For now my audience I must unfortunately bring you to the Earth filled with the mockery of Superheroics that is the Earth that the anti-superhuman vigilante group known as the Guys call home. I shall bring you to almost 7 years in the past in the final wrestling match of Eugene 'Flash' Thompson as Spider-Man...
18 year old Flash Thompson smirked to himself as he had gotten dressed in the changing room of the big sports arena for the New York Wrestling League, he had signed up and got them to let him remain anonymous after showing his ID and giving a contact number (he wanted a mysterious mystique to add to his popularity and since he didn't want any trouble at the moment if the public knew that he was still a high school student). He was wearing a red mask with the eyes cut out for his eyes, a red jumper with a spider logo and blue track pants.
he had been forced to attend this field trip to some lab where he had gotten bit by this escaped test subject spider which gave him great strength, agility, extra sense and able to produce webs from his wrists. This was the best thing that ever happened to him, even better than being the hero of the Football team. To think that he was forced to go on that field trip to pass science and the fact that his old man made his clear that being made to repeat a 3rd year would get him kicked out of the house.
He used his suit to answer a call to last 3 minutes with the undefeated NYWL Heavyweight Champion Bonesaw McGraw which had a cash prize he could use, he had trounced McGraw and after getting his cash prize was offered to come back for more matches. He ended up accepting and he was pleased to hear how popular the new Spider-Man wrestler had been especially at his school but hated how he couldn't take credit without raising suspicion.
He had beaten McGraw in a rematch for the title and then went on to beat Crusher Hogan, the Flying Dutchman and Grizzly.
Speaking off his old man, he saw that there was a message from him on his own and he ignored it thinking that he would deal with getting chewed out by him later. There was a knock on the door and the purple suited wrestling manager Max Shiffman told him that it was time.
He made his way through the corridors and then through the corridors and made his entrance making skills to his football games to work, making a posing entrance as he went out to the cheering crowd with Kanye West's Amazing playing through the loudspeakers. He ran and jumped up and swang on a web as he landed in the middle of the ring on two feet with his arms out in the air.
The crowd cheering him on, this was what he lived for as an athlete. He grabbed a microphone as he said "I hear that there is a newcomer that dares to challenge your new Champ so bring the loser in. If he is lucky he might give me a decent workout!" He said through the microphone as the attention was then to the ring announcer who looked like this guy who starred in some cheesy movie about zombies being brought back thanks to some magic book and said 'groovy.'
The ring announcer introduced his opponent as Supercharger and then Flash wanted to laugh out loud as a man came out in a yellow and dark blue mask which showed his hair, a dark blue suit that looked like an onsie with a yellow harness over it and silver gauntlets on his wrists. He looked absolutely ridiculous as he came out to Its Electric by Metallica and the crowd agreed as there were laughs and then he lifted up his hands as they looked like they were conducting electricity.
He seemed to be going out on the electric gimmick by why the name as he got to the ring and Flash felt his new sense he called his Spider-Sense go off as if the guy was dangerous, he had nothing to worry about as he would trounce this guy. The man got a microphone as he faced the crowd. "I come to you using the name Supercharger but I want to tell you that my name is Ronald Hilliard and my father had died not long ago." Supercharger said as Flash scoffed at what he was sure was an attempt to score sympathy points with the crowd. "He was a scientist and he followed the news about the emergence of Superheroes such as the Avengers and all that. He thought that their powers could be conducted and foolishly I helped him with his experiments. There was a freak accident and he died, I wasn't so lucky. I was cursed with this power to draw in and store electrical power. I began to see that the Superheroes are nothing more than mutated freaks and they do nothing but get innocent people hurt and what was worse is that the people lord all over them and make them seem like heroes! I answered this challenge to show all of you how dangerous freaks like me and this Spider-Man is by killing each and every fool in this arena!" Supercharger said as he grew angrier and he sent a blast to the arena scaring them.
"Dude, I understand if you want to draw in heel heat but you could get yourself disqualified before I beat your ass..." Flash whispered to him but had to jump out of the way as Hilliard then sent a blast towards him and he was drawing in power from the arena. "This guy is a legit supervillain; I didn't sign up for this..." Flash muttered as he aimed up to get a web and had to dodge as Hilliard was aiming blasts at him and punched at the debris coming down but then the sprinkler system was activated and the water looked like it was short circuiting Hilliard.
Fearing he would explode and kill everyone there including him he went down and grabbed Hilliard and threw him up in the air and he landed unconscious with the small explosion only knocking him out. Flash waved nervously as the crowd cheered him on and then he ran to the back to get his stuff and leave since this was too much for him.
He got his mask off as he entered and was stunned to find Tony Stark in his dressing room smirking, "I spent a lot to get this backstage pass for tonight and I saw how you handled Supercharger out there. Fate must have been on my side since I came here to talk to you Mr Thompson." Stark said as Flash was awestruck as Tony Stark the Iron Man and head of Stark Industries who represented practically all Superheroes was richer than he could ever hope to be.
"Such an honour to meet you Mr Stark sir..." Flash said as they shook hands and Tony grinned. "You wanted to come here to get my autograph?" Flash asked as Stark shook his head.
"I wanted to recruit you; I think you have the chops to be the next big superhero."Stark told him and Flash was stunned but remembered how he was scared when he realised that Hilliard was an actual villain. Plus he already had a set career as a football star and facing down criminals who didn't have to follow the rules and could set out to kill him?
"I appreciate the offer sir but isn't it kind of dangerous... I never expected to have to fight aliens or giant robots..." Flash answered and Stark shook his head looking like he thought Flash was naive.
"Being a superhero is all one big show and I can help you to see that it's much easier than it looks. Think of the popularity, the money and you face on products and could even star in movies. Think of being made into action figures or being given the key to the city." Stark said and Flash knew it was tempting.
"That would be nice but I could get fame and money from being a football star which I am on my way to becoming..." Flash said but Stark was smirking.
"Please tell me what you think of this hypothetical scenario: say your school initiates a drug test off their athletes and then finds out that your blood was altered showing that you have your powers. You can say that it happened to an accident but still it's something that enhanced your strength and normal functions, they would have no idea how long your blood has been like and who knows they might not think it's any different from you having taken steroids." Stark said casually and Flash had a look of horror as if that happened then all the offers that he had would disappear and in an n instant all his admirers would turn into haters. His future would be ruined!
"To change the subject Mr Thompson, you think that you could please explain something to me? I tracked the mysterious Spider-Man down to you and I looked you up, you turned 18 a few weeks ago and the NYWL has a strict policy about not letting anyone under 21 sign up to compete. How exactly did you get around that?" Stark asked as Flash's face then fell.
One of his close popular friends Jason Iontello for extra college credit was helping out his father who worked at the DMV; he had cashed in a few favours with him and convinced him to forge an ID for him when his dad was busy.
Tony Stark here could ruin his future but still he could make him set for life and being a Superhero could be much better than being a football star. "I guess Superheroes are replacing sports stars anyway." Flash said putting his mask back on as Stark grinned putting his hand on Flash's shoulder as they exited the changing room as there were reporters and photographers there along with police wanting a statement.
"I give to you New York's newest superhero, the Sensational Spider-Man!" Stark told them and Flash grinned as the spotlight was on him.
Jessica Jones was in her civilian clothes in a bar watching the news report with Flash Thompson unmasked giving a scripted apology saying that he was ashamed off his conduct at the Senate meeting and that he had fell victim to drinking his sorrows at the death of his friend and inspiration Captain America, assuring them that it won't happen again.
"Here's to the PR department of Stark Industries and the cover stories they pull right out of their asses." Jessica said before downing her glass as the patrons looked at her afraid as she was infamous at the bar, she got into bar fights with anyone who would try to flirt with her or made any passive aggressive comment towards her. "I know you are safe Petey, I will find you I promise..." Jessica whispered as she looked to a photo on her phone of her and Petey together.
They were classmates in Midtown High and she had a crush on him but wasn't able to admit to him and they met up again when they attended Gwen's funeral. They got to know eachother again and their feelings turned romantic as they ended up kissing eachother with Jessica worried that she was taking advantage of Peter to become his rebound girl.
They took it slowly and when she learned of Petey's friends and their anti-Superhero crusade she ended up helping having long becoming disillusioned of the Superhero community from her initial naivety when she first became Jewel.
She sighed annoyed when she got a call coming from Ms Jones her foster mother and remembered how annoying that they always were especially after learning that she became Jewel. They wanted her to have a clean image and expected to one day become Captain America's wife. "Can you make it quick please as I need to down another glass and the bartender wants to discuss my tab." she said flippantly.
"Seriously Jessica, where did your dad and I go wrong when we took you in? We encouraged your dreams of becoming a superhero and yet you act like a rude jerk to those you work with at Stark and the Avengers. After Captain America got killed, did you ever repent on the rude things that you said to his face? You went back to drinking and you won't even condemn the Parker boy or say anything negative about him as well..." Ms Jones said as Jessica was tempted to crush the phone with her strength.
"I have to call you back as there is someone coming up saying that there is a giant squid monster outside and I think that it keeps it's privates on its face." Jessica said before hanging up on the Superhero stage mum.
Stark was heading down to a lab thinking about a few days ago when after the senate meetings that apart from doing patrols on the streets of New York for PR, he would be confined to the Tower and could forget about being allowed to go to any parties until his 'grounding' was done. "Another mess that he made that I had to clean up, was it really worth it recruiting the brat those years ago?" Stark muttered thinking back to the first mess of his that he had to clean up in the first year of Flash being a superhero.
Stark was busy doing business in Japan and Flash had learned that his girlfriend Sally Avril the captain of the school's cheerleading squad wanted to become a superhero for the fame and how fun it would be. He had told her that he was Spider-Man and had helped her put together a suit with some homemade gadgets so she could be his partner Bluebird. On her first patrol she ended up beaten badly and was killed by a bullet much to Flash's horror.
Stark ended his trip when he learned of it and berated Flash about it, Flash as Spider-Man had given a statement that she showed up wanting to help and would never have let her if he knew that she was just a normal non powered girl. At the funeral Flash showed up as Spider-Man and unmasked to apologise to Sally's grave for the cameras. Stark had hired private tutors for Flash to finish his education and would act manager before he officially joined the Avengers at age 21. He had to pay the NYWL to not go into how Flash had signed up with a fake ID to hide that he was underage.
Stark entered the lab where there was an individual in a purple jumpsuit and he had a large expanded head with a golden bad with a purple jewel around it. He was George Tarleton a critic of superhumans who ran a think tank known as Advanced Idea Mechanics and was aiding Sergeant Coulson after he survived the attack on his platoon and went on his anti-Avengers crusade. Tony as Iron Man led a raid on AIM headquarters to arrest him in his lab it exploded experiments into expanding the human's brain potential which gave him telepathic powers with increased intelligence and expanded his head turning him into a mental organism.
Stark took custody of him to study him and had aspirations of turning him into a supervillain for him to fight.
"So Georgie, any luck using the rock to finding your old pal Sergeant Coulson and his group of Guys?" Stark asked casually as there in a containment cell was the shining bright blue rock that was found with the power source that Coulson stole.
"I can sense its power; it could search out into the universe beyond us and possibly even more... It might not even be our universe that they are in..." Tarleton spoke as Stark shook his head as he knew that there was nothing in the universe beyond them on their planet except for power sources like this. Not until Stark Industries financed colonisation of other planets that is.
"I want results Georgie and not your Star Trek or Twilight Zone fanfiction." Stark replied as Tarleton grinned.
"Tell me Stark; why are you desperate to find Sergeant Coulson? Why not be relieved that they are out of your hair?" Tarleton asked as Stark raised an eyebrow.
"They are fugitives from justice and must be found, they have stolen Stark Industries property such as the power source and their Mutant infant." Stark replied as Tarleton shook his large head.
"I have seen the footage Stark; you were beaten and if they hadn't disappeared Sergeant Coulson would have off course killed you. It hurts inside knowing that all the years of the Stark family manufacturing these 'Heroes' that finally one of the victims was able to be in a position to finally stop you. You realised that you were not invulnerable and how you were not a god despite how much you play god. Your ego can't let this lying down and how you must correct it." Tarleton said as Stark grew angry but he kept it hidden.
"We are done here." Stark said leaving hiding how much Tarleton had gotten to him.
"The age of Heroes will be coming to an end Stark and it will either be me or Sergeant Coulson to end it!" Tarleton shouted after him as the scientists and guards told him to shut up and continue with the studying.
Tarleton is based on his self from the Avengers game.