Here's chapter 2!
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-AFRS- = Time Skip
[M][A][R][V][E][L] = Scene Change
"~Phone Speak~"
Chapter 2: The Web Of Recovery (Alt titles: Wolvie's got a heart!?, Saber Sword? Who's that?)
"AHHHHH! THE SPIDER! RUN!" the thug screamed in terror, not thinking any hero, especially the 'Superior' Spider-Man, would find out about their operation. Peter had soon donned the Future Foundation suit after a long chat with the avengers, not wanting to wear the suit Octavius soiled his name in, though none of the thugs noticed the change as they fearfully scattered from him. Those who didn't run chose to cower down on their knees and surrender, lest they be beaten bloody by the wall-crawler. The entire scene sickened Peter, people running and cowering just because of his presence alone.
'God Otto, what did you do to these people…' was the thought of the horrified Spider-Man. After quickly webbing up the surrendering crooks he went outside the warehouse to see Wolverine knocking out the last of the petty runners.
Seeing his friend was down Wolverine had to ask, "You Okay Webs?"
"No. I'm not okay." The spider empowered hero truthfully stated, rubbing his temples to try and rid himself of his headache. "They fear me Logan. When baddies usually run from me, it's because they don't want to go the Raft, not because they don't want to be beaten within an inch of their life or worse!
The feral mutant looked at one of the few people he trusted in the world with sympathy; he knew what Spider-Man felt, to be controlled and manipulated like he was. The aftermath wasn't pretty or grandiose either, the stares of distrust and fear are something nobody likes –except some villains, but that's another thing altogether.
"Look," Logan began, "we both have had shitty as hell lives, and both of us have had been controlled and manipulated before. But I know it'll get better, Pete, I swear." The Avenger/X-man put a friendly hand on Peter's slumped shoulder and gave him a reassuring look.
"Thanks… Bub." Logan smiled at the quip, seeing it as a step of recovery.
"Don't mention it," SNIKT, "Seriously, don't."
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Cardiac, or Dr. Elias Wirtham was pondering a conundrum with one of his younger patients, Amy Chen. The young girl had suffered so much; first was the fact that she was an orphan because Doctor Octopus' plan to burn the world (AN: Ends of the Earth comic), which also caused the second problem, Amy's severe brain damage. Elias sighed, so many problems were brought crashing onto a little girl because one man hated the world, and the only thing that could help Amy is –ironically- Doc Ock's neurolitic scanner, but he didn't know how to use the machine one bit.
Suddenly blaring alarms and flashing red lights brought the vigilante of his thoughts, one of his nurses ran up to him ecstatic about something.
"Doctor! You are not going to believe this!" the female nurse gushed with tangible shock and awe.
"Believe what?!" Elias yelled his question to the nurse, whom remained unaffected. The doctor hoped whatever 'he wasn't going to believe' was a good thing, because the alarms and lights were putting him into a badly frantic and paranoid mindset.
"Just follow me Dr. Wirtham!" the oblivious nurse took his hand before any retort could form and she began to drag the beta-powered man outside the H.E.A.R.T. clinic.
When outside Eli saw what had set off the alarm off, a web. A big, beautiful and magnificent web –and the vigilante doctor could only think of one spider empowered hero at the moment who is able to weave such a web to cover a building. The white gossamer engulfed the H.E.A.R.T. clinic, but Elias noticed that they formed the design of arrows, pointing towards the door they exited from. Curious, Dr. Wirtham closed the metal door to reveal a manila folder webbed to the back of the door. Eyebrow raised, he ripped the ensnared folder from its confines. The nurse watched her boss take a look inside and he gaped at the contents, she was more surprised when the man that she respected had ran up and lifted her smiling and laughing.
The contents of the folder you might ask? Oh, nothing much. Just detailed files, notes and schematics of one neurolitic scanner, curtsey of the returned Spider-man, along with a note from said hero.
'Hey Cardiac,
Sorry for the mess earlier, I wasn't myself. I hope these gifts help you in whatever you're doing and I hope you can forgive our little tiff earlier.
-Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!'
"C'mon nurse! We have a patient to save!" Elias shouted as he ran into the H.E.A.R.T. clinic, folder in hand. The vigilante couldn't keep the grin off his face! He could finally help Amy!
Skimming over the files as he walked Elias was able to understand how the scanner worked, so when he reached the patient ward's door he slammed it open exclaiming, "Prepare for surgery!"
-ARFS-
Elias wiped his brow and took a sip of coffee from the Styrofoam cup. The surgery went beautifully; thanks to the notes on the scanner they found the problem easily and corrected it. Tasting that his coffee was cooled down enough Eli gulped the rest of the drink and went to check on the patient.
Entering the room the beta-powered man was greeted with the sight of young Amy Chen lying in bed clutching her stuffed penguin tightly to her chest.
Ignoring the medical tubes connected to her, the dark skinned man couldn't help but smile at the adorable sight, "How do you feel Amy? Better?"
The young orphan just nodded her head silently before looking down at the plushy in her arms. Amy hesitated before she extended her arm to the good doctor, holding the penguin out.
"I want you to have it." The young girl stated with an innocent determination that made Elias' smile grow.
"Of course I will." Dr. Wirtham said as he gently took the penguin into his hands.
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J. Jonah Jameson Junior sat in his chair smoking a cigar, glaring at his office's door as if it were going to run away when his gaze averted.
*Bring**Bri-"What is it!?" Jonah shouted into the telephone
"~Sir, two people are here to see you. They say they're from Saber Swor-" before the secretary could finish the Mayor of New York shouted back, "What are you waiting for!? Send them in!"
The ex-editor slammed his telephone down with vigor and he puffed out some cigar smoke with a grin. No more than five minutes later two men walked through his office doors with purpose. The first one –the leader if Jameson's intuition was right- had green eyes and sandy blonde hair, and was probably four or five inches taller than Jonah himself. The young man wore a jet black cloak, with a dark green shirt and a pair of faded jeans. The second man was dark skinned, had brown eyes and black hair; he wore a casual black suit with a steel colored tie, white undershirt and black slacks.
"Howdy-Dowdy Mr. Mustache Mayor." The sandy blonde greeted the Mayor causally.
Jameson's face fell slightly at the blatant disrespect of authority, but he'd let it slide for now, "Yes, hello. Now can we get to brass tacks here?"
The cloaked blonde clapped his hands together with a wide smile and the suited man spoke, "Well yes, but I think introductions are in order; my name is Marshall Cameron and this guy's name is Geo Cash -and yes, that is his real name. It is nice to meet you Mayor Jameson."
Jonah rose a brow at the opposite tones between them, one was laid back and the other was polite, but it didn't really matter to him as long as they do their work well, "Yes, it's very nice to meet you too Mr. Cameron and Mr. Cash, let's discuss the jobs I have for your group."
"Jobs? I thought the Shadowland was the only job?" Geo asked, confused.
"Initially but I have found out some… things have happened and since your group are already going under my payroll anyway, I might as well give you more jobs." Jonah explained to the two, with Geo only hearing dollar signs.
"How much per job?"
"Well it will differ depending on the seriousness of the job, maybe a couple grand each."
Marshall looked ridiculously at the Mayor, "Can you just expend your funding like that!?"
"For the safety of my citizens, of course I can!" declared Jameson, giving the two Saber Sword members a view into the Hitler-stached man's mind
Geo raised his hands in front of his employee, silencing his retort, "we've digressed from the topic at hand." Saber Sword's leader stated.
Jameson coughed into his hand, feeling silly for getting worked up, "Yes, right, when do you think that you'll be able to take on Shadowla-"
"Two weeks. Easily." Geo answered before Jonah could finish, "And any other requests you need I'll send members that aren't needed for the prep work, or already done with theirs'."
'Two weeks! That's great! I can be rid of Fisk's criminal operation!' the Mayor of New York internally cheered, but kept his visage calm. Politics sucked when you couldn't express your emotions, "Great! Then I'll have my secretary mail you all our info on Shadowland and another mission I need you for."
"Good." Geo nodded, and then he turned to Marshall, "you go ahead, I got one more thing to ask the mayor."
The suited man shrugged and proceeded out the room. Once the door went click Geo smiled in a way that made J. Jonah Jameson feel as if he was prey to a predator.
The cloaked man's smile only grew when the Mayor started to shake, "So, Mr. Mayor, I want some of my Shadowland payment now please –I'll only take about… half."
"Half?! ARE YOU NUTS?!" J.J. shouted into as he stood from his chair.
"Completely." Was the straight response the ex-editor got, "but I have a half up-front fee for new customers because I need to buy equipment, weapons, pay off loans and etc. so I kinda need that money… NOW."
Seeing this is a battle he can't win, even with his lingual skills, Jonah took a checkbook out of his desk and cut the $250,000 check. Plucking the check from Jameson's hands, Geo smiled and left the room.
Marshall stumbled back from the door when it opened and saw his boss smile at him as he pocketed something, probably money if it was his guess. Straitening his tie, the dark skinned man started walking towards the door, "Alright then Geo, shall we go?"
Leaving the building both Saber Sword men looked around for their ride, upon seeing none Geo got upset. Raising a clenched fist, the cloaked man swore, "Jaaaaaackkkk… that lazy asshole…" The sandy-blonde sighed to calm down and quickly whipped out his flip phone, after punching in some numbers and listening to the call tone someone picked up.
"…Mmmrrrggg… Who is it?" the tired male voice asked.
"It's your Boss, Jack," Geo said in a fake cheerful tone, making sure to be extra sweet so he got that something wrong, "Waiting for you to pick u-"
*THUD*
The dull sound of something hitting the floor came through the speakers along with, "O-on my way!" Beep.
Closing the phone with a sigh Geo looks at the suited man next to him, who just shrugs and heads towards a nearby bench; the sandy blonde soon followed.
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After busting a few more petty crimes, Spider-man and Wolverine decided to go get some food. So here they were, eating hot-dogs, on a rooftop with both their masks off, in silence.
"So…" Spider-Man started, feeling awkward in the silence, "I've heard, and seen, that you have a clone."
The feral mutant quirked an eyebrow as he swallowed a swig of alcohol, "You met Laura?"
"Yeah, few times actually."
"Heh. Never knew."
"Is she really your clone?"
"She says she is, Hank said the only difference was-"
"Was you're a guy and she's a girl? But I got to say you make a pretty gir-" SNIKT. Oh, there goes Spidey's hot-dog –poor thing didn't have a chance to be eaten yet… what a shame.
"Don't finish that sentence if ya know what's good for ya."
A few minutes of silence followed before a chant appeared in the arachnid hero's mind, 'Something happen, something happen, something happen…'
*Ringtone: Immortals – Fall Out Boy*
'Yes! Wait…' "Why do you have that ringtone?" Peter asked as he stared shell-shocked at the familiar music coming from the phone.
"Students." Logan growled his answer before picking up the call, "What's up Ro?"
"~LOGAN! Get down here now! We got F.O.H. and Purifiers attacking us! ~"
"WHAT!? We're on our way!" the clawed Avenger smashed the phone shut, possibly breaking it. Explaining the situation as fast as he could to Spider-Man, Wolverine found himself swinging towards his school within five minutes. Though one thing bothered the Queens born hero.
"Why are you calling Storm Ro?"
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"What'd Logan say?" Rachel Grey shouted as she threw a Friend of Humanity goon into a slew of others, earning her third telekinetic strike of the last ten minuets.
"He's on his way!" The African Queen replied, sending out low voltage lightning bolts at the advancing enemies.
The faculty of Jean Grey's school for Higher Learning had been defending the school grounds for the last half-hour, with the students being told to stay indoors until it was safe. Despite the warnings though, some of them still came out to help. Two of those students led the rest, Laura Kinney and Hope Summers, Talon and the mutant Messiah; both leaving trails of bodies in their wake.
"ARRGHHH!"
"AHHHH!"
The Purifier didn't stand a chance as Laura's claws gracefully lopped off his head, sending waves of terror to both enemies and students alike. Soon the former weapon became a focused target for F.O.H. and Purifiers, and was surrounded quickly. Seeing the oncoming bloodshed Laura snikt'd her foot claws and assumed an attack stance, but before the young women could even strike at her prey a red and blue blur shot forward and took down the closest invader. When the blur stopped being in motion the female feral saw a very familiar face –though an unexpected one for sure.
"Oh, it's just you." Talon stated blankly to Spider-Man, dropping her guard momentarily. The enemy quickly seized this moment as one shot at Wolverine's clone/daughter. Laura was surprised –not that she was shot at, because she was completely used to that- what surprised her was that the bullet never reached her person, instead it hit Spider-Man's right shoulder.
"H-hey Wolverette… Long time no snikt." Spidey quipped as the red part of suit began to darken in color. The female feral's response was to stare flabbergasted, not believing that the spider empowered man took a bullet for her. Spider-Man leaped back into the fray, even with his injured shoulder, and swiftly incapacitated the remaining group of anti-mutant jackasses that surrounded them.
Laura regained her senses when the sound of the final Purifier hit the dirt. Her curiosity hungered for the answer to the wall-crawler's act of heroism, so she walked up to his now relaxed form and asked, "Why did you help me? I would have been fine, so why?"
These questions seem to fluster, or at least catch him off guard, if his posture and the scratching of the back of his head was anything to go by.
"Uh… how about I tell after we're done with this whole 'Anti-Mutie' thing?"
Laura nodded her head slowly and dashed off to slaughter some more F.O.H. and Purifiers, so she could acquire her answer.
-ARFS-
The rest of the defense had gone rather beautifully with the assistance and appearance of Spider-Man and Wolverine, apparently the Purifiers and Friends of Humanity had a fear of both heroes, but especially of the 'Superior' Spider-Man; which just made Peter angry. The remaining conscious invaders dragged their friends away quickly and left with promises of revenge.
Ororo, Logan and the rest of the faculty made their way into the school to check on the students and to see if some F.O.H. or Purifiers sneaked through their guard. Spider-Man saw that the teachers had left him with the two assault's student leaders, and walking up to them he recognized a certain redhead.
"Hope!" the mutant Messiah's head turned to the direction of the call and smiled when recognizing the web-designed mask.
"Hey Spidey!" Hope waved as she greeted Spider-Man. Laura briefly wondered how the super powered beings two became acquainted with each other.
"How's my favorite little student been?" Oh. That's how; Laura faintly remembered being told Hope had a teacher when the Avengers VS X-Men thing happened.
"Good, just the normal X-Men stuff –nothing I can't handle."
"That's good, wouldn't want you dying from simple X-Men shenanigans."
Growing tired of the exchange of Teacher and Student, the female feral left the scene. It would be three hours before she remembered that Spider-Man never answered her questions.
-ARFS-
"SHIT!"
Logan jumped at his clone/daughter's scream as he stood outside her door, about to knock. Before he could react the door flew open and the feral Avenger saw Laura's stoic face poking from behind the door.
"Hello Logan, I must apologize, I remembered something just now that I can no longer do and I released my anger. It will not happen again."
Not being a person to pry in other's business Logan didn't question it.
"I don't care about you letting out your feelings, just don't do it on the other brats. I came to ask you a favor."
"Favor?" the female feral asked with a slight tilt of her head.
"Yeah," the school's Headmaster began, "Ya see I'm worried about ole' webhead, he's been through some bad stuff recently and I want to make sure he's as okay as he says he is. Can you help me out a bit? You might learn something from watching him. Who knows?"
Laura blinked, because Logan, the god dammed Wolverine, was worried for someone and asked-no, trusted her with the duty of looking after said person. That alone was enough to shock her, then the shock continued after she realized who she was looking after and the huge coincidence it was.
'Well…' Talon thought, 'This is the perfect chance to get my question answered.' "I will do it, I have business with Spider-Man anyways." The ex-weapon conformed with a nod.
Logan smiled, "Thanks. And… don't let it slip that I'm worried for webs, okay? I got a rep to keep."
Laura nodded and closed the door. She pulled out a laptop and started to study news footage of the wallcrawler while she packed her bags.
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Peter pulled on the collar of his button up shirt and tie nervously. Raising a closed hand he knocked on the apartment door and waited patiently. Some thumps were heard before the door opened to reveal the amazing beauty of Mary-Jane Watson.
"Peter?" the redhead questioned, astonished by his presence.
"Hey MJ… We need to talk."
Extra Web 1: Superior Chances
"Guh…" Otto grumbled as he started to wake up.
"Oh? The little worm has woken up." A deep, terrifyingly so, voice spoke to himself as he voice his thoughts.
Octavius opened his eyes and saw that he was, one, in hell –to be expected- and, two, sitting in a chair across from the Prince of Lies himself, Mephisto.
"Mephisto…" the dead megalomaniac sneered, "What do you want with me demon!?"
The class two demon smiled at the question, "how would you like to be 'Superior' again?"
Otto's face split into a malevolent smile.
Extra Web end.
DOUBLE CLIFFHANGER! Okay, well i'm going to give you a brief intro to the OCs of the story and their abilities for later reference.
Name: Geo Cash
Powers: DNA Assimilation (drinks blood, gains temp. powers unless he drinks a LOT of blood, AKA Power vampire) -Powers from DNA Assimilation: electrokinesis, Class 50 (50 Tons) strength, Wall-crawling
Name: Jack Doir
Powers: teleportation, portal creation, spatial sense
Name: Nick Knowles
Powers: Hyper-cognitive
Name: Kiek Shvahnzahk
Powers: Electric absorb enhancing (Glows a color for enhancement Red=Power, Purple=Durability, Yellow=Sight, Blue=Speed, Green=all at once [takes a petawatt to sustain])
Name: Marshall Cameron
Powers: Spiritual form, geokinesis, class 10 strength
Name: Brandon Sidram
Powers: Sorcerer Supreme magic levels, demonic transformation, Low Telekinesis
Name: Tucker Scratch
Powers: Gravity Manipulation
Name: Jimmy Jones
Powers: Technopath
Name: Dante Williams
Powers: Magic staff -think Tsubasa chronicles, Syaoran's Staff- which gives him limited Chronokinesis, Chronosight and 48 hours time travel periods (can only go back and forward in time 48 hours at max)
Name: Anne Ignem Winthreth
Powers: Plant Manipulation, Pheromones, Sonic Scream
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