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Superhero's were a common sight, whether they were mutants, mutates or just plain human with a high intellect or enhanced skills.
Maybe if things turned out differently Spider-Man would have remained just that, a hero, a vigilante. One who saves without bringing unnecessary harm to the villain, one who does not kill to solve the issue.
Well...things did turn out differently. Spider-Man changed; and perhaps it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Maybe it was meant to be.
It was around the time Gwen died that Peter realized something. He keeps putting away the bad guys but what exactly does that solve? They either spend their time in prison,get released and wreak havoc all over again or they escape and still wreak havoc. Maybe even worse than before because when they come back, it's always with a new found hatred for the hero who put them away or foiled their plans. They always wanted revenge, and they were always out to get him. Which put his friends and family at stake.
It's the reason he kept his secret identity.
A secret identity he decided to reveal to Gwen, and that had been a major mistake. He had dragged her into his other life and as a consequence she died.
Maybe that's why when he followed Wolverine to Russia, when he accidentally killed the one person he was trying to save he decided to stay behind with Wolverine and train. He joined a group - temporarily - and became an assassin. Leaving behind everyone he knew, tossing aside his old life in hopes to protect them from himself.
All the time spent with Wolverine had enhanced his abilities, he was far stronger than he would've been alone. His Spider-sense was better than ever, it didn't just warn him of attacks two seconds before. Now he just knew things before it even happened. Precognition to put it simply. Defeating him was almost nearly impossible when he knew what someone was going to do before they even thought about it.
The Black Widow learned this the hard way. She had attacked him out on a job once and he defeated her easily. None of her blows connected. As much as he admired the Avengers in the past, he couldn't help but feel prideful in the fact that he could take one down so easily.
Spider-Man was an assassin, and he was pretty damn good at doing his job.
Of course there's always someone who would get the best of you.