Chapter 16
Old Scars
Los Santos
Peter s body slumps against the seat as his body flinches every 5 minutes , as his dreams continue to taunt him a hand grabs his shoulder waking him up. "Easy Buddy, easy , it's me!" Says Jacob making Peter breathe steadily as he rubs the sleepiness out of his eyes. "Hey Jacob , what's up?" Asks Peter. "Hope you got enough sleep because we're here." Says Jacob before pointing past Peter out the window. Peter turned his attention from the window to the rest of the plane , quickly realizing that he and Jacob are the only ones in the vehicle. "Where's everybody?" Asks Peter. "There outside, waiting by the car." Answers Jacob. "Car?" Asks Peter. Peter grabs his bags and follows Jacob out of the plane and quickly gets his answers as he sees the rest of his group standing in front of a black limo. As Will , Niko, and Ryan are loading bags in the car, Peter can see Zack, Josh, Keeley, Carmen, Maria, Emily, Jessica, and Kadesh inside the limo threw the shaded windows. Peter could guess that they were talking about the vehicle that their in as he makes his way to Preston who is leaning against the right front door as Conor and Noah are talking with a man wearing shades and a black tuxedo who stairs at the two without even changing his frown. "Wait so are you like Pete s full time driver or are you like his cover for his other job?" Asks Conor. "What's going on?" Asks Peter as Preston pushes himself from the door. "I think your cousins are geeking out!" He answers. "Ah Mr. Parker, what can I do for you on this unexpected visit?" Says the driver removing his gaze from Conor. "Not much , this is temporary! All I need is the keys." Says Peter. "Any specific keys?" Asks the man. "Both of them." Answers Peter as the driver hands Peter a key chain with two keys attached. "Saw'll we drive your companions to the hotel?" Asks the driver. "Yes please!" Replies Peter. "HOTEL?" Asks Noah and Conor out loud. "I'll explain later!" Answers Peter as he walks into the mobile with Noah and Conor following behind as Conor closes the door behind them.
As the vehicle drove away from the Jet and across the runway , the car came up to a metal gate with security guards standing guard. The driver opened his window and reached his hand out giving on of the guards his ID and 3 bucks, the guard looked at the ID before giving it back and putting the dollar bills in his pocket. He turned around and looked up to a video camera hooked to the far right side of the gate. The guard nodded towards the camera as the metal gate slid to the right as the wheels beneath it guide it off the road. As the vehicle passed the opening , it turned right onto the road with, Noah and Conor glanced out the window to see red and blue blurs driving by and saw large buildings that mirrored the suns reflection as the black limo drove into the city. The sights and sounds of cars passing by, civilians walking down sidewalks gave Peter a sense of home but in the back of his mind, he knew that this place is nothing compared to the city that he's from.
After waiting in the back seat with his companions either admiring the buildings , or talking amongst themselves. The Limo stopped in front of a large building. As Peter exited the vehicle , Noah, Conor, Miles, Jacob, and Kasey followed behind while Jessica, Emily, Keeley, Reagan, Zack, Ganke , Anya, and the rest of the group exited the opposite of the car. Preston, Zack, Jacob and Niko went to the back of the car as the driver opened the trunk allowing the men to take their bags and suitcases out. Peter made his way to the glass doors as one of the buildings staff dressed in a white buttoned down shirt with a red vest over it approached him. "Will you like some assistance with your luggage sir?" He asks as Peter turns to see the men having trouble holding the luggage as Niko looses his footing and drops his back pack and 2 bags as Emily yells at him before taking one of the bags. Peter turns back facing the staff member , "Two carts please?".
A few minutes later the group enters the building with Peter in the lead with Jacob following behind , along with Noah, Jessica, Emily, Ryan, Carmen, Maria, Miles, Keeley, Will, Reagan , Charlie, and Itchy following behind as Niko and Preston pushed one of the cart , now with badge loaded on it. Behind them Zack and Josh pushed the other cart which had less bags on it. The group stopped in front of a red leather couch and sat down with the carts in there reach. Peter and Jacob made their way to a desk clerk with blonde hair wrapped in a ponytail and wearing a pale white buttoned up shirt with black jeans. She removed her gaze from her laptop screen as the two men stopped on the opposite side of her desk. "Welcome to the Eclipse Towers , how can we help you today?" Asks the woman in a pale tone. "I'd like to rent the key to room 316!" Answers Peter as Jacob looks away , catching sight of a figure among the crowds of tourists exiting and entering the building. "Just a moment please?" Says the clerk as she turns her attention to her computer.
As the others watch Peter and Jacob talk with the clerk ,Noah takes a sear next to Jessica who has her attention on her phone. "Who are you texting?" He asks as he notices the green text boxes on the small screen. "Just my boyfriend , I was planning on spending with before…" Jessica stops as Noah speaks , "Before we found out our cousins "other life"?" Finishes Noah. "Yeah, pretty much!" Answers Noah. "Did you tell him?" Asks Noah. Jessica glances back at her phone , "I want to but I don't think its the best time to tell him." Says Jessica.
"Hey guys!" Calls Peter as he and Jacob approach the group. "So what's the news good or bad?" Asks Niko. Peter moves his right arm into his front pocket then takes it out , this time holding a small set of keys attached to a ring. "Well for starters, we got the room." "Excuse me Mr. Parker!" Says a woman's voice as Peter turns around to see the staff member with another member behind him, she's dressed in the same red and black striped uniform but her long brown hair spread over her shoulders. "Would you like us to help you get your bags to your room?" Asks the staff member. "Yeah sure!" , answers Peter as he starts to follow the two hotel members with the others following behind. As Peter follows the woman , he feels an uneasy feeling in the back of his mind. Not the feeling of being danger but as if he's scene this person before. But what made Peter some what uneasy was that the woman seemed to be trying to hide her face as she seemed to be looking down with her hat shielding her face. The group followed the staff members into an elevator , Zack and Niko pushed the carts in first as the others spread around trying to make as much room as possible. Peter is the one closest to the buttons which go from B to 21. He presses the round button on the right side of the number 13. Peter glances at the number as he starts to feel his body tense by just looking at the number. As the elevator slowly ascends , Peter watches the red lights count the floor numbers. He wishes they count down faster as he starts to feel his heart beating faster, he starts to here the faint sounds of screams each time as he closes his eyes. Jacob notices his stressed friend and turns to the staff member , "How close are we to the floor?" He asks. "Almost there, why is something wrong?" , "No , just wondering!" Says Jacob as he feels the back of his neck start to sweat.
After what felt like hours , the elevator doors open and Niko and Josh exit first pushing the carts in front of them out. The rest of them follow behind and turn left following the staff members. Peter is the last to exit but is stopped when a hand grabs his right shoulder. He quickly turns around to see the face of a concerned Jacob. "Are you okay?" , "Yeah I'm fine , why do you ask?" Replies Peter trying to end the conversation quickly. "Because you didn't look okay a second ago!" Says Jacob. "I just have a bad history with elevators." Replies Peter before following after the group with Jacob behind. The two catch up with the group as they enter a door on the far left side of a long hallway. As Peter enters the room he's greeted with the two staffs members who are moving passed him. "So make yourselves at home and enjoy your stay!" Says The staffs member as his companion follows behind. She suddenly looses her footing and Peter grabs her by the arms keeping her from falling forward. "Thank you!" She says now making eye contact with Peter who gets a look at her face. She has brown eyes and her face is tan. Peter is slightly astounded by her looks but feels as if he's seen that face before. "No problem and this is gonna sound little random but you look really familiar, have we met?" , "Sorry I have to go , I'm needed in the lobby." She replies before Peter could say anything she sped walks off past Jacob before turning around "Enjoy your stay!" She says before continuing down the hall. "Wow, if I don't better , I'd say that lady might be in to you bro." Says Jacob with a laugh as he follows Peter , "Very funny man!" Replies Peter as he enters the room.
He and Jacob are greeted with the sight of a large living room. On the opposite side of the room is 4 large rectangular windows that reveal the entire city. In the center of the room stood a white leather couch shaped like a flipped right angle with pillows laid in the corner, far left , and far right side. In front of the couch is a glass rectangular table with two red cylinder ottomans. On the far left side of the room was a large table that stood in front of the kitchen which container white painted shelves with pale white doors that stood over the counter with an oven in the center. Noah , Connor , and Keeley instantly dropped there bags and glanced at the room with amazed looks. Jessica, Reagan, Carmen and Ryan took a seat on the couch and were amazed at the large black screen that stood opposite of them on a desk. "Look at the size of this TV!" Says Ryan out loud. "How'd you get all of this?" , asks Carmen. "Let's say that I've made a lot of friends in both of my careers." Replies Peter as Niko sets his bags down and walks to the couch facing the group. "If you guys like the tv you should check out the garage!". , "You have a garage?" , asks Maria full of excitement and amazement. Niko turns to his left and towards a stair case that leads to a lower room with Ryan, Conor , Molly , Luke, and Kadesh. Peter follows after them with Jacob following. He takes 5 steps as he moves his right hand into his front pocket. He stops as he moves his hand inside his jeans trying to feel anything. "What the…", he pulls his pocket out revealing it to be empty. Jacob comes to his side , "What is it?". "My Wallet, it's not here…. It was just…", the wheels inside Peter s head start to turn as his eyes widen. "Son of a…", he quickly turns around and sprints out of the apartment not caring that everyone watched him sprint out or when Jacob called out to him.
Peter sprinted passed the elevator all the way to the end of the hallway. He pushes the door out of the way and is greeted with the sight of two stair cases. One stair case on his left side heads up towards the top of the building while the other one on the right which heads downwards. Peter heads down the stairs sprinting quickly but carefully as he nearly looses his footing after going down the third set of stairs. As Peter gets closer to his goal he grabs the handle bar and swings his body over the railing. He lands onto the next staircase and starts repeating the action again on the railings , again , and again, and again until he lands on a 6th set of stairs and is greeted with a black door with the letter L engraved in the wall on the right side of the door. Peter quickly pushes the door out of his way and is starts to slow down as he enters the Lobby room. He starts looking for any of the staff members , he sees 1 to 3 of them either helping customers or socializing amongst themselves. He catches the sight of one staff member making her way to an exit. She removes her hat fully revealing her long shoulder length brown hair.
"HEY!" He yells out loud causing the woman to look back and tourists and other staff members to look in his direction. The woman looks back before pushing the door aside. Peter quickly sprints across the room following after the woman. He quickly finds himself on the city streets. He quickly catches sight of the woman now wearing jeans with a grey jacket with a black scarf around her neck. He quickly runs after the woman pushing by tourists dressed in all colored winter jacks. From white, to black, to grey, and so on. The woman makes a hard right down an alley. Peter continues down the sidewalk. Before making a hard right down a different alley.
He sprints passed garbage cans, and burning oil tanks with fire burning inside. He runs into a running figure causing himself and the runner to fall on the ground. The two roll over before landing on there hands and legs. Peter looked up to make eye contact with the runner, the both stare at each others shocked and speechless until the woman opens her mouth. "No…. Peter?" She says as if she's looking at a ghost. Peter seems lost for words until a name comes out, "Trysta?".
"Pete?!", she repeats as she pushes herself up as Peter does the same. "I don't get it, what are you doing here?" Asks Peter, "What am I doing here?" I'm not answering anything until you tell me the truth. Are you Spider-Man?" She asks. Peter is lost for words. "Why would you think I'm Spider-Man?" He asks back hoping to himself that he can change the subject. "Oh my god!.." Says Trysta as if her minds putting a puzzle together. "You used me….. He knew, He used me and you used me…. You both played me…" , "Woo, woo, Trysta calm down, what do you mean , who's me?" , asks Peter confused. "YOUR FRIEND, JASON VOORHEES!" Replies Trysta making Peter s eyes widen. "He's here?" Asks Peter giving up the idea of trying to hide the truth. "Why else would I be the one sent to come after you?" Says Trysta. "YOUR WORKING WITH HIM , WHAT ARE YOU THINKING…" , "HEY , I'M THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO BE PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!" , yells Trysta causing Peter to take a step back. "DID YOU KNOW WHO I WAS THE WHOLE TIME? IS THIS WHY YOU TOOK ME UNDER YOUR WING, WAS I JUST A TOOL IN YOUR SUPER HERO CRUSADE. DID YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL. I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING, NO LIES, NO JOKES, JUST THE TRUTH , ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW." , "OKAY , OKAY FINE." Yells Peter before lowering his tone. "Fine , but we have to get off the streets , we can't talk here." Says Peter before looking back. "There's a bar in the lobby , we can talk there." "I am not having a drink , whatever you need to tell me , just tell me now." Orders Trysta. "Nah, the bars safer, don't you can yell at me on the way there!" Says Peter as he leads Trysta out of the alleyway unaware of a figure watching the two leave.
A few minutes later both Peter and Trysta sit at a near empty bar. Peter looks back to make sure that no ones eyeing them before turning to face Trysta. "Okay Trysta, you want to ask me questions, ask away." , "If you were Spider-Man this whole time then why come here, why become Xpert-Thief?". "After what happened to Neal. I lost my mind and did something terrible." , "I went after the men that were responsible for that night, and it turns out there were more than just petty thugs, and I got careless." Says Peter. "So that explains everything, the bullet wounds, the skin changing , they did this to you?" Says Trysta. "I actually did this to myself, I shouldn't of became Xpert-Thief in the first place but as soon as I got these skills and abilities I started to become addicted to it." Confesses Peter. "There were times when I was close to calling it off, That was until the Real Roses." Says Peter. "That's when you found out in my life. And it's why you asked me to help you with your jobs. But then why did you leave?" , Because I was doing to much. And I was getting you too involved." Says Peter. Trysta looks back before turning back to Peter before reaching into her jacket and giving Peter his black leather skinned wallet. "I'll give you a 15 minute head-start." Says Trysta. "What?" , asks Peter confused. "I'm sorry that you have to be the guy I robbed, but if I go back empty handed this will probably be the last time we meet." Says Trysta. "You know you don't have to do this. Trust me Jason is not the kind of guy you want to do a job for. You can just walk away from this." Begs Peter as Trysta shakes her head , "No I can't , Jason isn't the one who hired me. It's someone else, and Peter Jason s just an part time assistant." Says Trysta. "Who is he?" Asks Peter leaning towards Trysta and lowering his tone to a whisper. "I don't know? I never met him in person, he only contacts me on my phone." Says Trysta as she looks away for a moment. "He has leverage on you , doesn't he? Come to the hotel with me. We can help you get out of this." Says Peter. "No, I can't not with the kind of leverage he's got." Replies Trysta. "Why what does he have?". "The kind that if I even say to you or anyone won't end well for both of us." Says Trysta. Peter looks down with the look of defeat before his eyes widen with a new thought entering his mind. "What?" Asks Trysta asks Peter reaches into his back pocket and pulls out something contained in his fist. "Check Please!" He calls out to a nearby waiter who hands him a piece of paper and a pen. As he writes down on the paper he gives his closed palm to Trysta , he opens it revealing a small device as its placed in Trysta s hand. "What is this?" Asks Trysta. "It s a wait to contact me or the others just in case you need help." Says Peter. Trysta looks at the small red and blue device before looking to Peter , "You really shouldn't of come back Peter, but it is good to see you again." Replies Trysta before standing off and turning her back as she heads to the door leading out to the city streets.
Jessie suddenly woke up up painting and sweating as she breathed heavily. She looked back and fourth as she started to remember where she was. She through the covers forward revealing her pajama pants as she got up and stretched her arms over her head. She looked out the window to see the sight of dark navy blue water stretching all out to the horizon. Her cabin has a white painted drawer across of her bed along with a drawer on the far right corner of the room. On the left side of her bed stood a brown wooden door that lead to another room with a shower , sink, and a desk. She turned left closing the door behind her as she got out of her pajamas and entered threw a glass door before turning on a faucet letting water pour over her, soaking her hair and body. As she wipes shampoo and conditioner on her body she here's a distant sound among the running water. She ignores it as she continues the bathe herself until she hears the same "thud" again this time louder. She turned the faucet left until the water stopped pouring on top of her. She quickly got a nearby towel and wrapped around her body. She placed her hand on the door knob and turned it slowly until she could open the wide enough to look through a small opening , she could see her room. She opened her door fully seeing that everything in her room looked the same. She makes her way to the drawer and pulls out a pair of cloaks. She puts on some jeans , and then puts a pink tank top over her bras. As she puts on a longe sleeved she slowly turns the knob on the door making a small crack as she looks into her room. She can hear the sound of footsteps as she opens the door and slowly makes her way into her room. She grabs a nearby flashlight from her back pack as she makes her way to a corner where she can hear the footsteps on the other side.
She takes a breath before swinging around the corner raising the light over her head. She stopped as an older woman jumped also making Jessie jump before lowering her weapon. "Elsie!" Says Jessie placing the flash light on her bed. "Jeez remind me never to come into your room without knocking?" Says Elsie. "You scared me, I almost though it was…" pauses Jessie stopping her sentence. "What?" Asks Elise confused. "Nothing!" Finishes Jessie earning a slight frown from Elsie. "Anyway , Nick wanted me to tell that breakfast is ready and the briefings gonna happen after that." Says Elsie. "Okay good to know." Replies Jessie as she turns around closing the door to her bathroom. "You know , you don't have be their if you don't want…" , "Elise, I know your trying to say "you can talk to me anytime" but trust me I'm fine. I'm not gonna have a mental break down." Says Jessie interrupting Elsie. "Alright if you say so!" Says Elise before turning around and leaving the room with just Jessie inside.
About 10 minutes later the Nick along with Elise, Audrey, Kora , Elise, Randy, Mendel, Monique are in a large room with 10 rows of chairs filled with soldiers wearing dark and light green uniforms. All are staring at a large board with projected screen of a skull shaped-like map. Amongst the crowd Jessie sits in the front row with Evan siting on her right and Gwen and Kirby on her left. The soldiers go silent as Captain Macabre steps forward receiving their full attention. "All right men , I've hope you've all did your homework on this assignment , because this mission isn't like our usual ones." He says sternly. "This is mission will be another snatch and grab. Now I know that our team isn't well know for taking prisoners. And as much as I feel these men deserve more than a day in court, they're are not our usual terrorists." Says Macabre as he takes a folder from Stalwart s and hands it to one of his men in the front row. The solider glances inside the folder before passing it to the right so his companion can see what's inside. "Our targets are three Caucasian males , consider them this years version of Mr. Hyde, Doctor Frankenstein, and Doctor Zarkov. Our first target is Cameron Winter , former CEO of Solstice Technologies, he was well known for robotics. His company planned on creating weapons for the army. Mainly the kind of weapons that could take down a Mutation or even a Titan." Says Macabre causing the soldiers to give him their full attention. "Captain are you saying this guy was trying to take down Godzilla?" Asks on of the soldiers in the front role. "Correct Sergeant but not the one that was in Boston or in San Francisco. Now I should let Doctor Nick Tatopoulos , Team leader of H.E.A.T and will be a part of our expedition on the island." Says Macabre as Nick steps forward. "My team and I have encounter Winter before and he's always found a way to escape getting arrested ever since. Snd ever since then he's been trying to kill Godzilla no matter what gets in his way." Says Nick the screen on the black board behind him switches from the map to a picture of the same creature that came to his aid before joining this expedition. "Isn't that the thing that helps you guys take down monsters?" Asks a solider among the crowd. "Yes and I know for that he's probably heading to the same location that we are. But he's not the main concern.
Two years ago my team and I were part of a similar expedition to this island. As I'm sure some of you already know about how that went, but what's disturbing me now is that he's going back, not to try to rebuild his weapons but something much worse." Says Nick as Macabre steps forward , "We believe that Cameron Winter is attempted to capture some of the deadliest animals on that island and is planning on weaponizing them and possibly trying to play God of War. Which brings us to our second Main Target." Says the Captain as another folder is passed amongst the crowed. Inside is a photo of a different person who s older and is wearing a white lab coat. "Gentlemen meet Doctor Henry Wu. Former Chief Geneticist of Ingen. After the original Jurassic Park failed he was rehired when Ingen created Jurassic World. Unfortunately they brought a fox into a henhouse. Apparently Wu was so amused by his work that he decided to take the next step. He started by making the Indominus Rex into a deadly force of nature. Which lead to end of Jurassic World and is career" says Macabre as a picture of a large Theropod about 8 1/2 inches tall and 23 inches long is shown behind him with pail skin and red eyes stare into the crowd.. "But that didn't seem to stop him , 3 years later he was in lead with the animal traffickers that brought the dinosaurs from Isla Nublar to the Lockwood estate in Northern California.
During his time we created a new hybrid that he called the Indoraptor." Macabre continues as a photo of a black skinned theropod appears behind him. The creature is about 10.17 ft tall and 23.95 feet long as a yellow streak runs horizontal across its body from its tail.". Lucky before this creature could escape former Park manager and animal behaviorist Claire Dearing/Grady and her husband Owen Grady were able to stop the auction and kill the hybrid in the process.". Says Macabre as two people emerge from the crowd. Both are wearing dark green shirts nearly covered by jackets. One is a man wearing jeans with a with a brown vest over his jacket as he nods at the onlooking shoulders. He has the look of an old marine solider from his haircut , his mustache and from the combat knife attached to his belt on his jeans. The woman next to him has red hair that's tied to a pony tale as she stands next to her partner with her arms crossed. Nick catches a glimpse of a ring on her ring finger.
About 20 minutes later , Nick is in his room writing in a small notebook as he attempted to movement he could feel as the ship made its way as waves hit the front causing the large vessel to buckle. Suddenly the phone placed in front of him goes off breaking his concentration as he takes the device and puts it against his ear. "Hello? He asks the person on the other side of the line. "Nick it's Peter!" Answered the person threw the speaker. "Peter? Are you okay?" He asks noticing the exhaustion coming from his voice. "Yeah it's just been a rough day." Replies Peter , "I been trying to call you too for a while!". "What is it?" Asks Nick showing interest. "I'm gonna be out of town for a few days. I found a lead and its brought me to Los Santos." Says Peter causing Nick to stand up from his chair. "Are you that this lead is worth it. And after every thing that's happened, do you really think Los Santos is the best place to be?" Asks Nick. "No I honestly don't , but this is the closest lead my friends and I have gotten and she s a old friend of mine." , "She?" Asks Nick trying to hide a smirk. "It's Trysta Schaffer, and I just want you to know that I would be able to keep an eye on Jess but I can ask someone else too." Says Peter threw the phone.
"That's not gonna be a problem Peter, and I wish I could tell you this personally." Says Peter. "Tell me what….wait…..she snuck onboard behind your back and is on the ship, didn't she?" Asks Peter changing his tone. Nick takes a deep breath , "Yes , yes she did!". There was a moment of silence before " GOD DAMN IT!" Yells Peter s angered voice causing Nick to move his ear away from the phone. "Sorry , I didn't mean to yell that loud." Says Peter lowering his tone. "Don't be cause I reacted the exact same way when I found out." Says Nick. "Is there a chance you can drop her off before you reach to storm?" Asks Peter. "No , we found out a few days later after we left New York." Answers Nick. "I'm sorry to have to add more leverage on you Peter. But you deserve to know because we're not gonna be able to talk as soon as we reach our position." Says Nick. "I wish I could help out." Says Peter. "I know but you're needed elsewhere at the moment." Nicks just before he hears knocking from his door. "I have to go, I have to meet some of other experts that we're recruited." Says Nick. "Just be careful and keep an eye on Jess." Asks Peter , "Will do and take care yourself and you're friends Pete." Replies Peter before hanging up and making his way to the door. As soon as he opens it he s greeted with the sight of Audrey wearing her pink safari shirt and khaki trousers. "Everything alright?" Asks Nick. "Yeah Macabre wants us in the briefing room with the others, he wants us to meet the other s that were recruited." Answers Audrey as see turns left with her husband following.
About 15 minutes later Nick and Audrey are in the same room from earlier but without the rest of Macabre men who were in the chairs. Macabre stood in front of H.E.A.T who sat in the front row along with Jessie , Evan , Owen, Claire, and two younger girls one wearing a light purple hoodie with jeans with her brown hair laying on her shoulders. Next to her is an older woman with curly hair wearing jeans and black leather jacket along with jeans and grey shirt. On her right is an elder man wearing a tan jacket with a USA symbol on the left shoulder along with jeans and a white buttoned up shirt.
Nick could see a group of people behind on the second row, judging by the clothing they had on he had an idea that these people were with Owen and Claire. Macabre stepped forward gaining everyones attention. "All right people , tomorrow at 0600 hours will reach the south side of the island. From that position will head into the storm. Doctor Tatopoulos and his team along with Owen s will take their vehicle which will lead our team into the interior of the island. As soon as we reach shore will rendezvous with Monarchs research station. Then we'll hunt down Winter and his associates. And in case of emergency Evacuation , our sergeant will fire a signal flare and put helicopter squadron will pick us up near the native villages." Says Macabre before turning his attention to the group in front. "I know most of you weren't with us last year and there are some of you who were. Believe me I'm not happy with this assignment anymore than you guys. I part of me wants to call this whole mission off but if I do then we'd risk the life of billions if we live theses three psychos on that island. If anyone wants to back out , you're welcome to stay on board until the jobs done. Because by the time we reach the island there s no going back. So word of advice to everyone, get rest , get prepared for anything , and if things get rough stay close and watch each others backs." Finishes Macabre as he turns his back and exits the room. "I'll leave you all to get to know each other!". As soon as Macabre exits the room the elder man is the first to stand up. "Well that was an inspiring announcement!" he says with a sarcastic tone. Nick approaches the man offering his hand , "I don't think we met before right?" Asks Nick.
"Mark Russell this is my daughter Madison!" Replies Mark referring to the young girl that was next to him during Macabre s speech. "I'm monarchs ethnologist , I've heard you've got a large reputation." Says Mark earning a grin. "I can say the say about your organization." Replies Nick before eyeing Madison who s talking with the younger girl. Mark turns his attention to the two as well , "That's Maisie Lockwood , she's with Owen and Claire. They've been hanging out with each other ever since we got on board." Says Mark. "Does she work with Monarch too?" Asks Nick. "Yes despite all the times I've tried to tell her not too." Admits Mark. "I know the feeling!" admits Nick as Jessie enters the room with a small journal in hand. Mark sees her before turning to Nick , "So , she snuck on board?" He asks. "Yup!" Answers Nick.
Jessie approached Maisie and Madison who turn their attention to her. "Hi!" Says Jessie. "You must be the lady who stowed away right?" Asks Madison. "Yup , proven guilty!" Admits Jessie sarcastically. Maisie notices the small journal in Jessie s right hand. "What s that?" She asks pointing to the book. Jessie lifts it saying , "Its just a journal that I brought along." She answers. "Can I?" Asks Maisie with an open hand. "Sure!"replies Jessie passing her the book. Maisie opens the book revealing a few paragraphs as she skims threw the pages. She stops as she spots a drawing of a bird like creature with green scales along with tiger stripes running down its back. Running along its back stood orange spikes along with orange feathers over its narrow jaw with yellow eyes and jagged teeth. "What is that?" Asks Madison. "It's a Velociraptor!" Answers Maisie without removing her attention from the drawing. "But this isn't how they usually look." Moments Maisie checking Jessie by surprise with her sentence. "Have you seen a Raptor up close?" Asks Jessie. Maisie looks away from the drawing to Jessie , "Once, a long time ago!" she says. "This one s real! I saw it 2 years ago." Says Jessie. "Seriously?" Asks Madison. "How close did u get?". Jessie s eyebrows go up before saying , "I was pretty close! And I drew a few more of the creatures on the island.". Madison flips to a different page revealing another creature in the form of a Triceratops but its skin was colored with green skin and its thrill is twice as big with large horns coming out of it and two long horns over its eyes.
On its back were small spikes over a blue spotted jaguar pattern going all the way down its back. Another page showed a large bird like reptile with in a blue and purple pattern with stripes going down it wings and had a bright red crest over its head with a yellow stripe on the back of it. She turned another page revealing another raptor like creature but larger with a large elongated head, wrinkly gray colored skin , and adorned with rounded bumps and yellow stripes. Around its head was a mane of spiky hair-like fibers, along its back stood those same fibers but with spines. After skimming threw multiples drawing of different colored creatures she stopped at a page that contained a drawing of the face of a gorilla with orange-brown hair along with large reddish-brown eyes. "What is that?" Asks Maisie looking from the page to Jessie. "It looks like a gorilla!" Says Madison.
Jessie shakes her head "Not exactly!". Maisie takes another look at the picture before turning her attention to Jessie with a shocked expression , "Wait, Is that?" She asks unable to finish her sentence. Jessie simply replies with a head nod. "How did you draw this?" She asks. "Its kind of a crazy insane story." Answers Jessie. "Hey I got kidnapped by a group of terrorists and witnessed Godzilla several times." Replies Madison. "Okay fair enough! I was an inter at the Columbia University. We took a retreat to a dig site to Sumatra, it seemed like a good at the time." Says Jessie as if it all happened yesterday. "Wait I remember this, two years ago right?" Asks Madison. "Yes, I may have invited myself to join the expedition but I also had some help." Admits Jessie. "From who?" Asks Maisie. "Peter Parker!" Answers Jessie. "Spider-Man s photographer?" Asks Madison. "He and my uncle are close friends, he and his mother went to college together." , "How come he isn't here now?" Asks Maisie. "I don't know, he hasn't visited a lot since two years ago." Answers Jessie just as he sees Evan entering the building with a few of his buddies. He and Jessie make eye contact before he exits the room using another door. Madison and Maisie sees this before turning to Jessie. "We heard about your melt down. How are you doing?" Asks Madison. "I'm fine and so is he, I think we just need some space." Says Jessie. "That s a good idea!" Says Gwen as she approaches the trio , "But if you want my advice try not to give each other two much space." She says.
"Bang!" , "Bang!" , "Bang!","Bang!","Bang!". An assault rifle goes off as Evan fires the barrel at a 180 degree screen showing a Raptor with a lush green jungle environment behind it. The creature falls on its back as Evan fires the weapon again. As he released the clip from his rifle and replaced it with a spare clip , one of the soldiers that was with him earlier with him approached. He was holding a green leather duffle bag along with a glassed bottle with two cups. Evan rolls his eyes before reloading the weapon. Another creature jumps from the jungle background in the screen. This one is covered with bright orange feathers and skin. Its tail, legs, and narrow bird like face had navy blue scales along with a orange and blue color patterned cast on top of its head. It s body structure is the same as a velociraptor but it s height is twice the size of it and much bigger than a human. Evan fires his rifle at the creature once more, the bipedal carnivore lets out an ear shattering cry before falling on its back and lays motionless. "Dang, now that s a turkey I'd hate to make for the holidays." Says the soldier. "Alex O'Connell! Meet Utahraptor.
The name means Utah s Predator." Says Evan as he rest the rifle on a nearby table stand. "Dang , someone s been ready there dinosaur encyclopedia." Says Alex as he opens the bottle and doors the liquid into one of the spare glasses. "More like InGen encyclopedia!" Corrects Evan as he takes a small book out of his back pocket. He tosses it to Alex who catches it with his right hand. He opens the book and starts scanning threw the pages. Each page in the journal shows a different type of dinosaur along with each creature s name and biography beneath it. "How'd you get this?" Asks Alex. "I borrowed it from a friend before I signed on for this mission." Answers Evan. "How many species are on here?" Asks Alex after turning to a new page with a Tyrannosaurus rex in the picture. "about 225 to 230 !" Answers Evan. "Dang , no wonder you've been in here for about 3 hours!" Replies Alex as he looks at his watch. "Trust me, this isn't gonna be a camping trip." Says Evan. "Anyway how have you been doing? Because it looks like you're still a little frustrated with a certain someone." Says Alex. "Maybe a little frustrated, which is why I down here, preparing for what happens when get to the island." Replies Evan as he takes a pistol from his back pocket , releasing the clip and counts the bullets inside before putting it inside the weapon from under the handle.
"If you want to relief yourself from stress, you should probably do it from exercising." Says Kirby as he enters the room. "Sometimes this is how I exercise Kirby!" Replies Evan. "Well lets hope we don't run into your evil doppelgänger." Jokes Kirby. "Look! If you two are trying to talk me into talking to Jessie , please don't force it. Because she s not ready to talk to me yet." Says Evan. "Are you sure about that?" Asks Alex. "We shared an apartment for 2 years now, we know each other.". "Touché!" Says Alex surprised. "I understand you and her feel slightly betrayed , but you both were doing what you thought was right, so now the best thing you can do now is watch each others back. I'll admit I never been to his island before but from the stories that Peter and Nick told me, I can tell its not a great place." Says Kirby. "That's because it isn't! And the stories are true. And its exactly why I didn't want her to get involved in this again." Says Evan as he starts to raise his voice. " "Well she is now, and there s no point in trying to keep her out of it anymore." Replies Kirby. Evan shakes his head before taking his drink and moves passed the two. Just as he reaches the exit door Kirby speaks up, "I know how you feel about her. Trust me I feel the same way about Gwen , and this is the last place I would want her to be, but I know she can handle herself. You just have to trust Jessie enough to do the same.". Evan pauses for a second before exiting the room and lets the door close behind him.
Later that night Jessie s body is asleep but her mind isn't as she moves her body from left to right as she starts to sweat. She open s her eyes and finds herself on a large field about 30 yards of grass plain fields. About 50 feet away behind her stood a huge wall. It stood about 100 feet high from the ground. In front of her stood a large wooden like gate with two large doors. The top of the wall was lightened by the orange flames of fire as she could she about a thousand people. The fire s nearly hid them from view but she could tell they were all dressed in white paint and wore what looked like bone like primitive clothes. Along the wall were large carved canvas that had lava pouring down them from on top of the wall, they caused smoke to head away from the wall ,making the area around her nearly impossible to see as she squinted her eyes. Amongst the burning sound of lava and fire she could here the faint sounds of chanting from above the wall. She could feel her heart racing as the chanting started to get louder and louder, "Kong!, KONG!, KONG!,KONG!,KONG!,KONG!". She sprinted away from the wall but she soon stopped as she reached a set of stairs that lead up to an altar which stood about 30 feet from the ground. It stood over a large slope like cliff. It went down almost like the side of a pyramid. At the bottom were a set of air vents in the ground. She could see smoke coming out of them as the ground her started to rumble. Just as lost her footing and fell on her back a large figure jumped from one of the vents and landed less than 3 feet in front her. The creature stood about 12 feet from the ground as its crocodile skull like head as it stared at her with green hungry eyes. It lunged at with its jaws open as Jessie let out a scream just as blurred visions of multiple carnivorous dinosaurs snap at her.
She closes her eyes and open s them as she lunges forward from the bed. She 's now breathing heavily as she starts to calm down. Suddenly the bedroom door gets pushed open making her jump as a concerned Evan enters the room holding a pistol in his left hand. He's wearing a dark green shirt with boxing trousers. "What is it? Are you okay?" He asks completely awake and concerned. He then lowers his guard as his mind starts to realize what happened. "Which one was it?" He asks as he comes to her side and places the weapon on her nightstand. "It was the wall again , only this time it was a Skull Crawler!" Answers Jessie. Evan puts his left hand over her right. "I was going to wait until tomorrow but I guess its now or never." , "What do you mean?" Asks Jessie. "I wanted to apologize for everything. I was being selfish and.." , "No, I'm the selfish one." Says Jessie stopping Evan. "This whole thing is happening all because of me." Says Jessie. "No its isn't." , "Yes it is, if I didn't go to that island in the first place , none of this would of happened." Says Jessie. "You were trying to fulfill Linwood s dream." Says Evan.
"Yeah but it turns out it was a nightmare." Says Jessie. "It seems that every time I try to make a difference, people around me always get hurt. First my brother, then Professor Linwood, and all your friends that were with you 2 years ago." Says Jessie as tears start to form. "Hey, hey, you are not a bad person, yes you've made mistakes in the past but that doesn't mean you have to let them affect your life." Says Evan as he caresses her cheek with his left hand. "If anything happens to you or Nick, Audrey, or the others, I'm afraid of what I'd do." Replies. "That's not gonna happen! You don't have to afraid for us, you are the bravest and smartest woman I've ever know, if I had the opportunity to go threw it all again, I'd do it in a heartbeat." Says Evan as the two stare at each other and lean forward until there lips connect. Jessie puts her hands on Evans face as he places his on her hips. Jessie pulls away for a moment, "When this is over where should we go?", "I was thinking about the Bahamas , I know a place where my family had a beach house in front of the beach, ever spring break we'd go there and walk on the beach, stay up at night watching the stars, and we'd swim out to a reef. Ever since they died I didn't think id have a reason to go back , until now." He says. "It sounds beautiful!" Says Jessie smiling before continuing there kiss. Evan leans back on the bed as he takes off his uniform until he s shirtless. The two continue their moment as on the outside, the ship approaches a large section of water covered with dark clouds.
Sam opens his eyes as he feels his heading pounding like a large drum. He lifts himself up as his vision starts to clear. He finds himself near the the entrance of a cave opening with a lit fireplace in front. He gets to his feet and takes a quick look around. He spots his weapons and his holster leaned against the back of the cave. He quickly attaches his pistol holster to the back of his pants before sliding his pistol into it. As he grabs his rifle hears a twig snap behind him. He quickly spins around drawing his weapon. He freezes as the barrel of the gun is pointed right at Lara Croft who has two leather furred bags in her hands. Sam huffs as he lowers his weapon, "Jesus, I could of shot you.". He suddenly feels his legs give way as falls back hard. "Yeah you could of! But you'd miss." says Lara as she sets the bags down before coming to Sam s side and squatting to his side.
"Try to stay still!" She asks as she lifts the legging on his left leg. Sam s eyes widen as he sees red skin from the bottom of his knee running down to his leg. "How'd that get there?" he asks trying to keep calm. "Your leg brazed the bottom while you were in the rapids." Answers Lara. "Your lucky, if you hit a rock , it probably would of been broken and we'd both have already been dead.". Sam turns his attention from his leg to Lara , "What do you mean already?" , he asks just as the faint sounds of voices from outside. Lara looks out into the jungle before getting up and grabbing the bags, she places them to where she was earlier before opening them. She reaches into one of the bags , pulling out a hand full of grass , she presses it against her other hand smashing it. "This is gonna sting!" She says before placing the grass on the bruise. "Arghhh! Jesus!" Says Sam as he feels a sharp pain shooting from his leg. "Try to stay still and quiet." Says Lara as Sam clenches his fists and looks up and groans painfully with his eyes closed.
The pain suddenly disappears just as fast as it hit him as Sam started to breathe normally. "Can you stand?" Asks Sam as she gets on her feet. Sam slowly gets up with shaky legs. Lara grabs his right arm , preventing him from falling back as she pulls him up. His legs quickly gain their strength back as he looks to Lara , "Yeah , and I have a feeling I'm gonna need them.". "Your right!" Replies Lara as she turns her back and starts walking to the opposite side of the cave, she stops before bending forward and grabbing objects that are hidden from Sam s view. She turns around now with a leather quiver on her back and a black compound bow over her shoulder. Strapped to her side on her right jean was a pistol holster with a red flare barrel attached at the bottom of the guns barrel. Sam turns around grabbing his grappling hook just as Lara makes her way to the entrance of the cave , "We have to go , now!" She says as she starts sprinting with Sam following behind.
The first thing he sees as he exits the cave is lush greenery and the smell of fresh jungle air. He turns around to see the cave he was just in his the opening of a large bolder, before he has any time to examine his surroundings further he is startled by the sounds of distant voices closing in. "Sam get down!" Orders Lara who is hiding amongst green bushes, Sam quickly takes cover at her side just as three men dressed in green military uniforms and fully armed come into view. "What's the plan?" Whispers Sam as the three soldiers start to spread away from each other. "Wait here, and don't move or make a sound!" Answers Lara. "Lara wait I…" , "Stay here!" Snaps Lara before making her way towards another group of bushes. Sam stays crouched as one of the soldiers approaches his hiding spot. Behind him one of his partners freezes for a second before falling forward. Lara quickly exits from a some bushes and is crouched over the now dead solider, she starts creating something on the corpses back before taking cover once again. Just as she disappears from view the a beeping sound starts to go off as a red dot on top of the corpses back starts to blink. The remaining soldiers turn around and start making there way to their fallen comrade. Just as one of them leans forward to the corpse a green cloud burst from the body and consumes the two soldiers, they start to cough painfully as they get onto their knees and then they fall forward before they become silent. "Jesus!" Whispers Sam as he watched from the bushes. He stands up but instinctive squats back down as he hears a branch snap. Two more soldiers emerge from a pathway.
"Hey what are your plans after mission?" Asks the guard on the right, he s carrying an assault rifle and has red goggles connected to his helmet , Sam can see the red eye pieces and quickly confirms them to be thermal goggles. "Honestly , I'm thinking of heading to town , maybe having a few drinks and then maybe find someone to - - -OH MY GOD!" The other soldiers stops as he spots three of there partners all on the ground dead as doornails. "What the hell happened?" Says the armed thug as immediately draws his rifle. Before either of them can act an object crashes at their feet and sends a cloud of smoke at them , "What the hell is that?" Asks the armed one before he feels something hit him in his side , he feels a sharp pain as he feels something in his abdomen, he s unable to say words, as he feels his legs weaken and he starts to feel, he hears the quick sound of something squelch as he sees a faint figure in front of him as he falls back. As the smoke starts to clear the figure is slowly revealed to be a woman before everything goes black.
"What the hell!" Yells the unarmed soldier as he sees a woman caked in mud sprint at him as he tries to grab his pistol. The woman lunges at him causing him to fall back , she pins him to the ground as the woman raises a large dagger. Before she can end his life an older man intervenes and grabs her hand with the knife before moving her off him. He has a feeling the guy is someone this lady knows because she looks completely shocked.
"What the hell are you doing?" Asks Lara shaking her hand out of Sam s grip. "I'm about to ask you the same thing, what was that?" Counter s Sam. "He's with Trinity Sam, he s ordered kill you and me and anyone that gets in his way." Says Lara trying to move passed Sam who stands his ground. "You just killed 5 of his friends in less than 30 seconds, I don't he s thinking about his orders at the moment." "You've killed a ton of people when you were treasure hunting." Says Lara upset. "In self defense, not in cold blood." Counters Sam unaware of the soldier on the ground grabs a pistol from his back and slowly aims it at Sam s back. Lara glances behind him and her face turns from frustrated to shock , "LOOK OUT!" She yells shoving Sam to her right as the solders weapon goes off, she feels a small object whoosh by her before she grabs her gun from its holster and aims it at the soldier, she pulls the trigger as the sound of thunder goes off and the soldier leans back and remains motionless.
Sam looks to the now dead soldier as a pool of crimson red liquid forms under the body , he then turns his shocked expression to Lara who casually puts her weapon back in her holster. "This is not the place to throw your brother s "no kill" rule." Says Lara. "Wait what you - - -?" , "Bravo team come in! , Bravo team do you copy?" Asks a voice coming from the the corpses body. A radio is attached to the soldiers right shoulder with a red light blinking. "Bravo team come in or we will assume you've encounter Target 1 and 2! All units regroup at Bravo teams last location!" Orders the voice before the blinking stops. "Shit!" Curses Lara before turning to Samuel Drake, "We have to go!" She orders before she grabs Sam by his arm and the two start sprinting through dense jungle.
As they run they here the sounds of faint footsteps from behind them. "You know about Peter?" Asks Sam as they continue running. "Yes , I know about all of it!" She answers before she and Sam are greeted with the sight of Kuwaq Yaku. "How'd we?" Asks Sam completely lost for words before he hears the footprints catching up to him and Lara. "Come on!" Says Lara as am follows her into the city , the two start to merge with the crowd of civilians who make there way all over town with their own goals on their minds. Sam risks looking back to see 4 to 6 armed soldiers emerge from the jungle , all of them are looking around frantically before making there way into the crowd as civilians pause as the armed men pass by them. Lara spots a small alley way on her right, she turns right along with Sam following. As she sets her quiver and bow down against an outside wall of a house , Sam sees Jonah and Abby among the crowd. "I can see Jonah and Abby!" He says getting Lara s full attention. She gets up and comes to Sam s side.
Jonah and Abby decided to head into Kuwait Yaku and hope that they run into Sam and Lara after they got separated in the jungle. Jonah had black skin under his eyes as he walked through the crowd, he hasn't slept well ever since he and Abby were kidnapped the other day. He has been use to having his life threatened multiple times , even when he was with Lara. But after what he saw in the eyes of that Commander that kidnapped him and Abby. He s scene that look in many people who have come against him and Lara. The look is Damon s eyes was the look a man who with no remorse, no empathy, and no self doubt. If Sam and Lara didn't save them , he doesn't even want to think of what Damon might have done. Now is main fear is what he might do to Lara if he finds them before he and Abby do. He signs in relief as he sees Lara and Sam across from him at the edge of an alley way. "Abby, over their!" He says as Abby comes to his side and smiles in relief. Before he takes a step Abby grabs his wrist and points to the right as a small group of armed men emerge from the jungle. "Oh crap!" He says.
Sam notices Jonah waving his hands and then points to Sam s left. Sam looks left and catches sight of the men that Jonah is trying to warn them of. He then turns back to Lara who s takes off her Bow as Sam approaches. "We got trouble!" Says Sam causing Lara to grab her bow and quiver. "How many?" She asks as she starts walking towards the crowd. "Four or more but that s probably a bad idea." Says Sam seeping in front of her. "Getting in my way is a bad idea , please move." Asks Lara as she shoves him away. "Lara , Lara, think! If u just walk out there and start taking them out, you'll start a panic." Says Sam grabbing her by the arm. "And if we stay here hiding , they'll start using these people as hostages!" Snaps Lara referring to the civilians walking left to right in front of the alley. "Not if they don't know were here." Says Lara. "How ironic , always willing to hide from a fight when you can." Says Lara mockingly. "I'm not hiding from a fight, I'm being smart and waiting for the right time which is not right now, and I thought you'd understand that after all the stories I've heard about you." Says Sam as Lara folds her arms in front of her. "I've heard stories about you too Sam, like when you decided to look for some Pirate treasure the moment you got out!" Snaps Lara clearly getting more and more upset. "To be honest I was being forced two at gunpoint and so was my brother." Says Sam.
"Is it true that you lied to him just so he'd leave his life so you and him can go treasure hunting?" Asks Lara. "Hey , that treasure was the one thing that got us into treasure hunting and it started with our mother." Says Sam which causes Lara to pause for a moment as her expression changes from frustrated to shock. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to." , "I know!" Says Sam as he looks back to see the soldiers getting closer. He then glances back at Lara , "And I'm sorry for this." He replies. "Sorry for wha- - hmm." She gasps as Sam suddenly leans towards her until their lips connect. He closes his eyes as he puts his hands on her waist. She is completely shocked about this sudden move , she feels the urge to push him away but to her surprise she returns the kiss as she puts her arms around his shoulders.
Unknown to her and Sam, Jonah is making his way threw the crowd with Abby behind him. After he passes by a group of two boys and three girls , he suddenly stops walking and sees an unexpected sight. "Hey , what are you stopping for?!" Asks Abby as she sees what s caused Jonah to stop in his tracks. At the edge of the alley way , in front of the right wall Jonah sees Sam Drake and Lara Croft sharing a kiss. "Has she ever done that before?" Asks Abby earning a head shake from Jonah. Before the two can have anymore opinions , they turn to see the guards approaching from their right. Jonah and Abby turn their backs as the guards pass behind them. The for guards quickly make there way passed an alley , the last one pauses as he catches sight of a young man and woman having a moment, he then shakes his head as he follows after his companions. "Get a room!" He whispers to himself as he continues walking.
As soon as the last soldier disappears amongst the sea of civilians , Lara opens her eyes and the two separate and look in the direction the soldier took. They both take a breath and pause as they notice Jonah and Abby staring at the grinning at the two. Sam and Lara realize their still holding each other and quickly take their arms back. "Lara , about…" , "Let s talk about that later please." Says Lara politely as she heads back into the alley and grabs her bow and quiver. As she places her quiver and bow on her back Abby approaches her smiling, before she gets the chance to say anything Lara puts a finger up , "Please don't say anything!" She asks as she exits the alleyway with Abby following. She walks right between Jonah and Sam without even making eye contact with Sam. After Abby follows after Lara, Jonah playfully hits Sam on the shoulder. "Smooth!" He says chuckling as he follows the two woman with an embarrassed Samuel Drake following behind.
Bengy woke up to early sunrise beaming threw his window. He stretched his arms upward like a cat before removing the covers from his legs. He then gets up and makes his way to his small desktop and opens the top middle drawer in front of him. He takes out a folded black and white patterned clothing and turns around spreading it across the bed. He puts his hand under his chin as he observes the Spandex suit in front of him , "Good news is , your painting s done! The bad news is I haven't be able to get you to activate your little trick." He says to himself before the door behind his door moves behind him. He quickly throws the covers over the suit before turning around to see his mother entering his room. "Hey bud, are you okay?" Asks Mj wearing a brown leather jacket over her white long sleeved shirt. She has her favorite scar around her neck as she puts her phone into her the front pocket of her purse. "Yeah, I just getting ready to head out and hang out with Jeremy and Mitch." Answers Peter. "Well I'm heading off, be home before 10 and make sure your sisters okay." Asks Mj. " And please be careful." She ask before closing the door behind her, "Okay!" Answers Bengy as he turns around and takes the covers off his hidden suit. He takes a deep breathe before folding the suit and then putting it in his blue and white patterned back pack.
After leaving his apartment and walking threw the streets of New York and feeling the cold air and snow on the back of his jacket, he finally made his way into Central Park. As he made his way threw the now snow covered trees he realized he kept looking behind him every 5 minutes as he continued walking. After what happened to his Aunt and the last time he and Sidney were here, he felt as if someone might be following him. The thought quickly left him as he ran into the faces of Jeremy and Mitch. "Jeez man you look like your being hunted." Says Jeremy laughing at Bengy. "Well if you've watch the news as much as I do, you'd feel jumpy too." Says Bengy. "Good point!" Says Mitch putting his hands up. "Come on we need your help with something." he says leading Bengy off the path and into the now snowy ground.
As he walks Bengy can feels the outside of his boots feel wet as he leaves deep footprints behind. He takes five more steps until following Mitch around a reach until he sees a three cylinder snowman in front of him. Mitch reaches into his front pockets and opens his palms revealing one to have a half eaten carrot and the other with a small piece of Cole. "What do you think? Carrot nose or Cole nose?" He asks. "Really?" AskS Bengy confused. "Seriously which one?" Asks Jeremy.
"The carrot? Every snowman has a carrot nose." Says Bengy. "Okay then , here." Says Mitch throwing the carrot at Bengy , who catches it. "Thanks but I just ate." , "It's not for you its for him." Corrects Mitch. "Then why throat it at me?" Asks Bengy. "We wanted you to take some credit for this." Answers Mitch. Bengy shrugs his shoulders as he approaches the snowman , as he presses the carrot into the face , he feels something off. "Hey is it me or does this snowman feel har - - ahhh." He screams as the snowman suddenly leans to him causing him to fall back as it falls onto him soaking his clothes. Jeremy and Mitch burst out laughing as Bengy pushes the snowman off him and is met with a laughing Jamie standing where the snowman was. "HAHAHAHA, please tell me someone recorded that." Says Jamie. "Yeah I definitely got it." Answers Mitch as Bengy turns to see Mitch holding a phone in front of him. "Seriously? I knew you guys were being too nice." Says Bengy. "oh come on you have to admit it was worth it." Says Jamie as he reaches his hand out to Bengy. "Okay, hey Jamie you got something on your jacket." Says Bengy. "What?" Says Jamie as he looks away, Bengi takes the opportunity to grab a hand size chunk of snow and throws it at Jamie s face.
Jamie takes a step back from the blow as Bengi starts laughing. "Okay its on now." Says Jamie as Bengi gets up and runs to a nearby tree and takes cover as Jamie grabs some snow and makes it into a ball. Jeremy and Mitch take cover as well and start making snowballs. Bengy risks looking from his hiding spot and ducks as a snowball nearly hits him in the face. He then gets to his knees and starts making snowballs. Pretty soon all four teenagers are throwing snowballs at each other. Jeremy and Mitch get hit in the face twice by Bengy and Jamie, while Jamie gets a snowball in the chest. The three find themselves trying to get a hit on Bengy who ducks perfectly every time a snow ball is thrown at him.
Bengy feels completely untouchable until he suddenly feels something inside his mind as if a silent alarm has gone off in his head. He turns and see a group one elderly men dressed in black winter coats, they walk pass the group of teenagers also like they don't even see them. They all walk in a synchronized order , each taking a step at the same time as if their robots. Something about them feels familiar to Bengy until a something wet hits him in the side of the head. HE stumbles to the left as he feels snow on the right side of his face. "AHA , GOTCAH!" , yells Jeremy. "What are you talking about , that was my shot!" Complains Mitch. "No I got him in the face." Snaps Jeremy. "No you hit the tree he was hiding." , argues Mitch. "No I didn't , that was you." , "GUYS!" Yells Jamie getting Jeremy and Mitch s full attention. "Where'd he go?" He says out loud as he sees that Bengy isn't at the tree.
Bengy felt bad for ditching his buddies like that but he had a feeling that those men might be a sign of trouble. He learned from his father that if someone looks or feels sketchy or causes your senses to go off, it s best to observe before suiting up and causing a scene. He kept a decent distance between himself and the group as he followed them like a stray dog, every time one of them would look back he'd take cover behind a nearby tree or pull out his phone and act as if he s doing something else. He follows the group as they enter the Zoo. He s surprised as they walk threw the gates without any of the guards stopping them, he then takes a look around to see if anyone is still around before heading to a nearby tree. He starts climbing it as if it's barely a challenge before perching on a branch that overlooks the inside of the zoo. He then jumps down and puts his hood on before he continues to follow the group. He followed them all the way to the lion enclosure. They headed for a door that said in red letters "Maintenance Only!". One of the keepers stood in front of the leader of the group and put his head in front of him, Bengy figured he was telling them its off limits. Then one of the men whispered something in the Keeper s ear. Bengy couldn't tell what the leader said but he caught something in the Keeper s eyes ,as if they glowed white for a second.
Without hesitation the Keeper opened the door and let the 4 men inside. "That's not normal." Says Bengy as he makes his way to the pen, he then sees the Keeper take something out of his pocket, as he gets closer his eyes go wide as the object turns out to be a knife. He then sprints towards the Keeper as fast as he can, without thinking he uses all his strength shoves the Keeper forward , causing the man to hit his head on the door before falling back, "OH CRAP." Says Bengy as he squats next to the unconscious zookeeper. He places two finger against his throat and takes a deep breathe, "Good, I didn't kill you." He says to himself before taking the keys from the Keeper s belt.
He makes his way threw a narrow hallway with a row of small lights on the ceiling. He follows them until he comes to an opened door, once he walks threw it he finds himself in an area with with a large tree in front of him. He turns left to see the fence with civilians walking by or leaning on the railing. He quickly jumps to a nearby tree before anyone can see him. "Wait if this is the Lion enclosure then. . . . Samson ! , Ryan!" He says as he starts to realize what's happening. He quickly takes his bag pack off his shoulders and opens it, he reaches into his bag and pulls out a small piece of spandex. He places it over his head now wearing a white spandex mask with silver eye lenses. He than grabs two small devices and places them on his wrists, he reaches in his back pack again and pauses for a moment. "Wait, I don't have time for a wardrobe change." He says before zipping his back pack up before jumping to another tree.
He jumps to another tree branch before seeing the same group of men surrounding a male lion and a lion cub. He quickly notices that the men are wearing demon like masks and are armed with Swords that have a black/grayish energy coming off them. "Oh no you don't!" Says Bengy before jumping from his hiding spot and lands on two guys , the remaining two turn their attention to their masked attacker and quickly advance on him. "Peter?" Says Samson confused as the masked figure that is attempting to rescue him and his son fights off the attackers. Bengy slides under one of the thugs under his legs and quickly gets up, he then twirls to his right kicking him the back twice causing him to fall forward. He then turns his attention to the last member of the group. He curses something to him in Japanese before charging. Bengy quickly disarms the attacker by firing a web line to the blade of his weapon before pulling it out of his hand disarming him. He then swings his right leg into the back of the man s heel making him fall back , he then jumps twirling in mid air before coming down over the fallen thug slamming his face into the ground.
Bengy takes a breathe nearly astounded by all the adrenaline he unleashed in a short amount of time. "Hey are you guys?" He asks Samson and Ryan as the older lion suddenly growls at him as he puts himself between Bengy and Ryan. "Wo, wait ,wait, its me , its Bengy!" He says taking the white mask off and puts his hands up. "BENGY?" Asks the two lions surprised. "What are you doing here?"asks Samson. "Saving you guys I guess." Answers Bengy. "Like father like son." Says Benny who jumps from the same tree Bengy was in. "Were you up there that who- - never mind! Okay do you guys know why the demons would come after you guys?" Asks Bengy as he starts to web up the unconscious thugs. "Demons?" Asks Ryan. "The Demons are a group of thugs lead by Mr. Negative a.k.a Martin Li." Answers Bengy. "Let me guess, that s one of your old man s baddies right?" Asks Benny. "Pretty much, but from what he says they use to be more than enemies." Says Bengy. "What do you mean?" Asks Samson. "I don't know , he doesn't like talking about him , my guess is they use to be friends and things went bad. You'd be surprised on how much my dad doesn't say about his early hero days." Says Bengy. "Well I know the feeling." Says Ryan looking to his father. "Hang on!" Says Bengy out loud reaching into one of the Demons jacket pockets.
"What is that?" Asks Ryan as Bengy pulls out a folded piece of paper, he unfolds it and listed in a row in the middle of paper going from the top to the bottom. On the top of the paper Bengy reads out , "the Days until confession!". "What does that mean?" Asks Benny as Bengy shrugs his shoulder. "I don't know but look at this!" he says as he points to a calendar that shows the month. Beneath some of the days are titles, Bengy reads the title under Monday , "It shows tis mont h , on Monday it was "REBORN IN FIRE" , then Tuesday it reads "Divide the family" , this was last week!" Says Bengy turning to Samson and Ryan. "Okay that s creepy!" Says Benny. "Does it say anything about this week?" Asks Ryan. Bengy takes another look. "Yeah, tomorrow it says "Break the Heard apart!". Hang on , yesterday my Dad and Uncle Sam went out of town!" Says Bengy. "Wait your Dad left?" Asks Samson.
"I'd be shocked but I had a feeling he'd ghost us again!" Says Benny. "HEY!" Snaps Bengi. "No offense!" Says Benny putting his hands up. "Wait do you think this has to do with- - -, "Zip it!" Whispers Samson. "Wait , maybe it does, I don't know how , but I think Mr. Negative knew Spider-Man was gonna be out of town for a while." Says Bengi. "Wait , wait a while? Where'd he go?" Asks Samson. "I don't know , he said there s was something he, Uncle Jacob, Uncle, Will, Zack, Preston, Uncle Miles, Niko, Josh, and Zack had something to do." Says Bengy. "I think it was something to do with an Avengers level threat or something." Adds Bengy. "A what?"asks Samson and Ryan. "Never-mind!" Says Bengy just before he looks away from the paper , as if a new thought has entered his mind.
"Hang on, if we can find out what the Demons are planning, than maybe we can find out what this means and get Mr. Negative behind bars. "Hang on WE?" Asks Samson , Ryan, and Benny at the same time. "You guys can help me take down a supervillain and also a former member of the Sinister Six!" Says Bengy getting excited. "Wo, Wo ,Wo ,Wo , look kid, we appreciate you saving us like your old man , but were not interested in joining a super hero squad." Says Samson. "No I'm not asking you guys to be super heroes, you guys can be my eyes and ears. You guys can just keep an eye out for anything superstitious!" Says Bengy. "He has a point Dad." Says Ryan. "No, we've already had enough moments in Super hero battles , last time you almost got killed." adds. "Sammy ,Sammy, Sammy! I get your concerned for your sons well being. But the kids makes a good point. And with us staying here being his antenna , were out of danger." Says Benny. "What about your Spider Relatives? Aren't they in town?" Asks Samson.
"Yeah but Dad said most of them are busy too, except for Uncle Ben , but he's working on a case." Answers Bengy. "What case?" Asks Benny. "I don't know , he and Dad have been acting distant different." Says Bengy. "I wonder why?" Says Benny to himself. Samson shakes his head before turning to Bengy , "Okay, we'll be your eyes and ears ,but if things get hectic were out , and I want you to leave it to your father or the cops." Says Samson. "Okay good point!" Says Bengi. "Quick question? What do we do with them?" Asks Ryan pointing his paw to the unconscious Demons. "I got him!" Answers Bengi.
About 5 minutes later, Bengi places the last Demon against the other three who are tied up in a circle with their backs to each other. "So what do we do now?" Asks Benny. "You guys act natural , I'll be back tomorrow , but first I gotta get a few more friends involved, hopefully they can help out." Says Bengy before making his way to the door. "Hang on , what if we need to contact you sooner?" Asks Benny. Bengy , quickly opens his back pack and pulls out a small walkie talkie, you'll be able to talk to me from a mile away, and if you need help I'll come running or swinging. But you guys should hide it for now." Says Bengy giving the device to the squirrel. "okay , good luck Spider-Junior?" Says Benny. "That's a terrible name." Comments Ryan. "Well do you have a better one?" Asks the Benny. As Bengy closes the door behind him he pauses before looking back to the three mammals, "Not Spider-Junior, Ghost-Spider!" Answers Bengy before smashing the window with his shoulder and then runs into the crowd. "That's a pretty good name!" Says Benny.
As Bengi put some distance between him and the entrance to the enclosure , he notices a group of security guards making entering the door he left opened. As he turned around he ran into a young woman slightly older than he is, from the looks she looks like she'd be a graduate in college. He grabs her by the hand saving her from falling back , he instantly recognizes her from the red hair tied in a ponytail and from her blue eyes. "Angelica!" Says Bengy surprised. "Bengy?" , "What are you doing here?" Asks Bengy just as younger with dark hair and brown eyes comes to Angelicas side, she s slightly younger than Angelica , probably in her early teens. "Ashley?" Says Bengy. "What are you guys doing here?" He asks again. "We're looking for our parents. And my sister here wanted to see you first!" Smirks Angelica shouldering Ashley. "Very funny!" Replies Ashley. Just before Bengy answers he suddenly pauses for a mer second , "How are you guys planning on staying?" Asks Bengy. "Probably until the holidays are over , why? Do you need something?" Asks Angelica. Bengy glances back Samson and Ryan in their enclosure who are now resting in their tree , he then looks back to the two sisters. "There is one thing!" Answers Bengy as he starts to explain his idea.