Earth-1 Spider-Man
Origins: Part 5 Of 5
"You're Peter, right?" she asked.
"Yeah, and you are. . ."
"I'm Mary Jane Watson, and I was wondering if I could walk with you." Dreams do come true!
"Sure," Peter replied naturally. Meanwhile, in the Hummer, Harry was talking with his father.
"Son," said Norman, "we have to talk."
"Talk about what?" replied Harry.
"Your future."
"The future that you intended for me."
"Harry, you're my only child. Losing you would basically mean the end of Oscorp."
"That is all you ever cared about. Ever since mom's death-"
"I've been working harder than ever to make sure you don't share the same fate."
"But," Harry was silent for a few moments, "what if that's the road I don't want to take?"
"Then life will make you. That is what I learned over the years." They were silent for the rest of the ride.
Back with Peter, he was walking through the sidewalk that lead his house with the girl he just met, Mary Jane.
"I never knew you went through that much tragedy," said Mary Jane.
", don't tell that to Flash," Peter remarked. Mary Jane laughed.
"If you ever need me, I live next door with my aunt. If I'm not there, my aunt will let you in."
"Alright"- he wasn't really interested in that idea- "well, I'll see you later."
"Bye"
"Bye" Peter opened the door his house and went in. He looked around the house see if Aunt May was home. Instead, he found a note on the fridge written on a post-it note:
"Dear Peter, I'm currently shopping for food in the supermarket. I'll be back later. Love, Aunt May"
Perfect, thought Peter. Time do some investigative work. He put on the costume and shot a web out the window.
Peter arrived downtown to see that some guy in a ridiculous costume similar to his had already went inside a building and shattered the windows. He went the shattered windows to investigate.
"Hey you," he said to the guy already in the building. He was holding a little machine that looked like it could do some damage.
"And what are you going to do?" said the guy. He put down the machine and ran to Peter. He punched Peter in the face and sent him flying. He grabbed his machine and ran to the hole. Peter attempted to use his webbing to block the guy's escape, but he missed.
"Who are you?" asked Peter.
"Call me," the guy started, "The Looter."
He arrived back at his house and changed out of his Spider-Man costume. He hid the costume underneath his bed as he put on his shirt and went downstairs . Aunt May had returned from the supermarket.
"Aunt May," said Peter,
"I arranged your Uncle Ben's funeral," said Aunt May, not even answering the question.
"That's great. When is it?"
"This weekend. Friday is the memorial and Saturday is the actual funeral." Peter sat on the chair with Aunt May and took this information all in. Back in his bedroom, Peter pulled a Red Bull from his mini refrigerator and turned on the his TV. Sure enough, the first thing he saw was all he needed to see.
"Earlier today," said Frederick Foswell, "the Spider-Man struck." Peter had to put down his Red Bull to believe this.
"He took a hostage from a Pier close to the Brooklyn Bridge and dragged him to a warehouse, where he threw the man to the police in spectacular fashion. The man spoke to our own Jessica Jones."
"The guy said that I murdered his uncle," the masked man said, in front of the warehouse.
"And did you kill his uncle?" asked the news reporter Jessica Jones.
"I never met the guy." And the TV immediately went off. What a lode of bullshit. Peter took another sip of his Red Bull.
The next day, Spider Man, as the media dubbed the costumed Peter Parker, searched the city for the man who killed his uncle. He landed on the glass at the Chrysler Building and crawled all the way to the top, where he found The Looter from yesterday and the machine he stole.
"Ah you," said The Looter, who looked away from his machine, "When I kill you, it will be a day that you will regret."
"You have to touch me first," Peter replied. The Looter ran towards Spider Man, but he jumped out of ledge and into the building. Looter turned around and saw Spider Man on the roof. They ran towards each other and punched each other in the face. They both stumbled, with Peter backed to the machine. He thought of an idea.
"This is what you're going to use for your plot?" He then shot webs at the machine in an attempt to bring it down.
"No," said The Looter, "What are you doing?"
"This" Spider Man brought down the machine on The Looter and he was knocked off the building along the machine. Spider Man took his leave as well.
Some time later, in The Raft, the Looter sat on a bench behind a prison cell after nearly being killed by New York's newest superhero: Spider-Man. Suddenly, a police officer arrived in front of his cell.
"Sir," he started, "someone has just payed your bail." That someone walked the front of the cell, revealing himself be Norman Osborn. He was standing next the officer when he decided walk away.
"I noticed that you lost your job as a result of gaining your abilities," said Norman.
"How do you know?" The Looter asked.
"A wild guess. Anyway, I came to offer you a job at my company-"
"As a footstool?"
"No, as my bodyguard" The Looter took a few moments to think this through.
And that is the first arc of the series. it established the running themes for the series, as well as introduce some major characters. Next chapter will be a "Point One" issue.