Chapter 1: Origin
'Hello my name's Peter Benjamin Parker, also known as The Miraculous Spiderman. You see, I was bitten by a genetically engineered spider, which allowed me to gain spider-like abilities, causing me to become the costumed, crime fighting superhero I am today. Before I used to be just another regular guy...well more specifically I used to be your typical high school science nerd. So let's start from the beginning from before I got bitten by that spider to the series of events that led me to become spiderman'.
Four Months Ago…
An alarm clock was buzzing, which read '6:30' and a hand came down to hit the snooze button turning it off. A young man sat up on his bed after just waking up, he starts stretching and lets out a big yawn
"Uhhhhh" he yawned
He then reaches for his glasses, which were sitting next to his alarm clock and puts them on.
"Peter, it's time to wake up and get ready for school" a woman's voice called from outside his room.
"I'm already awake, Aunt May." Peter called back.
Fourteen year old Peter Parker, lives in a big house located in Forest Hills Queens, New York, along with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. When Peter was six years old, his parents were killed in a plane crash and he was taken in by his Aunt and Uncle and they became his legal guardians and since then, they raised Peter as if he were their own son.
Peter stands up from his bed, he has light brown hair, and brown eyes, still wearing his sleep clothes, he grabs a towel and his toothbrush and exits his room, goes across the hallway and enters the bathroom. Moments later, Peter comes walking down the stairs fully dressed and ready for school, his clothes consists of a sky-blue open up short sleeved dress shirt with a black t-shirt underneath it, a pair of light brown cargo pants, a pair of black sneakers, a wrist watch, along with his black framed glasses.
He enters the kitchen and sees his Aunt and Uncle, both look to be between their late forties and early fifties. His Uncle Ben is sitting at the kitchen table, reading a newspaper, while holding a cup of coffee in one hand, while his Aunt May is busy preparing breakfast.
"Morning aunt May, morning uncle Ben" Peter greets them.
"Good morning Sweetheart" Aunt May smiles and greets back.
"Had a goodnight sleep kiddo?" Uncle Ben says with a smile while looking up at Peter from his paper.
"Definitely, especially for tomorrow's school field trip to one of the ESU labs" Peter said excitedly as he always had a passion for science.
"Well, I'm sure you'll learn all sorts of interesting stuff."
"Alright enough chit chat, time to hurry up and eat your breakfast peter or you'll be late for school" says aunt May, while putting down a plate in front of Peter, consisting of bacon, eggs and toast.
After breakfast, Peter says goodbye to his Aunt and Uncle then leaves the house and goes across the street and walks a few more blocks, until he reaches the bus stop. The school bus finally arrives, Peter gets on the bus and it drives off.
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Midtown High…..
The bus finally arrives and stops right in front of the school's main entrance, with a sign above saying 'Welcome to Midtown Magnet High School'. The bus doors opened up and a bunch of teenagers came rushing out, Peter is the last one to step out and enters the schoolyard.
"Yo Pete" a voice calls out to him
Peter looks to his left and sees his two best friends, Harry Osborn and Liz Allen both waving while walking towards him. Harry being the one who called his name.
Harry Osborn, he's the same age as Peter, a few inches taller, has jet black hair, blue eyes, his clothes consists of a dark blue sweater vest with a white short sleeve polo shirt underneath, a pair of black jeans, and black and gray sneakers. Harry and Peter have been best friends since kindergarten and they both share a love for science.
Liz Allan, she's also the same age as Peter, she has short dark brown hair that reaches her shoulders with a red hair clip in it, has Brown eyes, wears glasses, a light blue t-shirt with kitty face in the center with a white long sleeve t-shirt underneath, a dark green pants that stop right below the knees, a pair of white socks along with with white sneakers. She's been best friends with Peter and Harry since the 7th grade and like the both of them, she's also passionate about science.
"Yo Harry, Liz" Peter greets them "you guys psyched about the trip to ESU tomorrow?"
"Oh you know it!" exclaimed Liz "especially when we get a tour of their labs".
"Not to mention we get to meet two of the country's greatest researchers Dr. Curt Connors and Spencer Smythe" Harry adds.
Just as the trio were about to go inside, a football comes flying towards them and hits Peter in the back of the head, causing his glasses to fall off.
"OW!" he yells.
They turn around to see a group of kids laughing and walking towards them, they are considered most popular in all of Midtown High, also known as the 'in crowd'. Peter, Harry, and Liz glared angrily at one of them, specifically their leader, and the one who threw the ball at Peter, Flash Thompson.
"Nice one dude." One of Flash's friends says
Eugene "Flash" Thompson, he's a very tall, very muscular, athletic young man, has orange/brownish hair and green eyes, and his clothes consist of a typical standard blue and white High School Letterman's jacket, a gray t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, and white sneakers. He just turned fifteen and is the star quarterback for the Midtown High football team called "The Mustangs". He is considered the most popular jock on campus, but also a major bully, especially towards Peter. Flash had always been Peter's tormentor since kindergarten, he would sometimes pick on Liz and Harry or some other kid when given the chance, but above all, he enjoys singling Peter out and making his school life a living hell.
The other young man standing next to Flash is his best friend and fellow teammate, his name is Kenneth "Kong" McFarland, he's the same height as Flash and more bulkier than him, has a shaved head and brown eyes, wears the same Letterman's jacket as Flash, with a black t-shirt underneath and a red logo at the center, along with jeans and a pair of white sneakers. Like Flash, he's also a bully towards Peter and his friends.
"What can I say?... Guess I just don't know my own strength" Flash says while laughing and high fiving Kong.
"Flash you asshole, you did that on purpose!" Liz angrily says to him.
"Ptttt… ain't my fault wimpy-ass Parker doesn't have any reflexes to catch a ball much less his own glasses" flash replies mockingly.
"Dude what the hell's your problem, why can't you just leave him alone for once?" Harry asks, also angry at Flash for his constant bullying, especially towards his best friend.
"Oh yeah?" He challenged "what're you gonna do about it huh Osborn?"
"Careful babe, his father might fire your father" mocked a blonde cheerleader, latching onto Flash's arm.
The girl holding onto Flash, her name is Gwen Stacy, stood about 5'6, has blue eyes and blonde hair reaching past her shoulders, with a black hair band on top to keep it in place. Her clothes consist of a blue and white cheerleading uniform, blue socks and white sneakers. Gwen is head captain of the Midtown High Cheerleading Squad. She's one of the prettiest girls in school, and currently Flash's girlfriend. And like the rest of them, she's also very mean to Peter and his friends.
"Oh really?" Challenged Flash right before he goes up to Harry, grabs him by the collar and glares at him threateningly. "What's Daddy gonna do sue me?"
BRRRING!
The first bell had already rang and all the other students were heading to their first class. Meanwhile, Peter, Harry, Liz, and the In Crowd were the only ones that stayed behind. Then Flash decides to let go of Harry.
"Just be glad class is about to start, I can't risk having another detention especially, when summer's a few months away, so I'll catch you geeks later" he then turns to Peter "especially you Parker."
With that, he shoves Peter in the chest, causing him to fall backwards on the ground, then he and the other In Crowd members began laughing at Peter's misfortune afterwards, they all turned and walked away, finally leaving Harry, Liz, and Peter alone.
"Later losers!" Gwen laughs as she walks away.
"Assholes!" Harry mutters as soon as they're gone, he then goes over to Peter and helps him up to his feet. "You ok buddy?"
"I'm good, I'm just glad he didn't give me a black eye this time" Peter shrugged.
"I sure wish there was something we could do about those guys" Liz says as she goes over to Peter and hands him his glasses "here you go Pete."
"Thanks Liz" Peter says appreciatively and puts them back on.
"Don't mention it" she says sweetly
"Come on, we better get to class before we're late," Harry says.
With that, the three of them headed inside the school building.
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Oscorp…..
Somewhere in the middle of Manhattan, a very tall building about 80 stories high, with a dozen glass windows and the very top of it was labeled 'OSCORP INDUSTRIES'. Inside the building, there's a man sitting at his desk doing paperwork inside his office, which is located on the very top floor. He then hears a knock on his door.
"Come in," he answers.
The door opens and a woman enters the office and she seems to be his secretary.
"Mr. Osborn, Dr. Tombs is ready to proceed with the new Tech flight testing." She informs him.
"Tell him I'll be down momentarily." He tells his secretary as he puts his pen down, stands up from his desk and leaves his office.
Norman Osborn, he has reddish brown hair, green eyes, seems to be somewhere between his early to mid forties, and is clean shaven. His clothes consist of black suit, a light green dress shirt underneath, a red tie, black dress shoes. Norman Osborn, founder and CEO of Oscorp Industries, and Harry's father. He and Harry both share similar features, except for eye and hair color.
A few minutes later, Mr. Osborn comes out of the elevator leading to a laboratory beneath the building. He then walks over to a platform, where a team of scientists, all dressed in white lab coats, were testing out their latest project.
"Is everything set up Dr.?" Norman asks
One of the scientists he addresses, his name is Adrian Tombs, the one in charge of Project Tech Flight and the lead researcher for the development and designs for flight simulators and US military aircrafts. He's somewhere between his late forties and early fifties, has short dark gray hair, and brown eyes. His clothes consist of a white lab coat, a black turtleneck underneath, beige khaki pants, and black shoes.
"We're ready to begin Mr. Osborn" he tells his employer.
"Proceed" Norman orders
In front of them, there was a man wearing a green full body armor and a pair of orange goggles. He was standing next to something that looked like a glider. As soon as he stood on top of the glider, he then started pressing buttons on his right wrist, which seems to be the remote control for the glider.
"Ready to commence testing Dr. Tombs" says the test pilot.
"Commence testing in T- 3...2...1…ignition!" Tombs began as he counted down.
With, final push of a button, the thrusters on the glider begin to fire up and slowly lift off the floor and within seconds, the pilot is hovering above everyone.
"All systems are fully operational" says the pilot.
"Well what do you think Mr. Osborn?" Tombs asks his employer.
"A Lot better than last time, but we still need to do some more aerial dynamic tests before we can present it to the military." Norman says
"Already on it sir."
"Dr. Strom" Norman calls out.
Dr. Mendell Strom, head of the entire research division at Oscorp, he's somewhere around his early fifties, wears glasses, has brown eyes, bald on top of his head, with very little hair on the back of it. His clothes consist of a white lab coat, with a light blue dress shirt underneath and a red tie, gray pants, and brown shoes.
"Yes sir?" Dr. Strom answers as he walks up to Norman and they both walk towards a different direction down a hallway.
"How are we progressing on the OZ formula?"
"We are beginning trial testing now."
They both stop in front of a metal blast door with a biometric locking system. Norman then enters the code and places his right hand on the scanner.
"SCANNING CONFIRMED, ACCESS GRANTED." Says a male computerized voice
The blast door immediately opens, allowing the two men to enter the room. Inside the room were aisles of selves with vials each containing a green liquid substance and each of them was labeled 'OZ-003'.
Norman takes one of the vials from the shelf and hands it to Dr. Strom.
"Do you have the test subjects?" He asks
"Yes."
"Then let's begin!"
Moments later, Norman is currently standing behind a control console, while Dr. Strom places the 'OZ' vial into a special compartment with tubes connected to a specialized container that looks similar to a miniature gas chamber.
Once done, Dr. Strom walks up to another container, inside are two white furry lab rats that are about to be used as Guinea pigs.
Dr. Strom lifts up the lid of the box and picks up one of the rats then pushes a button on the other container and the top hatch opens and puts it inside, then he picks up another rat and puts it inside as well, then closes the top hatch. He walks over to the control console and begins typing on it.
"Initiating gas sequence" he says as he pushes the red button.
Just then, the green liquid inside the vial started going down and flowing through the tubes and into the portable chamber. The liquid starts coming in gaseous form with the two rats still inside and they begin to inhale it. Within seconds, something starts to happen, both their eyes start becoming bloodshot, their white fur turns into a pale grayish color, they become so deranged and so frantic, that they begin making snarling hissing sounds.
"What the hell's going on Dr.?" Norman asks while staring at what's happening in front of him.
"I don't know, something's not right!"
"Well fix it Goddamitt!"
"I'm activating the tranquilizer gas right now."
But before he could do anything, they both heard a loud banging sound, and looked up to see one of the now deranged rats running up against the glass full force and with some new found strength that it made a crack in it.
Before it can go again, it is tackled by the other rat as they begin to wrestle each other. Norman and Dr. Strom both watch in horror as the two test subjects are slashing and biting each other with such ferocity, that blood is splattered everywhere and they both die.
"What the fuck was that?" Norman angrily asks while pointing at the bloody mess inside the box
"T-This wasn't supposed to happen, none of it was in the data from when we analyzed the formula." Dr. Strom frantically explained
"Well, figure it out then and in the meantime, clean up that mess."
And with that, Norman leaves the room with the doors closing behind him leaving Dr. Strom alone to examine what had gone wrong.
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Back at Midtown High…..
First period was almost over, every one was sitting in their assigned seats while the teacher was going over an important topic.
"And that includes today's lesson class!" says the teacher while standing right in front of his students.
His name is Professor Otto Octavius, he's a man in his mid forties, has black hair, seems to be thinning at the top of his head, has brown eyes and wears Bi-specaled glasses, clothes consist of a white lab coat, a red sweater underneath, along with a light blue dress shirt and dark blue tie, with dark blue pants and black shoes. He is the science teacher at Midtown high and is well respected by his peers and most of his students(especially Peter, Harry and Liz) and right now the lessons he teaches in class is Physics.
Peter, Harry, and Liz were seated in the front row, Flash, Gwen, and another girl, who was also a cheerleader were seated in the second row behind them and other students were seated elsewhere in the classroom.
"Now remember class, tomorrow's field trip will be held at Empire State University's science labs, so I expect all of you to be on your best behavior" says Otto.
Then he narrowed his eyes and sternly said "especially you Mr. Thompson."
Flash gulps and nervously answers "y-yes sir." As everyone began snickering at him.
The bell immediately rings and Mr. Octavius eventually dismisses everyone and they exit the classroom. Peter, Harry and Liz are the last ones to leave.
"So guys, wanna head over to the Silver Spoon after school?" Harry asks as the three of them are walking down the hall
"I'm in, I already finished my history report for my next class and I don't have anything else after that," says Liz "how about you Pete?"
"Sorry guys, I already promised my uncle that I would help paint the shed today" Peter says.
"Well hopefully you won't have anything to do after the field trip."
"Speaking of which, did you hear about the latest research that's going on over there?" Liz asks
"Yeah, I read about Dr. Conners and his research in cross species genetics and it's quite fascinating." Peter says
"Not to mention Dr. Smythe's work on advanced robotics to revolutionize the world is pretty amazing too." Harry stated
"Aww… will you look at that?" Said a voice in a mocking tone
The three of them groaned, knowing exactly who said that.
'Oh no' Liz thought in annoyance
They turned around and saw Gwen Stacy, with a mean smirk on her face, walking up to them, along with two of her fellow cheerleaders by her side.
On her left side, a girl who stood about 5 '6, her name is Sally Avril, she previously sat next to Gwen in Octavius's class, she has short black hair, green eyes, and a green haireclip on the right side of her hair. She is currently wearing the same Midtown high cheerleading uniform. She is co-captain of the cheerleaders, and Gwen's best friend.
On the right, another girl who stood about 5'7, her name is Carlie Cooper, she has dark brown hair that reaches past her hair shoulders tied into a ponytail, Auburn colored eyes and also wearing a cheerleading uniform. She is also friends with Gwen.
Gwen Stacy, currently in the middle of her two friends, stops and is now standing in front of Peter and his friends, with her arms crossed and a smug smile on her face. She is head captain of the cheerleaders and the most popular girl in school, she is very beautiful and drop-dead gorgeous, she has looks and a body that made guys want to go out with her, and made other girls want to be her, and is even hailed as queen bee of Midtown high, everyone loves her, the only people who don't like her are Peter, Harry and Liz mostly because of how mean she's been to them over the years and how she and Flash would constantly bully them every chance they got.
Like any typical standard high school, Midtown always had a system within the social order, which separates the jocks and cheerleaders from the nerds and geeks. The jocks and cheerleaders are considered the top of the school's social hierarchy, while the geeks and nerds are at the bottom of the food chain. Peter, Harry and Liz never really cared about being part of any social clique and were always outcasts, but they still didn't care nor were they worried about what anyone from the In Crowd thinks, they knew they were better off for it.
"Check it out girls, the loser trio are excited." Gwen says while she and her friends are giggling wickedly
'Great, the Queen bitch and her minions are here.' Liz thought while also angered by the 'loser' insult.
"What do you want, Gwen?" An annoyed Harry asks, also pissed by her sudden jab
"Oh we were just passing by and couldn't help overhear you guys talking about tomorrow's field trip, figure you would since it's up your nerd alley."
Liz rolls her eyes at that, then says "so what? That's our business not yours!"
Then Sally spoke "relax nerdette, nobody really cares what lame sciencey stuff you and your geeky pals are into."
Carlie then says "yeah, we're just expressing our honest opinion!"
"Which nobody asked for." Liz counters
"Well we're giving it anyway!" Gwen counters back, then she looks at her friends and says "come on girls let's get to class, we've already wasted enough time with these three losers."
With that, she and the other two cheerleaders roughly push past the trio, Carlie in particular, pushes past Peter more aggressively muttering "loser" under her breath and walks off along with the rest of her friends.
"God, I hate them so much!" Liz exclaims
"I know how you feel" says Peter while rubbing his shoulder from where Carlie had bumped into him.
"Forget them, let's just go to class and meet up at lunch" says Harry
And with that, the three of them went their separate ways, but Liz suddenly stops and looks in the direction Gwen, Sally and Carlie took. She remembers how angry she is with them, but mostly at Gwen.
'I can't believe I was ever friends with her' she angrily thinks, then walks away
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ESU…..
Meanwhile inside one of the labs at Empire State University, a man is sitting at a desk looking through a microscope and taking some notes. Next to him is a glass container with various lizards inside and each one of different species.
"Curt?" A woman's voice calls out to him
He turns around and sees his wife Martha walking towards him with a clipboard in her hand. She has red Auburn hair that reaches her shoulders and has blue eyes, and looks to be in her late thirties, quite petite and stands around 5'8. Her clothes consist of a white lab coat, and underneath is a purple blouse along with black dress skirt that reaches her knees and black heels. She is one of the assistant workers in the lab.
"I've got the test results from the spider research" she says as she hands him the clipboard.
"Thanks honey" he kindly tells his wife and stands up from his chair.
Dr. Curtis Conners, he stood about 5,10, has dark blond hair, brown eyes, and wears glasses. He is currently wearing a lab coat and a black turtleneck shirt underneath along with beige dress pants and black shoes. One of the most notable things about him is that his right arm is missing and is replaced with a prosthetic limb. He is one of the world's top geneticists in the country and professor at Empire State University, and Head of the research/genetics division along with his wife Martha.
He and his wife walk over to a table, where there are several glass cases with a different breed of spider in each one.
"Can you believe we're touring a field trip tomorrow?" Martha asked happily
"I know what you mean, that way we'll be able to inspire young minds for when they enter the labs" says Curt agreeing with her.
"Don't forget dear, Billy has soccer practice after school" Martha reminds him.
"Don't worry honey, I'll be there to pick him up" he assures his wife.
Martha kisses him on the cheek "thanks dear".
She then walks away leaving her husband alone. Curt turns around and looks at the glass cases with the spiders inside while looking over the data on the clipboard. Once he finishes, he walks off.
Unknown to everyone, one of the spiders slips out of the cases and silently crawls away.
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Parker Residents…..
School was already over and Peter was currently washing up for supper after he and his uncle Ben just finished painting the shed. Once finished, he heads downstairs to the table and sits with his Aunt and Uncle.
"So Peter, anything interesting happened at school today?" His Aunt May asks
"Well aside from the field trip tomorrow, I got an A+ on that math test" Peter answers.
"That's great Peter, anything else?" His uncle Ben asks him
"Nope, everything else was pretty much the same."
"You sure?" Uncle Ben asks with a raised eyebrow "Flash and those kids haven't been giving you a hard time again have they?"
"Nope, I think they finally decided to back off" Peter lied. Truthfully, that's not what exactly happened at all.
Flashback (6 hours ago)
In the cafeteria, Peter is walking down the aisle of tables with a tray of food in hand, and just when he was about to join his friends, someone's foot suddenly appears and Peter falls face first onto his food. With that, everyone starts pointing and laughing at him. Peter lifts his head up, face covered in food, he turns around and sees Flash, the one who tripped him, and the rest of his friends all laughing alongside him.
"Have a nice trip wimpy-ass parker, see ya next fall!" Flash says mockingly as he continues laughing
Flashback ends
After that incident, Peter came home in a sour mood but he couldn't tell his Aunt and uncle about it because it would only make things worse, so he pretended nothing had happened and he hated it.
"Okay then" Ben believes this "but if anything happens, please don't hesitate to tell us"
"Thanks uncle Ben and I promise I will" Peter says with a smile.
Minutes later, Peter had already washed up and was ready for bed as he entered his room. He closes the door and turns the light off. Peter looks out his bedroom window and sighs after thinking about how Flash humiliated him at school today.
"Man, what's up with those jerks? If it wasn't for my lack of physical strength, I'd definitely give them a run for their money, Flash especially".
He sighs again and looks up at the night sky gazing upon the stars.
"I don't want to snoop down to their level, but a sudden change of pace wouldn't be so bad, sure wish there was something I could do about it though".
With that, Peter walks over to his bed, removes his glasses and places them on his nightstand next to his alarm clock and goes to sleep.
Little did Peter realize, something strange was taking place tomorrow and he was going to get his wish….
To Be Continued…..