SPIDER-MAN 4
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the rights to Spider-Man or any characters involved. All rights and characters are owned by Marvel. This is mainly for entertainment. This is basically the next chapter in the Raimi Spider-Man films, or what I would have liked to see. Anyways, enjoy and please leave reviews.
Peter landed on a rooftop next to the scene of the crime.
"OK, bank robbery. I have to save any hostages inside."
Peter jumped down next to a police car, where two officers, a man and a woman, were ducked down and hidden. Peter read their name tags. The man was Wilson and the woman was DeWolff.
"Spider-Man! You have to help us! Some lunatics have the bank completely wired with explosives! If they see anyone try to go in or come out, they'll blow the place!" cried DeWolff.
"Any hostages?" Peter asked.
"We've counted 17 so far. There may be more, but there are no less." replied Wilson.
"Are there any other ways into the bank?" Peter countered?
"There's a ventilation system access duct on the roof, but we don't think you could fit in that."
"I can try." Peter said. I leaped onto the side of the bank and climbed to the roof, where he spotted the ventilation access. He ripped the steel grate off of the access shaft and climbed inside.
Phew, it can't get any more claustrophobic than this. Peter could barely fit. He back brushed against the top of the shaft and his chest brushed against the bottom.
Creeeeaaaaak!
"Uh oh!" Peter said as he felt the ventilation shaft give way. He fell for a few seconds before slamming into the ground. When he stood up, he saw he was in the middle of the bank floor, being stared at by every single hostage and criminal.
"Uh, hi." Peter said weakly.
"Herman, blow the place!" cried one of the robbers.
Peter's spider sense went off, and it warned him where Herman was. He was directly behind him, about to remotely detonate the bombs all throughout the bank. Peter acted fast. He spun around, shot a web line at Herman's hand, and ripped the detonator away from him. He swung it around above his head before slamming it into the ground, where it shattered into hundreds of little pieces. Peter was sightly relieved; at least now they couldn't kill him and all the hostages.
"Damn it! Alright boys, kill the bug!" shouted the apparent leader of the group.
Peter watched as every single robber pulled out knives. The one named Herman pulled out a gun Peter had never seen before. Herman fired it, and Peter noticed that it shot blasts of air that vibrated at a high frequency. The first shot missed Peter, but the second one connected, sending him through the wall of the bank.
"Nice shot, Schultz! Now finish that damn bug." the leader ordered.
Peter watched as Herman Schultz walked over to him and aimed the air vibration gun at him.
"No hard feelings, Spidey, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta-" Peter swiped his feet underneath Herman, knocking him down. The gun fell onto the floor, activating and firing off a single blast at the ceiling, where a giant glass chandelier hung. The ceiling around it crumbled and collapsed, and the chandelier started to fall towards the hostages directly below it.
Peter stood up and fired a line of web that spread out into a giant spider web, which caught the chandelier and pieces of rubble from the ceiling. He looked down at Herman, who was getting up. Peter webbed him to the floor.
"O'Hirn, help me up!" Herman shouted. Peter looked up to see a big, muscular man charging at him. Peter jumped out of the way in just in time and laughed when the one named O'Hirn slammed his head right into the wall, knocking him out cold. Peter webbed him up, too.
"Who's next?" Peter asked.
Every single man ran at him, making Peter completely surrounded. Peter cracked his neck and fingers. "Let's go." he said calmly.
The leader of the group lunged at him, and Peter dodged him easily. Peter shot a web line at his back and threw it up at the ceiling, leaving the man suspended 15 feet up from the ground. The rest of the men punched, kicked, and stabbed at Peter, but Peter was able to counter every single attack. Soon enough, every single wannabe robber was out cold and webbed up, with the exception of the leader of the group.
Peter hung upside down next to the leader and proceeded to interrogate him.
"Who are you?" Peter asked.
"What makes ya think I'm gonna tell ya?" replied the man.
"If I were you I'd just answer, considering a fall from this height could easily break your legs." Peter countered.
"You wouldn't. You're bluffing."
He called my bluff. I'll just have to bluff harder.
Peter took the knife from the guy's hand and cut the web line holding him up. "AHHHHHHHH!"
He watched as the man fell, then caught him with another web line.
"OK! OK! My name is Adrian Toomes!"
"Good boy." Peter joked. "I'll leave you here for the cops. See ya, Toomes."
Adrian Toomes watching in rage as Spider-Man freed the hostages and swung away into the sunset above the New York skyline.
Dr. Connors must hate me already, Peter thought as he swung for home. I wonder if Mary Jane has made dinner. I hope she made steak. I could really use some steak right now.
After today, Peter needed to see a friendly face. He landed on the roof of his tiny apartment and got changed into his civilian clothes before climbing through his window. "Honey, I'm home!" he shouted in a stereotypical way.
"Peter, we need to talk." Peter heard Mary Jane say.
"Uh oh. Should I be worried?" he asked.
"No, you should be excited! I got the acting job in France!"
Peter's heart sunk. MJ had been trying for months to become the lead actress in some French play he'd never even heard of. Now that she had the part, she'd be gone for a few months. Even so, he was her boyfriend. He had to be excited for her.
"That's great, MJ! You deserve it. You really do." Peter kissed and hugged her. He never wanted to let go, now that he knew she'd be gone for a few months. It was then he felt his stomach rumbling.
"God, I'm starving. Did you make-"
"Steak." she finished.
"You know me so well." Peter said in a mocking tone. They both laughed and sat down to eat.
Peter couldn't stop thinking about how he left Dr. Connors in the dust earlier.
I feel terrible about it. I need to be more committed to him and the research.
Peter didn't think about Connors again for the rest of the night.
Author's Note:
This chapter was great to write. The bank scene was especially fun. Hopefully it was clear and easy to visualize. I also hope you guys caught the references to Shocker, Vulture, and Rhino. I needed to make those three exist somehow so I could use them and build onto their stories in later chapters or stories. Also, the MJ thing. Since I'm no good at writing romance, I'll be sending MJ off for a pretty good chunk of this story, until I feel confident in my romantic writing skills. Stay tuned for the next chapter!