Whew! Well after a long period of writer's block (and a few new stories), I have managed to complete the sixth chapter in this crossover. Yeah, I know alot of you might be disappointed in this fight, but this story is called Octavius vs Grievous, not Spidey vs Grievous (though that would be interesting). I assure you that I am working on the final battle right now, even though the next chapter isn't it.
anacsadder: Hey, no need to apologize. I've gotta leave for camp, too, in like two or three weeks, so no problem. I'm just glad that your following my story! It makes me feel happy! Appreciate, I do, your positive comments. Picture of Grievous, I'm glad you saw, so a picture in your head, at least you have, when this story, you're reading (wow this Yoda thing is hard)!
Repto: Yeah, I know this thing's going by a tad fast, but have you ever read C. S. Lewis? Or Lemony Snicket? They really don't discribe a whole lot either, and all their books are becoming films! Hey, if it worked for them...
As for Yoda, well...Hard to see, the future is! ;)
Peter Parker was just leaving the Daily Bugle with his little bundle of cash. He needed every cent he could to help his beloved Aunt May with her taxes. He worried about her every single day, every since his Uncle Ben died.
"Well, another day, another low-budget pay from good ol' J. J." he said to himself while slipping the money into his pocket and smiling at his rediculous rhyme. He pulled his red and blue gloves out as well and put his mask on. In no time he was New York's web-slinging hero.
He jumped off the top of the Daily Bugle and web-slung downtown. Once he got to Times Square, however, he saw among the lights and sounds a dark silhouette. He stopped and landed at the top of a tall building and watched the shadow disappear into an alley.
"Could it be the doctor?" he asked himself. "Or maybe that weird robot thing?" He rubbed his hand on the top of his head. "Why isn't my Spider-Sense warning me of him? Maybe…it's not dangerous?" He shook his head. 'No,' Pete thought. 'I know he's a threat. He nearly killed me a couple weeks ago.'
Once the creature was gone, Spidey continued swinging across the square. 'I wonder if Aunt May's cookin' any hotca…'
A strong kick in the stomach fiercely interrupted him and sent him flying into a brick building. He fell about a hundred feet until he grabbed the side of the building and stuck to it.
"You must die tonight, Spider-Man!" Grievous shouted as he jumped in Spidey's direction. His robo-raptor claws slammed down on the side of the building and pierced it, sticking the Sith lord to the wall as well.
Injured and without his legendary Spider-Sense, Peter Parker tried his best to fend off this horrible assassin. He jumped high into the air and started web-slinging towards the dock.
'He's made of pure metal,' the hero thought. 'If I can just get him into the water, he'll drown…I hope.'
Grievous used his special Force Jump to leap from rooftop to rooftop, keeping closely up with the web-head. Once they reached the dock, Spider-Man landed and hurled two web-balls. Grievous blocked one, but got another in the face. He grunted and he fell to the ground on his back.
Quick as a flash, the evil cyborg jumped up from the ground and punched Spidey into the ground. He then attempted to step on the hero by crushing him with his claws. Peter was too quick, however, and jumped up and kicked the villain into the air. He then used his webbing to force him back, and then punched him again.
Grievous was getting damaged fast and needed to finish his target once and for all. He pulled out one of his lightsabors and began igniting it, but Spidey webbed it up and threw it into the water.
The alien was now fuming. "Spider-Man," he yelled to his adversary. "You are, indeed, a noble fighter. But it is time to stop playing. You are going to die!"
An amazing combo of out-of-this-world punches and kicks bruised our hero up pretty quick. Grievous then used his almighty Force to pick up a huge wave of water. Spidey starred at the wave in horror.
Grievous kept the wave up for a second then shifted it into a floating water-ball the size of a small car. Peter could see tiny fish swimming confused around inside, but had little time to worry about marine organisms.
In second, Grievous forced the huge water-ball down on top of the arachnid protagonist. He collapsed to the cold, wet cement hard, breaking one of his arm bones. Getting up slowly, Spider-Man webbed up the villain's feet, tripping him.
Peter ran in the cyborg's direction, and kicked him hard. The Sith lord let out a cry of pain and flew into the air and, almost miraculously, landed on a small buoy.
The floating marker sunk down a little bit then popped back up with no Grievous in sight. Spidey let out a long sigh of relief as he dusted himself off. He looked over at the buoy and gave a slight smile.
'Well, whatever-you-were, your days of killing are up." He turned to walk away, then shot a quick glance back at the water. "I sure hope that robo-suit you were wearing wasn't rented."
He began to walk away when a disturbing thought entered his mind. 'It almost seems too easy.' He thought. 'He was so bent on killing me, it's almost as if he wouldn't give up like that.'
But then another thought entered his mind, this one stronger and more forceful. 'He's dead.' He thought. 'I know he is. There's not another thought in my mind that he could've survived.'
As if in a trance, he slowly walked back to the dock and stood there, as if waiting for someone. Grievous then found his opportunity and jumped out of the water, kicking him hard in the face. Spidey screamed in shock and pain as he flew back once again. His enemy wasn't dead after all.
'Was he, like, hypnotizing me into thinking he was dead?' he asked himself. 'Were those strong thoughts that interfeared with my mind really his hypnotic powers?'
It was, in fact, Grievous's Mind Trick, and he was going to finish off his foe once and for all this time. Peter ran at the cyborg with all his might and jumped up, getting ready to send him flying with another kick. But, quick as a flash, the Sith lord ducked out of harm's way and ignited his crimson lightsabor.
Spider-Man held his head for a while and then threw himself at his target, ready to punch. However, as if in slow-motion, Grievous evaded the attack and swiftfully sliced his weapon threw Peter Parker's wrist. With a screech of pain and a groan of agony, the legendary Web-headed hero's hand fell from his arm to the concrete.
Crying in pain, Spidey struggled to stand up. But Grievous wasn't showing any mercy, for he then unleashed his mighty Force choke. Peter held his throat, choking literally to death, as his body slowly collapsed to the ground.
Smiling inside, the evil assassin picked up the lifeless corpse and threw it into the cold waters of the harbor. As the fallen body of New York's greatest hero slowly sunk to the floor, a soaked Grievous shook himself off, pulled the hood of his dark robe over his head, put his lightsabor away, and left the scene.
Merely moment later, Doctor Octopus was drawn to this 'scene' in which he searched eagerly for his ally.
"Peter!" he cried. "Spider-Man!" but his friend was nowhere to be found.
'The water…' a tentacle shuttered. Octavius looked into the dark liquid.
"What about it?" he asked.
'There is a life source…' it said ghastly.
"What?" Otto fell to his knees and looked into the harbor's dark waters. "Peter must be down there!"
'How do you know he is in danger…?'
"Because…I just…do." Truth be told, the doctor didn't know either. "I just have this…feeling, I guess. Like, Spider-Man has his Spidey-Senses. Perhaps I, too, have a precognition that I am unaware of?"
'Perhaps you do…'
'Then we will accompany you to these depths…'
'Though we do not like it…'
Octavius smiled uneasily. "Yeah, well, neither do I. But Peter would dive in for our safety. We should do the same."
One tentacle nervously clamped down on the side of the dock, followed by another, and another, until Doc Ock and all his robotic arms were emerged in the cold water. Octavius could hear his tentacles shivering, which he found curious. His 'smart arms' were acting very strangely. He didn't design them to love or fear or hate, but instead only for assisting him with his research on fusion.
But, as he found out, his arms were like real people. They did love him, as they hated Grievous and feared the waters. This could be an advantage or a handicap in battle, but Otto Octavius was with his children every step of the way.
'Look…!'
Otto squinted even harder as he looked deep into the depths. Soon, he let out a slight gasp (which ended up choking him a bit) then extended his arms to pick up the silhouette he found, slowly descending to the ocean floor. It was Peter Parker, and he didn't look good.
For anyone who has had their arm chopped off by an evil villain from a paralell universe, now you know how Spidey feels right now. And for anyone who has not lost a limb, well...consiter yourself lucky and normal!