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Spyder landed on the rooftop with a soft thud. He slowly walked to the edge and crawled down, his black suit matching the night perfectly. He looked inside a window, his cold emotionless eyes scanned the emoty living room. His target was no where to be seen. He looked down, Winter Soldier was waiting in a dark corner just in case if Spyder fails. Spyder wasn't going to fail, he wouldn't dare. 

He slowly crawled inside from the window, started walking around with soft silent steps. He was just another shadow in the dark, peeking from the corner or the door. His target was sitting on the bed, looking down to her phone. Probably preparing to sleep, had pyjamas on. Spyder slowly crawled inside, just another shadowy figure at the corner of your eyes. His target lifted her head and scanned the room, Spyder was now hiding under the bed. He waited for his target to calm down before crawling out. 

He walked behind his target, she turned around and scanned the room again, he was ducked behind the bed again. He slowly rised again once she turned back. 

"Hurry." he heard Rumlow whisper in his comms. He saw Winter Soldier in the corner of his eyes. When did he even walked inside? Even Spyder's hypersensitive ears couldn't pick up Winter Soldier's steps. 

He nodded to Winter Soldier, Winter Soldier nodded back. He suddenly covered his target's mouth and twisted her head. It was all over with a crack. He fixed the position of her neck, laid her down on her bed and covered her with a blanket. He crawled out from the window, as the same way he crawled in. 

He shot a web to the opposite rooftop, dropped himself. He landed right next to Winter Soldier, they walked to the car that's waiting for them. Rumlow was sitting inside as they walked in, car started to move smoothly on the road. "Mission report?" Rumlow asked, lighting his cigarette. 

Winter Soldier looked to Spyder. "Accomplished." Winter Soldier confirmed. It wad Spyder's very first mission alone, he was always the back up for Winter Soldier or look out. He was proud of his work, his very first success on his own. 

They reached to the base, Spyder followed Winter. It was time for the classic procedure. They walked in a room with workers, they stripped them off from their masks and suits. They took a quick and cold shower, dried off and wore simpler clothes. Just a short and tank top for Spyder. 

He went to the laboratory with Winter again. He sat on the examination table, stared ar the wall as doctors took examples from him; blood, hair, spit. He also stared at the wall as they injected stuff in his veins. He didn't know what was that, never asked, never cared. It must be something important if Hydra thinks its important. 

Winter was reporting the mission, telling everything he saw. When the examinations, experiments and the mission report ended they went back to their cells. Spyder was staying in the same cell with Winter, always have been since he was born. He was born in Hydra, Winter was always his babysitter. Hydra didn't want to waste a cell by giving it to a child, they could use that space for better purposes. 

He curled around to the side of Winter, Winter looked down and wrapped his flesh arm around the boy. They fell asleep like that. Tomorrow was a new day and every new day meant a new mission. They needed to charge. 

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He came back from a mission. He smelled like blood and sweat, needed a shower so bad. Of course, it wasn't his job to decide or complain. He sat silently all the way back to base, unaware of the surprise that is waiting for him. He was preparing himself mentally for the cold shower and lame food. He succeeded this mission and deserved food. But he couldn't get it.

He heard fights once he arrived to base. Rumlow frowned. "Wait here." and he walked into the base. Suddenly some explosions happened and sonething flied above. Iron Man was there, scanning the area. Of course Spyder knew about The Avengers, they stole Winter Soldier from him. Winter Soldier went on a mission to take down Captain America, never came back. Hydra said that he died. How can Spyder forget about Avengers? Not after they took everything from him.

"Drive!" Rumlow came back to the car, they smoothly took off. They already lost an asset to Avengers, they couldn't lose Spyder too. It took too long to raise an asset this perfectly.

"They're running away, Wanda!" He heard someone yell from behind, a motorcycle was following them. That was the last thing Spyder saw before the accident. Car took a sudden turn and hit a wall. Someone was on the road, a red haired girl. She was new, Spyder didn't know her.

Her hands started shining red, she shot something -whatever that glowing red thing is- to them. Rumlow was dead, or at least that's what Spyder thought when he saw Rumlow laying in the car with blood on his head. He had to go back to the base, that was the procedure. If the commander dies, return back to base.

They weren't too far away from the base, he could run there in five minutes. He crawled out of the car wreck. "What is that thing?" he heard the girl ask, he ignored her and started running back to base. "No, you don't!"

She shot one of the glowy red things to Spyder as well. His spider-senses screamed at him, he dodged it. A shield, Captain America's shield flied pass his head, he dodged it as well. He wasn't fighting back, he was just running to the base.

Suddenly something hit him, he didn't know why but his spider-senses didn't warn him this time. He saw something glowing red, then lost his consciousness.

He stirred awake, blinking lazily with a horrible headache. He wasn't where he fainted, did Avengers moved him? But then, why would they drop him in a dark alley? He slowly pushed himself up and stood up, his balance was also felt off. What hit him? He didn't know. He looked down, his suit and mask was still on, so was his web shooters.

He started walking aimlessly. He looked up to the buildings, dark and brooding. Looked down to the street, dirty and broken. This wasn't anywhere he recognized. He had to find a way back to Hydra, he had to.

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He was walking on the streets alone and confused. He heard some screams. 'Must be Hydra.' he thought as he changed his direction. He shot a web up on a rooftop and started swinging around. Actually, he was away from Hydra and had nı guarantee of web fluids. He landed on a rooftop and started to run instead. He had to be careful about his sources.

He lands on a dark street, peeks inside a warehouse from the window. It wasn't Hydra but it was familiar. It looked like Hydra bur clown themed. Clown masked people with guns were patrolling. He knew clowns, he loved them.

He had a clown toy once, he stole it from his child target after killing the boy. Winter told him about circuses and clowns. He loved that clown toy- until Hydra found out. He wasn't allowed to have a toy. He learned that in a hard way. He should have guessed.

A few hostages were tied to a chair, mouths gagged, crying and trying to break free. A man with wild green hairs and clown makeup was in front of a camera, talking and laughing.

"Better come before the time is up, Batsy!" and he laughed, Spyder got chills from that laugh. He would recognize a leader once he sees. That clown was the leader of masked people. The Clown turned off the camera and sat aside, busy with something that Spyder can't see yet.

The hierarchy was familiat with Hydra's, were they a part of Hydra or seperated? If they're a part of Hydra, then they could help him go back. He didn't have a commander now, he needed one. Being all alone without a commander was dangerous, he wasn't allowed to have thoughts or strategies himself. The Clown looked like a worthy person to be his commander.

Maybe Spyder would find a way to ask for Hydra without speaking? He always had hard time speaking, never needed it unless giving mission reports anyway- which Winter Soldier handled all the time. He hasn't said a word since, well, ever. He decided to wait aside and not initiate contact. He would only come out once spotted.

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He was caught by a masked guy. "Hey, you! Get inside!" the masked guy yelled as he pointed his gun at Spyder. Spyder stared at the gun, and then the guy. Gun was cheap, Hydra had better guns that they develop themselves. Spyder could easily take down the guy and steal the gun but he decided against it. There was a direct order after all. 'Get inside.' He had to obey. He followed that guy's lead and walked inside.

"Well, well, well! Look who it is!" The Clown said with joy as he approached. Spyder stared at him. "Seriously, who are you?" The Clown asked after a while, he was examining Spyder. Spyder stood still and let The Clown examine him. "Batsy dropped a new birdie on my lap?" The Clown teased and snatched Spyder's mask off. Spyder could stop that from happening but again, why would he? "Oh, you actually let me take off your mask. That's weird. No bat, then?"

He blinked a few times, trying to adjust to the light. He kept staring at The Clown, eyes completely empty and soulless. "Haven't you recognized me?" The Clown asked, "Why aren't you afraid of me?" He kept staring at The Clown. "I am Joker! The Clown Prince of Crime!" The Clown- Joker said dramatically, clearly waiting for a reaction. Spyder kept staring.

"Okay, let's try a different approach! What would Batman take to a picnic?" Joker asked, Spyder kept staring. He didn't know the answer of the question, he wished Winter to be here now. Would he get punished for not knowing the answer? "Just ice!" and Joker laughed. "You know, justice." and he kept laughing. Spyder memorized the answer, now he knew it. He could answer the question the next time he is asked. "Okay, you're not laughing.." Joker said calmly with a realization.

"Well, you're boring." Joker said with a disappointed face, pulled a gun out. Spyder wouldn't let that happen. He would let Hydra do that but he wasn't back in Hydra yet. He didn't know if Joker is a part of Hydra or not. He wasn't going to let that clown waste a perfectly capable asset. He immediately took the gun and broke it in two pieces. "Oh, wow.." Joker stared at him, he stared back at Joker.

Was he still in danger? Would Joker try that again? Spyder couldn't let it happen. If Joker tries again, then Spyder had to leave hin behind and keep searching for Hydra. But Joker didn't try again, instead, he smirked. "Oh, wow!" he said with joy. "That's amazing!" Was that a good thing?

"Come now, darling, sit down!" Joker said with joy, Spyder obeyed. Joker hummed thoughtfully. "Stand up." he ordered, Spyder obeyed. "Jump." he ordered and Spyder obeyed again. "You're already broken.. Well, less work for me! Stand aside and wait as I work."

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He took his mask from Joker and put it on. He wasn't used to take off his mask out of Hydra, he felt naked. Joker didn't order him otherwise so he didn't mind. He walked to a corner, hid inside the shadows and started to wait as he was told. He kept scanning the room, studying other masked people, taking in the situation of hostages and making sure they don't loosen the ropes.

Someone bursted into the warehouse from the window. Spyder studied the intruder. The guy was big, had pointed ears and a big black cape. Second one was shorter, skinnier, wore red west. Third one was a blond girl with purple suit. Batman, Red Robin and Spoiler as much as he understood from Joker's quips.

He stayed behind, waiting perfectly still as Joker fought with Bats and get beaten. It physically pained him to see his new commander get punched so hard. Lucky him, Joker pointed at Batman and yelled. "Attack!"

Spyder didn't wait another second, he immediately launched himself on Batman and kicked the man hard. He didn't kick with full force, of course, wasn't sure if he was allowed to kill or not. But he sure did broke a few bones. Or he was supposed to break a few bones. He felt a type of armor under his feet while kicking. Batman fell hard, but quickly pushed himself up. Other two were frozen, so was Batman. They all were looking at Spyder now, probably trying to assess him.

Batman signalled, both kids jumped to Spyder. He dodged all the attacks, studied the way they fought. They were trained, probably by Batman, they were good. He checked Joker at the corner of his eyes. Batman left the kids handle Spyder and decided to handle Joker from behind. 'No, not on my watch!'

He webbed Red Robin's feet, that momentarily shocked them both, Spyder  used that and kicked them both hard. He webbed them once they're on the ground. He turned to Batman and launched himself again. He stayed on defense instead of attacking blindly, dodging the blows and pulling Batman away from Joker. That gave Joker a chance to escape but Joker didn't escape, stayed behind and watched Spyder. 'I have to prove my worth!'

He fought even harder, with more attention. He had to prove himself to his new owner. He punched Batman's chest without holding back, made sure to break that ribs this time. He used that advantage and kicked Bruce's face.

"Leave the hostages, follow me!" Joker ordered and ran outside, Spyder followed him. "You are AMAZING!" Joker said with joy, Spyder still not sure if it's a good thing or not.

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They arrived to a safe house. Spyder expected Joker to take him to a base and give him a cell but instead, Joker took him home and even let him sit on the couch. Joker changed out of his purple suit, wore pyjamas and took off his clown makeup. Spyder assumed that they're undercover mission now. He never have been into an undercover mission before but he could make it if Joker explains.

Later, Joker took him to the bathroom. "Boy, you stink. You smell like blood, sweat, grim and streets! If Gotham had a humanish smell, that would be you!" Spyder wasn't able to shower after his last mission, he wasn't surprised to stink. He stared at Joker as Joker checked the temperature. Spyder always showered with cold water but he didn't say anything. Who was he to teach his commander how to be a commander?

"Can you at least shower all by yourself?" Joker asked, Spyder stared at him and slowly nodded. That didn't give Joker the satisfaction. "Can you show me how?" Spyder stepped under the water and stood there, warm water felt weird against his skin over his suit. Joker facepalmed. "Okay, okay.. Take off your clothes."

Spyder obeyed and stripped off, he had no shame so he had no problem taking off everything. He stepped under the water again. Joker shampood his hairs, four times. "Boy, have you ever washed you hairs?" Spyder didn't answer, his matte hairs did. Then he washed Spyder like washing a car, scrubbed with a wash cloth thoroughly. It took them too long to get Spyder smell like human. Spyder have been a good asset and didn't even move during the washing session.

Finally when they're done, Joker wrapped him in soft towels- at least softer than Hydra's towels and dried him off. Then he gave pyjamas to Spyder and Spyder wore them obediently. "There! All done!" Joker said proudly. Spyder didn't know what he did right but he was happy to make his new commander proud.

"Are you hungry? I am pretty hungry. Can you prepare dinner?" And all of Spyder's happiness died. He didn't know how to prepare dinner. He froze, thought about all the training he got. No, he couldn't recall anything about dinner. Was Joker going to punish him for that? He stared at Joker, Joker stared back at him. Joker huffed and sat on a chair by kitchen table. "Okay, follow my directions." That was something Spyder can do.

He followed Joker's commands onw by one, step by step. "This, this is mac and cheese, its a miracle." Joker introduced the dinner to him, he looked down to his plate. It didn't look anything like the food Hydra ever gave him. "Go on, eat." Spyder had the permission, he ate quickly. He had to refuel as quick as possible to be ready for the next mission. "Oh boy, you must be starving!" Joker teased as he ate slowly.

Joker went to a room, closed the door. Spyder assumed that he went to rest. Was he allowed to recharge? He didn't take risk. He just sat on the chair, scanned the room every second, every minute. He was guarding his new commander as his precious commander rested. He stayed up all night, checking for any possible intruders.

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Spyder heard some voices, listened closely and noticed Joker's heartbeat changed. His commander was waking up. He listened the footsteps as Joker went to the bathroom. He kept listening as Joker prepared for the day, not understanding the concept of privacy.

"Good morning sunshine!" Joker said with joy as he walked in. He stopped and looked at Spyder, then he looked down on the couch and untouched pillow. "Haven't you sleep?" Spyder slowly shook his head. "Why not?" Joker asked, Spyder stared at him. Joker understood that he is not getting an answer.

"Okay, sleep until I prepare breakfast, I will wake you up when time comes." Joker said with disappoinment, shaking his head. Why was his toy neglecting itself? Spyder laid down and immediately fell asleep, he was already exhausted and was waiting for this order.

He felt a touch on his shoulder and woke up, Joker had his purple suit and makeup on. Spyder felt bad, his owner was all prepared but Spyder didn't have his suit on, he was late. But Joker said he would wake Spyder up when time comes, why was he late? "Breakfast is ready. We will eat first, then you can wear your suit. I cleaned your suit and mask as well, the amount of blood I washed surprised even me." Oh, he wasn't late. Nice.

They walked to the table and sat down on their places. 'I get to eat in the morning?' He only ate one meal per day, only if he succeeds his mission. Did he succeed a mission? Joker told him to sleep so he did, was that success? Joker was eating peacefully.

"Go on, eat." Joker said after a while, noticing that Spyder wasn't eating. Spyder started to eat quickly again. "Are you waiting for my order every time?" Joker asked with one eyebrow up. Spyder nodded. "Is that why you didn't sleep?" Spyder nodded again.

Spyder finished eating quickly and waited for permission to change his clothes. Joker noticed his stare. "I think I started to recognize your stares." Joker teased. "Let me guess, you're expecting a permission for something?" Spyder nodded. "Okay. Go do whatever you want to do." Spyder stood up and looked out for his suit. Found them, changed into them and put his mask on. He walked back to kitchen and stared at Joker. Joker also finished eating, stood up.

Spyder followed Joker to a different warehouse. "I will work on my venom, you stand by." Joker simply said and sat down on a chair nearby a table. Started working on some chemicals, took notes on a notebook, checked a computer time to time. 'Oh, so my commander is a scientist.' Spyder always thought only soldiers could be commanders, it was the first time he saw a scientist commander.

He stood by and started scanning the room again, watching around and protecting his owner like a guard dog. He kept scanning around and listening for any posible intruders. Their heartbeats were the only heartbeats around the block, he didn't hear any intruders. But his spider-senses warned him about a danger. He turned around and looked at Joker. 'Its going to explode!'

He suddenly jumped there and pulled Joker back, covered him with his own smaller figure, trying to act like a human shield. It actually exploded within a second. They both were fine, Spyder didn't get any damage. Joker looked surprised but he was also fine. Spyder listened his heartbeat and the bloods in his veins to make sure no bleeding, everything was fine. His owner was fine. He walked to his old corner and kept scanning the room like nothing happened. He could feel Joker's eyes on himself but he ignored. He successfully protected his owner, felt proud of himself.

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Joker kept working on his project for days, meanwhile Spyder stood aside and guarded him every time. Finally Joker laughed as he raised his notebook. "Finally! Perfect formula!" Joker said with joy, Spyder ignored his enthusiasm and kept listening the area. "Hey boy, can you kidnap people?" Joker asked, still smiling. Spyder turned to Joker and nodded. He kidnapped a lot of people for Hydra before; next subjects for experiments, toys for soldiers, hostages for missions. He could do that again.

"Go and randomly grab someone. I need to test my new formula." Joker turned back to his computer. He needed a subject for experiments then, got it. Spyder moved quickly, listened his surroundings and targeted the closest heartbeat. He walked there silently, hiding in the shadows again. It was a middle aged man, walking on the street all alone. Spyder stalked him a bit, listened his surroundings to make sure nobody would see them. He climbed on a rooftop, prepared his webs.

He suddenly webbed the guy, pulled him upward, he turned the guy midair to wrap him up in a cocoon and webbed his mouth as well. He successfully hunted his prey. He sticked his prey on his back and walked back to the warehouse.

"Oh, you're quick." Joker mumbled, then turned around. "What is that?" Spyder dropped his prey in front of Joker. "Are those spider webs?" Joker asked as he examined the webs. Took an example and prepared to examine it. "You cocooned your prey like a spider." Spyder nodded. "Is that your name? Spider?" Spyder, didn't know how to read or write or spell, nodded again. Spyder, Spider, close enough. "Okay, cool name. Can you unweb his mouth, I need to see his smile."

Spyder obeyed and ripped off the webs from his mouth. He walked back to his corner, kept listening and scanning the area for possible dangers as Joker kept working. Soon, the subject started to laugh. Spyder ignored that either. Joker started laughing with his subject, they laughed together until the subject died.

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Joker ordered Spyder to get rid of the body. He didn't have to try too hard, just threw the body in a dumpster and left. Joker wasn't too careful about his crimes to be found, in fact he liked it when Bats gets a new identity about him. "I love to feel like they care about me." he explained that to Spyder, Spyder just stared at him. Who is he to judge?

"So, was that easy, to kidnap that guy?" Joker asked curiously, sitting on a chair with legs on the table, eating Chinese food. Spyder was fighting to learn how to hold chopsticks, he didn't want to fail but these stupid sticks were refusing to cooperate. Spyder gave up from using them, started eating with the fork instead. He nodded at Joker's question.

"Can you kidnap everyone? No matter how protected they are?" Joker asked again. Spyder nodded again, he trusted his abilities. "Okay, can you kidnap a Wayne?" Spyder didn't know who they are, froze. "They're the most protected family of Gotham. Some people say they're protected by Batman's himself!" Spyder recognized Batman from his previous fight, guy was tough but Spyder could handle. He nodded again. "Okay, finish your food and then go grab a Wayne for me, doesn't matter which one."

Spyder ate quickly, didn't want to make his owner wait any longer. Joker showed him a picture of Waynes, Spyder memorized their faces. Then, Joker opened a video of them and Spyder memorized their voices as well. He listened the city to find a target, found a fmiliar voice and left the warwhouse. He run on rooftops to his target.

His target was in a coffee shop, drinking his coffee while working on his computer calmly. He crouched down and stared at the guy, listening every breath and watching every single muscle that moves, locked on target. He wasn't stupid, didn't attack out in public. No, he waited until his target walked out of the coffee shop and started walking on the streets.

He slowly stalked his target, hiding in the shadows. His target must have felt his existence, turned around and scanned the street but Spyder was small, small enough to hide behind a dumpster.

"Someone is following me." his target murmured.

"Who, can you get visual?" a woman asked from a device, perhaps a comms? Why would Waynes need comms? Were they talking with Bats?

"No, but I have a bad feeling." his target answered, kept walking but clearly tense now. Spyder crawled up to a rooftop again, ready to pull the same attack. He shot a web but his target was fast enough to dodge it. 'Oh no.'

His target ran, Spyder behind him. "I got a visual, it's Joker's entity!" his target said to comms again. Spyder heard a man with deep voice curse in the comms.

"Do not engage! I'm on my way!" Spyder recognized that voice as Bruce Wayne.

His target was fast, but Spyder was faster. He jumped on his target and they both fell down, rolled together. Spyder got a punch, but immediately webbed his target's arms to his body. "It got me!" his target said before Spyder webbed his mouth. He also webbed his legs, moved to his ears. 'Got it.' he thought as he found the little device. He crushed the comms between his fingers.

He sticked his prey to his back and started walking back to warehouse. He could feel his nose bleeding under his mask, ignored it. His owner would do maintenance once they're back at safe house.

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Spyder reached to the warehouse, his prey still hasn't given up from fighting and was still struggling. He walked in the warehouse and threw his prey in front of Joker. His prey struggled even more when he saw Joker. Joker was analyzing his webs, looked up and murmured a curse word.

"You kidnapped Richard Grayson?" Joker asked with surprise, laughed. "He is the eldest son, you did amazing!" Spyder just stared at Joker. He started to understand that word 'amazing' meant successful. He gave the crushed comms to Joker. "Oh damn, he warned Bats already. We gotta be prepared for the fight." Joker said as he examined the device.

Spyder was always ready for fight. He just walked to his corner, kept listening and scanning. He could feel Richard's eyes on himself, he was being analyzed. He didn't like it. Richard was a hostage after all, Spyder didn't have to respect him. He glared at the prey, the eyes of his suit narrowing dangerously. He heard the pray gulp and kept scanning the room proudly. He intimidated his pray, nice.

He heard some hurried steps and heartbeats, Bats. He stared at Joker, Joker felt his stare and looked back at him. "What happened?" Spyder hid up in a dark corner of the ceiling, ready to fight. Joker felt the shift from Spyder's stance, he also prepared for the fight. Well, he just hid in a corner and let Spyder handle all.

Soon they bursted in but they weren't aware of the fact that they lost surprise material. Spyder was already waiting for them. Batman wad there, a small child with a sword was right behind Batman and a guy with red hood and red bandages were behind them all. The red hooded guy looked cool, Spyder liked the idea of red bandages on his arms. But it would damage the shadowy look, he decided against it. Hydra made everything perfect, it wasn't up to Spyder to decide.

"Let them take the hostage, just make them go!" Joker ordered, Spyder obeyed.

He jumped down on Batman, used his own surprise material and kicked the guy's head, as hard as he can without killing him. Batman fell on the ground with a thud, probably had concussion.

He dodged a crowbar attack from the red hooded guy and avoided a sword attack from the kid. He kept dodging to study their fighting styles. They were fighting different than other three; Batman, Red Robin and Spoiler. But they were fighting similar with each other, the kid and the red hooded guy were trained by the same person or same team.

He dodged another crowbar attack, leaned down and aimed at red hooded guy's legs, he was tall and muscled so Spyder had to use his smallness in his advantage. He swiped his legs under red hooded guy's legs, make him fell down and kicked his stomach as hard as he can without killing that guy either. He heard the way air left that guy. He didn't wait a second to savour his victory, had to avoid another sword attack.

The kid was smaller than him, he needed a new tactic for the kid. He decided to work for disarming and using the kid's smallness against him. He dodged another sword attack, instead moved to steal the sword. Only if he could manage to lay his hands on the sword, which he did, broke the sword in two pieces.

The kid was shocked, big mistake. Just a second of freezing was what Spyder needed. He punched the kid in the face, heard his nose cracking. He didn't have kid or adult sensitivity, he didn't mind breaking a smaller kid's nose.

He saw Joker running away, he checked the trio one more time and made sure they're all down, ran with Joker. They went back to the safehouse. Joker seemed so happy, laughing and even dancing. Spyder wondered why, what made his owner so happy? Suddenly, Joker pulled him closer and kissed his forehead. "You are my fortune!" He turned around and went to the bathroom, leaving Spyder frozen with lipsticks over his forehead. 

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Joker have found hiss fortune, he was happy like he just hit the jackpot. He had the best bodyguard ever, the biggest weapon he could ever get against the Bats. And he didn't even lift a finger for it! Well, he actually did. He started providing web fluids for his precious little toy.

He gone bold after that. All he had to do was to teach Spyder about Bats and let it learn their fighting styles. And then, it would be unstoppable. New pranks almost every night, new hostages, venoms in the city water and many more. Bats couldn't lay a hand on him, not on Spyder's watch. And he was using this as best as he could. He was terrorizing the city as much as he liked.

At some point, Bats pulled out the biggest weapons. Black Bat, Red Hood and Robin attacked Spyder all at once. Three versus one, it was one of the hardest fights of Spyder's short life. They were in a warehouse, again. Joker was experimenting his new venom formula on a subject as Spyder guarded them.

He sensed danger again, heard two footsteps. Expected two person but they were three. He didn't know how he missed Black Bat, but he did. He was about to take down Red Hood and Robin as the same way as before, then his spider-senses warned him and he turned around, only to get punched in the face. Black Bat looked skinny, but sure was strong. She understood the concept of shadows, her suit was matching with Spyder's suit- both of them looked like nightmares lurking in the shadows.

He collected himself quickly and dodged a kick, he was surrounded by the Bats, he had to think quickly and thoroughly. They were trying to corner him, moving like a synchronized pack of wolves, but Spyder was too small, too fast to be pinned down. He also noticed how none of them doesn't hold back, they stopped pitying Spyder because of his smaller figure.

He used his another surprise material, jumped as high as he can and sticked to the ceiling. Neither of them weren't expecting Spyder to do that, and that a few seconds of shock was all Spyder needed. He first separated them from each other, first webbed Robin's feet on the ground. Jumped behind them and kicked Red Hood's butt, sent him flying. He quickly webbed Red Hood on a wall as well. Black Bat was the hardest one.

She was as fluid as water and as fast as wind, she was graceful and beautiful, Spyder couldn't help but admire her. Spyder always respected an opponent like that. She tried to kick him in trible kick, Spyder managed to dodge two of them but got hit by third one. He fell on the ground, rolled around and pushed himself up. His ribs hurt but he could already feel his healing abilities kicking in, specially now he has been eating at least two full meals per day. He couldn't thank Joker enough.

He threw himself to left, shot a web but missed, he got an idea. He shot a web to Black Bat's left, and then right. Used his webs as a slingshot to throw himself at her. Kicked her ribs with that momentum.

Robin managed to set his leg free as Spyder fought against Black Bat. He was starting to get tired but he couldn't dare failing his owner.

He dodged the sword attack, shot a web to Robin's shoulder and pulled the boy on himself. He used that momentum to punch the boy, broke his nose again. He was barely healing, nose was still sensitive after that punch from couple months ago but now it was broken again. It would sure be misshapen after that. He left the trio laying on the ground and returned back to Joker.

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Joker kept terrorizing the city, Bats kept attacking and Spyder kept beating Bats. Joker was going bolder and bolder, even taking Spyder into the underworld just to tease other rogues. Spyder always watched in the corner as Joker messed with others. Penguin tried to shut Joker out but Spyder immediately beated three of his men and broke Penguin's arm.

Joker also messed with a woman named Harley Quinn, she was as crazy as Joker and they both were clown themed, so Spyder respected her. Well, respected her until she pulled a gun to Joker. He broke Harley's leg as well.

They were at a different warehouse when Bats attacked again. Batman, Nightwing, Spoiler and Red Robin was there this time. Four versus one was harder to Spyder but Joker helped him this time. Joker's goons were in the warehouse as well, they were in the middle of a meeting before Bats came.

Spyder jumped into action again, dodging both attacks and gunshots by goons. He punched Nightwing, his own way to say 'nice to meet you'. He managed to kick Red Robin, punched Spoiler as well. He held Batman's hand as he tried to punch Spyder, twisted his arm suddenly and sharply. A sharp crack echoed in the warehouse, along with a grunt.

He got shot by a friendly fire by one of Joker's goon, he turned around and narrowed his eyes. That poor guy dropped his guns and raised his hands in surrender, chose to get caught by Bats instead of facing Spyder. 'Coward.' Bullet just passed by his arm and there was a small scratch, Spyder didn't need to acknowledge it. He beared worse pains, this one didn't even hurt.

He turned back around but couldn't see Bats, have they escaped? No, Spyder could hear their heartbeats behind the wall. He stalked there with slow steps, they were injuder and clearly defeated. He could kill them if Joker wanted so.

"Superman, I need some help here." he heard Batman say to a device, mostly another comms. He asked for backup.

He turned around to look at Joker to ask what to do. Joker wasn't smiling, in fact, he looked even paler than usual. "No, absolutely no! You stay here and distract Superman, I will come get you later!" Joker ordered and ran away, Spyder stared behind him.