The Oscorp building. Midnight. Almost everyone had gone home by now, excluding the night guards on patrol. Everything was quiet…except for the occasional sound coming from the air vents. A shuffling scratching sound, like rats were scurrying through the vents. It stopped just over the room holding Oscorp's archives before the vent opening fell to the floor with a clatter, allowing an upside-down head to poke out. The head looked around before grinning, revealing sharp pointed teeth. The head ducked back inside the vent before the person it belonged to dropped lightly to the floor. They crept silently along the floor, going to the archived blueprints before a clawed hand plucked a rolled-up blueprint from the shelf.
"Hey!"
A flashlight beam broke through the darkness and the figure froze, head snapping around to see one of the night guards.
"Step away from there!" The night guard ordered. The figure splayed its claws, and an avid growl escaped its lips.
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Peter Parker walked into The Daily Bugle, ringing out his shirt. He'd just been pegged by Flash with a bunch of water balloons. Again. The staff of the Bugle were all huddled around a box-like television, watching with expressions of shock and horror.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Peter asked, joining them.
"A motive for the break-in is still unknown." The reporter on the TV said, "It would even seem that nothing had occurred if not for the brutal murder of one of Oscorp's security guards." The image changed to a picture of Oscorp's archives, and several of the staff gave shrieks of horror and disgust, some even turning away. What had once been a night guard was barely recognizable, limbs torn off and scattered with blood splattered on almost every surface.
Oh that's gross. Peter thought, holding a hand over his mouth and feeling like he was about to be sick. Fortunately, the screen changed back to the reporter.
"CEO of Oscorp, Norman Osborne, was not available for comment but security at Oscorp has been increased to prevent any further murders."
As the report ended everyone went back to work, but the image of the murdered guard still hung in Peter's mind.
Maybe it's time for Spidey to investigate. He thought.