Chapter 1: Spider-Man: Amazing or Superior?
A/N: I may update this weekly, at least for the first few chapters, but from the way things are looking it may be monthly.
Science Building
The New York police department has sent several officers, and they were all engaged in a firefight with Shocker, Speed Demon, Boomerang, the Living Brain, and what looked like a new, female Beetle. "Dammit, these tin cans are worse than useless!" A cop said, looking at the members of the mayor's Anti-Spider Squad that laid deactivated and broken. "We've got guys with super speed, ray guns, and exploding boomerangs. That's right, exploding boomerangs!"
"Speed Demon, keep the exit clear!" Boomerang said.
"Got it. Doing it again. What now?" Speed Demon said as he wrecked another Anti-Spider mandroid.
"Shocker, cover him!" Boomerang ordered. "Living Brain, Beetle, status!"
"Objective complete. Barometric Oscillator acquired." The Living Brain said, the new Beetle trailing close behind him.
"We got your dingus, Boomerang. Now call your wheelman and let's hurry up." Beetle said.
"That'd be BIG wheelman to you, little lady." A voice said over the commlink, and a giant black wheel rolled up to the building.
"You're an idiot Overdrive." Shocker said. "Who the hell pimps out the Big Wheel and uses it as a getaway car?"
"I dunno. Maybe someone who wants to have the coolest getaway vehicle EVER?" Overdrive said.
"Enough you two." Boomerang said. "We need to get back to base. We can chalk this one up as a win for the new Sinister Six!"
"Really? You guys couldn't come up with an original name?" A voice said, and they all looked up to see Spider-Man swinging in. "What about the Rogues, or Injustice League?"
"Get him!" Boomerang said.
"Let's see, who do we have?" Spider-Man said as he kicked Beetle in the face. "Overdrive? Wow, haven't seen you in a while. And no bobble heads of me this time? A lot less creepy. Shocker, long time no see! Good to see you only have two arms this time." He flipped over a blast from Shocker. "Boomerang, buddy! Y'know, you would make a hell of a discus player for our team in the Olympics!" He dodged a laser blast from Beetle. "Living Brain, good to see you're not a glorified remote-controlled toy anymore. Ah, it only seems like yesterday you tore apart my high school." Spider-Man said nostalgically as he dodged a boomerang. "And-hold up, are you a new Beetle? Something tells me you're a lot prettier than the last guys who used that name." Spider-Man landed near Living Brain. "Whoa, is that a tri-titanium shell? Old school, but nice!"
"Warning. Superior force. Must evade." Living Brain said.
"Gettin real tired of your jokes web head!" Shocker said as his gauntlets powered up.
"Here, have an electro-rang!" Boomerang said, tossing an electric boomerang.
"That really frickin' hurt you bastard!" Beetle said, firing an energy blast.
"Huh, well that took care of itself." Spider-Man said as he leapt out of the way, all three attacks striking Living Brain.
"Query: why was this unit equipped with pain sensors?" The robot said as it deactivated.
"Alright, one down. This should be a piece of cake!" Spider-Man said.
"For once, I agree." Speed Demon said, and Spider-Man was assaulted with a barrage of punches.
'Dammit, forgot about him! Hundreds of blows in a fraction of a second…more than my spider sense can keep track of!' Spider-Man thought, and Speed Demon delivered an uppercut to the Web Slinger's jaw, sending him flying back and landing on his chest.
"Razerang!" Boomerang said. "No wait, some things you gotta do up close and personal." He put his foot on Spider-Man's neck, and began to pull. Spider-Man's fingers sharpened into talons, and he slashed them across Boomerang's chest. "Whoa! Since when does Spider-Man do that? Whatever, let's get out of here!" He ordered, and the Sinister Five ran away on the Big Wheel.
"Ow. I haven't felt like that since I first fought Rhino." Spider-Man said, getting up.
"Thanks a lot, Wall crawler." A police officer said. "You really saved our bacon back there."
"No thanks necessary officer. Just doing my job." Spider-Man said.
"Nonsense. Anything you need, just ask." The officer said.
"Now that you mention it, I could use that." Spider-Man said, pointing to the Living Brain.
"Sure. I'd have to run it by the Chief first, but I don't see why not." The cop said.
"Thanks. Tell her to run it by Horizon Labs when they get a chance." Spider-Man said.
Later that Day, Horizon Labs.
Peter, now dressed in civilian attire, watched as two officers unloaded the Living Brain from a police van. "Thanks guys, I'll take it from here. Tell Captain Watanabe I'll make it up to her with something good!" Peter said, and began wheeling the deactivated robot into Horizon.
"Peter, I just heard. They say you-Oh! My! God! It's true! You've got the Living Brain!" Grady said. "That's the Super Nintendo of robots! Dude, let me help you with that!"
"Calm down Grady." Peter said, wheeling the robot to his lab. "I'll let you play with it when I'm done."
"Grady, was that Peter just now?" Max Modell asked.
"Yeah. He's in his lab, bogarting the Living Brain." Grady said. "That guy gets all the fun…"
'Alright, this tech is old school, but I should be able to access this things memories.' Peter thought as he worked on Living Brain. 'I need to know everything about this Sinister Six.'
"Peter?" Max said, entering the lab. "Can we talk for a minute?"
"Can it wait Max? I'm kinda busy here." Peter said.
"Ah yes. Helping Spider-Man. That's precisely what I need to talk about. You see, the more I think what you do here…you're building weapons. Yes, for Spider-Man, yes, they've done a lot of good. But I never intended for my company to be used like this." Max said.
"I can see where your coming from." Peter said. "Spider-Man told me that during the Octavian Lens, Doc Ock used MY inventions to take out the avengers." Peter said. "I'd rarely felt worse in my life. Believe me, the last thing I want is for my inventions to destroy the world. But me and Spider-Man…we've been at war for years. And aren't the best inventions created during war time?"
"Well yes, but-" Max started.
"Here are a few peaceful applications for some ideas I've got." Peter said, handing Max a Horizon tablet.
"My god! This is revolutionary! By all means, please carry on!" Max said. "This could prove to be a big win for Horizon, and another feather in your cap, Mr. Parker! Good luck." Max said as he walked out of the lab. At that moment, Peter's phone began to ring.
"Hello, you've reached the line to Peter Parker. If you're a scary mutant who stinks of cigars and alcohol, press one!" Peter said, reading the caller ID.
"You know he'd gut you if you said that to his face, right?" The voice of Carol Danvers said.
"If you're a beautiful pilot with alien superpowers, press 2!" Peter said.
"Alright, two then." Carol said.
"So Carol, how can I help you? Got any alien tech for me to pick apart?" Peter said.
"Not this time." Carol said. "You still coming tonight?"
"Of course. I haven't missed poker night since I joined." Peter said.
That Night, Avengers Tower
Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Woman, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Spider-Man, and Wolverine were gathered around a table, immersed in their poker game. "So, Pete, I heard you fought a new Sinister Six today." Iron Man said.
"Yeah, but they were no hassle. Ended up taking out one of their teammates for me." Spider-Man said. He had his mask off, and an earpiece in his ear.
"But they got away, didn't they?" Wolverine asked.
"Not really." Spider-Man said, eating a potato chip from the bowl on the table. "Back when I scratched Boomerang, I injected his bloodstream with several microscopic Spider-Tracers. This earpiece let's me listen in on their conversation."
"Clever." Iron Man said.
"Indeed. Thou wouldst give brother Loki a run for his money." Thor said.
"So, what're you gonna do when you find them?" Hulk asked.
"Well, I know where they are, big green. Each one is equipped with GPS trackers and audio transmitters." The wall crawler said.
"So why not go ahead and take them out?" Spider-Woman asked.
"As Shakespeare once said, 'all the world's a stage.' A little theatrics never hurt anyone." Spider-Man said.
"So you're plan is to ambush them at their next heist?" Captain America said. "We could have used people like you in the war."
"Thanks Cap. Now everybody quiet. They're planning their next attack." Peter said.
"The next item we need is an atmospheric condenser." Boomerang said. "We should be able to find one at Horizon Labs. Rest up everyone. Because tomorrow, we attack at Dawn!"
"Well this is even better than I could have hoped for!" Peter said. "They're coming straight to me! It'll be nice having the home field advantage for once."
The Next Day
The Big Wheel, driven by Overdrive barreled into Horizon. "Knock knock!" The reckless driver said.
"Look out!" Grady yelled.
"Come on, you're supposed to say 'who's there'. I got this really good wheel gag, but someone has to feed me the set up line!" Overdrive said.
"Can it Overdrive." Boomerang said. "Beetle, Shocker, spread out and get me the Atmospheric Condenser and-
"Don't bother." Speed Demon said. "2.5 seconds. Searched every room. Got bored. Hauled it back. Man, this things heavy."
"Dammit James! You're useless if you tire yourself out!" Boomerang said. "Janice?"
"Heavy lifting, I know. I'm on it." Beetle said as she flew over and took the device from Speed Demon.
"We should do something!" Bella said.
"Do what?" Uatu said. "These are Supervillains Bella. What can we do?"
"Smart kid." Beetle said, and the five exited the building. "Alright, let's…what the hell?" The entire building was encompassed with what looked like a dome made of webs.
"Where did all this come from?" Shocker asked.
"That would be me." Spider-Man said. "Welcome to my parlor, little flies."
"What? How did you do this? We were barely in there for 10 seconds!" Boomerang said.
"I did this in nine. New personal best." Spider-Man said. "Proportionate speed of a spider. That used to strike me as a tad bit unfair. Until now."
"Well I'll tell you what'll strike you, Web-for-brains!" Speed Demon said as he began to run towards our favorite arachnid. "I'll take you down faster than you can say-"
"Plan Omega Three." Spider-Man said, tapping the emblem on his chest. Instantly, Speed Demon began to slow down.
"What's going on? I can't get any friction!" The speedster said.
"Instant frictionless surface." Spider-Man explained. "Buddy of mine whipped it up and spent a good hour applying it to the pavement. Impressed? I can tell it knocked you off your feet." Spider-Man shot a webline at Speed Demon's feet, knocking him on his back and knocking him unconscious.
"Dammit! That could have busted his head open!" Shocker said.
"Hermie, you've known me for years. Killing isn't my style." Spider-Man said, and tapped his emblem. "Plan Epsilon Five." Red lights turned on, bathing the Four in the light.
"Oh what now?" Boomerang said.
"Another party trick. Introducing Horizon's newest invention. Quick, cheap, easy to install, and environmentally friendly power dampeners, coming to a super-prison near you this fall!" Spider-Man said, and Shocker's gauntlets began to spark.
"Herman?" Boomerang asked.
"My gauntlets are shorting out!" Shocker said, and Beetle inhaled a deep breathe.
"This things getting kind of heavy now." She said, and ended up having to set down the device.
"Were any of you two listening? Power dampening field. That includes weapons and armor." Spider-Man said, deactivating Omega Three and webbing Beetle's wings and pulling her out of the way of Overdrive's big wheel. "Did in mention it includes your gyroscopic stabilizers too?"
"Herman, dude, move!" Overdrive said as his Wheel began to fall over. "Oh this ain't gonna be pretty." Thud! Just like that, only Boomerang was left standing.
"That was perfect Spidey! This one's going right on the Bugle's homepage!" Nora Winters said, capturing the whole thing on her camera.
"No problem Nora. Always happy to help out my favorite newspaper. Now keep filming. I'm about to make the headlines." Spider-Man said.
"The press? When'd they get here?" Boomerang asked.
"You mean Nora? I called them. See Boomer, you made two mistakes. Number one: using the name Sinister Six. You're not even a quarter of what Ock could have made. And two: THAT was your plan? Seriously?" Spider-Man said. "First a barometric oscillator, then an atmospheric condenser? Those are components for a weather machine. What were you gonna do, blackmail the city with tornadoes?"
"Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time." Boomerang said.
You realize I have a God of thunder on speed dial, right?" Spidey said. "Well, I would, if he had a phone." He leapt up right next to the supervillain. "You know what's next, right?"
"Yeah. Just, can you go easy this time? I just got my tooth fixed from the last time." Boomerang said, and Spider-Man socked Boomerang square in the nose.
"Nice job Wall Crawler! We'll take it from here." A police officer.
"It was no problem officer. I was just doing my civic duty." Spider-Man said. 'These guys dropped like a sack of Hulks. Just because you call yourselves the Sinister Six, doesn't mean that you're half as tough as them. Peter Parker: one. Bad guys: zero.' Peter thought.
Far Rockaway, Queens
A bolt of lightning darted across the sky, creating a small crater where it landed. "Gyahhhhh!" A man yelled, and the smoke cleared to reveal Electro. "Where am I? How'd I get here?" He asked, then remembered the battle on the beach, where Thor threw him into space. "Thor…I'm going to kill Thor!" He yelled, before disappearing in an electrical flash.
next time: Thunder and Lightning