"These damned shooters! Always giving me trouble." Peter Parker exclaimed.
Sitting inside his Horizon Labs workshop, Peter tinkered away at his web-shooters. He picked up his web fluid cartridge and slotted it into the shooter. Aiming it at his Sprite bottle, he fired off a solid line, ensnaring it. Peter grabbed two pieces of the web and pulled, testing out the tensile strength.
"Eureka!" Peter exclaimed. He clasped the web-shooters to his wrists and fired off different web types, from a net to a acid web. His shooters were due for an upgrade, and he finally configured the prototype. "Web-Shooter 3.0.1, now outfitted with different webbing types. Look out, here comes the new-and-improved Spider-Man!"
"Peter! You available?" A voice rang from the intercom. The cameras outside of his workshop showed his assistant, Rani Kapoor, waiting for Peter's blessing to enter. She held a bag of Korean BBQ in one hand and drinks in the other. "I've got potstickers!" She said.
Peter leaped across the room, pressing a button to open the door. The smell of the potstickers made Peters senses go crazy. His mouth began to water as he grabbed the bag from Rani.
"Woo, this smells like heaven. Thanks, Rani." Peter said, opening the bag of goodies.
"I didn't know what you wanted for lunch, so I took a wild guess." Rani responded.
"What ever happened to the educated guess?" Peter jokingly said as he munched on a potsticker. He took a sip of his drink and sighed with delight. Rani smiled as she shyly brushed her hair behind her ear. Picking up a potsticker, she chewed on it delicately.
"No, see, you're doing it all wrong. You eat it like this." Peter said as he chomped on an entire potsticker. Rani burst into laughter as Peter ate his food like a slob. Peters phone began to buzz with urgency as an alert flashed across screen. The alert read, "CODE BLUE", which Pete knew all too well. A villain was on the loose.
"Ah, uh, I gotta go. Family emergency." Peter said to Rani as he grabbed his knapsack and headed out of the door. "Lock up the shop for me alright?"
Peter exited the Horizon Labs building and sprinted towards the alley. He scaled the wall quicker than a terrified squirrel and leaped upon the roof of a nearby building. He discarded his clothes as he began to change into his Spider-Man outfit. "I've got to make an upgrade to this thing soon as well" Peter thought to himself.
Peter fired a web line and began to swing towards the code blue incident.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY" The villain screamed as she rampaged through Times Square. She picked up a police car and launched it towards a billboard, causing it to explode. She was built like She-Hulk, but her skin was normal instead of green. The ripped jeans and leather boots gave off a biker vibe, despite how tight fitting they were on her. She had discarded her spiked leather jacket and was only wearing a tank top. The police bullets were bouncing off her skin, but her clothes weren't as durable.
"Excuse me miss, I think you dropped this!" Spider-Man exclaimed as he thwipped some webbing on her mouth. She ripped the web off of her face and screamed in anger. She swung at Spider-Man, but he ducked and swept at her leg, knocking her down. She pounded the ground, causing a shockwave to knock Spidey back.
"Look lady, I don't fight women, but you're making it kinda hard for me right now." Spider-Man said as she grabbed a light pole and prepared to swing. "So how about you put the pole down and we call it a truuuuu-" He said as she swung the pole into his abdomen, sending him flying. He crashed into a hoagie cart, and almost passed out.
"Hey, did anyone get the license plate on that Mack truck?" Spider-Man said through exasperated breath. After catching his breath, he grabbed the cart and launched into the air with it shouting "hoagie special coming right up!" as he smashed the cart into the villains face. She stumbled backwards as she caught a hold of herself. As Spidey went for the knockout blow, she caught his fist.
"I've had enough of you Spider." She said as she broke his hand. She tossed him to the side and ran away. As she escaped, Spidey heard her say, "you haven't seen the last of Torque."