Spectacular Spider-Man: Honor Among Thieves

Chapter 2; The Beginning, Part 2

-A/N-

2nd chapter! I know I'm supposed to publish this next Saturday as per what I said about my upload schedule last time, but I already finished this chapter and thought I could post it the same week as chapter 1 as this chapter is just a part 2 to the first one. I thought it wouldn't really be fair if I made you guys wait a week for a chapter that's about half the length of the normal ones. Anyways, enjoy!

Johnny Blaze is what you'd call... a lethal protector. He is the current Ghost Rider, being inhabited by the Spirit of Vengeance Zarathos. About a week ago, Johnny met the first Ghost Rider, Carter Slade. Carter was getting old, and only had one ride left in him. Right before passing, Carter asked Johnny for a favor. He was to investigate and judge a boy named Peter Benjamin Parker. Johnny could have easily turned down the request, saying he had better things to do, however who was he to turn down a dying man's wish? He respected Carter, and agreed to accomplish his task. Johnny then left the bar from before, and entered his destination. New York City. Specifically, Manhattan. Carter told him that the boy was... special, and that he's been through a lot, and judging from what research Johnny could gather on him, he was definitely special alright. Most gifted student at Midtown High Magnet School, along with a girl named Gwen Stacy, no biological family left. Only remaining family being his Aunt, who wasn't even related by blood. Money problems, picked on at school, and- accused of being Spider-Man?

'Interesting...' Blaze thought as he read on further. His childhood friend Eddie Brock was sure that he could be Spider-Man, but everybody else laughed and said no. however, Curt and Martha Connors at first said no, but when thinking about the question further replied with a synchronized "No comment". He then saw a retraction below the article he was reading, being written by the Daily Bugle. Deciding that he had enough information on the boy and that he was definitely special in a way, he stopped at a local bar and got a quick drink. However, when he came back outside, he was presented with a sight that he saw quite often, however this time there were far more people there than usual.

'Oh, come on. Do these guys never learn their lesson? Well at least I get to have a little more of a challenge this time.' Johnny thought as he say about 20 people in leather jackets surrounding his bike, taking turns riding it. People were cheering and desperate to get on his bike. He walked up to them and tried to see if he could resolve this peacefully. "Hey guys, I think that's enough, I really gotta get going, I'm looking for somebody." Johnny said with a sigh.

"Hey dude, this yours? Well just ah... let us borrow it for a couple of years. I promise we'll give it back?"

"Sorry dude, I kinda need it now"

"Well too bad, this is mine now!" One of the thugs said as he decked Johnny right across the face. The rest of the crowd started laughing, then went back to whatever they were doing before.

They started up the bike, and started tinkering with the gears. Then, all of a sudden, a chain that was on fire wrapped around a guy's throat, and took his head off. Immediately all 19 remaining whipped their head around, to see a flaming skull with a chain ON FIRE beating the snot out of people.

They charged him together. one punched him, but all he did was hurt his hand, then receive a punch to the face and a knee to the groin. The next one wasn't as lucky. He got lassoed by the chain, then thrown into the window. He somehow spewed fire out of his mouth, and burned 7. There were only 10 left. Then suddenly the cycle came to life. It started doing small donuts, rotating on one point, taking out 4 of them. 6 left, he cut down 2 with his chain. He then wrapped his chain around one of them, turned the hellfire on, and watched one of them melt before him. At this point they were scared senseless. Too locked away in fear to do anything. He walked towards one of them. Picked him up by the throat, in a chokehold, while still not holding too hard as to not kill him. He then threw him down, and lit his chain with hellfire again. He then chopped off the man's arm, then his other arm, then his legs, and then his head. He then chopped the torso in half vertically. The last person was begging not to be killed at this point.

"Please! I have a family! A wife and 2 kids, I'm sorry! Please!" He said while sobbing uncontrollably.

"Fine. Look into my eyes then." The Ghost Rider said.

"Okay-okay!"

Then suddenly the man started screaming and spasming in a random pattern. "Penance." The rider said. Then somebody walked out of the door at the bar. "Hey guys I'm back, sorry that took so long, it was a big one. Hey how's that cycle coming-" He then immediately stopped and felt a growing wet stain in between his legs even though he just went. "Uh, fine cosplay you got there, I'm-just-gonna-go-inside-now-bye!" The man said as quick as he could, and was about to open the door when suddenly a chain wrapped around him and brought him closer to the rider, luckily for him, the chain was not on fire. "Tell the authorities I call myself Ghost Rider." He then somehow called his cycle towards him, lit it on fire, and drove away.

Silver Manfredi, sorry- Sablinova, was not exactly the luckiest woman in the world. Over the past 3 or 4 months she had developed a relationship with the world's best assassin, the Foreigner. She loved him and he loved her. It was like Romeo and Juliet, except with lots of murder and stealing and other criminal stuff. Brooklyn 99 Romeo and Juliet! Sadly it was never built to last. Well it was, until something heartbreaking (and I mean that quite literally) Happened. He proposed. She said yes. A classic, boy meets girl. Girl is supposed to kill him, boy is supposed to kill girl, they go on a date without knowing who they are, fall in love, then find out who they are, both try to kill each other repeatedly, then fall in love with how good each is at assassination and killing people, and keep their relationship a secret from their bosses. What a love story am I right! Except why were they supposed to kill each other?

The Foreigner, real name unknown, most common alias Kris Keating, works for the Kingpin as his personal assassin. Silver Sable, aka Silver Manfredi, was the daughter of mob boss of New York, Silvio Manfredi, aka Silvermane. She was also one of the best assassins in the business. So there both criminals, who are amazing at their jobs, what's the problem? The Kingpin is the biggest crime lord in New York. Only 2 people in the world now his real name, and one of them is his wife, Vanessa Fisk, who's been in a coma for 3 years after a staged car crash that killed her and Kingpin's son and, as previously stated, put her into a coma for 3 years. The other person is, you guessed it, Silvio Manfredi. This guys used to be best friends before they became crime lords and separated, becoming worst enemies, but why you ask? Well uh, not exactly the most... friendly answer, but before Silver was born and before Silvio met her mother, Vanessa and Silvio dated. However, right some... not very PG activities involving Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, Vanessa left Silvio for Fisk after said not very PG activities, and Silvio got pissed at Fisk. Mob bosses have to make everything dramatic, so when Fisk and Vanessa broke up, Silvio hired an assassin who may or may not have the title the Merc With A Mouth to kill Fisk's current girl. He did, Fisk found out, got pissed at Silvio, then killed Sable's mom with another assassin. So dramatic. To think this all started because of non PG activities involving 3 people gone wrong. Wow, right?

Anyways, as the story goes, Silvermane's mob is the only one who hasn't joined Kingpin. Its been a war, but you'd expect Kingpin to win easily due to how much pure power he has behind his gang. However, the debut of New York's latest vigilante, Daredevil, has slowed down Kingpin's operation substantially. Kingpin's operation is mainly centered around Hell's Kitchen, which, coincidentally, just so happens to be the area where Daredevil patrols first.

Back to the feud though, Silvermane found out about his daughter, showed up in his hydraulic suit right after Foreigner popped the question, and ripped his heart out, and crushed it with Sable watching. Silver screamed, and ran to her fiancé (as of 2 minutes ago), and then cried her heart out. Her dad went to her said, put his and on his shoulder gently, and tried to comfort her. The moment his hand touched her shoulder however, she turned her head back at him, and he saw her face. Her makeup was ruined, and tears were flowing out of her eyes like a waterfall. "What did you do! You monster!" Sable said.

Silvio immediately took a step back. "Sable, he would've killed you, he was probably a spy for Fisk-"

"I LOVED HIM YOU IDIOT" Sable said while still sobbing uncontrollably.

"I loved him more than anything, the only thing I loved that even came close to how much I cared for him was how much I cared for you! And you KILLED HIM!"

"Sable-"

"GET. OUT!" He did as he was told, and was about to leave when he heard Silver say something: "I am no longer your daughter, you are no longer my father. and you will suffer one day!" Silvio then immediately got out, and left.

That was a few months ago. In that time, Silver was no longer a criminal. She started her own company called Sable International, was on the straight and narrow, and has been trying to make up for her pas misdeeds. Her company was immediately a hit, becoming a company on par with OsCorp. She also reconnected with her homeland, Symkaria, where her mother was from. She had also taken up her mother's maiden name instead of her father's.

She was also tirelessly searching for Spider-Man, to apologize for her past actions, as he was one of the people she tormented most.

She was currently relaxing on her couch, taking a nap, when suddenly her assistant rung her. "Ms. Sablinova, you have guests."

"Well who are they? I wasn't informed, if they're not somebody relevant, get them out of here."

"Well uh, I said that you were unprepared, but they didn't really take no for an answer-" Suddenly her doors burst open and a man with 2 guards on his side walked into her room.

"You are Silver Sablinova, correct?" A man with a thick accent that appeared to be- Latverian? No, something similar, but not quite.

"Yes, and who may you be?"

I am Councilor Astasia, and you are the current heir to the throne of Symkaria, your home land. Your mother Sable Sablinova was the Queen of Symkaria, before she left for America to her death. Therefore, making you the princess, and now the queen. We are at you beck and call, as is the full might and allegiance of the nation of Symkaria." The man said in his thick accent before kneeling with his other 2 guards. Silver was left stunned.

The Venom symbiote was left enamored. It had been hiding for 2 months, surviving off random hosts, but it longed for its true love. It never wanted to hurt Peter Parker. It only wanted the best for him, and thought that the best way to give it to him was power. But it was proven wring. Over the past 2 months, it had become regretful, and wanted to... apologize to its first love. But it also wished to be reunited with it's other. Edward Brock. Sadly, he was imprisoned. Over the past 2 months, the symbiote's main pass time was thinking about what would happen if it bonded with Flash again. Would he reject it? Would he love it as he did before? Could they be heroes like Parker? It hoped so. The symbiote believed the accurate word for his thoughts would be... redemption. Another host also caught his eye. A boy, around one Earth year younger than Eddie. Parker's age.

Flash Thompson. A boy with a pure heart, just, for a lack of better wording... afraid to show it. He was also along the road of redemption. His acts may not have been as severe as Venom's, but still redemption worthy non-the less.

There was also another problem, Venom was spawning. the 999th spawn in Venom's lineage of Klyntar. Normally, he would be happy. He would get to further his lineage. But this one was... unusual. He sensed a great sense of violence and bloodlust within this one... he sensed Carnage. He did not know what to make of that. Maybe it was due to his... grudge, and feelings towards Parker a few months back. 'Hopefully this one won't turn out as bad as me' Venom thought. However if it killed innocents, he would not hesitate to mark it as an enemy. Hopefully he could avoid it though. Venom needed to find a host though, and he needed to find one fast. Rats and Lizards didn't have enough nutrition to last forever. With this notion in mind, he crawled out of the sewer, and headed to the rehabilitation center where Eddie was being held.

Donald Menken was a patient man. Very patient. So patient in fact, that he watched the Globulin Green, renamed the Oz Formula in development for 2 YEARS, hungry for the power it would provide. He was conniving, methodical, and had nothing to lose. those traits serve as the most dangerous possible combination for a super villain. And Donald Menken knew that.

He entered Norman's, now Harry, Osborn's penthouse, and slowly walked around the living room. Drinking everything in. This was his ascension to power. True power. He studied the room carefully, noting every little detail and graining it into his mind. He found it. He glazed his hands over the walls, and found a hidden compartment. Pushing the compartment, out came a hand print scanner and retina scanner. He put on a glove and a special contact lenses, then the compartment scanned his eyes and handprint when placed on a scanner.

Welcome, Norman, Osborn. The computer said. Menken stopped dead in his tracks, like a deer in headlights when he saw the object he was looking for. The 2 last remaining vials of the Oz Formula. He took both of them. "Computer, what is your name?" Menken asked.

"Donald Menken. I am not authorized to give you this information- Excuse my error. Hobgoblin protocol engaged. My name is G.O.B.Y. The Goblin Operating Backlink Yielder."

"Wow, Osborn was not the best with acronyms huh."

"I cannot deny nor confirm that. Since Norman Osborn is deceased, you now have all access to this lab."

"With this information, Donald took the vial of the Oz Formula, and saved the other one for mass production, in secret of course."

Gwen Stacy felt like a terrible person. She felt horribly bad about completely ditching her friend Peter Parker. She still loved him, she was just too shy to call him. All that time with MJ building confidence just went right down the drain. and with school starting tomorrow, she felt terrible. She was currently wondering if Peter would ever take her back, even utter a single word that wasn't full of hate and sorrow at her.

She was supposed to be happy with Harry. Harry needed her. Hopefully Peter's okay.

In other news, her dad was now police commissioner. 'Commissioner George Stacy' Gwen thought proudly. 'It sounds perfect.' She would have to write a thank you card afterwards.

That moment of happiness soon faded away as her thoughts once again drifted to Peter. 'I gotta find a way to make it up to him now. Speaking of, gotta text MJ too.'Gwen thought.

The moment she thought that, her phone pinged. She had just got a text, from MJ. 'Speak of the devil' she thought. "Hey girl! How you feeling about school tomorrow? Also, what are you gonna do about the Peter problem...?

-MJ

'Great, just great. Its like she can read minds! I can't deal with this now, School is for future Gwen to figure out.' Gwen thought as she yawned and went to sleep.

Well, second chapter underway. Cliffhanger for Sable, namedrop for Venom, another namedrop for Menken, and some contemplating for Gwen. Still don't know who Pete's gonna end up with, I'm kinda just making this up as I go.

Anyways, chapter next Saturday (EST time).

TWD Jacob 11, Slade was actually Carter Slade, the 1st Ghost Rider. My version of Ghost Rider will be based off the Ghost Rider movie, which is why Johnny has actually met Slade, oh wait, spoilers! Sorry! Anyways, see you guys next week with the beginning of the actual plot and longer chapters. Bye!

-Ghost