TROUBLE! ━ TASM.

nine.

    After a bunch of silence along with a bunch of kissing now that Violet didn't care to stop Peter, the two were simply leaning against Gwen's terrace, not even caring that they were loitering on property that belonged to the girl that Peter had just shattered emotionally. They chatted about everything they could, topics not at all changing because of the life-changing interaction that had happened moments before.

"Do you hear that?" Peter suddenly murmured, sitting up higher on his elbows as he peered over the edge. Before she could even reply, cop cars were skidding to a stop in front of the building, their sirens blaring loudly. One after another, they lined up, and Violet could just barely see the blur that was Captain Stacy sprinting to a car and sliding into the seat of one of them before they were suddenly leaving as fast as they came.

Suddenly, she felt Peter's gaze hot on her cheek, and she immediately shook her head. "Peter, no. You can't. That looks big, you're gonna hurt yourself. Let the police handle it, please," she pleaded, grabbing at his hand. They had just become something, she didn't want it to end.

His heroism coming before personal feelings, he leaned down to plant a soft kiss on her lips before stepping back. "I'm sorry. I adore you, I'll see you later. I have to go. I have to go." With that, he threw his backpack over his shoulder, simply jumping over the ledge and disappearing into the hubbub of police cars.

She watched him go with the most angered glare she could muster before cursing under her breath, turning and sprinting back into Gwen's house. Without any explanation, she skidded into the kitchen, where Gwen's family minus Gwen were still cleaning up from dinner. "Hi, uh, sorry, where did Captain Stacy just go? I'm afraid he went towards where my parents are," she lied effortlessly, hoping that her wild expression and look was enough to convince them.

And it was. "Oh, honey. Williamsburg Bridge. Apparently something large and dangerous and... lizard-looking? Is strolling around?" Helen supplied, turning to look fondly at Violet, who just nodded before turning and sprinting towards the door.

Without even saying goodbye, she was out and sprinting down the stairs, not even caring the strain that running down twenty flights of stairs did on her lungs and legs. She immediately pushed her way through the lobby, continuing to sprint until she was on the streets before going towards the bridge. Nothing but adrenaline and worry for Peter was fueling her, not even listening to the sensible part of her mind that said that this was dangerous and would probably end up so bad.

By the time she had even gotten close to the bridge, she had slowed down to a brisk walk, and she couldn't help but take a sharp intake of breath at the sight of the traffic. Cars were jammed together, license plate to license plate, all the way down the bridge. All she could hear was cars honking and the annoyed yelling of people too pissed to wait. She made her way through the cars, her eyes constantly flickering around for any sight of the blue-and-red suit she had learned to adore. All she wanted was to get Peter's ass off of this apparently dangerous bridge.

As she started to get close to the end of the bridge, high-pitched screaming hit her ears, people starting to bail out of their cars and sprint their way down from where Violet came from. Her heartbeat quickened in fear, but it just fueled her search for Peter even more. She just wanted to be with him, despite how stupid she was currently being.

"Peter!" Violet yelled at the top of her lungs, but the end of her word was cut off by a loud roar. She spun on her heel towards the sound, her eyes widening at the sight of the large, scaly monster in front of her.

It was something out of a horror movie, the creature manhandling cars in front of her. It was at least eight feet tall, with large, broad shoulders and nothing but muscles on every inch of it's body. At the end of it's massive feet and hands were dagger-like claws, thicker than Violet's arms. Everything about it shocked her to the core, so much that she was frozen in place, stuck watching this lizard-like creature toss around cars like it was nothing.