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Chapter 3: Danger Lurking
Previously on Chaos Unlimited
"This place belongs to my mom and I sure Wanda wouldn't mind sharing a room."
"Wanda?" Peter looked back at the Raven-haired woman
"Oh I almost forgot to introduce her. I'll be right back…" She walked to the corner of her kitchen but before she disappeared, "I have to warn you she's been in a state of depression for a while now, so please be careful what you say."
She left the room, Shane was talking to Peter but his mind was somewhere else, 'No it couldn't be? Is this the same Wanda from my home planet? If it is what is she doing here? More importantly how'd she get here?'
Peter was snapped out of his thoughts when Naoko came back with Wanda. Peter's eyes bulged out of his sockets, he couldn't believe what he was seeing; standing there in white tank top with purple see through jacket over her, wearing blue jeans with nothing but socks for footwear with her Auburn hair straight down and those dim green eyes staring right back into his confused hazel eyes was none other than the Scarlet Witch also known as Wanda Maximoff.
And Now
Deep in the bowels of the basement where humans are classified as the inferior species something sinister is about to take place as shadowy figure grabs it unsuspecting host dragging him away towards the underground leaving no trace but a green blanket.
Meanwhile at Yamada-Jones residents Peter and Naoko are having a bit of a discussion.
"It's been more than two weeks Peter, I'm sorry but you've got to bring in some money. I can't keep subsidizing you; my medical clinic hardly pays for itself!"
"Not to worry Naoko." Peter holds up an ad from The Daily Bytes that advertised a $5,000 reward for capturing pictures of Spider-Man, "Check this out I'm a photographer this right up my alley."
Naoko looked at the paper then back at Peter she was not amused. Placing her hands on her hips she sternly told Peter, "I need a border with a steady pay check! A job Mr. Parker."
"This is my job!" Peter countered, "I used to make a living do this…well more or less."
Shane was rubbing his sleepy eyes both adults unaware of his arrival, Wanda was right behind the younger boy obviously the noise of the two bickering had her awake for quite some time.
Naoko rebuked Peter by saying that he doesn't know when Spider-Man would show up, "It's like trying to win the lottery that's the chances of you finding Spider-Man."
Wanda with a blank look on her face looked at the two going back and forth. She was concerned about Shane who was distraught at the moment. She tried to move the boy to shield him from this argument but he refused to be moved.
"Come Shane…"
Tears fell down the young boys cheek as they went back and forth, Wanda trying to nudge him away but finally he snapped.
"Stop fighting!" He cried then he ran out the door out of the brown haired woman grasp.
Wanda placed her hand one over the other on her legs looking at the door the boy went through, during the year that she was here she have witnessed Naoko and her husband auguring back and forth usually it would have to be to her to shield Shane from the fighting.
Despite that Peter voice caught her attention, "What was that about?" He asked, Wanda studied him for the moment, the first time they met it looked like that he knew her. Though they didn't speak much and the man did like to talk just like someone she knew back in her own world yet the questions remained who was he? One Wanda never had seen him before and two why was his aura so familiar? It reminded her of…Spider-Man…
She suppressed a shudder, though the Goosebumps she did feel, Naoko voice brought her back to attention.
"He's probably remembering the fights his father and I use to have."
Feeling a bit guilty, Peter felt the need to apologize: "Look I'm sorry if I brought up some bad memories for Shane, I'll go find and try to talk to him."
Naoko held Peter back but it was Wanda who spoke for the first time that Peter could hear her soft angelic voice, "I'll go and find him…"
Naoko looked at Wanda, she sighed but relented so digging through her pocket she gave the brunette a tracker.
"Please bring him home, I'm sure that he won't get far."
Wanda nodded then left out the door. Naoko turned her attention to Peter, "Look Peter I like you seem like a very nice guy but the wolf isn't out the door he's already cleaned out the pantry."
She then left to another room leaving Parker to talk with himself. Peter had to face palm himself, "Way to go Parker! She trying to raise a son and run a medical clinic single-handedly all she need is some off world moocher like you! Not to mention you let Scarlet go in the middle of the night to find Shane isn't that the story of a life time."
With no other point in staying put Peter left to find both Wanda and Shane.
Later
Wanda was quickly running through the slums of the basement looking at the tracker trying to find Shane little did she know about the danger that lurked beneath in the sewer.
She looked at each slum, asked a few if they seen a boy some didn't know, others cared less. She tried calling out his name but no luck, she did this for two more times, then proceed to round a corner to where Shane was hiding still upset about the incident.
"Shane please just answer me!" Wanda called out, "Look your mother and Peter aren't mad at each other they were just having a disagreement nothing major, and everyone has disagreements with each other they work it out in the end."
In the back of her mind, 'Not with you…you ruined everyone's lives why do you think they sent you here in the first place?'
Wanda froze momentarily at the thought, tears started to well up in her eyes as she felt them slide down her face, despite wiping them away more just kept coming the wounds were still fresh even it was a year later.
How could she ever face each single one of them? They hated her, despised her, sent her away because she was too dangerous to keep around, her kind hated her, her friends won't give her the benefit of the doubt, so why did she even bother trying to explain it to herself that it was a mistake that will never happen again?
Shane looked from the corner of his hiding spot to see Wanda's back turned going in the opposite direction. He could have sworn he heard sniffling from the brunette, he felt terrible for Wanda, she's been crying over and over ever since they found her repeating to herself, 'It's my fault…'
Wanda was a private person keeping her emotion bottle up yet no matter how hard his mother Naoko tried she couldn't get her to open up. They took her in that way they could see if her condition worsened
Wanda willed herself to be calm as she went somewhere else to look for the boy; suddenly she froze something was wrong there was an unusual scraping in the air. She looked down to find that the sewer was opening up letting out this horrendous smell causing the young woman to back away.
The top rolled to her feet, Wanda may be in a depression but being an Ex-Avenger for a very long time she knew that this was no coincidence, something was coming out of that sewer.
At the moment something green that looked like tentacles came out of the blue attacked her. Shane came out of his hiding spot only to hear that Wanda was struggling against whatever it was she was struggling against.
"Wanda!" He ran to her location
"Stay back Shane!" If Wanda was in peak condition right know she would blast this goo or whatever it was back to where it came from however given her state that would be difficult right now, as well this thing had her wrist and ankles tangled as it dragged her down to the sewer.
Wanda held on to the edge before she was swallowed whole in the sewer, Shane caught a glimpse of the brunette struggling to keep herself up from going down into the sewer.
"Wanda!"
"NO! Stay back! Go….hrgh….get…help! AHH!" Those were the final words he heard as Wanda was pulled by another set of green rope like substance down into the sewer.
Shane ran the other way not knowing that Peter was out looking for the both of them that was the case until the bumped into each other.
"Whoa! Shane what's wrong I heard screaming!"
Catching his breath the boy began to say while hyperventilating, "Something…*pant*…. took…*pant*…. Wanda…"
"Okay calm down and repeat what you said."
"The green thing! The green thing took her down the sewer!"
Peter face was now in fury mode, "Okay calm down. I bring you back to your mother and I'll figure out what to do next.
Back at the apartment
Peter finished explaining to Naoko what Shane had said to him, scared out her wits Naoko refused to let her son out of her sights.
"Peter you have to find Wanda you don't know what condition she's in and who knows what will happen if this thing eats her or worse."
"Don't worry I'll find her and bring her home." Peter left the duo later he finds himself in alley way making sure that no one was watching him he activated hi watched and millions upon millions of nanites began to swarm his body out was Peter Parker and in was the Amazing Spider-Man.
Climbing up a building he sat cat like thinking over Shane words, "Shane said the green thing took Scarlet down in the sewer, but where would you find something green that isn't disgusting?"
Off he was web swinging doing acrobats off a truck flying by then web swinging through traffic before somersaulting to a lamppost.
He rested for a few seconds, when a familiar tingling alerted him, "Uh-oh Spider-sense!"
Something small and fast was coming his way, so having the agility of a spider he moved out of the way.
He looked up Peter couldn't believe what he was seeing, there on the edge of the building was someone green and purple and a hat that Spidey was all too familiar with, "Goblin! What are you doing here?!"
"I don't recall meeting you before arachnid." He said playing with a pumpkin bomb, "And what I am doing is protecting the innocent from scum like you…" He threw a bomb at the spider hero, "And your symbiote friends."
Peter balanced himself on a garbage can allowing the bomb to fall in, "You must be the local version."
Peter was now on mailbox as this world version of the Green Goblin descended on him throwing another pumpkin bomb.
In response Spider-Man reacted by doing a web ball that exploded on contact, "Alright smiley so your not the Greenly Menace that I know of but what have you done to Doctor Yamada-Jones patient know as the Wanda Maximoff?"
"What are you talking about? I know nothing."
"Oh really? I have a witness that said that a green thing grabbed her and that would be you!" He climbed up a building.
Green Goblin deadpanned, "It's not easy being green! But your witness is wrong this area is protected by me I patrol it every night!" He once again threw a bomb.
Spider-Man jumped of the building breaking into a series of backflips, "Who died and made you residents protector?"
"Far to many wall crawler. Somebody has to stop scum like you, which is the reason why I get up in the morning." He chased Spidey across the rooftop, "To stop criminals like Venom and Carnage."
Peter dodged more bombs being thrown at him, "Hey I not the bad guy here! The names Spider-Man!"
"Right…" He said sarcastically, "You're not with Venom or Carnage you're just another super powered guy in a spider suit."
"And you complain about being green? You should try being in Spider suit and being called a menace every moment of life and see where that gets you." Spidey said while flipping of the edge of the building he was being chase on
"You may think I am stupid Spider-Man but don't talk to me like I am one." He released a bat like machine
Peter just landed on another building then the machine twirling around him assaulted him, "*Coughs*….Gas! *Coughs*….*Coughs*….*Coughs*"
"At least your perceptive…" Walking close to him, "Now Spider-sap let's see who you really are behind the mask."
Goblin was quickly wrapped in webbing, "What the!"
"Speaking of my mask did I forget mention that it's new and improve deluxe version? Complete with osmatic gas filter?" He grabbed him, "Okay smiley! Where is she!"
Goblin broke free of his restraints, "I honestly don't know of this Wanda Maximoff character nor do I care whom she is but if a civilian is endanger I will rescue anyone…"
Spidey landed on the ground "…Without your help!"
Suddenly there was a noise of metal whirring caught both their attention, Goblin did a quick calculation in his head, "Okay web head time we made a choice, either we can continue this game of cat and mouse or we can fight them."
One of them machine men said, "Masked vigilante are prohibited in the five burros and upper section of Staten Island! Surrender now!"
"These guys never learn do they?"
Back at the Apartment
Shane was beginning to worry about Peter as he was in the embrace of his mother, "It's been a long time I wonder if Peter can't find her?"
Naoko hugged her son, "Don't worry Shane I'm sure that Peter will be back with Wanda before you know it."
"But Peter doesn't have Wanda tracer, you do."
Naoko smacked herself, "I knew I should have given it to him before he left but it's too dangerous to go out there Shane we don't know where he is. We'll have to wait and hope for the best."
Down in the Sewers
Wanda continued to struggle against her restraint as the green ooze had her arms and legs pinned together.
"Where are you taking me?" She strained
The ooze went through two pipes allowing her arms the freedom to move in which she tried to shoot it but couldn't so she settle for the next best thing getting free by using the pipes of the sewer to get free.
Once free she went to an edge with an opening, she tried to escape the ooze only to be face to face with mini venom. She backs away in fear but the venom look a like used a tentacle wrapping her completely from her upper body to the ankles again.
It carried her away.
Meanwhile Green Goblin and Spider-Man were running away from the laser fire only to come to a dead end well more like a fence. Quickly Spidey made a web shield but it was slowly being chipped away from all the firing those mechanical.
"Any bright ideas?"
Stroking his chin the Goblin snapped his fingers in enlightenment, "Quick cover your eyes."
He threw a smiling pumpkin bomb and it flashed in front of the machine men optics blinding them. Once it was over they peeked around the corner of the web shield the Machine men were woozie.
"The flash fried their optic sensors." Goblin grinned, "We should be safe for the time being."
Peter was about to say something when the machine men began firing all over the place; with the laser fire hitting nearby walls of the building it collapsed instantly destroying the machine men.
Quickly Spider-Man grabbed the Goblin broke through the fence to safety on the other side of the alley.
"Interesting definition of 'safe'."
"So sue me." The green vigilante responded, "Now why are you so interested in this girl what is she to you."
Spidey had to be careful on how he worded this, "Let's just say that I know this woman for a while and something happened that made her become in the state that she is in now, I'm trying to set things right."
"Hmm…well is she a lover of yours?"
"Say what! No it's not like that!" He stammered
"I see so she's your girlfriend and your trying to win back, say no more compadre I will go down to the sewer to rescue her myself."
"Oh no not alone your not, I trust you as far as I can throw you one handed Goblin!"
Moments later they arrived at the mouth of the sewer that had been open for quite a while.
"After me amigo."
"Whatever greeny, whatever."
Down they descended into the sewer to search for the missing Ex-Avenger, little did they know that they were walking into a symbiote infested lair nor were they aware of the dangers that was lurking in the shadows of the sewer.
LXD: Okay I'll stop there for tonight, I'm pretty tired from writing all day today, and sorry for the late update you think that being on vacation would allow me to update faster but no personal life does get in the way. In other news I have a poll up and I'm asking for your help to choose which Spider-Man will be having a new story or not and you are already allowed 2 votes why? You're going to find out soon. As right now here is the listing of Spider-Men you can choose from:
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