After finishing 90% of the Spider-Bot corrections, Missy and he went upstairs to relax, since they could leave the last part to Cortana.
For a good while, the girls and he enjoyed some peace and quiet, watched movies, and exchanged a few kisses.
They played some board games.
All of this had helped him to rest a little from being in the Spider-Cave for so long. He had also reviewed and signed the papers that Susan had left him once she came to the house to help with the Spider-Bot.
Once he had rested enough, he headed back to the Spider-Cave since today would be a day full of activities.
Leaving the elevator, he went to the planning room, and by pressing a couple of keys on the keyboard, the projection table turned on and a hologram of New York appeared.
"Cortana?" Once he said the name, Cortana materialized next to him with a smile.
"What is up, Chief?"
"Tell me, how is the Testing Room?"
"It is almost finished. We just need to assemble a few things and that is it."
"Perfect... Anything else I should know?"
"Yes... The Mechanics Room is finished and ready to be tested."
"Perfect... Move the failed project to the room along with all the materials, making sure the Microbots are not seen. Also, delete all the data so nothing remains of that place," he said, making Cortana close her eyes for a few seconds and then open them.
"Done."
"Perfect... Come with me.... We have things to do." He headed to the Suits Room.
Once inside, he moved to the other holographic table, which this time showed a hologram of his suit along with its features. "Okay. Today we will make a new suit, but different from the others."
"Oh? What differences will this suit have compared to the others?" she asked curiously as she began to sketch a design on the holographic table.
"Some, but not that many, since this suit will only be for one thing: collection and extraction. We will also create some new gadgets, since the place we are going to has a different security system, which we know."
"Oh, how interesting! Would you like me to help you so we can finish faster?"
"I would not want to do this alone. Now open a folder called Mighty Spider-Suits MK1, Code Name: Spider-Stealth."
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From above a house, a silhouette could be seen, a silhouette that could be recognized by many. But because it was so late, everyone was asleep, so there would be no one who could see it.
"You still have not explained why you created this suit if you already have an ability with the same characteristics," Cortana said, having seen how her boss had created the suit and not understanding why, since he already had an ability with the same capabilities.
"You see, my invisibility ability is not entirely invisible," Spider-Stealth said while watching Cortana's confused face on the HUD.
"My invisibility makes me invisible to the eyes, but not to machines or animals. For example, if someone uses a device with a thermal scope, they will be able to see me. The same happens with hounds. I become invisible to their eyes but not to their sense of smell."
Cortana, upon hearing the explanation, opened her eyes upon noticing that detail.
"That is why I created this suit. It makes me invisible both to devices and to animals. But with people like Logan or Matt this suit is not very useful since Matt would find me just by listening to my heartbeat or by his sense of smell, which is better than a dog's. The same happens with Logan."
Cortana nodded as she processed everything explained. Now she knew the reason for that suit, but she also knew that the suit was not perfect.
If someone had the same abilities as those two, it would not be very useful. This left a lot of room for improvement for a future MK 2.0 suit, one where he would be invisible in every sense of the word.
"Okay. How is the invisibility going?" he said as he began to disappear.
"Invisible to all detection methods, Chief."
"What is the progress in downloading the miniaturized technology data files?"
"Almost everything. I even have what he had for breakfast five years ago while looking at the newspaper... It is done, Peter. All security systems are compromised, and all data related to the Pym Particles is currently being downloaded. I am in their systems, and I have to add that this man's computer systems are a joke."
"Cortana, this is not the time to insult someone for their terrible security."
He nodded, preparing himself for what he was about to do.
He jumped off the roof to land silently on Hank's roof. His landing was as expected: silent and without alerting anyone.
He climbed down from the roof to look for the window where Scott had entered in the movie. Using one of his new devices, he opened the window and gained entry to Hank Pym's house.
When he entered, he saw framed paintings hanging on the varnished wooden walls, small vases, and a few antiques displayed on various black wooden shelves.
Countless ants with monitoring devices strapped to their backs scurried among the furniture.
The electromagnetic signal being transmitted was not strong enough to detect him, and even if it did, Hank's EMP communicator, the device he uses to monitor the ants, would only detect that he was just another ant.
Cortana was in his systems making sure all video feeds were just looped recordings and that all security systems were compromised.
He wanted to leave this place without anything or anyone knowing he had been there. Hank's system was as antiquated as Queen Elizabeth herself, at least that was what it seemed to him. Either that, or his security systems were incredibly advanced.
Going down the basement stairs, he used the tools he had on his utility belt and opened the door.
The second one was not a problem since Cortana had deactivated it.
Going down to the bottom, he approached the door and entered the code that had been shown in the movie.
Opening the door, he turned on the switch and the workshop lit up.
"Boss, the data download is complete," Cortana said.
"Good work, beautiful," he said, not worried about being overheard since the mask was in soundproof mode.
Looking around the lab, he approached the CRT monitors and connected a Goober to the computer, extracting all the information.
He was not entirely sure if what was on this monitor was what Cortana had, so he decided to be safe and also download everything to the Goober.
"Okay. While this downloads, we need a few other things," he said as he approached a suit that looked like a biker's.
"Okay, Cortana, scan the suit." A light came out of the palm of his hand and scanned the suit. The HUD showed a miniaturized version of the suit along with everything inside.
"Perfect. Now we need a few more things and we will go." He walked over to some empty jars on Hank's workbench and poured a red liquid into three and a blue liquid into three others.
Finally, he approached some blueprints and scanned them all as well.
Having found everything he wanted, he also looked for other things. He felt that the old man had something else in this place, something hidden in these old computers that could not connect to the internet.
"Peter, you found a new database. The download will begin," Cortana said as he connected her to the monitor.
He knew the paranoid old man had something up his sleeve, so he used a scanner to check if there was anything else hidden in the room or on the computers, but unfortunately he had not found anything particularly interesting.
"I have everything, Peter. We can go now."
Retrieving the Goober from the monitors, he left, turning everything off and locking up the workshop. He had not planned on looking for the Wasp suit because it did not have many uses for the girls.
As he left, he locked everything to make it look like no one had entered the property.
Going up the stairs, he approached the window and climbed to the roof and started jumping from roof to roof until he was at a safe distance to use his launchers.
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