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A/N: Ok, midterms are over. So that's nice. I survived. Yay! Hope everyone else is taking care of themselves and doing good. So with 2018 coming up, I'm hoping to update and write more, now that I know how this school year is going to go. I really hope I will be able to update more. I've been meaning to just finish Next Generation: Anna. But there are a few more details to figure out for the end. I think that's enough of an update for now.
Oh! I had to edit Ava's monologue to fit the alterations in the beginning of Coming Together. I try not to change the episodes, but this was changed to mention her brother. So... I think it's fine
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ArtemisBAMF1218 - Hopefully in 2018 updates will not be so scarce as they have become. As much as a process as it is to write these chapters (rewatching the episodes, and then typing the monologue and filling the gaps in), I agree with you.
I hope you like what I did with this chapter. Can't wait to hear what you think. Anyways, let's get onto this. Enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter 7: Ava
"Kraven did what? To your who?" Spider-Man asks quickly.
I'm trying to keep it all in. I'm failing horribly. "He took my father's life!"
Kraven only smirks as he launches two disks at us.
Spider-Man bends back, dodging them as I jump to the nearest boat and then leap back onto the dock, charging Kraven.
"You have resisted the magic song of the survival drum longer than either of the White Tigers before you," he muses as he easily blocks my attacks, "but otherwise I'm not impressed."
He lands a punch and I am thrown back. I've forgotten how strong he is in normal hand to hand combat…
I push up from the ground and raise my head to watch him.
"That sounds like a challenge." Spider-Man's webs shoot at him from off in the distance, giving him more than enough time to bring up a shield to protect himself with.
He reaches from his side and pulls a boomerang to throw at Spider-Man
"Ok, point goes to the mustache. Let's see if your little shield can stop this!" Spider-Man easily jumps down from the wall and shoots webbing like a net over him.
His shield was strong enough to easily break through it
"And you did." Spider-Man mumbles.
"Children," Kraven mutters, almost disappointed.
I push off the ground and crouch low.
"Your father would have never taken the bait so easily, he was crafty," Kraven taunts me; he knows exactly what to say to keep my blood boiling, to keep me from thinking straight. "He was strong, he understood the power of the amulet."
"Don't talk about him!" I yell.
From his sides, Kraven pulls two poles and connects them. The tips light up as red energy spear tips.
"You think a stupid spear can stop me?" I ask.
"One you can't me see coming?" Kraven rephrases. The spear disappears from my view. "Yes."
I have to focus on instinct. Watching his movement and calculating the size of the spear.
I back up and duck under as he takes his blows. I can feel the movement of the spear in the air near me.
It's unnerving.
I jump to a railing and push off trying to gain better ground.
I land in an open grassy area and stand up, taking my defensive stance and turning towards Kraven.
"Give me the amulet, and I will consider letting you live." Kraven offers his terms almost casually, holding his hand out as if he expects me to just hand it over.
He touches something on his wrist and crossbows come from the bushes all around me, popping up with their red lasers pointed directly at me.
"Or don't." He goes on. "I do so enjoy the hunt."
"And I do so enjoy your accent." Spider-Man flips over Kraven from behind.
"Pest," Kraven insults him, touching his wrist once more.
I hear the slightest sound of the machines firing and I leap into the air, watching myself, careful to make sure nothing hits me and slicing everything that comes close.
"I'm not going to tell you again." I snap at Spider-Man as I begin my decent and land on the ground. "Kraven is mine."
I rush him again. This is the only way to fight him. Head on. It doesn't matter if he sees the hit coming. This is how to fight someone like him.
He throws me to the ground with almost too much ease.
I'm nearly winded. I know Spider-Man is right next to me.
I just need a moment to catch my breath.
"Wait, are you a crazy hunter? Or a crazy landscaper? I'm confused." Spider-Man asks from where he was standing.
This is not helping…
"I am Kraven the Hunter. What I hunt, I consume; what I consume, I become."
"Huh? Even hunting baloney? Cuz that's what your monologue sounds like." Spider-Man jokes.
Webbing grabs my shoulders and pulls me back into Spider-Man's arm.
I twist out of Spider-Man's grip and start to run the other way. I saw Kraven grabbing at his tools while Spider-Man stalled.
He had time to prepare his next move already. I can only get out of the way.
Small explosions go off behind us as we run.
Kraven's serious. He'd take the amulet from my dead body if he has too.
"We need a plan or a strategy, or…" Spider-Man thinks aloud. He quickly turns around and bends down low, steadying himself as he randomly shoots at Kraven hoping to get lucky. "Whoa! Wasn't expecting that."
"Move before he recovers." I grab his arm and start to drag him away.
"Bridge. 10 o'clock." Spider-Man nods in the direction.
I nod at him and we both rush to the shore and hurry to one of the little nooks under the bridge where we are sheltered from sight.
We stay silent and listen to him pass over us.
"Let me get him," I growl.
Spider-Man jumps down from the underside of the bridge and blocks my quickest exit.
"Wait, that's what he wants. He's trying to lure you away and not give you a chance to think." Spider-Man explains; he's trying to appeal to my rational side.
I shove past him and stand on the sandy bank of the bridge. I watch the water. "You don't understand."
Why should I expect him too? There's not a madman hunting him down and trying to kill him.
"Then help me understand," Spider-Man requests.
I crouch down on the sandy bank and with my finger, I trace a rough outline of the amulet.
"Kraven collects weapons and tribal magic from all over the globe, to be the 'World's Greatest Hunter.'" I explain as Spider-Man bends down next to me. "That's why his stupid drum affected me, magic. But everything he knows is nothing compared to the power in this."
I pull my hand back and look at the amulet I drew in the sand.
I sit there and watch it quietly for a second before continuing.
"My father was the White Tiger before me, and my brother took over for a short while after him. But, they were both hunted by Kraven." I explain. "They did their job, protected the amulet. But my father was hurt, the kind of hurt that doesn't get better. Hector became the next White Tiger, and he did the best he could, but…"
My heart breaks as I watch the amulet and tell Spider-Man the truth about it.
I shake my head and wipe my eyes. I can feel the tears soaking into my mask a little.
"It fell into my hands. Now, I get to carry on the legacy. The amulet was passed to me, now it's my job to protect it, and keep the tiger side calm." I wipe away the outline of the amulet.
"But I don't want to control it anymore. I want to be the tiger. I want revenge. You wouldn't understand." I turn away from him and march off in the silence.
Now, it's time to figure out my next move.
Time to figure out how I am going to end this.
The trail leads to the zoo, he's not actively hunting me anymore, he's waiting, like a sniper.
It's the most likely things he's going right now.
I keep my senses on high alert.
At the first sign of danger-
A crossbow.
Fire arrows line themselves at my feet, each closer than the last.
I bolt for a pillar to hide behind. "Afraid to fight? Tiger to man?"
Three more arrows find themselves sick in the pillar.
I dash out from behind it and charge the bushes.
I flip over then gracefully and realize why the first arrow was not the kill shot.
It's automotive.
I hear Kraven jump down behind me, and I move out of the way as he smashes the machine and stirring up dust.
"You are so afraid to unleash the true power of the amulet," Kraven taunts.
I duck out of the way with each swing. He's wearing me out. Moving fast, making sure I don't have time to attack him with something devastating. I try to claw him to only have him deflect it.
"You're even weaker than your father was." He's got me backed up to a pillar
I move as he cuts it clean in half.
I watch him. He's not defensive.
I take a kick at his head for him only to catch my ankle and throw me against some bars to a cage.
"And your grandfather, they would be ashamed of what you've become."
My blood boils as my vision starts to go white.
I hear a growl escape my throat.
One shadow. One prey.
All the tranquility in the world.
Just the right here, just the right now in this wonderful dream.
I'll wake up and nothing will be wrong.
I'll be in my bed, ready to start a new day.
But first, a more important matter of business needs to be handled.
I need to catch my prey.
It looks to be so far away, but I can smell it as if it's right next to me.
Time's almost distorted. I'm conscious of this much.
But I'm too relaxed.
What could be wrong-
I'm tripping over my feet, falling forward.
I regain my balance, but keep running.
What happened? Please tell me I didn't space out.
I feel light, empty.
The amulet!
I stop and look to see Kraven pick up my belt with the amulet from the ground.
Kraven touches his wrist and I feel the ground under me giving out.
I twist around as I fall on instinct so I can attempt a landing to only find sharp spikes below waiting for me.
Webbing sticks to my back and I stop before a single spike can touch me.
It is pure luck that I am not hurt.
Spider-Man quickly pulls me up and holds me around the waist as he swings us to the nearest building.
"No kitty kabob for dinner tonight." Spider-Man jokes as he lands and puts me down. "Going to skip the victory dance because I'd really like to kick that guy's butt right now."
"You don't understand," I mutter quietly, watching Kraven as he walks away with the amulet. "It's over. I've lost my power and now-"
I'm cut off as I notice that Kraven is watching us from the ground.
In one beautiful leap, he's standing right before us, with the amulet worn on the collar of his shirt, crouched down like an animal.
He stands up and walks closer to us, his eyes and the amulet are glowing. His teeth are fangs.
"And now the tiger is free." I finish my statement.
It's all over. I've lost it. I've lost my power and the amulet.
Kraven will release it and he will kill us both.
"Bad kitty?" Spider-Man mutters, his joke is likely his only form of defense he has left.
I've lost… I've lost the amulet… the power… everything…
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