The New Sinister 6
chapter 6
Peter was horrified by his circumstances. The fact that he had lost his powers was not really the issue for him. With his secret identity revealed to one his greatest foes, he was worried for the safety of his Aunt May above all else. The Kingpin was just the type of person to track her down and make her suffer for his own delight. That's why Peter had always worn the mask to begin with. Now that the Kingpin stood before him holding his mask, it seemed as if his greatest fears were about to be realized.
"And now, what to do with you, Mr. Parker," Kingpin said to Peter.
The adamantium shackles were a little redundant at this point, but Kingpin wanted to be sure that Peter posed no threat.
"I don't know, Fisk, you could go on a diet or at least cut down on the late night snacks," Peter said to the Kingpin.
"Alas, even in the face of your utter defeat you remain incorrigible," Kingpin said in disgust.
"Hey, I have a reputation to keep you know," Peter told him.
"I say we kill him now and end his insufferable humor here and now," Smythe said.
"No, Smythe," Kingpin said with a smile, "I think we should let Parker suffer a bit."
"Let me guess," Peter said, "Chinese water torture or boil me in oil."
"Now, Mr. Parker, surely you do not think me so...primitive," Kingpin said, "instead I shall find those you love and have them killed before your very eyes."
Peter knew what that meant and the look on his face told Kingpin all he needed to know.
"When you are wearing this mask, you cannot hide your fears, Parker," Kingpin said coldly. "I shall enjoy watching you beg for the lives of your loved ones. Only then will I crush your skull with my bare hands."
"Um, that's kinda primitive with the whole crushing my head thing, Fisk," Peter joked, though he was covering his fear poorly.
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"This has got to be it," Reed Richards said as the Fantasticar hovered outside of a skyscraper in downtown NYC.
"That's good enough for me," the Thing shouted as he jumped and crashed through a window. Alarms sounded and several masked men in body armor ran to meet him. "Yeah, this is it alright."
The rest of the Fantastic Four stormed into the hole left by the Thing to engage the security forces of the Kingpin.
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The alarms sounded in the room where Kingpin, Smythe, and Peter were.
"This is your doing," Kingpin said to Peter.
"Who? Me," Peter said.
"Smythe, find out what's going on," Kingpin commanded.
"I am already on it," Smythe told Kingpin, "it would seem that the Fantastic Four has decided to rescue Spiderman."
"How incredibly annoying," Kingpin said under his breath. "Prepare the neogenic recombinator for them as well."
"But I don't know how it will affect them," Smythe argued, "it may have no affect at all."
"You will do as I say or I will use it on you next, Smythe," Kingpin told him.
Peter sat in the room with Smythe as Kingpin left in a hurry, dropping the Spiderman mask on the floor in front of Peter.
As Kingpin left the room he spoke into his wrist communicator, "Deploy my Sinister Six!"
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The Fantastic Four had already made short work of the Kingpin's security forces and were in the main chamber when they were confronted by the Sinister Six and the Kingpin himself.
"Kingpin, I take it," Reed said. "I thought you would have tried to escape by now."
"Really, Mr. Fantastic, do you think you pose a threat to the Kingpin," Kingpin said in an arrogant manner. "Destroy them," he commanded the Sinister Six.
Doc Ock lunged toward Reed only to be met by a flame from the Human Torch which melted two of his metal legs to slag.
"AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH," Doc Ock cried as he felt the pain due to his mental connection with his extra arms. The sheer pain caused him to fall unconscious.
Next, Shocker fired a vibro-blast at the Thing, but to no avail. The Thing kept coming.
"That was only half-power, freak," Shocker said as he adjusted the dial on his belt to full power. He fired another round of blasts at the Thing.
"You've gotta be kiddin'," Thing said to the Shocker.
"Don't worry, I've got him," Scorpion said. He fired a laser blast at the Thing but missed. He lashed out with his tail.
"What a bunch of wimps," Thing laughed as he ripped Scorpion's tail off sending the Scorpion flying across the main chamber into a wall.
Elsewhere, Reed enveloped the Hobgoblin with his body. Before the Hobgoblin could react, Reed was able to dislodge his bag of tricks and free the man from the glider. Reed sent Hobgoblin to the ground where he landed in a violent thud; his glider exploded as it made contact with the ceiling.
Sue Storm turned invisible and used her force-field powers to neutralize the Rhino. She created a small force-field around his head, depriving him of oxygen until he passed out.
Johnny used his flame powers to reduce Doc Ock's remaining two metal arms to melted pools of slag.
The Thing crushed Shocker's gauntlets and lightly punched the costumed man. Though it was a slight exertion of the Thing's super-strength it was more than enough to knock Shocker out cold.
The Vulture emerged with a new costume only to see his comrades down for the count. Seeing no possibility of winning, he headed for the hole created by the Thing minutes before. Reed caught him by extending his arms and tossed Vulture into the waiting arms of the Thing.
"Nooooooooo," Vulture cried as his costume was again ripped off of him. The Thing tossed the man clad in his mask and briefs into Kingpin's desk. Needless to say, the Vulture did not get up.
As the Fantastic Four surveyed the Sinister Six, Kingpin made his way back into the room with Smythe and Peter.
"They have failed me," Kingpin told Smythe. "Let us end Spiderman's life now!"
"With pleasure," Smythe told Kingpin.
Smythe hit a button on his hover-chair and a small laser gun emerged from the right arm rest.
"At last, you will die by my hand, Spiderman," Smythe said, the bloodlust in his eyes like that of a sadistic killer.
The door to the room burst open and the Fantastic Four swarmed in to face the Kingpin and Smythe.
"No! I will not be defeated now," Kingpin shouted.
"Johnny," Reed said and pointed to Smythe. Johnny fired a blast of flames at Smythe as he pulled the trigger on his weapon. The blast missed Peter and hit the control console for the adamantium shackles holding him. Once he was freed, Peter reached down and pulled his mask on.
"You know, Smythe, I don't need my powers to do this," Spiderman said to the confused Smythe. Spiderman punched Smythe as hard as he could. Smythe's hover-chair lilted through the air and dumped its occupant on the floor. Smythe was dazed. Spiderman's right hand was in agony.
"Your luck is simply amazing, Parker," Kingpin said to Spiderman. He grabbed the neogenic recombinator and aimed it at Sue Storm. "I wonder if hers is half as good."
The Kingpin reached for the manual trigger to activate the neogenic recombinator.
"No! You fool! It's not ready for them," Smythe said as he crawled to the Kingpin's feet.
"Smythe! Get away," Kingpin commanded.
Seizing the moment of confusion, Reed extended his arms to deflect the neogenic recombinator away from Sue.
The Kingpin hit the manual trigger, activating the device.
Kingpin and Smythe cried in agony as they were bathed in the energies of the neogenic recombinator.
"My God! Reed, do something," Sue cried as the bodies of the two men began to merge into one, the floor beneath them being incorporated into their very bodies.
Reed reached up and turned the device off. A haze of smoke surrounded Kingpin and Smythe.
"What happened to them," Spiderman asked as he walked over to them.
As the smoke cleared, the monstrous form revealed itself. A writhing, contorted mas of flesh and metal was all that remained of Kingpin and Smythe.
"Oooooo-aaaauuuuggghh–mmmmm-ssss-tttt-bbbbbbb," the creature said as it writhed in agony.
Spiderman and the Fantastic Four all reacted in horror at the sight of the inhuman beast before them.
"Is it alive," Johnny wondered aloud.
"It would seem so," Reed said. "I fear nothing can undue the damage that has been done to them."
"It was set for me," Spiderman told Reed. "They used it to remove my powers. I guess it went hay-wire when it hit them."
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Back at the Baxter Building, Spiderman cried in agony as he was again bombarded with the energies of the neogenic recombinator.
A few moments later, he stood.
"I can feel my powers again," he told Reed.
"Your genetic structure must have retained the properties of your radioactive blood," Reed said. "You are sure this is what you want, my friend," Reed asked Spiderman.
On the way to the Baxter Building they had discussed whether or not to try to restore Spiderman's powers. Though he was unsure and saw a future free of the burden his powers caused him, Spiderman wanted to try.
"Yeah, I'm supposed to be Spiderman, I guess," Spiderman told Reed.
"Now we have other matters to attend to," Reed said as he looked at the stasis-tank where the creature that had once been Kingpin and Smythe was contained. "We must find a way for this new life-form to exist in peace."
"No offense, but I'm gonna leave that up to you," Spiderman said. "I've got a new lease on life and someone I need to go hug." All Spiderman could think about was his Aunt May. He wanted to see her to know she was safe. Nothing else mattered.
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Elsewhere, the Scorpion and the Shocker met at the agreed upon rendezvous site.
"What now," Scorpion asked Shocker.
"We use these costumes to get our revenge," Shocker told him.
Each man was able to retrieve their spare costumes as they vacated Crime Central.
"We find a way to make Spiderman pay for this," Shocker said.
The End...for now...
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