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Spiderman X-treme
Chapter one: 'The Tragic Beginning'
This story is about a young teenage boy named Peter Parker, an orphan. His mother, Mary Parker, had a part time job at the local store and his father, Richard Parker, was a successful businessman, and although he was loving and kind to his friends and family, he had quite a temper. He and his business partner, Curtis Connors, ran the largest scientific research facility in New York City, Stark Enterprises. The company's founder, Tony Stark, was missing and Parker and Connors were the best for the job, being the highest ranked workers in the facility and close friends of Stark.
At a family reunion, Parker gave his brother, Ben Parker, a job at the facility. He started at a low rank but eventually, mostly thanks to the way Richard talked about him to his co-workers, he got promoted and earned enough money to give his girlfriend, May the wedding she deserved, then several months later, Richard and Mary got married too. Then began the tragedy of Richard Parker's life. He and Connors were trying to create grappling devices, which allowed you attach the line of rope that shot out to a building, and then start swinging from building to building. Unfortunately, the device proved dangerous and uncontrollable, as well as a strain on one's arm, and Richard himself broke his leg while trying them out.
Because of that failure, Stark Enterprises was almost out of business, which added more stress to Richard's life since he was now supporting himself, his wife, and their new born son, Peter. Richard was working so hard he didn't even have time to see his son's birth, and Stark Enterprises became the second best research facility in town. Thanks to the newcomers. A stern ruthless man named Norman Osborn, a man who had to raise his new born son Harry alone, and his colleague, Walter Hardy, who had a loving daughter and wife, with their company. Oscorp. Their inventions were amazing, even compared with Tony Stark's own incredible inventions; they mostly specialized in weaponry, which helped to end wars. As well as start them.
Richard worked constantly on an invention that would get Stark Enterprises back on top, he found a prototype suit of armour made by Stark, and used the laser technology it contained to create an indestructible tank, with laser guns facing every direction. But Richard tried to test the tank's limit; he placed a bomb on the tanks surface, and retreated to what he thought would be a safe distance, Mary, now carrying Richard's second child, had been wondering where her husband was, so she took Peter and went to Richard's lab, thinking he was working late. She put Peter in a small nursery outside the lab and went inside. Peter saw a spider running along the wall and crawled along the floor after it. Richard detonated the bomb just as Mary walked in, the tank exploded and half the building was destroyed in the laser blast. The wall with the spider on it collapsed, and Peter fell down, landing through the roof of a young couple's convertible. His parents were much less lucky. Richard's mangled corpse was found later by the police, but Mary was gone, along with her unborn baby. She was thought to have been completely destroyed in the powerful blast.
The couple took Peter to the police, and they found that his only living relatives were on vacation. After Walter Hardy heard about the incident, he felt that if Oscorp was never founded then Richard wouldn't have killed himself, he shared this with Norman Osborn, but Norman ignored him, so Walter resigned from Oscorp. He got another job, which paid well, and left Peter with his wife, Lydia, and his daughter, Felicia. Peter and Felicia became good friends, even after Ben and May came back to New York, their friendship remained strong. Stark Enterprises was buried, Curtis Connors went into teaching, and Ben got stuck with a low paying job at Oscorp. Now this story moves into the future. To Peter Parker's teenage years. And the accident that will change his life.
Peter ran as the school bus rounded the corner, his broken glasses almost falling off his nose. On the bus, a huge boy in a football shirt with short blonde hair was laughing so hard he was spraying spit all over the girl in front of him "Looks like Puny Parker missed the bus again" he managed to shout out as he high-fived one of his friends. Felicia twirled her head and looked at Harry rolling her blue eyes and flicking her enormously long blonde hair "I can't believe how Flash still finds it funny"
"Hey simple things entertain simple minds" Harry chortled
"OK Harry, you know what to do" Felicia sighed as she sank back into her seat
"Oh no, last time I did that I got in deep trouble with my dad, not to mention what Flash did!" he shuddered
"Come on Harry, you know Peter can't have his uncle drive him to school"
"And why not?" Harry replied confidently
"Because he doesn't have a car doofus, now push that button!"
"OK, but this is the last time!" Harry said as he punched the emergency stop button, the bus driver stomped on the brake and the huge kid, Flash Thompson, who for some reason was trying to balance a banana on his fat blonde head, was sent flying down the aisle, with his head facing the back of the bus, where Harry still had his hand on the button "Osborn!" he growled as he stood up and grabbed Harry by the scruff of the neck "Why I oughta…"
"Stop right there young man!" the plump bus driver lifted himself out of his seat, with a jam donut in his hand "There shall be no fighting on the school bus" Flash threw Harry back into his seat and turned sharply, knocking into the driver, and splattering the jam donut over his shirt "Oops!" Flash said as the driver yelled at Flash for ruining his new shirt, Peter sneaked onto the bus
"Thanks Harry" Peter gasped as he fell into a seat took a sandwich out of his bag
"Yeah, whatever, but now you owe me 4 birthday presents, 2 Christmas cards and a pizza... but that sandwich might cover it" he said as he took Peter's sandwich out of his hand and shoved it in his mouth. "But I'll still want the pizza" he gargled
"Harry don't talk with your mouth full" Peter laughed
By the time the driver had finally finished yelling at Flash they got to school late, so they missed half of their first lesson, they ran off the bus and Peter headed off to chemistry while Felicia went to Biology and Harry went to Gym. Peter peeked through the door of his class and saw that the class were doing an experiment, so with all the noise he could easily get in. His teacher was Dr Curtis Connors, the same man who once worked with his father; he was standing at the front of the class giving instructions to everyone and since the class was huge no-one noticed Peter coming in. He crept up to his desk and sat down next to his science partner Ben Reilly "So why you late today Pete?" Ben said as he poured a green liquid into a beaker, Peter looked up and thought he was looking into a mirror, he had never gotten over the fact that he and Ben looked so much alike, the main difference being Peter having brown hair and brown eyes and Ben having blonde hair and blue eyes, but they still looked unnervingly alike. Peter told him about the incident on the bus and Ben laughed loudly, but still not loud enough for anyone to notice over the roar of the class. Ben told Peter about the experiment, Peter easily caught on and was ahead of most of the class despite being half an hour late.
At Lunch Peter sat down on a table in the corner, next to Harry and Felecia, they talked for a while until Ben came over with another kid "He's a new kid in my class" Ben said in response to them looking at his friend "His name's Max Dillon" Max smiles a little and looks away from the others "He's a little shy" Ben whispered to the others as Max hid behind his homework and began to finish it. Max's eyes were red and sore, he had messy shoulder length blonde hair and a few cuts and bruises on his face, and probably a few on the rest of his body. Ben shoved his face into his food, it seemed like he swallowed food whole instead of even chewing it
"Hungry huh?" Felicia glances at him. Ben stops shovelling and swallows a large amount of chips
"I gotta hurry; I'm helping Doc Connors with an experiment" he shoves a sandwich into his mouth "Pet, ant woo gong doo?"
"What the hell?" Felicia replies as Ben takes another large swallow
"I said, 'Pete aren't you going too?'" Peter choked on his drink
"Oh damn, I nearly forgot, thanks Ben" He chucked the rest of his lunch in his bag "Guess I'll have to finish this later" Peter and Ben ran towards the science lab, leaving Felicia and Harry alone with Max "So… Max" Harry says slowly "So you like... stuff?" Max looks up briefly then returns to hiding behind his books
Dr Connors was staring into a tank filled with two large chameleons, there were several more tanks around the lab containing various different lizards, even one containing a small alligator, Peter and Ben walked into the room, and Dr Connors looked up grinning
"Hurry up boys! I think I've made a major break through here" the pair walked over to the chameleon tank as Dr Connors picked up an injection needle
"I've managed to seriously alter the chameleon's DNA, you know how they sometimes change colour to blend in with their backgrounds, well…" he picked one of the lizards up and stuck the needle into it, then returned it to the tank "… just watch this" he picked up a piece of orange card and placed it behind the two chameleons, the normal one stayed green, but the other instantly became the same colour as the card, making it almost invisible apart from it's shadow, the Dr then walked to another tank and picked up the alligator then carried it next to the chameleon tank
"But this is where it really gets amazing" he put the alligator on the counter where to chameleon could see it, and after a pause of two seconds, the chameleon's skin turned from orange to green, it appeared to have teeth pointing out of it's mouth, and it's tail seemed to shrink, Peter and Ben just stared in awe as the chameleon eventually stopped, and looked exactly like a smaller version of the alligator
"Well boys, what do you think of that?" Dr Connors asked
"Wow" Peter said quietly, Dr Connors grinned
"I thought you might say that"
Later that day, Harry walked into his house, or his palace as Peter often called it. He heard a voice coming from his father's office, and although Harry knew that his dad hated him listening in on his meetings, he couldn't resist, he crept up the stairs and hid behind the banisters, looking into the office, his usual hiding place. It was strange that in a house with a wide screen TV, an indoor swimming pool and a bowling alley, Harry still had nothing better to do than eavesdrop on his father's business meetings, he heard his father shouting at a man who was just out of view
"… I told you I wanted the shipment last week, what's taking you so long? With all your connections it should be easy!" Norman Osborn, owner of Oscorp and Harry's dad, was a short red haired man, his face was clean shaven and he was, as usual, wearing his favourite green jacket over a white shirt, which was tucked in his freshly ironed trousers, his appearance was always perfect, even if he was ill in bed he would still probably wear a suit. The other man in the office made his reply
"I'm afraid, Mr Osborn, that the material you require is not only very valuable, but very hard to get hold of" his voice was deep and booming, but still calm, as opposed to Norman's bitter and angry voice, the man continued "I'm afraid that it could take another week, but if you give me a little extra payment, I could send my very best employees to get it in two days at the most "
"Oh no Wilson, you're not pulling that trick again! I've seen your best employees, Shultz and Sytsevich, and both of them act like they're mentally insane! They get the job done quickly, but they cause too much damage, and I don't want their robberies to be linked to me in anyway!" Harry's eyes widened, was his father hiring criminals?
"Alright then, how about a new associate of mine? He was one of your workers of the glider's mechanics and the hand held explosives; he has used his knowledge to create weapons to stop anyone who gets in his way, including 'Pumpkin Bombs' and the 'Goblin Glider'…"
"Goblin?" Norman butted in rudely
"Yes. It goes with his codename and costume, a mask with yellow skin an bright red eyes, and an orange hooded cape, gloves and boots, along with strong blue armour underneath it all"
"And his name?" Norman demands
"He calls himself the Hobgoblin. He hasn't told me his true name and frankly I don't care, but he gets the job done better than Shultz and Sytsevich combined"
"Alright then" Norman relaxes in his chair "As long as he doesn't smash through the wall and start firing at everyone, last time Shultz did that in one of my laboratories!"
"Don't worry, the red eyes are made from the same jewel as in my staff, and they are useful for hypnotism, he can wipe the minds of anyone who sees him"
"Very well then Wilson" Harry saw his father take out a briefcase from inside his desk and gave it to the man, who began to walk out, Harry ran down the stairs quietly, and then ran outside as quickly as possible, finally jumping behind a bush, he heard footsteps coming from the path leading to the house and stuck his head through it, he then caught his first glimpse of the man.
He was huge; he had meaty hands the size of tennis rackets, and was about twice Harry's size, his feet were like two drums, thumping along the ground, he had a shiny bald head and a spotless white jacket, with a blue neck scarf poking out of the top, his head was small in comparison with his chest, which was as big as a pregnant woman's stomach, in his right hand he held a ruby encrusted staff, that looked like a pencil in his giant paw. Harry grabbed his cell phone out of his pocket and took a picture of the man, he was sure that Felicia would know who he was. The giant man continued to thunder down the path, eventually walking into a helicopter parked next to the house, Harry took another picture and the helicopter flew away, it was obviously designed specially for the man as a normal helicopter would have snapped in half under the man's weight. Harry got out his phone again and put the two pictures into text messages, accompanied by the name 'Wilson' and a message asking who he was, he sent it to Peter, Felicia and Ben, then looked to see if the coast was clear, and sneaked back into the house
The helicopter landed in a building that could only be described as a fortress, as Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin stomped out of it and bellowed
"Hobgoblin!" his voice had lost its calm and soothing tone, and was now rough and deeper; a lanky man in a yellow, orange and blue costume flew in on a small glider
"What d'ya need boss?" a high pitched voice squeaked from behind the revolting mask
"Osborn has decided to give us more payment, I need you to get the goods and take them to this location" he handed Hobgoblin a map, Hobgoblin nodded as a grin spread across his face, he threw what looked like a pumpkin shaped fireball at the skylight, it exploded and he soared out of it, cackling evilly. The Kingpin of crime watched the flying lunatic leave, then sat down at his large desk and began to laugh to himself
"That fool Osborn obviously has no idea what he is buying, if he did he would never had paid me so much money for it" he began to toy with a Rubik's cube, struggling with his giant fingers "Oh well, soon he will have what he wants, and hopefully, someday soon" he snapped the Rubik's cube in two "he will be out of my way at last"
Next Chapter: "With Great Power"