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PUNK'D!
Two weeks later, Susan Shannon was still a bit jumpy from the holdup, but it wasn't just nerves. She and her friends still shrieked with excitement every time they even saw a picture of Susan's beau, Spider-Boy. Susan was almost over the scary aspects of the incident, so she decided to go to the library to do her homework.
In the meantime, Mark was in the area near the library, too. He wasn't doing homework, though. He was on the job, his super-job, that is. He had just pummeled some armored car robbers and was about to retrieve a little girl's balloon when he spotted Susan. "Should I say hi" he asked himself.
He gulped nervously, then he shrugged. "I'll just follow her and see if I get the opportunity to say hi."
The boy watched with interest as she walked along the street, pausing occasionally to look at shop windows. As she passed a coffee house, he considered asking her if he could buy her a latte, but he reasoned"Suppose she doesn't like coffee" and discarded the idea.
She stopped at a crosswalk, pushed the button, and waited for the light to turn a more desirable color. Mark had just decided he was going to swing down and say hello when he jumped at the sound of squealing tires. He looked in the direction of the sound, and a car was rounding the corner, its engine screaming. The back end of the car spun out of control and slammed into a car in the opposite lane. That car in turn rammed into a parked motorcycle, which flew up in the air, and, Mark suddenly realized, would hit Susan in seconds. "SUSAN" Mark roared as he shot a web strand at her back.
The strand caught, and he yanked her up just as the motorcycle crashed into the street post. "AAAIIIEEE" the girl shrieked, terrified for the second time that month.
Mark yelled back, "It's going to be okay! I've got you"
The superhero gently pulled her up to his high perch, feeling very relieved and a little tired. The poor girl was as white as a sheet, but at least she'd stopped screaming. "Thanks again" Susan said shakily when she reached the top.
Mark nodded, then he asked"How are you feeling"
"A little better now" she replied. "The street looks pretty from up here" she added thoughtfully.
"Sure does. You should the view on top of the Empire State Building! You can see the whole city, all spread out in front of you" the boy mused.
"That sounds lovely! I wish I could see that sometime" Susan replied dreamily.
Mark asked quickly"Why don't we go see it now? I mean, if you have time, of course."
Susan jokingly replied"Nearly getting squashed with a motorcycle opens up one's afternoon beautifully! So how do we get there"
"You really want to go? Well, we're going to have to web sling it there. Here, put your arm around my shoulder and I'll put my arm around your waist" Mark said shyly.
Susan giggled as she obeyed the instructions. "It's kind of like dancing."
Mark laughed. "It's going to be a wild dance, so hang on"
Susan gulped as he stepped off the building, for there was a terrifying drop, and just when she wondered if he ever would, he shot a web and they swung away. She watched in fascination as the whitish strands seemingly materialized from his wrists. Skyscrapers flew past at a dizzying rate, and then they were there, perched on a parapet of the Empire State Building.
"So what do you think" the smitten superhero asked eagerly.
Susan stared at the beautiful city expanse, taking in the feelings of romance and vertigo swirling around in her. "Oh, it's breathtaking" she cried.
"It is when you have someone to share it with" Mark said softly.
"It must get awfully lonely sometimes as Spider-Boy. Don't you ever talk to anybody" Susan asked.
Mark shrugged as he answered"Well, I talk to my family, and I guess you could say I talk to the supervillians! But I never talk to any girls."
"But couldn't you instant message people? Nobody would be able to tell who you are online" Susan pointed out.
"I've never thought of that before. That would be cool, IMing as Spider-Boy" the boy noted, interested.
"Yeah, that does sound like fun" Susan agreed.
"So what is your email" Susan inquired carefully.
Mark thought a second, then laughed, then she replied"That's funny! And I have a Yahoo address too, it's should email sometime" Mark commented.
"Definitely" Susan answered.
Suddenly Susan clapped her hand to her cheek and exclaimed"Oh my gosh! I was supposed to work at the store at four, and it's ten to! Rats, I'll be late"
"Well, I could swing you by home. I'm sort of good at that" Mark suggested nonchalantly.
Susan sighed in relief as she replied"Spider-Boy, I owe you one! Actually, since I'm not road kill, I owe you two"
"Much obliged" Mark said as they swung off.
They touched down outside her house and presently Susan said"Thanks! It was really fun hanging out with you."
Mark replied"I was hoping the next time I saw you, it wouldn't be because of a life or death crisis, but you know, that's my life"
Susan chuckled, then she said reluctantly"Well, I've got to go. Maybe next time I see you, I won't be in mortal danger"
"We can only hope" Mark said.
I'm sorry this chapter took me so long, but first I was sick, then my Internet got cut off, and then I was at a place with no computers for the whole weekend! Whew! What a week! Well, anyway, my Internet's back tomorrow and I feel much better, so Chap. 3 should be coming a lot sooner!
Moonjava: Glad you think so!
Lady Suneidesis: Potential! That's good! And I'd be quite the hypocrite if I were mad at you for taking a long time.
You: Thanks, and I wasn't quite sure yet. I think they do though, because it would make upcoming plot developments a lot easier.
Spyder616: Please do keep reading, and I promise I will send you those pictures soon!
Hazelle: Cool idea? Why, thank you! Mark and Susan are the main characters, but hopefully we'll see at least some of Peter and M.J. What was your email again? The whole thing didn't quite make it onto my browser.
Lord Lanceahlot: Yay! I was hoping someone would like that line!
