It was a night like any other. Everyone on the planet went about their routines. Some went to sleep, others were out partying, and some were sitting on their computer long into the night. But what none of them saw was the comet that had entered earths atmosphere. Caught in the earths gravity, it plummeted around the planet. The comet began to break up leaving a multicolored trail in the sky. A trail that would later be called The Streak. And contained in The Streak was an element previously unknown to mankind, but one that would forever be remembered by it.
Kevin was sleeping in his bed while The Streak happened above him. He didn't hear anything as Element X entered the atmosphere. And he didn't feel anything as he breathed it in. He slept soundly and deeply, till eventually he woke up. But it was a new world he was waking up too.
The first thing Kevin noticed when he woke up was an intense thirst, like he had not had a drink in weeks. He went to sit up and found that he couldn't, he was trapped in something. Panic started to set in as he tried to break free.
"HELP! Someone help me!" He yelled but couldn't hear anything from his prison. He punched and thrashed against the wall above him but it wouldn't budge. But then he felt a surge of energy, like he was flexing every muscle in his body. Then with one enormous punch he shattered the wall above him. The air that flooded in was stale and moist. He broke away at the wall to the point he could sit up. He looked down at his legs to see he was encased in a giant cocoon. Then he looked around and was stunned by what he saw. Kevin lived in a cabin with two lofts, and as he looked around he could scarcely recognize it. The entire place was covered in a thick coating of spider web, it looked as if it had snowed in his house. There was webbing hanging from every rafter. Kevin had to slither to get out of the cocoon. He reached over to grab his glasses, and after he ripped the webbing off of them he put them on. But to his surprise they made his vision blurry, he took them off and realised he could see just fine without them. He then grabbed his phone to find that the battery was dead. He tried his lamp but it wouldnt turn on. He then remembered his roommate.
"Tommy, are you ok?" He called to the other loft. He heard a rustling sound and figured tommy must be in a cocoon too.
"Hold on I'm coming over" Kevin said as he ripped through the webbing blocking his way. His ladder had been knocked over and covered in web. So he jumped and made a loud thud as he hit the ground. There was more rustling coming from Tommy's room.
"I'm ok, just hold on" Kevin said reassuringly. He climbed Tommy's ladder and pulled back the flap covering the entrance to the room. It was very dark inside. Kevin couldn't see anything.
"Tommy?" Kevin called. The rustling sound was coming from right in front of him. Then he saw a large black shape lunge at him. He fell back off the ladder as a giant spider the size of a dog came flying out of the doorway. Kevin landed on his back and saw the spider climb to the roof above him.
"Holy shit" Kevin mumbled without thinking. He got up to run as the spider jumped off the ceiling toward him. It landed on his back and pinned him to the ground. He felt its massive incisors bite into his shoulder. But they didn't puncture his skin. The spider bit again, with venom dripping from its fangs. But it couldn't break through his skin. Kevin rolled to throw the spider off of him. He got up and grabbed a piece of wood off the floor. He turned around in time to see the spider jumping at him. He raised the wood and the spider impaled itself on the shaft. The force of the spider knocked Kevin against the wall. Its body was on top of him and he could feel the goo from its body dripping all over him. He pushed it off and pulled himself upright. He climbed the ladder again. He ripped the flap off and light flooded the room. This time he could see in the room, and he saw there was no one there. The room was empty. He heard a hissing noise behind him and looked down to see the goo from the spider was eating away the floor.
"Acid blood, why not?" Kevin said aloud to himself. Then remembering it had gotten on him he looked down to see his clothes dissolving. He ripped his clothes off fearing it would burn his skin, but it didn't. The goo just fizzed and evaporated off of his skin. He had thrown his clothes down in his panic to get the acid off. He looked at them now to see them wither and turn to a dark residue on the floor.
"That was my favorite shirt" Kevin thought as he grabbed another set of clothes out of his room. They were tattered and covered in mold, but they were wearable. He grabbed a knife and went outside to check on his cousins next door. He was even more stunned by the scene outside.