5:45 a.m. Adam's phone begins to blare a loud obnoxious alarm. It vibrates furiously and slowly neared the edge of his bedside table. Groaning, he flips himself over, presses the snooze button, and quickly turns back over to stay warm. Barely a minute later and his phone begins to ring again, this time because of a phone call.
Who did I assign that ringtone to? He thought groggily. What idiot would be calling at 5am?
The call went to voicemail and before it rang again, Adam had figured it out. Kara.
Adam flipped over quickly and reached out with his right arm. Flicking his wrist, a web shot out sticking to the phone. Adam yanked the web back, pulling his phone towards him and leaving the charger behind. He caught it in mid air and answered the phone.
"Hey what's up? I was downstairs getting coffee,"
He lied, trying to sound alert. "You ready to do this or what?"
"I am SO EXCITED!" Kara shrieked. "I can't believe we are going to meet Spider-Man!"
"Whoa, slow down. We don't know for sure if we'll meet him." Adam says as he picks out clothes to wear? "I hope Mr.Parker will be able to fix this by himself. I don't need this to get blown out of proportion."
"But you know he has a direct line to Spider-Man. And you know Spider-Man has dealt with it before."
"Yeah, but it never made Spider-Man a huge, snarling-"
"Just try to be optimistic okay? This is gonna be awesome."
"Or it could be a waste of time." Adam replied setting his clothes on the bed.
"Hey, I gotta go alright? I have to act like I'm sick so I can call in for work today. "
"You had plenty of time to do that, what have you been doing these past few days?"
"Working on something special, you'll see in a bit."
"What is it?" Adam replied, curious.
"It's a surprise, and it's not ready yet. I really got to go. I'll see you at ten, okay?"
"Alright, bye."
Adam waits for Kara to hang up and begins to pull strands of web from his phone. Rubbing the sticky substance between his fingers, he begins to feel an itchy, burning sensation on his wrist. But he doesn't immediately notice the problem.
Getting into the shower, his wrist started to irritate him more. He started scratching it but it only made it worse. The itch started to burn hotter and hotter till finally Adam screamed, clutching his wrist. He turned the knob on the shower, switching the water to cold and sinking to the floor. He hadn't even realized how much damage he had done to his arm. The cool water washed away the blood but alot of his skin had been ripped up,. Somehow, it looked old and dry, like it was peeling off anyway.
Staring at his wrist he looked closely and saw where the blood originated from. The was a little slit in the center of his wrist, so small it was almost unnoticeable. He touched it with his forefinger, he could feel it sightly. He took his index finger and thumb and tried to peel it off, to no avail. Slowly, he stretched out his arm again, letting the water cool his arm, and he noticed that skin opened up a little. Closing his fist, A long silvery gray web shot out from his arm and stuck to the wall. It sent an eerie tingling sensation down his arm ask the way to his spine. He grimaced and ripped the web from his arm. After a few moments, the surrounding area started to get red again.
"I'm not going to keep dealing with this." Adam muttered as he stood up to finish his shower.
