Chapter 12
Operation and Clue
Peter's vision suddenly went black until he was awoken by the sound of Ben s voice urging him to wake up. "Pete ,Pete, Come on buddy wake up." Peter's eyes opened as he saw Ben standing over him with a worried look on his face that quickly passed as he saw Peter s eyes open. "Oh thank god , I was afraid they might of drugged you." Said Ben. "Ben, please tell me we're not locked up." Said Spidey as he got himself up slowly feeling some-what light headed. "Nope , it's actually the opposite." Replied Ben as Peter s vision cleared and he realized he was still in the inside of the spaceship. He recognized the metal black walls and the doorway opened but he looked confused as he saw the sky pitch black.
"How long was I out?" asked Spidey as he got to his feet. Ben put Peter s right arm over his shoulder as he saw that Peter was still having trouble staying on his feet. The two stepped out of the ship to find themselves on the rooftop of a skyscraper with Jacob , Huntsman Spider, and Preston talking while Niko , Zack , Josh, and Will were siting over the edge in silence until Zack turned to see Ben and Peter walking out of the house. "Guys look." Said Zack causing the others to turn with faces of relief as they got up and made their way to the two. The four made their way and formed an arced circle in front of Peter and Jacob. "Are you okay bro? You look beyond Beat." Said Niko. "What happened up there it looked like someone literally fought on the Avengers and walked away." Said Will. "Yeah that someone might have been me." Confessed Peter earning a moment of silence from everyone.
"Wait you did what?" asked Josh. "You fought off the Avengers and won ,somewhat." Stated Zack. "Why?" asked Jacob. "I honestly don't know. After I saw that video I just got so angry that the next thing I realized I'm beating up Iron man. Jeez I almost killed him." Said Peter in horror as he remembered the frightened look of Tony s bloodied face. "Hang on , what video?" asked Scarlet Spider from behind as Peter turned to see him along with Huntsman and Preston giving their full attention. Peter continued , "After I went on the Helicarrier, I confronted Fury and suddenly Jason hacked it or had someone in the prison hack it , he mentioned he made some friends at the Raft." "Jason has friends , they wouldn't happen to be Vulture , Rhino , Shocker, Carnage and all the others bad guys we came across , would they?" asked Scarlet Spider. "Probably explains how they got their equipment." Said Peter. "Well this isn't your day Peter." Said Zack. "Yeah thanks, and above that apparently S.H.E.I.L.D knew." Said Peter. "Knew what?" asked Jacob confused. "They knew what happened to my Uncle , they had a camera that recorded the whole thing happening. And they didn't even do anything , they just let it slide." Said Peter angrily. "What?" said Niko and Will. "They knew this whole time." Said Preston. "Why didn't they ever tell you?" asked Ben.
"I don't know , I didn't feel like asking nicely." Said Peter. "Wait they probably didn't tell you because they knew you wouldn't take it well or even join S.H.E.L.D" said Josh. Everyone went silent lost in their thoughts until Peter spoke out. "It all makes sense now." "Fury didn't just want you to be the Ultimate Spider-man, he wanted to keep you on his radar." Added Jacob. "Keep you in the dark." Commented Will. "To keep his eye on you." Stated Ben. "So you wouldn't end up being the next super villain." Said Huntsman Spider. "Wow for a Super spy that s a low blow." Said Josh.
"Well now that we know S.H.E.I.L.D can't hold a walking zombie from the black lagoon and they're probably pissed at us , and want us in a cell. Now what do we do?" asked Josh. "There not yet , if they wanted us locked up we would be by now , I'm not willing to give them the chance." Said Peter as he turned and walked away from the group while the others eyed him confused. "Where are you going?" asked Jacob as he followed behind. "Jason and half the bad guys I've faced and put in jail multiple times are in the most populated city in the U.S , I gotta start rounding them up." Replied Peter as he took another step then suddenly felt a sharp pain from his back making him stop.
"Then what, get more bruised than you already are? I don't think so bro." said Jacob. "I'll be fine , just need to roll with the pain." Said Spidey. "What you need is a long night s rest at your apartment with your family who's probably heard the news already and is beyond worried." Corrected Jacob. "How can I rest when some legendary psychopath is running amok in New York dropping bodies and do who knows what Jacob, I' m not just gonna lie in bed knowing the cities gonna go to hell in less than a week." Said Peter angrily. "No one's saying that Peter. And you don't have to carry this burden alone , we were there to the last time you fought Jason. And it hasn't be easy for any of us. I'm sorry for what ever that asshole did to you in the past but tiring yourself out isn't gonna help , so why don't you just head home , be with your family , and get some strength back." Suggested Jacob earning a defeated sign from Peter.
"He's right punk , we'll do what we can." Said Ben Reilly. "And if we need anything will call you." Said Will as Peter caught a glimpse of his once broken leg now in a metal cast. He then nodded as he started to make his way to the edge of the building before a hand caught his shoulder. He turned to see Jacob. "And one more thing , be careful with Norman if you see him , especially now that Li s out again." Said Jacob quieter than usual.
"What we should be worried about is Jason." Objected Peter. "The fact that both of them know who you are and that there's a lot of history with them and you is dangerous to , especially with Osborn being Mayor." Stated Jacob as Peter turned to see a billboard with an older man smiley with a phrase next to him "Osborn a man who will protect and serve this city." Peter then turned back to Jacob. "That's not important now, all that matters now is getting Jason." Peter then jumped form the edge as Jacob watched him swing off from building to building.
As Spider-man swung over the city streets as cars honked threw traffic and the side-walks were lightened by street lights giving civilians a clear path as they were on their phones or talking to their partners unaware of the blackened figure swinging over them lost in his own thoughts. "How could I've been so careless, and stupid." Asked Peter as he swung from another building and did 2 Moon salts in midair before firing another web-line , feeling the breeze flow threw his suit as his thoughts went on. " I knew that something like this would happen, that my last encounter with that walking backstabbing swamp shit-head would somehow come back to kick me in the ass. Just like he did to me and who knows who else. I still can't believe that Fury knew what happened to my Uncle." Continued Spidey as he web zipped himself towards the top of a light post before leaping off it.
"All this time, even when he was training me, he knew and he didn't tell me a thing, or even listen to my warning and now I swinging threw the city , cleaning up their mess again, and talking to myself , just my luck." Said Spider-man before hearing the sound of an alarm go off. "And there's a prime example." Said Spider-Man as he swung into the side of a building with windows light and dark as he sprinted over them before leaping off towards the source of the alarm. He found it at a small ATM store at the edge of Queens with its door windows busted and a small alarm going off, disturbing the silence.
"This shouldn't take too long, just jump and, see the bad guys and…" he stopped just as he landed in front of the entrance to see 4 guys tied up in webbing with their backs on each other as their hooded heads leaned forward. "And stand here puzzled?" Finished Spider-man just as he turned to see a thug stagger into an alleyway. Just as the thug disappeared behind the walls a web line hit in the back before pulling him to a wall face first.
Just as he turned around, he felt something slimy pin his arms against the wall. He let out a gasp as he saw Pale white eyed-lenses staring back at his. They seemed to staring in his soul as the figure crawled closer to him before he let out a whimpering, "No,no, please don't , we gave up , see we surrender ,we surrender." , "What happened here?" asked Spider-man. "What does it look like, one of your side-kicks kicked our asses man." Replied the Thug trembling. "Which one?" said Spider-man. "I don't know some lady running around in rags. There she is." Said the trying to move his tied-up hand behind Spidey. Spider-man turned to see a figure spying on him and thug from a set of fire escape stairs on the side of the building facing behind Spider-Man, almost covering her in darkness , what gave her away was whiteness of her suit over her body, covering her entire body up to her mouth.
The figure suddenly jumped to the wall and scurried up the wall and over it, "Thank you." Said Spider man before jumping the towards the wall and followed after the figure as the thug yelled back, "Come on man , this is exactly what you did to me last year." Spider-man continued to chase the figure once he reached the roof top and sprinted after the figure. As he was sprinting, he couldn't help but notice how the person could keep a decent distance away from him as she jumped over a street to another rooftop, landing perfectly on her feet before she parkoured over air vents , and chimneys . "Wow she's could. Maybe s it Felicia." Said Spider-man to himself once the figure stopped at the edge of another building, overlooking civilians and ongoing cars.
Standing opposite of her looming over her was a tall skyscraper with blackened glass windows. She risked a glance back as her pursuer got closer before looking back over the city streets. "Wait , is she gonna?" said Spider man as he realized the woman was getting ready to jump. "HEY , DON'T DO IT LADY , WAIT NO." he yelled as the woman lunched forward and started falling fast. Just as Spider-man made to the edge he jumped after her. Then to his shock the woman fired a line out of webbing from her wrist and swung over the city lights , now giving Peter to see her clearly.
Her hair was pitch black and she worn a suit that seemed to be made out of webbing , almost completely covering her body except for the upper side of her face. Spider-man landed on the top of a light post as he watched the woman make a perfect landing on the side of a building without even falling. Peter realized not only that this person isn't who he thought it was , but somehow she had his powers. Quickly snapping back to reality he zipped himself to the building as he chased her all the way to the top. Once he climbed over the edge , to his surprise the woman was nowhere to be seen. "Okay , that was weird." Said Peter defeatedly.
After losing his strange attacker to the night, Spider-man realized that he was still exhausted from his scuffle and that it was almost midnight. After swinging threw the city streets in case of anything stranger happened he took the subway as Peter Parker before walking to his apartment , nearly loosing his footing. Once Peter finally got to his room he tiptoed into the darkened room until a lamp siting on a small wooden table next to a large couch with a frustrated looking Mary Jane in her nightgown stared at him. "I thought you said you'd be back by the morning." She said. "I was on my way here but I got into some traffic." Said Peter. "You mean like traffic in the Raft?" replied MJ moving her head to the small table which had a newspaper with the front page in black bold letters reading "Spider-menace shows up in burning prison, leaves with Avengers Beaten down." "Mind telling me what this is about?" asked Mary Jane with her hips on her side. "You and I know Jameson would write anything against me." Said Peter knowing that MJ wasn't gonna buy that excuse.
"How many arguments are we gonna have to be completely honest with each other?" she asked frustrated. "Fine, I lashed out Stark , and Fury." Confesses Peter. MJ s face goes from anger to shock , "What?" she asks completely surprised of his answer. "What happened?" she asks calmly as Peter passes her and takes a seat on the couch next to her. "After I went to the Helicarrier to face Fury Jason or someone with Jason hacked it then he showed us a live recording by S.H.E.I.L.D." paused Peter. "A recording of what?" asked Mj. "Of , What happened to Uncle Ben." Finished Peter as he saw Mj s face turn from concern to shock. "They Knew? But How?". "I don't know , after it finished something in me just snapped, I don't even remember the full fight or how it all went down , the next thing I knew I was over Stark , oh god he was barely." Said Peter remembering the look of Stark s bruised and battered face. "S.H.E.I.L.D was about to lock me up if Jacob , Scarlet Spider , and the others didn't get me out of there." Said Peter. Mary Jane looked completely lost for words until Peter asked her , "What do you think?" , "I don't know, I know it's not you to just pick a fight with Tony or S.H.E.I.L.D , but after that video that they had this whole time , I don't know. Did Coulson know too?" she asked. Peter nodded as he felt a momentary pain on his side. Mj quickly noticed this and went back on the couch, "Let me see that." She ordered. "It's nothing , really." Stated Peter.
"I've heard you say that before." She replied as she lifted up his shirt revealing a red bruise on his side. "What did they do to you?" she asked. "They might of tased me after my melt down." Said Peter. "Mj listen , I know you're not gonna like what i'm gonna say but.." , "Don't say it." Interrupted Mary Jane. "Look , I think you and the kids should leave town for a while." Finished Peter. "No , no way." Snapped Mj. "MJ!" said Peter. "No , look I may not have powers but I'm not some damsel, Peter. And I'm not just gonna leave you like this to fight some fisherman with a grudge." Argued Mj. "That fishermen has killed more people than any know psychopath , and we both there s only one way to deal with someone like that." Said Peter. "And you think that's the only way , to just cross that line?" asked Mj . "No , that s not what I'm saying." Said Peter. "NO its isn't, because I know you , and I know that there s more between you and him then you're letting on to me or anyone. Why the hell would you want me or our family to leave you like this." Yelled MJ. "I CAN'T RISK LOOSING YOU AGAIN." Snapped Peter causing a sudden silence until Peter spook again calmly, "Two years ago when Jason took your powers, I thought you were gone, and when we were fighting at the lake he threatened he'd break me , then he'd kill everyone I cared about , my family, my friends ,my team , everyone.
At that moment I just snapped , something inside of me broke, something I haven't felt ever since Aunt May. I love you , you and our family , I always will but , Mj after remembering everything that monster did to me and all the people he killed, I can't. I can't see that happened to you. If it did to you or Bengy, Cassie , April, Katherine, Mayday, or Annie I don't know what I would do or what I'd become." Said Peter as a single tear trickled down his eye. Mj took a breathe before siting back down next to him and putting a hand on his shoulder. She placed her other hand on his chin and guided his face to hers before speaking, "I known your scared , for all of us , but the best way to get threw this and stop Jason is to let us help you, you've got the team at your back, you've got Harry, our family, and Me. And we're not going anywhere.
"We're gonna get threw this Peter , you just need to have hope." Said Mj. "But how?" he asked. "Tomorrow will discuss that , but for now try to get some sleep." Said Mj. Feeling completely exhausted Peter laid his head back as his eyes closed while Mj grabbed a nearby blanket and started drifting off as well. Just as they drifted off their loyal Retriever Vicki came into the room and laid down in front of their feet laying her face on top of Peter s shoes.
The next morning Peter working up from Vicki licking his hand begging for food. As he got up he turned to see that Mj was gone, she left a small yellow sticky note placed where she was last night. He read it out loud as he got to his feet. "I was going to wake you but looked so peaceful and calm, I made some bacon for you, Bengy s and the girls are hanging with Normie at Harry s place while your cousins and siblings are in town , I told them to call us incase of an emergency , and F.y.i Ryan and Jacob left you a message. Ryan wants to talk to you at his lab." He finished reading as he entered the kitchen and poured a bag of dog food into Vicki s bowl before taking a chair and started to feast on the cooked bacon.
After finishing his meal. Peter took a hot warm shower before entering his room to find his red and blue Spider suit nicely folded up on the bed. As he put it on he said to himself, "MJ , how could I ever live without you." Before jumping from the balcony and started swinging over the crowded streets from building to building with lightning speed. After swinging over a large sky scraper he felt a vibration from his suit pocket, he reached in and pulled out his phone as he fired another web line as he looked at the screen, it read "Ryan Dockery." As Spider-Man continued swinging over the streets he put the phone up to his ear. "Hey Ryan!" , "Hey Pete , Is this a bad time to talk?" asked Ryan s voice as Spider-man started to free fall head first towards the road before firing a web line , launching himself 30 ft from the ground. "No not at all , what's up?" asked Peter. "We need you to come to the Marine College university. There's something we think you should see." Said Ryan giving Peter a confused thought. "Who's we?" asked Peter. "Carmen, Maria, Jacob , and the rest of his team are here and he said you should see this." Answered Ryan. "Alright I'll be there shortly."
20 minutes later Peter arrived at the University , landing behind the building just to be safe. After changing into wearing a ESU t shirt covered by a black hoodie with blue jeans and converse. He entered the building. Once he went passed the doors the first thing he saw were men and women wearing white lab coats walking across the room entering and leaving the room holding either papers or tools. To Peter it felt like being in Oscorp with people constantly busy. The only difference was the Oscorp building was way bigger and has way more employees. He's hasn't been to Oscorp in a long time , not even since the accident that happened two years ago. But he still is in contact with Harry Osborn, the recently new owner of the company that was owned by his father before he became mayor. Just as Peter was looking around admiring all the artwork of whales , dolphins and sharks swimming in the ocean on the walls. A voice snapped him back to reality as he turned to see Ryan wearing a white lab coat , waving his hand to Peter to come to him. " Glad you could make it." Said Ryan as he led Peter threw to black doors entering a long hallway with less noise and doctors walking around.
As Peter and Ryan walled further into the hallway Ryan thought of keeping the conversation going. "So is everything okay? Maria and I saw what happened on the news." Pointed out Ryan. "Well it could be better to be honest." Answered Peter. "Yeah I know the feeling Maria was afraid of going to sleep when we found out that…" Ryan suddenly paused as two doctors passed him and Peter. Once they entered a nearby room Ryan continued , "About Jason getting loose." , "Is S.H.E.I.L.D gonna try to capture him or go after you?". "I don't think I'd trust them to catch that monster , not if they can't keep him contained. And if S.H.E.I.L.D wanted me locked up , I probably would be already." Said Peter. "This is it." Said Ryan as turned to face a brown wooden door on the left side of the hallway. Peter followed him into the room just as a revolting sent entered his nose making him feel as if he entered a dumpster. " And also , I probably should of told you to hold your nose." Said Ryan as Peter came to his side to see a large carcass with scorch marks on its tail, finback , and it's limbs. Peters eyes went wide once he saw the creatures face. "Wait, is that the thing that was at Time Square? How'd you get it here?' asked Peter.
"After what happened at Time Square, the mayor was planning on getting rid of the body , but the head of the institute suggested that the Universities best scientist should observe it and try to find out what it is." Answered Ryan just as Carmen , Maria , and Jacob entered to room opposite of the table. "Did you find anything out about it?' asked Peter. "Not Much, apparently its skins nearly bullet proof. It s a carnivore. Its has the features of a Spinosaurus but it's not." Said Carmen. "But that's not the weirdest part." Said Maria. Peter glanced at her confused. "What is?" asked Peter as Maria approached him holding a screened tablet. She passed it to Peter, once Peter looked at the screen he saw the image of a DNA code with multiple strains spreading out of it , colored Dark red, and black. "What is this?" asked Peter. "We were hoping you'd have the answer. It's definitely dinosaur DNA , but the strains aren't part of it at all." Said Jacob. "It's like this thing was." , "Mutated!" finished Peter. "That my explain why I found this on it." said Ryan lifting up a broken chain bracelet with black writing on it, "216! Is that a name?" asked Carmen. "Yeah, for prisoners or test subjects." Answered Jacob frowning at the thought.
"Now that's twisted and creepy." Said Ryan. Suddenly the sound of a women raising her voice went off outside behind the door Peter and Ryan had entered previously. Peter went to the door, looking out into the hallway he saw a doctor woman trying to get a group of men wearing black tuxes and black pants.
Peter squeezed the door handle as soon as he saw Coulson among the men in black wearing shaded glasses as he spoke to the doctor. "Shit!" said Peter to himself as Jacob looked out the window too. He then turned back to the others as they stood by the large corpse. "We have to get this thing out of here, now." Said Jacob. "Hey what's wrong?" asked Carmen. "Fury s sidekick is here with some friends." Answered Peter. "S.H.E.I.L.D?" asked Ryan with some fear in his tone. Please tell me there's a way to get this thing outta of here unnoticed." Said Jacob as he grabbed a nearby wooden stool then placed it in front of the door with the front leg inside the handle , hoping it would hold.
"Yeah but why are we doing this? And why are you two running from S.H.E.I.L.D?" asked Mara unsure of what to do. "Long story, short version, we trusted them to keep Jason locked up. They screwed up, Peter got pissed, then he kicked their asses. And now we're on there wanted list." Said Jacob. "WHAT?" Said Ryan loudly just as the door got knocked on from behind. "Hello? , Is anyone there , if so we liked to ask you some questions?" said a man s voice. Maria then pushed a red button as a large automatic door rose from the ground revealing the back of an open trailer. "Get it inside , I'll distract them." Said Carmen.
"What , no they might…" said Peter before getting interrupted. "I'll be fine , just get out back , then pick me up in 15." Said Carmen before exiting the room into the hallway. "Sorry gentlemen , you can't come in at the moment, my partners are in the middle of surgery operation." Said Carmen from outside as Peter, Jacob , and Ryan pushed the carcass into the trailer as Maria followed behind before closing the door behind them.
Just in the nick of time as the door closed the agents entered the room with Carmen behind them. "There's no one in here." Said one of them. "They probably brought the patient back to his room , speaking of which , on of mine needs me." Said Carmen as she started walking down the hall before Coulson softly grabbed her by the arm. "Mrs. Dosev I know you and Parker are close friends, and you have a history, but just to be clear. We're only trying to help him, he's in a certain situation that we can help fix, so if you see him , tell him that." Said Coulson as he released Carmen. "I will sir, have a great day." Said Carmen as she left trying not to appear in a hurry. One of the agents turned to Coulson, "Should we follow her sir?" asked the agent. "No point, if she knows where he is , she wont give him up. That s the thing with loyalty." Said Coulson.
Once Carmen exited the building she saw the truck parked on the side of the road , with Peter in behind the wheel and Jacob in the passenger seat as he opened his door for her to climb in. As soon as she entered the vehicle, Peter pressed on the gas pedal but not going over the speed limit. "You okay?" asked Peter taking a glance at Carmen threw the over him. "Yeah, but how what are we gonna do now? We can't go back to the lab now." Said Carmen trying to not bring up what Coulson said , thinking it's a bad time to mention it. "Your right but I know some people who could help us." Said Peter. "Can we trust them?" asked Ryan feeling uneasy. "Yeah , I trusted them ever since we were in high school, including with my secret." Said Peter. "Wait you mean?" said Jacob turning to Peter. "Yup!" answered Peter as he continued down the road. "Who?" asked Ryan ignored about the fact that they didn't know who or where they were going. "Don't worry , we'll be there soon." Answered Peter.
After driving for about 20 minutes , the truck left the city of Manhattan crossing a bridge over the Hudson and drove for about 30 more minutes before Ryan noticed a large green sign with white lettering , "Staten Island? , Who's in Staten Island?" asked Ryan as he red the sign as the vehicle continued its course. "Some old Friends." Answered Peter. Shortly they stopped at an old locked down build, with a rusted name over the wall, "Staten Island Star Company." Peter stopped the vehicle as a old fence stood between them and the parking space next to the building.
As Peter exited the vehicle , Ryan broke out asking "Wait , are we where I think we are?", "Absolutely." Answered Jacob as Peter pulled out a key from his pocket and unlocked the gate as it opened automatically , sliding to the right as peter headed back to the car. Once he got in the driver s seat , Carmen asked, "How long have you had a key to this place?" , "For a long time." answered Peter. "Are you sure he won't rat us out?" asked Jacob getting Peter to turn to him. "I've known Nick ever since High school , and he knew my parents in college…." , "LOOKOUT." Screamed Maria as a man wearing a white lab coat with a bright yellow robot appeared and fell back as the car speed towards him and his machine. Peter quickly slammed on the breaks just as the mans feet were nearly under the bumper. "Oh Jesus." Said Peter as he jumped out of the car as Jacob exited the passenger seat , then letting the others climb out after. Peter quickly ran to the man s side and quickly calmed himself when he realized he was unharmed.
"Mendel are you okay?" asked Peter as he helped him up. "Yeah I'm okay , but I almost thought you were gonna hit N.I.G.E.L. I just repaired him yesterday." Said Mendel. "Sorry buddy." Said Peter as he shook Mendel s hand before Ryan called out. "Doctor Mendel Craven? H.E.A.T S engineer and chemist. I've read all your books about robotics and I'm a huge fan of your robot too." Said Ryan shaking his head constantly , not caring that Jacob and Carmen are smirking at him acting hilarious. "Mendel , these are my friends from high school, Ryan Dockery, Maria Baraco, Carmen Dosev, and you've already met Jacob." Said Peter. "Nice seeing ya again , Doc." Greeted Jacob. "Is Nick here? I need to talk to him." Asked Peter.
"He's inside , they all are , but I don't think he's in a mood for old friends." Said Mendel stopping Peter. "Why?" asked Peter. "We saw what happened at the Raft , Nick s been on edge ever since , he's even asked Jessie to stay with her mom while she s in town." Said Mendel. "Why would she have to stay with her mom?" asked Jacob. I think you guys should see for yourself. Come on." Said Mendel as he lead Peter, Carmen , and Jacob to the building. Peter turned to see Maria and Ryan admiring the three wheeled machine. "Are you guys coming?" asked Peter. "Yeah I just wanna see what else the robot can do." Answered Ryan. "Here , use this . but don't hack into it , I don't need Nigel being tampered with by a fan." Said Mendel as he opened a door into the building with Peter, Jacob, and Carmen following.
Once the trio followed the middle age scientist into the room Peter suddenly felt something jump on him from behind pinning him to the floor. Once he looked up at his attacker he saw a large pink tongue come at him, licking him on his cheek , spreading hot saliva on his face. Peter could smell the scent of fish as the creature continued licking him , Carmen let out a scream as the creature turned to her. "It s okay , it's okay." Said Jacob. "He s a part of the team.". The creature had black scales with medium sized spikes coming out of its back from its tale all the way to its head, it s eyes bright orange like the morning sun as it stared at Jacob and titled its head curiously at Carmen, it had the face of a Komodo but it stood on its back legs and its front limps are more like arms.
"Skraa." Roared the lizard before Carmen slowly moved her hand towards its face , slightly afraid of loosing it, then the creature moved its noise under Carmen s palm as she petted it , making it make purring sounds. "Huh, he kind of looks like Godzilla, Heat s Godzilla , I mean." Carmen corrected herself. "Yeah there s a reason for that, this is Zilla. He s kind of my adopted nephew." Said Peter.
Carmen looked at Peter confused, without taking her hand off the reptile. "Adopted Nephew?" she said. "It s a long story." Said a voice as Peter ,Carmen , and Jacob saw a silently middle aged man who seemed to be in his early 30s. He stood in the middle of the room next to a counter table, his dark red hair had some grey on the sides. From the red jacket he had on , Peter recognized him in an instant. "Hey Nick." He said as Zilla sprinted from him and went next to Nick s side muzzling next to him. "Nice to see you Peter, giving everything that s been happening lately." Said Nick as he and Peter shook hands.
"Nick this is Carmen Dosev , and Jacob who you've already met." Said Peter as Jacob and Carmen shook hands. "Hey Doc." Greeted Jacob. "HI Doctor, Tatopoulos, I've been a huge fan or your work in High School and Peter s told me a lot about what you and your team be." Said Carmen. "And you must be the girl Peter s mentioned once a while, he'd always mentioned you almost every time before we tracked down a mutant." Said Nick making Peter nudge Nick in the arm. "Yeah but , life has a way with changing things."said Peter cutting him off. Peter looked at the bag Nick placed on the counter.
"Are you guys going on a camping trip?" asked Peter curiously. "Something like that." Replied Nick before the door behind them swung open and 2 more people entered , one carrying two back packs wearing a light blue striped jacket with white shoulder straps and long dreads in his hair as he sat them down and the other person , a woman wearing a dark green sweater with red hair put down a box with files in it , wiping the sweat from her face as she turned saying , "Already , that's about everything we got from our last trip to- Peter?" She said surprised and quickly putting a hand over the files. Making the other person nearly flinch as he turned trying to look calm. "Hey Elsie, Randy it looks like every ones going on a trip." Said Peter. "Yeah Monique s downstairs at the docks prepping the boat , the other little guys are helping her out too and so is.." Randy doesn't finish that last part as Elise shoves him in the arm. "I mean just Monique and the little guys are prepping the ship , no one else." Correcting himself but Peter and Jacob knew something was up.
"Okay guys , what's going on?" asked Jacob. "Nothing there s a mutant sighting in , Singapore." Said Nick. "Really, how come it wasn't on the news?" asked Peter. "Major Hicks called , he said that the Pentagon is trying to keep this quiet , it's really serious." Said Elsie trying to help but she felt that Peter s on to them. "Hmm , it s that serious huh?" said Jacob. "Yeah very Serious." Said Randy. "Maybe we can help each other , I could look at the files and you guys can help us with something outside." Said Peter. "What do you mean?" asked Nick. "We got that hybrid monster out back , we figured we could use your help." Said Peter. "We'd love to help but we got to get going soon , but you could leave it in the storage shed and as soon as we can get back we could let you know." Said Randy as he placed a shoulder around Peter attempting to walk him outside. "Hang on , are you sure there s nothing we can help with?" asked Peter stopping just as the door opened again and to Peter s, Jacob s and Carmen s surprise Gwen , Kirby and a woman wearing a dark blue shirt with jeans entered, her skin was dark tannish and her eyes were light blue like the ocean. Jacob recognized her instantly.
"Kora?" he said surprised. "Jacob!" she said as Peter looked passed her and at Gwen and Kirby , "What are u guys doing here?" Peter asked surprised. "This is awkward." Mumbled Randy. "Alright , you might as well know the truth." Said Nick as he opened his bag and pulled out an old sheet of brown paper with drawings all over it, he passed it to Peter recognized it as a map but his eyes widened as he recognized an island that was nearly shaped as a Skull. He looked up at Nick , "Oh , no , no way." He said abruptly. "Look Peter you have to trust us on this." Said Gwen. "Its not about trust its common sense, Nick why on earth would you go back there?" asked Peter waving the map at him. "Because Winter s heading there too." Confessed Nick. "What?" said Peter and Jacob. "After he escaped from the Raft I hacked some security cameras , in New York , last night I saw him with group of guys , they left the docks at midnight." Said Randy. "We asked Hicks to help us track him , the trail lead right to here." Said Mendel pointing to a black spot in the Pacific Ocean on a globe.
"He stopped in the middle of the ocean?" asked Carmen. "No , he went here." Said Peter showing her the map. "You guys can't just land on that Island and go on a man hunt, and besides the natives aren't gonna be happy to see any of you guys after what happened last time." Said Peter. "We know , and that s why we're not going alone, we got a guide, and 2 experts." Said Nick nodding towards Gwen and Peter. "And Hicks got us a military escort." Pointed out Elsie. "You got partnered up with Trojan Company , didn't ya?" said Jacob. "Yup , they volunteered." Said Randy. "Great them again , and I'm sure they're happy to go back to where we almost died." Said Peter sarcastically. "What happened at this place?" asked Carmen out loud. "Remember when we mentioned about Peter, Niko , Will, Kasey, and I got stuck on an island with dinosaurs , hostile natives , bugs and monsters ?" said Jacob. "Yeah." Said Carmen. "This is the place , but I met Kora there." Said Jacob as he pointed to the map and looked to Kora. "Skull Island." Said Jacob making a chill run through Carmen s hair.
"We need to talk." Said Nick as he lead Peter , outside onto a balcony overlooking the bay and the parking lot. Ryan and Maria were still observing N.I.G.E.L outside , "Look , I know what you're thinking and of what you're gonna say." Said Nick leaning against the edge. "Yeah that this is a really bad idea, and none of you guys should go back there." Said Peter not at all liking Nicks plan. "Last time we went to that Island , we almost got eaten , murdered, betrayed by a crazy military captain and nearly got killed in a lot of ways." , "I know Peter, but you and I both know what will happen if we let Winter head back , look what he almost did with his tech , imagine what he could do now." Objected Nick. "And how does Jessie feel about this?" snapped Peter making Nick look shocked at the mention of that name before looking to the ground. Peter realized he went too far , "I'm sorry I didn't meant to go there." Apologized Peter.
"It's fine , but you're right , she knows about it and she wants to help but she s not coming on this trip. She's still having nightmares about that place." Said Peter. "I know the feeling." Peter thought to himself. "Why didn't you tell me though?" asked Peter getting that question out of the way. "Because you have enough problems going on in the city." Said Nick. "I guess Gwen and Kirby told you of what's been going on lately." Said Peter earning a nod from Nick. "Yes, and that there's something more between you and the guy in the mask. You don't have to tell me what it is , but whatever it is you need to tell someone because it's messing with your head." Said Nick making Peter think on that advice. "And also if you see Jessie later don't tell her we're leaving today." Asked Nick.
"Why?" asked Peter just as a range rover pulled next to the trailer making Ryan and Maria jump as the driver exited the vehicle, the man wore a leather jacket , with dark brown hair , a pitch black leather Jacket with a dark shirt underneath, he wore khaki black running shoes with dark jeans covering his socks he looked to be in his mid to late 20s judging from his facial hair, as he introduced himself to Ryan and Maria as Peter observed from the balcony before turning to Nick. "Hang on , why is Evan here and Jess…. Nick , Oh my God , you didn't." said Peter as he realized what was happening. "Before you jump to conclusions Peter, I didn't force him into anything I asked him and he volunteered to go on this mission." Said Nick putting his hands in front of him. "And you both agreed to just keep Jessie I the dark , trust me that's a really bad idea." Said Peter. As the two continued their conversation unaware that Evan, Ryan, and Maria ended their conversation and watched Peter and Nick expressing thoughts. Ryan asked "So how do you know H.E.A.T?" Even turned to Ryan , "I did a job with them about 2 years ago.
They did a mutant search with my squad." Said Evan. "Really , that's awesome." Said Maria. "Yeah and I'm kind of dating his niece." Said Evan suddenly realizing he blurted that out. "Wait , really? That s nice, is she here?" asked Ryan. "Yeah but she's at work, and we've been a little distant." Said Evan with some guilt in his voice. "Aww , why?" asked Ryan just as the doors to the back of the trailer jerked for a moment making the three of them jump. "What the hell." Said Maria as the trailer jerked again this time making dents come out of the all. "Did you guys bring a buffalo here?" asked Evan as he reached into his back pocket. "No." said Ryan and Maria with horror spreading on their face. Ryan looked back to Peter and Nick who were still focused on their discussion. "Umm, Peter?" said Ryan out loud.
Peter and Nick didn't hear him as Peter said "So not only are you guys going back to Skull Island but you also didn't tell Jessie and now you're bringing her boyfriend along." Said Peter. "We all know what we're getting ourselves into Peter, and we agreed that's best for Jessie to stay out of this , she still has nightmares about that place.
Another dent merged from the Trailer, this at the doors nearly getting the lock off as Ryan, Maria and Evan backed off as Evan was now armed with a pistol aimed at the door. "NICK." Yelled Evan.
Peter and Nick still didn't hear them. "And I called her mom and asked her to spend time with Jessie , I figured she could help take Jessie s mind off of things." Said Nick. "Jee like that s a great idea, lets get your sister to help her daughter take her mind off of getting stuck on an uncharted island and then getting kidnapped by a giant ape , who in the process grew feelings for her , and tell her not to worry about the fact that her Uncle and boyfriend are going back to the same island." Said Peter sarcastically.
"Come on , Peter I'd figure you'd agree with this , you've kept a lot of secrets from people you care about." Said Nick. "Okay yeah I did but I realized that some of those secrets have consequences." GUYS!" yelled Evan , Maria, and Ryan. "WHAT?" yelled Peter and Nick looking over the balcony. "IT'S STILL ALIVE." Yelled Ryan and Maria just as the trailer exploded with steel falling all over the pavement as among the wreckage stood the Spinosaurus hybrid from Time square stood roaring in anger. "HOLY SHIT, WHAT IS THAT?" asked Nick. "The hybrid I was gonna ask you to observe." Said Peter jumped from the balcony as the monster grabbed a piece of debris and raised it over Maria , Evan and Ryan.
In a flash Peter fired a web line and swung into the trio , grabbing Maria while Evan and Ryan grabbed onto his back on instinct as they were now swinging in the air just before nearly getting crushed. The monster swings it s bloodied claws at Peter who dodged it just as Peter landed on the roof just as Nick came outside with Randy , Monique, Elsie, and Mendel carrying rifles aimed at the beast. They fired multiple bullets at the beast only to have it flinch from the fire and roar at the small beings in anger. "I don't think that's hurting him." Said Ryan just as Zilla sprinted at the door running in front of Nick and the team roaring at the hybrid. Suddenly his spines started to glow as he breathe yellow fire at the monster causing it back up shrieking in pain.
As it did , 5 more creatures ran out of the building and came next to Zilla , the look of them made Ryan surprised as he saw each of them. One was snake like with bright yellow eyes and was up to Zilla s height , another looked like a giant Ice borer with tusks coming from the sides of its mouth , next it growling at the dinosaur was a large Shrew with sharp teeth and large talons with green eyes. The sight of it made Maria disturbed but thankful that it wasn't attacking them. While hovering over the critters were two large insects nearly the size of wooden chair a red insect like bug that shot fire from tubes over its head and large larva honey bee. "What are these things?" asked Ryan. "There umm, their Pets. The eel is Tessie, the Shrew s named Twisteta , the ice borer is named Cuddles, and the insects are Blaze and Hailey." Said Peter as the small mutants attacked the large reptile. Blaze and Hailey flew at the creatures eyes aggravating it, while Zilla fired his fire breath at it, Tessie spewed hot water at it as Cuddles fired ice breath at its legs. Twisteta climbed over the edge as a random gust of wind started to blow around her and suddenly a tornado started to form. "WO." Said Ryan.
"That's why she s called Twisteta." Said Peter just as the hybrid whacked Twisteta to the ground then grounded Blaze and Hailey with a strike of its claw. The enraged and hungry beast turned its attention back on the humans as its lowered its head towards them with open jaws.
"Oh we are so screwed." Said Ryan While Peter turned and saw a large wave make its way to the docks , he said with a grin, "Not yet we're not!" Just as a large black head emerged from the water and large jaws enclosed around the hybrid and raised it towards the sky. The humans watched in amazement as the sun was covered by a large bipedal lizard with pitch black skin like Zilla s but with but with dark blue spikes coming down its body with large blazing orange eyes were visible. Its underside had dark purple and its feet were large, the creature looked 60 meters long and stood 197 feet from the ground. "Is that what I think it is?" asked Ryan. "YEAH , The G-Man always the master of making an entrance." Cheered Randy.
To everyone s shock the Hybrid refused its faith and slashed its talons at Godzilla s face making him release his grip as the hybrid landed on its feet making the ground shake as everyone on the roof nearly lost their balance. The hybrid then lunged at Godzilla again this time biting his foot , making the titan lizard angry as he shook it off. "Has it gone Rabid or something?" asked Evan.
Suddenly another creature emerged from the water grabbing the hybrid in its jaws and swinging it to death before throwing it to the ground. This creature had the same height as Godzilla but it looked like a large Komodo Dragon with dark brown skin, yellow eyes and it breathed blue fire breath as it blew a blaze of fire at the fallen hybrid making sure it's finished. The two giants let out a large roar triumphantly that seemed to echo as it sent a chill down Ryan and Maria s back while everyone else stood calm. "Jesus , why isn't any else freaking out?" said Ryan.
"It s okay you get use it at times." Said Jacob. "And the Komodo Dragon is Komodithrax, she s Godzilla s mate and also this little guy s mother." Said Jacob pointing to Zilla. "Wait what?" said Maria as the giants turned towards the small beings. The two of them lowered their large heads towards them until their faces were mere inches away. "Holy shit." Said Ryan as he felt the hot breath of Godzilla. "Don't worry they won't hurt us." Said Nick as he scratched the scales under Godzilla s mouth receiving a purring from the large giant. Maria couldn't take her eyes off any of the large giants , and not even noticing herself cautiously approach Komodithrax , she then placed her hand on the dragons nose as Komodithrax purred at her too as Ryan and Peter came to her side.
"Wow, so you guys have been with these creatures this whole time?" asked Ryan. "Yeah first it started with Godzilla but after we found Komodithrax she eventually joined the team and the others joined in time ever since then." Said Elsie. Unfortunately the moment was ended as the hybrid hissed in agony causing Godzilla and Komodithrax to turn to it growling at it as Peter and the others entered the building and 5 seconds later were outside facing the crippled animal. "How is thing still breathing?" asked Evan as he aimed his pistol at the creature just as Peter but his hand in front of him.
"Wait not yet , look!" pointed Peter as one of the creatures arms started to shrink , then the other body parts started to as well , the clawed feet started to shrink , next the arms , then the scales started to peel off. Until all that was left was the shape of a human being laying in the hybrids place with pieces of scaly skin over the body. "What the hell." Said Ryan as Peter , Nick, cautiously approached it. Peter knelt down beside it and placed his pointer finger and middle finger against its throat before looking back , "He's dead!" he said with fear and shock.
"Wait a minute , where d you find that?" asked Nick pointing to the chain on the persons knee. "It was already on him." Stated Jacob. "Oh God!" said Nick as realization seemed to come to him. "The night Cameron Winter escaped he had a group of prisoners wearing that same chain bracelet." , "Wait if this guy was with Winter prisoner friends and he ended up turning to a monster , then that means." Said Gwen. "That means we should as you Americans say "stop talking and start hunting." Said Monique as she stopped back into the building with Twisteta, Elsie and Tessie, Mendel and Blaze, and Randy following her inside. Leaving Peter , Nick ,Gwen, Jacob, Kora, Zilla, Hailey, and Evan outside. Even Godzilla and Komodithrax submerged into the Hudson knowing that the danger was over. "Peter , I hope you now realize why the team and I are going after Winter." Said Nick.
"I really wish I didn't but after what we just saw, I can't argue with that." Said Peter. Kora turned to Jacob , "Look I wanted to tell you but." , "It's okay , and I'm not going to stop you , after all you use to live there just please be careful and come back safe." Said Jacob earning a hug from Kora before she entered the building. As she did Peter shook hands with Nick, "Take care of the others and yourself." Said Peter. "Same to you and if you run into that guy with the Mask. Be careful." Said Nick before Nick went back inside to finish packing. As Peter said his goodbyes to Gwen and Kirby , Jacob , Ryan and Maria went back to the truck. Peter would have gotten in if Kirby didn't stop him , Peter turned noticing some sweat come from his hair as he looked back at Gwen before turning back to Peter. "What's up?" asked Peter. "There's something I've been wanting to do but I wasn't sure on how to do it so I thought I'd ask advice from you." Said Kirby reaching into his jean pocket. "Okay , what is it?" asked Peter as Kirby revealed a small box in his palm showing it to Peter. "Wait is that?" Peter got his answer as Kirby opened it revealing a small ring with a bright diamond on it. "I'm gonna ask her." said Kirby in a low voice.
"Wow that's great buddy." Said Peter. "But I don't know if I should do it now, with both of us going on this trip , I just, I'm not sure if this is the right time. And I know you and her have history and all." Said Kirby. "No,no ,no its fine I'm happy for both of you and here s some advice , don't let her go, trust her to be on your side on this trip even if it s a bad idea to go to that island, and keep the ring, you'll know when it's the right time." "HEY Peter, are you coming?" asked Jacob as he turned the radio on, hoping to listen to the radio. Just as he found a song the music was cut with a new broadcast, it was so loud that Peter and Kirby could hear it from outside. "WE interrupt this broadcast with an important announcement , the Breaking and entering has gone active at CHELSEA , the gunmen attempted to make a break from the police buy hijacking a car but the car was found completely wrecked with the front of it flattened as if someone or something has smashed the engine. Witnesses claim that a man wearing muddy pants, with some kind of mask and a weapon was scene stopping the vehicles and started to chase after the robbers on foot. New details will be followed shortly." Said the radio as Jacob switched it off, "Peter I think we should get… going."
Jacob paused as he just saw Kirby who was looking behind him then at Jacob before putting his hands up saying he s gone. "SHIT." Jacob cursed as he pressed on the gas pedal making Carmen , Maria and Ryan flinch as the vehicle drove onto the road like a bullet. "Jeez man easy on the pedal, besides Peter s probably gonna beat us there to that guy." Said Ryan. "That's not what I'm afraid , I'm afraid of what s gonna happen when they find each other before we get to them." Said Jacob as Ryan looked back at Carmen and Maria with worry all over their faces. As the truck drove off , no one noticed a young woman who was watching the whole thing happen. As the vehicle left the building.
Once Peter heard the word "mask" from the radio he quickly swung off towards the city pulling his jacket off, pants , and shows until he was in his Spider suit once not realizing that he just left Carmen, Ryan , Maria, and Jacob behind as he zipped through the air flawlessly.
10 minutes he arrived in Chelsea and heard the sound of sirens before landing on the edge of a building with shattered windows and police cars parked in front of the abandoned building. Crowds of civilians, journalists and reporters were urging the cops to get a better view of the crime scene.
"I'm literally praying I'm not too late." Said Peter as he jumped to the building landing inside threw a broken window without anyone noticing. The place was a complete mess. Scratch marks were marked all over the wall , some with blood stains , and bullet shells and clips laid on the floor. "I'm guessing these guys found out bullets can't bring Jason down." Spider Man thought to himself as he followed a trail of blood marked on the floor. The trail lead up a wooden stairwell as Pete followed it up each step landed silently on a stair.
He had a really bad feeling of where the trail would lead him but he urged himself to keep going in case someone might be alive. Once he reached the top of the stairs he was greeted with a wooden door with markings across the frame. Peter could see a light was on inside but what made him nervous was the combination of red and yellow coming through the cracks under the door. Peter hesitated , taking a deep breath before swinging the door open. What he saw was beyond abominable as three armed thugs laid on the floor with their insides under them and all over the place , painting the room red. Two of the thugs laid in front of Spider-man with their arms and legs severed, while the third laid leaning against a wall with a large gash in his forehead splitting his head. Peter looked up to see a fourth thug swinging from a fan from his legs and intestines.
As the body s lifeless face stared at Spider-man he could feel the vomit urging to come out as Peter looked away from the carnage and leaned over feeling the need to hurl. As Spider-man gagged he place a hand against the wall thankful he didn't puke but was still stricken with fear of the gruesome sight in the room. He looked inside again and saw a camera laying on the lap of the thug against the wall. As Peter approached it he saw a sticky note with a message saying , "PLAY ME!" "When did you know how to use a camera, Jason?" Peter said to himself as the video went off.
The video started off with the camera out of focus on something in a single room, until the person holding the camera approached the figure revealing it to be a large man wearing a black tux and black pants with a sack bag over his head. The man holding the camera pulled it off revealing a balled headed man with bruise s all over his face as he shared back at the camera and who-ever was holding it. "How dare you, you think you can just kidnap me from my own house? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?" yelled the man before a hand wrapped itself around the hostages neck. "Wilson Fisk, known by many people here as a man of the city and as the Kingpin of crime. You've killed, bribed, and ruined a lot of lives in this city multiple times, now if you want to get the obvious questions out of that head of yours I suggest you come down otherwise I'll do more than chain you like an animal." Said the figure removing his arm. As Wilson took in deep breathes before asking, "Fine , Who are you, and what do you want?" asked Fisk. "My name isn't important for you , but I want to know. How much do you hate Spider-man?" asked the cameraman. "SO much that i hate the mention of his name." answered Fisk. "Ah , the man, what if I told u I know the name of the man behind the mask , Mr. Fisk?" asked the figure.
"Then I'd consider paying you to take care of him." Answered the Kingpin. "Appreciate the thought, but I'll gladly take care of him without the money, but." Paused the cameraman just as a disturbing slitting sound went off and Fisk stood stiff for a moment before crimson red stain formed on his suit as the camera lowered itself revealing a large stab wound. "You'll have to find out in hell. And before you go , I want to give you a special gift, Spider-man is my oldest friend , Peter Parker." Whispered the killer as he kicked the deceased Crime boss to the ground before switching the camera to reveal the camera mans voice , Peter s blood went hot as the a Hockey masked covered the screen , "Now this is my version of justice , it's not as clean as yours but it definitely describes the meaning of punishment. Don't you think?" mocked Jason.
"You son of a bitch." Peter said loudly not caring that this was a recorded video and Jason wouldn't respond. "And if your watching this already then it means that I'm long gone and clearly went to the target that'll get your attention. If you want to see where the fat oaths body is now take a look out the window to your right." Said Jason as Peter turned towards the window, looking threw a telescope that was laid there, threw the eye hole Peter could the Oscorp tower with cranes stationed in front of it around a figure hanging from a window as workers lowered it onto the cranes. Peter tilted the telescope upward and saw a message written in blood reading, "A GIFT TO SPIDER-MAN, EXPECT MORE TO SHOW UP AROUND THIS CITY."
Peter felt like he was in a living nightmare , he felt his phone vibrate and picked it up reading a message from Jacob, "Pete get to Oscorp , I think he might of baited you away from his real target." Read the message as Peter seemed as if he was gonna lose it , he put the phone away before grabbing the telescope and threw it to the wall yelling in rage.
"I've assumed you're having a moment right now, so before I leave you to it , I want you to know that , if you want me gone. Come after me, alone and the longer it takes the more people who you claim are innocent will die, and I still have a promise to keep. I'll be seeing you soon." Said Jason as the video went off ands Peter stood there with empty thoughts as his hand crushed the camera before dropping it to the floor. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps sprinting up the stairs. "Time to go." Peter thought to himself before opening the window he was looking threw before leaping out of it and started swinging off just as S.W.A.T teams burst into the room with rifles and shields raised, only to find the room completely empty.
Once he got to the Oscorp Building , Wilson Fisk s body was already being placed into the back of an ambulance. But his attention was quickly drawn to a figure observing the fallen Kingpin been driven out of the crime scene. "Okay I'm think I'm really loosing it." Said Spider -man as he swung towards the Oscorp building entering threw a broken window. "Okay man lets get this over with as usual, "You introduce yourself, we fight , and I beat you yada ,yada , yada." " said Spider-man.
"That may have happened with fights with petty thieves and purse snatchers, but I know that I'm not an enemy who goes down easily Spider-man or do you mind if I use your real name Peter Parker?" said the thief emerging from the shadows wearing a spider-man like suit but with red and black patterns , and black eye lenses, with a large spider emblem in the chest part of the suit. But what caught Peter s full attention was the bright red mechanical tentacles that lifted the copy cat into the air. Peter recognized that voice in an instant. "Otto?" said Peter. "In the flesh." Said Otto Octavius. Spider-man quickly jumped to safety as one of the tentacles lunged at him. "So what's the deal Otto , trying to get back at Osborn again?" asked Spider man as he lunged at Octavius only for his surprise to see Octavius complete dodge the attack just like Spider-man would.
"And how'd you do that? And whats with the new suit?" asked Spider-man. "After the last time we encounter each other, I've decided to get some more upgrades. And I found a way to get my body to work just as well as my mind , thanks to you." Said Otto catching Spider man off guard as he pinned him with two robotic arms to the wall. "Me?" asked Spider man. "Don't u see , I've exposed myself to the exact same spiders that made you who your are and look at me now. You can say that I'm a superior Spider-Man." "Catchy title doc." Spidey said before Kicking Octavius back . "But the name Spider-mans been taken how to Spider-Octopus?"said Spider-man before dodging from another robotic arm but this time Octavius lunged at him with his body before Spider-man delivered a right hook to Spider-Octopus. "Okay Doc , why are you here?" said Spider-man now wanting to finish this fight quickly. "I'll tell you what I'm not here for. To fight my old partner, I'm only here to require some of my inventions." Said Octavius.
"Wait what." Said Spider man before fire webbing at the arms in an attempt to pin Otto down. But to no valid as the arms broke free as Octavius charging at Spiderman , both of them hurtle towards the window before crashing threw it over the crowed. "What the heck." Said Jacob threw his truck with Ryan, Maria, and Carmen watching the battle. "Am I drunk from shock or is Peter literally fighting himself?" asked Ryan. Jacob caught sight of the other Spider man s robotic arms as a thought entered his mind. "Not if that other guy is somehow who I think it is." Said Jacob. "Why , who is that?" asked Carmen. "That might be Peter's old partner." Said Jacob as the Spider-men landed onto the building opposite of the Oscorp building. The two masked vigilantes continued to throw punches, lunge attacks at each other before Spider-man got thrown from the building landing on a fire escaped that stop him from falling into the alley way. "If you're trying to frame me , you're doing a terrible job at it." Said Spider man before jumping to safety to a wall.
"I know you won't trust anything I say but I m not here for Osborn or YOU. I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON YOU ARE." Yelled Octavius before throwing Spider-man to into the alley way watching him break his fall on a dumpster. Before landing over him and pinning his arms and legs with his robotic arms. "And before you say I'm lying look to your right and you'll see why we're both here and how bad this crime scene really is. Peter listened and turned right to see 5 to 6 people wearing white labs coats with crimson red liquid all over them, Peter new that was blood.
He then saw a figure carrying a machete leaving , Spider-man kicked Octavius back before chasing the man and pinning him to the wall. He then removed the hockey mask and too Peter s disappointment and surprise he saw the face of man with crazy wild arms laughing maniacally at him. "Where is he? WHERE'S JASON , ANSWER ME." Yelled Spiderman before getting pulled back from Octavius. "YOUR WASTING YOUR TIME PARKER, this is an inmate from the Raft, apparently Jason let him out and in return he s spreading fear to the city." Said Octavius. "How do you even know that name?" asked Spider-man. "Your not the only one who listens to police reports." Said Spider-Octopus. "As amusing as it may be to catch up with you , I'm sure we both have things to do." Said Octavius. "I can spare a few minutes to put you behind bars again." Said Spider-man. "Maybe another and hopefully next time we can see eye to eye." Said Octavius just as Sirens went off getting Spider-Mans full attention. He then turned to see Octavius is gone. "That makes two of us Otto." Said Spider-Man to himself.
After swinging for the next few hours across the city. Running into other Jason imposters and getting no answers from them. Peter found himself in a bar at Hells Kitchen drinking a glass alone. After getting another reload 5 figures sat next to him , Peter turned left to see Jacob pushing his glass away. "Bro if I didn't know any better , I'd say you had a really lousy day and are trying to drown your sorrows away." Said Jacob. "You have no idea. First I found out Nick and his team along with your girl-friend, Gwen and Kirby are going to the most dangerous place on earth. Then I got lead to a apartment to find 4 thugs gutted and that Wilson Fisk got kidnapped and gutted. And finally I ran into Octavius at Oscorp who some has spider powers , a spider costume, and is planning something." Said Peter before taking another swig. "Wow sounds like you didn't have a lousy day , but a real shitty day." Added Will before asking a waitress for a drink. "You know what I suggest , put the mask up and go to their level to get Jason." Said Niko not realizing how that sounded. "Dude , Spider-man doesn't kill, and neither does Peter Parker , not anymore." Said Peter. "That s not what I meant, what I mean is if you want to find a crazy psychopath, you have to think like a psychopath." Corrected Niko. "Ooh, going undercover, that's sounds interesting." Said Zack as he and Josh listened in.
"No, no, no, no way, I know what you're saying and no, I'm not doing that." Said Peter this time pushing his drink away. "Look Pete , I understand why you're saying no , but given the state this city's in and with bodies showing up all over the place. We don't have much of a choice." Said Jacob. Peter thought about it for a moment before shaking his head, "Ah dang it, you have a point." Said Peter. "But if we do this, we're gonna need some ground rules." Said Peter making sure they were listening. "Were listening." Said Josh. "First we're not gonna just walk around the city with guns and bandit masks." Said Peter. "That's obvious." Commented Josh. "And second , we need to come up with a plan." Continued Peter. "I knew that was gonna be a rule." Said Josh. "And finally we will not kill, any bad guys unless absolutely and I mean unless absolutely necessary." Said Peter.
Jacob nodded to Peter, "Whatever you see." , "All right , that's fair." Added Niko. "Alright I least wont have to worry about walking around." Said Will as he placed his casted leg. While Zack and Josh messed with their cups. "I just gotta say this is probably gonna end not in the best way , but I'll go along." Said Josh. "I don't make promises." Said Zack. "Well I guess we're back to thug life business." Said Peter. "Yup welcome back XpertThief." Said Jacob as he put a toast to Peter and the others. "I had a feeling you guys would guys would do this again." Said Kasey making the boys turn in surprise. "What , you really don't think I'm just gonna let you boys have all the fun and also Preston s waiting outside with the car." Said Kasey. "All right let s go." Said Niko before taking a final swig and following Kasey outside along with the others except for Peter whole took out his phone.
"You okay?" asked Jacob. "Yeah I just gotta tell MJ, because if I don't she'll find out the bad way." Said Peter. "Good luck bro, will be outside." Said Jacob as he exited the bar. Peter called MJ s phone before waiting to listening to the ringtone. "Peter? Is everything okay?" asked Mary Janes voice from the other line. "Yeah it s just I found a way track down Jason." Said Peter. "Really how?" asked MJ. "As much as I hate to do it, it s looks like XpertThief s gonna have to return." Said Peter. "Okay!" said Mary Jane. "I'm gonna go after Jason undercover as a thug and look for information." Continued Peter surprised by MJ accepting what he's saying. "I told Jacob and the others not to kill anyone." Added Peter. "Okay!" Mj said again. "MJ , this means I'm gonna be breaking the law and that." Mj interrupted him saying. "I know but , listen you're the only one who knows what s really going on. You have to do what you think is best. Just be careful and when you do catch him. Don't let him make you into someone you're not." Said Mary Jane. "I promise." Said Peter. "I love you." He added as MJ replied, "Same to you cowboy.", Before hanging up.