Spider-Bear
By: Anthony James Velez
Episode: Museum Mayhem
There were gang members everywhere in the museum as they were searching for some kind of stone for their boss. According to him, this thing was capable of imbuing its owner with powers. While it seemed rather silly, with the nature of the world they lived in (what with superheroes with legitimate superpowers going around beating up criminals), he was willing to take his chances. Not a single one of the exhibits would go unsearched. Even the parking lot had some of them around, just in case it hadn't arrived yet.
Some other goons checked out an office, thinking they were keeping it there until they figured out where to place it. When two of them entered the office, they were greeted with web to the face and dragging them toward the door, slamming their heads into the doors. A certain superhero knew these creatures were trying to steal from the museum and was going to do something about it. It was a certain friendly neighborhood teddy bear. He was Spider-Bear, and he knew exactly what to do.
Before anymore could get inside, Spider-Bear shot two web lines against one of the walls and stretched it. When the criminal entered into the room, he was met with a face full of bungee kick. Another entered the room, only to get web in the face. Spider-Bear shot a web onto the ceiling, swung from one side of the room to the other, and kicked then landed on his head knocking him out. Spider-Bear clung to the wall of the office, crawling alongside it to take a look at the other office.
Yes, the building was relatively big, but there were also a big amount of criminals with guns walking around. From his count, there were four for each exhibit. Spider-Bear looked toward a vent, pulled it open, and climbed into it. To take them all out, he was going to need to be very careful with his movements. He heard someone who most likely heard him and threw the vent at him as soon as he saw him, knocking him out as well.
Eventually, his crawling led him into the art exhibit, American art from what he could see. A boot stomped right in his face, making him back away a bit. He waited patiently as the raccoon walked away, another raccoon walking right behind him. As soon as they were out of sight, Spider-Bear pushed the vent open as carefully as possible. Not quite enough apparently as the raccoons ran right back to the room only to meet bear feet knocking them out.
He heard more, leaping to the ceiling and using the darkness of the night to his advantage. He needed to use the noises of the boots to his advantage as they walked closer to where the noise came from. The raccoon did have night vision, being a raccoon, but that wouldn't matter as Spider-Bear webbed him in the face. Wasting no time, Spider-Bear leapt from the ceiling to the raccoon, slamming his big head into its face. Spider sense warned Spider-Bear of a bullet he managed to catch in his left paw.
"Crap" he said in his head as shot a glob of web at the gun. Another glob of web shot toward the raccoon just before he could scream from the small explosion, Spider-Bear dashing and delivering a heavy haymaker into his face. Spider-Bear knew that anyone close enough to hear was definitely going to enter the room. Before they could do so, he ran as fast as he could to the vent and slid right into the vent before he could be discovered. "I really need to work on my stealth" Spider-Bear whispered to himself so quietly, he might as well have mouthed it.
More raccoons ran into the room, looking everywhere for the room. One of the raccoons motioned for two of them to enter while they stay and keep a lookout for the man crashing their theft. The raccoons kept a keen ear and eye out for the intruder, one gritting their teeth as he kept wandering through the room. Spider-Bear crawled across the ceiling, avoiding the raccoons to get to the exit. Spider-Bear heard four sets of feet running to their room, so he could guess what they had in mind.
When he crawled down to the floor, he got up and webbed their faces before they could see him. The raccoons grunted, but were also blocked before they could say anything. They did manage to shout a little, though, so Spider-Bear swung, kicked them both in the face before running out of the room. It was a matter of patience until the two ran to the room so Spider-Bear slammed his head into the other raccoons head, knocking them both out. By then, however, spider sense once again warned him of gunners.
Spider-Bear turned toward the raccoons as they opened fire, Spider-Bear running around before shooting web at their feet and pulling them off theirs. Making haste, Spider-Bear jumped toward them and punched them out. "Splinter Cell made this look so easy" he said as he looked in front of him to see another raccoon. Spider-Bear caught his face and lifted him off his feet, twirling him into a suit of armor before throwing him at another raccoon. With the jig up for the time being, Spider-Bear web swung toward the entrance to the room.
Before the other thieves could enter the room, Spider-Bear kicked them down. The other two tried to shoot him, but he jumped over them and landed on one's head. The other tried to shoot him, but he spun in the air in a corkscrew before kicking him in the temple, knocking him out. He could hear the others come up and thought of a way to take them down. He saw the lance the armor was holding and had an idea.
He grabbed it with web and tugged it toward him, sending it fly until it could be grabbed mid-air. The crooks walked right into the baseball swing that was Spider-Bear's sneak attack. Spider-Bear then listened for any more animals coming toward him. When he didn't hear any, he climbed toward the next exhibit. While Spider-Bear fought off the raccoons, one of the raccoons in the other floors was given a call by the others on the first floor.
"What's up?" the raccoon asked, raising an eyebrow. "We have a guest, spread the word" the caller said, quickly cutting it off. The raccoon shook his head and did as he was told. Back to the floor, Spider-Bear ran into the fake castle while the crooks that were in the Great Hall. The raccoon grabbed a flash grenade from his pack and threw it into the castle. Spider-Bear wasted no time in using it to his advantage, throwing the grenade back at them.
Before they could run away, he grabbed them by the shoulders with web and said "Cheese, suckers!" before closing his eyes and turning away, saving his eyes. The other two were not as lucky as they were blinded by their own move before being pulled off their feet, bouncing into each other by the head before hitting the ground. The other two were also web pulled, getting knocked out by falling into the boots of the other knocked out goons. Spider-Bear barely suppressed a laugh with a nasally snicker: imagine explaining "I was knocked out by falling into a guy's foot" to your boss. Spider-Bear web swung back to the castle before landing in front of and running into it.
Spider-Bear climbed up onto the patio of the castle and waiting for them to come to him. Soon enough, that was indeed the case as they rushed into the room. Spider-Bear jumped from the patio, landing on two of them. Spider-Bear shot lines of web at the two men aiming rifles at them and pulled them out of his hands. One of the crooks growled as they got to their feet, grabbing knives from their pockets. The web slinger made the "bring it on" gesture as they ran toward them, aiming to stab him.
Spider-Bear sidestepped a swipe while upper-cutting another away before delivering a mighty hook to his face. The raccoon saw his kin fall to the ground before charging toward him while Spider-Bear aimed a side kick that he dodged before readjusting his strike to axe kick him in the back. The raccoon grunted in pains while Spider-Bear pushed him away with his foot before knocking him off his feet with a roundhouse kick, making a "bam" sound effect as he fell over. Spider sense warned him of the enemies behind him, allowing him to jump over them as they rained bullets at the superhero. Spider-Bear crescent kicked one down, elbowing the other before back flip kicking down.
Spider-Bear took a breath: that was a lot of butt kicking and he wasn't even done yet. He doubted it would take much time before they found out where whatever it was they were looking for was. As a result, he hi tailed it out of there via web swinging it. The raccoons that had come to their room had a face full of web or had their gun blown up. Eventually, Spider-Bear reached an elevator and pressed down. He looked back to the group of criminals, some still trying to pull away webbing.
Spider-Bear narrowed his eyes in determination, staring them all down. "Let's do this" he muttered, jumping up and kicking two down. Another tried to smack him with his gun, but a punch in the gut and rising knee to the face put an end to his "menace". Others that still had their guns began raining fire, Spider-Bear jump and rolling out of their way while returning fire with web globs. Spider-Bear's right eye darted toward the elevator, saying "come on already" in his head in a chant as he continued his web-to-gun war.
Right when it seemed they were about to overwhelm him, the elevator finally reached down. "Took your time, didn't you, you hunk of crap?" he said annoyed, jumping toward the elevator. He pushed one of the buttons on the elevator not paying attention to which he was pressing. He pulled at his eye to make a mocking face while blowing a raspberry at them. Some did make it into the room, but a spinning jump kick dealt with them thanks to the room leaving nowhere else to go.
While they all headed for another room, the sound of a door slamming open caught their attention, leading them to believe it was the cops. Instead, when they ran to where they heard the door, they saw a man in a big rhino looking towering them, his arms crossed as he stared at them with contempt. "What's the hold up, losers?" he said in a baritone voice, scaring the other raccoons. "It's the web slinger, boss! He's here and whooping us all!" one of them explained.
Rhino growled as they led him to the elevator he used. Meanwhile, Spider-Bear webbed the two men in their faces before they could fire. With the two momentarily distracted, he clocked their heads together knocking them out. Apparently, he wound up on the third floor thanks to not paying attention. Well, he might as well keep on trucking along now that he was here.
While the raccoons new for a fact he was here, they were only on alert that he was on the floor. They didn't know for sure where he was. As a result, he could sneak up on them again. He wasted no time using the ceiling and crawling across the ceiling to his advantage. He crawled from his current position in the Greek and Roman art all the way to the Modern and Contemporary art exhibition. Once he reached there, he saw one of the goons smashing a case to reach the gem.
That earned him a smack in the back of the head, the thief yelping in pain. "Idiot, this isn't the 1930s anymore" the guy snarled. "Hey, I got the rock didn't I?" he whined, rubbing his head in pain with a pitiful look at his partner. Spider-Bear shot a web string at the head and pulled him into a case, knocking him out cold. "Yeah you do, now hand it over and you won't end up like that guy" Spider-Bear warned, smirking menacingly on his face which was blocked by his mask.
The other two tried to shot him, but they got the same treatment of the first guy. Spider-Man web swung toward the guy, landing right in front of him. He tried to shoot him, but Spider-Bear pulled the gun out of his hand. The other criminals ran into his room, Spider-Bear grabbing the guy by the neck, directing him toward him. "One wrong move, your buddy here gets it" he threatened, scaring the crook. Of course, he wasn't going to kill him, but grabbing him also stopped them from firing at him in fear of hitting the green rock they were apparently looking for.
"How about you get some, web-head?" a familiar voice said. The criminals turned their heads around and smirked before backing away. They might not have been able to knock this guy down a peg, but their boss could. Spider-Bear bounced from how heavy the footsteps are. Eventually, he saw the big chief in the flesh that actually blended in with the rest of the dark.
"Rhino, aren't a sight for sore- oh geez!" he would've made a rather lame phrase but Rhino had already began charging at him, smashing through the wall. He made sure to announce his displeasure known by saying "Hey, have some patience before you start trying to beat me up!" "How do I smash if I just stand around?" Rhino said, smirking as grabbed a close by glass case and pulled the table out of the ground. "Good point, I guess..." he said, narrowing his eyes at the charging supervillain. When he got close enough, he jumped on his bag, shot web onto his shoulders, and pulled him off his feet after jumping off.
"Ole!" he said; a big cocky smile on his face. Rhino growled as he got back to his feet and charged again, Spiderman jumping over him again. Rhino this time used the table in his hands as a weapon, throwing it at the airborne superhero catapulting him to the top floor. Spiderman groaned as he got up, pushing the table off as Rhino ran up the stairs. Spiderman jumped up, grabbing Rhino's weapon and waited for him to charge him as per usual.
Rhino did in fact do it before jumping and smashing his hand through the floor, Spiderman saying "Literally take it back!" before smashing the table to bits on his head. Rhino attempted to slam his arm into his foe, only to have him jump over it and kicked him in the face while jumping away from him with that same kick. Rhino raised his arms into the air and smashed his arms into the ground, smashing more of floor apart but no spider paste. Before Rhino could attack anymore, Spider-Bear attacked with a barrage for quick punches. Rhino pushed him away before grabbing him by the right leg after tricking him with a feint punch.
"Sucker" was all he said before throwing him to the lower floor. Spider-Bear rolled out of the way when Rhino tried to land on top of him, the heavyweight creature smashing through the floor. Spider-Bear webbed him up with as much string as he could before latching them to the ground. Rhino struggled against the strings while Spider-Bear down toward him. Spider-Bear wasted no time in pummeling him with multiple fists to his face, Rhino getting angrier with every fist landing into him.
Eventually, Rhino pulled the webs off of him, sending them falling to the ground. Spider-Bear jumped off of Rhino, webbing his hands together as he shot a string to the ceiling. Rhino slammed into the ground, the floor cracking with the pressure pressed upon all at once. Spider-Bear meanwhile lazily lowered himself to the ground by the string. "I'd say 'next stop down floor' but you didn't really give me the time.
"You're a real riot, arachnid" he said sarcastically, pulling himself free from the web. "Hey, someone actually got my logo's species right, congrats!" he said, clapping in applause. Rhino put his hand into the ground, pulling a huge bit of the ground out of it before throwing it at him. Spider-Bear shot a string a web out of it before throwing it back at him, Rhino tackling through it. Spider-Bear covered himself from the stones while trying to jump away from Rhino, only for the muscle man to grab him and slam him into the ground.
Spiderman took a look at his surroundings, seeing his was on the ground floor version of the Modern art exhibition. Nothing here was going to help him take down a guy like Rhino. Rhino, meanwhile, raised him by the arms and swung him to gore him something fierce. Spider-Bear pushed him back with his feet, trying to save himself from utter doom. Spider-Bear, not having much else to do to get out of this dire situation, kicked Rhino in the eye.
Rhino grunted in pain, his grip loosening enough to pull his arms out of his hands. "Hey Rhino, I don't think this a good place for our date…" he began web swinging away while saying "why don't we go somewhere else, huh?" "Alright, Barry, you just gave yourself some time, make it count" he said, looking around for something here to use as a weapons for someone as big as Rhino. Rhino, meanwhile, wasted no time grabbing handfuls of the ground and throwing them at him. Out of the room, he saw the castle again and swung high into the air so he could face palm without getting himself in trouble.
"Duh, the castle from earlier… okay, now for the plan" he muttered to himself. "Come back here and fight me like a man, web-head!" Rhino shouted, stopping to grab a pillar and pulling at it with all his might. "You got it, big and ugly!" Spider-Bear said, falling to the ground. Rhino had already pulled a huge chunk of the pillar and continued his charge. Spider-Bear waited for the big man to make his move. With a war cry, Rhino swung the massive hunk of pillar at Spider-Bear, the arachnid themed superhero bear rapid-firing globs of web into his stronger foe's face.
Rhino's muffled grunts of anger were clear through the web, continuing to swing the pillar at him. Spider-Bear rolled under a strike, jumping on it after another, and jumping off and web swinging away from his enemy. Rhino felt him jump away and tried to throw the pillar after a few twirls, but his obscured vision led him throw it way too far too the left. He didn't even hit the castle, the hunk of pillar crashing just short of the castle. Spider-Bear, meanwhile, had already entered the castle.
Spider-Bear had run through ideas and stopped on one. Rhino was pretty tough as well as strong, so he was unsure if it would really work. However, it was the only course of action he could think of. After settling on the plan, he took a look at his web containers, pulling the sleeves of his suit to look at the gauges. It would have just enough for the plan, but if it didn't work he had no more at his disposal; this had to work.
Rhino, outside of the castle, ribbed the last bit of web off of his face. Rhino growled in irritation, looking for the wall crawler. Rhino was about to shout for Spider-Bear to come to him, but Spider-Bear did in fact come to him. "No need to yell, you big lug, I'm right here!" he said. Rhino charged toward his enemy as fast as his bulky body allowed.
Spider-Bear ran back into the grounds, having to actually preserve web after pretty much relying on it the entire night. When they reached inside, Spider-Bear back flipped over Rhino narrowly dodging the horn. When Rhino aimed to slam his arm into his body, Spider-Bear punched him right in the eye. "Yeah I know it's dirty, but with a guy like you, you can't really fight fair and live" he said mockingly, punching the other eye when Rhino went for another swing. Having blocked both eyes, he shot his webs into his hand sticking them into his hands.
Spider-Bear webbed every bit of the walls, the pillars of the castle especially, and connected the strings onto Rhino. Once Rhino could see again, he saw Spider-Bear running again. "This has been fun, but I've got to go!" he said running as far away as possible. Rhino roared an angry roar as he ripped the webs. However, those webs led to unexpected results as the castle falling apart from above him.
"Crap" was what Spider-Bear was saying, freaking out as the castle was falling apart! Rhino tried to escape as well, but wasn't fast enough as the castle fell on top of him. Spider-Bear rolled away, looking back toward the castle… or what remained of it, anyway. Rhino was most likely out cold with that much debris falling on top of him. To make sure his plan didn't work too well (A.K.A kill him) he went back and tossed debris off of him. When he saw Rhino, he saw that he indeed was knocked out but still alive.
Spider-Bear let out a relieved sigh, then looked around. Nothing… and that was kind of a problem. Spider-Bear let out a groan: that was the idea all along. With Rhino distracting him with the fight, the others could get away with that rock. Spider-Bear walked away, leaving the knocked out super criminal for the police.
Well, at the very least, the crook was dealt with. Now he just needed to find a lead to the rest of the criminals. How he would get it, he didn't really know. But that could be left for later (or rather, had to without any more webs to give chase). For now, he was going home and getting some rest.
