Chapter 4

Amplified Adversary

At Aunt May's house…

It was around thirty minutes after the party had ended and Peter was in the kitchen helping MJ clean up the mess from the party while Harry was in the living room talking with Aunt May. Peter was busy drying a plate which once he was done he reached over and put up in the cabinet before looking over at the attractive red headed woman standing next to him for a brief moment though he quickly turned away and grabbed another dish before she would notice. He had once a long time ago back in high school considered asking her out but then two things happened. A radioactive spider bit him giving him super powers and his uncle Ben died leaving Peter with only his final words to live by.

" With great power, there must also come responsibility." The final words of a great man that Peter knew he had been letting down this past week and it was slowly eating away at him, but at the same time before he quit he had almost no time for his friends and he knew eventually something would have to give. However watching the news this past week and seeing how much crime has gone up without him there swinging through the city he was going to go and try and find the suit. He would find a way to balance his work as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and his friends he would have to. After all he didn't think anyone else in the city was going to step up to pick up the slack after all no one could...at least he thought so.

With these thoughts running through his confused adult mind ( yes Peter is 21 years in this story he became Spider-Man when he was 16 ) Peter finished drying the last of the dishes and putting it in the cabinet. Him and MJ had washed and dried them in silence mostly due to the reveal a couple of days ago the MJ and Flash Thompson had started dating which Peter didn't really mind Peter and Flash had made up after high school and where now actually really good friends but it was still kind of an awkward adjustment especially given that Flash knew Peters secret which he promised not to tell MJ.

Anyway after talking with his friends and his aunt for about another half hour Harry and Mary Jane decided it was time for them to go home and so Peter an May wished them good night before heading back into the living room. It was then that he turned on the news and received a shock that he wasn't expecting as the female reporter had caught footage of what appeared to be Spider-Man stopping a robbery at a concert. But that's impossible I am sitting right here unless could it be Kane or Ben...no they are out of state and plus this guy doesn't move like he has superpowers, Peter thought to himself looking at the false Spider-Man on the screen fighting the burglars. No its more like he is predicting their moves in advance with insane accuracy and using that to fight them but that's would take a ridiculous amount of skill. Anyway I got to get my suit back and find out if this guy is friend or foe he could be dangerous.

With that thought Peter turned off the tv and left the house after grabbing his cell phone walking away from his house. Once he was about a quarter of an hour away he took his phone out of his pocket to try and turn on the tracker so he could find the suit, but before he could his spider-sense went off causing him to clumsily dodge forward by doing a half-front flip and barley catching himself by throwing his right hand out to spring upward and flip to his feet before turning to see a green mechanical tail impaled into the pavement where he stood a moment before.

" Man your a spry one aren't you Parker," a man in a mechanical green scorpion suit said with a sadistic smile. Peter was a bit shocked that the villain knew his name though he didn't have time to comment on that as a sudden surge of electricity got fired at him from above which Peter jumped to the side to narrowly avoid almost getting hit with a swing knife which he ducked under and stumbled backwards to avoid getting stabbed by.

" Honestly I have no clue why the boss wants you," a man said who seemed to made of glowing yellow electricity or lighting said floating from the sky above where the bolt of electricity previously came from. " However we do have our orders right Beck?"

" Yeah so lets just finish this one quickly before before he gets mad," a man wearing a green suit with a purple cape said with what looked to be a dark purple fishbowl on his head. The man after saying this raised up his arms and the area filled with a green mist which began to disorient Peter's senses. Once this was done Peter felt an intense sensation from his spider-sense which made him quickly roll out of the way before getting back up to side step an illusion of Kraven who swung a knife at him as he side stepped which Peter caught with one hand before kicking the illusion in the gut making it disperse.

As Peter continued to battle the Sinister Six, he couldn't help but notice their unusual coordination. They were working together seamlessly, a far cry from their usual chaotic approach. It was as if someone had organized them with a single purpose. He wouldn't be able to keep up with this fight long that he knew without his suit and more importantly without his web shooters there was realistically few ways to get out of this without revealing himself and that was an unacceptable risk especially this close to May's house. Then again so is getting kidnapped, Peter thought to himself before side jumped out of the way of a changing Rhino before he got clocked upside the head by the Vulture's flying kick.

The kick to the head disoriented Peter more so that he didn't notice the tranq dart fired by Kraven which hit him in the neck and made him drowsy. Soon he fell to the ground knocked unconscious. The villains gathered around his body with the vulture scooping him up and then flying off.

" The boss will be pleased with this," Kraven said with a smile before he motioned for the others to disperse throughout the city and hide.

The Next Day in John's Apartment

John sat on his bed the next day after the fight of the concert and he was very exhausted. He figured it was due stress. He had hopped that his plan yesterday would have worked out and hew wouldn't have to put on the replica suit anymore however it seemed that Spider-Man whoever he was had yet to find him. John sighed and got dressed putting the replica suit on underneath of his clothes. I suppose I will have to order some stuff to work on the wall crawling problem before people notice that I can't climb walls like a spider, John thought to himself grabbing the web shooters, gloves, and mask. Maybe the speed and strength problem as well just to be safe as I may be at this hero game a bit longer.

John then headed down the stairs and to the kitchen before making himself some toast and heading out he door to go down to his lab figuring that maybe A.D.A.M would have a solution to the problem. So he quickly made his way to the only person correction program he thought could help him with his problem though he still hated the crowded subway entrance. He soon reached the subway car and powered everything on and greeted the AI he need to see.

" So what can I help you with today sir?" A.D.A.M said.

" I take it you know about the park incident yesterday," John told him with a frown remembering the frown at the fight he had gotten involved in.

" Yes I was informed the instant Alpha-1 was activated I take it something went wrong?" A.D.A.M asked.

" Well Spider-Man didn't show up to claim the suit which either means yesterday didn't catch his attention or it did and something went wrong either way we are going to have to keep up our ruse a little bit longer which is what brings me here today," John said.

" Oh," the program said looking interested.

" Is their a way for me to mimic his powers our at least the wall crawling because people are eventually going to notice that I can't do that," John said posing a question with that statement.

" Well you have a few options on how that could be accomplish the first and simplest would be adhesive gloves and boots but given the required need for acrobatics and quick dodges. A second option could be gene splicing which would give yourself all his other powers as well but there are to many risk. ..Third you could program some nanomachines to mimic the powers and abilities of a spider that would be your safest option," .M said after a few seconds. " Alls you would have to do is program them and inject them into your bloodstream they would take care of the rest."

" Yeah but where in the entire city of New York am I going to find someone willing to give me nanomachines no questions asked?" John asked the A.I program.

" That is for you to figure out...wait couldn't you make some?"

" Don;t have the materials or the time right now besides maybe one of my classmates would be willing to lend me some," John said to the program and then in quiet mutter to himself, " if I could talk to them that is."

" Well then what can I do for you today besides the simulated superpower thing?" A.D.A.M asked.

" I want you to update Alpha-1 with a program to help determine the best spot to attach a webline to while swinging since that may be necessary sooner rather then later," John said with a sigh," while your at it order some carbon and a molecular-entanglement array and whatever chemicals we need for web fluid."

" I will put together the order and send a security drone to pick it up once it arrives as per usual but I don't understand how molecule-entanglement is going to accomplish anything as research on it is 95% theory," A.D.A.M said sounding almost confused as he followed the order as John reassured him it was just a backup plan. After the order was placed and Alpha-1 updated John turned off everything in the lab and headed back to the streets above hoping for an uneventful walk home.

That hope was of course immediately dashed once he left the subway to see three police cars racing past the station. John thinking that it could be something helpful to his plan to attract the real Spider-Mans' attention by stopping crimes decided to hope into an alley and change into his replica Spider-Man suit which once he was all the way suited up in he stashed his regular clothes underneath a dumpster with a quick spot of webbing before climbing up the building fire escape.

It took a few moments but he eventually reached the roof and began to chase the sounds of the police cars which he followed by jumping the small gaps between buildings or creating a thin webline to crawl across to the next building. John knew he was going to have to learn to webswing but today was not going to be that day if he could help it. He was doing this as quickly as he could but still pacing himself as he had plans to assiat the cops in whatever fight he had found them in all for the plan to return the original suit to Spidey and stop this nerve racking game of pretend.

John had no clue why he thought he would be able to help when her arrived to the bank well to be precise the roof of a building across from the bank. There was a few cop cars turned over due to the man standing in front of the bank blasting them with high powered sonic vibrations. Oh great a supervillian well this isn;t going to be easy...but if I ignore it those cops might end up seriously injured or worse...shit, John thought to himself before deciding to do something that he would probably regret.

"Shocker, causing trouble again?" John quipped, his agile form tensed and ready though in his mind he was thinking, yep I am an idiot.

Shocker turned toward what he thought was Spider-Man with a malicious grin. "The spider comes to play. Let's dance, web-head."

Without wasting a moment, Shocker unleashed a concussive blast of sound waves toward John. The force of the attack tore through the air, shattering windows and sending debris flying. Alpha-1 had predicted this would happen however and directed John on how to use his reflexes so he somersaulted through the air, narrowly avoiding the deadly wave.

As John landed on a nearby wall, jumped off of said wall to the ground with a quick flip, and he fired a web line at Shocker's gauntlets, attempting to immobilize them. Shocker, however, had anticipated the move and dodged the webbing, his vibrations creating a protective shield.

Shocker retaliated with another sonic blast, forcing John to evade once more thanks to Alpha-1's predictions. The shockwaves reverberated through the alley, making it difficult for John to maintain his balance.

"You're going to have to do better than that!" John taunted, weaving through the blasts with acrobatic finesse.Why am I taunting the supervillain again?

John fired a few web balls at Shocker as a distraction. The diversion gave John the opening he needed. He swung down from above, landing a powerful kick to Shocker's chest. The impact sent Shocker sprawling backward, temporarily disorienting him. John swiftly webbed Shocker's gauntlets together, suppressing their vibrations. "Looks like the music's over," he quipped. But Shocker wasn't one to give up easily. He activated a hidden device on his suit, generating a localized shockwave that shattered his restraints. The force sent John hurtling into a nearby dumpster.

" Maybe next time web head," Shocker said before before running off leaving the money he stole on the ground in front of the bank. John slowly got up his back hurting from his collusion with the dumpster before he slowly decided to run into a nearby alley and up its fire escape before the police came to check on him.

" Well that was a disaster," John said to himself with a sigh.

Authors Note: And that raps up this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed this one as it took me three days to write it and I did say it would be out either yesterday or today. Chapter 5 will be Saturday as per the usual so until then please read and review and until next time see you all later!