Chapter 5

It was five hours into the internship and the highlight was getting coffee and watching a bird fly into the window. Elena loves birds, and it was sad, but she wasn't being able to utilize her talents.

She could literally feel herself being restrained.

Elena sighed as she gave the coffee to Mr. Jameson.

She wished to be on the ground, finding front page stories of Spider-Man, getting that interview she wanted.

"Elena, come in," Jameson called and she got up, probably having to read do the coffee.

"I have a lead on a weapons bust that you're going to follow, I know you only have lunch and dinner money, so consider this a friendly loan, that you can repay whenever," he said and Elena nodded.

"Alright, what do you need me to look out for?" She asked and he pulled her close.

"I need you to go on the eleven-thirty ferry, I want the first scoop, look for anything shady and check it out, don't put yourself in danger like you did with the woman in the car, I can't have you die on me," he said and patted her on the back.

Elena nodded and saluted him.

"I'm already on it sir, I'll see you later," she said and walked out.

She stuffed her badge into her back pocket and did the same with the notebook and pen.

She pulled out her phone as it buzzed, Mj was calling.

She picked it up and held the phone to her ear as she headed down the subway.

"Hey Mj what's up?" Elena asked.

"Wanted to know how the internship is going," she said and Elena looked around as she got on the subway.

"I got a lead for a weapons bust, with the way Jameson talked about it, sounds like the FBI are involved, maybe Spider-Man will show up too," she whispered.

"Why are you whispering?" Mj asked.

"Because it cant be known until after I get the story," Elena explained, hearing Mj give out a faint 'ah'.

She nodded and looked up at the window, she saw her reflection and sighed, she wasn't happy with it.

She knows how much Peter loves Liz, a girl who has perfect skin, a great figure and is just overall perfect.

Liz Toomes doesn't have a mean bone in her body.

And Elena wished she was the same.

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Elena stood up and walked off the train at her stop, going to the ticket booth where she got her pass for the 11:30 ride. She boarded the ferry, noticing some people exchanging glances between each other. Elena had walked out to where the sitting area was and watched a man sit with her back face to her.

She went on her phone, scrolling through, she saw something move in the corner of her eye and looked up to see a man sit behind him, they mumbled a few words.

"I hate this guy," he said.

"White pick up truck," the other man said and Elena wrote down a few notes to look unsuspicious and to get a good report.

She stood up and followed the man from a distance, taking a mental photo of his appearance so she can search for him later on.

She snuck around and got in a car that stupidly left its window down, she was an expert at hiding, she wrote down all the appearances.

"Where is it?" the man asked and two guys looked at each other.

"White pick up truck," the first guy said and Elena sank down into the seat and watched the man walk by. She held her breath until she heard his footsteps echo a bit more.

Elena was trying to listen to the conversation, and right when it cleared up, the ferry horn sounded. Elena sat up a bit to see the first man holding up so keys, she frowned, feeling like she should do something.

"I'll take those!" a familiar voice sounded out, the keys were snatched up by a web.

"Yoink!" she heard and a loud thud.

A guy in a red and blue suit stood up straight and looked around.

"Hey guys, the illegal weapons ferry was at ten thirty, you missed it!" Spider-Man said, sarcastically, and Elena wrote it down.

He fought off some guys, one was dangling off the back, the other one was coming up behind him, with an electric machine on his fist. Spider-Man ducked and the man fell into the fence, squatting there, stuck.

The Spider-Man turns around and yanks the two guys and a motorcycle back, practically slamming them to the ground.

"I'm sorry, that was a little rough," he said the two men and turned to the electro fist.

"I gotta say, the other guy was a lot better at that, I'm honestly- I'm shocked," he joked as he changing something on his wrist, shooting a web past her as it exploded on a man and stuck him to the car behind her.

Elena quickly got out for a better view, running up to the other side of the car, and sneaking up against the wall, she could see everything better. The Spider-Man looked over at her immediately, as if he sensed her. Elena's eyes widened and she saw eyes of the mask widen.

"Holy Shit!" she yelled and the Spider-Man looked to her.

"What are you even doing here?" he asked and she held up her pen and notepad.

"My job, now do yours!" she sassed and he threw his head back.

He looked at the man down in the center of the cars, he looked like he was going to charge forward when men with guns came from everywhere.

"Freeze FBI!" they all yelled and Elena cowered back, staying hidden, writing down all that she saw.

"FBI, what do you mean FBI?" Spider-Man said as his hands were raised.

"I know what the FBI is I mean what are they doing here?" he asked and Elena titled her head.

Who was he talking to?

Elena whipped her head over to the sound of whirring and breaking metal and saw mechanic wings bust out of a van. She wanted to cry right then.

"Oh my god," she muttered and looked at Spider-Man.

The three men in front of him turned around and started shooting.

Elena sighed and felt someone grab her arm.

"You need to go," a man said and she shook her head.

"I do my job, out of the way, you do yours, keep the ferry safe," she said firmly, yanking her arm out of his grip, writing some details down.

"Ma'am this isn't up for-"

He was interrupted by the metal demon grabbing the car she was just in and throwing it at an FBI agent. Spider-Man pushed him out of the way and got hit, he was knocked into a pole and Elena gasped.

He picked up as the car crashed into the water, dragging the man dangling off the back in with it.

Elena's wide eyes saw it all and noticed the Shocker man got free.

"Get to the top deck, were getting out of here," the Vulture man said and the electric fist guy nodded, running off.

Elena widened her eyes as they made eye contact, he only ran.

Her hand was cramping and at this rate, she was running out of paper. She pulled out her phone and starts taking pictures, pictures of Spider-Man fighting, and the weapon the vulture dude had in his hands. Elena had an idea, she ran for the back, going to the white pick up truck, opening the tarps where weapons upon weapons laid about.

She turns on her flash and took as many photos as she could.

A laser flew by behind her and she turned around, as she did, it cut her hair, leaving it half chopped. She turned to Spider-Man and ran towards him.

"Get back!" he yelled but she didn't listen.

Spouts of water shot up and all he did was stare. Elena could tell he was in shock, so she grabbed his shoulders. He turned towards her and she gave a small smile.

"Can you get all the strongest structure points?" she asked and he nodded.

"Make a web," she said and he nodded.

"But first," He grabbed her and swung her up, taking her to the rest of the people.

The Ferry started to split more and he swung off.

Elena watched as he wove and spun until he went from one end to the other. She looked down at her phone and saw that she was taking a video. She stopped it and played it. She heard from when she ran up to him to when she found it.

"Holy shit," she said.

Elena has his voice recorded.

But then, everything snapped. She looked up and saw him attach two webs to both halves and he ended up stranded there. He was dangling.

"He'll get ripped in half!" she yelled and ran, she jumped and climbed a strand of the web and went up to his floor level.

"You'll be ripped in half!" she screamed over the roaring water.

"It's the one thing I could think of!" he screamed and threw his head back.

Elena teared up, she couldn't do anything but stare and pray for some sort of miracle.

And so it happened.

Everything stopped. She looked around as the boy came down, and that's when the two kids saw it.

Tony Stark in his suit, pushing the ferry together.

"Hi, Spider-Man, band practice, was it?" he said and Elena hugged the hero in red and blue.

"Don't do anything that stupid again," she said quickly, and looked up, after backing off.

"Uh, you too," he said and Elena looked at Iron Man.

She walked over to the window and gave a small wave.

She held up a notepad and pen.

"Hi I'm Elena Faulkner, I update a blog for Spider-Man called Spider-Man: Behind the Mask and I intern for the Daily Bugle, can I ask you a few questions about the Web-Head?" She asked and Tony tilted his head.

"Uhm, sure?" he asked and flew off, she ran down to the entrance and climbed down to the now empty car area.

"How did you find out about the Spider-Man?" she asked as she ran as he welded the ferry together.

"Your blog, and a video," he said and she scribbled it down.

"Great! Would you consider yourself a father figure to him, considering his young age?" she asked and he stopped, The Spiderman was in tow.

"No Comment," he said, and she nodded.

"Do you know his true identity? Last question," she said and Tony looked at her.

"You almost died, how are you able to even do this interview?" He asked and she shook her head.

"The demands of the people must be met," she simply said and he nodded.

"You're a strange kid, I'll be in touch," he said and flew off, Spider-Man quickly following. Elena walked out to the edge where the fight happened and saw rescue boats come up.

That's when May Parker called.

"Elena, oh dear lord, is Peter with you? He won't answer my texts or calls, and I know that you two are in a rough patch but-" Elena knew she was crying.

"Aunt May, it'll be alright, Peter will come home, but he's definitely not with me, I'm kinda on a ferry that was ripped in half, he's not on here, but I'm sure he'll be home soon," she said and May gasped.

"Are you okay? Are there rescue boats?" she asked and Elena watched one come up.

"Yeah, Tony Stark welded it up, so I'm waiting," she said.

"Okay good, I need to let you go, I'm going to try and get a hold of Peter, god I'm worried," she said a hung up.

"What has Peter done?" she asked herself, waving a boat over.