Author's Notes:
Hey, this is Keiya992! This is Spider-Man: Origin, the 1st part of the Spider-Man series I would be writing. The series might not somehow be the same as the original. I might change certain parts and keep certain parts.
Note:
Italic words: POV from a character
Bold, Italic words: Narration (Peter Parker)
Bold words: Flashbacks
Disclaimer:
I don't own Spider-Man. They rightfully belong to Stan Lee and Marvel.
Story:
Left without any parents at a young age, Peter Parker lives with his beloved Uncle Ben and Aunt May in Queens, New York. Leading a normal life as a High School Student and working as a part-time photographer for the Daily Bugle, Peter will soon face the greatest change in his life after being bitten by a genetically-altered spider…
Spider-Man: Origin
Chapter 1: Origins (Part 1)
Before I knew it, my life's already taking a turn…
"Over, target moving towards sector 13, all units to go after it, over!" The officer called out. Under the full moon was a busy city, and among the busy streets was a hoard of police cars chasing an old looking vehicle.
Under the full moon was a boy, a boy desperately searching for an answer to his misdeeds. He jumped onto the top of the ceiling as he looked down at the busy streets. His eyes were all onto the running vehicle. He had the anger and sadness kept within him, something that he started to fear so much. He was at a loss as to what he should do now.
"…Uncle Ben…" He gripped the mask. He continued staring until the car was out of sight. Then, he held his mask high up and plunged it towards his head. With his face covered, he jumped down the ceiling and into the busy streets.
With great power comes great responsibility…
-- -- --
1 week ago…
"Wait…Wait up!" A boy wearing a pair of thick black spectacles called out as he ran with a whole a pile of worksheets and books in his arms. The other students were already lining up to get on board the school bus.
"Hey, look there. It's Parker…" A delinquent smirked along with 2 more guys standing beside him.
"Let me handle it," another guy said as he chewed his chewing gum. He walked up with his arms in his pockets as he leaned against the bus. As the nerd ran towards the bus, the bloke held out 1 of his legs and whistled.
"Whoa!" The boy yelled as he fell down upon tripping. His pile of worksheets flew into the sky and his books landed on him. "Ouch…."
"Hey," 1 of the blokes bent down beside the nerd. "You know, you just dirtied my shoe…" He sneered right in the nerd's face.
"Oh…I…I'm sorry!" The nerd looked up and adjusted his specs. The guy gave a slight laugh at the sight of that.
"And I'm not happy with it!" The guy suddenly stepped on the pile of papers on the floor and dirtied it. The 3 delinquents laughed.
"What a loser…" The gang laughed. Soon enough, everyone was laughing at the nerd.
He quickly packed his stuff, wanting to board the bus but just as he was about to approach the entrance, the door closed and the bus went off. "Hey!" The nerd tried to chase after the bus but he stopped after a while. "Wait…Wait up…" He panted. Despite feeling useless, the only thing he could do was the watch the bus driving further and further from him. "Damn it…" He murmured as he walked down the lane.
Narration
Have you ever wondered about being different? Being different from everyone else and having something that could change your life forever. Well, I'm Peter Parker and this, is the story of how I became different.
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"And so this equation is…" The teacher said as he wrote on the board. The nerd walked into the room hurriedly and greeted the teacher.
"Good morning Mr. Reeves. Sorry I'm late again! I…" Peter was interrupted.
"Again…Peter, what's going on? You've been late for quite a couple of times already!" Mr. Reeves sighed, giving an unsatisfied look on his face. Peter sighed and walked back to his seat.
"Hey loser! Didn't know you would be able to make it to school!" Flash Thompson smirked as Peter made his way back to his seat.
"Psss…Flash, go on!" another delinquent tapped Flash on his left shoulder. Flash smirked. He took out a packet of wrapped material from under his desk. It had a strange smell to it, like fertilizer. The boys then made a disgusted gesture and laughed at Peter, who had no idea how much trouble he was going to get in.
"This…is for farmer boy!" Flash threw the bag at Peter and hit him right on the neck. The class laughed as Peter held onto his neck, gritting his teeth in pain. Mr. Reeves turned around, frowning away.
"What's going…on," He sniffed. "What's that smell?" He then looked at Peter and saw the bag of fertilizer on the floor. "Peter…What are you doing?" He said in an irritated tone.
"I'm fine… I…" He looked up at Flash, who was signaling for him to not say anything out. "I just dropped the bag of fertilizer on the floor… That's all," He smiled clumsily.
"Then get back to your seat now," Mr. Reeves turned back to his board and continued teaching. Flash and his gang cheered and did a high-five. Peter sighed and went back to his seat.
"Those jerks…" There was a boy sitting right at the back, he had blue eyes and curly hair reddish brown in color. He picked up a piece of eraser and threw it at Flash. It hit Flash right at the back of the neck as well.
"What the?!" He stood up angrily and slammed against the table. "Who did that?!" Mr. Reeves frowned and turned again. Flash gritted and walked up to Peter. "I know you did it," He glared and held Peter by the collars. "Peter Parker you---"
"Flash," The teacher folded his arms. "Detention 3 days," Flash looked annoyed.
"But…What did I… 3 DAYS?!" The teacher nodded as the blonde sat down angrily.
The boy smiled as Peter turned around to look at him. Peter smiled too.
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Outside school"Hey Harry!" Peter caught up with boy.
"Hey Buddy!" Harry smiled. The 2 boys exchange greetings by punching their knuckles. "Let's walk home together." Peter nodded and the 2 boys walked along the road towards the busy streets.
They were chatting and walking along the streets until they came to a halt before a traffic lamp. "Hey," Harry smiled. "How about a race to the garden before Oscorp?"
"I don't think it's such a—" As Peter replied, the lights turned green and Harry started running.
"Last one there owes the other fifty bucks!" Harry ran as fast as he could.
"He-Hey wait up!!" Peter ran as he narrowed against the crowd of people in the busy streets of Manhattan.
As Peter ran, he noticed a girl walking out of the café from his right. The girl had blonde hair and mesmerizing blue eyes. She dazzled Peter as he continued running without looking front. Then, he hit a pole and dropped onto the ground. Harry, who was nearby, heard the loud bang and ran back to check on Peter. The nerd was still carrying a dazzled look on his face. Several passers-by went up to him and held him up.
"Peter!" Harry ran up. He shook Peter but he didn't seem to be responding. "I think he's hit the head right out of him…"
Then, a girl approached Peter "Hey, are you alright?" The girl gave a concerned look.
Peter looked at her and shook awake. "Whoa!" He shook onto the ground. He picked up his spectacles and adjusted it just so he could see the girl right in front of him. He smiled.
"I'm fine…" Peter answered gleefully, still mesmerized by the girl. The girl got closer to Peter and frowned.
"Are you…sure?" Peter realized the close gap between him and the girl, so he moved back and finally woke up from his hallucination.
"Yeah, I'm fine!" He adjusted his spectacles and the girl laughed.
The girl crossed her arms and smiled at Peter. The nerd returned a smile. The girl asked, "Hey, you're that photographer for our school papers right?"
"Erm, yeah, how did you know?" Peter continued smiling.
"Well, I saw your photo pinned up on the bulletin board," The girl nodded along with Peter. They couldn't stop nodding their heads in agreement. "Those pictures you have taken are great,"
"Yeah, yeah…I mean thank you," Peter replied clumsily.
"Sure." She smiled. "There's a science exhibit tomorrow, you keep up the good work," She was walking off slowly. "I gotta go, see you next time!" She then walked off.
"Yeah…Bye…" Peter couldn't stop looking at her and just smiling at her non-stop. The girl then turned around.
"I'm Gwen Stacy by the way, you?"
"Peter…Parker," Peter nodded with Gwen. The blonde smiled and walked off this time. Peter sniffed happily and turned towards his left where he banged into Harry. "Harry? Where did you come from?"
"I bet you didn't realized I was beside you the whole time?" He smirked. Peter frowned. Then, a limousine stopped beside the 2 boys. Harry gave an unpleasant sigh.
The windows lowered the chauffeur looked at Harry.
"Sir, your father has called for you to be home now." The man said. "He will be expecting some guests for dinner and he wants you to be there too." Harry sighed and walked towards the vehicle.
"Hey, I gotta go. See you at the Science Exhibit tomorrow." He got in the limousine with a bored face.
"Okay, see you then." Peter bade goodbye. He shook his head a little and then headed home.
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Back home…"I'm home," Peter called out as he took of his shoes. An old man walked out to greet him; he had white hair and blue eyes just like Peter's.
"Peter! How's school today?" The old man walked beside the teenage.
"Fine!" Peter smiled. "How are you today, Uncle Ben?" The old man laughed wholeheartedly as an old woman walked out from the kitchen to greet Peter.
"I'm as strong as before!" Uncle Ben laughed.
"Why, Peter you look cheerful today!" The old lady placed a plate of fruits on the table and sat across the guys.
"Really?" Peter smiled.
"That's good alright," Uncle Ben smiled. "A teen should live like one! Enjoying his youth, doing things he like, no worries…Stuffs like that!"
"Before it's too late to do anything, you know what I mean," Aunt May grinned.
"But we're young at heart! Right, May?" The both of them chuckled as Peter walked up to the telephone happily, wanting to answer the call.
However, he saw a pile of newspapers on the table. He walked towards them. There were many red circles on the papers. Peter took a closer look. "What's this…" Peter's mood had a sudden change as he walked up to the folks. He sat beside Uncle Ben and passed the papers to him.
"Yes?" Uncle Ben realized that Peter knew what was going on in the house. He gave a huge sigh, "Peter…"
"Uncle Ben, why didn't you tell me?" Peter sounded angry and disappointed.
"Peter, I…I didn't want to trouble you." Uncle Ben looked at Peter.
"Please try and understand your Uncle," Aunt May said.
"But, didn't you always tell me that you guys would always be there for me? And isn't it the right time for me to do the same already?" Peter frowned.
"Peter…You should be out there, enjoying life you know. Not here trying to solve some problems for some old folks." Aunt May explained.
"This isn't just some problem for some old folks! This…this is my family." Peter answered.
"Peter…" Uncle Ben sighed again. "This family is my responsibility…you should know that…"
"But, this isn't just --" Peter stumbled.
"I am the man of the house so this…is my responsibility." Uncle Ben said firmly.
Peter didn't know what he could say anymore. "I…I'm feeling rather tired, I better get to bed." He walked up the stairs in disappointment. The old couple was disappointed as well …
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Oscorp Household"Cheers to our new project everyone!" A well-built man with blue eyes and well-dressed standing right before the huge window held out his cup of wine. There were at least 10 more adults, all well dressed, around the tables as well. Everyone held up their cup of wine, so did Harry, as they celebrated for their upcoming project to be held in Empire State University.
Harry wasn't smiling at all, in fact, he had a bored and impatient look on his face. As the guests enjoyed the food, Norman Osborn went up to Harry.
"Hey," Harry greeted coolly.
"How was school today?" Norman asked. Before Harry could answer, he talked again. "Well, isn't it great that Oscorp is going to become one of the wealthiest company in America?"
"…Yeah," Harry answered reluctantly.
"Glad that you're happy." Norman smiled as he patted his son on the shoulder. Harry smiled and then some guests approached his father. He stared and soon walked away, leaving his drink on the table…
The next day…
Peter tied his shoelaces, getting ready for the science exhibit. Aunt May walked up to the boy and passed him his lunch pack. "Thanks, Aunt May," He smiled.
"You know, Peter…" Aunt May shrugged. "About yesterday…"
Peter adjusted his spectacles, "It's okay, I understand." The boy grinned. Aunt May felt relieved and hug the boy.
"We're terribly sorry, Peter…" She sniffed. Peter smiled and put his lunch pack into the bag.
"Don't worry," He smiled and left the house. Just then, Uncle Ben walked down the stairs.
"Where did that boy went off to?" He yawned.
"Science Exhibit," Aunt May said as she cleared the table. "You know, that boy has grown a lot…" Uncle Ben simply replied with a smile.
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Empire State University Annual Science Exhibit
The students walked around the exhibit and most of them were pretty bored with the scientific explanations and stuffs. Only Peter looked amazed with the high tech equipments and demonstrations by professors. Then, Mr. Reeves brought the class to the infamous professor of Empire State University, Dr. Curtis Connors.
"Dr. Connors, it's a pleasure to meet you." Mr. Reeves walked up to shake hands with the professor. "Students, this is the Dr. Connors and he will be explaining to you about generic alterations. Dr. Connors, please." The professor nodded.
"Hello, students. Welcome to Empire State University, I'm Dr. Connors, please to meet you all." He bowed.
"Hello, Dr. Connors." Peter was the only one that greeted him. Then, the professor went on to his demonstration.
"Well, firstly I should thank you guys coming to this exhibit and of course, hope that you guys would learn something here. And this experiment has been funded by Oscorp so I should thank them as well." He smiled. Harry felt proud upon hearing that. Peter grinned as he watched the experiment. Meanwhile, there was a girl standing right at the back of the class…
The professor walked up to a strange looking machine that had a laser pointing towards some container. In the container was an Iguana. Flash deliberately yawned and this aroused the laughter of the class. Harry was angry, "Hey, stop acting like a loser…"
"What?" Flash gritted. "You are interested only because your father's company funded for the experiment, you proud ass."
"Be quiet!" Mr. Reeves maintained the quietness of the class. The girl who had stood right at the back of the class was slowly walking towards the front and then, she stopped beside Peter.
"Let me explain the demonstration a little. By generic altering, we mean that we are going to alter the genes of a creature such that the creature will change its features. It can be physical or interior even. This laser will be shot at the creature and thus, the transformation will begin. Up there, high above," The professor pointed to the top of the machine which looked like some kind of a cap. It was shining inside. "There, is the main control of the experiment and that's where our source of energy is kept."
"Wow…pretty cool isn't it?" The girl was amazed with the colorful ray shooting out from the machine's small openings.
"Yeah…" Peter looked in amazement.
"Let us begin then!" The professor called out and his helpers started the machine. Meanwhile, right at the top of the machine was a spider, slowly making its way towards the cap of the machine.
The spider lowered itself with its web and finally, it reached the cap. And there, on the side, was a small opening.
"Now, the source is slowly increasing its energy and when it is at its maximum storage, the beam will be release out and it will hit the Iguana." The professor put on his goggles and moved the beam towards the Iguana's position. The students were all stunned by the experiment.
The spider crawled into the opening and onto the surface of under the cap, trying not to touch the source of energy. However, it slipped and fell into the source of energy! The energy was slowly entering the spider's body and transformation was undergoing in the spider's body.
"Look, the storage is approaching its maximum! In a few seconds time, it's going to --" The spider had changed its colors to a mix of red and purplish-blue. The source was fully absorbed into the spider's body!
"There it's going to …" The professor stopped. The source was gone as the light from the machine vanished suddenly. The spider dropped onto the ground, unnoticed. "What happened?" He walked up to check the machine. There were commotions among the students as they talked about the failed experiment.
"What happened?" Peter lifted an eyebrow.
"The source is gone," The girl said. Everyone was stunned and could not stop commenting.
"Pardon me… " The professor then approached the other staffs, "The source just disappeared suddenly. I don't know why but the experiment cannot go on without the source…" The spider got on its 8 legs again and crawled away…
-- -- --
Break time
Peter was walking around the exhibit, exploring all sorts of amusing experiments. Then, he stopped before a gallery of spiders. The girl was there too. While Peter took photographs of the gallery, the girl talked to him. "That was such a disappointment, wasn't it?"
"You can say that…" Peter turned around and saw a girl behind him. She had red hair and green eyes that looked brilliant. "Who…are you?"
"I'm Mary-Jane Watson, nice to meet you. It's my first day in class so…" She grinned.
"Oh, I'm Peter Parker, nice to meet you too." He smiled and carried on taking the pictures. The red-head observed Peter.
"If only that experiment was a success, maybe we would be able to see a mutated Iguana then," She laughed.
"Yeah, that would be cool." Peter snapped with his camera. There was something watching them, a spider. Slowly, the spider released its web again and lowered itself towards the 2 teens.
"Hey, are you taking pictures for the school newspaper?" Mary-Jane asked in curiosity.
"Yeah, I am." Peter snapped a few more pictures. The spider was getting nearer and nearer towards Peter.
"Do you mind if I err… If you could take pictures of me… and the spiders?" She asked clumsily.
Peter stood still. "Hmm.. Yeah, sure." He smiled.
"Thank you." She walked up and posed in front of the spiders kept in containers. Peter got ready and started taking pictures. The spider was only a few centimeters away from Peter's thumb and then, it landed.
"That's great, smile more." Peter hasn't realized the spider was already on his hand. The spider crawled and finally it had chosen a spot. It then made a weird and soft sound and bit Peter on his hand! "Ouch!" Peter let go of the camera.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Mary-Jane walked up to Peter. The spider was swung away and it landed on the ground again. It then crawled away sneakily.
"Nothing, it's just…something's bit me…" He saw the bite marks on his hand.
"Are you alright? You should see a doctor!" Mary-Jane said in concern. Peter felt a little dizzy but he was still able to cope with it.
"I'm alright…Thanks but I need to take a little break." He then walked off to a corner and sat down. Mary-Jane accompanied him.
The spider had made its way out of the building and there, it crawled away…
Peter sat down, getting dizzier and dizzier. Mary-Jane sat down beside him. "Are you sure you're okay? You're looking pale now."
"I'm fine…Thank…." He had lost his vision and his mind went blank. He collapsed.
"Peter!" Mary-Jane called out as the people went up to help Peter…
A/N: Hey, this is Keiya992! Sorry that this chapter was a long one. But the next few chapters won't be as long as this one! Anyway, hope that you have enjoyed the stories and please review if you have comments! Thank you!
