The Metropolis University Chronicles
Book 1: The Children of Genesis
Chapter 3
By: Web Spinner
Adam frowned as his fingers scanned the page. His unusual radar like senses could make out the print of the page. He also could hear heartbeats and things no one else could. It was unusual, he knew. He heard footsteps coming down the hall and pausing at his door. Adam quickly closed the book. The door opened and Adam quickly identified the large balk of Craig.
"Where's Jon?" he asked crossing the space between the door and Adam in two giant steps.
"I dunno," Adam answered with a shrug. Craig grabbed the book that Adam had closed. "Looking at the pictures, Bat?" he snickered.
"I thought that was your forte," Adam replied. Craig grabbed him by the collar of the shirt and easily lifted him off the bed. Adam almost cursed his sensitive smelling when Adam caught a whiff of Craig's onion smelling breath. Adam almost gagged.
"Watch it Bat. If it wasn't for you being Jon's roommate I swear I would beat the crap out of you," the football player sneered at Adam.
"So I've heard," Adam said nonchalantly replied. Craig scowled at him.
"In fact, here he comes," said Adam as he heard Jon's footsteps down the hall. Craig dropped him immediately. "Hey Craig," Jon greeted as he threw his stuff on the top of the bunk bed.
"Jon, you weren't at football practice. Couch was asking about you," said Craig with his arms crossed.
"Yeah well I had a test, I told couch I couldn't miss it. It's not my fault if he didn't listen," said Jon with a shrug. Adam grinned as Craig's heart beat skyrocketed in anger. Jealously was practically radiating off the large football player. If Jon was any other player and had done that, he would be quickly forced to ride the bench the whole season. Jon leaned against the bunk beds and flipped through the book which Craig had taken.
"Will that be all or is there something else you wish to discuss?" Jon asked with a fake sincerity. Craig turned around and left but not without slamming the door. Adam winced at the sound.
"That went well," Adam said with a grin. Jon chuckled.
"Yeah, what are you doing this weekend?" Jon asked.
"Why are you asking me out on a date?" Adam asked with a grin. Jon slapped the back of Adam's head.
"No, just a chance to get away from cafeteria food for a weekend. My parents are having a special celebration over at the Daily Planet, so wanna go and crash at my place?" Jon asked. Adam raised an eyebrow above his shades.
"Sounds good, will you're parents mind?" he asked.
"No, man. My mom has wanted me to bring some friends home. She still a bit mad that I decided to live on campus instead of being a commuter," Jon replied a grin. Adam nodded and slipped on his headphones. Jon wasn't so easy to put off though. He lifted up one earphone.
"You can even bring a girl if you'd like," suggested Jon.
"Who would I bring?" laughed Adam at his roommates suggestion.
"How about that girl you were walking home today? The one who almost threw up in the middle of the class," suggested Jon. Adam rolled his eyes.
"She was nervous. She had speech to do. Is it all over campus?" asked Adam with a frown. Poor Gwen.
"Well I heard about it. Gwen Parker, I think her name was, right?" Jon asked. Adam nodded.
"I know her sister, Tiffany, talk about fine," whistled Jon with a grin.
"And Gwen?" Adam asked.
"Never seen her, just heard about her so I couldn't say," Jon commented with a shrug. Adam nodded and went back to listening to music on his headphones.
"Yes, Dad I am staying out of trouble," said Gwen as she flopped down on her top bunk with her phone.
"Tiffany called your mother today," her father commented on the other end of the phone.
"Dad, she wanted my notes from class because she skipped class. I made a complete fool of myself today," she said to the phone.
"How?" her father replied with a sympathetic tone.
"Threw up during a speech. Well, I made it to the bathroom fortunately," she said with a sigh. "Sounds bad. I'm sorry. How are you holding up?" he asked.
"Good, I guess. It's all over school and I've never been so embarrassed. I am going to change my name and move from the country," she replied.
"Umm, that bad, huh?" her father asked.
"Yeah, so how is everything back home?" Gwen asked.
"Let's see. Ben is currently grounded again for getting a D on his progress report. Your mom is still working in The Music Man. I got some great photos of ol' web head fighting a couple of psychopaths. Pretty much same old same old," her father said.
"Oh yeah? How is the wallcrawler?" asked Gwen with a smile. Her father chuckled over the phone.
"Lonely, his new partner decided to take some time off to go to college," he said. Gwen smiled.
"I bet she misses the wallcrawler too," she replied. Her father chuckled.
"You're mom calling us for dinner, I better let you go, honey bear," her dad said.
"DAD! Don't call me that," Gwen begged and hung up the phone with a smile. She truly did hate that nickname. She really missed being Spider-girl too but she had decided to hang up the blue and red suit when she reached college. Besides this was Superman's turf. When she had reached her sixteenth birthday, she had discovered her powers by accident. Her friends had taken her climbing. It had been the rage for sometime and her friends had been shocked that she had never tried it. Gwen had been scared of heights at the time, but didn't want to look like a coward. Something had gone wrong with her ropes and one of them snapped. Gwen had found herself holding on to a rock face without the support of the rope. Fortunately, the instructor had rescued her a few seconds later praising her for being so good as to find footholds and being braved. Gwen had gone home shaken and pale but curious. So secretly in her room, Gwen tried to stick to walls again. It was insane but she just had to know. So carefully she stood on a chair and placed both hands on the wall. Then she put one foot on the wall and after taking a deep breath and closing her eyes put the other foot on the walls as well. She had expected to fall, of course, but when she opened her eyes she found herself sticking to the ceiling. Slowly she started climbing until she was hanging upside down on the ceiling. That was when her mom came in. It's a known fact that if a kid does something wrong, mothers will come in the exact moment you're doing it. Gwen had never her mom to freak out like she did. She let out a blood curdling scream (that would have been perfect for any horror movie) This started Gwen causing her to fall unto the bed. Peter had rushed into his daughter's bedroom and managed to tell what his wife was yelling hysterically about. She then pointed at Peter and yelled,
"It's all your fault. I just knew this would happen. Tiffany turned out normal so I figured it wouldn't be passed down but now your second child is crawling up walls!"
"Does this mean I am a freak?" Gwen had asked. Then after calming Mary Jane, he told Gwen his secret. He was Spiderman. Although Gwen hated to admit it, she never thought her dad was cool enough to be a superhero. She loved him but it wasn't everyday when a teenager finds out her father goes around chasing psychos in a costume.
Gwen scowled at the psychology book. Freud had to be high or drunk to think up the kind of crap that was in the textbook.
"Freud was a freak," she mumbled to Sierra who was in the middle of checking her email.
"Well if you had sex on the mind 24/7 like that loser, you'd probably be too," Sierra said with a grin.
"This is sickening of what this guy is coming up with! I can't believe people actually take him seriously," Gwen commented as she wrinkled up her nose. She was just about to comment on the lack of sanity as far as her psychology professor had when the phone rang. Sierra grabbed it first. Gwen had no problem with this since no one but family ever called her anyway. Well her mom and her dad at least. Tiffany would only call when she wanted something, Ben never called since he figured it damage his role as happy brother since his sisters were away at college.
"Hello," Sierra said in a rather seductive voice that made Gwen smile. Sierra was such a flirt! After a moment of listening, Sierra's mouth turned in a cute little pout.
"It's for you," she said as she tossed up the phone to Gwen on the top bunk. Gwen caught it with a puzzled expression.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Gwen?" asked a male voice.
"The one and only," she replied. The guy chuckled on the other end.
"How would you like to go to a party for the weekend?"
"What's the catch?"
"No catch, I am trying to hook up…" Gwen cut him off. "Look I don't know who you are but I don't what to be paired up with any loser friend of yours!" she said angrily as she slammed down the phone. Sierra looked at her with surprise.
"What was that about?"
"I dunno, some loser wanted to pair me up with someone," she said with a frown.
"What's so bad about that?" asked Sierra.
"People only do that when they want to humiliate you and their friend. They try to pair up their single friend with a geeky girl and then laugh at them the whole evening," Gwen said with her arms crossed. She leaned her head against the wall and stared up at the ceiling. She had learned this the hard way.
"You're crazy, but you're not a geek," Sierra assured her.
"Yeah and the Pope isn't catholic," Gwen retorted. The phone rang again.
"What?" Gwen hollered into the phone.
"Gwen, this is the loser," someone replied over the other end of the phone. Gwen closed her eyes and groaned.
"Adam?" she asked. "Guilty, sorry about all that. Jon was being a moron," Adam apologized. "That was Jon?" she asked and winced. Sierra nodded. 'You should have told me!' Gwen mouthed. Sierra shrugged.
"So how about that party?" he asked.
"She'd love to," Sierra stated over the other phone in the room.
"Hang up that phone now! I don't listen to your calls!" Gwen stated trying to sound annoyed and not to smile.
"Are all roommates this weird or is it just ours?" asked Adam with a chuckle.
"Maybe their normal, scary thought. I'd love to go," said Gwen with a smile.
Book 1: The Children of Genesis
Chapter 3
By: Web Spinner
Adam frowned as his fingers scanned the page. His unusual radar like senses could make out the print of the page. He also could hear heartbeats and things no one else could. It was unusual, he knew. He heard footsteps coming down the hall and pausing at his door. Adam quickly closed the book. The door opened and Adam quickly identified the large balk of Craig.
"Where's Jon?" he asked crossing the space between the door and Adam in two giant steps.
"I dunno," Adam answered with a shrug. Craig grabbed the book that Adam had closed. "Looking at the pictures, Bat?" he snickered.
"I thought that was your forte," Adam replied. Craig grabbed him by the collar of the shirt and easily lifted him off the bed. Adam almost cursed his sensitive smelling when Adam caught a whiff of Craig's onion smelling breath. Adam almost gagged.
"Watch it Bat. If it wasn't for you being Jon's roommate I swear I would beat the crap out of you," the football player sneered at Adam.
"So I've heard," Adam said nonchalantly replied. Craig scowled at him.
"In fact, here he comes," said Adam as he heard Jon's footsteps down the hall. Craig dropped him immediately. "Hey Craig," Jon greeted as he threw his stuff on the top of the bunk bed.
"Jon, you weren't at football practice. Couch was asking about you," said Craig with his arms crossed.
"Yeah well I had a test, I told couch I couldn't miss it. It's not my fault if he didn't listen," said Jon with a shrug. Adam grinned as Craig's heart beat skyrocketed in anger. Jealously was practically radiating off the large football player. If Jon was any other player and had done that, he would be quickly forced to ride the bench the whole season. Jon leaned against the bunk beds and flipped through the book which Craig had taken.
"Will that be all or is there something else you wish to discuss?" Jon asked with a fake sincerity. Craig turned around and left but not without slamming the door. Adam winced at the sound.
"That went well," Adam said with a grin. Jon chuckled.
"Yeah, what are you doing this weekend?" Jon asked.
"Why are you asking me out on a date?" Adam asked with a grin. Jon slapped the back of Adam's head.
"No, just a chance to get away from cafeteria food for a weekend. My parents are having a special celebration over at the Daily Planet, so wanna go and crash at my place?" Jon asked. Adam raised an eyebrow above his shades.
"Sounds good, will you're parents mind?" he asked.
"No, man. My mom has wanted me to bring some friends home. She still a bit mad that I decided to live on campus instead of being a commuter," Jon replied a grin. Adam nodded and slipped on his headphones. Jon wasn't so easy to put off though. He lifted up one earphone.
"You can even bring a girl if you'd like," suggested Jon.
"Who would I bring?" laughed Adam at his roommates suggestion.
"How about that girl you were walking home today? The one who almost threw up in the middle of the class," suggested Jon. Adam rolled his eyes.
"She was nervous. She had speech to do. Is it all over campus?" asked Adam with a frown. Poor Gwen.
"Well I heard about it. Gwen Parker, I think her name was, right?" Jon asked. Adam nodded.
"I know her sister, Tiffany, talk about fine," whistled Jon with a grin.
"And Gwen?" Adam asked.
"Never seen her, just heard about her so I couldn't say," Jon commented with a shrug. Adam nodded and went back to listening to music on his headphones.
"Yes, Dad I am staying out of trouble," said Gwen as she flopped down on her top bunk with her phone.
"Tiffany called your mother today," her father commented on the other end of the phone.
"Dad, she wanted my notes from class because she skipped class. I made a complete fool of myself today," she said to the phone.
"How?" her father replied with a sympathetic tone.
"Threw up during a speech. Well, I made it to the bathroom fortunately," she said with a sigh. "Sounds bad. I'm sorry. How are you holding up?" he asked.
"Good, I guess. It's all over school and I've never been so embarrassed. I am going to change my name and move from the country," she replied.
"Umm, that bad, huh?" her father asked.
"Yeah, so how is everything back home?" Gwen asked.
"Let's see. Ben is currently grounded again for getting a D on his progress report. Your mom is still working in The Music Man. I got some great photos of ol' web head fighting a couple of psychopaths. Pretty much same old same old," her father said.
"Oh yeah? How is the wallcrawler?" asked Gwen with a smile. Her father chuckled over the phone.
"Lonely, his new partner decided to take some time off to go to college," he said. Gwen smiled.
"I bet she misses the wallcrawler too," she replied. Her father chuckled.
"You're mom calling us for dinner, I better let you go, honey bear," her dad said.
"DAD! Don't call me that," Gwen begged and hung up the phone with a smile. She truly did hate that nickname. She really missed being Spider-girl too but she had decided to hang up the blue and red suit when she reached college. Besides this was Superman's turf. When she had reached her sixteenth birthday, she had discovered her powers by accident. Her friends had taken her climbing. It had been the rage for sometime and her friends had been shocked that she had never tried it. Gwen had been scared of heights at the time, but didn't want to look like a coward. Something had gone wrong with her ropes and one of them snapped. Gwen had found herself holding on to a rock face without the support of the rope. Fortunately, the instructor had rescued her a few seconds later praising her for being so good as to find footholds and being braved. Gwen had gone home shaken and pale but curious. So secretly in her room, Gwen tried to stick to walls again. It was insane but she just had to know. So carefully she stood on a chair and placed both hands on the wall. Then she put one foot on the wall and after taking a deep breath and closing her eyes put the other foot on the walls as well. She had expected to fall, of course, but when she opened her eyes she found herself sticking to the ceiling. Slowly she started climbing until she was hanging upside down on the ceiling. That was when her mom came in. It's a known fact that if a kid does something wrong, mothers will come in the exact moment you're doing it. Gwen had never her mom to freak out like she did. She let out a blood curdling scream (that would have been perfect for any horror movie) This started Gwen causing her to fall unto the bed. Peter had rushed into his daughter's bedroom and managed to tell what his wife was yelling hysterically about. She then pointed at Peter and yelled,
"It's all your fault. I just knew this would happen. Tiffany turned out normal so I figured it wouldn't be passed down but now your second child is crawling up walls!"
"Does this mean I am a freak?" Gwen had asked. Then after calming Mary Jane, he told Gwen his secret. He was Spiderman. Although Gwen hated to admit it, she never thought her dad was cool enough to be a superhero. She loved him but it wasn't everyday when a teenager finds out her father goes around chasing psychos in a costume.
Gwen scowled at the psychology book. Freud had to be high or drunk to think up the kind of crap that was in the textbook.
"Freud was a freak," she mumbled to Sierra who was in the middle of checking her email.
"Well if you had sex on the mind 24/7 like that loser, you'd probably be too," Sierra said with a grin.
"This is sickening of what this guy is coming up with! I can't believe people actually take him seriously," Gwen commented as she wrinkled up her nose. She was just about to comment on the lack of sanity as far as her psychology professor had when the phone rang. Sierra grabbed it first. Gwen had no problem with this since no one but family ever called her anyway. Well her mom and her dad at least. Tiffany would only call when she wanted something, Ben never called since he figured it damage his role as happy brother since his sisters were away at college.
"Hello," Sierra said in a rather seductive voice that made Gwen smile. Sierra was such a flirt! After a moment of listening, Sierra's mouth turned in a cute little pout.
"It's for you," she said as she tossed up the phone to Gwen on the top bunk. Gwen caught it with a puzzled expression.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Gwen?" asked a male voice.
"The one and only," she replied. The guy chuckled on the other end.
"How would you like to go to a party for the weekend?"
"What's the catch?"
"No catch, I am trying to hook up…" Gwen cut him off. "Look I don't know who you are but I don't what to be paired up with any loser friend of yours!" she said angrily as she slammed down the phone. Sierra looked at her with surprise.
"What was that about?"
"I dunno, some loser wanted to pair me up with someone," she said with a frown.
"What's so bad about that?" asked Sierra.
"People only do that when they want to humiliate you and their friend. They try to pair up their single friend with a geeky girl and then laugh at them the whole evening," Gwen said with her arms crossed. She leaned her head against the wall and stared up at the ceiling. She had learned this the hard way.
"You're crazy, but you're not a geek," Sierra assured her.
"Yeah and the Pope isn't catholic," Gwen retorted. The phone rang again.
"What?" Gwen hollered into the phone.
"Gwen, this is the loser," someone replied over the other end of the phone. Gwen closed her eyes and groaned.
"Adam?" she asked. "Guilty, sorry about all that. Jon was being a moron," Adam apologized. "That was Jon?" she asked and winced. Sierra nodded. 'You should have told me!' Gwen mouthed. Sierra shrugged.
"So how about that party?" he asked.
"She'd love to," Sierra stated over the other phone in the room.
"Hang up that phone now! I don't listen to your calls!" Gwen stated trying to sound annoyed and not to smile.
"Are all roommates this weird or is it just ours?" asked Adam with a chuckle.
"Maybe their normal, scary thought. I'd love to go," said Gwen with a smile.