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I'm just going to let you all know here and now, this story is not something that is fast-paced to reach a point you all want, i.e. Symbiote Saga. Things are planned to occur, and will be lengthy. In fact, Symbiote Saga is NOT going to happen until perhaps MANY chapters later. I'm talking about 10s, maybe even 20s or more! I set up the listing of what will happen, and will follow it. And no, I won't say what the listing is.
If you are not satisfied with this, I understand if you want to leave. I made this story, because I want to do Spider-Man MY way.
And I know some people accuse this of being "Just Canon Spider-Man" and in some way it is, but not entirely. I try my best to separate Peter Parker and Naruto Parker from one another. So I hope you'll be patient with me.
And for those of you sticking with me to the end, I thank you.
Fair warning though, there will be a lot of spiders in this story. Like...a LOT! So if you have Arachnophobia, you may leave.
This is both a joke, and a fact.
I'm pulling all the stops in this story.
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And shout out to monsterkillers124 for helping point out grammar errors. I tend to miss them, so thanks.
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Chapter 11: Alligator in the Sewers part 3: Sewer Rumble
Last time on "Superior Spider, Addition to the Web"
Grabbing the side of the cart to hold on, Spider-Man kicked the Lizard off him, and away from the train. However, in an incredible display, the Lizard flipped up, and landed on the wall, before pushing himself off and rocketing at Spider-Man, who had just climbed up to the roof. Turning around in surprise, he was pushed down with the Lizard on top of him.
Grabbing the gaping maw to prevent the beast from having a spider feast, he grunted as he tried to hold it off.
Unexpectedly, at that time, his phone rang, drawing the Lizard's attention. With the chance given, Spider-Man punched it. However, unlike before, this just made the Lizard angry, and with a roar, wrapped its tail around Spider-Man neck, and began to slam him up and down on the roof, causing big dents, before flicking the dazed spider off the side, where he hit and rolled across the ground.
Groaning, Naruto sat up, and could only watch as the train took the Lizard further and further away. "Damn it." He cursed, before his ringing cellphone reminded him of it. Pulling it out, he saw it was ESU. Groaning at what he knew was about to happen, he pulled his mask up, winching as his back and sides ached. He answered the phone, putting it against his ear. "Hello?"
"Naruto, it's Mrs. Connors. We have the Gene Cleanser ready. Did you find Curt?"
Frowning at the bad news he will have to give her, he replied. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Connors. I lost him."
On the other end, Marth's eyes eyes widened as she gasped. "Oh no. Curt…"
Now
"So yeah, I try to do something nice, help out my mentor with a science experiment, maybe do my dad proud by completing one of his unfinished projects. And you know what happened? My mentor, an old friend of my dad, turned into a giant GODDAMN lizard monster! A Mini-Baby-Godzilla!"
"..."
"...Yeah, I know. My life is strange. But, it's my life, so there's no helping it." Naruto said, leaning back with crossed arms against the wall of a building. He was dressed in his Spider-Man suit, having the mask up to his nose, revealing mouth. With a sigh, he looked out at the city below and stretching far. "...I've spent all night, and still can't find any sign of Dr. Connors. Seriously, how hard is it to find a giant walking lizard in New York, the city that literally invented the 'Alligator in the Sewers' myth!" He complained, throwing his hands into the air.
"..."
"Yeah, you're right. I can't give up. Not on Doc. He's a good man, who had this misfortune happen to him. I will find him, I have to, and get him back to normal." Pushing off the wall, Naruto put on his mask as he walked towards the edge. "Well, thanks for the talk Bruce. It was nice." Reaching over, he patted the 'person' he had been talking to. However, said 'person' was not a person at all, or even alive. It was a gargoyle.
"...I question your sanity for talking to a statue...for a half-hour."
Spider-Man shrugged. "Well, you wouldn't respond when I tried talking to you, so I improvised."
The fox spirit scoffed. "Like I would waste my time speaking to a worthless spider like you."
"And that's why I like Bruce more than you, you damn furball." Ending the conversation, Spider-Man shot a webline, before swinging off.
Meanwhile, as the Spider-themed hero continued searching for his mutated friend, down underneath the streets of New York, within the wet concrete confines of the sewer tunnels, two maintenance workers walked through the tunnels on a job. "I tell ya, man. You're gonna love your new job. Sure there'll be times you have to work in crappy places like this, but the pay's really good." The mustached worker told the new guy as he climbed the ladder to fix the broken circuit box as the new guy held the flashlight. "And you're gonna love New York even more. It's cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Not to mention it has the best pizza shops you'd find anywhere else."
"Already a lot better than my last job, I can tell ya that." The new guy, a skinnier man, said. "I used to work in the television business."
After fixing the fuse box, the larger man climbed down. "TV, huh? Say, my box's been getting these double images. Think you would mind coming over and-"
"No, no. I was an executive, you see." The skinny man corrected.
"Oh! And you chose to become a maintenance worker instead?" The round man asked, chuckling. "Well, I can't tell ya if you made the wrong decision or not, but take it from me, it's not a bad gig." Suddenly, the two heard what looked liked the sounds of steps behind them. Turning around, the two saw a figure in the darkness approaching them. "What the? Hey buddy, you shouldn't be down here!" The man stated, only to gasp along with his co-worker as the sound of growling hiss echoed through the sewer, as two crimson eyes pinned them down in a glare. Shaking in terror as the monster came closer towards them. Quaking in fear, the skinny man nervously pointed the flashlight at it, illuminating it, and revealing its appearance, revealing what looked like a large, humanoid lizard creature. Hands shaking, the man accidentally dropped the flashlight, causing it to hit the ground and roll towards the creature, who stepped on it, crushing the tool under its scaly foot.
The sound, however, managed to snap the men out of their frozen states, and with terrified shouts, they turned tail and ran, the Lizard roaring after them. Running through the tunnels, they managed to find the nearest ladder and quickly climbed up. Pushing the manhole out of the way, the two quickly climbed out beside their parked van. Running to the doors, the skinny man jumped into the driver seat, as the larger man made his way to open the passenger door. However, before he could get inside, from the sewer tunnel, a green-scaled arm burst out and grabbed the man by the ankle. With a shout, the man tried to break free, clutching onto the door. However, it was no use, as with a tug, the man was pulled back, releasing his hold, and with a shout of his name from his partner, was pulled back down into the sewers below.
"Oh God! Oh my god!" Panicking, sweat covering his forehead, the lone maintenance worker quickly slammed his foot on the gas, and floored it out of there, trying his best to get as far away from the monster as possible.
Up in the air above, as he swung, Spider-Man pressed his ear, turning on the comlink to his 'base'. "Red, have you found anything that can tell us where the Doc is?"
"Sorry, Whiskers, nothing yet. Any info on any giant lizard sightings are from your fight with him last night. Nothing new's turned up since. No Facebook posts, no Twitter tweets, and no police reports." MJ reported as she typed on the basement computer of the Parker Residence, searching the web for any and all recent news on the mutated scientist, hoping to find anything to help her boyfriend. "He must be staying low somewhere. Did you try searching Central Park?"
"Yeah, twice. Seriously, where could a giant reptile be in a large city like New York." Spider-Man muttered as he kept swinging, looking left and right for any strange sightings.
"Maybe the zoo?" MJ shrugged, truly not having a clue on where a large animal could go in a city.
Landing on the edge of a roof, Spider-Man rolled his eyes behind his mask. "Very funny. But think, lizards are naturally cold-blooded. They would try to find warm places to hide at."
"And with the temperature getting colder, where would that be?" They were currently in September, but the temperature was starting to drop.
Cupping his chin, Spider-Man thought. "Not that many places. One place I can think of would be-" However, he was cut from his thoughts, as the sound of screeching tires reached his ears. Peering over the edge, Spider-Man looked at the cause of the noise, and spotted a crazed car driving wildly at full speed, maneuvering as best it could around other cars. "Oh great. MJ, got a drunk driver to handle. Chat with you later!"
"Okay, later Tiger!"
Turning off the com, Spider-Man leaped off the side, falling down below, before shooting a webline out, swinging after the car. Swinging down low, nearly touching the road, he arced high, giving himself more speed. Swinging around a corner, Spider-Man got closer towards the vehicle. Leaping far and wide, he landed on top of it. Crawling towards the front, he peeked his head at the driver seat, seeing the driver was a man wearing an orange maintenance outfit. "Hey buddy! You're going 90 on a 35 road! Hit the breaks!"
However, the man seemed to have not have heard him. In fact, he seemed to be in his own world. "Those eyes. Need to get away from those eyes!" In his vision, he could only see those terrifying crimson eyes glaring at him, the beast growling, always there, waiting for him, trying to capture him! No! He had to get away!
"Shit!" Seeing the numerous cars around, nearly crashing into them, Spider-Man grabbed the wheel, turning it, forcing the van to avoid crashing into another car. However, as they made it to a bridge, fast approaching the side, Spider-Man grabbed the man, and leapt off the van just as it crashed through the railing, before hitting the water, sinking.
Back on the bridge, as people began gathering around, some recording what happened with their phones, Spider-Man sat the man down. "Alright buddy, how much did you have to drink? Don't you know the dangers of drunk driving?"
"Those eyes...those ghastly eyes..." The man babbled on.
"Yeah yeah. Just take it easy, alright?" Spider-Man said, getting up to leave.
"Those crimson eyes...scaly arms...like a monster gator." The man said, making Spider-Man freeze, his eyes widening behind his mask as he quickly turned to the man.
"What did you say?" He muttered.
"Sewers...Alligator in the Sewers…it's real…"
Turning his head, Spider-Man looked at the nearby manhole. "The sewers...of course!"
"The sewers? You sure?" MJ asked as she watched Naruto type on his computer, standing behind him.
"Seems like the best choice. It's nice, warm, and wet. What better place for a mutated lizard creature?" He asked rhetorically, not looking away from the monitor as he brought up a line map of the New York Sewer System.
"So you're going to go into the sewers to look for him?" MJ asked, unsure on whether that was a good idea or not. "Are you sure it's safe?"
"You mean going into a large, endless, dark and wet maze looking for a monster lizard? Yeah, it'll be a piece of cake." He joked, glancing at her over his shoulder. However, MJ did not smile, staring at him with a worried look. Seeing this, Naruto lost his smile, frowning. Sighing, he stood up, turning to his beautiful girlfriend. "It's the only way, MJ. I need to find Doc and get him cured and back to normal. I know it's dangerous, but there is no other way. I need to find Doc before he hurts anyone. If I can knock him out with my Venom Blast, I can get him to ESU Labs, where hopefully they have a cure made. Not to mention, my new invisibility power and the sewer's darkness should give me an edge."
"But you haven't even trained on how to use it right!" She argued. It was true, having spent all night looking for Dr. Connors, Naruto hasn't had the time to test out his new power. "And how do we even know he'll stay knocked out for long, or that the serum even works?" MJ questioned. She didn't want Naruto to get hurt fighting. She didn't even want him fighting his friend.
However, by the look in the blonde's eyes, she knew he was determined to save the man.
Naruto shrugged. "It's not like I'm going to head into the sewers now. I can train a bit on my new invisibility power as I get ready. As for the Doc and the serum, if we can contain him somewhere secure, maybe it'll hold him long enough to get the serum working. As for the cure, I'll head to ESU later today to..borrow the serum so I can work on imputing my own part in making sure it works."
MJ frowned, recalling what he told her yesterday about using the cleanser on himself to return his blood to normal so they could use it to act as a stabilizer for the mutated Lizard DNA. But doing so would mean... "Are you really sure you want to get rid of your powers?"
Naruto frowned, not completely sure himself. It's nearly been a whole year since he got his powers, but in that time...being Spider-Man seemed to, in a way, give his life new meaning. Saving people, be it from burning buildings or simple muggings, it made him feel like a real protector. Sure having to fight the occasional supervillain like Vulture, Electro, and Doc Ock wasn't fun, but it did give him some thrill.
But now, in order to save a man he greatly respected, he might have to get rid of those powers.
Either that, or he left things to luck, take a sample of his blood, mix it with the serum, and pray that it worked.
…
Yeah, no matter the consequences, doing things carefully was the better option.
Looking up at his worried girlfriend, he gave her a wide grin, making his whisker marks wrinkle and eyes close. "If it means helping Doc, than I'd gladly give up being Spider-Man. It's the least I can do for him. For his wife and Billy. It's my responsibility, ya know!" With his cheesy grin, he gave the redhead a thumbs up. "Don't ya worry, MJ. This isn't so bad! At least it means I won't have to risk my life fighting crazy people!" He joked, chuckling.
Mary Jane, however, did not smile, instead frowning as she looked at the closed eyes of her blond. 'Naruto...you always were a terrible liar.'
If this worked, Naruto would be Spider-Man no more.
Later - Daily Bugle
Walking through the sliding glass doors, Naruto headed towards the elevators. Seeing one about to close, he glanced around, before discreetly shooting a small web-bullet at it, hitting the bottom part, stopping it in its tracks. Smirking, he ran towards the elevator, waving an arm at the confused people inside. "Hey! Hold the doors!" As he got close, he suddenly tripped in front of the doors. "Woah!"
Some of the people chuckled, shaking their heads as Naruto sheepishly got up, rubbing the back of his head as he walked into the elevator. "Um, thanks." He muttered, while rolling the web he had grabbed when he 'accidentally' tripped in his pocket. He withheld a smirk as the doors closed.
He had been called earlier by Robbie to come to the Bugle for an assignment that might require pictures.
With a ding upon reaching the top floor, the doors opened and Naruto stepped out. Looking around at the always busy room, he tried to spot Robbie. Not seeing him, he instead turned his gaze towards Betty, who sat at her desk, talking on the phone. Smiling, he made his way towards her, giving a wave when the slightly older woman spotted him. Smiling back, she responded to the person on the phone end. "Alright, I'll pass your message along to Mr. Jameson. Alright, thank you for calling. Have a good day." Hanging up, she smiled at the blond. "Hey Naruto."
"Hey Betty. Is Robbie around?"
Nodding, Betty pointed at the room next to Jameson's. "Yeah, he's in his office. Go right in."
"Alright, thanks!"
Stepping in front of the editor-in-chief's office, he knocked twice, before hearing a 'come in'. Entering the office, he smiled at the kind black man, who greeted him. "Hey, Naruto! Thanks for coming." Robbie said, stand up and walking towards the blonde, shaking his hand.
"No problem, Mr. Robertson. I'm actually curious about this assignment you were talking about. You sounded a bit unsure on the phone."
Chuckling, Robbie rubbed the back of his head. "Let's just say, recent tales has me a bit skeptic on the topic of news. Tell me, Naruto. Have you heard of the Lizard?"
Naruto froze, shoulders tensing slightly. Luckily, Robbie had his back turned to him as he looked for something on his desk. Naruto smiled nervously. "Um...the Lizard? What, from Geico?"
"The Lizard, Parker. Don't you watch the news?"
Turning, Naruto saw Jameson entering, just as Robbie turned to him, holding a newspaper towards him. "An hour ago, a maintenance worker was transferred to the hospital after taking a wild joy ride, nearly crashing off into the river if Spider-Man hadn't saved him." The two heard Jameson scoff, but ignored him as Naruto read the article. "The man's been going on about him and his partner running into, what he said was, a 6 foot tall reptilian creature. Of course people didn't believe him. However, there's been incoming calls and reports of people hearing noises coming from the sewers."
"Nothing but pranks, I say." Jameson states, crossing his arms. "However, with freaks like Spider-Man and Electro, or whack-jobs like Octavius and Toomes, you can't be too sure."
"The worker's partner has also gone missing, with police sending a notice. Even if this was a prank, a man's health, not to mention his life, could be in danger."
Naruto stared at the photo of the missing maintenance worker, before looking at the two men, brow raised. "So why are you telling me this?" he asked, but had a guess.
"Cause we need pictures, brat." Jameson stated like it was obvious. "I'm having Foswell interview the worker and those who reported the sounds. But facts are nothing without proof."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "What sort of proof?" He wasn't against entering the sewers, as he was about to do that anyway, but as Spider-Man. But if Jameson wanted to send Naruto Parker…
Robbie spoke before Naruto could get the wrong idea. "Aside from sounds from the sewers, there have also been reports of noises coming from the harbor storage holds during the night, with guards finding what looked like claw marks." Naruto blinked at him, surprised at the news. Harbor storage holds? Claws? Could it be Doc?
"Could be the Lizard, or pranking teens. Either way, we need pictures."
'Oh, I'll do more than get pictures.' Naruto thought. If this really was Doc, it would help him get some clues on his trail.
However, with the media now looking for "The Lizard", it could be bad if anyone found out it was actually Curt Connors. He wouldn't put it past Jameson to not immediately announce it.
"Mad Scientist Turns Himself into Murderous Monster!"
It would ruin Doc's reputation! He couldn't let that happen.
"Are you sure this isn't a prank?" Naruto asked, tone in disbelief as he put the newspaper on the desk, shrugging. "This could just be an Alligator in the Sewers prank." Naruto said, hoping to convince them.
Unfortunately, J. Jonah Jameson was no quitter.
"That's why we're going to find out the truth! No matter what!" He declared, making Naruto mentally groan. "And to make things interesting, whoever finds proof that the Lizard is real, gets a $100 prize!"
Naruto's eye twitched. Either shock from the amount, or disbelief at the contest, he didn't know.
Walking out of the building, Naruto sighed, rubbing his temple, feeling a headache forming. Damn Jameson! With the offered reward, he would bet practically everyone in New York will be looking for the Lizard.
This would not only put people in possible danger, but also increased the chances of Doc Connor's secret getting out.
For once, why couldn't things work out for him?! Was it too much to ask?!
Troublesome...
Once more letting out a breath, Naruto wondered on where he should head to now. He supposed he could check out the harbor to check the scene Robbie told him about. With any luck, it was a clue to where Connors could have gone before he checked out the sewers, a place he wasn't looking forward to inspecting, if he was honest.
"Naruto!"
Hearing someone call him, he raised his sights up, and spotted the source of the call coming from one Debra Whitman, running towards him. Blinking in surprise, not expecting to see the female blonde, Naruto gave a half wave, as Debra reached him. "Debra, hey. What are you doing here?" He asked, as the glasses wearing blonde caught her breath.
Able to breath again, with a mental note to start exercising again some time, Debra looked at the whisker-marked teen. "I should be asking you that. I was going to ask for any possible information on...um, you know." She muttered at the end, getting a nod. "What are you doing here? Did you have the same idea?"
"Sorta, I work for the Bugle as a part-time photographer. I take pictures of anything they need, and get paid for them."
"Oh." Debra said, not knowing that. Then again, except for the school dance, she and Naruto never really hung out much outside of working for the Connors. "Well do you know if they have any info of Dr. Connors?" She asked, hoping.
Sadly, Naruto shook his head. "Only rumors. There's mention on strange attacks on the harbor warehouses last night, with guards finding what looked like claw marks."
Debra blinked at that. "Really? Do you think it could be Dr. Connors?"
Naruto shrugged. "Maybe. I was on my way to check it out myself."
Debra nodded, before turning around and began walking in a direction. "Alright, then let's go." She stated, making Naruto stare at her back.
"Huh?"
"We're going to the harbor to look for clues on where Dr. Connors is, right? So come on!"
"Wait! Debra, I…" He trailed off, looking after Debra as she continued walking without pause, making him sigh. So much for him web-swinging over there to lessen time. "Wait up!" He called, running after her.
Approx. One Hour Later - Brooklyn Navy Yard
After a long bus ride, the two blond interns finally reached the pier warehouse, coming upon a closed off police scene, with guards stationed to keep the public from entering.
"Sorry, no one is allowed into the investigation scene." The posted guard stated, preventing them from entering.
Naruto, determined to get into the warehouse, tried to use his occupation at the Bugle. "Come on! I'm a Daily Bugle photographer! They sent me over to take pictures." He tried to persuade.
However, the man was a statue. "You have a press pass?" He asked, crossing his arms.
Pausing, Naruto blinked, before face-palming.
He forgot to get the pass! And his camera! Some photographer he was…
"No pass, no entry." The guard said.
Huffing, Naruto walked away, pulling Debra with him when she looked ready to argue with the guard. It wasn't his fault, he was just doing his job. Still…
"Now what?" Debra asked as they stood a bit off. Looking at the scene, Naruto saw police covering the place, many stationed within the area. Looking around, he tried to find any safe spots to enter.
He could easily sneak in as Spider-Man if he did it carefully. But as Naruto Parker…
Just then, he spotted an area with few guards around, and got an idea. He looked at Debra. "Listen, if you can distract that guard, I should be able to sneak in."
Debra frowned. "Why do I have to be the distraction?" She practically whined.
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Naruto reasoned. "Because I'm the one working for a newspaper company and know how to take pictures. No to mention, out of the two of us, I am athletic enough to crawl over the barbwire safely."
Unable to argue, Debra gave a small pout, but nodded either way, before making her way to the guard. Sighing, Naruto shook his head with an eye roll.
Was this what it was like to have a sister? Now that was troublesome.
Looking around to make sure no one was watching, Naruto moved a bit back to get out of sight. Making sure the coast was clear once more, he closed his eyes. Taking a deep breath, he tried to concentrate. "Alright, come on. I managed to figure out how to make my hands spark. Surely I can figure out how to make myself become invisible."
…
…
…
"Just so you know, nothing's happening, and you look like an idiot standing there." Kyuubi commented, yawning. How did he change the channel?
Eyes snapping open, Naruto fought the urge to shout in anger at the fox. 'Well thanks for interrupting me! I almost had it!'
"No you didn't. You don't even know what you're doing."
'Oh, like you do?' He mentally asked sarcastically.
Kyuubi scoffed. "Of course not. I don't care about how your weird spider powers work."
'They're not weird.' Naruto hissed, brow twitching. Shaking his head, he tried to ignore the fox as tried once more. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Naruto concentrated, trying to remember the exact feelings he had when he first turned invisible. It worked when he was first learning to control his Venom Blast, so it should do the same with his invisibility.
Problem was, he didn't know how it first activated, not even realizing it had activated till Lizard stopped attacking him. But he couldn't give up.
'Come on...come on…'
Within his mindscape, from his laid form, Kyuubi blinked when it felt a sudden breeze of wind brush through it, making its fur sway. With idle curiosity, it watched as near visible, wisps of white 'wind' soared through the boiler room its prison took in form, passing through the numerous webbing around, making them wave, though the 'spider' constructs that have been there since the brat first gained his powers, remained undisturbed.
Not only that, but the whole interior's color - previously a sickly, yellowish hue - shifted and brightened, becoming more clearer, as well as gaining a more blue-ish tone.
Grunting in slight annoyance at the brightness, Kyuubi closed its eyes, huffing. It would never admit it, but Kyuubi was a bit intrigued at its container's spider abilities - a little, mostly because it was bored - seeing them similar to the bloodlines of the Elemental Nations, but different in a sense it didn't know what.
While nothing that could pose a threat to it, as it merely made its jailer as pathetic as any other insect, Kyuubi had a feeling there was more to these spider-powers than its container knew of.
Either way, it made the fox curious enough to continue watching its jailer's unexpected misfortunes. If anything, at least it'll have some entertainment while it was stuck in the seal.
Back outside, Naruto continued to try and activate his new power. Slowly, but surely, from his feet upward, he seemingly began to disappear out of thin are. As if being erased, his feet began vanishing, followed by his shins, knees, and thighs, before his whole legs disappeared entirely, with the rest of his body following afterwards.
Remaining surprisingly unnoticed by the people around, Naruto's whole body became invisible to the naked eye. Opening one eye, he looked down at himself, the other eye soon opening as well as he smirked triumphantly at seeing he managed to do it.
'Alright! I did it! I'm awesome!' He grinned proudly, puffing his invisible chest, ignoring the snort in his head. Looking over at Debra, he watched in amusement as the glasses wearing blonde argued with the guard on not letting her through. Shaking his head at her, he focused on his task. 'Alright, let's do this.' Sneaking over to the semi empty spot, Naruto crouched slightly in front of the fence, before leaping up and over it, landing on the other side with silent step.
Looking around to make sure no one was around to accidentally bump into, and seeing it clear, he ran into the warehouse, ducking under the barrier post and police tape. Entering building, he stopped and quickly leaped up at the ceiling above, moving out of the way as Police Captain George Stacy exited the warehouse.
Pausing when he felt a gust of wind against his face, Capt. Stacy narrowed his eyes looking around cautiously. Looking left and right, he then snapped his head upward towards the ceiling, and saw…
Nothing.
Staring at the ceiling for a bit, Capt. Stacy lowered his gaze, and sighed, shaking his head. This job was making him paranoid.
From his spot, clinging to the roof the captain stared at, Naruto watched as the man walked out, letting out a sigh of relief. Looking around and seeing that the coast was clear, Naruto slowly phased into view. Lowering down silently on a webline, he looked outside at the cops going about their business, some leaving which included Captain Stacy. The few cops who remained merely stayed to make sure no one snuck into the scene.
Good luck with that.
Dropping down silently, Naruto looked around. The place was wrecked. Nearly all the crate boxes were destroyed with claw marks all around, on the floor, the walls, pillars, and boxes.
Very sharp gashes, easily cutting through metal. So unless another supervillain with sharp claws appeared, this was the work done by a certain reptilian monster.
He sniffed the air, before cringing.
The disgusting smell of sewage also helped cement the fact that Lizard had taken to hiding in the sewers.
Walking forward, he inspected the scene, taking out his phone to record everything. Not for the Bugle - well, maybe a small bit for the Bugle - but mostly for himself just in case he missed something his camera picked up when he looked over it. Seeing all the claw marks, he wondered. 'Was this just a random attack?' It certainly looked like it, just being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
However, something told him it was more than that. And as he inspected the place more, he could see it. Some crates had less damage than others, or having minor scratches on them, even more evident when he saw that the further he went into the warehouse, the less damaged the crates became. 'Almost as if he was looking for something. But, does that mean some part of Dr. Connors is still in that lizard body?' He thought hopefully. He soon made it to the back of the warehouse, where the last crate was. He frowned when he saw that it was completely obliterated, nothing but wood chips and piles of paper scattered across the ground. 'Looks like Doc didn't find what he was looking for and got angry.' Kneeling down, he picked up a piece of paper and looked it over.
He frowned when he saw that it was an Oscorp sheet, though very old if going by the date. "Doc did say he never liked Norman or Oscorp. But isn't this a bit much?" He muttered to himself as he looked through the papers, trying to see if there was a connection. He froze, however, as he picked up the sound of footsteps heading his way. Dropping the papers, he closed his eyes, before he vanished, turning invisible. He crawled up the wall to the ceiling just as a guard made it to where he previously was, unaware of the spider above him.
Naruto smirked as he crawled his way out. He was getting the hang of his new power… no pun intended.
"So you haven't found any clues on where Doctor Connors is?" Debra asked as Naruto had met up with her, the two currently walking away from the scene.
Naruto shook his head, eyes narrowed in thought. "Nothing but wrecked crates. It was no doubt Doc, given the claw marks. No idea why he was there."
"Maybe he's lost and stumbled on the place by accident?" Debra suggested, crossing her arms in thought. She glanced at him. "How did you even manage to get inside the building without being spotted once?" She questioned. She would think someone like Naruto would be easy to spot, with his bright, wild yellow hair, not to mention the bright orange on his clothes.
Smirking a teasing smirk, Naruto winked at her. "I'm a ninja." He told her, getting a deadpan look. Pouting, Debra scoffed. He heard an amused snort in his head, but ignored it. Bastard fox would probably just mock him for being immature. Well screw him! Ninjas were awesome! "Anyway, did you and Mrs. Connors finish the serum to cure Doc?"
Blinking as she snapped back to the topic at hand, Debra nodded at him. "Yes, it's ready. All that's left is to find Doctor Connors and inject him with the formula. With any luck, it should flush the lizard DNA from his system, returning him back to normal." Naruto frowned slightly, having doubts about that, but didn't say anything. "Though the question is how to get him to hold still."
"I'm sure Spider-Man will be able to hold him still...if the Lizard shows up, of course." Naruto said, shrugging.
Debra frowned. "But what if Spider-Man hurts Dr. Connors? I mean, you saw the video of their fight in the subway, right?"
Naruto sweat-dropped. 'Saw it? I experienced it.' His sides practically vibrated in phantom pains. "Yeah, but I'm sure Spider-Man won't hurt Doc more than he needs to. He's a hero, right? He just wants to stop the Lizard before it hurts anyone."
"Can you please stop calling Doctor Connors, 'The Lizard'?" Debra asked with an annoyed sigh. "It makes him sound like a criminal, when he's not! He's just sick, and needs help. Our help."
Rubbing the back of his head in apology, Naruto agreed. Doc did need their help. His help. Both as Spider-Man, and as Naruto Parker.
Empire State University - Biology Lab
Sitting behind her work desk, Martha Connors tried to concentrate, looking through a microscope at a sample of the Gene Cleanser, having been going through it over and over for the past several hours, to insure that all was perfect, and that it would return her husband back to normal.
However, the thought of her transformed husband, caused her to leaned back with a sigh. Rubbing her face, she tried to calm her nerves. 'Curt...'
How could this have happened?
First Max Dillon, a great friend of her family, become a lightning-generating madman who went on a rampage.
And now her own husband experimented on himself behind her back and became a monster lizard.
She groaned into her hands, how did her life become like this? She could only pray that she would be able to get her husband back.
"Mommy?"
Raising her head, Martha spotter her son approaching her, rubbing his eyes tiredly. "When's daddy coming home?"
Giving Billy a tired smile, Martha pulled her son in a comforting embrace. "Soon, Billy. I promise, your dad will be back with us soon." She closed her eyes as she hugged Billy tightly. She wondered where Curt could be at that moment, what he was doing, and if she would get her husband back and put this event behind them.
As the two Connors hugged, behind them, a string of webbing grabbed a vile of the Gene Cleanser, before pulling it up.
NY Sewer System
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"What's bad about this? I'm just going down into the dark stinky sewers to find a mutated giant lizard man, alone, with no idea where he could even be...You can stop me any time, ya know." Spider-Man said as he pulled the cover off and crawled into the sewer tunnel. Crawling onto the ceiling, he looked around as his vision changed to a red tint. "Never been so glad to have night vision. Then again, never thought I'd find myself having to go into the sewers. Why does it feel like I've hit rock bottom?"
"Calm down, Tiger. Being a hero means having to go to places to help people. Even if it's places you don't want to go."
"Weren't you the one who was worried I'd get hurt in this hero business and thought I should stop?"
"Well I know how thick-headed you can be, so I figured I'd just keep on supporting you. Even if it means having to listen to your complaints. Doesn't mean I won't argue if things get too dangerous"
Under his mask, Naruto smiled. He loved how MJ looked after him, and really appreciated it. It was one of the many things he loved about her
"Alright, Hero Expert. Tell me this, have you ever seen the Avengers in the Sewers?" Spider-Man asked, crawling the roof. Seeing a tunnel opening, he entered.
"Well..."
"What about the Fantastic Four?" He asked, jumping onto another wall as he made a turn.
"I mean, maybe..."
"The Defenders?" Turning on his Spider-Signal, he shined the light around at the sewer waters under him. Was that a used diaper floating in it?
Gross.
"The who?"
"Some new team of heroes I've heard on TV that recently popped up. One of their members is called Devil-Something. Think they said he punishes people? I don't know. Point is, you don't see see the big league heroes in the sewers."
"Why should that matter? You want to help Doctor Connors, right?"
"Of course. I just hope having to go through the sewers doesn't become a habit." He muttered as he continued on. However, as he placed his fingers in front of him, his grip slipped thanks to the slippery concrete, causing him to slip and fall down into the mucky water below. With a gasp, he shot out of the water, sputtering as he spit water out that passed through his mouth. "Ah! Some got in my mouth! Oh god! So nasty!"
"You alright?!" MJ asked, cringing in disgust as her boyfriend continued spitting.
Mental note, have Naruto brush his teeth when he comes back, with mouthwash...and plenty of mints.
Mask pulled up to his nose, Naruto continued spitting out a few more times, before getting up. "I. Hate. The sewers." He grumbled, looking at his now wet and dirty suit. "This better not stain." Pulling his mask back down, he looked around. Truth be told, he had absolutely NO IDEA where he was going. He kept his ears strained for any sound of the Lizard, but so far, except for the sound of dripping water and flushing drains, everything was silent.
Jumping onto the wall, he continued crawling onward. No way would he walk the dirty water. Who knew what was in it!
"By the way, what do you plan to do about Jameson's challenge on getting pictures of the Lizard?"
Pausing at another opening, he responded as he entered. "Obviously I can't have anyone know the Lizard is real, or that it's Doctor Connors."
"What will you do then?" MJ asked, curious on what her boyfriend will do.
Naruto hummed as he kept crawling, occasionally glancing around for any sign of a 6 foot tall lizard sneaking up on him. "The only thing I can think of besides waiting till this whole Alligator in the Sewers fiasco passes, is to fake the Lizard's existence."
"Fake it? How?"
Under his mask, Naruto smirked. "Let's just say Halloween will be coming earlier than expected. On an unrelated note...how do you feel about being dressed in a giant lizard costume?" He asked, making MJ narrow her eyes.
He better not be thinking what she thought he was thinking! She liked cosplay, but she didn't do animals!
...Unless they were sexy costumes.
"..."
"!" Head snapping up when he heard a noise nearby, he crawled faster. Exiting into a large pit, he looked around for the source of the sound.
"...e!"
"There!" Leaping up, he dived down into the pit, traveling down into the darkness, before shooting a webline, grabbing hold of the side wall. Swinging, he crashed feet first into a small vent, going through. Arms crossed, he slid down a long tube, sliding down fast. Soon he came out the end, and with a quick whip upwards, he clung to the ceiling.
Looking around for the source of the noise, his eyes soon picked up the sound of splashing and heaving breathing. As well as the sound of low growls. With narrowed eyes, he shot off in the direction.
Meanwhile, deep in the sewer, the sound of splashing echoed through the enclosed tunnels as boots slammed into the water. With wide eyes full of terror, the missing maintenance worker continued to run as fast as he could, as hard as he could, all while hearing the sound of splashing and growls behind him. The lizard monster had kept him captive for a while now, likely for dinner. He only managed to escape due to a moment of distraction, but was now in a game of cat and mouse, where losing literally meant being eaten.
"Someone help me!" He desperately called out, hoping, begging someone heard his voice and rescued him from this endless chase. He passed by ladders leading to the surface, but was forced to ignore them. Any attempt to even reach for the metal bars lead to the Lizard jumping at him, claws or teeth out to tear flesh. As such, all he could do was run, and continue running, hoping his legs didn't give out on him.
"GET DOWN! NOW!"
He blinked at the sudden voice, but didn't question it as his body - already tired from constant running - acted by instincts as he dropped to his hands and knees as something flew over his head.
With the force of a cannonball, a red boot slammed into the Lizard's snout, forcing the open jaw to slam shut, cracking some teeth, before the creature flew back. Raising his head, the worker looked on in awe as he stared at the form of Spider-Man standing in front of him. "Holy shit! Spider-Man?!"
Spider-Man glanced at the man over his shoulder a small inch, before looking back at the Lizard, who was getting back up with a growl. "Get out of here. GO!"
Not needing to be told twice, the man quickly got up and ran towards the nearest ladder, proceeding to climb up as fast he could.
Seeing its prey gone, the Lizard growled in anger, before snapping it's gaze at Spider-Man, hissing. Spider-Man frowned behind his mask. "Easy, Doc. I know you're in there somewhere. I'm just trying to help you."
His response, was the Lizard giving a roar, before charging at him. Cursing, Spider-Man jumped back, dodging a claw swipe. Continuing to try and tear the annoying spider-themed hero to shreds, the Lizard kept swiping as Spider-Man backed up.
Bad thing about being in a sewer tunnel, there was limited space.
Leaping back with a back flip, he landed in a crouch, before shooting webbing at the Lizard, hitting it over the eyes, temporarily blinding it. Getting angrier at the tricks, the Lizard ripped it off, only to see the incoming bottom view of Spider-Man's boot a second time. Kicking the Lizard face first, Spider-Man jumped off, before shooting weblines at it, connecting, before yanking himself close, where he unleashed an assault of punches.
If he could just knock the Lizard out, he could encase him in webs and capture him. What happened next...was still a plan in progress.
With a right hook, a left, and a right, with a kick for good measure, the spider-hero watched the Lizard stagger back, shaking his head. Clearing its daze, it growled, getting low in an attack stance. Narrowing his eyes behind his mask, Spider-Man crouched down low, arms out at the ready, while his nails lengthened, passing through the slits he made in his glove fingertips, as the hands had red sparks pass through them.
"Alright Doc, bright it on."
Parker Residence
MJ looked at the computer screen worriedly, watched as her boyfriend and loveable hero went up against the mutant lizard monster. She frowned when she saw the view static a bit. It held steady for a while, before once more showing static.
"Whiskers, can you hear me?" She asked over the ear piece. "Naruto?" She could hear the sound of grunting as well as roars. Frown deepening, MJ tried to figure out how to get better connection, mentally wishing she took computer software classes.
"Mary Jane? Naruto? Are you two down there?"
The voice of Aunt May made the redhead flinch, having forgotten that the woman was in the house. Hearing the basement door knob rattle, she quickly got up from her seat and ran up the stairs, stopping the door before it could open fully, keeping it halfway as she faced the startled May with a strained smile. Naruto's Spider-Man equipment was still on display on the work table. Not to mention the Vulture wing and tech he took were there as well. "Hey! Aunt May."
May blinked, wondering if there was something wrong with the young redhead. "Mary Jane. Is Naruto down there?" She asked, trying to peer over the redhead's shoulder, who moved slightly to block her.
MJ quickly came up with an excuse. "No, he's not. He, uh, went to the market. Out of ramen." She said with an uneasy chuckle. When it came to Aunt May, the guilt of lying to the sweet woman ate at them.
Luckily, May knew how Naruto got when it came to ramen. "That boy. I swear, I regret giving him that first ramen cup to make up for not being able to cook that day." She muttered, shaking his head. Back when Naruto was young, May was watching him while Ben was at work. She was busy cleaning the house, that she forgot to cook. Looking through the pantry, she found a cup of instant ramen she bought, so she decided to make it for him to eat while she made dinner.
Needless to say, Naruto fell madly in love with ramen, demanding for more like a kid on a sugar rush.
MJ couldn't help but giggle, knowing what she meant. "I would disagree, if I didn't know how he gets with the stuff."
As Spider-Man, he would bravely faced flying vultures, electric men, and eight-armed scientists, but run out of ramen, and he would go on a hunt like a starved animal.
Unable to hold in a smile of her own, May nodded. "Well, I should call him to tell him to get some groceries while he's at it."
Eyes widening as May walked over to the kitchen wall phone, MJ quickly spoke up. "I just talked to him!" She exclaimed, getting May's attention. "He said his phone was low on power, so it's probably off now."
May sighed, nodding. "Alright then. I just hope he doesn't spend all his money on packs of ramen again." She said, before looking at MJ. "By the way, what are you doing down in the basement?"
"Oh, um…I was just looking over Naruto's pet projects. You know, the ones that belonged to his father." She lied.
May shook her head at her with a smile. "Come join me! Don't need you spending all day in that dusty old basement like Naruto does. Bad enough he has a couch down there." May offered, making MJ's strained smile twitch.
She wanted to come up with an excuse to decline the offer, wanted to say something, anything, that would allow her to return to the computer and monitor Naruto's current battle. However, the thought of rejecting May, and possibly making her sad...
As Naruto would say; troublesome.
"Um, sure May. Just...give me a sec." MJ said with a strained voice, before closing the door, as May smiled and nodded. Turning her head, the woman looked at the clocked.
She wondered when her nephew would be home.
Back w/ Naruto
The sewer wall exploded outward, as Spider-Man sailed through, coming into a larger area, looking like an intersection of tunnels, with a wide drain in the center. Rolling along the walkway on the side, Spider-Man quickly straightened himself, just as the Lizard came charging at him. Acting quickly, Spider-Man leapt back as the Lizard crashed claw first at his previous spot. Placing his fingertips on the wall beside him, he pulled himself to place his feet on it, sticking to it. Though he had to leap out of the way again as the Lizard lunged at him.
While in the air, Spider-Man whipped his hands at it, launching web-bullets, hitting its right hand and tail, sticking them to the wall. The Lizard struggled against the binds, roaring in anger, when two weblines connected to either side of it. Yanking, Spider-Man sailed at it with a flying kick.
However, before the foot could get too close, the Lizard managed to free its tail, using it to wrap around the foot. Eyes widening, Spider-Man yelped, as his body was pulled and slammed hard into the wall. Groaning from the impact, he wasn't given much time to recover, as he was once more pulled and slammed to the other side of the Lizard, who used its teeth to tear the webbing off its hand. With a whip of its tail, it threw Spider-Man away, over the drain.
Arms flailing to try and right himself, Spider-Man shot a webline up at the ceiling. With a yank, he flipped backwards, before landing on the opposite walkway of where the Lizard stood. "Okay, that didn't work. Time for a new approach." Concentrating, his body began fading as he turned invisible, Spider-Man leaped up into the dark ceiling, as the Lizard looked around for him, roaring.
Suddenly, from the darkness above, a webline shot out, clinging to the Lizard's chest, before he was pulled upward. The Lizard made a move to cut the line, when Spider-Man appeared, over him, landing a strong right hook to his face. Feet on the scaly chest, Spider-Man pushed off, jumping back at the ceiling above, as he vanished midway. The blow sent the Lizard falling into the sewer water below, but before it could hit the water, another webline shot out and grabbed him, yanking him upward, where Spider-Man come back into view, another punch at the ready.
Over and over, Spider-Man would punch the Lizard, use it as a platform to leap up and hide in the shadows, shoot a webline to yank him upwards, to where he would appear to deliver the second punch. Each hit rattling the creature's skull and brain, making it see stars.
"One more should do it!" Spider-Man declared, ready to deliver the final punch, red static wrapping around it, hopefully to finally knock the Lizard out, hopefully too dazed from the punches to react.
At least, that was the plan, but unfortunately for him, it had the opposite effect.
With every blow, it only served to make the Lizard angrier. And so, as Spider-Man got ready to deliver the deciding blow, the Lizard surprised him as it shot its right arm out, claws extended.
"GAH!" Naruto gritted his teeth in pain, as blood dripped from the four deep gashes in his chest. Distracted from the burning pain, he was unable to react as the large hand grabbed him by the face, before the Lizard took him with it into the drain below them. The two were pulled by the hard current, tossed around like a blender. All the while, Spider-Man struggled against the tight hold the Lizard had on him.
As the drain began to pull the two into it, Spider-Man places his hand on the floor, clinging to it. However, the Lizard would not have it, as it stabbed it's claws into the arm, making Naruto give a muffled scream, losing concentration, releasing his grip.
The two continued to struggle as they pulled into the drain and down the wide tube, the Lizard tightening its grasp on Spider-Man's head, while the arachnid hero tried to break free. Soaring down the tube, Spider-Man gritted his teeth, glaring red eyes behind his mask at his adversary. Grabbing the Lizard's wrists, Spider-Man sent shocks of Venom Blast into the beast, while his own set of claws slightly penetrated through the tough reptilian exterior. The Lizard let out a bubble-filled pained roar, before Spider-Man kicked him off. Seeing an opening coming, Spider-Man turned around and placed his hands on the side, sliding across the metal. Reaching the opening, he grabbed the edge, and fought against the current to pull himself into it.
Down below, the Lizard saw its prey escaping, and would not have it. Long sharp claws cutting into the metal, it began climbing up after the spider.
Following the current down the smaller tunnel, Spider-Man soon saw the surface and swam faster towards it. Breaking through, he gasped for air. Panting, he looked around at where he was. 'Looks like I'm deeper in the sewer system.' He didn't know where he was, he could be anywhere under New York. Swimming towards the walkway, he climbed up, catching his breath after holding it for so long, as well as being choked. Not fun.
Raising a hand, he tried his com-link. "Red, can you hear me?"
"..."
"MJ? You there?" He asked, but got nothing but silence. "Damn it." He cursed, not liking not being able to contact his partner. As he sat there, contemplating what he should do know, he didn't see the water behind him ripple and bubble.
"!"
Eyes widening as his spider-senses blared like a siren, Naruto managed to turn around, just as the Lizard broke through the water, claws out, jaw wide open with razor sharp fangs in full view, and deadly yellow eyes freezing him with its gaze.
"SHIT!" Was all Spider-Man could say, before the Lizard tackled him, slamming him into the wall behind him. Groaning as he found a hand against his windpipe. If this kept happening, he'll need to put a metal cover over his neck for protection!
"Rrrrrrrr..." Leaning its face closer to the masked teen, the Lizard growled, mouth slightly open, drool falling out.
"Ugh! T-Two w-words...Doc…" Spider-Man struggled to say, as well as struggle to breath. "Breath…m-mint!" Clenching a fist, he socked the Lizard across the face, snapping it to the side.
"RAAAAAAAAAGH!" Roaring at his face, the Lizard lifted Spider-Man up, before slamming him into the floor, cracking the pavement a bit from the force of the impact.
"Definitely...feeling that…tomorrow." Spider-Man groaned. Growling, the Lizard raised its head, opening its mouth wide open. "I've got a bad feeling…" He said, spider-senses growing crazy as his eyes widened, hoping Lizard wasn't about to do what he thought it was going to do. Like a snake, the Lizard launched its open jaw at Spider-Man, aiming for his head. "Hell no!" Activating quickly, he jerked his body to the side, saving his head from being bitten off.
However, this moved a new target in place…
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
Naruto nearly broke his jaw by how wide he stretched his mouth, letting out a pain filled scream as the Lizard's teeth sank into his left shoulder, piercing the skin and muscle easily, and cutting through bone.
Parker Residence - Few Minutes Before
MJ smiled at May as she sat beside her on the living room couch, hiding the worry she felt for Naruto, being unable to see how he was doing. As she sat there, watching television - not that she was paying much attention - and occasionally conversing with May about how her day has been, she kept shooting glances at the basement door.
"So, Mary Jane." The voice if May knocked MJ out of her thoughts, as she turned to the woman, who smiled at her. "How is you and Naruto's new relationship going?"
Smiling a true smile at the question. "It's going good. We sometimes go on dates, like watch a movie, or go to the park. Mostly we just do whatever to spend time together, like we've been doing for years."
May smiled at the young redhead, happy her and her nephew were happy with one another. "I'm glad! Always knew you two would be great for one another. But please, do be careful. I love Naruto like a son, but it's still too early for me to become a grandmother." May said, with a teasing grin. MJ, who was currently drinking tea May made, spat out the drink, coughing. Regaining her breathing, she stared wide eyed at the grinning May, her face turning as red as her hair.
"M-MAY! Naruto and I haven't even gone that far!" She declared, turning even more red at the thought of her and Naruto doing...that!
May covered a giggle, seeing the girl's reaction to her teasing. "I'm only joking, sweety. You're far too young to be doing such things." She calmed the girl with a chuckle, while MJ pout, not finding the teasing funny at al-
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
The two women jumped at the sudden scream, muffled as it was, but still hearable. "My goodness! What was that?" May asked, looking around for what could have possibly produce such a scream. Meanwhile, Mary Jane snapped her head towards the basement, her eyes wide in terror and fear.
That was Naruto! Something was happening to him! She needed to get to the computer now and see what was happening!
Turning to May with a very strained smile, MJ stood up. "Um, it's probably the basement computer. I forgot to turn it off! Be right back!" Without giving May time to respond, MJ ran towards the basement, nearly breaking a hinge with how hard she opened it, before slamming it hard as she ran down the steps. Getting to the computer, she quickly put on her mic. "Naruto! What's wrong?! Naruto?!" She practically shouted as she stared at the static filled screen.
W/ Spider-Man
Gritting his teeth hard enough to crack them, Naruto bit back a scream as pain coursed through his body as the Lizard's teeth sank into his shoulder. To make matters worse, the damn bastard had its claws digging into his chest!
"GAAAH!" His body began to numb from the pain, blood gathering in his mouth. And Kyuubi's yelling was not helping!
"Stop screwing around brat, and get this damn lizard off before it kills us!"
"Shut...the FUCK UP!" Spider-Man shouted, pushing through the pain to glare at the Lizard. "And you...get the FUCK OFF ME!" He roared, eyes glowing crimson in his anger and pain, as crimson energy began sipping out of him in a haze, as well as crimson static coursing around him. With a bestial roar, the energy shot out of him in a force of energy and Venom Blast. Lizard roared in pain, feeling the Venom Blast shock him, and Kyuubi chakra burn him. However, the force that pushed him off Naruto, caused his teeth to painfully tear out of his shoulder in a shower of blood, and claws to tear down his chest, making the previous gashes bigger, a nail hooking on to his belt, and break the buckle case, causing his small camera to fly off, landing on the side corner, unnoticed by Naruto, who was in too much pain.
Blood gushing from his wounds, Naruto gritted his teeth in pain, trying to move. 'Shit! I can't move!' He could hear shuffling, and figured the Lizard was moments away from getting up, making him panic. He was a sitting duck! 'Fuck! If I don't move, I'm lizard food!'
He heard a growl, this time coming from his head. "Once more, I have to save your pathetic life. What kind of hero are you?" Naruto blinked as he felt a warmness spread through his body, and could feel the numbness disappear a bit. Not entirely, but he could at least move, if a bit sluggish. Pushing questions off till later, he grunted as he rolled himself over, hissing in pain at his front wounds being in contact with the cold floor. Gritting his teeth, he moved his hands to his sides, struggling to push himself up. Looking behind him at the struggling Lizard, Naruto frowned. He knew he couldn't keep fighting the Lizard in his current state, and doubted he had enough energy to paralyze him with another Venom Blast. That last blast sure drained him.
He had no choice but to escape.
Channeling whatever energy he had left, he - painfully - moved himself to his knees, his numb legs feeling like cement bricks. However, through determination, and mental ranting, he stood to his feet, biting his teeth from the painful pulses coursing through his body. Panting in exhaustion, he looked at the water, and slowly dragged his feet towards it.
However, at that moment, the Lizard got up, and seeing its prey attempting to escape, roared. Cursing as the Lizard began charging at him, Spider-Man shot an Impact Web-Bullet, hitting it on the legs, wrapping them together in webbing, causing it to trip and fall over. With the opportunity given, Spider-Man's body slowly turned invisible, slow from the low energy, as he leaped into the water with a splash.
Using its claws to tear the webbing apart, Lizard leaped into the water after the hero. Swimming down, it looked around for the spider, looking left and right, but couldn't find any sign. Breaking out of the surface, the Lizard let out a loud screech in anger that echoed through the sewers.
Meanwhile, Naruto sailed down the main drain pipe, looking for a good exit to go through. Seeing one, he tried to shoot a webline at it...only for the webbing to quickly dissolve in the water. 'Fucking shit!' He mentally yelled as he missed the exit and continued on. Looking around for another tunnel, he saw one coming, and quickly swam to the side. Holding his hands out, praying he made it in time, he looked like he was about to miss it, when at the last second, his fingers grabbed the edge of the tunnel rim, and clung to it. Grunting, he pulled himself into the tunnel, allowing the suction current to pull him in and down the tube.
After several seconds of twists and turns, making Naruto wonder when there would be an end, he finally came to it, as he - none too gracefully - shot out of the tube, hitting the ground with a loud grunt.
Lying on the ground, Spider-Man groaned as he rolled himself over on his back. Reaching up, he tore the mask off his head, revealing his wet - from the sewer water and sweat - face. Panting, he weakly opened his eyes to stare up at the ceiling, blood continuing to seep from his wounds.
"...That sucked."
Back w/ The Lizard
Growling in anger at losing its prey, the Lizard climbed back onto the walkway. Standing up on its hind legs, it looked around in confusion. Even with its primal mind, it knew it was somewhere he's never been to before, and needed to find a way back to familiar environment.
It began to take steps to walk towards the nearby tunnel, its tail swinging around behind it, when it both heard a noise, and felt its tail make contact with something. Turning around, it spotted something in the corner. Filled with curiosity, it approached the object, and picked it up with it large hands. Tilting its head to the side as it looked at the familiar looking object, it turned it to the sides and looked all over. Accidentally activating it, taking an accidental selfie with a flash, it shook its head in temporary blindness, roaring in anger.
It made to crush the annoying tool, but stopped when it spotted a piece of tape on the bottom side. Seeing writing on it, it stared at it, a nagging feeling in its head.
"...Prrrrrr…Krrrrrr."
It flickered its tongue out idly as it stared at the name, the feeling getting stronger.
"Parrrrrr..."
The words...they made up...a name...a familiar name. And with it, a face, one unrecognizable as a blur.
"Krrrr..."
The face slowly began to clear, the name becoming more recognizable by the second.
"Parrrrr..."
"...Kerrr..."
A name. A face. And with it…
Came anger.
"Paaaarrrrkeeeerrr!"
End of Chapter 11
Final part, next chapter.
Special surprises coming next chapter, you'll love them!
Next chapter will be in the works soon.
After that, will be working on chapter for The Last Son.
Your welcome.
And remember to check out Raizen1125's challenge if interested.
Till next time.
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