Ch 3 THE MANTLE HAS PASSED

(In an alley by time square)

A man sat in the alley, five o'clock shadow, trench coat on, and staring into space as a girl walks up with ice cream saying, "Hay Kaine, want some ice cream, it's better than I thought." But all he did was stand up and look at her saying, "Not now Arcelle..." He stops getting an odd feeling...as if his spider side was drawing him to something. "Kaine, why do you feel afraid?" She said with a look of concern. "It's the cosmic web...it is urging me to go somewhere."

(in the danger room)

Kane and Laura were holding their own pretty well, until the window up above them shattered. When they went to look up Laura was being held by Rhino as the figure from the window and lands on the electrified Kane as it is Sergei Kravenoff, better known as Kraven the hunter, with grey steaks on the sides of his hair, wearing his classic but modified attire. "Well hello little dobychey." He said as Kane throws him off and gets up ready this time. "And who are you, Liono? Where's the other thunder cats?" Kane said pumping himself up for the fight.

"Foolish child I am Kraven the Hunter...and you Kane Hardy...you're my next prey." He replied with a crazy grin as he draws his machete. Laura is kicking around trying to stab rhino but he wouldn't budge as the two of them lock eyes. Kraven made the first move as he throws a punch that would have hit Kane's gut...but instead, he twirls out of the way as Kraven gets a kick in his ass.

(in the control room)

Eyeboy- "Go Kane!"

Quentin- "Kick his ass Hardy!"

As they were shouting Wolverine finally got through...only to see that Kane and Kraven are duking it out in the room. "What in the hell is going on here!?" He shouted making the students jump. Broo- "there's a scary man inside the room with Kane and Laura!" Kid G- "The doors are sealed tight enough to where I can't even budge it!"

"EVERYONE REMAIN CALM AND JUST SHOW ME WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE!" He shouts as he looks at the screen

(meanwhile)

Kraven continues to taunt Kane as they fight. Kane goes to hit Kraven, but instead gets kicked to the ground to receive another kick sliding him into a car. "I must admit child, you are a challenge. However, you still know nothing compared to what I have faced." Kraven said as he held Kane by his neck. "KANE!" Laura shouted as Rhino squeezes her tighter. All Kane could think of at the moment was the many different ways to kill Kraven. But that feeling went away when a web-line stuck to Kraven's back yanking him free of Kane as he hit a pole.

When the two combatants regained footing, and the crowd was shocked, they saw the Scarlet spider on top of a parked car glaring at Kraven. "Kravenoff!" He shouted as he noticed Kane and thought 'what is going on...What is Kane doing here?' "Ah finally, we meet again Kaine!" Kraven said as he brushed himself off. "Now I will have a challenge I've been looking for!" Kaine glares more under the mask as he let out his stingers running at Kraven. As they begin to try and kill each other, Kane runs to Laura as he grabs the Rhino, who drops her now, and suplexes him so hard that the form shatters and disintegrates. "Laura!" he shouts as he smashes one of the six after another.

Laura was passed out from her crushed ribs but still breathing. Through a thick haze, she could see Kane decimating all the program enemies, all the while Kraven and Scarlet Spider are non-stop blow after blow until Kraven get's the lucky stab to the ribs making Kaine cough up a little blood. "Now for my trophy." He said pulling the mask off showing Kane that his uncle is Scarlet spider. Something in Kane snapped like a twig inside of Kane. He feels his fangs sharpen, his senses heighten, and that time was moving slower for him as he ran at Kraven headlong into the fray and punched so hard that he flew into a building on the 23rd floor.

Everyone in the control room was in shock and awe as Kane huffs and grunts running to the rubble seeing Kraven with nearly all his bones broken on impact...but his jaw was completely shattered. "That...was for...my uncle you...bastard!" He said as he began to proceed his outrage by punching Kraven over and over and over again until Laura hugs him from behind. "Stop Kane...he's had enough!" She shouted, snapping Kane back to sanity.

"La...Laura?" He said hugging her back with tears flowing as he and her fell to their knees. As this happened the system rebooted and changed back to the danger room as Kaine lied there dead and everyone rushing to the couple. All Kane could feel was loss...and also rage. Rage against Kingpin, rage against his mother's past, but mostly rage against Kraven. He made him feel what it is like to be prey backed in a corner, making it feel like he was violated in the worst way possible.

(Later that night)

Kane was in his room holding his uncle's costume. As he stared into the eyes of the mask he began to see what his uncle would want him to do. So without second thoughts he began to make design changes to Kaine's costume as he made it his own. When he was complete with his modifications to the suit, he looks at his work in the mirror [AU: the pic on the cover] and feels accomplished as he thinks, "I'll make you proud uncle, I won't let you down." as he made his way out of his window making the night his.

(meanwhile)

Felicia was in her room looking in the mirror seeing all the scars she had when she worked for Wilson Fisk during her years as black cat. She sometimes feels all the pain she suffered for a job she didn't want to complete...something that only she could do, but wouldn't do it. "I know you are close to the wall-crawler, Cat. So I'll have you do one last thing for me and you are off the hook, paid in full without ever needing to look over your shoulder." she heard as the memory of her last job came back in full force as she was seeing herself in his office. "What is it now Fisk? A name? A Face?" She said in disgust as all he did was smile and say, "Nothing that simple...I want something only you can do...as a thief and a woman" - "What's that supposed to mean?"

She snapped back as he gets up looking down at her. "I want a weapon I can use against him. One that has similar abilities yet possesses far more power. I want you to get pregnant by Spider-man and when the child is born, bring it to me so I can have the greatest assassins teach him to be my greatest asset." Hearing this made Felicia's blood grow cold. 'How could anyone do that to any child?' She thought as she looked at a picture of her and Kane at the carnival in Kansas.

'I miss the days as A thief...however the thrill, I have a son to protect and love. I can't let him know my past as the Black Cat.'

ANNND SCENE! how did you like the back story and thrill during this episode...sorry I've not been posting much but I work 12/5-6 so sorry.

Don't have a name for the next chapter yet but comment your thoughts please and Ill fix any problems