Web of Vengeance

Rain poured down over the local Queens neighborhood. Sirens wailed in the distance. Smoke curled from the wreckage of a modest area home.

Peter Parker stared at the body of Uncle Ben. Lifeless on the cracked concrete, the shield's impact still visible in the cratered wall behind him.

Captain America stood tall above the scene, his uniform pristine, his voice cold.

"He was draining this country. Living off the work of others. Collecting benefits and contributing nothing in return. He was old."

Cap added confidently, "This was the only way. God bless America."

Peter's fists trembled. This wasn't the Steve Rogers he admired. This was something twisted. Something broken. It had to end.

With a snarl, Spiderman launched himself into the air, eyes burning red with rage. Cap moved fast but Peter was faster. So much faster. No quips. No hesitation. Only fury.

The first punch pulverized a door. The second dented the vibranium shield. Cap parried with soldier's precision but there was very little he could realistically do against someone with Peter's strength and quickness.

He feigned high, webbed Cap's boots to the street, and flipped overhead - landing a brutal kick that sent Cap sprawling through a taxi.

"You killed him," Peter growled, standing over the legend while punching Cap repeatedly with the force equivalent to sledgehammers breaking concrete.

"For what?" Peter yelled! "For ideals you don't even understand anymore?"

Cap attempted to toss his shield in one final gasp of hope but Peter caught it mid-air. His fingers dug into it like claws. "This isn't justice. It's murder."

With a scream, Peter slammed the shield down - shattering the concrete as Cap's broken body rolled to the side... barely hanging on to life.

Blood stained the red, white and blue... of Captain America's uniform.

As S.H.I.E.L.D. drones swarmed in, Peter vanished into the night, leaving Cap lying limp in the ruins of his new-found ideology. Uncle Ben's last lesson echoed in his ears.

"With great power... comes no mercy for the wicked."