Max Modell enjoyed running Horizon High, the modeling of young minds was at the forefront of his ideals, but at the moment, he wondered if dealing with teenagers would ever become any easier.
" Mr. Modell, please reread the proposal!" A voice screamed at him.
It belonged to a student of his named Herman Schultz, a brilliant young man, but one in Max's personal opinion, headstrong. They were currently in Max's office at Horizon where Herman was going off in a mad frenzy, over a project of his Max had decided to veto.
Max sighed, "Herman I will say it again, this idea is well founded, but it has too many unknown variables, I'm just not comfortable moving forward with it at this time. You can re-submit it when you've worked out the kinks."
Herman slammed his hands down on the desk. "Oh I see how it is, you don't think I can make it work, is that it?!"
"Herman, calm down." The person trying to calm Herman was his best friend Clayton Cole. Unlike some of the other kids at Horizon, they were scholarship students having gotten in based on self-made inventions they hobbled together from spare parts. But with all the hard work they had put in, their dream had been realized, they became Horizon students, but in this moment Herman was jeopardizing everything they had strived for by being too strong willed.
Herman tossed Clayton's hand off his shoulder, and stood up from his chair. "You know what, just forget it!" Herman then stomped out of Max's office without another word.
"I'm sorry about that Mr. Modell, Herman is just really passionate about his work," Clayton explained, a sad expression on his face.
"I understand that, believe me, I'm no stranger to passion for the work, but a line needs to be drawn sometimes. We have guidelines and safety measures in place for a reason."
"I understand, I'll talk to Herman again once he's calmed down."
"Thank you Clayton, you're a good friend."
Clayton smiled at Max's statement, before leaving the office as well.
After he was gone, Max leaned back in his chair and pinched the bridge of his nose, it was only the morning and things were already so hectic for him. He could only hope it didn't get worse.
"Yep, I'm definitely going to feel this tomorrow morning," Anthony muttered to himself, picking his body out of a pile of rubble, his clothes singed in certain places.
He had been on his way to school when he caught wind of cops rushing to a rare gem heist, so he decided spider-man should give them a hand, what he did not expect was to come face to face with his current opponent.
"Come on bug boy is that all you got?"
"Bug boy, come on," Anthony groaned webbing up to the ceiling of the store just in time to avoid getting smashed by a wrecking ball.
Anthony's current enemy was the one and only Absorbing Man. A person with the ability to manipulate his molecular make-up by absorbing any substance he comes into physical contact with, and right now, his skin was diamond hard, literally, he had changed his molecular make-up to match that of a diamond.
"It's spider-man, why is that so hard for people to say?" Anthony questioned, using his webs to toss a piece of broken wall at Absorbing Man, he got hit but it didn't affect him at all. 'Well, that did shit.'
"That tickled, now it's my turn!" Absorbing Man swung his wrecking ball in the air before tossing with great speed at Anthony, who got smashed in the gut, creating a crater in the ceiling.
Falling to the floor of the bank, he was at the mercy of Absorbing Man.
"Hehe, time to squash me a bug," he evilly laughed, moving closer to a prone Anthony.
"Not today, paper toil man," Anthony quipped. He shot webbing out to race past the head of Absorbing Man.
"You missed kid."
Anthony looked up. "Did I? Because I was aiming for that fire extinguisher behind you."
Before Absorbing Man could respond Anthony yanked on his webbing, causing the fire extinguisher to smash into the back of the man's head, cracking and letting the foam inside escape.
"You little shit!" Absorbing Man spun his wrecking ball in a circular motion around his head, dispersing the extinguisher foam, only to look down and see Anthony had completely disappeared.
"You know, I'm flattered you're taking the time to insult me, but I've got somewhere to be, so let's wrap this up."
Absorbing Man then fell to his knees in agony, Anthony was standing behind him using a heating pipe to blast the guy. 'Certain gems need to be kept at certain temperatures, and diamonds are especially vulnerable to high heat, so it was just a simple matter of finding the right vent, although…' Anthony dropped the vent and blew on his hands, "Hot, boy this is hot!"
Meanwhile, Absorbing Man fell face forward onto the ground, completely knocked out, his skin reverting back to normal.
After making sure his hands were cooled down Anthony webbed up Absorbing Man and stepped through the broken window he used to enter the store. A crowd of people were clapping for him outside, and the police were there as well.
"Nice job, ah spider-boy," an officer said, walking up to Anthony.
He sighed, and dragged a hand over his face. "It's spider-man," he mumbled out. He didn't have time to explain it again, people would get it right eventually he hoped, so instead he webbed into the air.
He didn't want to be late for his first day of school after all.
"Calm down, dude, you're acting like a kid going to the candy store."
"Oh please, you can't tell me you weren't excited when you first came to this place?"
Anthony and Heath were doing a friendly banter session as they walked up the street and Horizon High came into view. Anthony had to admit, the place looked more like a research institution than a school, with streamlined designs and white building with big blue glass windows. However, he could tell that is exactly what gave Horizon his charm.
Walking up the steps to the entrance he saw Heath was greeted by multiple students, and he in turn greeted them. Anthony turned to his friend with a raised brow.
Heath just smirked triumphantly. "Pretty impressive right, yeah I don't mean to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm pretty well known on campus."
Anthony wanted to point out that Heath was bragging, but he let his friend have his moment, it was obvious a lot of people at Horizon did like him.
"Oh look who it is." Heath pointed to the top of the steps, and standing there was a girl.
She was their age, of Indian descent, with long dark hair and brown eyes. Her clothing consisted of khaki pants, white tennis shoes, and a purple sweater pulled tight against her frame. She looked quite put together and gave off a confident air as well.
Anthony and Heath walked up to her, which caused her to stare blankly at them.
"Anthony, allow me to introduce you to Sanjani Jaffrey, our student body president." Heath spoke.
"Hello, name's Anthony Wells, today his my first day at Horizon."
Sanjani smirked, "Welcome, and just so you know, I'm the top student around here, and I won't let anyone take my place." She then turned around and walked off without another word.
Anthony gained a cramped smile. "Well, she's…"
"A bit bitchy and stuck up," Heath finished, clapping his best friend on his shoulder.
"Yeah, something like that."
"Don't take it personally man, Sanjani is kinda of the queen bee around the school, but her grades and projects are the best, I'll admit that. I just wanted you to meet her now, so you wouldn't be shocked if you got the cold shoulder later."
"Thanks so much for that," Anthony sarcastically said, earning him a strong back pat from Heath, which made him stumble forward a bit.
"Anytime buddy, old pal of mine." Heath then started to walk in front of Anthony a bit. "Come on, I'll show you the way to orientation."
Anthony, not wanting to be left behind, ran a bit to catch up with Heath.
They entered into the main building and Heath led Anthony down some halls, before coming to a lab filled with students, Anya and Miles, along with Max and a rather short lady of Hispanic descent who Anthony recognized on site.
"Excuse me miss, are you Dr. Anna Maria Castio, one of the leading particle physicists of our generation?"
The woman turned to Anthony and smiled. "Why yes I am, and you must be Anthony Wells, our newest student joining us at Horizon today."
Anthony nodded. "I am mam."
"Anthony, buddy." Miles walked over and clapped him on the shoulder. "Welcome to the cortex, the central hub around this place, it's also where we create, innovate, and initiate." Miles spread his arm out in a showing motion.
"You come up with that yourself," Anthony questioned.
"Of course my man, it was thought up by your truly." Miles pointed to himself with a grin on his face.
Anthony could see how he and Heath got along so well now, they both had a knack for coming up with names for things that were grandiose.
"Anthony, glad you're here," Max stated, coming over with someone Anthony had never met before, but would very much like to know.
She was his age, with blonde hair done up in a bun, with chinese hairpins holding it together, her clothes consisting of a dark pink jacket, pants, and a green shirt which matched her green eyes.
"This is Gwen Stacey, your guide for today." Max moved out of the way, so they could greet each other with a handshake.
"So you're the famous Gwen Stacey, huh?"
"Famous, I don't know about that."
Anthony smirked. "It's true, on Saturday at Empire State, Heath and the others couldn't stop talking about you, a shame you couldn't have been there."
"Well I was sick, you know, but I'm all better now. More to the point," Gwen leaned forward, hands on her hips, "if I had been there on Saturday you mister wouldn't be here today greeting me."
"That's true, no doubt about it." Anthony shrugged, there was no point in denying it. "So, I hear you'll be showing me around today."
"Yes, that's corr-"
Before Gwen could finish however, the door to the cortex opened and admitted two more people, Anthony turned to get a glimpse at them. A brown haired kid walked right up to them, and shoved them out of his way.
Anthony, able to retain his balance, reached out and caught Gwen's hand before she could fall over. "You ok," he asked her, pulling her back to a standing position.
"Yes, thank you."
Anthony got an angry expression. "Someone needs to teach that guy a lesson on manners."
"Don't ok," Gwen pleaded, grabbing Anthony's hand again. "That's Herman Schultz a student here at Horizon as well. I don't know what's going on with him, but he's usually one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, although he can be headstrong."
"I'm so sorry."
Anthony turned and came face to face with the other kid that had entered the cortex with Herman, he was bowing his head in apology. "Herman really doesn't mean anything by it, so please, cut him some slack."
"Sorry, we haven't been properly introduced." Anthony put out his hand, "names Anthony Wells, and don't worry about it, if two people in the span of a few minutes tells me Herman is usually a good guy, then I'll take their word for it."
"Good to meet you my name's Clayton Cole." Clayton stood up and shook Anthony's hand.
So, what's up his butt," Anthony whispered to Clayton.
"Well you see-"
A loud crash was heard before Clayton could finish, turning around, all three saw lab equipment broken on the floor. Herman was wearing an angry expression on his face.
"Herman, calm down," Max said.
"No, not until you accept my proposal!" Herman's eyes were livid with anger, his eyes showing rage and pleading at the same time. "Please Mr. Modell, a chance is all I'm asking for, just once chance and I know I can make it work."
"I'm sorry Herman, I really am, but as I said earlier this morning, the project has too many variables I'm not comfortable with, and this display you're putting on isn't helping your case one bit." Herman looked around and noticed that everyone else in the room was looking at him. "Now, I think you should go home for the rest of the day and cool off."
Herman didn't answer, he pushed through the crowd of people and left the cortex, the angry look still plastered on his face.
"Well, this is an eventful first day," Anthony jokingly spoke.
He was trying to ease the tension, but it seemed not to be working.
'Just great, first day and I'm already making a fool of myself in front of everyone.' He depressingly thought.
Though at least he was doing better than that Herman guy.
"So my project has too many variables huh, well how about a live demonstration then," Herman muttered to himself.
"That's about it, so any questions?"
It was the end of orientation, and Gwen was currently sitting with Anthony in the cafeteria, it was lunchtime after all.
"Nope, not a one." Anthony then took a sip from his soda. "Well. maybe just one."
"Mhm, go on." Gwen said, hands under chin.
"That Herman guy, what was that all about this morning?"
"Oh that." Gwen placed her hands on the tabletop, "well you see, Horizon gives its students a lot of free reign, and we're even allowed to work on personal projects in our labs-"
"Sorry, but we get our own personal labs," Anthony curiously asked.
"Oh, did I forget to mention that?" Gwen had a playful look in her eyes.
"You definitely did" Anthony dryly retorted. "But back to Herman."
"Of course. As I was saying, we students are allowed to work on our own projects, then submit them to the school for production. We even get patents to said invention if it turns out well, I myself am making a bit of money from some of the patents I've registered."
All Anthony heard though was that he not only at his dream school, but that he had his own personal lab, and could sell his inventions while still in highschool and get paid for it, to top it off he was having lunch with, in his book, a very pretty girl, he didn't think his day could get any better than it already was.
"Now we come to the cause of Herman's tantrum earlier. I heard he apparently submitted some groundbreaking idea, but Max rejected it out of fear for safety concerns."
"Do you know what the project is?"
"Yep, apparently Herman developed what he calls shock gauntlets. They manipulate and focus vibrational waves through the air, to tear apart material on the subatomic level."
Anthony was already making a list of how that technology could help the world. Construction workers could safely remove rubble, doctors could target tumors too small for operations, even snow could be melted into water with the right vibrational frequency hit it. But he also knew if Max vetoed the idea, there had to be a sound reason.
"Know why Max vetoed the idea?"
Gwen shook her head. "Have to ask him, or Clayton. He and Herman are best friends who got into Horizon together." Gwen then took a bite of the salad in front of her. "After lunch I'll guide you to your lab."
"Thanks, really appreciate it." Anthony then looked over Gwen's shoulder to see Miles, Anya, and Heath approaching. "Oh, looks like we've got company."
"Hey Gwen," Anya said, taking a seat down next to her.
Miles and Heath then took their seats on the opposite side of the table to Anthony.
"So Anthony," Miles inquired, after taking a big bite of his hamburger, "how do you like Horizon so far?" When Miles spoke, a few specks of burger flew everywhere, forcing the other's to use their arms to shield their own food from his spittle. Miles then swallowed and gained an embarrassing grin, "sorry guys."
Anthony retreated back to his normal seating position, after Miles had swallowed. "Just fine actually, Gwen has been an excellent tour guide, and after lunch she'll show me to my lab."
"Oh,ho, sounds like you and Gwen are getting along quite well." Heath had a smug grin on his face, the whole time he was talking.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Anthony adjusted his glasses, hoping and praying that Heath chose his next words very carefully.
"Nothing, nothing at all my friend." Heath held his hands up to block Anthony's accusing glare, "I was just making an observation, as we scientists do all the time."
"Uh,huh," Anthony said dryly, adjusting his glasses once again. "Just better keep it that way. Wouldn't want any rumors to be started, or say, accidents to occur in your lab, now would we?" A grin then formed on Anthony's face, which sent a small shiver of fear down Heath's spine.
"No, we wouldn't, as I said, it was just an observation!" Heath hurriedly spoke, deciding it was time to eat. He dug into his burger, letting his food shut his mouth.
The others though could only stare at the sudden change in Heath's behavior with utter confusion, they all then turned to face Anthony, who was eating again as if nothing happened.
"Where have you been all my life," Anya asked. "If I had known there was someone out there who could control Heath's antics, I would have dragged them to Horizon by force, even if they couldn't keep up with the curriculum."
"I'm not a dog you know."
"It's all about knowing Heath is all, and I've known him the longest. Once you get the hang of that, controlling him is pretty simple.
Heath was completely and utterly ignored as Anthony and Anya talked about him like some kind of wild animal.
"And here we are." Gwen said.
It was after lunch and as promised, Gwen had led Anthony to his own personal lab, the two of them appearing in front of a small door, Anthony's name already engraved on a plate hanging outside of it.
Anthony couldn't wait to get in and check it out, then all of a sudden he heard an explosion. Looking around for the source, he noticed smoke seeping out from the lab situated directly to the left of his own, the nameplate outside reading, Ollie Osnick.
He turned to Gwen and asked, "do I even want to know what that was all about?"
Gwen could only send Anthony an apologetic expression. "Sorry about that, Ollie can be… aggressive when it comes to research. But don't worry, all the labs are equipped with the finest equipment and safety measures, so even if you created a bomb, only a small portion of the school would be taken out."
Anthony wanted to ask Gwen why she had specifically mentioned a bomb but decided to let the matter drop, he felt that if he didn't, things might get even more complicated. He didn't want to get overwhelmed, it was his first day after all.
"I see Mr. Osnick still hasn't learned his lesson." Anna Maria said, walking up to Anthony and Gwen. "Seems I'll need to have another discussion with him."
Hearing the way Anna Maria phrased her words, Anthony felt a chill race down his spine, he never expected such a tiny woman to give off such a domineering aura.
Sighing Anna Maria put Ollie's antics on hold, walking up to Anthony and handing him his school ID from her coat pocket. "Here you are Mr. Wells, with this you are now officially part of the Horizon family."
"Thank you." Anthony said, accepting the ID from Anna Maria.
"Now don't lose it. If you do, it'll cost a pretty penny to replace. It not only gets into your personal lab, but is used for all the other facilities here on campus."
"Understood." Anthony said.
"Now I believe it's time to introduce you to your lab." Anna Maria said. She produced her own ID from her coat pocket, then went over to the door to Anthony's lab, placing her ID picture up on a scanner where the door handle would be.
Identification verified: Anna Maria Castio." A feminine robotic voice spoke, a soft click following her words. The door to the lab then slid open, revealing an area about half the size of a normal classroom, in one corner sat a state of the art computer system, while on the opposite corner sat a workbench area complete with a myriad of scientific instruments, finally in the back sat an open area with quite a bit of room still available for use.
"This lab is now yours for your remaining time here at the school. You can customize however you want, we just ask you not go overboard." Anna Maria explained. "Anything you want or need, you can put in a request or ask one of the teachers. Any questions?"
"Not a one." Anthony said, taking a seat in the chair where his computer was.
"Excellent then. Your class schedule has already been emailed to you, but since you're a new student you won't officially begin until tomorrow. Until then, the rest of the day is yours to do with as you see fit, you can even start on a project if you want." Her explanation finished, Anna Maria excused herself, for she had a class to teach in a few moments.
Gwen also had to get to a class, so she bid Anthony farewell.
Saying goodbye to them both, Anthony found himself alone in his lab, his mind already in motion with a project close to his heart.
"Time to get started." He said, a smile forming on his face.
The sun was setting as Max shut down his computer, standing up to stretch. It had been another long and hectic day at Horizon, but Max found it was all worth it, for many reasons, the forefront of it being his students. However he was a little happy, usually he had to stay until the sun had gone down, but today was one of the rare days he could take off early. After making sure everything was shut down and his office locked, Max exited the school, taking a deep breath of fresh air, admiring the sun set.
However all that was about to change.
"Max Modell!" A voice called out to him.
Max turned his head to see something he had never expected. Herman Schultz was standing right in front of him, dressed in a yellow and white full bodysuit, known as a shock suit, one of Max's own personal inventions. It was a line of suits designed to handle a number of volatile situations from extreme temperatures to great amounts of force, and the material was fashioned from had elastic capabilities, meaning anyone could wear one. But that was not all Herman had equipped to his person, on his wrists were his prototype shock gauntlets.
"Mr. Schultz, just what do you think you're doing," Max asked, completely confused by Herman's actions.
"I'm just showing you that my inventions can work," Herman said. "Look I'll even test them personally, just give me a chance Mr. Modell, please." Herman pleaded, stepping a bit closer to Max.
Max on the other hand didn't see Herman's actions as anything but dangerous.
"Mr. Schultz, not only have you ignored my warnings countless times, but now you're intending to force my hand with this blatant show of force." Max pinched the bridge of his nose to keep calm. "I'm sorry Mr. Schultz but this behavior is unacceptable for a Horizon student. I'm sorry to say this, but if you don't stop this instant I'll have no other choice but to expel you."
At Max's statement of expulsion, Herman finally broke.
"Y-you bastard!" Herman angrily shouted, raising his shock gauntlets toward Max. "You talk about wanting us to succeed and prosper, but all you really want is to hold us back and take our inventions for yourself. Well to bad because that won't be happening, not to me or anyone else ever again!"
Nothing left to say, Herman fired off his shock gauntlets as Max.
"Huh, it's already that late." Anthony mused, looking up through the windows in his lab, noticing the sun was already beginning to set.
He didn't realize how fast time had gone once he began working on his project, becoming heavily engrossed in it, having just finished the first phase moments ago. It would seem he really did need to pay more attention to his surroundings like his mother always told him.
Just as he was laughing at himself a bit, Anthony suddenly rocketed from his lab chair and fell onto the floor.
Picking himself up, he wondered just what had happened, until he began to hear screaming from outside. That told him all he needed to know.
Now he was fortunate he had finished his personal project. There was no better time to put it to the test.
"Herman, stop this now!" Max pleaded, dodging another round of gauntlet fire.
Herman had completely lost his mind. Ignoring anything Max said, he continued to attack him with fury, his attacks even damaging the surrounding area, sending the bystanders and other Horizon students into a veritable panic. Even so, Herman only focused on Max.
"Oh you'd like that wouldn't you," Herman sarcastically said. "I stop and then I go to prison, meanwhile you profit from my inventions and I get nothing. Well that's not happening!" Herman amped up his rate of gauntlet fire, delivering faster bursts.
Max was already exhausted from the first few times, but now that things had been amped up, he didn't see himself dodging anymore. Then just as he was about to be struck with vibrational waves, two web strings attached to his back, pulling him out of the way just in the nick of time.
Herman had no clue what had just happened. Until a person landed in front of him. Said person was Anthony, dressed in the personal project that had taken him almost the entire day to finish, a proper costume.
He now stood facing Sherman in a full body spider-suit, with a full face mask, the suit a combination of red and black, with red gauntlets attached to his wrists. (IE= The superior Spider-man costume from the comics.)
"Who are you?" Herman questioned.
"Mwah," Anthony said, pointing to himself. "No one, just the one and only spider-man of course."
"Never heard of you."
Anthony resisted every urge in his body to cry and sob, instead brushing it off like Herman hadn't said anything. Besides now that he had a proper costume, people should be able to recognize from now on, he hoped.
"Well that doesn't really matter right now, what matters is that you need to stand down and stop trying to kill Max Modell." Anthony said.
"Piss off spider-man." Herman angrily shouted, firing off a barrage from his gauntlets.
Anthony jumped over them, coming at Herman, planting a kick go his chest, knocking him on the ground. "Come on man, now that's not very nice." Anthony quipped.
While those two were fighting, a number of NYPD officers had arrived, beginning to clear the scene, and get an explanation on events from Max.
"Ragh! Piss off, this doesn't concern you!" Herman blasted Anthony in the chest this time, sending him flying into the air.
"Herman Schultz, this is the NYPD," an officer said, holding a megaphone in his hands, "turn off the gauntlets and put your hands in the air."
Herman then realized that he was surrounded by NYPD officers, all brandishing firearms at him. Still he only focused on one thing. He eyed Max with a fury, firing off a barrage from his gauntlets in his direction.
The officers dove out of the way, dragging Max in tow narrowly escaping the blasts, however they still struck the police cars, sending them flying in the air toward the civilians in the area. Seeing this, Anthony who was still mid-air sprung into action.
Taking aim, he shot two web strings at the car, pulling them toward him, he then shot out web balls that stuck the cars together, before he stood on top of them as they hit the ground. He felt fine even landing from that height, however the two cars… they ended up being mangled. Still, the outcome was pretty good considering everything.
'Ok, enough is enough, he could have killed somebody with that last attack.' Anthony thought, realizing that the time to try and reason with Herman was over.
Jumping off the mangled car wreck, Anthony shot a web at Herman who rolled out of its path, firing blasts at Anthony. He in turn dodged, jumping in the air and sliding under the blasts, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't close the distance between himself and Herman. He needed a new plan and fast.
"Just stay out of my way," Herman yelled, continuing to fire blasts at Anthony. "The only one I want is Max, no one else."
"Yeah right shockwave, like I'm going to let that happen." Anthony retorted, skidding behind a water fountain whose top off was destroyed by Herman's blasts.
"It's not shockwave, my name is Her-" Herman paused as if thinking about something for a moment. "You know what, forget what I just said. My name is Shocker, from now on call me that."
Anthony stuck his head up from the water fountain he was hiding behind. "Shocker you say, so you're trying out for a rock band?"
"Annoying!" Herman yelled, firing a massive focused blast from his gauntlets in Anthony's direction.
Feeling it with his spider-sense Anthony once again jumped out of the path in the nick of time, this time the blast destroying the rest of the water fountain, throwing large chunks of it into the air, seeing this gave Anthony an idea. Shooting out his webs to attach to a few pieces, he swung them in Herman's direction, this time landed a direct hit. Unfortunately, Herman looked perfectly fine, not even looking out of breath. It was then Anthony remembers that Herman was in a shock suit, meaning he could take quite a beating before getting put down. That caused him to curse himself.
"Heh, is that all you got?!" Herman roared, firing off another barrage at Anthony. With no time to dodge, Anthony was hit in the chest, sent flying backwards crashing into one of the stationary police cars, creating an indent as he did.
"Yep, I'll most definitely be feeling all of this tomorrow." Anthony spoke, pushing himself up from the car, staggering as he did so. 'Think, if only I could get close enough to remove those gauntlets.' It was then Anthony turned his head to the side and came up with a brilliant idea. Taking hold of the door, he ripped it off the hinges and held it in front of his person, beginning another charge at Herman.
Herman seeing this fired a blast directly at Anthony, who slowed down but didn't stop, the car door absorbing most of the force from the vibrational blasts. Slowly but surely he closed the gap between him and Herman, using one final push he rammed the car door into him, knocking Herman off his feet. Then he quickly threw the door away and aimed his web shooters at Herman's gauntlets, unleashing two web balls on them that hit their marks, exploding outward to cover both gauntlets when they made contact.
Herman either not caring or not paying attention aimed his webbed gauntlets at Anthony and fired, however the result was much different than anything during the battle. This time when Herman tried to fire, the gauntlets began to smoke and sizzle before finally exploding, knocking Herman back.
Seeing his chance, Anthony shot out his webs, securing Herman's arms and legs, finally ending the battle.
"Ragh, let me go," Herman yelled, struggling to free himself from Anthony's webbing to no avail.
"It's useless." Anthony stated. " No matter how much you struggle until the webbing dissolves you're helpless, also your gauntlets are done."
Everyone, noticing the battle had finally ended, came out from their hiding places, the officers moving into arrest Herman, while Max walked up to Anthony.
"Thank you, whoever you are, you saved my life." Max spoke with real gratitude.
"No problem," Anthony responded, "all in the job description."
Before anyone could ask him anything else, Anthony jumped away, then webbed away once he got close enough to a building.
He wanted to go home and get some sleep.
"So that's the spider-man." A figure mumbled from the shadows.
Unbeknownst to anyone, said figure had been watching the battle between Anthony and Herman the whole time.
"This might be a problem."
Anthony didn't even realize he was now marked.
A/N
That's another chapter finished An eventful first day at Horizon huh. Taking on the Shocker, meeting Gwen, and even making his official spider-suit. Not to mention the player who has taken an interest in him. Anthony is going to have his hands full.
Now about the costume, it's the same as the one used by the Superior Spiderman, and the reason for that is, I like it no other. Plus I'm super shitty at describing costumes and clothes, so yeah.
Now as for the Shocker, I figured giving Anthony a super villain to fight along with his new costume would be a good opener, not to mention we haven't seen the last of Herman aka the Shocker. Classic villain, got to go with the classic name.
Moving on, there are going to be more heroes and villains from Horizon, just thought I should let you know what's to come, and as for the big bad, that will become evident in a few chapters, just not sure how many. The point is, stay tuned in because this is just getting started.