Web of Spider-Woman

by ComicChick19

Finally! Petra Parker has graduated from High School, and is off to College at Empire State University in Manhattan! But with this new phase of her life comes a new set of challenges, enemies, romance. and adventures! Can she finally achieve a proper work/superhero/life balance? Probably not. Also posted on Ao3 and Wattpad!

9. Conspiracy, Part I

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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="49b4292f639ed1f82cb4f33c59ba3ec3"Petra lay on her stomach, keeping her body as flat to the ground as possible. Across from her, Oscorp's New York City headquarters, a black skyscraper whose architecture caused it to twist around in a spiral that reached up into the heavens. It loomed large over Petra, who was planted on a smaller building across the street. Petra reached behind her, grabbed a spare backpack, and pulled out a pair of binoculars that she had brought. She lifted her mask above her eyes, then placed the end of the binoculars against them, aiming her vision at the top floor. Petra scanned the windows until she landed on the room she was looking for: the personal office of Norman Osborn. She could see through the lenses that Osborn was pacing around his office, almost manically. She supposed that under the circumstances it was justifiable, the stress of so many attacks likely weighing heavily on his mind./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="38956bf7ac6d72aca5d0676375d5e12f"Progress on OZ has slowed to a standstill. Subjects dosed with the serum usually display enhanced strength, speed, and reflexes, increased ranges of hearing, increased pain tolerance, enhanced sense of smell, and improved vision, but are plagued by severe side effects that gradually appear over a period of time ranging from ██ hours to █ █████, depending on the subject, as listed below./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="aebbafed66f7d03b7d3a751754f2232e"IrritabilityFatigueMuscle spasmsIncreased heart rateReaction of fight or flight response to everyday stimuliParanoiaProlonged adrenaline rushesVertigoHeadachesEmaciationDiscolored ██████ and ███████ on ████, usually of olive green and deep purple ██████████Unnatural elongation of ████Extreme and rapid growth of █████Blood clotsDeterioration of █████████ █████████/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="ae2d89084064b4fd6234129fcb25cff7"The increase in symptoms and decline in physical and mental health has consistently culminated in the deaths of all subjects so far, starting with organ failure, and ending in terminal cardiac arrest. Despite these setbacks, we are ultimately optimistic about future trials. The unfortunate deaths of our subjects have provided valuable data that will lead to improvements in the next batches of the formula./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b52c1bf4624d3af467dd02e5316805af"span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"Incident Report, █/span span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"█/span span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"/span span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"█/span span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"/2020:/span/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b268ef5967ad8be1cf01f21108e9d1b8"Last night, subject #103 escaped from ███ cell, leading to the deaths of █ S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stationed in the ███████████ ████████. Subject #103 exited sub-level █ and made it to level █ of the facility. Employees were evacuated from the floor and locked in the ██████ ██████ in sub-level █, with only █ casualties during the escape. Agents on level █ engaged with subject #103, opening fire on ███ and causing extensive injuries to the body which are typically lethal to a baseline human. Subject #103 displayed clear signs of injury, but was only slowed down, and ███ rampage only ended after approximately 200 more rounds were fired into subject #103's torso. Several agents have reported hearing subject #103 speaking moments before ██ was finally neutralized by a round shot into ███ skull by S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent #███-E./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="48560ae413db47e878f45868632ee125"Subject #103: Shut up, shut up, shut up!/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="a7649c3b403c526210cf58aeb0b4a180"Subject #103: Tell...them...to stop...talking!/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="6eb028d473a450201c37229a107cd798"Subject # 103 : THE MOTHERFUCKERS TALKING IN MY EAR!/p
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