Spider-Verse: A Tangled Web We Weave
Eleven
"Sally, what the hell?" Gwen Stacy asked.
Sally Avril winced slightly. A SHIELD agent she was assigned to shadowing Wilson Fisk, but had been spotted by Ktaven the Hunter.
"You were told to keep a minimum distance," Gwen sighed. "We know Kraven has enhanced senses and such."
"No excuses ma'am," Sally replied stiffly.
"We'll have to re-assign you," Gwen added.
Sally hesitated, "Ma'am, did you see my proposal?"
The way Gwen sighed implied she had.
"You want to go undercover working for Fisk? Seriously?" Gwen asked.
(Both were unaware that Jessica Drew was also undercover with Fisk. Also, it had been set up by Nick Fury, who was currently on the ouits with SHIELD and the US government.)
"We can't prove he's connected to the various superhumans they're recruiting," Sally pointed out. "But an eyewitness could link them."
"Or be caught and killed like Spider-man," Gwen pointed out.
"I have factored that in," Sally said, "we can produce a almost unbreakable cover identity."
"No.," Gwen shook her head, "I won't authorize this until you have a plan that doesn'y scream 'suicidal.' Sorry."
"Yes ma'am," Sally sighed.
"Dismissed," Gwen ordered.
'Was I ever THAT young and stupid?' Gwen wondered. Then she remembered some of the dumb shit she and pulled and sighed.
Dr Ashley Kafka came in next, on a related matter. "Moon Knight is asking to be deployed," the older woman told her.
Gwen sighed, "I want to keep him in reserve."
"Short of actively restraining him, I don't think we can keep him out of the field," Ashley pointed out.
"Even better...," Gwen groaned. She considered a moment, "Okay. Deploy him after Prowler. If Moon Knight screws it up, it shouldn't hurt the Fisk case."
"Understood," Ashley agreed.
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"Clones. Pfft," Rhona Burchill scoffed as she hacked into Miles Warren's computers to review his project notes.
It DID make interesting reading though. He claimed to be able to not only make copies of people, but somehow copy over memories as well. But skimming through his notes she saw very few success stories...
"Wonder if Mr Fisk KNOWS about this? I could mess with Warren really easily by just telling him that..." she mused aloud.
A knock on her office door made Rhona quickly switch to a screen not showing her illegal activities. "Come in," she called.
The slightly scruffy woman entered, "Ms Burchill?"
"Jessica! Did you get it?" Rhona demanded.
(Jessica Jones was a private eye that Rhona used for slightly more iffy jobs. As a teen she got limited super strength, durability and a HUGE medical bill. She was recruited vy Roxxon, and paid off her debts as a corporate muscle. She was a PI now, still doing morally iffy stuff for cash.)
"I did," Jessica Jones too out a secure container.
"Pym Particles!" Rhona exclaimed, examining the container excitedly. "Do I want to know how you got this?" she asked.
Jessica looked uncomfortable, "Let's say SHIELD needs to discuss security with their Giant Man agents."
"Say no more," Rhona agreed.
Hank Pym had developed (arguably) the Pym Particle, a unique molecule that allowed the user to grow and shrink in size. 'Arguable' because he had actually created it by studying the mutant powers of the Wasp, his wife. And he was a abusive asshole...
SHIELD used agents that took the particles and became Giant Men.
"Are you going to use it on yourself?" Jessica wondered.
"Nah. It's an insurance policy, you could say," Rhona said. She took a envelope from her desk, "Here. I included a bonus for quick service."
"Thanks," Jessica pocketed it. "If there's any other jobs you need, call me."
"Will do," Rhona waved, "you can see yourself out..."
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"ACK!" Miles yelped as the servo arm hammered him against a wall.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Miles realized that he was being grabbed by a robot arm mounted on the desk.. and his classmate Riri Williams looking on, horrified. 'Why didn't my spider sense go off?' he found himself wondering.
"Let me get you free," Riri hurried, activating the arm. "At least the safety systems kept the force down," she muttered.
'Huh. Maybe my spider sense could tell it was harmless?' Miles wondered. "Wow, that's really impressive," he noted as the arm released him.
"Agreed," Liv Octavius noted, nearly making Miles jump.
"Thank you, ma'am," Riri smiled, "this is only part of my project though."
Miles quietly headed back to his work bench, "I'm starting to think our Spider-Robot might be a bit unimpressive."
Cindy Moon shrugged, "Too late to change now."
Ned Leeds agreed, "Besides, ours might have some practical use."
"I'm not holding my breath on that," Miles sighed.
There were five groups in the class, each working on their own thing. He, Ned and Cindy were working on a mini-robot. Val Jessup was working on a flight rig based on EM fields, Kate Bishop and her team were assembling a bow shooting robot, another group was doing... something, and Riri and her friends were building a Iron Man.
"Okay, we've got the base built, what do we want it to DO?" Miles checked.
"How about Search and Rescue?" Cindy suggested.
"That's... kinda near actually," Ned admitted.
Miles nodded thoughtfully, "We could rig up a decent sensor suite, and it could carry medical supplies along with it."
"And two arms for lifting and carrying," Ned added.
"Let's start modifying," Cindy agreed and the three set to work.
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"Come on, then!" Electro cried, electricity arcing around him as he zapped the group of gangsters.
"Pitiful," Krazen complained as he picked up one dude and flung him.
"No running away, hombres!" Scorpeon said as he crounded a few remaining ones up.
Beetle was hovering above them as lookout. "All quiet," she deadpanned.
Electro powered down, then picked up the leader. "You know the rules," he told him, "no dealing near schools."
"It was a new guy! He didn't know!" the dude babbled.
"Well?" Electro touched the concealed radio connecting him to Caterina,
"Fisk says warn them, but let them go," the woman answered.
Electro manifested electricity around his hand, "Okay, this is your only warning. Screw with the boss again..." He brought his hand close to the guy's face, and the man litterally pissed himself in fear.
"Ewww," Beetle sighed.
"We won't! Never again!" the man wimpered.
Electro let the guy drop, "Dso not fuck with the boss," he told them, "this is your ONLY warning."
With that, he, Scorpeon, Kraven and Beetle took off.
"No killing?" Fisk asked Vaterina,, frowning.
"We can make an example of someone when they really screw up," Caterina replied calmly.
Fisk nodded, accepting that. "It might be time to take steps with Tombstine too," jhe admitted, smiling grimly.
Caterina quietly hoped this wouldn't be a killing lesson...
To be Continued...
Notes: Sally Avril is a character from Spider-man introduced by Kurt Busiek. I may or may not have her become a costumed character.
This is a 'ultimate' version of Jessica Jones/Alias. As written, I'm assuming her medical issues after getting powers were slightly worse, and she didn't have Luke Cage as a good influence.
This is 'ultimate' Kate Bishop, who was a kid of Hydra supporters. Might have her go bad, I haven't decided yet.