Alright, as I said before, Fury is desperate. He brought in Osborn, and now Ben is in a lot of trouble. Now, Ben has some explaining to do. End of this chapter gives Ben a new ally in his little story. Also, to be specific, the beginning of this chapter is on September 12, 2006. Just saying so you don't get confused with the dates.
Note: I'm not really sure where the Daily Bugle is in this universe, but I'm just following the Ultimate Spider-Man videogame. In fact, I got a couple ideas for this chapter from the videogame.
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Ben Tennyson drove a car that wasn't his into the designated warehouse. Manny was already there, arms crossed. Ben turned off the car and stepped out, swinging the keys on his finger. "Alright Ben, start explaining," Manny said. Ben shrugged and sat on the ground, telling Manny everything, from the meteor, the fight in the park, the bully beat-up, the Fantastic Four/robot fight, the sentinel fight, all the way to tonight's fiasco in the Triskelion.
Manny's jaw dropped at the end, staring with all four eyes. "Man. You're just beating everyone up," he muttered. Ben chuckled and said "Looks that way." Manny stood up and looked at the car. "Wonder how'll they'll react when you tell them," he said. "Too bad I won't be able to see it," Ben said. Manny turned in confusion before getting slammed in the face by a metal pole, blacking out before he hit the ground. "Sorry Manny," he muttered as he dropped the pole he had picked up. S.H.I.E.L.D. knew who he was. If they went after him, they would no doubt hurt his friends, just like they did in the building. Ben wasn't taking that chance. He opened the door to the car and tossed the keys onto Kevin's lap.
"Well, I guess I'm screwed twice," Ben muttered as he walked outside the warehouse and looked at his watch. While his watch couldn't tell time, he knew it must have been around six in the morning. Ben sighed as he walked into the city, waiting for the city that never sleeps to spring back to full life.
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"YOU DID WHAT?!" Janet Van Dyne yelled at Nick Fury. It was now nine o' clock in the morning at Stark Tower, and Fury had told the Ultimates what he had done. Everyone was surprised, and some looked angry, none more so than the Wasp. Sure, she had been angry that a kid had been evading them, but she also figured there was a good reason. She just didn't like the idea of a kid being chased by the Ultimates. But knowing that Fury had released a psychopathic goblin-creature, she had lost her cool. "It was a last resort. You saw what he did to the team. He even beat Thor! Osborn won't hold back, and we can always say that he simply escaped. It would explain the trashed building we now have!" Fury shot back.
"Maybe Fury, but what if he kills innocent people?! What if he kills that kid?! How do you even sleep at night?!" she shouted. Fury gave a smirk and said "Like a baby." That did it. Wasp groaned in anger and walked off, grumbling something about stinging Fury in places he didn't even know he had. "She's gonna try and stop this, you know," Cap said calmly. Fury turned to the assorted team. Wanda and Pietro weren't there, as they were still recovering from the Baxter Building incident. "I know," said Fury. "You're not gonna stop her?" Natasha asked, wondering what Fury was planning. "On the contrary, I want to see what happens," Fury said as he walked off, leaving the Ultimates more confused than before.
"What the hell was that about?" Hawkeye asked. "I think I can clarify," Tony said. Tony was out of his Iron Man armor, instead wearing a fancy Italian suit. Everyone looked at Stark intently. Tony sighed as he said "Fury enlisted my help in finding out who this kid is. His family, friends, his whole life." Everyone nodded, knowing that's te first thing that Fury would do. "And?" Cap asked. Tony looked up, a dark expression on his face. "There was nothing," Tony said simply. Before anyone could question him, Stark continued.
"The kid has no files. No birth date, no family, no school, no history. This kid doesn't even exist. He's a ghost. Fury could have him killed and no one would care. You can't kill what never existed." Everyone stared in shock. No files? No history? This was something else. "So... What does that mean?" Natasha asked. Hawkeye spoke up next. "It means we're about to set the world record for youngest government agent."
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It was ten o' clock in the morning, and Ben Tennyson was walking in some alley near Times Square, his destination. He just wanted to relax and pray that no government agents found him. As he exited the alley into Times Square, he had a feeling something bad was gonna happen. He walked by a store that was showing a news flash about the Triskelion. Ben looked and saw pictures of him and his gang on the screen, with the reporter explaining them and their suspect status. The people saw Ben and backed away in fear. "Get out of here, something bad's about to happen," he said quietly, and they all ran off. Perfect timing too.
As Ben turned back to the street next to him, a car crashed in front of him. Well, not exactly crashed. This car fell from the air and impacted the pavement in front of him. It was on fire. Ben turned in time to see a large figure kick him in his stomach, sending him flying through the glass window of a nearby shop. Now people were running and screaming, leaving Times Square an empty shell of its earlier noise and energy. It had become the perfect battleground. Ben got up, slowly. The impact was still taking its toll on him. He stood up and stared in shock at the thing that had kicked him.
It was large and green, with rippling muscles hidden under its purple cloak. The head looked like some kind of Goblin, with pointy ears, red eyes, spikes on the head, and razor sharp teeth. "Norman Osborn," Ben muttered under his breath, waving the glass from his jacket. He climbed through the window he had just crashed through. The Goblin thing cackled "You're tougher than you look." Ben lifted up his wrist, glancing left and right. No witnesses. "You should see me when I'm Diamondhead," he muttered as he smacked down on that exact form. Well, he thought it was Diamondhead, but he would realize his mistake later.
His skin turned dark green and sort of rotted. His body gained mass until it stood six and a half feet tall. His jacket disappeared, leaving him bare chested. His pants turned black and stretchy, and large boots. Ben's hair grew wildly long, and finally, two large metal rods burst forth from his back. Ben stood as a tall creature with metal rods in his back and large muscles. Ben saw the symbol on his belt. He looked up. "Okay, who the hell am I?" he muttered, looking at himself. He didn't get to ponder long, as the Goblin tackled him. The two freaks crashed into a car, and the Goblin started clawing at Ben's skin. Ben yelled in pain and threw a punch.
Ben's fist connected with the Goblin's throat, throwing him off and knocking the wind out of him. Ben looked at himself. "Come on, do something useful," he muttered as he raised his fists. Ben's wish came true, as green lightning bolts shot out of his fists and connected with the Goblin's chest, sending him flying across the street into a limo. Why there was a limousine in Times Square, Ben didn't know. The Goblin got up and started laughing again. "You know, Fury said to take you in alive unless you fought back," he said. Ben charged up his fists, understanding how to use the lightning now. "Well, I'll remember that the next time I see Fury," Ben growled as he charged at the Goblin.
Then the Goblin did something unexpected. It lighted parts of its body on fire. "Oh man," Ben muttered as the Goblin threw a fireball at him. Ben dodged and leaped at the Goblin, fists raised. The Goblin was quick, however, as he jumped while Ben was in mid-air and grabbed him, throwing them both into a nearby building. They crashed through some windows into an office of sorts. Ben kicked the Goblin back out through the window and stood up, checking for injured people. He recognized this building as the Daily Bugle, the newspaper famous for trashing Spider-Man. Suddenly a middle-aged man with a Hitler mustache walked out, yelling at Ben about his office.
"Do you have any idea how much this costs?! I hope you're ready to pay for this, or else I'm gonna sue your ass so hard, you'll be hearing lawyers in your sleep!" the man fumed. Ben was surprised this guy wasn't running away, due to Ben being a six and a half foot tall alien. Ben shook his head in annoyance and jumped out the window after the Goblin. He landed on the ground and created a small crater, looking around for the psychopathic rich man. Then he heard cackling from above and turned to see the Goblin descending upon him. Ben let out a large pulse of electric energy, knocking the Goblin back. Ben leaped over to the Goblin and grabbed him by his cloak.
"Fury sent you after me, huh? Why would you help him? I heard what he did to you on the White House lawn, how they deformed you and took you away from your son. You really want me to be the one you fight?" Ben asked, trying to stop this battle. His words struck deep, as the Goblin started to hesitate. Then the Goblin resumed its menacing smile. "Nice try kid, but I'm still taking you back to Fury. Then I'm gonna kill him, the Ultimates, and than that pest Spider-Man," he growled. He then kicked Ben off of him and lit himself back on fire. Before either could attack, some white sticky fluid attached to them from the air. Both looked up and saw a familiar costume with the fluid coming out of his hands.
"Spider-Man," Ben and the Goblin growled at the same time. "Norman?! I thought S.H.I.E.L.D. locked you up?" Spider-Man shouted, not paying any attention to the large electric monster behind him. The Goblin gave an evil grin and said "This is perfect! Now I get to kill you and take this kid back to Fury!" Spider-Man looked at Ben and said "That's a kid? Geez, steroids are really messing people up." Ben ripped the webbing off him him and Norman burned his off. Spidey jumped at Osborn to deliver a punch, but the Goblin grabbed his fist and smashed him into a car nearby. Spidey was knocked out.
The Goblin advanced on the bug, claws outstretched, when Ben shot a bolt of lightning at Osborn's head. It connected, smashing Osborn into a building. "Man, Times Square's gonna be the new junk yard when we're done," Ben muttered as he advanced, only to be hit from a fireball thrown from the building. "You're interrupting my revenge," the Goblin growled, not smiling anymore. Ben grinned, knowing he had leverage over the Goblin, and he wasn't about to let it go. Ben leaped at the Goblin and delivered a punch to his stomach. "Whassa matter Osborn? Can't decide between payback and your deal with Fury?" Ben said, trying to piss him off. It worked.
The Goblin jumped up and grabbed him by the throat. "Shut up," he growled. Ben gave a grin. "You know, you need to learn to control that anger. Otherwise you'll make an obvious mistake. For instance..." Ben said as he grabbed Osborn's wrists. Ben then gave off his biggest electric discharge yet. The Goblin howled in pain, his body contorting from the lightning. Ben dropped the charge and threw the Goblin at Time's Square's large video advertisement screen. The Goblin crashed into it, causing a large electrical explosion when he broke the glass. Large sparks that resembled fireworks shot out, and Ben gave a smile of victory.
The Goblin fell from the tower, changing back as he went, landing seconds before returning to normal human form. Ben turned to where Spider-Man was knocked out. Ben grabbed him and slung him over his shoulder, then he walked over to Osborn, grabbed him by the neck, and leaped, trying to figure this all out.
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Ben stopped his leaps after landing on some apartment building. Ben looked around before dropping both of his passengers onto the roof. Ben looked at Spider-Man, wondering what would happen if he woke up. But before he did, Ben did the unthinkable: He took off Spider-Man's mask. Something seemed familiar about the brown hair and nerdy face before Ben recognized him. He gasped in surprise as he saw the kid that he protected at the high school. Ben started chuckling. "New York's most famous hero is skinny nerd teenager," he said as he continued laughing. Then he heard a moan, and Spider-Man, alter ego Peter Parker, opened his eyes to see the large creature before him holding his mask.
"What's going on?" he asked as he sat up, rubbing his head. Then the full effect of the situation hit him. "Hey man! Why's you take off the mask?!" Peter yelled as he snatched his mask out of Ben's hand. "Relax web-head, I'm not gonna tell. I don't even know your name," Ben said as he sat down on the ledge of the building they were on. Peter turned and saw Osborn lying there. "You did this to him?" Peter asked as he put his mask back on.
Ben chuckled and said "Yeah, but don't go by Times Square for a few days. We destroyed that place." Peter gave a chuckle and said "So, are you on my side?" Ben looked at him and shrugged. "Well, if we are, I guess it's only fair to do this...," he said before hitting the switch on his belt. Peter saw a green flash, and standing there was the kid in the green jacket who had beat up Flash Thompson. "You!" Peter said in surprise. This was the last person he expected to see. Ben shrugged again and gave a grin, saying "Yep, me, the guy who beat up your bully for you. How is he, by the way?"
Peter started laughing and said "He has a bandage on his nose and talks in a funny way." Ben nodded and said "You got a name?" Peter paused a moment before saying carefully "Peter Parker." Ben gave a smile. "Ben Tennyson," Ben said. Peter held up his hands and said "Your name is Ben? I had an uncle named Ben. He's the reason I became Spider-Man." For about ten minutes they talked like old friends, Ben telling about his gang, the watch, and the adventures of the past few days. Peter told about his family, school, girlfriend, and his own adventures. The whole time they did this, they left Norman Osborn lying unconscious. They also didn't notice the insect-sized woman fly into Osborn's ear.
"Well, I gotta go. My boss is pissed you trashed our building," Peter said, pointing his thumb in the direction of Times Square. "Loud, middle-aged, Hitler mustache?" Ben asked. Peter nodded and smiled under his mask. "Well, I guess I'd better give Fury his pet back," Ben said, glancing at the beaten millionaire lying a few feet away. "See you 'round Pete. I might drop by, say hi to your two girlfriends," Ben said in a joking tone. Peter rolled his eyes and said "I told you. MJ's my girlfriend and Gwen's like my adopted older sister." Ben chuckled as he activated the watch and turned the dial. "Wanna see something weird?" Ben asked. Peter shrugged and said "Can't be any weirder than everything else in this city."
Ben slapped down on the watch. Peter saw a green flash again and saw a blue monkey with four arms, four eyes, and a tail. "This is Spidermonkey, your distant cousin," Ben said in that high-pitched happy voice that Spidermonkey possessed. "Dude, I could so sue you for that," Peter said, happy that he found a fellow hero with his sense of humor. "Well, gotta go. Don't destroy anything else," Peter said as he jumped from the building and swung away. "No promises," Spidermonkey muttered as he picked up Osborn and walked to the edge of the building, his face becoming serious once more.
"Let's end this, Fury," Ben said as he spun a web from his tail and jumped, web-swinging for the first time. "Yeah!" he shouted in exhilaration, Osborn still knocked out over his right shoulder. Ben kept detaching webs and spinning them, enjoying his time until he reached the Triskelion, where he would give Fury a piece of his mind. And his foot.
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Okay, I feel that this chapter was a little rushed, but I must say, I'm proud of it. This is probably one of my favorite chapters, although I had my doubts about adding the Frankenstein dude, whom I still don't have a name for. Any hints for Frankenstein's name?
In case you wondering, Wasp's "stop to this" will be fully explained next chapter. Which will also be epic. Remember to review, people!