"What's this for?" The flower mare asked.
"It's a sorry flower for when I I smashed into your shop." Spidey says holding the pot up to her. The mare raises an eyebrow staring the hero up and down. She takes the gift and turns to place it on her counter. Spider-Mane looks around her shop, seeing the flowers neatly placed on the shelves. "The place looks great; do ponies come here often?"
"Every now and then. If I'm lucky I could sell ten flowers by the end of the week." She says whilst answering a text from her sister.
"That's good. Yeah; sounds great." He says rubbing his hands together. The two stand in a bit of an awkward silence, a mare who owned a flower shop and a stallion who wore a black spandex suit with red popping out. His lenses were colored in red instead of the white she saw last time. Just looking into those lenses were making her feel uneasy so she opted to break the silence.
"Do you have somewhere to be?" Spider- Mane's lenses widen, most likely realizing that he just spaced out.
"Uhh yeah I do! Sorry for spacing out hehe. And in case you were wondering, I'll get my old suit repaired soon enough. That way I look more approachable. Umm bye uhh...."
"Velvet. Velvet Doo. And it's fine, really. Take care Spider-Mane." The hero gives a thumbs up before leaving the flower shop and zipping into the sky. Velvet chuckles, her eyes landing on the flower he had gotten her. She brushes her hand against it, smiling. "Ditzy would be ecstatic."
Spider-Mane zipped above everypony's head. He waves at the ponies who immediately waved upon seeing him. As the hero made his way to his destination, on the ground level Rainbow Dash was telling colts and fillies about the clash between Spider-Mane and the Goblin.
"And then BAM, an uppercut to the face! Goblin didn't stand a chance!" Rainbow Dash tells the group. The kids wow in amazement. One filly, with an orange coat and a purple colored mane, raises her hand as if she were in class. Dash recognizes her immediately as the filly who wore a black hoodless jacket with a grey shirt and shorts who also was huge fan of hers.
"Did you get to see him Rainbow Dash?" She asks.
"You bet your tail I did! Me and Spidey are buddy buddy. If he ever needs me, he knows where to find me."
"You liking your place Twilight?" Trixie asked peeling her eyes away from Twilight's book collection.
"Its....quaint. Spike's gotten used to the place already." Twilight says, setting her quill down and rolling up the letter and tying it up with a red lace.
"Why don't you ever just send a letter to Princess Celestia digitally?" Trixie asks.
"Princess Celestia is old school when it comes to communication. She likes to have a physical copy of practically everything." Silence befalls the two as Twilight continues to place her books on her shelf. A question snuck in the mind of Trixie, a question concerning one such pony.
"Sooooo; how is it having Peter as a lab partner?" Twilight sighs upon hearing the name. She chuckles thinking back to earlier days.
"Peter's a great guy, really smart, but he always has his mind elsewhere. Not to mention he's tardy--which you really need to help him sort out."
"Hehe. Sounds like you've already gotten used to him."
"You could say that." Trixie smiles, looking out the window in front of Twilight's desk.
"I think the others like him. Which I'm glad for. Pete always had a hard time making friends." A small smile plasters itself onto Twilight's face, having found another thing her and Peter had in common.
"I'm so sorry I'm late! I had to make a pit stop." Peter says running to a halt upon making it to Applejack.
"And here I thought y'all weren't gonna show up." Applejack replied pushing her hat up.
"Well I'm here now. So, what did you need me to do?" Peter asks, messing with his mane to make it look presentable.
"I just wanted to know how Ponyville's been treatin ya. Heard you got a job?"
"Oh; well yeah, yeah Ponyville's been kind to me. And yeah I got a job working for Dr. Octavius. It doesn't pay much, but it helps Trixie a bit with the bills. That and I get to do what I love most with two other ponies who are nerdy like me hehe."
"That's great to hear partner." She gives Peter a smile, who kindly returns the gesture. Peter's ears perked up to the sound of static. Looking over, he sees Big Macintosh listening to a radio.
"Hey Mac, could you turn that up please?" Macintosh turns the volume dial, allowing everypony to hear.
"A group of stallions working under Mr. Fisk, known as the Enforcers, were allowed to walk as long as they--"
"Are you kidding me!? How can those guys go scott free when Spider-Mane caught them?" Peter exclaims, catching Applejack and Macintosh off guard.
"Sadly that's the world we live in Pete. Fisk has a lot of power here."
"Eeyup." Big Mac said, agreeing with his sister. Peter grits his teeth, knowing that Fisk was well aware of his attempts to put his "employees" in prison.
Nightfall had approached Equestria, putting most of its residents to sleep. Others were still out and about working, some stores still open. One being the Cakes shop. Pinkie Pie had left the store open longer for her guests, Rainbow Dash and Eddie Brock. The two sat together as the flipped through the files given to them about their parents.
"So let's recap. Peter's parents were SHIELD agents, yours were scientists, Trixie's were magicians, and mine were factory workers." Rainbow Dash says holding a file on the Parkers.
"Mhm." Eddie replies, taking a sip of his coffee.
"And the Parkers and Brocks died in a plane crash. Trixie's parents died during a performance, and mine in a factory accident."
"You got it."
"But it was all on the same night. We're all orphans," a thought crossed Rainbow's mind, "do you think that it was planned?" Eddie stopped. He gave it some thought, and his face contorted into a worried look.
"That could be a possibility. If that's the case someone was targeting them. That means...."
"There's more to our parents history."
"Or maybe the Parkers made an enemy. That would explain Trixie, and maybe even you. Trixie's parents were close to Richard and Mary just like mine were. Your parents may have known either mine or Trixie."
"I'm leaning more on the Brocks." Venom says eating a tater tot off the plate.
"Thanks for your input. Anyways I think we should continue this another time. Pinkie's gonna pass out any minute now." He points at Pinkie who was dosing off at the counter. She jerks awake, hearing her name come from Brock.
"No it's fine you guys," she rubs her eyes yawning a bit due to her tired state, "but I do appreciate it. I really do need to get to bed. Hope things go well with your investigation."
A plane lands on the bare patch of dirt. The doors open and a stallion with a grayish coat and a black mane, with a light jacket, jeans, and black boots to finish the look. Another stallion in a black suit walks up to him with a suitcase.
"Mr. Schultz; I'm sure your aware of what Mr. Fisk is asking of you." The stallion in the suit says.
"I do indeed. Give the big man my thanks. He's given me another chance to crush that Wall-Crawler." The stallion in the suit sets the case down at Schultz's boots. "What's this for?"
"Inside you'll find the equipment you'll be using to kill Spider-Mane. It still follows your original blueprint, but upgraded if you will. I'm sure you'll find your way around it." Herman takes a knee and pops open the case. Upon admiring the contents inside, a sinister grin stretches across his face.