Chapter 3- The Other
'The man is gone.' Morlun entered the hospital room with a devilish grin. "Finally..." He whispered.
"Now... We can at last finish this. The consummation of consumption. To take all your strength... All your power... All you are... All you have ever been... And all you would have ever been... For my-" Morlun was cut off by the sound of a door slamming shut.
"Get... Away... From him..." Wanda said as her eyes began glowing red. 'The man is gone.'
"Haha, and if I don't?" Morlun asked the angered witch. 'Only the spider...'
"Then you'll die just as he did..." The mutant said with rage fueling her in every way.
'Only the spider remains...'
Wanda charged at Morlun but he grabbed her by the throat almost instantaneously. He then grabbed her right arm, and broke it without effort.
Wanda screamed in pain. 'NOW'
Peter had awoken and leaped onto the back of Morlun with only one thing on his mind, to kill Morlun.
'Only the spider remains' his mind kept saying to him. Stingers grew from his wrists and he began stabbing Morlun repeatedly.
'The man is gone. Only the spider remains.' His mind kept repeating this over and over like it has been since he was killed.
Peter, who wasn't even fully aware of what he was doing, realized the power of the spider kept him alive. He was evolving.
Peter had no control of himself. Morlun then kicked Peter off of him. Peter retaliated by kicking him out of a window.
The two were now in the streets. Peter began hissing at Morlun. Morlun couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Peter lunged toward him. Morlun was barely able to dodge the attack. Fangs began growing from Peters mouth.
Morlun tried to punch Peter, but the attack was countered when Peter grabbed his arm and began sucking blood from Morlun.
Morlun began shouting in agony. He began punching Peter in the face repeatedly but Peter wouldn't let go of his arm.
The more Morlun struggled, the more he was drained. Peter finally let go and then kicked Morlun in the side of his head.
Morlun was dizzy, he had been drained too much to fight. He needed to leave, but there was no way out of this, he knew he also had to fight for his life.
Every attack Morlun gave was easily dodged by Peter. Peter then jumped behind Morlun and stabbed him relentlessly.
Wanda then came to Peters aid, but Morlun had enough power left to head-butt Peter and then kick Wanda.
The kick was so hard it sent her flying thirty feet in the air. This angered Peter more.
Soon, spider legs began growing out of his back, his skin began to darken, and he had become far more aggressive than he previously was.
'ONLY THE SPIDER REMAINS' He thought to himself for the last time. He sprinted to Morlun who was struggling to stand and began punching him in his face and stomach.
The inheritor couldn't believe the power that Peter had possessed. He knew this was it, as he had no power left to fight.
Using one of the spider legs, Peter stabbed Morlun directly in the heart. Morlun screamed in pain but soon fell silent. Peter ripped Morluns body to pieces.
Morlun was now dead. Soon the remaining bits of his body began to dissolve into the air.
Peter began to calm down, the legs, fangs, and stingers went back into his body. He then rushed over to Wanda, making sure she was ok.
She was unconscious but still breathing. He lifted her up and placed her in a chair in the hospital.
He gave her one last glance and then took off. He found a nice cozy spot under a bridge and wrapped himself in a web cocoon, where he rest until he was fully healed.
- 1 day later -
Peter had woken up confused. He had little memory of what happened in his battle with Morlun.
He did remember that Wanda had gotten her arm broken trying to protect him. This made him sad that he couldn't have helped sooner.
He did have a little memory of growing stingers. 'Spiders dont even have stingers...' He thought to himself.
He tore open a hole in the cocoon to be sure he was clear and then quickly crawled out.
He then shot a web to the nearest building. Something caught his attention as he did this. He wasn't wearing his web shooters.
"How did I...?" He asked himself in disbelief. He quickly got over his amazement when he realized that he only had a small set of bandages covering his face.
He quickly arrived at the hospital and went towards the room he was previously placed in. He retrieved his suit and gave it a long hard stare.
"Its dirty. Its torn to shreds. But it'll have to do." He said to himself.
He quickly put on his suit. The only part that remained was the mask. He then remembered that Morlun took his eye.
He slowly began to take off the bandages, terrified of what he might look like.
He stared at the mirror in shock. "Did... Did my eye... Grow back?..." He couldn't believe it. He knew he had a healing factor but it was never this good.
"First organic webbing, now even more advanced healing? What's next? Fangs that let me inject venom into people?" He joked to himself.
- Meanwhile at the Avengers Tower -
Wanda sat still as Tony Stark put a cast over her arm. "All patched up! Be careful out there Wanda." He said to her.
"Any sign of him?" She asked hesitantly. "Not yet. But we will find him. I promise. Spiders aren't too hard to find! They say you're never more than six feet from them!" He joked.
"Haha, I'll believe that when I see it." She said to him.
Tony looked behind her and smiled. "Well you wont have to look far to see that I'm right." He said as he gave a nod for her to turn around.
There stood Peter in his torn Spider-Man suit. Wanda immediately jumped up into his arms and began to cry.
"Its ok darling. Its ok. How bad are you-" Peter was cut off as Wanda passionately pressed her lips onto his.
This kiss lasted at least ten seconds. When it ended she looked at Peter in the eyes and said, "You sure know how to give a girl a heart attack Parker!"
Peter laughed and said, "I know honey. Im sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." He then hugged her tighter.
Both looked up and stared at each other in the eyes. Wanda finally broke the silence by saying, "Peter..."
"Yes Wanda?" He asked.
"I love you..." Tears began to fill her eyes as she held onto the person who made her life worth living.
Peter was so touched by what she said. He knew he felt the same. He lifted her chin up and said, "I love you too my love." The two then passionately kissed as both finally gained the one thing they always wanted, happiness.
