Ok, to start off I need to apologize. To the readers, to spidey fans, and in general and most importantly, though he'll probably never read this, Stan Lee. I feel that I have shamed the spidey name in some weird way, because for the last three months, I've been locked up in a jail. I feel that though the time I spent there has helped to make me a better person I still feel as though I have let people down in the process. All I can do is ask your forgiveness and try to reconcile with the continuation of this story. So I now present, chapter 9. Warning, some special scenes. Not sure if I"ll do full lemon stuff.
Chapter 9: Love and the Iron Man.
Ben Reilly could only stand and watch in absolute horror of the spectacle before him. His brown irises seemed to pop out as he followed the movements in front of him. The television flickered as exotic sounds of passion flowed from the screen. His face flushed as he then stared at the wolverine clone who sat watching this particular channel as if it were the weather channel. After a minute of there being nothing but the sounds of pleasure reverating in his red ears, Ben coughed to get the woman's attention. Laura casually turned and stared at Reilly and got up off the couch.
"Is there something wrong?" she asked him nonchalantly.
Poor Ben could only stare for a moment before responding to her question.
"Errr… I was just uh, wondering why you picked this particular channel.. so, why?"
The Wolverine clone stared at Ben then casually shrugged and took a step closer to him, clad in one of Ben's shirts and a pair of violet panties she shrugged the question off.
"This channel reveals a deep understanding and ways of human mating. The rituals and positions and places of the human body that lovers can share and do together. I am using this as research for later usage," she replied again almost monotone.
Ben's mouth hung wide open as he imagined the thought of actually doing that with her. Laura seemed to sense his shifting arousal and stepped toward him again wrapping her arms around her roommate/lover. Bens face was red, and though she lacked how to express her own emotion, didn't mean she did not understand them. In fact, Laura was very much attracted to the man whom she now deemed her mate. To her, Ben was kind and strong, but he was also so much more. He was like her. A copy of someone else, and being with him made her happy, even if she couldn't exactly show it the way she wanted too. If she were honest with herself, she could say she was even in love with the man she had grown to know. He was Ben Reilly, not Peter Parker, and she wanted him, only him.
Ben sighed softly and wrapped his arms around the strange woman he had grown so close too. He was slowly leaning his head towards hers, their lips just an inch apart when the beeping went off. He blinked and looked over to the source of the sound. A cellular device on his desk was lit up. He frowned and quickly pecked Laura on the lips. The woman seemed to smile softly, but Ben didn't see it as he walked to the device and picked it up. He clicked the screen and an image of Nick Fury appeared on the screen. The S.H.I.E.L.D director looked Ben over then nodded as he began to speak.
"Reilly, I've talked some things over with Tony Stark, and it seems he's agreed to help you with your job dilemma. And, are you watching pornographic material?"
Ben flushed as he quickly ran to turn the television off and returned to Fury and coughed a moment before speaking.
"No, Laura was err…. Doing research? And uh, thanks for your help Fury, I really appreciate this. So, when can I expect to go to work?" he asked the one eyed man.
Nick raised his eyebrow and the thought of bad ass spider wolf babies again haunted his mind. Shuddering the thought away he looked at Ben and gave him a date and time. Once the phone was hung up, Ben let out a breathe of air and looked at Laura who was frowning, with her arms crossed. He blinked and stared at the woman then carefully placed the phone down.
"Hey, Fury thought I was some kind of pervert. I can't have my hero reputation tarnished because of some weird back ground noises." Reilly tried to plead.
The female smirked then in a swift motion Ben was on his back on the floor, the woman straddling his lap as she leaned in close her lips barely pressed to his ear.
"Then I guess we should just try and make the "weird background noises" ourselves then," Laura slowly whispered into Bens ear.
Ben stared up at the woman then the two clones where quickly locked in a passion filled kiss, Ben not sure what he was doing just fell to his instincts. And soon, clothing was being torn away leaving the young couple bare to the other and in throws of passion neither had known before. Later in the evening, as the couple laid in the bed, sheets barely covering the two, Laura let out a sigh of happiness as she nuzzled her head against Reilly's toned chest and closed her eyes.
"Reilly," the female whispered softly.
Ben who was softly stroking her hair looked down at her with a, "Hmm?"
"Peter Parker, he was in love with a girl named Mary Jane right? Do.. You harbor the same feelings?"
Ben blinked a moment then stared up towards the ceiling, he had not seen M.J. since he had whispered that silent goodbye when she didn't know he was there at all. But things where changing. He was changing.
"I suppose… In some weird way, the Parker side of me does love her. But, that's not who I am right? And I can honestly say, as Benjamin Reilly, I'm falling in love with someone entirely new."
He then quickly leaned in to kiss the woman on her lips which she returned happily, and the two fell into a slumber in the others arms.
Stark Tower
8:34 am
Ben looked almost like a kid in a candy store. His eyes where turning this way and that at the one thing he and Peter still definitely shared, their love of science. Bens mind was working a hundred miles an hour as he turned this way and that, his eyes following layouts and diagrams and prototypes. He then stopped in front of a special fiber that caught his eyes.
"That, is a fiber made up of millions of tiny nano bots that can be shaped into virtually anything and can be controlled using a direct link when worn to the nervous system. Based on my own design of course," a voice called from behind him.
Ben quickly turned to meet face to face with Tony stark, the rich play boy genious whom had revolutionized science as well as creating the high tech quit of armor with which he used to save lives and fight baddies as the Invincibly Iron Man. Reilly smiled brightly and held out his hand.
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Stark, I'm-"
"Ben Reilly, clone of Peter Parker, though older for some reason, and the Scarlet Spider," Stark finished Ben's sentence and grasped his hand firmly.
Ben couldn't help but smirk and nod his head.
"It seems that our, good friends at S.H.I.E.L.D. has asked me to lend a hand to a fellow scientist in need of work, now that he's out and about on his own."
As the two scientists walked along the corridors of the building, Tony began to show Ben the different areas of research and study his corporation where delving into and the numerous possibilities of each program. Reilly was ecstatic about the work and then he quickly took a deep breath and looked Tony in the eyes.
"Would it be possible to borrow some material? And maybe some tech?
I know that every once in a while a heroes gotta upgrade their stuff, and well, if you've seen what I've been wearing, you'd ask me to send the costume back to the 90's"
Tony Stark smirked as he looked Ben up and down. He had to admit, the kid seemed to be brighter than most, and his future looked promising. But he couldn't just let him walk around in the thing he called his costume, torn hoodies were so cliché now anyways.
"Sure, you can barrow some of my toys, just remember to play nice with them, and you break it you buy it policy may come into play. So, just caution there."
With a smile and a nod, Ben turned and began to gather some materials. Once he was at a work station by himself he began to go over the construction of his project. Tony silently walked over and peered over Ben's shoulder and clicked his tounge.
"Hmm, so your going to use the nanofiber hmm? What about the lens though? I'm thinking red."
"Actually, that's a good idea. And while I'm at it, I was wondering if you could help me with these pieces here. I want to incorporate a built in com system so I can patch in to distress calls and even S.H.I.E.L.D if need be."
Stark eyes the younger man then nods a moment, "Not playing around huh?"
"Playing around isn't in the books when saving lives are at stake. I plan on being the best I can be. I plan on being The Ultimate Scarlet Spider," Ben replies with a serious expression on his face.
"Well in that case, I suppose we better upgrade a few things to suit your needs, but I get to pick the colors," Tony replied with a smirk.
Later that night, the sounds of sirens and screams could be heard about lower Manhattan. A frightened girl clutched onto a small teddy bear as she was curled up in an alley. The bad man stared at her lecherously as he moved closer to her. He smelled terrible. Like stale cheap booze, and crappy cigarettes. The small child tried to scream but no sound came to her voice, then as the lech was closing in on her, Thwip thwip thwip. The bad man was on the ground being dragged through the alley, his screams cut short. The frightened girl stared into the darkness until a new figure appeared. His costume was mostly a deep scarlet red, with the exception of the black spider and upper torso being all black, even the mask was black with two crimson lenses. The fingers were black as well. The figure quickly kneeled beside the little girl and asked her if she was ok.
"I-I can't find my mommy," she managed to say.
The mystery savior seemed to smile through that black mask as he scooped her up into his strong arms.
"Then let's go find her ok? I bet she's worried and looking for you."
The girl nodded and quickly held tight to her teddy bear and her hero.
"W-what's your name?" she asked softly.
"You can call me, The Scarlet Spider."