A/N: In the last chapter, the first villain was revealed to be the Sandman. Hayden has developed the same illness that killed his father and wants Spider-Boy's blood to cure himself, and Peabody is falling deeply in love with Mary Jane Watson. And now we get to the first real fight of the story. Enjoy!
(Normal P.O.V.)
Peabody and Mary Jane simply talked to each other and got to know each other very well. And they found out they both were Harvard Graduates, only Mary Jane's degree was in performing arts and was training to be a Broadway actress and hopefully to be a movie star.
"So, any big roles you've landed recently?" asked Peabody.
"I have recently accepted the role of Mrs. Lovett in 'Sweeney Todd' and I've started attending morning rehearsals for the past few weeks" Mary Jane said taking a sip of her wine.
"Those must be very tiring for you" Peabody said as he just poured himself some more wine.
"Yeah, but once I've done all five showings and receive my pay, I'll be able to relax for a while until I get another casting call" Mary Jane said as she looked down at her food but then looked up to hear car alarms go off.
"What is that?" asked Mary Jane pointing to where the alarms were coming from. Peabody looked behind him to see where she was pointing at.
"Sherman!" Peabody called out. Sherman looked away from Hayden while in the middle of a conversation and looked to where the beagle was pointing at. Sherman nodded and got up from the table and went to the restrooms to change into his suit.
A little while later, Peabody and Mary Jane looked around them to see cars torn apart and there was sand all over the place.
"What could have caused this?" Mary Jane asked.
"Truth be told, I have no idea" said the beagle. He then heard someone's feet land onto the street and turned around to see Spider-Boy himself.
"Wow, this place is a wreck" Spider-Boy said getting on one knee and picking up some of the sand.
"But, what's with all the sand?" Peabody asked as he looked at a police car with sand in the engine with the hood up.
"I don't know. But something tells me we're about to find out" Spider-Boy said pointing to the street. Peabody looked to see footprints covered with sand walking over towards another beach fifteen blocks away from the beach club they just left.
"I'm coming with you" said Peabody as he tried following Spider-Boy.
"No, you're not. We don't know who this guy is and what he's capable of. You're just gonna get hurt" Spider-Boy said.
"How do you know you won't need possible backup? I'm coming with you" Peabody argued.
"Okay fine! Shut that hood, would ya?" asked Spider-Boy pointing to the open hood of a police car. As soon as Peabody placed a paw on the hood, Spider-Boy shot some webbing at the hood and Peabody was stuck to the hood by the web.
"I'm sorry, I'm only doing this because I care about you. Please don't get angry, just stay there" said Spider-Boy before creating a web slingshot and shooting himself into the air and began swinging from building to building.
"Spider-Boy! Get back here! Sherman!" Peabody called out. Covering his mouth with his paw and his eyes growing wide when he said his son's name. Thankfully no one was paying attention to him and only to the sand covered street.
Meanwhile, at a large beach where a lot of people were dancing to rave music, Edd was walking in the sand and held his hands up.
"Please! Someone help me!" shouted Edd. Everyone turned their attention to him only to scream and run away as the sand from the beach was attaching itself to his hands and made his skin the color of the sand.
"Hold it! Freeze!" shouted a voice from behind him. Edd turned around to see police officers holding up guns.
"Please put the guns down. I don't wanna hurt anyone, just help me" Edd begged walking towards the police officers.
"Stay back!" the officers warned. Edd didn't listen and they began shooting at him. Since Edd's body was now made entirely of sand, the bullets went straight through him and didn't kill him. Then, Edd got angry and shouted in rage. He turned his fists into giant spiked maces and swung them at the officers with his extended sand-like arms.
"I asked for help and you just shoot at me!? You should be fired for that!" exclaimed Edd. Everyone began screaming and running away as soon as they saw that. Spider-Boy landed behind Edd and called out to him.
"Hey, Sandy!" Edd looked behind him to see Spider-Boy.
"You look familiar. Have we met?" Spider-Boy asked Edd.
"You don't remember me? You saved me from that tow truck yesterday. Remember?" asked Edd. Spider-Boy then snapped his fingers and spoke up.
"Now I do! You have my eyes and ears!" Spider-Boy exclaimed walking slowly towards him.
"Um what was you name again? Don't tell me I know it" Spider-Boy said with his index finger tapping on his forehead.
"It's Edd" Edd said. Spider-Boy took his finger off his forehead and asked something.
"Is it Edd?" asked Sherman.
"Yes" Edd said calmly with a nod.
"Sorry for not recognizing you. It's hard to tell when you're covered in sand" said Spider-Boy. Edd looked down at his hands and clenched them together, making his sand fists grow slightly bigger.
"I don't know what's happening to me. I'm scared and I want help, but I just end up hurting people" said Edd.
"I know that, I can tell you don't wanna be here right now. Why don't you just come with me and we can talk in private? How does that sound?" Spider-Boy offered. Edd nodded and walked towards Spider-Boy but one officer just pulled their gun out and shot Edd in the knee, which went right through it.
"YOU!" shouted Edd. He extended his sandy arm and punched the officer so that he fell into the lake. Edd then turned to Spider-Boy.
"You're so selfish" Edd growled as the sand around him made his body grow bigger than before.
"Stay with me, Edd. Stay with me" Spider-Boy said trying to calm Edd down.
"You set me up" Edd growled but a little bit louder.
"No, I'd never set anyone up, you've gotta believe that" Spider-Boy said in defense.
"YOU LIED TO ME!" shouted Edd.
"No, I'm trying to help you. Let me help you, Edd" Spider-Boy pleaded gently.
"Stop calling me that! Edd is no longer alive. Now I am the Sandman!" Edd declared as he turned his giant fists into brass knuckles and punched Spider-Boy into the water.
"Aw, yuck" Spider-Boy said shaking himself off of the water and taking a piece of seaweed off his shoulder that attached itself to him when he was shot into the water.
"What are you looking at!? Go away!" Edd shouted and began shooting spheres of sand out his palms at the people who were watching the fight. Spider-Boy looked down at his boots to see the sand turning into mud with the water covering it.
"That's it" Spider-Boy said to himself and ran over to a firetruck that was finished putting out a fire nearby.
"Can I borrow this?" Spider-Boy asked as he held up the spare hose.
"Anything for you, Spider-Boy" said one female firefighter. Spider-Boy also picked up a firefighter helmet and put that on top of his masked head.
"I gotta borrow this too, sorry" Spider-Boy said as he tightened the hose on the hydrant. Once the hose was tightened, Spider-Boy took aim at Edd and called out to the large sand-made being.
"Hey Sandman! Have a drink!" Spider-Boy called out shooting water at him. Edd kept on screaming 'No' as he was slowly turning into mud and fell backwards into the water.
"No! No! Nooooooo!" shouted Edd as his mud turned body floated down the stream. Spider-Boy stopped shooting the water and took the firefighter helmet off.
"Good riddance" Spider-Boy said with a sigh of relief. Spider-Boy then remembered what Hayden gave to him and took out the envelope. He opened it and read it.
"Meet me at 'McClaine Tech' as soon as you can. It's urgent" Spider-Boy read the letter out-loud. Unfortunately he knew too well what Hayden wanted, his blood. He walked over to a building and climbed the wall and then began swinging through the city to get to 'McClaine Tech' to speak to Hayden.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed that fight, because it's gonna be a little while before you see Sandman again. He won't be here for a little while until near the end of the story, but don't worry, he's not dead, mud gets dry at some point and he'll turn back into his human form. Anyways, more to come in the next update. Please review, thanks!