Chapter 11: Lives

Gwen had stayed over at Peter's place ever since that night. Aunt May heard about what happened to George Stacy and didn't hesitate to help Gwen as much as possible. After about five days to adjust to Peter's home and Aunt May's rules, Gwen was starting to become happy again.

The clones had been staying at Aiden and Ariel's home for the entire time. At first when Gwen left with Peter, it was hard for the clones to adapt to living semi normal lives. After the first few days, they all started to get used to living in a house, sleeping in comfy rooms, eating good food, and wearing clothes instead of costumes all day. Alexa and Trisha were the ones who bought them clothes while Daniel was usually the one who kept an eye on them when his wife, children and sister in law were out.

It had now been a week since the Spiders broke the clones out and Gwen got her powers, and the clones were still hunkered in the Chalk household. Most of them had been in the basement testing out the web shooters Aiden made for the ones who couldn't swing. The only ones in the living room were Daniel, Jessica and Arlo. Max had been in the kitchen, apparently she had gotten hooked to cooking like Trisha.

"Hey, Mr. Chalk," Max said from the kitchen.

"Yo, what's up."

She held up a carton of milk that had turned to stale mush. "What should I do with this?"

Daniel looked at the carton and was disgusted at it. "Okay well," Daniel rolled over to her and held out his hand. "Let me see your hand real quick."

Max set the carton down and gave Daniel her hand. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a twenty dollar bill and placed it in her hand. Max had never held any money before. She looked at Daniel then back to the dollar bill.

"There's a small convenient store a few blocks from here." He let her hand go. "I'm pretty sure you guys should start getting out more." This got both Jessica's and Arlo's attentions. "So I want you two to go with her too, alright. Just leave out the back door, and no webs. Understand?"

The three nodded and went to grab some shoes at the back door way. They left out the back and proceeded down the street to the curb. After checking where the store was, they walked over and went inside. The three had never been in a store before and it showed on their faces as they walked around. Max and Jessica were the ones who spotted the milk while Arlo was still looking around.

"Alright," Max said as she got the milk, "lets pay and get this back home."

Jess and Arlo nodded and the three went to the register. Once there, they paid for the milk and were about to leave, until someone wearing a hood walked in and Max's spider sense went off. It showed her the guy pulling out a gun and robbing the store. After he gets the money, he kills the cashier. Max didn't want to disobey Daniel by using her powers, so she just simply tripped the man. His gun fell to the ground and Arlo stopped him before he grabbed it. The cashier thanked them and then called the police. The three left just when they showed up.

"That doesn't really count as using our powers does it?" Jess asked the two as they all went back to the house.

They shrugged and went in through the back door. Daniel was still in the living reading a newspaper when the three came inside. Max put the milk in the fridge and then went to the living. She sat on the couch with Jess while Arlo sat on the floor.

Peter's House

Gwen had been very welcomed into the Parker home ever since her father died. She had her own room and was there to stay for quite some time.

Peter and Aunt May had been out to get some new furniture and clothes over in Manhattan. This left Gwen at the house by herself to test out her abilities without Aunt May seeing. She trained herself to fly properly and to cause her skin to reach temperatures that could easily melt steel and other metals. She also figured out how to make the clothes she was wearing change into the same color as her skin did. Gwen may have figured out how to use those abilities, but the one she used to see that grey monster and all the Spiders dead was still a mystery to her.

"Guess I'll just have to figure that out later." She said as she went out side and walked over to Aiden and Ariel's house. Half way there, she heard a sudden explosion off in Manhattan. She turned to see a large smoke cloud rising up from the city. Gwen rushed over to the house and went inside. She went in to see the clones getting into costume and she shut the door quickly.

"Well now this could be a little easier." Amy said as Gwen closed the door.

"What's going on over there?" Gwen asked them.

"No idea," Daniel started, "and that's why they were going to check and help as best as they can. We could use your help in this miss Stacy."

Gwen nodded to him and then closed her eyes. She started to glow and change into her other form. "Now I'm ready."

Gwen and the spider clones rushed over to where the explosion had occurred and stayed high above to see just what they were up against. Suddenly there was another explosion that sent cars flying to the civilians. The Spiders and Solace went down and stopped the flying debris from hitting anyone. After they made sure that everyone was safe, they stood there and tried to figure out what was going on.

"So you all came instead of the other three," a voice said from the smoke. "I'm supposed to get you all last, oh well. Still gettin payed either way."

A man in a golden mask and a blue and gold camo military suit walked out of the smoke. He was carrying what looked like some sort of rocket launcher on his shoulder and some sort of rifle around his other shoulder. He jumped on top of a car and looked at them.

"Man," he started as he aimed the rocket launcher at them, "I might just retire early just because of this gig."

The Man In The Golden Mask Is Back, And Yes He Does Work For Roxxon Just In Case Ya'll Were Wondering. I Was Also Kinda Wondering If You Guys Wanted To Name Like Ya'll Did With Gwen. Mainly Because I Ain't Got Nothing Yet.

So Now That He's Back, How Will The Spider Clones And Solace Handle This Situation, And Will They Be Able To Stop Him?

Hope You Guys Enjoyed This, Review For More And A Really Good Name For The Man In The Golden Mask, And As Always,

PEACE!