Chapter 9: Electric Shock
Max Dillion a.k.a. Electro knew something was up when the Green Goblin asked him to talk in private.
"I have a job for you." He said immediately, "You want to prove yourself to the other guys?"
"Sure, but-" Goblin cut him off.
"Ah, no questions yet. I want you to get rid of Silver Phoenix."
Electro cocked his head, "But I thought Octopus told you to do it."
"You gonna let him boss us around. Besides, I think you have potential, I want you to kill her and maybe when you learn skills, you and I will take over Octavius after his 'plan' is finished."
The human dynamo crossed his arms, "So you're saying that if I kill Silver Phoenix, get a name for myself and then get rid of our boss and partners?"
"Exactly what I'm saying."
Electro smiled, "I like it."
As Dillon walked away and agreeing to Goblin's plan, the Green Goblin said to himself, "Just takes a few lies to convince that idiot."
Saidie Wright paced around her apartment the day after she found out Peter's secret, "I can't believe all this time and he didn't tell me! Well, like I have room to talk! Oh, man, should I tell him?!"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Saidie opened it to reveal Peter Parker.
"PETER?!" she screamed and slammed the door in his face.
'God, Saidie calm down he'll become suspicious!' she thought and opened the door again.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Sorry, I just didn't expect to see you."
He smiled, "So you slam the door in my nose?"
"Sorry." She tried to chuckle.
"Can I come in?"
"Uhh, yea, sure." She opened the door wider to let him in.
"I thought you were going to call me today and we'd go on a date."
Saidie squeezed her hands together, "Oh, I'm sorry Peter, I've been having trouble lately."
He put his hands on her shoulders, "Is everything alright, is someone bothering you?"
"N-no, its nothing."
Peter suddenly held her to his chest, resting his chin on her shoulder and wrapping his arms around her ribcage. "Please, talk to me. I'll help you."
Saidie didn't respond.
He lifted his head and looked into her eyes, still holding his embrace. "I want to get to know you better, Saidie. I can't if you won't talk to me."
She half-smiled and said, "What do you want to know?"
"You." He said softly, leaning in. Their lips almost touched when Saidie pulled out of his grasp.
"I can't." she sighed turning her back to him.
"Saidie, please."
"I will tell you one day, just not now. One day. Please, go, I will call you."
Peter looked at his feet, 'Great, how'd I screw this one up?' he thought. "Last time you said that, you never did."
"I will."
He shook his head sadly and walked out. 'What could she be possibly hiding?'
Saidie needed time to think, so she put on her armor and went to the skies.
'How am I going to tell Peter that I know? I wonder what he would say. He'd probably be pretty mad that I followed him. What would he say if I told him I was the Silver Phoenix? He'd probably get mad that I never told him. God, I'm so confused.'
By this time, the Phoenix felt a presence behind her. She figured it was Spider-man.
"Hey." She sighed turning around.
"Hi, how are you." Said a man who was definitely not Spider-man. The man was wearing green spandex costume with lightning bolts running down the sides. He also wore a mask with bolts going every which way.
"W-who are you?!" Silver Phoenix asked.
He floated on a lightning bolt that emitted from his feet. "I am called Electro. I'm here to take you out."
"Boy, I hope you mean out to lunch." She said smiling, not in the mood for another super-powered freak to get in her way.
Electro chuckled then raised his palm. Electric force burst from his skin towards Phoenix. Seconds before the blast would have knocked her out of the air, she dodged and landed on a building top.
In a few seconds, the sky was turned into a firing range. Lasers and electricity bolts flew everywhere. Phoenix fired at Electro, and he fired at her. But Phoenix at one point was not quick enough to dodge. A bolt hit her right in the shoulder. She lost control of her rockets and went to the ground. When she hit, the world around her was spinning and she looked up at Electro as if he were Death himself. As she closed her eyes to accept her fate, she felt strange when it didn't come.
She opened her eyes to see Electro spun into a cocoon of webbing. Spider- man landed beside her and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
'This is it, you've got to think of a way to tell him.' She thought, 'Ah, I have it.'
"I'm fine," she replied, "Uh, will you meet me on the building right there," she pointed, "in one hour? I have some important news for you."
"You can't tell me now?"
"Uh.. no. Please, will you?"
Spidey shrugged, "Yeah."
Phoenix smiled and flew off.
At her apartment Saidie thought of a way to break it to Spider-man, er Peter, whatever. She set the time, now she had to set it right. Within the hour of waiting, it began to rain. Saidie paced around her room until she saw something that gave her an idea.
Spider-man was there, in the drizzling rain waiting on Silver Phoenix.
"What could possibly be so important?" he asked himself. He shivered a bit. The rain was cold, but he kind of made a promise and he didn't intend to break it. All of the sudden, he heard a thud behind him. It was the Silver Phoenix landing on the other side of the roof. He noticed she had something in her hand.
When she approached him, he saw that she wasn't happy about something.
Then she spoke, almost in a whisper, "Whatever you may think after this night, I just want to say I'm sorry."
"What?" he asked, confused.
Then she handed him the thing she had and began to walk away. He looked at it. It was a pad of paper doppled with raindrops. Written in a very familiar handwriting, on the cover it said: Peter Parker; Notes for College Algebra. He made a silent gasp.
'She knows who I am? Wait, I gave these to Saidie!'
Then he looked back at the Silver Phoenix, she was at the edge of the roof about to fly away.
"S-Saidie?" he called out, still sounding confused.
When she slowly turned around, he could see that she was crying, "Peter, I'm so sorry." And she fell to her knees and sobbed.
Peter ripped off his mask and ran to her. He went to his knees as well and lifted her face. She allowed her mask to disappear and she looked into his eyes.
'What do I say to her?' he thought desperately and said, "Don't cry, Saidie."
Then, they both leaned in towards each other and their lips met. Peter wrapped his arms around her and Saidie did the same. And they stayed in that embrace for a while, and their troubles just disappeared.
To be continued.
Max Dillion a.k.a. Electro knew something was up when the Green Goblin asked him to talk in private.
"I have a job for you." He said immediately, "You want to prove yourself to the other guys?"
"Sure, but-" Goblin cut him off.
"Ah, no questions yet. I want you to get rid of Silver Phoenix."
Electro cocked his head, "But I thought Octopus told you to do it."
"You gonna let him boss us around. Besides, I think you have potential, I want you to kill her and maybe when you learn skills, you and I will take over Octavius after his 'plan' is finished."
The human dynamo crossed his arms, "So you're saying that if I kill Silver Phoenix, get a name for myself and then get rid of our boss and partners?"
"Exactly what I'm saying."
Electro smiled, "I like it."
As Dillon walked away and agreeing to Goblin's plan, the Green Goblin said to himself, "Just takes a few lies to convince that idiot."
Saidie Wright paced around her apartment the day after she found out Peter's secret, "I can't believe all this time and he didn't tell me! Well, like I have room to talk! Oh, man, should I tell him?!"
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Saidie opened it to reveal Peter Parker.
"PETER?!" she screamed and slammed the door in his face.
'God, Saidie calm down he'll become suspicious!' she thought and opened the door again.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Sorry, I just didn't expect to see you."
He smiled, "So you slam the door in my nose?"
"Sorry." She tried to chuckle.
"Can I come in?"
"Uhh, yea, sure." She opened the door wider to let him in.
"I thought you were going to call me today and we'd go on a date."
Saidie squeezed her hands together, "Oh, I'm sorry Peter, I've been having trouble lately."
He put his hands on her shoulders, "Is everything alright, is someone bothering you?"
"N-no, its nothing."
Peter suddenly held her to his chest, resting his chin on her shoulder and wrapping his arms around her ribcage. "Please, talk to me. I'll help you."
Saidie didn't respond.
He lifted his head and looked into her eyes, still holding his embrace. "I want to get to know you better, Saidie. I can't if you won't talk to me."
She half-smiled and said, "What do you want to know?"
"You." He said softly, leaning in. Their lips almost touched when Saidie pulled out of his grasp.
"I can't." she sighed turning her back to him.
"Saidie, please."
"I will tell you one day, just not now. One day. Please, go, I will call you."
Peter looked at his feet, 'Great, how'd I screw this one up?' he thought. "Last time you said that, you never did."
"I will."
He shook his head sadly and walked out. 'What could she be possibly hiding?'
Saidie needed time to think, so she put on her armor and went to the skies.
'How am I going to tell Peter that I know? I wonder what he would say. He'd probably be pretty mad that I followed him. What would he say if I told him I was the Silver Phoenix? He'd probably get mad that I never told him. God, I'm so confused.'
By this time, the Phoenix felt a presence behind her. She figured it was Spider-man.
"Hey." She sighed turning around.
"Hi, how are you." Said a man who was definitely not Spider-man. The man was wearing green spandex costume with lightning bolts running down the sides. He also wore a mask with bolts going every which way.
"W-who are you?!" Silver Phoenix asked.
He floated on a lightning bolt that emitted from his feet. "I am called Electro. I'm here to take you out."
"Boy, I hope you mean out to lunch." She said smiling, not in the mood for another super-powered freak to get in her way.
Electro chuckled then raised his palm. Electric force burst from his skin towards Phoenix. Seconds before the blast would have knocked her out of the air, she dodged and landed on a building top.
In a few seconds, the sky was turned into a firing range. Lasers and electricity bolts flew everywhere. Phoenix fired at Electro, and he fired at her. But Phoenix at one point was not quick enough to dodge. A bolt hit her right in the shoulder. She lost control of her rockets and went to the ground. When she hit, the world around her was spinning and she looked up at Electro as if he were Death himself. As she closed her eyes to accept her fate, she felt strange when it didn't come.
She opened her eyes to see Electro spun into a cocoon of webbing. Spider- man landed beside her and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
'This is it, you've got to think of a way to tell him.' She thought, 'Ah, I have it.'
"I'm fine," she replied, "Uh, will you meet me on the building right there," she pointed, "in one hour? I have some important news for you."
"You can't tell me now?"
"Uh.. no. Please, will you?"
Spidey shrugged, "Yeah."
Phoenix smiled and flew off.
At her apartment Saidie thought of a way to break it to Spider-man, er Peter, whatever. She set the time, now she had to set it right. Within the hour of waiting, it began to rain. Saidie paced around her room until she saw something that gave her an idea.
Spider-man was there, in the drizzling rain waiting on Silver Phoenix.
"What could possibly be so important?" he asked himself. He shivered a bit. The rain was cold, but he kind of made a promise and he didn't intend to break it. All of the sudden, he heard a thud behind him. It was the Silver Phoenix landing on the other side of the roof. He noticed she had something in her hand.
When she approached him, he saw that she wasn't happy about something.
Then she spoke, almost in a whisper, "Whatever you may think after this night, I just want to say I'm sorry."
"What?" he asked, confused.
Then she handed him the thing she had and began to walk away. He looked at it. It was a pad of paper doppled with raindrops. Written in a very familiar handwriting, on the cover it said: Peter Parker; Notes for College Algebra. He made a silent gasp.
'She knows who I am? Wait, I gave these to Saidie!'
Then he looked back at the Silver Phoenix, she was at the edge of the roof about to fly away.
"S-Saidie?" he called out, still sounding confused.
When she slowly turned around, he could see that she was crying, "Peter, I'm so sorry." And she fell to her knees and sobbed.
Peter ripped off his mask and ran to her. He went to his knees as well and lifted her face. She allowed her mask to disappear and she looked into his eyes.
'What do I say to her?' he thought desperately and said, "Don't cry, Saidie."
Then, they both leaned in towards each other and their lips met. Peter wrapped his arms around her and Saidie did the same. And they stayed in that embrace for a while, and their troubles just disappeared.
To be continued.
