Ah, What a Tangled Web We Weave
Disclaimer: All but one is owned by that which is the House of Ideas. So I beg you not to sue. But Nokomis aka Arachne is mine all mine, and if you try any funny stuff with her, I'll send Arachne after you, and we don't want that....
Notes: This story has played around with the timeline a little bit. I have pushed back the beginning of Ultimate Spider-Man so Peter Parker is now 17, but the kids at Evolution at still the same age they are in the cartoon. This also takes place after Rogue has taken Ms. Marvel's powers (flight and super strength), which I know hasn't happened in the cartoon, but I'm old school...Rogue's gotta fly!
Enjoy!
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It was a rare treaty when the Professor let his young charges travel to New York City. Of course Kitty, Rogue, and Kurt had complained loudly when the Professor had explained to them that only Scott and Jean would be coming. This was a business trip, not a chance for Kitty to go on an shopping spree...again. No, Storm and the teens that were remaining had to prepare for the new student's arrival.
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Swinging through the smog of the Big Apple, Peter Parker was bored. Very bored. It had been two years since he had been bitten by the spider, two years since becoming Spider-Man, two years since Uncle Ben...no, not tonight. Not when he was on patrol. Peter reminded himself, got to keep those spidey senses clear for....woo boy! Something had caught his attention. Swinging in to get a better look, he could see a hulking dark-haired man about to pounce on a red-haired girl. Well not on Spider-Man turf! Redheads have nothing to fear when Spider-man is here! Oh jeeze that was cheesy!, he thought to himself. Landing behind the large man, Peter raced through all his best opening line, as he noticed how cute the redhead was.
"Isn't way past your bedtime, young man?" Peter joked, crossing his arms. The man turned around and grinned at him. Whoa, Peter thought, taking a step back. This isn't what he expected. The man straighten up and Peter could see long silver blades coming out from between the man's knuckles. A mutant! Peter had read about them, but had never actually fought one. Well here goes nothing!, he thought.
The mutant set off Peter's senses as he leaped. Peter was barely able to shoot out a line of webbing before the man was on top of him. Swinging just out of reach of the man's claws, Peter shot out another line of webbing, trying to net the mutant. But the mutant was quickly able to cut through the web net. Damn, Peter thought. What can I do about those claws? If Peter had been watching more than the hulking man in front of him, he would have notice that instead of running off in fear, the redhead was just standing there, watching. Peter and the mutant circled either other, and as the man leaped, Peter didn't swing out of the way. He had to get those claws out of the way. So as the man was to come down, Peter grabbed him. Using his amazing spider strength, Peter held the man over his head with one hand. But as quickly as he had caught the man, a female voice called out behind him.
"Sorry not to play fair, but this isn't quiet what we had in mind..."
Before Peter could even think huh to himself, he felt his feet lift off the ground. What the hell???, Peter screamed in his own head. Peter was no longer in control of his own body. He felt the weight of the mutant lift from his hand, and as he was spun around he could the mutant being let down to the ground. Then he noticed that the redhead was still here. And not only that, she was looking straight at him, with her arms raised, like...like she was controlling his body.
"What...what's going on here!", Peter croaked out. He was set up. Damn it and he fell for it.
"Please do not worry.", a voice called out from the shadows. A young man wheeled out a older man in a wheelchair. "We apologize for having to force you into such confining conversation, but it was to protect your privacy".
"What do you mean protect my privacy?", Peter snapped back.
"Well since you are a masked hero, I felt it might not be a good idea to read every young man's mind in New York City to find out which one was Spider-Man.", the wheel bound man stated.
Mind reading? Maybe that's how that girl is holding me up here, with her mind. Peter thought as he looked around at them. The would-be attacker was now standing next to the wheel chair. And Peter could make out that the young man was wearing sunglasses, even though it was after midnight. They're all mutants!, Peter thought suddenly to himself.
"What do you want from me? I'm not joining any group! And no I don't want to help you take over the world!", Peter shouted at all of them. The two young people started giggling. And even the man in the wheelchair cracked a smile. Peter was now confused. This isn't what he expected.
"We do not want you to help us take over the world, young man. We are here for much more mundane reasons. My name is Professor Xavier. Jean?", he glanced at the redhead. She nodded, and as she lowered her arms, Peter lowered back down to the street. "We have a student we would like you to meet at our school. I think it could be a very important trip, for mutants and marvels alike."
"Why should I want to meet this student of yours?", Peter asked.,
"Because the two of you share something very special in common. Your powers.", the Professor stated very matter of factly.
Disclaimer: All but one is owned by that which is the House of Ideas. So I beg you not to sue. But Nokomis aka Arachne is mine all mine, and if you try any funny stuff with her, I'll send Arachne after you, and we don't want that....
Notes: This story has played around with the timeline a little bit. I have pushed back the beginning of Ultimate Spider-Man so Peter Parker is now 17, but the kids at Evolution at still the same age they are in the cartoon. This also takes place after Rogue has taken Ms. Marvel's powers (flight and super strength), which I know hasn't happened in the cartoon, but I'm old school...Rogue's gotta fly!
Enjoy!
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It was a rare treaty when the Professor let his young charges travel to New York City. Of course Kitty, Rogue, and Kurt had complained loudly when the Professor had explained to them that only Scott and Jean would be coming. This was a business trip, not a chance for Kitty to go on an shopping spree...again. No, Storm and the teens that were remaining had to prepare for the new student's arrival.
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Swinging through the smog of the Big Apple, Peter Parker was bored. Very bored. It had been two years since he had been bitten by the spider, two years since becoming Spider-Man, two years since Uncle Ben...no, not tonight. Not when he was on patrol. Peter reminded himself, got to keep those spidey senses clear for....woo boy! Something had caught his attention. Swinging in to get a better look, he could see a hulking dark-haired man about to pounce on a red-haired girl. Well not on Spider-Man turf! Redheads have nothing to fear when Spider-man is here! Oh jeeze that was cheesy!, he thought to himself. Landing behind the large man, Peter raced through all his best opening line, as he noticed how cute the redhead was.
"Isn't way past your bedtime, young man?" Peter joked, crossing his arms. The man turned around and grinned at him. Whoa, Peter thought, taking a step back. This isn't what he expected. The man straighten up and Peter could see long silver blades coming out from between the man's knuckles. A mutant! Peter had read about them, but had never actually fought one. Well here goes nothing!, he thought.
The mutant set off Peter's senses as he leaped. Peter was barely able to shoot out a line of webbing before the man was on top of him. Swinging just out of reach of the man's claws, Peter shot out another line of webbing, trying to net the mutant. But the mutant was quickly able to cut through the web net. Damn, Peter thought. What can I do about those claws? If Peter had been watching more than the hulking man in front of him, he would have notice that instead of running off in fear, the redhead was just standing there, watching. Peter and the mutant circled either other, and as the man leaped, Peter didn't swing out of the way. He had to get those claws out of the way. So as the man was to come down, Peter grabbed him. Using his amazing spider strength, Peter held the man over his head with one hand. But as quickly as he had caught the man, a female voice called out behind him.
"Sorry not to play fair, but this isn't quiet what we had in mind..."
Before Peter could even think huh to himself, he felt his feet lift off the ground. What the hell???, Peter screamed in his own head. Peter was no longer in control of his own body. He felt the weight of the mutant lift from his hand, and as he was spun around he could the mutant being let down to the ground. Then he noticed that the redhead was still here. And not only that, she was looking straight at him, with her arms raised, like...like she was controlling his body.
"What...what's going on here!", Peter croaked out. He was set up. Damn it and he fell for it.
"Please do not worry.", a voice called out from the shadows. A young man wheeled out a older man in a wheelchair. "We apologize for having to force you into such confining conversation, but it was to protect your privacy".
"What do you mean protect my privacy?", Peter snapped back.
"Well since you are a masked hero, I felt it might not be a good idea to read every young man's mind in New York City to find out which one was Spider-Man.", the wheel bound man stated.
Mind reading? Maybe that's how that girl is holding me up here, with her mind. Peter thought as he looked around at them. The would-be attacker was now standing next to the wheel chair. And Peter could make out that the young man was wearing sunglasses, even though it was after midnight. They're all mutants!, Peter thought suddenly to himself.
"What do you want from me? I'm not joining any group! And no I don't want to help you take over the world!", Peter shouted at all of them. The two young people started giggling. And even the man in the wheelchair cracked a smile. Peter was now confused. This isn't what he expected.
"We do not want you to help us take over the world, young man. We are here for much more mundane reasons. My name is Professor Xavier. Jean?", he glanced at the redhead. She nodded, and as she lowered her arms, Peter lowered back down to the street. "We have a student we would like you to meet at our school. I think it could be a very important trip, for mutants and marvels alike."
"Why should I want to meet this student of yours?", Peter asked.,
"Because the two of you share something very special in common. Your powers.", the Professor stated very matter of factly.