Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadow of the Spider. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Spider-Man, Marvel and a few others do.
(New York, Brooklyn, Earth 2260)
Preston wrote down another answer and put the finished test on the desk, he didn't have much other to do. There had been no crime in town, least one he could get to quickly, so he had been in classes all day.
Penni flashed him a look of hate out of the corner of her eyes with golden eyes, he flashed one back, neither of them had gotten along well since yesterday.
Preston cracked his knuckles, he looked out the window, 5 more minutes and he'd be able to swing home and relax. 5 minutes…
And then the police sirens went off, Preston crossed his arms and leaned back in his seat again.
"You have to be kidding me…. What is up with this crime wave? Seriously, what happened over the past few months?" Preston said, he waited a minute, the bell rang and they were allowed to leave.
Preston ran into the closet, he had to stop making a habit out of this, he loved what he did… But he knew he'd get in trouble if this continued.
He pulled his mask over his face and threw himself out the window, bouncing off the wall and vanishing into the city before he fired a web line and then he swung through the city, he clung to a wall as he neared where the cops were.
There was a dozen or so thugs shooting at the police who took cover behind their squad cars.
"Another shoot out? You have to be joking, these guys don't quit…" Spidey said, he flipped off the building and then he fired a web line at 2 of the thugs and then attached it to the lamppost he landed on.
2 of the thugs were pulled off their feet and slammed into the light before both thugs turned and looked at him.
"Spider-Man?!" One of the thugs asked, Spidey gave a mock salute.
"What's new guys? You guys didn't get the memo? That's not allowed by Spider-Cop, the last guys who tried this went to the big house…" Spidey joked, he flipped down.
One of the thugs went down, a bullet hitting him in the shoulder as Spidey drop kicked a guy back and then webbed him to a car.
The thugs fired at he and Preston flipped backwards as their gunfire ate up the road before he fired 2 more Web-Lines which he used to tug the thugs off their feet.
More Police Cars arrived as Spidey threw himself at the thugs, he roundhouse kicked one towards the cops before he felt his Spider Sense go off as he turned towards one of the thugs who aimed at him.
He flipped backwards before 2 of the bullets grazed him, he was glad his costume didn't tear, but his arm slightly ached.
"Didn't your mom ever tell you not to play with guns?" Spidey asked as he slid under a car and kicked the thug's legs out from under him before he webbed the man to the floor.
More cops moved in as the remaining 5 thugs laid their guns down, realizing they wouldn't win, Preston turned to one of the thugs webbed on the ground.
"This is the second robbery this week, why are you guys doing this if you know I'm just going to stop you like always?" Spider-Man asked, he didn't get an answer and sighed, he'd figure out why crime seemed to be spiking so much when he got home.
He fired a Web-Line and swung away, if he had stayed a minute longer, he would have seen a man with white hair and chilling blue eyes step out of his car.
Commissioner Stacy watched Spidey swing around the corner and was gone, he turned to the thugs who his officers had surrounded.
"Get them out of here." He ordered as more police emerged and began to take the thugs out and towards cop cars.
(With Spider-Man)
Spider-Man crawled up the building he landed on as he looked out over the city, his back pack behind him, he perched on the edge.
"First Kraven, then Rhino or whatever he's called… Now these bank robberies… I know there's crime from time to time, but never day to day… Least not this frequently…. Someone is organizing this… I just need to find out who and bring them down… But I need to get some rest, I have gym tomorrow and the last thing I want is for Flash thinking I'm somehow an Olympian level Gymnast…." Spidey muttered before he went to jump down.
"And now the niece of Tony freaking Stark is going to my school? What's this world coming to…." Spidey stated before he threw himself into the air, fired a web-line and rushed towards his house.
Little did he know what would be different for him…. So different.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I promise that these small fights are pretty much over. I also promise that next chapter will be longer. I also want to point out next chapter will show the debut of one of the first of the Shadow Crawlers. I also want to point out the first real arc starts in 2 weeks. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!