What If Rhino Had Not Destroyed the Fake Specs?

Submitted by: theportal

Rhino puts his foot down, confident that he's about to destroy the specs... only for Hammerhead to shove the specs out of the way at the last possible moment. Rhino's foot comes down hard on Hammerhead's head; Spidey cringes as the concrete shatters and the unconscious Hammerhead, still alive because of his steel plated head, tumbles down through the large crack in the ground. While Rhino struggles to regain his footing, Silver Sable grabs the specs.

"Hamster's too kind. I always did go for the kind of boy who'd do the dirty work for me."

"OK, that was wrong on so many levels!" Spider-Man says. He shoots several web lines at Silver Sable, intent on snatching the specs back, but Silver Sable cuts the web strands with a shuriken and edges towards the corner of the car park. Then she jumps, diving down and latching on to the helicopter.

"I don't got a plan for this scenario," Rhino says.

Spider-Man nods. "Leave that to me." He attaches a web line to the helicopter, which is attempting a get-away. "Hey, Sable! Let's see how good a shot you are."

Silver Sable fires a single bullet at Spidey's web line and cuts it, grimacing at him.

"OK, that wasn't supposed to happen."

Spidey uses his webbing to land on a nearby rooftop while the chopper escapes into the night. He pauses, then decides to head back to the car park and put a stop to the more immediate danger - Rhino - especially since the police are just arriving and are about to bite off more than they can chew in taking on Rhino.

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Silvermane smiles. "And what's this you've got for me, Sable?"

Silver Sable's startled, but happy. "Daddy! You're out early. I thought you weren't meant to get out of prison for another 9 days...?"

"Good behaviour, Sable. It goes a long way in prison. So..." He points to the case containing the specs.

"Just a little something that I thought you'd kill to have in your possession." She hands him the briefcase.

Silvermane opens the case and withdraws the chip. He studies it, smiling all the while.

"You did well, Sable. Give me a hug." They embrace, Sable looking thrilled because it's been 12 years since she's seen her father out of prison. "You think this is everything it says it is?"

"I should hope so. OsCorp has a lot to answer for if it isn't."

"We'll just run it by one of our technicians, just in case..."

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Donald Menken approaches, sounding meek. "Mr. Osborn...?"

"Yes...?" Norman Osborn says, not looking up from his laptop.

"The specs were..." He clears his throat, "apparently stolen by Sable Manfredi."

Norman cooly closes his laptop down.

"That won't do," Norman says, sounding hostile. "Make sure that they're destroyed."

"It's out of our hands, sir."

Norman glares at him. He starts to say something, but his voice is drowned out by the sound of window behind him shattering. Both of them look back and see Sable Manfredi standing in front of the pile of shattered glass.

Calmly, she says, "Evening, sir. And auctioneer."

Donald Menken shuffles about uncomfortably, wanting to run for it, but a sharp gaze from Norman Osborn holds him in place. Sable wanders over to Norman.

"What is it that you want?"

"The specs. The real specs." She holds her staple gun up to his throat. "My father won't stand for anything less."

Norman Osborn's face is blank. "Leave us, Menken."

Donald Menken runs off.

Silver Sable looks awkward following the ensuing silence. "So?"

Norman tackles her and she falls to the ground. She fires her gun but misses, grunting angrily. Norman pins her to the floor with a foot and puts his hand behind his back. When his hand returns, it's holding a pumpkin bomb.

"This one won't explode for about 30 seconds. So leave; now. You can't even hope to outclass me."

Silver Sable looks wary of him. She struggles, then looks him in the eye and does a backflip back towards the broken window.

"My father has a war to win, but after that, he's giving you his undivided attention, you shark."

She leaps through the broken window and hitches a ride on her helicopter. Norman walks over to the broken window and smiles through at her...