Chapter 4
Elijah opened to door to his house to be greeted by a warm hug from his father, "hey hey, how's my boy doing?" His Dad asked as he hugged him fiercely, when he released, Elijah chuckled and gasped for breath, "I'm doing well, I suppose, can't say the same for my rib cage though" Elijah joked as he greeted his mother, "hey guys, if Luke comes over, an you tell him I'll be upstairs" Elijah instructed them, "very well, sweetie" his mother smiled at him as he entered his room. "Alright, I need to be certain about this" Elijah put his backpack down by his door and walked up to his desk, he grabbed a notebook and opened his drawer to get a few colored pencils (as well as a normal one), but he accidentally broke the knob off, "oh for the love of-" Elijah mumbled, he still didn't know the extents of his strength, he reattached the knob, and pulled it more slowly and carefully, and grabbed his writing utensils, he closed the drawer and opened his notebook, and made a list of the new abilities he seemed to possess, "ok so, increased awareness, basically, I can sense danger and stay away from it, I'm assuming that would be the thing that Spider-man always called his 'Spider-sense'. I've seemed to gain an increase in my strength, the ripped pipe proves it" Elijah murmured as he put the pipe on the desk, it could come in handy, "now, ah right, I seemed to gained increased speed and the ability to adhere to certain surfaces, like a spider, or better yet, like Spider-man" Elijah continued his list, "now the one ability I'm not sure about are my webs, this means that Spider-man must've invented them, no biggie, I can do that" Elijah finished his list as he heard the doorbell ring, "coming!" Elijah sprinted downstairs, as expected, Luke was waiting outside, "hey Luke, come on in" Elijah let him inside, "now, I've got something to show you, come on" Elijah grabbed him by the wrist and tugged him, "hi, Mr. and Mrs. Winn" Luke greeted them just before the walk submerged him from view. Elijah and Luke entered the room hastily, and Elijah locked the door, "okay, now are you gonna show me what you found that was so important that you had to drop out on the tour?" Luke asked, clearly bored as Elijah rubbed his hands together, "okay, now, how can I explain this...you see I-, it's just that-, oh I'll show you" Elijah told him as he leaped onto the ceiling, and stuck to it, Luke looked up in a shocked expression, "holy crap" Luke mouthed the words as Elijah dropped down, "and that's not all, look" Elijah showed Luke the pipe, "I ripped this out of its holding place, Luke, I ripped it!" Elijah exclaimed excitedly, he then showed Luke his muscles, "woah, you look much stronger than before" Luke stared in awe as Elijah showed him his increased reflexes, "and now...the grand finale!" Elijah exclaimed, "punch me, do it hard too" Elijah instructed him, "wait, you want me to-?" Luke was cut off as Elijah told him, "do it" Luke's arm flew at him, but Elijah ducked down and stopped his arm, "woah!" Luke was at a loss for words when Elijah let go of his arm and stood back up, "pretty cool, right?" Elijah asked, "of course it's cool, Elijah, you have the powers of Spider-man!" Luke exclaimed, "shh! Not so loud" Elijah replied, "but...I-I don't understand, how did you-?" Luke asked, "well, you see, I may or may not have spotted a shadey guy doing something shadey in a restricted lab at Oscorp, so I went to investigate, and truth be told, he saw a bunch of costumes, web-shooters, and spiders, and that's not all" Elijah began. "So these two people were talking about using the spiders to create a military force of Spider-men strong enough to replace the current military, of course, they were evenly divided with this idea, but while I eavesdropped, a spider bit my hand, I didn't think much of it until I got these powers" Elijah explained, "wow, that is deep" Luke replied, "well, you've got Spider-man's powers, what do you think you'll use them for?" Luke asked as Elijah walked over to his desk, "the Spider-man is gone, Luke, and I don't think this was a coincidence, maybe I was meant to be Spider-man as well" Elijah replied, "your thinking of becoming the Spider-man?" Luke asked, I reinforced my answer once more, "and I've already got some ideas" Elijah began as he started out sketch, when Luke came over to him, he saw blueprints for what looked like web-shooters and a full web-formula, "you sure about thus?" Luke asked, "I've never been more sure" Elijah answered as they began their work.
Insert work montage here
Elijah and Luke had little to no trouble with the shooters and the actual formula, Elijah had enough spare parts and chemistry sets to work wtih, Elijah poured in a few a the liquids and added a dose of polymer to the mix, "I'm definitely thinking that I'm gonna need to buy more of this stuff" Elijah told his friend as he stirred a spoon around in the jar, as he lifted it out, the fluid stuck to the spoon and fizzed up, while retaining a web-like appearance, "wow" Elijah murmured, clearly impressed by his creation, he looked over to Luke to see that he was conveniently done with the shooters, "here you go, I've checked and there shouldn't be any bugs with it" Elijah simply nodded as he filled a cartridge up with his web-fluid, he then remembered how Spider-Man shot his webs, and made his hands in a similar motion, as string of the web shot out of the web-shooter and formed a thine line between Elijah and the wall it was currently stuck to, Luke went to the line and flicked it, it vibrated heavily but kept a strong connection to the wall, "we did it, Luke, now for a costume..." Elijah released the web-line and looked in his closet, "ah hah!" Elijah said triumphantly as he pulled out some gear, "now to suit up" Elijah said as he drew a Spider symbol and stapled it to the blue short-sleeve shirt he found, he clad himself in his new uniform, he had red sweatpants, the blue shirt with the spider symbols, black running shoes, and black gloves that were thin enough not to inhibit his ability to stick to walls, he had put a winter hat, ski goggles and a neck warmer to conceal his face and tried a heroic pose, "wow, you look...totally cringe-worthy" Luke fake cringed at the site of this, "hey, it's better than nothing, I'll make an official costume later" Elijah moved the neck warmer from his mouth and moved his ski goggles around his hat, "I mean, the Amazing Spider-Man had a makeshift costume, I can't see why the new Spectacular Spider-Man can't have one" Elijah continued, Luke face-palmed, "now, if you excuse me, I'm going off to Minneapolis to test these powers on some crime" Elijah moved the ski goggles over his eyes and put the neck warmer around his mouth, "I'll see you tomorrow Luke" Elijah said to his friend as they exchanged waves and Elijah shot another web-line and swung off towards the city, although tonight, he was referred to as Spider-man!