Horns of a Spider 4

Folks here's chapter 4… of Horns of a Spider (an Elvin Lied/Spider Man crossover). Fic is rated T for Teen or 13 and up for swearing, intense stylized violence, and crude/rude humor. Our young super heroine learns that w/her new and great powers comes with a big responsibility something she learns the hard way… but I as a knower of Spider-Man lore don't really need what happens next do I? Anyways on with the fan-story…

-chapter 4 – The value of great power

– 6:30 AM

It was very early morning when Lucy awoke herself up… leaning forward the teenager was feeling much better now as she rubbed her sleepy eyes and put on her glasses she saw that the glasses made her vision blurry when she took them off it was clear. "Weird… " She uttered quietly. Deciding not to use them she put them inside her glasses case near her alarm.

Her kindly Aunt Mizuki walked in through the door getting a pleasant shock. "Well, well young lady you're up my, my you must've really been under the weather if you slept that much without a peep." Her aunt remarked at seeing her often times sleepy headed niece up for once.

"I gotta get ready for school Mizuki can I have some privacy here please?" The rosette said letting the woman know she was going to change her clothes. The aunt simply nodded and left the girl.

Once the 15 year old had gotten out of bed she noticed something on her midriff… a bit of toned muscle. Curious at the site she lifted her tank top up she got a shock. Her belly was very trim and toned showing some definition. Her normally shrimpy and gangly looking arms actually had muscle on the bicep. Turning herself around she looked over her back… boy was she toned. She never worked out this much she had legs of a model now. Even her butt was well toned. "Holy shit you could break a rock on that thing (gives it a few playful slaps) huh look at my butt it's never been so toned and tight before you really could break a rock on it no bones about it."

"What in the world happened to me well whatever it was I like it… but I think I should cover this up a bit don't want Flash hitting on me just because I look like some toned goddess." Checking her closet for clothes she took out her pink long sleeved shirt with a hood and her black jeans shorts to wear today.

The teenager then half scampered half leapt down the staircase getting her Aunt and Uncles attention and the two were relieved that she was feeling better now and as usual she scarfed down her breakfast. The happy go lucky girl grabbed her backpack and rushed out the door.

"Lucille what about your glasses young lady!" Her Aunt Mizuki yelled at her as she kept running along.

Ben simply went back to his paper while making a remark. "Kids today know everything."

-street

Lucy was so caught up in her new found physique that she failed to realize that a large delivery truck was speeding at her until finally she saw it. The girl screamed as she saw her life flash before her eyes. "EEEEE! (jumps onto streetlamp) Whoo boy that was close… (sees she's on a streetlamp) huh I'm sticking to a streetlamp like a fly. Ok now I'm a little freaked."

She jumped back down onto the ground again puzzling the girl the lamp was at least 16 feet up and she jumped it no problem. "How did I do that I wonder… ?"

-school

Soon the nerdy girl was back at school again seeing everyone w/their varied buddies… Flash and his football pals plus the cheerleaders. Debra and Aiko were going over some their science flash cards. Miss Hardy and Kohta were flirting as usual and Kanae tried to keep herself from strangling that menacing cousin of theirs Yuka from going after the boy. Emily as usual was checking her camera to make sure it was working as it should.

Aiko and Debra took notice of their nerdette companion. "Hey there Luce I heard you crashed the whole night how do ya feel now?" The bespectacled girl said out loud.

Aiko took one look at her friend then did a double take. "When did you get contacts Luce?"

"Fine now. And these're my grandma's old lens I borrowed them aren't they nice?" The rosette admitted going beet red in blush.

Debra then decided she had to say her comment. "You looked better w/them on Luce."

The duo of Aiko and Luce glower at the other girl getting quiet. The school bell rang school had started up finally.

-school - health class

By the time the 4th period of health class had started Luce was paying very close attention to Mr. Kai Tomoe on the teacher's explanation of gene expression. "Now class, tell me the types of things that genes would dictate in a person?"

Lucy raised her hand getting a glare from Flash and Yuka. "Teacher's pet." She muttered as the teacher called on her.

"Genes dictate whether you have blue eyes, green eyes, blonde hair, a set of freckles and a cute butt to name some things in particular." The rosette said going on about the question.

"Uh correct Miss Parker… very true. Now for homework simply do the mid-chapter review of the history of genetics." Mr. Tomoe said explaining the homework for the class.

Then there was the bell health class was over and PE was next… Debra's, Aiko's, and Lucy's most hated class. But Lucy knew this time things would be different.

- PE class -begin Everyday by Bon Jovi

The game for the class was dodge ball… something the three were horrible at. The 3 couldn't aim, were easy targets since they were so scrawny, had horrible throwing arms, Flash and his buddies loved to knock them out right off the bat.

But once Luce had changed into some gym clothes consisting of a set of black sweat pants and pink sweatshirt, and so the game started as the rest of her team was knocked out she remained smirking at her opposing team.

"Luce doesn't stand a chance with these odds I can't watch." Felicia said glumly covering her face to avoid seeing her female comrade go down.

"Ditto." Debra and Aiko say simultaneously.

The three big footballers on the other team saw Lucy was either scared shitless or just plain dumb since she wasn't intimidated by them. "Here take this Parker!" Flash threw a hard and fast green colored ball at the rosette who simply scratched her chin in amusement only for her cartwheel out of the way very quickly. "Huh!" Flash said in shock at missing the shot.

Flash's best buddy Phil the lead receiver for the team tried his luck. "Here we go runts don't try this at home!" Phil then threw another ball colored black at this opposing team member only for her quickly sidestep like it was easy as eating pie. The two throw two more balls which miss like the others. She took a ball from near leg and heaved it hard at Flash's defensive player Junichi "Jace" Yamato. The guy was so shocked by the force of her throwing he was caught off guard and… PUNG! He was out on the floor.

"Ahh… somebody get the number for that taxi cab that hit me ohhh." He groaned as he limped off the court.

The two consisting of Phil and Flash left had a new plan… they both use a ball. They threw them only for the nerdy rosette to twist and weave in between them both making them miss entirely.

"Missed me missed me missed me now ya gotta kiss me!" She said mocking the two and having fun while doing it getting the two mad as hell at her.

"Phil we'll both get her on the count of 3… Now!" The two brutes then throw the last two balls they have on their side of the court only for the nerd queen to catch Phil's ball then Flash's ball seconds later.

"Steeeer-rike one and two yer out." Lucy smirking mocking Flash and his buddy Phil at catching their balls which meant they were out her team won… it was unbelievable Lucy had actually beaten Flash at a dodge ball game it was simply unbelievable… no that wouldn't do it justice it was spectacular.

The coach simply named Bando blew his whistle the game was over. He was a tall well toned man wearing black shades, his gym clothes (white muscle shirt/neon green running shorts) showed he was very in shape. He was originally from the army but was discharged after a shrapnel wound in his knee… he recovered but instead decided to be a teacher for a school. He was impressed by this show of skill. "Parker yeah you Parker how in the world did your reflexes get so good overnight yer not taking drugs are ya? (shakes her head) Ahh I knew it couldn't be true."

"Parker how the hell did ya do that!" Flash spouted off pissed as hell at the girl.

Lucy simply patted him on the head like a dog. "Silly boy you know the basics, exercise, eat your vegetables, eat grains, plenty of sleep that stuff." Lucy said w/a smirk on her delicate face as her team walked off to the locker room.

"Well whatever it is I like it Luce." Kohta said congratulating the nerd on a well done match inciting a massive bit of blush from her matching her hair perfectly.

"Oohh you're blushing! She's in love!" Debra spouted off being a brat.

-soon

Now it was a break in between classes almost lunch… Lucy had to go to the little girl's room and notified Aiko. "Um Aiko I gotta go bad I'll join ya in class."

-girl's restroom

Lucy walked into the girl's restroom and sat in a stall thinking while she went. "Just how am I able to do this stuff, I mean my toning, my speed, my reflexes the whole damn thing it's like I've been upgraded by wait the spider bite I wonder if that was it. It has to be the root of this whole thing. (cell-phone's ringtone goes on) Ohh good thing I changed the tone for this (sees who it is) ahh that guy I swear… Harald oh I swear if he wasn't cutey I'd ignore him completely."

The ringtone Luce had chosen was "Secret Loser" by singer Ozzy Osbourne and the girl started jamming with her "rock on" gestures and oddly enough another odd thing happened. While Luce was busy jamming out her left wrist was spraying what appeared to be spider silk on to the stall… once the girl opened her eyes she dropped the phone and quit jamming.

Being the young teenager of science that was she looked the material over… then fingered it. "Spider silk… Huh wait I wonder if… (makes gesture again/webbing goes on door) Egad I can make webbing and silk this is too weird to be believed gotta get this stuff offa the door before

somebody else comes in like Yuka. That freak isn't getting one over me not while I can help it."

The rosette then tried to pull the webbing off the door only for it to really stuck on there good and the girl pulled even harder until she heard a metallic creaking… She looked at the door the hinges were being strained by her pulling. "What the hell I almost yanked the door off its hinges… ok I make webbing and I have enhanced strength like a spider. Screw class I gotta talk to Aiko about this once school's over… right now I should try to keep my "spider" abilities under wraps."

-cafeteria

Lucy saw Aiko saving her spot for her at a rather lonely table with only Debra also sitting there to keep the two company. Aiko was suspicious of Lucy's new speed and reflexes. "Alright missy spill it you've been using new fangled vitamin things haven't ya Luce? C'mon spill it spill it now."

"Yeah you've never moved that fast except to catch a butterfly for a collection." Debra commented on the matter.

"Look, look, look you two… I just feel great greater than I've ever been before end of subject now drop it. But Aiko after school I need to ask you something… something private." The rosette said after being grilled by the two.

Reluctantly the two stopped prying about the matter if Lucy wanted them to know she'd tell them when she was ready no sooner no less end of discussion.

That is until Kohta was walking with his lunch bag and he stepped on a banana peel and broke into a slip his bag going high into the air… Luce leapt from her seat like a bullet caught the guy and his bag plus in a sheer matter of seconds stunning the whole cafeteria.

"Holy shit Luce… like the tale from gym class wasn't enough this is amazing." Kohta remarked at the fast speed of the timid girl. "Uh Lucy you can let me down now."

"Sorry." She said apologizing.

"Yuka did you see that?" Kanae said from the far end of the room to Yuka.

"Good reflexes I say." Kanae's annoying cousin replied back.

-school day end

The school day had come to a close as the two good female friends walked to Lucy's house… and the two scampered up the stairs inciting grief from the older woman stared on. "Girls." Mizuki the ever dutiful aunt went to finishing up the dishes.

-Lucy's room

Once the two had gotten themselves situated with Luce on her bed and her best galpal on her beanbag chair the brunette wanted answers. "Ok Luce just the hell is going on here and what's going on with you since when can you move like that! Vitamins can't do that it defies all laws of physics and logic."

Lucy made her web gesture and snatched her Perfect Grade Nu Gundam model kit right into her which Aiko saw was snagged by a line of webbing. "Lookit that cool huh Aiko I'm a human spider. Watch and hold onto your hair… (leaps up/stick to ceiling) Cool huh girlfriend ain't that wicked?"

Aiko simply stared up at her friend unsure if she was seeing what she thought she was seeing. "Luce you can make silk, your reflexes, it must be that spider bite. When it bit you it must've introduced a retro-virus that rebuilt your body structure from the cell level up. "

"Now what should I call myself then my dear Aiko?" Lucy inquired being coy about.

"I know what Human Spider?" Aiko said which Lucy gave thumbs down. "Uh um… lemme think what about The Widow?" Aiko got the same reaction as before. "Hmm… tough cookie aren't ya Luce then how 'bout Tarantula?" Again a no answer. "Damn geez yer stubborn ok, ok then how about Scarlet Spider?" Again Lucy hated the name. "Dear god you're draining me dry here gimme a break… what about Spider Girl? Lucy got a thoughtful look in her crimson eyes.

"Ahh too childish but what about Spider Woman then?" Luce suggested back to her friend.

"Spider Woman? Spider Woman… yes, yes Spider Woman it is Luce." Aiko said proudly. "You could so be famous like a wrestler… wait I got it they have a fighting club on 456 Ebi Road near the city docks they pay 3000 Yen for anyone to beat Crusher Joe in a no holds all out fight."

"Good I'll go there and get some cash and get that fancy orange silken blouse like Miss Hardy wears all the time. I'll show that Felicia that I can be chic too." Lucy proclaimed.

Aiko went over to the closet. "You need a disguise Luce so no one knows it's you… this set of blue sweat pants, blue fingerless gloves, red winter face mask and red sweater should be all you need. It needs a spider design on the front and back for flair." Aiko said getting a piece of thick paper and cutting out a large spider design and took out Luce's black model paint and did the design on the front and back. The paint dries almost instantly leaving no mess. "Here ya go put these in the bag and we'll just say we're going to the YMCA to swim a bit."

"My uncle can take us. C'mon Aiko let's get rich." Lucy said making a sinister looking smirk.

The two then ran and scampered down the stairs and the teenager stood before her uncle. "Um Uncle Ben would it be too much trouble if you could give us a lift to the YMCA so we can work out a bit."

The older man simply gave a look at the two, a look like he didn't even want to know why they wanted to work out. Bando the gym teacher had called a bit earlier explaining her win in dodge ball. Lucy won a dodge ball match… now that was news to him. "Sure why not working out is good for ya anyhow. C'mon you two into my old truck."

- YMCA opposite street corner

Once the older man had driven the two to the YMCA Aiko out first to save a spot on the treadmills in the weight room but Uncle Ben however held Luce back for moment as he wanted to tell her something. "Uh Luce about the dodge ball game… "

Lucy simply frowned at the idea of the match being brought up when she was busy. "Look Flash and his buddies have had this coming for awhile I'm getting my dignity back from all the times they've humiliated me from before. Look they started it not me."

"Well frankly you certainly finished right… Look and listen I went through changes when I was your age Luce you're changing into the person you're meant to be for the rest of your life." The elder man explained to the stubborn girl. "Look I'm not your father but I'm trying to raise you right."

"Then please stop pretending to be Ben I have exercising to do later… bye." The rosette said half mocking the man as she walked after her friend to the fitness center. Once Ben was gone the two caught the newly arriving bus and rode it to the 456 Ebi Road Fighting Club.

-456 Ebi Road Fighting Club

The two were dropped off at the club seeing dozens of rich, super toned, buff, and hip looking people from teens younger than them (as old as Mayu and Nana were/they cussed a lot) to guys and woman as old as their middle aged teachers.

The two disguised by their masks went to sign in sheet hosted by a raven haired woman w/a lip and nose piercing and deep green eyes dressed in a black tank top w/the word "death" written in white creepy lettering. Her pants were covered by various zippers and thick clunky black boots. The girl was definitely a goth alright and took notice of the pair. "Ok who ya wanna sign up for hon? And name of fighter?"

"Crusher Joe… I'm Spider Woman." Luce said back to the dark dressed girl.

"Outfits nice but… but I frankly hope yer medical insurance is paid up I warned ya in advance Crusher Joe, he plays like a big rabid bull in a china shop." The punk goth dressed woman said. "Simply go down that hallway until ya hear the crowd."

The two then walk off to the hallway and the lady shook her dark looking head. "Well she's gonna get clobbered into bug mush that's for sure oh well I warned the kid."

-arena

The bushy mustached club owner dressed in a blue business suit and red bow tie plus black shades covering his brown eyes. He had his main fighter the great "Crusher Joe". He was a huge man with a bit of a mullet, beard and mustached combo, deep blue eyes. He wore a wrestling style muscle shirt and black jeans and thick hiking shoes. The owner got the arena guests attention by way of his microphone. "Ladies and Gentlemen we have a new challenger… get ready for the female and spectacular Spider Woman!"

The crowd booed at the short and somewhat uninteresting dressed in a set of blue sweat pants, blue fingerless gloves, red winter face mask and red sweater. There was a spider design on the front and back for flair and style. The girl wasn't even 21 yet the crowd already hated the runty kid.

The large man leaned over the girl giving a serious smile. "I normally don't fight ladies but you I might make an exception for ya c'mon doll."

However the sound of a buzzer meant one thing and only one thing the arena cage was coming down to seal the two inside. "Ooh good three minutes of playtime to smash a bug into a rug stain nothing personal kid right?"

"Right I guess." Lucy said back simply. The large guy then ran at her hoping to run her over instead she used her webbing to hoist herself up onto the upper cage section making Joe run head first into the bars sending him reeling back with a headache.

"You come down here and fight like a little girl!" Joe yelled up at the girl sticking to the upper cage section.

"I don't suppose I could convince you to come up here and fight like a spider hmm?" The girl asked the wrestler shyly. "Instead of convincing you I'll fight like a girl then."

Using the webbing she hoisted herself down and delivered a spin kick to the large bruiser and then a flurry of kicks to his face until she landed and did a flip kick into his gut sending Joe flying into the cage wire knocking him out.

The owner set the cage back to the ceiling and congratulated the new fighter. "Spider Woman give it up for her folks!"

-soon

After the match Lucy counted her cash Lucy found a mistake in the amount. "Hey man the ad said 3000 I have only 200." Lucy said getting jipped by the owner.

"The ads never said anything about kids fighting plus some girl doing it either sorry those're the breaks kiddo." The sleazy owner said going back to his money counting.

"C'mon girlfriend I don't wanna catch being a tight ass cheapskate." Lucy said to Aiko who followed after her.

-hallways

As the two girls were about to leave they saw a hooded crook speed out of the owner's office with a gun and bag of money. Lucy simply let the blonde haired scrawny man pass by getting an angry lashing from the owner.

"Spider Woman you nutjob you let him get away with my money stop him please!" The owner begged the teenage girl.

"I never said anything about helping solve crime jackass the ad didn't say that." Spider Woman said snidely back to the owner who grumbled as Aiko followed after her.

-soon

The two then took the bus back into the main section of town and back to their respective homes. They received a horrifying shock when they got there. There were cop cars everywhere and an ambulance too.

"Cops what're they here for?" Lucy said wondering what was going until the officer near the ambulance noticed the pair.

"Um are you two Aiko and Lucille? That's what I thought some wiseass tried to rob miss Takada's home he had a gun Ben was… please see him please." The officer said a high sense of urgency in his voice.

"Uncle Ben… UNCLE BEN!" Quick as a bullet the rosette rushed into the house to see her beloved uncle on the floor dying from a gun wound to his right lung.

-Parker residence

"Lucy is it you kiddo?" The man struggled to talk to his niece. She took a hold of him and held his hand with tears forming in her scarlet eyes.

"Uncle Ben… don't die on me Uncle Ben you can't leave me… you can make it you hear me you can make it you're tough remember you're tough!" The girl then stated bawling as the man gave her one last smile and faded away on the floor in his niece's arms with Aunt Mizuki and Aiko looking on shock, terror, and worst of all grief as a great and good man was robbed of life. "UNCLE BENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!"

-to be continued

Well folks now Ben is gone we know what's gonna happen next don't we? Lucy is going to track down the man and confront him. Bu the chapter serves its purpose showing the girl that she

needs to use her powers with a bit of wisdom and also responsibly. Now Lucy must what to do with her abilities and how will the city change from them? I'm open to suggestions here so feel free to read and review… plus my other stories "Maverick Hunter KLN", "Yokohama Night Monsters", "Vectors and Vector Sigma", "Power Rangers Dimension Legends", "Neon Genesis Nightwarriors", and finally my newest fanfic "DGW Diclonius Guyver Warrior".