Chapter 5 - Interlude

Harry and Gwen sat in the limo, and the butler started driving towards Gwen's house.

There was an air of awkwardness in the car, and well, Gwen is being a lot jittery.

"Yes, Dad, yeah. Yeah. I have left for home."

Not only Gwen hasn't gone back home yesterday, and didn't even inform her family, but now she suddenly has a boyfriend.

And superpowers? There is no way she is telling this to her family.

When she learnt that she has superpowers, being able to stick on walls, shoot webs from her fingertips, and well, incredible agility, strength and stamina, she really did decide to don a costume and beat up some bad guys, becoming some sort of superhero.

But well, since Harry has scared her that someone close to her might die, and her Dad's job is dangerous, as the head of NYPD, it's better to be cautious and don't attract the attention of any sort of villain right now.

She sighed as she looked at the dress she was wearing. She has torn off her clothes in the heat of the moment, and Harry's butler bought her an expensive dress, as if she is going to a party.

Harry just put on a plain t-shirt, jeans, and a jacket.

'Why didn't he put on a suit!?'

They were really looking weird together.

'I don't know what I should tell Mom when she asks me my clothes for washing.'

She looked at Harry, who was simply looking out of the window. Yet, she could clearly see from his reflection on the window that he was nervous.

Suddenly, her eyes zoomed in on his face, and then, her vision became normal.

'I still need to get used to this...'

As for Harry, he wasn't really doing well either.

His vision was going to take some time to get used to. That's why, he has been zooming in and out on several things to get the hang of it.

He suddenly became Spider-Man and got a girlfriend. And is now going to meet her family.

And he just realised that his clothes didn't match Gwen's at all. He isn't very fond of suits. Afterall, everyone wears the same suits. And well, he preferred to dress casually all the time.

He found Gwen staring at his reflection, and he looked at her.

"Should we... tell them right now?"

"No. Let's tell them later."

Harry sighed in relief. It will be better to tell them when he is more prepared.

They arrived at Gwen's government provided house, since her Dad as the head of NYPD.

And that means, that her house must have some degree of surveillance.

And due to her connection to him, it will only increase in the future.

Well, he has told Gwen to not use her powers in her house before they make sure that there are no surveillance items in her room.

With Spider-senses, Harry found a bug in his study room in his house, but he didn't remove it for now. Removing it now will only raise suspicions.

It's a good thing that almost every single person in the world knows that CIA is evil, so he didn't have to try hard to convince her of being cautious.

As Gwen rang the bell, both had already sensed several things keeping an eye on them.

Spider-sense is truly a cheat.

"Gwen! Why didn't you tell us that you guys had a project!? It's already evening today too. Did you sleep well? Oh. Harry. Thanks for taking care of our daughter. Is the project going good?"

"Yeah Auntie."

As Gwen's mother kept scolding Gwen, my eyes met with her Dad's. He looked at Gwen's dress, and then at me.

"You guys were working on a project?"

He asked me suspiciously.

"Yes. Well, it's not exactly from the school. It's more like our own project. When it is successful, please give your reviews on it."

He nodded, not pressing further.

"Harry, come and have dinner with us-"

"Mom. Harry is busy, right?"

Gwen's mom tried to invite me, but Gwen gave Harry the opportunity to leave. They don't want any 'accident' at Gwen's home.

Moreover, Gwen needs some time alone to process all the changes she is going through.

"Yeah Auntie. I am sorry. I will definitely stay for dinner next time."

Harry got the cue, and returned to my car after waving Gwen bye.

Though, he did notice her Dad staring daggers at him.

Ignoring this, he entered the car, and told the butler to drive to Peter's home.

Poor guy and his landlord's daughter came yesterday, but had to return due to him being 'busy' with Gwen.

Afterall, he has to make sure that the person who is most likely to die, Peter, is safe.

He read it somewhere that Peter turned into a lizard in the universe where Gwen turned spidey.

He will test his powers in the night.

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"Sir! The serum isn't perfect yet!"

Inside one of the labs of Oscorp, a scientist tried to stop Norman Osborn from injecting the serum.

But Norman didn't have time. He was shaking in the board meeting today, and could feel that he will die at any moment.

Harry's hospital's Maya Hanaen's Extremis makes everything explode, so he can't really depend on that.

Despite all protests from the scientist, he injected the incomplete variant of Super soldier serum, and then, everything went black.

When he opened his eyes again, his hands were covered in the scientist's blood.

He has just killed someone.