Just to be clear, while Elijah has his makeshift costume on, he's Elijah, but when he has his official costume on, which is later, he's referred to as Spider-Man or Spidey, also, his official costume is the same design as the OG Spider-mans', but the colors are switched, so it's blue and red instead of red and blue, whew! That was a lot to cover, anyway, onto the story!
Chapter 5
Elijah had never felt such adrenaline before, the wind blowing in his face made him feel somewhat heroic, "woo hoo!" Elijah's cheer was loud and echoed across Minneapolis, he released his web-line and landed on the roof of a building. "These powers feel great" Elijah remarked as he back-flipped on the roof, "testing, testing, is this thing on?" A voice rang in Elijah's ear, "ack! Luke? Is that you?" Elijah asked fiercely as he got himself back together, "yeah, who'd you think it was, John Cena?" (I couldn't resist) Elijah merely sighed, "okay, I'm sorry, you just startled me is all" Elijah replied more calmly, "all's well then, didn't you say that you were gonna test out your powers on some actual crime?" Luke's voice asked through the apparent headset, "well, yeah, but I don't really have a crime tracker or anything" Elijah answered as he sat down on a corner of the building he landed on, "well, I kinda do" Luke stated, "wait, what?" Elijah's confusion intensified, first, Luke had apparently installed a headset in his makeshift mask (which is three separate parts mind you) and now he also apparently had the spare time to create some sort of crime tracker in mere minutes? "Okay, when did you have time to do this? I've only been out for 3 minutes" Elijah asked, "I guess I have a skill for it, anyway, I've detected some nearby crimes, a mugging, some sort of gang convention, and a car chase, it looks like the car chase and gang meeting are being taken care of by the police, ut the mugging isn't being stopped" Luke explained, "then the mugging it is" Elijah spun another web-line from his shooter and swung in the direction of the crime.
"Your wallet, now!" A mugger pointed a gun at a helpless man, "please, you don't have to do this, just put down the gun and go home" the man partially begged him, "hmph, I'm not going anywhere until I get me some cash" the mugger loaded the gun and prepared to fire when a web-line shot onto his gun, he looked up to see Elijah, hanging from a web-line, though he didn't know his identity "now now, what did mother tell you? No playing with guns, especially if your aiming them at people" Elijah quipped as he threw the gun to the side, "hey! What's the big idea, punk?" The mugger asked threateningly, "oh, getting violent now, are we? No chocolate for you" Elijah shot a strand of webbing to wrap up the mugger, but he leaped out of the way just in time, and grabbed the gun, "enough with the jokes, freak!" The mugger shot 3 bullets at Elijah, all of which were dodged ever so quickly by Elijah, he released his grip on the web-line and dropped to the ground, "what? No one can move that fast" The mugger actually sounded terrified as Elijah rushed him into the wall, "well, I'm not just anyone, hey! Give me the gun!" Elijah pinned the mugger to the wall and tried to reach for the gun, "hey! Let go!" The mugger protested, "not until you've finished your cabbage!" Elijah joked I response. Then, the most ear-piercing sound hit Elijah's ears, the gun went off, and hit the man being mugged, "no!" Elijah quickly did a knockout punch on the mugger, and ran to the man, when he moved his face into the light, he gasped, it was his Dad. "It's okay sir, I'm gonna get you to a hospital" Elijah tried to deepen his voice, but his Dad saw through his disguise, "no, no, it's fine, take off your mask, Elijah" "he knows?" Elijah removed his goggles, hat, and neck-warmer as he looked into his Dad's eyes, "but how did you know?" Elijah asked, "I could tell, your voice, the jokes, your movement, I could just tell it was you, and I'm so proud of what you've decided to do with those powers" his Dad explained as Elijah tried to cover the wound, "I can get you to a hospital, they can help you!" Elijah stammered as tears started to form in his eyes, "I won't leave you" his Dad merely held his face eye-to-eye, "listen son, you have a gift, a duty, a responsibility, to fight for what's right, you did so today, and I couldn't be more proud to call you my son" Elijah's Dad started coughing up blood, "no, Dad please" Elijah's tears became more evident, "just remember, with great power comes great responsibility" his Dad murmured to him weakly, then the life finally drained from his eyes, "no, no, no! Dad! Please don't go" Elijah's tears turned to sobs as he rested his head on Dad's chest, and all that was heard from that alleyway, was his sobs of grief.