him as everyone watched with bated breath. "I understand you're upset your daughter didn't get a co-captain or anchor position on the swim team, but she didn't get it because my friend is a better swimmer. Trying to make an excuse that the coach or the school gave it to her because of her sexuality is not only stupid but pathetic. You should be ashamed of yourself."

Emily, Aria, and Spencer smiled when they heard Will say that as Wayne and Pam looked at Will in a newfound light. "I watched them race multiple times and Emily is a better swimmer then your daughter and earned that spot. Period. Emily is one of the smartest, kindest, and strongest women I've met in my entire life and it's my honor to be her friend. The amount of courage she has to have come out is something a worm like you will never understand. Everything she has gotten in her life she has earned through sheer force of will and hard work and any girl would be lucky to have her. Now I'm only going to say this once so listen, you threaten or make anymore snide comments about my friend then your arm gets broken in so many places you'll need help to wipe your own ass. Are we clear?!" Will asked him as he twisted his wrist and the man shouted in pain. "Are we clear?!"

"Ok, ok!" Mr. McKullers shouted as Will pulled him off the table and let him go.

"You should be ashamed of yourself. Now go. I think you ruined enough of everyone's lunch." Will told him as Mr. McKullers fixed his tie and walked away causing everyone to clap and cheer for Will.

Will looked around at everyone looking at him and saw Emily, Spencer, and Aria clapping the loudest. "Sorry you had to see that, Dr. Connors. If you'll want to terminate my assistant position, I'd understand." Will said.

"Are you kidding?" Dr. Connors asked. "That kind of loyalty is inspiring, Will. I want that loyalty with me for as long as possible. And your friend is very lucky as well."

Will nodded as Dr. Connors sat back down with his colleagues as Will walked back over to his table. Emily shot up and hugged him as Will hugged back. "I love you, Will." She said as a tear dropped down her eye and Will hugged her tight.

"I love you too, Em." Will replied as they separated from the hug and she wiped her tear away. "How about we get out of here before anything else happens?"

They all got up and left the dining hall as Will got everyone some coffee from the café. They walked out into the quad as Will cleared his throat and looked at Emily's parents. "I'm sorry you had to see that, Mr. and Mrs. Fields. I want you to know that's not an accurate representation of how I normally conduct myself." Will said as Wayne looked at him.

"There's nothing to apologize for." Wayne said as he looked at Will. "If you didn't do something I would have. It says a lot about the friendship you have with my daughter that you were willing to do that for her in front of everyone."

"Emily is very important to me and I'll be there for her…no matter what." Will said as he looked at Emily. "Same goes for all my friends."

"Then Emily is very lucky to have you. Could you three give us a moment alone with our daughter?" Pam asked as she had some tears welling up so the three nodded and gave them some space. Pam and Wayne took Emily to the side to talk while Aria, Spencer, and Will watched and it seemed like Pam and Wayne were trying to reconcile with their daughter which ended in a very heartfelt hug.

"That was a very brave thing you did, Will." Spencer said.

"It was awesome." Aria told him.

"And I know it's not on brand with Will Detmer, but I'd do it again for any one of you. No one insults my friends and gets away with it." Will as they smiled at him. He heard a phone ring in his backpack, so he opened his middle zipper which held his suit and saw it was the burner phone he had. He took it out and answered. "Hello? Yuri?"

"Hey, it's me. I've got a possible situation I think I could use your help with. Meet me on the roof of the precinct in 20 minutes." Yuri told him.

"On my way." Will replied as he ended the call and looked at Aria and Spencer. "Sorry, I got to go. Yuri needs me."

"We know. Go. We'll tell them something came up." Spencer said as Will nodded.

"You girls are the best." Will said as he took off running in the other direction.

"And don't you forget it!" Aria shouted at him.

Will made his way through campus until he came behind the art and music building because it was the one building that had minimum security camera coverage and a small alcove he could change without anyone seeing. He made sure no one was around and could see him and quickly got changed into his suit and made his way to the police precinct. About two weeks after they first met, Yuri decided to give Spider-man the benefit of the doubt and try to trust him. She called in fake police call to talk to him and gave him her business card to contact her if something came up. For this, Will took a phone he got out of a dumpster, did a little hacking and engineering and made a burner phone which was his primary point of communication with Yuri. He encrypted it so Yuri wouldn't be able to track it and he removed the phone's GPS so he couldn't be traced. Just because he trusted Yuri doesn't mean he wasn't prepared.

Yuri walked onto the roof of the precinct and walked over to the railing and pulled out a packet of Nicorette gum. "Now that you've quit smoking, what do you tell people when you come up here?" She heard as Spider-man landed on to the rooftop door in a crouch.

"That I need a break from their crap." Yuri said as Spider-man jumped over and landed on the railing. Yuri took out a piece of Nicorette gum and chewed it.

"Fair enough. So, what's up?" Spider-man asked.

"Organized crime's been busy working on the rackets of a crime boss we think is operating through the city. We managed to identify one of them as construction sites. On paper, they appear to be legitimate businesses with multiple investors and we don't have enough probable cause for a warrant." Yuri told him as she handed him a slip of paper with an address on it. "That's why I want you to watch over the locations. Tell me if you see anything suspicious. If this really is a crime lord we're dealing with then he'll have moles in the department. You're the only one I trust."

"Aw, you chose me? I'm touched." Spider-man said as Yuri just shook her head. "I'll look into it."

"Good. Unless we get actual probable cause, you'll be on your own. And try to keep the property destruction to a minimum. The less you destroy the better case we'll be able to make." Yuri said as she walked over to the door.

"I thought you trusted me?" Spider-man asked as Yuri chuckled.

"Get to work." Yuri said as she went back inside.

"Just another day in the life of Spider-man." Spider-man said as shot a web line and swung away, on his way to the address Yuri gave him. He swung through the city and made his way over to the construction site at a new developing high rise. He swung up and landed on a moving crane, looking down at the site and saw a bunch of men in body armor, ear pieces, and assault rifles…and they weren't exactly doing any construction. He took out his cellphone and put it to his ear. "Yuri, I'm at the Construction site and there are a lot of guys here who aren't exactly doing constructing, unless constructing involves Kevlar body armor and assault rifles."

"So what are they doing?" Yuri asked.

"I'm gonna find out." Spider-man said as he looked down and decided to play this a bit smart and thin the heard. He saw one of the lookouts watching over some crates alone so he aimed his web shooter at him and clenched his fist, setting off a trigger that shot a glob of impact webbing from the secondary nozzle. The impact webbing flew through the air, hit the guy and stuck him to the containers with no fuss and no noise. "One down about two dozen to go."

He saw a sniper on the partially built third floor so Spider-man zipped over to a support beam and moved above him. He shot a web line at the guy and pulled him up before shooting more webs at him and encasing him in a web cocoon dangled from the support beam. He jumped over to another rafter and saw another guy below him so he shot a wed line and yanked him up into the air. He fired another web line and yanked him down, knocking his face against the rafter and knocking him out. He webbed him up and dangled him from the beam as Spider-man looked around and didn't see any more snipers or scouts.

"Spider-man, turns out we've busted four illegal firearm dealers within a three block radius of that site." Yuri told him.

"Gun running. I'll see what I can do to cut down their supply." Spider-man said as he jumped and shot a web line at one of the goon's guns and yanked it away before landing next to them. "Hey, guys. The illegal weapon's shipment transport left. You missed it."

He fired two web lines at the goons and yanked them into one another before doing a 360 dive roll and shot a glob of web in a bad guy's face. Spider-man did a forward handspring from his dive roll and kicked one of the goons away before shooting web line at his chest and slamming him onto the ground. Spider-man shot a web line at a goon's face and pulled him to the ground, slamming his face into the concrete. Spider-man shot a web line at some scaffolding and yanked it down onto some goons and trapped them. He shot a web line at a wooden pallet and spun it around before throwing it through the air and into some goons who were going to shoot him.

"It's Spider-man, get him!" The goons shouted as they all started to converge on him. Spider-man shot a web line at a large packet of cement powder and threw it at the goons, causing to explode in a cloud of dust. Spider-man charged forward and knocked the bad guys away in a flurry of kicks and punches of his very unique fighting style. He knocked one guy into the air before shooting a web line and throwing him back to the ground. He did a butterfly kick into a goon before webbing an empty water barrel and hurled it at some bad guys. He heard the elevators ding and more bad guys began showing up armed with Taser sticks, crowbars, knives, retractable batons, and guns.

"The Big Man will want him dead!" One of them shouted as Spider-man webbed a trash can and hurled it at the big group, knocking some of them down. He fired a barrage of web bullets at them, knocking some of them around before he fired four bursts of impact webbing and wrapped them up. He heard the click of his web shooters run dry, so he kicked a heavy-duty truck cargo lifter into them and quickly hid behind a wall to reload his web shooters. Once reloaded, he 360 dived rolled out of cover and shot more webs at the goons, shot a web line at an electrical panel, yanked it clean off and threw it at some goons, giving them a mild electric shock and knocked them out. He ducked under a crow bar and kicked the guy into the air and then did a 360 jumping spin kick and knocked him away. Spider-man flipped forward to avoid a barrage of bullets and web zipped to the gunman, kicking him in the face. He back flipped into the wall and then pushed off, knocking through some goons before shooting two web lines at a goon, jumped forward and used his momentum to throw the guy in the air and slammed him onto the ground.

More guys showed up, this time with riot shields as Spider-man webbed a guy's hands and flipped over him. He yanked on the web lines hard, causing the goon to punch himself in the face and knock himself out. A riot shield guy charged forward so he slid under his legs and then kicked him in the back, sending him flying away. Spider-man fired more impact webbing at the goons, webbing them up as he went from goon to goon, beating them with ease.

"Oh, hey more guys. Welcome to the party. House rules, leave your shoes at the door. Unless you're not wearing socks, in which case, buy some socks already!" Spider-man quipped as he charged through one goon and threw him up into the air. He back flipped, grabbed the guy with his legs, shot two web lines at the ground and slammed back to the ground, knocking out the bad guy.

"Come on, he's making us look like chumps!" One of them said before he was hit by impact webbing and webbed to the wall.

"You don't need my help for that!" Spider-man shouted as he webbed up five more before fired a venom blast at 6 six other guys and rendered them unable to move. He kicked a guy back before using his body as a post and jumped off him, kicking him in the face and did a back flip. Spider-man webbed his body as he landed back on his feet and threw him into the others.

"Anyone want to surrender? No?! You sure, it's chili night at Iron Height Prison!" Spider-man shouted as he slid under a guy, webbed his feet and tripped him up before throwing him into the wall. Spider-man then bounced off one goon, web threw him into the wall before flipping through the air and landing on the last goon feet first and knocking him out. "And he sticks the landing."

He looked at his handy work and go to tying up the bad guys before giving Yuri a call. "The place is locked down, Detective. Actually, webbed down." He said.

"And someone finally reported shots fired so we're on our way. All of the bad guys together?" Yuri asked as Spider-man looked over his shoulder to see the giant webbed ball, contained the 40 plus bad guys he beat the snot out of.

"Together and not going anywhere. You'll see when you get here." Spider-man said as he fired a web line and swung away.

Will made his way back to campus to his room and quickly got changed into something nicer for dinner. Emily's parents would be taking them out to dinner in the city while they were here. Will put on a pair of nice black pants, dockers, a blue button up and a sports jacket Aria got him for free from her intern job over the summer. He walked out of the dorm and met up with Aria, Spencer, and Emily outside their dorm.

"Hey, guys. Hey, Em. Sorry I had to leave. There was an emergency." Will said.

"It's ok. I'm glad you could make it out to dinner with us." Emily said.

"Are you kidding? And miss dinner with my three favorite girls? No way." Will said as they smiled and Will noted they were all dressed very beautiful. "And you girls look lovely tonight."

"Thank you. So, what did Yuri need?" Aria asked.

"Just took down a large gun running operation, nothing big. But enough superhero talk tonight. Tonight, is about having a nice dinner with Emily's parents. How's everything going with them?" Will asked as Emily nodded.

"Better. Still a work in progress but after what you did in the dining hall…we're getting better." Emily said as Will smiled.

"I'm glad." Will said as they saw Emily's parents drive up so he held out his arms. "Shall we?"

The girls smiled as Aria took his left arm, Emily took his right and Spencer hooked her arm with hers as the three got in the car and had a nice dinner in the city with Emily's parents. A nice little break from being Spider-man but once dinner was over and they dropped them back off at the dorm, it was back to work. At one of the city's fanciest and most secure high-rises, an unusual looking man walked into a large and fancy looking office. He wore a regular business suit and looked like he was straight from the times of Al Capone but was unusual in the sense that the top of his head and forehead were more pronounced and rectangular than a normal human. This was Hammerhead, once a proud head/enforcer of the Maggia crime family, he's since gone to work for another crime head ever since the Maggia were put away.

Hammerhead walked into the room towards a desk and a figure in a chair that was looking out the window so Hammerhead was looking at the back of a chair. "What is it?" A deep baritone voice asked.

"The cops busted our gun running site. Took everything." Hammerhead said as the figure reached behind him and grabbed a glass paperweight. "Our inside man just told me. The cops arrived in force and even with his help, he can't make all that circumstantial evidence disappear."

"Our site was protected by 45 of my finest soldiers. How did the police take it?" The figure asked.

"They didn't, Spider-man did." Hammerhead said as the figure crushed the paperweight in anger, crumbling it into pieces and dust with no harm to his hand. "He showed up at the site and took down all our guys."

"This Spider-man is starting to become an aggravating problem." The man said.

"What do you want me to do, boss?" Hammerhead asked.

"Handle it. The Arrow is one thing. He can only take down so many criminals in one night, but…Spider-man seems to make them stop going out altogether. And he's not afraid of being seen in the day. We must handle him now before he threatens more of my enterprise." The man said as Hammerhead nodded.

"I'm on it, boss. Don't worry." Hammerhead said as he left. The man grabbed a newspaper on off his desk that had the headline, Spider-man stops jewelry store robbers and crushed it in his hand. The arachnid was becoming a problem…one that would need to be taken care of.

End of Chapter 1

1). Imagine Spider-man's homemade suit from Spider-man: Homecoming except the red and blue colors are switched.

2). Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider Suit. That's Will's default and honestly, not impossible for him to create. I always thought it was ridiculous in the Toby McGuire and Andrew Garfield Spider-man movies how they made those suits. The Scarlet Spider red suit/blue sweatshirt one seems more realistic and is a personal favorite of mine. Granted the homecoming homemade suit is even more realistic but given Will's actual resources, not impossible.

I hoped you guys like this idea. I was kind of excited about it. A meta who wasn't in Central City and was kind of the opposite of Oliver. He's a wise cracking, joke making superhero instead of a brooding vigilante. It will create an interested dynamic between the two when they meet because Oliver's experienced and it's made him cynical while Will is new at this and more optimistic but doing a better job, sorry Oliver.

Yes, for those that recognize the name, Aria, Spencer, and Emily are from the show Pretty Little Liars. When I had to babysit my sister, she was watching it and the characters stood out to me when I was thinking about OC characters to add for the story and friends for Will. It worked out. Their appearance is the same from their TV show and one will be a potential love interest for Will. So, you guys decide. WillxAria, WillxSpencer, or WillxEmily (Granted this one may be tough, and I might not do it but give me your reasons if I should).

The primary Spider-man inspiration for the story came from the Spider-man PS4 game which is amazing. If you haven't played it by now, you need to play it. I've played it through already 3 times and I love it. Also, the cartoon Spectacular Spider-man and Spider-man: Homecoming are an inspiration. I still believe that Spectacular Spider-man is the best animated run of the character which unfortunately was cancelled and Spider-man: Homecoming was great as well. Again, my story isn't a Spider-man: Homecoming crossover with Arrow, it's inspired by Spider-man. It's why my Spider-man is different and has different abilities. The Venom Strike I got from Mile Morales and the enhanced/night vision come from Spider-man 2099.

Next chapter, Spider-man continues to fight crime and ends up meeting some…I guess you could call them supervillains. Plus, he gets wind of a Big Man of crime who isn't too thrilled Spider-man is around.

Until next time.

William Alexander Detmer-Age 19: Birthday, October 8th, 1994

Moniker: The Spectacular Spider-man

Appearance: Tyler Posey (Nothing wrong with Tom Holland but I feel for my story I want to have someone different instead of doing a Spider-man Homecoming type story. Tom Holland is great for the high school Peter Parker/Spider-man but my story is different)

Uniform: Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider suit. Mark 1 Web Shooters.

Skills: Genius intellect, Super human strength, Super human speed, Super human reflexes, Super human agility and balance, Super senses, accelerated healing factor, wall-crawling/adhesive stick, Spider-Sense, Night Vision, and enhanced range vision, Bio-Electrokinesis/Venom strike-blast

Disclaimer: I don't own Arrow or Spider-man or any associated properties, all rights belong to their respective owners.