Chapter 3
A Kidnapping and An Escape
A/N: HURRAY! Chapter 3! Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala! La! Review! Also, I don't own The Matrix.
When Peter awoke, he found himself strapped to a pole in rope. He knew he could get himself out easily-he had once escaped when he had been chained to something-but he decided to stick around a while longer. Maybe he could get some information out of the two boys who were guarding the entrance.
"Uh, hi…Mark and Dan," said Peter, reading the nametags on their shirts. It was beyond Peter why they had those nametags in the first place.
Mark was a tall and skinny boy with messy brown hair and big blue eyes. Dan was a tall boy with dark brown hair and a big nose.
"Shut up," said Mark.
"Or we'll bring in Eric," warned Dan.
"We have pipes, and we know how to use 'em!" Mark shouted, waving his pipe in Peter's face.
"Not just any old pipes either," said Dan, taking his out too. "They're extra-strength pipes. They weigh over 500 tons."
"How can you lift them, then?" asked Peter incredulously.
"Because we're real and you're not and this whole thing isn't real so rules like gravity and spoon-bending can be broken…like the Matrix!" Mark explained.
"Uh…what's the Matrix?" asked Peter.
"Don't tell me you've never heard of the Matrix!" exclaimed Mark, sounding shocked.
"Yeah, that movie was so cool," said Dan.
"Oh, it's a movie," said Peter, relieved. He thought it was another fanfiction torture device KAJIBS had invented or something. "Anyway, can you guys get me out of here?"
"No," said Dan. "Why would we do that?"
"Do we look stupid to you?" scoffed Mark.
"Why won't you?! Guys, you gotta understand! KAJIBS is torturing me for no good reason! They're evil! Why would you want to associate with them? You guys are good people, like me!"
"What makes YOU so special and good?" sneered Mark.
"Yeah, and besides, evil is fun!" said Dan.
"Yeah," said Mark.
"I'm Spider-Man!" shouted Peter frantically, at a vain attempt at freedom. He knew that KAJIBS had probably already told them who their prisoner was, so there had been no point in saying that, really.
But, evidently, from the surprised expressions on the boys' faces, Peter would say they hadn't been told.
"Y-you're Spider-Man?" gasped Dan.
"Yeah…" said Peter slowly. Why hadn't KAJIBS told their guards whom they had kept hostage? That seemed kind of pointless.
"OH…MY…GOD!!!!!!!!! HURRAY! SPIDER-MAN!!!!" screamed Dan.
Oh. That was why.
"Of course we'll free you," said Mark. "You're Spider-Man, man! How many chances in my life will I get to help a SUPERHERO?!"
"Great," said the smiling Peter.
"But, how will we get him out of here?" Dan asked Mark.
"I guess…we'll just tell everyone we're taking the prisoner for a walk or something," said Mark.
"We'll have to put him in extra-strength handcuffs," said Dan. "So no one will get suspicious."
And so, Dan and Mark untied Peter from the pole, put extra-strength handcuffs on him, and escorted him outside.
They passed other middle-schoolers when they ran into a large boy with brown, gelled hair and a lot of freckles.
"What are you doing?" asked the boy.
"We're taking the hostage for a walk," said Dan. "To give him a last look at sunshine before The Evil Plan commences and he goes completely crazy,"
"Huh?" said Peter.
"Not now," whispered Mark.
The boy, who must've not have had good hearing, said "Oh," and stepped aside.
"Who was that?" Peter asked Dan as they walked past.
"That was Eric," said Dan. "The guy I threatened you with earlier. Anyways, here's the exit…"
They left the huge, shiny building he was being held hostage in, went down the alleyway, and hid behind a dozen garbage cans that had been conveniently placed there.
Mark and Dan un-cuffed Peter, gave him a hooded jacket so he could hide himself from KAJIBS and their henchmen, and saluted him as Peter darted down the alleyway, about to jump onto the wall and web-swing home.
He was just about the jump when he ran smack into one of KAJIBS' henchmen.
Or, in this case, a henchgirl.
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