Chapter 3

The bus arrived at its destination and the doors opened. Harry got out of his seat and lined up beside the bus with Peter. It took a few minutes for all the students to exit the bus as some students were small and slow. Once all the students were lined up quietly, the teachers led them to the exhibition...

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Max Dillon lay asleep in the morgue of New York City. He was believed to be dead, and he was. He was no longer Max Dillon. He was Electro...

Max awoke in the morgue. The severe mutation the eels had inflicted him with had tampered with his brain, erasing his memory of all his past experiences. "W-Where am I?" said Max in a confused tone. There was a scientist in the morgue running some tests on Max as he lay asleep.

"Max! Y-Your not dead!" exclaimed the scientist.

"M-Max? Who's Max?" Max asked. The mutation had caused him to forget his own name!

"Have you forgotten who you are?" asked the scientist.

"I-I think so. I can't remember anything," Max replied.

"You are Max Dillon. You live in an apartment in Queens and you work for Oscorp. You were in a severe accident," the scientist informed him.

"A-Are you sure?"

"Well, Max... it looks like you have lost your memory..." The scientist grabbed an operating knife off the table and walked over to Max.

"W-What are you doing?!" cried Max.

"You have lost your memory. I need to operate on you before it's lost forever!" The scientist put down the knife and grabbed a needle that would put Max to sleep. The scientist dropped the needle when a strange thing happened...

"ARRGGHH... IT HURTS!" screamed Max. Max was never good with sharp things.

"Max please just go back on the be-"

"NOO!" yelled Max. The scientist grabbed the operating knife from the table to take down Max. Max tried to defend himself with his hands. To their surprise, a streak of electricity shot out of Max's hand and struck the scientist, killing him. The rest of the morgue had been alerted by the camera's recorded footage and the screaming. Four armed guards ran into the room.

"STAND DOWN OR WE WILL SHOOT!" yelled one of the guards.

"NO! YOU ALL WANT TO HURT ME LIKE THIS SCIENTIST!" cried Max. The guards all pulled the trigger on their firearms. Max swung his hands in front of him to defend himself and once again streaks of electricity burst out of his hands, knocking out the guards. Feeling scared ,Max ran out of the morgue and into the city of New York...

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"Greetings, students! Welcome to Empire State University!" announced one of the lab scientists. "You have all been selected to attend our fine institution today for one reason: Your love of science. So please, feel free to explore our amazing lab!"

"Wow... this place looks amazing!" exclaimed Peter. "It's a good thing you stopped the bus when you did."

"Yeah, I guess it is." replied Harry. Peter and Harry noticed a large crowd in front of some glass cases. Curious, Peter and Harry walked over to the crowd. It was hard to see what was in the glass as there were a lot of students blocking their view. After pushing through the stubborn crows, Harry and Peter both saw what was in the glass.

"Spiders?" said Harry. "Why is everyone so crazy about spiders?"

"Because they aren't your average spiders," said a voice next to them. They both turned around. It was Gwen Stacy.

"Oh, hey Gwen," greeted Harry.

"Hey, Harry. Peter."

"Oh... err, hey," said Peter, nervously. Peter was always nervous around girls. This was one of the reasons why Peter was continuously bullied back at Midtown High.

Gwen Stacy was a girl in Harry's biology class. She had straight silky blonde hair and blue eyes which shined like diamonds. Her father was a police captain who worked for the NYPD. Gwen was one of the brightest students at Midtown High, especially in the fields of science. It was no surprise that Gwen got straight A's in her classes.

"These spiders have an ability not many spiders have," said Gwen. "You see, these spiders have an ability referred to as their spider sense. This alerts them of any incoming danger, Gwen explained. "They also have very fast reflexes."

"Wow, that's amazing!" exclaimed Peter. "But what happens if these 'Special Spiders' bite a human being?"

"The effects are not known," replied Gwen. "But with these spiders, the bite would most likely kill them."

"Well, I hope none of them escape from the tank, then," said Harry.

"I'm gonna catch up with Flash. We're organizing a homework session after school today," said Gwen. "Bye guys!"

"Bye, Gwen!" said Peter as Gwen walked through the crowd of students. "Hey, there's some pretty cool stuff over there. Wanna come with me?" asked Peter.

"No thanks, Pete. I'm just going to stay here a bit," Harry replied.

"Okay, then. See you later." Peter walked out of the crowd with a few "Watch it dork"s on the way. Harry continued to look at the spiders. He began to wonder if the spiders' abilities could be transferred into human DNA. If so, then human evolution would be taken to a whole new level. Harry continued looking at the bright purple spiders, oblivious to the fact that one of them was on his neck...

"Ow!" exclaimed Harry. Harry placed his hand on his neck and grabbed what was on it. It was one of the Spiders! Harry dropped the spider and stepped on it. All of a sudden, Harry started feeling nauseous and tired. He immediately ran to the closest exit for some fresh air. Harry stood outside for a long time. The pain on his neck and the feeling in his head and body was unbearable. Harry then fell to the ground and laid unconscious on the streets of New York...