Horns of a Spider 8
Ok loyal readers here's chapter 8 of Horns of a Spider (an Elfen Lied/Spider-Man crossover) I'm sorry I haven't been updating this as much as I wanted... I had numerous personal issues arise plus my PC likes to be a piece of shit all the time. Like the last chapters story is rated T for Teen or 13 and up for swearing, intense stylized violence, and crude/rude humor. Our young super heroine this time faces the Rhino a supervillain created by the seemingly benevolent Norman Osbourne. Also of noting the origins of the Vulture will be revealed as well so enjoy.
-chapter 8 - A real horn in my side
-begin Guilty Pleasure by Becca
-Spring season -Daily Bugle
The likes of Lucy Kaede Parker had rather forcefully put her results of her current news assignment on her frankly cranky boss... John Jonah Jameson. "The report says it all boss... I've found the hidden dirt on the Adrian Toomes AKA the Vulture. Toomes was an elderly scientist who worked at Oscorp, my investigative work found that he claims that Oscorp has stolen his flying technology and in turn, seeks revenge against the higher ups including none other than Norman Osborn himself. I've also found additional rumors that Osborn's been embezzling funds to fund illegal experiments like gene-splicing, cybernetic implants, and weapon construction.''
Jameson was by this point very much irate but from what exactly? Parker's snooty girly attitude or the fact she found the right dirt on the first psychopath to run roughshot around the city all by herself? "Parker this is outright slander! I can't print this shit! If Osborn found out they'd be all up in my ass! And frankly they can stay the hell outta there!"
"No boss actually slander is written not spoken... Good job Parker." Joseph "Robbie" Robertson said giving his congrats to the young photojournalist. The dark skinned man was... well he was Mr. Jameson's right-hand man and a big supporter in Spider-Woman's campaign on crime. Most of the Bugle supported the wall crawling woman but as usual Robbie had to reign in Jameson.
''Fine! Just be careful the two of us us can't always be around to pull yer ass outta the journalism fire... " Jameson fumed out basically telling her in a somewhat mean way to be careful.
The teenage journalist then walked out of her hellish boss' office all the while flaunting her curvy derriere. Since she'd gotten her spider powers her body was really toned up. Though when she fought the Vulture her injuries healed virtually overnight. By morning she was fit as a fiddle. She figured she had an accelerated healing ability. ''Later boss.''
Jameson started to say something but no words came out until Robbie patted his boss on the shoulder. "Eh save it boss I think she's got you beat."
-Oscorp Industries
-begin Hell in the Water by
Meanwhile at that moment the likes of Norman Osborn was overseeing the likes of a past time of his, helping common criminals down on their luck after repeatedly as well as constantly being dupes and punching bags by the likes of the web-head Spider-Woman. Eventually realizing Spider-Woman must be made to get out of his way, Osborn had found just the right set of guinea pigs to use in Oscorp's illegal experiments.
The volunteer in said experiment was a large hulking man clad in a cut off grey t-shirt, grey camo pants, and thick clunky boots. His short cut brown hair and eyes stared at the corrupt industrialist. He was inside a large cylindrical tank with what appeared to be various ceramic/kevlar based pads placed on 'vulnerable joints' as the lab techs explained. A set of twinned holes were set atop the cylinder's top section.
Osborn himself figured he might as well initiate his client and he thought that was the loosest adjective to call his subject. ''Mister Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich was it? Or should I call you Alex O'Hirn?''
''Yeah both are fine... So what exactly is this stuff I'm gonna be bonding with hmm?'' Sytsevich replied then asked what type of experiment he'd be going through to take down the bug girl.
"You'll be infused with a very advanced prototype armor made of highly durable titanium resin modeled after a rhinoceros." Osborn explained as his voice dripped with contempt for the web slinging superheroine. Oh how he hated her and what's worse is somehow someone blabbed to the Daily Bugle that it was he who had stole Adrian Toomes flying technology and in turn, sought revenge against the business mogul. Though the media didn't or frankly couldn't confirm but Osborn had in fact stole them... for a pet project of his.
One of the lab techies named Dr. Mendel Stromm was giving his spiel about the negative and adverse implications the armor would do. ''It's not that type of armor Mr. Sytsevich you'll never ever be able to remove it.''
"Aww stuff it. Just tell me if its goddamn tough right doc?" The hulking crook said telling the scientist to put a lid on his scientific crap.
"Indeed but your skin will fuse to it. The thick titanium armor will be a permanent part of... " Stromm tried to say but Osborn shushed him up.
The corrupt mogul however wanted the experiment to go on as scheduled. "Look Mr. Sytsevich you'll be strong. Very strong in fact strong enough to kill Spider-Woman. Now start the process Stromm if you value your job when you realize who owns your paycheck here.''
"Yes sir... '' Stromm said as he pressed the button. The action caused two long automated pipes to connect and lock onto the two holes as the said liquid metallic concoction poured into the tube holding Sytsevich and began coating every inch of his body. He let out a loud strings of loud groans and moans while the resin combined to become one with his body.
"Now that the armor is a part of him he'll be armed with a thick impenetrable hide. The large protuberances atop there provide offensive abilities.'' Stromm mentioned as the process had no completed its run. "In short it makes him unstoppable.''
Mr. Sytsevich was now encased in a powerful suit with various segmented sections resembling that of a rhinoceros. His feet even had rounded nails like the said beast. His head had a set of two very sharp horns ready to either impale or just plain plow down whatever was in his way.
"Now Mr. Sytsevich go out and kill yourself a spider." Osborn said pressing another button releasing the now even larger man from his glass casing.
Looking himself over in the mirror Sytsevich had just the alias to call himself. "Good better get to it then. Cuz the Rhino don't wanna keep Spider-Woman waitin' around!"
-later in town
Meanwhile in town the weather had suddenly heated up from a chilly winter season Lucy had celebrated the holidays with the usual, friends and family. But March however went in like a lamb alright in fact more like a rabid lamb to be exact. But the type of extremely summer-like weather was the last thing on the web-slinger's mind at the moment.
A high-speeding car was racing through the city streets whose riders had just robbed a small convenience store. The punkish riders must've made out with quite a bundle as they definitely were laughing about it. "I bet Spidey's too busy fightin' the big bad Birdy to worry about effin' schmoes like us!''
-begin Super Hero by Stereo Fuse
"Y'know if I wanted guys to shout my name I'd be banging a boyfriend which sadly I don't have right now. But say my name and I shall appear miss me? Huh?'' The likes of Spider-Woman said scaring the bejesus outta the three punks. The car swerved so much it sideswiped a parked motorcycle which was sent flying towards a group of ganguro girls that is girls that tan their skin, bleach their hair and use a lot of colorful makeup.
"Ah shit... Damnit! I gotta go! Something just came up." Spidey said leaping off the car and using her webbing to make a net-like structure web to catch the offending vehicle before it crushed the girls.
For a second they were expecting death but then one leader opened her eyes. A big web had caught the cycle. "Its a web... " She then saw Spider-Woman swing past resuming her chase of the stolen car. ''GO SPIDEY GO!" The lead heavily tanned blonde ganguro girl called out.
Swinging along and landing atop the said stolen vehicle the web-slinger was ready to lay down the law. ''You should fasten yer damn seat belt and you just plain pull over." She said to punk with the spiky blue hair then the chubby bald one.
The spiky one figured he'd let his gun do his talking instead. As the car chase went on the police caught on and were in hot pursuit. Spidey kicked the firearm out of the punk's hand then crushed it using her spider strength. The chubby driver however popped up the hood and her with it... luckily the heroine had ways to get around this setback. She sent out two streams of webbing that snagged hold of the hood which she gave a big tug tearing it right off by the hinges.
Knowing she'd stick right to the hood like glue Spidey next shot off a line that attached to the car's trunk as she 'street surfed' her way along keeping up with the goons. Sliding along the pavement Spider-Woman knew she had to quit pissing around and get to the job at hand. As the police cruiser sped alongside her she had to say something. "Ok, ok, time to quit screwing around and get work done right? Ok... ok.''
Jumping off from the hood section slash board she swung off a streetlamp to another then another until she leaped to the speeding car's roofing. Using more webbing she flung it at varying parts of the engine and tore them out by a big tug. The car sputtered as one part was the starer coil... without the car stops running. The car still had enough speed to head into an alley and jump a loading ramp which Spidey then spun a web to hold it up just like the motorcycle from before. "There ya be officers. Enjoy your newly wrapped gifts." Spidey said to the police then swung away to other parts of the city.
Swinging along the streetlamps she suddenly happened to see the likes of Kohta and Yuka having lunch at the local Greek diner aptly called "The Pantheon". Lucy did not particularly like Yuka that much. Sure it wasn't a culturally taboo to marry a cousin in Japan but damnit Lucy was half American from her Uncle Ben's side and it made her sick to her arachnid powered stomach. The way she flirted away with him and the way he wanted to squirm away like a cat that was being forced to stay on someone's lap. Sure she was family but geez she could be a royally annoying bitch at times. Luckily if you could call it that anyways the likes of Felicia Hardy ran outside and began her usual tirade warning to leave her man alone. Lucy secretly wished it was her shooing Yuka away being in Felicia's shoes right now.
Suddenly the streets were rattled by the intense shaking of what seemed to be an earthquake. The shaking set off car alarms, rattled manhole covers, knocked over tables, and the likes of Miss Hardy and Kohta right off their chairs. Kohta being the nice guy he was caught the blonde before she even hit the ground. "Well Kohta you're faster than you look. Keep it up."
"It should be me who he's saving." Yuka retorted as she basically had fallen on her ass.
''Where's Spider-Woman?! Where is she!?" A very familiar sounding voice thundered into the city streets.
Hopping down from her current streetlamp to street level the wall crawling heroine tensed up as her Spider-Sense went off like crazy. She jump flipped off from the pavement just as a high speeding hub cap impacted and ricocheted onto the asphalt where it finally lost momentum and rolled into a stop. The heavy shaking had to be something heavy the voice was using. Heavy enough to stomp around the town like a boss. ''Heh I know that voice and I know the loser attached to it. Alex O'Hirn." Spidey said knowing who it was not even turning around to look.
''Heh... Turn around bitch!" O'Hirn bellowed and stomped on the asphalt creating yet another mini earthquake. Even more car alarms went off while people fell on their rear ends.
Puzzled a bit Spidey was confused since when did petty crooks create quakes when they stomp their feet in a tantrum? Nervously turning around the wall crawler saw the likes of O'Hirn was in a powerful looking segmented armored suit designed after a rhinoceros. ''Ooh boy... Sweet Jesus! Hey uh O'Hirn I love the new look you got you been pumpin' iron huh?"
Glowering at the frankly small superheroine O'Hirn cracked his frankly big looking knuckles, neck then shoulders. ''Don't effing call me O'Hirn anymore. My name is Rhino now! HARAHHH!''
Rhino threw down both his big burly arms hoping to crush Spider-Woman only she caught them both but it was clear whatever O'Hirn had done to himself his strength exceeded hers by at least a whopping 49%. "Jesus Christ what the hell you been eating for breakfast?! Titanium!?''
-begin Let Me Hear You Scream by Ozzy Osbourne
"Nah its just the armor. In fact its a highly durable titanium resin suit that's been fused to my body and supes up my muscle power!" Rhino snarled as he stomped the asphalt knocking his smaller foe right off her feet and ripe for a long deserved beating.
Rhino spun the the girl around into a spin throw. He let go of her as she bounced along the pavement like a human ball. She finally stopped when she landed on top of a car's windshield shattering it and putting a huge dent in the hood as well. Spidey quickly recovered and ripped off a stop sign from the curb and prepared herself. Rhino sped into a charge pointing his horns directly in line with the likes of the costumed heroine.
Spidey swung with all her might and whacked Rhino upside the right side of his face knocking him off balance slightly. The offensive strike however did little to no damage to him. So Spidey swung again and the same results came up so she tried yet a third time and still nothing but zilch. Rhino ripped the sign from the arachnid's hands and effortlessly crushed it into a small metal chunk. He just grinned at her almost amused by the attack.
"Oh crap.'' Spider-Woman deadpanned.
Rhino then slugged the wall crawler so hard into the pavement the sheer force of the blow generated a small crater. Not wasting time the brute punted Spidey by the chin which sent her flying several feet and her landing... a nearby hydrant. Running at full charge Rhino threw the hapless hero into the nearby laundromat via the window. She impacted the wall of dryer stacked one on top of the other. Yet again she left a huge dent from the impact.
Rhino was seriously handing her ass to her... but then she saw something strange happen. Rhino seemed to be sweating and gasping for breath like after running a long marathon during a hot summer day. He tore off the remains of the hydrant and began guzzling it like a thirsty camel. Once he'd had his thirst quenched he cracked his neck and tore off the front of the laundromat.
Cracking his knuckles he charged. This time however Spider-Woman put all of her strength on holding Rhino's horns down as she was futility trying to hold him back. Though her feet stuck to the floor like glue the sheer force of Rhino's charge yanked her feet off the floor. Her feet were still stuck to the large square tiles that coated the laundromat floor.
Rhino then went on the warpath charge ramming the likes of Spidey through the far wall of the laundromat, then a flower shop next to it, then an office with cubicles. Everyone was in shock seeing the city's local heroine fighting a losing battle against a big guy in a rhino styled suit.
Rhino gave his struggling enemy a chance to hit back he slugged her chin via uppercut sending her flying upwards... right through the ceiling then falling back through the upper floor slash ceiling. She landed on a rotating chair and sent out a web at Rhino's face blinding him. He just smirked as he tore the webbing off his face.
The outside of the office complex had the likes of Spider-Woman burst through a wall and into the streets. As she struggled back to her frankly shaky feet she again saw Rhino guzzling the whole bottle of water from the water cooler. It was then something came to the rosette's mindset.
"He's overheating... It makes sense now. That suit doesn't let his body sweat. His face is the only body exposed plus this weather no wonder he's getting so hot.'' The girl thought in her mind. This was all starting to make sense... she'd found the big lug's Achilles Heel. The suit might've made his body bullet proof, bone breakingly strong, and pretty much resistant to every other form of attack. However, his costume had one fatal flaw: it obstructs his pores. Basically he was overheating by way of sweating to death.
Now she knew just how to take him down... There was a road work construction zone not too far from her current location. There were a lot of steam pipes there too... which meant defeat was in hand for the Rhino.
Spidey broke into a run and sent a barrage of punches to Rhino's torso to little effect then high speed kick to his neck. None of it had any discernible effect. "The hell was that? Is that you got?" Rhino asked getting a little pissed.
"Well I hope you got more... in fact if you're so tough why not catch me and embarrass me anyway ya like? How's them apple's Hornboy?" Spidey joked as she sent out tons of webbing and covered the brute's hands in webbing goo. She then shot a webline up at the streetlamps and swung away towards the work zone.
Getting even more pissed O'Hirn tore the webbing restraint into shreds. He then went after the wall-crawler and arrived at the work area marked off with warning lights and folding signs.
Rhino saw the web-head sticking to a nearby building wall. He then figured if she wouldn't come down by choice he'd make her then. He ripped up a huge chunk of the road and heaved it at the arachnid powered teenager, only Spidey's webbing lines stuck to the chunk as she redirected the thing and swung it back at him.
The mighty Rhino caught it but the combined weight of him plus the asphalt chunk and the tearing of it in the first place had weakened the road quite a bit. It started to crack and break... then the Rhino realized he goofed. ''Aww damnit... "
The whole street then collapsed in on itself taking the Rhino with it into the area most never saw... the pipes and underground electric wiring that gave Yokohama life. Luckily he couldn't be taken down that easily... he shoved aside any rubble in his way and started sweating a bit. It was hot as hell down here... he thought. He always wonders how subway and sewer workers kept themselves from either not breathing or roasting like meat.
"Hey Hippo over her. Ya want me then come get me we're goin' for a jog. See this come get it!'' Spidey said shaking her shapely rear end and giving it a few childish smacks hoping to rile up the brute so she could finally beat him. She ran along the ceiling or to be technical the floor of the streets above.
Rhino was seething mad and gave chase just like she'd knew he'd do. "Come back here ya cowardly bitch!"
Rhino caught up with her and headbutted her right over his back but the heroine used his momentum to kick him hard in the back sending him crashing into the pipes along the wall. His horn tore through the tough metal... and an powerful blast of super heated steam erupted right in O'Hirn's exposed face. "DAHHHHHHHH! THAT'S EFFIN' HOT!''
After finally freeing himself from the pipes steam bath Rhino was by now whipped. He was sweating from his face like a summer jogger after a three mile run. Spidey knew she had him down for the count. Now she just had to wear him down a tad more... mostly by way of taunting him. "Oh can't help but notice but you've stopped spoutin' off. The matter with you big boy mouth a little dry? Well maybe I'll entertain myself, Rhino's mother is so fat the bitch needs a timer's guide to find her asshole! No even better Rhino's mom is so fat her blood type is rocky road!''
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!'' Rhino hollered as swung a punch at the pipe Spidey leaped off of. He ended up puncturing another steam filled pipe heating the enclosed space even more. She jumped to another pipe which the Rhino punched yet again. Spidey repeated the process twice more filling the tunnels with heated air.
Spidey still kept up her jump and dodge the Rhino game as he getting sluggish from dehydration. He was really sweating up storm... the stuff dripped off his face like he was thrown into a pool and hadn't bothered to dry off. "Looks like this fight is mine Rhino. Better hope there aren't any convicted poachers in prison. The techies there might even be able to crack open that fat hide of yers.''
''Don't (puff) make me... (huff) laugh (huff) web-head... you can... (puff) go to hell. The (puff) suit's (gasp) impenetrable!'' Rhino claimed gasping, huffing and puffing his way along still trying to step on the little spider hero.
Collapsing to his knees Rhino gasped for breath. "Too true but if nothing can penetrate it then say goodbye to perspiring. Yer face is sweating for yer whole body. Now for most folks that's not so bad but you my friend you're in a steam tunnel... well I'll leave that to your dim witted imagination O'Hirn.''
Staggering along Rhino tried to climb his way back out of the hole he created but Spider-Woman would let nothing of the sort happen on her watch. She swung from a webline and kicked the horned brute backward making him stagger. Rhino threw a right hook but missed and nearly tripped over his own feet in doing so.
Spider-Woman by now slugged him upside his face over and over. "Stay down Hornboy!"
Stopping her slugging spree the web-head jumped to the pipe covered ceiling and began firing off web lines. They attached to a few pipes nearby to O'Hirn and with her spider augmented strength yanked them apart as nuts and bolts went flying as well the steam. The steam continued to build up inside the narrow tunnel making the Rhino even more wore out. His face was gushing out sweat everywhere like a faucet head. "Stand still bug brain! Hah... ehhh... gahhh... !'' He spouted off panting his.
-begin Spider-Man Theme by Aerosmith
Then the seemingly unstoppable Rhino was stopped by sheer heat exhaustion as he basically fell face first on the tunnel flooring. "Heh wore him out!" The web-head said doing a bit of a victory jig. "Uh-huh uh-huh I'm bad! Yeah!"
-soon
A crew of a dozen police and construction engineers went about lifting Rhino from the tunnel via a heavy lifting crane and cable system. The crane hauled him up while another crew locked him up tight in a heavily armored police van. The police chief had to personally thank the wall-crawler. Despite her fame her height and strength the chief saw she had the physique of a late high schooler kid. "Spider-Woman I have to personally thank you we've been trying to catch O'Hirn for quite some time now.''
"Be careful with him considering the time I had with him he's a strong son of a bitch. I'm going to be really feeling these bruises in the morning.'' Spidey said as she shot off a web line upwards at a street lamp. Once perched atop it she sent off another line by swinging through the city streets by alternating her webbbing throws.
-to be continued
Well I finally got around to updating this story. Hopefully now I'll have less problems now that I've moved onto a new pc. I figured I'd add a short but interesting update to this to pass some time. I've managed to add another Spider-Man villain to the story's mix too... The Rhino. Also in case anyone noticed this chapter takes several inspiration cues from the Spectacular Spider-Man season 1 episode 6: "The Invisible Hand".
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 "EL Digital Saviors". Well this has been writer TURP "The Crossover Writer" and until then take care, good night, good bye and good luck TURP signing off for the night bye.
