2409/Don't Snatch!

Don't Snatch!
Date of Scene:	10 July 2020
Location:	Tribeca
Synopsis:	Spider-Man teams up with Fenghuang to deal with the Vulture and Shocker.
Cast of Characters:	Peter Parker, Julie Yan

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Peter Parker has posed:
It's a sunny afternoon in July, and the city is doing a fine job of cooking to a fine turn. Even Big Jake, the chili-dog vendor with the best streetmeat in the five boroughs, is finding more people interested in ice-cold sodas rather than Coney-Island red hots with his wife's homemade chili.
But things are going to get a little hotter.

"So, go in through the front door, and you'll provide...what again?"
"Overwatch, ya dim bulb. Because you KNOW who's been seen in the area."
"Right, right. Okay, lemme know when it's go time..."

Julie Yan has posed:
    Julie's currently taking a break from going across rooftops, but still on patrol. She's clearly got enough of a social media presence to get recognized by some fans, and she gladly gives out handshakes and selfies when asked. The fact she's got a swanky domino mask might help with telling people 'I'm a superhero'. She's grabbed herself a chilli dog and a sprite after the impromptu meet-and-greet, and just looks like the biggest cultural clash, wearing a classy qipao while nomming on -uncultured- western food. It's delicious, though. Even while on break, Fenghuang is still keeping an eye out for trouble, she's _ON_ patrol after all.

Peter Parker has posed:
The silent alarm goes off when then bolts of electrical enerby blow through the windows, but the un-silent alarm goes off, too.
Toombs winces. The idiot was supposed to fry that FIRST!
He powers up the flight suit, the turbines spinning up. This is going to grab attention, and all of it the WRONG kind.

"SHOCKY!"
Toombs grimaces.

Spider-Man lands on the roof of a nearby car, looking at Shocker. "Well, now...I see you got early releEEEE!"
The yelp comes as he leaps upwards, the electrical bolt zapping the car under him and frying it a moment before it catches fire.

Julie Yan has posed:
    The less than silent alarms get Julie's attention. She disposes of her lunch and gets to running, not even bothering to get rid of the stains on her fingers. Her hands glow with flaming chi, and she makes her way toward source of the noise.

    Grimacing, she spies two colorfully dressed bad guys, and is about to address them when a red and blue clad figure shows up.

    Oh hey, it's Spider-Man! Fenghuang can chat later, right now is time for asskicking.

    She jumps over the flaming wreck of a car before tossing a chi blast towards Shocker, graceful in movement, like a parkour expert that's also a softball pitcher.

Peter Parker has posed:
Shocker aims the hand a little higher, getting ready to blast Spidey as he tumbles through the air like a skeet disc.
Then SOMEthing hits him in the right side of his body, and he is not braced for the impact. As a reult of this, the bolt goes wide to zap a billboard advertising to FIND THE TRUTH IN THE DAILY BUGLE! The billboard, one of those LCD models, shorts out, and JJJ's ferociously-smiling face disappears.
So it's not ALL bad.

Spider-Man spots the finely-muscled girl in the mask, but doesn't recognize her. He'd check the database to see if anyone else did, but he had more pressing problems.
Namely, the Vulture coming at him at about 80 MPH.
He jumps up and over the Vulture as he flies through, then fires a webline to catch him, and...
Well, there HE goes.

Shocker gets up and GLARES at Julie before raising both arms to send a conjoined lightning bolt at her.

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Yo!" Fenghuang shoots Spider-Man a cheerful smile, before she goes to engage the bird-man's friend. Deftly sliding underneath the lightning bolt, or at least where it's being aimed at, she kicks out at Shocker, settling for straight up knocking the thief's lights out hand-to-hand. "You and Electro must -hate- each other, what with the whole 'shocker' name!" She taunts, leaping up to dish out another kick.

Peter Parker has posed:
Shocker backs up as Fenghuang advances, charging up the gauntlets as he does. He wants to hit her HARD.
"Great. ANOTHER MOUTHY ONE."Shocker is running out of room, but if he can get then charged to full, she will regret the next punch or kick she sends his way...

One hundred feet up, Vulture is having his own problems and opts to go Saturn V to try and peel the Spider-Jerk off him. "I WARNED YOU, SPIDER-MAN!" he bellows as they reach 150 feet and still climbing.
"Yeah, musta had wax in the ol' ears, Vulty..." Spidey says from 30 feet under him, still hanging on for dear life.

Julie Yan has posed:
    Fenghuang does her best to get way too close for Shocker to strike her. She goes for the gauntlets, striking them with punches hard enough to crack stone. "Those look expensive, shame if they'd break!" She says with a big grin, juking and evading any swipes Shocker throws her way. He doesn't seem afraid to hit a girl, which is good, because Fenghuang likes a challenging opponent.

Peter Parker has posed:
Shocker is a lot of things, but a trained fighter is not one of them. If he was, why would he wear a pair of lightning-throwing gauntlets?

The problem is that she hits the left gauntlet, knocking loose the power coil and shattering the insulator for the core. Shocker doesn't know the technical stuff, but the sudden, swiftly-escalating whine CANNOT in ANY way be GOOD.
He looks down at the gauntlet, then up at Julie with wide eyes.

Toombs get all the way up to 300 feet before be feels the ailerons being violently shifted. She checks the rear camera to see Spider-Man is now on his back, and is controlling the flaps and ailerons with weblines attached to them.
"All right! Let's see if we can LAND this thing!" Spider-Man pulled on the rudder line and they turned quickly. "Don't worry, Vulture...I've played ALL the ACE COMBAT games!"

Julie Yan has posed:
    Clearly, somebody who's got fancy gauntlets might need to work on their hand-to-hand game. Fenghuang is quick to rip the left gauntlet off of Shocker's fist, and she tosses the device aside. She gives Shocker a big, wide smile that drips with smugness as she pokes his forehead. That single poke just happens to be radiating with _IMMENSE_ force, the 'one-inch punch' if you will. It'll knock his lights out if that strike connects, that's for sure.

    Then she realizes the escalating whine. "...uhhhh, crap. CRAP!" She begins to toss the device as far in the sky as she can, hoping it doesn't end up taking out the power grid.

Peter Parker has posed:
Well, Julie is helped by the fact that new Yorkers know when to vacate the area with a bunch of supertypes throw down, and the streets are swiftly emptying. However, Shocker is still going to find himself knocked back into a brick wall, klonking his head hard enough to bring out all the little tweeting birds as he sinks to a sitting position against the wall, dazed.

Spider-Man is fighting to retain control, as Vulture muscles the controls to try and get control back.

Spider-Man is suddenly aware of an object that is rising up in front of them.
"Hey...isn't that Shocker's..."
ZAP!

Spider-Man's mask is hardened against electromagnetic energy, and the webshooters are largely mechanical.
The intricate fly-by-wire control systems of the Vulture flight-suit...are not. Toombs suddenly finds himself not so much FLYING as FALLING. Him and Spider-Man both.

Spider-Man is still good to fire another webline at a couple of nearby buildings after webbing up Toombs in midair. They WERE pretty high up.

Julie Yan has posed:
    There's a very quick sigh as Fenghuang sees the device go off, without too much in the way of damaging the public area. She then sees Shocker, and grins a little as she slings the unconscious thief over her shoulder. Heading out, she whistles sharply at Spider-Man, before motioning to her new prisoner. "Hey! You might need this one too, just to complete the set!" She calls out with a laugh.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man fires another webline to slow even further before he drops to the ground, Toombs all wrapped up and ready for transport, fried flight suit and all. Toombs IS still awake, and giving Fenghuang the stink-eye.

Spidey tilts his head as he regards Shocker, then says, "Let's put them over here, next to the storefront. Keep an eye on the place before the cops come. Wow, Shocker REALLY got his bell rung. Nice work, miss...?"

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Fenghuang!" The martial artist says, and offers a salute of sorts. She seems to not bother with giving Vulture the satisfaction of notice, snubbing him entirely. "Shocker's all yours. Might be a little concussed, but that's a massage compared to what those gauntlets of his do to people I figure."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man nodded as he plopped Vulture next to Shocker. "Yeah, seriously."
He aimed a hand at Shocker, and the man was a web burrito in a few seconds.
"Nice work, by the way. Saw Shocker's gauntlet go critical. Glad you were able to get it away from people."

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Wish I had a better way to do it, but whatever works right?" Fenghuang says, snapping out her phone to get some pictures. "Hold it so you're in shot with the both of 'em, I gotta get a pic." She says with a laugh, snapping photos.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man chuckles. "Why not have both of us? Say hello to my press agent."

He waves up to something Julie cannot immediately see, but soon spots it - a tiny spider-shaped flying drone, about the size of a matchbox.
"Come on over. That belongs to a freelance photographer, and he can guarantee we will both show up in the Bugle."

Julie Yan has posed:
    Fenghuang goes to join Spidey over where he points, and gives a big wave as she wraps an arm around Spider-man's shoulder. "THis was fun, honestly. I should do the super teamup thing more often." She flashes the peace sign and gives a big smile for the drone, winking.

Peter Parker has posed:
A light blinks repeatedly, and then it moves to take pictures of Shocker and Vulture.
Spider-Man turned to Fenghuang and said, "You've got some pretty good moves on you. How long have you been doing the whole helping-people thing? We can always use more good people on the street helping others."

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Seven years, give or take? I was fifteen when I started, over in Hong Kong." Fenghuang says, shrugging. "My sifu taught me kung fu and I was born with pyro magic superpowers, so it works out pretty well."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man blinks. "Wow. Well, you certainly got the jump on me. I've only been doing this for about...two years, three months, give or take a week. Your control's pretty good, too. I can tell." He looks over to the hot-dog vendor, then says, "Uhm...you want to talk for a bit? I need to grab something to eat, but after that and after the cops take these people into custody?"

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Heh, sure. Not every day I get to hanging out with Spider-Man. I might have experience, but you've got way more fame." Fenghuang says, clapping Spidey on the shoulder.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey smiles slightly under the mask. "Yeah. Fame." He looked to his left as flashing blue-and-red lights appeared. "Party lights, FengHuang. When you see them, the party's over. Lemme get some food and drink. Want me to get you anything?"

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Nah, I'm good. Ate before the whole song and dance." Fenghuang says, "I'll just stick around, find a rooftop for us or something." She says with a cheeky grin, before zipping off. She grabs her scarf, and suddenly leaps out and begins ascending.

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey looks at her go. Seven years. It would be nice to have that kind of experience.
He sighs, then heads over to the hot-dog stand.

Five minutes later, he appears at the edge of the rooftop, climbing up while holding thechili dog and the tall paper drink cup. By the look of it, he simply...walked up the side of the building, tilting the cup and food to stay upright as he did.

He strolled over to Fenghuang, then said, "Okay...Fenghuang...is it impolite to just call you Feng? Uhm, what does it mean in English?"

Julie Yan has posed:
    "It's a word for phoenix, in Mandarin anyways." Feng answers. "I'm still working on a more western-friendly name. Maybe Firebird, Firehawk? Blazehawk? Screw it, I dunno." She shrugs shoulders, sitting on the edge of the rooftop. "I mean, you're a dude with spider powers. So the name kinda just came naturally. I'm busy having to explain myself every time I meet people."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey chuckles. "Firehawk. I kinda like that one, if you mind my opinion. Fire, plus an easily-recognizable bird of prey. It's a very evocative image, don't you think?"

He lifts up the mask to nose-level. Not very impressive. Caucasian, good teeth, no bristles or mandibles. Either relaxing or a letdown, dpending on your outlook.

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Yeah, me too. Might go with that one." Julie chuckles. She doesn't seem to pay Spider-Man any mind when he takes off the mask part-way, after all he can't exactly eat through the mask after all. There is something pretty youthful about him, like she was his age when she got started. "So...how'd you get the powers, then? Was it some kinda curse or just bad luck in a lab?"

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey takes a bite of the chili dog, chews, swallows, then chases it with a swig of cherry Coke.

"Little bit of both. Accident in a lab first. First idea after I found out what I could do? Tried to figure out how I could make money with it." He sighed. "Not very heroic. In fact, pretty damned selfish. So selfish, in fact, that some thief ran past me in a hallway and I did nothing to stop him. Told the cop following him I was..." He sighed again, the sigh heavier. "...that I was 'looking out for Number One.' Three weeks later, he kills the man i respected most in the world."

He looks to Fenghuang, then looks down. "Yeah. All the fame I ever wanted. Born of regret."

Julie Yan has posed:
    Feng listens, nodding. "I tried winning a martial arts championship with my skills. Accidentally burnt the stage and lost everything, I can kinda relate." She says, before frowning deeply. She swallows, remembering losing Sifu Aaron, the only family she ever knew. "...God, I'm sorry to hear that. I...my master died recently, a year ago. I left Hong Kong after that, decided to go abroad, maybe finish my training."

    She reaches out, and pats Spider-Man on the shoulder. "I'm so sorry, man. It's...it hurts, losing loved ones like that."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man replies soberly, "Yeah...but it's worse when it's your fault." He takes another bite, chewing thoughtfully. "That man told me something. I'll never forget it if I liver to be a hundred. Which is extremely doubtful, all things considered." He pauses. "'With Great Power Must Come Great Responsibility.' He told me while referring to my mind...but it relates to these gifts even more. It's not fair. But life is almost never fair. But what we can do with our gifts...we can help. We have an OBLIGATION to help. Even if I look stupid doing it. Check out the website Spider-Fail.com sometime. My blooper reel. But it doesn't matter. If looking foolish means I help someone get home alive, then bring on the clown nose and the itching powder."

Julie Yan has posed:
    Solemn-faced Feng nods again, "Yeah. That's about it. My master told me something similar. I was born with my powers, and I never felt right growing up not using them to doing something. So when I got old enough, I just...did it. Sifu told me I had a duty to do good, to help others when I could. So, here I am, fighting triads, demons, demon triads..."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spider-Man smiles ruefully at that. "Yeah. I have met ALL kinds of people. Right now, I;'m dealing with a 12,000-year-old swordswoman and her nemesis, an older-than-dirt Evil Sorcerer. Plus an Elder God is mixed up in it, too." He points to Shocker and Vulture, who have been de-suited and re being loaded into a squad car. "Kinda scary when THAT is not the weirdest thing you have to deal with."

He pauses. "...Listen, I know a few people. A techno-ninja, a rock goddess. Maybe I can set up an intro between you and them. Knowing people is always a good thing."

Julie Yan has posed:
    "No kidding. Any cults in there?" Feng asks, legs crossed.

    "Think they can be trusted? It's hard to tell." She asks about the other two. "Then again, I don't really know anybody in this country beyond superheroes."

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey smiles thoughtfully. "The rock goddess may have her own way of doing things, but I trust them both. The techno-ninja is teaching me ninjutsu." He finishes the chili dog, wiping his face before pulling the mask back down. "I'll try to set up a meet, and we can see how it goes, if you'd like to make it work."

Julie Yan has posed:
    "Alright. Until another time, Spider-Man. Or Spider-Nin, as it were." Feng winks, and grins. She stands up, dusting herself off. "I better get going too. Catch ya around!"

Peter Parker has posed:
Spidey smiles and waves. "See you around, FireHawk." He chuckles, then crumples up his trash to put in the nearest dumpster.