Chapter 2

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          Peter Parker awoke when his alarm went off. Half-asleep he made his way down stairs. Aunt May was in the living room watching the morning news. Peter grabbed a bowl of cereal quickly from the kitchen and joined Aunt May in the living room. The current story was showing a man who had been flung through a wall and had his back broken.

          "Is this about a car crash or something?" Peter asked his Aunt.

          "No," his Aunt replied not taking her eyes of the screen, "He was found outside the clock tower last night."

          "Outside the…?" Peter started to ask but then his eyes went wide with realization, "Who was it."

          "It was that Eddie Brock fellow you told me about," Aunt May said.

          Eddie must have followed me to the clock tower, Peter thought, But then how could the symbiot throw him through the wall on its own? That must mean there was someone else there as well. But I don't remember seeing anybody. Then again I don't remember seeing Eddie so it could be just about anyone in the city.

          "Police are completely baffled by the attack," the reporter said, "While Brock survived the attack he will certainly be paralyzed from the waist down. How the attacker managed to send him through the wall is still under investigation."

          "To do that to Eddie would take a hell of a lot of strength," Peter said, "Eddie's a pretty big guy."

          He stood up and got ready to go.

          "I thought you didn't need to go to work until this evening?" Aunt May asked.

          "I don't," Peter answered, "But I want to go see Eddie. I can't help but feel sorry for him. He was fired yesterday you know."

          Aunt May gave a look of mild shock at this before she turned back to the TV to find out about the weather.

          As Peter closed the door behind him he heard a familiar voice behind him, "Peter!"

          Peter turned around to see Mary Jane Watson.

          "Hey M.J." Peter said, "What's up."

          "I was just out for walk," M.J. replied, "Where are you going?"

          "I guess you haven't seen the news today," Peter said, "Eddie Brock had his back broken last night by some attacker."

          "Really?" M.J. said in a slightly surprised voice, "That's too bad."

          He got what he deserved if you ask me, M.J. thought to herself, Nosy man.

          "I'm going to the hospital to visit him," Peter explained, "I feel bad for him especially since Jameson fired him yesterday."

          "He did?" M.J. asked, "Wow, Eddie really had a bad day yesterday."

          "Yeah, I guess he did," Peter agreed with a slight frown, She seems too happy about this. It's not like her.

          "So do you want to come along to the hospital with me?" Peter asked.

          "Sure," M.J. agreed, "I don't really have anything else to do until I have to go to work this evening."