Earth-1 Spider-Man
Origins: Part 3 Of 5
The bite sent Spider DNA inside Peter's body and merged with his cells.
At the entrance of the Hall, the press was finally allowed come inside the building, and bumrushed security while getting in. At the main exhibition hall, Norman Osborn held a press conference before beginning the exhibition. It was his personal "State of the Union" address.
"Mr. Osborn," Eddie Brock of the Daily Globe said, "are you afraid that Stark Industries will jump ship and attempt to surpass your genetic engineering division?"
"No, I'm not afraid of a little competition," he replied. In reality, he was shitting his pants.
Stark Industries has been the biggest rival in his industry, and ever since the arrival of Iron Man, Stark was winning the battle. He took Norman's government contract and was making weapons for the Government. The genetic engineering business was his last ditch effort to surpass Tony Stark, the current owner of Stark Industries.
"Hey, Norman," said Ned Leeds of the Daily Bugle, who brought Norman back to reality, "how has your son affected your current business practices?"
"My son? Well, he is currently going to a public school here in New York City, having absolutely nothing to do with my business. Beyond that, the answer is too personal to go into at this point in time."
Lies, thought Harry, who was sitting in the stands with his school.
"Next question," Norman said.
"Mr. Osborn," another started, "could you tell us a little about your future business plans?"
"One of them will be demonstrated here today. Care to do the honors, Mendel?"
"Gladly," said an old man on the same podium as Norman. He pulled down the covers, revealing seven cages. Six of them had an animal inside, while the seventh was empty.
"Mendel," said Norman, his head pointed away from the microphone,"where is the spider?"
"I don't know, Mr. Osborn," replied Mendel, "maybe one of our employees misplaced it."
"What do you misplaced it- We will be right back." The reporters got up and left the room.
"Where's Peter?" asked Mr. Warren after all the reporters left.
"Want me to look for him?" replied Harry. His teacher nodded his head. Harry got up and left the main exhibition hall look for his best friend. He went into the bathroom that Peter went after he left the holding room. Harry found his best friend knocked out on the floor.
"Peter!" he shouted, "wake up!" Harry shook his best friend violently, but with no luck.
The first thing Peter saw when he woke up was the worried faces of his aunt and uncle, and the relieved face of his best friend. He realized that he wasn't in the Hall of Science anymore, he was in his own bedroom.
"What happened?" Peter asked Harry.
"You went to the bathroom and blacked out," Harry replied, "you scared the shit out of me."
"What happened to the trip? How did Mr. Warren react?"
"We went home before my pops had a chance to start the exhibit. As for Mr. Warren, he's deathly afraid of losing his job to this." Oh great going Parker, you cost your Science teacher his job.
"Harry," Aunt May spoke, "thank your for bringing Pete back to us. You may now leave."
"Thanks for letting me in Ms. Parker. See you Monday, Parker." Harry closed the door on his way out.
"What a nice boy." Then, Aunt May and Uncle Ben also left the room.
In the Osborn Compound, Harry was about confront his father.
"Dad," he said, "how could you say those things?"
"Son," Norman replied, "I didn't know you were at the Hall."
"Care to explain your actions?" Norman thought this through for a moment. Then, he responded.
"I did what I had to do."
"Did you?"
"The press aren't my friends, son. There my enemies, and letting them know my weak spots will undermine Oscorp." he got up and walked away.
When Peter Parker went to the bathroom after the night he had, the first thing he noticed was that he can see clearly. The first thing he saw was that he had a much more lean physique, as opposed to his previously scrawny form.
He reached his toothbrush, and it stuck to his fingers. He tried to pull it out, but it was still stuck. Eventually, he pulled it out.
Back in Empire State University, Norton met with his boss.
"Sir," he said, "I found the meteorite that I mentioned yesterday. I intend to show it to my class-"
"Don't bother," the boss said, "We can't have faculty expose students to artifacts of unknown origin. If we turn them into living WMD's-"
"But the energy contained inside can be used to-"
"The energy has already corrupted you. You are relieved of your teaching duties." At that point, Norton G. Fester made his way to the door.
In a grocery store, Peter was there, about pay for his milk.
"Well," the clerk said," you don't have enough money to buy this." Peter then grabbed pennies from the donation box and placed it with his cash.
"You can't use that money, you can only donate." Then, a man walked to the line with a six-pack of Coors. He looked rugged, like this was the first time he stepped into a city.
"Sir, just move out of the line. I've got another customer ready." Peter took his milk and his money off the register. While the clerk searched for a bag, the man took some money out of the open register and took some money out of it. He took his six-pack and ran, while the clerk watched him leave.
"Aren't you going to stop him?" asked the clerk.
"I don't want to get beaten," Peter replied, hiding the fact that he had superpowers.
At the same time, Uncle Ben walked down the street to see Peter. Then, he saw the man, who knocked over some people. A handgun slipped from the man's jacket. Uncle Ben rushed to it, with the man following in suit. They were both engaged in a tug-of-war for control of the gun.
In the grocery store, a shot was heard, and the clerk went into a panic.
"You," Peter stated, "call 911. I'm gonna see what happened." Peter left the store as the clerk pulled out the phone. As he ran, Peter saw his Uncle Ben on the ground, where he laid in a pool of blood.
"Uncle Ben! Please don't die on me! Don't die on me!"
The death of Uncle Ben. And after this point, the origin of Spider-Man is going deviate from the mainstream one.