I DON'T OWN THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN OR STOKED.
-Parker-
"Stupid. Stupid. Stupid!" I yelled at myself in my head. How bone-headed could I be? I grew up in New York and NO ONE, not even Aunt May, discovered Spider-Man and Peter Parker was the same person. Eddie was the only person who found out and that was only because he had bonded with the symbiote. But in less than a week with these people and somehow I managed to let them know I had a connection to Spider-Man. Why did I tell them that I was working with Spider-Man to discover Shocker's motives? It was like my mouth was working on its own.
"Hey, Parker. Why didn't you tell us you knew Spider-man?" Reef asked with the group behind him. Except for Lo, who I'm guessing is staying in her penthouse.
"First, it's a secret. Second, would any of you believe?" I responded.
"You know he has a point." Emma said.
"Okay, now that we have gotten done talking about the useless stuff. Have you managed to find out why a mercenary set his sights on Lo?"
After I swung away to the employee house and after switching to Parker I was able to get some information. Just not anything useful. "Spider-Man told me about the battle and I think he's right, it does sound like an attempt at a kidnapping. A man like Mr. Ridgemount is sure to make wealthy enemies. But I couldn't find any large amounts of money transferred recently. After that I looked through their phone records and did find out that it wasn't any of the Ridgemount rivals."
"Dude, how do you know all this?" Broseph asked.
"I called a few friends in New York." Meaning Captain Stacy, a police captain, and Foswell from the Bugle.
"Great. So we're still in the dark?" Fin said.
"Until Spidey finds Shocker. The best way is for him to swing through town and find wherever Shocker and his goons are hiding up." I said.
"Spider-Man said you were smart and you didn't manage to get any useful information. And here I was thinking that we could count on you!" Fin yelled as she stormed away.
"Don't worry about it, she's only letting off steam." Emma said as she placed her hand on my shoulder.
"No, she's right. I'll go help Spider-Man look through the city for Shocker. Tell Mr. Ridgemount that I'm working on a lead." I said.
"Wait, we'll come with you." Emma said.
"No!" I yelled. They were surprised and after calming my voice I said, "it's too dangerous."
"It may be too dangerous for some sheilas but we can help you look." Reef said.
"I'm going alone. I'll call you guys after Spidey defeats Shocker."
"Wait. It's safe for you to go alone but it's dangerous for us to come along?! In what world does that make sense?" Emma yelled at me.
"I know how to keep my distance. And in case you haven't noticed this isn't my first super villain. And all of you need to be here in case Shocker or one of his goons try to capture Lo again." I said.
"Fine. But after you call Spider-Man you call us or else you'll wish that Shocker got you." Emma said.
"Agreed." I said. I couldn't risk the others seeing me run into the house so my path took me into the forest, where I climbed a tall tree several feet from the employee house. Jumping from tree to tree, I was closing in on the employee house with the ease my increased agility gave me. With pinpoint accuracy I landed on the edge of the roof and crawled inside the building through the hole. Carefully I touched my feet to the ground and changed into my Spider-Man uniform, saving my mask as last. I jumped on the roof and began swinging my normal method into town. I was kidding myself. I actually thought I could get away from Spider-Man here. But the truth is that like it or not Spider-Man and Peter Parker are too connected for one side to get rid of the other.
-Fin-
"Spider-Man said you were smart and you didn't manage to get any useful information. And here I thought we could count on you." I said before I left. I don't know why I hoped that Peter might be able to help. After going in I prepared to get ready to look for the lunatics who tried to hurt my friend. Before I could I would have to ask Mr. R for some people to help me look.
"Fin, you have to talk some sense into Peter." Emma said as I opened the back door.
"What's he doing?" I asked.
"He's going to look for Shocker."
"Yeah? Well at least I won't have to work too hard to get a search team for Shocker." I said, glad Parker finally found a way to help.
"Except he's going solo."
"What?!" I asked. "Why would he do that?"
Emma looked away and in an unconvincing voice said, "I don't know."
"Emma. Why?" I asked. It was then what I said earlier came back to my mind. "He left because what I said." I said. Emma didn't respond but her face revealed I was right. I pulled my phone out and dialed Peter's number. After several rings my call went to his voice mail. "Peter, you better answer me soon." I said into the phone.
Turning to Emma I said, "we have to find Peter. You go to the Ridgemounts to get some extra manpower."
"What are you going to do?"
"I have to find Peter." I ran to the golf course and once I flew out the hotel area on a golf cart. That idiot. Just because my anger made me say some stupid stuff and he went looking for some lunatic in a power suit. While I was driving I kept calling, each time going to voice mail. After the 40th try he finally picked up.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Is that danger sense of yours screwed up? Or has all those pictures you've been taking finally made you go nuts? Either you will waste time looking for that freak or you'll end up with those funky gauntlets pointed at your head."
"Don't worry about me. I can protect myself." He said.
"You don't have to do this. I didn't mean what I said earlier." I said trying to talk him out of his stupid crusade.
"But you were right. I wasn't being any use in protecting any of you, but now I am." He said hanging up. That idiot. He couldn't stop bullies and he's hoping to find two mercenaries in power suits. 'Or he wouldn't stop the bullies.' My mind supplied. I stomped the breaks and skidded to a stop on the empty street.
Suddenly, several things flooded my mind. Spider-man came to Canada almost the same day as Peter Parker, Parker saved us from an accident with his 'danger sense', he got those injuries and only explained with lame excuses, and Spider-Man had outright told us about his connection to Peter. No way could he be Spider-Man. Could he?
Might as well go to the source. I pressed redial and was surprised I didn't need to try anymore times before he answered, "I don't care what you say Fin, I'm not giving up my search."
Before I was able to accuse Peter of being Spider-Man I felt a hand slap over my face. The persons hand held a sweet smell that caused my head to become light. The world was going dark and the last thing I heard was Peter's voice over the phone. He was yelling out for me. I wanted to yell for help but my strength was fading too fast. I found the lunatics.
-Parker-
"You don't have to do this. I didn't mean what I said earlier." Fin said.
"But you were right. I wasn't being any use in protecting any of you, but now I am." I said pressing the end call button. I jumped off the building I stopped on to answer the call. It's been a half hour since I left the hotel and so far no sign of the enforcers. Not even the stench wafting off Ox.
I jumped on the roof of an abandoned building and crawled to the window. Another miss. My phone started to ring and as much as I knew it was Fin trying to talk me to stop hunting for the morons in power suits I pressed the green answer button and said, "I don't care what you say Fin, I'm not giving up my search." I may not have known these people here for long but I knew that she was going to respond with some insult.
Instead of her saying something insulting; however, what I heard was some grunts and crashes. "Fin, Fin, where are you?!" I yelled into the speaker. The Enforcers must have got her. Just because I went out during the day instead of waiting for the night. I already let too many people down to let my new friends die. Luckily for Fin I created an app to track people's phones after Dr. Octopus kidnapped Gwen.
After the app located Fin I jumped off my perch and used all my strength and agility to travel at max speed. I landed on a building in an old part of town and saw a green phone sitting on the ground next to a Surfers Paradise golf cart. I shot a web at the phone and yanked it towards me. They took Fin. "Shocker, if you hurt her then I swear you'll wish you stayed in New York." I thought. No, getting angry won't help her, I have to think.
"Okay, Shocker wouldn't come after Fin unless she got too close to their base. And she would have noticed someone coming." I reasoned. I jumped on the building beside the golf cart and crawled to the window. There you are.
"She's coming to boys." Shocker announced as I slowly opened the window and propelled myself at the ceiling.
"Huh? Where am—" Fin started before letting a scream tear through her throat.
"How did you find us?" Shocker said with his gauntlet ready to fire and aimed at her head.
"I followed your terrible breath." I said as I pulled Shocker's gauntlet into the air, resulting in a green energy wave blasted through the roof.
"Enforcers, squash the bug!" Shocker said.
"Dude, your in a new country. Feel free to get a new line." I said as I jumped from the roof. As I was falling I managed to blind both Shocker and Ox. I landed on the ground between the two, got on my head and spun kicked both in the stomachs. While they were dazed I ran to Fin and tore the ropes.
"Go get help." I told her as I pushed her to the door. One problem down another to go. I jumped into the air just in time to avoid another green blast. Before I could return there was a ball of green that was knocking me to the ground.
"Ox, go stop the girl." Shocker said to the giant.
I have to protect my new friends. I webbed the door closed and said, "What, I'm no good anymore?" I said as I sent ricochet into the ceiling. Before he was able to bounce off the ceiling I webbed him into a cocoon and on my way back down I shot webs at Shocker. Using my downward momentum I pulled shocker in a circle and smashed him into Ox. The two villains got back up. Shocker shot at me with one gauntlet and attempted to free his teammate with the other.
"Oh come on Shocker, do you really need a third member to defeat me." Ox had snuck behind me and charged. I jumped but while I was in the air shocker blasted me in my chest and sent me into the wall. "I'm going to feel that in the morning."
"Don't worry. You won't be around long enough to feel it." Shocker said as he approached me, gauntlet primed for a head shot. "Now that the bug's taken care of you can go take care of the girl."
I pushed off the ground and made the beam hit the door, which caused the wall collapse the door. "Cheap, real cheap Shocker." The ceiling was coming down. "That's my cue." I said jumping through the growing hole in the roof. I leapt out of the building and saw the Mounties were waiting outside with all their guns trained on me.
"Freeze Spider-Man. Your under arrest for destruction of public property."
Putting my hands up I said, "would you believe me if I said I didn't do it?" The police made no attempt to holster their weapons. "I'll take that as a no." The cops moved there weapons when the enforcers all crawled out of the rubble in their power suits destroyed. "This looks like a private party. I'll show myself the door." I said as I jumped into the air and swung to the hotel. After landing in the Spider-Lair I changed into Parker and reversed the path I took earlier. As I left the forest I heard.
"Hey, Parker's back." I heard Broseph say. The group came up to me.
"Fin told us how she was kidnapped and you found the lunatics then got Spider-Man." I told them how I saw Fin's golf cart and got Spider-Man. Only thing is that I told them from the perspective Peter Parker would have been through and left out the tracking app.
"That's amazing." Emma said as all our phones rang. We looked at our respective phones and saw Lo was inviting all of us to a celebration for the enforcers being arrested. My text also asked me to invite Spider-Man, since that's the me that's the hero of the day. I told her that after big fights Spider-Man tends to just wants to take the day off. And after Shocker's cheap shot I felt a bruise form so Peter Parker is reluctant to go either. Not that I could tell them that.
"You guys go on ahead. I'll stay here until my lungs recover from walking all over town."
"Well I think I'll wait with Parker. To make sure he doesn't try and chicken out." Fin said.
The group left as a whole and I was left with Fin. "After all this excitement I think I'm going to just hit the hay." I said, stretching my arms. I winced as the sore acted up.
"So, how bad did the enforcers beat you up?" She asked.
"What? If they would have seen me than I'd be dead." She only looked at me with a glare. So much for keeping the secret. "How long have you known?"
"I've been suspicious since the bus. But I figured it out when I called you before I was kidnapped. It's your secret and I'll let you tell whoever you want. So hero, bet you have some good stories you've been dying to tell someone."
"You have NO idea." I said placing my arm on her shoulder and we walked to the penthouse where the party was being held.
-No Perspective-
"Sir, Montana and the enforcers have failed. They have been defeated and arrested."
"I know they have been defeated but they have achieved their goal. I wanted to see if the Spider was close to the hotel. And I have learned he is."
-FINISH-
Hope you enjoyed the 7th chapter of Canadian Spider. As I've already made well known: I'm still a novice author and open to comments, good or bad.