This is it folks, the final chapter of our story, and it's a big one. No seriously, this has got to be the longest chapter I ever wrote...Like ever. A lot of character interactions (which I love writing by the way), a lot of questions answered and appearances from some of Spidey's supporting cast (Those of you who miss watching The Spectacular Spider Man, prepare to feel nostalgic) and there's also going to be a small nod to the Supergirl TV show. For this chapter I decided to take some influence from Ultimate Spider Man Vol 1. Annual #1. This chapter is basically that issue, but replace Kitty Pryde with Kara. There's also going to be a reference to Superman/Batman Vol. 1 #19 which was later reprinted as Supergirl Vol. 5 #0.

Spider Man, Supergirl and all related characters are owned by both Marvel and DC comics.

Epilogue

Manhattan NY

"So, Clark and Bruce are still trying to babysit you huh?" Peter asks over his mobile phone.

"Of course, apparently they still don't think I can handle things on my own," Kara says over the phone.

"Well, it's like you said, Clark can be VERY overprotective," the spider hero chuckles.

"Yeah, well, I wish he would lay off. Just for one day, that's all I'm asking," Kara says back.

He's swinging around in his Spider Man attire doing some late night patroling. That's the best thing about summer vacation. Being able to stay out as late as he wants and not having to worry about turning in early for school. Of course, Peter will have to enjoy this while it lasts because in about couple more weeks he's going to have to start school again. Senior year. The point in any teen's life where they come to the realization that they are no longer kids, and are now taking the first step into adulthood. Peter already had everything planned out with what he's going to do when he graduates. He was thinking about attending Empire State University and pursue a major in bioengineering just like his father. He feels he has a good chance of getting in since he's good friends with two science professors who work there: Dr. Curt Connors and his wife Martha. For about a year now, he was working for them as their lab assistant along with Gwen Stacy, and Eddie Brock. However, his double life as Spider Man almost cost him their trust. When Curt transformed into the Lizard, Peter was able to help him change back to his normal self, but since Curt and Martha had no idea that Peter Parker and Spider Man are one in the same they thought Peter ditched them and didn't contribute into helping them find a cure for Curt's condition. On top of that, they saw the front page of the Daily Bugle the next day with photos of the fight between Spider Man and the Lizard taken by Peter himself, making the married couple believe that not only did Peter ditch them, but he actually stuck around to take some pictures to make a quick buck. It took a while, but the Connors' were willing to give Peter another chance. Even after Eddie became Venom and Gwen's passing. Peter still helped out at the lab here and there, and his relationship with the Connors' was stronger than ever. All they have to do is get a good word out for him and he'll be in ESU in a heartbeat, but he's getting a little ahead of himself. He still has one more year of high school to get through. Peter just hopes his life as a superhero doesn't make him miss his graduation ceremony.

"So what are you gonna do now?" Peter asks his Kryptonian friend.

"I'm about to patrol Gotham for the rest of the night. I figured, if they're going to keep breathing down my neck like this, I might as well do my superheroing a little more close to home where they can see me…Although, I get the feeling that someone else is watching me," says Kara.

"Really? Who?" Peter asks in a concerned tone.

"I don't know. It could be me just getting a little paranoid. I guess talking to Batman does that to you," the Kryptonian says jokingly.

"Oh, good, so I'm not the only one who thinks that," the wall crawler jokes back eliciting a giggle from Kara. "Well, I'll let you resume your superheroing, and if there is someone else watching you, be careful alright."

"I'll do my best," Kara says with a smile. "Hey, maybe tomorrow you and I can hang out. You promised me a tour around New York after all."

"It's a date," Peter says then immediately realizes what he just said. "Uh, I mean, what I meant to say was…"

Kara giggles once again finding it quite cute the way he gets all flustered, "I know what you mean. I…I think we have much to talk about…about us I mean."

"Yeah," Peter sighs. The two of them haven't forgotten about what happened on Apokolips weeks ago. When the two were about to…

"Look, we'll talk more about what happened back on Apokolips when we see each other tomorrow, okay?" Kara asks snapping Peter out of his train of thought.

"Uh, yeah, sure, sounds like a plan," Peter responds. "Clark and Bruce gave you my address right?"

"They did, I can find it don't worry. I'll see you tomorrow Peter," says the Kryptonian.

"Yeah, see ya," the spider hero says back as he hangs up.

Forest Hills, Queens NY

The doorbell rings in the Parker residence.

"Yes, yes, I'm coming," Peter's Aunt May says as she walks towards the front door. She opens the door and finds a young girl standing on her porch. The girl looks to be about Peter's age, and she's wearing what appears to be a red blouse with blue jeans and red converses. She's also wearing glasses, with her long blonde hair being tied up in a ponytail.

"Hi, I'm looking for Peter Parker. Is this where he lives?" asks the girl.

"Uh, yes, he lives here. He's in the basement right now doing lord know what," May answers. "And you are?"

"Oh, right, I'm Kara. Kara Danvers," the girl answers taking her hand out to the elderly woman.

May eyes widened in surprise, "Kara? Oh, you must be that lovely young lady Peter met at the library all those weeks ago. I'm May. I'm his aunt."

May takes Kara hand and shakes it. "Hmm, quite a grip she's got there," she thought.

"Peter's…mentioned me?" Kara asks with a blush on her face.

"Any chance he gets. The look on his face whenever you're brought up. I've never seen him look so happy," the elderly woman says with a bright smile.

Kara blushes more and looks at her converses.

"Oh, don't be embarrassed dear," May says reassuringly. "I glad that Peter was able to meet someone like you. Now that I got to meet you in person, I can see why he's grown quite attached to you. You must remind him so much of Gwen."

"Gwen?" Kara asks raising her head to look at the older woman. "Who's Gwen?"

"Oh, Peter didn't tell you about her? That's understandable. Even after all these months he's still in pain from what happened," says May.

"What do you mean? What happened?" Kara asks confused.

May starts to look hesitant, "Well…you see…it's not my business to say. I suggest you ask Peter about it…when he's ready to talk of course."

Kara nods her head in understanding.

"Well, come on in. I can show you the way to the basement," May says as she motions the Kryptonian along.

As they're walking through the house the older woman begins to ask more questions, "So, Peter told me that you're not from around here. Where are you from exactly?"

Now Kara begins to look hesitant, "Uh…I'm…I'm from Kansas…Smallville, Kansas."

"Ah, now I see why Peter told me you're still trying to get used to how things work around here. I bet life in the big city is much different than living out in the countryside," May says with a chuckle.

Kara chuckles as well, "Yeah, something like that."

As the two of them are walking Kara notices a display of pictures. She sees one picture of a young brown haired boy with glasses holding a fishing rod that has a big fish on its hook. Standing beside him was a grey haired man she's never seen before.

May notices this and stops for a second, "That man is his Uncle Ben. Peter and I loved him so much. When he died, it was like we both lost a part of ourselves."

Kara looks over to the older woman, "I'm almost afraid to ask but…what happened to him?"

May looks down on the floor, "When he went to go get Peter from the library, a mugger was trying to steal his car. Ben refused and…well…"

Kara gives out a look of guilt, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to…"

May gives a reassuring smile, "It's alright dear. I'm just glad that the man who killed him was brought to justice. As for who apprehended him in the first place well…the police found him wrapped in what looked like a giant spider web. I assume it's that Spider Man character that's been all over the news. If only I had the chance to thank him."

"So Peter caught the carjacker," Kara thought. "I bet his uncle's death must be the reason why he's Spider man."

The Kryptonian also sees a picture of a married couple with a little baby. The man in the picture looks a lot like an adult version of Peter.

"Those are Peter's parents; Richard and Mary Parker," May spoke up. "They were such nice people. Mary was like a sister to me and as for Richard, well, let's just say Peter takes a lot from him."

Kara nods in understanding.

"Come on, the basement is just this way," May says motioning the Kryptonian to follow her.

The two make it to the kitchen where the basemen is located. "Peter, there's someone who's here to see you," the elderly woman calls out. "It's Kara."

"Kara? Tell her she can come on down," Peter says from the basement.

May motions Kara to the basement, "Well, you heard him. Go ahead dear. It was nice to finally meet you."

Kara gives a bright smile, "It was nice meeting you too Mrs. Parker."

The Kryptonian makes her way down the stairs and she finds Peter putting new web cartridges on is utility belt. He's wearing a grey long-sleeve buttoned up dress shirt with tan khaki pants and grey sneakers.

"So do I call this place "the spider web?"" Kara asks jokingly as she crosses her arms and smiles.

Peter turns around in Kara's direction and chuckles, "Nope, just the basement. Unlike a certain bat-themed hero we both know, I don't go around labeling things as "spider-whatever.""

"Good, pretty soon I would think you're just as crazy as he is," Kara says with a small laugh eliciting a laugh from Peter as well.

"So, I take it you're ready for the grand tour?" the wall crawler asks.

"Yep, whenever you're ready," answers the Kryptonian.

"Well, I just need to add more web cartridges and then we'll be all set," says Peter.

Kara nods her head and she looks over at a small table and sees a bunch of papers with math equations and chemical compounds on top of it. She picks it up and takes a good look at it.

Peter stops what he was doing and sees Kara looking at the papers, "Oh, right, that's actually some of my dad's work. If it's hard for you to understand all that I…"

"It looks like a patent for some kind of molecular adhesive," the Kryptonian says cutting off the web head. "Oh, so THIS must be what you use to make your webs."

Peter's jaw dropped, "You can understand all that?"

Kara gives a smug look to the spider hero, "I'm from another planet Peter. Where I come from, this is stuff I learned when I was five."

"So she's super smart too? Wow, that just makes her a gazillion times more attractive," Peter thought.

Kara looks at another table that has a set of Peter's web shooters and cartridges on the table, "I take it these are the wrist devices you have to use to spin your webs?"

Peter snaps back to reality and answers her question, "Uh, yeah, pretty much. The web shooters I made myself. As for the web fluid, my dad was unable to finish the patent before he died. So, I looked into what he had already set up, and I was able to figure it all out, hence the web fluid."

"Wow," Kara says as she looks at Peter in admiration then picks up one of the web shooters.

"This is incredible. The fact that you could come up with all of this yourself. My dad would love you. I can see you two talking about all kinds of scientific mumbo jumbo."

"Hey, don't sell yourself short," Peter says with a smile. "You could easily pass yourself off as a super genius on this planet…you don't even have to worry about getting picked on either considering you're a pretty girl."

The Kryptonian begins to blush but then heard the last thing Peter says, "Wait, people pick on you because of how smart you are?"

Peter nods, "Yeah, even before I got my powers, I usually get my butt kicked and people call me names. Oh, and the wedgies. The glorious super wedgies. Good times."

"No, that's horrible," Kara corrects him. "Just because you're intelligent doesn't give you the right to be ridiculed."

"Yeah, well, the story of my life right?" says Peter.

"But, how come you never do anything about it now? You could easily hand their asses on a platter," asks Kara.

"Two words. Secret identity," Peter answers. "The more I showcase my powers the more people will start to put two and two together on who Spidey is. Well, that and all the guys in high school have matured since then, so they don't really do those things anymore."

"Thank Rao," Kara sighs in relief. "Pretty sure, I was going to find these guys and deal with them myself."

Peter laughs, "Now I'm imagining "Supergirl" hanging Flash Thompson and Kong Harland on a flagpole by their underwear."

"And she would do it too if they keep pushing her friends around," Kara says with a firm look on her face.

Peter chuckles and gets up from his chair, "Well, I'm done putting the finishing touches to my belt. Let's go on that tour."

"So, where to first?" Kara asks.

Peter thinks about it for a moment, "Well…we're both teenagers. What do teenagers normally do in their free time?" An idea finally pops into his head. "I got it."

Local Mall, Manhattan NY

"Oh. My. Gosh. You actually have OTHER forms of hot dogs on your planet?" Kara asks with excitement in her voice as she observes the food that was given to her.

"Corn dog on a stick. A modern achievement," Peter says with an amused smile.

"How in the world were the people who made this be able to pull off putting the hot dog inside the batter?" asks Kara.

"I…I really couldn't tell you," answers Peter. "Hell, I'm still wondering how they were able to stuff some of the hot dogs with cheese."

The spider hero decides to tackle another topic, "So how was late night patrol in Gotham?"

Kara puts the corn dog down and looks at Peter, "Oh, that? Well, I got into my first real fight with some supervillains."

"Whoa, seriously? You gotta give me the details," Peter says with intrigue.

Kara continues, "Well, there was a bank robbery. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy were involved. Batgirl and I went in to go put a stop to it. Turns out it was a trap to draw me out. Apparently, the Batgirl I was fighting with wasn't really her. It was actually Clayface. Of course, I knew it was Clayface before he even revealed himself. I was just waiting for the right moment."

"How did you figure out it was Clayface?" Peter asks. "Let me guess, you used your x ray vision and saw there was no skeleton."

"No, it was because the Batgirl that I ran into was a redhead," Kara explains.

"Oh, that's right. I guess "Mr. Bill" didn't get the memo. The current Batgirl at the moment is blonde, while the former is sadly confined to a wheelchair…I heard about how that happened. It's pretty messed up," says the web head eliciting a nod from the Kryptonian. "So who would go through all that trouble to set a trap for you?"

"My guess is that it's someone who is trying to see just how powerful I am," says Kara "All I know is that there is someone other than Bruce and Kal watching me. The question is who?"

"Who knows," Peter shrugs. "Still the fact that you took on Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy AND Clayface at the same time is a quite an accomplishment. Although, I took on the entire Sinister Six in my sleep."

Kara's eyes widened at what the wall crawler said, "Seriously? You HAVE to tell me that story."

"And I will, but first, let me ask you this question," says Peter.

"Okay, shoot," says the Kryptonian.

"I understood Clayface being part of the whole ruse, but why the hell was Harley and Ivy there? What were they gonna do? Slap you with a rubber chicken and give you allergies?"

Kara's eyes widened at the mention of one or both of the villainesses names, and she looks away from Peter with a hard blush, "Well…actually…"

"Well, well, well, what do we have here," says a brand new voice. "Parker's got himself a new lady friend."

Approaching the two teens right now are a small group of other teens. One was a burly young man with blond hair, another overweight and bald, the other was a muscular African American kid and the last one was another African America kid but much smaller in physique and his hair is braided. They are accompanied by three females. One girl looks to be of Latina descent, another was a girl with blond hair blue eyes and fair skin and the last girl was African American with short brown hair.

Peter rolls his eyes at muscular blonde kid's remark, "Hey Flash."

"Don't mind Flash Petey," says the Latina girl. "We all just came over to say hi."

The other teens nod their heads.

"Well Pete? Aren't you going to introduce us to your new friend?" asks the African American girl.

"Oh, right. Guys, this is…uh…" Peter begins to say.

"Kara Danvers," the Kryptonian finishes. "I take it you all are friends of Peter's."

"Kara, this is Flash Thompson. The bane of my existence," Peter says motioning to the burly blonde.

"Uh, FORMER bane of your existence," Flash corrects. "I stopped giving you hell months ago."

"Oh, I know, I just like to pull your leg every now and again," Peter says with a smile eliciting small laughs from the other teens, Kara included. He motions over to the Latina girl. "I also like you to meet Liz Allen. My…uh…ex."

Liz giggles, "It's okay Petey, that was a long time ago. I've moved on."

"Right," Peter chuckles nervously. He then proceeds to introduce Kara to the rest of his friends, "I also like you to meet Kong Harland, Glory Grant, Sally Avril, Randy Robertson, Glory Grant and Hobbie Brown."

They all waved at Kara.

"So, Kara, where are you from?" Glory asks the Kryptonian.

"I'm from Smallville. Which is in Kansas," Kara answers.

"Oh. My. GAWD," says Sally with her strong New York accent. "I actually have an uncle who is from there. That place is so…small."

"So, how's life in the big city so far?" Randy begins to ask.

"It's…big," Kara answers with a nervous chuckle.

Glory turns to Peter, "So Pete, I take it you've been having a great summer so far huh?"

Now it was Peter's turn to give out a nervous chuckle, "Yeah, it's been really crazy."

"I still can't believe that in a couple weeks we'll be going back to school," Kong comments.

"We're gonna be seniors. I am SO excited," says Sally.

"Adulthood, here we come," says Liz.

"I'm glad you guys are excited," says Peter.

"And you're not Parker?" asks Flash.

"Believe me I am. It's just that…well…not all of us will be graduating this year," Peter says solemnly.

All the teens faces started to fall because they knew exactly what Peter was talking about. Kara looks at Peter in sympathy.

Liz begins to speak up. "Oh Petey, we all miss Gwen. We really do. But don't you think she would want you to be happy?"

"Liz is right Pete," says Glory. "Gwen wouldn't want you to be all down in the dumps because of her. She would want you to appreciate what you still have."

Peter looks down at the table and nods in understanding, "You guys are right. Gwen would want me to savor the moment, and that's exactly what I'm going to do."

"That's the spirit Parker," says Flash as slaps Peter shoulder. "And just remember that we got your back. Osborn and Brock may have bailed on you for whatever reason, but we're still here."

Hobbie just gives a firm nod.

Peter gives a warm smile, "Thanks Flash…I think."

"Well, we better get going," says Sally. "There's still some more back to school shopping we gotta do."

Everyone groaned and followed Sally.

"See you around Petey, and it was nice meeting you Kara," says Liz as she and the others wave and walk away.

Peter and Kara wave back while seeing them go.

"They seem like nice people," Kara spoke up giving a warm smile, then it turns into a frown. "Though Flash seems rather…obnoxious."

Peter lightly laughs, "Yeah, but he grows on you after a while. Get this, his two favorite superheroes are Spider Man and Superman."

Kara raises an eyebrow, "You're kidding."

"I wish I was," Peter says chuckling. "Though I would LOVE to see his reaction when I finds out there's now a "Supergirl" flying around."

"Ugh, I don't think I want to see that," Kara says with a look of disgust.

"What do you know, it looks like you hit the jackpot yet again tiger," says a smooth feminine voice.

The two teens turn around and the see a young girl who is about their age, with red hair and green eyes.

"Mary Jane," Peter says to the red head.

"Hey Peter," says Mary Jane. "I saw everyone else come over here to say hi, so I figured I say hi too. Can you believe we're actually going to be seniors this year?"

Peter chuckles, "Yeah, we are SO going to rule that school."

The redhead turns to Peter's new friend and takes out her hand, "Hi, Mary Jane Watson."

Kara takes Mary Jane's hand and shakes it, "Kara Danvers. I take it you're a friend of Peter's as well?"

"Well, we live right next door to each other," Mary Jane replies. "Though our aunts tried REALLY hard to get the two of us together. We decided to just be friends instead. How did you and Peter meet?"

"We met at the library," Peter answers. "She's from Smallville, which is in Kanas. I'm just showing her around."

"Oh, a country girl huh? Nice," the redhead says with a grin. "I bet being a city girl takes some getting used to."

"You have no idea," Kara says with a chuckle.

"So will you be attending Midtown High, or are you just here for the summer?" asks Mary Jane.

"Uh, well, I really don't know yet," Kara answers.

Mary Jane nods her head in understanding, "Trust me honey, you'll love it there. It's got some great people."

"After meeting Peter's other friends, I can believe it," the Kryptonian says with a small laugh.

"Well, I'll leave you to love birds alone. It was nice meeting you Kara," says the redhead.

"It was nice meeting you too Mary Jane," says Kara.

As the red head passes by, she puts a hand on Kara's shoulder, "Promise me you'll take good care of him alright? He's been through a lot."

Kara nods, "You have my word."

With that Mary Jane leaves the two teens.

Kara turns back over to Peter, "She seems nice."

Peter smiles, "Yeah, MJ's really cool. She's helped me through a lot."

Kara nods and hesitantly asks this next question, "Your aunt and your friends keep mentioning this girl named Gwen. Who was she?"

Peter's face fell as he looks down at the table. "Well, she had to know about her at some point. It's now or never," Peter thought. The web head begins to sigh, "Can we go somewhere private first?"

The Kryptonian nods, "Sure, we can head to the rooftop."

The two teens make it to the rooftop. From there they have a good view of the city. The sun setting on the horizon. Peter and Kara lean on one of the rails. Peter looks on in the distance while Kara patiently looks at Peter until he's ready to talk.

Peter takes a deep breath, "Before I met you, there was another girl I used to know. Her name was Gwen. Gwendolyn Maxine Stacy,"

"That's a beautiful name," Kara comments.

Peter smiles and continues, "Gwen I were best friends for as long as I can remember. Back then it was just her, Harry Osborn and Eddie Brock who I've known since childhood. At first we just saw each other as friends, then we started to see each other as something more. I still remember the time she kissed me on New Year's Eve. That was when I knew. Gwen was smart, beautiful, kind. She always saw the best in everyone. Anytime I do something wrong she would always give me "The look.""

Kara giggles at that.

"We had a tough time telling each other how we felt at first. Mainly because I was dating Liz at the time, and Gwen was dating Harry. But we knew in our hearts that we wanted to be with each other. I finally got my chance when she and Harry broke up. Harry didn't take it too well. He started becoming addicted to the Globulin Green again."

"Globulin Green?" Kara asks.

Peter nods, "It's a strength enhancing formula that gave birth to one of my arch enemies, the Green Goblin."

Kara looks on into the distance, "Kal and Bruce had me look at some files at all the supervillains each member of the Justice League has ever fought, either individually or as a unit. I looked into some of your rogues first out of curiosity. That's when I discovered files on the Green Goblin. When I first saw images of him I thought he looked ridiculous with his purple and green jumpsuit and his bat-glider complete with pumpkin bombs. It seemed like to him it was Halloween every day. That's what you people on this planet celebrate right? With the spooky gimmicks and pumpkin decorations?"

Peter chuckles, "Yeah, that's correct. I still remember Flash and his crew dressing up as cheerleaders after losing a bet."

Kara laughs at that, "Oh Rao, I hope there are pictures. I SO want to see that." Then Kara slowly stops laughing and continues, "Anyway, when I jokingly asked Kal and Bruce about the Goblin they just looked at each other and said nothing. They told me about all of your other villains, but they gave me nothing on him." Kara turns to Peter with a serious look on her face, "I take it he was the worst one."

Peter lowers his head, "If you thought the Joker was bad, Gobbie was just as bad if not worse. He was a total psychopath…a monster…he was also Harry's dad."

Kara nods her head, "I figured. Norman Osborn right? When you told me Harry's last name, I thought there had to be some kind of relation."

"At first I thought Harry was the Goblin. It made sense since he had an addiction to the Globulin Green before, but then I found out later that Norman was just trying to frame him to save his own butt. God, to go so far as to frame his own son. He soon discovered my identity when he exposed me to some kind of gas that weakened my spider sense. He must have saw me remove my mask or something. We fought one other time and he ended up hitting some electrical power lines and he ended up getting amnesia because of it. At first, I thought the whole nightmare was over…but I was wrong."

Peter begins to tell Kara how after Gwen broke up with Harry and started dating Peter causing Harry to go back to his addiction to the Green, Harry almost dies of an overdose. When Norman finds out about this, he blamed Peter and his friends for what happened to his son. It was because if his hatred towards Peter that his memories of being the Green Goblin begin to resurface.

Before Peter continues with his story, he looks out into the far distance where he sees the Brooklyn Bridge and even more horrible memories begin to surface, "I take it Clark told you why it's important to have a secret identity."

Kara nods, "If my enemies knew who I was, they would go after my loved ones."

"Exactly," Peter sighs. "And that's exactly what Norman did. Since he also blamed Gwen for what happened to Harry he decided to go after her. When I called her on my cell to check up on her, guess who answered?"

The Kryptonian's eyes widened in fear, "No."

"All I heard was a laugh that was mix between the Joker and the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz. Gobbie told me that he had Gwen and if I wanted to see her again, I had to meet him at the Brooklyn Bridge. I donned my costume and swung over there in a heartbeat."

Peter begins to tell her about the confrontation on the bridge. His plan was to keep the Goblin at bay so he can have enough time to take Gwen to safety. Norman had other plans. Having quickly recovered from a hard blow from the wall crawler, he was able to fly back to where Spider Man and Gwen were and ram himself right into the web head causing him to lose his grip on Gwen sending her hurtling off the bridge.

Kara's heart shattered when Peter told her this next part.

As Gwen was falling off the bridge, Spider Man, in a desperate attempt to save her, shoots out a web line that latched onto her leg, putting her into an immediate stop. When Spider Man pulled her up, having been so relieved that he saved her, he checked her pulse…there was no pulse.

Kara with tears in her eyes uses her scientific mind to figure out how, even though Peter saved her, Gwen died anyway, "It must have been the impact from when your webbing caught her. The sudden stop must have caused some sort of whiplash that was too much for her spine and her neck. Oh Peter."

With that, Kara's tears finally fell.

Peter nodded his head and tears of his own begin to fall, "It all happened so fast. When I saw her fall, I didn't know what to do. Everything I did was out of instinct, and it ended up getting her killed. Now I have to deal with the fact that she died because of me…She died at the hands of Spider Man."

The Kryptonian had heard enough. She refuses to stand there and let Peter blame himself for that girl's death. She turns the spider hero around and pulled him into a tight embrace. Peter embraced her back.

"It wasn't your fault," Kara begins to say in a soft tone. "You weren't the one who threw her off that bridge, and at least you tried to save her. It was better than doing nothing at all. Did Gwen ever know you were Spider Man?"

Peter shook his head, "No, but how could I tell her? She already blamed Spider Man for the death of her father. I couldn't do that to her."

Kara nods in understanding, "What about the Goblin? According to the files it says that he's deceased. Did you…"

"No, I didn't kill him." Peter immediately says. "But dammit I wanted to after what he did. I stopped myself at the last minute. I was about to apprehend him when my spider sense warned me about Norman using his glider to try and impale me. I jumped out of the way, and it hit Norman instead."

"So in the end, his own insanity and hatred towards you was what led to his downfall," Kara concludes.

"In a way, yeah," Peter agrees. "It's funny, I thought seeing the Goblin die would make me feel better about Gwen, but instead I felt empty…washed out and…maybe just a little bit more alone. After Gwen and Norman's death, I wanted to quit being Spider Man. I threw my old costume in the trash and never looked back since. I guess the rest of the League were aware of my absence, because about few weeks after I quit, HE showed up."

"He?" Kara asks.

"Your cousin," Peter answers. "He showed up in my school as Clark Kent. Didn't recognize him at first until we went to someplace private and he took off his glasses and fixed his hair. He told me that Spider Man hasn't been active for weeks, and he wanted to know what was up. I told him everything. He told me that what happened wasn't my fault, and that I did the best I could in trying to save her. He also told me that even though I failed to save one life, I shouldn't quit and I should think about all the other lives I have saved in the past two years. He told me that even though the people in this city don't think too highly of me, if it wasn't for me, half of them wouldn't even be here. He then gave me a choice: I could quit being Spider Man, or I can honor Gwen's memory and keep fighting. After he left I thought about what Uncle Ben told me and I realize that as much as I wanted to quit, I couldn't. I still have a responsibility. This city needs Spider Man."

"What about Harry?" Kara asks. "What happened to him?"

Peter sighs, "Harry dropped out of high school to run Oscorp...We haven't talked since."

There was some silence for a few seconds until Kara spoke up again, "Is that why you joined the Justice League? So in case the next time something like that happens you're more prepared."

Peter nodded, "Even though I've been doing this for two years now, compared to other heroes, I'm still a novice. I keep making the same rookie mistakes again and again and all it does is cause nothing but pain and death. I figured, if I want to be better, why not get some pointers from the actual pros? I owe the Justice League a lot. They stuck with me throughout the last five months, they helped me when I was at my lowest point, and gave me words of encouragement throughout. Also, it would be nice to have some backup whenever something like that were to happen again."

Kara nods, "As much as it kills me to say this, but Kal's right."

Peter looks over at her, "What do you mean?"

"Even though you failed to save someone, even if that someone was a girl you loved, you still saved so many other lives. If it wasn't for you, I still would have been under Darkseid's influence and I can't thank you enough for that. You saved my life Peter. Even though the world doesn't view you as a hero, know that you're MY hero."

With that Peter starts to sport a wide smile, "Thanks Kara."

The Kryptonian begins to blush, "Y…you're welcome."

There was more silence until Kara spoke up again, "Peter?"

The wall crawler looks at her again, "Yeah?"

Kara begins to blush more, "Back on Apokolips, I remember what you did to distract me. You know, so Kal could use his Kryptonite ring to knock me out."

Now it was Peter's turn to blush, "Oh, right. When we were about to…"

"There was some truth to what I said," Kara says cutting him off. "When you were about to kiss me, I got excited. It really was something I've wanted to happen ever since we first met. When I first came to this planet, I felt lost, alone, I didn't feel like I belong here or that people even wanted me here. Then Kal introduced me to you. When I first laid eyes on you I felt nothing but comfort. Whenever I'm around you I felt safe. You were so kind to me. You made feel welcomed to this world. You make me laugh and smile every time I see you. You made feel…like I mattered, and the fact that you would put your own life on the line for me shows me just how brave and caring you really are. I like you Peter. I like you a lot. I just want you to know that. If you don't feel the same way, if you're still hurt after what happened to Gwen I…"

Kara was unable to finish what she was saying as Peter puts his arm around her waist, pulls her flush against him and presses her lips onto his, kissing her deeply. For the Kryptonian it was so sudden. She was seeing stars. She felt the urge to pinch herself to see if this was all a dream. In a matter of seconds she regained her composure and starts to return the kiss. She wraps her arms around Peter's neck while Peter wraps his other arm around Kara's waist deepening the kiss. As the two teens pull apart, they rest their foreheads against each other smiling, crystal blue meets warm hazel, their hearts racing. Their tender moment was cut short when Peter's spider sense begins to go off followed by Kara hearing a huge explosion and people screaming.

Peter sighs, "What a way to kill the mood."

Kara giggles, "We better go see what's going on. You got your costume with you?"

Peter opens up his shirt revealing his Spider Man costume, "What about you Supergirl? You got yours?"

Kara opens up her blouse revealing her Supergirl costume, "You had to ask?"

The two teens change into their hero personas and left the rooftop to investigate the disturbance.

"BACK THE FUCK UP. I'M NOT KIDDING AROUND THIS TIME," says the Shocker as he's blowing up cars trying to leave the bank. The two heroes see what was going on down below.

"Oh no, not him again," Spider Man groans.

"I take it you deal with this guy a lot on a daily basis," Supergirl guesses.

"If it's not a big supervillain threat, it's usually just this tool causing trouble," says the web head.

"Tell you what, how about you stay here and I'll handle him," the Girl of Steel suggests.

Spider Man shrugs, "Knock yourself out. But go easy on him okay? He doesn't have any real superpowers."

"Don't worry, I know EXACTLY who I'm dealing with here," Supergirl says as she flies down towards the disturbance. She lands right in front of Shocker, "Herman Schultz, aka the Shocker. I've heard a lot about you. I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm the girl who's going to send your sorry ass back to jail."

Shocker looks at the girl with a confused expression on his face, then he recognizes the "S" on her chest and his eye widened in fear, "Oh shit, not another one. I gotta get out of here." He fires his gauntlets at Supergirl to which it doesn't even phase her.

"You think you could do my back next? I've been so stressed," Supergirl quips eliciting a huge laughter from Spider Man on the rooftop and the crowd down below.

"This can't be happening, I gotta get out of here," Shocker says as he continues to fire his gauntlets at the Kryptonian with no effect.

"And I think you gotta get yourself a new catchphrase," Supergirl says to the villain as she walks towards him. "Judging by what you said earlier, I take it you already met my cousin. You know what that means right?" She takes the gauntlets in her hands and crushes them. "Anything he can do I can do too. You can say it runs in the family."

Shocker looks at his destroyed gauntlets in fear, "Oh no."

"But whatever you do," the Girl of Steel now says. "Don't look behind you."

Shocker does the exact opposite of what Supergirl told him and he sees Spider Man sitting on the side of the wall waving at him, "Hi Herman."

Shocker lets out a girlish scream and runs away from the two heroes, only for Spider Man to fire a giant web in front of the villain, trapping him in the process.

The wall crawler jumps down and motions over to Supergirl, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce you all to a new superhero on the block, Supergirl."

The crowd of people erupted into cheers as they clap for their new savior.

"See they like you," Spider Man says to his fellow hero.

"Cute, shall we?" Supergirl says as the two leave the area via a web line and flight.

As the two teen heroes return to the rooftop of the local mall, they look at each other in silence.

"Okay, I have to ask," Peter begins to say as he removes his mask. "You're costume. Where did you get it from?"

"Well, Ma Kent made it for me," Kara explains. "Where did you get your costume from?"

"Well, I got my original costume during my early days as a professional wrestler," Peter answers. "It was back when I wanted to use my powers to make money. It was just a simple red and blue jumpsuit with a mask that covers my entire face. When I decided to become a superhero, I modified it by sewing in the web patterns and added the spider symbols on the front and back of my costume. When I quit being Spider Man for a little while, that costume has been rotting in a New York dumpster ever since. Batman made the costume I'm wearing now, and your cousin gave it to me as a gift after he gave me some words of encouragement. Fun fact: Oracle was the one who came up with the design while Bruce just added in all the tech. The suit's made out of a more flexible form a Kevlar, which gives me plenty of room to move around while at the same time make me somewhat resistant to knives and bullets. My mask also has some kind of built in "detective mode" which lets me do some cool CSI stuff. I added a few nuances myself. I modified my web shooters so that it matches the design of my new costume, and I also made this utility belt complete with new web cartridges."

Kara just look at Peter in admiration, "You're cute when you get all nerdy."

Peter blushes at her comment and rubs the back of his neck. The web head begins to speak, "So, about what happened before. You know, before we had to deal with Shocker…"

"Yeah?" asks Kara.

"Well, in case our kiss wasn't anything to go by, I just want you to know that everything you said...I feel the same way," Peter says in a soft tone.

Kara's eyes widened at that fact, "Y…you mean…"

"Yes Kara, I like you a lot too," Peter chuckles. "Ever since I lost Gwen, there was this huge hole that was left in my heart. When she died, a part of me died along with her. I didn't think I'd ever find a girl like her again. Then you came into my life. When we talked back at the Fortress, I felt like there was a connection between us. We both had our fair share of tragedies, we sometimes question what our purposes are in life and we both want to do whatever we can to help the people we care about. I'd be lying if I said that you didn't remind me so much of Gwen. Both of you are smart, caring, beautiful, whenever you two have your mind set on something you go for it and you both are not afraid to say what's on your mind. However, you have some unique qualities of your own that makes you...well you. The look on your face whenever you discover something you've never seen before. That sparkle in your eyes whenever you're really happy, the way you blush and the way you giggle whenever I tell one of my corny jokes."

Kara makes that exact giggle.

"There, THAT giggle," Peter chuckles again. "When I met you, I finally felt like I could be myself again. You were able to fill that hole that has been in my heart for five months now and I can't thank you enough for that. I guess I should thank your cousin as well. If it wasn't for him, I don't think I would still be doing this and I never would've met you."

Peter looks at the "S" on Kara's costume. "You know, that "S" on your chest may be your family's coat of arms over on Krypton, but here on Earth it means something else…it means hope. A light at the end of a dark tunnel. You gave me hope Kara. You're my light at the end of the tunnel. You say you're not sure if you have actually earned the name of Supergirl. I say to hell with that. You deserve to be called by that name more than anyone else in the world."

With that, Kara, with a beaming smile pulls Peter into another passionate kiss to which the wall crawler returns with no hesitation. As they break apart, the two teens look off into the distance.

There was some more silence until Peter started to speak again, "So, I take I was you first kiss."

The Kryptonian immediately started to blush super hard, "Actually…you're my second."

Peter turns to Kara with wide eyes.

"W…was there some guy you dated back on Krypton?" Peter begins to ask.

Kara shakes her head and begins to explain, "Remember when I told you last night that I was going to patrol Gotham…"

Peter listens to Kara as she talks more about the bank heist she stopped that night. Before she took down Clayface, she fought Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy first. She was able to take both of them down. While Kara went into full detail as to what went down, Peter's mind was only focused on one key moment that happened during the whole thing.

"IVY KISSED YOU?" He exclaimed, which made Kara's entire face turn beat red.

"Y…yeah, she did. Apparently she was trying use some kind of synthetic Kryptonite lipstick to put me under her control. It didn't work for some reason."

That was when Peter put on his own scientific cap, "I remember her doing the same thing to your cousin once upon a time. It worked and he and Batman fought for a little bit. It took Catwoman pushing Lois Lane off a building for him to come to his senses. Since you're biologically much younger than your cousin, I guess that means you can absorb more yellow sun radiation than him, therefore, making you immune to things that would normally effect him."

"Makes sense," says Kara.

Peter still has a look of utter shock. Right now he's feeling two different emotions. He's jealous of the fact that he's not Kara's first kiss, but at the same time, he's shamefully turned on by the fact that his new girlfriend had experience kissing another girl.

"I KNEW not kissing her back on Apokolips was going to come back and haunt me," he thought. "And yet, I think I'm gonna need a cold shower when I get home. I'm definitely going to be having some very vivid dreams tonight."

Kara notices the look on her new boyfriend's face and puts a hand on his shoulder, "Peter, if it's any consolation. I actually had more of a thrill kissing you than I did Ivy. Besides, it's not like we did…anything else beyond that."

"Kara, for the love of God, PLEASE stop," Peter continues to say in his head. She clearly has no idea what kind of effect it would have on a boy his age by telling him all of this. "My imagination is running wild as it is."

"Th…that's good," Peter says trying to regain his composure by clearing his throat.

Kara raises an eyebrow, on Peter's reaction. She thought he would be upset about it, but his flustered reaction says otherwise. Apparently it's a question she'll have to ask on a later date as Peter phone starts ringing.

The web head answers, "Hey Aunt May…Yeah I'm still hanging out with Kara at the mall…Oh, let me tell ya, it was…it was an experience…sure I was just about to take her home. I'll be on my way shortly." Peter hangs up and turns to the Kryptonian.

"I guess our date is over?" Kara guesses.

"I guess so," Peter replies.

"Well, I had fun. I even had a blast taking out Shocker," the Kryptonian says with happiness in her voice.

Peter gives out a warm smile, "I'm glad."

The two teens stare at each other for a few seconds.

"So…I'll see you later then?" Kara asks.

"I'll call you tonight," Peter says with a smile.

The two exchange one last kiss and they both part ways.

Metropolis

Superman, while he was out patrolling the city, notices Kara fly by and he goes to her.

"Kara, how was your day with Peter?" the Man of Steel asks his cousin.

Supergirl with a bright smile goes over to her cousin and gives him a tight embrace catching him by surprise.

"Uh…where's this coming from?" Superman asks with a smile and a chuckle.

Supergirl moves her head up to look at her cousin. "Thank you," she says in a soft tone and with a smile.

"For?" the Man of Tomorrow asks again.

"For introducing me to him. He also told me about what happened with the Green Goblin and how you helped him through it. I really appreciate it."

Superman, with a smile of his own, hugs Supergirl back, "It was no problem. Helping people, including my friends, is what I do best."

The two Kryptonians break away from their embrace and Kara begins to blush, "Peter and I are seeing each other now…romantically."

"Well, it's about time. I was beginning to lose hope," Superman says jokingly with a wide grin.

Kara gives out a wide grin of her own, "So, need any help defending this city? I can lend a hand if you want."

"I would greatly appreciate it," Superman says with a warm smile.

The two Kryptonian begin to fly towards the city resuming the patrol.

Superman speaks up again, "I hope he treats you right though. Wouldn't want to send him into the Phantom Zone if he breaks your heart."

"KAL."

And there you have it folks, the end of our little tale.

So remember when I said that this chapter makes a reference to Superman/Batman Vol. 1 #19/Supergirl Vol. 5 #0? That was the night in Gotham Kara mentioned, and get this, that moment with her and Poison Ivy actually happened. Don't believe me? Google it (Don't worry I won't tell anyone). Of course, that moment never gets brought up after that, and I assume it got lost in the New 52 shuffle (Unless DC Rebirth, for some weird ass reason, decides to bring it back in continuity. Jimmy Palmiotti would probably bring it up in his Harley Quinn book just for the lols.) Anyway, that is why I waited until this chapter to have Peter and Kara kiss, because I wanted the ol' Parker luck to screw the web head over once again. Now you can all say there is ONE supervillain in the entire universe that has a victory over Spider Man...and she doesn't even know it.

I hope you guys like my explanation regarding Spidey's costume. Since Tony Stark isn't here, I had to come with some type of excuse as to why he has his high tech MCU costume. If you're curious as to what his original costume was, it was basically just his classic comic book outfit.

I'm really glad a lot of you who have stuck around enjoyed this story. I even manage to gain the attention/approval of a few authors on this site who actually inspired me to do both this and my other story, and yes, there will be a sequel. I'm thinking about making it like my Spidey/Power Girl fic where it's going to be a series of one and done stories. Think of this story as being the Pilot for a TV show. As always, be sure to leave a review telling me what you thought of the story. What were your favorite moments if you had any? Until next time...