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It was a normal day in Seoul until a open topped car speed by, weaving through traffic as police chased after it. The two man, looked at the police cars before one of them focused back of the road while the other got his shotgun and aim it at the cars.

"Eat this ! You pigs !" The man yelled before he fired the gun, the bullets hit the police car's wheel, breaking the tire and sending the car spinning. The police man tried to control his car but it was too fast and it spun out of control, his eyes widened as he saw the little girl standing on the pathway, screaming as the car came closer. The little girl closed her eyes as she waited for the car to hit her.

Until it stopped.

The little girl opened one eye slowly before she gasped and opened both eyes. The car was by webs connected to surrounding building, stopping it in place. The girl stared in amazement as her mother approached grabbing her and looked as a flash of white swing near them.

A woman dress in a white, blue and yellow skin tight costume with web designs on it with a blue spider on the front. Her face and hair hidden by a mask that match the colour, wide lens with dark rims around it, a hood over the mask was connected to the suit.

The little girl gasped with excitement and grinned. "Spiderwoman !"

Spiderwoman saluted the little girl. "You know it ! You two okay ?"

"Yeah !" The little girl cheered, bouncing with excitement while the policeman in the car groaned.

"I'm okay too."

Spiderwoman nodded before she aim her arm outwards. "Good ! Now if you excuse me, I got some crooks to catch !"

Spiderwoman shot a web out it connected to a building and she launched herself forward, the little girl watched in amazement. "Go spidey ! Go !"

Spiderwoman smiled under her mask as she swung another web, catching up with the crooks, they stared at her as she approached before one of them aimed his shotgun at her.

"Back off freak !"

The gun fired but Spiderwoman dodged it before shooting multiply webs at the crooks, webbing them up along with the gun then she hopped into the car. "Looks like you guys are a bit busy, don't worry I can be your taxi to jail for you."

They stared at Spiderwoman as she drove the car down the road to a nearby police station.

Zoey stuffed her spiderwoman mask into her pocket as she walked down the crowded pathway, pushing past people, her other hand held her phone up to her ear tightly.

"I'm sorry the number you dial cannot be reached, please leave a message after the beep." Zoey frowned at the robotic voice down the phone line, she sighed as she heard the beep.

"Hey Aunt May it's Zoey, look I know you're still upset with me and I get it….I just want to make up to you please ? I'm sorry that I let you and Uncle Ben down, if I knew….I shouldn't have gone to that wrestling show or lied to either of you. Please call me back okay ?" Zoey said before she hung up and stared at the screen before pocketing the phone, noticing her mask was still hanging out. Zoey stuffed her spiderwoman mask further into her pocket as she kept walking, adjusting her vegan-leather bag as she kept going through the crowded area, she stumbled and pushed passed them, eventually reaching her destination.

The Daily Bugle, the biggest newspaper in Seoul. Zoey entered the towering building, walking through the lobby to the lifts and stepping out when she reached her floor. A few journalist greet her as she strolled past other journalist towards her desk.

Mira sat at her desk, typing on her computer and looking annoyed at the words. Zoey watched her in awe before someone pushed into her causing her to fall onto the ground and make a loud thump. Mira turned and looked at Zoey on the ground before dashing over to her. "Zo, you okay ?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, fine….uh are you, I mean hi, how are you ?"

Mira shook her head with amusement before offering her a hand. "Hey. I'm good, would've been better if someone showed up to dinner last night."

Zoey winced at the mention of dinner before she took Mira's hand, allowing help with getting back up. "Yeah, I uh, I'm sorry. I got caught up…w-with with work and I-I lost track of time and uh, yeah."

Mira nodded along but didn't looked convinced as she let go of Zoey's hand, her heart ache at the lost contact from Mira's soft hand. "Funny, it's only you that gets caught up with work. That was also your excuse last time too."

Zoey stared at Mira who walked from her and her face was filled with annoyance. Zoey bit her lip before she sighed and followed after her. "I know, I know, I'm sorry. How about we go to dinner again ? Tonight ? I'll pay and all."

Mira sat down and looked at Zoey unimpressed, smirking at her. "With what money ?"

"Uh, well, I'll get money !" Zoey declared, Mira smirk grew as she propped her elbow onto her desk and leaned into her hand, amused at how worked up Zoey was getting.

"Oh ?"

"Yeah I'll….I'll sell something like….I don't know but I'll find something ! I'll take more photos of spiderwoman for Bobby or… or I'll do a odd job like… bottle collecting or….or I'll skip rent again, I don't know yet okay ?! Just let me take you out ?"

Mira chuckled at how nervous, serious but sweet Zoey was being, her heart beat quicker at the sight of the flustered Zoey.

"She's so cute." Mira thought as she brushed a stray hair from Zoey's face. Zoey's eyes followed Mira's fingers with awe.

"I'll tell you what: I'll pay for dinner and you keep your money for rent but please, actually show up ? On time for once ? That's all I want."

Zoey stared at her, conflicted at the idea of promising something she knew it would be hard for her to keep. "I-I can't let you pay….I-I let you down, I'll pay for it."

"Zo."

"Mir please."

"Zo, I'd rather you just be there above anything else."

Zoey sighed deeply, she bit her lip before she nodded. "Okay. I'll be there."

Mira's smirk grew before she looked away, Zoey sighed as she watched her type, listening to her fingers type like playing the piano and making the most beautiful music she's ever heard. "What are you writing ?"

"Another article about that terrorist Spiderwoman."

"She's so not a terrorist. That's a misuse of the that word and you know it." Zoey argued as she walked away towards her desk that was across from Mira's. Pulling her chair out and sat down, Zoey focused on Mira as she hummed and kept typing.

"Hm, tell that to the thousands won worth of damage she's cause this morning alone."

"Oh come on, she saved a police man and a little girl."

"Something that police could've done without her help."

"You know….sometimes I think you're jealous." Zoey mumbled with a slight smile on her face, Mira's eyebrow furrow, she looked at Zoey, her face flustered.

"What's that suppose to mean ?"

Zoey swallowed under Mira's gaze, she opened her mouth to talk when suddenly a door opened revealing a shorter man. "Zoey ! There you are !"

Zoey turned her chair around but it snagged and she fell off the chair. Mira stared at her with concerned as the rest of the journalists laughed and Zoey groaned before she looked up with a silly grin. "Uh, hi bobby !"

Bobby stared down at Zoey with amusement as the laughter died and Mira sighed. "Hi Zoey ! Do you have the photos for the front page ?"

Zoey blinked before she reached into her pocket. "Uh yeah they're here on my phone, didn't have time to use my camera, hang on, hang on." Zoey mumbled and searched through her pockets, she pulled out her phone only for her spiderwoman mask to come out with it, her eyes widened and she shoved it back in.

"Shit, shit, careful !"

Zoey tucked the mask further in with her fingers then took her phone out, opening it for Bobby before handing it to him. Bobby looked at the phone, swiping through it then he paused, he showed the phone screen towards Mira, on it was a photo of spiderwoman swinging.

"What do you think of this for the front cover Mir ?"

Mira looked at the photo and smiled. "Quality's okay but it'll go great with the headline: "Mask menace costs city millions", we'll definitely sell out tomorrow."

Zoey groaned as she covered her face. "Great the girl I love is writing articles about me being a menace again and my job is making profit from me while I can barely paying rent. Life loves me."

"Perfect ! That's the front cover solved ! We'll pay for that photo, your usual cut ?"

Zoey tensed a little, she wanted to ask more, she know she should ask for more but instead she gave a tensed smile. "Of course ! T-that's fine !"

Mira watched the scene before she frowned. "Well, we also need photos for that quack Doctor Connors' piece right?" Mira argued, earning a raised eyebrow from Bobby while Zoey stared up at her with admiration.

The greatest artist could paint the most beautiful piece of art possible and it still wouldn't match Zoey's face in Mira's opinion.

Bobby taking in Mira's words, thought for a second before he handed Zoey's phone back to her. "True, if you can any photos then we'll pay for them too. I can let Doctor Connors you're on your way."

Zoey blink before she grinned and jumped up onto her feet, surprising everyone.

Mira could feel her heart skipping a beat at athletic skills and seeing a bit of skin, she bit her lip at the heat spread up her cheeks. Zoey looked at Bobby with glee. "I-I can do that ! No problem !"

"Well then get it do ! We got to put the article out ready to print in five hours !" Bobby cheered and Zoey nodded rapidly before she dashed off, Mira watched her amused, surprised when Zoey turned around.

"I'm gonna get you that dough and take you out to the fanciest burger place in the city !" Zoey cheered and pointed awkwardly at Mira, earning a few wolf whistles until the lift door closed with Zoey clashing into it. The wolf whistle turned to laughter but Mira smiled softly, her heart beating quicker as Zoey recovered, pushing the button and looked away from her embarrassed.

"God she's so cute and such an idiot, why did I fall for her ?"

"Doctor, this is the reporter from the daily bulge."

"B-bugle actually and I-I'm not a reporter, I'm a photographer!" Zoey corrected as the assistant and the doctor shared a look between each other until the assistant walked out of the room. The Doctor was tall with long pink hair tied up into a ponytail and sharp glasses on but he face was stunning: sharp where it needed to be with a bit of softness that made him easy on the eyes, the only negative were many scars covering many of his facial features.

One side of his coat sleeve was pinned to the coat's shoulder.

The doctor raised an eyebrow at his assistant who shrugged before she letf, leaving the two alone, he focused back on Zoey and gave her a forced smile. "Well it's nice to meet you, Miss ?"

"Zoey ! Park Zoey."

"Miss Park. We're quite busy at the moment with our final preparation so this will have to be quick-" Doctor Connors said, turning away from Zoey who seemed by surprised.

"Final preparation? You're going test your regeneration formula on live subjects soon ?"

The doctor turned around and studied Zoey. "You've read the article?"

"Ah, no….Mira's writing is great and all but…. I-I'm studying marine biology in college a-and heard about the experiment, I-I've been keeping up to date with it since."

"Really?" The doctor said amused and surprised by the statement, Zoey nodded rapidly.

"The idea of using lizard regenerative cells is genius, I have to ask why you wouldn't use Axolotl instead but I'm getting the risk of side effects along -"

"-Along with the lizard DNA being closer to human makes the formula easier to create." Doctor Connors continued with a smirk on his face and pointed at Zoey who smiled, bashful under the doctor's gaze.

"It's an honour to meet you, Doctor Connors." Zoey said before she bowed at Doctor Connors, who watched her, amused and honoured.

"Please, call me Romance. It's my nickname friends use." Doctor Connors said, still smirking but winked at Zoey who chest warmed with the praise.

"The idea came to me after losing my arm in a car accident and trying every prothesis known to man. I realized that metal couldn't never replace flesh, the smartest computer is no match for the stupidest man with a glass of water. Hence I decided to look into regeneration. The idea is that it'll help people feel whole, hopefully prevent things like phantom pains or other mental illness." Romance explained as he strolled around his lab, pointing to glass boxes filled with different species of lizards, Zoey followed and stared at them with amazement.

"T-that's…..I'm sorry about your arm."

"Oh don't be, it wasn't your fault. Fact is it could've been worse if it wasn't for spider woman, she saved me from the wreckage, I would've died if it wasn't for her. To tell you the truth, I was inspired by spider woman too, I noticed that she has enhanced healing and well I just want to help people really. I just didn't want to mention that to Miss Kang, I know how she feels about my hero."

Zoey winced at Romance's words, shooting an awkward apologetic smile. "Yeah, Mira tends to be like that but she's a good person I promise."

"Not many good people go around calling another person's work a waste of time and money."

"Mira has her own opinions and she's not afraid to share them. Would you rather she'd lied to your face ?" Zoey argued back, her face read defensive.

Romance stared at her, he smiled softly at her. "I'm guessing you too are close ?"

"Oh….we work together on a few articles, she writes and I provide photos. W-We've known each other since we were in school a-actually !" Zoey explained with a grin, her cheeks blushing as she talked about Mira, Romance shot a knowing look but nodded then started walking away.

"I see…just friends or ?"

"Uh, that's ! W-well I-I."

Romance laughed at how flustered Zoey got as she she looked away and went red, he placed his hand gently on her shoulder. "You know, if you don't shoot your shot you'll never get anyway in life, my advice though: Be honest. Women love honesty….most of the time."

Romance smirked before he pulled away, Zoey stared at him and took in the advice. "Honesty…"

"Well that's enough teasing you. You're free to take as many photo as you like but please don't tamper with the grain, lizards or mice, I need them for when the experiment tomorrow."

Zoey before she followed quickly behind romance, snapping a few photos of the creatures then shooting a confused looked at Romance. "Grain ? I thought you were only working on the formula on humans ?"

Romance smiled as he pointed to a make-shift greenhouse in the room, rice plants stood proud as they grew, Zoey raised an eyebrow at them.

"Initially we planned to use grain as the way to take in the formula but it was decided that straight injection would be more cost effective." Romance explained as brushed one of the rice plants gently.

"And the mice ?"

"Yes, we tested the formula on mice, one who born with limb reductions deficiencies, I'll show you." Romance moved away from the plant and guided Zoey over to a container with a mouse, the creature had three paws, it moved as best as it could. Zoey snapped a photo of the mouse as Romance reached over with a needle in hand, he ejected the creature with a small dose and the mouse seemed to react before the the needle was pulled out gently.

Zoey gasped as she watched the mouse's limb grow back slowly, it flexed the new paw before slowly testing it to walk. "As you can see, the limb spouts out, growing slowly until it's perfectly shaped into the new limb useable part."

Romance smiled softly as he watched the mouse as it wander around the container.

"Like it was never missing to begin with." Romance mumbled, his smiled fading as Zoey stared at him sadly before she focused back on the mouse, she raised her camera to take a photo but stopped and lower it, noticing the mouse had more lizard like eyes.

"I-it's eyes….they're more reptile like."

Romance sighed, getting Zoey's attention. "A side effect I'm afraid, the higher dose of the formula will cause more lizard like feature to develop but….I believe that the benefit will outweigh the risks."

Zoey stared at Romance with more concern. "But, how will this pass approval with government ? I mean, when a prosthesis does as good of a jo-"

"A prosthesis is only a prop, a fake, it can't replace what is missing. Metal can never beat flesh, I thought a marine biological student would understand such a basic understanding." Romance argued bitterly as he glared at Zoey who was taken back by the words. Romance's gaze softened before he sighed and pinched the bridge of his brow.

"I'm sorry Zoey, that was rude of me. My partners have been questioning my project since the beginning and your friend's article haven't help. I'm scared we not even make tomorrow with how they been recently acting." Romance admitted before he noticed his assistant walking in with a load of people in suits looking unimpressed. Zoey stared at them and frowned before he glanced at Romance with concern.

"I'm afraid I must speak to my partners now, take a many photos as you need, you can see your way out ? You probably have class anyway to attend."

Romance was about to leave when he paused and placed a hand on her shoulder. "You'll make a good biologist, keep your head down and focus and don't let that girl slip away from you either."

Zoey watched Romance awkwardly follow the men in suits, she could hear grumbling about funding or the experiment tomorrow but she didn't eavesdrop and instead lifted her camera again, snapping the photos of the mouse.

She didn't noticed the scales slowly replacing the mouse's fur.

Zoey: hey ! I just got the pics, how Chimac's at 8 sounds ?

Mira: Sure, whatever fits your budget.

Zoey smiled at the text before she pocketed her phone and hit the pedal of her motorbike, the engine roared to life.

"Okay, one o'clock lecture, then drop the photos to Bobby, get home and changed then meet up with Mira at Chimac's at eight." Zoey mumbled as she drove down the road, looking briefly at her watch: eleven forty.

Perfect.

"Help ! Someone help ! My kid is trapped in my car !" Zoey's eyes widened at yelling, she looked at the man next to the car, trying desperately to open it. Zoey quickly parked her bike and went into a alleyway with spider woman quickly immerge from it, a little kid watched with amazement.

"That girl went in and came out as spider woman!"

"Uh-huh sure honey." The child's mother said as she tapped away on her phone. Spiderwoman zipped over to the car, she looked into the car, noticing the child had passed out.

"I went to get something and lost track of time and I can't find my keys, please hurry!"

"Don't worry I'll get her out, just stand back okay ? And call an ambulance." Spiderwoman said as the man nodded taking a few steps back. Spiderwoman lifted her hand, aiming her web shooter before shoot a small ball of web at the window, it smash on impact.

Spiderwoman reached in and unlocked the door as the car alarm blared. The man, phone at his ear, watched as spiderwoman pulled his daughter out of the car, passed out.

"How long until the ambulance arrives?"

"They're saying sixteen minutes away!"

"I can zip to the hospital in five, the quicker she gets there, the better." Zoey realized before she aim her hand to swing away.

"Can you meet me at the hospital in five minutes?"

"I….I can, why ?"

"Then tell them to expect spiderwoman with a passed out kid at the hospital in five minutes." Spiderwoman said before she zipped away, the man watched in awe as spiderwoman swing away.

"Okay Zo, little side track but we can still make college on-" Zoey mumbled before she stopped as she noticed her bike missing from where she had parked it but heard a familiar engine. Zoey watched as her bike zipped passed her with a group of teenagers giggling, driving the bike through traffic earning a few honks.

"I always forget to take the keys out!" Zoey groaned before she ran back into the alleyway and spiderwoman swung out again. The kid before tugged at his mother skirt as she kept looking at her phone.

"She did it again ! She came out as spiderwoman!"

"Uh-huh sure honey."

Zoey dashed after parking her bike before she stopped, she ran back to the the key out then sprinted forward. Zoey mumbled apology as she pushed through the crowd, earning a few shoves and knocks.

Eventually hard knocked cause her to stumble into someone.

"Watch it ! Oh….Miss Park."

Zoey recovered before looking at her professor in the eye, her skin went pale. "Professor….uh hi !"

"And where are you off to Miss Park ?"

"Uh, your lecture?"

The professor frowned at her, his stare hardened. "My lecture is over Miss Park, you had hours to attend."

Zoey looked away from the professor, ashamed under his gaze.

"I know, I know, I-I had work then I had to help a kid who was locked into a car and passed out then my bike got stolen a-and -"

The professor looked more and more annoyed at Zoey's words. "I don't want any more excuses Miss Choi, this is your future and your responsibility, don't you care about marine biology?"

Zoey's eyes shot up and she looked at professor, leaning towards him. "Of course I do, I-I'm still working on the paper on axolotls and and I met Doctor Connors today a-actually, to get some photos for an article and we discussed regeneration and-"

"Then show it, show to my lecture, on time, otherwise you may have to repeat and don't listen to that quack Connors, he hasn't been the same since he lost his arm." The professor cut in, Zoey stared at him, concerned. The professor sighed and started walking away before he stopped.

"You're a smart girl Park and you're smarter than most of the people in your year but it means nothing if don't work for it."

With that the professor walked away, Zoey sighed and turned around, starting the long walk back to her bike, earning a few knocks as she did.

"He's a dick Zo."

Zoey giggled nervous as Mira shook her head annoyed, the two walking sided by side. "I mean he's not the nicest but-"

"Just be honest Zo, your professor is a dick."

Zoey stared at Mira, clearly annoyed at the treatment the professor had given her earlier, it warmed Zoey's chest knowing how defensive Mira was towards her. "He is, I guess…but he's also right."

Mira whipped around, startling Zoey. "No, no he's not. Don't ever tear yourself down like that okay ?"

Zoey bit her lip as she looked away, her cheeks felt warm. "I-I'll try."

Mira sighed, not fully happy with the answer but decided it was good enough. "Have you spoke to your Aunt May yet ?"

Zoey blinked at the sudden question before she tensed a little and looked away embarrassed. "I'd tried this morning but she didn't answer…I think I'm gonna have to accept that I'd messed as usual."

Mira frowned at Zoey's word, she opened her mouth to protest but closed it as Bobby appeared, smiling at them. "Hey you two ! You got those photos Zo ?"

Zoey blinked before she pulled out her camera. "Uh yeah s-sure, it's on my SD card, one sec." Zoey mumbled as she pushed the SD out and pulled it into her computer, she clicked the folder open, showing the photos. The three stared at the screen, Bobby grinned at the photos but he was only one.

"That mouse….it's eyes are weird."

"Well…the doc said that it was a side effect of the formula." Zoey said as she studied Mira's reaction, her face read concern, her eyebrows scrunched.

"And it losing fur too ?" Mira asked as she pointed at the screen near the ear of the mouse, Zoey glanced at it before her gaze hardened, she could see the scales forming and the lost of fur on the creature, she frowned, worry growing inside of her.

"Losing a bit hair and having funky eyes is worth it if it means regrowing limbs, that's a trade I make !" Bobby said with a shrug before he looked at Zoey, placing a hand on her shoulder, but Mira looked disgusted at the idea and rolled her eyes.

"These are great Zoey, you think you could edit all of them and have them ready to print ? Our editor is on her break and we need these photos asap."

Zoey blinked, she opened her mouth to speak but Mira cut in. "Zoey's not a editor, get someone else."

"Ah no ! I-it's fine, I can get it done." Zoey said as she looked at Mira with a smile, Bobby grinned and gave her shoulder a squeeze.

"Thanks Zo, you're the best ! Email the photos to me as soon as you're done, you've got an hour ! Also spiderwoman broke into a car earlier to save a kid, Mira if you could -"

"I'm already on it."

"Oh you two are stars !"

With that Bobby walked away, Zoey sighed as she focused on her task while Mira watched her, Zoey raised an eyebrow and side glanced at her.

"You okay?"

Mira didn't respond, instead she stared at Zoey, unsure if she should say it or keep her mouth shut, her heart racing at Zoey's big soft eyes staring up at her.

"You help people too much."

Zoey looked confused, she wanted to ask, to challenge it or even shot a comment about it but Mira walked to her desk and started working. Zoey kept her eyes on Mira before she went back to editing but the words played in Zoey's head over and over again.

"Do I help people too much?"

Zoey sighed as she left the office, relaxing at being outside. "You should've told Bobby you had plans, he would've got someone else to do it or at least ask for more money." Mira said softly as she wrapped her arm around Zoey's waist, the two began walking, leaning into each other.

"I know, I know, I just…I find it hard to. You didn't have to stay back."

Mira shrugged lightly and looked down at Zoey, smirking. "I wanted to."

Zoey grinned and hugged her tightly.

"You're such a sap." Zoey said before she let Mira go, her eyes fell on her bike and helmet. Mira frown at the sight of the vehicle as Zoey went over, pulling the helmet on.

"We're still on for Chimac's at eight ?"

Mira nodded, still frowning at the bike, her arms crossed. "Chimac's at eight, don't die on your way home on that contraption."

Zoey rolled her eyes as the helmet clicked on. "Please it takes a lot to kill me. I'll see you at eight."

Mira stared at her, she sighed and blew a kiss at Zoey whose eyes widened, mouth drop open a little. Mira smirked, she winked at her and then walked away, Zoey watched every movement, still in shock until she heard fire engine sirens behind her.

"Time for some action." Zoey mumbled as she got off the bike and pulled her shirt open to reveal her Spiderwoman suit.

Zoey coughed as she patted her spiderwoman suit that was under she open shirt, her hair was sweaty and in mess, she climbed up the creaky stairs. "Stupid grease fire, this is the fifth one this week."

Eventually Zoey reached the top of the long old stairs, she kept walking but stopped when she heard a door creak open behind her. "Rent ?"

Zoey's eyes widened, she quickly button her shirt messily, some of the buttons ended up in the wrong holes, she turned and looked at her landlord. "Uh….hi !"

The landlord stared at Zoey, an eyebrow raised. "What's hi ? Can I spend it ?"

Zoey looked away, panicked and embarrassed by the present of her landlord. "Um, uh, I-I'm-"

"Do you have rent or not ?"

Zoey straightened at the question, she reached into her pocket and pulled out cash. "I have about ₩3,000,000 right now so…yeah, I-I can pay rent."

The landlord stared at her before he grinned at Zoey and the snapped the money from her hand. "Great ! You owe me for last month as well and that means you have late fees to pay."

Zoey's eyes widened, her mouth as she about to argue but the landlord quickly dashed back inside his apartment. Zoey stared at the empty space for a while before she closed her eyes and started walking again. Eventually she opened her eyes, getting her keys out of her pant's pocket as she reached a batter door, she opened the door and stepped into her one room, one bedroom apartment.

It rattled as a nearby train drove past.

Zoey dropped her bag next to the door and stroll over to her bed before she dropped herself onto the bed. "Shower then dress and meet Mira but first sleep."

A notification woke Zoey up.

Zoey groaned at first but her eyes widened and she looked at the phone, before letting out a sigh of relief: Five forty three.

"I still have time, good." Zoey said, letting out a relieved sigh before she stripped off her shirt and pants, tossing them into the pile of clothes that life in the corner, she went to her closet to look for clothes but frowned at the sight.

A black frilly dress was hung on clothes hanger was the only thing in her closet. Zoey stared at it and frowned before she looked down at her spiderwoman suit she was still wearing.

"How am I gonna hide this ?" Zoey mumbled to herself before she looked back at the dress then looked at her dirty clothes, her frown deepened.

"I can't, Mira deserve squeaky clean Zoey….but if someone needs me." Zoey argued with herself, her eyes became distant before she looked at her leather bag, smiling. Zoey aimed and launched a web at the bag, it landed before she pulled it, catching the bag.

"She won't mind, I need a bag for my phone anyway."

"I hope she doesn't bring that damn bag with her, we're not working for god's sakes." Mira mumbled as she fixed her eyeliner in the mirror, she paused to inspect it and smiled. She glanced at the doorway where a woman stood.

"You know Zo will, she never leaves home with it."

Mira sighed in annoyance, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I know, I know but a girl can dream ?"

The woman chuckled as she entered the room, a cup of tea in hand. "But you're asking me, Rumi, and I'm realistic Mir."

Mira rolled her eyes but smiled. "Is this your way of telling me that to expect Zoey to be late as usual ?"

"Well, it is Zo. You know how she can be." Rumi pointed out, chucking a little before she sipped her tea but Mira frowned, a pang of annoyance entered her chest.

"I guess." Mira mumbled before she focused back on the mirror, she started applying her lipstick onto her lips. Rumi raised an eyebrow at her, she stopped slipping her tea and gently placed a hand on Mira's shoulder.

"Hey, Zoey can be surprising, she might turn up on time for once you never know."

Mira looked down at her dresser's table, the hope in her eyes dimmed more. "And if she doesn't ?"

"Then…you have a choice to make: accept that Zoey is just gonna be late and ignore how it makes you feel or take a stand and make it clear that you won't accept your feeling being trampled on, even if that means losing a friend." Rumi said gently, giving a comfort squeeze before she let go and walked away, sipping her tea. Mira let the words sink in as she pursed her lips together, frowning.

Zoey's heel clicked as she shuffled out of the room, her finger searched through her bag, a web shooter still attached to her wrist as she walked away. "Mask check, suit check, phone check, purse check, keys…keys, keys, keys !"

Zoey rooted through the bag, her eyes filling with fear before she looked back at door and noticed the keys still in the door. Zoey aim then shoot a web at the keys, pulling them out of the lock into her hands. Zoey rolled her eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

"Keys check, web shooters check….okay Zo, let's go get our girl."

Zoey drove her bike down the street, the rain hit her exposed her skin and irritated her eyes, her dress blew against the wind, earning a few wolf whistles. Zoey rolled her eyes in irritation as she focused on the road. "Men."

Zoey then felt it, her spider sense warning her of danger to her left, she looked to see a truck barging towards her. Zoey reacted and jumped into the air, flipping before landing on the road, watching the truck steam passed cars, police cars chased after it. Zoey glanced at her destroyed bike before she was about reach for her bag.

"Whoa, how you do that ?!"

Zoey blinked, stopping mid reach to look at the two boys who stared at her with amazement. "Uh….I eat my vegetable ? A-and fruit too ! V-vitamins make you super cool….and stuff."

"Wow, I always thought my mom was making that stuff up ! I'm never gonna complain about eating broccoli again !"

Zoey nodded awkwardly before she looked at her bike, she quickly picked it up with her bag and went over to the boys. "Could you do me a favour and watch this for me ? I got to go, I got a…..a-a meeting !"

The boys nodded at Zoey and she smiled before dashing off as best as she could in her heels, she pulled out her spiderwoman gear from her bag.

Soft piano music played as Mira sat at the bar, sipping her glass of water and looked down at her phone, nerves sat in her stomach.

"I can get you something stronger if you like ?" The bartender asked with a smirk on his face, Mira looked at up as she moved the glass from her lips, she smiled at him.

"I'm good thank you, I'm waiting on my date."

The bartender's smirk softened, an eyebrow raised at her. "They're not late are they ?"

Mira shook her head gently, her smiled became smaller as she tried to hide how nervous she was. "No, not yet. She still has ten minutes."

The police sirens blared behind the truck as it speed down the road, people turned their heads to watch the chase, cars, bikes and bus tried their best to move out of the way, some managed to in the nick of time but others were plough through. Eventually the truck reached a crossing, an old lady with her handbag walked on it but she stopped as the truck speed towards her, frozen in spot as the blinding lights came closer until it was the only thing she could see.

That's when Spiderwoman swung in, grabbing the lady by the waist and swung both of them out of the way, the truck horn blaring past them along with police sirens.

Spiderwoman landed gently onto the ground, letting go of the old lady's waist. "You okay ?"

The old lady stared at Spiderwoman before she nodded, her breathing becoming fast. "Hey, hey, it's okay. You're safe now alright ? Just take a deep breath with me."

Spiderwoman moved her hands up as she took a deep breath in through her nose then let it out through her mouth, her hands pushed downwards as the lady followed her movement.

Spiderwoman smiled her mask and placed a hand on the old lady's bicep. "Good, good, keep doing that for a bit for me ? I got a truck to catch !" She said before she let go of the lady's bicep and shoot a web, swinging a web to keep up with the truck.

Spiderwoman reached the truck, she swung lower until she landed on the side of the truck, her feet stuck to the canopy when suddenly a bus flew towards her causing Spiderwoman to duck as low as she could as it zipped past her, the passengers watch in awe. Spiderwoman gritted her teeth until the bus was eventually gone and let out a sigh of relief before push herself up. She shot two lines of web at the door and ripped it off before sprint inside to the truck.

There Spiderwoman met the driver, a very drunk man, she winced at the mess of alcohol that hit her nose inside the truck.

"Hey there buddy, drinking and driving is no bueno !" Spiderwoman shouted as she focused on the driver, concern grew more as felt a bottle touch her foot and heard more rattling around. The driver looked at her, his eyes glassy.

"So, wha ? Wha you gonna do ? Fire me again ? Pleaze they already fired me today!"

"That sucks, is that why you're drinking pal ?" Spiderwoman asked as she glanced at the road, noticing that they were running out of road and heading straight towards ocean. Spiderwoman looked back the driver started weeping.

"It's not fair ! I got kids ! I got a wife ! How am I gonna support them ?!"

Spiderwoman frowned, moving her hand to aim her web shooter. "I know, it's terrible ain't it but it's not the end of the world, why don't you pull over ? We can figure this out together."

The driver thought hard, moving her foot off the pedal slowly, Spiderwoman watched, anxiety ate at her as every sec passed.

"But I don't wanna figure this out !" The driver yelled and tried to slam his foot on the pedal but Spiderwoman was quicker, she shot a web at his feet, webbing them up but it cause the driver to turn the wheel violently and aiming them at a building. Spiderwoman quickly shot another web at the steering wheel and pulled it, swerving the truck until the lack of power cause the truck to slowly stop. A group of people watched in horror as the truck slowly approached them before it stopped. The police surrounded them and Spiderwoman let out a sigh of relief.

Mira sipped her glass of wine, she looked down at phone before she sighed and shook her head. "She's late." She mumbled as she moved the glass away from her lips.

The bartender stared at her before he strolled over to her. "I'm guessing she's late ?"

"I shouldn't be surprise, it's typical of her." Mira said bitterly but tried to smile, when that failed she down her wine. The bartender frowned at Mira, he stared at her with concern as she lowered the glass.

"You deserve better."

Mira stared at him, she bit her lip as her chest felt like it was cracking open, she pushed the feeling down and shifted in the stool, looking away from him. "Can I get…stronger ?"

The bartender nodded. "I'll surprise you and it's on the house, okay ?" He said with a smirk, Mira blushed a little at the action but said nothing, she watched him and noticed how toned he was.

"He's charming and cute too." Mira thought before she looked away, regretting that she already had finish her wine.

Zoey sprinted out of the alleyway, she looked around panicked before she saw the boys again.

The two boys sat on the steps of a store, a bag filled with snacks, they gasped as Zoey approached them and pointed at her. "S-spiderwoman ?!"

Zoey looked at them confused before she looked down and realized that she was still in her spiderwoman suit. She looked back at the boys before put her hands on her hips.

"Play it cool Zo, play it cool."

"Uh…yeah, t-that's me ! I head that someone's bike was damaged and she left it behind, could you tell it where it is ?"

The boys stared at Spiderwoman before one of them shrugged. "A guy gave us money for it."

Zoey's mouth fell open. "W-what ?!"

"He said he was a friend and that he'll give back to her, gave us money as a thank you for minding it." One of the boys explained before pulling out a can from the bag and cracked it open. Spiderwoman groaned and looked up at the sky before she stared back at the boys.

"Okay, well….next time be more careful giving strangers things that other stranger gave you to mind ! Now, what way did he go ?"

The boys pointed left. "Down that alleyway." One of them said, earning a nod from Spiderwoman before she sprinted off then she stopped.

"Thank you and Zoey said thank you for taking care of her bike ! Enjoy your food ! Remember to eat your vegetable and fruit too !" Spiderwoman said as she looked back at the boys before she shot a web and swung away. The boys watched before one of them grabbed the other, his eyes widened.

"Dude ! We just talked to Spiderwoman !"

"Yeah but how she know we don't eat our veggies and fruit though ?"

"I hate to say it but I don't think your date is a no show." The bartender said with a soft frown, Mira down a godfather in one go, placing the glass down onto the bar's counter gently.

"She still has time."

"It's almost half nine, wasn't your booking at eight ?"

Mira stared at the glass with so much bitterness and anger, her fingers shook as her grip tightened. "She promised she wouldn't be late."

"Easy to say, hard to keep." The bartender replied with a shrug and watched as Mira looked away. Her hands covered her face, she could feel her tears starting to appear, she closed her eyes and pinched them with her fingers. Choking out a sob before shut her lips tightly.

Meanwhile a man dragged Zoey's ruin bike through the alleyway, grinning from ear to ear as he did, Spiderwoman swung above him before she landed right in front of him. The man gasped before dropping the bike.

"Alright friend, you had your fun, now why don't you hand over the bike and we'll forget this whole thing, everyone goes home happy ?"

The man stared at Spiderwoman before he quickly pulled out a knife from her pocket and got ready to attack. Spiderwoman stared at the knife before she sighed and raised her fist.

"Why does no one ever pick the easy option ?"

The bartender watched Mira cry for a bit, unsure what to do except frown at the sight. Eventually he reached over to take the empty glass gently from her grip. "Hey look, I know it's not much but if you want…I know this place that make really nice noodles, it's not a fancy as here but it'll taste way nicer, we can go there together and you can rant your ears off to me while we eat till four in the morning if you want."

Mira glanced up at the bartender through her fingers, her eyes widened, she lowered her hand gently and didn't say anything for a while. The bartender looked away, embarrassed a little and was about to say something when Mira suddenly replied.

"That sounds nice, actually. Thank you….ah.."

"Abby."

"Abby, interesting name."

"My mom thought it would be best if I had a English name, she didn't double check if it was a girl's name or if I was gonna be a girl depending on how you look at it." Abby answered with smile and shrugged, Mira rolled her eyes but smiled at him. They stared at each other before Abby pulled away with the glass in hand.

Mira watched him, biting her lip guilty before she shook her head and her smirk grew.

Zoey let out a sigh of relief as she saw Chimac's through the alleyway, she tried to fix her hair with her phone's front camera acting as a mirror before she stopped and noticed a flower stand. Zoey went over, smiling at the sign: 10,000 ₩ for flowers.

Zoey went over, dragging her destroyed bike before she parked it as best as she could, it fell a few times then it finally stood, the florist watched unimpressed. Zoey turned and looked at the florist, grinning.

"Flowers please." Zoey said, handing 10,000₩ to the florist who stared at it before she reached over and took it, handing Zoey a tiny group of pink flowers. Zoey stared at it, she was about to ask when the florist cut her off.

"Flowers are 10,000, a bouquet is 50,000. You got a good deal."

Zoey stared at her, annoyed but said nothing as she walked towards Chimac's, her smiling growing with each step of her heels clicking, she was just had to cross the street when she saw it:

Mira giggling, dressing nicely in wide pants, a tight turtle neck with trench coat over it with silver necklace and glasses on, her arm loop around Abby's as they walked down the street while Zoey watched in horror, her heart breaking at the sight. Abby stared down at Mira and smirked at her, pulling her closer, getting further away from the heartbroken Zoey who was in shock.

A car splashing her with rain water woke Zoey from her haze.

"No refunds !" The florist yelled at Zoey who glared at her before she took a deep breath, about to walk away when she saw police cars charged down the street, sirens going. Zoey watched them before chased after them, dumping the flowers into a homeless man's cup.

The man looked at them, an eyebrow raised. "The hell am I supposed to do these with these ?"

Spiderwoman zipped down to a familiar building, she looked at it confused. "Doctor Connors's lab ? Did something happen ? Maybe someone tried to break in ?"

Spiderwoman shot a web to the building and pulled herself toward a open window, slipping into the gap, her eyes widened at the sight.

The lab was destroyed, claw marks covered the desks, walls and ground. The containers were destroyed, blood covered the room along with glass shards, different chemicals spilled but some vials remained in tact. Spiderwoman studied the room, concern grew.

"What happened here ? Where's doctor Connors ?" Spiderwoman mumbled, she took a few steps before her spider senses went off and she dodged a swipe at her head from a large tail.

Spiderwoman recovered and stared at the attacker. It was a large humanoid lizard creature with torn pants on, he was taller and bulkier than her, it scales were dark green, a large tail wrapped around itself, hovering in front like a shield. Its claws were long, its teeth sharp and eyes were yellow, glaring at Spiderwoman.

"Whoa, I see someone got hit with the ugly stick. I'm gonna guess your name is the Lizard ?" Spiderwoman joked but the Lizard didn't seem to find it funny as it swung again at her, Spiderwoman dodge out of the way and shot a web at the Lizard's face, covering the eyes. Spiderwoman followed it with another line of web to zip forward, a fist raised but with a claw rip of the web of its face, the Lizard was able to see and swung it arm.

Spiderwoman dodged the Lizard's claws but didn't react quick enough as the Lizard turn around so it tail could get a more powerful swing, hitting Spiderwoman.

Spiderwoman recovered mid-air and landed safety, sticking to a wall or so she thought.

Her fingers slipped.

"What ?" Spiderwoman mumbled as she slowly slip down the wall and stared at her fingers as she adjusted herself. The lizard noticed and grinned, it charged at her, Spiderwoman didn't noticed until it was too late, her eyes widened in horror.

The lizard crashed into her and the wall, putting themselves both through it. The lizard kept going until it reached the next wall and smashed Spiderwoman into that.

"Argh !" Spiderwoman yelled as her back hit the bricks, she closed her eyes with the pain shooting through her body before she opened them again. She stared at up at the Lizard, it growled at her, teeth shown and spit dripped down onto her.

"Open fire !"

Spiderwoman looked at the police officers before they opened fire at the Lizard, it winced before it scream at them, his skin heal rapidly with every bullet but the police kept shooting and eventually the Lizard back away, running away from the pain. Many of the police followed after it as Spiderwoman sat up, pain shot up through her body, one officer approached her and looked at her with concerned.

"You okay Spiderwoman ?"

Spiderwoman didn't look at the officer, one of her arm clutch her stomach as sharp pain hit her and she stared down the hallway the Lizard had ran down.

"Never better." Spiderwoman mumbled bitterly as she frowned.

Zoey sighed as she brushed a stained of hair out of her glasses, barely dodging out of the way of a man in a suit, she stared briefly at the man, concerned.

"Ever since last night, my powers are failing me more and more. Maybe it was the spill chemicals or the attack from the Lizard did something to me ? Hopefully it's temporary and things go back to normal soon." Zoey thought as she continued walking, eventually entering the daily bugle, she walked past Mira who glanced at her, glaring but Zoey didn't say anything and sat down. She could feel Mira's wrath on her skin, causing her to curl a little in on herself.

Mira's glare softened as she noticed Zoey's glasses then she noticed the bruise on her left eye. "Zoey ? Why are you wearing your glasses ? What happened to your eye ? Did you get into a fight ?!"

Zoey's eyes widened, she looked slowly up at Mira and shot her an embarrassed smile. "O-oh, I um….I lost my contacts and I-I walked into a post last night and….and I had a concussion…a-and my bike got wrecked too and yeah, s-sorry about last night Mir."

Mira frowned, she wasn't convinced and she couldn't hide as she sighed before she looked away. Zoey stared at Mira, hurt by her body languages. "You shouldn't be here then, go home Zo."

Zoey tensed at the concern in Mira's voice, she opened her mouth before jolted forward when she felt Bobby's hand on her back.

"There's my two favourite girls !"

"H-hi Bobby !"

"Hi Bobby.."

Bobby glanced between the two before he shrugged and then put a hand on Mira's shoulder. "Okay I got a big job from both of you: Last night, a giant lizard was roaming around Seoul, the police confirmed that they and Spiderwoman confronted it but it slipped away. I need your typing skills and your photography bad ass to create a article as soon as possible, we need one for tomorrow's front page about this thing, we also need a name !"

"How about the Lizard ?" Zoey suggested earning a stare from Bobby.

"I was hoping for something….I don't know….charming ?"

"Lizard is charming. It's simple, to the point." Mira argued, Zoey raised an eyebrow at her and Bobby stared at her, frowning.

"Yeah I guess but still, I need something, something better." Bobby said before her thought hard, one of his hand gently held his chin as he thought for a second then he lit up.

"Oh ! I know ! The lizard ! It's perfect !"

Mira sighed and rolled her eyes, pinching the bridge of her brow as Bobby continued. "Any who, I need you to run an article about the Lizard and our local front-pager. We put an emergency article still morning but I need a proper article ready, you have an hour !"

"W-what about Romance, uh I mean, Doctor Connors's formula ? I-Isn't the finalisation today whether it would be approved or not ?" Zoey asked as she stared at Bobby confused. Bobby's eyes widened, seemingly surprised by Zoey's words.

"Didn't you hear ? Doctor Connors is missing and all his funding partners were found dead in his labs last night."

Zoey walked out of the building, her face with worry and lost in thought that she didn't noticed Mira following her. "Zoey ! Zoey ! Hey, Zoey ?!"

Zoey turned around, her eyes met Mira who looked at her with concern. "Everything okay ?"

"Yeah…yeah no, no, no, everything is fine, uh-huh yep."

Mira sighed in annoyance and closed her eyes, letting her body tensed briefly. Zoey watched before she looked away, she hesitated, fearful of Mira's reaction but with an inhale, she built up the courage.

"Mir….about last night, I'm sorry."

Mira's eyes shot open, she didn't say anything, allowing Zoey to continue shakily. "I know, I know I said that I'd be there…..and I wanted to but I-"

"You weren't there."

"I know."

"You didn't show up."

"I-I know."

"I waited for you."

"I'm sor-"

"And you even bother to text me."

Zoey winced at Mira's last sentence, she looked up at her, noticing the rage but also the hurt in Mira's eyes, her face tried to hide it. Zoey didn't say anything, unsure what to say, Mira studied her and shook her head.

"It doesn't matter anymore. Let's get this article done before you have class."

Zoey nodded, she opened her mouth when police car drove past them, row after row and speeding fast before their light flashed. "I-I'll get the photos of the scene and meet you back at the office."

Zoey watched as Mira walked away and not acknowledging the words Zoey had just said. Eventually with a sigh Zoey turned, she started running away, taking her glasses off and gripping her shirt to open it. Mira slowly glanced over her shoulder at Zoey, frowning at the sight.

"I'm seeing someone by the way."

Zoey froze, the words stabbed her in the chest, her fingers shake around her shirt's fabric as she gripped it. "I felt out of everyone you should be the first to know."

Zoey tensed and frowned, she swallowed back a sob before she let go of her shirt, she turned around, trying her best to smile.

"G-great ! Yeah no, uh…congrats !"

Mira's eyes narrowed, more annoyed by the response as she pouted and then walked away. Zoey smile fell the minute she was gone, watching at Mira got lost in the crowd and her heart arched as she disappeared.

Spiderwoman zipped down to where the police car lead.

An area of the street was quarantine off, stores surrounded it were closed, people watched behind the tape as police watched and searched the area. Spiderwoman gently landed on a lamp post, earning a few cheers.

No one noticed how she nearly fell off the post.

"Woah, easy Zo." Zoey thought as she bit her lip and re-just herself, gripping the post with her hand. A police officer with different badges approached her, she was older and had a stern look on her face.

"Spiderwoman, we're glad you're here. That monster that attacked last night was spotted entering this manhole, he broke into a few stores in this area before police were called, he seemed to be stealing different things: chemicals, tubes, we don't have a full idea yet, we're getting more intel as quick as possible."

Spiderwoman nodded. "Okay, I'll head down to the sewers, you guys stay up here, the Lizard is dangerous."

The officer nodded, she turned to order the other police officers while Spiderwoman zipped over to the manhole and opened it, jumping down into the sewers. She winced at the smell, her hand covered up masked nose. "Ugh seriously, why the sewers ?"

Spiderwoman sighed as she walked through the sewers until it got large enough for her to swing around with her webs, eventually she reached a door with the words "pipe maintenance" written on it. She opened the door and stepped inside to see the control panels with the only ordinary, the rest of the room seemed to be turned into a make-shift lab. Desks filled with tubes, glass flasks of different sizes connected and formula scribbled on the walls like a whiteboard.

"I see they sent the spider."

Spiderwoman turned, alarmed that her spider senses didn't pick up the other person in the room, her eyes widened though when she saw the other person: Romance, with only pants and large coat covering his body, his facial scars were gone, smiling at her but one side seemed wider than the other. Half his skin were normal but the other was a familiar green scales, one of his eyes was reptile like, he raised a glass with hand, the arm he was missing was now there and was lizard-like, large claws on his finger tips.

"Would you like a drink ? The water isn't great but boiling it makes it taste better."

"R-romance, I mean, D-doctor Connors, isn't it ?"

Romance stared at her, he tilted his head in a unnatural way for humans but normal for lizards. "You remember me ? From the accident ?"

Spiderwoman took a step, trying to remain calm. "Of course I remember, I always wonder what happened to you…I'd hope you have a good life after a accident like that, after losing so much…I never thought something like this would happen."

"That make sense…since it's your fault !" Romance screamed before tossing the glass at Spiderwoman who dodged it, her eyes stayed on Romance who laughed sadly and started circling her, watching her.

"I lost everything, I lost it all that night."

"No Doc, no, you didn't ! You're still here, you still got your brain ! Y-you can use that make a better world ! Isn't that you wanted ?"

"Yes, you're right, I did not lose my brain." Romance answered as he looked away and stopped walking.

"Which why I am using it to make a better word, by getting rid of the primates."

"Primates ?" Spiderwoman asked, concern growing the more and more she spent time with Romance who looked at her, smiling, he eyes bright with hope.

"Don't you see, the thing that holds humanity back is humanity DNA itself, if re-write the DNA to be closer to Lizards or Spiders our world would be a better place."

"But…not everyone wants the DNA re-written though ?"

"No. That's why they'll be force to."

Spiderwoman's eyes widened as Romance approached her, her hands raised up slowly.

"This is best for the world Spiderwoman. Imagine children who lost their limbs growing them back, diseases that haunted us now have no effect on us and a world appearance like mine would seem normal. "

"People shouldn't be forced into something and what about side effects ? That doesn't sound like good to me." Spiderwoman argued slowly, watching Romance's face, he looked disappointed at her, the hope that was in his eyes dimmed.

"I thought you would see the vision, I assume you were smarter than the board members…clearly I was wrong."

Spiderwoman stared at him confused but she soon realized what Romance had revealed. "You….you killed the board last night ? It was you ?"

"They refused to see my new world, how great it could be, they were going to cancel the whole thing because of these "side effects" but I could let my work be for nothing and now I realized it was the best decision in my life !"

"You've lost your mind…"

"No, I see the future and I'll make you see it too, Spiderwoman." Romance said before he started transforming, his skin became more scaly, he grew taller and muscular, both eyes became red, his pupil shifted to a reptile glared at Spiderwoman who got herself ready to fight.

"You know I always hated sewer levels in video games and now I'm remembering why." Spiderwoman mumbled as watch Romance turn into the Lizard before he charged at her.

"You really sure that was a good idea ?" Rumi asked down the phone as Mira pouted, she kept walking, now close to Doctor Connors's lab. The building was surrounded by tape, the doors shut tight and Police guarded it closely as investigators studied the area for clues.

"Last time I checked you said I needed to make a choice."

"Yeah that was either accept that Zoey was going to be late no matter what plans you make or take a stand. I didn't say sleep with a bartender !"

"I didn't sleep with him, idiot. We're not…things aren't like that with him, it was friendly."

"But you're dating ? And you told Zoey that you're dating ?" Rumi asked confused, Mira tensed at the mention of Zoey, she pouted as her eyebrows twitched with annoyance.

"Yeah well it felt right to tell her the truth: Abby invited me out on a date later. What's the big deal anyway ?"

"Nothing, it's your life Mir, but don't you think this is a bit sudden ? I mean, you and Zo were glue to the hip and you really liked her, now you're moving fast with this dude you've just met. I just don't want you getting into a rebound situation or being a relationship with a guy you don't actually like-"

"Like you said: It's my life and this is what dating is for ! I got to go to work. I'll spill all the gossip on my date with Abby later." Mira said angrily then she hung up before Rumi could reply. Mira sighed annoyance before she went over to the tape, a officer came over to her.

"Sorry ma'am, no one passed this point."

"That's okay, I'm a reporter from the daily bugle. I just want to ask a few questions." Mira said before she showed her reporter's ID card, the police stared at it and tensed, trying his best to smile.

"You know I can say much-"

"And you know I have to ask, so if you could let me talk to a investigat-" Mira stopped as the ground shook, the vibration caused the pair to stumble and look around for the source, eventually Mira's eyes fell on a manhole as it rocked with each shake, becoming looser. Mira froze as the vibration became worse and worse, car's alarms went off, bird quickly flew away, dogs barked at the manhole as they waited for what would happen next.

The manhole flew open.

Mira shield herself with her hands before the officer grabbed her. "GET DOWN !" He yelled as tackled her to the ground, the man hole lid flew passed them and hit a police car with such force, it shattered the front of the car.

The Lizard followed quickly after, tumbling onto the ground, Spiderwoman followed and with a spout water shot up covering the street in sewer water. Mira glanced up, her eyes widened at the Lizard and Spiderwoman.

The Lizard recovered and growled at Spiderwoman who shot a web, launching herself towards him, landing a punch on him. The Lizard stumbled before he tried to claw at her but Spiderwoman dodged, landing on the side of the wall. The Lizard looked at her before he glanced at the manhole jammed into the car.

Spiderwoman took a few breathes as she stared at the Lizard but she could barely make him out, her vision blurry.

"No, not now. My powers can't start acting up now !" Zoey thought as she tried to stop herself from slipping off wall, she didn't noticed the Lizard pick up the man and getting ready to throw it, but Mira did.

"L-look out !" Mira screamed as the Lizard swung before tossing the manhole, Spiderwoman looked confused at Mira then finally noticed the manhole approaching her, her eyes widened. Spiderwoman barely dodged in time, shooting a web and swinging around the Lizard before shot a webs at him.

The lizard took the shot, ripping the webs off his body but didn't notice it was a distraction until Spiderwoman charged at him, landing a few blows onto the creature and knocking back into a car. Spiderwoman stared at him, out of breath and vision still blurry, she groaned in annoyance.

"Why, focus eyes, focus." Spiderwoman blinked a few times but it didn't help anything and she focused back on the Lizard, who recovered, holding a police car in above his head. The Lizard thrown it at her, she dodged it barely, not ready when the Lizard charged at her, swinging his claws at her chest, she tried to avoid it but they caught her arm and broke skin. Spiderwoman winced in pain as she felt the blood stinging out of her arm, unable to avoid the whip of the tail hitting her followed with another blow before the Lizard grabbed her and with all his power bombed her into the ground.

Spiderwoman was dazed and groaned as her eyes rolled around her head. The Lizard glared at her before he picked her up. "To think you could rule over these primates, how pathetic !"

The Lizard before he threw Spiderwoman into another police car, it crushed under the impact. Spiderwoman groaned in pain as she tried to stand but she flopped back down on the ground and moaned in agony. Mira watched in concerned as the Lizard approached Spiderwoman, claws already covered in her blood.

"We could've been great partners ! Could've been royalty over these creatures !"

Spiderwoman closed her eyes as the pain started becoming too much, she tried to lift her arms, to shoot a web or something but her body felt heavy, the Lizard became closer and closer until he stopped. Spiderwoman spider sense tingled, she opened her eyes and stared at the figure in front of her.

Mira stood defensively in-front of Spiderwoman, the Lizard stared down at her, a little amused at the sight of the frightened but brave Mira.

"Stay away from her !" Mira yelled at the Lizard as she glared at him but a bit of fear in her eyes. Spiderwoman's blood froze in her veins at the sight of Mira, she could hear her heartbeat in her ear and the Lizard chuckle, her spider's sense suddenly kicked up of alarmingly loud.

"How brave of you primate, such a shame you would've made a great reptile if you weren't so stupid !" The Lizard shout before he quickly raised his arm to attack Mira when suddenly an arm wrapped tightly around her waist, Mira looked behind her shoulder, her eyes met Spiderwoman's mask as she shot webs right into the Lizard's face and blinded him.

"Argh !" The Lizard reacted, he stumbled as he tired to rip the webs off, allowing Spiderwoman to aim a web and zip herself along with Mira away from him, Mira held on to Spiderwoman's chest as they flew a little in the air before landing. Spiderwoman let go, she studied Mira, checking for any wounds and a little sigh escape her mouth before her eyes met Mira's, concern grew.

"Stay here !"

"B-but-"

"I'm grateful for the help, especially from beautiful woman like yourself but I got this." Spiderwoman said trying to sound a confident and relaxed as Mira bit her lip. She reached up and gently took Spiderwoman's wrist, her other hand took her forearm, right under the claw marks.

"You're hurt."

Spiderwoman stared at Mira, the concern in her voice, the worry in her eyes, it broke her chest open and spilled out Zoey's own fear. In that moment she reached up with own hand and took Mira's cheek gently, leaning towards the her.

"I'm okay, Mira. I promise." Zoey said gently, surprising Mira, she relaxed a little but worry was still on her face, Zoey wanted nothing ease it and tell her it was going to be okay. She bit her lip as her own heart still beating fast.

"Please don't protect me, don't get involved, please just run, hide, just don't get hurt. I can't watch you get hurt for me." Zoey thought as she stared in Mira's eyes and she gently stroke Mira's cheek with her finger, noticing how she leaned into the touch.

Neither of them noticed the Lizard watching, his eyes narrowing.

Spiderwoman's spider sense kicked off, causing her to pull away and quickly turned around, her eyes met the lamp post heading towards her. Spiderwoman shot her webs from both her web shooters and pulled it away from them, she glared at the Lizard, frowning.

"Alright Liz, no more games."

Spiderwoman zipped away, heading towards the Lizard as he screamed at her, Mira watched before a police officer ran over to her and pulled her away but she kept her eyes on Spiderwoman, her heart beating with concern. The Lizard threw another lamppost at Spiderwoman and she dodged with ease before shooting another web at the Lizard's chest, pulling herself closer. The Lizard swung his tail but Spiderwoman expect it.

She rolled, she used the tail as a bouncing point, getting a little higher and catching the Lizard off guard to shoot web at his eyes. The Lizard growled as he pulled at webs, not noticing the web line shot under his legs.

Spiderwoman zipped between his legs, shoot webs at around to tie up the Lizard's leg, he struggled but Spiderwoman kept going, shooting more and more web at the Lizard's body. His hip became encased then his torso and finally his head, Spiderwoman crawled around his in the large web before she kicked off, jumping off the Lizard.

The Lizard hit the ground , still struggling when two more lines of web were shot by Spiderwoman mid air, she pulled as hard as she could, wincing as her cut bleed more but she lifted the lizards and threw with such power into the ground, it cracked the concrete, knocking the Lizard out, he slowly reverted back into Doctor Connors.

Mira stared in awe at the display of power before she watched Spiderwoman land gently back on the ground, there was a glow coming off her that Mira never noticed but made her want to stare at Spiderwoman forever. The police quickly surround Doctor Connors, putting handcuffs on him but careful not to remove him from the webs yet. Spiderwoman watched, as an officer approached her.

"Thanks for your help, Spiderwoman. We'll handle it from here."

"Happy to help always, I'm guessing he's going Seoul's new super-villain prison ?"

"That's the plan until his trial, he'll be the first one of your foes too."

"Damn, I was hoping it would sandman. Guess I better hold off on buying that lotto ticket." Spiderwoman joked, earning a chuckle from the officer before her eyes fell on Mira who sitting in a police officer's car, being questioned but her eyes were unfocused. Zoey's heart ache at the sight of the cut on Mira's cheek, she started moving towards Mira before she looked at the officer.

"Excuse me."

Spiderwoman had to stop herself from running over to Mira.

Mira looked up as she noticed Spiderwoman approaching her, trying her best to not dash over to her, the officer noticed and walked away from the two as Mira stood up. "Hey."

"Y-you should sit down, Ma'am you're injured." Spiderwoman said politely, earning an eye roll from Mira.

"And you're not ? I think out of both of us, we both know who has the worse cut." Mira argued back causing Spiderwoman to look down at the claw marks still exposed on her forearm, she looked away and shrugged, her mask hide her embarrassed smile.

"O-oh this ? It's nothing, I totally tank that shot."

Mira raised an eyebrow at Spiderwoman, amused. "Really? That's why you were sitting on the ground, looking like you were going to pass out ?"

"Ah….I was just resting my eyes, building up the strength, power nap and all that." Spiderwoman quipped back, smiling under her mask at Mira who smirked, they leaned towards each other when suddenly a shout cause them to look.

"Mira !" Abby yelled before he sprinted passed the officers and towards Mira who stared at him sadly. Spiderwoman leaned away, taking a few steps back but watched as Abby hugged Mira tightly and she hugged back.

"I saw the news and saw you, what were you thinking?! Oh god, you could've been killed ! Are you alright?" Abby rambled before he pulled away and inspected Mira wo rolled her eyes lightly at him.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, I promise. Thanks to…" Mira trailed off as she heard a web shooting off, she looked at watch Spiderwoman was standing, now gone, her heart ache and she frowned. Abby stared at her before he sighed and relaxed pulling Mira into another hug, Mira wrapped her own arms lightly around him but lightly, staring at the spot.

Romance watched the scene played out through the web before he was shoved into the back of the police truck.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh." Zoey said with her mouth open as the doctor inspected it, he hummed before he pulled away.

"You can close your mouth now." He said as he grabbed his chart and studied it, writing notes down on it. Zoey watched him before she focused back on him.

"Well the cut on your arm should heal fine, the stitches will need to be removed in a week or two and you won't be able to do anything extreme, no lifting or working out but you can still go to class. As for your….other concerns."

Zoey straightened, her fingers knitted together as she nervousness build up inside of her. "So, what's wrong with me doc ?"

"I've no clue."

Zoey blinked at the answer as the doctor continued. "Your physically okay, nothing seems to be the issue with you."

"Yeah well ah, can't you do some more test ? Like uh…..bloodworks ? CT ? MRI ?"

The doctor turned and looked at her, unamused. "Oh yes of course, let me pull out a CT machine from my ass."

Zoey bit her lip a little embarrassed by the doctor's blunt answer, the doctor focus back on the chart. "Besides this is just a college GP, I'd have to send you to hospital but I see no reason to. Like I said there's nothing physically wrong with you."

"B-but there is though !"

The Doctor turned and stared at Zoey causing her to get nervous under his gaze. "Uh well, I can't do the same thing like I use to a-and I don't know why and I ugh…" Zoey trailed off, looking away and curled up a little.

"Same thing like ?" The doctor asked, his arms crossed, frowning at Zoey.

"Well….I finding it harder to write ! Uh, notes and paper….articles ! For the paper I mean."

The doctor stared at her, unimpressed and not concerned by the answer. Zoey shifted uncomfortably in her chair.

"And….I have this dream where….I'm spiderwoman b-but but like I'm not, i-it's just in my dream, like you know dream stuff." Zoey continued, worried as the Doctor looked more interested but also confused, he unfolded his arms.

"Okay ?"

"A-and in my dream, I'm trying to climb a wall, l-like spiderwoman would do…b-but I'm totally not spiderwoman but you know, spiderwoman climbs walls and I'm….well anyway, I try to climb but I fall and no matter what I do….I'm always falling." The doctor stared at the rambling nervous Zoey before he tensed and looked away.

"It sounds like this is….more of a mental issue."

Zoey stared at him, hopeful. "Really ? So like is there anything to fix it ?"

"Well the shrink is down the hallway."

Zoey bit her lip and deflated a little before she nodded, not noticing the doctor staring at her. The doctor sighed and relaxed, he approached her, sitting down next to her, Zoey stared at him, feeling awkward at the doctor sitting next to her.

The two didn't say anything and Zoey was about to leave when the doctor spoke.

"You know, they say dreams tell you things."

Zoey stared at him, confused. "Like ?"

"Like….maybe the reason you're dreaming of being spiderwoman is because you're not spiderwoman and you're trying to be do things that spiderwoman does but you can't because it's not who you are. You're not spiderwoman and that's what your dream is telling you."

Zoey took in the words, her face scrunched up but her chest felt a little lighter as she thought about the doctor's answer. "I'm not supposed to be spiderwoman…."

"Maybe that's why you can't climb the walls in your dreams. You're trying to be something you're not but you have a choice you know, you don't have to do something and be unhappy like this."

Zoey slowly accepted the words, she nodded along. "I'm not spiderwoman."

"You know when I was your age I wanted to be an ER doctor, saving lives and helping those who need it but I wasn't cut out for it. Now I'm a college doctor with a husband and kids." The Doctor said as his eyes met Zoey, who noticed a sense of sadness in them, she frowned a little.

The doctor smiled then patted her arm gently before he jumped off the bed. "Trust me, life works itself out."

Zoey watched him as she bit her lips and as she felt more conflicted at the advice.

Zoey stared out at the city, she was wearing her spiderwoman suit but held the mask in her hand, she looked down at it, frowning at it. "Am I not supposed to be this ? Is this really who I am ?"

Zoey looked back up at Seoul, the sun setting, it beams tear into pieces by the skyscrapers as she took a deep breath and tensed a little before she relaxed with an exhale. "All I wanted to do was help people, use my power for the good, it was my responsibility….that was Uncle told me."

Zoey bit her lip as she tried to stop her tears fall, she looked down at the street, it was visible since she only three stories high but she wished it was higher when she saw Mira hugged Abby, he kissed her cheek and she replied with a smile. They didn't noticed Zoey watch as she tried to hold back her tears, shut her eyes tightly.

"If can't help, If I can't be in love then what am I suppose to do ?" Zoey asked as she looked up at the sky, letting tears slip down her face before she heard a distant siren and that was enough for her to put her mask on. Mira looked up as she heard the web fired and watched Spiderwoman swing away, her face scrunched with confusion, earning a nudge from Abby.

"Everything okay ?"

Mira glanced at him before she focused back on the sky. "Yeah, yeah…it's nothing."

Spiderwoman swung in as the police tapped up the area of the bank, while other officers escorted crying people outside and one of the officer sprinted over to her. "Thank god you're here, there was a robbery, the crooks ran off with millions of won but also kidnapped a woman, saying they'll kill her if we pursue."

Spiderwoman shot a web, getting ready to leave. "But not me ? Aw I feel left out, any idea what the car looks like ?"

"Bikes actually, probably to cut through smaller streets and alleyways."

Spiderwoman nodded before she launched herself forward, she swung around before she found them, a group of three bikes with a woman holding on. She was older, dressed nicely with a large coat and dress, Zoey's eyes widened at the sight.

"Aunt May ?!"

One of the crooks looked and noticed Spiderwoman swing above them. He pulled out his pistol and started firing. Spiderwoman dodged before shooting a web, knocking the pistol out of his hand, trapping it on the road, she follow it up with another web, trapping the man to road along with his bike.

"Shit ! Take a left !" One of the crooks yelled before Spiderwoman landed on the back of his bike and attached a web to his back, the web dragged him off the bike, leaving him from a lamppost by one of his feet. The last crook scowled before driving left, weaving through cars and truck, Aunt May screaming in fear.

Spiderwoman watched as she parked the bike before she launched off it and swung after them. She caught up to them easily and shot a web at the rear wheel, it jammed causing the bike to become unstable, the crook quickly jumped off it, taking Aunt May with him. Spiderwoman landed near them, she stared at them but she couldn't make them out clearly, her vision blurry.

"Alright you had your fun, now released her."

The crook stared at Spiderwoman before push the pistol's barrel into the side of Aunt May's head, her breath hitched and Spiderwoman tensed. "I want…I want to argue my terms."

Spiderwoman watched him for a second, raising her hands. "Okay…and what are you terms ?" She said, trying to buy time, the crook was surprised by the answer, he glanced past Spiderwoman before he focused back on her.

"I want…I want a reduce sentence o-or no sentence ! I want…I want my friends to be freed to and…" The crook trailed off as Spiderwoman listened, the crook that was stuck to the road was freed, a pipe in his hands and raised above Spiderwoman's head.

Aunt May watched in horror, she leaned forward. "Watch out dear !"

Spiderwoman looked confused, she turned and her eyes widened as the pipe hit the top of the head. Her ears ring, she stumbled forward as her vision worse and head felt heavy.

The crook holding aunt May tightened his grip. "You stupid bitch !" He yelled at her before he aimed his pistol at Spiderwoman who reacted quickly, shooting a web at his hand and sticking it along with the gun to the wall. The crook with the pipe got ready to swing it again but Spiderwoman turned and shot web after web until he was stuck to the wall across from them, barley able to move.

Aunt May sprinted out of the crook's arm, Spiderwoman shot another, attaching the hand to the wall, pinning him down before she hugged aunt May and aunt May held onto her tightly. "You're okay…Y-you're okay, I got you, I…got you."

Aunt May pulled away, concern in her eyes as she cupped Spiderwoman's mask cheeks. "You're hurt dear. You poor thing, you need help. Can someone get me a ambulance ? Please !"

Spiderwoman watched as aunt May plead for help, the police slowly arrived, guilty rose inside of her. "I'm sorry aunt May, I'm supposed to protect you but I nearly got you killed by playing hero. I nearly lost you."

"Please over here, this poor woman got hurt saving me ! She got hit in the head." Aunt May said to one of the paramedics who approached them, Spiderwoman looked at them before she back away slowly.

"Dear ? What's wrong ?"

Spiderwoman shook her head as she back away quicker. "I-I'm sorry. I'm sorry Aunt May." She said, her voice broken before shoot a web and quickly swinging away. Aunt May watched with worry as police surrounded her and the paramedic gently pulled her towards the ambulance.

The rain was relentless.

Zoey stared at her Spiderwoman suit, her expression unreadable as she held it lightly but it felt heavy in her arms, her eyes fell on the dumpster and she went over to it. Each stepped echoed in her ear along with the rain.

Her bandage wrapped around her head was getting ruined by the storm.

Zoey tensed as she finally reached the dumpster, she gripped the suit tightly, pulling it and the urge to rip it into pieces was strong but she resisted as tried to held back her tears.

"I'm sorry Uncle Ben."

Zoey let out a breath as tears slipped down her face and she threw the spiderwoman suit into the dumpster. She stared at it then she turned, walking slowly down the alleyway, the rain kept pouring as Zoey left.

~Raindrops are falling on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothing seems to fit those raindrops
Are falling on my head
They keep falling
So I just did me some talking to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way~

Zoey smiled, glasses on along with headphones as strolled down the street, not a care in the world, even when someone pushed her down onto the ground by accident, she got up and smiled.

A pile of cash held by a rubber band landed on the landlord's desk, he looked up at Zoey who smiled awkwardly at him.

"Rent." She said with a goofy smile, the landlord raised an eyebrow at her before he grumbled and started counting the cash. Zoey's smile grew a little.

"Someone know the answer ? Please people, we discussed this yesterday, was anyone listening ? Come on, someone ?" The professor asked as he stared at the class, Zoey's smiled as she raised her hand.

The professor looked around the class before he noticed Zoey's hand and smirked, pointing at it.

"Old reliable Zo ! What's the answer ?"

Zoey strolled down the college's pathway to the parking lot, pushing her laptop and notes down into her bag, she didn't noticed her professor sprinting after until he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Great work again Zoey, keep this up !" The professor as Zoey's eyes met his before he let go and dashed off. Zoey watched him happily, fist bumping herself before she made it to her bike. She took her keys out of her pocket along with her headphones when she heard it.

"Argh you fucker ! Piece of shit !"

Zoey looked, across the road to a alleyway where a student was getting beaten up two large men, the student tried to fight back but he was outmatched and was getting hurt more.

"Help ! Someone help ! P-please ! Ugh !" The student begged as he kept fighting, even as he fell to the ground, Zoey watched in horror, she swallowed as she took a step forward and the urge to help screamed at her to do something.

Zoey paused, conflicted before she put her headphones out, drowning out the student's scream and she quickly got on her bike, turning on the engine.

~Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red
Crying's not for me, 'cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining
Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me~

Bobby stared at the news article, frowning as Zoey entered with a brown bag in hand, she raised a eyebrow at Bobby and waved at him. "Hi Bobby, everything okay ? Want a donut ?"

Bobby blinked before he looked at Zoey and gave her a soft smiled as she walked up to him. "Oh hi Zo ! No, I'm good thanks. I'm just looking at this article we published: crime rate is going up, police are overwhelmed and it's all Spiderwoman's fault ! She hasn't been seen in ages ! Can't see she the people need her ?"

Zoey frowned at Bobby's words, she looked away guilty briefly before she sighed and looked back, smiling. "Maybe she thinks we're better off without her ?"

"Better ?! How could she think that ? Grannies getting robbed ? Kids afraid to go outside ? I mean, I don't get it." Bobby argued as he lightly pointed at the headlight: Crime increased to ninety-two percent in one week.

Zoey forced a shrugged as she took out a donut from her bag. "Well we weren't exactly her biggest fans writing articles about how terrible and criminal she was. Besides, this will die down." Zoey argued back, biting into her donut to hide her guilt. A gasp made her whip her head around, Mira walked in, carrying her spiderwoman suit bridal style and stared down at it sadly.

Bobby ran over to Mira, staring at the suit, she stopped as Bobby reached her. "I…I had a contact that said a garbage man found it, we made a deal and…I'm pretty sure it's real."

Zoey's heart ached at how upset Mira sounded, she frowned but kept eating her donut. Bobby gently took suit to get a better look at it, his frowned as his thumb brushed against the seams. "I…I can't believe it, it's the real deal alright."

Mira's shoulder dropped lower and bit her lip lightly, before she looked away, her eyes met Zoey's. The two stared at each other before eventually Zoey pulled away and focused on her donut.

The sun was setting when Mira was walking out of the office, Zoey quickly followed after her. "Hey ! Mira ! Wait up !"

Mira slowed down as Zoey sprinted towards her, when she caught up she took a few breathes in, Mira watched her and brushed a few stains of hair out of Zoey's glasses, smiling a little. "Hey."

"H-hi. You okay ?" Zoey asked, concern in her voice, Mira stared at her before she shrugged and looked away.

"I…I don't know, I just. I feel bad, I feel like I'm the reason Spiderwoman quit."

Zoey's eyes shot out of her skull, she grabbed Mira's arm gently, tugging at it and causing Mira to look down at her. "Hey no, that wasn't your fault. She saved you and all, if she blamed you then she wouldn't have."

Mira didn't seemed to believe Zoey as she frowned and looked away guilty. "I guess."

Zoey swallowed before she sighed and hugged Mira. "It's not your fault…life…just gets complicated and..maybe she just realized that she wasn't cut out for this whole superhero thing ?"

Mira looked confused a little at Zoey's answer but the warmth of the hug pushed those thoughts down as she hugged back, relaxing into the touch and letting Zoey stroke her back lightly. Eventually they pulled away, Zoey grinned at her and Mira gave a soft smirk.

"Thanks Zo, I needed that."

"No prob bob, hey ! Why don't we go get lunch ? My treat ? I know this good restaurant too, their kimchi is so good, don't tell Aunt May I said that." Zoey rambled as she started walking, Mira watched her before she sighed and shook her head.

"Zo. Stop."

Zoey paused, she turned and looked at Mira who looked more upset. Zoey tensed a little at the sight, fear bounced inside her body as she waited for Mira to speak.

"Zoey…I'm in a relationship now."

Zoey was surprised that she didn't winced at that sentence. "Y-yeah, I-I know…but we're still friend right ? N-nothing wrong with friends getting lunch ?"

Mira sighed and pinched her brow, her eyes fell on her the concrete pathway. Zoey gulped at the sight and her heart stung at the sight.

"But we're not just friends, we both know that. There's too much history between us…and I think that we keep things professional."

Zoey felt her heart crack into two, she stared at Mira with horror before she took a step forward. Mira couldn't look at her, her own thoughts screaming at her.

"I-I don't understand." Zoey admitted softly, she reached out a little.

Mira took a deep breath and looked up at Zoey. "Abby proposed-"

"And you said yes ?! W-what you only known this guy for what ? Two weeks ?"

"He proposed going steady, Zo."

"Oh."

Mira studied Zoey's relieved expression but Mira looked annoyed. "And I said yes because I'm tired Zo. I'm tired of waiting around for you."

"W-well I'm here and getting my life together, I thought there was something I had to do, something more important but now I know I have a choice and I chose you, Mir. You don't have to wait for me now !"

"It's too late Zo !" Mira yelled causing Zoey to look in horror, Mira looked away, feeling guilty.

"I'm sorry Zoey, but I need someone who cares about me enough to show up on time, who won't tell me the truth about what's going on or makes me feel small. If I wanted that, I would go back to my family."

Zoey winced at the response, hurt by Mira's words, she stared at Zoey and she looked away guilty. Mira bit her lip, feeling bad at her words eventually she started walking away but suddenly Zoey grabbed her arm tightly. Mira turned, meeting Zoey's determined expression.

"If you want the truth then I'll tell you…the reason why I wasn't around was…because I was helping people Mir. I'm…I'm Spiderwoman." Mira looked at her confused but Zoey watched her, her determined look turned more worried as silent past through then Mira reacted:

She pulled away and sighed.

"Zoey." Mira said annoyed as she started leaving again, catching Zoey off guard but Zoey didn't give up, she followed Mira, standing next to her.

"I know, I know it sounds crazy and you think I'm lying but think about it Mir: I'm never around when Spiderwoman is, I'm always late and remember how I used to defend her when you say shit about her ? I didn't want to tell you in case my enemies found out and hurt you, I can't bare that thought Mir. Please Mir, say something. Come on Mir !"

Mira ignored her, her shoulders up and expression unreadable. "L-look I don't know how to proof it, no wait, I-I still have my web slinger, I can show you ! Yeah, let me show you Mir, I can take you swinging around ! Mir, please."

Zoey watched as Mira shook her head and kept ignoring. "Mira please, you have to believe me !"

"No Zoey !" Mira voiced cracked as she glared at Zoey, their eyes met, Mira's face filled with anger softly melted as she stare more at Zoey's surprised face. Mira shook her head as her expression shifted to sadness.

"No I don't. I don't believe you."

Zoey opened her mouth, she thought about what Mira had just said, not noticing Mira had started walking again as stared at the ground. She listened to the footsteps for a bit, getting more and more distant until she looked up at Mira.

"I get it…but I'll wait for you. I'll always wait for you."

Mira didn't look back, she didn't stop, she just shook her head and kept going. Zoey watched before she looked down at the ground and tried to hold back her tears. Mira got further away eventually jogging and finally started sprinting as her tear spilled down her cheeks.

Zoey wandered the streets, her head lowed, people bumped into her but she ignored it as she overheard the chatter.

"Crime is getting worse."

"Where's Spiderwoman gone ?"

"Maybe she gave up ? Can you blame her ?"

"Man, my kid really looked up to her too."

"My nephew got robbed this morning."

"The police need to do more."

"I always knew that Spiderwoman was no good, now look at us ?"

"Oh my god, is that building on fire ?" Zoey blinked at the alarmed words, she looked around and noticed the building on fire, a man ran over to a woman screaming.

"Hey, hey ! Have you seen the Lim's kid ? They can't find their son !"

Zoey stared at the building, she grabbed her shirt before she paused and looked down at it. "No spider suit, right. I'm not Spiderwoman anymore."

Zoey watched the scene unfolded, the couple watched the burning building, one with their phones out while the other went over to a passenger-by. "Hey ! Have you seen a four year boy ? He was in that building, you seen him leave ??"

Zoey bit her lip as she saw a woman sprint towards the building, screaming as the couple stopped her. "My son ! My son is in there ! Ji-ho ! Ji-ho my baby !"

Zoey didn't even think as she sprinted towards the building, the couple watched her before one of them shouted "Hey ! Hey ! Don't go in there !"

Zoey ignored them as she entered the burning building, she coughed as smoked entered her lungs but she kept going, listening for any sounds of the boy but only heard the crackling of the fire. Zoey looked around but it was hard with the bright light of the fire and black smoke surrounding her.

"Hey ! Ji-ho ! Call out ! Where are you ?!" Zoey shouted then she waited, her heart racing with every second that past.

"I'm in here !"

Zoey dashed up the stairs, holding her arms up as the building started falling apart around her, eventually she reached the second floor and met a wooden door. She stood at it before cupping her hand around her mouth. "I'm coming in !"

Zoey dropped her before she hyped herself up a little and shoulder charged the door, the door creaked but didn't move as Zoey gripped her shoulder, pain shot through her body.

"Ow, ow, okay that didn't go to plan." Zoey mumbled to herself as she moved away from the door.

Outside, a group had gather around the building with the fire department just arriving, Mira and Abby, seeing the building, approached it with concerned. "Wow, it's really gonna up ?"

Mira frowned at Abby's comment, she took a few photos with her phone, she sent the photos to Bobby and looked at one of the people in the crowd. "Is anyone in there ?"

"There's a kid in apparently, some crazy chick ran in to save her."

Mira's eye narrowed with concerned as she focused on the building while Abby stared at the building with horror. "That girl think she's Spiderwoman or something ?"

"Come on Zo, you're Spiderwoman, you're Spiderwoman, you were Spiderwoman." Zoey mumbled to herself before lifted her leg and kicked the door near the lock. She kicked it a few more times before it eventually broke down, the flames inside the room got brighter with the new oxygen that entered as Zoey coughed before stepping inside. Zoey looked around before seeing the closet, hearing the crying inside, she ran over and opened the closet.

Ji-ho stared up at her as he kept crying, wrapping in a blanket, Zoey smiled. "Hey there, buddy let get out of here." Zoey said comforting before she picked up Ji-ho tightly holding him against her chest and turned to leave. She heard a crack above and looked up, her eyes widened as the ceiling started falling down on her.

A large explosion rang out, the crowd outside winced and screamed as a fireball launched out from the top. The firefighters watched before they continued to get their hoses ready, one of them, the chief frowned at the sight of the building.

"It's too dangerous to go inside ! We got to get that fire under control now !"

"Ji-ho, no. My baby." The woman cried as she fell to the ground, comforted by the couple and wrapped their arms around her. Mira frowned at the sight, she couldn't bare to look as her phone buzzed in her hand and instead focused on the fire.

Mira's eyes widened in shock as Zoey sprinted out, coughing up and holding Ji-ho tightly. Her world slowed at the sight, the glow of the fire and how Zoey held Ji-ho against her chest with a look of concern broke her.

"Z-zoey !" Mira cried out, surprising Abby next to her, but Mira ignored him as her heart pounded against her ribs. Zoey coughed as she approached the woman, firefighter surrounded the two as Zoey handed Ji-ho to his mother. The woman gasped before breaking down but this time with happiness as she took Ji-ho into her arms.

"Ji-ho. My baby, I thought I'd lost you."

"You're an idiot."

Zoey raised an eyebrow as she moved the oxygen mask off her face, she was covered in ash and still coughing but it was as bad when Mira sat next to her on the bumper of the fire engine. "You could've died."

"I know." Zoey rasped out before she coughed again and put the mask back on her face. Mira glared at her, not impressed.

"And you decided it was a good idea to die ? What were you thinking ?"

Zoey smiled as she took in more oxygen as Mira sighed, she was tensed and stressed but gently took Zoey's empty hand, gripping it tightly.

"I…when I saw you walk out of that building….I'm glad you're okay."

Zoey's eyes warmed as she smiled, squeezing Mira's hand in response, the two didn't noticed a firefighter stride over to them. "There's the big hero, good job tonight kid."

Zoey took the mask off her face to speak when another firefighter approached the group. "Chief ? We just got confirmed that a body was found on the fourth floor. Looks like she was trapped."

Mira stared at them before she looked at Zoey who was deflated, her gaze on the ground and unfocused. Mira frowned and pulled Zoey closer. "Hey, it wasn't your fault okay ? You did what you could."

Zoey didn't respond, she didn't move and just kept staring at the ground. "I could've done more." repeated in her head as Mira watched her with concerned.

"Sweetheart I don't wanna rush you but the film starts soon."

Mira looked at Abby, she opened her mouth to argued when Zoey cut in. "Go. I'll…I'll be fine."

Mira didn't look convinced and was conflicted on just leaving Zoey here but didn't voice it as she hugged Zoey. "Text me when you get home, okay ?"

Zoey didn't hug back, she didn't respond as Mira left, kissing Abby's cheek before looping her arm around his, Zoey watched but felt nothing at the sight, all she felt was guilt and the one thought in her head.

"I could've done more."

Mira glanced back at Zoey before she sighed and looked away. Abby's face scrunched up as he pulled her closer. "You okay ?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine…it's just…"

"Just ?"

"Zoey is the girl who left me waiting at Chimac's."

"Ah." Abby replied as he glanced down at Mira who seemed lost in her own world, he waited for her to continue, holding her close.

"Hey, can you just kiss me ?"

Abby froze, his eyes widened at Mira's request, he turned and looked at her. Mira stared back at him, unbothered by what she just said.

"You don't need to ask." Abby replied warmly, he leaned down and kissed her. Mira's breath hitched as she wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to ignore the bile rising in her throat or how it all felt off. Abby kissed her gently, he took his time before moving his arm lower and pulled her closer, moaning in the kiss as he slipped his tongue inside.

Mira felt a chill run down her spine but it felt wrong and that she was committing a crime. Her eyes were closed and her thoughts wandered as Abby's hands travelled around her back, in that moment she remember seeing Zoey running out the fire with the kid against her chest. The glow of the fire, the sweat running down her ash covered worried face as she glanced over to Mira briefly before she focused on finding the kid's mother made Mira breath hitched and her heart beat faster.

The image of Zoey holding that child stayed in her head, she didn't understand why but seeing Zoey save someone and risk her own life made her more attractive to Mira.

"This is all wrong, I shouldn't be thinking of Zo. Why ? Why am I not enjoying this ?" Mira wondered before she finally pulled away, she kept her eyes closed as Abby open his and whistled.

"Wow….that was incredible."

"Yeah…yeah it was." Mira mumbled, trying to hide how devastated she was, Abby didn't noticed as he grinned at her before hugging her.

The key turned in her apartment door and Zoey trudged in. She locked the door before tossing the keys away and flopped onto her bed, letting herself sink into the uncovered hard mattress. She stayed like that for a while as the room shook with the train above, she listened to it pass before she gripped the mattress and started to cry, weeping gently into fabric when suddenly her phone buzzed.

Zoey let out a waterlily sigh before she pulled out her phone and stared at the screen, she blinked as she read the screen: Aunt May was calling her.

Zoey quickly swiped to answer and put it against her ear. "H-hello ?"

"In other news, disgraced scientist, Doctor "Romance" Connors who transform into monstrous lizard has believed to escape prison, one insider revealed that Connors transformed into the creature again and break free but when extra security enter the cell, some of the guards were half lizard people. It is unknown if this was work of Connors or not." The presenter on TV said as he stared gauntly as the lock in the door click and opened, Mira stepping inside the apartment.

"You're home early." Rumi mumbled as she sat on the sofa watching the news, she shot a raised eyebrow at Mira who seemed out of it. Rumi straightened at the sight.

"Me and Abby kissed."

"Like kiss-kiss or made out kiss ?"

"Made out kiss."

"Oh wow, okay. How was it ?" Rumi asked with concerned as Mira sat down next to her, fiddling with the keys in her fingers. Rumi quickly turned the TV off.

"Wrong. It felt wrong."

Rumi frowned a little, she leaned over and gently took Mira's hand, squeezing it. "Why ? Why did it feel wrong ?"

"I…I don't know." Mira answered, her voice had no emotions, no power behind it only tiredness as Mira stared down at the keys and kept fiddling with them, the jingle bringing her some comfort. Rumi watched her, her thumb stroked Mira's hand gently. The two stay silent for a while then Rumi sighed, causing Mira to look at her.

"Do you….do you think this has something to do with Zoey ?"

"I've given up on Zo."

"I know.….but have you really ?" Rumi said carefully, Mira glared at her but it was hollow, no real anger behind it making Rumi feel braver and leaned forward.

"You may tell yourself your all Abby but, the heart doesn't give up that easily and can you say, right now, that your heart has given up on Zoey ?"

Mira tensed at Rumi's word, she looked away and stopped jingling the keys. She pulled her hand away from Rumi's, wrapping them tightly as the keys and squeezed them. The sharp cold metal offered some comforted as she took a sharp inhale through her nose.

"I thought about her…when we were kissing."

"And ?"

"She looked….so beautiful, like….an angel, coming down to grace this earth."

"Mira." Rumi whispered with concern in her voice, Mira swallow as she curled in of herself, Rumi reached over and wrapped her arms gently around her.

"I'm still in love with her aren't I ?" Mira said, letting out a hiccuped sob as she did, Rumi sighed as pulled Mira closer, her head rest on her shoulder.

"I would've said you still like her but.."

Mira sniffed as she covered her face with her hand, tears still pouring out. "Oh god, I really fucked up, haven't I ?"

"Hey Aunt May." Zoey greet as she walked into the back-garden, it was filled with cardboard boxes of different sizes and furniture that belong inside the house behind them. Aunt May turned, she stopping loading a box with picture frames and smiled at Zoey who looked around confused.

"What's…what's all this ?"

"Well remember the Lees down the street ? I was talking to Ji-woo and she said that after her husband died, she moved away into a small apartment and it was so much better than the house, too much room, I can see what she means." Aunt May rambled as she started loading the box again but this time slower, Zoey watched, she pouted a little but didn't say anything.

"Besides, there's too many memories in that old house, happy ones and sad ones." Aunt May said before she stopped packing and looked at the house, a sad smile on her face before she shook her head. She started packing again.

"Be a nice change, don't you think ?"

Zoey frowned a little as she stared at Aunt May guilty, she could feel veins turn ice with fear.

"Ah Aunt May, about that…whole thing-"

"Water under the bridge, you couldn't have known that crook was going to….it doesn't matter. Anger won't bring your Uncle back and besides, we're the only family we both have left." Aunt May said, waving her hand dismissively towards Zoey who stared at her, surprised.

"Now, are you gonna give me a hand ? I need help moving some of the bigger furniture into the van."

Zoey blinked before she nodded rapidly and looked around. "Oh, oh ! Of course Auntie, here." Zoey said before she ran over to an old wooden desk, she picked it up and started moving it towards the van. Aunt May glanced at up at her and smiled.

"Speaking of, how is that girl Mira ?"

Zoey paused at the mention of Mira, but she kept walking with the desk. "Uh, well, she's seeing someone else."

"Put that desk down for a second and talk to me properly. I don't need it in the van straight away, not that you do anything straight anyway."

Zoey blushed with embarrassment at the call out, but obeyed and put the desk down. She turned to look at her Aunt May who shot her sad smile.

"Oh Zoey, what happened between you and the Kang girl ?"

Zoey bit her lip with nervousness before she shrugged, Aunt May glared at her unimpressed. "Things….things got complicated between us, Auntie."

"Well then un-complicate them."

"It's not that simple."

"Simple ? Who said it was simple, it's a simple solution sure, when there's a problem there's always a solution. Me and your uncle told you that a thousand times, your brain just makes everything bigger than it is and you got to remind yourself that is isn't." Aunt May lectured, pointing a finger at Zoey who stared at her, taking in her words before she shook her head.

"No, no you don't…I thought there was something I had to do, that I didn't have a choice but now I realise that I do and….I don't what to do.."

Aunt May stared at her confused before she looked past Zoey at the approaching little girl, her face warmed as she saw her. "Ah there you are, little Nari. Zoey, you remember Nari don't you ?"

Zoey raised an eyebrow at the little girl who focused on Aunt May. "I'd moved all those boxes into the van for you Missus Choi."

"Thank you dear."

"Wow Nari, you've gotten big, you're ten now yeah ?"

Nari pouted and crossed her arms. "Ten and a half !" Zoey tried to hold in her chuckle at the adorable sight, Nari stared at her.

"You take photos of Spiderwoman don't you, Miss Park ?"

"Uh, yeah I-I used to." Zoey answered, surprised by the question, Nari tilted her head at her.

"So, where's Spiderwoman ?"

"I-I don't know." Zoey said slowly, surprised a little by the question.

"Did she give up ?"

Aunt May paused and look at the awkward scene, concern in her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah she did." Zoey answered with a shrug, a little nervous by the questions.

"But why ? That's not very hero like, people still need her." Nari question, more confused by Zoey's answers. Zoey opened her mouth but didn't say anything as she tried to think of a response.

"Nari dear, could you take these boxes to the van ?" Aunt May asked causing Zoey and Nari to look at her, with the latter nodding at her, taking one of the boxes before dashing off. Zoey watched her go as Aunt May giggled to herself.

"Such a lovely child, she reminds me of you when you were younger. Do you know what she wants to when she grows up ?"

Zoey looked at her Aunt May confused as her Aunt smirked at her. "Spiderwoman." Aunt May said with such awe that it made Zoey's heart glow with pride.

"All the kids on the street want to be Spiderwoman, they were playing Spiderwoman, shooting webs at each other yesterday. It's great to see a hero that they can look up to. I'm with Nari too, it's such a shame to see her quit." Aunt May said as she packed the box with picture frames before she picked up one frame, a black frame and paused, smiling at it.

"Oh would you look at that." Aunt May said before she turned the frame around, it was a photo of Aunt May, younger and happy holding a man's hand who arm was wrapped around a smaller, slightly older woman's shoulder, grinning at the camera. Zoey stared at the photo, ache of sadness at seeing the woman.

"That's the only photo I have of your mother and me."

"Really ?" Zoey asked quietly as she tried to hold herself together, Aunt May nodded.

"It was a family dinner, your uncle brought me to meet your grandparents. A few weeks later your mother would tell Ben she met a soldier and was going to live in America with him. Your Uncle freaked out, more than your grandparents." Aunt May shook her head as she retold the story.

"I told him: "all you're doing is pushing her away, she's in love.", but he said "she's being foolish, running off with a man she barely know, he can't even speak Korean ! She's abandoning us for him !", I remember when your mother wrote to us about your birth a few years later, so stubborn, he refused to read it." Aunt May rolled her eyes lightly at the memories, not noticing how Zoey stared at her with sadness, tears welling in her eyes.

"When your parents died, I'd ran home from the factory and your Uncle was there waiting for me. I was ready to argue that we needed to take you, raise you as our own but before I could say a word, he looked at me and said "we're taking Zoey, she's family after all.", to say I was shock was an understatement." Aunt May sighed as she smiled at Zoey who looked a little surprised by her words.

"Sometimes Zoey, we try to help or do what we think is best and instead we end up hurting more than healing. Byeong-ho realized that after your mother died and it was one of his biggest regrets."

"I-I didn't know…I always thought h-he wanted me."

"He did. Even when you called him Ben instead of  Byeong-ho or made a mess in the house, he always loved you. He understood that he had responsibility to be there for you, because when you have the power to help, it's not a choice anymore. You have to step in, because that what makes us human, makes us whole. Reaching out to help when we can doesn't make us weak, it makes us kind."

"I loved him too." Zoey mumbled as she tried to hold back her sobs, her breathing became a little shakily. Aunt May stared at her and smiled at Zoey. She reached over, taking Zoey's glasses off and wiped the tears out of her eyes, cupping Zoey's cheeks when she was done.

"Oh he knew, that's why he'll always cheer you on, even when you fall off the path because we all fall off but we can always get back on, especially when you remember love. When we push love away, deny it or pretend it's not there than we lose a part of ourselves. We hurt the soul, but when we love even know it'll never be reciprocated or when we can't reciprocate it we can do beautiful things too." Aunt May said softly as she stared at Zoey's face who looked down at the ground, she let go of Zoey's cheek and focused back on the boxes.

"Now, that's enough talking, that desk still needs moving."

"Y-yes, Auntie." Zoey nodded before she wiped her tears from her eyes, she went back to the desk, picking it up when her phone rang, Zoey sighed and reached into her pocket, still holding the desk by one hand as she answered the call.

"Hello ?"

"Hey."

Zoey froze at Mira's voice, she blinked as tried to stay calm, panic started building inside of her.

"Oh hi Mira."

Aunt May whipped her head up at the mentioned of Mira, she watched like a predator watching her prey.

"Is this a bad time ? I want to talk to you….about something, in person."

"Um, I'm actually with Aunt May right now helping her move-"Zoey stopped as Aunt May dashed over and whipped the phone out of her hand. Zoey stared at her surprised.

"Hello Mira ! So lovely to hear your voice, how are you ?"

"Oh hello, Aunt May. I'm doing okay."

"I heard you're seeing someone, is she pretty ?" Aunt May asked sweetly earning a embarrassed glare from Zoey that she ignored, she took hear Mira choking on the other end.

"Uh, he's handsome, I guess ?"

"Hm, hm, not as handsome as my Zoey though !" Aunt May joked with a grin on her face, Zoey's face lit up red as she nudged her Aunt lightly while Mira's brain short-circuit, holding back her agreement with the statement.

"Auntie !" Zoey whispered angrily over to Aunt May who turned and ignored her.

"Anyway, Zoey was just leaving, she can meet you later at that cafe you two used to sneak off to after school."

"O-oh um, okay ? If she's still busy with you that's okay, I can-"

"She'll meet you at two o'clock sharp. Take care dear."

"Bye ? Auntie ?"

Zoey stared in horror, her mouth hung open as Aunt May passed the phone gently back to her, smiling at her warmly.

"You can thank me later, now close your mouth, you'll catch flies and get going ! You're gonna be late !"

Zoey sat in the middle of the cafe, her leg bounced up and down as she waited. The bell ding as Mira walked in, she looked around before her eyes fell on the back of Zoey's head who turned and waved at her awkwardly, Mira waved by shyly. She strolled over to Zoey, grabbed the seat across from her.

"Hey."

"Hi." Mira whispered as she pulled the chair out and sat down. The two stared at each other for a bit, before Zoey readjusted herself and leaned forward.

"You wanna order something ? I already got a mocha while waiting and-"

"No, no, I….I'm fine. How are you doing after the fire ?"

Zoey smirked a little. "I'm okay, I'm okay."

"Well I hope so since your Auntie had you picking boxes."

"I-I didn't tell her about the fire."

"What ?! Why didn't you ? Zoey you nearly died ! Doesn't Aunt May deserve to know that-"

"Mira. Why did you call me ?" Zoey cut in with a confused look on her face that stopped Mira in her track, she looked away and sighed. Zoey waited, sipping her mocha gently. The world around them slowly.

"I…I wanted to say I'm sorry."

Zoey's eyes widened and moved the mocha away from her mouth. "I think..I made a mistake: I treated you like you weren't trying or that you weren't being honest with me, though that…"

"I should've seen you had change but I didn't and that wasn't fair. I was still angry at the past and ignored the new you. So…" Mira trailed off, sucking in a breath before letting it out sharply and looked up at Zoey.

"I'm sorry."

Zoey tried herself before not to frown at how sad Mira sounded, the two at each other before Mira looked down at the table and smiled. "And, if you're still waiting then…"

"But….what about Abby ?" Zoey asked, wincing as the question came out before she could stop herself.

"He's sweet, he really is but….I know that he's not the one I really want, the one I'm thinking about when I'm alone."

Zoey's breath hitch as she felt the warmth of Mira's hand on hers, she swallowed as her heart beat faster but she didn't smile . Mira studied her, her eyes dimmed a little.

"I know I don't deserve this but, I want you Zoey. I always wanted you….so if you take me, I promise I'll make it worth your while."

"You don't have to do that."

"I do."

"No you don't, you're already enough." Zoey retorted as her eyes met Mira's, there's heart beating in sync and Mira smiled a warmed smile.

"But I…I might have made a mistake too."

Mira froze at those words, her eyes widened as she waited for the guilty looking Zoey to continue.

"I thought….I thought I had a choice but, I realise that I don't and I'm hurting the people who need me including you. I'm sorry."

Mira's eyes narrowed, her face hardened as her stomach twisted. "Of course yeah no that makes sense."

"Mira…"

"What a fool I was, spilling heart for you, thinking you've changed." Mira mumbled bitterly and stood up, getting ready to leave.

"Mira wait ! I-" Zoey said as she shot out of her chair, her eyes widened as her spider senses went off and she tackled Mira across the table.

A car crashed through the window of the Cafe.

Mira stared as Zoey held onto her tightly, she could feel the car just barely missing them, the fell on the ground and the car smashed into the opposite side wall. Zoey coughed as she stood up and offered her hand to Mira.

"You okay?"

Mira took her hand, groaning as she got on her feet, the two looked at the destroyed window as the Lizard appeared, bearing his teeth at them. Zoey took a defensive step in front of Mira, the Lizard grinned at her before his whipped into her and sent Zoey into a wall.

"Zoey !" Mira cried as Zoey fell to the ground, she crashed into the wall so hard that bricks fell onto her. Mira took a step forward when the the Lizard wrapped his tail around her and grabbed her tightly with his arms. Mira struggled under his grip.

"Where is she ? Where is Spiderwoman?"

"Even if I knew…what makes you think I would tell you?" Mira spat out as she kept struggling, the Lizard growled at her, his tail tightened around her then he laughed at her, eventually his laughter died.

"No matter, if you won't tell then you'll help me drag her out of hiding." The Lizard said before he started crawling away, carrying away the fighting Mira, people screamed at the sight and cars moved out of the way.

Zoey groaned as she pushed slowly the bricks off of herself, she coughed and dusted herself before she looked around. Zoey's eyes widened at the missing Mira and pulled herself out out of the wreckage, stumbling towards the destroyed window.

She stared at the window, blinking at how blurry her lens were at the panicked crowd.

Zoey narrowed her eyes and quickly took the glasses off, her eyes widened at being able to see, her face filled with realisation. Zoey dropped her glasses onto the ground, the lens popped out as she focused on the distant figures of the Lizard and Mira.

Anger boiled inside of Zoey, her fist clenched tightly as she watched before she sprinted out of the building.

Bobby stared up at the large framed, inside of it was Spiderwoman's, wrinkled but stood proud. A knock on the door cause Bobby to look away as someone walked in.

"Chief ! Mira's gone missing, one of our insiders said the Lizard has kidnapped her!"

Bobby stood up and ran over to the man. "What ?! Why ? How ?"

"I don't know! That's what I'm hearing! We also can't get a hold of Zoey either."

Bobby groan and clutched his head. "No, not my two girls ! What are we gonna do ? If only Spiderwoman was here, she could do something!"

As Bobby said that, a web shot towards the frame and pulled it off the wall. The man watched with wide eyes before nudging Bobby.

"C-chief." Bobby looked at him confused before he pointed at the wall where the frame suit was, Bobby turned and gasped with delight.

"She's back !"

Mira grunted as the metal wrapped around her torso, she glared daggers at the Lizard who tightened the bar around her. "Whatever you think you're doing it won't work. Spiderwoman isn't stupid !"

"Oh I'm aware."

Mira frowned at the answer as the Lizard crawled away from her. Mira glanced below, there was only a narrow red beam that she stood on and when she looked down she saw the speeding traffic below, Mira swallowed down her fear and focused back on the Lizard. "I always knew you were a hack you know, thinking you're so smart but all you were was a pretty face. Spiderwoman is gonna stop you."

"Not if she risk everything to save you and dies for it."

Mira's eyes widened at the Lizard's words, she put two and two together. "I'm bait."

"Spiderwoman will come and when she does, it'll be too late. My formula will be on every shelf, every dish and every cupboard in South Korea." The Lizard said as he glared back Mira who stared at him with horror, the Lizard looked away and stared out at the city.

"Imagine: a world with no disabilities, no disease that are incurable, we would all be perfect and happy. A what a world." The Lizard said as Spiderwoman crawled slowly down the beam, Mira looked up at her, eyes filled with fear, Spiderwoman raised a single finger to her mask face and started pulling at the beams.

"And all it would take is the Spider to be killed." The Lizard said with a grin as he pulled a metal sheet off and tossed it at Spiderwoman who dodged it. She swung around and landed in front of the Lizard.

"Right on time, Spiderwoman."

"Connors, you need to stop this."

"This is only the beginning. The new world is upon us !" The Lizard said before he swung at Spiderwoman who dodged him, the two trade blows before Spiderwoman barely missed a claw strike form the Lizard, she shot a web at the Lizard's face and jumped away, hanging on the side of a beam.

"Wow, not only are you wrong but using the most cliche line possible, you really losing yourself Doctor." Spiderwoman joked before she launched herself at the Lizard and shot webs at him. The lizard quickly ripped them off, before swatting Spiderwoman and grinned as she started falling towards the car.

He didn't noticed the web stuck to his chest until it was too late and he was dragged off the bridge too.

Spiderwoman pulled the Lizard closer, landing a few blows on him as they started falling towards the road below, tumbling mid air. Spiderwoman shot a web to catch her fall, the Lizard quickly grabbed her leg, stabbing his claws into her.

"Argh !" Spiderwoman in pain as she swung herself upwards, the Lizard held on despite the kicks until they were up in the air and he slashed at the web, cutting it. The two began falling again.

The Lizard reacted quickly, swiping at Spiderwoman who took a few blows before she shot another web, the Lizard gripping onto her again and she pulled them back to the support beams where Mira watched in fear.

"Ugh." Spiderwoman groaned as she held her cut thigh and tried to stand, her spider sense went off, she turned to met eyes with the Lizard towering over her, ready to attack. Spiderwoman quickly launch webs at him but it hit his arm and he used his other arm to grabbed her before power bombing her in the ground.

The Lizard power bombed her a few more time as hard as he could, the metal rattled with each slam.

Zoey's back hit the beam of the bridge, she groaned as she flicked pieces of her broken lens out of her eye when suddenly a foot stomped onto her stomach.

"Argh !" Zoey screamed as she looked up at Romance, his foot claws wrapped around her tightly squeezing her.

"How does it feel knowing that this is the end bug ?"

"T-the end for you ?" Zoey asked in defiant despite the pain before she screamed as the claws digged into her skin, she could hear fabric tear and blood seething out. Romance then let go and stomped on her.

"Argh ! Oof ! Ugh !" Zoey let out before Romance stomped onto her final time, causing the metal beam to bend, Zoey's head fell back, her eyes rolled as her vision became blurry, she didn't noticed concerned eyes staring at her.

"Z-zoey ?" Mira said as she looked at spiderwoman, her eyes widened at bit of visible face under the mask filled with pain before it stared at her. Mira stepped forward, the metal still pinned her down but it couldn't hold her voice back.

"Zoey !"

Zoey stared at Mira, her skin went pale as panic filled her. "Mira…"

Romance watching the scene unfold, smirked before he dug his claws deeper causing Zoey to screamed in pain as Mira stared in horror. "L-leave her alone !"

"I'm afraid I can't, not until spiderwoman stops breathing."

Zoey stared up at Romance, she studied him before she looked down at Mira again who was watching fear then slowly aimed her wrist, firing a web at his face but the Lizard blocked it with his hand. "Enough of your games."

The Lizard grabbed her head tightly, Spiderwoman struggled as his feet let go and lifted her into the air. "One simple pop and then you're gone!"

Spiderwoman aimed her wrist before shooting a web, the Lizard winced and roared at her, freeing Spiderwoman. She landed a few blows causing the Lizard to stumbled before he growled and headbutted, stunning Spiderwoman, opening her for attack.

That's when the Lizard stuck, slashing her chest as Mira watched in horror. "Z-zoey !" She screamed as Zoey fell onto her knees, her hand clutched her chest in pain, the Lizard grinned as he picked her up and carried her to the edge before throwing her off the edge. Spiderwoman fell closer to the ice water below, the Lizard watched before turning away and focused on Mira who glared at him.

"No, No ! You monster ! How could you ?! No ! No." Mira broken down in raged, her body felt heavy, her knees shook soon her anger became grief and tears fell down her cheeks as the Lizard appeared again. He cupped her cheek gently and brushing the tears away.

"Don't worry, I'll ease your sadness and make you whole again." He whisper before ripping her free so he could drag her, he jumped down onto the road, car swerved around him, crashing into each other as the Lizard carried Mira on the road.

Neither of them noticed a web hang from the bridge or Spiderwoman staring at them before following after them.

Mira sat on the ground, chains now wrapped around her against a large metal beam of fuelling station for a train. The lizard stood, prepping a needle in his hand, he turned to meet Mira's glassy eyes. "Don't worry after this, you'll shall be perfect and soon the world will be too, once these trains deliver my rice and bread to shelves, everyone will slowly become like us. Amazing isn't it ?"

The lizard stared at the trains with pride, a smile on his face but Mira looked away, her eyes dimmed. "No world is perfect without her."

"The Spider couldn't see it, the new world."

"But Zoey did, she thought what you were doing was amazing and now ?" Mira argued back, she stared at the Lizard with hurt in her eyes.

"You've changed Doctor, you killed the one person who thought you were making the world better, look how far you've fallen."

The Lizard stared at her confused, shaking his head. "I-I don't, what are you on about ?"

"Turning the world into a monster like yourself, killing people, kidnapping and causing millions of damage, how is this making the world better ?" Mira said as she glared at the Lizard who moved away, gripping his head tightly.

"N-no, you're wrong, he told me not to listen, told me to trust him."

"Who did ? Look where that's brought you ? All you've done is ruined more lives !"

"Enough !" The Lizard roared so loud that the trains around them shook around them, Mira winced a little before she gasped as the Lizard ripped the sleeve of her shirt, revealing her bare skin and held the needle closer.

"I-I am right, I-I'm making the world better, starting with you."

"Not if I have anything to say about it." The Lizard's eyes widened, he turned to see the sore boots approaching him, Spiderwoman kicked him in the face as she swung in before landing neatly on the ground. The Lizard stumbled, dropping the needle onto the ground and Mira stared in disbelief at Spiderwoman, still battered but alive.

"Zoey ?!"

Zoey turned and stared at Mira before she went over, pulling at the chains. "Don't worry, I'm gonna get you out of here."

"Zoey watch out !" Zoey turned and jumped as the Lizard swung at her. She flipped mid air, shooting a few webs at the Lizard but he charged at her, Zoey landed before she jumped out of the way and ran through a open door of a freight cart.

"You can't escape !" The Lizard yelled at Zoey, who shot a web at the door and yanked it, slamming the door onto the Lizard's head, who groaned in pain. She ran through to other side of the cart before shoot webs on either to launch herself toward the Lizard who had freed himself but was too late.

Spiderwoman kicked him into the chest so hard, he crashed into the train cart behind them, denting it, Spiderwoman jumped off him and landed, shooting webs at the Lizard. He roared before he grabbed a train cart door and ripped it off, throwing it at Spiderwoman who jumped out of the way, rolling on the ground.

Zoey looked at ripped off door on the ground, the Lizard started ripping at her webs, she shot a line and launched the door at the Lizard, stunning him. She shot more webs to trap him before running back to Mira who let out a sigh of relief when she saw Spiderwoman.

"You need to get out here, okay ? Run as fast as you can."

"Zo, he's infected all the grain foods here, these trains are the carrying it, hell there's probably products on the shelves with his formula." Mira explained as Zoey worked on the chains, she glanced up at Mira.

"I'll stop him, alright ? I just need you to focus on running."

Mira tensed as she leaned forward. "How ? Every time you knock him down, he gets back up and he's the only one who knows what products are infected !"

"I'm figuring it out !"

Mira, feeling the chaining loosing, reached up and cupped Zoey's face. "Zo, Doctor Connors is still in there. I think…I think there's someone else telling him to do this."

Spiderwoman stared at Mira, taking in words when her spider sense picked up, she turned only to tackled by the Lizard, charging her into a beam. "Argh !"

"No more games Spider !" The Lizard yelled ready to attack when a pipe hit his head, he turned to looked at Mira, holding a the metal rod in hand and he grinned at her. Spiderwoman's eyes widened before she grabbed the Lizard's tail, gripping it tightly and using all her strength she tossed the Lizard away from Mira onto a train's track near the end, Train rest on the other side.

"Mira ! The train !" Spiderwoman said before shot a few webs at the Lizard to slowed him, Mira nodded and jumped into the train, she stared at the control panels. She started pressing random buttons and Zoey kept shooting her webs until they stopped.

Zoey looked down at her web shooters. "Oh no, no, no, seriously ? Why a refill now ?!" Zoey complained as she focused on the Lizard who started freeing himself, he glared at Zoey, ready to attack when suddenly a engine roared.

Mira drove the Train straight into the Lizard, it crashed into him, pinning him into the end of the track point, he struggled, roaring and slashing at the train but it was too big for him to take on, he slowly started turning back into Romance. Spiderwoman crawled him slowly, Mira stepping out of the still running train with a wrench in hand.

"Romance." Spiderwoman said before she pulled her mask off revealing Zoey underneath, Romance eyes lit up and his human side of his face smiled.

"Zoey, Zoey Park isn't it ? You're….yes, that photographer who's studying marine biology, brilliantly smart…and Spiderwoman." Romance said in a daze, taking in the information.

Zoey bit her lip before she crawled closer, sadness in her eyes. "Romance, you need to stop this. You're hurting people. Forcing people into becoming Lizards isn't what you want."

Romance's eyes darken suddenly his Lizard tailed wrapped tightly around Zoey's neck, she gripped it and Mira approached, wrench in hand. "What do you know what I want ?! I wanted to help ! Make the world better and that's what I'm doing !"

"Y-you said you wanted…to help people….that I inspire you, but both of us…. w-we have powers that no one else has and when we do, it's not a choice to help, it's a responsibilities."

"I am helping !"

"N-no, you're hurting people Romance, y-you just can't see it….cause whoever is telling you that….they're lying !" Zoey argued as she looked him in the eyes, pleading, the tail loosened around her neck. Mira watched the scene carefully ready to strike.

"I got told recently that sometimes, we try to help.. or do what we think is best and instead we end up hurting more than healing."

"And you ?"

"I'm here for you, I'm always here for you, to help you get back on the right path. I lost…someone who always…used to cheer me on a-and he still does. I think about whether he would be proud of me…even now." Zoey pleaded and stared at Romance, taking more of the information in but looked conflicted.

"Romance…we can fix this, we can do the right thing, together. Please."

Mira watched as Romance's breath started rising, he grabbed the side of his head and started screaming, the tail started disappearing and Zoey fell to the ground. "We….we're hurt people, no, no, she's right ! Listen to her ! I…I can fix this, I can't ! I can still make the world right !"

Zoey looked at Mira. "Move the train back."

"But…"

"Just do it !" Zoey yelled and Mira looked concerned but said nothing as she jumped into the train. She went over to Romance and took his Lizard's hand.

"I'm here, I'm here, you can fight this Romance, this isn't who you are ! Please."

Romance stared at her before he screamed in pain as the train backed away and suddenly he grabbed Zoey's neck, his eyes went reptile-like. "You ruined everything, the world was going to be whole."

"Zoey !" Mira yelled in concerned as she looked at Zoey who didn't flinched.

"You were always whole…..you were never broken, just needed to reboot." Zoey mumbled as Romance held his gaze, his eyes returned normal and he cried, breaking down in Spiderwoman's arm who held him tightly. Mira watched softly at Romance slowly returned normal and Zoey held him, guilt hit her as he mumbled.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I-I didn't mean to…I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too, Doc." Mira mumbled earning a look from Zoey before she held Romance tighter. The two stayed like that for a while until sirens sounded around.

Mira looked down at the approaching police cars and Romance dressed in only a blanket approaching them below on the large web form between the gaps of the crane. Zoey crawled towards her before she stopped and lay next to her. "Hey."

"Hi."

Zoey stared at her, smiling at her. "I'm glad you're okay."

"I'm glad you're alive, I thought I lost you."

"I'm sorry….I-I couldn't let Romance know."

Mira smiled softly, she looked down at Romance as the police put him into the back of police van, surrounded by police. "What do you think will happen to him ?"

Zoey sighed as she looked down at the scene. "They'll….probably try and help him find a cure, so he won't become a Lizard no more and then….who knows, they'll give him less time for turning himself in but..I don't know." Zoey said as she frowned disappointingly at Romance, she glanced at Mira who didn't seem happy either.

"Mira."

"I….I'm sorry."

"I get it, you couldn't let him know, it's okay." Mira mumbled, she stared the scene below, tensed as Zoey sighed.

"I'm saying sorry for something else."

"I was hoping you weren't." Mira said shakily, Zoey stared at her before she reached over and gently pulled Mira's head to look at her, tear sat in her eyes.

"If anyone else found out about you, if I put you in this situation again or…..if I lost you I….I don't know what I'd do." Zoey whispered, trying to hold back up own sadness, Mira bit her lip and gripped onto the webs tighter.

"I can't risk you Mira, I…I love you too much to risk it." Mira's eyes widened at Zoey's confession, letting out a sob before she started crying, Zoey tried to hold herself together at the sight.

"I tried to give this up but I need to be Spiderwoman. I'm sorry Mira but…we can't be together." Zoey continued despite her voice breaking and her tears falling.

"Yeah, Yeah I know…I know." Mira replied with such sadness that Zoey couldn't stop herself and pulled Mira into tight hug. The two gripped onto each other like they were about to disappear, Mira cried into Zoey's shoulder, shaking her head. Neither of them noticed Abby dashing over to the scene.

"Mira !" He yelled as he looked up, barely able to make her out. Mira looked down, sniffing as she did, Zoey sighed before she smiled sadly.

"That's our cue."

Zoey lowered Mira gently down onto the ground with a web, watching her carefully in case anything happened and Mira stared up at her, knowing that she was losing Zoey forever until she felt Abby's hand on her waist. Mira looked at the relief Abby who hugged her but she didn't hug back as she stared up at Zoey who slipped on her Spiderwoman's mask and zipped off.

Mira watched her go, tears falling down her face until Zoey was gone, her heart aching without the woman. Mira tried to find comfort in Abby's arm but she knew, who it was she needed.

~Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time~

Zoey sighed as she sowed the holes in her Spiderwoman suit, she held it up to examine her work and smiled sadly at it, her heart ache at remember what she had given up.

A knock broke her out of trance.

"Coming at you." Zoey mumbling, giggling sadly a little to herself before she went over to the door, she wince as she pulled at her injuries and she touched the bandages, she was wearing only a sport bra. Zoey walked over to the door and opened it, revealing Mira standing there.

Zoey stared at her, confused as Mira smiled at her. "Hey."

"W-What are you doing here ?" Zoey asked surprised by Mira's appearing outside her door, her smiled faded as she looked away.

"I..I came here for you."

Zoey didn't reacted, Mira studied her carefully and bit her lip gently briefly. "You're always putting others before you, always thinking of everyone else and getting hurt."

Mira's eyes flickered towards the bandage as she reached forward and touched it. Zoey's breath hitched at the gently touch, she felt no sudden pain but her heart beat quicker. "But someone think of you and put you first ?"

"Mira…" Zoey said breathless, her fingers drifted gently on Mira's wrist, they trailed ghostly shiver into Mira who looked at her.

"I know you think you're making a mistake by being with me, but I want you Zo…and I'm okay with a hard life if it means I can hold you each night and whispered comforting words as we fall asleep." Mira mumbled as she stared into Zoey's surprised eyes.

"You said you would wait for me but I'm also waiting for you: I love you Zoey and I want to be with you, even if hell swallows us whole tomorrow."

Zoey's lips quirk up a little before she pulled Mira closer, she leaned in, their foreheads touched, their nose brushed past each other and they kissed. It was slow, gently, Mira's finger trailed around Zoey's hips before resting on her waist while Zoey's moved upwards and stroked Mira's shoulder.

They pulled away and stared into each other's eyes, Mira dipped in for another kiss when Zoey placed a finger on Mira's lip. Mira looked confused at the happy Zoey.

"You wanna…you wanna go web swinging ?"

"I'm regretting this already." Mira said as stood on Zoey's creaking metal balcony as she looked down at traffic below, she could barely make out the vehicles nevermind the people. Zoey giggled as she slipped her mask onto her head but didn't pull it fully down.

"You'll be fine, I won't let anything happen to you."

"I know ! I know ! Its just….we're pretty high up."

Zoey rolled her eyes as she wrapped her arms around Mira. "You're safe. I promise."

Mira nodded slowly as she relaxed in Zoey's grip.

"Now step onto the railing with me."

"What ?! Z-zoey !"

"We'll get a better launch."

"Who cares about that ! What if, what if I slip and fall ? What if-"

"Mir, trust me ?" Zoey said softly as she looked into Mira's fearful eyes, they stared at each other before Mira sighed and took a step onto the railing.

"You're so paying for dinner tonight."

Zoey smirked at the idea of dinner tonight with Mira, they both stood on the railing, it creaked under their weight, Mira's heart filled with fear as she tried not to look down and Zoey held in her laughter as she pulled her mask down. She shot a web at a nearby building and held it tightly before she looked at the nervous Mira.

"Ready ?"

"No."

Zoey laughed before she launched herself and Mira off causing Mira to scream as they fell downwards, getting closer to the cars when slowly they went upwards. The car barely touched them and soon the sky with the warm sun appeared into her view. Zoey smirked as Mira stared in awe at the sight, the rush of adrenaline was high and soon Zoey shot another web.

"Now are you ready ?"

Mira looked at Zoey as they started falling. "I guess this is okay."

Zoey laughed as Mira smirked and held her tighter. They swung around the city, mostly up and down, going forward, the one time Zoey went around a building, Mira nearly vomit. She prefer staring in awe at the sight and the rush of excitement as they swung around the city.

Eventually though they saw a police helicopter rushing passed them.

"Looks like that's your cue." Mira joked, unable to see how disappointed Zoey was as she looked around and saw an alleyway to drop Mira off. She swung gently down, letting Mira land on her feet before she sighed and looked away.

"Sorry, I promise I'll ring you when it's over and I won't do anything stu- okay yeah I will do something stupid b-but I'll take care of my wound and won't push myself and-" Zoey said as she shot a web at the building beside them and started pulling herself up, about leave when Mira grabbed her shoulder. Zoey flipped, now upside down and hovering above the ground, the web between her legs.

"Aren't you forgetting something ?" Mira asked sweetly with a smirk on her face as she cupped Zoey's masked face.

"Uh, am I ?"

Mira kept smirking as she rolled her eyes and pulled the mask halfway down, revealing Zoey's lip. "Yeah, you are."

Mira pulled in and kissed Zoey who was stunned before she kissed back, moaning a little. Mira smile at how needy Zoey was before she let go and pulled the mask back up. Zoey stared at her.

"Mira…" Zoey said dreamily, not wanting to look away as Mira took a few steps back and stared at her proudly.

"Go get them…SpiderZo."

Zoey smiled before she saluted then retracting the web up, pulling herself up. She shot another web and swung away, Mira watch below, still proud as Zoey went off to save the day again as SpiderZo.