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WELCOME READERS TO THE 50th CHAPTER! A Milestone if there ever was one, this story has lasted for 50 chapters and you readers are still enjoying it, I know you can't see it but I just did another one of my backflips….and I broke a lamp but you know what I don't care. I'm extremely happy right now. I appreciate everyone who has not only read this story but also took the time out to review (The writers' only source of motivation) and send me your comments, and since you all know how much I appreciate that here's hoping it continues for another 50 chapters. I believe I've talked enough for now; it's time to jump into what I hope is one of the most anticipated and Epic confrontations of the story. All that's left to say is Read, Review (A writer's Fuel) and of course Enjoy…..
Chapter 44: The Six Arms of Doctor Octopus
Flashback- Months Ago
From the smoking wreckage that was the SHIELD Hellicarrier four silver mechanical arms burst through and looked around for a second, the arms opened their pincers and began to talk to each other. Their conversation abruptly ended and they each imbedded themselves into the ground and began to push, slowly from the ground the unconscious form of their maker and master Dr. Otto Octavious rose from out of the debris, he was bleeding from a few cuts along his bare chest, arms, and legs but he was relatively fine. The upper left and upper right mechanical tentacle removed themselves from the ground and began to talk to each other again; shaking their heads the bottom left tentacle lifted up and moved forward and then the bottom right tentacle did the same thing. The mechanical arms began to walk away from the wreckage in hopes of finding shelter so their master could recuperate.
25 minutes later
RIP! CRASH! Went the sound of a door being effortlessly ripped off of its hinges and thrown across the ground. The mechanical arms carried Otto into the small house and then gently laid him down on the cracked tile of the kitchen floor.
The shelter they had found was a two story house that was on the edge of town and not too far away from the crash site. The upper right tentacle lowered its head down to Otto's face and slightly nudge him trying to wake him up but to no avail he was still unconscious.
CLICK! Came the sound of the lights to the kitchen switching on
"WHOSE…t-there" said a Man in a robe with a baseball bat in his hands.
All four arms instantly turned to the man and each of their pinchers snapped open menacingly.
"OH MY G..!' started the man before two of the tentacles shot forward, the first one grabbed and ripped the bat out of his hands while the second one grabbed him by the head and lifted him and slammed him down to the ground. The tentacle jerked to the left and slammed him into the wall and then threw him across the room where he hit the TV head first.
"HOWARD!" a woman's voice shouted in panic hearing all of the commotion. The woman ran down the stairs and the first thing she saw was her husband lying motionless on the floor, obviously dead. Her face scrunched up in horror but then she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye, she turned to see one of the tentacles looking at her.
"AHH!...MMMPH!" she started to shout before the tentacle quickly lunged and grabbed her by the mouth and yanked her off of the stairs.
"Ugh…..Mmmm" came the soft and painful groans from the lips of Otto, his mechanical arms heard the sound and the all quickly drifted towards his head. Slowly his eyes began to part and open and the first thing his eyes landed upon were four incredibly blurry silver globs, he faintly heard some mechanical whirring and one of the globs went away before returning closer to his face. The silver glob put a pair of reading glasses over his eyes and suddenly things were a tad bit clearer.
"W-W-Where…..am….I" he whispered while lifting his own hand to his head, he desperately tried to remember what was going on but he couldn't, the only thing he could focus on was the massive headache that racked his brain. Otto dropped his hand and he attempted to sit up, his mechanical arms recognized what he wanted to do and they immediately helped him. The upper right and left tentacle imbedded into the ground and the pushed up. Otto rose up into a sitting position and he looked around the modest kitchen in confusion, his confusion continued to grow as his eyes finally landed on the mechanical arms hovering in front of him and upon seeing them part of his memory began to return to him.
"OSBORN!"
"I Have Ascended Octavious"
"You took the Oz"
Norman grabs Otto and he tosses him across the room where he crashes into an electrical generator, a power surge erupts and the electricity runs along Otto's spine.
"I remember" he stated looking at the arms, his eyes then travel down his chest and then to his waist where the harness was attached and he saw a horrible sight, scarred flesh fused to the metal.
"NOOOO!" he shouted touching his scarred flesh, his fingers roamed over the tough scar tissue and he couldn't feel a thing. Otto's breath began to quicken in short panicked breaths, he attempted to rise to his feet but his mechanicals dug themselves into the tile and pushed up and lifted him up in the air.
"PUT ME DOWN" he demanded, the arms complied and gently allowed his feet to touch the ground. Otto took a step forward but his legs gave out, he was about to fall but his arms steadied him. He shakily made his way out of the kitchen all the while his mechanical arms steadying him.
The weakened Otto stumbled through the house until he reached a bathroom, he flicked on the light and he stood in front of the mirror looking at himself. His eyes roamed over his long hair, the black beard that adorned his face like he hadn't shaven in a year. Otto eyes looked at his waist and the flesh around the harness; he reached a hand up to his face.
"Who are you" he whispered to himself because the man looking back was not Otto Octavious.
The upper right tentacle slithered up to his ear and with its pinchers began to whisper something into his ear.
Otto looked around in confusion because he could hear a voice, he looked at the right tentacle as it clicked every so softly in his ear again.
"I can hear you…your voice but…..THE INHIBITOR CHIP!" he shouted in sudden realization. Otto turned and glanced at his back. He scrunched up his face in disgust but along his back was more seared and healed over flesh attached to the metal spine that ran along his back. At the top of his spine there was a small square looking chip that was completely burned, melted even.
"It's destroyed" he whispered at seeing the chip, "No…..NO!" he shouted in anger. His tentacles feeling his anger flailed around smashing into the walls denting it, smashing into the door and cracking it in half, one of his tentacles slammed into the mirror shattering the glass.
CLINK! CLINK! CLINK! Went the sound of the shards dropping into the sink and onto the floor slightly. Otto grabbed the sides of the sink and he tried to calm himself and think through the problem that was at hand, trying to figure out where he was and how he survived his encounter with Osborn, the last thing he remember before passing out was an explosion. Otto lifted his head and that's when he noticed something very very odd. In his display of anger one of his tentacles smashed the mirror and behind the glass of the mirror was the medicine cabinet. Despite the fact that the glasses on his face were the wrong prescription and he could barely see he could make out dates, and one of the dates on the bottle of pills caught his eyes. He shakily reached a hand up to the bottle and he grabbed it and brought it close.
"This…this can't be right the date….it's, but I was…2 years ago" he said to himself. Otto dropped the bottle and he slowly backed away from the sink, the shock of all the events and revelations were taking a toll on him and he began to feel light headed. His mechanical arms sensing his distress quickly took him out of the bathroom and back towards the living room and gently sat him down on the couch. He took a few quick breaths to calm his heart that was beating rapidly.
"How could I have been unconscious for 2 years….I-I must've been in a coma but if that's true then why wasn't I in a hospital when I awoken….where am I" he asked himself.
His bottom left tentacle slithered over to the coffee table and picked up several letters and set them down on Otto's lap. Otto looked at the letters inquisitively while picking them up, he read the address.
"I'm in New Jersey…this doesn't make any sense I….." he started before all four of his tentacles slithered up to his face, they each gave a synchronized clicking sound like they were talking to him and suddenly Otto grabbed his head in pain as he was bombarded with images, images of people he had never seen before.
Memory- 2 years Ago
"Sir we have successfully arrived at Oscorp Industries before the local authorities"
"Good Job Agent Hill…find out what the hell happened in that Goddamn explosion and then get the hell out of there" came the voice of Colonel Nick Fury over the communication channel that was in the ear of a younger Agent Maria Hill.
She and several other shield agents had arrived on the scene of explosion of Oscorp Industries.
"Sir I know I'm not supposed to ask"
"Then don't"
"But I'm curious as to why you've been having Shield secretly watch Norman Osborn" she asked looking around the destroyed lab.
"….Hill I don't say this often but you're one of the best Agents I have, actually one of the Agents I trust wholeheartedly which is saying something because I don't trust anyone"
"Thank you sir"
"A few Years ago before you joined Shield there was a leak within our ranks and a man named the Chameleon infiltrated Shield and stole some sensitive information…the remaining equation of the Super Soldier Formula"
"What"
"I commissioned Osborn to recreate it…I believe this explosion to be the work of a saboteur, we might have another mole within Shield that's why you have to find Osborn"
"Sir I don't think anyone could have survived…." Started Agent Hill before she stepped on something. She looked down to see one of Otto's Mechanical arms; she followed the arm with her eyes until she zeroed in on a slightly burned human hand. She made her way over to the hand and began to move some of the debris out of the way and revealed the rest of Otto Octavious, she bent down and touched his neck and found a faint pulse.
"Oh My God"
"What is it Hill"
"Uh….I think a survivor but…..this is strange, he has some type of harness strapped to him"
"Bag him" stated Fury "I want anyone you find in that lab, I need to know what happened"
"Yes sir" said Agent Hill cutting the line, she turned to the other Agents scouring the room, "HEY WE HAVE A LIVE ONE….Let's get him aboard the transport" she finished but while she was talking to the other Agents she didn't notice the slight twitch of one of Otto's tentacles.
Otto shook himself from the memory and he looked at the tentacles again.
"That wasn't my memory….it was…I need to get back to New York….to a lab…find out what the hell is going on….and I need to shave" said Otto standing up from the couch, he slowly made his way over to a closet where he hoped he could find something to wear other than what he was wearing now. He reached for the door but one of his tentacles shot forward and gripped the door in its pinchers and then ripped it off the hinges, from the closet out fell the dead bodies of the owners of the house. Otto recoiled at the sight of the bodies and at the sight of them he was bombarded with images of his tentacles killing them.
"You…..You killed them" he said looking back and forth between the bodies and his tentacles.
His bottom left tentacles rose up and softly clicked in his ear.
Otto listened to the Tentacle's reasoning for harming the couple and he wanted to be upset but he found himself unable to remain upset. He saw their logic the police were not an option at this point, not until he got his bearings. Pushing aside the slight disgust he felt at what his arms did he looked inside the closet and he grabbed a pair of slacks, an long brown trench coat and a brown fedora.
Once he finished dressing Otto quickly made his way to the back door that was wide open and he disappeared into the night.
Present- Waterfront Warehouse: 11:45 pm
Otto shook himself from the memory and he stared upon the growing ball of energy within his newly created machine. He remembered everything like it was yesterday, despite the fact that it was months ago, he remembered that after many trials and tribulations he found his way back to New York but so much had changed in the time he had been in a coma. For one thing his brownstone had been given to someone else, a family of four and all of his possessions and things had long since been thrown away. He had been furious but to avoid causing a scene that would draw unwanted attention he swallowed his anger and he went in search of suitable place and that's when he wounded up at his current place of dwelling. The first few days and nights were the toughest of his life, it felt like the world had been turned upside down or he was in some type of dream but his great mind shook the notion away. He realized that this wasn't a dream this was the real world and he should accept it and once he accepted his predicament he needed to decide what to do next and upon reaching that decision he couldn't help but let a grin cross his face. He was going to get his revenge on Norman Osborn, the man responsible for his current condition and the man responsible for the most heinous of disrespects…questioning his intellect, calling his dream of Cold Fusion a waste of time and money and among those crimes attempting to replace him with someone of lesser quality namely Miles Warren. Norman made a promise to him and to go back on the promise warranted a swift and decisive revenge, but much like his revenge attempt the first time Norman escaped his grasps. This time though in the form of the authorities. Otto discovered that the Oz formula had driven Norman insane and his insanity manifested in the form of The Green Goblin. Otto had done some research only to discover that during his entrapment with the people of Shield Norman killed several people under this guise and he would've killed more if he hadn't been defeated by a mask individual by the name of Spider-man.
Otto remembered the anger he felt at not being able to get to Osborn but alas there was nothing he could do, Osborn was in prison. Pushing aside his anger for Osborn he turned his attention to another change, his mechanical arms being fused to his body. He had broken into one of the local Universities and made use of their labs and upon his analysis he had discovered that in the explosions the harness had been welded onto his spinal column…permanently. The arms were now apart of him as he was apart of them, Otto had cursed his luck and immediately started to think of a way to build another inhibitor chip, he knew that because of the advanced Nanite A.I. within the arms that allowed them to respond to brain function they would slowly begin to take over his mind, influencing the way he thought. However, during his quest to build a new chip he discovered that the arms….were very obedient and helpful. He found that he could do tasks four times as fast as before, they knew what he wanted or needed before he did, they were no longer mere attachments they were his actual limbs. When he first put on the harness he had to think about which arm he wanted to move but now it was automatic, like they were there from birth and after that realization he slowly found himself not wanting to make the inhibitor chip and enjoying his newfound limbs….and how powerful they made him feel.
Soon the inhibitor chip was put to the back of his mind and the thought of his dream of contained cold fusion took precedent. Looking around the warehouse he noticed that it would be the perfect place to set up a lab necessary for his experiment and so he began to build.
"At long last my genius shall be recognized" said Otto as he took a step back and looked at the glorious ball of spinning energy within the center of his machine, "My dream…finally realized"
His dream, the one he has been trying to put into motion for years now was the idea of using the vast power of cold fusion as a battery power source. Machines like the one in front of him spread out providing unlimited and free energy with enough power to run entire cities or countries. The science community however, also dismissed this idea because cold fusion was essentially the power o the sun and to experiment with that amount of uncontrollably power was never good. Otto's idea involved attempting to contain this cold fusion reaction and that was impossible, the power output was too much and the machinery needed to contain such power didn't exist but Otto brushed their claims off as being closed minded and he pushed forward.
"Buffoons" he stated out loud, "Simple minded buffoons. I, Dr. Otto Octavious have achieved what has been believed to be impossible….the Power of the sun within the palm of my…" he started before the machine started give off a strange sound. Otto looked around until his eyes landed on one of the panels of the curved columns. Smoke was rapidly rising out of the panel, his eyes widen as he quickly made his way over to the machine. Otto's upper right tentacle grabbed the panel and pulled it opened. He fanned the smoke away from his face and he peered inside only to see a medium sized rectangular component quickly melting. Otto's tentacles reached in and quickly yanked the component out and place it in his hands.
KCHSSSSS KCHSSSSSSS hissed his machine.
He looked at the ball of energy within the center as it started to become deformed.
"Oh No" he gasped before his tentacles quickly hit the ground and carried him away.
There was a flash of light followed by a small explosion.
BOOM!
Otto lowered his hand from his face and he looked at his machine and a scowl passed across his face, he lifted up the rectangular component and gritted his teeth.
"The Fusion regulator malfunctioned…I suppose that's what I get for stealing Hammer Technology" Otto said to himself before tossing the useless component to the ground, "Without the regulator my machine can't harness the energy required to channel the cold fusion power. I'll have to get another one….or four seeing as how if this one malfunction then the others may do the same, but where can I get four regulators at this hour…ah I know where" he continued as a smile crossed his lips. Otto turned around and proceeded to make his way out of his hideout and into the crisp New York night in search of his components.
Streets of New York 1:45 am
An armored transport truck was parked in the middle of the street, the three guards that were tasked for the protection of the truck where on their knees with their hands behind their backs staring up at a thug in a mask with a shotgun trained on them.
"No quick movements fellas, no heroics and we can all go home" said the thug moving the shotgun between the three men, "HEY HOW WE LOOKING" the thug suddenly shouted glancing to the right.
The back of the Armored truck was wide open display all of the bags of money that were inside. Three men in ski mask and automatic weapons were unloading the money and stuffing them into a black car.
"We're moving as fast as we can" one of the thugs yelled back.
Across the Street
Peeking over the trunk of a parked car was a black camera that was aimed at the scene going on. Slim light brown fingers reached up and moved the camera back and forth slightly trying to get the entire scene of the men unloading the money. The camera was suddenly taken off of the trunk and then turned around towards its owner which was a girl. The girl had long black hair, brown hazel eyes, light brown skin complexion and looked to be of Indian descent. She was about 17, and had a lithe type of build; she was wearing a green shirt, black jeans, black jacket, and white shoes.
"As you can see there is a daring robbery in place and this reporter is bringing you the news as it unfolds" the girl said into the camera. She leaned up slightly and placed the camera back on the trunk while peeking over to see what was going on for herself, but as she was looking on she saw the unmistakable sight of a man hanging upside down on a web watching the thugs load the money.
"Oh….My….God" she whispered picking up her camera and pointing it at the man
"Man this is a lot of money" said one of the thugs packing it into the car.
"Yeah I know….we better hurry though you know whose neighbor this is right"
"No"
"Guys dresses like a spider" the other thug said hopping out of the truck with bags of money in both of his hands.
"Spider-Man"
"Yeah Spider-man"
"This is Spider-Man's…" he started before he was interrupted.
THUD! The Three thugs looked up to see Spider-man on the roof of their car.
"IT'S SHOWTIME!" he shouted looking down at the three of them "…..hmm I'm guessing you guys didn't see Beetlejuice"
"IT"S SPIDER-MAN!" the three shouted dropping everything and reaching for their automatic weapons.
"Say his name three times and he appears." Spider-man continued jumping off of the car and kicking one of the thugs in the face just as he drew his weapon, the other two thugs turned and attempted to fire but both their weapons were clogged by webbing.
"Also it was a very funny movie…" he started charging in with a punch to the stomach of the thug closest to him making hunch over in pain, he then hoped up and with one hand on the hunched over man's back spun and kicked the other thug in the face as hard as he could knocking him down and out. Spider-man landed on his feet and then delivered elbow to the hunched man's head knocking him out as well, "First time I saw it I squirted milk out of my nose"
'Spider Sense' acting on instinct Spider-Man flipped and avoided several rounds from a shotgun. In mid-air he shot a web line at the lead thug with the shotgun and he yanked it from his grasp. The thug gasped as the wall-crawler landed in front of him.
"Don't worry though I'm sure you'll be able to watch it on movie night at Rikers" he quipped before delivering two jaw shaking punches that knocked the thug to the ground.
"Thanks Spider-Man" came the voice of one of the guards walking up to him. Spider-man turned to him and the other guys.
"No problem it's kinda my thing, you guys are gonna be alright"
"Yeah, we'll call the cops and have them take care of these guys"
"Have a nice night fellas" Spider-man replied jumping in the air and firing a web and then swinging towards the roof of the building up above, he grabbed his camera, and then he swung away.
In the Air
'That's the third Robbery tonight….and I'm still not tired' thought Spider-man as he swung through the night air looking for any sign of trouble but so far it was a light night, 'Instead of looking for trouble I should be getting some sleep, but alas fighting a man made of water kinda has me a little restless' he continued to think. After he got home from Flash's Party he had laid down in his bed to go to sleep but sleep didn't come, Peter tossed and turned for an hour trying to find a comfortable spot but it was useless. So in attempt to do something to make him tired he went out on patrol.
"I wonder where that guy went, if he went down the drain he could be anywhere. I just hope Lana and her friend Tabitha are alright they looked pretty shaken up but they seem like tough girls so I'm sure they'll be fine" he said to himself as he landed on a the edge of a high rise building and peering down at the street below watching the people down below, "An even better question would be how did that guy turn himself into water..that had to be the craziest thing I've seen.…." The wall-crawler started before his spider sense started to buzz. He followed the buzzing and turned his head to the roof-top adjacent to the building he was on, his eyes widen as he saw a man in a green body suit, with a silver harness around his waist and four mechanical arms protruding from his back making his way down the side the glass siding of the building.
Spider-man eyes widen as he continued to look at the man, he looked closer to see the man had four containers grasped tightly under his arm.
"Okay….previous statement retracted…..this guy is the craziest thing I've seen" he said jumping off the building and swing towards the man.
Otto quickly descended down the side of the building with his stolen components for his cold fusion machine.
'Hmph, Ms. Hardy won't mind if I take what is owed to me for she also promised to fund my experiments only to retract her promise. After all the years I spent with the Hardy Foundation, she'll get hers as well once I fix my machine and settle my score with Osborn' he thought to himself.
THUD!
Otto came to sudden halt as Spider-man landed on the window a few feet in front of him.
"Let me guess…..window wash….er…Dr. Octavious" Spider-Man started to quip before he got a good look at Otto. Upon seeing the man he was instantly reminded of the night he received his powers and the battle between him and Osborn. Spider-man's eyes traveled from Otto to the tentacles on his back.
While Spider-man was stunned, Otto looked at him and with a single thought his upper right tentacle shot forward and grabbed the distracted Spider-man by the head and lifted him up, the arm threw him into the window smashing into to pieces and sending the wall-crawler tumbling across the floor.
"Pest" stated Otto before resuming his descent down the side of the building.
"Uhh….Ow" whispered Spider-man as he pushed himself up and looked at the broken window he was just thrown through, "I can't believe it….Dr. Octavious survived the explosion as well and I see he kept those arm things….ugh man" he said as he pushed himself to his feet, "What is he doing here though...I guess I'll have to ask" he said before crouching low and springing out of the window.
Spider-man fell through the air searching for Otto.
'Spider sense' he thought, firing a web at the side of the building, he pulled on it and he swung around the corner and he saw Otto attempting to make his way to the ground. Firing another web he pulled himself forward falling faster.
"HEY!" he shouted.
Otto looked up to see Spider-man heading his way, his upper left and right tentacles shot forward attempting to hit him but the wall-crawler flipped over the strikes and landed a few feet away.
"Dr. Octavious hold on"
Otto's Tentacles were about to strike him until he realized that Spider-man called him by name.
"You know who I am?"
"Of course I do…you are one of my science idols" he responded quickly trying to calm him down.
"You like science?"
"You'd be surprised, I'm something of a science nerd and you have written some great stuff"
"Name some of my work"
"Uh you wrote several articles about fusion reaction but mostly your work is all about Cold Fusion and how it could used a power source"
"Well….I see you do know of my work" he replied with a slight smirk
"Of course I do, I believe it's brilliant"
"As you should"
"I would love to discuss your theories and work in more detail but I find myself wondering….what are you doing with those?" he asked pointing to the containers tucked under his arms.
"I'm preparing for one of the greatest scientific experiments of all time" Otto replied looking Spider-man up and down, but he specifically zeroed in on his clinging abilities.
"That sounds exciting, but does your preparing involve stealing….because that's what it looks like you're doing"
"HA! Stealing…..my dear boy I'm merely taking what is owed to me" he responded his bottom tentacles raising him upwards slightly.
"Uh huh, well taking is kinda like stealing so I'm gonna you know have to ask you not to do that"
Otto scoffed as the words left Spider-man's mouth.
"If you'll excuse me I have an experiment to get back to" Otto replied attempting to move past him but Spider-man straightened up and took a step to block him.
"I'm sorry Dr. Octavious but I can't let you do that"
"….Can't" he replied, "Hmph well then if you can't let Dr. Octavious your idol pass then I'm afraid you'll have to face the wrath of Doctor Octopus!" he growled before two of his tentacles shot forward.
'Spider Sense'
Spider-man back flipped across the side of the building dodging the two tentacles but as he straightened up a third tentacle came flying in and grabbed him by the leg and yanked him off the building and threw him to the side. Spider-man twisted in mid-air and shot a web at the building and pulled himself towards Doctor Octopus who saw him coming. His tentacles retracted and gripped the sides of the building and pushed upwards just as Spider-man hit the spot he was just occupying.
"Nimble old man aren't you" Spider-Man quipped
"Thanks to my tentacles I'm more than nimble" he replied. His upper right tentacle flew forward, Spider-man leaned to the side but he same tentacle veered back and tried to smack him in the face but Spidey ducked under the strike. He lifted his left arm to fire a web at the offending tentacle but at that moment Otto's bottom right tentacle lunged forward and grabbed the arm and lifts him up and slams him down onto the glass again. The tentacle lifts him up again and throws him away but this time Spider-man manages to fire a web at Otto's chest and pull.
"AHH!" shouted Doctor Octopus as he was yanked off the side of the building and towards his web-spinning foe.
The two combatants clashed as they spiraled downwards, Spider-Man grabbed Otto by the front of his clothes and pulled him in for a hard head butt to the face. The sudden strike jarred Otto that he dropped his stolen components, but as they fell from under his arm one of his tentacles grabbed them; next another tentacle gripped the side of the building halting Doctor Octopus' fall, leaving the last two tentacles that were left to battle Spider-man.
Spidey held up his fist and punched Otto across the face, his tentacles feeling his pain reacted violently, his upper left tentacle grabbing Spidey fist and yanking him away. Spider-man corkscrewed in mid-air and landed on his feet preventing the tentacle from slamming him again, but as he landed the bottom right tentacle was there to smack him hard in the face sending him tumbling across the side of the building. Spider-man using his clinging abilities kept himself from fall off, he rolled along the building until he sprung up into a crouch again.
'Gah…that hurt' he thought to himself feeling his face throbbing in pain.
"YOU MISERABLE ARACHNID!" shouted Doctor Octopus turning to him.
"OH YEAH! YOU SIX ARMED SQUID!" Spider-man shouted back, 'Ugh that sounded lame….gotta work on my banter'
Otto scurried forward towards Spider-man.
'Or maybe not' he thought to himself dodging two of Otto's tentacles. Spider-man cartwheeled along the building using his spider-sense and agility to dodge the strikes as they came but Otto's tentacles were so quick that it was giving his both his powers a run for their money.
Down Below
Two police cars pulled up to the building and the officers inside immediately got out of their cars and stared up at the scene; the fight going on between Spider-man and Doctor Octopus.
One of the stunned officers shook his head and then reached for his radio.
"Dispatch we're gonna need air support"
Spider-man flipped and hooked his legs around one of the outstretched tentacles, he then jerked his body around and fired several web balls that nailed Otto directly in his face, throwing him off balance slightly, but luckily his tentacles caught and steadied him. Spider-man hoped and sprung off the tentacle, he fired two webs that shot past Otto's head and to the side of the building, pulling on the webs he dove forward and quicker than Otto or his tentacles could react he brought both feet up and barreled into his chest. The force of the strike sent both combatants crashing through the window and skidding along the floor. Spider-man capitalized on his upper hand and grabbed a handful of Otto's costume and proceeded to punch him in the face, but on the second punch Otto's bottom right tentacles slithered up and wrapped around his throat and threw him off and into the wall.
"Ooomph" he grunted.
Doc Ock's tentacles picked up him and turned him towards his foe again; he glanced to the left and saw an office desk and immediately two of his tentacles slithered over and grabbed the desk and tossed it at the rising wall-crawler but thanks to his spider-sense he sprung out of the way.
"This must be some experiment Doc" commented Spider-man as he landed in a crouch, he leaned back to avoid an approaching tentacle, but then two others came in and grabbed his feet. They lifted him up and slammed him down hard on the ground and then threw him up to the ceiling hard and then back down to the ground. Otto's bottom left tentacle grabbed him by the chest and lifted him up and then slammed into the wall cracking it slightly and held him there.
"Ugh" groaned Spider-man obviously hurt. Otto walked over and two other tentacles moved forward and secured both of Spider-man's arms.
"Did you really think that your pathetic powers could match the might of Doctor Octopus?"
"T-The thought…. crossed my mind yeah"
Doc Ock slapped him across the face.
"Don't waste your time thinking, because of you and your interference you have set my time table back by at least an hour"
"What are you working on?"
"Something that will change the world….too bad you won't live to see it" he said in a low voice before his last free tentacle rose up, the pinchers opened and produced a long metal spike, the tentacle reared back getting ready to skewer him, but he was interrupted by a spotlight being shinned upon the two of them. Otto turned to the right to see a helicopter hovering outside.
"FREEZE RIGHT THERE THIS IS THE POLICE!"
Doc Ock looked at the helicopter and he walked over, his tentacles bringing the dazed Spider-man with him, he stopped at the edge of the broken widow and he stared.
"LAY DOWN ON THE GROUND AND PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR HEAD!" the officer in the helicopter yelled but his commands fell upon deaf ears.
Doctor Octopus grinned and he glanced at Spider-man who was starting to come around, a smirk graced his lips as he turned back to the helicopter. The tentacle that had Spider-man in its grasp reared back and then tossed his dazed foe at the unsuspecting helicopter. Spider-man hit the glass hard crashing through and into the helicopter. The pilot was startled that he twisted on the controls causing the Helicopter to spin out of control.
Doc Ock made one of his tentacles shoot forward and pierce through the tail of the helicopter making the propeller stop working.
"Good-bye boy" he stated before retracting his tentacle and quickly resuming his trek down the building again.
Helicopter
"Ah Man" groaned Spider-man trying to sit up in the spiraling helicopter.
"MAYDAY! MAYDAY! WE'RE GOING DOWN!" shouted the Pilot into his communication system, "I've lost power to the propeller" he continued. He glanced out of the helicopter and he could sparks of electricity bursting out of the end followed by fire and smoke rising out. He jerked on the controls but they were becoming unresponsive.
Spider-man finally pushed himself up and he used his clinging abilities to steady himself. He saw that they were going down so thinking quickly he grabbed the pilot and yanked him out of his seat, he carried him to the side and he jumped out of the damaged helicopter.
CRASH! BANG! BOOOM! Went the sound of the helicopter hitting the ground below and blowing up.
Hanging from a web up above was Spider-man and the pilot.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"For the most part, that was my favorite chopper" he replied.
Spider-man rolled his eyes and then turned to the building to see that Doctor Octopus was long gone.
'Damn….well on the bright side I'm very sleepy' he thought as he lowered himself and the pilot safely to the ground.
Saturday- 8:00 am- Watson Household
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
The front door opened to reveal the tired face of Mary Jane Watson; she rubbed her eyes and then looked at the person at her door, her 'boyfriend' Harold Osborn. He lowered his shades and then looked at her.
"Good Morning" he stated looking at her.
"Harry what are you doing here?" she asked quickly.
"It's Harold and I'm here to…..correct a possible mistake I might have made the other day" he said shifting in his spot.
"Really" she replied slightly shocked.
"Yes, I realize that my statement to you was taken the wrong way"
"You basically called me fat and said I shouldn't talk because I might embarrass you"
"See, you took it the wrong way I was merely making a suggestion of the attire that would look best on you and I what I meant about the not talking part is that the people at this gala are very cutthroat and they don't have much confidence in someone my age so they are looking for ways to tear me down"
"And you think I would help them?" she asked putting her hand on her hips defensively.
"Look, I didn't mean for what I said to come out so callous and for that I….apologize" he said as sincerely as he could. He looked her in her eyes and he could see that she was trying to decide what to say so he decided to tip her decision in his favor by taking a step forward and grabbing her right hand and bringing it up to his lips and giving it a soft kiss.
"Mary Jane, I truly do…apologize if I hurt your feelings in anyway…can you find it in your heart to forgive me"
Mary Jane looked at him with curious eyes but she saw the sincere look on his face, but there was something about his eyes that gave him away. The more she looked into them the more she felt that he was putting on a front….a show for her. She wanted to press the subject a little more but she knew now wasn't the time, so she decided that if he was going to put on a show, then so was she.
"I…..forgive you" she replied putting a smile on her face.
"Good, I'll send my limo to pick you later tonight" he replied to her with a smile on his face. He unfolded his shades and put them back over his eyes, he leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the lips and then turned around and headed for his limo. Harold wasted no time in getting inside.
Mary Jane stepped outsider her house and watched as the black limo drove away down the street.
"Harry" she whispered shaking her head "I don't know what the hell is going on with you but I'm going to find out" she said out loud. She turned her eyes away from the road and down towards the other side of the street in the direction that Peter lived. She heaved a sigh as her mind went over the events of the night before, Flash's Party and small smile graced her lips.
'I hope Peter is having a better morning than I am' she thought to herself before walking back into her house and shutting the door.
Parker Household: Same Time
"Oh My God" said Peter as he stared at his reflection in the mirror. His eyes roamed over the bruise/swollen right side of his mouth and eye courtesy of his bout with Dr. Otto Octavious or as he was calling himself Doctor Octopus, "Goddamn it…..5 months of no strange bruises appearing on my body and now this whacko shows up and blows it to hell" he continued touching the spot but wincing at the pain. After the fight last night, Peter spent the remainder of the night searching for the good Doctor but to no avail, Doctor Octopus had vanished. Deciding to call it a night he went home developed his pictures and immediately fell asleep, but when he woke up because he had to go to the bathroom he happened to glance at his reflection in the mirror.
"How am I going to explain this Aunt May? Maybe I shouldn't…..if I can avoid her long enough for this to heal….no that won't work. Ugh…I made her a promise no more secrets but I can't tell her the truth truth"
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Peter are you in there?"
'Speaking of Aunt May' he thought to himself letting out a sigh, he turned to the door and went to open it 'Here goes everything'
"Yeah I'm in here Aunt May" he replied opening the door.
Aunt May looked at her nephew and she gasped in horror.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE!" she shouted grabbing his chin and looking at the swollen side a little bit closer.
"I got hit in the face" he replied 'Technically it is the truth'
"By what"
"A baseball, I was tossing it up in the bed and I missed it and it hit me in the face. I'm alright though Aunt May it's not a big deal really"
"Peter you have to be more careful, come on you need to put some ice on that before the swelling gets any bigger" she said taking him by the shoulder and leading him downstairs.
Across Town- Waterfront Warehouse
"At last the final fusion regulator is in place" stated Doctor Octopus backing away from one of the curved columns. Otto's tentacles picked him up and walked over to the platform that was in front of the machine, he stood on the platform and he surveyed the machine as it started to give off a familiar hum, the humming began to grow louder and louder there was an orange glow from the top of the four curved columns and then four orange beams of energy shot forward and to the middle of the machine and a small ball of orange energy formed.
"The Power of the sun in the palm of my hands" he said rubbing his hands together in joy, "Now all that's left is Osborn" he stated to his tentacles, which began to snap their pincers together in anticipation.
Later: 11:00 am: Daily Bugle
Peter entered the always busy bull pen that was the newsroom of the daily bugle. Reporters running around checking their facts, furiously typing and printing their stories as fast as they could. Peter expertly maneuvered his way through the bullpen and towards the office of J. Jonah Jameson, whose voice he could hear clear through the door. He glanced at the desk of Betty Brant but curiously he didn't see her there, he shrugged his shoulders and he entered the office.
J. Jonah's Office
"ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME HOW TO RUN A NEWSPAPER! BECAUSE IF YOU ARE YOU CAN GET OUT RIGHT NOW!" shouted J. Jonah at the top of his lungs.
"Jonah calm down I hate to say this but she might have a point I think we should give it a try" came the calm voice of Robbie Robertson.
"NO SHE DOESN"T ROBBIE!"
Peter entered the office to see J. Jonah at his desk and Robbie standing next to him, sitting in the chair in front of his desk was a girl with her back to him, he could tell from the hair style. As he entered everyone turned to him, including the girl who looked to be about his age only a year older, long black hair, hazel eyes, a light brown skin complexion and from Indian descent, she was very cute.
'Wow' thought Peter looking at her, before looking at J. Jonah.
"Is this a bad time?" he asked
"Jesus Peter what happened to you?" asked Robbie looking at his face.
"It looks like you got into a fight with Tyler Durden and lost" said the girl looking at Peter's bruised/swollen face.
"Even if I did, I couldn't tell you about it because the first rule of fight club is….you do not talk about fight club" he replied back, "No need to get alarmed people I got hit by a baseball" he said walking towards the desk.
"What do you want Parker I'm in the middle of a discussion" said J. Jonah lighting a cigar.
"Just the usual JJ I'm here to drop off some Spidey pics. Last night around 1 am he stopped an armed car robbery and I'm here to deliver the goods" he replied placing the photos on his desk. The girl got out of her chair and grabbed the pictures on the desk and looked at them. J. Jonah leaned forward and snatched them out of her hands.
"I'll take that missy" he stated puffing out smoke, "They stink Parker….here Robbie make this one page one." He said handing Robbie a photo. Robbie grabbed the photo and made his way towards the door.
"You got it Jonah. Nice work Peter" said Robbie on his way out.
"How did you get those Photos…..I was there and I didn't see you" came the girl's voice.
"Who are you?" asked Peter looking at her.
"I'm the new Daily Bugle reporter…Indira Daimonji, but most people call me Indy" she replied.
"Hi Indy, I'm Peter Parker" he said holding out his hand which she shook.
"Hold on there Missy I never said I was hiring you" J. Jonah chimed in.
"Mr. Jameson you need me if you want the Daily Bugle to survive in the coming years" she replied back to him.
"What's going on?" he asked looking between them.
"Well Pete those photos of yours are good but I got something better actual footage of that same robbery….by the way you never did answer my question how did you get those photos, I didn't see you anywhere near the truck so how did you get that angle" she asked looking at him while reaching into her purse.
"A good photographer never reveals his secrets" Peter responded slyly.
"Hmph….fair enough" she said pulling out an SD card and slamming it down on J. Jonah's desk. He looked at the card and scoffed.
"What the heck am I supposed to do with that?" he asked
"Upload it to the Daily Bugle website….pictures are good but what the audience wants is the raw footage, why do you think TV has been kicking the newspaper in the teeth for years. It's time for you to fight back and you do that by using the internet" she stated with a smile.
"INTERNET BAH!" J. Jonah scoffed folding his arms across his chest and blowing out smoke from his cigar.
"Mr. Jameson I've done research on you and the Daily Bugle, you offer quality stories in your paper, you don't skew the fact one way or the other and that's great a rare gem, but let's face it…. People aren't' reading the newspaper like they used to, nowadays people usually get their news from the Television, but you have an opportunity now to get back on top in the new age the internet. Everyone is getting their news from the net. You've been surviving off of your loyal core readers but those readers are growing older it's time for you to reach the kids today"
'She's smart' thought Peter following her logic.
J. Jonah leaned back and he puffed out some smoke, he grumbled to himself but he had to admit that Indy had a point, his readership was declining and he needed a way to boost the readership, but he didn't want to admit it to some kid.
"Newspapers are coming back" he stated to her proudly
"No sir they are not and I can prove it"
"Really" he replied
"Give me two months…I can set up the Daily Bugle website and I can post the stories as well as my footage and I'll show you how many people will see it, just give me two months and you'll see I'm right"
"And just you will be running it"
"Well yeah… but on second thought I might need a partner"
"I can help her" Peter chimed in "I know a thing or two about the internet and she's right JJ if you want new readership you have to reach the new age audience and every teen that I know surfs the web for info rather than the newspaper"
JJ rubbed his chin and he looked at the two teens in front of him, he continued to grumble to himself but he was curious to see if their idea would go anywhere and he was slightly desperate.
"Fine….. We'll give this a try the Bugle could use some new readership, but I'm not hiring you and you're not getting anymore money from me Parker" he stated
"That's fine Mr. Jameson I'll work for free….we'll call it an internship" said Indy with a smile.
"Are you sure you can't spare an extra fifty bucks?" asked Peter.
"NO!" J. Jonah shouted at him.
"Okay then" he replied rubbing his neck.
"You can use one of the free desk and computers out there and before you post this stuff on the net I have to sign off on the footage and the stories that you write is that clear"
"Crystal" the two replied
"Good now get outta here, oh and Parker don't forget about the Gala tonight and bring your camera…..now get lost"
"Wait…my paycheck"
Bullpen
SLAM! Went the door to J. Jonah's office. Peter glanced down at his 200 dollar check and he smirked.
'Now I can get some more web fluid' he thought to himself.
"Hey thanks for agreeing with me in there" said Indy, Peter turned to his left and he looked at her.
"Uh it's no problem; it's actually a good idea I don't know why anyone else hasn't thought of this yet"
"Mostly because these people around here are entrenched in tradition of the old days, but you and I are part of the new age, so we tend to think outside the box more"
"Oh stop it" came a voice. Peter and Indy turned to the sound and they saw Betty Brant and a guy walking up towards her desk. The Guy was about Betty's age and he stood at 5'11 with medium length dark hair, he had brown eyes, and an even skin tone and he looked to be of Hispanic descent. He had a slim build and was wearing a gray shirt, a blue jacket, blue jeans and white sneakers.
"Hey Peter" said Betty with a smile.
"Hi Betty" he replied
"Who are you?" she asked looking at Indy
"I'm the new intern you can call me Indy"
"Well it's nice to meet you Indy I'm Betty Brant and this…..this is my boyfriend Vin Gonzales" she replied.
"Hey" he said waving at them.
"Do you work here too?" asked Indy
"Nah, I'm just here to treat my girl to brunch before my first class" he replied with smile before kissing Betty on the lips.
"Vin if you don't get going now you'll be late for you class"
Vin looked down at his watch and shook his head.
"You're right Betty, it was nice meeting you guys maybe we'll met up again, I'll see you later tonight babe" he responded before turning and walking away.
"He's cute" said Indy turning to Betty.
"Isn't he" she replied sitting down at her desk, she looked at Peter and saw he had one of Jonah's check in his hand wait for it to be stamped "I'll take that Pete" she said holding out her.
Peter gave her the check and she stamped it.
30 Minutes Later: 11:30 Bullpen
'The camera really does add 10 pounds' Peter thought as he watched the footage of himself in action the night before.
"Oh wait here comes my favorite part" said Indy with a smile on her face, "BAM! Did you see the way he decked that guy it was…it was….."
"Amazing yes I know" he replied with a knowing smirk.
After finding a free desk with a computer Peter and Indy immediately went to work building the Daily Bugle website. So far they created a basic page, once they did that Indy uploaded her footage.
Peter couldn't help but smile at her reaction to him beating up on the thugs, he turned back to the footage and he watched himself swing away.
"Tell me that wasn't cool" she replied turning to look at him.
"Very" he replied looking at her. Indy let out a sigh and furrowed her brows slightly.
"What is it?" he asked
"You know if it wasn't for that nasty bruise offsetting your face, I would say you're kinda cute" she replied
"Uh...thanks. I think" he said staring into her hazel brown eyes, while she stared back into his.
"AHEM!" came a voice.
Peter and Indy turned around to see Ben Urich standing behind them with a cigarette in his mouth.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything" he said raising an eyebrow.
"No" the both replied at the same time.
"Good, I hope you got your camera Peter because you're coming with me" he stated
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"Harold Osborn's Disease Center grand opening…hurry up or we'll be late" he said turning and walking towards the elevator.
"Harry's what" he repeated standing up, he looked at Indy and he smile slightly "Sorry I gotta leave you with this but….."
"I completely understand you have to go where the story is so no worries, I'll be here and besides this is nothing I can't handle" she replied with a smile and then a wink.
"Great" he said swallowing hard and then turning and heading towards the elevator.
Oscorp Center for Disease Research: 11: 50am
SCREECH! Went the sound of the Taxi cab pulling up to the facility, the door opened and out stepped Peter Parker and then Ben Urich. Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out a few bills and gave it to the Taxi Driver. He took the money and then he drove away.
Ben took a puff of his cigarette and then flicked it away. The two looked at the facility and they could see that other reporters and news crews were already on the scene and had their equipment set up, there was a podium in place on the steps that lead towards the Research facility and the two could already see Harold and his assistant Dr. Stevens. Ben looked away from all of that though and he glanced at Peter through the corner of his eyes, but his glances didn't go unnoticed.
"So uh Ben is there something wrong?" Peter asked turning to him.
"Wrong" Ben repeated.
"Yes you've been giving me side glances ever since we left the Bugle"
"Oh that, sorry, I was just curious how you got that bruise"
"Baseball" Peter replied
"Are you sure it was a baseball"
"Yeah, why"
"Well because the size of that bruise doesn't exactly fit the size of a baseball"
"How would you know?" asked Peter.
"Well I used to play baseball when I was your age, and I've gotten hit in the face quite a few times with one and never has it left a bruise like that. You look like you got hit by something much heavier and significantly harder than…a baseball"
Peter swallowed nervously not like where the conversation was heading.
"You do know we're two different people right"
"Not that different"
"Ben come on, I got hit by a baseball really, why would I lie about something like that"
"Because you're trying to hide something" Ben replied looking at him.
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
"Look….it's starting" Peter said walking forward and towards the crowd of people and raising his camera.
Podium
"Thank you Thank you, Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I'm very pleased that you all showed up today because today is a great day indeed" said Harold as he looked at the people in the crowd, "Today we unveil one of Oscorp's more humanitarian endeavors, our Center for Disease Research Facility. Here ladies and Gentlemen we shall have a team of the best scientist working hard to find cures for the diseases that plague our society today. Here we will treat those that have debilitating ailments with all of the care that they need, Here…is where we will ensure that the diseases of today will be eradicated for the hope of tomorrow"
CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!
SNAP! Went the sound of Peter's camera as he took a picture of his best friend, he looked around at all of the people clapping and a small frown formed along his mouth.
'A chip off the old block it seems' he thought eyeing his friend, upon thinking about him he was struck with the train of thought he was tip toeing around with yesterday, about how Harry might have taken something that no human should take, 'God Harry I really hope that you aren't going down the path that your…spider sense…danger'
Peter looked in every direction searching for the danger and that's when he zeroed in on a man in a trenchcoat and a fedora. Peter raised his camera and focused it on the man and his eyes widen as he recognized the face.
'DR. OCTAVIOUS!' he thought frantically.
"Peter are you alright, you look a bit pale" said Ben
"What…no I'm fine….perfectly fine Ben" Peter replied turning to him and putting a smile on his face, 'Got to slip away and find a place to change'
"Thank you, Thank you. The Legacy of the name Osborn….."
"IS FILLED WITH LIES!" shouted a German accented voice. Harold scrunched up his eyes and he searched the crowd for the voice as did everyone else.
From the crowd out stepped the man in the trenchcoat, he reached up to the fedora and he tossed it off revealing the himself to everyone.
"Tell them what being an Osborn is all about. Tell them the kind of man you father was" stated Otto as he made his way up the steps and to the podium, "Tell them that your father was a man who enjoyed preying upon the hopes and dreams of others and promising them what they wanted most but in the end denying them of that dream"
'Otto' thought Dr. Stevens with fear in her eyes.
"Dr. Octavious" said Harold looking him up and down.
"You know who I am…..good it saves me the trouble of introducing myself"
"I know that you were one of my father's top scientists and I know that he let you go"
"He fired me" Otto stated in a low voice stepping closer attempting to intimidate but so far his efforts weren't working.
"Well that is a shame I'm sure he had his reasons" Harold replied unafraid.
"A Trivial reason I can assure you, and for such a reason he must be punished but alas he isn't here…..but you are" he said and upon the words leaving his mouth his upper right tentacle shot out of his trench coat and grabbed Harold by the throat and effortlessly lifted him. .
"OH MY GOD!" the people in the crowd shouted in fear.
"And don't think I've forgotten about you Sarah" said Otto as his trenchcoat was ripped off of him and his other tentacles made themselves known. Otto's upper left tentacle flew forward and wrapped around the waist of Dr. Stevens, who was stunned with fear.
"O-tto" she stuttered.
Crowd
"Oh My God Peter we have to….." started Ben before he turned to see Peter's spot empty, he looked around but he didn't see the young man anywhere in sight, "Peter"
Podium
"You are guilty as well my Dear"
"Otto y-you….are acting irrational" she replied still frightened for her life
"DOCTOR OCTOPUS IS NEVER IRRATIONAL!" he shouted back while violently shaking her.
"HEY DOC OCK HEADS UP!"
Doctor Octopus turned in time to receive two feet to his chest that sent him flying back, but before he hit the ground his remaining tentacles dug into the cement and stopped his fall. He straightened up in time to feel a red clad fist strike him hard in the jaw rattling his whole body and soon that strike was followed by another one and then another one. Just as Spider-man was going in for another quick punch when Otto bottom left tentacle grabbed his fist while his bottom right tentacle hit him in the stomach knocking him away. Spider-man flipped in mid-air and landed on his feet.
"Let them go Doc you don't want to hurt them"
"Actually I do Spider-man and for your interference I want to hurt you AS WELL!" he shouted thrusting out his two tentacles. The arms slithered as fast as they could towards their target. Spider-man jumped over one of the arms and twisted to the left to avoid the other, but the arm swung back and hit him in the chest. Spider-man grabbed hold off the arm that hit him and he held tightly. The arm thrashed around trying to shake him off but to no avail.
While Ock's attention was on Spider-man Harold eyed the tentacle that was latched onto him. He looked at it and he gritted his teeth.
'He's trying to intimidate me' growled Harold in his mind. He gripped the pincers holding him and he used his Oz enhanced strengthen he pried the pincer off of his chest and he landed on the ground, Doc Ock turned to him in shock. Harold dash over using his speed and he punch Otto as hard as he could in the face. The power behind the punch scrambled his mind for a second causing him to let go of Dr. Stevens who fell to the ground and it stopped him from fighting Spider-man who jumped off the tentacle and was on the ground.
Otto recovered from the punch, even though everything was still spinning slightly. He growled and all of his tentacles descended upon Harold but before they could strike him a web line snagged him and pulled him to safety. Spider-Man set him down on the ground and looked at his best friend.
"I had the situation perfectly under control" he stated adjusting his suit.
"I bet" Spider-man replied.
"RAH!" shouted Doc Ock in absolute anger. His tentacles dug into the concrete of the ground and ripped out a huge chunk of land and held it above his head.
"AHHH!" shouted the people still in the area watching the fight.
Doc Ock threw the chunk of land at Spider-man and Harold
"MOVE!" shouted Spider-Man grabbing Harold and jumping out of the way. The chunk of concrete went tumbling across the ground and it hit an oncoming police car.
Spider-man set Harold down again and he turned to see the police arriving on the scene.
Doctor Octopus looked at the police and then at Spider-man.
'I'm surrounded...time for a tactical retreat…I can still get Osborn at the Gala' he thought to himself, he glanced over at Dr. Stevens and one of his tentacles shot over and grabbed her by the leg and lifted her up.
"AHHH!" she shouted.
"Put her down OCK!" shouted Spider-man
"As you wish" he replied before his mechanical arm reared back and threw her high into the air. Spider-man reacted on pure instinct he crouched low and he jumped up and shot a web and swung after the thrown Dr. Stevens.
"NEXT TIME OSBORN!" Doctor Octopus shouted before he made his escape down the hole he ripped open in the ground.
Spider-man caught Dr. Stevens and he gently sent her down on the ground.
"Are you okay"
"No, but thank you….thank you for saving me" she replied hugging him tightly.
"Yeah, not that you deserve it though" he replied breaking the hug "I haven't forgotten you. You and that other scientist guy created the Sandman….and you help to create the Green Goblin"
Dr. Steven's looked at him for a second before averting her eyes.
"I know…..and I wish I could take it back" she replied under her breath.
WHOOOO WHOOOO! Went the sound of the police sirens.
Spider-Man turned back to where he last saw Doc Ock but he wasn't too surprised when he saw that he was gone.
'Next time' he thought to himself before shooting a web and swinging away.
Later that Night: Watson Household
Anna Watson was downstairs in the living room watching the evening news.
TV
"And as you can see on your screen here Ladies and Gentlemen this was the footage taken a few hours earlier at the grand opening of the Oscorp Center for Disease Research Facility. What was supposed to be a day of rejoice turned into one of fear because of this man who now know to be Dr. Otto Octavious but during the confrontation with Spider-man he called himself Doctor Octopus. Dr. Octavious was well renowned and brilliant nuclear physicist…..
"What is this world coming to" Anna asked out loud shaking her head at the TV, suddenly the lights in the house dimmed real low and then they came back on.
"Aunt Anna" Mary Jane called out.
"Just a small power surge Mary Jane nothing to worry about….are you dressed yet?"
"Yeah I'm coming down now" she replied.
Anna Watson grabbed her camera and watched as her niece walked down the steps, she gasped slightly at how beautiful her niece looked in a medium length green dress and subtle make up. She held up the camera and snapped a photo.
"Dear you look so gorgeous, I'm sure your mother…wherever she is would say the same thing"
"Yeah I bet she would" Mary Jane replied.
Mary Jane's mother went out of town for a few weeks and got her sister Anna Watson to watch Mary Jane, but soon her trip out of town for a few days turned into weeks and then months, they would've notified the police but Anna Watson received a post card in the mail several days ago with the words I'm sorry written on it and she immediately knew it was from her sister, needless to say she had to break the news to Mary Jane who took it surprisingly well.
HONK! HONK!
"That must be the limo, I gotta get going Aunt Anna" she said kissing her Aunt on the cheek.
"Be back by 10:30 dear"
"Come on Aunt Anna it's Saturday"
"Fine 11:00 but not one minute later do you understand"
"I do….goodbye" she replied leaving the house.
Anna heaved a huge sigh and stared at the door.
"Ahh to be young and beautiful again" she said to herself wistfully.
KCH! Went the sound of all of the lights in the house going out; Anna looked around in confusion because she knew she paid the power bill.
"What on earth is going on?"
Outside
All of the houses on the block suddenly experienced the power outage; lights flickered and then just outright shut off, leaving the whole neighborhood in pitch blackness.
Parker House
Peter was folding his dress clothes and putting them in his backpack when the lights shut off at his house. He looked around and shook his head.
'Aunt May thought she paid the power bill…but she probably didn't' he thought to himself, 'Doesn't matter I'm on the way out anyway' he continued, he put his camera in the bag and then tossing the book bag on his back, he pulled his mask over his face and he crawled through the window of his attic and to the roof.
Once he was on the roof he looked across the entire neighborhood and he saw that every house was blacked out.
"Okay maybe she did pay the bill, the Power Company probably hired a new guy" he said to himself jumping off the roof and to the next house and all the way to the end of the block. He then shot a web and swung away.
Warehouse- Waterfront
In the make shift lab that Doctor Octopus constructed for himself was his cold fusion machine. The once small ball of glowing orange energy was long gone and in its place was a steadily growing large ball of energy. If one were to look close at the ball they would see what looked like tiny explosions happening all at once on it's surface very similar to the sun in the sky. As the slowly turning ball continued to grow from the energy being usurped from all across New York, the tiny explosions began to grow in size as well. Doctor Octopus had anticipated this happening and as one tiny explosion erupted from the ball of energy a shield appeared in place blocking the explosion from venturing outside the curved columns. The shield was designed for that purpose but little did Doc Ock know the explosions were growing with far more intensity….more than the shield could withstand and soon the shields wouldn't be enough.
Outside New York Convention Center: 8:10pm
Spider-man landed on the roof of the building next to the convention center, he quickly peered over the edge to see well to do people dressed up in their fancy clothes venturing inside the building. He took off his bookbag and he opened it and took out his dress clothes and his camera.
Inside the Center
Mary Jane heaved a sigh and put a smile on her face as she shook hands with a woman that Harold introduced her to, she had been at the Gala for almost an hour and within the first five minutes she wanted to kill herself. This wasn't her type of scene and she knew for a fact that this wasn't Harry's type of scene either. A year and a half ago Harry wouldn't be caught dead at a function like this; he would've blown this thing off and took her to see her favorite band play in a concert at a club in the city. She heaved another sigh and she glanced at her grinning boyfriend and she narrowed her eyes slightly. She turned away from him and she politely excused herself and walked off, but even as she did that Harold didn't even notice.
Mary Jane made her way through the crowd, she eyed one of the many waiters with a glass of Champaign and she went to grab one, but the waiter who looked to be about her age pulled the tray away.
"Are you 21 there young lady" asked the waiter
"Yes I am" Mary Jane replied grabbing for one, but again the waiter denied her.
"Try 17" the waiter replied with a smirk.
"Look you I need….." Mary Jane stated.
"MJ?" came a voice she recognized. MJ and the waiter turned to see Peter Parker standing a few paces away with his camera in hand; he walked over towards the two.
"Peter" Mary Jane and the waiter said at the same time.
"Indy?" went Peter looking at the waiter who was in fact Indy.
"What are you doing here?" the three teens asked at the same time.
Roof
Staring through the glass dome on the roof the Convention Center was Doctor Octopus. His tentacles where clicking and whirring behind him as he stared at all of the people down below.
"Look at them down there….the so called High Society…they believe themselves to be great but they do not know what true greatness entails, but I shall show them all as soon as I deal with…Osborn"
CLANK! CLANK! Went the sound of his tentacles snapping their pincers together.
Inside
"I'm taking photos for the Bugle"
"I'm with Harry remember" said Mary Jane looking at him, "And what happened to your face"
"I got hit by a baseball. You still went with him after the argument you guys had Friday?" he asked
"He….came by and apologized early this morning" she replied but then looked at Indy "You know her"
"Yeah…"
"We work together, I'm the new Daily Bugle Intern you can call me Indy" she said.
"Indy what are you doing here?" asked Peter with raised eyebrows.
"Duh, I'm a reporter Peter I go where the story is going to be"
"What story?"
"Weren't you there earlier with Mr. Urich when that crazy guy with the arms showed up"
"Yeah I was" he replied
"Wait, what crazy guy with arms?" asked Mary Jane.
"Well I was hoping to get a quick interview with Osborn….and also, didn't you hear what he said before he disappeared he said next time Osborn, that means he's gonna be back and when he gets back I'm gonna be there to get the story. This is exactly what our website needs Pete"
"What website?" asked Mary Jane completely lost.
"Indy you don't….."
"PARKER!" J. Jonah Jameson bellowed. The editor and chief stormed over to Peter and grabbed him by the arm, "HURRY QUICK TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME AND THE MAYOR!" he continued while dragging Peter away from the girls.
Indy and Mary Jane watched him being taken away. After a second Indy turned and looked at Mary Jane.
"So what are you his ex?" asked Indy
"Wha…no" Mary Jane scoffed "We're just friends" she replied still looking in the direction Peter went.
"Hmm that's good to know…..so is he single?"
Mary Jane turned and just looked at her.
Peter raised his camera and he took a photo of J. Jonah and the mayor, he shook his head and then smirked as Jonah turned and in his normal boisterous voice introduced himself to a rich couple behind him. Peter's smirk turned to a frown as Indy's words played around in his mind.
'Could Dr. Octavious try to attack Harry here of all places' he thought while looking around, he didn't have to look long before his eyes landed on his best friend, 'No he wouldn't, there are too many people and the police are outside and…Spider Sense'
CRASH!
Peter looked up to see Doctor Octopus falling towards the ground, but right before he landed his tentacles extended downward and set him down gently.
"AHHHHH!" the people shouted upon seeing him, everyone dropped their drinks and started to clamor for the exit.
"A party and I wasn't invited….pity, maybe I should talk to the host…OSBORN COME OUT HERE!" he yelled at the top of his lungs. He looked at some of the people and his tentacles grabbed them and started tossing them around, "IF YOU DON"T THEN YOUR GUEST WILL HAVE TO SUFFICE!"
As soon as she heard the crash Indy looked up to see Doc Ock, she gasped slightly before dropping her tray and attempting to reach into her pocket for her handheld camera.
"AHHHH!" shouted the people as they all began to clamor for the exit. Mary Jane looked on in shock and fear. She turned around and was about to run when she saw Indy attempt to run towards the action, she shook her head and then quickly grabbed her arm and yanked her away.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Mary Jane shouted as she tugged the girl towards a set of double doors that led to the kitchen.
"What does it look like I'm getting the story…now let me go"
"Not a chance, you're gonna get yourself killed and besides who do you think you are Lois Lane" commented Mary Jane as the two girls entered the kitchen. Mary Jane looked up to see the bus boys and chefs running out the back door to an alley. She grunted and tugged the struggling Indy towards the back door.
Inside
Peter eyed Doctor Octopus and then he eyed Harry who took a step forward.
"OTTO!" shouted Harold with hate in his voice.
'Harry' thought Peter frantically, he looked down at his clothes and he growled slightly, 'Please God just give me a few seconds' he thought turning and search for a exit, he looked up and he saw the doors to the kitchen and he remembered that there was an alley that he could scale and get to the building that had his stashed book bag with the rest of his Spider-man gear.
Alley
"Let me go" Indy struggled
"You're gonna get yourself killed you idiot" Mary Jane replied back. They were almost out of the alley but then they heard a sound.
BAM! The two girls turned to see the door they just exited through kicked open, they both watched as Peter exited and tossed his shirt to the side reveal a certain red and blue webbed costume. The two girls watched in shock as Peter jumped and stuck to the wall of the alley, he quickly scaled up the wall and the flipped over the edge and to the roof.
For a long moment neither said anything both just stared wide eyed at the revelation they both had inadvertently discovered…..Peter Parker is Spider-Man.
"OH…MY GOD" they both stated at the same time.
"This is….this is…..GREAT!" shouted Indy in joy.
"Pete" Mary Jane whispered in shock, her mind was reeling as she thought back to the last 2 years, the more she thought the more everything fell into place. His mysterious disappearances, his bruises, his reason for always being tired, his break up with Gwen, this weird and strange attraction forming between the two of them, she reached a shaky hand to her head as every single piece came together to form a picture of her best friend being the mysterious masked vigilante known as Spider-man.
"I'LL BE FAMOUS!" shouted Indy in joy.
Mary Jane shook her head and turned to Indy who was talking a mile a minute about the discovery.
"BOOK DEALS! How I discovered Spider-Man's Identity by Indy Daimonji….OH MY GOD OH MY GOD…..MOVIE DEALS!"
Mary Jane listened to her and she balled up her fist. Mary Jane took a step towards the girl and grabbed her by the front of her outfit and shoved her against the wall as hard as she could.
"HEY!"
"SHUT UP!" Mary Jane growled "Look into my eyes and listen very closely"
Indy quickly closed her mouth and stared into the intense green eyes of the woman in front of her.
"We haven't been properly introduced….my name is Mary. Jane. Watson, and I am someone you do not want to F*&^ with, what you've just seen here….I want you to forget"
"Wha….."started Indy before Mary Jane's grip on her clothes tightened.
"FORGET! Peter Parker is one of my best friends and I'm very very protective of my friends. This is a dark secret and it will remain a secret, you will not speak of this incident to anyone because if you do I will find you and I will hurt you" she stated darkly staring into Indy's eyes. Mary Jane reached down with one hand and felt around Indy's pockets until she felt her wallet. Mary Jane let her go and then took her wallet out of her pocket and opened it and took out Indy's driver license, "Now Indira….you know who I am but I know who you are and where you live so if you open you mouth to anyone about Peter's secret or if word gets out in any way I will hold you personally responsible and then you and I will have a problem….and trust me you don't want that…Have I made myself perfectly clear
"C-C-Crystal" Indy stuttered before swallowing hard.
"Good….now get out of here" said Mary Jane taking a step back. Indy as quick as she could ran out of the alley as fast as her feet could carry her. Mary Jane watched her go and as soon as she turned the corner she released a sigh and then leaned against the wall. She ran a hand through her fiery red hair.
"Peter" she whispered before glancing up at the spot she saw him climb up.
Same Time
Peter reached his book bag and he quickly opened it, he removed his mask and slipped it over his head and then he grabbed his gloves and his web shooters. After finishing his costume he turned back to the convention center and he ran and jumped.
Inside
Harold looked around at some of the motionless bodies of his party guest that were not fast enough to escape the mechanical arms of Doctor Octopus. Most of the other guest had found the exit leaving the two alone with the convention center staring the other down. Harold eyed the grinning man before him and he cracked his knuckles.
"You are trying my patience Otto your grudge against my father has nothing to do with me"
"It is as I told you; He is not here to receive his comeuppance so you'll have to do"
"Hmph….well then Otto what are you waiting for come and get me" said Harold unafraid.
"RAH!" shouted Doctor Octopus as he scurried forward on his tentacles.
Just when he reached him Spider-man swung in and kicked him in the side sending him flying into a table of food.
"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" shouted Spider-man at Harold.
"I don't take order from anyone and I told you Spider-man I had everything under control"
"WHY! WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE I GO!" roared Doctor Octopus as he rose up and turned around.
"You know have you ever considered that you are everywhere I go, I'm just saying that….." he started before pushing Harold out of the way as a table came flying towards them, "Just saying you might want to look into it"
Doc Ock's tentacle's pushed down on the ground launched him into the air and at the wall crawler. Two of his tentacles shot forward and Spider-man twisted out of the way, the bottom tentacles came forward, Spider-man flipped onto one of the tentacles and he ran along the arm. His upper left tentacle tried to knock him off but he jumped at the last second and kicked Otto in the face. Otto was almost sent to the ground but two of his tentacles steadied him. Spider-man landed on the ground but just as he landed one of the tentacles grabbed him by the back and then slammed him down on the ground and flung him away. Spider-man twisted in the air and shot two webs at Otto and pulled him along despite the fact that two of his tentacles dug into the ground but the momentum was too great and he ended up getting dragged along. The two combatants crashed through the front doors of the convention center and went tumbling down the stairs.
Harold watched the two go crashing outside and he narrowed his eyes, he straightened his suit and he looked around the center.
"Even during your incarceration you manage to make everything about you Father" he said in a low voice.
Outside
"Ugh…man that was…." He started before rolling to the side avoiding a sharp spike from one of the mechanical arms, "Unpleasant" he said springing on one hand into a crouch. Doctor Octopus was picked up and he eyed Spider-man. He rose up on his bottom tentacles while his upper tentacles shot forward, Spidey flipped and kicked the tentacles away and as he landed he sprung towards his opponent. Otto's bottom right tentacle tried to hit him but thanks to his spider sense he dodged the strike and grabbed hold of the arm and used it to balance himself as he kicked Otto in the chest, he then grabbed Otto's shoulder and flipped onto his back and wrapped his arm around his throat, but it was then that he noticed the dozens of cop cars pull up on the scene.
WHOOOO WHOOOOO!
"FREEZE BOTH OF YOU!" shouted several officers getting out of their cars.
"NO GET BACK!" shouted Spider-man trying to wave them away, but that was his mistake, since he was momentarily distracted one of Otto's tentacles grabbed his outstretched hand and yanked him off. The arm held him high and the air and then slammed him down on the hood of a cop car denting it, he raised him up again and he slammed him down one more time.
Doctor Octopus growled seeing the police, and his tentacles sensing his anger sprung into action. They slithered towards the unsuspecting officers. The arms grabbed the front of one of the police cars and lifted it up and threw it at the officers. Two of Otto's tentacles grabbed a car and ripped it in half and threw the halves at the officers approaching on foot injuring a few of them in the process.
KCH! Went the sound of all of the lights in the area suddenly shutting off. Otto looked around and a smirk crossed his lips.
'My machine is reaching its peak I must get back to my lab to see my dream come to fruition' he thought to himself. Retracting his tentacles he turned around and then carried him away as fast as they could.
Spider-man rubbed his head as he sat up on the hood of the car, he painfully rolled over and he searched for Doctor Octopus and he saw him trying to make a get away.
'NO…can't let him escape this time' he thought to himself forcing himself up despite all protest from his body. He jumped off of the car and he swung after him.
Street
Otto scurried to the street and he eyed a speeding tractor trailer truck, his tentacles pushed off the ground and launched him to the truck, the four arms latched on and carried him to the top where he stood.
Spider-man swung high in the air after the truck, but while he was swinging he noticed that the lights were shutting off all across town, just a massive blackout.
'That's not good…what the hell is going on' he thought to himself, but he shook his head and focused on the task at hand stopping Doc Ock.
Otto's tentacles gave a whisper in his ear, he turned and looked up to see Spider-man swinging towards him, and he let out a growl as he eyed the swinging vigilante. Otto's tentacles extended to the ground and grabbed a car that was driving along side the truck, the car was lifted up and thrown at Spider-man.
"WHOA!" he shouted dodging the flying car, 'Jeez'
Otto held up his arms and his tentacles flailed and grabbed more cars and began to throw them in hopes of knocking him out of the sky, but thanks to Spidey's spider sense he dodged them as they came.
He let go of his web and he sprung off one of the flying cars, corkscrewed in the air dodging two cars at a time, he straightened his body and flew in and out of the open window of a car and then shot a web and continued to swing after his enemy.
Otto's tentacles snapped together feeling his anger at Spider-man's refusal to die.
Spider-man shot a web at the truck and pulled himself to the surface in front of Doc Ock.
"You are a nuisance" he stated looking at the wall crawler.
"Actually I'm a Libra but close enough" Spider-man replied jumping over a sweeping tentacle, he shot two webs but Otto's tentacles shield him from the webs and ripped them apart. Spider-man jumped and fired three web balls that hit Otto in the jaw, but his tentacle caught him and stopped him from going too far back, he recovered and all four of his tentacles hit him in the chest and knocked him back.
'Oomph…I gotta immobilize those arms otherwise I can't get in close to do enough damage' he thought to himself rubbing his chest.
KABOOOM!
Spider-man turned to the right to see an explosion happen and several of what looked like Hawk gang members running rampant in the darkened streets. He looked around he could see more people running wild and crazy through the streets because of the sudden blackout. The truck he was on speed past the scene but before they were too far away he saw some civilians in trouble.
'Oh no…I have to help them…. but I've gotta deal with Ock' he thought to himself, his spider sense alerted him to an attack and he flipped over it, 'Those civilians won't last with the hawks….I know I can place a spider tracer on Ock' he thought. Spider-man crouched and flipped off the truck he shot a web and he swung towards the front of the truck, he quickly reached into his utility belt and pulled out a spider tracer. He shot some web balls at Otto's face and while he was distracted he threw the tracer at him and it connected to Otto's leg.
'DIRECT HIT! Alright now to help those civilians' he thought changing his direction and swing away from Ock.
Doctor Octopus saw him swing away and he grinned to himself thinking that Spider-man realized the futility of fighting him.
"THAT'S IT SPIDER-MAN RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY FROM DOCTOR OCTOPUS!" he roared at the top of his lungs.
Across Town : Few Minutes Later
RING! RING! RING!
Captain Stacy took out his phone and he answered the call
"Who is this?"
"It's me…Spider-man"
"Kid what do you want I'm busy"
"So am I, I just stopped some Hawks from tuning up a few civilians, plus a few people trying to loot a gun shop"
"Yeah I have every available officer out trying to keep the peace but the blackout is making people crazy…we have a massive outbreak of riots and looting"
"Do you know what caused it?" he asked
"No, but I got Terry on it, she's at New York Power Co. now"
"I'll give her a call to see if I can help" he replied
"Wait Kid no…this is…hello….HELLO!" shouted Captain Stacy looking at his phone but it was useless because Spider-man hung up. He growled to himself and he turned his attention to the people running through the streets and upon seeing them he shook his head.
New York Power Co.
Lieutenant Lee stood in front of the manager of the main Power Company for the city with her arms folded across her chest.
"So you have no idea what's going on?" asked Lieutenant Lee
"Yes….No….Look from what my people tell me there is something re-routing all of the power in the greater New York area"
"Where is it going?" she asked
"We don't know yet I had my best computer technician on it trying to pinpoint the location we were close…we almost had the location but then we got hit with the blackout and…."
RING! RING! Lieutenant Lee let out a sigh of frustration and answered her phone.
"What is it?"
"Is that how you answer the phone?"
"Kid….how did you get my number?"
"Magic, listen I just got word from the Captain that you're investigating the blackout"
"Yeah I am, the manager at the power company says the power is being re-routed"
"Where?"
"He doesn't know"
"Well where was the last known Power outage" Spider-Man asked.
"Why does that matter?" she asked.
"I'm thinking that if we can tell where the last known outage occurred we can get a better picture and see if we can pinpoint the location" he replied. Lieutenant Lee shook her head and then looked around the candle lit room. She eyed a map on the wall and she went and ripped it down and placed it on the desk of the manager. She grabbed a pen and then looked at him.
"Where did this all start?" she asked.
"We first noticed it on the outside of Manhattan first in all of the other Burroughs. First it was Staten Island, then Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and now Manhattan"
As the Manager was talking Lieutenant Lee was circling the areas on the map.
"Where did it first start in Manhattan?" she asked.
"Harlem, then Upper East and West side, Midtown…"
The Manager continued to rattle off the places of the blackout started and every place the Manager named Lieutenant Lee marked until she came to a stop.
"THE WATERFRONT!" she and Spider-man shouted at the same time, "All of the blackouts were leading to the waterfront…." She said staring at the map.
"Listen I'm on the way there now…send some units" he said before hanging up. Lieutenant Lee hung up her phone and then dialed the number to Captain Stacy's cell phone.
Waterfront
Spider-Man landed on a light pole and he surveyed the Waterfront but he didn't have to look long before he spotted a bright orange light coming from a run down looking Warehouse. He looked down to see several people staring at the strange glowing orange light that was shinning from within.
'Well that doesn't scream Ominous' he thought to himself shooting a web and swinging towards the warehouse.
Spider-Man landed on the side of the Warehouse and he scaled the wooded wall until he reached a semi-broken window and he looked inside.
"Holy Crap" he said in absolute shock as he saw the giant ball of glowing orange cold fusion energy within the machine that he had constructed. His eyes widen as he saw Doctor Octopus standing in front of it on a podium laughing maniacally.
"He built a cold fusion machine and from the looks of things he's trying to contain it but…it's too big…I've got to stop him" he said looking around for a way to enter the Warehouse unnoticed.
Inside
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! AT LONG LAST MY GENIUS IS PROVEN!" he shouted in joy, "Look at it…beautiful, just raw and unbridled beauty and….." he started before one of his tentacles slithered up to his ear and clicked softly. He balled up his fist in anger and glanced behind him slightly.
Spider-Man stealthily crawled along the roof of the Warehouse all the while keeping his eyes on the back of Doctor Octopus. The wall-crawler turned slightly and he judged the distance.
'Gotta time this just right' he thought to himself letting go and shooting a web, he quickly swung low with the intentions of hitting the unsuspecting Doc Ock but just when he got close enough the tentacles moved Otto out of the way.
"THIS IS OUR LAST CONFRONTATAION ARACHNID!" he shouted before his tentacles lashed out. Spider-man ducked and dodged the three of the tentacles but the last one hit him in the face, he rolled with the attack and fired a web that snagged Otto in the chest. Spider-man was about to pull when Otto's upper left tentacle produced a blade and sliced the web. The bladed arm flew at Spidey but he managed to grabbed the arm and deflect the blade away from him, but Ock's bottom tentacles slithered forward and ensnared his feet and lifted him up. Ock twisted his body and which in turn made the mechanical arms swing Spider-man around and slam him into the wall very hard denting the wood. The bottom tentacles retracted and then tossed him up in the air slightly and both of Otto's top arms extended forward and hit Spider-man in the chest knocking him back and into the wall again. Ock's upper right tentacle shot out and wrapped around Spider-man's waist and hoisted him upside down and brought him face to face with Otto.
"Dr…..Oc-tavious…l-listen to me….you're causing...blackouts all over the city" Spider-man struggled to say.
"I'm well aware of the blackouts my web-spinning foe but the power required for my machine is necessary if I want to make the reaction big enough"
"Too much….power…..you've exceeded the size barrier…..it'll become unstable. You can't contain Cold….." started Spider-man before one of Otto's tentacles smacked him across the face.
"SHUT UP! Do not presume to think you know more about Cold Fusion than I, you might have a scientific mind but it does not compare to the knowledge I posses. I Dr. Otto Octavious have calculated and planned every angle of this experiment and I can assure you that I have achieved…."
KCHSSSSSSSS BRRRNNNNN!
Doctor Octopus turned to the sound and his eyes widen slightly, the shield generator to his fusion machine was destroyed and a lance of pure energy shot out of the giant ball and it the roof of the warehouse and destroyed it instantly. Doc Ock threw Spider-man away and made his way over to his machine.
Since the shield generator was destroyed he had to use his mechanical arms to contain the mini-explosion happening on the surface of the ball of energy.
Spider-man painfully pushed himself up and he looked at Doc Ock trying to fix his machine.
'Spider- sense' he thought, he looked up to see all of the metal, wood and loose items around the Warehouse being violently drawn into the giant ball of energy, 'It's too big….I have to cut off the power source before it gets any bigger and destabilize' he continued. He looked around and he saw several large power cables tied together and connected to the machine. He glanced at Ock to see he was preoccupied so he took the chance and hopped over to the cables. He grabbed hold and with his spider-strength he began to pull all of his might.
RIPPPP! Went the sound of the cables being yanked out of the sockets.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" shouted Doc Ock turning to the sound, one of his tentacles grabbed Spider-man by the back of the neck and lifted him up.
"What does it look like, I'm pulling the plug before you kill us all" he replied visibly struggling to get the mechanical arm off of him.
"NO YOU IDIOT IT WILL STABILIZE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!"
"NO YOU DON"T!" Spider-man shouted back, "YOU'RE BLIND TO YOUR OWN HUBRIS!"
"WRONG SPIDER-MAN OTTO OCTAVIOUS IS NOT BLIND, I SEE CLEARLY!"
"OH YEAH! WELL CAN YOU SEE WITH WEB IN YOUR EYES!" he shouted shooting a thick patch of webbing into Dock Ock's face covering his eyes.
"RAH!" shouted Doc Ock raising his hands to his face trying to rip the webbing off. While his was thrashing around his mechanical arms were flailing in every direction sensing his discomfort.
'DROP ME!' Spider-Man shouted in his mind. The tentacle that had him in its grasp suddenly flung him away and he sprung off his hands and into a crouch.
He looked at the machine and he saw that the ball of energy wasn't shrinking, it was growing.
"No…it's self-sustaining" he whispered seeing the explosion growing bigger.
CRACK! CRACK!
Spider-man looked around as the Warehouse began to bend inward and towards the ball of energy. A whole section of the wall was ripped off and went flying into the ball of energy and instantly disintegrated. Spider-man looked out of the now open section of the wall and he saw the water.
"That's it I'll have to drown it, hopefully the water molecules will react with the machine…..how do I drown it?" he asked himself out loud.
Just then a massive loop of energy erupted from the orange ball and swept across the ground in front of Spider-man disintegrating everything in its path. Spider-man shielded his eyes but once the energy resided he lowered his hand and he saw several support beams through the giant hole that the loop of energy punched into the bottom of the Warehouse.
"Ask and ye shall receive" he said eyeing the wooden support beams. Spider-man wasted no time in shooting several webs at the support beams, "Okay Spidey….PULL LIKE YOU'VE NEVER PULLED BEFORE" he grunted pulling on the webs.
Doc Ock finally ripped the webbing off and he growled in anger frantically searching for Spider-man. He turned and saw his enemy pulling on his webs, Ock followed he webs and he saw them attached to the support beams and he immediately deduced that Spider-man was going to drown his dream.
"NOOOO!" he shouted his tentacles quickly carrying him towards his enemy.
CRACCKKKKK! Went the sound of all the support beams being ripped away. The whole section with he Cold Fusion machine quickly began to sink into the water below.
"YOU INSUFERABLE CUR!" shouted Doctor Octopus tackling Spider-man. The two went tumbling through the hole in the ground and into the water with the machine.
Doctor Octopus and Spider-man twisted, rolled, and fought under the water. Ock was using his human hands to strangle the life of the wall-crawler. Spider-man looked at Otto's face and he could see the rage and hate written all over it.
'Can't use my webs….have to think…..running….low on air' he thought frantically, but as he was drowning he was taken back to a training session with Iron Fist and an idea sprung into his head. Spider-man quickly brought his hands up and he used his knuckles to hit three pressure points on Doc Ock's neck. Otto immediately let go of Spider-man's throat and a look of discomfort passed across his face before his whole body locked up freezing him. It was a completely new and unpleasant experience for Otto, he could barely think because of the painful seizing of his muscles, like his body was going through one giant spasm. He tried to move his mechanical arms but the signals weren't being transmitted correctly and they just wiggled around harmlessly.
'Thank you Iron Fist' Spider-man thought to himself grabbing Doc Ock by one of his wiggling tentacles and swimming to the surface.
"AAHHH!" gasped Spider-man as he broke the surface of the water; he greedily sucked in the air while he pulled the frozen Doctor Octopus to the surface.
"M-M-My….B- Body…." Doc Ock struggled to say.
"The beauty of pressure points….don't worry it'll wear off….but you'll be jail by the time that happens"
'Spider Sense'
Spider-man looked down at the water and a brightly glow of Orange illuminated the water below before an explosion could be heard.
KABOOOOOOM!
A massive of column of water erupted from the sea and into the air. Spider-man stared up at the column of water with wide eyes, it hovered there for a long second before it started to fall, fall right towards them.
"CRAP!" shouted Spider-man as the column of water hit him and Doctor Octopus dragging them under water again.
Streets of New York
Lieutenant Lee and several other police cars sped through the darkened streets trying their hardest to get to the Waterfront to give Spider-man some back up. She turned a corner and just as she turned the corner she saw a giant column of water rise up.
"Holy Crap!" she shouted, slamming her foot on the brakes. She opened the door to her care and got out and looked up at the column. It hung in the air for a second before crashing down. She looked at the crowd of people standing on the edge of the docks at a halfway destroyed Warehouse.
"COME ON BOYS I THINK THIS IT!" she shouted taking her gun out of its holster and running towards the crowd of people and she was quickly followed by the other officers.
"MOVE NYPD! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE!" she shouted.
"IT WAS AMAZING! OH MY GOD! HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THAT!" several people shouted at the same time. She shook her head and looked away from the people and at the Warehouse.
SPLASH! She turned to the sound to see a body come flying out of the water, she backed up just as the body hit the spot she was just occupying. Lieutenant Lee looked down at the defeat form of Doctor Octopus.
"What the hell" she started before she heard coughing and gagging, Spider-man hoisted himself onto the dock and he rolled onto his back.
"That was an experience" he said to himself.
"EVERYONE GET BACK NOW!" Lieutenant Lee shouted rushing over to him, "Kid you alright"
"No, but I'll live"
"Whose he?" she asked
"His name is Otto Octavious…but he calls himself Doctor Octopus. He's responsible for the blackout and for several assassination attempts on Harry Osborn" Spider-man replied while rising to his feet.
CHCK CHCK went a sound. Terry and Spider-man both looked over to see a street lamp flicker and then turn back on. They both looked on as all across the city the lights began to turn back on.
"Nice work kid" she said to him
"Thanks"
KZZZZZZZ
"Terry where the hell are you we got a situation over here" came the voice of Captain Stacy over her radio, she reached down and grabbed it "I'm with the kid he just stopped the guy responsible for the blackout"
"Tell him…good job the lights just came back on over here, but there's a gang fight going on over here and we need back up over here in Midtown" he replied
Spider-man turned to Doctor Octopus and he webbed him up in some thick webbing, he then crouched and then jumped into the air, he shot a web.
"Back up is on the way" she replied into her radio watching Spider-man swing away.
Much Later in the Night- Rikers Island
"Thank you for being so quick Dr. Richards and coming in at such a short notice" came the voice of Prison Warden Phillip Doyle.
"It's no problem Warden as soon as I received word I knew I had to come over immediately" he responded.
The two men were standing in front of a metal door that was marked Prisoner #308; they were looking through the rectangular opening at the inmate inside and it was none other than: Doctor Octopus.
He was sitting on a cot in the middle of the large prison cell; his four mechanical arms were stretched out and locked securely in four magnetic bonds across the cell. Otto himself was in an orange jumpsuit and a black metal collar was around his neck.
"Are you sure that will hold him?" asked the Warden
"Of course, his mechanical arms are secured by powerful magnetic bonds, bonds that have been tested on someone much bigger and stronger than him, which reminds me I owe Ben a pitcher of beer. Also even if he does escape the collar around his neck is designed to administer powerful sedatives if his heart rate increases above a certain level"
"Impressive"
"Thank you"
"Where is the rest of your team Dr. Richards?"
"Helping the police with the riots" he replied looking at the Warden. The Warden nodded his head and he turned away from Doctor Octopus' cell and started down the corridor with Reed following behind him. As they were walking the Warden glanced from left to right his eyes looking at some of the other metal cell doors that held prisoners similar to Doctor Octopus. Prisoners like: Rhino, Scorpion, Shocker, Sandman, and Mysterio.
"You know Dr. Richards I have to thank you for all of your contributions to the prison, without you devising a way to hold these crazies that we pick up they could escape at any moment" he said
"No thanks is necessary Warden I'm glad I could help" he replied with a smile as they made their way to an elevator that would take them to the upper levels of the prison.
Prison Cell #308
Doctor Octopus looked around his cell with his eyes darting at the restraints on his mechanical arms, he tried to move them but they were secured tightly. He released a sigh smirking to himself; he then turned his devious eyes to his prison cell door.
"They may have me in this…cage for now, but I will be free and when I'm free again all will know my anger and Spider-man….you shall be the first to experience the Fury of Doctor Octopus"
End Chapter: Read and Review: Hey readers it's me Nomad88 back again with the closing comments. It is my greatest hope that everyone has enjoyed the 50th chapter of this story and the debut of the iconic villain Doctor Octopus. I know that it started off kinda wordy but it was kinda necessary because I felt that you readers deserved to know what Otto was doing in the time he escaped from the Hellicarrier to the current timeline, but anyway I hope you all enjoyed the back-story, the fight scenes and all of the dialogue. I had a really great time writing this chapter and I hope that all of the characters are in character and there isn't too much OOC. Also can anyone guess what I was alluding to at the end of the chapter with the names on the Prison cell doors? One of the most anticipated chapters that is still a little bit far off but still approaching. Also there were a few moments in this chapter that's gonna come into play in the next few chapters and I'm pretty sure you readers know what moments I'm talking about. Anyway, again I just hope you all enjoyed the chapter and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or rants just leave it in the review or send me a PM and I'll get back to you ASAP. This is Nomad88 saying Later…
Ps: Next story for update is Secret Warrior Spider-man and then Batman Beyond but what I'm gonna try to do is get both of those chapters out at the same time but if I can't then the regular order applies okay…cool. Also if you haven't seen Chronicle…do yourself a favor and go see it, very good movie.
Next up: Wings of Love and Feathers of Hate
