Spider-Man: Improper Disposal

Chapter One: Catching crooks

The alarm sounded, three armed men rushed from the bank entrance, each dressed in black shirts, pants and masks. Two had pistols in both hands, and were no doubt guarding the third, which held a large sack, obviously filled with money. The men ran through the plaza of the bank, across the grass and walk ways, shooting rounds into the air, a warning to people to get out of the way, or get shot. Men and women screamed and leaped out of the criminals' way.

"Ha, easy as cake." One of the men donning the two pistols said

"Give them fear, and they run away." The other pistol-wielding thief said

"Cowards." The third man said

They continued through the massive pavilion, stopping as they came across a blockade made up of Bank Security, each armed with only one gun.

"Freeze! Drop the guns and hit the ground!" The lead Security Guard shouted

The two pistol wielding men dropped to the ground and put their hands behind their head in defeat. They began to kneel but both pulled out and threw a small pipe, which were hidden in the back of their shirts.

As the pipes hit the ground they exploded, and caused enough of a distraction for the two men to grab their pistols, and run with the third member, behind a large statue that provided enough protection, to shield them from bullets.

"Givem' lead, Kenny!" One of the armed men yelled

Kenny jumped up from behind the statue and blasted some shots as the stunned guards tried to regain their bearings. He only hit his mark once, shooting a man high in the leg, before he ducked back down to reload.

"What's left?" The other armed man asked

"Four guards, they got other's coming I bet, we gotta get outta here Sam!" Kenny explained

"I know," Sam responded "Bill, ready to run for it?"

Bill nodded and got into a running stance, ready to make a break for the side entrance of the building and go out the back way.

"NOW!" Sam yelled

The three men hurled out from behind the statue, Sam and Kenny shooting vigorously as Bill rushed to the door. Suddenly he felt something latch onto him from behind, and he was pulled off his feet, flying through the air a bit until he slammed into the ground. As he rolled to grab the bag of money, it was pulled away, and when he looked up to see who yanked it, he swore loudly...it was Spider-Man.

"Now, now no swearing. There could be children around."

The shoot out continued, but the two thieves seemed to have the guards on the defensive, keeping them ducked behind any cover they could find. The two were soon stopped when Spider-Man, shot webbing towards them. He attached webbing to their backs and yanked them back, Sam dropped his weapons, and one of Kenny's pistols clanged to the ground.

"Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way." Spider-Man said

Kenny responded with a shot, which Spider-Man easily dodged. Spider-Man shot another blast of webbing, covering Kenny's hand, gun and all, leaving him unable to shoot.

"Tut, tut, too slow." Spider-Man mocked

Then his Spider-Sense went wild and he spun to Bill, who had just released a small pipe. Spidery had seen the damage the other ones did, and had to act quickly if he was to avert more damage. Spider-Man web-zipped onto the building side and hooked the pipe with a line of web, which he whipped throwing the pipe high into the air. He followed up with a small hard packed web clot, which blasted the pipe hard enough to cause it to explode. The bomb did no damage blowing up high above the low building. When Spidey looked back down the crooks were gone, he zipped to the top of the building and spotted them running wildly down the street.

"Typical, they never try to blend." Spider-Man said

He shot webbing to the building across the street and swung down. He shot web at building, switching from side to side so he could swing down the street. Soon he was upon the thieves once again. He broke away from his web line and gave three quick powerful blasts of web knocking the three criminals to the ground. Sirens came into hearing range and Spider-Man had just enough time to web wrap the crooks for the cops.

"Well guys," Spider-Man said "Its been fun."

Spider-Man swung out of sight and the cops apprehended the crooks. Spider- Man swung back to the bank and grabbed his strategically placed camera.

"Another batch of great photos. This should pay my rent." He said to himself as he took off, hoping he could still get to his dinner with his friend Mary Jane on time.