Welcome back, sorry if my title sucks but I had no idea what to call it so… yeah. Anyways this chapter should be interesting and I hope you like it. Oh, and before I forget for the next four weeks I won't be posting anything because I'm going places that don't have Microsoft Word. On with the story!
Peter was in a dark place; there was no light and surprisingly no sound. The room he was in was empty; there was literally nothing in it. Then out of the silence came a voice, "Hello, Spider-man." It said. "Or should I call Peter."
Peter stood there in shock, how could he have found out his biggest secret? Instead of finding out how the strange man knew who he was he just asked, "Where am I?"
"Why, your mind, of course?" The man said in a matter-of-fact voice. This man was really starting to creep him out.
"Who are you?" Peter asked.
"You can call me Simon, but let's not focus on me, let's focus on you, Peter. Let's take a look at your past. How about when you first got your powers?"
Peter was watching himself getting out of the school bus, with his two best friends, Gwen and Harry. They walked into the ESU labs, with Flash not far behind with his whole gang not far behind. Peter tried to ignore him, but Flash would not shove off.
Dr. Martha Connors came in not long after the entire class entered the building. "This way, students. We're going to look at something that my husband has been working on." The class followed her to a table with spiders in a glass set were sitting on a table.
"These are a set of 15 genetically altered spiders that combine traits from multiple species."
Flash shoved Peter and he rubbed his arm. Gwen was examining the spiders, her eyes full of interest then she said, "Um… there are only fourteen."
"Hm… my husband must have removed it for further study." Dr. Connor said. The group was about to move on when the missing spider bit Peter. The scene in front of Peter disappeared and then he saw Simon standing in the spot.
"Interesting background, Peter. So you got bitten by a radioactive spider, and that's what gave you your powers."
"Well, yes." Peter responded.
"Now why don't we see what happened after the spider bite." Peter once again saw himself.
The scene kept changing from Peter talking with Uncle Ben in the car to the wrestling match to the cat burglar. The cat burglar, Black Cat's father, the man who killed his Uncle. Peter turned away; he couldn't watch what happened next. The burglar ran right past him and Peter could have stopped him, but he didn't. Peter felt it was his fault for the death of his Uncle. He couldn't watch his Uncle being taken away from him, again.
Simon glanced at Peter and said, "Don't turn away, Peter. This is the best part."
Peter didn't turn his head back to the screen, he didn't need to; he heard the gunshot anyways. At this moment Peter turned his head back to the screen. He watched himself chasing the cat burglar and cornering him in an empty warehouse. He was going to kill that man, he could have killed that man, but he didn't. He heard himself say the words he lived by, the words his Uncle told him before he died, "With great power, there must also come great responsibility." And just like before the screen faded to black.
Peter knew that that was the past and he had to put it behind him, he was not going to let this Simon break him down. Besides everything that happened had led to him becoming Spider-man and he honored his Uncle's memory by fighting crime every day making up for what he hadn't done before; he would never look the other way again.
"Well, Peter, it looks like your full of surprises. Your Uncle's death led to your becoming Spider-man."
"For the second time, yes. Stop asking me rhetorical questions, we both saw what was on the screen."
"Yes, yes, we did, Spider-man. I'm guessing your wondering why I'm doing this to you?"
"Yeah." Peter said defensively.
"Well, it just so happens that the Light has called you into service."
"I don't know what the Light is, but I don't like it."
"Oh, you will soon enough." Simon said menacingly.
Before Peter could say, "What?" Simon used his psychic power to bring Peter to his knees. He screamed in pain, but Simon gave no notice. "Simon says, forget."
Peter was struggling, fighting against Simon's power. The strains making him yell a blood- curdling scream.
"Stop fighting, Spider-man. You're no match for me. You have no psychic powers so give up."
"I can't… give up. I'll… never… give up!" Peter said shakily.
"Oh, I think you will, Spider-man." Said Simon putting more force to his power.
Spider-man cried out in anguish passing out on the floor. As soon as he passed out Simon left.
Back in the real world, Simon talked to the Light again. He told them, "It is done. He won't remember anything that has happened for the past six years. He's ready for the infiltration."
"Excellent." The council said in unison.
That's the end of chapter 2. So please leave a review telling me what you think about the story so far, and maybe I'll write more.