Spider-man 5000
3000 years from now, the Marvel universe has recovered from a great disaster in which much knowledge from the Age of Heroes was lost.
Ben Rikkard crouched in a crowded alleyway trying to avoid attention. Just a few minutes ago his brother, Kaine had been killed by one of the gangs that prowled Knewyork's lower levels. Suddenly his closest relative was gone.
5 minutes earlier
Ben and his brother had just left a movie about one of the legends from the past, the Impossible Hulk. Kaine, at twenty, had always been interested in the legends of superheroes, though Ben, age 15, didn't really buy them.
"It's just too ridiculous." He'd say. To which his brother would respond,
"That doesn't mean it couldn't happen"
Suddenly, as they walked home after leaving the crowded lev-train, a group of young men surrounded the two. Each wore a helmet and a dark purple cloak, identifying them as members of the Mysterions. One of them, obviously the leader, stepped up carrying a circular object with a single button on it.
"Now listen Chump," he said in a slightly muffled voice, "You're gonna give me all the Shock'n money you've got, or I'm gonna push this button and you spend your last few seconds thinking that ratroaches are eating you alive."
Looking around, Kaine slowly began to reach into his pocket. Suddenly, he picked up Ben and made a break, charging into one of the attackers. While the advantage of surprise gave them a short head start, there was no way Kaine could outrun them for long, especially carrying his brother. Throwing Ben into an alley he'd ordered his brother to stay hidden and kept going.
Ben saw his older brother leave, and he saw the Mysterions follow him. He heard the screams of terror as they carried out their threat.
Now
Ben sat in the polluted sludge of the Knewyork alley as it began to rain. He didn't even take notice of the ratroaches crawling across his feet or the spider climbing up his back. Finally, after who-knows-how-long he got up and began to walk home. He went through the door and into the kitchen where he expected to find his aunt, but she wasn't home.
He sat down in silence. Suddenly he felt a burst of pain on the back of his neck. Reaching back he pulled out a spider that had hitched a ride on him. Throwing it on the ground Ben stomped it flat. This was the last straw.
"Shock it!" he cried, as he swung out his arm at a chair next to him.
The world seemed to freeze for a moment as something inside him ordered Ben to dodge. And dodge he did as splinters of wood scattered across the room. Ben looked at his hand: he'd just shattered a wooden chair with one blow and not received a scratch. Only then did he realize just where he was; stuck to the ceiling. With that revelation he let go in surprise, half expecting to land and break an arm. Instead almost instinctively he corrected himself and landed perfectly.
Ben's mind went to the stories Kaine always told, the legends of the superheroes, and one in particular: Spider-man. Ben realized that now he had the same power, the power to avenge his brother and take down the ones who'd killed him.
What do you think? Should I continue?