The Invincible Spider-Man
Chapter 79: Worldwide
"Sir, are you absolutely sure about this?" asked a man as he walked into the waiting room. He was at least 6'1 and had a massive red-brown beard, along with circular glasses that looked like they took up a lot of his forehead.
"Yes, Mr Modell," said the man sitting in the waiting room. Beads of sweat were running down his forehead, as he grasped his wife's hand as tightly as possible, before accompanying his answer with a nod.
"Okay, unfortunately he's a bit unstable at the moment right now, so you won't be able to see him yet. But if all does go well, we can assure that your son will be safe," replied Mr Modell, nervously wringing his fingers.
"Just fix him. Please," replied the man's wife, as she buried her face in her husband's shoulder and began to weep. Her husband looked at Modell with a pleading look on his face.
Modell nodded as he walked out of the waiting room, down into the corridor. He then took a left and to the observation room, which itself was separated from the testing chamber by a one way mirror.
"Should we fire it up?" asked one of the scientists working on the large control panel. Hesitancy was potent in his voice, as he awaited Modell's response.
"Max, can we start it up?" he asked again. This seemed to snap Max out of his trance, as he stared at the little boy strapped to a gurney in the middle of the testing chamber. While he was unconscious, his vitals were all over the place.
"Yes. Commence trial 1, authorized by Max Modell and the team at Horizon Labs," said Max, furrowing his eyebrows with his fingers, as the scientist switched on the panel. Blacked out tubes that ran from behind the gurney inserted themselves into the boy's limbs, as they injected a fluid into his veins.
In an instant, the boy's eyes opened up as he let out a blood-curdling scream, making Max turn away from the one-way mirror.
30 YEARS LATER
"This is my town now!" shouted the man in a grizzly bear suit, as he rushed out of a bank carrying sacks full of cash. In almost an instant, police cars showed up, with their guns trained on the man
"Stop where you are! Drop the bags and get on your knees!" ordered one of the police officers. The man snarled as he dropped the bags of cash, only to grab a manhole cover and launch it at one of the cops at breakneck speed.
"Heads up!" shouted a voice, as a thin yet durable strand of webbing stuck to the manhole cover, which was then yanked away just inches from the policeman's face.
Before anyone could even react, Spider-Man jumped directly in front of the man.
"Grizzly, long time no see! Don't bears normally hibernate in this month, though?" asked Spider-Man, as Grizzly tried slashing him with a paw. However, Spider-Man backflipped out of the way, before webbing up a bag of the cash and slamming it across Grizzly's head.
Before Grizzly could even react, Spider-Man rushed up to him and did a backflip off of his stomach, before shooting two strands of webbing at his head and legs and pulling him down to the ground.
"Well, time to send you back to your cage," said Spider-Man, as he webbed up Grizzly before he could try and get up. Spider-Man dusted his hands as he walked up to the officer, carrying the bags of cash.
"I believe this belongs to the good people of New York, officer! Now let's make sure that Grizzly-"
Before Spider-Man could finish, he heard his police scanner go off.
"Units around Kingston, we have a man dressed up in all black and white rings robbing Kingston Bank, backup requested," said the officer.
"Grizzly robbing a bank, and another familiar sounding person robbing another?" asked Spider-Man.
"It must be a co-ordinated attack, get there as soon as you can, Spidey!" said the officer.
"Will do, officer!" said Spider-Man, as he leapt off of the ground before swinging onto a traffic light and launching himself off of it, transitioning into another seamless swing.
Just then, his phone began to buzz too. Spider-Man pressed a button on his right ear, which immediately accepted the call.
"Peter, where are you exactly?" asked a familiar voice. "It's almost ready, you better get here soon,"
"Oh, hey MJ! Yeah I'll be there in about 10 minutes, tell Mr Li not to start without me!" replied Peter, as he dodged a truck by flipping over it and continuing into another swing. "Sorry, this bus driver has no clue how to drive!" he exclaimed.
"Start driving the bus if you have to, you can't miss this!" protested Mary Jane.
"I won't, I promise. See you in a few!" he replied, cutting the call as he landed on a lamppost opposite of Kingston Bank, and he noticed the man in black and white, with concentric rings around him.
"Wait a minute…Ringer, is that you?" asked Spider-Man in disbelief, as he jumped off of the lamppost. "Dude, it's been like years since I last saw you!"
"And this'll be the last time you see us, Spider-Man!" replied the Ringer, as Peter's Spider-Sense tingled. Spider-Man quickly did a corkscrew and just barely missed a laser blast, which came from a person sitting in a big yellow wheel.
Peter once again jumped into the air and did a frontflip, dodging an attack from a speedy man that looked like a hybrid between a man and a lizard, but not The Lizard.
"Woah, Big Wheel and Basilisk too! It's like my favorite cartoon characters having a crossover!" exclaimed Spider-Man.
"You die here today, Spider-Man. Courtesy of the Spider-Man Revenge Squad!" cackled out Basilisk, as he rushed towards Spider-Man at an inhuman speed.
"The Spider-Man Revenge Squad? You couldn't name yourselves the Walmart Sinister Six? Rolls off of the tongue a lot better!" replied Spider-Man, doing a cartwheel and dodging Big Wheel's massive yellow wheel that hurtled towards him.
Ringer threw a circular ring at Spider-Man, who managed to grab it and throw it directly into Basilisk. Spider-Man quickly webbed up Basilisk, before shooting two webs at the back of Big Wheel's wheel.
He launched himself onto the top of the wheel, as he reached his hand inside the contraption and pulled out the operator.
"Don't think you have a license to drive a wheel, amigo!" said Spider-Man, as he grabbed Big Wheel and jumped off of the wheel.
"Why don't you take us seriously?!" exclaimed Ringer, as he threw another ring towards Spider-Man. However, Peter grabbed it in mid air and put it around Big Wheel, trapping him.
"Simply put, I don't take jokes too seriously," chuckled Spider-Man, as he webbed Ringer's feet to the ground, before kicking his chest and backflipping off of it, shooting two webs to Ringer's head and bringing his knee straight onto his face.
Ringer fell to the ground, unconscious with the rest of the Spider-Man Revenge Squad.
"Gotta be honest, not super flattered about you small-timers forming squads to stop me. I mean I know I have fans, but this is a teeny tiny bit too far," said Peter, as reporters clamored up to him.
"Spider-Man! Spider-Man!" exclaimed one of them. "How'd you defeat them?" asked one of the reporters.
"With my charm, of course," replied Peter sarcastically, as he got ready to shoot a web and swing away.
"Spider-Man! The Worldwide Post here, how does it feel to be an Avenger?" she asked. Spider-Man quickly looked back, confused.
"You've probably got me confused with Ant-Man, I'm not an Avenger," chuckled Spider-Man.
"Spider-Man! The whole world wants to know what's next, are you going to space with Reed Richards?"
"Do you and Iron Man have coffee together?"
"When are you going to fight crime in the UK?"
Spider-Man shuffled his feet as he tried to calm down the reporters. "Why would I go to the UK?" he asked, even more confused.
"The whole world wants to know who you are, Spider-Man! Especially our viewers in South Asia!" exclaimed another reporter.
"Okay, these are questions for another day," said Spider-Man, as he quickly realized the time and began to swing away, calling up Mary Jane.
"MJ hey, I'm on my way!" he exclaimed.
"She's already here, hurry!" whispered Mary Jane.
"Stall her, I'll be there in 5 minutes. Did you get the cake?" he asked.
"Yep. Well actually it wasn't me, Harry straight up suggested some fancy-schmancy "patisserie," so we got it from there," explained MJ.
"Gotcha," replied Peter, as he began to head to F.E.A.S.T.
Peter approached the doors to the F.E.A.S.T homeless shelter, making sure he had set his hair and un-creased his civilian clothes as he walked into the massive shelter. The main hall was full of bunk beds, along with smaller tables with newspapers and board games.
"There you are!" exclaimed Mary Jane, who was standing next to Harry Lyman.
"For a while there we thought you weren't coming," said Harry, as he hugged Peter.
"Yeah, Dr Connors had me wait up in the lab for a bit, sorry about that," explained Peter.
"No worries. May's up on the second floor right now, but we've got almost everything ready," replied MJ. "Mr Li is in the kitchen, putting the final touches," she continued.
"Got it, I'll just go see him," said Peter, as he walked to the kitchen, and saw Martin Li cutting carrots, to garnish over the carrot cake that was prepared. Right next to that cake was a larger chocolate one, with happy birthday iced over it.
"Peter! Glad you could make it," said Martin. "I'm just adding the finishing touches to the cake here, courtesy of everyone staying at F.E.A.S.T," said Martin, gesturing to the carrot cake. "Though it does pale in comparison to the one that Harry brought in,"
Peter lightly chuckled. "Yeah, Harry tends to do that with gestures," he said.
"It's okay, the more cake, the "batter!"" replied Martin, as the two chuckled over the pun he just cracked. "It's not everyday the people here get to have something like this, you know," said Li.
"Yeah. Oh, speaking of which, I had some clothes I'd like to donate. Stuff that doesn't really fit me anymore," replied Peter.
"Bring it in when you can, we'd appreciate it!" said Li. Peter nodded as he walked out of the kitchen and up to the second floor of the shelter. The second floor consisted of a balcony, with May's office on the other side.
Peter walked up to the door and lightly tapped at it. An old woman, around her early 60s opened the door, and her eyes instantly lit up.
"Peter! It's so great to see you!" exclaimed Aunt May, hugging him tightly.
"It's great to see you too, May. I need to show you something, come downstairs quick!" said Peter, as he gestured for May to leave the office. The two of them made their way down the staircase and out into the hall, where everyone had gathered behind the two cakes.
"Happy birthday!" they all exclaimed in unison, much to May's surprise.
"Oh my God, you really shouldn't have!" gasped May, as she walked up to the cakes.
"On behalf of everyone here at F.E.A.S.T, we're grateful for everything you've done for the people here in the last six months. This is of course our way of giving back to you," said Martin, as he handed her the knife to cut the cakes.
Peter sat down on the couch at F.E.A.S.T as he slowly chewed on the cake that Harry bought. It quite literally seemed to melt in his mouth as he began to think of the events of that day.
"Man, ever since I fought alongside the Avengers, X-Men and everyone else, everyone thinks I have coffee with Professor X on a daily basis," he thought, as he had another bite of the slice of cake. "Though that would be cool,"
"And England? I didn't even know if people in Ohio knew I existed!" protested Peter to himself, as May walked up to him and sat by him.
"So, when are you gonna do it?" she asked, lightly nudging Peter's arm with her elbow.
"Do what?" asked Peter, a little confused.
"I've seen the way you look at her, Pete," said May, her eyes trailing off to Mary Jane, who was standing and conversing with others.
"MJ? May!" protested Peter, as May laughed. "We're just really good friends, trust me. Besides it…probably is for the best," he continued, sparking May's curiosity.
"Is it about…" started May, and Peter weakly nodded.
"I've told myself that I can move on, and I have, believe me I'm far through that process. But it's just…I don't know. Plus, I've got a lot to worry about," said Peter. "A lot of people suddenly expect far greater expectations,"
May put a hand on Peter's back. "You're through the process, but of course it's still going to take time. But again, you can't let that stop you from exploring something new, something that could help you," replied May. "And as for great expectations, you're a brilliant person, Peter. Maybe that's why Dr Connors pushes you so hard," she suggested.
"Yeah. I don't know, sometimes it feels like I know what I want to do, what I want to be, but all of a sudden it's like the whole world wants me to be something else," replied Peter. "Anyway, I shouldn't be talking about this right now, it's your birthday," chuckled Peter lightly.
"The perfect gift is knowing that I'm with my nephew, and that he's all right," said May, giving him a hug.
"Thanks, Aunt May. It's getting late, MJ and I should head back to campus," said Peter.
"I'll see you later, dear. Thank you so much for the surprise!" said May again, as Peter kissed her cheek and walked up to MJ, who was standing with Harry.
"MJ, we better get going before they don't let us in again," chuckled Peter.
"Pete wait, I had to tell you something," said Harry. "I could get you an internship," he said.
"Where, at Oscorp?" asked Peter, and Harry laughed.
"Ahahaha, that's not going to happen anytime soon, I'm afraid. After two psycho CEOs I doubt the company's reputation is even salvageable at this point," said Harry. "But my advisor did mention some subsidiary companies, specializing in Biotech," replied Harry.
"Thanks, man! Send me the list when you can," said Peter, as he waved goodbye to Harry, walking out the door with MJ.
"Well, that was fun," said MJ, wrapping her scarf around her neck in the cold January evening. Peter simply pocketed his hands.
"Sure was! I need to stop by F.E.A.S.T more often," said Peter. MJ raised an eyebrow.
"Something bothering you?" she asked. Peter snapped back to reality.
"Mhm, oh nothing! Just lab deadlines and stuff," said Peter. MJ gave him a death stare.
"I think I've known you long enough to know when you're lying. What's up?" she asked again.
Peter sighed heavily. "Just feels like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders. Like out of nowhere a massive boulder just got dropped onto me," explained Peter.
"You don't have to carry that boulder alone, you know? Hell, if anything I'll carry it with you," said MJ.
"You sure? Cuz it's a pretty heavy boulder," replied Peter, sarcastically.
"If I could deal with your ass for over 4 years now, I think I can handle a boulder," joked MJ.
"Ah, you don't know the half of it," replied Peter, as he hailed a taxi for MJ.
"You're not coming?" she asked.
"I think I'll walk for a bit, clear my head," replied Peter. MJ nodded and got into the taxi, as Peter walked in the opposite direction.
Spider-Man leaped off of the building with a front-flip as he dove towards the ground, pulling up at the last second with a swing, twirling in the air and shooting himself off of a billboard.
"One of the biggest questions on people's minds around the world: Who is the Spider-Man?" asked the reporter on the broadcast that Peter was listening to.
"I'll tell you Janine, ever since he was spotted fighting alongside the Avengers, Fantastic Four and everyone else, Spider-Man has become a hot topic for people all across the world!" said the male reporter.
"I remember when he was just a New York idol. Now it feels like the whole world knows him, but at the same time doesn't. We don't truly know who Spider-Man is, do we Bob?" asked Janine.
"No, but the world, or more specifically the internet has come up with some interesting theories as to the identity of the Spider-Man. Some of the most popular ones are as follows," replied Bob.
"Oh boy," thought Peter, as he perched himself onto a water tower under the moonlight to listen to the late broadcast.
"The most prevailing one is that he is in fact an alien from a dying planet, sent here to fight for humanity. Others claim that he is an ordinary man who was granted the powers of the spider from a mystical tomb," replied Bob.
Peter had a perplexed look on his face, as he couldn't decide whether to laugh out loud or to fear for the internet's sanity.
"A very popular theory that went viral was presented by a user known as "Pool_Dead69_hi_Shad0w_Str1ke_its_me," it says that Spider-Man is in fact a PR stunt by J Jonah Jameson himself in order to give himself a rival!" replied Janine.
"I'll give Deadpool credit where it's due, that one's convincing," said Peter, as he began swinging again.
"Even disregarding his identity, we have to wonder, what's next for this Amazing Arachnid? Or whether he is more spider than man or more man than spider? Tune in next week where we discuss this with famed biologist Miles Warren!" said Bob, as Peter turned off the broadcast.
"Well, looks like things probably won't go to normal anytime soon," thought Peter.
The two goons walked in, carrying a third one with his arms as they trudged into a dark room, with only one flickering light bulb.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't doing anything!" pleaded the third goon, but one of the goons elbowed him in the face. Just then, they heard the loud thudding of footsteps, as everyone stood still.
"Boss, I swear I was stealing nothing! I swear on my mom!" he pleaded, blood pouring from his teeth.
Out of the shadows walked a man, about 6'4. He wore a dark blue tuxedo, with black lines running down them, meeting at his grey trousers. His face was shaped like a square, and his hair seemed to be flat topped along with a massive forehead.
The big man chuckled, as he put on his brass knuckle dusters. He grabbed the back of the goon's head with his left hand, and began delivering heavy blows to the right side of his face with the knuckle dusters.
The goon fell to the ground, the left side of his face beyond crushed as he spat out blood and teeth.
The big man lifted him up from the floor, making him face him.
"What's my name?" asked the man, in a thick Italian accent. The goon could barely speak over the garble of blood in his mouth. The big man brought his boot down on the man's leg, making him yell in pain as he swallowed his own blood and teeth.
"What's my name?" asked the big man again, looking at the goon dead in the eyes.
"H-Ham…Hammerhead," replied the goon weakly. Hammerhead chuckled as he headbutted the man with his massive forehead, making a massive metallic noise as the goon's forehead seemed to crumple and fold in.
Hammerhead wiped the blood off of his forehead, as he adjusted his suit and walked back away into the darkness.
And there you go! The official introduction to season 6 of The Invincible Spider-Man season 6! I'm writing these in advance so I can release them with a half-decent schedule at least lmao. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter, along with the introduction of Hammerhead! I also have a great arc for Peter planned throughout this season, and I'll be injecting a bit of my own experiences too. Overall the season is going to be about 12-15 chapters!
As for other news, my exams are going kindaaa not as good as I hoped they would. Getting a little bullied too but I guess that comes with the high school package. And it's only the first 2 weeks of May, here's hoping that things get better! In about a month I'll be in Grade 12, wow it's incredible to see how much things have changed, especially since I began writing this story towards the end of Grade 9!
vfc15650: I'm really glad you liked it, I hope you enjoy season 6! And yep the series is definitely continuing!
Fate-Be Changed: Yep!
Marvel Nerd: I've actually never seen Megas xlr lmfao, but I'm glad you liked it!
SpideyXBC: Definitely lol
Geek4Life: I'm sure they'll see each other again soon!
Teller-Story: Thank you!
I am the Voice: Indeed, the best way to learn!
Guest: I hope the season lives up to expectations!
Yours Truly,
Shadow Strike.
