Sparky Genocide: Well technically he already knew about it, but he's not too happy about the exposure.
Ivan Alias: Yeah I like to build things up slowly, look out for more in this one too.
Supergirlhv: Pretty much, but you might not like Max all to well in the future, remember he's not a nice guy.
Bumpkin: Thanks for the kind words, and may be the biggest and best sight but also has a fair share of bugs too.
Lord Destroyer: Don't worry I thought about that, remember who the X-Men have now too. A little Spidey sense works better then a red headed telepath or enhanced senses.
celtcath74: Interesting question, I may have to do something about that later on.
DragonArmada: Thanks for the compliment, don't forget to check out my other work too. (Be sure in order) Don't worry I already got something planned to overcome Rogue's powers.
Ldypebsaby: Yes, yes he is a dick. Scott does get his chance and even more so in a special chapter I got cooked up, but it might be awhile off.
Oceanbang: Wow did you make up for lost time, lol. I'll update as fast as I can.
Red Witch: Yeah a good story needs some of that from time to time.
KaliAnn: I'll try but I'm busy but I'll try to remember.
BlackRoseApocalyps: Your kidding...who would put a magnet on a disk?
The Uncanny R-Man: Yeah but then how did she know it was him or where he lived? And as for the talk with Xavier, he might not ask him to give it up, but you'll see.
AnthonyR: If you do start on the AGU start at Enter Mayhem. I'll try and update The New Teacher but I got writers block on it.
X-Over: She'll find out eventually, but not for awhile.
Krylancelo: Thanks, hope you check out the other stories too.
Sweegy: Let's just say that he has to fight for his believes in what he does
SPIDER-X
CHAPTER 25: CONCERNS
Peter took a set from Xavier. He had his finger steepled together looking at Peter from behind his desk. "I know Peter that you feel you have to use your powers to help others, and your reasons for going out at night, and we did agree that you would continue to do this, but your actions are starting to get noticed."
Peter nodded. "Yeah I saw the paper too, I'm not trying to expose mutants or anything Professor." He pleaded to him.
"I know your not Peter, but this does rise a few questions." Xavier said to him.
"I'm not giving this up." Peter said sternly to him. Xavier was slightly surprised at the note and look of defiance in his attitude. Xavier knew all too well he would never be able to convince or enforce Peter not to be Spider-Man. If he did try to stop him he knew he would just go out at night like he normally did.
"Peter you've been getting tired lately, with school and training I was just wondering if you would consider at least cutting back on being Spider- Man. I know your Aunt worries about you Peter and so do I and a few of the others here too. I know you may never stop this but you shouldn't let it control you either." He told the young man. "That and this attention your getting could lead others to mutants in some way and I'm not sure if the world is ready for people with powers like ours and even yours."
Peter took all of it in and sat there thinking about it. "Well...I am getting tired so maybe I can take a few days off when I need to...but why couldn't we use Spider-Man to our advantage?"
Xavier looked at him curiously so Peter continued. "Well at breakfast someone made an interesting point. If people saw a person with powers helping people and it they saw him as a hero then when mutants are brought into the public they might be more tolerant of them, maybe not even fear them as much."
Xavier thought about this. "You may have a point, but you could be turned into a villain just as easily too."
"How? All I do is help people. Every night I go out there someone is safer, there's less crime who could see that as me being a menace?" He asked the Professor.
NEW YORK
"I want to know if these rumors of a Spider thing in Bayville are true or not." Said J. Jonah Jameson editor of the Daily Bugle. He was gesturing wildly with his hand that had a cigar held in the fingers. He had a flattop haircut that looked so out of style and date that no one knew when people had that kind of hair. The Hitler mustache he had was just as bizarre.
"I want to know what is going on in that place. People getting put into giant webs, someone that leaps over entire buildings, people getting attacked on the streets."
"But Jonah those people were criminals." Said a tall black man across from him. He was Joseph "Robbie" Robertson, he was Jameson's right hand man at the Bugle.
"That's beside the point." Jameson said to him waving his statement aside. "If there really is some vigilante going around that place or some kind of giant spider-creature then I want the exclusive to it. If it's a fake then we'll expose the fraud. Either way it should be some interesting reading."
"But we don't have anyone to cover this, I mean it's too busy with everything going on now Jonah." Robbie calmly said to the man.
"What about that new kid?" Jameson asked him. "What was his name? Rock?"
"You mean Brock? Eddie Brock?" Robbie said to him. "I think he's on assignment at the moment and won't be back in New York in a month."
"Blast it!" Jonah said slamming a hand on his desk. "Fine when he gets back send him to Bayville to look into this spider menace."
BAYVILLE
Peter was just getting out of his little meeting with Xavier and headed to the kitchen. He slumped in a chair after he got something to drink from out of the fridge. Aunt May walked into the kitchen and saw him there. "Peter is something wrong?"
Peter was silent for a moment. "Aunt May...how much do you worry about me when I'm out there as Spider-Man?" He asked softly not taking his eyes off his drink.
May was taken aback by his question after a moment she sat down across from him. "I won't lie to you Peter. You're all I have left in this world, and I'm scared that one day you may get seriously hurt or even...die."
Peter was about to object but she stopped him. "We thought the same about Ben and we were wrong." That left them both silent after that, but she started up again. "But I know how important this is to you, I know you help people in ways no one else can. And I know that Ben would be proud of you."
Peter looked up his eyes getting slightly misty. "Do...do you really think so?" He asked his voice soft and near cracking.
May smiled kindly and nodded. "Yes, because so am I." She took his hand and gave a reassuring squeeze and he squeezed back.
"Thanks Aunt May." He told her she only nodded and held her smile. Peter washed out his glass and went back to him room. Suddenly he felt like he forgot about something.
When he entered his room the first thing he heard was. "What took you so long?" Peter winced. Now he remembered what it was.
"Sorry about that." He said to the pissed off thirteen year old. "So where were we?"
Spyder glared at him. "I swear sometimes I think you'd forget your head if it wasn't attached. I mean how come someone so smart be so...forgetful?" She said choosing a more flattering word then she originally wanted to use.
ACROSS BAYVILLE
Dr. Connors was in the basement of his home. He had converted it into his own lab so he could continue his work. Ever since the lab accident that took his right arm from him, no one would fund his research, he was considered not to use safety procedures. That was a joke, of course he did, what had happed was a freak accident nothing more.
His wife was very understanding luckily. In fact she was actually happy that he was teaching now, ever since the accident she had been afraid that if he went back to work at Oscorp he might end up dead from another accident.
His lab was basically several tables. One held lab equipment and the other held his specimens. Several cages with different types of reptiles and a few lab mice. The mice were disable, usually without a tail or even a leg.
On one far wall were two blackboards filled with chemical and mathematical problems that he had been agonizing over. He was looking at one of the problems, basically how to fix it so mammalian DNA could accept the reptilian DNA without rejection. He sighed to himself running his only hand over his short brown hair, careful to mind the chalk still in his grip.
He had been working on this problem for months, even before he took the job at Bayville and he was struggling with it. He knew he would find a way but it would take time, since he didn't have the resources that he used to.
He touched what was left of his right arm as the memory of the accident resurfaced once again. He had sworn that everything was working fine, and didn't understand how the explosion happened. Thankfully no one had died in it, he wasn't sure if he could have lived with himself if anyone had.
In that one day he went to the foremost expert in genetics to a simple high school teacher. Well it wasn't so bad, he found he actually liked to teach young minds and he already had three very promising students. Kitty Pryde who if you met her you assumed she was one of those stereotypical valley girls who had no clue about science. Boy was he surprised.
Then there was Peter Parker another mind that he could see great potential for in the world of science. But then there was Max Dillon. He seemed to be bright but also a very angry boy with a lot of issues. He wasn't sure what would happen to him.
He looked back at the blackboard and put the chalk down. He went over to the cages and looked at his animals. Soon he will find a way to use a reptiles ability to re-grow lost limbs and put that into mammals. First he would use the mice, but if he was successful what then?
It wasn't like he could go to someone and tell the world, they would never believe him, and if they did they might take it away from him, so that they felt safe that his research was done safely.
It wasn't like he could use himself as a test he?
He put the thought aside. One thing at a time, first he had to figure out the problem of rejection then he could think of what to do with it when he figured it out. He looked at his watched and sighed.
It was getting late and he had papers to grade if he wanted to hand them back to the students by Friday. It was the only thing he didn't really like about teaching, the endless paper work involved.
XAVIER'S
Kitty was sitting in her room that she shared with Rogue, since Lance was still grounded and things were a little shaky with them after the last fight. She was concerned for her roommate. Rogue was acting a little preoccupied lately, in fact the last time she had seen her like this was when she was swooning after Scott.
But now that Scott was finally making a move on Jean she everyone knew he was basically 'taken' now. But she knew there was something going on with her and Peter. They spend some time together and after that breakfast incident she knew there was something there.
She knew Rogue wasn't the most open person but she had to try. "Rogue can I talk to you?"
Rogue put down the book she was reading. "What?" She simply asked.
"Look I like know there's something going on with you and Peter and quite frankly I'm beginning to worry about you."
"There's nothin' goin' on." She said. "Ah can't touch a person remember?" There was a slight edge to her voice.
"So." Kitty said to her. "Look I'm your friend damn it, so talk to me, you like know I'll just keep bugging you."
"Look." Rogue said sternly. "Even if, IF, ah liked him a little what can ah do? First off ah can't touch him and secondly he doesn't feel tha same about meh."
"Like how do you know?" Kitty challenged. "I mean have you like talked to him about it? And I did see him checking you out a few times."
Rogue was silent after that. "Really? Ya must have been mistaken. Ah mean why would he beh interested in meh. He can't touch meh, ever." Kitty shrugged. "You must have been mistaken Kitty." Rogue said sadly she returned to her reading.
Kitty on the other hand planned to see how Peter felt about her, as covertly as she could that is the next day at school.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 26: JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS
Ivan Alias: Yeah I like to build things up slowly, look out for more in this one too.
Supergirlhv: Pretty much, but you might not like Max all to well in the future, remember he's not a nice guy.
Bumpkin: Thanks for the kind words, and may be the biggest and best sight but also has a fair share of bugs too.
Lord Destroyer: Don't worry I thought about that, remember who the X-Men have now too. A little Spidey sense works better then a red headed telepath or enhanced senses.
celtcath74: Interesting question, I may have to do something about that later on.
DragonArmada: Thanks for the compliment, don't forget to check out my other work too. (Be sure in order) Don't worry I already got something planned to overcome Rogue's powers.
Ldypebsaby: Yes, yes he is a dick. Scott does get his chance and even more so in a special chapter I got cooked up, but it might be awhile off.
Oceanbang: Wow did you make up for lost time, lol. I'll update as fast as I can.
Red Witch: Yeah a good story needs some of that from time to time.
KaliAnn: I'll try but I'm busy but I'll try to remember.
BlackRoseApocalyps: Your kidding...who would put a magnet on a disk?
The Uncanny R-Man: Yeah but then how did she know it was him or where he lived? And as for the talk with Xavier, he might not ask him to give it up, but you'll see.
AnthonyR: If you do start on the AGU start at Enter Mayhem. I'll try and update The New Teacher but I got writers block on it.
X-Over: She'll find out eventually, but not for awhile.
Krylancelo: Thanks, hope you check out the other stories too.
Sweegy: Let's just say that he has to fight for his believes in what he does
SPIDER-X
CHAPTER 25: CONCERNS
Peter took a set from Xavier. He had his finger steepled together looking at Peter from behind his desk. "I know Peter that you feel you have to use your powers to help others, and your reasons for going out at night, and we did agree that you would continue to do this, but your actions are starting to get noticed."
Peter nodded. "Yeah I saw the paper too, I'm not trying to expose mutants or anything Professor." He pleaded to him.
"I know your not Peter, but this does rise a few questions." Xavier said to him.
"I'm not giving this up." Peter said sternly to him. Xavier was slightly surprised at the note and look of defiance in his attitude. Xavier knew all too well he would never be able to convince or enforce Peter not to be Spider-Man. If he did try to stop him he knew he would just go out at night like he normally did.
"Peter you've been getting tired lately, with school and training I was just wondering if you would consider at least cutting back on being Spider- Man. I know your Aunt worries about you Peter and so do I and a few of the others here too. I know you may never stop this but you shouldn't let it control you either." He told the young man. "That and this attention your getting could lead others to mutants in some way and I'm not sure if the world is ready for people with powers like ours and even yours."
Peter took all of it in and sat there thinking about it. "Well...I am getting tired so maybe I can take a few days off when I need to...but why couldn't we use Spider-Man to our advantage?"
Xavier looked at him curiously so Peter continued. "Well at breakfast someone made an interesting point. If people saw a person with powers helping people and it they saw him as a hero then when mutants are brought into the public they might be more tolerant of them, maybe not even fear them as much."
Xavier thought about this. "You may have a point, but you could be turned into a villain just as easily too."
"How? All I do is help people. Every night I go out there someone is safer, there's less crime who could see that as me being a menace?" He asked the Professor.
NEW YORK
"I want to know if these rumors of a Spider thing in Bayville are true or not." Said J. Jonah Jameson editor of the Daily Bugle. He was gesturing wildly with his hand that had a cigar held in the fingers. He had a flattop haircut that looked so out of style and date that no one knew when people had that kind of hair. The Hitler mustache he had was just as bizarre.
"I want to know what is going on in that place. People getting put into giant webs, someone that leaps over entire buildings, people getting attacked on the streets."
"But Jonah those people were criminals." Said a tall black man across from him. He was Joseph "Robbie" Robertson, he was Jameson's right hand man at the Bugle.
"That's beside the point." Jameson said to him waving his statement aside. "If there really is some vigilante going around that place or some kind of giant spider-creature then I want the exclusive to it. If it's a fake then we'll expose the fraud. Either way it should be some interesting reading."
"But we don't have anyone to cover this, I mean it's too busy with everything going on now Jonah." Robbie calmly said to the man.
"What about that new kid?" Jameson asked him. "What was his name? Rock?"
"You mean Brock? Eddie Brock?" Robbie said to him. "I think he's on assignment at the moment and won't be back in New York in a month."
"Blast it!" Jonah said slamming a hand on his desk. "Fine when he gets back send him to Bayville to look into this spider menace."
BAYVILLE
Peter was just getting out of his little meeting with Xavier and headed to the kitchen. He slumped in a chair after he got something to drink from out of the fridge. Aunt May walked into the kitchen and saw him there. "Peter is something wrong?"
Peter was silent for a moment. "Aunt May...how much do you worry about me when I'm out there as Spider-Man?" He asked softly not taking his eyes off his drink.
May was taken aback by his question after a moment she sat down across from him. "I won't lie to you Peter. You're all I have left in this world, and I'm scared that one day you may get seriously hurt or even...die."
Peter was about to object but she stopped him. "We thought the same about Ben and we were wrong." That left them both silent after that, but she started up again. "But I know how important this is to you, I know you help people in ways no one else can. And I know that Ben would be proud of you."
Peter looked up his eyes getting slightly misty. "Do...do you really think so?" He asked his voice soft and near cracking.
May smiled kindly and nodded. "Yes, because so am I." She took his hand and gave a reassuring squeeze and he squeezed back.
"Thanks Aunt May." He told her she only nodded and held her smile. Peter washed out his glass and went back to him room. Suddenly he felt like he forgot about something.
When he entered his room the first thing he heard was. "What took you so long?" Peter winced. Now he remembered what it was.
"Sorry about that." He said to the pissed off thirteen year old. "So where were we?"
Spyder glared at him. "I swear sometimes I think you'd forget your head if it wasn't attached. I mean how come someone so smart be so...forgetful?" She said choosing a more flattering word then she originally wanted to use.
ACROSS BAYVILLE
Dr. Connors was in the basement of his home. He had converted it into his own lab so he could continue his work. Ever since the lab accident that took his right arm from him, no one would fund his research, he was considered not to use safety procedures. That was a joke, of course he did, what had happed was a freak accident nothing more.
His wife was very understanding luckily. In fact she was actually happy that he was teaching now, ever since the accident she had been afraid that if he went back to work at Oscorp he might end up dead from another accident.
His lab was basically several tables. One held lab equipment and the other held his specimens. Several cages with different types of reptiles and a few lab mice. The mice were disable, usually without a tail or even a leg.
On one far wall were two blackboards filled with chemical and mathematical problems that he had been agonizing over. He was looking at one of the problems, basically how to fix it so mammalian DNA could accept the reptilian DNA without rejection. He sighed to himself running his only hand over his short brown hair, careful to mind the chalk still in his grip.
He had been working on this problem for months, even before he took the job at Bayville and he was struggling with it. He knew he would find a way but it would take time, since he didn't have the resources that he used to.
He touched what was left of his right arm as the memory of the accident resurfaced once again. He had sworn that everything was working fine, and didn't understand how the explosion happened. Thankfully no one had died in it, he wasn't sure if he could have lived with himself if anyone had.
In that one day he went to the foremost expert in genetics to a simple high school teacher. Well it wasn't so bad, he found he actually liked to teach young minds and he already had three very promising students. Kitty Pryde who if you met her you assumed she was one of those stereotypical valley girls who had no clue about science. Boy was he surprised.
Then there was Peter Parker another mind that he could see great potential for in the world of science. But then there was Max Dillon. He seemed to be bright but also a very angry boy with a lot of issues. He wasn't sure what would happen to him.
He looked back at the blackboard and put the chalk down. He went over to the cages and looked at his animals. Soon he will find a way to use a reptiles ability to re-grow lost limbs and put that into mammals. First he would use the mice, but if he was successful what then?
It wasn't like he could go to someone and tell the world, they would never believe him, and if they did they might take it away from him, so that they felt safe that his research was done safely.
It wasn't like he could use himself as a test he?
He put the thought aside. One thing at a time, first he had to figure out the problem of rejection then he could think of what to do with it when he figured it out. He looked at his watched and sighed.
It was getting late and he had papers to grade if he wanted to hand them back to the students by Friday. It was the only thing he didn't really like about teaching, the endless paper work involved.
XAVIER'S
Kitty was sitting in her room that she shared with Rogue, since Lance was still grounded and things were a little shaky with them after the last fight. She was concerned for her roommate. Rogue was acting a little preoccupied lately, in fact the last time she had seen her like this was when she was swooning after Scott.
But now that Scott was finally making a move on Jean she everyone knew he was basically 'taken' now. But she knew there was something going on with her and Peter. They spend some time together and after that breakfast incident she knew there was something there.
She knew Rogue wasn't the most open person but she had to try. "Rogue can I talk to you?"
Rogue put down the book she was reading. "What?" She simply asked.
"Look I like know there's something going on with you and Peter and quite frankly I'm beginning to worry about you."
"There's nothin' goin' on." She said. "Ah can't touch a person remember?" There was a slight edge to her voice.
"So." Kitty said to her. "Look I'm your friend damn it, so talk to me, you like know I'll just keep bugging you."
"Look." Rogue said sternly. "Even if, IF, ah liked him a little what can ah do? First off ah can't touch him and secondly he doesn't feel tha same about meh."
"Like how do you know?" Kitty challenged. "I mean have you like talked to him about it? And I did see him checking you out a few times."
Rogue was silent after that. "Really? Ya must have been mistaken. Ah mean why would he beh interested in meh. He can't touch meh, ever." Kitty shrugged. "You must have been mistaken Kitty." Rogue said sadly she returned to her reading.
Kitty on the other hand planned to see how Peter felt about her, as covertly as she could that is the next day at school.
NEXT UP CHAPTER 26: JUST ONE OF THOSE DAYS