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Characters and or places used from the City of Heroes game are not mine and fully belong to City of Heroes. Except Dark Jumping Spider and The Advocates of Fate.
The Origin of Dark Jumping Spider
By George
Only two more months till graduation and I'm out of this place. It felt as if the days were getting slower. The teachers chalk hit the board and I almost felt as if I would die. "Come on Steve one more minute man don't give out on me now," Michael said. I lifted my head off my desk and looked up rubbing my eyes.
" What did I miss?" I asked as I wiped the drool from my mouth.
"About a whole 40 minutes of notes," he said as he passed his notebook to me.
Before my pencil could even touch my notebook the bell rang. " Mike let me borrow the notes please. I'll pay you back some how," I said as I began to pack up my stuff.
"Fine but bring it by my place later today," He said.
I nodded and smiled as I put my books in my bookbag and threw it over my shoulders. The class rushed out the doorway as if the school was on fire. I checked my watch as I made my way out into the hall. " Damn I gotta hurry," I said as I rushed out of the door way. Today was the day my dad unveiled his new invention. With this the long bow would finally recognize him as a scientist. As I made my way to his lab I felt a slight tug on my back pack. I turn around to be faced with a man in a orange vest and a red bandana around his mouth.
"Give me the back pack kid," He said as he pulled a knife from his pocket. As soon as I saw it I froze. I slowly slipped it off and began to hand it to him. He quickly reached for it and before I knew it he was knocked aside like a paperwieght. Before I know it a man in a silver helmet stood before me. Wearing a red, white and blue costume.
"Are you ok son?" He said as he caught the backpack in his hand with a smile.
"Wow Statesman," I said as he handed it to me.
" Have a good day Citizen!" He smiled and took off.
" Hey wait! Oh never mind I'm already late," I took off running into the lab. I flashed an ID card my dad gave me and put it back into my wallet. I made my way into my dad's lab to see two metal cambers hooked up to a computer console.
" Hey dad is it all ready?" I asked as I ran up to him. He smiled as put on his goggles.
"The first human test begins today. Lets get started shall we," My father walked into a door and I followed. A long bow member walked into one of the cambers and it quickly shut. My father took out a small remote and opened its metal casing to reveal a big red button.
"Dad what is this thing gonna do?" I said.
"Well I been studying a way to copy the attributes and abilities of other things into people," he said with a smile.
"Oh wow cool! What are you using for that long bow?" I said in amazement.
" A Salticus scenicus or a Zebra spider which is a common household Jumping Spider. They are mainly found in Britain and Europe, " He said.
" Oh that's cool! Lets see how this thing works!" I said. My father smirked as he pressed the button. The machine began to glow a bright light. My father watched in amazement.
" Come on Come on." He repeated as the machine flared light that was so bright it forced me to hold up my hand to block out the light. The buttons on the computer began to flash red and it let out a siren that blared throughout the whole building. " No! Get down Steven!" My dad yelled as he tried to hit the emergency shut off on the wall. " Damn it's jammed!"
"What?" I yelled back as a beam of energy shot out from the machine and quickly smashed through the glass hitting me in the chest. It sent me flying into the wall behind me. I laid there looking up as the beams shot through the glass at an even more rapid rate. My father crawled to me quickly.
"Steven! Steven! Somebody help me!" He yelled as I could see the room begin to fade before my eyes.
"This is the ending of your old life and the beginning of your new life. Accept your fate," These words echoed throughout my head. I opened my eyes to see I was surrounded by darkness. Three people stood before me. One in an all black suit another wearing black and green outfit with of scarf of the same color around his neck. The other was a woman in the same color outfit. " Do you accept your fate? The one on the left said with the black and green scarf on.
"W..what do you mean?" I said.
"Hmm. Your fate will be made clear to you soon," He said as the 3 began to fade into the darkness. Before I knew it I was in a hospital bed hooked up to a bunch of machines. I slowly sat up looking around the room. A nurse walked into the room and looked upon me with amazement.
"He's awake he's awake!" She ran out the room saying. A doctor walked in moments later with a smile on his face shining a small light in my eyes moving it from side to side.
"How are you doing son?" The doctor said. " You've been asleep for 2 days," My eyes widened to that statement.
"You gotta be kidding me," I said.
"No I am not kidding you. Your father was very worried about you," The doctor said. I shook my head and stood up out of my bed. The nurses quickly rushed to my side telling me I should sit down.
" I'm fine I'm fine just give me what I need to sign myself out of here," I said as I walked through the nurses to a small wooden drawer and took out my clothes.
"I really think you should lay back down we still have to run a couple more tests," The doctor said.
"I'm fine," I said as I slipped on my pants. The doctor looked down and waved at the nurse to get the proper papers. I took off the hospital gown and put on my shirt. As I made my way to the lobby one of the nurses stopped me.
" Hey you sure you ok?" She said with a smile. I returned the smile as I looked up from the papers.
"Yeah I'm ok. My name's Steve By the way," I said.
" Oh I know I saw your chart," She said with a small giggle. "Well if you start to feel a bit under the weather give me a call," She took out a pin and wrote her number on a piece of paper and handed it to me. I smiled as she turned and began to walk away.
"Wait what's your name!" I yelled.
"Tina," She yelled back as she rounded the corner. I smiled and looked at the paper before I slid it back into my pocket.
"Two days in the hospital and things are already looking up," I said as I finished the papers and walked out of the building. I quickly took a short cut through an alley as I could see it begin to get dark. A man in a orange jacket and red bandanna around his mouth came out from behind a dumpster. It was the same guy from the day of the accident. He pulled out a knife and held it in front of himself.
"What are you gonna do now kid. There's no Statesman here to protect you!" He said as he pushed the knife at me. The world around be began to feel like it had slowed. As the knife came toward me I moved out the way with ease. I quickly spun kicking the knife from his hand. Before the man could even react I sent a kick flying right into his stomach sending him flying to the dumpster.
"Whoa. How did I do that?" I held out my hands and looked at them. Before I knew it I could see a black liquid raise from my skin. It began to form around my clothes and my body. I tried my best to pull it off but nothing worked. I walked up to a puddle of water to see myself in a black suit with white eyes. I was amazed at what I saw. With the suit on I felt powerful and fast. I knew with this power I could get these low lives off the streets and do some good for Paragon City.