Chapter 5
[Hello once again! Glad to say that this time, I've got some reviews to answer, so I'll get right to it.
Suuki-Aldrea- Glad you like the story for far! Don't hesitate to give suggestions, I'm always open!
Mary- Glad you like it! Thanks for the review!
Alfonso-The-Dragon-of-Mercury- Rachel's powers are going to be revealed later on in the story, most likely within the next chapter or
two, heck, I might even add it in this one. You'll just have to read to find out! Also- I'm using the whole idea from the movie, so instead of
having radioactive blood, Rachel's genetics were changed, and the web shooters are actually a part of her spideryness. Is that a
word? Well anyways, onto the story! Thanks, everyone, for your reviews!]
******
"Thanks for fixing the sink, it was driving me crazy!" Rachel reached for her check book, but before she could get to it, a man, balding,
and in his mid-forties, waved his hand as if to say 'no'.
"That won't be necessary, I didn't do anything really, so it's on the house." Rachel sighed in relief.
"Thank you, sir, you are my hero!" Rachel hated doing all of the financial billing and things like that, so this was one less thing she'd
have to worry about.
"No problem, call me if it starts acting up again...I'm just a flight of stairs away!" With that, the man left. Rachel really liked the apartment
manager; he was a generous guy, and the fact that he lived right upstairs helped too. Rachel got to her homework; she had to get it
done now, or it would haunt her for the rest of the day. As she was going to her bookbag, she found a note on the table.
*Note to self: studying with the girls at the Temple tomorrow--DON'T FORGET!*
"Hm, I almost forgot. Thank god for sticky notes!"
She looked to the clock- it read 7:30pm- meaning that Rachel really needed to get on her homework. The rest of the night passed as
usual, she did her homework, made dinner, brushed her teeth, and went to bed. What she didn't go is shut her blinds, and that was a
mistake. Unbeknownst to Rachel, Vyn was watching her from her kitchen window.
*That little harlot, she'll PAY for scarring me like she did! I can't WAIT to see what Zilena has cooked up this time!! I hope it's better than
her last plot...* When Rachel shut off all of the lights, and Vyn could see no more, he cursed under his breath and left.
******
The next day at school, when the girls were all eating lunch under the sakura tree and away from everyone else, they had a little
discussion. The question on the Senshi's mind was, just how powerful WAS SpiderGirl, what could she do, and how could she help?
Ami casually brought the subject up.
"So, Rachel, let's talk you. There's so little we know. Why don't you tell us?" Rachel paused, stopped eating, as if to gather her
thoughts.
"Well, there's not much to me, teen super hero, the normal." She didn't really know what else to say.
"But, how did you get your powers? What exactly ARE they?" Serena tilted her head to the side.
"Ohh, this is a LONG story-" Mina interrupted Rachel.
"We've got time!!!"
"Well, alright. I was pretty much born with them; my father was bitten by a spider on a school field trip when he was about my age. The
bite rearranged his genetics and he became strong, dexterous, and agile, just like a spider. He could climb walls, and shoot web out of
his wrists. Well, all of those attributes carried down to me, and they were the exact same as his. This all changed one day, when he told
mom and me that he was going to work on a machine that may be able to amplify these powers, maybe even amplify them one
hundred times. Of course, my mom really didn't like the idea, but I was fascinated. I watched him work on it; as much as my mom would
let me. When he was finally done, he found that he couldn't test the machine on himself because he had to operate it. Since I was the
only other one, and he DEFINITELY couldn't teach me to work it, I volunteered." The girls were on the edges of their seats, so to say.
"Well, what happened next??" Lita said, obviously irritated at the pause.
"I'm getting to that, hold on!" Rachel said. "It took a lot of convincing, because my mom was totally against the idea, but dad and I finally
convinced her to go with it. The day came and I was psyched."
/Rachel stepped into the machine, her father right behind her.
"Remember what I told you! Stay calm, stay relaxed, and if things go wrong- DO NOT PANIC! Because-" Peter Parker was
interrupted.
"Panic kills. I know, dad. You're more nervous than *I* am! Calm down, pops!" Peter sighed.
"I know, I know, but you know I don't want anything to happen to you!" Rachel flashed him a smile, signaling to him that she was ready.
He nodded. Rachel strapped herself into the chair inside of the machine, and Peter went out to operate it. After initiating it, pressing
all of the necessary buttons, pushing the necessary levers, and flipping the necessary switches; it was running. A couple of minutes into
the process, something went wrong. The machine wouldn't stop increasing the amplification, and Peter panicked. He tried shutting it
off, unflipping the switches, pressing buttons- nothing worked. Finally, he crawled underneath the master board and unplugged
everything he could. The machine shut off, thankfully, before it overloaded and, eventually, exploded. Peter raced into the chamber
where his darling daughter was sitting. *Ohh....she'd better be alright! I NEVER should have done this!*
"Rachel! Rachel, are you alright?!" As he rounded the corner into the heart of the machine, Peter saw his daughter slumped forward.
As he rushed to her, Rachel started to groggily open her eyes.
"Errrrrrrhhhhh, whaaaat happened? I feel like I got hit by a truck." She looked her father directly in the eye, and he gasped. Her normally
bright green eyes were now a steel grey, and her features were more pronounced. Her arms were more muscular, and her stomach
was even flatter, if it were possible. It seemed like his machine had worked...but at what price? /
"And that's basically it." Rachel shrugged. "Nothing I couldn't handle."
"But what happened?? What was the result?" Ami couldn't help herself.
"Well, so far I've noticed that I'm stronger, more agile, and I have this venom-like web that comes out of my left wrist; rather than just
having regular web come out." The bell rang, signaling that lunch was over. The girls said their goodbyes and went to class.
Rachel's next class was fourth period, and that pest, as Rachel had put it, Vincent, was in her class.
"Ahh, Miss Rachel, you look a bit tired." Rachel rolled her eyes and inwardly sighed.
"Yes, Vincent, I am a bit tired."
*I know,* the words almost came out of his mouth, but he stopped them. "Anything I can do? Carry your books home? Help you study?"
Vyn wanted his own revenge, he didn't want to wait for Zilena to finish.
"No, Vincent, for the umpteenth time, I'm fine. I don't need your help. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get going on the assignment
that was just given....or weren't you paying attention?" Rachel turned around and feigned doing her work. *What is his problem??*
*Grrr, I'll give up for now...but you just wait 'Miss' Rachel.*
******
Rachel walked home as usual, but Vyn wouldn't give up that easily. He was going to get her alone, and make her PAY. *Little does she
know,* he looked at her Mathematics book he had "borrowed" from her. He waited until they were a little ways from the school...just out
of sight.
"Uh, Miss Rachel!! You dropped this!" Vyn held up her book. Rachel, annoyed and aggravated, turned around. She was baffled.
"Where did you get that?"
"I found it on the ground just outside of school. You must have dropped it." Rachel shook her head.
"I didn't have any math homework...I left that book inside of my locker..." Rachel narrowed her eyes at him.
*Shit, shit, shit...think of something!* "Okay, okay, I took it in fourth period, when you weren't looking." She snatched it from him.
"Why in the hell did you do that??" Rachel was obviously getting pissed off, definitely not a good thing for Vyn.
"Well, I, erm, that is to say...."
"I'm waiting...." She tapped her foot impatiently.
*I've got it!* "I like you, okay? There, I said it." Rachel blushed slightly...but then turned away.
"Well...just don't do it again, okay?" She started walking home again, trying to digest what 'Vincent' had just said.
*This may be a good idea after all.....* Vyn thought as he turned around, went into a deserted alley, and opened a portal to Zilena's
chamber.
******
"Ah, Vyn, you're back. I've had some interesting developments while you were screwing around." Vyn gracefully bowed. He hated this
dank place. It was so bland and lacked pretty much everything.
"Please, do tell, mistress." Zilena waved her hand to show an image of the Senshi in her pool of water.
"Look at the picture and study it. Tell me when you're through." Vyn stared at it for about twenty seconds.
"Okay...." Zilena waved her hand again. A different image appeared, only this time it was of the girls in their normal forms.
"Notice anything?" Vyn smiled.
"It's those mysterious fighters I encountered! I'm sure of it!"
"Good boy. Now, for my next trick," she held up a vial filled with clear liquid.
"What is it?" Vyn stared at the peculiar liquid. *It looks almost like water...*
"Poison. I whipped it up while you were gone. Just one drop of it is deadly." She smiled wickedly.
"I like it. How does it work, and how are we going to use it?"
"Well, it shuts down the bodily systems, one by one, only very, very slowly. It's even slower with a genetic disorder, like, oh,
say, Rachel Parker. It is extremely painful, and combined with the time it takes to kill, I think it's the perfect little weapon to use on our
dear little SpiderGirl." Vyn perked up as a sadistic smile crept to his face.
"I knew you'd like it. Now, what I aim to do is capture her new found friends, have her come to their rescue, and poison her there;
where ever there is going to be. I haven't decided yet. And before I forget, incase this poison was to make skin contact with either of
us," she held up another vial which contained a bluish-purple liquid ,"I made an antidote."
"Smart, Zilena, very brilliant. So how do I fit in to all of this? And, how are you going to get the poison into the girl?" Zilena held up her
braided leather whip.
"Dear Vyn, you didn't think I'd leave you out, did you? You're going to lure the girls to the place of my choosing, and then deliver the
message to SpiderGirl."
"This is going to be good. I love the way you think, Zilena." Zilena started to cackle menacingly.
"I'll get on picking our little party-place. You figure out a way to lure those stupid bitches to it." Vyn nodded, and they both got to work.
******
[Dun, dun, dun. Wonder what's gonna happen next..eh? You'll just have to read to find out! I feel some cliffies coming up...depends on
how I feel though. Chapter six will be coming soon, as soon as I get some more reviews, that is! So get reviewing, and I'll get writing,
and we'll call it even. Thanks to all who have actually read this far!]
[Hello once again! Glad to say that this time, I've got some reviews to answer, so I'll get right to it.
Suuki-Aldrea- Glad you like the story for far! Don't hesitate to give suggestions, I'm always open!
Mary- Glad you like it! Thanks for the review!
Alfonso-The-Dragon-of-Mercury- Rachel's powers are going to be revealed later on in the story, most likely within the next chapter or
two, heck, I might even add it in this one. You'll just have to read to find out! Also- I'm using the whole idea from the movie, so instead of
having radioactive blood, Rachel's genetics were changed, and the web shooters are actually a part of her spideryness. Is that a
word? Well anyways, onto the story! Thanks, everyone, for your reviews!]
******
"Thanks for fixing the sink, it was driving me crazy!" Rachel reached for her check book, but before she could get to it, a man, balding,
and in his mid-forties, waved his hand as if to say 'no'.
"That won't be necessary, I didn't do anything really, so it's on the house." Rachel sighed in relief.
"Thank you, sir, you are my hero!" Rachel hated doing all of the financial billing and things like that, so this was one less thing she'd
have to worry about.
"No problem, call me if it starts acting up again...I'm just a flight of stairs away!" With that, the man left. Rachel really liked the apartment
manager; he was a generous guy, and the fact that he lived right upstairs helped too. Rachel got to her homework; she had to get it
done now, or it would haunt her for the rest of the day. As she was going to her bookbag, she found a note on the table.
*Note to self: studying with the girls at the Temple tomorrow--DON'T FORGET!*
"Hm, I almost forgot. Thank god for sticky notes!"
She looked to the clock- it read 7:30pm- meaning that Rachel really needed to get on her homework. The rest of the night passed as
usual, she did her homework, made dinner, brushed her teeth, and went to bed. What she didn't go is shut her blinds, and that was a
mistake. Unbeknownst to Rachel, Vyn was watching her from her kitchen window.
*That little harlot, she'll PAY for scarring me like she did! I can't WAIT to see what Zilena has cooked up this time!! I hope it's better than
her last plot...* When Rachel shut off all of the lights, and Vyn could see no more, he cursed under his breath and left.
******
The next day at school, when the girls were all eating lunch under the sakura tree and away from everyone else, they had a little
discussion. The question on the Senshi's mind was, just how powerful WAS SpiderGirl, what could she do, and how could she help?
Ami casually brought the subject up.
"So, Rachel, let's talk you. There's so little we know. Why don't you tell us?" Rachel paused, stopped eating, as if to gather her
thoughts.
"Well, there's not much to me, teen super hero, the normal." She didn't really know what else to say.
"But, how did you get your powers? What exactly ARE they?" Serena tilted her head to the side.
"Ohh, this is a LONG story-" Mina interrupted Rachel.
"We've got time!!!"
"Well, alright. I was pretty much born with them; my father was bitten by a spider on a school field trip when he was about my age. The
bite rearranged his genetics and he became strong, dexterous, and agile, just like a spider. He could climb walls, and shoot web out of
his wrists. Well, all of those attributes carried down to me, and they were the exact same as his. This all changed one day, when he told
mom and me that he was going to work on a machine that may be able to amplify these powers, maybe even amplify them one
hundred times. Of course, my mom really didn't like the idea, but I was fascinated. I watched him work on it; as much as my mom would
let me. When he was finally done, he found that he couldn't test the machine on himself because he had to operate it. Since I was the
only other one, and he DEFINITELY couldn't teach me to work it, I volunteered." The girls were on the edges of their seats, so to say.
"Well, what happened next??" Lita said, obviously irritated at the pause.
"I'm getting to that, hold on!" Rachel said. "It took a lot of convincing, because my mom was totally against the idea, but dad and I finally
convinced her to go with it. The day came and I was psyched."
/Rachel stepped into the machine, her father right behind her.
"Remember what I told you! Stay calm, stay relaxed, and if things go wrong- DO NOT PANIC! Because-" Peter Parker was
interrupted.
"Panic kills. I know, dad. You're more nervous than *I* am! Calm down, pops!" Peter sighed.
"I know, I know, but you know I don't want anything to happen to you!" Rachel flashed him a smile, signaling to him that she was ready.
He nodded. Rachel strapped herself into the chair inside of the machine, and Peter went out to operate it. After initiating it, pressing
all of the necessary buttons, pushing the necessary levers, and flipping the necessary switches; it was running. A couple of minutes into
the process, something went wrong. The machine wouldn't stop increasing the amplification, and Peter panicked. He tried shutting it
off, unflipping the switches, pressing buttons- nothing worked. Finally, he crawled underneath the master board and unplugged
everything he could. The machine shut off, thankfully, before it overloaded and, eventually, exploded. Peter raced into the chamber
where his darling daughter was sitting. *Ohh....she'd better be alright! I NEVER should have done this!*
"Rachel! Rachel, are you alright?!" As he rounded the corner into the heart of the machine, Peter saw his daughter slumped forward.
As he rushed to her, Rachel started to groggily open her eyes.
"Errrrrrrhhhhh, whaaaat happened? I feel like I got hit by a truck." She looked her father directly in the eye, and he gasped. Her normally
bright green eyes were now a steel grey, and her features were more pronounced. Her arms were more muscular, and her stomach
was even flatter, if it were possible. It seemed like his machine had worked...but at what price? /
"And that's basically it." Rachel shrugged. "Nothing I couldn't handle."
"But what happened?? What was the result?" Ami couldn't help herself.
"Well, so far I've noticed that I'm stronger, more agile, and I have this venom-like web that comes out of my left wrist; rather than just
having regular web come out." The bell rang, signaling that lunch was over. The girls said their goodbyes and went to class.
Rachel's next class was fourth period, and that pest, as Rachel had put it, Vincent, was in her class.
"Ahh, Miss Rachel, you look a bit tired." Rachel rolled her eyes and inwardly sighed.
"Yes, Vincent, I am a bit tired."
*I know,* the words almost came out of his mouth, but he stopped them. "Anything I can do? Carry your books home? Help you study?"
Vyn wanted his own revenge, he didn't want to wait for Zilena to finish.
"No, Vincent, for the umpteenth time, I'm fine. I don't need your help. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get going on the assignment
that was just given....or weren't you paying attention?" Rachel turned around and feigned doing her work. *What is his problem??*
*Grrr, I'll give up for now...but you just wait 'Miss' Rachel.*
******
Rachel walked home as usual, but Vyn wouldn't give up that easily. He was going to get her alone, and make her PAY. *Little does she
know,* he looked at her Mathematics book he had "borrowed" from her. He waited until they were a little ways from the school...just out
of sight.
"Uh, Miss Rachel!! You dropped this!" Vyn held up her book. Rachel, annoyed and aggravated, turned around. She was baffled.
"Where did you get that?"
"I found it on the ground just outside of school. You must have dropped it." Rachel shook her head.
"I didn't have any math homework...I left that book inside of my locker..." Rachel narrowed her eyes at him.
*Shit, shit, shit...think of something!* "Okay, okay, I took it in fourth period, when you weren't looking." She snatched it from him.
"Why in the hell did you do that??" Rachel was obviously getting pissed off, definitely not a good thing for Vyn.
"Well, I, erm, that is to say...."
"I'm waiting...." She tapped her foot impatiently.
*I've got it!* "I like you, okay? There, I said it." Rachel blushed slightly...but then turned away.
"Well...just don't do it again, okay?" She started walking home again, trying to digest what 'Vincent' had just said.
*This may be a good idea after all.....* Vyn thought as he turned around, went into a deserted alley, and opened a portal to Zilena's
chamber.
******
"Ah, Vyn, you're back. I've had some interesting developments while you were screwing around." Vyn gracefully bowed. He hated this
dank place. It was so bland and lacked pretty much everything.
"Please, do tell, mistress." Zilena waved her hand to show an image of the Senshi in her pool of water.
"Look at the picture and study it. Tell me when you're through." Vyn stared at it for about twenty seconds.
"Okay...." Zilena waved her hand again. A different image appeared, only this time it was of the girls in their normal forms.
"Notice anything?" Vyn smiled.
"It's those mysterious fighters I encountered! I'm sure of it!"
"Good boy. Now, for my next trick," she held up a vial filled with clear liquid.
"What is it?" Vyn stared at the peculiar liquid. *It looks almost like water...*
"Poison. I whipped it up while you were gone. Just one drop of it is deadly." She smiled wickedly.
"I like it. How does it work, and how are we going to use it?"
"Well, it shuts down the bodily systems, one by one, only very, very slowly. It's even slower with a genetic disorder, like, oh,
say, Rachel Parker. It is extremely painful, and combined with the time it takes to kill, I think it's the perfect little weapon to use on our
dear little SpiderGirl." Vyn perked up as a sadistic smile crept to his face.
"I knew you'd like it. Now, what I aim to do is capture her new found friends, have her come to their rescue, and poison her there;
where ever there is going to be. I haven't decided yet. And before I forget, incase this poison was to make skin contact with either of
us," she held up another vial which contained a bluish-purple liquid ,"I made an antidote."
"Smart, Zilena, very brilliant. So how do I fit in to all of this? And, how are you going to get the poison into the girl?" Zilena held up her
braided leather whip.
"Dear Vyn, you didn't think I'd leave you out, did you? You're going to lure the girls to the place of my choosing, and then deliver the
message to SpiderGirl."
"This is going to be good. I love the way you think, Zilena." Zilena started to cackle menacingly.
"I'll get on picking our little party-place. You figure out a way to lure those stupid bitches to it." Vyn nodded, and they both got to work.
******
[Dun, dun, dun. Wonder what's gonna happen next..eh? You'll just have to read to find out! I feel some cliffies coming up...depends on
how I feel though. Chapter six will be coming soon, as soon as I get some more reviews, that is! So get reviewing, and I'll get writing,
and we'll call it even. Thanks to all who have actually read this far!]