The Invincible Spider-Man

Chapter 5: Attack Of The Sandman

"He's run into the Oscorp testing facilities!" Exclaimed the cop, as him and three others chased down the convict.

Flint ran for his life with the medicine, and climbed the barbed wire fence, regardless of the barbed wire that cut his skin. He ran and ran, desperately as the sand made it tougher for him to run.

All of a sudden, someone shot a white rope-like thing to his legs and pulled hard, causing him to stumble into a metal pit of sand.

"What the hell?" Asked Flint, as the man, dressed in red and blue jumped into the pit.

"People need that medicine, y'know." Said Spider-Man, as he web-yanked the medicine from his Flint's arms.

"Exactly!" Said Flint as he tried punching Spider-Man, but Spider-Man dodged out of the way and kicked Flint, before backflipping out of the pit.

"Well buddy, looks like you're stuck here for a while. Wait till the cops come, ok!" Chuckled Spider-Man as he swung back to the cops.

"Dammit!" Yelled Flint.

Norman Osborn watched all of this unfold. "Just as in planned. Now Stromm!" Ordered Norman, as Dr Mendel Stromm hesitantly pressed a button.

All of a sudden, three huge mechanical arms sprung from the bottom of the pit.

"What the hell?!" Asked Flint, bewildered.

The arms started to whir at an incredibly fast rate, swirling the sand everywhere, as they sprayed some experimental chemicals into the sand as well.

The experimental sand stung Flint's eyes and entered his cuts.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Flint yelled in pain as the sand completely covered him. "HEEEEEEELPPPPP…" Flint's voice was drowned by the sound of the arms whizzing around, throwing the experimental sand his way, entering his body.

The arms stopped whirring, and Flint's body has disintegrated into seemingly nothingness.

The cops rushed to the pit. "Where is he?" Asked one.

There was nothing but a huge heap of sand in the pit.

"Must've climbed out. We'll get him later." Said another cop.

From Oscorp Tower, Norman chuckled. "Kingpin will be pleased." He said under his breath.

Peter shut his locker, only to turn around and see Liz standing behind him. "Hey Pete!" She said.

"Hey L-Liz! What's up?" Asked Peter, fumbling with his words.

"Well, I was hoping you would come for the Halloween party I'm organizing." Said Liz

"Uh yeah sure! Is it okay if I bring Harry and Gwen?" Asked Peter.

"Yeah, sure! The more the merrier." Said Liz, as she walked away, smiling.

I see sparks fly…" Joked Harry, as he whistled towards Peter.

"Stop dude…that got old months ago." Chuckled Peter. "Plus, how's your leg?"

"Eh it's better. Still hurts when I run though." Said Harry.

"Well, I hope it gets better." Said Peter.

Flint came to in a sterilized room, strapped to a metal stretcher.

Norman stood next to him. "Flint Marko." He said.

"You're that Oscorp guy, aren't you?" Asked Flint, confused and his speech slurred.

"What do you remember last?"

"All that sand…and Spider-Man!" Said Flint, angrily.

"Exactly. Let's focus on the sand part for now. Concentrate on the sand for now. Feel one with it." Said Norman, in a very calming voice.

Flint closed his eyes and remembered that moment. When all of the sand went through his skin. He felt his whole body violently vibrate, as his legs felt weightless.

"Focus Flint. Feel like sand, and slip out of the straps." Continued Norman.

Flint felt weightless as he seemingly fell off the table and rematerialized himself, from sand!

Flint was confused beyond belief, as he saw his entire body made of sand.

"What?" Asked Flint.

Norman laughed. "Looks like the project is a success! So Flint, what do you want now?" Asked Norman.

"I want the medicine for my daughter." Said Flint, still in little disbelief.

"Now you can go get it. With no one to stop you!" Said Norman, as Flint walked out of the room.

Peter stood on a rooftop, after just having stopped a mugging and a car robbery, and got pictures for JJ Jameson.

"All units, all units, robbery at Baker's Pharmacy. Suspect identified as Flint Marko." Said the police scanner.

"Flint Marko huh? Sounds familiar. Oh well, might as well stop him and call it a night." Said Spider-Man, swinging towards Baker's Pharmacy.

Flint ran out of the pharmacy with bags of medicine, but Spider-Man landed in front of him.

"Hey you're that guy from yesterday, aren't you?" Asked Spider-Man.

"Yeah, with a couple of improvements!" Exclaimed Marko.

Spider-Man punched his chest, but his hand got stuck in his chest!

"What the crap?" Exclaimed Spider-Man in disbelief, as Flint made a sand-fist out of his right hand and punched Spidey into a taxi.

"Call me Sandman." Said Flint, as he took the bags and ran off.

"Uh-uh!" Said Spider-Man, as he shot a web at Sandman's back, but Sandman pulled the web towards him and made a hammer out of his left hand, and brought it down on Spider-Man's back. He then kicked Spider-Man into a shop and ran away.

"Oh goddammit…" Groaned Spider-Man as he climbed out of the shop with a top hat on his head.

"Shit! I'm late. I gotta go-OH MY BACKKK!" Exclaimed Spider-Man as he swung away. "Dammit my back!"

Peter sneaked through the window in his room and switched on his computer.

"Pretty sure that pit I threw him in did something to him. I should have handed him to the police myself. Another criminal on the lose due to my irresponsibility." Peter scolded himself, as he looked up Flint Marko.

"Bam! Flint Marko was a construction worker put out of employment. His wife divorced him when he turned to crime to pay the bills, and his daughter is badly sick. I can't help but feel bad now." Said Peter. "He lives in East Harlem."

Peter was beat and he wanted to sleep, plus he had homework to finish. But Sandman was still out there, and he had to be brought to justice.

"One night without sleep is doable. I need to stop Sandman." Said Peter, as he put on his mask and swung out of the window.

"Emily? Penny?" Asked Flint, as he climbed through the window of his house.

Emily was standing in the kitchen. "You shouldn't be here." She said.

"Emily. I got Penny's medicine."

"No. You stole it." She countered.

"It doesn't matter! Penny will be okay now." Said Flint.

That's when a five year old walked into the kitchen to investigate the commotion.

"Daddy? Is that you?" Asked the girl.

"Penny! Oh thank god! Daddy got your medicine." Said Flint.

"Mommy said you were a bad person." Said the girl, as she moved away from Flint.

Flint went from happy, to confused, to angry.

"What did you tell her?" Asked Flint, through gritted teeth.

"The truth Flint. I-"

"WHAT DID YOU TELL HER?!" Shouted Flint, as he made a fist out of sand and punched the wall.

"OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL!?" Shouted Emily.

"Tell me now you witch! What did you tell Penny?" Shouted Sandman.

All of a sudden, Spider-Man came crashing through the window and kicked Sandman.

"Sorry to come crashing in! Ha, I've been waiting all week to use that one!" Chuckled Peter.

"THAT'S IT!" Exclaimed Flint, as he lunged at Spider-Man and crashed through the wall, out of the building and landed on a car.

Spider-Man barely had time to breathe when Sandman started pummelling him with a sand-fist.

Spidey webbed a lamppost and pulled it down on Sandman.

"Eat this!" Yelled Spider-Man, as he threw an abandoned car on Sandman, who simply split his body into two to dodge it, and then rematerialized himself.

"Ok that's new!" Said Spider-Man nervously.

Sandman made a baseball bat out of his right hand and swung it at Spidey, who got knocked into a building.

"Wait. Sand and water do not mix!" Thought Peter.

Peter ran out of the shop and webbed Sandman's face.

"Hey Sandy, over here!" Exclaimed Spider-Man as he ran up a building.

Sandman jumped up the building, and made a huge fist to punch Spider-Man. However, Spider-Man dodged just in time, and Sandman punched through the water tower, causing water to gush out onto Sandman.

"AAAAAHH!" Yelled Sandman, as he turned solid and fell off of the building, and landed unconscious.

"Whoo! And now I've got sand in my shorts!" Said Spider-Man.

"Dammit! Osborn said I'll be able to take you down!" Groaned Sandman, as he was taken away by the cops.

"Osborn? Norman Osborn?" Asked Spider-Man, confused as Sandman was driven away to jail.

"First the Shocker says he's working for a man called Kingpin, then The Vulture shows up with revenge against Norman, now Sandman was working for Norman?" Asked Peter to himself.

"Wait a minute…" Peter's eyes went wide.

"Could Norman Osborn be The Kingpin of Crime?"

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