The Invincible Spider-Man
Chapter 58: A Fantastic Encounter
"Alright look! I don't need any of this shit from you. Both of you!" shouted Peter, out loud. As soon as he said that, he started feeling guilty, but he shook away that feeling, letting his anger take over.
"Peter, look I understand the thrill. But going to watch underground wrestling matches like this isn't going to do you any good. Who knows what shady deals happen in there. One minute there's two people fighting illegally in a ring, and the next an innocent bystander like you gets hurt," replied Uncle Ben.
"Please Peter, we're just trying to look out for you," said Aunt May.
"I don't care! I-I didn't ask for any of this! I didn't ask to be a friendless loser at school! I didn't ask to be bullied at school for no fucking reason other than I'm smarter than those dumbasses! I didn't ask to be raised by my grandparents without even knowing my true parents!" yelled out Peter, tears clouding his eyes.
May's eyes started getting wet, while Ben sighed and stared at Peter, his face a mix of fear and surprise.
"We…we weren't good enough as your parents?" asked Ben, taken aback.
"That's not what I meant…" said Peter, lowering his voice.
"I understand what you're going through, I do. I was your age once too, I get that you have the urge to break rules and enjoy the thrill of life. But Peter, going to illegal places like this is the exact opposite of using your freedom responsibly. Remember Peter, with great power comes great-"
Peter quickly woke up in a cold sweat, gasping for breath as he clutched at his pillow.
Breathing heavily, he started to cry again, as he stared across his bed, towards the framed picture of Gwen, and then one of Uncle Ben. He clutched at his bedsheets as he started to cry even more deeply.
After a while, he got off the bed and walked to his desk, where he also noticed a post-it note, with the face of a cat drawn on it.
"I know it's rough, but if you want you can talk to me. -Felicia," said the note, along with her number. Peter sighed as he put back the note and got dressed. Staring at his desk, he picked up the strand of Man-Wolf's hair he had kept in a vial. Swallowing heavily, he pocketed it and picked up his bag, walking out of his room and moving down the hallway.
As he walked across the campus' garden, he ran into Mary Jane.
"Hey Tiger," she said, smiling. Peter lightly smiled.
"So, Dr Connors asked me to check on you. You've been missing quite a few classes. You doing okay?" she asked.
"As good as I could be doing. I need to get to the lab," he said, as he walked past her.
"Wait!" she called out to him. Peter turned around.
"Coffee By Claremont. Tomorrow evening," she said, pointing the pen she was carrying towards him.
"Why?"
"We literally haven't talked properly for months now,"
"What if I'm busy tomorrow?" asked Peter. MJ chuckled as she walked away. Peter shrugged as he headed to the laboratory.
Once he entered the lab, he quickly headed to the digital microscope. Peter carefully took out the strand of hair and placed it on a glass slide, and placed it under the microscope.
"What the Hell?" he asked himself. He peered closer, and noticed, among the hair fibers, were smaller microbes moving around the cells.
"What are those things? They're definitely not tardigrades. Some type of bacteria?" he asked himself. They seemed to secrete some sort of solution as they moved around.
"What kind of microscopic creatures secrete that? And what is that?" he asked, as he uploaded the data to the computer connected to the microscope.
"Archaebacteria. With traces of ammonia, silicon, phosphorous, iron and titanium? Either these creatures came from very very deep Earth, or from the Moon. If John Jameson is Man-Wolf, then the latter would make sense! But how would they turn him into a wolf?" he asked himself.
"Oscorp still has the rocket ship stored. Maybe I can get some more evidence from that. Until then I better go check on Jameson," thought Peter, as he pulled out his phone to check his phone.
He noticed he had a number of messages from Ned, Eddie and Betty.
EDDIE: Jameson hasn't showed up to work, any idea what's happened?
BETTY: Peter, any idea about Jonah? He hasn't come to the Bugle yet.
NED: I think we've got an off-day buddy. Jameson is either very very late, or he forgot about work.
"Shit!" said Peter, as he rushed out of the laboratory and out of campus. He rushed into an alleyway where he had a backpack webbed up. Opening it up, he pulled out his suit and started putting it on.
Peter showed up at Alistair Smythe's window, and slowly stuck his hand towards the glass. He applied pressure and pulled out the window pane, without breaking it. He gingerly slipped in and walked up to Smythe's desk.
"What's he doing with V3-N0M? Never mind that, I need to find out where they've kept the rocket," thought Peter.
Eventually, he found a paper, which had the information.
"Gage Rocket…piloted by John Jameson. Kept at Oscorp Hangars, Brooklyn. There's got to be more evidence there," thought Peter.
"I hope you have a good reason for breaking it?" asked Smythe, standing at the doorway smirking.
"Actually yes. John Jameson might be infected by some alien microbes, that turned him into a wolf," said Peter, tightening his mask around his face and trying to deepen his voice a bit.
"And you think that some more of those microbes may have infected the rocket ship he piloted?" asked Alistair.
"Exactly,"
"Well, a simple phone call would've also worked just as well," chuckled Alistair, as he saw Peter staring at the files on V3-N0M.
"That interests you?" asked Smythe.
"It might. The name does, at least," commented Peter. "So what's "Venom" about?"
"It might be the potential cure for cancer. This might be some biochemical jargon, but essentially it latches onto an organism and leeches away the nutrients keeping the tumor alive. Hence it gets nourishment by saving the organism," explained Alistair.
"A form of Symbiosis? But for an organism like this, it's metabolism would have to be sky-high. Reactions would need to be catalyzed at a lightning-fast speed. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think those enzymes exist," replied Peter.
"Impressive," said Smythe, raising his eyebrows. "And yes, that's why the project was a dead end about 20 years ago. But we're hoping that our new approach, and new technology can help it survive," continued Smythe.
"Got it. This could actually work. Also, I didn't want to admit it, but I need Oscorp's help," said Peter.
"Sure. I can pull some strings for Spider-Man," said Alistair.
"That's not who I am. I'm not Sp-…him," said Peter.
"Fair enough. What do you need?" asked Alistair.
"This strand of Man-Wolf's hair. It's got some sort of Lunar Archaebacteria. And unfortunately I don't think I have the technology to analyze it. But I was hoping that Oscorp does," said Peter, showing Alistair the vial of Man-Wolf's strand of hair.
"Interesting. I actually have a PhD in Microbiology. I'll personally get this done. Consider it a favour for you saving us so many times," said Alistair.
Peter nodded as he swung out of the building, and towards Oscorp Hangars in Brooklyn.
He gracefully weaved around the buildings and swung across the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was still being rebuilt after Rose's attack.
He made his way to Oscorp Hangars, which seemed to be locked down. The hangar was big enough to house a rocket the size of the Gage Rocket, which was rather small compared to others, since it was for a smaller trip and manned by only one person.
Peter swung up near the back window and slowly opened it, crawling back inside. The whole place seemed empty.
"Smythe must've called the guards away. Gotta say, his "Venom" project is pretty ambitious. Still, it could be really dangerous. Let's hope he takes proper precautions," thought Peter, as he opened the airlock of the rocket and crawled in.
"Maybe I could help him? As Peter Parker? It would give me another thing to do than just sit around and just mope," thought Peter.
"You're still going through the grief. It's not your fault," said the voice in his head again.
"It's not just that. I promised her that I'll continue being a hero, but at the same time that's what…you know," said Peter, unable to trace the sentence. That's when he saw something resting on the control console of the ship.
"What is that? Some sort of glowing red gem? How'd that get there?" he asked himself, as he went to touch it. But his Spider-Sense started tingling like crazy.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed at the stinging tingle, as he stared at the gem, which seemed to be glowing even more. He spun a couple of webs around it, completely covering it. When he tried to touch it now, his Spider-Sense started to tingle.
"This has got to have some connection to Man-Wolf," thought Peter as he put the webbed up gem in his pocket and then crawled out of the rocket, when all of a sudden his pocket started to heat up.
He pulled out the gem and saw it glowing a bright red, as Peter's Spider-Sense started to tingle.
"Shit!" he said out loud, as he shot a wall of webbing towards a wall and threw the gem. Just then, Man-Wolf came crashing down the ceiling and landed on Peter, slamming one of his paws down on Peter.
"AGH!" grunted Peter, as he broke free from Man-Wolf's clutches and staggered back to his feet. Man-Wolf growled as he charged towards Peter, slamming into him and throwing him through the brick wall of the hangar and out onto the streets of Brooklyn.
Growling even more, with his eyes glowing red, Man-Wolf rushed at him again, but this time Peter ran towards him, and slid under him, shooting a web around his hind legs and making him trip.
Peter quickly jumped on his back, and webbed up his lower jaw and pulled it up, causing it to stay shut.
"Listen to me! You're John Jameson! Tell me what's happened to your father! You can revert back to being a human! Come on John!" shouted Peter, but Man-Wolf's jaws broke free from the webbing and growled louder.
Man-Wolf grabbed Peter and threw him into a pets' store. Peter tumbled down towards the back of the pets' store, towards the plushie toys section, and found a squeaky bone toy for a dog.
"Seriously?" asked Peter, as Man-Wolf grabbed his legs and pulled him out of the store, bringing him closer to his snout.
Slowly, Peter pulled out the squeaky bone toy and showed it in front of his eyes.
"Is this going to work?" asked Peter, struggling to breathe. Instead, Man-Wolf growled in his face.
"Should've known," thought Peter as Man-Wolf crushed him further and started to bring him towards his mouth.
All of a sudden, a beam of fire showed up from the sky, hitting Man-Wolf in the back. Man-Wolf growled in pain as Peter kicked himself off of Man-Wolf's tooth and backflipped off of him, landing on the ground.
Peter looked up and saw a man made of fire fly down from the sky, aiming a barrage of fire at Man-Wolf.
"It's the Human Torch!" shouted a civilian, as a billboard almost fell on her. Peter quickly shot a web and pulled her out of the way.
"Good job, kid!" shouted the Human Torch, as he aimed another firebolt at Man-Wolf's face and landed next to Peter.
"You're Spider-Man right?" asked Human Torch, aka Johnny Storm.
"Not exactly. And what are you doing here?" asked Peter, having never met Human Torch.
"Richards got an alert of some alien around here, he sent me to check it out. Gotta say, I never thought that an alien could look like a Wolf-Man," remarked Johnny, as he cracked his knuckles.
"Man-Wolf. And he's not an alien. Not exactly. He's John Jameson," said Peter. Just then, Man-Wolf attacked them again. Human Torch started flying up, as Peter swung up too.
"The astronaut?" asked Johnny, landing on Man-Wolf's back. Peter landed on it too.
"Yeah. Also, your fire seems to be doing next to nothing to Man-Wolf!" said Peter.
"Neither do your webs!"
"Touché," said Peter, as he started swinging around Man-Wolf's chest, webbing it all up.
"Maybe we can't hurt him directly, but indirectly!" shouted Peter.
"What do you mean?" asked Johnny.
"My webs can conduct heat!" yelled out Peter, as Johnny understood what he meant.
Just as Peter finished covering him with webbing, Human Torch aimed his fire at the webs, which started to heat up, heating up Man-Wolf's skin.
Man-Wolf growled, as he broke free from the webbing and darted away, turning left into an alleyway. Human Torch followed hot on his heels, but he had disappeared.
"Ah shit!" cursed Johnny, as he flew back to Peter.
"He got away," said Johnny, but Peter shook his head.
"I might have an idea," said Peter, as he swung towards the Oscorp Hangar, where he had webbed up the glowing gem. Johnny quickly followed him.
"Your idea is a gemstone?" asked Johnny.
"Not exactly. This is definitely connected to Man-Wolf somehow. We might need to analyze it," said Peter.
"I might have an idea about that…" said Johnny.
Human Torch and Peter flew up to the roof of the Baxter Building, where a blond haired woman seemed to be waiting for them.
"Hey Johnny, and Spider-Man?" asked the woman.
"He's not calling himself that anymore, for reasons unknown," said Johnny, before Peter could object.
"We came across an object…and creature of alien origin. We thought the Fantastic Four might have the best experience with such a thing," said Peter, taking out the now webbed up red gem, which seemed to be glowing red again.
"Reed's downstairs, let's head down. I'm Sue, by the way. Sue Storm," she said, extending her hand as Peter shook it.
"Aka The Invisible Woman," added Johnny, as Sue rolled her eyes. They walked back to the elevator and down to Reed Richard's lab.
"So, this is the homebase of the Fantastic Four?" asked Peter, as the elevator doors opened, revealing an enormous room which seemed to serve as a living room, a bar and a laboratory.
"Pretty much. Makes "Avengers HQ" look like a toddler's playground," said another voice. Peter looked to his right to see a large man made up of orange rocks sitting on the couch, waving at Peter.
"Man-Thing?" asked Peter, guessing his name.
"That's someone else, kid. I'm just "The Thing." Or, more humanly, Ben Grimm," said Thing.
"But Thing is the word we use around here. And everywhere else," joked Johnny, as Thing gave him a death stare.
"As a term of endearment, obviously…" added Johnny.
"You should take a seat at the couch, I'll just get this to Reed," said Sue, as she took the webbed gem from him and walked to the end of the room. Peter noticed a man standing at the middle of a chalkboard, with two arms extending to either side of the board, solving a math equation on the right and a chemical equation on the left.
"That's Mista' Fantastic," said Ben, nudging Peter's arm.
"More like "Mister Nerdtastic,"" joked Johnny.
"Not your best one, kid," replied Ben, as Peter got up from the couch and walked up to the chalkboard, and Mister Fantastic.
"What are you working on now?" asked Sue.
"Trying to reinvent the Schrodinger Equation to try and circumvent the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Also working on the aldehyde formation, but that's just to brush up my chemistry," said Reed, who was still obsessed with his work, to Sue.
"What about using a Laplacian Operator?" asked Peter. "That way you could diverge the gradient on the wave function, assuming it's a Euclidean space," chimed in Peter, much to Reed's interest.
"Interesting…that could work, but it would take more time to develop the mathematics. You're Spider-Man, aren't you? Never pegged you for the quantum mechanics type," asked Reed.
"Not anymore. I am him, but not Spider-Man," explained Peter.
"That statement's as confusing as the equation I'm working on," chuckled Reed. "So, what brings you to our humble abode?" he continued, as he brought his arms back to their normal size and turned towards the gem.
"That. It might be dangerous, and I assume it's of alien origin," said Peter, as Ben and Johnny joined them.
"Interesting," said Reed, as Sue handed him the gem. He peeled away some of the webbing.
"Ben," said Reed, as Ben walked up to the rock and chipped off a part of it.
"Careful!" said Peter.
"It's okay, kid. My skin ain't really skin," explained Ben, as he brought it under the electron microscope.
"Okay, perfect," said Reed, as him and Sue walked up to the and looked into the lens.
"Definitely Archaebacteria," said Sue.
"But of a species, that I can't tell," said Reed.
"I assume it came from the Moon. It was inside John Jameson's rocket," replied Peter.
"Who is a massive Man-Wolf, by the way," said Johnny.
"Wait. You don' seriously think that this rock made the dude turn into a wolf?" asked Ben, as Reed took a syringe and extracted a sample of the liquid oozing from the gem.
"Even if this is of alien origin, I can hopefully figure out enough about it," said Reed.
"Maybe we can extract the DNA?" asked Peter.
"The DNA isn't in the nucleus, it just floats around in its protoplasm," said Reed.
"Maybe we can use a hydrophilic substance like soap to break down the bacteria's cell wall?" suggested Peter.
"Like taking DNA from a plant. But we might lose whatever genetic material there is in the bacteria," replied Sue.
Peter thought for a second. "We can quickly add a solvent with a non zero dipole moment. Something like-"
"Ethanol!" finished Reed, chuckling as he got a beaker of dish soap, and Sue got a beaker of ethanol. Peter dripped the solution into a test tube, while Reed added the dish soap and Sue immediately added the ethanol. Sure enough, the DNA that left the cell sprung to the surface of the solution.
"Any idea what they're doin?" asked Ben.
"They lost me at DNA," replied Johnny.
"I can test this and see what's up with it," said Reed, placing the biopolymer under the electron microscope.
"The DNA of this bacteria seems to have mutagenic properties I've never seen before. Coming into contact with this wouldn't just turn you into a mutant of any kind, but completely randomize your genome," said Reed.
"So John came into contact with it, and his DNA was altered to be a man and canine hybrid?" asked Peter.
"It really couldn't have been a guinea pig?" remarked Johnny, as Reed walked up to Peter.
"I'll have the antidote ready in a while. It'll be like a…gene cleanser," said Reed.
"Wait. By gene cleanser, do you mean it can-"
"Reset an organism's genome to its original state. Man-Wolf will turn back to John Jameson," explained Reed.
"Right. Excuse me a second, I just need some air," he said, as he walked back to the elevator and up to the roof, leaving Reed puzzled.
"What was that all about?" asked Sue.
"I don't know. I mentioned the gene cleanser, and he sort of went silent," explained Reed.
"Sounds like he's considering something," suggested Sue.
"Maybe considering whether he should also take the cleanser or not?" asked Reed.
"Look, we don't know him, but I think we all can relate to what he's going through with his powers. Remember when we didn't want it either? And his whole "Identity Crisis" thing with him seems to tell the same tale,"said Sue.
"I think I should go talk to him," said Reed, as he walked away too.
"I could end it all. Everything! All my suffering, all my anger. All of it goes if I do this. All of it goes if I take the gene cleanser," said Peter, slamming his fists on the ledge.
"You can't keep equating your pain to your powers, Peter. They helped more people than you could possibly imagine," said the voice.
"And what'd it do for me? Other than ruin my life, and take away everything I ever cared about?" asked Peter. The voice didn't respond this time.
"You okay?" asked Reed, as he walked up to Peter from the elevator.
"Yeah, I'm okay," he replied.
"You're contemplating on whether you should take the gene cleanser, aren't you?" asked Reed, standing next to him.
"Look, I never asked for my powers. I never asked to have this burden of responsibility over me constantly. And thanks to what I do, I've lost so many people, more than I ever thought I would. I just want it all to go away, and that cleanser is my way out of this," said Peter.
"See, none of us ever asked for this. But think about it, without us, without you, what would this city be? Ashes? I like to believe that the way we got our powers wasn't accidental, but we were chosen. You, the Fantastic Four, hell even any mutants like the X-Men. It's not our powers that make us heroes, but it's what we do with those powers," said Reed.
"What if…I don't want them anymore?" asked Peter.
"That's up to you. It's okay to be selfish sometimes, especially after everything you've gone through. But take it from me. Spider-Man is one of the best heroes I have ever seen," he replied.
"How so?" asked Peter.
"His resolve. It's been on the news for the past 5 years! Teen superhero defeated by some criminal, yet you always get back up. That time you and Daredevil put away a crime boss, when you defeated a homicidal maniac, Hell when you held up an entire bridge! That's what special about you. If I were you, I would've quit a long time back. But you, you're an inspiration. You always keep going, no matter what. You may not be invincible, but your spirit sure as Hell is," said Reed, smiling.
"Thanks. Honestly, thank you," said Peter, as he took off his mask.
"I'm Peter. Peter Parker," he said.
"Good to meet you, Peter. Let's go, I think the antidote for Man-Wolf is ready," said Reed.
The duo walked back down to the lab, and Reed handed him the vial of the gene cleanser.
"You need to get him to ingest half of it to turn him back. If you don't mind, I'd like to keep the gem here for further analysis," said Reed.
"Of course," said Peter, with his mask off, as he bid goodbye to the Fantastic Four and jumped out of the window.
"So, you managed to get through to him?" asked Sue.
"He's a special one. I know he's going to do great things," replied Reed.
Peter swung to where Man-Wolf was having a rampage, as he flipped cars and roared at people who were running away.
"John!" shouted Peter, as he landed behind him, gene cleanser in his hand. Man-Wolf took one look at him and roared even louder, charging towards him. Peter flipped over him and shot a web towards his back, and pulled him down.
Man-Wolf fell down on his back, and Peter jumped down on his chest, uncorking the test tube.
Man-Wolf's eyes went even redder, as he backhanded Peter away, and the gene cleanser flew out of his hand.
"Shit," exclaimed Peter as he was thrown back. As he was in mid-air, he aimed a web towards the test tube. The web stuck to it, and Peter quickly pulled the test tube towards him, preventing it from breaking as he did a backflip and landed back on his feet.
"Guess I can't do this the easy way," thought Peter, as he webbed up the test tube, hoping it'll offer some protection. He ran towards Man Wolf's, who growled at him. Peter jumped and kicked Man-Wolf's chest, and as soon as his feet hit his chest, Peter webbed up his snout and flipped over him, landing on his back.
Man-Wolf shook his head vigorously, but Peter stayed on. Enraged, Man-Wolf started running down the street, but Peter managed to stay on, steering him in every direction away from civilians. However, Man-Wolf reached for his back and grabbed Peter, throwing him forwards directly into a wall.
Before he could even get up, Man-Wolf opened his jaws wide, ready to snap off Peter's head as his jaws began to clasp around him.
However, Peter held open his jaws with his hands. He managed to get back on his feet, still holding Man-Wolf's jaws open. Slowly, he fit his entire left arm across Man-Wolf's jaws, as he used his right hand and pulled out the test tube, uncorking it again.
He quickly poured half of it down Man-Wolf's throat, who began to howl loudly. He once again backhanded Peter into a car with so much force that the car exploded, sending Peter flying further down the street.
Peter slowly got to his feet, and saw a half naked John Jameson lying on the street, as ambulance sirens were heard.
"John?" asked Peter, as John started to cough.
"Who…who are you? Oh God….I remember everything...the gem…fighting you and Human Torch…dad!" exclaimed John.
"Where is he?" asked Peter.
"I…I think in the subway tunnels in Harlem. Yeah, he's definitely there!" said John, as paramedics rushed to help him, as Peter rushed towards Harlem, which was nearby.
Peter reached the tunnels, and concentrated his senses as he walked deeper. Eventually, he found Man-Wolf's paw prints. Following them, he walked deeper and found Jonah unconscious in a corner.
"Mr Jameson!" said Peter, running over to him. He seemed relatively unharmed, but he was definitely dehydrated.
"Need to get him to a hospital," thought Peter, as he lifted him up and rushed to the nearest hospital.
That night, Peter entered his room through his window and removed his mask, grasping the gene cleanser tightly as he uncorked it.
"I could end it all. I could live a normal life. I wouldn't ever need to risk my life, or anyone else's again," thought Peter, bringing it closer to his mouth.
"If I don't have the great power, then I sure as Hell wouldn't have the responsibility. A normal life is all I need," he continued thinking, shaking away any thoughts saying otherwise. Just as he was about to pour it down his throat, his eyes moved to the pictures of Ben and Gwen on his desk.
"Someone once told me…the worst thing you can do is blame yourself. If you blame yourself, you're not gonna help anyone, especially yourself," said Gwen, as her words echoed in his head.
Peter remembered the day he fought the Shocker, then when he fought the Frightful Four with Daredevil, and then eventually beat the Kingpin. Then he recalled his fight with Electro and his confrontation with Green Goblin. He remembered holding up an entire bridge to save as many people as he could, and his fight with Rose. He recalled fighting Doc Ock and remembered how much it hurt to fight someone who used their powers irresponsibly, especially someone he knew. The last 5 years of his life were defined by his powers.
"All those times…if I wasn't there…neither would New York…" he thought, as he remembered George Stacy's words.
"Kid, you've been through a lot, even before you wore the mask. As Spider-Man, you've nearly died so many times. You have put your life on the line so many times to help others. Any other person would have quit the first time they got beat up. But you somehow take those punches, and hit harder. That just proves to me, that you're not just doing this for fame and attention, you're doing this because you truly care about this city,"
He started taking the gene cleanser away from his mouth, a lump forming in his throat as he remembered what Matt, Reed and Spot, three fellow heroes had told him.
"I realized, that if I don't do what's necessary, then who will? When you can do something to prevent something bad from happening, but you decide not to, and then when that same bad thing happens, it's all on you,"
"It's not our powers that make us heroes, but it's what we do with those powers,"
"Spider-Man, you were the only one who saw the good in me,"
Clenching his jaw, he crushed the test tube in his hand, letting the liquid drip down his hand, as tears began to fall from his eyes. He walked up to his closet and dug to the bottom of the clothes pile, and pulled out his old suit.''
He couldn't even get himself to look at the symbol at the center of his suit. The symbol he himself designed, now a symbol of all the pain in his life. Taking a sharp breath, he put it back in the closet and dumped all the other clothes over it.
Alistair Smythe had spent the entire day analyzing the lunar bacteria, and the trail they were secreting.
"What are you working on?" asked Spencer, as he entered the room.
"A side project for a friend. But I believe the results may help us for the Venom Project," replied Alistair.
"How so?" asked Spencer, intrigued.
"The secretions by the bacteria, it seems to have…catalytic properties…" said Alistair, as he uploaded the data he collected from the microscope.
Both of them checked out the data.
"It's…it's a biological enzyme! It catalyzes reactions at a lightning fast rate," said Alistair.
"At such a fast rate…we could use this to make sure the Symbiote stays alive!" exclaimed Spencer,
"We did it!" replied Alistair, as he hugged Spencer in ecstasy.
"Now, it's time to get to work," said Spencer.
And there you go! I hope you loved the team up with the Fantastic Four, especially since they are getting their own spin-off, "The Invincible Fantastic Four!" Be sure to check it out when it releases, mostly around the end of June to Mid-July!
In other news, I passed the course I was doing on Einstein's Special Relativity with an 89.02%, and a Criminalistics course with a 78! So I'm pretty happy about that, and of course I started writing The Invincible Doctor Strange Season 2! Check it out when you can, other than that everything's been pretty good, and i've actually been invited to a Junior Year Party, so yay!
Marvel Nerd (1): Awesome! And yes, it did involve the Moon Gem, although I did try to give it a scientific explanation!
Marvel Nerd (2): Gonna be honest, I didn't know the entire lore of Man-Wolf lol, but thank you for helping me catch up!
Fate-Be Changed: I'm not going to do that, since it would complicate the story a lot for now lmao.
SpideyXBC: Black Cat is most likely not going to show up for a while now, but I might add her this season. If not this one, then definitely Season 6!
Geek4Life: Spider-Man would normally say that lol (and those are some awesome quips by the way!) but Peter's trying to take a more serious approach to crime fighting, so he probably won't be quipping as much.
Teller-Story: Maybe in a future storyline that'll be possible! Probably not in Season 5 though.
I am The Voice: Well, not exactly. The Symbiote will be made by Oscorp, but yes the main part of the Symbiote that keeps it alive will be from the Moon (and hitched a ride on his spaceship). So I feel like it's a good mix of Venom's original alien origin and the Ultimate Comics' more scientific origin!
redbirds12: Thanks! And of course, Jonah will always find some way to blame Peter!
Yours Truly,
Shadow Strike.