Peter didn't feel like being at school today, but Aunt May said it would be better for him to go so he could be distracted from what was happening. Peter didn't agree but where he was. Walking the halls with no one knowing about what happened just last night, his fist was clenched, he was useless he just froze and it, it, it
"Peter?" Gwen said walking up to him. He looked at her before she hugged him "I heard what happened
"My dad told me, I'm so sorry Peter" Gwen said "I know you may not be, but are you going to be okay?"
"No, I'm not" Peter said
"Why?" Gwen said
"Because...it was my fault, if I didn't get seen then" Peter said his composure breaking
"You can't get weighed down on the what if and could have been Peter, it won't help you" Gwen said looking at her friend. "I know thinking about it hurts now and so does remembering all of the good, but in time this feeling it might fade, it might not but now in this time, it's the time to be with your friends; who knows maybe telling them will help you grieve and get over it" Gwen said looking at her friend before hugging him again, behind her Harry walked up to him and just stood there silently before placing a hand on his shoulder giving his support to a dear friend who needed a life line at this moment; One he needed.
After school Peter just headed home and walked into his room, his aunt wasn't home since she was dealing with some of the tougher things after Uncle Ben's death so he just slumped on his bed before looking at the ceiling
"Maybe they're right" he said as he got up and went over to his laptop. The mystery about his dad's lab was still bothering him and he needed to figure out why it was. Aunt May didn't know anything and any chance of asking Uncle Ben was gone, he went back to that fishing photo and felt a fresh wave of sorrow wash over him, tears were about to come out of his eye when he released a breath of air. He then glared at his wall before he's eyesight to his hands when he remembered the words Uncle Ben and apparently his father lived by
'With Great power comes Great responsibility" he then thought about how that conversation came about
'So do you like being a police office?" a young Peter said as he cast out into the water
"I guess" Ben said
"So you can do all sorts of things right?" Peter asked
"With a certain extent" Ben said
"Why not, you could do a lot of things that normal people can't, like you arrest anyone you cheeses you off" Peter said
"Okay, let me guess Flash was being a bit mean again right?" Ben chuckled
"I guess" Peter said
"Look Pete, I may be a police officer which gives me certain powers to do thing, but I have a responsibility that comes with it. I have the power to carry a gun, but I have a responsibility to use it in a manner which helps people not harm them, I have the power to arrest someone, but I have a responsibility to arrest the right people, I have the power to drive a car so I have the responsibility to drive sensibly, I have the power of being the person who looks after you so I have a responsibility to raise you into a good man" Ben explained
"So what your saying is" Peter said
"That with great power comes great responsibility" Ben said "Now I have the power to help you with that fish, but I have a responsibility to make sure you pull it in but yourself first" he said smiling as Peter struggled before getting the fish into the boat.
"Thanks Uncle Ben, so I've been given these spider powers meaning I now have a responsibility to use them to help people" Peter said before he went over to his cupboard and pulled out a leather jacket, a red balaclava, a pair of polarised swimming goggles and pair of Motocross gloves. Pulling the gloves on he jumped onto the roof and saw that his hands stuck on the roof with the gloves on the same way his feet stuck to the wall. He then proceeded to pull on the goggles before pulling on the balaclava and jacket zipping it. Looking in the mirror Peter nodded "could use some work" he said "But for now it will hide my identity while I work on my powers" he said as he left the house, taking a bus to the area near his school. He had a feeling today was the day he would find something about the lab he's dad owned when he's phone rang
"Hey Aunt May" Peter said answering "No, I'm just walking around getting a bit of fresh air, yeah I won't stay out late, eggs...sure I can get some" Peter said "Okay, yep bye love you too" he said hanging up and setting a timer before pulling his 'mask' back down and running off. He tested his strength and agility by climbing and jumping around the area. He noted he needed an easier way to get around the city, so he decided to plan things out later. After an hour the timer on his phone buzz meaning it was time to head home, and of course he stopped to get some eggs. Unfortunately for Peter he walked into the shop where he last saw his uncle. When he realised this the eggs in his hands started to slip.
"Okay, don't want to drop those" Eddie said
"Mr Brock, what are you doing here?" Peter asked as he was handed the eggs back
"Rival paper recon" Eddie said smiling holding up some newspaper
"You do know one of those is a beauty magazine right?" Peter asked
"It's for Anne" Eddie smiled as the mere mention of his fiancé's name making him go all goofy
"Oh okay, I'll see you at work tomorrow" Peter said paying for the eggs and heading home
"Will do" Eddie said before placing the newspapers and magazine on the counter
"So you buying these to see if that news embargo of yours is holding up?" the shopkeeper said
"Yeah I am" Eddie said seriously.
The next day at school, everyone was in homeroom doing their own things, Peter's group was trying to find more info of Parker Laboratories, the cheerleaders were gossiping, the musicians were discussing classical composers, the other group of nerds were reviewing their homework and the jocks were passing around a football, which over shot and went over to Peter's group, which Peter caught and threw back. Flash looked over at Peter and noticed something was different about him, but he didn't know what. Shrugging he figured he'll get to talking to him soon
"Yo! Flash, coach wants us in the gym ASAP" one of his teammates said
"Yeah I got it" Flash said as they left, an uneasiness was in the air but Flash didn't know why
"Did you see the look on Parker's face, something bad must be going down" a second team mate said
"Hey Flash do you know?" one of his teammates asked
"No I don't Kenny" Flash said as they reached the gym, the coach wanted them to practice before the big game on the weekend.
"I'LL MAKE SURE THE ONLY THING RELATED TO JOURNALISM YOU WORK IN IS SELLING JOURNALS!" the angry voice of J Jonah Jameson shouted
"Okay, boss is angry" Eddie said "Do you know why?" he asked Robbie he assistant head editor
"No, I've seen him angry before but never this angry" Robbie said as Jameson exit his office
"Listen up, the embargo has been broken" he shouted making everyone there angry
"Do we know who?" Ben Ulrich asked
"No, but I believe it to be the New York Bulletin" Jonah said "It was on the midday news"
"So what's the plan boss?" Robbie asked
"Get in front of this and try and do damage control" Jonah said before Eddie got up and grabbed his jacket "BROCK!"
"Yes sir?" Eddie said
"Bring Parker back here okay?" Jonah asked
"Way ahead of you" Eddie said leaving the building to get Peter.
"Okay, form up guys" Harry said as the last bell rang. He knew the scavengers call the news would be circling around the school, so he needed to get Peter out of there ASAP, luckily he was use to dealing with the media. The rest of the student body was standing by looking pissed off, a few of them gave Peter comforting words and their condolences which he appreciated. Upon getting to the door, they saw the Football team
"Now is not the time Flash" Gwen said
"You're right. Okay guys Line formation, make sure none of them get to Peter okay?" Flash shouted
"YEAH!" the footballer shouted
"Cheerleaders, if they try and get any camera footage you know what to do" Flash said
"Thanks man" Peter said
"Anytime" Flash said as the groups exited the school, Harry and Flash knew what was going to happen and had guessed correctly so the football team made a line and pushed through the crowd of reporters. The cheerleaders used their pom poms to block cameras.
"There are way too many of them!" Anya said
"Well any ideas?" Gwen asked as a car horn sounded "Never mind" she grabbed Peter and pulled him to the side while everyone forced their attention to the massive group. Gwen and Peter finally arrived at their destination which was Eddie's car
"What are you doing here?" Gwen asked
"Mr Jameson wants us at the Bugle ASAP" Eddie said as he took off.
Once they got to the Bugle Eddie looked around before quickly entering. Upon reaching the main room he saw Peter just sagged over at his desk and Jonah walking over to him, Peter was started to log in when Jonah just rested a hand on his shoulder
"Not today, all you are going to do is just relax" Jonah said before he walked back to his office. Peter then sighed before he continued to log in and then he decided to see if the Bugle database had anything on Parker Laboratories which could help him locate it. He had difficulties doing it before felt frustrated by this, which Eddie took notice of
"You okay?" Eddie asked
"No I'm looking for something in the archive and I can't find it" Peter said
"what are you looking for?" Eddie asked
"Anything on Parker Laboratories" Peter said
"I haven't heard that name in a while" Ulrich said as he walked past "It was owned by your old man right?"
"Yeah it did" Peter said as Ulrich went away and came back with a disc. He handed the disc to Peter.
"This has what you need" Ulrich said as he walked away making Eddie and Peter look at each other before Peter placed the disc into the computer and looked over the contents. Soon he had found what he was looking for, an address "It's not too far from here"
"Go" Eddie said as Peter rushed off. "I wonder what he is going to find there"
Peter got to the address that was written in the information leading him to an abandoned butchers shop. Upon entering it he looked around seeing nothing but an empty shop and a walk in freezer. He looked around and saw a shimmer on the blackboard, so he went up to it and placed his hand on it revealing it to be a scanner
"Welcome Peter" a computer said as the walk in freezer opened up revealing it to be a door into a hidden high tech lab
"Whoa" Peter said as he looked around the lab "What is this place?" he asked
Gwen was walking home while listening to the latest pop music unaware that two thugs were coming up to her
'That her?" one of them asked
"Yeah that her" the second thugs said before they grabbed her making her scream, but it didn't travel far as it was muffled. It was at this point Mary Jane was walking out of a coffee shop and saw this
"HEY!" she shouted "LET HER GO!" she shouted as they got into a car and drove off. MJ quickly got her phone out and dialled a number "Hello police, my friend just got abducted" she said panicking.
G'day Guys Grizz here now we're dealing with the fallout and how people are reacting to it, the scene with Gwen was inspired by the Amazing Spiderman movie where she did the same thing and before the report she was the only one who knew thanks to her father, plus we have the flashback to when Uncle Ben gave Peter the Great Power Great Responsiblity talk while fishing not to mention the homemade spider suit whcih will only be in this chapter and you'll find out why
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside