[3rd person POV]

  The front of the Hellfire Club is a stripper joint, appropriately titled The Doll-house, plete with neon-lit signs fshing images of female dancers on a sign that resembles an actual house with its shutters raised. As is typical with the X-Men's many vilins and those who sider themselves their allies, there is a whole other world hidden just beh the surface. Behind this seemingly innocuous nightclub are actually several underground floors packed with a variety of boratories, living quarters, a full-blown puter room, holding cells for prisoners, and much, much more. There was quite a lot of stuff to gather but first, it's the Hellfire Club security protocols. It should have their meeting and pnning locations. Maybe even something iing.

  Spiderman webbed his backpa the roof of a nearby building. Then he scouted around, found a ventition shaft in the far back, jumped on it, and pulled himself irying his best not to make noise as he moved. The dust and webs were all over the shaft, which was a bit suffog, but he tinued moving forward. It was dark, but he could see well through the pitch-bess, making it easier for him to move without any problem. After a few minutes, he came close enough to the other end of the ventition shaft.

  He peeked through the grills and watched as a couple of workers tiheir daily chores without notig his presence, evehey were literally less than a few meters away. It was a ste area, filled with stacks of boxes upon boxes that probably tained food supplies for the anization and, just a few steps ahead, two of them, casually talking.

  "Ya hear about the news?" asked one of the workers as he was rearranging the boxes on the far right, near a fuse box, "Word is Spidey killed the Ice Ja night. The boss put her in charge of the assassination and she got herself killed by an i."

  "Spidey doesn't kill," said the other worker, pushing another set of boxes on a forklift and transp it to the side, "The best he does is beat up the thugs and break a few bones. You sure she died at Spidey's hand?"

  "How would I know? I'm just telling you what I heard when I went to the garbage in Boss's room. Kingpin is angry as hell, I tell ya," He pushed a crate before a nearby small elevator, and pressed the button.

  'Fuck! Kingpin is the boss of Hellfire Club. What about Emma Frost? Don't tell me she's w as a stripper or she could be with the X-Men. Well, I'll know soon enough,' Spiderman thought as he slowly opehe vent and webbed onto the ceiling. He then crawled over to the guy aiting before the elevator, and looked down, 'Well, if he go in and out of Kingpin's office, I might just well ask him for a tiny favor.'

  Spiderman looked around for any cameras, but luckily the only surveilnce equipment seemed to be the small gss domes with a camera pointed he entrahen he looked at the uy who was busy w. The elevator arrived at their level. It's the perfeent... He softly jumped down from the ceiling behind the guy he elevator and followed him inside as he pulled the cargo in.

  As soon as the door closed, Spiderman webbed the guy to the elevator wall and webbed his mouth shut. Then he pressed the stop button and started asking his questions, "Look, this is going to be quid painless, alright? Where's the security room? Not the outer ohe main room where all the trols are?"

  "UGH! Nnnng!" The guy's answer was muffled by the webbing c his lips.

  Spiderman removed the web from his mouth.

  "I don't know anything," the wasped out, "Let me go, goddammit. You think the club will stand idly while you sneak into their base? Do you even know who you are messing with?"

  "Do you?" Spiderman simply raised an eyebrow under his mask as he watched the worker looking at him.

  "e on ma's talk about this. I've always admired you. I-I help you get what you need," The guy ughed, "You didn't really kill the Ice-Queen, did you? Please, just- Just let me go. I'm begging ya!"

  "Oh, e on. For someoh access to the boss's room, you are telling me you don't know the main security hub? Really, now? Don't make me hurt you," Spiderman replied as his eyes went toward the guy's hand, "Humm... Is that your wedding ring?"

  "Yeah. Man, look. I got a family alright. Boss will kill me if I open my mouth," the wged.

  "If you don't open your mouth, I'll kill you. Then what would happen to your wife? Ah! What would happen to your daughter after your death?" Spiderman threatened as his eyes fell on the small Barbie neckless around the worker's neck. It screams of a little girl, maybe six or seven. "Look, you tell me what I want to know, and no one will find out it was you who gave me the info. You just tio work as if nothing happened. So, for the sake of your wife and daughter, do tell me the location of the main security hub and Kingpin's room."

  "Alright, alright! The security hub is on the lowest floor. The elevator doesn't go there because only a special card open its way. And even if you somehow reach the lowest floor, there are armed guards..." The worker quickly answered.

  "How many are we talking about? Give me an approx. number," Spiderman asked.

  "Uhm... More than 30, I guess? Like I said, I don't really have anything to do with security. My job is to make sure that the upper and lower floors are maintained with daily ies," the guy quickly answered. "As for Kingpin's room, it's oop floor, with more security than the main hub. I swear, man, that's all I know."

  "e on, now. There 't possibly be only one way to get down, so, spill out the location of the sed one," Spiderman whispered. "And don't lie to me because I'll knht away, believe me."

  "Right. Well, there's a stairway going to the floor down," The worker nervously said. "But there are ser triggers, so if you were thinking about going to the main hub on foot, you'll have to be careful. The moment you trip o will activate the automatic turrets and alert the entire base. The only way to deactivate them is at the lowest level. You 't do anything about that from up here."

  "Thanks. Now, if you want to see your family, slip out of the backdoor, or just work at the main front where you should be able to easily escape, well, in case, things go south," Spiderman advised as he pressed the resume button and tore apart the web, releasing the worker.

  "Of course, yeah. You bet," The worker replied nervously.

  [Tingle!!] Spiderman's seihe worker he just released, his fist is right around his neck. A pointy needle on his wedding ring. A punch! Spiderman grabbed the worker's wrist and crushed it with his right hand. Before the worker could scream, he webbed his mouth with his left hand. Thewisted the broken arm and pierced the worker's neck with his own needle ring.

  "You just had to do it, huh? I tried being reasoh you, and you... Seesh! How very uninal, pal," Spiderman pined as he pulled out the ring with the needle attached, the guy was already down, unscious. "I know there are some loyal people w for Kingpiher out of fear or respect... I wonder, which category you fall into. Guess we'll never know, now."

  He opened one of the boxes, 'Alright, big enough to hide this fucker.' He broke the worker's limbs and squeezed him ihe box, before log the crate. He then opehe small hat the top of the elevator and jumped up.

  'Don't know if I trust this guy's info. Well, only one way to find out...'

  After a few seds, the elevator came to a stop.

  Spiderman decided to crawl down the elevator path. Since he doesn't have a special card, and the stairway is supposed to be riddled with traps, the best route is to just crawl down to the lowest level. Eventually, the path will lead him to Kingpin's main security hub.

  'Ok, what if I jump and webbed to the wall just before reag the bottom? I've to time it perfect... Well, here goes nothing' Spiderman, thought as he jumped. He could see the bottom floor after falling for a few seds. "Humff!" He quickly webbed to the wall and sighed in relief. He took a deep breath and tinued moving down. 'Alright, the bottom floor.' His eyes fell on a small ventition grill on the wall on his left. 'Bingo! It feels like a game level... Haha... All these ventition shafts appear whenever I o sneak past... Just great. Well, better move before anyone finds that guy's body.'

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