Late that afternoon at the main office at Octavius Labs, Otto Octavius had been finishing off some paperwork while he had his TV on. The report had been on the rescue by the new girl sporting the S Shield of Superman.
Otto normally didn't like to focus much attention on the Superhumans, he was grateful for them to be around when the day needed saving but he preferred the products of science successes than the products of science accidents.
Plus the questions of whether he was involved with the Superman Theory, they really annoyed him and he cursed the day it was first brought up.
He was about to turn the TV off when he saw that the reporter for the Daily Bugle Communications TV network, a blonde haired man called Eddie Brock showed footage of Spider-Man in front of the FEAST Shelter. His eyes widened and he upped the volume of his TV while thinking to himself "something tells me that this is you Mr Parker..."
He listened to Eddie's report:
"But this 'Supergirl' is not the only new costumed Hero that made their appearance today. Found today bringing two homeless people to the FEAST Shelter in Chinatown, New York as well as stopping a car crash. This 'Spider-Man' as he calls himself was said to have brought the two Individuals after saving them from being attacked by a trio of thugs..."
Otto focused on the footage but listened as Eddie went on:
"I have a statement from Daily Bugle Communications founder, owner and CEO J. Jonah Jameson who is discouraging activity of the masked individuals with strange powers we all call Superheroes, he feels it sets a dangerous precedent for the impressionable youth."
Otto was deep in thought as he contemplated this turn of events. "The costume is clearly something that a teenager would be able to put together, plus didn't the news report of your uncle's tragic murder... claim two of the culprits were found in a web like substance? If this isn't an open and shut conclusion, I don't know what is." Otto thought as the TV then showed an Asian man in a black business suit in an office. The footage was of Martin LI, the owner of the FEAST shelters who agreed to make a statement:
"The two rescued individuals: Marcus and Mallory are now in safe hands. This Spider-Man just appeared today but I just want to say this and hope it goes back to him; any friend of New York's homeless population is a friend of mine."
Otto decided to turn off his TV and he then saw his phone ringing. He looked at the Caller ID and saw it was May Durand. He answered the phone and said "Mrs Durand, first let me offer my condolences for your husband's tragic death." Otto heard a sigh as May responded.
"Thanks Doctor Octavius, but there is something i want to speak to you about. I heard the news and well... I believe Peter may have been changed thanks to the visit to your lab. He had seemed to be more energetic and active after he had woken up and..." Otto put on a sad smile as he guessed where this was going.
"You heard of this Spider-Man and like me, you know who it must be underneath that mask. The punks responsible for your husband's killer were found in a web, was he not? So the clues have been put together. You want me to try and cure him of his new abilities?" Otto asked as May took a minute to think it over.
"A part of me wants Peter back to normal but I think he has really taken Ben's death to heart and wants to help out, I know this must be irresponsible of me but I want to let him cope in his own way. Still I don't want to let him know that I know until I feel I have to step in, I can't believe I am asking this but you think you can build something to help him? Like a protective suit or something, if I am going to irresponsibly let him do this then I can at least he has better protection than the suit he put together himself." May told him and Otto then thought it over perplexed.
There was a protective while alloy he had been working on, plus a computerized lenses design...
"I will see what I can come up with and I will contact you later when I have something, plus Mrs Parker I assure you this secret will stay between us." Otto assured May with a smile.
"Thanks Doctor Octavius, you don't know how much this means to me." May told him before hanging up. Otto then put his phone away and went back to finishing his paperwork.
He had a new project to focus on, it seems. He may not a big fan of the Superhumans, but he was willing to give help to a promising young man...
*PB*
Gwen had flown back to her house at great speed, after making sure no one was watching she went through the back window of the house and made her way back to her room. She felt ecstatic, finally she was able to cut free and hide her powers. She could go out and help people like her cousin Kal could.
She then decided to go onto her laptop and looked on Twitter; she had a small smile when she saw that people were talking about a new masked hero calling himself Spider-Man and this new girl with Superman's S shield. She was happy that it looked like someone else decided to start using their powers to help people at the same at time as her; perhaps they could team up at some point.
She saw posts to news reports that started calling this figure 'Supergirl'. Gwen rolled her eyes at the name, still it had a ring to it and it's not like she wanted to hide her association with Kal. She saw a tweet from a classmate called Vanessa Kapatelis:
If there's a Supergirl, then do you think there could be a Wonder Girl? I would love to be Wonder Girl!
Gwen had a smirk to this; Vanessa was the biggest Wonder Woman fan that she knew. She had been to her house and was blown away at all the merchandise she had. She then heard her phone going off and saying she had gotten a text; she read it and saw it was form her dad:
Coming home now, we will talk in the morning when I have a clear head.
Gwen sighed as she shook her head and sat down on her bed, this might not go well...
The next chapter will be an interlude to help set up a future villain.
