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Chapter 4: Spider Trip

If Peter wasn't puzzled, then he was stumped. The new villain had seemingly died down which he supposed was a good thing, he guessed. But it was still rather confusing. He would've thought that the enemy would keep on being active but he guessed wrong.

On top of that, Flash's bullying kept on being worse. Ever since the fight and the detention, he became sore and was full of anger. Peter was on the point where he actually wanted to use his Spider powers to teach him a lesson but he kept on being against it.

"What topic do you want to do?" Michelle asked as she analyzed the list of options they had on the paper.

"I don't know. What about you?"

There was a spark in Michelle's eyes as she glanced at the last option which read other.

"Hey, how about we do spiders?"

Peter tensed, slightly cringing. "Uh…er…why not sand? I think sand is a very fascinating subject," he replied, bringing the paper closer to him.

Michelle raised an eyebrow at the sudden change of topic. "What's wrong with Spiders? You're not afraid of them, are you?" she teased, laughing. "Don't worry, Parker. It's not like we're gonna get them and let them bite you. I want to keep you human."

"Hehe…bite…right…" he cleared his throat. "I still think we should do sand."

She scowled. "Does this have anything to do with that new weird enemy we had been getting?"

Peter paused. "Uh no…"

"Then we're doing Spiders and that's final."

Peter groaned. This was going to be a very bad project.

"So you can do questions one through five and I will do five through nine. We can do the last question together since it will do quite a bit of research as it stated to go beyond books and internet."

Peter sighed. "So…what? They want us to go to Osborn Industries or something?"

Michelle placed on a thinking look as she grinned. Immediately, Peter regretted what he said and began to refuse.

"No. Absolutely no way. We're not going there—besides, they don't have time. Er…they're busy."

"But I bet you that we're going to have bonus points if we do," Michelle replied in a singing tone. "Besides, it even says to go beyond books and internet. All we have to do is to gain permission from the teacher and we would be on our way."

Peter stared at her as though she had grown a second head. He bit his lip, cringing a bit until an idea came to him.

"But even if we did received the teacher's permission, how are we supposed to make an appointment?"

Michelle shrugged. "Eh, we will find our way."

Peter looked at her, studying her expression. He can tell that this project would mean a lot to her—it means a lot to him too but why did it have to be this way? It was much too risky and as classmates, he didn't want anything bad happen to her on their way to Osborn Industries. He sighed.

"Alright…I uhm…I've got some connections. I will see what I can do," Peter replied though he hoped that he had hide the reluctance from his voice.

In an instant, Michelle's eyes widened with delight and without thinking, she hugged him.

"Thank you so much!" she paused though it made Peter blush slightly red. Being awkward, Michelle pulled away and stammered. "Well…um, thanks."

"Yeah…"

Right on cue, Peter's cellphone buzzed with vibration which made him jump slightly. He pulled his phone from the pocket to stare at the text message that was from Tony.

Come to AHQ after school.

Peter chuckled quietly. His timing couldn't be more accurate.

By the time school had ended, Peter—in the form of Spider Man—had reached the Avengers Headquarters. Of course, Tony was already in the room, staring at the screen that contained articles.

Spider Man released his web and he did a forward flip before landing on his feet. He was about to speak but Tony beat to him first.

"Glad you could make it jumper," Tony spoke as he didn't looked up from the screen.

Spider Man leaned against the wall in a casual way. "What's up doc?"

"First off, ease off the buttering and come over here. We may have found something about the new enemy—it's not much but it's a start."

Tony used his fingers to slide the images.

"What we had found out is that this thing…this creature is literally made out of dirt. It has the ability to control its element whenever it wants to. Now if we had captured some of its substance, then we would know for sure—what he is and where he came from. For all we know, he could've worked with the Vulture."

"But he's not working with the Vulture," Peter suddenly said but instantly regretted when he saw the face from Tony. He grimaced, knowing he would have to explain himself.

"How do you know?"

"Uh…uhm…a hunch? The Vulture is behind bars—how can he do anything in prison?" Peter pointed out.

Tony stared at him Peter with a skeptical look. He knew that the reason what Peter had just used wasn't it.

"Uh huh," Tony replied as he pretended to agree.

Peter winced, knowing that Tony didn't believe him but he let it slide.

"Uhm anyways, something to ask…" Peter began, interrupting the awkward silence. "So uh we have this science project and we were paired up with partners…and unfortunately, I was paired up with Michelle—"

"Weren't you paired up with her before?"

"Yes—moving on. She decided to have our project based on Spiders—"

Tony tensed. "Peter…" he said in a warning tone.

"I know, I know. Trust me, I've refused, declined, thought up of many excuses such as doing another topic like sand…"

Tony raised an eyebrow. "Why on earth would you do a project based on sand?"

Peter shrugged, helplessly. "Er uhm…it's better than Spiders?"

Tony paused. "This isn't related to the new enemy is it?"

"No! Well…yes…kind of…but I just can't say let's do sand because I'm Spider Man—anyways, getting to the point, one of our questions was to go beyond books and internet and after receiving the teacher's permission after class, I was hoping…maybe…you could make an appointment for Michelle and I to go to Oscorp…?" Peter laughed nervously.

Tony's smile vanished from his face and he narrowed his eyes. "Peter, you do realize what you're asking, right? Do you not know how dangerous this is?"

"I know but it would really mean a lot to Michelle and plus, the new villain died down for some odd reason and this would really mean a lot to our project."

Tony drew in a sharp breath. He closed his eyes for a bit, resting them before he opened them. He really didn't like this idea at all but if this was for a school project, then he supposed he could go with it.

"Alright," Tony finally said. "Even though I don't like this idea one bit, I will work something out."

"Thank you!" Peter exclaimed. "Wait till I tell Michelle!"

"Not in your Spider Man form I hope!" Tony called out as Peter exited out of the room.

Tony sighed. This kid was going to be the death of him.

Michelle gaped at the large colossal skyscraper, adorned with glass windows around the building. The glass windows gleamed dully from the sun's rays and on top of the skyscraper was the name, written in white: OSCORP.

"Damn, Parker. I can't believe you actually booked an appointment. How did you do it?"

"Uh…it was…difficult but I managed…" Peter responded. "So, shall we head in? These questions aren't going to be answered by themselves, you know."

Nodding, the two went inside the elaborated building. The minute they entered, the two of them couldn't keep their eyes off. The inside held many fancy rooms, hallways and facilities along with escalators that were at the front, indicating the upper levels while to the far side of the hall, there was a reception desk. The place was heavily decorated with the latest hi-tech technology.

"Woah…" Michelle said with eyes wide.

"I could live in here forever," Peter replied.

"You're such a nerd. This place is a beauty," Michelle stated with awe.

Peter eyed the receptionist area and nudged Michelle. "Hey uhm let's go over there. She may be able to help us."

Nodding, the two walked towards the desk and spotted the lady who had black hair tied in a bun wearing professional clothing. She lifted her head up and smiled when she saw the visitors.

"Hello there, how can I help you?"

"Hi uhm er…" Peter stuttered as he wasn't quite sure what to say. "We're looking for a private tour for us and—"

"And there you two are."

From the sound of the voice, the two turned around and spotted a man with light brown hair with glasses. He had broad shoulders with a white lab coat on with an amputated arm.

Peter paused as he studied the man. He knew this man.

"Curt Connors?" Peter asked, eyes wide.

"That's the one," Curt smiled. "You must be Peter Parker, Richard's son?"

Peter nodded as he resumed staring at the man who glanced to the side to see the girl.

"And you are?"

"Er, Michelle Gonzales, sir."

"Ah, Dr. Connors would do just fine," he then turned his attention to the receptionist. "I would take it from here, Mrs. Addams. Come now, follow me."

The two followed Dr. Connors up the escalators and as they did, Peter and Michelle gave each other glances before they resumed following Connors. They eventually reached at a room that contained many glass cases with different kinds of spiders. Peter started to fidget nervously as they went further into the room.

"Right then; what kind of questions do you have?"

And so, Michelle began to list them off and as she did, Peter stared at one of the black widows who seemed to be staring back at him. As it did, Peter could faintly hear Dr. Connors's voice.

"…when they are threatened or surprised, they will bite you."

And like that, the spider jumped across but hit the glass which made Peter jump with startle. He really didn't like this place at all.

Curt stopped what he was doing and stared at the boy.

"Peter, you really don't look too good," he replied.

"Uhm," Peter cleared his throat. "It's nothing. I'm fine…"

Michelle stared at him, frowning but she pulled her gaze away as Curt continued to talk.

"But other than that, spiders seem to be oblivious to humans."

"One more question."

"Go ahead."

"What's in there? In that door?" Michelle pointed to the door that seemed to be locked tight.

Connors hesitated for a little but this didn't went unnoticed by Peter and Curt eventually spoke.

"That room is forbidden. It is only accessed by people who have the right to access it. We want to keep you two humans. Inside that door are genetically experimented spiders. It would be wise to not go in there if you do not want serious harm to yourself."

Michelle placed on a thoughtful look. "Is that the reason why Spider Man got those abilities? What is the reason for him to never give in to the Spider?"

Peter tensed, absent-mindedly clenched his fists tightly.

"That's the mystery right there, Ms. Gonzales. We don't know. We don't know except Spider Man himself. For some strange reason, his human side never fully gave in to the Spider."

And like that, Peter walked away, suddenly feeling pale and ill and this earned strange looks from the two.

"Peter, where are you going? Are you sure you're alright?" Curt called out.

Peter turned around as he continued to walk. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. I just need some…fresh air…"

Michelle gave a raised eyebrow, giving her teammate a strange look. As Peter exited out of the room, he could hear Michelle's voice.

"…What happens if you do figure the mystery…?"

And then, Peter could no longer hear her voice. He stumbled out of the room, grasping the bar of the balcony. He had no idea why he was suddenly feeling like this; he should be used to this. Peter's skin began to crawl from coldness as he looked up, his vision started to become disoriented. Flashes of blackness started to appear in his eyes and the room was spinning around.

And then, he was greeted with darkness.

Author's Note: Well then…wasn't this a fun experience for Peter? Heh…but really though…sand? Peter has a lot on his mind lately *sweat-drop* And to let you know, I'm not following the previous movies of Spider Man (yes that includes Spider Man 1, 2 and 3 followed by The Amazing Spider Man 1 and 2) And yes, in my timeline, Alistair Smythe is still in charge of his Nanobot lab WHICH everything will be explained in the third book. So please hold your opinions until book three comes out and then you can unleash your opinions XD so yeah…oh and I've done research for Oscorp and Osborne Industries and it had been stated that they are the two same companies—I'm assuming Osborne Industries had been changed to Oscorp later on. What happens next? Find out! Toodles!