Chapter 13
Dr. Curt Connors and his wife, Martha Connors, were walking through their favorite department store. Dr. Connors was wearing new clothing, having disposed of his tattered clothing. He arm was wrapped around her shoulders as they were walking towards the men's department.
"I haven't seen you this relaxed in a long time," Martha smiled.
"I have to admit that my mind had been so focused on my job for quite some time," he said looking down at Martha by his right side. "For the next several days, I belong to you fully."
"Hmmmm, that sounds perfect," Martha leaned into him and smiled up to his face seductively. "Maybe I will stop here in the lingerie department and pick something up for something special tonight."
"Sounds good," Dr. Connors leaned forward and pecked her on the lips.
"Stay right here, lover boy!" Martha giggled almost like a giddy school girl as she entered the lingerie department.
He stood there and waited patiently, with his hands in his pockets, for his wife. Two security guards were walking by him just doing their normal patrol duties. Just as they past him, suddenly, an image of somebody else's face flashed before his eyes for a split second. He stumbled back a few steps, nearly crashing into a rack of women's clothing.
Another image of somebody flashed before his eyes, this time he saw blood splatter onto his face and scream echoing in his mind. The image again lasted only a split second and this time, he cupped his head with his one hand. His heart began to pound wildly in his chest. Cold sweat began to drench his face and drip down onto his shirt. Another image flashed before his eyes, of another man with a look of horror on his face and the sound of growling echoing in the background.
Dr. Connors screamed as he fell to his knees. People began to curiously gather around him as he knelt on the ground. His breathing became heavy as he heard the words in his mind, "Warm blooded freaks!" His body began to feel as if it was burning off his bones. His shirt ripped across the back of the shoulder blades.
* * * *
Peter, Mary Jane, and Aunt May were walking through the streets of New York. They were on their way to the restaurant for some dinner. As they were walking at Aunt May's pace, she looked up and saw a women's shoe store. "Say, now that I think of it, I could use a new pair of shoes. Will you escort me, darling?" She looked towards Mary Jane.
"I would love to," Mary Jane smiled.
"Peter, would it bother you if just Mary Jane went in with me. I think it's time we had a girl-to-girl chat."
"Uh, sure, I guess that won't be a problem," Peter said, confused by the odd request of his aunt. "I guess I'll stay right here."
"We won't be long Peter, I promise," Aunt May assured him. "Shall we go in, my dear?"
"Sure," Mary Jane opened the door for Aunt May as she walked in. Mary Jane followed her into the store. Peter sighted as he stood out in the middle of the sidewalk as dozens of people continued to walk past him walking in both directions.
Peter began to get curious about what Aunt May was talking to Mary Jane about. He was glad that Aunt May was already making MJ feel like part of the family. The conversation he had with her just less than an hour ago still went through his mind. The more he thought about what Aunt May had said, the more convinced that he was ready to pop the question, but the only problem was that he had to buy a ring. With no current job, buying a ring was out of the question for right now. That shouldn't be too long of a delay, however. The moment he found a new job, he was going to go buy the ring and set up a special date and time to pop the question.
His daydreaming was interrupted by screaming just a block down from where he stood. He looked down the other side of the intersection to see people running for the lives. At that moment, his spider-senses went off. "What is going…"
Suddenly, the walk off that department store up head exploded, sending bricks flying in all direction. Peter looked on in horror as leaping out of the hole was some type of clothed green lizard creature. He was snapping at people.
Peter, reached for his chest but then suddenly realized, he was not wearing his Spider-man costume. Suddenly, the image of the death of the little girl flashed through his mind. When the image was gone, he saw the Lizard terrorizing the people of New York. One of the civilians he swiped with his long claws, killing him instantly. Peter's nostrils began to flare as he reached up and took off his glasses. He began to squeeze until the glasses shatter in the palm of his hand.
At that very moment, he knew what had to be done. Peter looked up at the store signs in front of him. Just next door to the women's shoes store was a holloween costume store. Peter ran inside, and ran through the crowded store which was quickly piling up people who were hiding from the creature. "Excuse me! Pardon Me!"
Peter looked around and there he found it. A Spider-man holloween costume hanging up, with a mask and everything. Spider-man looked through the size numbers, but unluckily, there was none his size. The only one that would fit him was that black costume. It had a white spider on the chest, but it was much larger than the insignia that was on his red and blue costume. The tips of the legs would go around his rib cage and his shoulder blades. The mask was pure black with white eye sockets. "Oh well," Peter shrugged.
* * * *
The Lizard was prowling down the sidewalk as people remained either in the stores or ran for their lives. One unexpecting young teenage came walking out of a store. She looked to her right to a giant man-sized lizard creature leaping for her with it's claws stretched out.
Out of nowhere, Spider-Man in his black costume landed feet first on the Lizard's back, causing him to crash down onto the ground on his stomach just a foot away from the screaming teenager. Spider-man bounced off his back and forward flipped and spun around at the same time to land on the wall with his toes and his fingertips in his typical spider pose looking down at the Lizard. "Now what are you supposed to be?"
The lizard did not reply. Spider-man could not tell if it could comprehend language or not. The Lizard flew back to his feet and stared up at Spider-man with a loud hissing. He revealed all of his long fangs. "My god man! Have you ever considered filing your teeth down just a bit?" The lizard growled, convincing Spider-man that this thing did not have a soul. It was just some kind of mutated gecko or something. "I suppose you must been a reject mascot of that car insurance company, Geico."
The lizard squatted, in preparation to leap up for Spider-man. Spider-man pointed his right wrist and fired webbing into the face of the Lizard. The lizard shook his head violently, scratching at the webbing like a primitive creature. Spider-man released pushed his feet from the wall and arched them over his head. He let go of the wall with his finger tips to drop to the ground landing on his face facing the Lizard. He brought his fist back and swung, hitting the lizard in the side of his head. Spider-man yelped in agony when the Lizard's head never even budged. He grabbed his write wrist and his entire hand was throbbing in pain. It was like trying to punch through a piece of iron.
The Lizard succeeded in ripping the webbing off its face, and it leaned forward and swung his tail, nailing Spider-man across the chest. He went flying through a giant restaurant window and went plowing through several tables. People jumped out of the way as Spider-man crashed through one last table, splitting the wooden table in half.
Spider-man climbed to his feet and brushed himself off. His black costume had obtained a serious rip across his chest. He looked down at the rip and shook his head. "It's just a cheep piece a cloth. I really whish I had my real costume about right now."
People began to gather around Spider-man and giving him uncertain looks. He could hear a few mumble. "Is that Spider-man?"
Spider-man jumped back out of the window hole to find the Lizard gone. He looked to his left to see nothing but frantic citizens. He looked to his right to see the Lizard running towards more people. It suddenly hit him that that was the direction of the women's shoe store that Aunt May and Mary Jane was in. "I've got to get this creature out of here before anymore get hurt, especially Mary Jane or Aunt May."
* * * *
Mary Jane and Aunt May came out of the store laughing only to notice that Peter was gone. "Dear me? Where did Peter go?" Aunt May asked.
The two women looked around, but when they looked towards their left, they both screamed as a giant lizard was leaping at them for the kil.
* * * *
Spider-man fired a web line and pulled himself up into the air. He swung into the wall and bounced off it with his feet and twisted aiming his feet at the lizard. The lizard was in mid leap when Spider-man's feet came crashing into his ribs. The lizard went flying into the middle of the street where a car, crashed into the Lizard at forty-five miles per hour before the driver pounded on the breaks.
The Lizard's limp body flew forward off the windshield and rolled on the pavement a few times before the limp body came to a stop. Spider-man landed in front of the startled Mary Jane and Aunt May. "Are you two alright?" He asked.
Mary Jane was breathing heavily. "Yea, I think so."
Aunt May was going into shock. "Ooooh my, get me away from me!" She screamed toward Spider-man. She continued to moan.
"Thank you Spider-man!" Mary Jane looked at him with a smile. "It's good to see you back."
Spider-man nodded towards her. "You take her to a safe place. I'll finish up here!" Spider-man stepped out into the street to take a look at the body of the creature, but to his astonishment, the body was gone. Could it have been possible that it was not killed? That was impossible; no one could survive a head on collision with a car like that. Whatever the reason, the body was gone, and he had a eerie feeling that this would not be the last time he would run across this creature.
Dr. Curt Connors and his wife, Martha Connors, were walking through their favorite department store. Dr. Connors was wearing new clothing, having disposed of his tattered clothing. He arm was wrapped around her shoulders as they were walking towards the men's department.
"I haven't seen you this relaxed in a long time," Martha smiled.
"I have to admit that my mind had been so focused on my job for quite some time," he said looking down at Martha by his right side. "For the next several days, I belong to you fully."
"Hmmmm, that sounds perfect," Martha leaned into him and smiled up to his face seductively. "Maybe I will stop here in the lingerie department and pick something up for something special tonight."
"Sounds good," Dr. Connors leaned forward and pecked her on the lips.
"Stay right here, lover boy!" Martha giggled almost like a giddy school girl as she entered the lingerie department.
He stood there and waited patiently, with his hands in his pockets, for his wife. Two security guards were walking by him just doing their normal patrol duties. Just as they past him, suddenly, an image of somebody else's face flashed before his eyes for a split second. He stumbled back a few steps, nearly crashing into a rack of women's clothing.
Another image of somebody flashed before his eyes, this time he saw blood splatter onto his face and scream echoing in his mind. The image again lasted only a split second and this time, he cupped his head with his one hand. His heart began to pound wildly in his chest. Cold sweat began to drench his face and drip down onto his shirt. Another image flashed before his eyes, of another man with a look of horror on his face and the sound of growling echoing in the background.
Dr. Connors screamed as he fell to his knees. People began to curiously gather around him as he knelt on the ground. His breathing became heavy as he heard the words in his mind, "Warm blooded freaks!" His body began to feel as if it was burning off his bones. His shirt ripped across the back of the shoulder blades.
* * * *
Peter, Mary Jane, and Aunt May were walking through the streets of New York. They were on their way to the restaurant for some dinner. As they were walking at Aunt May's pace, she looked up and saw a women's shoe store. "Say, now that I think of it, I could use a new pair of shoes. Will you escort me, darling?" She looked towards Mary Jane.
"I would love to," Mary Jane smiled.
"Peter, would it bother you if just Mary Jane went in with me. I think it's time we had a girl-to-girl chat."
"Uh, sure, I guess that won't be a problem," Peter said, confused by the odd request of his aunt. "I guess I'll stay right here."
"We won't be long Peter, I promise," Aunt May assured him. "Shall we go in, my dear?"
"Sure," Mary Jane opened the door for Aunt May as she walked in. Mary Jane followed her into the store. Peter sighted as he stood out in the middle of the sidewalk as dozens of people continued to walk past him walking in both directions.
Peter began to get curious about what Aunt May was talking to Mary Jane about. He was glad that Aunt May was already making MJ feel like part of the family. The conversation he had with her just less than an hour ago still went through his mind. The more he thought about what Aunt May had said, the more convinced that he was ready to pop the question, but the only problem was that he had to buy a ring. With no current job, buying a ring was out of the question for right now. That shouldn't be too long of a delay, however. The moment he found a new job, he was going to go buy the ring and set up a special date and time to pop the question.
His daydreaming was interrupted by screaming just a block down from where he stood. He looked down the other side of the intersection to see people running for the lives. At that moment, his spider-senses went off. "What is going…"
Suddenly, the walk off that department store up head exploded, sending bricks flying in all direction. Peter looked on in horror as leaping out of the hole was some type of clothed green lizard creature. He was snapping at people.
Peter, reached for his chest but then suddenly realized, he was not wearing his Spider-man costume. Suddenly, the image of the death of the little girl flashed through his mind. When the image was gone, he saw the Lizard terrorizing the people of New York. One of the civilians he swiped with his long claws, killing him instantly. Peter's nostrils began to flare as he reached up and took off his glasses. He began to squeeze until the glasses shatter in the palm of his hand.
At that very moment, he knew what had to be done. Peter looked up at the store signs in front of him. Just next door to the women's shoes store was a holloween costume store. Peter ran inside, and ran through the crowded store which was quickly piling up people who were hiding from the creature. "Excuse me! Pardon Me!"
Peter looked around and there he found it. A Spider-man holloween costume hanging up, with a mask and everything. Spider-man looked through the size numbers, but unluckily, there was none his size. The only one that would fit him was that black costume. It had a white spider on the chest, but it was much larger than the insignia that was on his red and blue costume. The tips of the legs would go around his rib cage and his shoulder blades. The mask was pure black with white eye sockets. "Oh well," Peter shrugged.
* * * *
The Lizard was prowling down the sidewalk as people remained either in the stores or ran for their lives. One unexpecting young teenage came walking out of a store. She looked to her right to a giant man-sized lizard creature leaping for her with it's claws stretched out.
Out of nowhere, Spider-Man in his black costume landed feet first on the Lizard's back, causing him to crash down onto the ground on his stomach just a foot away from the screaming teenager. Spider-man bounced off his back and forward flipped and spun around at the same time to land on the wall with his toes and his fingertips in his typical spider pose looking down at the Lizard. "Now what are you supposed to be?"
The lizard did not reply. Spider-man could not tell if it could comprehend language or not. The Lizard flew back to his feet and stared up at Spider-man with a loud hissing. He revealed all of his long fangs. "My god man! Have you ever considered filing your teeth down just a bit?" The lizard growled, convincing Spider-man that this thing did not have a soul. It was just some kind of mutated gecko or something. "I suppose you must been a reject mascot of that car insurance company, Geico."
The lizard squatted, in preparation to leap up for Spider-man. Spider-man pointed his right wrist and fired webbing into the face of the Lizard. The lizard shook his head violently, scratching at the webbing like a primitive creature. Spider-man released pushed his feet from the wall and arched them over his head. He let go of the wall with his finger tips to drop to the ground landing on his face facing the Lizard. He brought his fist back and swung, hitting the lizard in the side of his head. Spider-man yelped in agony when the Lizard's head never even budged. He grabbed his write wrist and his entire hand was throbbing in pain. It was like trying to punch through a piece of iron.
The Lizard succeeded in ripping the webbing off its face, and it leaned forward and swung his tail, nailing Spider-man across the chest. He went flying through a giant restaurant window and went plowing through several tables. People jumped out of the way as Spider-man crashed through one last table, splitting the wooden table in half.
Spider-man climbed to his feet and brushed himself off. His black costume had obtained a serious rip across his chest. He looked down at the rip and shook his head. "It's just a cheep piece a cloth. I really whish I had my real costume about right now."
People began to gather around Spider-man and giving him uncertain looks. He could hear a few mumble. "Is that Spider-man?"
Spider-man jumped back out of the window hole to find the Lizard gone. He looked to his left to see nothing but frantic citizens. He looked to his right to see the Lizard running towards more people. It suddenly hit him that that was the direction of the women's shoe store that Aunt May and Mary Jane was in. "I've got to get this creature out of here before anymore get hurt, especially Mary Jane or Aunt May."
* * * *
Mary Jane and Aunt May came out of the store laughing only to notice that Peter was gone. "Dear me? Where did Peter go?" Aunt May asked.
The two women looked around, but when they looked towards their left, they both screamed as a giant lizard was leaping at them for the kil.
* * * *
Spider-man fired a web line and pulled himself up into the air. He swung into the wall and bounced off it with his feet and twisted aiming his feet at the lizard. The lizard was in mid leap when Spider-man's feet came crashing into his ribs. The lizard went flying into the middle of the street where a car, crashed into the Lizard at forty-five miles per hour before the driver pounded on the breaks.
The Lizard's limp body flew forward off the windshield and rolled on the pavement a few times before the limp body came to a stop. Spider-man landed in front of the startled Mary Jane and Aunt May. "Are you two alright?" He asked.
Mary Jane was breathing heavily. "Yea, I think so."
Aunt May was going into shock. "Ooooh my, get me away from me!" She screamed toward Spider-man. She continued to moan.
"Thank you Spider-man!" Mary Jane looked at him with a smile. "It's good to see you back."
Spider-man nodded towards her. "You take her to a safe place. I'll finish up here!" Spider-man stepped out into the street to take a look at the body of the creature, but to his astonishment, the body was gone. Could it have been possible that it was not killed? That was impossible; no one could survive a head on collision with a car like that. Whatever the reason, the body was gone, and he had a eerie feeling that this would not be the last time he would run across this creature.