Swallowing The Spider

:After Transition:

Seemingly appearing out of nowhere, I show up on a Gotham rooftop. Well that was unexpected, I wish I could have had more time to.. No it doesn't matter, I'm here now that's all that counts.

Quickly checking my body to make sure I am okay. Yep still a fairly built Caucasian man with a swimmers body, black hair, emerald green eyes and a faint scar on my right cheek. I'm still Nicholas James and I've just transitioned here from the Marvel universe.

Taking a metallic memory stick out of my pocket, I stare at it for a moment in thought. Don't panic, I've made plans for this, all I need to do is find a computer and then I can get started with my plans. It should be fairly sim-

A black blur suddenly crashes into me throwing us both to the ground and resulting in me grunting and the blur yelping. Shit, it's the batman, of course he would scan for energy readings in goth- Wait.. Batman doesn't yelp.

Getting to my feet I look at the cat themed woman covered in leather before me, she's surrounded by jewels scattered on the ground. Watching her get up and getting a delicious view of her derrière, "Woman, watch where you're goin-".

Suddenly a dangerously sharp finger is thrusted into my face, of course her fingers are claw tipped. "NO, this isn't my fault. You were the one just standing on the top of a Gotham rooftop, now get out of my way. The bats going to be here soon and I'm rather attached to my new jewellery", she then turns around to collect her stolen goods.

"Chill out lady, a simple sorry would have been easier, though getting a closer look I wouldn't mind bumping into you again", I think that was pretty- she snorts- smooth. Guess not.

After collecting her ill gotten gains, " listen honey, I wouldn't mind flirting with you, your quite the looker yourself but I haven't got the time. Batman's been getting more active and I don't want to part with my new stuff". She turns around.

Pats me on the cheek, "See you layer sweetie" and sprints of the building into the night. I would have liked to talk to her a bit more but watching her go ain't all that bad, she's got a nice behind.

No, don't get distracted. I still have to get myself situated in this new universe. I also shouldn't rebound so quickly, I should think over how my last relationship went wrong, I really don't know what happened.

No, your getting distracted again, just get the memory stick and... Where's my memory stick? Oh my god what do I do that had everything I need I need to find it or else I'm screwed.

Okay, think calmly, you had it in your hand and then the s.e.xy cat burglar made an appearance and then skedaddled. Of course she f.u.c.k.i.n.g took it, she probably got it when she was picking up her jewels and took it by accident.

Brilliant... so all I have to do is find her, which shouldn't be too hard. If I remember correctly Selina is high class and funds a lot of animal charities and sanctuaries, it should be easy to find out where she lives.

I wonder if this universe has the yellow pages...

Getting down from the rooftop was pretty easy with spider powers but there was a whole lot of other stuff I was finding difficult. Gotham isn't loud but it also isn't quiet, around every 10 minutes there would be a gunshot, a scream or some screeching tires and it was taking every fibre of my being to not get involved.

I wasn't being heartless or anything, it's just that I don't have a way to navigate Gotham, I'm just not that mobile yet, maybe after I make some web fluid. I'm also don't know the terrain and by the time I get to the crime scene they would be long gone. I should just focus on helping myself right now.

If I can't help myself, how can I help others. You know what, I think that's going to be my motto, it seems like every person with spider powers has one so this is mine. If my current situation is fine then I should help others with their situations. I like it, it's not self righteous but it also isn't self sacrificing.

I've made it to the Gotham library using a map I found, but it's night and it's closed. No worries, spider powers were made for situations like this, just need to find a vent that's most likely on the roof. And would you look at that, it's already open and it looks like a clean job as well, It was probably batman or some other super that forgot to close it back up.

Making my way through the vents I come out in the main hall. I make my way to the computers, old things not worth stealing, and boot it up. First things first, gotta make sure this is a standard DC universe and not a Justice Lords or Crime Syndicate world.

Everything looks good, Bruce Wayne returned to Gotham a while ago and batman appeared, superman's been active for a while, the flash (really hope it's Wally West) is also active. There's also been some sightings of various other heroes but there doesn't seem to be a justice league, which means this world is probably going to be invaded soon and there's a good chance metropolis will be ground zero and I need to make sure I'm prepared.

Right, searching Selina Kyle. She's really into charities and animal sanctuaries, at least I know that her thefts are going towards a good cause. A bit more searching and minimal hacking and I've found her home address, it's a condo and it's in the good part of Gotham. Though is that where she hides her loot? She probably keeps small stuff there which would include my memory stick.

Right time to pay the cat a visit.

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Once outside her condo I used my wall sticking powers to get to her floor and entered through a hallway window. I'm not sneaking into her condo because she probably has traps set up, I know I would.

Making my way to the door I knock... and I knock again. It opens to reveal a s.e.xy woman with short black hair and green eyes, hello Selina Kyle. "Can I help you?"

Apart from the widening of the eyes a little I wouldn't be able to tell she recognised me, she played it of pretty well. "Hi, we bumped into each other earlier on a rooftop and flirted a little bit but I think you might have picked up something that belongs to me when you were collecting your jewels"

She gives me a blank stare, "I'm sorry, I don't know what your-". I cut her off, "That thing of mine you picked up has a tracker in it and the signals coming from your apart-" and then she cuts me of and drags me inside.

So far this is going swimmingly, I really thought we were going to- spider sense- lean back- tilt head. Avoiding her high kick I jump back away from her. I spoke too soon...