Spider-Man: Duty And Loss Chapter 67: A Meeting Of Freinds

(Baxter Building)

(Next Day)

Johnny Storm bopped his head up and down as he listened to the tunes blasting in his ear. With a pair of wireless ear buds in his ears, he was working on one of his rides.

Situated on the 70 something floor of the building, the sun shone into the room heating up the area, it was the perfect temperature to work in. The car was off the ground, suspended, as he worked underneath.

Every now and then he would wheel himself out to grab a different tool before going back under. Unlike one of the other 3people that share the building with him, who loved vintage cars and the cla.s.sic cars, Johnny loved to work on sports, luxury and race cars.

Working on the Alpine A110 in front of him, he was trying to upgrade the engine so he could get a little extra kick out of it. He had been working on the car for the last few hours and decided it was about time for him to take a break.

Wiping a small amount of sweat off his brow, he stood up from his p.r.o.ne position and made his way over to the sink. As his personal lab it had everything he could have wanted inside. With a fridge full of drinks off to the side, a TV hanging off the wall and a beautiful view of the city it was his own little paradise.

Sometimes he would even bring girls in, though he would usually take them to his room instead, if they were getting along well enough and knew a thing or two about cars, which was rare, he would take them here.

Just as he grabbed himself a gla.s.s of water he felt the sunlight dim behind him. Taking a quick peek over his shoulder, his eyes widened in surprise before a grin plastered itself on his face. Outside clinging to the window was a red and blue vigilante.

Walking over to a specific panel off to the side, he pressed a number in before one of the gla.s.s windows lowered itself. *Whoosh* Wind battered into the room cooling it down, but Johnny didn't mind. "Hey Spidey! What brings you by? Haven't seen you in a while."

Peter flipped himself into the room before Johnny closed the window. It was personally put in y Reed so that Johnny could go out flying without breaking one of the windows.

Walking closer to the web head they clasped hands together in greeting. Peter had teamed up with the Fantastic Four a few times after they first met a year ago. Since then Peter and Johnny had become pretty close friends. Though of course Peter kept his distance and didn't tell him about the situation he had been in.

Now that Peter was starting to get his life back together he wouldn't have to be so distant with Johnny or the group of four people that Peter had taken a s.h.i.+ne to. There was something about the group that made them almost like a family, a family that Peter was growing close to.

It had been a few weeks since they had seen each other and they both had to catch up on a lot. Peter being extremely smart and a man, also had an affinity for cars, he didn't just geek out over science and maths.

That was the launching point for the friends.h.i.+p between the two, and it was because of that reason that Peter really wanted to talk to Johnny about the car behind him, the Alpine A110. Looking at the sleek design and the paint job that looked to be a custom job, probably done by Johnny himself, he wanted to start up a conversation that could easily last the hour.

But he stopped himself before he said anything. Looking at the car for a few more seconds he walked with Johnny as they moved towards the door. Johnny was still caught up in his own world and was rambling on even though Peter hadn't responded.

"Sue will love to see you. She was so happy the last time you came over and helped her with some of her bio chem. work." Peter gave a small smile as well, it had been fun to work with one of the leading minds in the field of bio chemistry, in Peters opinion anyway.

"Reed was also yammering away about a few of the ideas you guys talked about last time you were over. He'll be happy you turned up. And don't get me started on Ben. He was wondering where you found so many antique car parts, I don't see what you guys like about those fossils." Peter gave a small chuckle and shook his head at Johnny's words.

"You have to appreciate the cla.s.sics." Johnny gave him a skewed look. "Ohh I appreciate them....when I look at them in my rear view mirror." Saying that Johnny burst into laughter and opened the door to his lab.

Walking a few steps over to an intercom and pressing a b.u.t.ton Johnny spoke with a cheery grin. "Hey guys guess who decided to visit! Our favorite web head decided to drop in the neighborhood. We'll be in the kitchen and lounge if you want to find us."

No one replied and Peter was fine with that. He had come here on important business, but he could spend a few minutes catching up with a friend. Deciding on what he wanted to do, Peter started to truly settle in. Grabbing a drink from the fridge the two lounged on the couch and began to catch up.

Both of them started to talk animatedly about what had been happening lately. Peter was still vague with his life outside of being Spider-Man but other than that he was an open book. They started to talk about races, sports, villains, other heroes. Anything that came to mind they talked about.

The Fantastic Four as they had been dubbed had been going all over the globe recently to do research, secure funding and help people, so Johnny had quite a few more interesting stories than Peter. Hearing the mention of the Name Doctor Doom though held his interest.

After talking to Shuri on the Phone, he knew what he was here to convince them of doing and all the information they had on him would be for the better. Other than the one time he had helped the fantastic four he hadn't heard mention of Doctor Doom.

He didn't seem to do many crimes in New York and Focused more on Johnny and the rest when they left the country or were in different states.

Other than knowing that he hacked Reed's portal the first time they met, the rest was a mystery, so he listen with rapt attention to the adventures Johnny had been on.

The first person to walk in the lounge and greet him after he sat down was Ben Grimm. The big lug of orange walked into the room instantly noticing the web head sitting on the couch with his mask half raised.

"Web Head!" Picking him up in a big bear hug, Peters bone creaked a little from the crus.h.i.+ng he received. Not minding this fact Peter spoke in a cheerful tone. "Ben how you been?" "Good good." Giving a hearty laugh Ben let him down and patted him on the back as the last two of the fantastic four walked into the room.

Susan Storm and Reed Richards walked in together with big smiles on their face. They were always happy to meet Spider-Man. Reed because he found that he had quite a few stimulating conversations with the masked hero, and Sue because of the same reason, and the fact she used to have a crush on him when she was younger.

Sue walked over and gave the web head a hug before Reed walked up and shook his hand. "I think this visit deserves a pizza!" Johnny shouted from the side as everyone sat down and started to talk. Reaching over to grab the phone, it would be in the next 20 minutes that 3 pizzas were delivered to the building.

And it would be over the next hour until they finished their conversation and pizza alike. Peter patted his belly in satisfaction as he laid back. Seeing that everyone had finally calmed down, Sue spoke up.

"So Spider-Man what the occasion? Why the visit?" Peter rubbed the back of his neck for a second trying to find the right words. "Well, actually I came on behalf of a friend..."