Make Me Feel
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Chapter 20
"Father! He's here!"
Otto was shook to attention by the alarmed cry of his tentacles. Clenching his jaw and feeling a vague sense of panic he continued to manage the controls and gave his children full permission to take care of the arachnid so the stabilization could be finished without a problem.
All four of his tentacles shot out and he forced himself to remain objective and finish the process.
Spider-Man was torn from his hiding place in the shadows when a three-fingered claw grabbed his ankle and another attached itself to his shoulder. Reacting quickly he shot a stream of web to a nearby wall and kicked at the claw holding on to his ankle. Twisting around and throwing kicks and punches he wrenched himself out of the tentacles hold and jumped to the wall that he had webbed.
The tentacles shot out after him knowing that they needed to keep the spider occupied just long enough.
But Spider-Man had other plans than just playing.
He continued the game of keep away with the tentacles until he managed to land down directly behind the containment cylinder. He immediately grabbed hold of the large plug and wires and began pulling.
Otto felt a lurch of rage and fear swell up in his chest and his tentacles each gave a shrill screech and hiss and flung themselves at the masked fighter.
"Stop this! You don't realize what you're doing, you fool!"
Otto's fingers flew over the controls trying to get the process done. But it was only half way finished.
"You're doing something to this kid Doctor Octavius. Don't keep him here like this, he deserves to go home and be away from sick freaks like you!"
The older man's jaw clenched in obvious anger and irritation. The tentacles hissed and made a strong effort to wrench the spider away from the plug but he kept his hold and sparks began sputtering as the wires started giving away.
A horrible beeping sound tore the scientist's attention away from the bug or a moment and he looked down at the screen that showed the basic outline of Zachary's body.
The screen was flashing bright red.
Otto's breath caught in his throat and his tentacles screeched in anger and fear.
"Stop it now! If you continue this, he will die!"
In rage the tentacles wrapped around each other making some kind of a strange looking metallic rope. They forcefully hit the spandex clothed arachnid and successfully knocked him up against the far wall and away from the precious cylinder. But in their rush they clumsily sideswiped the glass tube causing a crack to form and slowly spread.
The alarming beeping grew louder and Otto was thrown into a nearly blind panic.
He had no other alternative.
He quickly flipped up a small panel on the controls and firmly pushed the button labeled 'Abort'.
As he ran out from behind the control panel the pale blue liquid filling the tube began draining out through small drains in the base. As the liquid drained out, there was no longer any support keeping Zachary's limp body up and the boy's lithe body slumped down with the shoulder leaned back against the cracking glass walls.
A rather sorry excuse for a swoosh sound was heard and the walls lowered down into the base. Otto grabbed hold of Zachary before the teenager could slump back and fall from the center of the base.
The boy was soaking wet with fluids and extremely limp. The oxygen mask was still in place and Otto quickly removed it from the boy.
"Zachary?"
He pulled the wet teen into his arms cradling him as well as he knew how. He checked the boy's pulse and found it but it was so weak he nearly missed it.
"Ugh…"
Otto looked up and saw the object of all his hate and rage sitting up and rubbing the back of his head. In a protective manner Otto's tentacles lowered down and wrapped themselves around the front of his body and in front of Zachary as if trying to form some kind of barricade.
"Why."
The word came from Otto's mouth not as a statement, question, or even a demand. His voice was completely devoid of all emotion but it was thick. He stared at the masked fighter with eyes that were slightly wide and somewhat glassy.
Spider-Man looked at him with surprise and suspicion even if it couldn't be seen behind his mask.
"Why, what?"
Otto didn't answer right away. He just stared at the bug with his glassy eyes and the wet, barely dressed and barely alive Zachary clutched protectively to his larger chest.
"Why did you do this. You almost killed him. Wasn't it enough that you took Rosie and everything else I had. Did you have to try to take him too."
The words were not said like a question. And for once Spider-Man was nearly speechless.
Nearly speechless, but not quite.
"I didn't kill Rosie. And I didn't kill him. What the hell were you doing to him anyway? You tricked the kid into sleeping with you so you could use him for a science experiment?"
The anger came back full force. One of the tentacles lashed out and clutched Spider-Man's throat. But it didn't add a deadly amount of pressure nor did it fling him around like a rag-doll. It just held him still.
"I'll have you know, we never had intercourse. I'll also have you know that this wasn't an 'experiment'. The boy was dying before you ever showed up. You are aware of his mutation, and it's spreading very quickly. I was stopping the spreading but you ruined the process before I could stabilize him!"
His voice came out as a hissing growl. His eyes still looked glassy but there was more anger and hate in the brown orbs than anyone could ever imagine.
"If I don't rebuild, he's going to die and be preserved as a garden statue."
Spider-man didn't say anything for many minutes. It wasn't because the claw around his throat kept him from talking, it was because he was thinking over his words very carefully.
"Then go. The police will be here soon. Just grab whatever you need and get the heck out of here. Get out of town and find someplace to rebuild. I'll even let you steal a car. Just get out of here before I change my mind."
There was a moment of shocked silence. Slowly, Otto nodded his head and the claw around the spider's neck let go. He stood up with Zachary still cradled in his arms and made a quick run to his study and fetched all of his notes, to his room and stuffed some clothes in a bag along with a picture frame with a picture of Rosie in it. Then he retrieved anything that could be fit back into the backpack belonging to Zachary from the boy's room.
He could now hear sirens approaching and left with his boy in his arms through the back door.
He traveled for many miles and stopped to steal a car (a black SUV to be exact). And stretched Zachary out on the back seat. He covered the still damp and barely clothed boy with the child's own trench coat to keep him covered and warm.
He didn't know where to go, but he did know one thing.
He was leaving New York.
End of Chapter
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