The Awakening

Kiendra's POV: It had been 3 months since the school dance and Peter and I have been dating ever since. We had just graduated and were now living in separate apartments.

I was pacing around my room, my best friend Cassie wanted to hang out today, but so did Peter. "Crap, crap, crap, crap." Just then phone rang. I quickly picked the receiver up and asked, "hello?"

"Hey."

I smiled at the familiar voice, "hey Peter, what do you need?"

"I've gotta cancel our get together today."

I grinned, 'he always called them get togethers instead of just, dates.' "Oh, ok."

"You not going to ask why?" Asked a surprised Peter.

"Well, it's probably something really important so I wasn't going to ask."

"Thanks Kie."

"Anytime."

"Bye."

"Bye," I hung up the phone and sighed, I was partly sad that I didn't get to spend time with Peter but at the same time I was relieved.

I sat down in my desk chair and leaned against the back. Cassie had something planned tonight that I didn't know what it was, but I was suspecting part of it was a lecture. I smiled, that's Cassie all right.

Peter's POV: I hung up the phone, I was confused, and it sounded as if my news to Kiendra relieved her. I shrugged it off; I turned to Aunt May.

"Thank you Peter, Uncle Ben has been wanting to talk to you for a while now," Aunt May smiled.

I furrowed my brow, "why?"

Aunt May put a hand on my shoulder, "you've been acting very strange dear."

"I have?" Although I knew exactly what she meant.

"Yes, he's going to take you somewhere, wherever you want to go really." She smiled.

"Well, I, I was planning on going to the downtown library perhaps."

"Ok, well he'll drive you to the library then."

Just then Uncle Ben came in right as I was saying, "Oh no, I'll take the train."

"No, no, no, I need the exercise, come on" my Uncle's gruff voice said as he started walking towards the door.

I sighed and walked out the door with him as Aunt May smiled.

Kiendra's POV: I heard a knock on my door so I called out from my chair, "Come in, it's open!"

The door opened and Cassie walked in and shut the door behind her.

I looked up and smiled.

She smiled back then furrowed her brow as she looked down at me, "you seem bummed out about something. Did you have to cancel something for this little get together?"

I laughed, "No, no, it's not that." I yawned softly; "I just had a long day yesterday with Peter."

Cassie looked away frowning slightly.

I thought it odd but shrugged and stood up, "let's get going then."

Peter's POV: We drove up across from the downtown the library and I started taking my seatbelt off, "thanks for the ride I'll…"

Uncle Ben cut me off, "now wait a minute," he put his hand on my chair, "We, uh, we need to talk."

"We can talk later," 'I'm gonna be late to the match!'

"No we can talk now," He turned the car key, "if you let me."

I sighed, "What do we have to talk about, why now?"

"Because we haven't talk at all for so long, your Aunt May and I don't know who you are anymore. You don't answer your phone, you have all those weird experiments in your apartment whenever we visit, you start fights..."

I turned to him exaggerated, "I didn't start that fight I told you that."

"Well you sure helped finish it."

'What is he talking about?' "What was I supposed to do? Run away?"

"No, you're not supposed to run away but," he turned his head and looked me in the eyes, "Pete, look, you're changing, I know, I went through exactly the same thing at your age."

I laughed mentally, 'yeah right. You didn't get all these weird spider powers now did you?' "No not exactly."

"Peter, these are the years when a man changes into the man he's gonna become for the rest of his life. Just be careful who you change into."

I started to really think about his words as he said that, I turned my head and stared out the window.

"This guy Flash Thompson probably deserved what happened, but just because you can beat him up, doesn't give you the right to. Remember, with great power, comes great responsibility."

'Is he suggesting that I'm going to be this mad serial killer or gang leader or something?' "Are you afraid that I'm going to turn into some kind of criminal?"

Uncle Ben looked away as if that was exactly what he was thinking.

"Quit worrying about me ok! Something's different; I'll figure it out! Stop lecturing me please!"

"I don't mean to lecture, and I don't mean to preach, and I know I'm not your father."

"Then stop pretending to be!"

Uncle Ben was stricken with those words and he looked away once again, "right…"

'What did I just say? That must have hurt him greatly; I know he loves me like his own son! What did I just do?'

"I'll pick you up here at ten."

I opened the door and stepped out, and shut it behind me. I started walked across the street as Uncle Ben drove away, but turned around and started heading towards the stadium.

Kiendra's POV: Cassie and I sat down in the movie theater just as the movie started.

In the middle of the movie Cassie turned to me and whispered, "Kiendra, I've been worried lately."

"About what?" I whispered back still watching the movie.

"Kiendra look at me."

Sensing the sternness in her voice I turned my gaze form the large movie screen to Cassie's intense eyes.

I've been worried about all the time you've been spending with," she paused, "Peter."

I knew Cassie had grown to like Peter as a friend but why was she suddenly turning on him, and me, now? "Why?"

"Because it seems like you go out with Peter everyday almost, and I'm starting to wonder what is really going on between you two."

I scowled, 'what was she getting at?' "Do you take me for some kind of hooker?"

"No not at all but…"

I cut her off, "But? But what? I love him Cassie, so just…" We were attracting eyes now and I was shaking with frustration and anger. 'How could she think of these things?' I didn't know what had come over me, I whispered harshly, "So just stay out of it!" I turned back to the movie but took no heed of it.

I felt Cassie slump in her chair beside me.

'What had I done? What had I done to my best friend?' I slumped down in my chair as well.

Peter's POV: I was waiting behind the curtain for my turn to face 'Bone Saw.' I was pretty nervous after seeing the episode where he probably paralyzed someone for life. I heard in front of the curtain the host talking, "will the next victim please enter the arena at this time? If he can withstand just three minutes in the cage, with Bone Saw the sum of three thousand dollars will be paid to…"

He was right next to me and I heard him whisper, "what's your name kid?"

'Ok I had thought about this name for a while and it seemed to fit', "the human spider."

"The human spider, that's it, that's the best you got?"

"Yeah."

"Oh that sucks." He walked forward from the curtain, "the sum of three thousand dollars will be paid to, the terrifying, the deadly, the amazing Spider-Man!"

The curtain was then lifted and lights were illuminated behind me. 'What? Spider-Man? I said the human spider!' I turned my head, "my name's the human spider."

"I don't care get out there," the person behind me said.

"No you got my name wrong."

The guy pushed me forward, "get out there you moron."

I started walking forward meeting boos from the audience. I was so nervous I didn't even hear the women on the sides making fun of me in all manner that they could, nor could I feel the popcorn raining down on my head.

I watched as the last 'victim' went by on a stroller. 'Wow, didn't know it could be this bad.'

Just then the audience started chanting, "Kill him, kill him, kill him!"

I nervously walked forward and entered the area where Bone Saw was. Metal bars started enclosing the area, I started to panic. 'No one said anything about a cage!'

I turned around to face the people securing the locks. "Hello? Guys." I asked panicking.

"Please lock the cage doors at this time," the host announced.

"Hey, listen, this is some kind of mistake. I didn't sign up for a cage match." The guy locked the chain and stood back shrugging his shoulders. "Hey! Unlock the thing, take the chain off."

"Hey freak show."

I turned around to face Bone Saw.

He looked around at the cage, "you're going nowhere, I got you for three minutes, three minutes of play time!" he wiggled his fingers teasingly.

The bell rang and Bone Saw charged, yelling at me.

My spider sense buzzed and I jumped up and attached myself to the cage bars. Bone Saw ran into the cage and fell onto his back.

He stood up and pointed a finger at me, "what are you doin' up there?"

"Staying away from you." I grinned wickedly, "that's a cute outfit, did your husband give it to you?"

Bone Saw growled and jumped up to get me.

I pushed myself off the bars and spun in the air and landed on the ground in a crouch.

Bone Saw charged at me again but I flung webbing to the top bars and flipped over him.

When I wasn't looking, Bone Saw came up behind me and hit me with a chair, knocking me to the ground.

Bone Saw hit me three more times until he threw the chair away. I started to get up but was picked up by the leg and thrown at the cage bars, hitting them twice until falling to the ground again.

I turned around just in time to see Bone Saw aiming a crow bar at me. Before he could hit me I kicked him in the stomach and the head several times before he stepped backwards. I tried to get up but Bone Saw was trying to hit me again. I put both feet on his stomach and flipped him over me at the cage bars, knocking him out.

The referee counted, "one, two, three." Then he threw his arms into the air, "that's game, that's game." He ran over to me and held up my arm. "Winner!"

Kiendra's POV: Cassie and I walked out of the theater not saying much to each other.

Cassie finally turned to me and said, "well I'm gonna head home now, bye Kie."

I nodded, "Bye."

Cassie started to walk away but turned back, "I want you to remember something Kie. Who ever he is, make sure he is the one for you, and only you."

I nodded again, "all right Cassie. I'll remember." I wasn't sure what she meant by that but I had learned from the long years of our friendship to always remember what she said when she had that tone of voice.

Cassie turned around and walked away.

I myself started heading home as well.

Peter's POV: The manager handed me a one hundred dollar bill. He started counting more but stopped when he saw me watching him.

He motioned towards the door, "now get out of here."

I furrowed my brow, "one hundred bucks? The ad said three thousand."

"Well check it again web-head. It said three grand, for three minutes, and you pinned him in two. For that, I give you one hundred, and you're lucky to get that."

"I need that money."

"I missed the part where that's my problem."

I turned around and walked out the door while another man walked in.

I walked over to the elevator and hit the button twice. I heard yelling behind me and I turned around curiously.

I saw the silhouette of a man hitting the manager. I heard the elevator ding behind me but I paid no heed to it.

The man ran out of the door towards me.

"Hey! He stole the game!"

A guard came out into the hallway, "stop that guy!"

I let the thief pass into the elevator, ignoring the cop.

"Stop him, he's got my money!"

"Thanks," the thief said to me quickly as the elevator closed.

The guard turned to me, "what the heck is the matter with you? You let him go!" The guard walked away, "cut him off in the lobby and call the cops!"

The manager came up to me and said, "You could've taken that guy apart, now he's going to get away with my money!"

'Ha, and why is that my problem?' "I missed the part where that's my problem."

The manager sneered and walked away.

I was walking back to the library when I heard sirens and saw a circle of people up ahead. Something was wrong, something was definitely wrong; my spider sense was tingling slightly. I walked quicker up to the group of people and pushed my way to the front. What met my eyes horrified me. 'Uncle Ben!'

I started to push through the cop, "stay back."

I pushed harder, "that's my Uncle!"

The cop let me through; I knelt down next to him and looked back up, "what happened?"

"Car-Jacker, he's been shot. We just called the paramedics, they're on their way."

I looked back down to my dear Uncle Ben. I could see the rosy blood staining his jacket under his hand. "Uncle Ben?"

No answer, I called louder, "Uncle Ben!"

He opened his eyes and looked around.

"Uncle Ben?"

I looked up at me, "Peter."

"I'm here Uncle Ben." He lifted his hand and I took it.

"Peter." He shut his eyes and his head fell back and his hand went limp.

Tears stung my eyes and I stood up and walked out of the crowd stiffly. 'Whoever had done this to my Uncle Ben, is going to pay!'

I lifted my Uncle's killer into the air and his identity dawned on me. A flash back of the robbery flashed in my mind. This was the thief! I dropped him and stepped back.

He laughed and cocked his gun and lifted it up to my head, "see ya."

I set my jaw and hit his hand away from my head and broke his wrist making him drop the gun.

With fear written all over his face he walked backwards and tripped over a pipe making him fall out the window and killing himself.

Dr. Strom's POV: "Dr. Osborn please. The performer enhancers aren't ready, the data just doesn't justify this test." Dr. Osborn took out a container full of performer enhancer liquid, he then he set the container in a compartment that would later drain the liquid and make it into gas. He started typing commands into the computer next to the compartment.

"Now I'm asking you for the last time, we can't do this!" I was starting to get desperate, who knows what could happen.

"Don't be a coward." Norman walked pass me to the other computers across the room. "Risks are part of laboratory science."

"Just let me reschedule, with a proper medical staff and a volunteer. I mean if you just give me two weeks!" 'Please, just two weeks!'

"Two weeks? Two weeks, we'll have lost the contract to Quest, and Oscorp will be dead. Sometimes you just have to do things yourself."

I didn't know what to do now.

"Get me the probo cloro perisene."

"For what?"

"It begins catalization," Norman took off his shirt, "when the vapor hits the blood stream." I gave him the bottle and he took it and lifted it up to look at it. "40,000 years of evolution and we barely even tapped the vastness of human potential." With those words he drank what was in the bottle then smashed it to the floor.

He climbed onto the metal stretcher and waited for me to put the bindings on him.

Once I was done I walked over to the computer and typed in a few commands, I looked back and watched the stretcher go into the dome and the door shut. I typed in more commands and walked over slowly to the middle of the room as the stretcher tilted upwards and Norman was practically standing up.

He nodded at me and I pushed a button and the performer enhancer liquid drained from its container.

Green gas filled the dome replacing the oxygen.

I looked over at the heart beat monitor and saw that it was going up way too fast. I then heard Norman grunting inside the dome. "Norman?"

The gas cleared enough that I could see that his body was reacting to the gas violently and maybe fatally.

I turned on the vacuum in the dome to suck out all the gas. I waited dreadfully at what happened to Norman. 'What have I done?' Once the gas was cleared I ran up to the door to the dome and opened it. I ran inside and started doing CPR on him. When I thought all was hopeless I heard the heart monitor start beeping again. I looked back and was about to sigh with relief, but just as I turned around I felt a tight cold hand on my throat.

I looked up into the mad eyes of Norman.

"Back to formula?"

Then he threw me through the glass and I fell into a cabinet, and blacked out.