Chapter 3
A False Web
Part 2
John continued his way out of the tunnels and once he was out and back to the station he headed back to the apartment. After all he figured it would be better to return the original suit to his closet where he could hide it until the plan worked as carrying them both around was just asking for trouble. After all the reason for making the replica was so he would have a little reassurance that he could dodge anything fatal and John was very much hoping it would work. He had all these worrying things going through his head on his way home.
Why did I even agree to this plan anyway I am not the hero type, John thought to himself as he walked up the steps to the apartment building quickly making his way up to his room. Once inside he took out both suits and after pilfering the web shooters and capsules from the belt he put the original in the closet. He then began to outfit the replica with the equipment he borrowed from the original and once that was done he took a brief sigh in relief having finished with step one of somewhat stupid plan he had agreed to.
John then decided to look up at the alarm clock on the desk looking at the time. It was a few hours before his sisters show which John had told her he wouldn't go however he could use the time away from the house. Plus maybe it would help him with his plans to return Spider-Man's suit though the odds of the show in the park getting interrupted by criminals was quite low. He decided he would go so he stuffed the replica costume on under his clothes, placed the gloves, web shooters, mask, and his wallet into his pockets before heading out the door to take a bus to Central Park.
It didn't take to long for the bus to drop him off at the parks entrance where he began to walk towards the area of the park where he knew the stage would be. It didn't take him to long to arrive there where he saw his sister talking to what looked like two of her friends. One of them was a boy who looked to be around five foot six with a black hair which was cut short and was wearing a red shirt with a pair of blue jean shorts. He was currently facing away from John so that Emma's brother couldn't see his face.
The other one who was standing next to Emma was a young french girl of around seventeen years of age with long straight brown hair with short bangs framing the sides of her face. Her face was beautiful with long eyelashes and a rather attractive face with full lips which was covered with light pink lipstick. She was wearing a light purple strapless dress which hugged her lithe and slim form exposing a small bit of her large chest. The french girl looked over to where John was standing and smiled at him before waving him over.
John then shyly walked over to the group standing next to his sister but in front of her friends where he could see the two friends green eyes. He however didn't notice that the french girl was blushing her cheeks being a light slight shade of red.
" Hey Emma there is a guy standing next to you," the boy said with a slightly jokey voice. " Should I be jealous?"
" Oh hey bro so you decided to come and see the show I know that makes Paola is happy," Emma said before giving the french girl a light tap on the shoulder with her fist. This just made said french girl blush more red which of course John ignored.
" Well I decided that I probably shouldn't just sit inside the house all day so I decided to come and watch the show sis," John said looking over at his sister. " Plus who knows maybe something exciting will happen and it will prove me right that being an introvert is much safer then the other way around."
" Doubtful John at least normally with things as they are now though," the boy said looking over to Emma and Paola.
" Dylan my brother is entitled to his opinion even if it is wrong," Emma said with a smile now having an arm wrapped around her french friend who now had a slightly frown expression on her face. " Well anyway give us a few minutes and the show will be under way soon."
After that John went to the rows of seats and found on in the back where no one would notice he would be there while his sister and her friends went to finish and set stuff up. John just sat quietly in the back playing on his phone trying to ignore the crowd around him however it didn't stop him from catching the familiar sound of Williow's voice talking rather close to him an so he looked up and noticed her familiar red and gold hair. She was talking with a blond haired girl next to her wearing a leather jack and shorts from what John could see from his chair.
Wonder if she is the one who is the daughter of that supervillian, John thought to himself hoping that they wouldn't notice him which they didn't. He quietly thanked whoever was responsible for that little miracle and moved his attention back to his phone until it was time for the show to start. He ended up playing Angry Birds on his phone for about fifteen minutes until the show began. First was the opening act a local band came out and played a cover of a country song John had never heard of and then the actual show began...and that's when our protagonist had decided he made a mistake coming.
That's because at that moment two suvs drove into the park and out of each one stepped five goons dressed in all black and half of them headed backstage while the rest robbed the guest of the concert. John used his spot at the back of the crowd to sneak off and head into a densely wooded area where he removed his clothes, put on the replica suits mask, web shooters, and gloves before he stuffed his clothes underneath a bush where he hoped no one would find them. After that John ran back to the stage area.
" Alpha-1 woke up if you would please we have some work to do," John whispered quietly while once he got closed to the stage seating area where he hid behind a tree. It took a couple of seconds before he got any response from the program.
" Good afternoon sir how may I assist you today?" Alpha-1 said in a energetic voice.
" We go a situation a group of ten bandits are robbing the concert that my sister is supposed to be the closing act for tonight," John said to the A.I program in his suit.
" So we need to stop them quickly without any harm coming to the civilians is that correct sir?" Alpha-1 said with a thoughtful voice. " Alright plan I have a plan feeding it to your right lens so you can see it now."
" Well I hope this goes according to your plans Alpha-1 because otherwise we got a problem," John said before he started with step one of the plan which was to swing down from the nearest tree, the red and blue costume blending seamlessly with the night. Landing gracefully between the bandits and the stage, he quipped, "Gentlemen, I'm afraid you're in the wrong place for a late-night party."
The bandits, armed with an assortment of weapons, snarled back in defiance. One of them, their apparent leader, shouted, "Stay out of this, webhead, or you'll regret it!"
Without wasting another moment, John launched into action. Alpha-1 had guided him through the chaos as he dodged a barrage of bullets, acrobatically flipping and twisting through the air in a manor that was precisely calculated to give him the least chance of being shot. After that John quickly fired some webs which webbed up the barrels of guns, rendering them useless. Once that was done John quickly took action to incapacitate two of the bandits closest to him by punching one of them in the face and quickly roundhouse kicking the other one in the stomach before attaching weblines to their feet and tripping them and then webbing them to the ground.
The bandit leader then promptly charged him alone brandished a knife, lunging at John with a furious roar, however thanks to the prediction made by Alpha-1 his reflexes were faster, and he swiftly webbed the weapon out of the leader's hand, leaving him defenseless.
John quipped, "You know should've brought more friends if you wanted to dance."
In a desperate final attempt, the bandit leader produced a hidden smoke bomb and unleashed it, obscuring the area in thick, billowing smoke. However even though John was nervous he knew that the Alpha-1 would soon make a new plan and give it to him as it predicted what the bandits next moves and he would be warned of the danger. Alpha-1 had made a new prediction and counterattack plan in just mere seconds as John heard the footsteps of the eight remaining bandits closing in from all sides.
Emerging from the smoke, the bandits attacked from all directions, their fists and weapons swinging wildly. John's movements were swift as he skillfully dodged their strikes, webbing them up and disarming them. He used his web shooters to create a vortex, clearing the smoke and revealing the bandits, all webbed up and incapacitated. With the threat neutralized, John swung back to the stage, where the concert-goers erupted into cheers. The music resumed, and the night returned to a celebration of peace and harmony.
John then ran backstage and hid before waiting for the music to catch the crowds attention again before he ran back into the park being as sneaky as possible. Eventually he found where he stashed his clothes, told Alpha-1 to shut down for the night, put his regular clothes back on over the costume, hid the gloves, web shooters, and mask in his pockets all before walking back to the concert hall.
Maybe that got his attention and I can return the suit to him tonight, John thought to himself before he started to breath heavily at remembering the fight he had gotten himself into and would hopefully not have to do again.
Meanwhile in Queens
" I have a visual on the target waiting for the order to capture," a man with a thick Russian accent said into an ear piece well looking into the kitchen of a house in the suburbs of Queens New York where Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, and Harry were celebrating what looks to be a birthday party.
" Wait until he leaves the house Kraven after all we don't want to turn this into a media fiasco just yet," a mysterious voice answered on the other side of the line. " And remember you six we want him alive."
Authors Note: Okay we will end this chapter here for now sorry it's a week late had a bit of writers block that I think I have sorted out now. The fight scene for this chapter was a little tricky for me to write and I used an AI to generate some of it and then modified the output to get what I wanted. I don't know if it turned out good so you will have to review and let me know. Now as for Chapter 4 which I will be starting on tomorrow and I will try to have out Tuesday or Wednesday to make up for the late chapter we will have our first supervillian for John to fight. Try and guess who it is and while you're at it please read and review until next time!
