Title: Children of Genesis
Chapter: 6
By: Web Spinner
Adam hit the dirt, hard. He could feel the blood running down from his nose. "Had enough, Bat?" Craig snickered. Craig's buddies laughed as well. Adam lifted himself from the ground and head butted Craig with his fists swinging. One of Craig's buddies hit the blind youth in the lower back causing him to fall yet again. Craig kicked Adam in the abdomen. Adam groaned tried to get back up again. Craig kicked him swiftly again.
"This will teach to keep that trap of yours shut," bellowed Craig.
"You must feel very manly with three against one, huh?" said Adam as he lifted his head out of the dirt.
"If you'd just shut up for once, you wouldn't be in this mess," said the second buddy of Craig. He grabbed a handful of Adam's black hair and yanked till Adam's face was peering heavenward.
"He's right about one thing, three to one isn't a fair number. Shall we make it even?" came a voice above them.
Craig looked up in shock at the voice. On an overhang stood a dark man silhouetted by the moonlit sky.
"Who are you?" he growled at the stranger. Craig couldn't be certain but he thought he might have seen the stranger's lips turn up in somewhat of a smile.
"I am the Devil," the stranger said and leapt toward them. Now what happened next was hard to tell. Suddenly punches were flying everywhere.
"Let's go," Craig bellowed and his friends followed him as all three barely escaped with their lives. The stranger must be some psycho or something and Craig wasn't going to wait to find out.
Daredevil knelt by the fallen kid. He had never meant to swing by the college campus that night but it was good that he had. Adam spat out the dirt in his mouth and wiped some of the blood off his face.
"Who are you?" asked Adam. Daredevil gave the youth a ghost of a smile. "Seems to be the question of the night. I'm Daredevil," replied Daredevil as he scooped the boy into his arms.
"Let's get you cleaned up," said Daredevil. Adam made no protests as he was carried to the health clinic of the school. It was empty.
"No one's here," said Adam.
"I figured as much. So what'd you do, kid?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"Why were those guys beating you to a pulp?"
"Maybe because of my sunny personality," quipped Adam.
"Here hold this to your nose," said Daredevil as he handed Adam a rag. "Thanks...oww, hey what are you doing?" yelled Adam as Daredevil pulled the bottom hairs just above Adam's neck.
"Stopping the nose from bleeding," he said grimly. Daredevil's knowledge of marital arts was mixed with a little bit of Chinese healing and the use of pressure points. "So who are you, some Florence nightingale wanna-be?" asked Adam as he took the rag away from his nose. Sure enough, the blood had stopped flowing.
"You've got a smart mouth, kid."
"So I've been told."
"Is that why they beat you up?" asked Daredevil. Adam groaned.
"Why do you care?" he demanded.
"Hold this to your eye. You'll probably have nice shiner," said Daredevil as he handed Adam an ice pack and ignored the boy's question.
"I'm blind and an easy target, if you must know," Adam told the masked superhero.
"Not to much of an easy target, you got some good punches in there even with your bad form," stated Daredevil with another small hint of a smile. Adam leaned back against the wall. His body ached from the beating. He examined the stranger with his radar sense. The man was in peak shape and he had a good strong heartbeat. He dressed in an almost skin type outfit and had two small horns on top of his mask.
"So are you a superhero or something?"
"You could say that."
"You're not from around here," Adam commented.
"How can you tell?"
"Your accent. You're from New England," Adam observed.
"You a Sherlock Holmes wanna -be?" asked Daredevil imitating Adam. Adam raised an eyebrow in question.
"Look, I don't know who you are, just give me my cane and let me go," the young man demanded. Daredevil handed him the white cane. Adam grasped it and jumped off the examination table. He was to the door when Daredevil said softly,
"I can teach you how to fight." Adam spun around angrily.
"I don't need your pity," he shouted.
"And I don't need to take any crap from a snot nosed kid. It wasn't pity I can really teach you to fight," said Daredevil as he leaned against the wall. He was going to fill old trainer's shoes. Stick would want Daredevil to do this. Adam was just another blind Matt Murdock who only needed a chance.
"Are you deaf? I told you I was blind," Adam stated sourly.
"So you told me. Listen to my heartbeat if you think I am lying. I can train you," commented Daredevil as he started to put the medical supplies away. Adam indeed listened and there was no hint of the masked man lying.
"How do you know I can listen to heartbeats?" asked Adam with wonder and a little fear. Daredevil hesitated.
"Will you learn?" asked Daredevil.
"Yes," replied Adam with a nod. Adam rubbed his temples. He really had no idea what he was getting himself into. He opened the door and stepped out just to hear
"You're father told me," before exiting the building.
"Crap, Adam, what happened to you?" Gwen yelled. Adam grimaced. Gwen had never seen Adam so bruised before. Purplish bruises marred his face and his upper lip was split.
"Go away Gwen," he commanded.
"As if. Who did this to you?" she asked.
"I did."
"What? Did you decide you were just going to beat the crap out of yourself?" asked Gwen sarcastically. Adam gritted his teeth.
"If you must know I was being stupid and I missed a step on a flight of stairs and fell down the rest of them last night," he said and ran his fingers through his dark hair.
"I am sorry," she said after awhile. Gwen knew he was lying of course, but knew Adam wasn't going to talk about it.
"I'll catch you later, Adam. I gotta do something," said Gwen as she grabbed her books. Adam made no move to stop her.
"Oh Jon! You're so smart," cooed a girl in his ear. Jon couldn't help but smile. Amy was the biggest flirt on campus.
"Hey what's going on?" she suddenly asked as they approached a large crowd of students. All of them were pointing up to the slanted roof of one of the male dorm buildings. The roof was covered with two beds and other pieces of furniture. Clothing littered the ground and cds were hanging from a near by tree's branches like ornaments. Jon couldn't be sure but he could almost swear that all the things were Craig' s. Jon smirked, he really wished he'd have thought of it first.
"Good night, Adam," Gwen said with a wave.
"Good luck on your test tomorrow," Adam said with a smile. Adam stretched and yawned. It had to be around 1 am. They had been spent far to long in the library only to get kicked out later for laughing too hard. Gwen had said she had never seen the librarian so mad before. The campus was strangely silent, there were usually some stupid students getting drunk and making a lot of racket. Something was wrong. Adam stopped and ducked as something sailed over his head. He spun around to be face to face with Daredevil.
"Oh it's you," Adam said with his arms crossed and leaned against the brick wall that lined the campus sidewalk.
"You have good reflexes, kid," Daredevil stated. It didn't sound like much of a complement but it was probably the closest thing he was going to get.
"Shall we begin?" Daredevil asked. Adam nodded and the two went to a deserted field away from campus.
"Alright kid, let's see how you do. Hit me if you can?" Daredevil challenged. Adam clinched his teeth and threw a punch. The superhero blocked it easily. Adam tried again and again but the same thing happened.
"Let your fists be able to block your face, kid," commanded Daredevil. Adam threw another punch and Daredevil tapped the young man lightly on the cheek.
"Pay attention, kid. Guard your face," he ordered.
"I have a name, you know," Adam stated with annoyance as yet another punch was blocked.
"I'm well aware of it, kid," said Daredevil. Adam frowned and rushed toward the superhero, head first. In a heartbeat, he was on his back.
"Always keep an eye on your opponent," Daredevil commanded. Adam gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand. The Billy club at Daredevil's side floated out of its hoister and Daredevil had to jump out of the way as it flew straight at him.
"What the..." Daredevil stated in shock. Adam grinned and let the billy club drop. It landed on the ground with a thump.
"Keep an eye on your opponent," Adam mimicked.
"You are telekinetic," Daredevil stated in wonder.
"And I thought you knew everything," Adam said with a smirk.
"You've got a smart mouth, kid. One day someone's going to shut it forcibly," the superhero said with a ghost of a smile. Adam nodded and so began many nights of training of the son of Matt Murdock.
Mary Jane snuggled up to her husband content to finally have a night together. Peter spent a lot of time working and battling bad guys. She was going to enjoy this to the fullest. She listened in the dark and found her husband was sleeping peacefully. Their black cat lay curled at the foot of their bed. Just wished she could keep this moment forever. Then the phone rang. Mary Jane scowled at the phone. Peter stretched and picked up the receiver.
"'ello," he answered sleepily.
"Peter, this is Matt. Meet me over at Empire State University labs. This is important."
"Matt, its 3 am!"
"Please. I need to catch a flight back to Metropolis soon and I don't have a lot of time," he said.
"Ok," Peter answered and hung up the phone. He leaned over the bed and started dressing.
"Where are you going?"
"To ESU, I'll be back soon," he said and kissed his pouting wife before disappearing out of the window.
"This better be good," said Peter as he swung through the open window. Matt nodded. "It's very important. I have a son," said Matt simply.
"Congrads but couldn't you have told me that over the phone?" Peter asked sleepily.
"Wake up Peter. Actually he's somewhat of a clone," Matt explained. Peter woke up immediately.
"That's impossible. We don't have the technology quite yet. I mean there was Dolly but that was a sheep not a human," Peter replied.
"Well he's half clone and he's blind as well with the powers or Daredevil and a few more as well," he said.
"Such as?"
"He's telekinetic."
Peter smiled.
"Wish you had that one, huh?" he asked.
"There's no reason for him to be born blind," said Matt seriously.
"Well I don't know. You say he's a clone of you. That means an identical copy with all the flaws included. He just might have a scar that you got when you were a kid. What I am saying cloning is not an exact science right now. It might be genetics and might be just mentally," explained Peter.
"You're saying he's blind because he thinks he is?" asked Matt.
"No, but it might be a possibility although I doubt it. Basically he is you," explained Peter. Matt paced back and forth.
"The cloning was a project of Kingpin's. One of the doctors kidnapped my son from the project and raised him. Kingpin has already killed at least four other doctors attached to the case. This is too unbelievable," Matt muttered. Peter let out a low curse.
"Well you know nothing is unbelievable in our line of work," Peter said with a grin.
"Anyway Kingpin's goons will probably find him soon,"
"So hide him."
"One problem though," said Matt.
"What?" Peter asked as he leaned against the wall.
"Your daughter's in love with him," he said.
Chapter: 6
By: Web Spinner
Adam hit the dirt, hard. He could feel the blood running down from his nose. "Had enough, Bat?" Craig snickered. Craig's buddies laughed as well. Adam lifted himself from the ground and head butted Craig with his fists swinging. One of Craig's buddies hit the blind youth in the lower back causing him to fall yet again. Craig kicked Adam in the abdomen. Adam groaned tried to get back up again. Craig kicked him swiftly again.
"This will teach to keep that trap of yours shut," bellowed Craig.
"You must feel very manly with three against one, huh?" said Adam as he lifted his head out of the dirt.
"If you'd just shut up for once, you wouldn't be in this mess," said the second buddy of Craig. He grabbed a handful of Adam's black hair and yanked till Adam's face was peering heavenward.
"He's right about one thing, three to one isn't a fair number. Shall we make it even?" came a voice above them.
Craig looked up in shock at the voice. On an overhang stood a dark man silhouetted by the moonlit sky.
"Who are you?" he growled at the stranger. Craig couldn't be certain but he thought he might have seen the stranger's lips turn up in somewhat of a smile.
"I am the Devil," the stranger said and leapt toward them. Now what happened next was hard to tell. Suddenly punches were flying everywhere.
"Let's go," Craig bellowed and his friends followed him as all three barely escaped with their lives. The stranger must be some psycho or something and Craig wasn't going to wait to find out.
Daredevil knelt by the fallen kid. He had never meant to swing by the college campus that night but it was good that he had. Adam spat out the dirt in his mouth and wiped some of the blood off his face.
"Who are you?" asked Adam. Daredevil gave the youth a ghost of a smile. "Seems to be the question of the night. I'm Daredevil," replied Daredevil as he scooped the boy into his arms.
"Let's get you cleaned up," said Daredevil. Adam made no protests as he was carried to the health clinic of the school. It was empty.
"No one's here," said Adam.
"I figured as much. So what'd you do, kid?" he asked.
"Excuse me?"
"Why were those guys beating you to a pulp?"
"Maybe because of my sunny personality," quipped Adam.
"Here hold this to your nose," said Daredevil as he handed Adam a rag. "Thanks...oww, hey what are you doing?" yelled Adam as Daredevil pulled the bottom hairs just above Adam's neck.
"Stopping the nose from bleeding," he said grimly. Daredevil's knowledge of marital arts was mixed with a little bit of Chinese healing and the use of pressure points. "So who are you, some Florence nightingale wanna-be?" asked Adam as he took the rag away from his nose. Sure enough, the blood had stopped flowing.
"You've got a smart mouth, kid."
"So I've been told."
"Is that why they beat you up?" asked Daredevil. Adam groaned.
"Why do you care?" he demanded.
"Hold this to your eye. You'll probably have nice shiner," said Daredevil as he handed Adam an ice pack and ignored the boy's question.
"I'm blind and an easy target, if you must know," Adam told the masked superhero.
"Not to much of an easy target, you got some good punches in there even with your bad form," stated Daredevil with another small hint of a smile. Adam leaned back against the wall. His body ached from the beating. He examined the stranger with his radar sense. The man was in peak shape and he had a good strong heartbeat. He dressed in an almost skin type outfit and had two small horns on top of his mask.
"So are you a superhero or something?"
"You could say that."
"You're not from around here," Adam commented.
"How can you tell?"
"Your accent. You're from New England," Adam observed.
"You a Sherlock Holmes wanna -be?" asked Daredevil imitating Adam. Adam raised an eyebrow in question.
"Look, I don't know who you are, just give me my cane and let me go," the young man demanded. Daredevil handed him the white cane. Adam grasped it and jumped off the examination table. He was to the door when Daredevil said softly,
"I can teach you how to fight." Adam spun around angrily.
"I don't need your pity," he shouted.
"And I don't need to take any crap from a snot nosed kid. It wasn't pity I can really teach you to fight," said Daredevil as he leaned against the wall. He was going to fill old trainer's shoes. Stick would want Daredevil to do this. Adam was just another blind Matt Murdock who only needed a chance.
"Are you deaf? I told you I was blind," Adam stated sourly.
"So you told me. Listen to my heartbeat if you think I am lying. I can train you," commented Daredevil as he started to put the medical supplies away. Adam indeed listened and there was no hint of the masked man lying.
"How do you know I can listen to heartbeats?" asked Adam with wonder and a little fear. Daredevil hesitated.
"Will you learn?" asked Daredevil.
"Yes," replied Adam with a nod. Adam rubbed his temples. He really had no idea what he was getting himself into. He opened the door and stepped out just to hear
"You're father told me," before exiting the building.
"Crap, Adam, what happened to you?" Gwen yelled. Adam grimaced. Gwen had never seen Adam so bruised before. Purplish bruises marred his face and his upper lip was split.
"Go away Gwen," he commanded.
"As if. Who did this to you?" she asked.
"I did."
"What? Did you decide you were just going to beat the crap out of yourself?" asked Gwen sarcastically. Adam gritted his teeth.
"If you must know I was being stupid and I missed a step on a flight of stairs and fell down the rest of them last night," he said and ran his fingers through his dark hair.
"I am sorry," she said after awhile. Gwen knew he was lying of course, but knew Adam wasn't going to talk about it.
"I'll catch you later, Adam. I gotta do something," said Gwen as she grabbed her books. Adam made no move to stop her.
"Oh Jon! You're so smart," cooed a girl in his ear. Jon couldn't help but smile. Amy was the biggest flirt on campus.
"Hey what's going on?" she suddenly asked as they approached a large crowd of students. All of them were pointing up to the slanted roof of one of the male dorm buildings. The roof was covered with two beds and other pieces of furniture. Clothing littered the ground and cds were hanging from a near by tree's branches like ornaments. Jon couldn't be sure but he could almost swear that all the things were Craig' s. Jon smirked, he really wished he'd have thought of it first.
"Good night, Adam," Gwen said with a wave.
"Good luck on your test tomorrow," Adam said with a smile. Adam stretched and yawned. It had to be around 1 am. They had been spent far to long in the library only to get kicked out later for laughing too hard. Gwen had said she had never seen the librarian so mad before. The campus was strangely silent, there were usually some stupid students getting drunk and making a lot of racket. Something was wrong. Adam stopped and ducked as something sailed over his head. He spun around to be face to face with Daredevil.
"Oh it's you," Adam said with his arms crossed and leaned against the brick wall that lined the campus sidewalk.
"You have good reflexes, kid," Daredevil stated. It didn't sound like much of a complement but it was probably the closest thing he was going to get.
"Shall we begin?" Daredevil asked. Adam nodded and the two went to a deserted field away from campus.
"Alright kid, let's see how you do. Hit me if you can?" Daredevil challenged. Adam clinched his teeth and threw a punch. The superhero blocked it easily. Adam tried again and again but the same thing happened.
"Let your fists be able to block your face, kid," commanded Daredevil. Adam threw another punch and Daredevil tapped the young man lightly on the cheek.
"Pay attention, kid. Guard your face," he ordered.
"I have a name, you know," Adam stated with annoyance as yet another punch was blocked.
"I'm well aware of it, kid," said Daredevil. Adam frowned and rushed toward the superhero, head first. In a heartbeat, he was on his back.
"Always keep an eye on your opponent," Daredevil commanded. Adam gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand. The Billy club at Daredevil's side floated out of its hoister and Daredevil had to jump out of the way as it flew straight at him.
"What the..." Daredevil stated in shock. Adam grinned and let the billy club drop. It landed on the ground with a thump.
"Keep an eye on your opponent," Adam mimicked.
"You are telekinetic," Daredevil stated in wonder.
"And I thought you knew everything," Adam said with a smirk.
"You've got a smart mouth, kid. One day someone's going to shut it forcibly," the superhero said with a ghost of a smile. Adam nodded and so began many nights of training of the son of Matt Murdock.
Mary Jane snuggled up to her husband content to finally have a night together. Peter spent a lot of time working and battling bad guys. She was going to enjoy this to the fullest. She listened in the dark and found her husband was sleeping peacefully. Their black cat lay curled at the foot of their bed. Just wished she could keep this moment forever. Then the phone rang. Mary Jane scowled at the phone. Peter stretched and picked up the receiver.
"'ello," he answered sleepily.
"Peter, this is Matt. Meet me over at Empire State University labs. This is important."
"Matt, its 3 am!"
"Please. I need to catch a flight back to Metropolis soon and I don't have a lot of time," he said.
"Ok," Peter answered and hung up the phone. He leaned over the bed and started dressing.
"Where are you going?"
"To ESU, I'll be back soon," he said and kissed his pouting wife before disappearing out of the window.
"This better be good," said Peter as he swung through the open window. Matt nodded. "It's very important. I have a son," said Matt simply.
"Congrads but couldn't you have told me that over the phone?" Peter asked sleepily.
"Wake up Peter. Actually he's somewhat of a clone," Matt explained. Peter woke up immediately.
"That's impossible. We don't have the technology quite yet. I mean there was Dolly but that was a sheep not a human," Peter replied.
"Well he's half clone and he's blind as well with the powers or Daredevil and a few more as well," he said.
"Such as?"
"He's telekinetic."
Peter smiled.
"Wish you had that one, huh?" he asked.
"There's no reason for him to be born blind," said Matt seriously.
"Well I don't know. You say he's a clone of you. That means an identical copy with all the flaws included. He just might have a scar that you got when you were a kid. What I am saying cloning is not an exact science right now. It might be genetics and might be just mentally," explained Peter.
"You're saying he's blind because he thinks he is?" asked Matt.
"No, but it might be a possibility although I doubt it. Basically he is you," explained Peter. Matt paced back and forth.
"The cloning was a project of Kingpin's. One of the doctors kidnapped my son from the project and raised him. Kingpin has already killed at least four other doctors attached to the case. This is too unbelievable," Matt muttered. Peter let out a low curse.
"Well you know nothing is unbelievable in our line of work," Peter said with a grin.
"Anyway Kingpin's goons will probably find him soon,"
"So hide him."
"One problem though," said Matt.
"What?" Peter asked as he leaned against the wall.
"Your daughter's in love with him," he said.