SPIDER-GIRL
Chapter 3:
"If you mess with Umbrella...you get the tail!"
"What do you think, doctor?"
Wesker ponders the frozen hologram on his desk. Similar to Rhino, this thing had bright, green skin, and a long whipping prehensile tail. His joints were were modified so he could walk upright, or on all 4's.
"Mac Gargan. Private eye that gone criminally insane after a grizzly murder. He was one of our first subjects for the Scorpion project. It ended up being a success. Except for the loss of what was left of his mind. I thought Rhino was feral...this guy's worse!"
"Where is The Rhino now?"
"Our team went and picked him up right outside the school. He's down in our labs being...well taken care of."
"Excellent."
"Thank you."
"What about the media? What have we fed them?"
"As far as the media goes, you have nothing to worry about. I sold them an airtight story."
Wesker leaned forward in his chair, resting his arms on the desk.
"Scorpion...the very first project Ozwall sponsored. I remember he was quite...pleased with the results. Just one question, doctor. After all these years, is he still combat effective?"
"Only one way to find out."
"Hm."
At home, all 3 members of the Parker family sit around the TV watching the local news broadcast. May has a brace on her leg, and a pair of crutches rest on the floor next to her.
"A horrific turns of events at a local university today. According to several eyewitness reports, a mentally disturbed extremist detonated a bomb outside the main entrance." May pulled her knees to her chest. She began to stew at the obviously doctored stock footage. "The evidence would suggest that the bomb, may have in fact been prematurely accidentally detonated. If this is true, then who knows how many people would have been killed, or how damage would have been done? On a related note, the Umbrella Corporation is donating $1.5 million to repair the damage. In other news-"
May snatched the remote, angrily mashing the power button.
"It's absolute bullshit!"
Her parents stare at her in shock at the sudden foul language.
"Oh?" Her mom prods. "What happened?"
May's taken aback. Would she dare reveal what happened?
"Would anyone believe me? A giant rhino human thing attacked me, but was defeated because of my genetic mutations? Nah. Not I believe it!" She ponders to herself.
"Um...nothing. I'm gonna go lay down and take a nap. I can feel those pain pills coming on."
May scoops up her crutches and limps upstairs to her room. She shuts the door behind her. Getting comfortable on her bed, she powers on her laptop. Scanning through YourFaceSpace, she finds dozens and dozens, maybe even hundreds, of posts related to the alleged "bomb" plot. Pics of the so-called "explosion", the "terrorist" and an infinite number of those silly pics of text decrying the violence.
"How soon before our girl is back on her feet?"
"She'll be wearing the brace for a few days."
"Who is your source?"
"The Parkers' family doctor: Norwrath."
"Your contact."
"The very same."
"What about the other girl? The one Ms Parker was staying with?"
"I don't know. After her apartment was raided, we lost track of her."
"Hmm. Oh well. She is of no concern. Keep an ear out, doctor. If you hear anything, do not hesitate to follow up. There will be no one to stop us this time."
2 DAYS LATER.
May's leg had been completely healed in near record time. Owing to whatever it was she had been injected with, she had returned to top form at a rate her doctor couldn't even begin to comprehend.
Just yesterday, she had received a mysterious text message to be downtown at a certain intersection only a couple blocks from Central Park. She sat down at an outside table at a Starbucks, and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
A sensation of being watched crept up the back of her head from her shoulders. She didn't sense any danger...yet. A minute later, a small paper airplane landed in front of her. She darted her eyes around looking for the source.
Nothing.
No one. Except for the usual foot traffic. She carefully unfolded it.
"EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. OBSERVATION DECK. 1 HOUR."
She pockets the note, and heads off.
An hour later, she's up on the observation deck, too preoccupied to enjoy the view. Thoughts mostly consisting of who, what, where, when, why, and how swirled in her mind, driving her mad.
One thing that stood out to her most was that she was up there all by herself. No one else around.
Sounds of traffic, and millions of people going about their business wafted up from the streets, filling the air with an almost pleasant cacophony. That is until a gunshot rings out!
May peeks over the edge. Down on the ground, a man threatens a lone woman with a gun! All of NY's citizens scatter away from the scene.
Trusting to the fates, May leaped over the edge, entering freefall.
May's reflexes kicked in. She could count the cement blocks in the building's structure. Peeking in the windows, seeing the looks of horror looking back at her. She closes her eyes. She focuses on the wind rippling over her clothes. Her hair flowing out behind her.
She instinctively reached out. Grabbing a horizontal flag pole, she flipped around to slow her momentum. She swung into the lopsided man, sending him crashing into the building across the street.
May turns to see the woman ducking into an alley.
"Are you OK?!"
"Look!"
The screech of an older man erupted from the building. The wall melted in a wave of green liquid. The Scorpion leapt across cars, initiating a standoff with our hero
"Um...A scorpion?"
"Yeah yeah yeah! So much faster! Stronger! Better! Umbrella! Oooooohhhh yes! Yes! Yes !"
"What happened to you?"
"Murder! Blood! Guts! You ever see a body drawn and quartered?! I HAVE!"
Mac whipped his tail around!
May vaults out of the way just in time!
"AAAAAGH! You bug! Stand still!"
"Come over here and make me, you freak!"
"Brat! Ungrateful brat! Taste my justice!"
His tail comes up, spraying acid in all directions!
May vaults, flips, and somersaults in a circle around the creature.
"You can't run forever, girl!"
May came to a sudden stop, perched on top an abandoned taxi cab.
"Oh. I don't need to.
"What?! Ah!"
The pavement gave way sending the man plummeting to the sewers below. She jumped down after him. She found him trapped under a slab.
"You...you you you you..."
"Me me me. What about me?"
"Wesker...he's crazy about you! CRAZY! HAHAHAHAHA! Everyone called me crazy!"
May lef the thing to his ramblings. She picked a heavy piece of concrete. She turned it over and over in her hands.
Scorpion stared back at her, still rambling on and on. Alternating between crazed facts and annoying, high-pitched laughter.
She hefted the concrete. Bringing it up over her head.
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"Whatcha gonna do?! WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN SCORPION RUN WILD ON YOU?! HUH?! Bwahahahahaha!"
"Do me a favor."
"What?!"
"Send Wesker a message."
"A message? I ain't no flatfoot!"
"Too bad. You're going to anyway."
"OK ok ok ok ok. What is it?"
"You're finished."
She slammed the rock into the creature's temple, crushing his skull, ending his life.
"I'm not picking up any more life signs from the Scorpion creature, Wesker. I think she killed him."
"Our girl has turned into cold-blooded killer. This is...unexpected."
"Could be a result of the aggression enhancement I gave her."
Wesker gets out of the chair, and crosses the tall panes of black glass.
"You and I both know that is certainly not the case." Wesker takes a deep breath, and slowly releases it. "You are dismissed doctor."
"Fine."
Birkin leaves the cavernous like office.
"So...it would seem like you have grown more powerful than I could have anticipated. Time to see what you are really made of. Your final test is at hand. And you will NOT be ready."
Thus ends part 1 of Spider-Girl.
