Chapter 1: With Great Power
It was a quiet night in New York while two men exited a building with bags over their shoulders. "I told you O'hirn, just one jump over a rooftop and we're home free." The brunette in a green striped shirt said as he looked at his friend who wore a grey hoodie.
"Marko I don't like this." O'hirn muttered. "With the increase of idiots in tights we're robbing a place in New York? Where they're more common than anywhere else?"
"O'hirn we're nowhere near Hell's Kitchen so Daredevil can't break our faces in and the Fantastic Four and the Avengers are too busy to deal with us." Marko told his partner. "And I don't think the Justice League will pay any attention to us by doing this, they go after the destroying the world criminals."
O'hirn was silent for a bit before he spoke up. "There's still the Spider."
"Pft." Marko laughed. "The Spider-Man? O'hirn he's just an urban legend! You honestly believe that there's a kid in red and blue tights and can stick to walls taking criminals down?"
"He should." A new voice called out as the same kid they were talking about dropped in on them. "After all Urban Legends have a tendency to be true."
Marko went to hit him but Spider-Man pressed two fingers down on his wrist and shot webbing at his face.
"Nuh uh-uh!" Spider-Man taunted. "If you can't play nice you'll have to take a time out."
O'hirn pulled a crowbar out and Spider-Man flinched.
"Is that a crowbar?" Spider-Man asked in a timid voice.
"Yes it's a crowbar." O'hirn snarled.
"No my one weakness." Spider-Man got to his knees. "The Crowbar is the only thing to defeat me!"
O'hirn blinked in confusion. "It is?"
Spider-Man shot webbing at it knocking it away. "No it isn't but it could've been." He taunted as he webbed O'hirn to the wall. "You seriously thought that was my weakness? I can see that you're the brains of this operation."
O'hirn would've said something else but Spider-Man webbed his mouth shut and turned to see Marko crawling away with torn webbing on his face.
"Don't think I forgot about you Stripes." Spider-Man mocked as he did a flip and landed right on his back. "Now are you done or do I have to make it embarrassing?"
Unknown to Spider-Man a camera was recording the whole thing. "Is this Live?"
"Yes sir it is."
"… Take care of him."
"Will do sir."
After Spider-Man webbed Marko up with O'hirn, he left them for the Police and swung his way through the neighborhood. 'Man oh man! This is the way to travel!' Spider-Man thought happily. 'Forget about getting your Driver's License, web swinging is the way of the future!'
It was getting late so Spider-Man swung his way over the bridge and into Queens where he jumped from roof to roof until he got to his house and once he was sure that no one was looking he snuck into his window.
Once inside he closed the curtains and took off his mask to show a brunette fourteen year old teenager with chocolate brown eyes. Spider-Man was gone for the night and in his place was the High School Freshman Peter Benjamin Parker.
Peter was always the geek that was picked on but one spider bite from a radioactive spider during a school field trip to Oscorp Industries turned him into a super powered teen.
Looking in the mirror as he put his pajamas on Peter checked for signs of further mutations before he took his web shooters off. It's been a month since he's became Spider-Man and he was always afraid that he would mutate further than just having spider-like powers.
When he was satisfied that nothing noticeable has changed he hid his costume and went to sleep ready to get another day at school over with so he could go back out and be Spider-Man again.
It seemed like seconds that he closed his eyes when his alarm went off again and it scared him so badly that he slammed on it and he broke yet another alarm clock.
"I still need to watch my strength." Peter sheepishly muttered to himself as he stretched.
"Peter, are you up?" A voice called from downstairs.
Peter smiled as he heard that voice. "Yes Aunt May I'm up!"
Mayday Parker was the only family that Peter had left after a mugger shot his Uncle Benjamin Parker a month ago and in a fit of rage Peter hunted the man down only to find out it was the same criminal that he could've stopped just the other day and since then he swore to never turn his back on a person in need.
As Uncle Ben would say. 'With Great Power comes Great Responsibility!'
Peter got dressed with his costume on underneath his clothes and opened the door to walk downstairs to see an elderly woman with grey hair cooking eggs. "You need a hand Aunt May?" He offered.
May smiled in appreciation. "Thank you Peter but I got this, you just get ready for School, and you did do your Homework last night right?"
Peter mentally winced. 'I knew there was something that I forgot.' "Of course Aunt May! I took care of it at the Library yesterday." 'I'll just have to do it during Lunch.'
"That's good to hear Peter." May said with a smile. "You're a good young man and don't let anyone else tell you any different."
"I won't Aunt May." Peter kissed her on the cheek. "I'll see you after school okay?"
"Be safe Peter." May called out as Peter ran out the door with his backpack on.
If it wasn't for May, Peter Parker would've disappeared and Spider-Man would've been out full-time but Peter didn't wish to have his disappearance take its toll on May's health. One of the reasons he kept being Spider-Man a secret was because of her weak heart.
'But I need to find a way to bring some money into the Parker household.' Peter bitterly thought. 'With Uncle Ben gone we're becoming indebted… Man however Uncle Ben made this look easy I'll never know.'
As Peter was thinking that he couldn't think of a fast and easy way without using his powers to steal and that was something that he refused to do.
~Scene Shift~
Meanwhile on the other side of New York a man named Quentin Beck was working on some special effects for a movie that is called 'Attack of the Invaders'. It is an alien movie that required the skills that he has manifested over the years and he has worked his fingers to the bone to get to do this movie.
"Intern?" Beck asked his friend who was a chubby guy with blonde hair during their lunch break. "Alan what are you talking about?"
"I'm saying that having an intern would help out a bit more." Alan said as he bit into his Cheeseburger. "By having someone around to teach your skills to you would pass them on and have help in making the effects for the movie."
"How the hell am I supposed to find an intern to teach?" Beck asked in annoyance because he didn't want to be responsible for a loudmouth teenager with no respect for the inner workings of a movie.
Alan shrugged. "Well you could always put in an ad in the local High School, I'm pretty sure that some people would be happy to help you out."
Beck scoffed. "If they can get their heads out of the gutter. I do not want to look after a hormonal driven teenager."
"… Did you seriously have to say something like that while we're eating?" Alan asked looking a bit disturbed at the thought.
"You're the one that started this conversation." Beck told him as he pulled his sandwich out.
"I didn't think it would end up with us talking about hormonal teenagers."
One of their co-workers walked by at that moment hearing that sentence and gave the two a very weird look before leaving them to talk.
"Be that as it may I do need help." Beck sighed. "Fine I'll get to it."
"Great… So are you going to eat your sandwich?"
~Scene Shift~
Peter was sleeping peacefully in English Class when. "PARKER!"
"NYAHH!" Peter shot up before falling out of the seat causing the class to laugh at him while he picked himself up in embarrassment.
'I can mock rapists and murders while wearing spandex but falling out of my seat is embarrassing?' Peter thought in confusion. 'I should probably get more sleep so this won't happen again.'
"For God's sake Peter, don't sleep in class." The teacher berated him.
Peter smiled weakly. "I-I wasn't sleeping I was listening to what you said and I closed my eyes to think when-."
"I 'saw' what you were doing Parker." Mr. Douglas said crossing his arms. "You're not so scary smart that you can sleep in class take some responsibility in your life!"
'You want to talk about responsibility? Try fighting criminals every night to prevent what happened to Uncle Ben from happening to others.' Peter thought in anger but it didn't show on his face. "I'll try sir."
As Peter said that the bell rang so he walked out only to be shouldered by a blond athletic teen causing him to drop his stuff. "Oops, sorry Puny Parker." The teen taunted as he walked off making Peter glare at him.
'Life would be so much easier if I could just show Flash how tough I really am… But I swore to never misuse my powers.' Peter sighed as he picked his books up when a teen with reddish brown hair and wearing a green shirt helped him. "Oh thanks."
"No problem, Flash is a jerk anyway." The teen said with a shrug before holding out his hand. "I'm Harry Osborn."
Peter accepted the handshake. "Peter Parker." 'Osborn? Why does that name sound familiar?'
"Ah! Midtown's young and brightest?" Harry joked but not in a teasing way and Peter smiled.
"I try." Peter walked to his locker which to his surprise was near Harry's locker. 'How come I never met him before today?' "What about you?"
"Me?" Harry chuckled. "I'm a going with the flow guy, just dealing with things as they come up."
'So he's just plain out lazy.' Peter thought to himself but he smiled because Harry was the first person besides his Aunt or the teachers that were being friendly with him. "That sounds pretty cool."
"It can be boring I guess." Harry scratched the back of his head as he got his books out of the locker. "I guess I'll see you later Peter."
"You to Harry."
As Harry walked off Peter smiled at the thought that he might've made a friend before his Spider-Sense went off and he was shoved inside of his locker and it slammed shut.
"Now you can get all of the beauty sleep you want Parker!" Flash taunted as he walked off laughing with his friends.
'… Temptation to hurt Flash slowly rising.' Peter couldn't move his arms because of how narrow the lockers were so even if he wanted to he couldn't get out with his spider strength. 'Man if the criminal underworld could see me now they probably would've pissed themselves laughing at the thought of a normal high school locker being able to defeat me.'
After a few minutes Peter was desperate to get out. '… Ah crap I need to use the bathroom.'
It took ten minutes for someone to walk by and that turned out to be the Janitor. "Flash Thompson again Peter?" He asked as he pushed his sunglasses up.
"Yeah, thanks for letting me out Mr. Lee."
"It's no problem but you need to stand up to him otherwise he'll keep walking all over you." Lee told Peter who was really trying not to piss his pants because he needs to go.
"I hear ya but I'm late!" With that Peter took off leaving Lee shaking his head.
"Kids today." Lee said with a smile as he walked off whistling to his MP3 player music.
After school let out Peter walked into a nearby alley and in a few seconds he was Spider-Man yet again. "WAHOO!" Spider-Man shouted as he zipped past a few buildings. "FINALLY!"
A civilian looked up only to shake her head as she went back to her usual things but her head snapped around when she realized that she might've seen the Urban Legend himself.
While Spider-Man was swinging off Quentin Beck was walking into the school where he met up with the Principal. "So Mr. Beck you want to put up a tryout for an intern to work for you?"
Beck nodded. "Yes Mrs. Glades," He said to the African American woman wearing a black business suit. "It would be beneficial to both the movie and the student as he or she learns the arts of Special Effects."
Mrs. Glades gave him that one. "Yes it would… I can recommend one student his name is Peter Parker and he's one of our brightest ones."
On hearing that Beck smiled that he would have an intelligent intern working for him. "How bright is he?"
"Bright enough to someday challenge Reed Richards for scientist of the Century if he keeps learning." Mrs. Glades nodded before she frowned. "But he has a recent issue with tardiness and showing up completely exhausted so be warned because he may be working too hard on other projects as well."
"I'll keep that in mind Mrs. Glades." Beck stood up from the chair he was sitting in and shook her hand. "I'll give Mr. Parker a call tonight and give him the deal."
Spider-Man meanwhile was chasing after a car that robbed a bank before he landed on the front hood looking at the four masked robbers. "Stop me if you heard this one before, how many idiots does it take to drive a getaway car?"
One of them brought out a shotgun and Spider-Man had to move out of the way.
"Geez no appreciation for true humor." Spider-Man complained before he shot webbing inside of the Shotgun barrel and shot webs in all of their faces and in a few seconds left them and the car hanging in a web above the streets before he took off web swinging. "Tell the boys in blue that I said hello!" Spider-Man mock saluted the robbers.
Chuckling to himself, Spider-Man eventually made it to a random tower that had a Gargoyle on it as he sat there. "So what's up with you today Bruce?"
Bruce was the name that he gave the Gargoyle and while it did seem weird Spider-Man used it to get stuff off of his chest after making sure that no one was around.
"Me? Well I'm in a bit of a jam." Spider-Man sighed. "I need to find some easy money for Aunt May so we can keep the house. Aunt May has done so much for me and I want to help her but how can I keep a job when I made a promise to not turn my back on someone? Plus web fluid is expensive to make these days… I wonder how the other heroes do it. Do they have to worry about money problems?"
Spider-Man sighed and looked down before hearing a noise so he looked up only for his eyes to widen as he saw what looked like a green meteor flying overhead and he saw a big explosion.
"My God." Spider-Man stood up. "Sorry Bruce but my adoring public needs me!" He took off hoping that no one was killed.
As it turned out there were no bodies but people were flooding out screaming so that was enough to tell Spider-Man that he should prepare for a fight. 'Finally! After a month of fighting normal crooks I'm getting my very first super villain! This will finally make me a superhero!'
He isn't in it for the thrills but he has to admit he could use a challenge rather than fighting regular crooks all of the time because otherwise he would get careless.
Once he got there Spider-Man saw a slim figure emerging from the crater and it turned out to be what looked like a fifteen year old girl with fiery red hair and glowing neon green eyes wearing purple and black battle armor.
"Vad är det här stället? (What is this place?)" She spoke in a weird language looking around. "Var är jag? (Where am I?)"
'Huh?' Spider-Man tilted his head in confusion wondering what this was about. "Hey!"
The girl snapped up and looked at him her eyes widening when she saw him on the side of a building. "Vem är du?! (Who are you?!)"
"I'm not even going to try to pretend that I understand that." Spider-Man muttered as he dropped down near her. "Are you okay Red?"
"Bo tillbaka! (Stay back!)" The girl snarled. "Jag varnar dig! (I'm warning you!)"
"Take it easy Red." Spider-Man held his hands up as he took a step forward. "I'm just trying to figure out what's going on-."
As he took the step forward her hands lit up green and she shot a glowing green disc causing Spider-Man to jump out of the way as his Spider-Sense went haywire.
"Hey! I'm trying to talk!" Spider-Man complained as he kept dodging the discs as they exploded upon impact of the building. "I hope that place has insurance!"
"Håll stilla! (Hold still!)" The girl called out as she shot more at a rapid pace and it was only due to Spider-Man's enhanced reflexes that he was able to dodge them.
"Look I'm trying to be nice here!" Spider-Man complained because his Spider-Sense didn't go off until he took a step forward so he knew that she was just confused. 'Where's a damn translator when you need one?'
Finally having enough when someone nearly got hit Spider-Man shot a strand of webbing and it stuck to part of her armor on her shoulder catching her off guard. "Vad är detta? (What is this?)"
She looked up to see Spider-Man coming in with a kick so she blocked it and knocked him back. "Whoa!" Spider-Man muttered in surprise. "Stronger than she looks."
As he landed his eyes widened behind his mask as she picked up a whole bus which thankfully had no one on it.
"Way stronger than she looks." 'I think I just pissed my tights.'
When the girl threw the bus Spider-Man did a matrix move bending backwards before he shot strands of webbing at the bus to stop it from hitting people but his Spider-Sense went off as he was smacked back and he crashed into a car.
"My Baby!" A random civilian called out as Spider-Man groaned.
"Seriously?" Spider-Man asked in confusion. "You're worried about your car when there's an alien girl that can bench press a bus nearby?"
That got the civilian to run before Spider-Man's Spider-Sense went off again and he did a backflip to dodge a punch only to sigh as he saw that she could fly to. 'I need an upgrade on my powers.'
But Spider-Man could see fear in her eyes and he knew that she was only attacking because she didn't know what was going on so he held his hands out in what he hoped was a peaceful gesture because if his gesture was an insult on whatever planet she came from he was screwed.
"Look I'm not trying to fight you." Spider-Man said calmly. "Just tell me what you want."
"Jag kan inte förstå dig. (I can't understand you.)" The girl said but she wasn't attacking him as long as he stayed back.
Spider-Man sighed. "This isn't getting us anywhere. Why couldn't one of my powers be understanding any language?"
"Varför pratar du med dig själv? (Why are you talking to yourself?)" The girl asked curiously.
"Is there a way for you to learn English?" Spider-Man looked up only for her to move his mask up and full out kiss him causing his eyes to widen under his mask and after what seemed liked decades even though it was only a few seconds she stopped and flew back leaving him gaping like a goldfish.
"Are you well?" The girl asked with a giggle at his face.
That snapped Spider-Man out of his stupor as he pulled his mask back down to hide his face going red. "Y-You're speaking English?!"
The girl shook her head. "Tameranians can learn a language through lip contact." She explained with a smile. "I got tired of not understanding you."
"That-I-What-Huh-How is that possible?!" Spider-Man stuttered trying to wrap his head around that he didn't even think about the fact that she rendered him of all people practically speechless.
"Now where am I at?" The girl asked curiously. "What is this place and who are you?"
"Oh um…" Spider-Man was still shocked about the kiss because out of all the things his first kiss could've been he didn't expect it to be from a drop dead gorgeous alien girl even if she was just learning the language that he knew. "This is New York City of Planet Earth and I'm Spider-Man."
"Man of Spiders?" The girl asked.
"No. Spider-Man."
"Is that not what I said Man of Spiders?"
"… You know what just call me Spidey." Spider-Man muttered. "Now may I ask who you are?" 'Please don't blast me.'
"I am Princess Koriand'r." Koriand'r bowed her head.
'P-P-Princess?!' Spider-Man blinked under his mask. "Okay then… Why did you come to our planet?"
Now Koriand'r looked a little uncomfortable. "I was escaping from the Gordamians." She finally admitted.
"The whatmians?" Spider-Man asked in confusion.
"Gordamians have been at war with the Tameranians for many years." Koriand'r explained wistfully. "I was sold as a peace treaty despite my parent's protests and they were taking me to the citadel to live out my days as their servant."
Spider-Man clenched his fists as he got an idea of what she was talking about. "And you escaped them?"
Koriand'r nodded as she sighed. "I lost them a few planets ago but I needed to stop to rest but I underestimated how strong the pull of gravity would be on this planet."
"And that's how you ended up here?"
"Yes Friend Man of Spiders." Spider-Man sighed at the butchery of his name.
"So you have no place to stay?"
Koriand'r shook her head and Spider-Man found himself conflicted. 'I can't just leave her out like this but if I take her home then Aunt May would ask questions, plus there's the fact that I'm trying to keep a secret identity here so I can't just unmask myself to her… What do I do?'
While thinking Spider-Man was snapped out of his thoughts as he heard sirens and Koriand'r spun around. "What noise is that?"
"The Police." Spider-Man muttered. "Look Koriander, Koran-… I'm just going to call you Kory, we need to get out of here because with all of this destruction being caused we can't stay here."
"Why not Friend Man of Spiders?" Kory asked in confusion.
"I-Well… We just can't." Spider-Man didn't know how to explain it but before he knew it she grabbed his arms and flew off causing him to shout in surprise.
"Did I scare you Friend Man of Spiders?"
"It's Spider-Man and yes you did." Spider-Man muttered. "But I appreciate the lift… Look you can stay at my place for tonight but we'll have to find a place for you to hide tomorrow."
Spider-Man didn't get to say anything else as he was thrown up and put in a death grip hug by Kory. "Thank you Friend Man of Spiders!" Kory said gratefully and Spider-Man swore that his back was cracking.
'It would be a dick move if I died right here.' Spider-Man thought his eyes swimming a bit.
Finally she let go and he was swinging with her following him. "Okay I have one rule of staying at my place." Spider-Man told her. "Don't make any noises."
"Why not Friend Spider-Man?"
"… Because I live with my Aunt and she doesn't know that I'm Spider-Man."
Kory looked even more confused so Spider-Man shook his head.
"Just please. If my Aunt is near just hide." Spider-Man begged.
"Okay Friend Man of Spiders."
Later at his place Spider-Man moved a mattress into the Attic with a blanket and a few pillows. "Okay my Aunt rarely comes up here so this would be the safest place for you to stay." Spider-Man explained.
"Why not explain the situation to your Aunt Friend Man of Spiders?" Kory asked curiously.
"… It's complicated." Spider-Man told her before the phone rang causing Kory to jump and that was before Aunt May called up.
"Peter the phone's for you."
"Uh I'll be right down Aunt May!" Spider-Man called back before looking at Kory. "Just stay here please."
"I understand Friend Man of Spiders." Kory smiled warmly. "I thank you for your hospitality."
Spider-Man felt his face go red before he left the attic and grabbed a bathrobe out of his room putting it on and putting his mask and gloves into the pockets he walked downstairs. "Sorry I took so long Aunt May." Peter said with a smile as he took the phone. "This is Peter Parker speaking."
"Mr. Parker I am Quentin Beck." A man said on the phone. "I am looking for an intern for Movie Special Effects and the Midtown High School Principal recommended you."
"Wha? Really?" Peter asked in shock.
"Yes." Beck answered with a chuckle. "And I am prepared to pay you for your services if you would like to help."
'P-Pay?' "I'll do it." Peter said with a smile knowing that if this is true then the Parker Money problems would be over.
"Excellent I'll see you next week." Beck said happily before he hung up and Peter put the phone up.
'First I make a friend in school, then I meet an alien girl who is hiding in my attic and now I have a paying job to help Aunt May?' Peter thought with a smile. 'Maybe things are finally looking up for me.'
Meanwhile a few planets away a lizard looking alien approached the bigger one. "Lord Trogar we lost the Tameranian." He said with a bow before there was a slashing noise and he held his throat in agony as it was sliced open.
"Then you are fired." Trogar said as blood dripped off of his claws before he looked at his other soldiers. "I want that Tameranian found now!"
To Be Continued…
So what do you think of this being the opening for my story that will be a DC and Marvel crossover? It will focus primarily on Spidey because he is the type of hero that finds himself in situations that causes him to team up with other kinds of heroes. I also introduced some key characters in the story as well so please review and I'll get back to you soon.
Oh and as for the Tameranian language I typed in Google Translate Detect Language with a few known words and it came up as Swedish so I used that for Starfire's language.
