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Chapter 3: Fateful Encounter
At the laundry room in the hotel, Max was cleaning up some of his and 99's clothes in the washer. Even though he and 99 were still waiting on their luggage from the airport, both of them managed to buy themselves some new clothes to wear for a while until their own clothes get back.
Max was whistling a tune as he did the laundry. Meanwhile Jack was heading towards the laundry room to get Selina's clothes cleaned up after Jack's food "incident" yesterday. Luckily, Selina had some extra clothes she brought with her to wear just in case if Jack's done messing up something of hers. Jack was heading to the washers to get Selina's clothes cleaned, but found the door to the washer room locked and heard someone whistling in there.
"Excuse me, Sir. Can you please open the door? I need to clean some of my partner's clothes." Jack said as he banged on the washer door. "Hello? Sir, I need to use the washer."
Max was still whistling to his tune until he heard Jack banging on the door. Max decided to see who was banging on the washer door. "Yes? May I help-OW!" Max said as he held his head due to Jack not looking at the door opened as Jack kept on knocking on it.
"Hello? Sir, I need to-oh!" Jack said as he finally saw that Max had already opened the door. Max looked at Jack a bit angry at him while Jack smiled sheepishly at him. Oh boy, this wouldn't end well for Jack.
Meanwhile, across the hallway of the hotel, Peter was heading back to his and Penelope's hotel room when Peter accidentally bumped into Selina.
"Please watch where you are going, kid." Selina said as she walked passed by Peter. "Sorry about that, Miss?" Peter said as he tried to apologize to her. "Selina; and yours?" said Selina introducing herself to Peter.
"Peter Parker." Peter said introducing himself to Selina which she could tell Peter looked uneasy around her.
Selina decided to change the subject as she asked, "So Peter, what are you doing here at this hotel?"
Peter was caught off guard with this question and decided to come up with an excuse to tell Selina instead of telling her the truth.
"Well, you know. See the sights, and meet new people." Peter said. "What about you, Miss Selina?"
Jack noticed the look that Max was giving him and it wouldn't be good. Jack decided to run instead with Max running after him.
"Hey! You come back here, you hooligan." Max yelled as he chasing after Jack through the hotel.
Max continued to chase after Jack, whom they went all over the hotel, the dining room, the pool, and even around the floors until the hotel staff had to come in and stop the chase.
"I said I was sorry, Mister." Jack said as he quickly hurried back to his and Selina's room and to get far away from Max who was being held by some of the hotel staff trying to calm him down.
"If I ever see you again, pal. You'll be sorry." Max said as he tried to break free from the staff to get after Jack. Max eventually calmed down and decided to head back to the laundry room to go pick up his and 99's clothes from the washer.
As Penelope was walking around the hotel, heading towards the dining room to get herself something to eat until she saw a young woman with brown hair drinking her coffee and reading a newspaper.
"Excuse me, Ma'am. Is there anyone sitting here at this table that you're sitting at right now?" Penelope asked politely at 99.
"Oh, I guess not, my dear. I don't mind. By the way, what is your name, Miss?" 99 asked.
"Penelope. And what might your name be, Miss?" said Penelope politely asking for the other woman's name.
99 decided to give Penelope her fake name instead of her real one for now. "April. And pleasure to meet you, Penelope." 99 said introducing herself as "April" to Penelope. 'I do hope that Max doesn't come in here and say my real name in front of this young lady.' 99 thought as she scanned the room to see if her partner would show up any minute.
Penelope noticed "April" looking around the room waiting for someone, so she got up to leave and said, "Well, I had a pleasant time getting to know you, miss April."
"Likewise, Penelope, see you around." 99 said as she saw Penelope left and decided to head back to her and Max's room to see if anything happened to him.
"I need to head back to my room to see if Peter is ready for tonight when we get to see Ethan again." thought Penelope as she smiled when she thinks about Ethan and his good and protective side which kind of reminded her of her own father back home in her kingdom. Finally making it to her room, Penelope checked her room to see if Peter was here and ready when they get ready to meet Ethan and see his 'Hideout' for the first time with their own eyes.
As Penelope entered her room, she sees that Peter isn't in the room yet.
'Oh, where could Peter be?' Penelope thought as she paced around in her room. 'We have to get ready to meet Ethan in a few hours and he's not even here yet.'
As Penelope was waiting for Peter to return, unknown to her she was being spied upon by Ethan. Ethan wondered what made Penelope all worked up over with something.
'I wonder why Penelope is nervous all of the sudden.' thought Ethan as he continued to watch Penelope pacing back and forth in her room waiting for Peter to return from who knows where.
Meanwhile Peter is still with Selina as he and she entered the elevator to head back to their rooms.
"So Peter; is there any other reasons that you are here than just 'see the sights and meet new people'?"." Selina said, questioning Peter about his reasons for coming here.
Peter looked nervous when she started to question him again and Peter begins to think up another excuse to tell Selina about his reason being here and said, "Also, I'm doing a school assignment on hotels."
Selina looked Peter in the eye to see if there was anything else that he was hiding from her but let it slide for now.
The elevator soon reached to the floor where Penelope's room is at. "Well, miss Selina. I had a good time talking with you and but I gotta go. Bye." Peter said as he quickly hurried to the door to Penelope's room.
As Penelope was on the hotel balcony looking at the city in full view, she started to think about the events from last night and wonder if and when will they see Ethan again.
'I do hope that Ethan is alright.' Penelope said as she looked on from the balcony. But unknown to her, a certain blond haired person was sitting right above the hotel's balcony watching her. Penelope then turned around and looked up and saw Ethan there.
"Ethan! What are you doing here? How long have you been up there?" Penelope asked looking at him.
Ethan shrugged his shoulders as he said, "I just came by to see you, Penelope."
"Oh, that was nice of you, Ethan." Penelope said as she continued to look at Ethan sitting on top of the hotel's balcony looking around the city.
As Ethan was looking around, Penelope noticed a concern look on his face as if something was troubling him.
"Ethan? Are you alright?" Penelope said worried as she looked at him.
Ethan looked at Penelope and noticed this to which Ethan had to change the subject to ease her worries.
"Nothing; so I wonder where Peter could be at." Ethan asked as he walked around the bed of Penelope's room. "It's not like him to take this long, and it's not even dark outside yet."
"Maybe Peter was busy talking to Mr. Jameson about our assignment, Ethan." Penelope suggested as she thought maybe that could be the reason of why Peter wasn't back yet.
As Penelope and Ethan were still on the balcony talking, they heard Peter coming into the room as Ethan and Penelope noticed him.
"Peter, where have you been?" Penelope demanded as she crossed her arms. "Yeah, Peter. Where did you go?" Ethan asked.
"Oh, just walking around the hotel and running into this mystery woman named Selina. "Why?" said Peter explaining his reason to Ethan and Penelope.
"Wait, who's Selina?" Ethan asked.
"Some woman that I saw who was running into while getting on the elevator. And then she starts asking me some questions like she's some kind of private investigator like you see on TV." said Peter retelling his meeting with Selina to Ethan and Penelope.
"Wow! So this Selina must be like a Sherlock Holmes type of a person to drill some information out of you, Peter." said Ethan as he pictured Peter being interrogated by Selina in a Sherlock Holmes kind situation.
"Uh, Earth to Ethan. Are you there?" Penelope said waving her hand in front of Ethan's face to snap out of his thoughts for the moment.
"So, Ethan. Any reason of why you came here to the hotel?" Peter asked.
"Well, I just wanted to see you guys is all." Ethan said explaining this to Peter.
"Ethan, is there anything other reason other than seeing us?" Penelope asked.
Ethan looked at both Penelope and Peter and decided to show them something. "I found this note at my home yesterday and I think it's best to see this for yourselves." Ethan said as showed Peter and Penelope the note that he found.
Penelope and Peter read the note and were shocked that someone is reaching out to Ethan with this message and invites him to dinner.
"So someone leaves you a note, invites you to dinner, and you have no idea who sent it to you, Ethan?" Peter asked as he re-reads the note again to see if there was something else on there that they missed.
"No and the note mentioned something about my future." Ethan said with concern. "I wonder it means."
Penelope looked at Ethan and could tell that Ethan looked troubled about this and the so called 'message' that some unknown person wrote to him and have some plans for him.
"Ethan, do you want us to come with you to see this person at dinner?" Penelope asked.
Ethan looked surprised at what Penelope just said. Her and Peter want to help him out?
"Are you sure about this, Penelope? I mean what if you guys get caught or into trouble?" Ethan said as told them this.
Ethan was worried that if he does decide to bring Penelope and Peter with him, then the so called messenger will try to hurt them or worse.
Still, on the other hand he doesn't know if this mystery person is an ally that can help him or a dangerous enemy that can make his life miserable when he gets to meet the person at dinner.
"Okay, I guess you guys can come but the two of you have to keep out of sight and in disguise so that nobody would recognize you." Ethan said.
"Peter, I think it might be best if you're one who will stay out of sight while Penelope is in disguise to see if something's not right." Ethan added.
"Okay, but what are you going to do when this mystery person gets there, Ethan?" Penelope said.
"I'm going to ask this person about the reason of why did he or she left this note at my house for, Penelope. That's what I'm going to do." Ethan said with a determined look on his face.
After Selina made it back to her and Jack's room, she suddenly found her partner hiding beside the bed thinking that someone was coming after him or Jack did one of his 'accidents' again and got himself into trouble for it.
"Jack, why are you hiding from beside the bed?" Selina asked looking at him.
"Would you believe me to say that I'm hiding from one very angry man who wanted to pummel me for knocking on his head, Selina?" Jack said as he sheepishly at her.
"What did you this time, Jack?" Selina said interested with the reason of Jack's current situation.
"Well, I was just on my way to the laundry room to clean your clothes after yesterday's mishap and I found out that the door was locked. So I decided to knock on the door which I forgot to stop and look which this old guy opened the door and looked at me like I did some crime that I haven't commit." Jack said remembering his encounter with the other guy today to Selina. "Next thing you know, he's starts chasing me around the hotel and yelling that he's going to knock my head off. So I ran back here to our room to stay safe, Selina."
After some quick thinking, Selina found a solution for Jack's 'problem' and just pray that he goes along with it.
"Jack, I think the best thing for you to do is to go out and apologize to this guy in person yourself." Selina said.
"But what if he tries to annihilate me, Selina?" Jack asked worried.
"Well, Jack. That all depends." Selina said. "If he won't, then I will!"
Selina shook her fist in front of Jack which he got the message and left the room to find the guy and apologize or else face the wrath of a very angry partner.
Meanwhile, in Max and 99's hotel room, 99 was talking on the phone with the Chief when she saw her partner Max coming in and looked upset as he sat down on the bed.
"Chief, I'm afraid that I'll have to call you back later. Goodbye Sir." 99 said as she hung up the phone. "Max? What's wrong?"
"I tell you what's wrong with me, 99. Some no good hooligan knocked me on my head like a woodpecker and the next thing you know I end up chasing him around the hotel trying to get my hands on the guy until the staff had to intervene to calm me down while that no good crook got away." Max explained to 99 his reasons of why he got upset.
"Cheer up, Max. I'm sure that you'll get your chance at showing that bum who's boss soon." 99 said cheering up Max a bit.
"You're right, 99. And when I do see him again, Oh Mister, I'll be worth the wait to pound some sense into him." Max said. "Say 99, why were you talking on the phone with the Chief now?"
"Actually, the Chief called to tell us to watch ourselves." 99 said explaining this news to Max.
"Why? Certainly we haven't crossed anybody that has scores to settle with us or tried to kill us." Max said as looked at the file which had Ethan's picture in there.
"I know but you know the Chief, Max. He's never wrong about these sorts of things before." 99 said.
"I guess you're right about that, 99." Max said before he went to the mini fridge to grab him something to snack on. "So anything interesting happen to you today, 99?"
"Well, I did get to meet this nice young woman named Penelope and she was rather curious about me and wanted to know my name." 99 said.
"Did you tell her your real name, 99?" Max asked.
"No, I didn't. I had to use a fake name to tell her that, Max." 99 said.
"And what was your false alias?" Max asked which he wanted to know what fake name 99 had to use to cover her real name.
"April." 99 responded as she turned on the TV to see if anything good came on.
"Oh and I bet you thought I would blow your cover if I came around to the dinning room, huh 99?" Max said questioning his partner.
"I had no choice and little time left to figure something else up for the moment, Max." 99 answered.
"I think I understand the situations were different, then I would have to come up with a fake name too." Max said grinning.
"Really? Then what would your false alias be then, Max?" 99 asked curiously.
Max pauses for a moment until he answered. "Larry."
Meanwhile at the restaurant across the hotel, Ethan and Penelope which she was wearing a red strapless dress and a blond wig for her disguise went inside the restaurant while Peter was outside of the restaurant to see if anything suspicious was going to happen and when it does, he'll be able to change into Spider-Man to lend Ethan some backup if he can.
"Well, we made it on time exactly like the note said, Ethan." Penelope said as she looked around the area.
"Yeah, I guess we did, Penelope." Ethan said. "Listen, Penelope. I want to get to another table and stay in disguise while I find my so called 'Mystery Person.'"
As Ethan and Penelope were looking around the restaurant, unknown to them Alphard was watching this from the far table across the room with amusement and anger.
'So Ethan has arrived and looked like he decided to bring in some company with him.' Alphard thought as she continued to watch the two from her chair.
As Alphard continued to look at Ethan from her table, she noticed how much Ethan's grown and if she remembered YunYun's report she was right on how handsome and good looking he was. She couldn't help on smirking, 'How fate has decided to smile upon me.' Alphard thought to herself in amusement,
Ethan and Penelope on the other hand, didn't notice Alphard nor could find her after a while until they decided to sit down and wait for her to come to them.
Ethan sensed that Alphard is already here, but had a bad feeling about her. Ethan turned to Penelope and said, "Penelope, I want you to stay at this table and don't do anything that'll give this 'person' attention. Okay?" Ethan said as he got up and started to look around for the mystery person again.
Penelope noticed this and understood his reason. "I understand, Ethan." Penelope said as she watched Ethan go and confront the mystery person.
"Oh, Ethan. Yo-ho! Over here." Alphard called to Ethan which he turned around and saw the woman calling to him.
Alphard noticed he was looking at her and Ethan's reaction on her was amusing.
"Okay and I guess you're the mystery person who sent this over to my home." Ethan said as he showed Alphard the note which he put it on the table.
"Yes, I did." Alphard said, grinning at him.
"Why?" Ethan asked looking Alphard right in the eye. "What do you want with me?"
"My, aren't you curious to find out, Ethan?" Alphard said, smiling at him.
"Wait a minute! How did you know my name?" Ethan said questioning her since he didn't actually know or seen her before let alone told her his name.
"Oh, where are my manners. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Alphard Alshua, leader of Snakes." Alphard said, introducing herself to Ethan which he remained wary with her which she noticed.
"I'm not going to bite." Alphard said to Ethan at her table. "Please, sit down and have some dinner with me."
Meanwhile across the table from where Ethan and Alphard are at, Penelope looked at the exchange between Ethan and the mystery woman now known as Alphard Alshua before her own eyes.
'So this is the person who sent Ethan that note!' thought Penelope as she continued to watch them from her table.
Ethan of course, finally sat down and wanted to know what Alphard wants with him. "So what do want from me, Miss Alshua." said Ethan being gentlemanly to Alphard which she laughed at that.
"Miss? Please, Ethan. Call me Alphard." said Alphard as she put her hand over Ethan's own hand.
As Ethan and Alphard were talking across the table and Penelope keeping an eye on her, Peter was outside still keeping watching from outside the restaurant and just when it looks like Peter was heading back to the hotel, he saw some Snake spies on the restaurant roof and from the looks of it, it could be trouble for Penelope and Ethan!
Quickly, Peter went to an alleyway and change into someone who could help Ethan out of this situation.
Unknown to Ethan or Penelope, Alphard knew that Ethan didn't come alone and decided to see if he noticed this as well. "So who's your friend over across the table there, Ethan?" Alphard asked as she looked over where Penelope who was still in her disguise was looking at the menu to avoid Alphard's sight.
Ethan quickly thought up something to trick Alphard and said, "Oh, you mean her? She's some unknown movie actress I met a few days ago that is all, Alphard."
'Hmm, an unknown movie actress, huh?' Alphard thought as she watched Ethan's face to see if he was trying to deceive her or not.
Ethan hoped that his trick on Alphard would work and wouldn't try anything reckless. Not if Penelope gets caught in the crossfire and Ethan would never be able to see someone else get hurt because of him.
"Ethan, you don't have to lie to me. I know that woman isn't a movie actress as you claimed her to be." Alphard said which shock Ethan because he thought that his plan of tricking her would've work. "Now then, tell me who that woman really is over there at that table, Ethan."
"Um, a friend of mine." Ethan said still looking at Alphard.
"A friend? What kind of friend, Ethan?" Alphard asked looking at Ethan with her eyebrows rose up.
"A very good friend is all, Alphard." replied Ethan.
"Really? Then why don't we invite her over here to sit with us instead?" Alphard said giving Ethan a look of obsessive attraction.
Ethan knew that something wasn't right with Alphard giving him that look and thought he heard something coming from outside.
"Ethan? Is something wrong?" Alphard asked as she moved her chair closer to Ethan. "Are you still going to invite your 'friend' over here?"
"Well, I think I rather not bring her over here to us, Alphard." Ethan said with an unsure tone of voice. "She's got nothing to do with this. This is just between you and me, Alphard."
"Ooh, look at you, Ethan. Being the big brave knight in shining armor, huh?" Alphard said with a chuckle.
"Enough of this! What do want with me?" Ethan asked.
"I suppose we should talk about other matters at hand, Ethan." Alphard said.
"About what, Alphard?" Ethan asked.
"About joining me; because with your talents and capabilities, plus the chance to stand by my side as my beloved, Ethan." Alphard explained her intentions to Ethan. Ethan was shocked. He didn't know that this is what was all about on that note and now Ethan had to decided on what his decision will be to Alphard's offer.
Ethan thought about Alphard and her intentions in his mind. Then after that, Ethan made his decision.
"My answer is no, Alphard." Ethan said with a firm tone of voice as he looked her in the face.
"No? Why would not accept my proposal and be my beloved, Ethan?" Alphard asked with a hint of anger and fury in her voice.
"Because it's my gut instinct that tells me that you're hiding something and I would rather not find out the hard way if I joined you, Alphard." Ethan said with a look of determination at Alphard.
Then Alphard suddenly smirks and said, "That's when you are wrong, rather you approve it or not! You will be mine! Ethan Tidwell!" Alphard added which made Ethan looked confused. "Tidwell? Why did you call me 'Tidwell' with my first name, Alphard?" Ethan asked in a confused look as Alphard noticed.
'Is Ethan pretending that he really doesn't know his own real name?' Alphard thought as she watched with a raised eyebrow on the expression on Ethan's face about this new fact about himself.
Across from where Ethan and Alphard are sitting, Penelope noticed Ethan looking worried about something when Alphard said Ethan's full name but a last name which she didn't even know about this.
Penelope watched the exchange between Ethan and Alphard increased until she heard the windows breaking and saw the Snake troops come in and try to apprehend Ethan and her by force with Alphard smiling coyly at the chaos around them.
Two Snake spies were holding on to Penelope with her arms behind her back and Ethan got real upset of the way these Snake soldiers were doing to them and all of a sudden, Ethan heard a web line coming from the window to web up some of the Snake soldiers that were on Penelope and got an unexpected help from a guy who wore a form-fitting spandex bodysuit, which from the waist down is blue, except for mid-calf boots with a black web pattern on a red background. From the waist up, the fabric is a red-and-black web pattern, except for his back, sides, and insides of his upper arms which are blue. There is a large red spider outline on his back, and a smaller black spider emblem on his chest. He also has white eyes on his mask and his name is Spider-Man and that makes Alphard frown at this.
"WHAT! SPIDER-MAN HERE? NO!" Alphard yelled with a fury kind of look.
As Spider-Man took care of the other Snake soldiers, Ethan went to check to see if Penelope was okay.
"Penelope, are you alright? Did they hurt you?" Ethan asked as he looked to see if Penelope was fine.
"Yes, Ethan. I'm alright. But you must help him now." Penelope said as she pointed at Spider-Man to see him all surrounded by the Snake soldiers.
Alphard just growled angrily as she saw on the way Ethan was giving his attention to Penelope.
Ethan decided to help out Spider-Man as he kicked one of the Snake soldiers on the head trying to sneak up on the wall crawler.
"Thanks." Spider-Man said as he punched down another Snake soldier in the face as Ethan began to take out his frustration on the Snake soldiers for what they done to Penelope.
Alphard was so upset that she decided on making Ethan hers alone with force if she had to. Alphard ran behind Ethan as he was finished with his fight with the Snake soldier and was caught off guard with Alphard trying to punch Ethan from behind but Ethan ducked and leg swept Alphard onto the ground. Alphard then kicked Ethan on the side of his head as Ethan was going for the finishing punch on her.
Alphard was already up then pulls a gun from out of nowhere and held Penelope as her hostage at a gunpoint.
"Drop the gun," Ethan implored, back in his dark lion like roar tone.
"Sure... first, you and your friend stand down then you surrender to me. Hmm?" the female Snake leader replied, as Penelope shook her head signaling 'No'.
Firing her weapon at a wall-sized window, the terrorist brings Penelope perilously close to the building's edge. In response to this, the superhuman demanded, "Let her go."
"Very poor choice of words." Alphard retorted, releasing her captive from her grasp.
Ethan, not one to allow an innocent die on his watch, promptly goes after the damsel in distress. Leaping out of the shattered window, the savior slides down the slanted roof in hot pursuit; Spider-Man watched as Ethan went after Penelope after his fight with the Snake soldiers. Meanwhile, Penelope can't help but scream in panic. Although the superhuman manages to reach Penelope in time, the two begin to plummet downward into the busy streets of New York; eyes closed waiting for the impact.
But for some reason they didn't get hurt and saw a single web line attached to Ethan's back. The two saw that it was Spider-Man who saved them and managed to web the two up before they got hurt. Spider-Man pulled the two back up to the restaurant with his webbing still holding on to them.
As Spider-Man was helping Ethan and Penelope up, Penelope soon remembered who else was with them.
"Ethan! Where's Peter at? He was outside when Alphard and those Snake soldiers attacked us." Penelope said worried about her friend as she looked around to see if Peter was alright.
Spider-Man looked surprised about this and quickly responded, "Oh I'm sure Peter's okay, Miss. He's safe. Now the question is: are you two alright?" Spider-Man asked.
"Yeah, we're okay, Spider-Man. Thanks for helping us out. But why are you here?" Ethan asked now back in his normal voice, since he doesn't recall on Spider-Man being back-up and looked at the wall-crawler in the eye.
"Let's just say I was just swinging by, until I saw the commotion going on so I came to help like I always do." Spider-Man answered.
Ethan thinks about on why Spider-Man's voice sounds oddly familiar to him but decides to hold that assumption for now as he, Spider-Man and Penelope leave the restaurant before the police come.
From outside the restaurant, Alphard is holding onto her arm as she watched Ethan, Penelope and Spider-Man leaving the area. She sees Ethan being protective of Penelope and their new ally Spider-Man while looking around to see if they're being followed or not which makes her angry.
"Aggh! I can't believe this! Ethan was about to become my beloved and no one else but thanks to you idiots bumbling, Ethan got away not to mention he had help from that inferring wall-crawler Spider-Man!" Alphard said angrily as she turned to her Snake soldiers who were trembling in fear of their boss.
Alphard then thinks about a new found information after seeing Ethan went to save Penelope from falling which proves that he will always try to save the innocent, and suddenly the realization dawn to her that it will be his downfall.
'Soon Ethan, you will have no choice but to be my beloved.' Alphard thought as she grins evilly at the thought.
She remembered in her thoughts about Ethan's reaction when she mentioned "Tidwell" to him and it puzzled her for some reason about Ethan not knowing his last name.
'He couldn't have got amnesia, could he?' Alphard thought to herself since she didn't know why but then decides to wait until he asks that question to her again which then it would prove that she was right on her theory.
As Ethan, Penelope and Spider-Man were heading towards Ethan's home since they didn't want to risk Alphard and her Snake soldiers following them to the hotel and put anyone else hurt.
Before Penelope and Spider-Man could go any further, Ethan put his hand on Spider-Man's shoulder and said, "Thanks for the help back there but I think you need to get 'Peter Parker' and bring him here. You do understand of what I'm saying, right Spider-Man?"
"Yep, read you loud and clear there, Mr. Superhuman." said Spider-Man as he leaves to go get 'Peter Parker' and bring him back to Ethan and Penelope.
"Goodbye and thank you, Spider-Man." Penelope said as she waved bye to the wall crawler as the hero was web swinging away to find 'Peter Parker' for them.
Ethan and Penelope were waiting for Peter to arrive and decided to talk about Ethan's encounter with Alphard until then.
"So Ethan, what was it that Alphard wanted from you?" Penelope asked who was worried about her friend.
Ethan knew that Penelope would want to know about what happened back there at the restaurant with Alphard and her intentions with him.
"I guess what Alphard wanted from me is to be her beloved." Ethan said as he tried to remember of what happened back at the restaurant to which he looked at Penelope who was listening and made him continue. "At first she wanted be to be her beloved and join up with her because of my talents and capabilities."
"Did you accept Alphard's proposal, Ethan?" asked Penelope.
"No, I didn't accept it because it was something in my gut instinct told me that Alphard was hiding something else from me and the fact is that they would hurt a lot of innocent people if I end up joining up with them, Penelope." said Ethan. "Plus, she mentioned 'Tidwell' as my last name. I wonder what that means."
"Was there anything else that Alphard might have told you about, Ethan?" asked Penelope since she wanted to know what other reason besides making Ethan or forcing him to be her 'beloved'.
"I guess she also wanted me to-" as Ethan was say something when suddenly they both hear something moving in the bushes to see Peter making his way to where Ethan and Penelope were at and said "Man, you two are sure hard to find around this place."
"Peter, where have you been?" Penelope asked who gave Peter a stern and concern look to him. Peter replied," Well, Spider-Man found me and dropped me off right here to you guys as he was asked to, Penelope."
"Oh! Well that nice of him of doing that for us." Penelope said.
As Ethan, Peter and Penelope were walking towards Ethan's house, Peter and Penelope were wondering what kind of place that Ethan lives look like.
Peter thought that with Ethan being the so-called Superhuman, he would have lived in some kind of secret base filled with all sorts of gadgets and weapons around his home while Penelope on the other hand thought that Ethan would have to live in some abandoned mansion some where outside the city.
No matter what kind of place that they think of, Ethan was finally going to show them where he lived.
As they were getting closer to Ethan's house, they were excited to see what kind place Ethan lived.
When they finally made to Ethan's house, they were surprised that Ethan's home looked so normal and ordinary to them with a blue roof, white fences, a blue mailbox and even a tree right next to the house.
"Wow! Ethan, your house is so.." Peter said as he tried to find some words of describing Ethan's house.
"Good!" Penelope said as she didn't want to offend her friend's home or make him upset.
"Okay and let's head inside, you guys." Ethan said as he led Peter and Penelope into his home.
Meanwhile, back at the hotel, Jack was walking towards the room that Max and 99 were in, thanks to Jack asking the staff around on where the old man that he countered.
'Okay, Jack. You can do this. All you have to do is knock on the door and not on the guy's head, and apologize to him and hope that he's in a good mood.' thought Jack as he slowly raised his hand to knock on the door but hesitates and was rethinking about this.
"Maybe he's not here. Well, time for me to go." said Jack as he quickly tried to turn back only for Selina to appear in front of him.
"Get back there and apologize, Jack." said Selina as she turned Jack back around to Max and 99's door and Jack reluctantly knock on the door which Max and 99 heard this.
"Now who can that be at the door?" 99 asked.
"Maybe it's room service?" Max suggested as he went up to open the door. Max was shocked to see Jack again which Jack sheepishly smiled at him and said "Hello, sir. I just came up here to apolo-" But was caught off as Max tried to strangle him.
"Why you hooligan!" Max said as he grabbed Jack by the neck which 99 had to intervene by holding Max off while Selina went over to see if her partner was okay.
"Jack? Are you alright? How many fingers I'm holding up?" Selina asked as she put four fingers up in front of Jack as his head was still spinning.
"Eight?" Jack said with a dazed look as Selina shook her head. "Close enough." Selina said as she helped pick her partner up.
"Max! What's wrong with you?" 99 asked to her partner. "Are trying to get him killed?"
I was trying to get my hands on this thug, 99." Max said before he realized that he said his partner's name in front of Selina and Jack. "Oops."
"Max!" 99 yelled as she stared at her partner before she too realized that she said his real name out loud as well.
"Look, I hate to be rude here and all but my partner Jack just came over here to apologize." said Selina looking at both Max and 99 as they turned to her.
"Yes, I just came here to apologize for my mistake from earlier is all." explained Jack as he rubbed his neck.
"Oh, sorry about that." said Max apologizing to Jack as he smiled nervously. "I tend to get a little too carry away about things like this."
"So who are you two?" 99 asked as she kept her eyes on them.
"I'm Selina and this is my partner, Jack." said Selina introducing herself and Jack to Max and 99.
"Well, now that we introduced ourselves to you two. Who are you two suppose to be?" Jack asked since he didn't realize that Max and 99 already said their names a few minutes ago.
"As you two already know, I'm Max." Max said as he introduce himself.
"And I'm 99." 99 said as she extended her hand out to Selina which she shook her hand with her own.
"Now that introductions are out of the way, why are you two here in New York City?" Selina asked since she decided to know what Max and 99 are doing here in the city.
"Well, me and my partner Max are here in New York City on the case of the superhuman." 99 said which Max nodded to this fact.
"So why are you and Jack, is it?" Max asked to Jack which he nodded. "Are here in New York City for anyways, Selina?"
"Well, me and Jack are here to investigate on this so-called 'superhuman' too, Max." Selina said answered Max's question.
"Like the same superhuman who is on the news right now?" Jack asked since he turned on the TV and saw the news coverage of the between Ethan and Spider-Man against the Snake soldiers.
Back at the mansion, YunYun was waiting to see if Alphard was bringing Ethan with her or not and decided to wait to find out.
'Oh, I do hope that Honored Alphard has managed to convince Ethan into joining us.' YunYun thought as she happily thinks about it when all of a sudden the doors were kicked open and came in a very frustrated and angry Alphard as she headed towards her room.
"Honored Alphard, you have returned. Were you able to get Ethan to accept your proposal and join our group?" YunYun asked to her boss which she gave YunYun a very grim look at her.
"It didn't work out as I planned, YunYun." Alphard said still upset by the events that happened earlier as she was holding onto her arm.
"Why is that, Honored Alphard?" YunYun asked puzzled.
"It was because of that no-good interfering wall-crawler Spider-Man and my own blasted Snake soldiers' fault that I didn't get Ethan and also he said No to me and my proposal, YunYun." Alphard said while YunYun gasped at what she heard from Alphard's mouth.
"You mean, Ethan didn't accept your proposal, Honored Alphard?" YunYun said shocked.
"Not only that but he came with some girl in disguise. Plus he was more concerned of them than being with me! Alphard, the leader of Snake." exclaimed Alphard as she sat down on a chair to think of the events that transpired hours ago.
"What else happened, Honored Alphard?" YunYun said as she took a seat next to Alphard.
"Well, Ethan was confused when I told him of his last name 'Tidwell' and he didn't take that well nor has some kind of amnesia that has happen to him, YunYun." Alphard said, explaining all of the details that happened at the restaurant to YunYun.
YunYun thought for a moment and decided to ask Alphard this question even though she won't like this one bit.
"Honored Alphard what if Ethan really DOES have amnesia?" YunYun asked as she was thinking the possibilities of Ethan having amnesia even if he was superhumanly strong and have some powers inside of him that he doesn't know about yet.
"Well, IF Ethan does have amnesia, YunYun. Then maybe we can 'help' him remember it in our own special way." Alphard said as she grinned evilly at the thought of 'helping' Ethan with his memories.
"Like refreshing the memory?" YunYun asked as she watched her boss thinking this plan of hers to unravel.
"Yes, for starters. We could refresh his memory but we would have to choose our words more carefully or else my poor beloved Ethan might get a little too angry again like he did at the restaurant, YunYun." Alphard said as she thinking of this new plan of hers. "Plus I can't have that no-good wall-crawler or his friends to interfere in our discussion, YunYun. I want you to personally deal with them."
YunYun was thrilled to hear about this but decided to play it cool and said, "I am honored to accept this mission, Honored Alphard."
'Not to mention, this will get me the chance to find out more on Peter Parker and that other girl that was with Ethan for information.' YunYun thought as she thought about her soon to encounter with two of Ethan's new friends until Alphard snapped her fingers at her back to reality.
"Oh, Honored Alphard. My apologies, I must have, uh, zoned out quite a bit, huh?" YunYun said with a chuckle as she was rubbing the back of her head.
"Indeed, YunYun." Alphard said as she quickly made some calls out on her phone.
"Oh, and one more thing, YunYun." Alphard added as she held on to her phone for a second. "I also want those other two, Max and 99, out of the way as well and anybody else that gets between me and him."
"Yes, Honored Alphard." YunYun said as she made herself out of the room while Alphard was busy with some calls that she had to make for her plans.
However, unknown to YunYun and Alphard, Liang Qi was eavesdropping on to their conversation and was beginning to see that this 'Ethan' was standing between her and Alphard.
'I see that this 'Ethan' is standing in my way between me and Alphard.' Liang Qi thought as she was seething with anger as she quietly made her way out of the mansion and went somewhere to find anyone that will help her take care of her obstacle once and for all.
Meanwhile, back at Ethan's home, Peter and Penelope were looking around the house while Ethan went into the kitchen to cook up something for his friends.
Peter was busy looking at the newspaper articles on the recent news of criminals and stuff while Penelope went to the bathroom to change out of her disguise and back into her regular clothes. Penelope came back out of the bathroom and headed straight towards the kitchen to see what kind of meal that their friend is making for them.
'I do hope that Ethan doesn't mind me being into his kitchen.' Penelope thought as she opened the fridge door and saw that all was in there was just milk, ground beef and bread.
"Uh, Ethan?" Penelope asked. "I hope you don't mind me asking this but where on earth did you learn to fight like that? I mean, the only fighting style that I've seen is the way a ninja would."
Ethan knew that he was going to have to tell them about that and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think I might have some explaining to do for you and Peter, Penelope."