Make Me Feel
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Chapter 10
Over the next few days Otto spent most of his time researching and studying samples of the mutation from Zachary. He continued cooking regular meals daily and made attempts to physically interact with the boy, but the young man continued to shy away.
Sometimes during the evenings he would join Zachary in the 'living room' to watch the news. As he had predicted days before, Zachary was shown on the news as 'Doc Ock's partner in crime' instead of the possibly kidnapped billionaire baby. Every time he made an effort to get up close to the teenager, Zachary would automatically scuttle away from the contact.
He was becoming increasingly disappointed with the teen's reaction to him and by the fourth day he had become plain out irritated and concerned. The young man was spending most to all of his time in his room with the door shut listening to the walkman he had brought in his backpack. He didn't know what the boy was listening to, but he knew that whenever he passed by the young man's door he could hear loud angry sounding music that had been turned up.
But he let the youth enjoy his privacy and he continued his research.
On the fifth day it was time for another outing. He had a theory that might help the younger man's problem. He still had to work out what he fully needed and he planned to build a containment cylinder to begin with. The cylinder would need to be properly built and constructed so that the necessary cables could be hooked up. It would need to large enough that Zachary could be contained for the procedure and specific fluids he had yet to find needed to be able to fill into it so Zachary would be suspended carefully. Many other factors needed to be taken care of and worked out and he had yet to do all of that.
Many of the parts he would need were located at an Oscorp facility on the other side of town. He would be able to steal a fully constructed cylinder from there and modify and set it up in the warehouse. Zachary was to accompany him.
He dressed in his usual outfit for his outings and went to get his young charge.
After he knocked on Zachary's door he heard the angry sounding music be shut off. The door was opened and there stood Zachary in a very depressing outfit. Over the stretch of time he had spent with the youth Otto had easily been able to pick up on Zachary's colors of choice. Black or charcoal gray. But right now the boy looked absolutely depressing.
He was wearing a black shirt that the sleeves had been cut off. The shirt had a low collar and it stretched out so that the tops of both shoulders could be seen. An oriental symbol was printed on the front of the shirt in jagged blood red marks and he was horrified when he recognized the symbol as the kamikaze sign. The Japanese symbol for suicide fighter. He was also wearing dark gray pants that were tight around his slim hips but became baggier once you went south of the thighs. The pants seemed to be similar to cargo pants because they had many side pockets and a black stripe went down the side of each of the pant legs. He wore what looked like black hiking boots to finish off the 'gothic' look.
Even though the young man was dressed so depressingly, his face was as calm and pleasant as always. His frosty green eyes were as clear as windows and he seemed pleasantly surprised to see Otto. A small smile danced on the edges of his lips and he looked at the older man expectantly.
Otto knew that the boy got along with him just fine. The teen was just skittish of the close contact.
"Were going out. There is a good chance you might have to fight today, so I hope your ready."
Zachary's face became serious and he nodded.
"Just give me a second."
The teenager walked briskly back into his room and Otto watched with a raised eyebrow as the young man took his c.d. player, unplugged it, and put two new batteries into it. He put the actual machine into one of his higher pockets and Otto watched with some amusement when the youth pulled out the bottom of his shirt and pulled the headset up underneath and up through the low collar. He then set the headset around his neck.
He then turned and came back over to the older man.
"Ok, I'm ready."
Octavius nodded and Zachary followed the older man to the door. This time though, Zachary wasn't ordered to close his eyes. When they stepped outside Zachary saw that they were in some kind of a deserted lot. Litter and cement surrounded the area and a short chain link fence surrounded the warehouse perimeter.
Zachary raised his arms slightly waiting for a tentacle to wrap around his waist, but he was surprised when instead two large arms wrapped themselves around him. He went completely stiff and turned to look at the older man with a weary look.
"I'm going to need all four of my tentacles for this job. It will not only be easier on you and myself this way; it will also be safer. You're fairly light, so you won't need to worry about me dropping you."
Zachary nodded but his unease from the physical contact did not leave. It was only worsened when the older man had to pull Zachary back up against his own body and the teen could feel the man's pelvis up against his lower back.
The journey to the Oscorp facility was a long one and it felt like an eternity to poor Zachary.
When they arrived Otto set Zachary down on the roof and released his hold on the teen. The boy stumbled forward and was relieved to have the other man's body away from his own.
"Your job is to stay here and try to distract Spider-man when he arrives. I'm unsure of how long I'm going to take so try to remain calm and prepared for anything. Can you handle that?"
Zachary nodded his face as serious as if it were set in stone. Ooh…bad choice of words.
Otto nodded back to the young man and went over to the edge of the roof. Giving the young man one last look he climbed over the side and forced his way in through a window.
Zachary remained on the roof and looked around. He knew how this stuff worked.
Bad guy breaks in and security calls for backup. Good guy follows the sirens and backup to the place where bad guy broke in.
Now his job was to wait for and to stall the good guy when he arrives.
Zachary reached into one of his cargo pockets and pulled out his c.d. player. He turned it on and skipped ahead to track six. He then placed the player back into his pocket and fastened the snap the kept the pocket closed. He pulled on his headphones and waited for the music to start.
Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and
Put on a little makeup
I just crossed the feeling
With a shakeup
Why'd you leave
The keys up on the table?
Here we go
Create another fable
(You wanted to)
Sirens were approaching but Zachary turned up the volume. In the far distance he could see a swinging figure approaching.
Grab a brush and
Put on a little makeup
(You wanted to)
I just crossed the feeling
With a shakeup
(You wanted to)
Why'd you leave
He keys up on the table?
(You wanted to)
The figure got closer and it spotted Granite standing on the roof of the building under assault. Behind his
mask Spider-Man frowned at the sight of the teen with a dangerous sharp grin on his face.
Well I don't think
You trust in
My self-righteous suicide
Why cry when angels
Deserve to
Die
(Growl)
Spider-Man landed down in front of the sharp grinning teenager and put himself on guard. He noticed that
the young man had headphones on and had loud angry music blaring.
Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and
Put on a little makeup
I just crossed the feeling
With a shakeup
Why'd you leave
The keys up on the table?
Here we go
Create another fable
(You wanted to)
Grab a brush and
Put on a little makeup
(You wanted to)
I just crossed the feeling
With a shakeup
(You wanted to)
Why'd you leave
The keys up on the table?
(You wanted to)
Spider-Man stared at the teen who was part stone and tensed up when Granite opened his mouth to speak. But he was surprised when instead of just saying something; the kid began singing along with whatever song he was listening to.
"Well I don't think you trust in
My self-righteous suicide
Why cry when angels
Deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels
Deserve to die."
Father (father)
Father (father)
Father (father)
Mother (mother)
The teen paused to grin and slowly began taking lazy steps towards the spider. As he took the slow lazy steps he began singing along again.
"Father, into your hands
I command my spirit
Father, into your hands
Why have you forsaken me
In your eyes
Forsaken me in your thoughts
Forsaken me in your hearts
Forsaken me oh oh
Trust in my self-righteous suicide
Why cry when angels
Deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
Why cry when angels
Deserve to die."
When the song ended Granite was standing face to face with the web-slinger. He casually undid the snap on his pocket and shut off his player. He then redid the snap and placed his headphones around his neck.
If he could have seen Spider-Man face he would have seen a bewildered look on the slightly older man's face. The web-head had no idea what he was supposed to think and from hearing the young man sing those slightly disturbing lyrics he wasn't sure if he wanted to really think it over.
The teenager had easily carried the tune and his voice had come out smooth and strong. Spidey had an idea if that had been for a talent contest the kid would have won.
But before the bug had a chance to make a wise crack he was abruptly punched in the jaw with a solid stone fist. The pest went flying over the side of the building and fell to the concrete floor with a loud 'thud'.
He was knocked unconscious instantly.
Less than a minute later the building shook and Octavius came up onto the roof. He was breathing quickly and two of his tentacles were holding a huge rectangular crate.
Upon seeing Zachary he rushed over to the youth and wrapped his arms around the boy's waist pulling the lithe body up against his own.
"We are leaving NOW."
Before Zachary could react they were climbing up the sides of tall buildings and on their way home.
End of Chapter
The song is called Chop Suey off of the Toxicity album by System of a Down. I hope you liked this long chapter and thank you all for reading! I will update as soon as I can and please review!!
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