"Is it just me or did we have the best night ever?" Regan yawned.

Bay half-smiled. "It was fun."

Iris nudged Regan. "We should...get some day clothes on." she got up and headed for the door.

Regan leaned her head back. "But why? What's the harm in staying in PJs a little longer?"

Bay laughed. "Good point Regan."

Iris sighed and sat on Bay's bed. "Okay, if we aren't changing, then what are we gonna do?"

"I have an idea!" Regan gasped. "How about we play the new Spider-Man game I brought...!" she leaped from the bed and pulled it out of her bag.

Bay snatched it from her hand and turned it to the back. "What is it with you and Spider-Man anyways, really?"

"Oh I don't know. I guess I just saw the first movie in the Spiderverse trilogy and...nevermind." Regan rubbed her arm and laughed nervously.

"Oh uh right. Sure." Bay whispered.

Iris glanced at her with narrowed eyes.

Regan took the game back and clicked open the its package, slipping the disc into the tiny slot on Bay's XBox. She grabbed the controllers and handed them out to her friends.

"Actually, I don't really feel like playing. You two can start without me." Bay put her controller back on the table with the console and TV.

"Okay sure..." Regan replied distractedly.

Bay got up and left her friends alone. She headed downstairs and immediately the smell of freshly buttered cinnamon raisin toast and eggs hit her. She poked her head into the kitchen and saw three plates on the island, but no mom.

"Mom...?" Bay called, cautiously stepping over to the island.

A shadow flashed behind her and she spun around. She cautiously took a step back toward the stairs but something sharp flew through the air and sliced Bay's arm.

"Ow ow ow..." she sucked in breath and held her hand over the scar.

"Well hello. _Water-Skater_." a voice behind her laughed.

Bay spun around, still gripping the cut. "You must have me confused for s-someone else."

A tall boy stepped out of the shadows. He bore down on her almost like a mountain.

"You." Bay growled.

The boy laughed. "It seems you remember."

"Of course I do! You were stalking me, idiot!" Bay shouted.

"Bay! What's going on down there? Why are you screaming?" Iris appears coming down the stairs.

Bay widened her eyes. The boy turned his head around. Bay lifted her leg and kicked the boy hard. She ran past him and toward Iris, crashing into her and tumbling on the wooden steps.

"Bay what is going on?! Where'd that scar come from?!" Iris panicked.

Bay pushed her friend up the stairs as much as she could. "Iris listen, I need you to go upstairs and get Regan out of here. Now!"

Iris nodded and ran up the rest of the stairs. The boy groaned behind Bay and focused back on her. Bay flipped herself around.

"You're coming with me whether you like it or not!" The boy leaped for her.

Bay kicked him again and sent him tumbling back down. "Oh no I'm not."

She scrambled up more of the stairs. The boy quickly recovered from the hit and followed her. He grabbed her leg and laughed. Bay tried kicking him again, but he caught her other leg. She gasped.

"Like I said, whether you like it or not." the boy growled.

"Get your hands off her!" Rune flew down the stairs and landed on the boy.

The boy grunted and let go of Bay's legs. Rune wrapped webs around him. Bay moved to the top of the stairs and sat there.

Iris peeked out of her friend's room. "Oh good." she breathed a sigh of relief.

Bay turned her head around and smiled. "Glad you made it. But I told you to get Regan out of here."

Iris walked over to her and helped her up. Bay caught the glimmer of the boy's eye in the corner of hers and shoved her friend to the side. A metal robotic arm gripped her.

"Bay no!" Iris cried.

Bay groaned when the arm got tighter. Her cut burned.

"Let her go!" Iris screamed.

Regan poked her head out of Bay's room and widened her eyes panickly. "No no no." She rushed out completely and ran down the stairs, helping Rune with the boy.

"Regan, what are you...?" Iris trailed off and shook her head to clear it before going back into the room and grabbing the pocket knife on Bay's dresser. She came back out in a frenzy and dug the sharp end deep into the metal arm.

The arm shot sparks out and broke. Bay fell and coughed. Blood dripped from the cut on her arm. "Iris, you saved me..." her head buzzed.

"Anything for a friend. A best friend." Iris replied.

"Bay! Get her out of here! Now! More guys are coming!" Rune shouted. "Regan and I will try to hold most of them off. This is up to you Iris."

Iris nodded confidently and helped her friend up. She tapped on the small watch on her arm and a spiral portal opened before them. Iris walked Bay toward it and stepped them inside.

"No!" the boy shouted. "She got away. Again."

"That's right. Good luck getting her now." Regan growled.

Rune grabbed Regan's hand and she looked down. She read the look in his eyes and nodded. She flipped something put of her pocket and threw it down. A explosion of smoke was left, leaving the guys coughing.

One of them brought up a hologram of a man. "Sorry sir." he gasped for air. "She got away again. And her friends too."

The man slammed his fist against his desk. "Worthless. Here's what you'll do now, disguise yourselves, all of you. And get me the girl!!"

"We'll get to it right away. And we won't fail you again." the guy said confidently.

"If you do fail me again, I'll have your head!" the hologram disappeared.