As soon as the words came out of his mouth, The NYPD, Fantastic Four, and even grumpy James Jonah Jameson came blasting into the room. Tombstone ordered a guard to get more men as he told the rest to open fire. Spider-Man took advantage of the confusion in the room and punched out a guard who was still holding him at gunpoint. He started swinging around, doing acrobatic stunts to dodge bullets, and joined his team in combat.
Then more of Tombstone's men came rushing in, all with big machine guns. The NYPD immediately put their weapons down. "What the hell are you doing?" Spider-Man yelled at the chief. "Kid, there's more than 20 more men on that side. I don't know about you, but I got a problem with getting shot!" Tombstone grinned in Spider-Man's direction. Spider-Man flipped him off.
"Boys, bring Spider-Man to me." Tombstone said happily. Spider-Man was shoved over to the chair he had been held captive in before. "Spider-Man. I despise your very flesh. And now I'm finally going to end it," Tombstone laughed. "But not just yet." Spider-Man's arms were tied behind the chair, but instead of ropes they used these large metal coils. They then put a small lock on the coils to top it all off. Even Tombstone would probably have a tough time getting out of this!
While the rest of the NYPD were restrained with their own handcuffs, the Fantastic Four were put in these four separate chambers. These chambers had enough room to sit down in, and were a few feet taller than The Thing. Of course, he needed a special chamber, because of his massive size. The heroes were banging on the glass, but nothing happened. "One-Hundred Percent Un-Breakable. Even The Thing cant smash his way outta here!" Tombstone laughed. "Spider-Man let me introduce you to the real project I've been working on," Tombstone said, showing the four superheroes. "It's called the Superator. It hasn't been proven to work yet, but your four little friends here will be our first lab rats. What does it do, you ask?"
"No, I didn't ask that." Spider-Man said. "It can drain 'superhero' DNA from any human being. My people are trying to reverse the process, and allow it to also give superpowers to a person. Let's see if it works." Tombstone grinned. He walked over to a large computer that took up at least a quarter of the wall. He pressed a green button near the keyboard, and the four chambers began to glow. They all filled with a thick green smoke, making it impossible to see the captive super heroes. "Leave them alone!" Spider-Man said, rocking in his chair. Tombstone grinned. "Unfortunately, its not painful. They'll just feel weak and dizzy," Relieved, Spider-Man stopped rocking. "The process will take a minute or so." Then a guard came over, with James Jonah Jameson at gunpoint. "I found him hiding, sir." "Tie him across from The Spider." Tombstone said as if he hadn't a care in the world.
Jameson and Spider-Man said there across from each other, trying to read each other's thoughts. Jameosn showed anger and a pinch of fear in his face. "So," Spider-Man said. "Come here often?" "Shh! Its complete!" Tombstone clapped. He rushed over and pressed a red button on the computer. The smoke was cleared, and in the chambers everyone saw Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, and The Thing leaning weakly against the glass. "The Thing-He's human!" a police offer said. And he was. He wasn't the Thing anymore.
"It-It worked?" Tombstone said frantically, pressing a white button that opened the doors. They fell forward, so tired and limb. Tombstone ran over to Invisible Woman. "Turn invisible! Do it!" Sue started shaking. She turned invisible for a few seconds, then came back into sight. He dropped her and stood up. "So...It can weaken superpowers...interesting." Jameson said, eyeing Spider-Man. "Hey! Keep your eyes in your head, Jameson!" Spider-Man said, slouching lower in his chair. His foot reached Jameson's chair, and he tipped it over. Jameson went crashing to the floor. Hysterical laughing, Spider-Man tried not to make it obvious that he was reaching for the guard's keys behind him. As the guard moved closer to Spider-Man, on his way over to pick up Jameson's chair, Spider-Man had gotten them. He un-locked himself, but waited as he slowly untied the coils.
The NYPD was still on the ground, handcuffed. Tombstone looked around. "Guards! You can all take the rest of the day off! I have it all under control." Tombstone grinned. Yes! Thought Spider-Man. This is what he had been planning on. Tombstone's huge ego would be the better of him this time! The guards all left, and Tombstone started staring at the computer screen. Spider-Man, now completely free. Tipi-towed over to Tombstone. He pushed Tombstone into the first chamber and pressed the white button. The door closed.
"Booh-yah Baby!" Spider-Man laughed. He went to check on the Fantastic Four. "Sue, are you okay?" She was still lying on the ground, as were the others. She shook her head. "No...I'm so tired." Spider-Man helped his friends into the chambers again, this time Sue and Reeds sharing one because Tombstone was occupying the other. "Okay, guys. If you come out wrong, like mutated and crap, its not my fault, right?" Spider-Man said as he set the process on only the three chambers. He pressed the green button, and smoke filled the three chambers. Everyone watched as the smoke consumed them. They heard banging and moaning. Spider-Man started to sweat.
When the green smoke cleared, the Fantastic Four were standing upright and strong. Reeds, stretching his arms, was 'alone', since Sue was invisible. Johnny Storm was literally on fire, and Ben Grimm was big and ugly again. Spider-Man opened the doors as they ran out. "Great job!" " Thanks!" " We owe you one!" consumed Spider-Man's ear. Reeds shook his hand. "Spider-Man, you free everyone here. We'll take Tombstone into custody." "Then we'll come back and get this Superator machine." The Thing winked. And, Spider-Man was left alone with the tied of police officers and Jameson.
Spider-Man paced the floor, the cops looking at him like "What the hell are you doing? Just get us fucking out of here!" Spider-Man eyed the officers. "If I let you go," Spider-Man said, looking at everyone anxious face. "Will you promise not to shoot me?" They nodded some reluctantly. Spider-Man untied some of them, and they untied the others. Then he raced over to Jameson, untying his ropes. "Here you go, thank me later. If you don't forget, that is." "Yeah yeah." Jameson scowled.
Then Spider-Man looked at the 'Superator' machine. "Gay name." He said, looking at the large computer screen. He left for a moment, leaving the cops and Jameson waiting, but came back with one of the guns Tombstone had gotten illegally. He started shooting at the machine, firing bullets at it frantically until it caught fire. Then he started shooting at the chambers, completely destroying them. "Are you nuts! Do you know the breakthrough that was?" Jameson screamed. "It could have rid the world of hooligans like you forever!" "Exactly!" Spider-Man said. "And as far as I'm concerned, then world needs superheroes to save asses like yours. Besides, it wouldn't be fair if powers were taken away un-willingly. You don't know the dangers that machine made for super-types like me." He said, spinning a web and swinging out of the warehouse.
As he swung around the city, for some odd reason, he thought about Mary-Jane. Her picture came into his head, and he didn't know why. Then he remembered something he was embarrassed he forgot. He needed to find Kim. No, he needed to find Kim now. Where could she have gone? Maybe the Fantastic Four H.Q.? Or The Avengers Mansion? Or maybe... As he headed towards his destination, he was almost completely sure that Kimberly was waiting for him in a run-down, dirty apartment.