Flash rushed into Firestar's room, "Firestar wake up!", Flash demanded with urgency and started shaking her to get up

"Huh?! What?", She asked still feeling feverish and a bit dazed

"It's the Serpent, Smoll's recording him with other Yakuza Members", Firestar's eyes widened within just seconds and she shook her head to help her self get up

"WHAT!?", She asked before taking the laptop out of Flash's Hands, "Okay So I assume you're here because you want me to translate right?", she asked, Flash nodded his head

They both watched the live feed, "Oh Man he's not even here and I'm getting chills down my spine!", Firestar said

The Live feed displayed a room with a white table but not an interrogation room of any sort, there were chairs on opposite sides of tables and with that a whole group of Yakuza gang members and affiliates were on one side while Serpent was on the other

In an instance one of the Yakuza Men put a picture of their next hit target, a man who looked to be in his mid 20s with brown hair and with a pony tail at the end of it along with facial hair. he didn't look like he was from the area so Flash and Firestar presumably thought it was a tourist but they were proven wrong once one of the other Yakuza gang members spoke

"ヤコブ・ラッターマンは元ヤクザの関係者でしたが、秘密捜査官であることが判明しました"

Flash turned to Firestar, "What he say?"

"There talking about some guy named Jacob Latterman, a former undercover cop who was an affiliate from the states, he actually lived here according to them", She replied rubbing her nose

"彼は私たちの重要な同盟者や友人の何人かがバーの後ろに置かれた2012年の事件の責任者でした。"

"There saying that in 2012 he ratted out some members or something to the police"

私たちは偽の警察の服を着て、ヤクザがレインボーブリッジで彼を運転します。あなたは橋の塔の一つに着き、遠くから彼を狙撃します。

"OH MY GOD!", Firestar exclaimed

"What?...WHAT!?", Flash asked hastily, "What is it?!"

"Okay this is gonna sound really crazy but...", Firestar took a deep breath, "Okay so some yakuza members have posed as fake cops in order to lure Jacob to his own death, their plan is for Serpent to snipe him from one of the bridge towers of The Rainbow Bridge!", Firestar panted after saying all of that to Flash as quickly as possible

Flash stroked his chin, "Okay so if I remember my grade 7 science class, the tower of a bridge is....", Flash was trying to remember it

"THE TALLEST POINT OF A BRIDGE!", Firestar screamed trying to get it through Flash's head that this was not a laughing matter whatsoever

"Oh", Flash said, "Thanks", he lowered his eye lids for a quick few seconds and smirked finally knowing what a Tower of a bridge was but it didn't take long for the whole scheme to finally sink into Flash's head, "WHAT!?", Flash said finally putting the pieces together, "I HAVE TO STOP HIM!"

Spider-Man put on his mask and then turned to Firestar, "Look this is gonna sound lame of me, but this is something you can't witness", Spider-Man gave her the mini 360 degree camera back but before Firestar could say anything Spider-Man continued, "I know you wanted to see me in action but this is something that you cant be exposed to, if you were than that would be showing you that I'm irresponsible, so stay here!", Spider-Man ordered before leaping out the window

At that moment however Aunt Spark and Aunt Thunderstar stormed into Firestar's room after hearing enough, unknown to Flash and Firestar, both Spark and Thunderstar had been able to hear their conversations and found out that their nephew was actually the webbed wonder, they at first left it alone not wanting to cause any tension between their selves and Flash but after hearing everything from Firestar's room they intervened

"FIRESTAR!", Thunderstar said sternly catching her attention, "TELL HIM TO TURN BACK RIGHT NOW!"

Firestar's eyes widened, it was the first time in a while that her mother actually had gotten this pent up, but what was more shocking was they knew what Flash and Firestar had been talking about for days, so at first she tried to play dumb

"I uh, I don't know what you mean", She said shrugging

"Don't play dumb with us", Spark chimed in though not screaming like Thunderstar, she still had a stern tone, "We know what you two have been talking about, we know Flash is Spider-Man!, we even have cameras to the house, we've seen him sneak out and shoot webs out of his hands, were not stupid", Spark had revealed that fact to Firestar making her eyes widened even more as she put both of her hands on her head in shock

"Y-You two knew?", She said bewildered, "But then, why didn't you say anything?"

Thunderstar sighed still feeling a bit angered, "Because if we told our nephew, whose already under enough stress as it is, that we know he's Spider-Man than we might destroy our relationship forever putting a wedge between it. NOW TELL HIM TO TURN BACK NOW!?"

Firestar got a bit more startled fumbled with her phone until she pulled herself and dialed the number to her extra phone. However they got unlucky when they heard a ring on the floor

Firestar's eyes widened, "Uh-Oh!"

"Uh-Oh? UH-OH?!", Spark exclaimed, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN UH-OH!?"

"So uh this might sound bad but", She inhaled through her teeth with a nervous expression, "Flash left the phone I gave him here"

"WHAAAAATTTT!?", Thunderstar screamed

Firestar put her hands up trying to defend herself, "Look! How was I supposed to know he left the phone here. Plus why are you guys worrying so much, he's a Superhero, emphasis on SUPER, I'm pretty sure he can handle himself"

Spark massaged the bridges of her nose and let out a sigh, "Because were responsible for him, what can't you understand from that?"

Firestar stroked her chin. To A part of her it was like her moms were bitching at her for no reason but at the same time she knew that they were just worrying about Flash and wanted to keep him safe, but then it came to her

"OH I GOT IT!", she said raising her index finger in the air which also caught the attention of her parents, "This may sound weird but I have a small drone I call Smoll which is shaped like a fly, maybe if we can get him to the Rainbow Bridge, we might get a glimpse of Flash or something"

Thunderstar and Spark both stroked their chins

"Will we be able to talk to him though?", Thunderstar asked

Firestar shook her head, "Uh No. I kinda didn't anticipate for any of this honestly and well this like a last resort", she chuckled nervously

Spark sighed, "I just hope Flash is okay"

Spider-Man was swinging through the city one web after another, he was able to find a vehicle with Yakuza members in it after being able to identify one of the men from the live feed and so he followed them to the Rainbow Bridge,

No sign of Serpent! Either he took a different vehicle or he might already be at the bridge , Spider-Man's lenses squinted in suspicion but he continued to swing across the city until he could make out a bridge with multiple colors in the distance

*****

Spider-Man let go of his web line mid air and landed on top of one of the bridge towers and surveyed the situation. His lenses squinted so he could get close up on the road and the first thing he saw as white car that kind of looked like a Bentley Mulsanne, however he didn't care about the model of the car, he was more intrigued by the "contents", so to speak. In the car he saw the target, Jacob Latterman

"I spy with my little eye, something that could probably die.", Spider-Man then looked behind the car and saw 5 Black SUV's following the car, "Wow! That is sooo normal", Souder-Man said sarcastically, Spider-Mans lenses zoomed out and he looked around his surroundings, he turned to the right and he could make out a figure climbing the other tower of the bridge. Spider-Mans lenses squinted once again as his vision zoomed in. The silhouette he saw from afar was The Gold Serpent holding a Sniper.

Spider-Man's lenses widened in shock as his vision went back to normal. Despite the fact he came all this way to fight him, he was still unsure of what he was supposed to do, "Great, it's my Uncle Flar..", Spider-Man trailed off, he was not even comfortable saying that name, I don't get it! Why do I feel bad for this guy, why do I want to save him? He's done so much sinister things in his life than any Villain I've gone up against

While Spider-Man was talking to himself his lenses widened as his Spider-Sense went off and he leapt in the air narrowly missing a bullet shot by The Gold Serpent. As Spider-Man fell he saw a Suspender Cable grasped onto it

"Hello There Spider-Man", The Serpent greeted from afar, "Fancy meeting you here, don't you think"

Spider-Man shrugged, "Well uh, we never finished what we started?!", Spider-Man said confused

"Nervous hmm? What's wrong? Family Troubles?", He asked in a mocking tone, Well you're not wrong

Spider-Man would usually have a witty comeback but in this case he kept it to himself it was also at this moment Spider-Man knew what he had to do. I guess I have no choice, Dad was right, sometimes you have to hurt family to do the right thing, whether I like it or not

Spider-Man took a deep breath, he jumped off the Suspender Cable and shot a strand of web, swinging over to The Serpent forming a fist in his left hand. Spider-Man let go of his web line and attempted to punch The Serpent at full speed. The Serpent however caught Spider-Man's punch and tossed him below to the road.

Spider-Man shot a strand of web which wrapped around another Suspender Cable, and he swung through gap of each cable. He surprised The Serpent from behind and swing kicked him mid air sending him back, Spider-Man let go of his web standing on one side of the Tower

The Serpent got up and had a sinister smirk under his scarf. He watched as Spider-Man got into a blocking stance, "Oh someone has studied under The Master!", Serpent scoffed, as he got into a more offensive stance to contrast with Spider-Man's defensive one

In doing so he got his walkie talkie out, Jeez a Walkie Talkie this guy has everything, Spider-Man thought to himself

Serpent spoke, "計画の変更、私は誰かに傍受されました。 (Change of Plans, I've been intercepted by someone)"

"傍受されるとはどういう意味ですか？ (What do you mean intercepted?)", said one of the Yakuza men in the car carrying Jacob who was sitting in the back much to his confusion

"心配しないでください！ とにかくこれを人質にします。(Don't worry about it! Just Make this a hostage situation)"

Jacob had heard that over the walkie talkie. "Oh so this is a hostage situation now!", The three Yakuza men's eyes all widened and out of habit they pointed their guns at Jacob who smirked

"Well Tadashi, they always said you were the over ambitious one", Jacob punched one of the men sitting beside him stunning him and getting a hold of his pistol, he turned to the other guy sitting beside him who shot his gun but ultimately missed as Jacob ducked for a quick second and then kicked the other guy in the stomach disabling him

"この野郎 ！(YOU BASTARD)" Tadashi exclaimed making Jacob smirk. In only matter of seconds a full on firefight between Jacob and The Yakuza members ensued below

"Look's like you're operation's been compromised", Spider-Man said

Serpent shrugged while in stance, "Well you win some you lose some"

Both Spider-Man and Serpent stared down at each other intensely waiting for one or the other to make their move. But seemingly, both Spider-Man and Serpent preferred the attacker coming to them instead of going to the attacker head on so this set up a dilemma between both of them

"Your move", Spider-Man invited Serpent to strike first however Serpent declined Spidey's invitation

"No I insist", Serpent mockingly pleaded with Spider-Man, "Your move"

Spider-Man gritted his teeth under his mask as his lenses squinted, Alright well looks like I have no choice, Spider-Man briefly jumped off only to get himself under the Tower. This however was a tactic Serpent could predict

Spider-Man swung under the tower to try to attack Serpent from behind like he did earlier but this time to somewhat of Spidey's surprise Serpent looked as if he was waiting for him. However in this situation Spider-Man thought fast and tried to knock Serpent off of his feet much to no avail

Serpent grabbed Spider-Man's leg and tossed him again. Spider-Man however rebounded him self landing on his hands and flipping back onto his feet and getting back into a defensive stance

Serpent charged at Spider-Man with impressive speeds even at the age of 35. Serpent leaped in the air and was about to attempt a flying back kick.

Spider-Man shot a strand of web at Serpent's foot however pulling him down making him slam on the side of his arm much to Spider-Man's shock, Okay I took it way to far that time. Though in seconds Serpent got off the ground and got out some ninja stars

"Oh great I finally get to meet the Razor Bats precursor", Spidey said annoyed . Spider-Man jumped out of the way not wanting to get sliced by the Ninja Stars

This did make it a bit difficult for The Serpent. This was the first time where he dealt with someone that also had tremendous speed and agility, it was almost like he was fighting a younger version of himself but he quickly got those thoughts out of his head and decided to bet with lady luck and he threw all the stars in different directions

Spider-Man saw this and hid under the tower grasping onto round part of it, My god if I stayed up there I would've ended up being swiss cheese, Spider-Man climbed back up the tower for what felt like the millionth time for Spider-Man and he saw Serpent waiting for him

"Well I have to admit", Serpent said, "This is the first workout I've had in a while", Serpent took off his trench coat and threw it aside revealing a black turtle neck with cuts all over it

Spider-Man did the same taking off his green jacket though when he threw it mid air he shot a web at it which made it stick to the main cable so he could get it back later

They both lunged towards screaming at each other and threw a punch at each others faces their fists hitting the opposite cheek. They both didn't back off however.

Serpent attempted to do a roundhouse kick at Spider-Man only for Spider-Man to block it with his left forearm. Spider-Man took that small opportunity hit Serpent with a outward knife hand strike to his stomach, a back fist strike to his forehead which stunned Serpent and to end his combination a 360 degree tornado kick which knocked Serpent back

Serpent smirked, "Impressive, most impressive", He mocked Spider-Man, "But you're gonna have to try harder than that"

Spider-Man not wanting to let Serpent move leapt towards him but that was what Serpent had wanted. Serpent dashed towards Spider-Man's landing point. As Spider-Man was landing Serpent high kicked him under his chin knocking Spider-Man to the ground.

He continued his chain of attacks by dashing towards Spider-Man who was still on the ground and putting him into a headlock chocking him with his arm and punching him multiply in the cheek.

Spider-Man who luckily was still able to fight, back fisted Serpent making him let go of Spider-Man. He then dropped himself a bit and side kicked Serpent knocking him back giving Spider-Man a few seconds to catch a breath

Meanwhile below on the road, The Tokyo Police force had already made their way onto the bridge creating road blocks to prevent other veichels and pedestrians from making their way onto the bridge.

Unfortunately Jacob had lost his life only few seconds after the police had arrived due to the overwhelming amount of Yakuza Gang members and his lack of artillery

To make matters worse, the Yakuza and the Police were now in a firefight of their own shooting one another killing each other from both sides

Meanwhile back at the house Thunderstar, Spark and Firestar were all watching the fight through Firestar's laptop via Smoll's live feed and needless to say, they were astonished at what they had just watched, well except for Spark

"Wow I know this might sound bad but this is kinda fun to watch", Thunderstar admitted but she still scolded Firestar, "But still this is highly dangerous and when he comes back were gonna discuss some punishments for the both of you, isn't that right dear!", Spark however didn't really reply and just gave a half hearted nod

Firestar had actually grown really concerned about her Mother during the whole fight. Never in her life had she seen her this quiet, not even when Uncle Lucas died, "Mom is everything okay?", Firestar asked

Spark again just nodded not even making an effort to speak. That really got Firestar concerned so she crossed her arms and decided to speak to Spark sternly, "Mom that nod was so bull something is wrong", Spark looked at her daughter a bit shocked which self signalled Thunderstar to step in

"Firestar! Don't talk to your mother like tha-...", Spark put her hand up which signalled Thunderstar to stop for a minute

Spark huffed and spoke, "Okay this is gonna sound completely stupid and nonsensical to you two but...", She trailed off not knowing what

Firestar looked even more worried but gave Spark a reassuring look

"Hey come on you can tell us", Firestar said reassuringly, "You trust your family.. right?"

Spark gulped and continued, "Okay so well you remember my brother right?", She asked

Both Firestar and Thunderstar looked at each other bewildered. Why would she ask that what coloration does it have with the situation Flash was in right now.

Firestar nodded, "Uh yeah. Why?", she asked

"Well about a decade and a half ago he became a mercenary and he went under the name Gold Serpen..", She trailed off leaving Firestar baffled but Thunderstar however put her head down

"WHAT?! B-bu-but you said that that Uncle Flare died in a car accident?", Firestar stated, "How can he be The Serpent?!"

Spark began to tear up and put sunk her head down as she sat knees up which again signalled Thunderstar to step in, "Look Fi you weren't supposed to know"

"WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO KNOW!? YOU KNEW TOO! HOW COULD YOU HIDE THIS FROM ME!", Firestar exclaimed

Thunderstar put her finger over her lips signalling her to be quiet or she might wake up Snowstorm, "Look Spark still cared about him when he became a criminal so she convinced me to hide his identity and we've kept this under the rug for years"

Firestar looked even more confused, "What do you mean 'became', what's his story?!", Firestar demanded

Thunderstar sighed, "That's a really long story"

Serpent kneed Spider-Man in the stomach followed by roundhouse kick. Serpent turned 90 degrees and attempted to back kick Spider-Man only for Spidey himself to grab his foot and half heartedly tossed Serpent away

Spider-Man and Serpent were both panting, they had been going at each other for what felt like hours to them, both sustaining some minor injuries as rain drops had started pouring from the sky. That was the only noise Spider-Man could hear, rain drops hitting the ground and the bridge tower

Spider-Man though exhausted still had it in him to go at Serpent and finally putting an end to the fight but he was still at a dilemma, spare Serpent and let him get away like he did Micro Chips and The Green Goblin or turn him in to the police like he did with Zek and Electro. The decision was just too much for Spider-Man to comprehend, he couldn't choose one or the other

Come on Flash think!, It was like Flash was being pulled by 2 sides. But before he could continue to think about the situation Serpent got back up so Spidey went back to his blunt tone for a second

"Haven't you had enough bruises in one day, come on man just give up and turn yourself in or something"

Serpent smirked and he still was able to retain his mocking yet sinister tone, "Unlike last time I have to finish what I've started", Serpent got into an offensive posture looking to continue what they had already started but Flash thought otherwise and continued to plead with Serpent

"Come on Flare!.. Stop", Spider-Man had just said Serpent's real name as if it were nothing much to his shock

"What did you say?", Serpent asked his smirk now turned to a frown as he got out of his stance, "That name has no meaning to me!", He informed

Smoll had just picked up what Flash said over the live feed which made Thunderstar, Spark and Firestar direct their attention to the laptop monitor as Firestar turned up the volume

Spider-Man spoke between his breaths softly, "Flare... I know your story...… I know what you fear the most...… losing her.", That sentence was the breaking point of Serpent, he gritted his teeth under his scarf but he managed to keep his composure

"You should've just stayed quiet and talked with your fists", He said lowering his eyebrows in a intimidating tone, Serpent stormed towards Spider-Man with all of his anger fueling him. No one besides Mr. X had knowledge about his family, how did some masked man know about something like this, it infuriated him

Serpent threw a bunch of hand strikes, kicks and attempted to grapple Spider-Man but Spider-Man just either dodged his kicks, blocked his hand strikes or just leap over him entirely

"Running away like a coward wont get you this far", Serpent said

"So something you've been doing for years?", Spider-Man scoffed

Serpent clenched his fists and devised one last attempt to take down Spider-Man, by using the Dim-Mak or the touch of death something he only used a few times in his life and something that though The Master had forbid him to learn he did anyways through ancient marital art scrolls

The attack was centred around the stomach, the attacker is to hit certain pressure points and end the attack with one push of a hand but it was only done as a deadly counter attack

Serpent knew Spider-Man was not willing to fight Serpent anymore so he had to be the one to attack and hopefully get Spider-Man to go for a counter attack

Serpent ran at Spider-Man with everything he had and attempted to do a diamond hand punch on Spider-Man. He however caught Serpent's fist which Serpent was anticipating

Serpent headbutted Spider-Man making Spider-Man let go of his fist and use one hand to clutch his forehead gritting his teeth in pain behind his mask as his lenses squinted

Serpent used the opportunity to attack the stunned Spidey. He punched Spider-Man in the stomach 3 times. "Nighty-Night", Those words were similar to the words Electro said to Spider-Man when he had trapped him under that huge machine and it was enough to bring Spider-Man out of his stunned state

Spider-Man jumped in the air dodging the attack from Serpent. For Serpent however, he had put all of his force into that final one hand push making it a bit hazy also making him actually stumble and fall off the edge of the tower

Spider-Man's lenses widened as he heard the scream of his Uncle. He could not bear to see someone in his family die so he had to act fast

Spider-Man shot two strands of webs the first web line was to catch his Uncle Flare and one was to swing on to also his catch Uncle Flare

The Web line caught Flare and Spider-Man yanked it pulling Flare up into the air giving Spider-Man a few more seconds to catch him. Spider-Man let go of his first web line and used the other to swing towards his Uncle.

This had Thunderstar, Spark and Firestar at the edge of her bed as they watched Spider-Man do his professional work, will he do it, will he miss completely they had so many questions

In the nick of time Spider-Man caught his Uncle Flare by the collar of his Turtle neck but Spider-Man was not done with him. Spider-Man swung off to a secluded area away from the police and the news reporters who were making their way onto the scene which signalled Firestar to have Smoll follow them, oh and he also grabbed his jacket for anyone who was paying attention to detail

*****

Spider-Man and Smoll though still staying hidden from Spider-Man, made their way onto a building where they were well hidden from everyone.

Spider-Man's first course of action was to web up The Serpent so he did wrapping The Serpent with webs keeping him tied up

Spider-Man after being silent for a while finally spoke, "We...…... need to talk!"

…….

Author's Note

Okay that was the last fight between Spider-Man and The Gold Serpent

I decided to read the novelization of The Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie to get a better grasp at how Spider-Man fights are written along with me reading the Marvel Civil War Novelization, I hope I can continue to grasp these scenes better in the future

In this chapter I aslo try to focus on Flash's inner conflict of fighting his uncle, despite the fact Flash had never had any direct contact with him until now