Sorry for the wait!
Note: for future readers, this chapter was released shortly after the book of bill. Previous chapters may not be accurate.
Spidermanne REBOOT: chapter 9
Chapter 9: reveals
"So, remind me why we're doing this again?" Sasha asked Anne.
They were walking along a busy street. Neither of them were really sure where to start with this.
"I want to know who the pink girl is. Aren't you even a tiny bit curious?"
"I am!" Sasha said a bit too fast. "Why do you think I came along? I'm also kinda curious about Spiderwoman."
Anne raised an eyebrow. "You… are?"
Sasha blushed deeply. "Of course I am! She's awesome, cool, beautiful…" she paused and looked up. "Gonna be completely honest here, Anne. I… totally have a crush on spiderwoman."
Anne blushed and attempted to hide her face.
Just then, Anne got a message on her phone:
"Come to the attached address. Do not come in disguise, we are friends."
Anne was doubly nervous now.
"Ummm, got to go Sash! Sorry about this. Promise we can continue this tomorrow!"
She ran off.
"…something's wrong with you, Anne. And i'm gonna find out what."
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Anne stopped outside an unappealing terraced house, in the suburbs. She knocked on the door, and was met by…
"Oh, good. It's you. He won't stop pacing, it's getting tiring."
It was Stanley Pines.
"Me? You know me?" Anne sweated nervously.
"Oh, come on, kid. Not that stupid. why else would he want you?"
"He?"
"…just come in."
Anne was led in by Stanley into a dingy looking room to be met by a familiar face- Stanford pines.
He turned around and Saw her. "Oh, good! You're here. I was beginning to think you wouldn't show up."
"Stanford pines? Why do you want me? I mean, I remember you from the science fair but-"
"Sorry, miss, I appreciate and respect your need for anonymity but now is not the time to play dumb."
Anne's mouth was agape.
"Anyway," ford continued, "your suit is… if i'm gonna be honest, kind of sad. Very homemade. So i've prepared something better."
He took a suit out of his briefcase. "New suit for you. Tried to make it similar to your old one but I improved it. Should be more durable and more manoeuvrable."
It was a full suit, with white eyes surrounded by a black rim. The bottom half was black, up to the chest and arms, which were blue, and it had a hood to cover her hair. And in the middle of the chest was her emblem.
"Wow… this is amazing… thank you," Anne said, holding it up to herself.
"No problem."
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Anne had come back from the bathroom with the suit on. she was marvelling at the durability and comfort.
"This is great, mr. Pines!"
"Don't worry. I'm here to help."
Anne frowned. "About that- do the police know about me?"
Ford gained a more serious face. "No. I'm in hiding right now. I know things that I don't want Bill to know."
"UUUUGH," Anne noised out of nowhere. "Everyone keeps TALKING about BILL. Who IS BILL?"
Stan grinned and pulled up a whiteboard, with sketches and notes all over it.
"This is Bill, a dream demon. He inhabited somewhere called the nightmare realm and attempted to enter our own through… well, deals. He would possess, he would make cracks between the borders of our two worlds. And in the summer of 2012, he succeeded. For 6 days, the small quaint town of gravity falls, Oregon became the closest thing to hell on earth.
"Fortunately, my grand-nephews, town members and us two managed to stop him and erase him from existence. Until now.. He's returned, but in the possessed body of someone else, and stripped of his powers.
"now this part is very important. Who else knows about you?"
Anne took a moment to process that info bomb.
"Well, as a gal of science, I find that hard to believe. But hey! We live in a strange world now.
"And who knows? Well, there's… well, Big bones, but he's in prison, and…Marcy, I guess? She's kinda the one who did this to me, plus she made the webslingers-"
"Wow."
Anne did a double take. "Wh-?"
From the ceiling burst a familiar figure, wearing her pink hoodie and suit, and wielding a sword.
"We've been compromised!" Ford said.
"I'm hurt, Anne," she said. "You didn't feel you could tell me this?"
Anne was panicking. "Wh-what?"
"You always used to trust me. You told me that you didn't want to be a boy before even your parents. You would tell me when you felt sad, alone… you told marcy. but you didn't think I'd accept you?"
She took off her mask, to reveal blonde hair and blue eyes showing a mixture of sadness, anger and betrayal. And the next words she said were the saddest thing anne had heard come out of her mouth.
"You know, Anne, you could have just told me you loved me. I would have said it back."
Before anyone could Say anything, a wall blew up with blue flames.
"Oh no…"
It was Bill.
"HELLO! SIXER, BOOTLEG SIXER! AND SPECIAL GUESTS, BLUE AND… WELL I NEVER."
He turned to Sasha.
"What about me?" Sasha asked.
"WELL, IT SEEMS OLIVE BRANCH HASN'T BEEN PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO HIS KIDDY!"
"Olive bra- what did you do to my Dad?!"
"Oh, don't worry, he's fine! We're just besties now!" And he took off the helmet, revealing the face of Oliver waybright.
"Bill, you fiend! How did you get back?" Ford shouted.
"Easy. I had this book to help me get back. Mother of axolotl, the theraprism was a BORE. Luckily, I managed to grapple onto this Idiot's brain when he pumped painkillers into himself!"
"D…dad…?"
"Oh, don't worry, sweetie," bill said, "he's not awake right now. I'm in control. Buuutt…"
He walked up to Anne, who took a defensive stance.
"You're coming with me. One move And your little lovebird gets it."
"What makes you think you can beat me?" Sasha said angrily.
"Because if YOU make a move, then old pops here gets it."
Sasha was conflicted about Anne at the moment but she wasn't about to let anyone get hurt.
"Anne, I can deal with him! Don't go!"
Anne mouthed to her, "i'm sorry."
She shook bill's hand.
And bill smacked her in the head, knocking her out.
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KNOCK KNOCK!
Marcy came to the door. It was already dark.
"Hel- Sasha?"
Sasha was extremely stressed looking, and in some quickly gathered clothes.
"Marcy. We need to go get Anne NOW. I had to come to you because if i went to Mom she'd go all cop and I know you know-"
"Know what?" Marcy asked.
"Cut the crap. I know you and Anne have been hiding your little spidery thing without me. Anne and I just had a bit of an argument about it but that's not important because WE NEED TO GET HER NOW."
Behind Sasha came 2 other figures- Stanford and Stanley pines.
"Hello, Marcy. Yes, we know, and no, I won't get you in trouble for lying to the police. We're here to help."
"…is anyone gonna tell me what the heck happened?"
Sasha took a deep breath and said,
"Anne was taken."
So yeah! Cat's out of the bag. Sasha knows, and now they all know who bill is posessing. Also Sasha... sort of confessed? Not sure what the hell was going on there.
Also, a friend wanted me to write a trans Anne fic at some point and so i chose to do it now bc why not. It won't be a big part of it, just dotted around every now and then.
Hope you liked it! Cya!
