Title: Webs: Origins - Part 1
Author: Wesley (With input and insight from Stone Cold)
Rating: WARNING PG-13/R (For Violence and Adult Language)
Feedback: For the love of God YES!!!! I need Feedback, its my motivation!!! Plus kudos give me a happy :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Jack-Diddly
Notes: I wanted to bring together my two favorite
worlds, Buffy and Spider-Man, so here we go. Italics indicate thought, where
as * text* indicates a flashback. This Story line is set in Season 4/5.
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As long as there
have been demons, there has been the Slayer. One girl in the entire world, a
Chosen one, born with the strength and skill to hunt vampires and other
creatures of the dark. When one Slayer dies, the next is called.
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Part 1: Come into my parlor...
[-Monday: UCSunnydale's newest wing opening-]
Willow Rosenberg sat tapping her pencil against her tablet, a slight yawn escaped her lips as she listened to the speaker drone on. She was attending the opening of a new science division on UCSunnydale's campus that had been funded by generous science alumni. The young lady had been hoping to get some material for her science thesis on NeoGenetic Recombination. A German Professor of Genetics, Dr. Otto Octavius, was heading the demonstration.
"With the newest advancement in Genetic Retroviruses and Radiation treatments, we hope to be able to rebuild cancer-ridden tissues with fresh genetic materials." The speaker, Mr. McMaden rambled on with his prepared speech. The redhead glanced down at her watch... 1:37pm. ~Just get on with the demonstration already!~ Willow thought.
After another half-hour of the Professors irritating voice, the curtain call came. "And without further ado, Dr. Octavius is going to demonstrate the latest in NeoGenetic Gene therapy using an invention of his own design; A Neural Interception Control Device, connected at the base of his skull, in conjunction with a set of mechanical control arms. He will be using these devices to manipulate the radioactive materials of this demonstration." The curtains of the stage pulled back to reveal a glass enclosed structure, and a short black haired man.
The man, whom Willow presumed to be Dr. Octavius, had a metal cylinder around his waist, four tentacle like arms snaked their way into the glass casing."If you would be so kind as to di-rect your attention to the moni-tors we will being the demon-stration..." the Dr. said in a thick German accent. The monitors sparked to life, casting the glowing magnification of a strain of DNA.
-Meanwhile: In a hall on the other side of the Auditorium-
Xander Harris strolled leisurely along the UCSunnydale's halls. He had big news brewing and couldn't wait to tell his friends. Xander had called Willow first, and she asked him to meet her at the main auditorium at 2:30pm. Xander paused a moment, and leaned against the smooth cool wall. I still can't believe it he thought, lifting the camera from around his neck. He smiled at the old piece of photographic equipment. ~I've finally found something I'm good at AND...~ The giddy young man pulled paycheck from coat and counted the zeros... ~can make some cash doing.~
Xander glanced down at his watch... 2:16pm. He looked around slowly, the fingers of his right hand wove through his black hair, scratching the back of his neck, and his left tucked in his pant pocket. "Argh...I think I'm lost. Good thing I don't go to school here, it would take me a week just to get to class. Willow coulda met me in the cafeteria, but Noooooo lets get the townie lost in our big bad school." Xander looked about himself and frowned at how the halls seemed to melt together.
"I really hate school."
-Back in the Auditorium -
"He-ya we have some can-cer-uss cells taken from a vol-un-teer pat-ient. As you can see, zee genetic mah-terialz are being infect-ed with zee NeoGenetic retrovi-rus." On the monitors the magnified cellular structures were being penetrated by the microscopic organism.
"Zee re-engine-eered vi-rus pen-ehtrates the zell wall like a normal vi-rus. But as you can zee he-ya..." a red dot appeared on the large screens before the crowd. It indicated one of the viruses as it wormed its way through the cell wall. The virus started to rewrite the double helix to match its own genetic code. Willow plopped down word after word in her notes as Dr. Octavius continued, she may have been into Wicca the last year and a half, but she was still a scientist at heart.".. zee vi-russ iz rewri-ting zee cell's gen-etic mah-terialz."
A top the containment area a creature stirred. A single silvery thread dripped from the top of the glass enclosure and down it crawled a small house spider. Unbeknownst to the scientists, it had snuck inside the radiation containment housing as it was being assembled. The tiny arachnid wove its web, slowly sliding itself lower and lower. The small creature hung from its web line, suspended floating in space like a partical of dust.
"The NeoGenetic retrovirus is "programmed" with zee double helix of heal-thzy cell mah-terial. As you can zee he-ya we keep a stead-y str-eam of radi-ation bomb-ahrding zee mah-terialz so that zee can-cer-uss cells can't infect and de-stroy any of zee new-ly fuhr-med cells. For patient treat-ment, chem-icals similar to kemo-zerapy would be used in conjun-ction with the gen-etic treat-ments." As the good doctor talked on, the tiny arachnid shimmed slowly down it silken thread. It dropped lower toward the small petrie dish holding the recombination genetic materials. While the creature swayed in the confined area, its lifeline snapped, and down it fell, into the path of the "infected" sample.
"The pro-cess is still in experi-mental sta-ges at zis point in time..." Dr. Octavius was interrupted by the monotone voice of the computer. "Unknown genetic materials found in specimen containment. Radiation emition increase." "No zis can't hap-pen... EVERY-VONE clear zee auh-ditori-um..." The Doctor warned.
"Malfunction in primary BIOS control unit. Radiation cascade failure immanent." The electronic voice informed. The "confusion" from the arachnid's DNA had caused an overload in the radiation emitter, it was about to blow. Dr. Octavius watched as the students rushed out of the auditorium, frantically he tried to concentrate, directing the control arms toward the emitter's access panels. With great skill and mechanical dexterity Octavius attempted to repair the burnt connections in the circuit pathways. "Overload critical... please evacuate area."All of the good doctors attempts had been for not. A look of terror claimed the face of Dr. Otto Octavius. The blinding green light was the last image to appear to him, after to radiation emitter's reactor erupted in explosion.
"GAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
The young redhead had been running toward the nearest exit when she heard the scream. A scream of pure torture. A scream bounding from deep with in the soul. She paused in her step and turned to look for Dr. Octavius. What she saw was a man's body being immersed in an emerald light. The scent of searing flesh caught her senses just as she was caught in the final explosion and thhe impact of the blast sent her lithe frame slamming back through the swinging doors. The last thing she felt was the cool surface of tiled floor smashing the back of her head.
-Meanwhile: Back with our friend Xander-
Xander's head snapped to the direction of the explosion. One thought caught in his mind. *Willow! * Before he knew it his feet were reacting, hurling his body through the halls... towards the sounds of screams. When he rounded the corner he could smell a sulfuric stench wafting through the air and through all the screams and cries of the demonstration's observers one specific cry reached his ears. His feet pounded the tiles faster than Xander thought he possibly could, but he was too late. The first thing Xander saw as he rounded the final corner was Willow's form being tossed backward like a rag doll. His deep chocolate eyes widened in shock when he saw her head contact the floor with a sickening thud.
"NO WILLOW!!!" Xander hurled himself toward her, landing on his knees he slid across the slick floor by her side. "Willow?..." his heart skipped a beat, but she had begun to stir beneath his form. She was alive. It was then that his eyes caught sight of the figure in the auditorium, charred and twitching, with tentacle like arms draped over itself.
"WE NEED AN AMBULANCE NOW!!! SOMEONE CALL 911!!!"
Willow had awaken and was looking at him with bleary eyes. "Stay here Willow, don't move, I'll be right back." Without another thought Xander bolted for the figure, taking a couple pictures with his old camera as he ran. *Might be able to use these. * Xander came to a halt near the charred and fallen figure of Dr. Otto Octavius.
"Help me..." Xander could barely make out the whisper. Unseen to Xander a small arachnid crawled slowly from the doctor into the cuff of his sleeve.
"Son, please move out of the way, we are gonna need some room here." Young Mr. Harris looked up to see EMT's piling into the room.
"GET OVER HERE NOW, this man needs your help, and there is a girl in the hall with possible head trauma..." Living on the Hellmouth had some bleak advantages. Xander and his friends had clocked enough hours in First Aid and Hospital attendance to be registered nurses.
"She's fine young man, a nasty concussion but she'll live." One of the EMT's told him while the rest attended to the injured doctor. Xander watched as they loaded him up and heard the notes of doubt in the paramedic's voices. Xander made his way back out to the hall where Willow had been put on a stretcher. Willow looked horrible, her eyes had darkened and her hair clung to her pale face.
"Hey Wills, they said you're gonna be okay. You hang in there, I'll meet you at the hosp.. OUCH!" Xander looked down and saw a small house spider drop from the back of his hand. The little bug fell to the floor, and ceased all movement. Xander could see a look of concern pass his friends face.
"Don't worry Wills, its just a little spider bite...."
Author: Wesley (With input and insight from Stone Cold)
Rating: WARNING PG-13/R (For Violence and Adult Language)
Feedback: For the love of God YES!!!! I need Feedback, its my motivation!!! Plus kudos give me a happy :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Jack-Diddly
Notes: I wanted to bring together my two favorite
worlds, Buffy and Spider-Man, so here we go. Italics indicate thought, where
as * text* indicates a flashback. This Story line is set in Season 4/5.
*********************************************************
As long as there
have been demons, there has been the Slayer. One girl in the entire world, a
Chosen one, born with the strength and skill to hunt vampires and other
creatures of the dark. When one Slayer dies, the next is called.
*********************************************************
Part 1: Come into my parlor...
[-Monday: UCSunnydale's newest wing opening-]
Willow Rosenberg sat tapping her pencil against her tablet, a slight yawn escaped her lips as she listened to the speaker drone on. She was attending the opening of a new science division on UCSunnydale's campus that had been funded by generous science alumni. The young lady had been hoping to get some material for her science thesis on NeoGenetic Recombination. A German Professor of Genetics, Dr. Otto Octavius, was heading the demonstration.
"With the newest advancement in Genetic Retroviruses and Radiation treatments, we hope to be able to rebuild cancer-ridden tissues with fresh genetic materials." The speaker, Mr. McMaden rambled on with his prepared speech. The redhead glanced down at her watch... 1:37pm. ~Just get on with the demonstration already!~ Willow thought.
After another half-hour of the Professors irritating voice, the curtain call came. "And without further ado, Dr. Octavius is going to demonstrate the latest in NeoGenetic Gene therapy using an invention of his own design; A Neural Interception Control Device, connected at the base of his skull, in conjunction with a set of mechanical control arms. He will be using these devices to manipulate the radioactive materials of this demonstration." The curtains of the stage pulled back to reveal a glass enclosed structure, and a short black haired man.
The man, whom Willow presumed to be Dr. Octavius, had a metal cylinder around his waist, four tentacle like arms snaked their way into the glass casing."If you would be so kind as to di-rect your attention to the moni-tors we will being the demon-stration..." the Dr. said in a thick German accent. The monitors sparked to life, casting the glowing magnification of a strain of DNA.
-Meanwhile: In a hall on the other side of the Auditorium-
Xander Harris strolled leisurely along the UCSunnydale's halls. He had big news brewing and couldn't wait to tell his friends. Xander had called Willow first, and she asked him to meet her at the main auditorium at 2:30pm. Xander paused a moment, and leaned against the smooth cool wall. I still can't believe it he thought, lifting the camera from around his neck. He smiled at the old piece of photographic equipment. ~I've finally found something I'm good at AND...~ The giddy young man pulled paycheck from coat and counted the zeros... ~can make some cash doing.~
Xander glanced down at his watch... 2:16pm. He looked around slowly, the fingers of his right hand wove through his black hair, scratching the back of his neck, and his left tucked in his pant pocket. "Argh...I think I'm lost. Good thing I don't go to school here, it would take me a week just to get to class. Willow coulda met me in the cafeteria, but Noooooo lets get the townie lost in our big bad school." Xander looked about himself and frowned at how the halls seemed to melt together.
"I really hate school."
-Back in the Auditorium -
"He-ya we have some can-cer-uss cells taken from a vol-un-teer pat-ient. As you can see, zee genetic mah-terialz are being infect-ed with zee NeoGenetic retrovi-rus." On the monitors the magnified cellular structures were being penetrated by the microscopic organism.
"Zee re-engine-eered vi-rus pen-ehtrates the zell wall like a normal vi-rus. But as you can zee he-ya..." a red dot appeared on the large screens before the crowd. It indicated one of the viruses as it wormed its way through the cell wall. The virus started to rewrite the double helix to match its own genetic code. Willow plopped down word after word in her notes as Dr. Octavius continued, she may have been into Wicca the last year and a half, but she was still a scientist at heart.".. zee vi-russ iz rewri-ting zee cell's gen-etic mah-terialz."
A top the containment area a creature stirred. A single silvery thread dripped from the top of the glass enclosure and down it crawled a small house spider. Unbeknownst to the scientists, it had snuck inside the radiation containment housing as it was being assembled. The tiny arachnid wove its web, slowly sliding itself lower and lower. The small creature hung from its web line, suspended floating in space like a partical of dust.
"The NeoGenetic retrovirus is "programmed" with zee double helix of heal-thzy cell mah-terial. As you can zee he-ya we keep a stead-y str-eam of radi-ation bomb-ahrding zee mah-terialz so that zee can-cer-uss cells can't infect and de-stroy any of zee new-ly fuhr-med cells. For patient treat-ment, chem-icals similar to kemo-zerapy would be used in conjun-ction with the gen-etic treat-ments." As the good doctor talked on, the tiny arachnid shimmed slowly down it silken thread. It dropped lower toward the small petrie dish holding the recombination genetic materials. While the creature swayed in the confined area, its lifeline snapped, and down it fell, into the path of the "infected" sample.
"The pro-cess is still in experi-mental sta-ges at zis point in time..." Dr. Octavius was interrupted by the monotone voice of the computer. "Unknown genetic materials found in specimen containment. Radiation emition increase." "No zis can't hap-pen... EVERY-VONE clear zee auh-ditori-um..." The Doctor warned.
"Malfunction in primary BIOS control unit. Radiation cascade failure immanent." The electronic voice informed. The "confusion" from the arachnid's DNA had caused an overload in the radiation emitter, it was about to blow. Dr. Octavius watched as the students rushed out of the auditorium, frantically he tried to concentrate, directing the control arms toward the emitter's access panels. With great skill and mechanical dexterity Octavius attempted to repair the burnt connections in the circuit pathways. "Overload critical... please evacuate area."All of the good doctors attempts had been for not. A look of terror claimed the face of Dr. Otto Octavius. The blinding green light was the last image to appear to him, after to radiation emitter's reactor erupted in explosion.
"GAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
The young redhead had been running toward the nearest exit when she heard the scream. A scream of pure torture. A scream bounding from deep with in the soul. She paused in her step and turned to look for Dr. Octavius. What she saw was a man's body being immersed in an emerald light. The scent of searing flesh caught her senses just as she was caught in the final explosion and thhe impact of the blast sent her lithe frame slamming back through the swinging doors. The last thing she felt was the cool surface of tiled floor smashing the back of her head.
-Meanwhile: Back with our friend Xander-
Xander's head snapped to the direction of the explosion. One thought caught in his mind. *Willow! * Before he knew it his feet were reacting, hurling his body through the halls... towards the sounds of screams. When he rounded the corner he could smell a sulfuric stench wafting through the air and through all the screams and cries of the demonstration's observers one specific cry reached his ears. His feet pounded the tiles faster than Xander thought he possibly could, but he was too late. The first thing Xander saw as he rounded the final corner was Willow's form being tossed backward like a rag doll. His deep chocolate eyes widened in shock when he saw her head contact the floor with a sickening thud.
"NO WILLOW!!!" Xander hurled himself toward her, landing on his knees he slid across the slick floor by her side. "Willow?..." his heart skipped a beat, but she had begun to stir beneath his form. She was alive. It was then that his eyes caught sight of the figure in the auditorium, charred and twitching, with tentacle like arms draped over itself.
"WE NEED AN AMBULANCE NOW!!! SOMEONE CALL 911!!!"
Willow had awaken and was looking at him with bleary eyes. "Stay here Willow, don't move, I'll be right back." Without another thought Xander bolted for the figure, taking a couple pictures with his old camera as he ran. *Might be able to use these. * Xander came to a halt near the charred and fallen figure of Dr. Otto Octavius.
"Help me..." Xander could barely make out the whisper. Unseen to Xander a small arachnid crawled slowly from the doctor into the cuff of his sleeve.
"Son, please move out of the way, we are gonna need some room here." Young Mr. Harris looked up to see EMT's piling into the room.
"GET OVER HERE NOW, this man needs your help, and there is a girl in the hall with possible head trauma..." Living on the Hellmouth had some bleak advantages. Xander and his friends had clocked enough hours in First Aid and Hospital attendance to be registered nurses.
"She's fine young man, a nasty concussion but she'll live." One of the EMT's told him while the rest attended to the injured doctor. Xander watched as they loaded him up and heard the notes of doubt in the paramedic's voices. Xander made his way back out to the hall where Willow had been put on a stretcher. Willow looked horrible, her eyes had darkened and her hair clung to her pale face.
"Hey Wills, they said you're gonna be okay. You hang in there, I'll meet you at the hosp.. OUCH!" Xander looked down and saw a small house spider drop from the back of his hand. The little bug fell to the floor, and ceased all movement. Xander could see a look of concern pass his friends face.
"Don't worry Wills, its just a little spider bite...."