So this will be a Spider-man/Huntress solely fic. The Huntress here will be Helena Bertinelli and this will be set a bit after the events in Arrow where Helena's dad is arrested and she more or less leaves Starling City and eventually relocates to New York City where you guessed it, she meets Spider-man!

Also quick note, here the Arrow verse and the Supergirl universe are combined so that means Flash, Green Arrow, Supergirl and the Legends all exist here. As for Marvel, aside from Spider-man and heroes directly tied to him like Scarlet Spider, Black Cat, Venom, Anti-Venom, there will be no other Marvel heroes appearing like Iron Man, Thor or Captain America. Well Spidey's various Rogues will appear because it'd be weird if they didn't so aside from Spider-man only characters, there will be no other Marvel ones, at least for the time being. I may, may add the likes of Moon Knight and Ghost Rider, but those are big maybes at the moment.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used.

"Peter are you even listening to me?" an amused Betty Brant asked her longtime friend and ex-boyfriend as they sat in a nice little French bakery that she had discovered a few weeks ago and had been dying to try out.

Peter, who was sitting across from her and on the verge of falling asleep jumped and looked around in surprise "What- huh?"

Betty giggled at his antics before they fell as she saw the sheer exhaustion in his eyes "You okay?"

Peter nodded before he yawned "Yeah, just been a long night is all"

"At work or… your other 'work'" Betty asked carefully.

"Other work" Peter said as he scratched the back of his head "Things have been getting a little… hectic lately"

"How so?" Betty asked with an interested gaze which caused Peter to quirk a brow at her. He recognized that gaze and even the tone she asked him in.

"Really, you're going to grill me about New York's seedy underbelly while we eat muffins and whatever salad you have there?" Peter said with a look of disbelief on his face before he picked up a muffin and took a bite of it "Seriously, how can I talk about that kind of stuff when I'm eating these?"

"I'm sure you'll find a way" Betty said as she pulled out a small tablet to help her take notes to use later "Just quick question, are any of your Rogues involved? If so, which ones and why?"

Peter groaned at her as he rubbed his brow "And this is why we broke up in the first place…"

"Actually, it was because you kept the fact your Spider-man hidden from me and missed half our dates" Betty grinned as she typed in a few things on her tablet "Also nearly getting killed by the Hobgoblin kinda killed the romance for a while. Plus the Black Cat's flirting with you and you letting it happen didn't help much"

"Oh yeah…" Peter said before giving the slightly older woman a curious expression "And on that note, how the hell the hell did you put up with me for that long?"

"Honestly, because of the amazing sex" Betty smirked a little before she leaned forward "So what has Spider-man discovered about New York's underworld that seems to have him working himself to the bone every night? Tombstone back and making a move against Negative? Dock Ock putting together a new Sinister Six?"

Peter glanced around for a few moments to see that the closest people were only a few tables away before answering "Someone new popped up and is starting to assimilate all of Tombstone's old holdings that he had to sell off after I exposed him as the Big Man a few years back. Man power, shell companies, business fronts, the whole nine yards. Whoever they are, they're even starting to get some of my Rogues on their payroll"

Betty's eyes widened at this, it took quite a bit to get any of Spider-man's Rogues to work as muscle for anyone. Like serious seven to eight-digit numbers at least for some and only one man came to mind that could pull it off that Betty was aware of… and the idea of that person terrified her to the core.

"Do you think… you know who, is back?" Betty asked in a low voice.

"You mean pumpkin boy?" Peter asked with a thoughtful expression before shaking his head "No, this is someone else. Norman was subtle yes, but whoever this guy is, he's like ninja subtle"

Pete than leaned back in his chair and ran a hand through his hair before he took his glass of tropical juice and took a long sip from it "I've been poking around to see if anyone might know who it is, but so far nada. No name, no gender, hell not even an alias. Whoever this person is, and I really hope their human because I cannot do another alien based villain, then their playing their cards pretty close to the chest, hell their practically inside their chest cavity at this point!"

Betty typed this all down with rapid finger movements before she glanced up at Peter "Think it might be someone from out of town from another caped city? Like Gotham, Metropolis or Starling? Hell they might not even be from America. Could be that weird immortal guy with the ninja army again"

"Maybe, guess I'll find out eventually" Peter said with a dry chuckle before he glanced at the entrance as another customer entered and Peter felt his breath hitch at what he saw.

It was a woman, hell she was possibly one of if not the most beautiful woman on earth as far as he could tell, and he used to date a model that was named sexiest woman alive three years in a row!

She was fairly tall, around 5'11 with shoulder blade length black hair, blue eyes that seemed both alluring and intimidating and although she was wearing a thick coat on account of the cool autumn air, it was clear she possessed one hell of a figure. She also moved with a sort of grace that Peter thought Black Cat could have learned a thing or two from and had this sort of air around her that screamed confidence.

"…Whoa" Peter said as he watched the woman walk up to the counter and began to order her lunch.

Betty heard this and looked up to see Peter with a shocked yet observant gaze on his face. She followed his gaze to see the woman he was staring at before she rolled her eyes.

"Men, throw a nice pair of legs, good sized breasts and a tight ass and they go from being one of the smartest men on earth to a drooling lust filled idiot" Betty said as she resumed jotting down the info that Peter gave her to follow up on later.

"Yeah…" Peter said, not really hearing what Betty said as he watched the woman give the Batista a heart stopping smile before she made her way over towards a nearby table and sat down before shaking off her jacket to reveal she was dressed in a dark purple blouse with a slightly plunging neckline with a small golden cross resting in just above the valley of her breasts.

After a few moments Betty spoke in a dry tone "Why not go over there and talk to her since you seem so enchanted by her beauty mister Parker"

It was than Peter reluctantly pulled his gaze from the woman and smirked at Betty "What's wrong, jealous?"

"Of what?" she scoffed before glancing back at the woman and scowling "…I have the bigger breasts"

"Breasts aren't everything" Peter said with a chuckle.

"Tell that to every man on earth" Betty deadpanned.

"Nah, the less competition the better" Peter said as he finished his glass before glancing back at the woman who was now checking her phone "You think I should say hi or anything? It's been a while since I've dated and I'm not sure if my method is still relevant now a days…"

"Peter, it's only been two years. Dating hasn't changed that drastically" Betty stated dryly before she got up "Though I will say that sex tends to come on the second or third date now instead of the fifth or sixth. Also it'd be smart not to mention you dated Mary Jane… like ever"

"Thanks for the heads up" Peter said as he stood up too and groaned as he felt a bruise on his side from a nasty hit by Rhino the other night flare up "Man, I really need to improve the protection of that suit. Seriously at this rate I'll be lucky to have any unbroken bone still in me"

"You'll figure something out, you always do" Betty reassured Peter before she placed her hat on and zipped up her hoodie.

"Not fast enough apparently" Peter said.

"Hmm, true. It usually takes a few ass kicking's for it to settle in" Betty chuckled before she leaned up and gave Peter a small kiss on the cheek "Stay safe Pete, last thing I need to read about online or hear on T.V. is that you ended up getting wasted by some punk or one of your Rogues"

"It's going to be Stilt Man, guarantee it" Peter said with a grin "Along with Trapster and maybe the Spot"

"Oh god, just the idea of you losing to them is just…" Betty tried to stifle her laugh at the image of the Amazing Spider-man being bested by a bunch of his usual 'D' listers.

"With my luck, that's how I'll go" Peter said with a laugh before he took a deep breath and turned towards where the beautiful raven haired woman was sitting "Wish me luck"

"always do… especially when it comes to women" Betty said as she made her way to the door "You tend to need it when it comes to the opposite sex"

"Oh hardy har, har" Peter said with an eye roll as he began to approach the women as she took a sip of her drink while looking at her phone.

Peter had to take several deep calming breaths as he slowly walked over to the woman's table 'Okay Peter, play it cool, you got this. You're an award winning scientist that works for Horizon Labs, you've saved New York more times than you can count, saved the world once and you also looked Superman in the eye once and said 'hey what's that over there' and got him to actually look, you can do this-'

"Can I help you?"

Peter was suddenly dragged out of his thoughts and found himself at the woman's table, said woman looking up at him with bemusement.

'…I don't got this' Peter thought with a blush before he gave the woman a sheepish smile "Uh sorry I was uh… Um I was…"

Peter quickly looked around for a second before he began to rub the back of his head "I was looking for a friend of mine and I thought you were her… hehehehehe… sorry, my bad"

"Was this friend the girl that you were sitting with when I came in and had just walked out?" the woman asked with a smirk.

"Uhhhh…" Peter sounded as he tired to think of an excuse before he sighed and his shoulders slumped "Yes, it was…"

The woman chuckled at this as she leaned back in her chair and examined Peter with amused eyes "I'm going to go on a limb here and say that it's been a while since you talked to a woman, isn't it? Like not in a friendly way, but more in a trying to ask her out kind of way, correct?"

"Well I wouldn't say it's been long, not that that I don't talk to many women- I mean I do it's just…" Peter winced at that as he felt himself starting to blush even more "What I mean is that I'm uhh… I uh, it's… yeah, it's been a while"

The woman smirked at this before she nodded towards the chair across from her "Well, best start getting back into practice hmm?"

Peter's eyes widened a bit at this "You mean-"

"I'm willing to help you practice talking with women in a way that'll get you a date" she smirked at Peter "Just don't think of this as a date"

Peter nodded as he quickly sat across from the woman as she placed her phone down and held her hand out "Helena Bertinelli"

"Peter Parker" Peter replied as he took her hand and shook it.

Helena's eyes narrowed at this "Parker… hmm where have I heard that name before…"

"I used to take pictures of Spider-man for the Daily Bugle" Peter supplied helpfully.

"No, I heard your name somewhere else, question is where…" Helena said with a frown as she examined Peter for a second "Tell me Peter, were you approached by any major companies lately, asking you to come work for them perhaps?"

"Uh a few, why?" Peter asked with a raised brow 'Usually people heard of me because of my pictures, not because a few tech giants tried to hire me. Kinda nice to be known for something else for a change'

"Was one of them Queen Consolidated by any chance?" Helena asked carefully.

"The company from Starling?" Peter said with surprise "Uh yeah, why?"

"I… know the CEO, Oliver" Helena said as she leaned back in her chair "He mentioned trying to hire a guy named Parker once. Said just about everyone from Wayne to Luthor wanted you working for them but you ended up picking Horizon was it?"

Peter nodded "Horizon Labs"

"Why them?" Helena asked with interest "They're not as large as someone like Luthor or Wayne. Why go to them instead of a company that will get you known internationally?"

"Well if I wanted to work for Wayne, I'd probably have to move to Gotham and well…" Peter shrugged with a sheepish smile "I'm not too fond of Jersey, hehehehe…"

'Plus Batman doesn't like other heroes operating in his city and I'd rather not have to deal with his Draculaness all day, everyday' Peter thought with a silent chuckle.

"And Luthor, why no to him?" Helena asked with a smirk.

"No dental insurance" Peter said with a grin.

"Ah" Helena said with a nod as she took a sip of her "Of course, no dental, no deal. Smart man"

"Hey, if I'm going o work for a multibillion dollar company, there should at least be some sort of dental coverage" Peter said with his hands up.

"How dare he deny you" Helena said with a chuckle.

"And Queen wasn't much better" Peter said with an eye roll "At least his mom wasn't. All ideas I would have had based on he contract offered would have had her take the credit and I wouldn't get any share of the money"

"So not getting a cut of the profits is what kept you from working for Queen?" Helena asked with a raised brow.

"No, the lack of acknowledgement for my hard work" Peter said with a shake of his head "With Horizon Labs, not only am I given credit for my work, which is awesome by the way, I also get money for it… usually… most of the time. Not all of the money, but a good percentage goes to me, same as any scientist that woks there and makes something for Horizon Labs to sell on the market and makes something from it"

"Makes sense" Helena said with a nod.

"Thank you" Peter said before he gestured to Helena "Well what about you, what do you do for a living?"

"Help men like you better talk to women" Helena said with a laugh.

"Hmm, and looking fine doing it too" Peter said with a smirk before it fell as his face paled "I said that out loud, didn't I?"

"You did" Helena said with a grin "And your right, I do look fine doing it"

Peer chuckled at this as did Helena before her shrugged "But in all honesty, I'm actually trying to look for a job here in the city"

"Really?" Peter said with interest "Anything in particular?"

"…Teaching" Helena said with a slightly embarrassed smile.

"Teaching?" Peter said with a pleasantly surprised expression "Sweet"

"Yeah, it's kind of a thing I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid" Helena said with a small smile on her face as she glanced out the café's window "Tried to find somewhere in Starling that would hire me but… after no luck there, I decided to try my luck out here"

Peter hummed at this "What age group are you interested in teaching?"

"From Kindergarten to fifth grade, English in particular" Helena said with a grin.

Peter smiled at this as he leaned back in his chair "Well you're in luck Miss Bertinelli, I happen to know a school that's looking for a teacher to teach some English fourth-grade classes"

Helena's eyes widened at this "You do?!"

Peter nodded, feeling quite proud of himself "Yep"

"Where?" Helena asked as she leaned forward eagerly "I've searched through half the schools in the city and none of them would take me full time. And the half that would, would only settle for me being a substitute"

"Midtown Sciences and Technology" Peter said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone and opened up a web page to the school "It's a school over in Forest Hills that does Kindergarten to High school"

At this, Helena frowned a she leaned back in her chair "But I already tried to apply there, they told me that their staff was full"

At this, Peter's eyes widened "Oh…"

The two sat there in awkward silence for a few seconds before Peter suddenly reached into his pockets and pulled out his phone and opened up his contacts. He quickly scrolled through them until he came across a name and tapped on it and brought the dialing phone up to his ear. Helena watched him with a perplexed expression as Peter waited for an answer.

After several seconds he received one.

"Yes mister Parker?" a man's voice spoke through the speaker.

"Hello Mr. Warren" Peter said with a small grin as he gave Helena a wink "How's life been treating you?"

Aaron Warren, Peter's former high school biology teacher and now the new Principle of Midtown Sciences grunted in reply "Fine I suppose. Went to visit my brother today"

"Ah, and uh, how'd that go?" Peter asked carefully. Aaron was quite touchy about his brother, Miles Warren, known infamously as the Jackal, one of Peter's most dangerous Rogues who had quite a nasty habit of cloning Peter… and possessed a disturbing attraction to the late Gwen Stacy…

"How do you think?" Aaron replied with a sigh before his voice grew much lighter "So, what is it you would like to talk to me about? I know you didn't call me just to check up on my less then stellar relationship with my deranged brother"

Peter winced a little at this "Guilty as charged, but I'd be more then willing to speak with you about that at a later point if you want"

"That's quite alright Peter, I'll get through it…" Aaron said with a sigh before he resumed his earlier question "Now, the reason you called?"

Peter looked at Helena as she watched his conversation with Aaron with rapt attention before he spoke "Well you see Warren, there's this woman that I've met recently, she's looking to be a teacher and well she's sent in applications to a number of schools, one of them yours, and I was wondering if-"

"You want me to hire her even though I have a full staff?" Aaron said with a chuckle.

"Didn't you mention that Conners is leaving in a few weeks to go work at Empire State?" Peter said with confusion.

"I did…" Aaron said before he became silent for a few moments before asking "Is the woman your trying to get this job for, is she a science teacher?"

Peter blinked at that before he looked at Helena "You good at science?"

"How advance?" Helena asked with a worried frown.

"What level?" Peter asked.

"Third grade" Aaron said before he hummed in thought "You know, now that I think about it, Ms. Lakely has been hinting she wants to teach a science class, but that'll leave me short an English teach-"

"Deal!" Peter said suddenly, causing Helena to jump at the suddenness of it and Aaron to make a sound of confusion.

"Excuse me?" he said, not quite understanding what Peter meant.

Peter realized this and chuckled sheepishly "I mean, let Lakely take the science gig, the woman I'm with has said she wants to be an English teacher"

Hope began to build in Helena's eyes as she stared at Peter in shock all the while the wall crawler listened to some things being shuffled around on Warren's end before he made a humming sound.

"Yes, yes I suppose I can do that" he stated as the sound of more paper being shuffled was heard "What did you say this woman's name was?"

"Oh, I didn't" Peter said with a laugh "It's Helena Bertinelli"

"Ah, found her" Aaron said as he began to go over Helena's resume "Hmm, yes, very good… Yes, I'll give her a call later today and schedule a meeting on Monday, if she still wants the job"

Peter looked at Helena who had the largest grin on her face as she began to nod and mouthed the words 'Yes, god yes!' over and over again. Peter grinned at that and let Warren know that Helena agreed before the two said their goodbyes and ended the call.

"Well Ms. Bertinelli, Mr. Warren agre-" Peter began before Helena reached over and pulled Peter into a hug, or as close to a hug one could manage with a table between them.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she repeated as it felt like she was trying to pull Peter though the table and against her.

"Uhh, yeah, your uh welcome" Peter said with a cough while trying to fight down the blush he had growing on his face "Anything to help a person achieve their dreams"

After several more seconds, Helena released Peter and gave him a thankful smile "Seriously, you have no idea how happy I am about this!"

"Oh I can tell, the sounds of the bones in my neck cracking gave me a pretty good idea" Peter said with a grin as the two sat back down.

Helena laughed at that before she eyed Peter with a bemused expression "Alright, so what will it be?"

"What will what be?" Peter asked with a raised brow, not understanding what Helena was getting at.

The dark-haired woman rolled her eyes at this "Payment, what is it?"

At this, Peter blinked as he quirked his head to the side in confusion "Huh?"

"You did something nice for me, someone you've only known for a total of…" Helena glanced down at her phone to see the time before she looked back up at Peter "Fifteen minutes. Soooo, how do I repay you?"

Peter stared at her in surprise for a few seconds and was about to tell her that she didn't owe him anything before a sudden thought came to his mind. He mulled it over for a few seconds before he steeled his nerves, prayed to whatever higher being there was out there that handled the whole luck thing, and took the plunge.

"Would you be willing to join me for a bite to eat at an Italian place that's opened up not too far from here sometime?" Peter asked carefully.

Helena's eyes widened a little at this and she stared at Peter for several long seconds, seconds that made Peter immediately wish he kept his mouth shut and curse his sudden confidence.

'Dang it Parker, you jumped the gun… again' Peter thought and prepared to apologize and try to play it off as a poor joke before Helena chuckled and gave Peter an impressed look as she folded her arms across her chest.

"Well, well, well Mister Parker, it appears that I've underestimated you"

Peter grinned at this "Been told that a few times"

Helena smirked at this before she extended her hand out "Very well, as payment for getting me my dream job, I accept your proposal"

Peter stared at her in surprise before he saw that her hand was still out, and he quickly took it and shook it "Thank you"

Helena grinned at this and waited for a few seconds for Peter to let go. When that didn't happen, she nodded towards her and Peter's hands "Are you gonna let me go now or are we gonna keep holding our hands until it turns from awkward to weird?"

Peter blinked at this before he realized that he was still shaking Helena's hand. Letting out a sheepish 'sorry' he let go of her hand before her phone went off, grabbing her attention. Helena quickly picked up the vibrating device and answered it while Peter mentally patted himself on the back.

'Way to go Parker, not only did you get a date with an incredibly gorgeous woman, but you also got her dream job, all in one meeting! HA, I rock!' Peter thought with a grin before he saw Helena gather her things and stood up, causing Peter's spirits to dampen slightly.

"Was it something I said?" he asked nervously.

"What- oh, no it wasn't" Helena said with a reassuring smile as she placed her coat on "Just a little personal thing I need to go take care of is all. Nothing to extreme"

"Oh, okay" Peter said with relief on his face "For a second there, I thought I said or did something stupid and you were about to run for the hills"

"No, your fine" Helena said as she buttoned up her coat and was about to leave before she stopped and glanced back at Peter "What's your number? That way I can call you later and we can discuss the details of this date you have in mind for us"

Peter nodded at this "Uh, yeah sure. No problem"

He quickly gave her the number and waited for her to put it in and send him a text with her number before she leaned in and tapped Peter on the nose with her index finger and winked at the slightly blushing man "See you around... handsome"

"Same…" Peter said as Helena grinned and made her way out of the café and hailed for a cab.

Peter watched the woman for a few seconds, wondering just how he was able to accomplish what he did without being a total idiot about it before his phone went off, causing him to tear his eyes away from Helena as she got into the cab to see who was calling him.

The caller I.D. read Jean DeWolff.

"Uh-oh, that doesn't look good" Peter said with worry as he hit the answer button and spoke "Uh sup Jean, how's it-"

"Pete, there's a situation that requires your natural talents" the police Captain said with a sense of urgency in her tone.

Peter was up the moment she said 'situation' and was already heading for the door "What kind of situation?"

"Electro and Shocker just hit a bank that used to belong to Tombstone on the lower east side… and it seems like they don't intend to share the ill earned profits with each other" Jean said as the sounds of gunfire, sirens, and explosions went off in the background.

Peter's eyes narrowed at this as he quickly made his way to a nearby alley to change "I'm on my way"

Peter ended the call as he made his way into the alley and quickly began to dress down, revealing his Spider-man suit underneath 'This seems right, I ask out a pretty girl and how does the universe reward me for pulling of said feat? Has some of my less then desirable enemies start up a fight over who get's Tombstone's dirty cash… thank you Parker Luck in all of it's glory'

…

And done.

Next chapter, showdown at the bank.