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American Spider
A truck is parked in a museum's rear entrance and some people are transporting it's cargo inside. Unbeknownst to them, some people are interested on an item in special. Once a certain aztec skull is taken from the truck, the thieves started their move. They easily grab the skull but before they leave, a spider web pulls it from them and lands it at the hands of someone dressed like a spider.
"Isn't that a little early for Halloween?" He asks the thieves. "And what's with you and skulls?" he asks the leader of the thieves, who wears a dragon skull on his head. "Needing a better way to hide your face?"
"You'll pay for that insolence!" The thief exclaims. "Prepare to face the wrath of the Huntsmaster, huh, who the are you?"
"I'm just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man." Spider-Man answers.
"Spider-Man?" The Huntsmaster asks. "Are you real? I thought you were just some myth made up by someone wanting to sell tabloids. Anyway, give me the aztec skull or die."
"That skull belongs to the museum and I won't let you guys keep it." Right after Spidey says that, his Spider-sense tingles and he notices someone trying to strike him from behind and he manages to dodge Huntsgirl's attack. "What is a beautiful girl like you doing working for someone obviously so ugly he cover his face with some stupid lizard skull?"
"This is a DRAGON skull!" The Huntsmaster angrily replies. "I earned the right to wear it by slaying the dragon the skull was taken from."
"So you guys work for a crazy man who not only believes in dragons but claims to have killed one?" Spider-Man asks.
This was the last straw for the Huntsclan. They try to blast him with beams shot from their Huntstaffs but Spider-Man dodges them all while jumping from wall to wall with the aztec skull. Eventually the battle draws the attention of the police, causing the Huntsclan to leave. However, before the Huntsmaster teleports them away, Spider-Man launches a web at his head and removes his dragon skull.
While the police is taking statements from the truck driver and the museum guard, Peter Parker appears to interview them.
"Parker, how did you get here so fast?" Detective Terry Lee asks.
"I was following Spider-Man." Peter answers. "And what do we have here?"
"Apparently, some masked people attempted to steal an aztec skull recently acquired by the museum but Spider-Man stopped them." The detective explains. "Their leader was wearing this." She produces the dragon skull and Peter Parker takes a picture of it with the same automatic camera he used to take pictures of himself as Spider-Man fighting the Huntsclan. While Parker was interviewing the people, Jake Long was watching all from a nearby building.
If Rotwood hasn't given me detention today I would have arrived on time to stop the Huntsclan myself instead of coming here just to see a young reporter interviewing the police about some guy dressed like a spider who stopped them instead. Jake thought. He then goes back to his grandpa's electronics shop.
"Young Dragon, it's a good thing this Spider-Man appeared but we must worry about him." Lao Shi explains. "We still must retrieve the skull before the Huntsclan does and Spider-Man might think we're stealing it."
"And not to mention Peter Parker." Spud adds. "He seems to know where Spider-Man appears and usually takes the best pictures of him. If you meet Spider-Man Parker might take a picture of you and prove dragons are real."
"Spud is right, Young Dragon." Lao Shi says. "We must be careful about Peter Parker. He sells photos to a tabloid for a living. However, we also must pay attention to the fact he seems to find Spider-Man too much for a coincidence. He must have a secret of his own."
"So I'll keep an Eye of the Dragon and an Ear of Dragon on him to find it out, right?" Jake asks.
"No, Young Dragon." Lao Shi asks. "We'd better leave it to Trixie and Spud. And be careful. The Huntsmaster is able to do anything not only for the aztec skull but also for his own dragon skull."
At the Daily Bugle, Peter Parker sells the photos to J. Jonah Jameson.
"Nice work, Parker." JJJ says. "Spider-Man tries to steal aztec skull but other thieves reach it first."
"Mr. Jameson, Spider-Man stopped the thieves." Parker replies. "He's a hero. That's what the witnesses said."
"Alright, Parker." Jameson says, unhappy about Spidey being a hero. "But now what worries me is that Huntsclan. I've heard about them before."
"Really?" Parker asks, curious.
"Something around thirteen years ago, a couple had twin girls." Jameson explains. "They're identical except one of them has a dragon-shaped birthmark on her right hand while the other one doesn't. Rose, the girl with the birthmark, was kidnapped by a man who was wearing what seemed to be a dragon skull and said something about it being her destiny to join the Huntsclan."
"Do you think it's the same man?" Parker asks.
"It would be a lot of a coincidence otherwise, Parker." Jameson replies.
"In that case, JJ..." Parker picks a photograph with Huntsgirl and points at her hair. "Does Rose have blonde hair?"
"There's a possibility, Parker." Jameson says, understanding Peter Parker's hint. "And even if it's not her we've got the kidnapper. I'll interview her parents." He was about to say goodbye when he remembered something else. "Parker, my contact at the police station said the experts failed to identify the kind of animal the Huntsmaster has taken the 'dragon' skull from and decided to send it to Empire State University to be analyzed by Dr. Kurt Connors. You're one of his students. Try to find out more about that and get an statement from him."
"Yes, Sir." Parker replies. He then picks the payment for the photos Jameson bought and leaves.
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