Mark C: Yeah, the Prowler and Black Cat will be making an appearance soon, maybe next chapter, and a few other Warriors might show up, but I'll just let it be a surprise.
hazelle: Darn, I was really excited when I thought you were giving me a flame, and then you went and complimented me and ruined it all. Oh well, I am glad that you liked the story, keep reading and reviewing!
ldypebsaby: Yeah, Black Cat will be making an appearance in the future, Peter and Kazama will fight, but not this chapter, but they will.
Valentino Gray: Well I'll have to see what I can do to clearly demonstrate their abilities for you, if your curious to some of them read my first piece of fan fiction that involved them, 'our kind of people.'
Author's Note: So sorry that this took so long to get posted, but with the Holidays and all my time on the computer has been seriously limited. I can't promise that it won't happen again, but I can say that I'm sorry and that I'll do my best so that it doesn't happen again. Hope you like this chapter!
Chapter 5: All Hail the King(pin)
"So who exactly is after me now?" Peter Parker asked as he dropped in through the sky light window from the roof of the Cyber Hub, wearing the black Spider-Man costume. "And what are we going to do about it?"
"We're working on it." Said a man sitting in front of the large computer terminal that Spider-Man didn't recognize. "My name's Arthur, most people here call me the Operator, I run the computer systems while Phantom is out over the field, if you communicate with others out on the field use the code names." Art said as he spun his chair around to face Peter. "I'll explain everything, but first. Would you like a soda?"
"Uh… Sure." Peter said as he sat on the wall next to Art and the huge computer that took up half of the room.
"Good. A.I.-9 will be up in a few minutes with the root beers." He said as he turned back to the computer. "The man after you is known as Lei Kazama, he has some connections with Quinn Li, Void, and our founder, Katashi Kamesama. Exactly what those are, not even Thomas knows, and it's not in our computer files. He's an Asian male in his mid to late twenties, standing about five feet ten inches tall. Usually wearing an expensive suit with equally expensive shoes."
At that Peter chuckled a bit.
"But in combat he wears a uniform made of some sort of malleable alloy, though heavy, is highly indestructible, granting him near invulnerability. If he actually has a mutation none of us knows what it is, but he's highly trained in the same martial art as Quinn Li, where he somehow funnels kinetic energy into his physical attacks." Art continued. "And beyond all of that, don't bother trying to reason with him, he's highly unemotional, whether he's like Quinn and is actually incapable of emotion I don't know, but if he does have them he doesn't show them."
"So I'm dealing with a cold blooded killer?" Peter asked somewhat sarcastically.
"Worse." Art said, as he turned a bit to stroke another keyboard. "His main goal in life is to kill Quinn Li, she being the only other person alive on this planet that knows that particular martial art. He wants to be the only one who knows it, because then he believes that he is unbeatable."
"But he is beatable. Right?" Peter asked as he watched the computer screen, showing photos of Kazama.
"If he is, then he has yet to meet the person who can. According to this file here that Thomas has he's been beaten in combat only once, by Quinn and Katashi, but he bounced back from that somehow." Art explained. "If you run into him, either as Spider-Man, or Peter Parker, you need to use that communicator of yours, and contact us, call for back up as it were, keep your cell phone with you."
"What communicator of mine?" Peter asked with a brow raised behind his mask.
"That ring that Thomas gave you. You do have it right?" Art asked looking back over to him.
"Yeah, it's with my clothes." Peter nodded as he came down from the wall.
"Good, use it. Otherwise call, we'll be able to get there within minutes." Art said as he turned and pressed a button for the door to open. A man in his early thirties came in wearing a brown jacket, and carrying a tray, with two tall glasses of Root Beer on it.
"Your drinks." He said as he set the tray on a table between Peter and Arthur.
"Thank you AI-9. That'll be all." Art said as he picked up the glass.
"Yes sir." The man said as he nodded and left.
"Who was that?" Peter asked looking at the door the man had left from. Something about that man just seemed… off.
"That was Project: A.I.-9." Art said with a smile. "A humanoid robot built by Thomas for defense of headquarters, and serving us drinks."
"That was a robot?" He looked back to the door amazed.
"Yeah, Thomas has been working on that thing since before college, he's constantly updating it and working on it." Art said with a nod. "Tell you what, why don't you go out on patrol, take this." He said giving Peter a cell phone. "Let me know if you see Kazama. You know what he looks like now I assume?"
"Yeah, you had all those pictures displaying on the computer." Peter said with a smile beneath his mask. That was what was so good about the mask, you could never tell any of Peter's facial expressions.
"Good. I'll call you if I need to, and you call me if you see Kazama, or need back up." Art said with a smile.
"Sounds good to-." Peter was cut off by a man's voice coming from the computer.
"Operator, this is Nobody. Kazama is on the move, he's leaving Fisk Industries, and is heading towards Central." The voice said, Peter remembered meeting someone that Thomas had referred to as 'Nobody' he was the one dressed as a detective but had no face.
"Good." Art said hitting a button on the desk in front of him. "Stick with him, none of us are anywhere near central." He said pulling up a map of the city on one of the computer monitors; the map had several red dots on it.
"Where is Phantom? He said he wanted me to keep him updated on events." Nobody said as a car started up in the background.
"Phantom and Immortal are both on recruiting missions, speaking with 'Cat and Prowler." Art said into the computer. "I'll contact them for you, chances are that Thomas is still connected to the system and listening to us right now."
"Okay, tell Spider to meet me on 5th street, across from Central Park, he's going to have to help me stop a robbery in progress." Nobody said again.
"Gotcha." Art said pressing the button again. "You heard him man, get over to fifth, and hurry." He said as he turned to Peter. It wasn't long before he was in the air again, swinging towards Central park.
MEANWHILE
A man dressed in an expensive business suit stood looking out the window of the top floor of Kamesama industries. "If he's back we're going to either have to lay low, or confront him." He spoke to his secretary who stood behind him.
"Agreed." She said with a steady nod.
"Are you prepared?" He asked, not turning to face her, but rather focusing on her reflection, and things outside the window.
"I am always prepared." She said steadily. "When the time is right, we will confront him."
"Thomas doesn't want me getting involved. He doesn't want me to draw too much attention to the team." The man said as if almost annoyed.
"Well sir we are still underground, it isn't logical for you to be involved at this stage. I can handle my own foes, and if not then I will request Thomas' help." She said as she stood up. "Now are you ready for your business meeting with Mr. Fisk?"
"I'll not do business, nor will I sell my business, no matter what he might offer." He said as he turned around and picked up his suit coat.
"Understood sir, but pleasantries as they are, are required." The woman said as she opened the door for him.
"Well if they are required then let us get them over with." The man said with a stern look on his face as he left his office to the waiting limousine outside the doors.
MEANWHILE
"I want him out of prison."
"Well it's not that easy, you see he's in SHIELD Custody and they're not-."
"I don't want excuses!" Fisk screamed as his hand came down and smashed the desk in front of him. "There are things at work here that must be completed! You are to get him out of prison by any means possible. This other man too."
"But sir…" The man shrunk away as Wilson responded by turning and glaring at him. "Yes sir." He said defeatedly as he began to leave the room.
Wilson was left alone, alone with his thoughts as they were. Though recently his thoughts revolved around two things, his wife, nearly dead, and the young man that had ruined his life, Spider-Man. How he hated him. He wanted him dead, but even more he wanted his wife alive. If only he could trade Spider-Man's life for hers, so that they could be together once more.
"Sir?"
"What?"
"Mr. Kamesama is here sir, for your meeting."
"Show him in."
MEANWHILE
Spider-Man took a deep breath as he stood on the rooftop across from the jewelry store. Four thieves hung from the streetlights down below by webbing. And the man known as Nobody stood beside him looking down upon the scene, though this time he had a face, though probably not his real one, and was dressed as a homeless man. "Damn."
"What's the matter?" Peter asked looking over to him.
"We lost Kazama." He said frustrated.
"That all depends on your point of view. I must say those thugs were worth every penny, bringing Spider-Man on the scene like that just for me." Both Peter and Nobody whirled around to face a man staring at them, dressed in black armor-like clothing.
"Kazama I presume? What's the matter? Couldn't come up with a manic laugh for your entrance?" Peter quipped as he leapt backwards onto the ledge of the roof.
Kazama didn't say another word, but stood stock-still.
"Uh… Hello?" Peter asked staring at him.
"Get down!" Nobody yelled as he jumped from the top of the building, hanging from the ledge as Peter leaned back to dodge the barrage of metal discs that flew at him. He leapt down and swung to the ground, landing on his feet for a mere second before he saw Kazama leap off of the building.
"Is he nuts?" Peter asked as he looked around to the people near him, and the traffic. "Get out of here! Quick!"
They all just stopped and stared at him, as if he was nuts, and then suddenly, they knew why. Kazama landed, his hand punching the ground as he knelt in his landing, and a shockwave came out, blasting the ground and causing it to ripple, throwing pedestrians to the ground and flipping cars out of the way. Peter however had jumped in time, and squatted on a now un-level streetlight.
"Ugh!" Peter looked up to see Nobody pulling himself up. "You okay?"
"Yeah! Keep him busy! I'll call for back up! Get him into the park!" Nobody yelled as he finished pulling himself up.
"Why the park?" Peter yelled.
"Less people, more friends!" Nobody yelled as he tapped his ring.
"Okay…" Peter said as he looked back to the ground where Kazama had been, but he was no longer there. "Now where did Mr. Sunshine-." He was cut off by the streetlight being hit by what felt like a truck, snapping it in half and causing Peter to fall to the ground. "Shoot." Peter said as he shot some webbing and began swinging to the park.
People were fleeing left and right, police sirens could be heard in the background, and Kazama just walked straight after Peter, following him on foot, not running, but walking, rather calmly actually.
Nobody had disappeared, or so it seemed, he was really back in the alley, gathering a system of weapons from his car, including a few small grenades, guns, and even tazers. He hit the button on the dash as he continued to gather his weapons. "Operator, we need back up."
"Got the signal, sending help. Kamesama and Li are busy in a meeting, can't reach them, Thomas is on his way, but he might not be there, you're best bet is Michael." Art's voice came over the two-way radio.
"Who?" Nobody asked confused as he strapped the last knife to the inside of his coat.
"Just get Kazama to the Northern corner of the park, into the trees, away from as many people as possible. Just be careful, don't hurt any of the trees." Art said as Nobody looked towards the park, a tree had just fallen, probably hit by Kazama.
He sighed. "I'll try my best." He said shutting off the radio and running towards the park.
Spider-Man however wasn't having much luck. He had actually landed a punch, and almost broke his hand. Right now he was in a game of cat and mouse, and he wasn't playing the cat. Jumping from tree to tree as Kazama followed along merely punching whatever tree he was in, usually cracking them in half, and making them split.
Suddenly he looked down as he heard a different noise, several small grenades blew up at the feet of Kazama, sending him into the air a bit. "Web him up!" Nobody yelled as Spider-Man reacted quickly and suspended Kazama in the air from the branches of the trees, the webbing attached to his back.
"Okay mister, I really don't appreciate all this attention." Peter said as he landed in front of Kazama. "Besides, what even makes you think I'm Spider-Man? He wears a red and blue suit, Einstein."
Kazama kept a straight face. "You have webbing, you leap higher than any normal mortal, you are far more agile than even I am, and though you are weak, you are stronger than most. You are Spider-Man, and you will soon be dead."
"Strong words for somebody being suspended from a web line." Peter said with a smirk under his mask.
Kazama smirked and then bounced somewhat upwards before ripping the webbing and falling to the ground and creating a similar crater, like the one he created on the street, though this one was larger, and caused most of the trees to fall.
This sent Nobody sprawling back against a tree, knocking him out, leaving Spider-Man face to face with Kazama, man to man.
They stood about ten feet from each other, facing each other, Peter staring into his eyes, and Kazama staring into the eyepieces of his mask. It was as if each was challenging the other to make the first move, but neither did. And suddenly neither of them had to. Green vines shot from the trees around them smacking into Kazama, hard, picking him up, and slamming him hard against the ground, ripping the armor off of his body and striking him.
And suddenly Michael emerged from the trees, Michael Wulf, a seventeen-year-old mutant. He stood what seemed ten or nine feet tall, and his skin was like bark. He looked more like a living walking tree than anything else. His body was covered in ivy, and his hair was like vines. He was merciless, at least to this man who had destroyed so many of his trees.
Peter laid sprawled on the ground in amazement looking up at him, with both fear and awe. "What the…" He had no choice but to watch as the Vines that had attacked ripped the armor off of Kazama and sent it flying, and striking him, keeping him upside down and off his feet so that he had no retaliation to the attack that was happening from all sides.
And then suddenly Michael launched him into the air, sending him flying, and smacked him with his own hand, that was knotted and gnarled looking like a piece of a tree, and slammed him hard against the ground that he had destroyed. "Tree destroyer!" He yelled in a deep booming voice. "Be gone!" And with that Michael flung him to the side, the now unconscious Kazama, and left, leaving the amazed, bewildered and confused Spider-Man, with the unconscious Kazama, and the dazed but recovering Nobody.
"What the… What was that?" Peter asked looking over to Nobody.
"I'll explain later." Nobody said as he sat up with a sigh.
End
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