Hi, My name is Jay Lance aka Dc's Spider-Man. Now, you're probably wondering "is this revamped story going to have an origin?" And the answer is no. This story won't have my origins but, it will have the origins of how S.W.A.R.M became my enemy and future stories will have my other enemies origins and how I encounter them. They will have hints and mentions of my origins. The League may appear, Batman may appear (no matter how much it'll piss me off). Most of the Bat Family may appear. You get the rest.
So, now, let me set the scene for you. Picture me, swinging through the city of Riverside, doing my afternoon patrol. I'm just swinging around, in my white and black suit. I'm just having a good time, nothing had happened in 4 hours and my patrol shift is almost over. I was even doing flips and stuff while swinging. I had just got some Big Belly Burger, which I didn't know was in Riverside. And then, an explosion goes off.
"The hell was that?" Spider-Man asked as he swung throughout the city for his afternoon patrol. He had his burger in hand, inches from his mouth. He wrapped it up with an angry sigh. "This better be good."
Spider-Man swung throughout the city until he saw a group of men black and yellow, armored suits, loading money and gold into a hovercraft. They had helmets that resembled bees. Spider-Man watched as two men went into the truck and drove off as the others stayed behind. They kept their guards up looking all around. Surprisingly, they weren't attacking the civilians running away. They ignored them. They're looking-waiting for something... someone. They're waiting for Spider-Man.
"Well, let's give them what they want." Spider-Man knew this could be a trap. He hadn't been in this city long enough to have a evil organization know about him, and the cops are way too far away for them to be waiting for. This was going against every thing Batman taught him about being prepared. This was his city, and his rules.
Spider-Man web-pulled himself from the building he was on to the next and flip off of that building to land on the ground in front of the group of men. They started firing before he could even get a quip in and that was just rude. Spider-Man webbed one of the guards guns and pulled it away from him, disarming him. He then threw the gun back at the man and he staggered as he flew back. Spider-Man then webbed up the other men's guns, making them unusable.
The men looked at Spider-Man and he could only shrug, smiling underneath his mask. They dropped their guns and ran at Spider-Man, trying to use their bare fists. Spider-Man just laughed as they all charged him at once. He aimed at the one outlier and used an Impact Web to launch him back into a pole, webbing him to it. Spider-Man then side-stepped another goon and used his elbow to knock him to the ground. Spider-Man then blocked an incoming punch and pushed the goon back to lead into a spin kick to the chest. As another goon went for a punch, Spider-Man dodged it and jumped up, colliding his knee with the goon's face. He then did a back flip, his foot uppercutting the man in the face. The men slowly got back up and ran at the hero once again. Spider-Man smiled as he then jumped above them and threw a Web Bomb down into the middle. The Web Bomb blew up, webbing all of them together.
Spider-Man landed back onto the ground. He made sure that they men weren't going anywhere before moving over to the outlier. He jumped up onto the pole and lowered himself down until he was face to face, upside down. The man tried his hardest to escape the webbing but ended up stopping to catch his breath
"So, you gonna tell me who you are and who you work for?" Spider-Man asked, using Dick Grayson's first form of interrogation; asking nicely
"N-No. I-I'm not telling." The man stutters, trying to be intimidating.
"Alright then," Spider-Man sighs as Swift's repulser covered his hand and lit up. "How about now?"
"S.W.A.R.M! We're S.W.A.R.M!" The man shrieks, clearly not wanting to get vaporized or whatever.
"And your leader?"
"I don't know! Never met her!" Spider-Man sighed as he hopped off the pole. The goons never know anything when you need them to.
"Okay, now be good and get arrested." Spider-Man said as the cops showed up and pointed their guns at Spider-Man.
"Freeze! On the ground!" The captain yells and Spider-Man sighs, putting his hands up.
"Hey, I'm not the one you should be worried about. There's a armored truck, that's probably half way across the city by now. So, go and stop that." Spider-Man said. Aka arrest these guys and eat my dust while I take out the truck.
"Fine. I'm not letting you go, next time." The female captain said as her men walked over to the webbed S.W.A.R.M goons. "A "hero" from Gotham is just a untrustworthy vigilante."
"I'll make you change that Captain Alexis Snow." Spider-Man said before swinging away.
"How do you..."
Spider-Man swung through out the city, not being able to find the truck that left. He was joking when he said that it might've gotten half way across the city. He just had to jinx it. He sighed as he stopped on another building. He didn't want to bother her but, he needed her.
"Hey, Oracle? I need a little help."
"Jay! You're finally asking for help." Oracle said happy to hear from the webbhead. "Yeah! What do you need?"
"I need help locating a black, armored truck." Spider-Man said and he heard Oracle type something. "It was near the bank closest to the river."
"Okay, I think I found it." Oracle said sending the data to Spider-Man's mask. "Um, are the drivers supposed to be in weird bee suits?"
"Oh yeah, I was gonna ask if you could run the database for the name S.W.A.R.M. I got the name out of a goon and didn't recognized it." Spider-Man said as he sat on the building.
"It sounds familiar, I'll look when I get the chance." Oracle said as she typed once again. "You know, you've missed a lot."
"Like?"
"Jason's has friends." Oracle said and Spider-Man's eyes widened.
"Ha! That's a good one. You're serious?" He said and Oracle laughed.
"Yes, he does, and Bruce's finally getting together with Selina. Steph has feelings for Cass and can't confess to them. It's cute when she goes on and on about her. It's the first time she's come to me about a crush."
"Yeah, bout time." Spider-Man said as he yawned. "Bruce deserves someone. He can't be Batman forever, no matter how much he says he can. Is Steph doing that thing when she refuses to accept it and denise it?"
"Found the truck!" Oracle said slightly startling Spider-Man, making him sit up. "It's about to hit the Shady Oak and Remnant Path intersection."
"Thanks. Always fun talking to you, Babs." Spider-Man said stretching.
"Yeah, I miss talking to you and yes, Steph is doing that thing.."
"Well, gotta go. Spider-Man out!" Spider-Man turned off his comm and flipped off the building to hunt down the truck.
Spider-Man swung through out the city, once again. Luckily, no one needed his help so he was able to focus on getting to the truck before they could leave the city. He quickly spotted the truck and pulled himself towards it. He hopped on the truck and it immediately swerved. Spider-Man shook his head as he crawled up to the drivers seat. The two men fired their pistols at Spider-Man as he poked his head near the window.
"Alright then, assholes." Spider-Man then threw a web-bomb into the window and quickly crawled to the top.
The bomb went off, and the car started to swerve once again. The truck then lost its balance and tipped over. Spider-Man jumped off the roof of the truck and in front of it to catch it. The force of the car was difficult to hold but Spider-Man did his best to not drop it. He slowly placed the truck on the ground, gaining cheers from the people. He waved to them and swung away as he heard the cops.
Setting: Jay's Penthouse
Spider-Man crawled into his penthouse window with a yawn, he was still angry at himself for allowing Bruce to give him this penthouse. He sighed as he looked out into the night sky, he didn't mean to be out long, he just wanted to see if he could find anymore S.W.A.R.M members. He took his mask off and walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge to grab a soda. After grabbing the soda, he walked into his living room and laid down on his couch. He place the soda down on the nearest table and stretched. He couldn't believe that a crime organization rose underneath his nose. Sure, he hadn't been here long, but, it still happened.
"S.W.A.R.M. Kind of name is that?" Jay asked as he stared at his roof. "Those guys were dressed like armored bees, and the driver looked more like a wasp. It just had to be Anthophila."
Jay then heard a beeping, echoing in the penthouse. He quickly got up and walked to the lift he had installed. The lift opened and he walked in, typing in a code. The lift then went down into his own version of the Batcave, that he renamed to the Nest. He walked up to the large computer to see a message with a file.
"Thank you, Barbara." Jay said. Barbara had sent him all the information Batman and the Justice League had on S.W.A.R.M, which wasn't much.
The file had pictures, news articles, videos, and a known allies and members list on S.W.A.R.M. The pictures had been just photos of the armored bee men. The videos were of the bees sneaking into places and coming out with equipment, from S.T.A.R. LABS or jewelry from stores. The news articles were just about the robberies. The members and allies list was the best information he was given.
"Woah, they're partners with the Light and the League of Assassins." Jay said as he sat in the chair. "How did they stay hidden for so long?"
"Not sure really." Oracle's voice said as her logo appeared on another monitor. "We should've known about them."
"And their leader, Queen Wasp? Who is she?" Jay asked as he pulled up black silhouette pictures of Queen Wasp.
"Not sure. The only thing we know is that she's related to Queen Bee." Oracle responded. "But looking at Bee's file, there's nothing about siblings or a family."
"Makes sense, Bee probably made sure she didn't have ties to her family. Why did I have to get bee enemies." Jay complained.
"I know, you hate bees, more than you hate Jason." Oracle said with a smile.
"I don't hate Jason, much. I hate bees." Jay said sighing. "Why doesn't this shit happen to me."
"You'll take them down. I got to go, I'll talk to you later." Oracle said before leaving.
"Swift, you done charging?" Jay called out and a figure quickly flew around the cave.
"Yes, I am!" Swift said excitedly.
"Good, because we're going bee hunting."
"Bee hunting? Why would we hunt bees?" Swift asked puzzled at why Jay would want to hurt small animals.
"Just get ready."
Well, that's how I met S.W.A.R.M, but this isn't over. Not until I take down Queen Wasp, who could be anywhere. This should be fun. A Spider vs a Swarm of bees. Wait! I understand the name now! That's actually kind of clever.
Still can't believe that I asked for help. I mean, I love Babs. She's like my older sister, who tells me what to do sometimes. It's just, I left Bruce and I intended to not ask any of my family for help. I'm trying to be independent, and I'm rambling.
...See ya next time.
Coming up: Bees Don't Like Floyd Baxter