Chapter 9
As Spider Man made his way back to his apartment, he said to himself, "Well, I was wrong about this alien being just a brainiack kid… Peter could be famous for discovering the first alien from space to have come down to visit Earth! It would be the greatest of all discoveries and the answer to other life out in space question!"
He shook his head, "If I turned in the alien, then they'd want to cut it open to see what it was made of… Maybe I should turn it in for trying to kill me, but then again… it wanted to help me bandage my cuts and fix my costume."
Peter clung to the side of his apartment building and crawled down to his window.
He then quickly glanced down at the sidewalk far below and noticed a woman with long flowing golden blonde hair walking by.
He turned his gaze to a man wearing a black mask following behind the young woman.
Peter noticed a glint of sliver in the man's hand and realized that it was a knife.
Oh no! Another mugger.. but this time he's got a knife.. I thought that muggers preferred guns? I wonder if knives are in fashion now.
Spider Man watched as the blonde woman disappeared into an alleyway, obviously she figured out that someone was following.
The man hastened his pace and ran into the alleyway where the woman went into.
Spider Man quickly reacted and shot out a web line to follow the mugger.
He let loose his web line and clung to the side of a wall, hiding in a darkened area to avoid being seen.
He watched as the mugger ran up to the woman and grabbed her by the shoulder to spin her around.
Peter reached his hand out to prepare to web the man, but just then the woman raised her fist and punched the man in the face.
The man stumbled back and let out a cry of pain, "Aah! Shit! My face! I can't feel my face!" He held his face in his hands and slowly pulled his hand away to glance down at his blood covered hand that came from the blood that seeped through his mask.
The man raised his head up and shouted angrily, "You bitch! You broke my nose!"
Spider Man crawled down the wall and exclaimed, "Now, that's very nice thing to say to a lady! You should have your mouth washed out with soap!"
The woman's head spun in the direction of Spider Man as he crawled down the wall of the building near her.
Spider Man jumped, did a quick flip, and came down on his feet. "Well, it seems the hunted became the hunter-" Spider Man blinked as he stared that woman's face. "S-Samus?!"
Samus smiled, "What an unexpected surprise. I never thought that Spider Man would come to save me."
"Well, uh.. Anyone that's in trouble, I come to save the day! That's what a friendly neighborhood Spider Man is for!" Spider Man replied nervously.
Now Spider Man is going to make a fool out of himself in front of Peter's girlfriend! Peter thought.
Spider Man turned his head to see the mugger stumbling away. He quickly shot out a web and entangled the man in a net of web.
Spider Man turned back to Samus and gestured with his hand toward the mugger, "Well, I gotta hand this wanna-be-mugger over to the cops. We can't these kind of people mugging beautiful women."
Samus placed her left hand on her hip and smirked, "Another flatterer? I'm just running into your kind, aren't I?"
Peter bit his lip and thought glumly, Now just give away who you are, Peter! I'm sure she'll catch the hint that Peter Parker and Spider Man have the same style of flattery toward the same beautiful woman that you both would crazily risk your neck for!
Spider Man shrugged, "Well, uh, today is your lucky day! We're hard to come by these days, ya know?"
"I'm sure.. very ironic." Samus replied.
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Great.. I run into him again in the same day!.. How could I possibly let him know that I'm the one in the power suit? I can't tell him!.. And how can I tell him that I know his real identity? I love Peter Parker, but I don't like Spider Man's smart-ass jokes.
Samus turned her head to the side, "Well, um.. thanks for kind of saving me."
"Sure! No problem! Saving damsels in distress is my specialty!" I'd do it every day just for you!"
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There you go again making a bigger fool out of yourself in front of Peter's girlfriend! Spider Man thought irritably.
"Um.. before you go, doesn't the hero kind of get something in return?" Spider Man asked nervously.
Samus blinked in surprise. "Uh, sure… what do you want exactly?"
I wouldn't mind a passionate kiss from Peter's girlfriend! I'd even be gladder if you could be my girlfriend too! Spider man thought. Wait!… What am I thinking? Peter and Spidey are the same person… but she doesn't know that.. How could I tell her that I love her to death? She'd probably freak out if she knew that Peter was Spider Man and then dump us both.
"Well, um.. whatever you want to give me?" Spider Man replied shyly.
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He's expecting a kiss.. how sweet…. Ah hell, why not! Since Spider Man is my boyfriend in disguise. Samus thought with a small smirk.
Samus approached him and raised her hand up to run her finger in the place where Peter's lips were. "Alright." Samus smiled smugly.
She quickly reached up with both of her hands and slid her fingers under Spider Man's mask. She bent her head forward as she pulled up Spider Man's mask to reveal his lips.
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Peter blinked from the surprise as Samus half removed his mask and placed her lips to his.
Whoa! That was unusually quick! I expected her to at least hesitate!.. She wasn't the least bit nervous. Something is fishy here… and it's definitely not coming from the harbor. Peter thought suspiciously. But I might as well enjoy it while it lasts. Spider Man wrapped his arms around Samus' waist and hesitantly pulled her closer to his body.
He closed his eyes and the outside world became silent and motionless to him as he deeply kissed the woman he desired deeply.
Spider Man's thoughts and dreams of Mary Jane soon became distant memories and he seemed to have completely forgotten about her.
His thoughts slowly drifted to his once kindergarten sweetheart and suddenly thought, MJ! I completely forgot about her!
He felt Samus place her hand on his side and slowly ran her hand up to his chest.
… I guess it wouldn't hurt to love two women.