Chapter 12: The Shocker

Peter grinned. He slightly lifted his head as he tugged on the edges of the ribbon of his black tux. He was all dressed up. He wore the usual black and white tux, his hair sleeked back. He made sure that he wore a cologne that would make him smell good.

Today was the Homecoming and he was actually really looking forward to it. His only wish is that he hopes there were no villains that would ruin the Homecoming. But of course, as long as there is Spider Man, as long as there is good, there would also be evil.

"Knock knock,"

Peter looked at the mirror and saw Aunt May at the door.

"My, isn't someone handsome," she smiled as she walked in.

Peter flushed and he lowered his hands down to study himself.

"Do…do I look alright?" Peter asked after a moment hesitation.

"You always look fine to me," she smiled.

"No but really."

"Peter, you do," she laughed. "Don't worry so much. Everything looks great and it will go fine, you'll see."

"I…I hope so."

Aunt May tilted her head to the side as she saw something that outstood her. "Just a minute…" she made her hand to fix the collar of the tux and flatten it. "There."

Peter let out a breath as he stared at himself in the mirror. Needless to say, he was actually nervous. Really nervous. In all honesty, this was his first date and he doesn't even know how to act around Liz. Because of that thought, it made him panic.

"Will she like it?" Peter asked frantically. "Maybe it's the hair. I think it's a bit too much—or…maybe it's me? I've always looked funny in a suit. How should I act?"

"Peter, calm down!" Aunt May exclaimed with a hint of amusement. "Your hair is gorgeous and no, it isn't you. And yes, she will like it—trust me. Just be yourself. No girl likes a guy where they act themselves," she then frowned. "Just don't do anything stupid."

"Oh yeah? Like what kind of a stupid thing would I do?"

Aunt May shook her head. "That's the not point, though. Just…just be careful, okay?"

Peter gazed away from her and nodded. "Yeah…yeah I will…"

She smiled softly and she hugged him though that only earned a complaint from him.

"Careful about the hair!" he complained, having her to laugh.

"Now, shall we?" she asked. "Oh and got your corsage?"

He nodded.

"Right then. Let's go."


Throughout the ride, Peter tugged on his suit which earned a disapproving look from Aunt May as she stated that it will wrinkle the tux.

Peter tugged his suit, knowing that under the tux, he wore the Spider suit even though it felt really tight underneath. He knew it was a risky move and he must keep it with him—perhaps he could tuck it under his suit.

"Peter, stop squirming. It's not good for posture," Aunt May said sternly as she came to a red spotlight, slowing down the car.

"I'm sorry," he grimaced. "I'm just…just…nervous."

"You will do fine. Really Peter, relax. If anything happens, you would still have your friend…Ned, was it?"

Peter frowned. "What does that mean?"

She slightly gave a smirk. "Not in the way you think it means," she grinned.

However, as they waited for the red light, Peter suddenly had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen. He felt uneasy and it worried him, restlessly.

We shouldn't go, yet. We shouldn't go yet.

"Uh, I don't think we should go yet," Peter suddenly said.

Aunt May gave an odd look. "Why? It's our turn, Peter and it would be a green light soon. I can't stop randomly. It would cause a traffic."

"But—"

"Peter, if it's about the dance, please stop worrying about it so much. Everything would go smoothly."

Peter hesitated as he inhaled his breath.

However, in a hidden alleyway, there stood a shadow who was watching the intersection road. He then shook his hands which activated the gloves, revealing electricity and then with a one powerful punch, he had his hand punch the road which created a shockwave just as the cars began to move for the green light.

It all came too fast for Aunt May and Peter. The impact forced the cars to turn over, colliding against the ground, with windows smashed. Aunt May screamed as Peter gasped. But as they flipped over, Peter could've sworn he felt a tingling sensation—not from the car crash but from something else.

It was as though time slowed for Peter. He quickly acted on instinct, hoping that Aunt May wouldn't see for what was coming next. He then released his hidden web shooter that got attached to the door and he forced it to be unlocked. Peter made a move after he took off the seatbelt and due to his enhanced agility and speed, Peter grabbed Aunt May after he unlatched the seat belt and then he opened the door, getting both of them out.

Despite they got out, both of them were sent tumbling down roughly and the car was roughly shattered at the ground. Aunt May gasped as they stopped rolling, her eyes wide with shock and her whole body was trembling.

"Oh my God," she breathed. "Peter! Peter, oh my God. Peter!"

"I'm okay, Aunt May," he coughed out the dirt.

"Oh thank goodness, you're alright," she cried out, hugging him tightly. "But what happened? How did we got out?"

Peter paused. "Er…the door was unlocked—you forgot to lock it."

Peter assumed she bought the excuse but he didn't tell since she was still frantic about him.

"Mom, I'm fine," he insisted.

However, things got rougher and all of a sudden, the crowd screamed as they pointed something in the sky. The shadow then came closer, revealing a person but the minute he landed on the ground, and the ground beneath him got crushed a bit.

Peter narrowed his eyes, glaring at the newcomer. He knew off by heart that the intruder was not friendly. The fiend scanned around the area.

"Where is Spider Man?" he snarled as he activated his gloves, having electricity on.

"We need to get out of here," Peter whispered.

There was a sudden attack but it seemed that it had missed its target since it came close at his feet. Ever so slowly, he rotated around in a menacing way and there were a barricade of police, blocking the path. Annoyed, the brute recharged his gloves by activating it again and then with a roar, the fiend smashed his hand at the ground, releasing a vibration of shock waves which knocked down the police. Because of this, it caused the crowd panic and screams were everywhere. Seeing this as an opportunity, Peter grabbed Aunt May's hand and pushed her forward.

"Go! Let's go, let's go!" Peter replied, ushering her.

The two pretty much followed where the crowd was going, going far away from the battlefield as possible.

"Peter, you still with me?" Aunt May called out.

"Yes. Just keep running!" Peter had to slowly slip his hand out from hers. He knew this road which means there would be an alleyway coming up soon and he could use it to be in his other ego.

"I'm still behind you!"

When the alleyway was close by, Peter made this chance to go towards it.

"Just keep heading straight! You'll be safe there! I'm right behind you!"

Peter slowed to a halt and then he turned sharply towards the alley then opened up his tux which revealed his Spider suit. He took off the suit and put on the mask before he extended his hand out, releasing the webs which got attached to the edge of the building. He swung himself into the air, going higher and higher as he ran up the structure with the support of his webs until he was able to fly through the air.

Spider Man swung around the street lamp before he flipped through the air then landed on his feet, staring at the foe's back.

"Hey Electric guy. I don't know if you know but Halloween was last year."

The brute tilted his head to the side before he fully turned around and saw the masked hero. He gave out a nasty laugh.

"Funny how I can say the same thing to you, freak. You're not so tough, yourself. You're only pretending. You're just some freak in a costume."

Spider Man chuckled. "If I'm some freak in a costume then how come I'm not defeated yet?"

The man laughed, an amused one. "But you soon will be. And the name's Shocker."

Spider Man grinned. "Well that's a shocking name."

"Prepare to meet my forces,"

With that, the Shocker released a charged yell as he banged his fists together then released the electricity. He threw the long ranges towards the vigilante but in doing so, the hero Spider Man twisted his body around (even though his feet were set firmly on the ground). The attack crashed against the street lamp then to the inside of the nearby building.

Spider Man turned around with wide eyes as he quickly went into action. He swiftly captured the pole but he used it to his advantage by throwing it back to the Shocker.

Unfortunately, instead of striking the Shocker, he merely broke the pole in half. However, Peter saw that a part of the building was about to collapse at the citizens who were trying to run away from it. Acting quickly, Spider Man used his web shooters which got attached to the people before he flung them out of the way, putting them to safety.

Spider Man then drew his attention back to Shocker.

"You got style, kid. I like that."

"Yeah well it wouldn't be fun for you once you're finished!"

The brute merely laughed. "Come at me, boy."

Eyes narrowed, Spider Man ran for a bit only to release his webs but the Shocker was too quick and he struck a blow at the red and blue hero at the chest, causing Peter gasp with pain before he got thrown backwards, smashing through a nearby store window.

Peter coughed, gasping as he tried to have some air in him. He wheezed, trying to get his breathing in pattern. Once he was somewhat back in order, Peter clumsily got up until he released his webs, flinging himself out of the store. As he got out, Spider Man saw that the Shocker was getting away.

Growling, Spider man resumed following him, zipping through the night sky.


It was getting far too late and he was missing out at least half of the Homecoming dance. Peter knew that Liz would never forgive him for the stunt he had pulled—he didn't mean to but he did and he was sure that Peter would at least have nine missed calls from her.

To be honest, Peter was angry at this villain. He was angry for ruining an important night for him and the fact that he almost killed Aunt May. Peter landed on the top of the roof from one of the school buses. Judging where he was at, he assumed he was at the school bus yard since there were so many parked.

Spider Man narrowed his eyes, scanning through the night.

Where are you? he thought irritably.

"So you have come," the voice said which made Peter turn his head around in that direction.

"Where are you?" Spider Man shouted. "Show yourself!" he exclaimed as he got off the roof, walking towards one of the buses then stopped halfway.

"Do you think you can beat me?" he sneered in the dark.

"Funny how I keep on hearing that and in the end, I always do. You don't scare me."

The man laughed. "This would truly be your last!"

With that, the Shocker activated his gloves again and then with a powerful punch, he punched at the bus from the side. The school bus groaned as it twirled itself around, leaving Peter to barely have enough time to dodge the moving vehicle. The bus smashed against Peter, throwing him off the side and Spider Man crashed at another bus from the side.

"This ends tonight!" the Shocker snarled.

Peter struggled to get up but he managed to do so with the support of the vehicle.

"You wish!"

And then, Spider man decided to give the brute his own medicine by having the bus swing around with his webs. The bus crashed into the other one but instead of smashing at the Shocker, he used his gloves to stop with brute force, creating a large dent.

Nevertheless, that didn't stop Spider Man from defeating the madman. He continued to dodge all of the electricity that was shot at him, doing flips and twirls, sometimes even encountering the brute's attacks. But no matter what Spider man throws at him, the Shocker would always smash them in half.

Something is allowing him to trigger the shock gloves. If I could find out what that is, it would be a lot easier to take him down, Peter thought.

Peter scanned the area around him before he swung himself to the side and it was at this moment, he was able to spot the weakness while the electricity ran past by him from an inch. And then, with a full twist and turn, Spider Man was able to pull himself forward, towards the Shocker then he flipped himself over the Shocker while at the same time, he grabbed his hands.

Spider Man released his webs, pinning them against the webs. He then added another web to tie the Shocker down so that he couldn't escape.

"NO!" the Shocker boomed, trying to get free.

Spider Man smirked as he crouched down. "Looks like I've won after all."

Upon hearing the sirens from the distance, Spider Man got up and swung out of sight.

Author's Note: Well, this battle actually went a lot easier than with any Vulture battles I've typed so far…but nonetheless, I hoped you enjoyed though. And I just couldn't resist uploading again XD and we're so close to finishing up the story—I'm excited! And of course, there will be a sequel ^^ so stay tune for that! Toodles!