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Chapter 21: Corrupted

Spider Man grunted upon the impact as his back was slammed against the wall. It was really tough to fight this...thing without his powers so how does Tony do it? Underneath the suit, he's so much more.

Peter glanced who was barely holding up. He needed medical attention fast.

"Face it, Peter. You're nothing without your powers!" Smythe snarled. "You're just a pathetic human that can't save anyone! How do you expect to fight me in your human form? You'll die!"

"Then its a risk I'm willingly to take," Peter responded as he held the wall for support.

Smythe gave out a rage of roar. "You think you're fearless? That you don't have anything to fear off?!"

Smythe made a swipe with his claw but this time, Peter was able to avoid as the blade scratched against the wall, leaving a scrape. Spider Man stared up and saw a handle that was above him. He used it to lift himself up so that he performed a kick which made Smythe tumble backwards. However, he quickly got up and did many swipes from left and right as Peter walked backwards, trying to avoid the rapid movement.

"I'm going to make you suffer, Parker! I'm going to enjoy the moment."

At the last swipe, Peter managed to duck down so that he could do a side sweep to knock Smythe off the ground. Unfortunately, Smythe jumped to dodge the sweep but he released his web shooter that came out of his forearm and threw a nearby objet right at Peter.

Peter widened his eyes and after he timed it right, he did a mighty leap and he felt a strain in his body as he executed sideway twirl in order to avoid the large object. The object crashed into a wall but Peter narrowed his eyes at the Spider Slayer who didn't lose a second. Peter may not have his powers but that doesn't mean he can't dodge the attacks though it'll be harder as he didn't have his Spider senses to alert him.

Spider Man resumed dodging the attacks and he moved sideways as he avoided the blade which the Spider Slayer had just thrown. The blade clattered to the floor though Peter stared at the weapon but as he looked back at the front, Peter widened his eyes as he quickly used his arms as a shield, putting his arms in front of his face. In a rapid movement, Peter moved left and right but he didn't timed it right since he twirled which made Smythe make another swipe, having the claw go across Peter's back who gave out a cry of pain as the wound stung.

Irritated that he won't die, Smythe did a last second move but quickly shooting his web shooters at Peter who charged at him. At the first part, Spider Man ducked down to let the webs strike, letting it pass by him but on the second one, Smythe wasted no second by releasing another web strike from his forearm which made Peter be tied from it, forcing him to fall.

Seeing as how he was trapped, Smythe landed on him, pinning him down as Alistaire stretched out his claws, making a threatening move.

"It's time for your end!"

Tony narrowed his eyes as he typed away on the computer. If he could just stop this, then everything will be safe. Everyone will be safe and no one has to die. All he needed is the top classified information that will tell him how to stop the infection that was currently spreading.

He gritted his teeth together as there was one more problem. The mutated creature. They still need to find the cure for them.

No pressure, Tony muttered in thought.

But as he was hacking away, Tony felt that someone was watching him which made him feel that he was not alone.

"Jarvis?" Tony muttered.

"Yes sir?"

"Perform an analysis of the room."

"Right away."

It didn't took long for Jarvis to complete his task.

"There seemed to have a foreign body currently residing in this room. Beware, sir. It appears to be stronger than it looks."

Tony gave a small growl. He really didn't need any distractions. There was still the matter of returning back to Gwen and he really hoped that nothing bad had happened to her. Tony just hoped that she was alright.

There was a sudden crash that came out of nowhere and that made Tony tear his gaze away from the computer screen as he scanned the rest of the room behind him.

Show yourself.

Tony gave a hardened glare at the room before he decided to abandon the computer for temporarily as he began to search for whatever it was bothering him in the first place.

Come out, you weird metal robot.

"Sir—"

Without a warning, the enemy came out from its hiding spot and it instantly jumped on Tony who struggled to get it off him. Because of the jump, it forced Tony to stumble backwards, going over the table and stumbled down to the ground, throwing the pest away.

"Foreign creature detected."

"Yeah, I've detected it too."

Growling, he quickly activated his suit for his hand so that he could be ready to blast the thing into smithereens. The horrid robotic creature that resembled much like a spider in a mutated way (while the armor was silver) jumped out from its spot and Tony blasted the robot with his repulsor though the stubborn thing managed to survive the attack, much to his irritation.

"Jarvis, analyze what metal this…thing…wears."

"Yes sir."

The creature moved in a rapid pace, making Tony miss his target more than once as he destroyed the unnecessary objects that were in his way of shooting.

"Scanning complete. This robotic creature appears to be wearing the strongest metal: Tungsten. It is possible to defeat this vile robot by having enough force to actually destroy it."

Tony made an evil smile as a mischievous glint was in his eyes. He already had an idea in mind and he can't wait to execute it. Chuckling, Iron Man began to sneak around the room while keeping an eye out on the creature. He stopped when he thought he heard something being crushed from a pair of feet—well, in metal feet in this case.

Grinning, Tony waited for the alien-like robot to attack and then it came. This time, Iron man had expected the move when the nanobot tackled him. At first, he struggled to get the enemy off him as he wrestled against it and when he finally tore the critter off him, Tony hastily shoved the robot in an open power box of a computer and he pulled out two wires from the power box to give out an electric shock.

The robot gave out a piercing scream of agony as many sparks shot out, frying the circuits and the android died down, twitching.

Tony gave out a little huff as he staggered to get up.

"Well, I think that singed off my eyebrows," Tony replied.

"Affirmative."

Meanwhile, Flash opened his eyes as he watched the battle unfold. He stared at how Peter got trapped, having Smythe to make a move any moment which made Flash grit his teeth.

He should be doing something. He can't let Peter do all the fighting. He's a human. He lost his powers.

Pushing himself up, Flash ignored the pain that shot in his chest. In all honesty, he was really lucky that the wound wasn't fatal. He would still live. Staggering slightly, Flash watched the scene until he saw the opportunity to attack.

As Smythe was starting to release his attack, something got tied around his wrist along with the other one. It pulled back Smythe's arms, much to Smythe's irritation.

"You know...for a brief moment, I actually forgot I had the web shooters. If you hadn't stabbed me, I would've kicked your ass a long time ago."

The Slayer gave out a furious scream but it wasn't long where Smythe used all of his strength to flip Flash over him so that he flew into the air, joining next to Peter as he crashed down.

"You always have to have a big mouth, don't you?" Peter mumbled as Flash groaned.

"Can't you see? It's over! There's no way of defeating me!"

Peter narrowed his eyes as he stood up. He's not going to lose. With or without his powers, he's still going to win. Peter quickly took a look around the area. There wasn't much to interact with but as Peter stared up higher, a grin came.

"Is that so?" Peter clucked his tongue. "Well then. Catch me if you can!" he exclaimed gleefully.

He began to climb the walls the old fashioned way but that made the Slayer chase after him.

Perfect. Peter thought as he continued to climb higher. As he did, the Slayer began to change its course, unbeknownst to Peter. But Spider Man didn't expected the next move, however. As Peter reached the pole of the satellite, the Slayer swung up from the side and knocked Peter out of the way. He didn't grabbed the edge on time which made him panic but then, unexpectedly, two pair of metal bands grabbed his.

Peter stared with wide eyes from shock as he saw Smythe-the one who rescued him but his dark empty expression made Peter change his thoughts.

"It's time to say goodbye, Peter. You'll soon be joining your parents. Any last words?"

Peter glared at him. "Screw you."

The Slayer laughed and then he let go of Peter who widened his eyes, giving out a gasp.

For a moment, time seemed to have stood still for Spider Man.

"Peter!" came Flash's voice as he ran towards the edge.

"Oh no you don't sonny!" the Slayer snarled as he knocked Flash by grabbing him around the throat with his hand, slamming Flash to the ground.

Flash grunted as his back got slammed on the ground, knocking the wind out of him.

Peter felt his fear of heights suddenly returning to him and he closed his eyes as he waited for the impact to come.

Author's Note: Ehm, I'm gonna make a quick getaway in case there's a riot...*peers out the window* well...too late XD and I had to redo the battle with Smythe and Spidey after doing a little research about the Slayer XD What happens next? Find out! Toodles!