Chapter 3
Battles Begin
Time for the next chapter. You guys know the drill. On to the reviews.
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Okay everyone... Let's kick it up!
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It had been a slow day at Midtown High. Which for our wall climbing hero was quite the good news. Whether he at that time knew it or not at the time as he and Ronnie Anne walked down the hallway.
"So, what's on the agenda for this weekend?" Ronnie Anne asked.
"Well, Lynn has a game on Sunday. So I'm going to try to make it to that." Lincoln said. 'Traffic and crime permitting.' He thought as he sensed something around the corner they were about to round as he placed his arm in front of Ronnie Anne to stop her.
"What?" She asked as two people passed by. One was a blonde young man wearing a blue hat, blue jeans a jean jacket over an unbuttoned long sleeve plaid shirt and a dark green t-shirt. The other was a blonde girl wearing skinny jeans and a charcoal grey jacket over a long sleeve pink shirt with white sleeves.
"Woah. Sorry." The young man said as he and the girl also stopped.
"It's alright, Arnold. They really should have proper lanes for the traffic in the halls around here." Lincoln joked. "So, what are you and Helga doing over the weekend?" He asked.
"Eh. It's gonna be a quiet one. I've got an appointment and Arnoldo has some of his volunteer work." Helga explained before Ronnie Anne checked the time on her phone.
"Well, I'd love to stay and talk. But I gotta go pick up my cousin at elementary school." Ronnie Anne said.
"I'll walk with you. Lucy's staying late with her poetry club. So I've got to pick up Lilly before heading to the middle school to get Lisa and the twins." Lincoln said as he and Ronnie Anne waved farewell to Arnold and Helga.
"You know, I still don't get how Lisa can skip four grades and still need to be walked home." Ronnie Anne said as they were walking.
"Well, she is still only nine." Lincoln defended.
"I guess. But it's still kind of weird to me. Plus the twins are eleven. They should be aloud to walk her home no problem" Ronnie Anne.
"Well that's because..." Lincoln was about to point out how much more self reliant Ronnie Anne was allowed to be in Royal Woods in addition to New York being more dangerous when suddenly they heard what sounded like an explosion.
Without a moment of hesitation, Lincoln began rushing towards the danger leaving Ronnie Anne standing in the street.
"Lincoln, wait!" Ronnie Anne called as she ran after Lincoln and was surprisingly able to keep a relitive pase. But was ultimatly unable to match Lincoln's enhanced speed. 'Damn. Even with the runoff, he's too fast.' Ronnie Anne thought.
As Lincoln kept running, he could feel his alarm power going wild before he finally saw the source. Schultz in his suit firing sonic blasts in to buildings left and right.
'Oh boy. That's not good.' Lincoln thought as he ducked in to an alley while opening the secret compartment in his backpack.
'Where is that stupid bug?' Schultz thought in frustration before he saw the crowd which included Ronnie Anne looking for Lincoln. 'Maybe collateral damage isn't enough.' He thought as he launched a car in to the air at the crowd.
Ronnie Anne and the rest of the crowd began to run from the airborne vehicle when out of nowhere, Spiderman appeared, landing on the car and catching stopping it from hitting anyone as he landed.
'Huh. Bit of effort needed. But four thousand pounds. No problem. Good to know.' Spiderman thought as he put the car down.
"Spiderman." Ronnie Anne whispered in relief before she began smelling something. 'It can't be.' She thought as she stared at Spiderman as he faced Schultz.
"So what's your deal? Crash test dummy that decided to go the other way in your career?" Spiderman mockingly asked.
"Joke while you can, bug." Schultz growled before blasting at Spiderman only for the hero to dodge.
"Woah. Bit quick to the trigger there." Spiderman mocked as he kept dodging attacks as he made his way closer to Schultz before flipping over him and grapping him a lock. "Now, how 'bout you aaagh!" Spiderman screamed as energy from Schultz's suit launched him back.
"I bet that came as a bit of a shock." Schultz said as he blasted Spiderman in the leg causing him to call out in pain. "Shame you didn't get a chance to make a big name for your self. But you dying will make everyone know the name 'Shocker'!" Schultz exclaimed before blasting the blasting the building to his left and began running as the debris hit the ground hard.
For the next three minutes the Ronnie Anne and the entire crowd stood dumbfounded at what just happened in deafening silence. Just then, Ronnie Anne's phone began ringing before she looked down to see that it was Lincoln.
"Lincoln! Are you okay?" Ronnie Anne asked in a panic.
"I'm fine." Lincoln said while coughing. "But I'm guessing I was the other side of that. I can't find you anywhere in the crowd." Lincoln said as he tried to catch his breath while sitting up against a wall in a sewer while looking up at a hole with his webs holding up the building debris. Look, we should get out of here before that guy decides to come back. I'll circle around and meet you at the elementary school. "He before they both hung up and Lincoln began limping while using the sewer wall to keep his balance, being severely grateful that he stashed his clothes near a manhole.
A little while after Lincoln switched back in to his street clothes, Lincoln was able to catch up with Ronnie Anne.
"Are you okay?" Ronnie Anne asked noticing that Lincoln was still limping.
"I'll be fine. I just got hit by a bit of the debris. Got me in the shoulder too." Lincoln said with a half truth. 'Even with my healing, it might take a day or so get back to top form.' He thought to himself.
"Do you think Spiderman could have made it out of there." Ronnie Anne asked while subtly sniffing the air. 'It's worn off. I can't tell without using the...' Ronnie Anne began thinking before stopping herself. 'No! You can't use it. Using it got Dad killed.' The other half of her mind argued.
"One can only hope." Lincoln said as he gripped the strap of his backpack. 'I've got to get this 'Shocker' guy off the streets before someone gets killed.' He thought while looking at Ronnie Anne, unable to shake the fantasies of her being crushed by the debris.
"Are you sure you're okay? You're shaking." Ronnie Anne said, putting a comforting hand on Lincoln's good shoulder.
"I'm fine. It's just..." Lincoln struggled to get the words out. "How many people do you think died back there?" He asked with tears beginning to well up.
All Ronnie Anne could do was look down at the ground when Lincoln asked that question. " I don't know." She said the only thing that could come to her before looking up. "We should stop talking about this for now." She said as she gestured to the school where they saw Lilly as well as Ronnie Anne's cousin Carlitos walking towards them.
"Hey, Lilly. How was school?" Lincoln asked before giving his youngest sister a hug.
"It was fine." Lilly said as Ronnie Anne's cousin Carlitos came up next to her.
"Yeah, we both got hundreds on our spellings tests." Carlitos happily said.
"That's great, squirt." Ronnie Anne said before jostling Carlitos' hair.
"Yeah, good job. Both of you." Lincoln praised before turning to Ronnie Anne. "Well, we better get going to get Lisa and the twins." He said before Ronnie Anne popped him one in the shoulder.
"Smell you later, Lame-O." Ronnie Anne said as they both chuckled.
"Not if I smell you first." Lincoln replied as they waved goodbye and began walking with Lilly while trying to think of what he would do if and when he fought Shocker again.
After a short walk, Lincoln and Lilly soon arrived at the middle school where much to the annoyance of Lincoln and even more so to his pink clad sister, Lola, they saw a young Hispanic boy hitting on her.
"Come on, Lola. You know you want this." The boy said as Lola resisted the urge to punch him in the face.
"Carl, back off. She's not interested." Lola's denim clad, grease monkey twin sister, Lana said.
"Oh, don't get jealous, Lana. There's enough of me to go around." Carl said, greatly tempting a greeting with one of Lana's wrenches.
"Hey, Carl." Lincoln said, making himself known. "Ronnie Anne wanted me to tell you to hurry home." He said as Carl rolled his eyes.
"Fine. But I will see you on Monday, my darlings." Carl said as he began walking.
"God, that guy is a douche." Lana said in irritation.
"Maybe. But he's still Ronnie Anne and Bobby's cousin. So on behalf of them, Lori, and me, thank you both for not decking him." Lincoln smiled before the third one of his middle school siblings, the bespectacled Lisa. "So, how was school?" He asked.
"Events were fair." Lisa said. Neither of the twins had anything to add. It had been quiet for them. Something that Lincoln was deeply grateful for. "By the way, Lincoln. There is a matter I wish to discuss with you when we return to the domicile." Lisa said, gaining a shrug from Lincoln as the five siblings began walking.
(With Shocker)
The new super criminal had just arrived back at the warehouse where he had been chastised by his employers. Now ready to face them.
"Tombstone! He called as his shadow hidden boss sat up.
"Schultz." The man, now known by the name 'Tombstone' greeted. "To what do I owe the city's newest super villain? He asked.
"Simple. I want bigger cuts for my work now." Shocker said with his confidence being boosted by his suit. This however waivered a hair when Tombstone began laughing slightly.
"So, you think just because you've got some good hardware that you're a big shot now?" He asked as he stepped out of the shadows to reveal a suit clad man with silver skin that matched his hair. "It will take some time before we're on the same level. That being said, my higher ups do have a job that someone with your equipment would be perfect for.
Shocker took a moment to think about it before asking "What do I have to do?"
(At the Loud House)
Lincoln and the girls arrived back home and quickly fell in to their routines. Lola began rehearsing routines for pageants. Lana got busy feeding all her pets before doing a tune up on the Loud family van. Lilly simply began doing her homework. As all this was happening Lisa led Lincoln up to her room.
"So, what did you need to talk to me about?" Lincoln asked as Lisa went over to her self constructed computer and brought up the image of Lincoln climbing on the ceiling to get the chemicals he needed.
"How long did you expect to hide this from us?" Lisa asked.
"Realistically? You, I'm surprised I lasted as long as I did. Everyone else, right now, that's up to you." Lincoln said.
"Just tell me this. How ever you got up there. However my chemicals are being mixed. What are you using them for?" Lisa asked as Lincoln sighed and opened his backpack, pulling out his mask and one of his webshooters.
"This." Lincoln said as he held up his mask before putting on the shooter and using his web to pull one of Lisa's beakers to his hand.
"I would assume there is a story behind this." Lisa said as Lincoln tossed her the beaker.
"Have a seat." Lincoln said as he and Lisa sat down on her bed and he began to tell her the events leading up to that point.
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Well there you go, guys. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Next time a rematch with Shocker and Lisa begins her roll as Spidey's R&D department. Until then and as always... Keep on keeping on.
