I DON'T OWN THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN OR STOKED

-Parker-

Less than a week here and someone has found out I was Spider-Man. But Fin was pretty cool about it. For the first time in my life I had ever had anyone to tell about the things that happened to me. Second if you count a Gargoyle. Since none of my other co-workers know my REAL connection to Spider-Man, I still had to appear at the Ridgemount penthouse for the party. Fin knew about the injuries Shocker gave me and let me move as slowly as I wanted. As we walked to the hotel I told her some of the adventures I had as my alter-ego; including the first time I fought Shocker and the Enforcers.

"Now I can't see any piece of gold without feeling those bruises." I ended the story.

"I never thought I would ever meet someone who would hate gold." Fin said with a captivating laugh.

"I wouldn't say that I hate gold. It's just we have a troubled past." At our pace it took sometime to reach the hotel, but I still wish we could've had more time. As we approached, I stopped telling the Spider-Man stories and we entered an elevator. After the talking we had done up to the hotel, the silence that held between us was almost awkward. The elevator doors opened to reveal Lo's Penthouse.

"Mr. Parker, you and your costumed friend have saved my family. If there's anything either of you want then just ask and consider it done." Mr. Ridgemount said offering his hand.

"Thanks Mr. R. I'll make sure to tell him." I said as Fin shot me a sneaky look. In an attempt to stop the giant man from seeing her I said, "Hey, this place is so much cleaner than the last time I was here." Not only was there a lack of a wrapping paper floor or a jeep in the pool, but there was also balloons hanging from the ceiling.

"Yeah, I'm certain that was the first time someone had to use an airlift to cleanup after a party." He responded before leaving.

"So you get two favors from a rich guy? Just don't ask for gold." She said before walking to where Emma and Lo were standing. The rest of night is blurred to me and next thing I realized I was in my Spider-Man uniform.

I was swinging through the Canadian town, feeling more relaxed and energetic then I've been since who knows how long. I released a web line and just enjoyed the night air as I made several front flips before shooting another web line. My head was filled with images of my friends from New York. Mixed in were images of my new co-workers. Harry, Broseph, Gwen, and Fin.

The confusion that came when I thought of Fin and Gwen made me release my zip line. I was quick to shoot a new web into a building and returned to my previously scheduled web slinging. I landed on a buildings wall and ran along the side. I jumped off the side and shot out another web, but not before I made several midair flips.

"Great, I thought I got over all the girl-induced confusion with the whole Gwen Stacy/Liz Allen issues." I said to myself. I barely anchored to the next building when I heard a sound that had stopped my heart. A cackle.

Surprised, my grasp loosened and I fell onto the building that was coming under me. Luckily, it wasn't one with spikes. But that was where my luck ended. From no where flew a green Normy. Osborn pressed a button mounted on his wrist and several guns appeared from walls and floors that, seconds ago, were seamless.

My spider senses and instincts took over as I was dodging all the incoming lanterns. Working with its own volition, my body ripped a lantern from the air, webbed it into its own cocoon and shoved it into the gliders tailpipe. The glider was dropping into one of the guns and the bombs detonated. The screams grew by another every second. The green smoke grew with each searing scream.

As an act of remorse I closed my eyes in mourning. Until I heard the cackling. Osborn flew out of the emerald smoke with a girl over his shoulder. He flew over the edge of the building and tossed her over. I used my strength to attach to the building's wall and shot a web at the girl. I managed to wrap her in a protective shell and was letting more web out to slowly lower the Goblin's victim to the ground. Before I could lower her to the ground I was tackled by the Goblin on his glider.

"No!" I yelled as I saw the girl hit the ground. The shell had remained intact and Normy flew us to a distant building.

"You HAD to involve others in you're life." Gobby said as he was using his incredible strength to crush the bones in my wrist. He threw me on a building with walls that rose several feet over the roof. I used my agility and strength to get near the top and crawled the rest. What I saw next was Osborn pressing a secondary button on his wrist and picked up an oversized lantern that had risen from one of the guns.

I tried to anchor to the next building but the line wouldn't shoot. Removing my glove, I saw that my entire web shooter was covered in the webbing material. Osborn must have broken the web shooters. I jumped off onto a nearby building and used gravity to quickly reach a fall I could handle. My legs began to hurt as I ran at my maximum speed. I got to the place Goblin was at and saw the area was surrounded by a green energy dome. I think I knew what it was but I still ran at it. I was thrown away from the building and my body was tingling from electricity. I jumped back up and tried looking for a weak spot.

The field was translucent and let me see the worried look on the faces of all my friends. "It's all your fault." Goblin said as he launched the explosive against the ground. Unlike the former lanterns, this one created a blinding light and launched me backwards, destroying the field in the process.

I got onto my feet and ran into the field of smoke. As I entered the smoke, I saw everyone I've ever cared for. Their lifeless eyes were staring at me. Blaming me for not saving them. My legs grew weak and I collapsed at the ground. "It's your fault!" Norman said ripping off his mask to reveal his son's face.

I jumped up and saw I was sitting in my bed. I should've known it was just a dream. But it was so real. All that death. I had stopped outside the entrance to the Spider-lair. "No, can't go back to that. I'm in a place called 'Surfers Paradise'." A light flashed from next to my bed and showed me my board. "When in Rome." I thought. I got into a pair of trunks and got my freshly waxed board.

"Don't think Parker. Just do." I said to myself as I was sitting in the water, waiting for the waves to start coming. I grew frustrated and was about to give up and go on patrol when the waves started coming in. I followed my earlier advice and just let my combined powers loose. Every time a wave came I would work my way inside and use the momentum to propel myself into the air. Each time I jumped into the air I preformed several flips before landing. After a few waves I turned it into a game to see how many flips I could do before hitting the water.

I had gotten to 10 flips when I heard Fin ask me "Dude, since when were you this good?"

Okay, Parker. Learn from your mistakes. Spend some time with her.

-Fin-

A few weeks ago I thought Spider-Man was just some tactic used by the bugle to sell more papers. Almost a week ago I found out that not only was Spider-Man real, but so were some of the super villains he fought against. And only a few hours ago I discovered that the person behind the mask was one of my newest friends. I made my way to my other co-workers and had to keep my mind on maintaining Peter's secret. Keeping the secret was harder then I thought.

"I just hate that Spider-Man isn't here. I mean he's so brave, funny, and I felt so safe in his arms. Even with us flying through the air." Lo said. The thought of her having a crush on Spider-Man irritated me and I was forced to clamp my teeth so I wouldn't spill Peter's secret. That was until I remembered that while she has a thing for the web-slinger, she thought Parker was a creep and a pervert. "Hey do you girls think Parker would introduce us?"

"If only you knew." I thought.

"It's possible. But I bet you'd have to suck up." Emma said.

"You're looking at the master of kissing up." Lo said as she left to find Peter. Nothing happened for the rest of the party. Around 11 the party ended and Mr. R announced that none of us had to work for the next few days. I was so tired I crashed on my bed. My eyes slowly worked open and I saw it was only 4 am. As much as I wanted to I couldn't get back to sleep.

Great, on the first day of my break and I end up getting earlier then normal. Dawning my surfing gear I went to the edge of the beach and saw a sick surfer. As the surfer landed from flipping like 8 times I saw the surfer was Parker. I paddled to his position and said, "Dude since when were you this good?" I asked.

"Are you kidding? I can stick to any surface, I'm more agile then an Olympian and I can sense danger." He responded.

"You were born to surf!" I joked. "How did you even get all those powers?"

"I was bitten by a spider during a school field trip last year."

"If I would've known that someone could get super powers then I would be okay with getting a spider bite."

"It might help if the spider that bit was genetically engineered."

"Good note." I said.

We spent a large time surfing and as the sun got higher I noticed that Parker was doing less and less impressive moves. I thought he was just getting tired. What confused me was that despite him moving slower his face and movements were exactly the same as before. He was hiding his abilities so no one else would find out he was Spider-Man.

"You showed me what you guys do to have fun. At noon meet me on first street in town and I'll show you what I do." He said paddling to shore and going into the employee building. Must admit I was nervous to know what Parker had in mind. For hours I just wandered around the hotel. Noon had finally arrived and I was standing at first street.

"I see you're ready." Spider-man said from an overlooking building.

-FINISH-

Hope you enjoyed the 8th installment of Canadian Spider. If you want to help you favorite novice author then comment; doesn't matter if it's good or bad. But if it's bad please tell me why. Please don't just say, "You suck."

I'm trying to decide who will be the next of Spider-Man's enemies to come. It's between the Sinister Six and Venom comment if you want one of these or other enemies visiting Canada next.

Shout out to anyone who is able to guess who the man in the shadows is.