IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTICE!
The name's Arrexu. Pleasure to meet you humble reader.
(Play the YouTube vid whilst reading this btw^.^)
Word count: 9083
I may be a bit late with a fanfic about the spectacular Spider-Man...
Yh... for those who wonders why it's because spectacular spiderman started 9-almost 10- years ago in 2008. It was my absolute Favourite cartoon as a kid... still am (a kid I mean) But the "Ultimate" version was damm right awesome in 2012. So I decided to mix them.
Spidey has a sad life in the original version which are, the comics (of course) He even has a sad life in SSM (Spectacular Spider-Man) unlike in USM (Ultimate Spider-Man) where he leads a delightfully normal life... well as normal as a teenage superhero can lead. There wasn't a lot of romance though and I'll rectify that. Let's be honest now... Spidey deserves a great life, not the tragedies that befell him ever since 1963. That's why a lot of people loves "Ultimate Spider-Man"
I'm also adding my own arcs so that those who watched both series can keep up with my game and stay interested. It's been so long since I've watched SSM that I actually forgot about it. The only reason I remembered it, is because a certain black cat crossed my path. Did you all know that in some regions, Black cats are supposed to give luck. So consider you readers lucky, for Black cat is about to cross your path and introduce to you... a new world and adventures of Spider-Man.
Btw... MJ and Felicia and Liz and Heck... every other love interest of Spider-Man are bad girlfriends... so for you shy boys out there... ignore those popular girls at school and wait for the time when the correct girl graces your presence. Well... all of'em are bad except for Gwen Stacy maybe even Liz. (Maybe some are Nice ^.^)
And for you girls out there... I'm not in the position to say things to you readers but... please don't go dating for fun(or yes you should)... like MJ did in the comics... poor Peter... deserves better T^T.
(That's just meant as a jk ok? No hard feelings kay? Kay!?)
Lil question for those more knowledgeable. How many genetically enhanced, radioactive, super spiders existed in the movieverse of Spiderman? Some say 15 with one dying as it bit Peter Parker cause of radiation and stuff. In the Amazing Spider-Man (TASM) there were like.. rows upon rows of them.
"Human talking"
'Human thinking'
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Disclaimer:
I don't own SSM and USM, cause if I did... there would be 3 more seasons for SSM and MJ or White Tiger would be together with Spider-Man in USM. I just own the plot. Oh and to be sure, I don't own elements of TASM.
Oh... and P.s.
As far as visualizing the characters go... just think about USM characters designs. (Last season, cause the animation in the 4th season was very awesome)
PPS.
I just can't see double D (Daredevil) together with Black cat. Sorry to those that ship them but... I just can't. For those that want to see some Felicia action then this is the right fanfic for you... but DD is a big no, he'll be making an appearance but no DD x Black cat. (Cause they made out in the comics and Spidey didn't do crap.) All he said was "so this is my devil counterpart" or something like that. And yes... I know that it was a sort of... one-time thing.
PPPS.
I hate those that made black cat so... slutty. And yes... that's basically saying "I hate Stan Lee" and other authors who do it.
PPPPS.
When this "*time freeze*" comes at any point in the fanfic, then consider it Peter breaking the fourth wall. Like in Ultimate Spiderman kay?
PPPPPS.
This is Mature content so I'm allowed to write that (Slutty). And another quick question... assuming you made it to the very end of this Author Note.
Who ships Nova and MJ?
It was a rainy day in New York City. What annoys Peter Parker is as to why it's raining. Sure a man important to Peters best friend -Harry Osborn- died but that doesn't mean the heavens should weep for him. He was a prime organizer, Power hungry, crappy Dad to Harry... Oh and let's not forget that he's the Green Goblin. The man died honorless, dreamless and bat-shit-crazy. Peter Parker will Never forget the man's sinister laughter as he threw pumpkin bombs at him.
Peter looks away from Norman Osborn's grave. He was a brown haired 15-year-old High-school kid with romance problems. He naturally wore all black with a matching black umbrella shielding him from the pouring rain. He was the last one standing in front of Osborn's grave. In fact... he watched as Gwen Stacy, the love of his life, walk away with his best friend Harry Osborn hand in hand.
That might not be weird since they're in fact... a couple. But Gwen herself told Peter that she loved him. Of course, as the goody two shoes they are, decided too first break up with their current partners to get together. Peter held his end of the bargain, leaving one -Elizabeth Allen- heartbroken.
But Gwen didn't.
Of course, he knew Osborn guilt tripped her into thinking that she's the only one left that stops him from going drugs (globulin green) on Spider-Man... (which I tell you... is dang nasty)
You see.. one Harry Osborn thinks that Spider-Man is the reason his father died -which was not so farfetched- which is also the reason why he hates him with a passion. In fact, Peter is incredibly guilty for it. And as the good girl Gwen is, she decided to continue and be Harry's girlfriend.
But still... (1)
XXX
Peter is mindlessly walking around NYC, as if in a daze. His guilt for not being able to help Norman that day was pushing his mentality to the test.
'It's all my fault... I could've tried harder! But... it was either me or him... he said so himself! Besides... he would've ruled NYC in my absence. With Crime lords like L. Thompson Lincoln aka. Tombstone, Doc Oc. and Silvermane gone... that would've been like taking a kids sucker.' He thought. He felt slightly better after thinking about all the bad guys he sent behind bars. And he was only 6 months into his carrier. Only to lower his head, depressed. 'That still isn't an excuse... people think I killed him and I bet 'JJJ' (aka. J. Jonah Jameson. Peters boss at the daily bugle) is maniacally laughing on his desk right about now.' He sighed.
Peter finally paid attention to where he was going. He looked around and what he saw shocked him enough to drop his umbrella, letting the rain mercilessly pour on him. Not seeing the spider that's crawling up his leg.
'This is... this is...' Peter thought horrified. In fact. .. he looked like he'd just seen Gwen call rhino smart. 'This is exactly the spot where Ben died.'
Peter remembered that day as clearly as Pepper (actually Virginia) Potts seeing Happy (tony's assistant aka. Harold Hogan) in speedos.
It was late at night at about 10:30. Peter was blown off by the cashier guy. "You need to sign the formula" he said. "Otherwise, I just keep the money" he said. Peter just didn't want people to know his identity... otherwise, what's the point of the mask? Peter could still remember what he said afterwards. He mumbled a small "...but I won" soooo unlike that time when he said it with more anger.
"Not my problem kid"
Yes, he could still remember what happened afterwards. The man was mugged and the thief was running towards him... it was the only way out after all. The cashier guy screamed at Peter to stop him. He knew Peter could, he'd seen him beat the strongest pro-wrestlers there after all. The spider was now at his waist. If you looked close enough, you'd see that it was pitch black and had a red hourglass on its abdomen. What happened next is what made Peter visibly cringe. A tear trailed down Peters' face. He didn't bother wiping it away as it was raining anyway. He remembered sidestepping and letting the thief pass. The spider was crawling up his back.
'What are you doing! Stop him!"
"...Not my problem" Peter quietly mumbled. Yes... he remembered saying that same phrase to the cashier guy. ... all because he was angry. And what happened next... was history.
Say all you want but...
'Ben Parker's death... was all my fault' Peter fell to his knees... and openly cried. Peter never felt so weak before in his life. The spider made it to his neck and fell inside because of the heavy rain.
Not when flash bullied him.
Not when Gwen was kidnapped for like... countless times.
Not when Aunt may looked at him in disapproval.
Heck! Not when he faced off all the other supervillains combined. ...and yes. That includes the Green Goblin. Peter basically just relived his worst nightmare. Then the spider bit him. It was probably afraid of the cramped place between his skin and clothes. Add that with his stressful and lonely life...
He fell unconscious.
XXX
Peter was back to his normal clothes.. this time though, he was floating in the abyss. Making a ball off himself, Peter cried and whimpered like a kicked dog.
'What should I do...' Peter sobbed pathetically
'Someone help me... please' the answer he got was silence.
'Uncle Ben...'
Then there was a blindingly white light
.
.
"Peter..." a familiar voice said quietly. But said boy didn't want to listen to it... he just wanted to disappear... and repent for his incapability.
"Peter Benjamin Parker" The voice said with a proud and loud voice. This time Peter could clearly hear it. His heart raced. 'No it can't be!' Peter raised his head.
He gasped.
He was in a very familiar room, sitting on a very familiar couch. But that wasn't the most shocking thing as he vaguely remembers falling unconscious on the street. For right in front of him (or sitting beside him at the couch) was Ben Parker... his Uncle.
"Uncle Ben?... is... is that you?" Peter asked in a shaky voice. The man just smiled and nodded. Peter smiled and cried tears of joy. He went in for the hug. Ben graciously accepted him. The man kept hearing Peter mumble 18 silent whispers of "... I'm sorry" quickly nearing the 30's. Ben just shushed his nephew. "Look at what you've become Peter. ." Peter looked down in shame, awaiting his look of disapproval when he looked up from his position on his Uncle's chest. "A strong young man that's smart and is humble" Peter looked up to his Uncle in shock. "But... but I'm the reason you died... Uncle... and...and Norman. ." Ben interrupted him fairly quickly. "Do you remember my last words to you Peter?"
How could he forget... it's his life motto... it's like a broken recorder replaying that statement over and over again. And it's his drive for being Spider-Man.
"With great Power..." Peter started.
"...Comes great responsibility" they both finished.
Peter smiled and calmed down. He let go of his Uncle and leaned back. Trying to see if it was really him. And it was. He smiled. "Walking in the past and thinking about 'What if's' and 'what could've been' isn't something you should do... Peter. It Blinds you... you know why?" Peter shook his head no. Ben smiled. "Because seeing behind you makes you unable to see the road ahead of you. Being in the past makes you unable to see the Future. Live in your present Peter." Peter looked at him, still uncertain. "But what If I mess up...like all the other times... Uncle Ben... I.. I have nothing left except Spider-Man and aunt may"
Ben frowned a bit, but he quickly smiled it away. "Listen... Peter. I know it's incredibly hard for you right now. But one day... things will look up for you. Everyone tumbles down at least once in their life. And that's perfectly fine, for the real question is whether you have the will to stand back up and walk again or to just... give up and take the easy way out. All you have to do is to believe in yourself and make the right decisions..." Ben was interrupted before he could finish. "And if I make the wrong decisions? Because of me, Liz's brother turned to a living volcano... now he's in jail and I just broke up with her... she's all alone. Oh and MJ? She may possibly just lost her boyfriend. Now Eddie's a lunatic and Norman. ... Norman is dead. Then there's Harry. And then there's the Black Cat."
It was silent after his outburst. "What do you have in common with them and the supervillains Peter?" Peter looked shocked... he and his friends absolutely... didn't have anything in common with those super villains. "They're all Human...with some having powers... just like you.. but what you have and they don't is...?" Peter instantly knew the answer.
"Responsibility"
"That's my boy. You became this cities hero... Peter, whether they like it or not. They just don't know it yet. You held yourself responsible for every crime that's been going on in NYC, you took down every super villain... By yourself! You even sent Crime Lords behind bars and then some! You saved your friends when they needed it, you saved faceless people in NYC that may or may not be thankful later on but you still didn't demand for anything.
You even took responsibility for aunt may and helped pay the taxes."
Ben took a deep breath.
"So you see Peter..." the environment turned white again, freaking Peter out, but not Ben, he just kept talking.
"All those super villains, all those crime lords, all those grudges these people have on you..." slowly, every single foe Peter had faced in the past were seen in the distance. His costume was creeping up to him starting from his toes and slowly moving its way upwards.
"See them Peter... They are your responsibility!" Ben boomed as Peter's Spider-Man suit covered him halfway through his whole body.
"If you can do good things for other people, you have a moral obligation to do those things. That is what's at stake here. Not choice. Responsibility. Now... go get'em spider!" Peter smiled as he's costume completely covered him.
"Now... which of you creeps want a piece of me? Urgh Kraven... did you shower in dog urine, or is that your regular shampoo? Hey Flint! What did I tell you about taking a bath? Too wet for your sand you call skin or something? Oh, and don't you fly away from me again beaky." Peter went right after them whilst thinking that his last joke was kinda bad... even for him. Meh, they'll have to live with it. He grinned
"Oh and Peter..." Ben said in a serious tone. Peter listened closely to what he has to say.
"Go get me and May some grand-babies we can spoil" Ben smiled.
Peter blushed... hard.
"UNCLE BEN!"
The last thing he heard was his boisterous laughter. He smiled a teary smile before all he saw was white again.
'This is not the end... nor a continuation... this... is just the beginning'
XXX
Peter groaned as he opened his eyes. Slowly waking up from his peaceful sleep. Adjusting to the brightness of it all, Peter checked his surroundings. 'White walls..? Check. Box room? Check. One window? Double check. Yup... hospital' Peter sat up, enjoying his time here... not. Seriously, this place is worse than jail. He clearly remembered what happened. He wasn't sure what exactly that was. An Illusion? Godsend? Who cares. He got to meet Ben again. 'Oh Uncle Ben... bless your wonderful soul... and once again... Thank you for everything.'
That's when he heard the door creaking. And in came Aunt May. "Oh my lord...Peter! You're awake! Thank goodness! What happened? Did someone attack you? The doc said that you were twitching on your bed while having cramps here and there!" As the woman fussed, Peter just happily smiled. He told her that he fainted out of stress with school and work (not to mention his hero and romantic life and that weird pinch he felt on his neck) Yes...this was his responsibility. Peter quickly hugged his Aunt and kissed her lovingly on the cheek. "Let's go home for now ok... Aunt May?" The woman smiled in relief and nodded her consent. The last Parker's left the hospital to go back home. Peter put a hand on his neck, wondering what happened just then.
XXX
Peter was currently in the basement, trying to figure out ways to improve his webbing and if possible, upgrade his suit. The reason why... is because the police had a major breakout to prevent and he wasn't there. Apparently, he was unconscious for about 5 days. Even he was surprised. 'J. Jonah Jerk-face is soooo gonna antagonize Spider-Man after this' Peter thought. Welp, back to his webbing. He realized that he needed to be stronger than before... so strong, that even Green Goblin will think thrice before fighting him... not that he was ever coming back.
He didn't have many results in his experiments. Stronger webbing but not stretchable. Good shooters, but bad for swinging. Maybe he should call those 'Impact webbing'. They're strong enough to break bones after all. Then there were small and thin ones but we're nevertheless, durable. Maybe he could make a parachute out of something similar or maybe even a wingsuit. He just needs to have the right materials for it. Peter started to think... Now, where can he get materials for cheap.
'Wait... didn't Connors leave for Florida and abandoned his lab?' Peter smiled. That would do. He donned his civvies and went over to ESU labs. The place where it all began. Well... it was moved to a warehouse near the docs so... not really where it all began but y'all get what I'm trying to say.
Peter entered the room where he was bitten. This place brought back so many memories. So many good ones. Like him and Gwen acting all geeky when they knew they were visiting the lab. But old memories isn't why he came here for. Peter looked around the Lab, searching for tools. He eventually found usable stuff. Now... the only thing he needs is a Power source or a strong battery so that he could work here. Can't use a computer without electricity after all. Talking about electricity... 'where is electro?' You would think that a man made of electricity would attack New York the day he left prison. 'And whatever happened to Mark Allen aka. Molten Man and Liz Allen's Brother.'
Peter couldn't help but be nervous. Crime's starting all over again. He's got to stop them. For now, he'll let the police do their stuff. The thugs around NYC are easy enough for the NYPD to handle. As much as it pains him to not go on his nightly patrols, he'd be more useful when he wasn't getting beat up by the sinister 6. The supervillains didn't make their move yet, so Spidey would lay low and bid his time. 'Besides...' Peter thought. Looking at the abandoned lab. 'I got work to do'
XXX
It was 4 months later where the next exciting event happened in Peter's life. For one, he was back at the lab. He did some exploring around the lab about 3 or so months ago. He thought he killed it... but apparently, it survived... well kinda. Probably because a piece of it was laying forgotten inside a glass container for further evaluation. It was Venom. Peter didn't know why it suddenly got violent whenever he came near its field of... vision(?) (actually... he does) Not that the thing had eyes... but...you all get what I mean.
Sometimes he wondered if he should go black instead of the original red and blue. He even playfully talked to it once about bonding again... it didn't end well. Not that Venom got any closer to Peter or anything, but the thing started to act all violent and attacked the glass containing it. It almost seemed happy...
'What am I? Crazy? Did Norman actually managed to drug me in his final moments?...' After entertaining the idea of him -Peter Parker- going green and evil, Peter decided to just lay down and watch venom. The thing was acting up again.
He finished upgrading his suit this month... and it was fantastic. His new suit is now made of carbon fiber and Unstable Molecules bonded with Kevlar that makes it incredibly light but still durable enough to handle knives and most bullets of a handgun. It can also repair itself thanks to the Unstable Molecules similar to the Fantastic Four's suits. And Kevlar is said to be 5 times stronger than steel so ehh...why not? It was laying in the lab...rotting, so why not use it? Apparently, those Unstable Molecules stuff were a gift from the Reed Richards... you know... the fantastic four's version of Luffy of one piece or what the press likes to call him, Mr. Fantastic. He also added a bit of rubber underneath with the majority being carbon-fiber. The rubber was just there to nullify Electro's electrical blasts to the point that they felt like a ticklish poke. The suit looked exactly like his old one, but his Spider insignia in the front and in the back has their back legs stretched down. The only thing he added was a hood. Yes, an actual hood! It was red on the outside with web motives and blue on the inside. Then there were his Web shooters. (2)
Oh how he loved them!
The shooters were now more advanced with some functions to help him out of some situations. Like a built-in Web grenade for when he would Web up grown men in a time frame close to an instant. He even managed to upgrade his webbing... not by much, but he was sure that even Venom would get a hard time trying to get out of it, considering, he let them dry for a few seconds...which he was sure he wouldn't if it comes down to it. The webs from his starting carrier would only dry after 30 seconds which wasn't quite effective, so he tried a new formula that would speed it up. He succeeded. His webbing can now dry in less than 5 seconds. These webs were meant for The Rhino who was strong yes, it also had the side effect of making him dumb too. 'Maybe he already was dumb?'
So he wasn't really a threat before but better safe than sorry right. Of course there was more, like tasers but that's a story for another time. He was actually on his way to finishing his masterpiece and a little side object. Something he started working on 2 and a half months ago. But he was sure that it would take him more than just 2 months to make it actually worthwhile.
Peter sighed looking at venom.. "what to do what to do..." looking at Venom now made him actually feel at ease... unlike last time. Call him weird but the presence of this little thing was kinda ok for him. Peter sighed yet again. "I can't believe I'm doing this."
Peter took a deep breath and started to talk... to venom of all things. "You know Venom...ever since you bonded with me and kinda messed up my mind and searched through my memories, I've been thinking and decided to lighten you're dark gloomy face-up" Peter quipped. "No reaction? Tough crowd..." he pouted. Absolutely no one ever laughed at his jokes and it annoyed him. "You see, it all started with me getting bullied at school..." telling his life story to a Symbiote was kinda sad, but it did relax his tense shoulders, hands, legs... Heck...his whole body. He told Venom about everything That's been going on at school, how he was bullied, how his love interest ditched him and about the stress he's been going through. Hey... he may not be doubtful of himself anymore but that doesn't mean he's not tired and stressed. After saying his part, Peter looked at the black Symbiote. It was oddly quiet and seemed to be... docile.
Peter then looked at his watch... only to see that it was 10:30!... he was supposed to be back home 30 minutes ago. "Crap! Aunt May's sooo~ gonna ground me!"
With that last scream and a final goodbye towards the black goo called Venom. Peter ran as fast as he could back home. 'At least it's summer vacations' Good thing too. God knows he needs some sleep.
XXX
The Next day, Peter went back to the abandoned lab right after breakfast. He was working on his new suit, his greatest invention yet.
"Oh, I can't wait till I add this AI (artificial intelligence) into my suit." Peter giggled like a school girl to Flash. Oh yeah... 'Eugene (Flash) Thompson... finally... a few weeks without him around would do my bruises good... but back to my AI'.
Peter had this crazy idea to install more than just Kevlar and rubber into his suit to give him a better edge against his many enemies but that's above his current budget... like way over the top. More like Tony Stark kind of budget to make the new suit... or at least an upgrade for it. He planned on putting this artificial intelligence in one of his Web shooters and attach earphones to it for very obvious reasons. Wouldn't want people to hear his AI now, would he? Peter sighed. That can wait for a while longer.
He took some much-needed rest while eating some lunch he bought. He looked at his lunch. One Hot dog. 'It seems that I need a new job. The income I have with JJ isn't enough. And the only reason I went there is because 1. Oscorp doesn't pay you... apparently 2. I need the money and 3. Stark Industries would endanger me. Sad... I really wanted to do something about science and get paid for it... meaning, the Baxter building is probably off the list cause of the current influx of new students' Peter just finished his Lunch and proceeded to lay down and relax.
He thought about all the remaining problems he has right now.
'Let's see... Harry is ... I dunno, acting all weird and Gwen is just...' Peter sighed. 'anyway... None of them are taking my calls. Mhm, I wonder why?
Next up are the super-villains. It seems as if Silvermane, Tombstone and all the others in prison escaped. Last I heard, the Police got about 30% of the criminals back behind bars. Which leads me to the next Problem...' Peter sighed. If she just listened to him for a bit... then all of this wouldn't have happened.
'Cat...'
Peter closed his eyes, remembering the times he spent with that mischievous girl. He couldn't fault her though, she didn't know that Walter Hardy -her father- killed his Uncle. Peter was also 60 percent sure that she's the one that caused the outbreak in the first place. He sighed, Peter would make a very dumb decision and visit the one man that could tell him about the prison break without resulting to force... that is, if said prisoner still was where he should be. 'I think I'll explore the lab more to get my mind outside the gutter' Peter stood up and searched through the lab once again. Dr. Connors' lab was massive and not to mention very modern. It had more equipment on biochemicals than any Oscorp labs in use and that's saying something. 'The man really was a genius in cross-species genetics' But that's what probably led to many of Spider-Man's enemies.
Villains such as the Rhino, Sandman, Electro, Kraven... 'I'll make sure to shove a gene cleanser in that guy's mouth... he's dangerous as a human already, coming from a hunter family and all' Peter thought. Peter unconsciously walked towards the room where he was bitten while he thought about the stuff he would do against his enemies.
What he found was as expected. The spiders that were caged once upon a time, were no more. He sighed. Peter actually hoped that a few of them still existed. He kept walking around. 'Maybe I could still find their bodies' The search proved to be quite fruitful. He found 14 bodies... but none of them were the one that bit him... probably. The weird thing was that he always found them in groups of two. Peter put the 14 spiders on an operation table and proceeded to analyze them.
XXX
Peter was currently at a convenience store where he normally bought the ingredients for his Web fluid. He then went to the cashier guy after getting said ingredients.
"You know... I know what you're doing kid." Peter looked at him in shock. This further proved the man's point.
"What do you mean? Seriously... I have no idea what you're getting at."
"Do you take me for a dumbass? You've been buying the same thing at least once a month! Business must be booming since you've been here 5 times already. And that alone in this month!"
*time freeze*
"Yeah... about that..." A chibi Peter is currently mixing different chemicals together and stuffing them unto his Web shooters whilst laughing like a madman. The results were... well~...you get the picture. "Heh... you might be wondering how this is possible... with me breaking the fourth wall and all but who the hell cares? Just makes everything more fun"
*unfreeze*
"Wha...?"
"Look, kid... I don't know what drugs you can possibly create..."
*time freeze*
"Woah WoahWoah. ...Woah! He Did not... just accuse me of Drug dealing? This is hilarious! Don't you think? For a second I thought he knew I was Spider-Man"
*unfreeze*
"What! Nooo! Of course not man! Do I look like a guy that could properly deal drugs?"
The man put a finger on his chin and actually looked thoughtful.
He actually looked thoughtful!
He then just sighed. "whatever lets you sleep at night kid." He said in a nonchalant tone. "Now, get out of here" Peter did just that and went back to the lab. On the way, he was still trying to contact Gwen or Harry but neither of them answered his calls. He sighed and looked for someone he could maybe call and talk to. He found MJ and Liz on his contact list. 'I need more friends' he thought plainly. 'Well MJ is at Mallorca and is enjoying her summer holidays and I wouldn't want to annoy her with my problems. ' He thought, thinking about MJ.
'Liz would kill me with her voice alone so she's a big no' Peter sighed and put his phone away.
"This is totally how I want to spend my summer... not"
XXX
Peter sighed. It was the beginning of a new semester. 'Summer Holiday is over and I still didn't get a simple text from Gwen or Harry' Crime rates has skyrocketed in the last 3-4 months, which was something that made Peter cringe. He would love nothing more than to just whip up his suit and knock some poor sap in the face. And it didn't take a genius to realize that there's a 'but' missing in that sentence. 'But last I checked, they're only carjackers, muggers, drug dealers and more. Nothing that the police can't handle.' Peter thought. And as far as Peter knows... that's a bad sign. Every super villain Peter fought had made some sort of cease-fire.
'And that basically means that they're planning and preparing themselves for something big... how do they decipher such an event again? The calm before the storm?' So if they could prepare themselves then so could he. Peter sighed. That's the infamous Parker luck for yours truly. Last time it was a three-way gang war between crime lords. Good thing that Kingpin wasn't involved.
The Kingpin was a man Peter researched on intensively in the last few months. He got names such as Norman and Vanessa when he was in the more... darker parts of Manhattan. He basically entered bars, red light districts and clubs to gather info. The most interesting parts were those about Norman's Death and of course... the Kingpin of crime. But we'll get back to this on another day.
He was currently in his homeroom at school and was looking at his classmates. He knew almost all of them. 'Flash and his crew along with their cheerleaders and Liz. Other students who I share the bare minimum of classes. MJ... Gwen and Harry'
*time freeze*
"Woah! Time out time out!" Peter said forming a T with his arms. "Let's backtrack right now. Flash and his crew? Check. Liz and a few cheerleaders? Double check. MJ? Check with a plus for being my longtime friend. And~~~~~~~ Gwen and Harry" comically rubs eyes and stares. "Yes! It's them! I should go over and say hi... or~ nah. They look way to lovey Dovey over there for me to but in and play the third wheel" zooms to a chibi blond beauty and a red-haired spoiled dunce making out in front of the classrooms. Some even threw a few catcalls. (Fake! Made out in Pete's mind) "Mhm~ yep! Better stay here"
*unfreeze*
Peter sighed and looked outside the window, wishing some super villain would make his debut. But alas, Spider-Man's return isn't meant to be. It's been 5 whole months now since the Spider-Man has last appeared. And JJ is still reporting about him being the reason that crime rate's so high these days. Now, how unfair is that? 'It's gonna be a long day' Peter thought.
"Hey there tiger... what's up with dark and gloomy today? Seriously, you need to look at the more positive things in life!" Peter smiled at the redhead sitting next to him 'Same old MJ. Always knows what to say' Peter smiles fondly at the girl. "Hey there yourself MJ. By the way... what's up with the cam?" Peter chuckled. MJ raised a delicate eyebrow. "You know... I kind of expected you to have a cam underneath those sleeves of yours" the curvy redhead said whilst pointing at his sleeve. Peter smirked. 'Oh trust me, with that cam of yours... you definitely want to see what's underneath' he thought.
*time freeze*
"Woah WoahWoah. .. for you nosebleeding girls out there, no.. just no. I meant my spider suit" Peter grinned cheekily.
*unfreeze*
(3)
"Well, I had an epiphany over the holidays and decided to take my life seriously! No going out with some 3rd rate boy or full-time relationships, so as you can guess... I'm a free agent till I'm 30" He couldn't believe it. The MJ, his best friend, and the so-called 'party girl', just gave up her teenage life in favor of real-life work? Peter couldn't be any more proud at her. Still, he could feel some disappointment at the 'I'm a free agent' part.
"So... where do you wanna apply for photography then?" Peter asked. "Photography? Oh no! I'm aiming to be a reporter and journalist! And I plan to apply myself at the daily bugle" She said with a happy chirp. "And~~ what exactly are you gonna 'report' about" Peter asked confused.
"About Spiderman of course!"
"Spiderman!"
Peter shouted making the whole class look at him weirdly. "Eh hehe... There's nothing to see over here" and they went back to their own groups and talked idle chit chat. "But seriously now! Why Spiderman?" Peter asked MJ in a hushed tone that is borderline over silent shouting. "Well, I don't really believe for a second that he's a 'menace' of society. And some even say that he's dead." Peter looked astonished. "Dead?" He asked.
MJ nodded. "He saved my life before and he just didn't seem... evil. He also doesn't seem like a guy that would just die after I saw him happily swing away from the last time he appeared." She said, trying to think of ways to clear up the spider's name and to find out more about the Spider himself. "MJ listen...that's very nice of you actually... and quite dandy too but what exactly brought this up?" MJ sighed. "Well... Mark..."
"Well, Hello class. Please go back to your seats" said their History teacher.
*timefreeze*
"Woah... that's not our History teacher. Unless he's a she and has red hair the same shade as MJ" Peter comically compared the two girls with a picture and somehow managed to fuse them together. "Perfect match" he said with a thumbs-up. "So unless her family name doesn't start with aW and ends with an N, then I'll honestly bet money that she's MJ's long lost sister"
*unfreeze*
"Sorry tiger..." She said apologetically. "Let's talk this over at lunch?" Peter just opted to nod. He then saw Gwen two tables to his right. She was about to turn her head and look at him but Harry stood in her line of sight and took the seat between the two of them. 'This is going to be a long school day' Peter thought.
XXX
Peter groaned in relief. 'Finally... Lunch!' He then narrowed his eyes as he walked to the cafeteria. 'Mark eh. When and how did you show your face to MJ' Peter thought. He went to get his food and walked over to MJ who waved him towards her. They sat side by side as they began to eat in comfortable silence.
"So... what did you want to say earlier this morning? You mentioned Mark..." Peter elaborated as MJ swallowed her food before sighing. "Thing is, we met again at the airport which was kinda unexpected. I thought he was in jail, but then he said that he broke out and wanted to see me. Wanna know what he wanted?" Peter nodded in affirmation. "He wanted for us to be an Item! You know! Boyfriend, girlfriend stuff! I said no, I may have been interested in him before but now..." she said a bit disgusted at her self even if it's not been that long yet.
"He then went crazy and pushed me and stuff and then made a fit about the stuff he did for me with the most recent being 'I came to the airport to see you off even!' And I was like, Dude no. If he'd went back to Liz instead then I would've at least tried a relationship." Rambled the Redhead.
"MJ no... I can't believe... well 'now' I can't believe that you of all people would consider dating a dude with a gambling addiction, before he became Molten Man!" Peter said, showing how displeased he was about it. "Hold on a sec! What do you mean 'now' I can't believe it? Are you implying that I would just date any guy I see!?" MJ was furious, to say the least. How could he?! Her best friend... to say that to her. Tears sprung up her face. "I... uhh MJ I... erm... I meant that..." Peter tried to salvage bits and pieces of their almost destroyed friendship if this goes wrong. But then he heard a snort... then giggling before he sees her wheezing in laughter and literally choking on her own spit. 'Huh, what's she laughing about?... Oh, you sly dog' Peter thought. "Hey wait a minute! That was all just an act!"
"Oh relax would you tiger, let me have some fun. And besides, you're completely right and I'm not exactly proud of it" She said with a remorseful grin. "Heh! I knew that!" Peter turned away while dramatically crossing his arms with a huff. "Pff! Yeah of course you do." they looked at each other and before long, started to laugh like an old married couple.
They left the cafeteria and went to science class with Peter not seeing Gwen's displeased frown at another table.
XXX
In an office far away from NYC, you can see a man hidden in the shadows whilst looking at his computer/hologram. Info's about a certain spider was laid out in front of him in many different holographic screens. On one screen was the first picture to have ever been taken of him, which was roughly over 5 months or so ago. On the second screen were Infos about where he's mostly been spotted. And on another, his abilities and track records. The one this man was focusing on the most though was the screen with the most pictures of Spider-Man.
The man came to the conclusion that Spider-Man could be found in either Brooklyn, parts of Queens with most sightings being in Manhattan. That's only known because of the webs that were photographed by some passersby who uploaded them on the Internet. It was just a matter of time before SHIELD found where the picture was shot. But really... that was the only thing known about Spider-Man as a whole. They should actually consider themselves lucky as that is the most useful information anybody... anybody... has of the webhead. Anything else sounded far to superficial.
He has defeated a lot of villains over the past months which earned him a rogue gallery bigger than someone like Daredevil and a heck of a lot more than that new hot shot of the world, Iron man. The man sighed. The higher-ups -he snorted- ordered him to find out about who exactly spiderman is. The world council apparently wanted to know what's under the mask and see if he's a threat or not.
The man was actually bound to agree. Spider-Man is a wild card. He doesn't have anything about him. Be it motive, whereabouts, agendas or even a simple footage. Spider-Man always swings above cameras to avoid being seen as well as webbing them up till after a fight on the ground. 'Smart' Nick reluctantly accepted. He was dealing with something obviously more dangerous than Stark ever could. Nick scoffs. All you have to do to beat that guy is to destroy that pesky AI of his and his suit is all but forfeit. Spider-Man, on the other hand, is pure physical power and from what he'd seen from a few blurry videos, very agile and fast. It'd be a nightmare if Spider-Man was smart enough to gather resources while crime stats were rising and lowering. A shame that he couldn't send in a few agents. His best were on a mission and the others would make them seem like cannon fodder in Spider-Man's presence. But for now, he had a mission. And that's finding spiderman.
Nick Fury couldn't do anything about it though. His best available agent was suffering through false memories and a slight case of amnesia. He would be waiting till she recovered. Until then.
"Bring in the newbies Coulson"
"Yes, sir! Ms. Hill? Please call Luke cage, White Tiger, Iron Fist and Nova to facility 43"
The Head of the world's infamous organization SHIELD sighed as he looked at the villains that suddenly puffed into existence. Most of them with some sort of power... and all of those with power were in Spider-Man's rogue gallery. He gave a slight frown of reluctant respect to spiderman. This green Goblin looks like a complete monster to fight and spiderman killed him?
Fury couldn't help but give the guy some props where it is due. If there is one thing you can call Spider-Man... then that is Dauntless.
XXX
Peter was back at Connors abandoned lab, carefully analyzing the spiders DNA. Good thing he was able to spring the generator back to life or this wouldn't have been possible. 'Thank you for abandoning this lab doc' Peter thanked the man in his head. What he found about the arachnids were very weird. First of all, the fact that he found the spiders in groups of 2 already made him suspicious of something. A reason why he checked their genders.
Each pair had one male and one female. One male spider was quite hard to distinguish from his fellow arachnids cause it looked like as if it was eaten... which it probably was. And the female beside it was... three guesses and the first two don't count. Peter shivered. "I hope there's no female with a spider-based alias," Peter said out loud.
A redheaded woman sneezed... as did another few.
Yes, it seems that this Black Widow was the last to die in the lab. Its corpse was still a bit fresh. Peter estimated that she died about 3 days ago. He took out a bit of their blood which was strangely violet. He checked it's DNA. The standard helical chains, bound to each other by hydrogen bonds, form the shape of the Black widows DNA. It was different than those of a human of course. DNA holds the structure of any organism on earth. So why did the DNA structure of this spider... look like that of... a Humans?
'How can this be? Last I checked, Spiders can't interact with a human in that prospect' he thought jokingly. The four bases found in DNA was mismatched in this spider. The adenine of a human was paired with the thymine of the spider and the guanine of the spider's mixed with the cytosine of a human. 'Woah~ now I know how those University girls felt when they made a breakthrough with their project' Peter thought, referring to the sisters that found Black Widow venom genes inside a virus that lives inside a bacteria that's nestled in most insects. Peters inner nerd squealed in delight. "Oh, my holy introverted-poop-pancakes! A scientific breakthrough!"
*time freeze*
"Either that or~~ an Oscorp gene enhancement gone wrong" Peter joked "I really should learn to not get my hopes up."
*Unfreeze*
Peter visibly deflated, moaning in defeat as he did so. He would've been the youngest to ever achieve something difficult such as a scientific Breakthrough...
*time freeze*
"But then again... Spider-Man is a scientific breakthrough in itself. And who's Spider-man? That's right... Peter Parker! "
*unfreeze*
He went back to work after giving himself the pep-talk and assuring himself as being the perfect mixture of Spider and human... A meta-human. He continued to analyze this man-made phenomenon well into the evening. Peter grumbled, 'it would take a lifetime to compare this with Human DNA of the whole freaking population of NYC!' Peter thought not really patient at all. And he needed to find out whose human DNA this belonged too.
'I have to narrow it down to the very few people who started to work on this project.' He thought calmly.
Peter then went to a laptop not far from his work table and started to Google 'Cross-species genetics' and found a few headlines. The name's that popped up were naturally doctor Curtis Connors and Richard... Parker.
'This can't be..' Peter was shocked. His dad worked with the Curt Connors? Peter quickly clicked the headline 'Project Araneae: Curtis Connors & Richard Parker'
Makes sense cause the scientific definition of spiders are 'Araneae'. Peter quickly skimmed through the texts whilst searching for more useful information with practiced ease. He saw that Connors and his father worked a lot with Spiders, scorpions and the components of its biology, but that's all that was actually published. It said that the project was shut down by Someone named Alistair Smythe. 'Wait a sec... I've heard that name before! But where' Peter thought long and hard for as to where he had learned about the man. 'I swear! It's on the tip of my tongue!' He thought for another 10 minutes before deflating and shook his head. "I'm sure I'll remember it soon," he said.
He then remembered about where and what he was doing. The sudden reference to his father's name made him more than just curious. After all, his smarts must have to come from somewhere. 'It's not like geniuses are mass produced by trees' Peter thought, quite amused by himself. He sighed once again. "It seems that the only way I can find out about this stuff is through Oscorp themselves" Now the last thing he wants to do is to go to that rotten company to possibly get bitten by one of their gene-enhanced lab rats that could possibly mutate him. He could call himself lucky to not get additional 4 limbs and 8 eyes to complete the Spider-Human hybrid look.
So instead of infiltrating Oscorp labs, he decided to just Hack them. Peter started to infiltrate their computers without a second thought. Using attack patterns to search for any weaknesses in the computers coding. After He found one -which barely even took 5 seconds- Peter used the Trojan Horse tactic to open up a so-called 'back door' even though he could just get in with brute force. He preferred to keep this discreet, like how the Trojan Horse was used. Send a gift from the front, wait till they're distracted or asleep and see you as a waste of digital space and BAM! Instant backdoor.
After getting inside, Peter searched through some folders before finding it in one of the trash cans that were used almost 10 years ago. 'About the time in which my parents died' he narrowed his eyes suspiciously...
Peter managed to get three files out of the digital litter and downloaded it to his own computer, before deleting any traces that proves his presence.
'But this can't be it' with that thought, Peter submerged himself further into the computers software, searching into a so-called 'digital media' or online documentation. What's there to find? Old encoding of deleted files in deleted files which are... as you can guess, in deleted files... well... perhaps. He searched through the year of his parents' death. He was barely 6 years old so he couldn't really remember them well. One of Peters final memories of them was when he played hide and seek with his dad before...
Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Peter was again, able to take five more files and download it to a folder on his PC. The CPU of Oscorp computers were quite large so it wouldn't make sense for Peter to continue. He took one last file though, and that was info about what kind of projects Oscorp is up to this year. He then left with no traces... he failed to mention one little gift he left them though. Peter grinned. A bit of revenge mind you.
'That's for your incompetence Norman!' Peter grinned diabolically with a few giggles in between.
He then sighed in mild exhaustion. Wasn't quite hard to hack into Oscorp mind you... their firewall was pathetically weak... it's as if 'kicking a wounded puppy' kind of weak. So weak that it actually hurt Peter more than them! So weak that... you get the picture. He then checked over the files concerning his late father and doctor Connors. He has 8 unguarded, secret files about Richard Parker, Curtis Connors and almost all of OsCorp... and all he could think of is... 'so~~~ where do we start?'
If anyone can guess why I chose this song as an ending, then congrats. I'll give you a cookie.
So... how was it?
Was it good or bad? Pls rate and review.
So for those who don't know or have seen it. I put numbers around the story. They're meant to be a sort of 'mark' to let you now that I have something to say about it at the end of the chapter... well... either that or I'm just poking some fun. For example:
(1) The part where Peter and Gwen should've been together where they would stop dating their current partners. But Gwen didn't hold up her end of the bargain.
For one...I like Gwen but I think it's a bit overused ever since TASM 1&2. Should I pair them or not... meh, I'll come up with something to entice you, readers.
(2) The Amazing Spiderman suit... cause really... that was the best suit behind Symbiote suit! Well, you also add a hood similar to 'Ghost-Spider' aka. His hood though is what I described it to be. Including the red-blue color scheme. Only this time, the Web like motive is outside instead of inside like that of Gwen's suit. So it's red on the outside with web-like patterns and inside the hood it's blue.
(3) which of you girls reading this, got a nosebleed? ^.^ I can get cheeky sometimes and I give you three guesses to as to what my facial expression currently is. The first 2 don't count. I'll give a shout out with a cookie for the one to guess correctly... and for the one to say that she's flustered and got a nosebleed.
Did some of you understand the DNA part of the story? Cause if not, then here's a simplification. Human DNA mixed with Spider DNA. The part with "spider genes inside a virus that is located on a bacteria that resides in every single insect" is in fact true. 2 university students found this out. I think they were sisters. Heeey! If one of you sisters are out there reading this then pls give me a digital autograph and I'll make sure to give a shout out!
Yay and that's 9083words! Mission accomplished! Till next time! God! Guess how much I had to change that number! I'm the beta for my own story after all so meh