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FELICIA landed gracefully on the rooftop where she was going to get her pictures taken. She grabbed her duffel bag that has all her clothes and accessories in it and changes out of her costume in an alleyway. She puts on a white blouse accompanied by blue skinny jeans and leopard print high heels. Lastly, she takes off her wig and runs a hand through her long blonde locks. Felicia looks at her iPhone and reads a few text messages sent from her best friend Cynthia Moon.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt? Where are you?" Felicia said reading out loud the texts.

"Calm down, Cindy. I'm right outside the building." Felicia texts back.

She entered the studio building and stops at the front desk to check-in.

"Welcome back, Ms. Hardy. Fernando will be with you shortly." The receptionist smiled.

A few minutes passed and out struts Fernando, the photographer accompanied by Cynthia.

"Felicia, darling, thank you for coming on such short notice." He said hugging her tightly.

"I wouldn't miss this for the world." She smiled. Cindy looks at Felicia angrily and annoyed.

"Uh, I also wanna apologize for being late. I—"

"You don't have to apologize my dear. You're a star and can do whatever you want. Now let's get to work." He motions for them to follow him.

Cynthia stayed silent as they followed Fernando. Felicia stopped walking and looked back at her best friend's hurt expression.

"I'm sorry, Cindy. Peter and I had to take down Kingpin and it took us longer than we expected." She explained.

"I'm not mad at you for being late, Kitty. I'm mad at you for not answering my calls. I was so worried. I thought you and Peter weren't gonna make it out alive. You should have at least texted me something to know that you were okay." Cindy said.

"I'm sorry, Cindy. You're right. I should have texted you back or even called you back." Felicia said and hugs her tightly.

"I saw everything on the news earlier. It looked like a war zone out there."

"It was. Luckily we had some backup from the police force."

"And how are you feeling? You know since taking down Fisk?"

"I feel at peace. Fisk is finally going to pay for what he did to my father and the people of NYC. He's going away for good this time."

"I'm glad you're okay, Kitty. But I'm kinda still mad at you for not calling me back. I'm your friend—"

"Best friend." Felicia corrected her.

"—I shouldn't be left out of the loop." She smiles slightly.

"Okay, I promise."

"Promise what?" Cindy teased.

"I promise that I won't do something stupid like that ever again. I'll keep you in the loop."

"Good." Cindy smiles.

"You girls done? We have work to do." Fernando said getting impatient.

They nod and follow him.

"Fernando came by earlier to tell me that he wants to take a couple of semi-nude photos of you with a male actor," Cindy said and Felicia rolled her eyes.

"Again? That's like the third one this week." Felicia said.

"Sex sells. At least that's what the data shows me. Anyway, He's starring as the lead in an upcoming action film and he just finished shooting. Fernando wants to promote the film by taking pictures of the two of you. He said it would really benefit your career if you did it. I said no to him for now. But... It's your decision if you wanna do it." Cindy explains.

"I'll think about it." She said.

Felicia entered her dressing room and thumbed through the articles of clothing hanging on a rack. The outfits were organized numerically. She suddenly heard Fernando's voice just outside the curtain making her jump slightly.

"Cindy has supplied a few outfits for you to try on. Come on out when you're ready." Fernando said. She heard his footsteps disappear, then a few camera flashes go off as he tested the lighting and angle.

The photoshoot was for a magazine called Maximum, and the theme was Halloween.

Looking at the outfits she found a schoolgirl uniform. After undressing and putting on outfit #1 she exited into the white room. She looked around and noticed the white screen against the wall surrounded by several lights and umbrellas. Further back was Fernando and his camera set with Cindy. She quickly made her way over to the screen after he pointed to it while he checked the zoom mode.

"You look Magnifique," Fernando said looking up at her.

"Thank you." Felicia smiled. "How long did it take for you to make these outfits?" she asks Cindy.

"A few weeks," she answers. "Do you like it?" she asks.

"I love it," Felicia said.

Before the photoshoot started, Fernando's intern went to put makeup on Felicia's face.

"Now smile for the camera," Fernando said, snapping pictures furiously.

She posed for the camera and smiled seductively. Fernando took a few more pictures of her in various sexy outfits such as a nurse, cop, and maid.

A few minutes later...

Felicia agreed to pose semi-nude and was now in her black lingerie waiting for the male actor.

"Come on out, Liam! We don't have all day!" Fernando yelled.

Liam, the male actor, walked towards Felicia. He was nervous about doing a semi-nude photoshoot with her. They had props to hide the most explicit stuff, but it had taken a good ten minutes to talk him out of his underwear, and then another five to get him to use his hands to cover her breasts. Felicia didn't mind it at all. It had taken her a long time to get used to that at the beginning of her career.

Felicia shivered. This guy's hands are colder than Peter's after he's done a patrol in a blizzard.

"Now pout for the camera," Fernando said, snapping pictures furiously. She puckered her lips, moving her bare chest towards the camera, her breasts fully covered by the male actor's hands. She once asked if Peter could do this; she was never fully comfortable with even respected male actors touching her. Sadly, they didn't let him.

And despite playing a ladies man in his movies, Liam had a difficult time speaking to girls in real life. Felicia found it cute. He was constantly asking if "Mr. Parker" would get mad seeing the photos.

"I'm sure you'll know if he is," she teased. Peter and Felicia were very secure in their relationship. She wasn't worried, and neither was he. Still, she found it amusing to imagine Spider-Man stalking a celebrity and webbing him to the side of his house.

"Okay, we're done!" Fernando said.

Felicia grabbed the white robe the photographer's intern handed her, and then made her way to Fernando's table, where the photos were being uploaded to the computer.

"I like this one, Fernando, it's purfect," she said, looking through the roll of photos on the screen. The photographer took note: it was a picture where Liam was holding her chest to chest, showing plenty of side boob but no nipple, his hand pulling her thigh up and across his pelvis. His strong eyes looked down at her, while she was facing the camera, biting her lip and nuzzling his chiseled body.

"Okay, Felicia, Dear. In a few weeks, you should see your picture on the front page of every magazine in NYC." Fernando smiled.

Felicia got changed and said her goodbyes.

"See you later, Ms. Hardy. Give Mr. Parker my regards!" Fernando yelled.

"I will," she replied waving back.

"I'll see you and Petey later for dinner," Cindy said.

"Same place as last time?" Felicia said.

"Yep. Same place. Mickey's Diner."

"Best fries in town." the girls say in unison and laugh as Peter would always say that when they would go there.

They kissed each other on the cheek goodbye. Felicia then walked out of the building and looked for an alleyway. She changes out of her casual outfit and into her catsuit. Next, she aims her grapple gun at a building nearby and starts to swing over to F.E.A.S.T. when her communicator goes off.

"Black Cat, it's Yuri." She said.

"Hey, Yuri. Has Fisk made it to Rykers yet?" She asks.

"No, our boy gets the VIP treatment. He's on his way to the Raft." She explains.

"Oh, so he's joining Electro, Scorpion, and all the rest of the criminals me and Spider put away in the past. Hope they say "hi" for us." Felicia said smirking.

"Look, I tried contacting Spider-Man but he's not answering," Yuri said annoyed.

"Yeah, sorry, he's at work right now. We don't exactly live in these costumes." Felicia explains.

"Nonetheless, can you swing by the prescient? Got an issue that can deal with you and his skill set." She asks.

"I'll call him," Felicia said and makes her way over to the prescient while swinging she calls Peter and he answers right away.

"Hey, Kitty."

"Hey, Spider. Yuri tells me that she has been trying to get a hold of you."

"Oh, yeah uh sorry about that. I silenced my phone. Just now reading the messages she sent."

"You okay babe?" She asked.

"I'm okay. Just worried for Dr. Octavius. Things could have gotten a lot worse back there."

"What happened?"

"Otto ran an equipment check without me and an accident occurred."

"Is he gonna be okay?"

"He's gonna be alright. He just needs to rest for a bit. The committee came by today and saw the mess we caused. They aren't happy." Peter lets out a frustrating groan.

"We're on the verge of perfecting advanced prosthetic limb technology. I can feel it yet we run into setbacks."

"I know you're frustrated, Babe. But you can't give up now. You and Dr. Octavius are the smartest people I know just keep going at it. I know something good will come out of all of this."

"Thank you, Felicia. I'll meet you at the precinct. I love you."

"Love you too," Felicia said and they both hang up.