That's Just Typical
Chapter 3: It Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
Summary: Spiderman get's injected with some unknown toxin during a fight with the Green Goblin and is too sick to swing away from the general public. How will the public cope?
-Previously-
"Great" Spiderman said sarcastically. "Just what I need, why couldn't this be just a typical day where I could fight bad guys, be late for school, fight some major villain and win, go home and try to finish my homework before the cycle repeats itself!, am I missing anything? Oh yeah, and take pictures for the guy who hates me and... Uh Oh... I'm so fired" Spiderman thought as he remembered that because of this little incident, he couldn't send any pictures. Spiderman sighed,
"Great"
-At the Daily Bugle-
Things were peaceful at the Daily Bugle building, or so it seemed from the outside. If anyone ever went inside, they would notice all the workers were doing their work while for some reason edging away from a door. That door led to the office of the editor and publisher of the Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson. He at the moment seemed to be on an endless tirade about none other than both Spiderman and his alter-ego.
"Miss Grant! Where's Parker with my pictures? He should have been down there to catch all the action, I don't pay him to just stand there and hold a camera, this will make headlines and I need decent photos! I heard the goblin had something to do with it and that something's happened to Spiderman! I need to know what, where he is, and I need pictures! Spiderman probably teamed up with Green Goblin and it backfired, if I don't hear from Parker in the next couple of minutes with the pictures, He's Fired!!!"
Everyone cringed as they heard Jameson rant. But they continued with their work and tried to ignore him since they heard this on a daily basis. As much as the felt sorry for Spiderman's photographer, Peter Parker, they were extremely glad it wasn't them on the receiving end of those outbursts.
Besides, if things go the way they normally would, Peter would come bursting through the doors with the pictures at the last minute right after Jameson declared he was fired, then as Peter was about to leave he would "un-fire" him, take the pictures out of Parkers hand, and send him to get more while shoving him out the door. All in all, that's what would usually happen on any typical day.
-Too bad seemingly nothing was going to be "typical" that day-
-Back To Spiderman-
As Spiderman got done reading the chart of symptoms, he considered each one.
"Let's see, Fevers that can flare up anytime, (bad but I think/hope I can live with that), Dizziness, (not too bad, only thing I'll lose is my balance), Headaches, (Not Fun), Random Hot Flashes and Chills, (Okay, One minute I'll feel hot the next I'll feel cold), Tired/Drowsy, (What is this a cold?) , Muscle Tension, Trembling or Twitching, (So basically, it will be hard for me to stay still), occasional Coughing Fits, (Yep it's a cold, note to self, buy some cough drops) , and if it remains untreated or too much stress and activity Hallucinations, (That could be a problem, better not push myself to hard) " Spiderman sighed. "I have absolutely no idea how to get out of this, but I should probably think of something before Jameson or one of the other megalomaniacs can find me" he said as he thought of how lucky he was no one took off his mask while he was unconscious.
Speaking of which, he still has to thank that little boy for that. When he turned to the side of the bed where he last saw the boy, he found he was watching the little TV that was in the room. "So hey kid, what's your name?" Spiderman asked as the boy turned to look at him. "Zack, hey will you be alright Mr. Spiderman?" Zack asked looking worried. "Don't worry, I'm sure I'll be fine in a little while, but I want to know something, why did you keep them from taking off my mask?" Spiderman asked since he still didn't understand why Zack would help him in the first place. "Because you said that if anyone took off your mask the people who know you would be in danger, I was closest to you when you said it and it was right before you went unconscious so I was the only one who heard it" Zack replied.
Spiderman thought for a moment then remembered he did say something like that before he lost consciousness, in a desperate attempt to keep his identity a secrete. "Well, Thanks" Spiderman said, "By the way how old are you?" Spiderman asked wanting to know a little more about Zack. "I'm eight" Zack said when all of the sudden, what sounded like an explosion sounded a great distance away from the Hospital, but it was still loud enough for everyone in it to hear it.
"Spiderman! Look on the News!" Zack yelled as he jumped out of his chair and ran up to the TV to turn up the volume. "Here we have the Green Goblin, who has now blown up random buildings, in what appears to be a means to bringing Spiderman out, but so far has been nowhere in sight" the news reporter said. "What's the matter Spiderman, you realize you're no match for me, or are you just a little under the weather, HAA, HAA, HAA, HAAA!!!" the Green Goblin cackled on screen as he blew up some more buildings. People were running everywhere trying to escape from the falling debris.
"I have to go help, before some… Aargh!!!" Spiderman started as he tried to get out of the hospital bed, only to fall back on it as he clutched his head trembling. When he made the attempt to get up the room was sent spinning, as his headache returned worse than before while he suddenly felt unbearably hot. "Spiderman are you alright?" Zack cried out having no idea what to do. "Nothing, it's nothing" Spiderman said as he unsteadily tried to get back up. "I have to go help, who knows what the Green Goblin might do, I have to stop him" Spiderman said as he stood, staggering a little before he could steady himself by holding onto the wall trembling more violently. "This… is going to be a problem" Spiderman thought as he stood up, a wave of dizziness caused him to stagger and he had to hold onto the wall for support as his headache worsened. At the same time he suddenly felt like he was freezing, causing him to start trembling more than before because of the involuntary shivering added.
As Zack was trying to figure out what to do, a doctor came in, seeing Spiderman start to collapse, dropped all the papers and forms he was holding and ran to him. "Spiderman you are in no condition to be out of bed" the doctor exclaimed as he led Spiderman back onto the bed.
"Hey Doc, when exactly is the antidote going to be ready?" Spiderman asked as he felt too weak to protest that he was "fine" at the moment, so settled to asking when they'd actually help him get better. "I'm sorry Spiderman, but it's just in its beginning phases of being analyzed, it will take around several hours to come up with the results, then another couple to make the antidote" the Doctor explained. "Hours! Do you realize how much havoc the Green Goblin can wreak in a couple of hours!!! He'll demolish the city!!!" Spiderman yelled as he started to struggle to get pass the doctor who was trying to keep him down. "Spiderman please, if you don't stop now I'll have to have you sedated, not to mention your speeding up the toxins progress through your system" the Doctor tried to explain, but sighed as he pushed that was on the wall above one of the nearby machines. Some doctors and nurses came running in and started to help hold Spiderman down.
"This is for your own good, you can't go try to start fighting some maniac while you're in this condition" the Doctor said as a nurse handed him a syringe, and was now getting ready to inject him. "While you're in our care, we're going to do everything we can to help and that includes…" the doctor began as he was about to use the syringe. "Not gonna happen Doc!" Spiderman said as he used his webbing to cover said doctor and covered everyone that was holding him with it. He caught all the doctors and nurses completely off guard, causing them all too instantly let go trying to get the webbing off. "Now's my chance" Spiderman thought as he used every bit of energy he had, jumped over the doctors and nurses to the window, as an afterthought webbed up the doorway too, and swung out before his mind could register the dizziness and such. "Someone after him" One of the doctors yelled as they and the nurses all got even more tangled in Spiderman's web.
Zack was still in shock about what just happened, and now ran to the window to see no trace of Spiderman anywhere. He looked back to see all the doctors and nurses who managed to get free start to run to the doorway to get some help only to find themselves stuck in it because of the webbing they didn't notice covering it combined with the stray webbing still on them as they bumped into each other. There was only one thing he could say about his now favorite hero.
"Whoa!"
To Be Continued, Chapter 4: Exactly When Does It Get Better? , Please Review
Side Note: In response to paycheckgurl's review/question,
"So wait, I'm confused. If this is set after BND why is the Green Goblin there? Harry's not up to anything criminal and Norman has the public's trust as the "hero" Iron Patriot. Also Spider-man has a hyphen. But these are really minor nit picks. I enjoyed this so far, keep it up:)"
My reply is,
Thank you for reading and liking my story so far, and here's my reply to what you wrote.
1. Well I wasn't really thinking it through when I wrote it was after BND (Brand New Day). It was really meant as a Spiderman in general stand alone kind of story. I know alot about the storylines and what has happened in the comics, but I've never actually read one. But yes your right its not after BND. Thank you for calling out my mistake, and just picture the timesetting around the time the Green Goblin was around as Norman Osborn but nobody knew his identity yet.
2. I know Spider-man has a hyphen, I just prefer to write it as Spiderman in my story. I mean to me, it would look kinda weird if everytime I wrote my Spiderman in the story it looked like "Spider-man". Though if more people mention it, I might start writing it like that.
