Vol 1 Issue 22: Enter Zzzax
Osborn's Laboratory
The LMD version of Norman Osborn is currently working on some experiments in his lab until Roman Torchwick comes in.
"Norman!" Roman calls out his name, gaining the LMD's attention as he gets up from his chair. "How's Project Foes coming along?"
"The project is going smoothly, Roman." The LMD answers him. "The team is getting more and more used to their powers as the days go by."
"Are you sure this team of yours will finally end that wall-crawling menace once and for all?" Roman asked him as he stands next to the scientist.
"Of course they will." Norman hands him some of his notes who then proceeds to look over them. "This team that I'm creating are based off a group of super villains back in my dimension, capable of going toe to toe with one of Earth's strongest heroes, The Hulk."
Roman continues to look through the notes as he looks at Norman. "That does sound rather impressive. But are you sure that your Dust Formula will give this team the advantage they need to beat Spider-Man?"
The LMD lets out a small grin on his face. "Don't worry. I made a few modifications to the Dust Formula, something that would give them a boost in raw power. In about a week or so, the team will have gotten used to their powers and will be ready to attack the Spider."
Roman finish reading through the notes as he slams them onto the desk. "Another week or so?!" He shouted at Osborn, who didn't move an inch from his small outburst. "We can't wait that long! It's only a matter of time until Spider-Man ruins our plans! We need something to fight him now!" He told Osborn.
"Hmph. You whine as much as Doctor Octavius and my son." Norman told him.
"What?!"
"Calm down, Roman. I have exactly what you need." He and Roman start moving to a different area of the lab, where they approach a large test tube with a little, yellow, spark inside.
"What is it?" Roman asked him as he observed what is inside the tube.
"It's another project that I have been working on, something specifically to help distract the Spider while Project Foes is currently in progress." The LMD answered him. "I call it…Zzzax."
Roman turns to the LMD Norman. "Let me guess: Another villain from your dimension?"
The LMD faces him with a grin. "Yes. Another villain that also tangled with the Hulk." He turns back to face the yellow spark inside the tube. "Zzzax is a being made of pure energy, capable of absorbing large amounts of electricity. In a few hours, I'll send this creature to the city, allowing it to cause mischief for are common enemy."
"And while the Bug is distracted, the White Fang will use the opportunity to collect Dust while everyone else is occupied. Excellent…" Roman said with a smile.
"Hmph." Norman agreed, evident with the smirk on his face.
Back at Beacon, Peter and Ruby are currently in Professor Oobleck's classroom a few minutes before the class ends.
"Alright class! Before you leave, it's time for you all to get back your science test from class yesterday!" Oobleck told his class from the front of the room. He then starts zooming through the classroom, giving everyone back their scored test in a blink of an eye. When the students get their test back, they groan as they see that they got miserable scores. "Judging from your groaning, it sounds like you all didn't get the result you wanted. How unfortunate." Oobleck stated as he approaches Ruby.
"What did I get? What did I get?" Ruby excitedly asked herself as she gets her test. As she looks at her test, her smile dropped and is replaced with a frown, "Oh, a D." She disappointedly said to herself as she slouches on the desk.
Oobleck zooms next to Peter with his test in his hand. "Nice one, Mr. Parker. An A+." He told the hidden hero as he gives him his test.
"Sweet, another A." Peter told himself as he looks through his test. The brunette could've sworn that he heard Ruby groan more when he said that.
Oobleck turns his attention to the rest of the class. "Don't forget, you have another science test in the next few days, so start studying if you want to pass! Good luck!" He said as he zooms out of the classroom, with the other students walking out a few seconds later.
"Ahhhh…" Ruby muttered as she sadly walks out in the hallway with her head down.
"Hey, Rubes." Peter greeted her as he approaches her. "Why the long face?"
"I just…" Ruby started speaking before sighing sadly, "How I am gonna pass the next exam?" She asked Peter. "Unlike you and Weiss, I'm not so good when it comes to science, or any subject for that matter. Except when it comes to destroying Grimm, that's my favorite subject." She said suddenly with happiness before looking sad again.
"Have you bother actually studying for tests then?" Peter asked her as they continue to walk down the hall.
"I tried, but the notes we're given are so hard to understand. Not to mention it's hard to follow what Professor Oobleck is saying most of the time as he likes to zoom through the classroom a lot." Ruby said, now feeling more dejected.
"Hmm." Peter thinks to himself for a second before coming up with an idea. "How about I tutor you then? Would you like that?" He asked her.
Ruby immediately turns to him all happy. "Really?!" But then that moment of excitement went away for a bit. "But won't this interfere with your time, I mean with you being a photographer and the stuff you do in the lab?"
"Don't worry about those stuff." Peter assured her. "Right now, my top priority is to help you out with your studies. I can do all that other stuff when I have the extra time."
Ruby immediately hugs him, catching him off guard. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She repeatedly told him.
"Ah…Ruby…you're killing me…" Peter said, trying to escape from Ruby's hug.
Ruby let's go of him, feeling embarrassed, "Sorry. Forgot you're a bit sick and all." She said as Peter rubs off the dust from his clothes. "So, shall we get started?"
"Sure. Just grab what you need and meet me in the library." Peter told her.
"Okay!" Ruby excitedly said as she dashes off to her dorm to grab her stuff, just as Peter heads towards the library.
At the library, Peter is currently tutoring his leader of the team in the library for their next exam as they sit on a small desk in the area.
"So, what's the first thing you want to study on?" Peter asked.
"How about we start on electricity?" Ruby asked her tutor.
"Huh, that should be easy." Peter said confidently, causing Ruby to smile in glee. "So get your pencils and notes ready because I'm gonna tell you everything you need to know about electricity."
"Yes, sir!" Ruby said excitedly as she holds her pencil and notebook.
"Just call me Peter, no sir is needed." Peter corrected her.
"Hm, okay." Ruby giggled.
"Alright, so simply put, electricity is just a form of energy that result from the existence of charged particles, like electrons and protons for example." Peter explained to her as she proceeds to write down notes on her book. "Electricity is very hard to control, and very hard to deal with." He said to her.
"So are there ways to like, I don't know, destroy electricity?" Ruby asked him as she finished writing down some notes.
Peter shake his head in response to her question. "Not entirely. You see, energy, or rather pure energy, can be neither created or destroyed. "As far as I know, you can only short circuit it when it's fully charged by either pouring it with water, overloading it with more electricity, or have it make contact with like the ground."
"Really?" Ruby asked him, a bit confused.
Peter nodded. "Say for instant, you are fighting some villain in a lame electric suit that can control electricity." He gives her an example, using his old foe Electro as an example. "Any normal attacks like bullets or knives won't work on him, and any physical contact will just cause the attacker to get zapped unless you are prepared."
"So if you want to beat this guy, you either drown him in water, overload him with more electricity, or make him have physical contact with the ground, right?" Ruby asked him wondering if she got it right.
"Correct!" Peter said, giving her a high five. "It seems that the best way for you to learn is when it involves villains or anything that's not normal around here." He said with a smile.
"Well it's better than learning from a textbook, that's for sure." Ruby said.
"I agree with that. So, what's next?" Peter asked her as they continue with their studies.
Far from the two study buddies, Blake and Yang are in the library studying as well, noticing how well the two seem to be bonding.
"Those two seem to be getting along well." Blake said as she reads from her book.
"I know, right." Yang said as he continues to see the two studying while also laughing together. "They almost act like brother and sister when I see how the two interact with each other."
"And what makes you?" Blake asked her with a smirk.
"I don't know, the third wheel." Yang answered her as she goes back to her books. "But it is nice to see Ruby have a good time with someone that's not me every once and a while."
"Right, so how about we focus on our own studies, shall we?" Blake reminded her. "We don't want Ruby to be smarter than the both of us."
"Now that I wouldn't be a fan of." Yang smirked as she goes back to her books.
A few hours later back at Osborn's lab…
"Is it done? Is it ready?" Roman asked LMD Norman as they both approach Zzzax's test tube. Suddenly, the tube starts to get more and more electrified as the little, yellow spark that is Zzzax starts to grow bigger and bigger until there is an explosion from the tube, knocking away Roman and Norman away.
"Well, that's just great! It exploded!" Roman yelled as they both get up.
BGM- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 OST - Open Field Stage
"Wait!" Norman puts his arm in front of Roman, signaling him to not move. They both put their attention to the smoke that came from Zzzax's test tube. They then see something come walk out of the smoke, a yellow creature made of pure electricity, having whited out eyes and a mouth, standing in front of Roman and Norman, who both look at it in awe.
"I…am born…" Zzzax spoke.
"It can talk…?" Roman asked, still in awe as he looks at the being of pure energy.
"It can talk." LMD Norman answered him with a smile. He then walks up to Zzzax. "Hello there, Zzzax." He greeted himself to the creature, gaining his attention.
"Who…are you…" The creature asked him.
"I am your creator, Norman Osborn, and this is my 'associate', Roman Torchwick." He turns and points to Roman, who walks to the creature. Norman turns back to face his newest creation. "Now, Zzzax, as your master, you will do what I say, and your first order of business is to go out into town and destroy Spider-Man." Norman shows Zzzax a picture of what Spider-Man looks like, with the creature keeping a mental note of his face.
"Destroy…S-S-Spider-Man…" Zzzax said.
"Good. Now, GO!" Norman ordered his creation. Zzzax agrees and exits the room through an electricity wire outside to the city.
It's currently late afternoon in the city of Vale as Peter and Ruby are walking through the quiet sidewalk.
"So what are we doing out here again?" Ruby turned to Peter as the two continue to walk.
"I told you we're gonna get Lightning Dust from the local shop to show you more ways on how to control and use electricity." Peter answered her. "Trust me, with what I'm gonna show you, you are definitely gonna ace that exam in a few days."
"Sweet!" Ruby jumped up all excited. "Who knew studying with you can make learning things so much more fun! Make next time you should tutor the entire team!" She suggested.
"I'll keep that in mind." Peter said. Suddenly, his Spider-Sense goes off and stops on his tracks.
"Peter, what's wrong?" Ruby asked him, wondering why he stopped walking. She then hears people screaming a few feet from them.
"Trouble." Peter answered with a serious face. Both of them run to the direction of all the commotion, where they encounter an energy creature shooting electricity out of its hand and destroying cars and buildings.
"What is that?!" Ruby shouted for an answer. The creature then notices the two teens and throws electricity at them, knocking Peter to an alleyway and Ruby to a car. "Uhhh…" Ruby rubs her head after the crash. "Huh, Peter!" She immediately gets up and approach the alleyway where Peter was knocked away, but was interrupted as the energy creature start attacking her with bolts of electricity, knocking her back to the ground. "Uhhhh, I don't feel so good…" Ruby said dazed and semi-unconscious. As the energy creature was about to finish off the little red hood, Spider-Man swings by and grabs her before she met her demise.
"Uh…" Ruby said, still dazed and confused.
"Don't worry, I got you." Spidey told her, causing her to fully wake up.
"Huh, Spider-Man!" She said excited as they both land on a rooftop. Spidey lets her down, but she still jumps for joy to seeing her favorite hero again. "Oh, Spider-Man! I knew you would save me!" She then gasped as she remembers something. "But my friend, Peter, he's somewhere down there!" She told the hero.
"Don't worry, I made sure he got to a safe place before saving you." Spidey assured her.
"Oh thank God." Ruby said with a sigh of relief. "But, what are we gonna do about energy man down there?" She asked as they both look down at the creature destroying the city.
"Hmmm, something about that guy seems familiar." Spidey said as he stares at the monster.
Ruby turned to him, "You faced this guy before, Spidey?" She asked the masked hero.
"Not really, but I did know someone who fought a guy similar to this one." Spidey answered, as he vaguely remembers that the Hulk used to fight this creature back on Earth. "I think the monster's name is Zzzax, or was it Rozzz?" He thinks to himself.
Ruby brings out her Crescent Rose, ready to battle. "Whatever that thing is called, it's terrorizing the city. We need to stop it!"
"Agreed!" Spidey said as he turns to Ruby. "Ready for another Superhero team up?"
Ruby giggled in excitement. "Are you kidding? Of course I'm ready!" The two jump off the building and face off against Zzzax.
BGM- Ultimate Spider-Man Game OST- Electro Chase (Track 3)
"Yo, Energy Man?" Spidey called out to Zzzax, getting its attention. "How much electricity does it take to power up a lightbulb?" He quipped.
"Spider-Man…" Zzzax cackles as he throws lightning at both Spidey and Ruby, who managed to dodge out of the way in time.
"Beating this thing won't be easy." Spidey said as he shoots some web balls at Zzzax, but only to distract him. He then webs up his fists to protect himself from Zzzax as he starts punching it before he gets zapped back to a building.
"Agreed. We need to use long range attacks. Any physical contact without protection will just bite us in the butt. We need water to short it out." Ruby suggested as she fires some bullets from her gun-scythe at Zzzax.
"Huh, when did you become so knowledge about electricity?" Spidey asked, even though he knows the answer.
Ruby turned to him with a smile, "I've been studying." They both see Zzzax throw a car at the two, with Spidey catching it with his webbing.
"So, where is the nearest swimming pool here?" He asked himself while looking around the area. He then spots a water tank on top of a building. "Got it!" He then turns to Ruby, who is still shooting at Zzzax and dodging projectiles. "Ruby, try to lure Energy Man here!" He points to the sidewalk that is underneath the water tank.
"You got it, Spidey!" Ruby said as she jumps over the yellow devil while shooting at it in mid-air. "Come and get me, you walking power plant!" She taunted the monster.
Zzzax follows her while trying to shoot at her with bolts of electricity. She then managed to lure Zzzax underneath the water tank where Spider-Man has taken positioned. "Now Spidey!"
"Alright, Zzzax! Time to get your afternoon bath!" Spidey said while pushing the heavy water tank down to the ground at Zzzax, short circuiting it as is disappears.
"Yay, we did it!" Ruby raised her hand in the air victorious.
"Not exactly!" Spidey said as he jumps down next to her.
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked him until she remembered something that Peter told her. "Right, pure energy can't be destroyed that easily."
"Right." Spidey complemented her. He then crouches down and uses his enhanced lenses to track down the remains of Zzzax, and sees a piece of it flowing into the ground. "I see it!"
"Really?! Where is it?" Ruby asked the hero.
"It went underground. Probably to find some place so that it can be recharged." Spidey says as he gets up.
"So, how are we gonna track it down?" Ruby asked him.
Spidey scratched his head, knowing the answer he'll give her won't be pretty, but he decided to tell her anyways. "Have you ever been down the sewer?" He turned and asked her.
"Uhhh, huh…" Ruby looked at him confused, tilting her head slightly to the left.
"Uh, this place stinks!" Ruby said while covering her nose as she and Spidey are currently traversing through the stinking pits of Vale's sewer lines.
"Trust me, it only gets worse the more you think about it, so I recommend you don't." Spidey told her as he crawls through the ceiling.
"Who in the world would live here?" Ruby said, looking around the dirty pits and unclean water. She also squeaked a bit when she for sure saw a couple of rats running away.
"Lizards, turtles, all the low lives would use the sewers as their own personal hideout since no one is brave enough to go through here." Spidey answered her, still crawling through the ceiling and tracking down Zzzax with his lenses.
"Hmm." Ruby muttered to herself before thinking of something to pass the time. "So, Spider-Man, I've been curious…"
"About what?" Spidey turned his head to her.
"Like, how did you get your powers exactly?" She asked him. "Is it your Semblance or something?"
"Not exactly." Spidey jumped down to face her as the two stop walking for a minute. "You see, long story short, I got bit by a radioactive spider, and since then, I've been fighting crime and bad guys since I was 15-years-old."
"Really?!" Ruby asked excitedly. "You were as old as me when you started fighting crime!"
Spidey nodded in response. "Yup, and let me tell you, even when I was 15, I had a WHOLE bunch of adventures, the kind that are out of this world."
"Wow…" Ruby said, wondering to herself if her life could be just as exciting. "Do you think that I might be a great hero like you one day?"
"But of course. As long as you use your power responsibly, you can probably even be a greater hero than me." Spidey told her.
"Seriously?!" She asked gleefully, in which Spidey just nods with a "Hm-hm." She then jumps for joy all around the sewer sidewalk. "Yay! I'm gonna be an awesome hero one day!" She was too busy jumping around that she almost fell into the river of the sewer. Thankfully, Spidey grabbed her before she could smell worse than she already is. "Thanks." She scratched her head.
"Well, I don't want my favorite little red riding hood get all smelly now, do we?" Spidey asked as he continues walking. "Come on, we should continue tracking down Sparky."
"Lead the way, Spider-Man!" Ruby said as he catches up to her favorite hero. The two look at each other and chuckled as they continue looking for Zzzax.
In an unknown area, Spidey lifts up the sewer lid above him. "This is the place." He said as he gets up from the sewer area. He then grabs onto Ruby and helps her up.
"So, where are we anyways?" She asked while looking at all the strange machines in the area.
Spidey looks around for a bit before realizing where they are. "Oh no." He said with a shocked look on his mask. "This is a power substation!"
"A power what?" Ruby asked him confused.
"A power substation! It's where the city receives its electricity from!" He asked her, who now gets a shocked face too as she knows how much trouble that would mean.
"So you're saying that Zzzax thing is gonna drain the city's power?" She asked him. Suddenly, the substation starts to power up as the electricity starts to cackle and get more and more frantic.
"Ruby, let's get out of here!" Spidey grabs onto Ruby and swings to the nearest rooftop. As they land, they see Zzzax start to form, becoming larger and larger as it absorbs more energy.
"Yeeeeesss…MORE POWER…. UNTIL I AM AT MAXIMUM POWER…!" The monster said, as it grows more and more until it is the size of a tall building after finishing taking the city's power supply.
Spidey and Ruby watch in horror as they look at the behemoth of the energy creature. "Y-You don't scare us!" Ruby shouted at the building size monster, but only to hide her fear. "We can still take you!" She then turns to Spidey, who continues to stare at the monster scared. "Right, Spidey?" She lowly asked him. "This IS your specialty, right…?"
"HRRRRAAAAARRRR!" Zzzax roars out to the two teens.
"What, in over my head and totally outclassed?" He asked her. "Yeah. It kind of is…" He lowly said as Ruby gulps in fear."
Back at Beacon, the rest of Team RWBYP are in their dorm as the lights go out.
"Hey, who turned out the lights?" Weiss asked from her bed. "Some people are trying to study here."
"I'm sure it'll get fixed soon." Yang said from her bed.
"Uh, guys…" Blake said as she looks out the window. "I think I know why we have no lights."
"What? Did Ozpin forgot to pay for the electric bill?" Yang asked as she and Weiss head towards the window, only to look in shock as they see a 40-foot energy monster walking through the city. "That's bad, right?" Yang asked her friends.
"Clearly…" Weiss replied, still looking outside the window.
In Ozpin's office, both he and Glynda can see the monster all the way out in the city.
"This could be a problem." Ozpin said while taking a sip from his coffee.
"I'm going out there." Glynda said as she walks out and enters the elevator leaving Ozpin all alone. The headmaster continues to look out into the city while sipping his coffee. "Well, Mr. Parker. Let's see how you can make it out of this one."
BGM- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z OST - Track 05
"SWING FASTER, SPIDEY! IT'S GAINING ON US!" Ruby shouts out as she holds onto Spider-Man as he swings away from the 40-foot-tall energy monster that is slowly chasing them. The civilians run in terror as they escape the monster that is destroying everything in its path. The Vale police force is currently blocking the monster's path as they shoot at it with their guns, but nothing is working on the behemoth.
"Keeping at it, boys!" One of the police officers says towards the rest. "Let's try our best to take this thing down!"
Zzzax roars as he shoots electricity at the police force below, knocking them down to the ground. It then shoots a bolt of electricity at Spider-Man's web line, causing him and Ruby to fall down to the ground.
Spidey hits the ground first, "Ugggghhhh…" As he is about to get up, Ruby falls on top of him, knocking him down again. "Ughhhh…"
"Sorry!" Ruby apologizes as she helps him get back up. They both look at the monster as the police continue to counterattack. "This is bad. I mean really bad." She said.
"Ruby! Spider-Man!" The two of them flinch as they hear Glynda's voice as she approaches them.
"And this has just become a whole lot worse." Spider-Man said as Glynda stands right next to them.
"Care to tell me what is going on here?" Glynda asked them, giving the two stares that could kill a Grimm.
"Ugh, short version, that energy monster called Zzzax has absorbed the city's power supply and is now like 40-foot-tall and is wrecking the city." Spidey explained the situation to her.
Glynda sighed as she shakes her head in disbelief. "How is it that I always find you two in these bizarre situations?"
Ruby shrugged as she doesn't have a clear answer. "I don't know. Bad luck, probably."
"Yeeaah, sorry. I'm sort of MADE of bad luck." Spidey said while rubbing his neck, recalling his infamous 'Parker Luck' always messing up everything. "Anyways, if we are gonna want to take this thing down, we need to drown it into the ocean."
"But the ocean is far from where we are." Glynda answered him. "If we do that, that thing will take out half the city by the time we get it there."
Ruby thinks to herself for a minute before getting an idea. "How about we overload the creature? Cause it to absorb more power than it can already take." She suggested the plan to the two.
"Yes, that could work!" Spidey agreed to the plan.
"How do you know that it'll work?" Glynda looked at Ruby.
"Peter taught me." Ruby replied with a smile.
"Huh-uh." Glynda then turned to Spider-Man. "And did he ever tell you what would happen if this doesn't work?"
"Hey, take it from a guy who fought electric based villains for half of his career. It'll work. Just got to trust us." Spider-Man told her.
Glynda, knowing that it seems to be their only option to save the city, decided to take part in their plans. "Fine, but this better work, or else you two are gonna be in so much trouble after this." She warned the two before heading out to help out the officers.
As the police are doing their best to hold off Zzzax, the creature was about to overpower them until Glynda summons a lightning storm with her crop and pour lightning at Zzzax, causing it to grow bigger and bigger.
"Well that's just perfect!" Glynda said sarcastically, observing how the monster continues to grow in size. She then looks at the two teens. "Ready to hear Plan B, children!"
"We need more power!" Ruby suggested.
"Exactly, and it doesn't matter what it is. Scrolls, batteries, just a few more watts should do it!" Spidey suggested.
Glynda looked at the police force, who are just confused on what to do. "You all heard them! Throw everything you got at it!"
The police force runs up to Zzzax, throwing their guns and belts that has anything electric based. Glynda uses her telekinesis Semblance to take out batteries from parked cars and throws it at Zzzax. Ruby uses her gun to shoot electric bullets at the monster, while Spidey uses his taser webbing to force feed the creature. They all stop to see that Zzzax has grown to enormous heights, completely over towering even the tallest building in the city.
"This is it. We tried everything, but it's too late." Glynda said as they all cover their eyes from looming, tall energy creature.
Ruby then quickly glances at two White Fang goons running off with a crate, presumably full of Dust. "Spidey, look!" She points him to the WF goons running away.
Spidey quickly webs up the goons to the wall and runs up to the crate they were holding, which surprising is holding a bunch of Yellow Dust for them to use. "Great job, Ruby!" He complemented her, who responds with a cute giggle.
Spidey attaches a web line onto the box and starts swinging it around and around in the air, gaining the momentum he needs to throw it at Zzzax. "Time for your late time snack, Sparky!" Spidey said as he swings the box full of Yellow, Lightning Dust at Zzzax. The creature screams in pain as it starts to explode, dispersing its energy to unknown places.
Glynda was able to put up a protective spell around the rest of the group as the lights in the city start to come back on. The people of Vale cheer as they are saved from the energy monster.
"Hey, would you look at that! We're not dead!" Spider-Man exclaimed as he gets up from the floor.
"Awesome job, Spider-Man!" Ruby gives him a high five.
"Well, it was your plan that worked. Of course, I probably would've thought about it sooner or later." Spidey said as he rubs his neck.
Ruby chuckled. "Well, all of this wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for my friend Peter. He was the one who taught me about this stuff."
It was then Spidey's turn to chuckle for a bit before Glynda approaches them. "I will admit, you two did a great job today, even though the city was almost at the risk of being destroyed, but still, good job." She said with a smile.
"Aww, I always knew you have a nice side to ya." Spidey told her.
"Uh-huh. How about you get out of here unless you want to see my bad side?" Glynda told him. She then looks at Ruby, "BOTH of you."
"Uh, yes ma'am!" The two teens nerviously said. Spidey helps swing Ruby back to Beacon, as Glynda watches them swing off in the distance. "Those two…They are reckless, but I'm starting to see what Ozpin sees in them." She said as she starts helping out rebuild the damage caused by Zzzax.
Out far in the distance, on a tall building, the LMD Norman Osborn and Roman look out far from sight. "Whelp, Zzzax didn't last long. Hope your 'team' will actually bring better results." Roman told Norman. "Otherwise, Cinder will have both of our heads."
"Hmph. Trust me, they will get the job done." Norman responded as the two of them start leaving the roof. "And as for Zzzax, I'm sure I might have some use for it again, assuming I can find its pieces that is."
Somewhere in the city, MACH-X finds a small spark of Zzzax and puts it into a small vial he has in his suit before flying off in the distance.
A few days after the Zzzax attack, Peter and a surprisingly happy Ruby walks out of Oobleck's class with their test scores in their hands.
"Perfect score! Wo-hooo!" Ruby jumps up happy. "Who knew getting almost killed by a living being of pure energy would help tremendously when it comes to a test."
"Heh, well I'm glad you were safe." Peter told her. "Wish I was there to help you out."
"But you WERE there, Pete." Ruby said as the two stop in their tracks.
"Huh?!" Peter said confused, thinking that she might've found out about his secret.
"What I mean is, if it wasn't for your tutoring, me and Spider-Man would've never beaten that Zzzax monster, so thank you." She hugs Peter, who lets out a sigh of relief before returning to the hug to her.
"Hey, it was no problem." Peter let's go of the hug. "It's what friends are for, right?" He asked.
"But, you're like more of a friend, you're almost like a big brother to me, actually." Ruby said with a smile. "You cheer me up when I'm down, you help me out when I desperately needed it, you always protect me when things go south, so…thank you."
"Ahhh…" Peter smiles as he ruffles Ruby's hair, causing her to giggle. "I'll admit, you are definitely like the little sister I never had, but I am glad to have one." They both start walking down the hall together. "Come on. Let's get something to eat before we continue our tutoring sessions."
"Yaaaaay! Thanks, big bro!" Ruby said happily.
Peter chuckled. "That is gonna take some time to get used to." He said as they walk out of the hall.
*BGM-Dragon Ball Z Kai- Next Episode Preview (Wings of the Heart Version) *
Goblin: I…am the Green Goblin. Despite my new power, I still feel like I am still incomplete in a way, still haven't unlocked my full power. But what is it? Is it this 'Aura' the people of this world keeps talking about? It might be it; I can feel it. But it feels completely different from the rest, almost…demonic. Maybe I'll get my answers when I visit Menagerie, ask the former leader of White Fang, he might give me the answers I need.
Next time on Spider-Man: Battle for Remnant:
Demon
Goblin: I will soon prove that I am superior to Parker to him in every way, no matter what I have to do to show it.
KFX here: Whelp, Goblin's back again, and it looks like he's interested in unlocking his own Aura which, just like Peter's, is pretty unique, and dangerous. And also, I have completed the outline for Volume 1 of this story, with Issue 30 being the last one before moving onto Volume 2, when things get a bit crazier, but I'll talk more about that later on.