Chapter 4: The First Day
Two weeks after that night
The three had been practicing their abilities ever since that night. It was a good way for Peter to cope with the loss of his Uncle, and it was a good way for Aiden and Ariel to cope with their father being confide to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The three didn't have any costumes to make them identifiable yet, but for now they had to make do with homemade colored masks. Peter had an all red mask with white eye pieces to it. Aiden wore an all white mask with red eye pieces to it. Finally, Ariel had an all orange mask with light blue eye pieces to it. For the past weeks the three had been using their powers to keep Queens safe.
It had been a quiet day for Queens. There was nothing to really do for the three. They all decided to head back to Peter's house early, but then Ariel got very excited for some reason on the way there.
"Why are you snickerin over there Ariel?" Peter asked while they were jumping from house to house.
"Oh no reason," she started with a small chuckle. "It's just that I finally finished them!" She shouted out loud.
The three had to stop on top of a house to avoid the people down below.
"Whoa, wait a sec," Aiden said to her with an excited tone, "are you sayin what I think you're sayin?"
Ariel didn't say a single word. Instead, simply nodded her head and motioned the two to follow her to her home. As they continued to follow her, the excitement became more than Aiden could bear. Luckily for him, they had made it to the house. Since it would have been weird seeing three masked vigilantes going in the same house, they removed their masks in between some of the houses.
"Okay," Ariel started as they met in front of the house, "now before we go inside, I really have to tell you guys that I may be good, but I think this is my best works ever."
They went inside and were met by Alexa who was about to leave.
"Well, look at this," she started with a smile, "Peter Parker in our house for once and I didn't even have time to clean the house properly." She showed Peter the inside and he was surprised to see that the house was almost completely clean. The only thing dirty was some remote controllers on the floor.
"No offense Mrs. Chalk," Peter started while pointing to the remotes, "but if that's a mess then I don't even won't to know what a wreck looks like."
"Oh yeah Mr. Parker, a wreck is more or less five things lying on the floor." Alexa joked with him. There was a short laugh then Alexa said to them, "Well I'm off to the hospital again. You're father's feeling better but the doctors want to keep him over for another week."
"Wait what?" Aiden and Ariel said to their mother.
"Yeah I know guys, but they said they want run some more test on him before they release him." Alexa said with a sigh. "I just hope they aren't doin this for more money or something. Anyway, you two know the drill with guests. Make sure everything is in order when I get back in the morning."
The two nodded to and watched as she went to her car drove off. Peter looked at the two and noticed how disappointed they were to know their dad has to spend another week in the hospital before coming home.
Despite that, they all went inside and went upstairs to Ariel's room. It was the first time Peter had been inside Aiden and Ariel's house and he was amazed at how clean and organized everything was. He still couldn't get over the fact that Mrs. Chalk said that she needed to clean the house properly.
"Alright you two," she said as she went to her bathroom, "stay here and wait for a second."
The two did what she told them to do. The anticipation for what she made for all three of them was definitely making both Peter and Aiden very excited.
Ariel stuck her head out of her bathroom. She had a very satisfying smile on her face, almost like she had made something truly fantastic.
"Ready?" She asked them. They both nodded to her and she pulled her head back into the bathroom. The very next second, she stepped out in her freshly made costume and mask.
It was an all orange body suit with light blue footwear, a light blue spider covering parts of her chest, back and shoulders, and a new mask that had her hair out and had light blue eye pieces as well. She looked at how her brother and Peter were looking at her. They had very stunned looks on their faces from seeing her in her full costume.
"So," she started while turning around to get them to see all of the costume, "what do you guys think?"
"You look," Aiden was trying to find the words for her, "awesome."
"Same here," Peter added.
"Well if I look so awesome," Ariel moved back into the bathroom. She walked out with two more costumes in hand. "Then you two should even better in these."
Peter and Aiden looked at their costumes and were completely amazed at Ariel's work. From what they could tell, the red and blue one was Peter's, and the other was Aiden's.
Aiden's costume looked more like what he would wear. It wasn't in tights form like Peter or his sisters, but instead it was slightly baggy around the legs. His was a white and red design type. The bottoms were white with red webs going over them along with white footwear. His top was mainly white as well with no web design on it. His sleeves were completely red. There was a dark white spider on the center and the mask also let his red hair out the back. His eye pieces were completely red just like his sleeves.
It only took a few minutes for the two to get into their full costumes, and when they finished, they looked at the mirrors in Ariel's room to get a good look at themselves. They couldn't believe just how authentic and original they looked.
"Alright then guys," Peter said to the two, "I also have a surprise for you guys, but it really only involves me and Aiden."
"Really," Aiden asked.
Peter nodded and went into his bag that he was carrying with him through Queens. He pulled out four devices that looked like some sort of wrist devices. He put them on his wrists under his suit and handed the other two to Aiden. Aiden did the exact same thing Peter did with the devices.
"Okay then," he started, "since me and Aiden can't make webs out of our hands like you Ariel, I made these devices that I call web-shooters."
Peter went to Ariel's window and opened it. He looked at the two before he jumped out and fired a web line toward the nearby house. He pulled and launched himself over the house. Aiden and Ariel couldn't believe what they saw, but it didn't take long for Aiden to follow as well. He jumped out the house and fired a web line and zipped over to where Peter was.
"WOO-HOO!" He yelled out as he landed on his feet.
Ariel looked as he was in the air earlier and shook her head, "Show-off."
She jumped out her window and fired a thick web line out of her palm and zipped over toward the two. When she landed they all looked at how far they went from the house. They cleared three of the neighboring houses with just one web line each.
"These web shooters can support at least a ton and they dissolve in an hour just like yours does Ariel. Aiden, just to make things a little simpler, I made it so only our two middle fingers can activate them." Peter said to them.
"Now that we got the looks and the powers down," Ariel started, "I really think we should work on names."
They all stood there for a few minutes thinking about names to call themselves. For a short while they couldn't think of anything, until Aiden came up with a name for himself.
"Arachnid." He said with a snap of his finger.
"Arachnid," Peter said to him, "okay that sounds good. What do ya'll think about," he paused for a short time, "Spider-Man?"
The two nodded at Peter's hero name.
"Oh, I got one," Ariel said in an excited tone, "Spider-Chick."
"Spider-Chick?" Aiden and Peter said simultaneously.
"Spider-Chick," Ariel said to them, "it at least signifies that I am a girl."
"So why not call yourself Spider-Girl or Spider-Woman?" Aiden asked her.
"Oh please," she started with a scoff, "those names won't work with anybody."
"Alright, alright, alright," Spider-Man started, "let's get going to the city."
Arachnid and Spider-Chick looked at one another then back to Spider-Man. They haven't left Queens since the day of the field trip to Oscorp.
They shrugged that thought off were ready to go across the bridge to Manhattan, but before they did, Ariel stopped them.
"Wait a sec, what about a group name?"
Arachnid and Spider-Man looked at each other than back to her. They nodded to one another then said in unison, "The Spiders."
With that team name, they all leapt off the house they were on and zipped over to the bridge leading to Manhattan. Once on top of a building in front of the bridge, they each fired a web line toward the supports of the bridge. This would be the first time they would be web swinging anywhere. They leapt off the building and started to swing throughout the bridge. At first they were all nervous, but that was replaces with the adrenaline rush of swinging through the bridge and into the city where all the taller buildings were.
"Alright guys," Spider-Man said to the two, "welcome to literally the coolest moment of our lives."
They swung around the city with such speed and veracity. Some people were able to catch only quick glimpses of the three and they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Three people swinging through Manhattan.
It didn't take long for the team to find crime. Manhattan was where most crimes took place in New York. They found and stopped a convenient store robbery involving two robbers.
They also stopped several muggings, carjackings, and were now on their way to a bank robbery in progress.
"That sounds like a little much for us handle on a first night guys." Spider-Chick said to them. The two were about to agree with her, until they heard gunfire and saw that there was an officer down behind his car. "Nevermind, it looks like little much for the police to handle."
"Okay guys," Spider-Man started, "Spider-Chick since you're the fastest, you get the cop. Arachnid and I will take care of the gunners."
Spider-Chick nodded to this and went down to the street. The sight of a girl in orange and light blue tights distracted the gunners in the bank for a second. It was enough time for her to move in and grab the cop to swing out of range.
"Who the hell was that?" One of the gunners said to another.
"That dear sir," Spider-Man said as he and Arachnid went in and disarmed them both, "was Spider-Chick. I'm Spider-Man and this is Arachnid just in case you were curious."
"Hello there Mr. Bank Robbers." Arachnid added.
The two webbed up the gunners and tossed them outside for the cops to arrest. They jumped out and swung away from the area and regrouped with Spider-Chick. The cops looked on as the three swung away from them.
"Now that was freaky." One of the cops said.
On top of Fisk Tower
"What do you mean they failed?" A big man asked his secretary.
She stood there with a stern look on her face and answered, "The police showed up as planned, and everything was set in motion. There was only a slight problem sir."
"And what might that be Ms. Malachai?" The man asked her while staring out his window overlooking the city.
"We honestly don't know sir, but we have our best looking into it right now as we speak." Ms. Malachai answered.
The man turned around to reveal himself as Wilson Fisk. "Tell the ones looking into it that I want a full report of who it was that compromised the intended objective on my desk in four hours, or there will be serious consequences for them."
"Understood sir. Is there anything else you want sir?" She asked him.
Fisk turned around and said, "That is all Ms. Malachai."
She bowed to him then left the room.
Daily Bugle
"And just who in the all natural world were actually there to get me photos of whoever stopped the robbery!" Jameson yelled to his staff. "The biggest scoop of the century and we don't have any pictures!"
"Well with all the gunfire and chaos going on Jameson," Ben Ulrich said to him, "it wasn't easy to get a good shot of them. They were just too fast."
"Ulrich you there at the entire thing," Betty Brant started, "did you get anything out of this other than a quick glimpse?"
"Better, I got names." He started. "I asked the police a few questions about our mystery guests and they have names of the three from the actual robbers. Apparently the orange one who got the injured cop is called Spider-Chick."
"EW," Betty started, "she should've gone with Spider-Woman or Spider-Girl. It sounds better."
"Continue Ben," Jameson said.
"The white one is apparently called Arachnid. And the red and blue one must be the leader. He calls himself Spider-Man." Ben finished.
"Then that's our story," Jameson said as he stood up, "the headline will read 'Masked Menaces Foil Bank Robbery'. Robbie I want people combing the streets of Manhattan looking high and low for these three. I want the Daily Bugle to be the first to get clear photos of these three and I don't want any of you to rest until we have that photo." Jameson stopped and looked around the room. "WELL WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU JUST SITTING HERE FOR!? GO OUT THERE AND GET ME PHOTOS!" Everyone except Robbie and Ulrich scurried out of the room as fast as they could.
"Ulrich," Jameson said to him causing him to stop, "we might need to expand to make this work."
"You mean freelancers?"
"Only if we can't get decent pictures." Jameson said to him.
It didn't take long to publish the paper and it even took less time for it to sell out.
At the docks
A mysterious woman in a gray cloak stood at the dock looking at the sea. She was tall and had on her hood. She was wearing a grey costume and had on a black mask. She pulled out today's paper from her sleeve and looked at the headline, 'Masked Menaces Foil Bank Robbery'. She laughed at this and looked up at the now night time sky. It was a full moon and the light from the moon shined on her.
"Well then Kingpin," she started, "it looks like now I have the advantage."
Really Hope Ya'll Liked The Costume And Names For Them. I Know It's Probably Not Much, But It's My Story So Oh Well.
The Hooded Woman Will Be Important To The Story Later On.
And To Answer A Question I Was Asked Twice, I Will Try To Give Aiden And Ariel Their Own Rouges Gallery, It Probably Won't Be Much Compared To Spider-Mans Though.
Review For What Ya'll Think I Should Add(I'm Always Open To Free Suggestions), Hope Ya'll Enjoyed And As Always, PEACE!
(I Might Not Be Able To Post The Next One As Scheduled Due To My Cable And Internet Being Shut Off This Week. If I Can I'll Post Early. :( Sorry.)
