Author's Note: I LIVE! Anyway I decided I would continue this, but be warned I'm changing shit up here. I didn't really enjoy the third episode of Ultimate Spiderman and it's been forever since I've actually seen it. So I'm going to change things up a bit, and skip ahead. I found an old copy of one of my favorite Spiderman shows, Spectacular Spiderman, the other day so I'm gonna pull a bit from that. Mostly one character I really want in the Ultimate Spiderman universe. I own nothing.
15. Subway Chase
Piper couldn't seem to catch a break these days. She dodged left pulling the spider-cycle up onto the wall of the subway tunnel. She'd picked up a stray giant robot on fourteenth street and hadn't been able to shake him. She rolled her eyes as she dodged again the robot forcing her to drive on the celling. She sped out of the main tunnel and passed a station full of people. They all looked up in awe but she didn't have time to enjoy it.
"Get down!" The crowd screamed and ducked as the thing came smashing its way after Spidey. Piper couldn't help but think that maybe she was jinxed when it came to robotics. Almost every robot she'd ever met had at some point turned on her, except for JARVIS. JARVIS was cool. She sped away from the robot and felt something jab into her shoulder. She swatted the arm away and glared at the robot over her shoulder.
"Rude!" The holo screen on her bike flickered from the normal readouts to the annoyed face of Nick Fury director of SHIELD.
"Spider-girl are you fighting that thing or playing with it?" Piper contemplated his question for a moment as she dodged another arm.
"Can I get back to you on that Nick?" He rolled his eye.
"You have weapons. Use them." Piper drove the bike up back down the wall.
"Yeah untested weapons! Electro-webs? Not sounding safe!" Fury let out a long-suffering sigh.
"Hence they are weapons." Spidey nodded slightly.
"Fair point." She swiveled in her seat and fired at the robot but it moved faster than she'd expected, dodging out of the way. Spidey groaned as her own web pulled her off her bike and the robot grabbed her around the waist and slammed her onto the railings pinning down both of her arms and her legs. Of course, right then the lights from the incoming subway began to light up the tunnel as the driver of the train laid on the horn. Piper glanced over at the third rail.
"Oh, this will be pain." She shot a web, attaching it to the third rail then pressed her wrist back just a touch more activating the electro-web function of her new web shooters. She screamed as electricity coursed through her and up into the robot. The mechanical monstrosity convulsed and released its grip on her. Piper leapt off the rails onto the celling holding on tight as the robot was smashed to pieces on the tracks. Piper found her bike doing wheelies to entertain the kids on the platform. She whistled and it raced through the crowd parking in front of her. She swore it had a rudimentary AI that Doc Conner's hadn't told her about. She swung her leg over her bike as camera flashes began going off all around her. She grinned under the mask.
"Remember kids don't try this at home!" Then she sped off up the side of one of the columns and back into the tunnel back the way she came. Soon she reached the roof where she'd stashed her clothes. She peeled off the suits gloves and rolled up her left sleeve. There was a tiny pinprick but it was disappearing quickly.
"What the heck did that thing want anyway? Dude I'm starting to think robots just hate me." She pulled on her shirt and shook her head stowing the gloves and mask safely in a secret compartment on her bag. She scaled down the fire escape and took off towards the school. She almost made it before the doors slammed closed, locking her out. Piper slid down the doors.
"Crap, like today wasn't already going swimmingly." She heard a whistle and looked over to see Harry Osborn leaning out of a now open window. She grinned and scrambled in through the window, making a show of needing some help. Harry pulled her inside and helped her to her feet grinning.
"Seriously, I'm buying you a watch for your birthday, maybe a watch company." Piper laughed. Harry was always there for her when she needed someone. Piper was the school punching bag, be it Flash Thompson or Liz Allen and her cronies. Harry always had her back and thankfully extra outerwear for the days Liz and her cronies broke into her locker and stole her clothes. Harry grinned walking backwards in front of her.
"Seriously there are days I think you'd forget where you live if Happy didn't drive you home. Just don't be late tonight." Piper's face scrunched up in confusion.
"Tonight?" Harry rolled his eyes.
"See what I mean? Scatterbrained. My dad's going out of town. The penthouse is open for a movie marathon with you me and MJ." Piper grinned but before she could reply Ava popped up at her elbow and grinned.
"Hello! Do you mind if we borrow Piper for a teensy minute?" Danny and Luke had popped up on either side of Piper.
"Does it have to be now? I'm talking to Harry." Sam grabbed her sleeve and yanked pulling her behind him.
"Parker. Talk, now!" Piper shouted over her shoulder.
"Sorry Harry! I'll catch you at lunch!" Sam tugged her around the corner the others following close behind. Harry sighed, kicking at a piece of crumpled up paper on the ground. He was starting to wonder if he'd ever get the chance to tell Piper how he felt. A hand landed on his shoulder. He looked into the face of his other best friend. MJ smiled at him sadly.
"It's ok Harry, you'll get your chance. I know you will." Harry smiled back.
"Thanks MJ."
