Title: Children of the Genesis
Chapter: 10
By: Webspinner
Notes: Yay, another chapter is out! Sorry it took me so long to do. Enjoy!
Gwen arrived back at the apartment two hours lately after her 'meeting' with Matt. By doing some web slinging it had given her time to clear the cobwebs out of her head. Her purse was on the kitchen table, she thumbed through it pulling out her wallet. It was empty.
"Brat!" she hollered. She made a mental note to kill him after Christmas.
"He went shopping with your mom and Tiffany," came a reply from the living room. Gwen walked into the living room to see Adam relaxing on the couch with an open book in his hands.
"I'm glad you're back," he said. Gwen didn't say anything for a moment. Her boyfriend did sound sincere.
"I guess I should start with the apologies, I'm sorry I mothered you. I didn't mean to," Gwen said after taking a deep breath. She walked over and sat next to him.
"It's not your fault, I was in a bad mood," Adam said shaking his head. His hand sought hers and he laced his fingers though hers.
"So we straightened out now?" she asked.
"I do believe so," Adam answered with a slow smile.
"Just warn me next time when you go all Hulk on me," Gwen teased and snuggled up closer. Adam laughed out loud.
"I didn't think I was that bad," he stated with mock indignity.
"Happy Anniversary, Adam," she said and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her content just to hold her. He wouldn't lose her. Not like the rest of the people important in his life. He was going to hold on to her and protect her, he swore silently.
"Get up, It's Christmas!!!!" Ben pounced on his sister. Gwen groaned as she buried herself deep under her covers and covered her head with her pillow.
"Gwen, get up. I'm going to open your gifts if you don't get up," her brother threatened.
"Brat," she growled as he pulled the covers away. She glared at him as she got up. She stretched and peeked out of her bedroom window. The city was covered with a white powdery snow just in time for Christmas morning. There was a blood curdling scream and the sound of a pillow hitting the wall.
"Ben!" Gwen heard Tiffany scream as she poked her head outside her bedroom door. Ben ran down the hall past her hold a Polaroid camera flashing a picture of a green faced Tiffany. Tiffany followed pulling on a robe and wiping the remnants of her face mask off.
"Benjamin Nathaniel Parker, leave your sister alone. Tiffany May Parker, quit trying to murder your brother," her dad's voice boomed. She walked towards to the living room. Jon and Adam were already up, Adam handed her a cup of coffee which she accepted gratefully. She plopped down on the couch next to her boyfriend and curled up her feet under her.
"Matt will be over this afternoon, so I want you all to be on your best behavior," her mom said as she started handing out gifts.
"Why anyone would want to be part of this family is beyond me," Tiffany growled glaring at Ben.
"Oh I don't know, it'd be fine with me," Adam said softly so only Gwen could hear him. Gwen blushed and took a sip of coffee. "Merry Christmas," he said and handed her a small package. Gwen opened it to reveal a leather journal embossed with GP at the bottom with silver stamping.
"Thanks Adam," she said throwing her arms around her neck. He kissed her briefly. "Eww!" Ben protested in the middle of unwrapping his brand new X-box.
"And for you," she said as gave a small gift. He unwrapped and opened the box. Two tickets were inside.
"Dave Matthews. January 16th," Gwen filled in for him. Adam grinned. "Hey Jon, want to go to a concert?" asked Adam. Jon looked up from studying Ben's new games and grinned.
"Sure, pick me up at 7?" he joked. Adam laughed as Gwen elbowed him in the ribs.
"So what do you think?" Gwen asked as she peeled a potato. MJ stopped mixing up the bread dough and thought for a moment.
"He seems polite enough. You're dad and brother seem to like him well enough," MJ said. Gwen didn't think she liked the tone of her mother's voice.
"Is there a but coming in?" "No there isn..well yes I suppose there is, but are you sure that he's the one you want?" her mother asked. Gwen's arm jerked but she was quick enough to avoid a sliced finger.
"Why wouldn't he be? He's charming, and talented and funny. Of course, I see his faults too. He's terribly stubborn and won't talk to me when he's upset except for yesterday," Gwen continued as she finished chopping up the potatoes. "And blind," her mother added in.
"So? Matt's blind," Gwen pointed out as she grabbed a bit of salt, poured some on a piece of raw potato and popped it in her mouth.
"Matt is different, you know that as well as I do. Have you told him?"
"Yeah, Matt knows who I am."
"I mean Adam."
"I know. We've been only going out a year, mom. It's not like I'm engaged or anything. When we are, then I'll tell him," Gwen replied.
"When?" MJ raised an eyebrow. Gwen let out a long dramatic sigh.
"Mom, you're making me crazy," she groaned and slammed the bowl down before filling it.
"Yeah, well it's payback for that 9 hour labor you put me through," MJ shot back. "So torment Tiffany, she was 15 hours!" Gwen shot back making MJ smile.
"Matt!" the Parker family welcomed their old friend and Ben grabbed an extra chair.
"Matt, you'll never believe what I got for Christmas," Ben chattered to the blind man.
"That's Mr. Murdock to you, Ben," MJ rebuked. Ben ignored her.
"It's an X box," Ben exclaimed happily. Matt grinned.
"Weren't you wanting a play station?" he asked. "There's a difference?" MJ asked slightly puzzled.
"I don't care. Its so cool but dad won't allow me to play with it until after dinner," Ben said with somewhat of a pout avoiding his father's look of disapproval.
"Matt, I'd like to introduce to our guests, both friends of Gwen's from college," MJ said rather uneasily.
"Jon Kent and Adam Winters," introduced MJ. "Heard any new lawyer jokes?" asked Matt. Jon just about choked on his drink which sent Gwen and Adam into a fit of laughter.
"I don't get it," commented Tiffany which made the three laugh even harder.
Matt mused over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table. It had been a very enjoyable dinner and more then evident of the love shared between his son and Peter's daughter. It pretty much just radiated off the two. But love like that, it could fade, not fade exactly, more like grow difficult, when the glow isn't just so bright. Matt sighed. The children were gathered around Ben's new X box and by the sound of it, Gwen was beating the pants off Jon.
"So that's Clark's son? He didn't seem to turn out too bad," Matt said with a hint of a smile.
"It's funny, you know," Peter remarked taking a sip of his coffee as well.
"What is?" Matt asked.
"All three of them being friends with no clue of exactly who each of them is," Peter said softly. Matt nodded. It was an odd twist of fate with the three.
"So have you found anything about Clayton Inc?" Peter asked. There was a cheer from the living room from Gwen who apparently had won.
"Yes and no, the company was stationed here in New York, apparently it shut down 21 years ago," Mat answered.
"21? But he isn't that old," Peter pointed out.
"I'm well aware of how old he is. The paper trail ends there. There's nothing leading to experiments on children. Apparently, the company's goals were coming up with medication, but with the poor economy at the time, the company shut down," he said.
"So where is it?"
"The company? It's located on Emit street around 20 miles to the east of Hell's Kitchen,"
"Shady part of town for a company,"
"Insolated, that is. Perfect for secret goings on," Matt pointed out.
"Tonight?"
"Meet you in Hell's Kitchen around midnight, don't tell your daughter,"
"She'll be disappointed,"
"She'll have to learn to live with it,"
"So grades are posted?" asked Jon as he hovered around Gwen. Gwen swatted him away as she logged into the University's splash page.
"Forget it, Kent. There's no way you're gonna pass," snickered Gwen.
"I don't want to hear it from you.I can't stand speech it's too hard," Jon mimicked the girl perfectly causing Adam to laugh.
"Hey now!" protested Gwen laughing. "Here let me look first," Jon said as he scooted Gwen over. She glared at him.
"Think you passed, Adam?" asked Gwen who was close to giving Jon the worst beat down of his life. That was the problem with super powers, you couldn't beat the crap out of someone without the fear of killing them.
"Yeah, I guess. Maybe not in math, but the rest were pretty easy," he said with a smile.
"Maybe he'll tutor you next semester, Parker!" ribbed Jon. Adam grabbed his girl friends wrist before she could pounce at Jon. Jon snickered.
"I swear, Kent. One of these days." she warned.
"You'll what? Talk me to death?" asked Jon with a mischievous grin. With that, Adam let go. Gwen tackled Jon bringing him to the floor while Ben and Adam laughed.
"Enough you two," Peter Parker warned as he headed for the front door. Gwen stopped immediately.
"Where are you going, Dad?" she asked.
"I have do an errand for your mother," Peter explained and left the apartment. Gwen jumped up quickly and ran after him, slamming the door.
"What's up with her?" asked Adam with puzzlement. Jon shrugged and went back to looking at his grades.
"Why are you going without me?" Gwen demanded. "Lower your voice," warned Peter with a disapproving frown.
"Well?" Gwen demanded.
"I don't have to take you everywhere I go," Peter stated. Gwen felt like slamming her fist into the wall to vent her frustration.
"I'm your partner! What has happened? Did Mysterio escape? Tell ME!" she nearly yelled. Peter clamped a hand over his daughter's mouth.
"You are acting like a child, Gwen Parker. Must I remind you that you have guests in the family room that will wonder when you don't come home till 2 in the morning. I know what I'm doing. Please keep that in mind," he pointed angrily. Gwen immediately felt ashamed and let her gaze drop to her feet.
"I'll tell you tomorrow if anything happens," he told her in a weary tone. He planted a kiss on her forehead and left her standing in the hallway.
"So you got a D in that class?" Adam's voice asked as Gwen walked into the apartment.
"It was Morgan's class and if it wasn't for that last 'surprise' term paper, I would've gotten a better grade," Jon protested sweeping his bangs away from his eyes with his fingers.
"Oh I heard about that, Sierra was stressing for a week over that, that was pure evil," Gwen said as she sat back down at the computer.
"What was pure evil?" asked Adam confused.
"Morgan's assigned each student to do a paper from one of his papers," Gwen explained. Adam's face screwed up in disdain. "My feelings exactly. I mean you have to translate all that scientific crap into layman's terms and even then, nobody's sure what he's talking about. It's not like any of us are bio majors! It's a 101 class for pity's sake," Jon complained with his arms crossed. Adam made a mental note to never take Morgan's for anything.
"So what'd you do yours on? Human reproduction?" Gwen asked with a snicker. Adam smiled as his friend protest,
"No, but I was thinking of doing the one on brain transplants to see if it could you, Parker."
"Look who's talking," she retorted back.
"Anyway." Jon started watching Gwen to see if she would interrupt him again. She didn't.
"I did mine on trans-genesis," explained Jon.
"Trans what?" Gwen asked looking confused. "Why that one, it sounds hard," Adam pointed out.
"Yeah, I thought I'd get Brandon, you know the seminary student, two doors down from us to help, until I found out it had nothing to do with that book of the Bible at all," Jon explained. Gwen snorted. "That's so pathetic," she howled clutching her sides as she giggled. Jon glared at her. "So anyway, it turned out to be this whole wacked up experiment about implanting female frogs with treated DNA that is inserted in sperm nuclei to make special kinds of baby frogs, I mean who comes up this crap anyway?"
"See, I knew it would be about sex, that's all you ever think of, Kent!" Gwen pointed out. Jon grinned. "Gwen I hate to tell you this, but that's just about all guys ever think of. Besides food of course, right, Adam?" Jon asked his room mate. Adam didn't say anything, but was frowning, as if thinking of something serious.
"TMI!" Gwen protested. "How can it be too much information? You were the one who brought it up!" Jon argued. Adam remained silent, deep in thought as the two continued to bicker.
Author's Notes: You know when you have a really freaky moment? Well, I was sitting in Bio 101 class learning about cloning and genetics and my professor (who's not evil but really cool) starts talking about Trans Genesis, I immediately started paying attention (I had been almost dozed off, it's right after lunch, sue me) and its basically what happened to Adam. And I was like, wow that's really really weird! And I thought I was just making everything up!
Gwen arrived back at the apartment two hours lately after her 'meeting' with Matt. By doing some web slinging it had given her time to clear the cobwebs out of her head. Her purse was on the kitchen table, she thumbed through it pulling out her wallet. It was empty.
"Brat!" she hollered. She made a mental note to kill him after Christmas.
"He went shopping with your mom and Tiffany," came a reply from the living room. Gwen walked into the living room to see Adam relaxing on the couch with an open book in his hands.
"I'm glad you're back," he said. Gwen didn't say anything for a moment. Her boyfriend did sound sincere.
"I guess I should start with the apologies, I'm sorry I mothered you. I didn't mean to," Gwen said after taking a deep breath. She walked over and sat next to him.
"It's not your fault, I was in a bad mood," Adam said shaking his head. His hand sought hers and he laced his fingers though hers.
"So we straightened out now?" she asked.
"I do believe so," Adam answered with a slow smile.
"Just warn me next time when you go all Hulk on me," Gwen teased and snuggled up closer. Adam laughed out loud.
"I didn't think I was that bad," he stated with mock indignity.
"Happy Anniversary, Adam," she said and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her content just to hold her. He wouldn't lose her. Not like the rest of the people important in his life. He was going to hold on to her and protect her, he swore silently.
"Get up, It's Christmas!!!!" Ben pounced on his sister. Gwen groaned as she buried herself deep under her covers and covered her head with her pillow.
"Gwen, get up. I'm going to open your gifts if you don't get up," her brother threatened.
"Brat," she growled as he pulled the covers away. She glared at him as she got up. She stretched and peeked out of her bedroom window. The city was covered with a white powdery snow just in time for Christmas morning. There was a blood curdling scream and the sound of a pillow hitting the wall.
"Ben!" Gwen heard Tiffany scream as she poked her head outside her bedroom door. Ben ran down the hall past her hold a Polaroid camera flashing a picture of a green faced Tiffany. Tiffany followed pulling on a robe and wiping the remnants of her face mask off.
"Benjamin Nathaniel Parker, leave your sister alone. Tiffany May Parker, quit trying to murder your brother," her dad's voice boomed. She walked towards to the living room. Jon and Adam were already up, Adam handed her a cup of coffee which she accepted gratefully. She plopped down on the couch next to her boyfriend and curled up her feet under her.
"Matt will be over this afternoon, so I want you all to be on your best behavior," her mom said as she started handing out gifts.
"Why anyone would want to be part of this family is beyond me," Tiffany growled glaring at Ben.
"Oh I don't know, it'd be fine with me," Adam said softly so only Gwen could hear him. Gwen blushed and took a sip of coffee. "Merry Christmas," he said and handed her a small package. Gwen opened it to reveal a leather journal embossed with GP at the bottom with silver stamping.
"Thanks Adam," she said throwing her arms around her neck. He kissed her briefly. "Eww!" Ben protested in the middle of unwrapping his brand new X-box.
"And for you," she said as gave a small gift. He unwrapped and opened the box. Two tickets were inside.
"Dave Matthews. January 16th," Gwen filled in for him. Adam grinned. "Hey Jon, want to go to a concert?" asked Adam. Jon looked up from studying Ben's new games and grinned.
"Sure, pick me up at 7?" he joked. Adam laughed as Gwen elbowed him in the ribs.
"So what do you think?" Gwen asked as she peeled a potato. MJ stopped mixing up the bread dough and thought for a moment.
"He seems polite enough. You're dad and brother seem to like him well enough," MJ said. Gwen didn't think she liked the tone of her mother's voice.
"Is there a but coming in?" "No there isn..well yes I suppose there is, but are you sure that he's the one you want?" her mother asked. Gwen's arm jerked but she was quick enough to avoid a sliced finger.
"Why wouldn't he be? He's charming, and talented and funny. Of course, I see his faults too. He's terribly stubborn and won't talk to me when he's upset except for yesterday," Gwen continued as she finished chopping up the potatoes. "And blind," her mother added in.
"So? Matt's blind," Gwen pointed out as she grabbed a bit of salt, poured some on a piece of raw potato and popped it in her mouth.
"Matt is different, you know that as well as I do. Have you told him?"
"Yeah, Matt knows who I am."
"I mean Adam."
"I know. We've been only going out a year, mom. It's not like I'm engaged or anything. When we are, then I'll tell him," Gwen replied.
"When?" MJ raised an eyebrow. Gwen let out a long dramatic sigh.
"Mom, you're making me crazy," she groaned and slammed the bowl down before filling it.
"Yeah, well it's payback for that 9 hour labor you put me through," MJ shot back. "So torment Tiffany, she was 15 hours!" Gwen shot back making MJ smile.
"Matt!" the Parker family welcomed their old friend and Ben grabbed an extra chair.
"Matt, you'll never believe what I got for Christmas," Ben chattered to the blind man.
"That's Mr. Murdock to you, Ben," MJ rebuked. Ben ignored her.
"It's an X box," Ben exclaimed happily. Matt grinned.
"Weren't you wanting a play station?" he asked. "There's a difference?" MJ asked slightly puzzled.
"I don't care. Its so cool but dad won't allow me to play with it until after dinner," Ben said with somewhat of a pout avoiding his father's look of disapproval.
"Matt, I'd like to introduce to our guests, both friends of Gwen's from college," MJ said rather uneasily.
"Jon Kent and Adam Winters," introduced MJ. "Heard any new lawyer jokes?" asked Matt. Jon just about choked on his drink which sent Gwen and Adam into a fit of laughter.
"I don't get it," commented Tiffany which made the three laugh even harder.
Matt mused over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table. It had been a very enjoyable dinner and more then evident of the love shared between his son and Peter's daughter. It pretty much just radiated off the two. But love like that, it could fade, not fade exactly, more like grow difficult, when the glow isn't just so bright. Matt sighed. The children were gathered around Ben's new X box and by the sound of it, Gwen was beating the pants off Jon.
"So that's Clark's son? He didn't seem to turn out too bad," Matt said with a hint of a smile.
"It's funny, you know," Peter remarked taking a sip of his coffee as well.
"What is?" Matt asked.
"All three of them being friends with no clue of exactly who each of them is," Peter said softly. Matt nodded. It was an odd twist of fate with the three.
"So have you found anything about Clayton Inc?" Peter asked. There was a cheer from the living room from Gwen who apparently had won.
"Yes and no, the company was stationed here in New York, apparently it shut down 21 years ago," Mat answered.
"21? But he isn't that old," Peter pointed out.
"I'm well aware of how old he is. The paper trail ends there. There's nothing leading to experiments on children. Apparently, the company's goals were coming up with medication, but with the poor economy at the time, the company shut down," he said.
"So where is it?"
"The company? It's located on Emit street around 20 miles to the east of Hell's Kitchen,"
"Shady part of town for a company,"
"Insolated, that is. Perfect for secret goings on," Matt pointed out.
"Tonight?"
"Meet you in Hell's Kitchen around midnight, don't tell your daughter,"
"She'll be disappointed,"
"She'll have to learn to live with it,"
"So grades are posted?" asked Jon as he hovered around Gwen. Gwen swatted him away as she logged into the University's splash page.
"Forget it, Kent. There's no way you're gonna pass," snickered Gwen.
"I don't want to hear it from you.I can't stand speech it's too hard," Jon mimicked the girl perfectly causing Adam to laugh.
"Hey now!" protested Gwen laughing. "Here let me look first," Jon said as he scooted Gwen over. She glared at him.
"Think you passed, Adam?" asked Gwen who was close to giving Jon the worst beat down of his life. That was the problem with super powers, you couldn't beat the crap out of someone without the fear of killing them.
"Yeah, I guess. Maybe not in math, but the rest were pretty easy," he said with a smile.
"Maybe he'll tutor you next semester, Parker!" ribbed Jon. Adam grabbed his girl friends wrist before she could pounce at Jon. Jon snickered.
"I swear, Kent. One of these days." she warned.
"You'll what? Talk me to death?" asked Jon with a mischievous grin. With that, Adam let go. Gwen tackled Jon bringing him to the floor while Ben and Adam laughed.
"Enough you two," Peter Parker warned as he headed for the front door. Gwen stopped immediately.
"Where are you going, Dad?" she asked.
"I have do an errand for your mother," Peter explained and left the apartment. Gwen jumped up quickly and ran after him, slamming the door.
"What's up with her?" asked Adam with puzzlement. Jon shrugged and went back to looking at his grades.
"Why are you going without me?" Gwen demanded. "Lower your voice," warned Peter with a disapproving frown.
"Well?" Gwen demanded.
"I don't have to take you everywhere I go," Peter stated. Gwen felt like slamming her fist into the wall to vent her frustration.
"I'm your partner! What has happened? Did Mysterio escape? Tell ME!" she nearly yelled. Peter clamped a hand over his daughter's mouth.
"You are acting like a child, Gwen Parker. Must I remind you that you have guests in the family room that will wonder when you don't come home till 2 in the morning. I know what I'm doing. Please keep that in mind," he pointed angrily. Gwen immediately felt ashamed and let her gaze drop to her feet.
"I'll tell you tomorrow if anything happens," he told her in a weary tone. He planted a kiss on her forehead and left her standing in the hallway.
"So you got a D in that class?" Adam's voice asked as Gwen walked into the apartment.
"It was Morgan's class and if it wasn't for that last 'surprise' term paper, I would've gotten a better grade," Jon protested sweeping his bangs away from his eyes with his fingers.
"Oh I heard about that, Sierra was stressing for a week over that, that was pure evil," Gwen said as she sat back down at the computer.
"What was pure evil?" asked Adam confused.
"Morgan's assigned each student to do a paper from one of his papers," Gwen explained. Adam's face screwed up in disdain. "My feelings exactly. I mean you have to translate all that scientific crap into layman's terms and even then, nobody's sure what he's talking about. It's not like any of us are bio majors! It's a 101 class for pity's sake," Jon complained with his arms crossed. Adam made a mental note to never take Morgan's for anything.
"So what'd you do yours on? Human reproduction?" Gwen asked with a snicker. Adam smiled as his friend protest,
"No, but I was thinking of doing the one on brain transplants to see if it could you, Parker."
"Look who's talking," she retorted back.
"Anyway." Jon started watching Gwen to see if she would interrupt him again. She didn't.
"I did mine on trans-genesis," explained Jon.
"Trans what?" Gwen asked looking confused. "Why that one, it sounds hard," Adam pointed out.
"Yeah, I thought I'd get Brandon, you know the seminary student, two doors down from us to help, until I found out it had nothing to do with that book of the Bible at all," Jon explained. Gwen snorted. "That's so pathetic," she howled clutching her sides as she giggled. Jon glared at her. "So anyway, it turned out to be this whole wacked up experiment about implanting female frogs with treated DNA that is inserted in sperm nuclei to make special kinds of baby frogs, I mean who comes up this crap anyway?"
"See, I knew it would be about sex, that's all you ever think of, Kent!" Gwen pointed out. Jon grinned. "Gwen I hate to tell you this, but that's just about all guys ever think of. Besides food of course, right, Adam?" Jon asked his room mate. Adam didn't say anything, but was frowning, as if thinking of something serious.
"TMI!" Gwen protested. "How can it be too much information? You were the one who brought it up!" Jon argued. Adam remained silent, deep in thought as the two continued to bicker.
Author's Notes: You know when you have a really freaky moment? Well, I was sitting in Bio 101 class learning about cloning and genetics and my professor (who's not evil but really cool) starts talking about Trans Genesis, I immediately started paying attention (I had been almost dozed off, it's right after lunch, sue me) and its basically what happened to Adam. And I was like, wow that's really really weird! And I thought I was just making everything up!