A loud cheer of praise assaulted my ears as a sea of people jumped for joy, some giving a congratulatory pat on their heroes – I was one of them. My friends from this realm exchanged smiles and a thumbs up with me. Their eyes then grew wide as I felt myself pushed from my side. I was suddenly falling… Falling into another universe, time and dimension.
All memories erased as another new life came into fruition. I was born! Or was I even born? My mind is befuddled by this simple question as a life I didn't exactly have, happened to flood my thought process and memory core. Seeing my parents for the first time, growing up as an infant to a toddler, playing adventure with mom and dad, my first time in school, joined a multi martial arts academy mainly for self defense, middle school and then high school to the tragic event where my mom and dad were blown to bits at some abandoned warehouse while undercover. All I know is that it all happened and this is my life now. My previous past lives once again forgotten, stored away for me to unravel in the distant future but that is another story.
'Tis another boring day at Midtown High, a crowd of students eager to receive knowledge bustled towards their respective classrooms while some hurried to get their textbooks and belongings from their lockers.
Me? I intentionally did things at a slow pace.
Trudging along the hallways, my bag in tow as it dragged across the floor as if a ton of textbooks were housed in it. In which case, it does, the bag looking pleased and plump from its owner's feeding. I set forth towards my locker and stuffed my oversized bag inside, not bothering to even grab a single textbook except for a notebook and a pencil. Slamming the locker with a satisfying click, I found myself face to face with the Vice Principal who raised an eyebrow as they glowered at me.
"Hm?"
"The school bell rang and you're late for class!" The Vice Principal hollered at me like it was the nth time I've been caught violating one of the school's rules.
I leaned to the side to find the hallway empty and devoid of life except for me and the monstrous Vice Principal who's snapping at me with her jaws. I then looked back at her innocently, using that kicked puppy expression as an excuse.
She fixed her hair that was tied in a messy bun and adjusted her glasses with a finger, trying to make herself look presentable after going beast mode on me as well as after taking a good look at who I was, sporting a sorry expression, she realized that I was the very student who recently lost both her parents to dangerous criminals.
"Ugh… Oh fine. You're excused and here's your hall pass. I know you had it tough with your parents gone but you got to pull yourself together. Now get to class." She led me to my math class and handed me a card.
"Thanks…" I mumbled but in my mind, I was jumping for joy, thanking whoever invented the kicked puppy expression and entered class.
Our math teacher looked up from her textbook and was about to announce my late arrival but caught a glimpse of the Vice Principal outside.
"Next time, do care to be early Miss Li."
"I will." I handed her my hall pass and went over to my seat. It was handy knowing that the loss of my parents made the whole school staff look sorry for me. It's not that I don't miss them at all. I did grieve but I never shed a tear since I told myself to be strong and with them gone into heaven or something, they'd expect me to find happiness than want to see me sad and depressed. I then opened my notebook and started sketching, continuing a rough sketched comic of our city's new hero – Spiderman.
Ever since the cool dude showed up fighting crime, defeating bad guys, saving people, I've sought and followed his whereabouts and crime busting stories. Not that I'm a stalker. I was merely intrigued on how he got his powers and all. Could it be a secret government thing? No… They definitely would have kept him contained if ever.
I caught a swift shadow passing by outside our classroom's window on the corner of my eye and turned to stare up at the cloudless skies, shrugging it as just a bird that flew pass.
I continued to think of how Spiderman obtained his powers once more.
What if he's an alien from outer space! That would have been cool! Although that would seem a little too far-fetched, right? But anyway, there are a lot of possibilities what with the news of the Avengers or even the Guardians of The Galaxy saving the world plus the galaxies beyond our own. That would truly mark that there are definitely life in space.
Somewhat, I wanted to be a part of all that, unlike being stuck here doing homework and attend an asylum prison almost your whole youthful life. Boring!
I'd drop school if it weren't for mom and dad's colleagues from the police department keeping an eye on me. Why does mom and dad have to be one of the respected and high ranking officers again? I sighed which marked the end of our math period.
Students exclaimed a resounding "Yes!" as they ran out to head to their next class. As always, I was the last to leave the room after our instructor and I perked up to hear some students exclaiming in a mix of excitement and fearful tones.
"Spiderman's here!"
"Spiderman's in school!"
"Bad guys are attacking!"
"We're under attack!"
Spiderman's at school? 'The' Midtown High School? That is totally rad!
Naturally, in emergencies like these, teachers and the school staff herded the students out and away from danger so I took a few steps back into the classroom and hid under the teacher's desk when our math instructor hurriedly checked for students within the classrooms including the one I was in. Finding that there was not a single student within the premise, she headed out the hallways and instructed some students to head for the school oval and athletic grounds.
I sneaked out the classroom when the coast was clear and sprinted towards the source of action.
Meanwhile at the cafeteria, Spiderman in his black suit dodged a grinding blow that bore a depression into one of the structure's supporting pillars causing cracks around it from a bald guy that looked like polished metal absorbed from acquiring the properties of the cafeteria's metallic food tray. As soon as Spiderman dodged Absorbing Man's attack did he web-zipped on the ceiling and swung away from being impaled on Rhino's horn.
"What's with the team up Rhino? I thought you were a loner.*" Spiderman commented, applying web shots to blind the Absorbing Man who was headed straight at him with iron fists.
"Revenge." Rhino replied angrily, receiving swift punches from his foe.
"Really? Cause last time I've seen you both together was from the abandoned warehouse incident. Revenge? You want to literally hit the books that badly? What would you both possibly want here? Reeducation?"
"Quit yapping those gums of yours. It's time for you to learn your lesson." The school bell suddenly rang when Absorbing Man threw a table at Spiderman whose black suit hissed in agony and writhed like protruding black mass from him, making him try to control his black suit on the spot which Rhino used both as a distraction and an opportunity to barrel towards the hero, cracking the table in two and perhaps a few ribs on Spiderman.
Some of the black mass that make up the symbiote splattered from its main body at the strong impact Rhino made on Spiderman. A drop made its way to a female student who arrived moments ago and was bended on one knee behind a post.
"Is it by chance or are you both smarter just by being under the roof of an educational institution?" Spiderman flipped in mid air from the impact, landing with a defensive pose, the suit now stable after the school bell stopped.
He then webbed the Absorbing Man like that of a mummy and web-zipped behind him. Rhino charged at the two and unfortunately got his partner as the target.
"Hm. I guess it's the former… Revenge on who exactly Aleksei?"
"'Tis none of your business, bug!" Rhino answered in Russian accent, not bothering to help his downed comrade.
"Technically, a spider's not an insect but an arachnid.*" Spiderman pointed out and got an angry roar from the beast.
Thinking that the Absorbing Man is down for the count who silently got out of his web casing, Spiderman focused on taking down Rhino when a female voice shouted a warning.
"Spiderman! Look out!"
Just as the warning came, his spider senses tingled, telling him of an incoming danger. He web slinged away just as a wrecking ball swung pass him and it landed on the ground not to gently.
"Well, well, well. Nice of you to simply offer us yourself Jhan Li."
The mention of my name definitely made me feel chills down my spine and the awkwardness seeped in when it was stated by someone who looks like one of those large heavyset herbivorous mammals with a horn on its nose.
"What are you doing here? I can't sign any autographs as of the moment. Get to a safe place." Spiderman exclaimed at my presence.
He was relieved when I ran off so suddenly.
"Get back here and receive punishment for what you've done to me!" Rhino charged at my direction.
"Oh no you don't. The waiting area for autographs is back here and what would a high schooler have done to you? Stole your lunch money?" Spiderman webbed Rhino on the head and steered him away from the fleeing teenager.
As Spiderman fought with the two once again, I ran towards the kitchen and thought. Aleksei? 'The' Aleksei Systevich? How come I didn't know about this new upgrade of his? Not to mention, why's he after me? The asylum must be taking so much of my time that I missed this detail of Spiderman's foes. I then grabbed whatever cloth I could find and dashed back.
"Hey Aleksei!" I skidded to a halt and called out to the heavyset man.
Rhino and Spiderman turned towards me. The latter had a look of disbelief, asking me for a reason of my return.
"Why did you run back?! I thought I said that the autograph session would be later."
As if he already had enough problems, I was just fueling the madness of his foes, especially Rhino. Spiderman dodged Absorbing Man's signature ball and chain and was crawling on the walls. I flagged the cloth before me which turned out to be an apron and started flapping it.
"Toro! Toro!"
"Let's see you receive my horn of vengeance!" Rhino charged at me with a surprising speed even with that bulk of his.
My body tensed, shifting my foot as I awaited his approach. With lucky timing, I abandoned the cloth that covered Rhino's face and jumped out of the way, skidding on the floor and burning my arm's skin in the process from the friction.
"Ow! Floor burn. I thought the floor's cool, not the other way around." I complained, rubbing at the sore spots then covered my head with my hands expecting debris to fall and scatter around me as Rhino charged non-stop and got his horn stuck on one of the school's load bearing walls.
Spiderman immediately webbed Rhino on the wall, securing him. I stood up and saw the spider's prey webbed onto the wall.
"What happened to Absorbing Man?"
"He absorbed his lessons not too lightly."
I leaned to find the Absorbing Man groaning in pain and turned to Spiderman when he continued to speak.
"I believe you've done the same for Rhino. We pretty make a great team! But remember, it's only just once. Leave everything to the professionals next time. The police will be here in a sec."
Sirens were heard from afar and that's when Spiderman disappeared. I stood before Captain George Stacy who ordered the policemen to take away the criminals.
"Are you alright, J?" He asked me with concern in his voice.
"Just a minor floor burn" I hid my arms behind me. "Luckily, Spiderman was around to whoop those criminal's afts!" Giving the air in front of me an uppercut, I stopped to glance at the captain and realized my behavior. "I err…"
"J!" Gwen Stacy ran towards me, giving me a bear hug. "Thank goodness you're okay!"
Saved by big sis! I grinned at the people before me who I regarded as my family after mom and dad left this world. Although I would have preferred them to not get involved with any of their current service under the police department since I couldn't bear to see another loss under criminals and evil doers. However, who would even be courageous enough to face these baddies that prowl in the darkness? You could say that they're the bravest of all.
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"Thanks for bringing me home Gwen!" I waved at my friend and watched a retreating car that left the peaceful neighborhood I lived in.
Entering the house that was supposed to be occupied by a family, now devoid of others but one, I walked down the empty hall pass my parent's room towards my own when I heard a crashing sound of glass coming from the very room I just passed by. Startled at the noise which I often don't get to have, I grabbed the nearest weapon I could get my hand with. Unfortunately, there was none, for along these hallways were picture frames that hold our family and friend's printed faces in it.
Why would I use it as a weapon and bash it to whoever trespassed in my domain?
Armed with just fists taught under years of training multi martial arts, I cautiously entered the master bedroom.
"Hello?" I called out to whoever was inside the room, checking inside the closets and peeking under the bed.
"Great! This is getting freaky exciting to annoying. Now my mind is wondering towards the paranormal but I haven't seen a thing misplaced or anything broken at all." I leaned on the wall just behind the door when a small rectangular shape sunk from its usual level and clicked back like when one pushes a button.
A sliding sound was heard within the closet and I opened to find another doorway to a lit room.
"What's this?" I entered to check a well lit lab room which I never knew existed and took a peek within.
A section of the room was dark, glass-cased closets harbored vials and containers that were either empty or filled with whatever sciency stuff is in there, plus there were devices that I'm not familiar with or things I haven't seen before. To sum it all up, it was like that of a science lab but it had only four tables and could probably be occupied by a fifth of students within a classroom. Though small, it seemed spacious and properly ventilated even without a single window. I slid a hand across one of the tables as I silently gaped at whatever sat on the cases.
"Mom… Dad… What have you been hiding from me?" I get it if it's about your work but wouldn't they have retrieved all this by now? I wondered, talking to myself.
Lifting my hand that caught dust with it, rubbing them together then wiping them on my pants afterward, I stepped on some glass beneath my shoes. I crouched down to inspect and looked at it in puzzlement.
"What could have gotten this to fall off? Why now?"
Some creepy feeling came over me, giving me goosebumps and the thought about ghosts came into mind once more but another thought led me to guessing that some mutated bug or whatever was originally in it. Although upon closer inspection that made me confirm things, it was indeed empty and not a single goop, dropping or whatever signs that would tell one that something was indeed there caused more goosebumps on me. The hairs on the back of my neck suddenly stood on end in response to a soft sound of glasses being bumped onto one another. The same happened with a little blot of ink that stained my shirt earlier at school however in a way that it prickled from where it was sticking.
I quickly stood and turned towards the sound then panned around the room looking for the source of the sound, warily. Wide-eyed, a black mass jumped at me, engulfing my whole being. There was a momentary darkness as my vision came to recognize light once the black mass has already shifted in its place.
"W-wha?!" My visions started to steady and clear then I lifted my hands to see them coated with something black like that of an abyss or when one wears leather gloves.
My eyes did widen but it couldn't get any wider when I finally stared at my reflection from the glass cases and saw Spiderman in a black suit! Only it was different and more surprising since it was me I'm looking at.
Imitating Spiderman's thwip hand gesture, webs shot out from my wrist and created little webs on the ceiling which was totally cool and awesome! I hyperventilated in excitement then realized that I finally have powers. I could finally live a life compared to being forced in an asylum prison just to get some stupid rolled up paper with a ribbon tied to it after years of getting ones brain dead.
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In my room, I glanced at my reflection, studying how I look. I grimaced at the thought of wearing what seemed like tights to me and the look of a female Spiderman. Wouldn't want people to mistake me for him and make Spidey think I'm imitating him or something like that so I scavenged my closet for my cosplay clothes, a Hanfu garment that father bought for my birthday which I was so grateful of.
The coat was that of a dark gray with golden accents and firmly supported by a black girdle paired with black boots. Its hems were tattered and a hood over my head. The back side of the coat bore a spider symbol made after the image of a spitting spider that's large enough to occupy the whole upper body below the neck. I added accessories such as golden upper arm cuffs that are actually concealed weapons or handy tools made into just harmless add-ons and an arm guard that turned out as a case for a bladed weapon which I both found at my parent's lab. I then set off to the city to try and test out what I can do. But before that, my suit inexplicably grew tattered dragon wings when I thought of how I could get there and when wished I could fly like those fearsome creatures. After all, I love dragons!
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"Yahoo!" I flew swiftly across the tall buildings of New York that night, passing over the cloudless skies then down to the vehicles below, dodging them.
It took me a while getting used to this and every time the dark mass engulfs me, I find a surge of energy shoot throughout my body, making me giddy with excitement. It was also pretty convenient to power down and power up whenever I will it which helps me go back and forth from normal student life to being a guardian. A hero doesn't seem fitting for me so I call myself a guardian.
Fighting crime on local mobsters and criminals got me more experience and people have been asking as to who was this new hero that have appeared in their city. Spiderman himself doesn't know and keeps missing me by a few seconds as I left webbed baddies as soon as he arrives on the scene. Before anyone could give me names, I left marks with the use of webs that bore the symbol I've drawn plus my new guardian name – Dranea.
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It's been weeks since I have received these awesome powers from my dear friend and partner, Sym. Who is he, you ask? Well, it's none other than the dark mass that found 'me' at my parent's lab. Hmm… Yeah... He… found me… Anyways, I'm back at the place that causes your brain cells to deplete, the one I call 'The Asylum Prison'.
Here I am, headed usually at my lockers since I left my humongous overfed bag stuffed in there ever since that day, holding just my sketchbook and mechanical pencil. Instead of facing an empty hallway, students flocked on one area hindered me from getting to my locker which was just where the commotion was.
"Excuse me. Pardon me. You pipz are in my way." I shouldered my way through to get to the front.
"Listen here puny Parker. If you don't cough it up, ohoh you'll really be in a world of pain" A blonde jockey named Flash Thompson was picking on one of our top students in school, Peter Parker.
Instead of giving in to the school bully, Peter stood up for himself where he sat on the floor probably pushed by Flash earlier and without saying a word, had a determined look. This angered Flash since he's reputation rides with his dominance and a lot of students were watching the scene as they cheered on for a fight. Flash's fists tightened and aimed it on Peter's head. But before it made contact, the fist instead landed on an open palm.
"Whoa there yellow beast! That's some punch you got there knowing you haven't gone to years of arduous training in martial arts." I pushed his fist slightly that made him back up.
"Yellow beast?..." He gritted his teeth, one of his eye twitched in annoyance.
"Yeah, like a wild cat ready to pounce on a cute little brown rabbit. Don't you have gym class to attend to?" I said in an annoyed tone, shooing him away.
"Come on Flash. Let's get going before a teacher sees us." One of his friends tugged on his shoulder.
"Tch!" Flash glared at me.
I simply stared back at him unperturbed if ever he gets back at me.
"Listen here uhh…" Flash started to say.
"Jhan Li." I introduced smugly.
Other students whispered among themselves upon hearing the name.
"Girl or not. You'll pay John." Flash declared.
"Oh sure yellow beast, I'm up for a duel anytime, anywhere. It's pronounced as Jhan with an ah, not John by the way. Better clean those ears cause I believe you've been hoarding some earwax." I smirked at him and he returned a flash of annoyance as he set off with his friends, heading for the gym.
The students that flocked the area started to drift away and head for their own class. I stood staring at Peter in a bored manner once more. Peter looked at me, rather confused and uneasy.
"Uhh…" Peter started to say, his index pointing up before him.
"Excuse me." Peter stood aside and stared at me as I opened my locker not without suspiciously glancing at him a few times as I covered the lock while I entered the codes to open it.
My overfed bag greeted me, books pooling out as if wanting air for being stuck inside in a stuffy closed space for a long time. I simply took my math book and stuffed all the others back in, not bothering how messy and unladylike it looks especially with someone behind me, watching my every move. I slammed the locker and turned to head for my first class of the day which was math but some post blocked my way. By post, I mean some guy with brown hair.
"Thanks back there. Jhan right?" Peter scratched the back of his head.
Instead of answering him with a polite response to his thanks, I perked and tilted my head so close to his face.
"You sound familiar. Have we met before?"
Startled by my sudden closeness, he slightly straightened to inch away a bit from my face.
"I don't think so?" Peter shrugged, his shoulders raised.
"I see. Nice meeting you Peter and you're welcome." I started to slowly walk towards my prison cell and added as a reminder. "If ever Flash goes beast mode on you, you know where my locker is."
"Peter! There you are!" The son of the guy who owned Oscorp Industries, Harry Osborne called out to mister top student.
"We've been looking everywhere for you. Professor Raymond needs your assistance on some big project." A scarlet haired girl named Mary Jane Watson gently tugged on Peter's sleeve as the three headed to the left side of the hall.
Peter glanced my way before following behind his two best friends.
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What could be worse than fighting a villain is that when they're one of Spidey's top arch enemy and another is that you're inexperienced!
I took cover behind a wall, only for it to be blasted. A tall greenish furry man that looked like a mutated jackal was chasing after me. It turned out that my training underground just to get used to fighting in a closed space got me to unluckily stumble upon one of Jackal's hidden lairs. Unfortunately, he was at home and he didn't look like he'd welcome a rare guest from someone as great as me.
Anyways, he found out that I had spider powers and suddenly went all hunting mode on me. I mean, that half jackal guy is crazy! Blasting at a confined space, not to mention that the place could collapse due to the damage it's receiving. Though guess what? I'm in the middle of training and someone voluntarily becomes your partner. I should be thankful right? Wrong! It's just that this one's not friendly and that the game has leveled up.
I deployed my arm blades and charged towards the Jackal, deflecting shots and trying to get closer for me to be able to disarm him and let him taste some of Sym's webs.
"Not so fast, little spider."
I didn't notice his quick movements to the point he was behind me. He kicked me hard but I back flipped then quickly dashed towards an exit. I didn't know about challenging crazy people but getting away from them is the best thing to do.
The Jackal ceased my attempts of escape when he shot nearby me, scorching the wall. I shot multiple organic webs his way, not sparing him a moment to counter. He dodged all of it and was gaining behind me.
I saw light at the end of the tunnel which made us both more determined on our own goals. I sprinted as fast as I can and unfolded my wings to boost up my speed even though I was at a closed space. It's better if I take the fight up top and probably get help or succumb to become one of Jackal's experiments. I shook that thought away for I would never give up and let that happen at all.
Desperate to catch me, the Jackal shot a blast at me. Even though it made contact, I was able to fly out freely but not without receiving a scorch mark on my person.
"How dare you hurt Sym!" I shouted, ramming him at full speed, making him drop into the waters below.
That's what I thought when something heavy held tightly on me with claws running deep and piercing through my skin. It turns out that one of his weapons fell and he hitched a ride on me.
Tussling on mid air, he dug out a syringe from his pockets and was about to administer whatever it is that it contained when Sym partially detached and swatted it away. The item that fell into the waters earlier set off and exploded, causing water to rise and shoot up like a geyser that threw us off guard.
Jackal though had the upper hand and from that little distraction he saw, opened an opportunity for him.
"You're wide open." He kicked me hard towards the nearby docks, making me land on one of the big crates which became my cushion, denting it in the process.
I quickly dodged a blow coming from a strong punch from him that bore a hole on the battered crate and as I was crawling away in pain did he point his blaster at me. His shot would have truly gotten me unconscious or fatally wounded with that distance but it seems that Spiderman came in time by shooting a web and taking away the blaster that scorched the ground instead.
"It's been a long time I haven't seen you Jackal. Is it spider hunting season already?"
Jackal was kicked square on the face and received some punches but then he regained his footing. He looked as if he was enjoying every hit like a masochist then retaliated.
"What a delightful treat! Two spiders ripe for the picking."
"Too bad Greeny, you're not getting any this year." Spiderman smashed a whole full crate on the Jackal to which the latter survived from with superhuman strength and carried it.
Before he could throw the dilapidated crate did I give him a kick on his side, making him drop the crate and fly towards a warehouse.
"Fancy meeting you here Spiderman. I see you've reverted back to your original color scheme. What happened to your black suit? Not your taste anymore?"
"More like it went bad on me."
"Sym tells me it's no ordinary suit but a being from… What? Klyntar?" I started to talk to myself in others view point but I was actually speaking to Sym. "He did what? Oh my gosh… poor guy…"
"Did Jackal inject you with something? Cause right now, you're worrying about nothing." Spidey shoves away the blaster when Jackal reached for it and kneed the furry beast on his solar plexus.
Done with my discussion with Sym, I trudged towards Spiderman crossly with my index pointed at him.
"All this time, you thought of your partner as some kind of tool?"
"P-partner? What are you talking about all of a sudden? Aren't we in the middle of fighting a bad guy here?" Spiderman stepped a few paces back and gestured to Jackal who seemingly just stood from receiving a previous blow on his person.
"That's not the point right now! When you meet with him once again, apologize! I do really hope he finds a better partner…" I trailed off from my last statement.
Geez. This is getting ridiculous. Why are girls so hard to understand? Spiderman thought and both spider being's attention was on Jackal as he spoke with that grin of his.
"You both sound like a married couple. Don't worry. I'll make sure that you both shall remain together, suffering under my care that is!"
Something was thrown towards me when I was about to defend myself from his statement. My spider senses did tingle but I didn't respond quickly from the warning. I felt myself tackled to the ground by Spidey as an explosion came so close to obliterating us.
I was shocked and my ears were ringing. Spiderman told me to stay down but I couldn't hear him and the red and blue hero dashed off to fight the Jackal. I slowly stood up still hearing the ringing sounds that seem to escalate then felt something that brought shivers from my head to toe.
Instincts told me it was coming from the sky, greatly affecting me and my spider senses were buzzing wildly, making me cover my ears and shake my head to get rid of it. Looking up at the sky, I saw part of it rip a hole out of nowhere and something or someone fell from that strange opening.
"Aaaaah!" A guy in some black suit fell from the air.
I tried to take off and catch him but fell back to the ground as the ringing sound assaulted me in my head, impeding my movements and attempts of rescue.
Spiderman was giving the Jackal multiple punches and a back flip kick when his spider senses buzzed. A person fell on top of the Jackal making them both groan in pain.
"Ugh… Thanks for the save uhh…" Another Spiderman in black suit with red highlights on his torso quickly got off the Jackal in surprise. "Oh man. Did I just do that?"
Spiderman was shocked to see the new comer that had his looks, well, his costume in a way.
"Who the heck is that? The Green Goblin?!" The one in black suit said in surprise.
"Well now. Aren't I the luckiest person there is? Not just two spiders but three!" He launched himself at the nearest spider being which was the new comer but was shocked by a venom blast; though that didn't take him out entirely.
The Jackal took the two spidey's by surprise with one of his flash bombs. The next thing they knew, he was gone.
"Who was that green furry guy? The Green Goblin or is he one of Doc Oc's experiments?" The younger spider spoke with familiarity and with ease, knowing that the enemy fled.
"That was Jackal. He's into creating a spider army and how did you know Doc Oc? I don't know any green gobby plus, who are you?"
"Don't freak out dude. I'm Spiderman from another universe." The young spider disregarded to explain about villains from other dimension and skipped to the part of introducing himself.
"Then that means… You're me?"
"Not exactly." He took off his mask, revealing his identity.
"I'm Miles."
"You're so young. I'm Peter by the way." Spiderman also took off his mask.
"I know. I've been to all kinds of universes and seen all the Spidermen and girls."
"Wait. There are girls as Spiderman?"
"Uhh.. Yeah. You may know them but some would probably don't have any powers at all in your universe. Ehh… Let's just say it depends on the universe you're in."
"You fell from some kind of portal which is closed now."
"Which is not a great way to travel I tell you man."
I blinked a couple of times, my head clearing from a very loud ringing noise that disappeared as soon as the portal in the sky did. Before that, I was picturing myself falling like the one I just saw earlier. Remembering that now, I quickly went towards the direction to which the person would have fallen onto. I saw two Spiderman with their masks off and was especially shocked at seeing Peter Parker as the Spiderman.
"I knew it! I thought you sounded familiar!" I shouted, pointing at Peter then crossed my arms on my chest. "And what do we have here? An unveiling party?"
The two of them looked at me questioningly with their heads tilted.
"Miles, this is Dranea. She just got her powers recently." Spiderman introduced, gesturing at me.
"Whoa! I've never seen a spider with wings before!" Miles exclaimed in wonder.
"Oh! That's the work of wonders by my friend Sym!" I pointed a thumb at myself.
"Who's Sym?" Miles asked.
"All I know is that it's some kind of voice in her head." Spiderman received a punch on his shoulder for that to which he rubbed the sore spot with his hand.
"He may be a voice in my head but he's my partner and a friend who sort of molds my suit and wings. Sym if you would be so kind." Sym partially morphed out of my torso like that of a dancing black goop, revealing just my eyes.
"You wear a mask over a mask?" Miles raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong with that? It's better to secure and conceal one's identity right?" I pointed out.
"Sym… As in a symbiote? That thing could take control of you!" Spiderman exclaimed in concern.
"Now that's why your partner left you!"
"Left me? I took it off since it was being a parasite. It could be doing the same thing on you. Come to think of it, you've been rather angry lately."
"Now look here! Sym is different and F.Y.I. he's not a parasite!" Our faces were so close with one another as we battled with a glaring contest.
"Uhh… Guys." Miles interrupted our argument.
Sym morphed back once again to form my suit and wings as our attention was on the Spiderman from another universe.
"What are you here for anyway?" I asked, still giving glares at Peter who raised his arms defensively.
"Don't freak out but the universe is on the verge of collapsing!" Miles paused to observe our reactions but it seems like we're being a little skeptic about it though we still lent him an ear.
After all, a lot of things should be expected with a world filled of people with superhuman powers. Countless possibilities present themselves and sometimes it happens when you least expect it. He continued to tell us his purpose of coming to our world.
"That's why I'm here to gather all the spider beings across multiple dimensions with the help of Madame Web to battle off Hobgoblin who has upset the balance. He plans to get to the center of all universes and get rid of every Spiderman in all dimensions!"
"That's crazy! It would be like destroying the whole world and every universe out there!" I exclaimed.
"Exactly what Madame Web predicted would happen but we can prevent this. Both of you are the last spider beings I've come for. We're meeting up with the other Spidey's and team up to take down Hobgoblin."
"Wouldn't that upset the balance if we're to gather at one universe all at once?" I asked.
"Temporarily but if we leave Hobgoblin with his own devices then we're doomed all the same." Miles pointed out.
"Of course…"
"Well what are we waiting for? I don't want to end things now. I've got so much to live for." Spiderman said, putting his mask on and Miles did the same.
"Don't be relieved Spidey, we'll continue about our argument after saving the world and universe cause the fun's about to start!" I narrowed my eyes at him then exclaimed in excitement, jumping down a portal that just opened nearby, courtesy of Madame Web.
The two guys looked at each other and Miles gave a shrug while Peter sighed. They then jumped in and followed after me.
* Conversations that were taken from the Spiderman animated shows and games.
Notes:
The blot of ink that stuck on my clothing is part of Spiderman's suit which is a black symbiote that came from space and had Spiderman as its host. It held memories of Spiderman and his spider powers and so it also wielded such which was adopted by the other symbiote that jumped on me from the lab thus making me gain the same spider powers Spiderman has.
Obviously this is not the end. I'd like to know your thoughts about this.
If ever some would be interested for a complete fanfiction, this will be edited once more for a longer and probably a detailed version of the story since a lot has been skipped and summarized in just a few paragraphs.
Thanks and hope ya'll had a good read! ;3
***Not the complete version (I'd like to know what ya'll think about it if ever I'd continue writing about this.) You could notice that I've skipped and shortened a lot of parts. We'll see in the future if I'd bother (by that I meant if I'm not too lazy or when buddy Laziness, Distraction and Procrastination won't tempt me XP) to make this into a fanfiction complete with a lot of chapters.
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and everyone!
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Spiderman, Miles, Harry, Gwen & George Stacy, MJ, Raymond, Jackal, Rhino,
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