How did I start my second year at high school? Easy in one glorious, magnificent word: spectacular! And boy was I in for one amazing, spectacular surprise… spider gal… I am the spectacular spider gal!
Norrisville, one of the most bustling places in the world, but every city has its urban legend like Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster. In Norrisville's case it's the ninja of Norrisville. A ninja dressed in the traditional black suit but with red highlights, and a large red scarf. This ninja has been around for 800 years, unbenounced to the city's people a new ninja is chosen every 4 years. The newest ninja chosen, Randy Cunningham, had done a lot of good (even though 90% was his fault). With his best (and mostly asshole) friend Howard weinerman, by his side. But every hero has its villain and the ninja is no exception; with the villainous businessman (and not very bright…) Hannibal mcfist to the horrific and sadistic sorcerer and other villains in between the ninja have faced it all…
But one thing has remained, the ninja has mostly fought alone, no partner nor sidekick… but that was about to change….
The bus arrived at the large metallic pyramid in the middle of the city, Mcfist industries, a multi million dollar brand company that practically owns Norrisville from top to bottom. Three teenagers in particular looked at the building. There was Randy Cunningham, a tall boy with reddish brown hair and blue eyes and dressed in tight pants, purple sneakers and a red and white shirt underneath a dark blue hoodie. Howard Weinerman, a short fat boy with orange hair and brown eyes, dressed in a squid tee shirt underneath an aqua blue jacket and dark blue shorts and red sneakers. And finally was Theresa Fowler, a purple haired girl with blue eyes dressed in a cheerleader attire and carrying a twirling stick in her hands.
"Can you believe that we're going to mcfist industries?!" Theresa cheered. "Yeah it's gonna be the cheese!" Howard replied gleefully looking at his friend, who looked rather nervous and shaking. "Right Cunningham! Cunningham?" Randy snapped out of his daze. "Oh! Oh yeah the cheese…." He replied hastily, since mcfist is the ninja's arch nemesis and has been trying to destroy him, entering his lair as his civilian form made this kinda awkward and ironic.
Once the bus made its stop, the principal, Mr Slimovitz, a tall and skinny man with balding grayish-black hair and yellow-green eyes. He wore glasses, a white turtleneck shirt underneath a gray vest and brown jacket, grayish-blue pants, and black shoes. "Alright everyone, while we are here, we are to be buddied up at all times!" He announced. "You are to NEVER EVER stray from your buddies, we don't want a repeat of last time!" "Uh principal Slimovitz, what happened last time?" Theresa asked, raising her hand. "Well aside from the disappearances of Randy and Howard…." He looked at the titular duo, while they gave awkward smiles. "It ended in a bit of disaster when a certain student mutated, who shall remain nameless…" "oh he's got a name Bucky!" Yelled bash, the dimwitted school bully. "He said he wants the poor guy to be nameless!" Theresa shouted. "Hey! No shouting!" Mr Slimovitz yelled, to which Theresa growled. "While the ninja was able to stop him and save the trip…." "Wooo! Ninja!" Howard cheered. "Honkin Bruce!" Randy added. "He was unable to protect the rest of the factory as well…." Slimovitz continued, recoiling slightly. "Which resulted in us getting banned for at least until spring… but now that it's lifted we are officially back in for the field trip!"
"So to avoid anything like THAT again I've assigned you all buddies…" Slimovitz then pulled out a clipboard and began flipping through the pages before stopping. "Ahem, flute girl you're with Bucky and Stevens, bash you're with Doug and Matt …." "Yeah! My own punching bag!" The principal went down the list. "…And Theresa you're… Randy and Howard…." Everyone else turned to the three. "Oh you're in for something…." Bucky the band geek commented, "fatal warning zing!" Both Randy and Theresa blushed with embarrassment.
Inside mcfist industries the class was escorted to a large stage where three robo apes were onstage while the students took their seats before the lights dimmed, the robo ape stepped towards the mic. "Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the man you've all been waiting for…." It said with its empty voice as party music started to play "the one the only… Hannibal McFist!" Rave music, fog machines, sparkling lights, and even fireworks sprouted from everywhere as Hannibal mcfist revealed himself; he was stocky with almost bald blond hair and had a handle-bar mustache. He wore a brown business suit, blacks shoes, and red tie with a necktie pin. But what was most noticeable about him was that he had a mechanical arm with a brain inside it. "HELLO NORRISVILLE!" He screamed into the mic. "WHO'S READY FOR MCFIST GOODNESS!?" Everyone except Randy and Howard cheered in excitement. "GOOD ANSWER!"
The class and mcfist had continued the tour, they had been from the marketing department to the engineering center. "You think we'll meet the ninja again?" Theresa asked, her partners turned. "Uh I'm not sure but if he does he better not shoob this trip up again…." Howard said threateningly looking at Randy since he knew his best friend happens to be the 800 year old guardian of Norrisville. "Now, that was because the class was in danger!" Randy replied rather defensively. "Sometimes… I wish I was a superhero…." Theresa said to herself, holding her chin. "I didn't know you had that dream…." Randy replied, making Theresa flinch. "Oh it's just a silly dream I had when I was six…." Theresa replied softly, "I was bullied a lot in elementary school, there were times I wished I could get the power to get back at them but then I remember what my mom told me: 'The people with great powers must learn to balance them.'" "Wow, you know Theresa, sometimes being a superhero isn't all that it's cracked up to be!" Randy replied, holding her shoulder. "How do you know?" Theresa asked curiously. "Oh-uh, t-the ninja told me!" Randy lied hastily, "he told me that sometimes that he wished he never got the ninja suit and that HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE BRUCE ENOUGH TO LIVE OUT HIS DREAMS OF POPULARITY!" The three looked at him in silence and surprise. "Is what he told me…."
The class then entered a large lab with multiple cages with different animals and plants. "And this is the genetics lab!" Mcfist introduced, where a green eyed man with short blonde hair dressed in a purple shirt and blue jeans underneath a lab coat and a prosthetic arm came alongside the businessman, "this is where we experiment with animal DNA to create even bigger discoveries!" Mcfist continued, "isn't that right Dr connors?" The man in the lab coat flinched, "oh yes mr Mcfist! While most of our experiments are rather… questionable… we have been doing research on a certain subject, anyone care to tell me what that is?" The man, Dr Connors, asked, "stem cells?" "Close but no." "Uh… cross species genetics?" Everyone turned, seeing Theresa who's hand was raised. "That is correct, heh smart little one aren't you miss…?" "Fowler, Theresa Fowler." "Yes, cross species genetics!" Dr Conners answered. "With it we can take the DNA of any two species, whether they are mammals or sea creatures or even insects! And combine them in many different ways, paving the way for many different possibilities!" "Like what? Bringing back the woolly mammoth?" "I'm glad you asked!" Dr Conners began, "bringing extinct species like the woolly mammoth is just a small portion of what they can do…" he then displayed a hologram of DNA and other animals. "With something like this, we can not only create new animals, but genetically modify humans with animal dna! Imagine it… humans having the strength of a gorilla, the speed of a cheetah, the ability to breathe underwater! Or in my case…." He held his prosthetic arm, "the regenerative abilities of a lizard…."
After that, the class was guided through a gigantic vault, "and this is the cash vault! Where we store every single piece of our money we've made through our lovely Mccustomers like you!" Mcfist introduced, making the class except Randy and Howard giggle.
Meanwhile inside the vault a hole was cut through the vault where two men had climbed upwards, one was wearing a yellow sweatshirt and black pants and wearing a ski mask, and the other wore a grey jacket and blue jeans and ski mask. "So this is the vault?" The grey jacket man asked in a Russian accent. "No it's the gift shop, of course it's the vault you gargantuan idiot!" The yellow sweater man replied in a Boston accent. "Now let's grab as much as we can and book it!" They began to take as much money but the large one accidentally triggered a motion sensor. Sounding the alarm. The two robbers were alerted as they stopped. "Now look at what you did!" The smaller man yelled enraged, the door suddenly opened with Mcfist and the class looking at the vault with robo apes surrounding the door. "And this is why we have top security!" Mcfist announced, "ha! You forgot who you're dealing with!" "A pair of incompetent thieves?" "Nope!" The small man took off his mask showing his face; he had a black stubble and sleek brown hair. "I'm Herman schultz!" Everyone looked at him in confusion, "Herman schultz… the safesmith?" Everyone still looked confused. "I'm like wanted in 18 states c'mon people!" "And who's your partner?" The larger man took off his mask, he was bald and had a large beard and a large scar on his right eye, "I am Aleksei Sytsevich…." Everyone gasped in disbelief and fear. "The pachyderm!" "The most dangerous mob enforcer in the world!" "Oh come on! How come you know mr meathead here but not me!" Herman complained. "We don't care who you are but you're not getting away with MY MONEY!" Mcfist screamed, "GET THEM OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
"Oh did I mention that I'm a wiz at hacking stuff…?" Herman commented before pressing a watch on his wrists which caused the robots to short circuit and turn around aiming at the people. The class put their hands in the air in fear. "Get them!" The robots attacked the class and Mcfist who ducked in fear, Randy and Howard hid somewhere far from the class…
There they looked at the destruction, "for once Mcfist didn't have his robots try to kill me…." Randy commented. He then from his pocket pulled out his ninja mask and put it on, a swarm of black and red straps engulfed him, transforming him into the protector of Norrisville: the ninja!
Everyone scattered around like rats as the robots were destroying everything in their path, all hope seemed lost until….
"SMOKE BOMB!"
A puff of red smoke appeared as the ninja revealed himself, he was dressed in the traditional black suit but with red highlights, and a large red scarf. "You know this is like the first time I'm actually fighting low life thugs!" The ninja said to himself. "Again! Wanted in 18 STATES!" Herman yelled as the robots surrounded the ninja, "ninja robo snatch!" He yelled, grabbing a robot with his scarf and twirled it around bashing the robots in the process, only for more of them to continue to arrive. "Ninja tengu fireball!" The ninja continue shooting a fireball and melting them down. "C'mon we can still get our big score while black onesie man over there's distracted!" Herman whispered as he and Aleksie grabbed their loot and made a break for it.
Meanwhile in the genetics lab Theresa continued running around in a panic until she noticed multiple doors, each a different animal most likely for cross species genetics research. She needed to choose which one she'll be able to access with an animal that won't kill her if it's disturbed. Gators? No, octopi? No thanks, spiders? Not a bad idea actually, spiders don't freak her out much and as long as they aren't poisonous they won't be a problem. She managed to access a card using a nearby card most likely abandoned during the panic. She immediately had it scanned and accessed the door before dashing inside and sealed it off…
Meanwhile back outside, the ninja continued to destroy the robots one by one. "Ninja stab! Ninja stab! Ninja stab!" He repeated, stabbing the machines with his sword. "Ok this is getting ridiculous!" He then noticed that his brown suited nemesis was about to be killed by his own creations. "Ninja Mcfist snatch!" He replied pulling Mcfist away from the scene. "This changes nothing, ninja!" Mcfist argued, "I didn't think so…."
Meanwhile inside the spider room which was filled with tubes with spiders in their habitats, Theresa heard the commotion outside and peaked out seeing the ninja do his thing, "'Theresa, you take the robo creeps on the left I've got the ones on the right!'" She played out, wishing that she was like the ninja, or at least her own hero…. "'You got it ninja!'" She chuckled slightly unaware that one of the spiders crawled out of their containers, scaled the walls and was weaving down towards her. "Heh, if only that would be possible…." She continued to look at the battlefield from a safe distance, unaware that the spider was crawling on her hand… "but if it's just some silly—OW!"
Theresa then grunted in pain slightly as the spider bit her hand, to which she shook it and the pain off. "Let's hope to god that it wasn't poisonous…." She said to herself looking at the nasty wound left behind. She peeked outside the room only to bump into Herman and Aleksie, breaking Herman's watch in the process. "Beat it kid— huh?" Herman noticed his broken watch, then the robots going back to normal, "that's not good…." "No it isn't, NINJA SCARF CAPTURE!" the ninja replied as the thugs were wrapped in the ninja's scarf.
A few hours later the thugs were arrested and taken to jail. While the class Mcfist and the ninja were calmed down from what had unfolded. "Now while of course the ninja had been saving the day the most…." Mcfist announced. "I'd like to thank miss… eh what's your name kid?" "Theresa Fowler…" "THERESA FOWLER!" Mcfist interrupted. "With this mc megaplex membership!" "Thanks for the offer mr mcfist!" Theresa replied, "and thanks for the help ninja!" "Anything for people like you! Smoke bomb!" And with that the ninja disappeared.
Later on, Theresa went up to Dr connors. "Uh Dr C?" "Ah yes Theresa was it? What the matter?" Dr Connors asked, "well while I was in the spider room I may have accidentally got bit by one of them…." Theresa confessed. "They aren't… you know… poisonous… are they?" "Ugh… I told those robo apes to triple check to make sure that they were properly contained!" Dr Connors groaned. "But no, those spiders aren't poisonous, but, if you feel any nasty side effects, contact mcfist industries immediately, ok?" "Ok…."
On the trip back to school, Howard and Randy looked at the heroic cheerleader, with disgust on Howard, and proudness on Randy, "I can't believe that she got a FREE MEMBERSHIP PASS CUNNINGHAM!" Howard yelled outraged. "That should be ours!" "Look Howard, I don't care if someone else gets the credit, and besides Theresa stopped the criminals it only makes sense that she gets rewarded for her actions!" Randy explained, "or you're letting her have this because you two…." "What!? No! No!" Randy then noticed something off about Theresa, she seemed woozy. "Uh Theresa are you okay? You look a little off…." Randy asked, concerned. Theresa snapped out of whatever daze she was in. "Oh um… I'm okay, just felt a little light headed for a second there…." Theresa replied. "Are you sure cuz that looks like a nasty spider bite…." "Relax, Dr Connors said that the spiders weren't venomous…." "Still though you were pretty smart about the cross species genetics thing!" "How else do you think I get straight As?"
At her house, Theresa was headed to her room "Theresa honey! How was your trip?" Her mother asked. "Oh it was okay mom, agh… though I do have a headache for some reason…." Theresa replied, "oh do you need me to take your temper sweetheart?" "No… I think I just need some rest…." She then went upstairs to her room….
Inside her room, which was filled with various cheerleader posters, a drawer filled with batons and Pom Poms. She rested on her bed before starting to shake, she started to feel different, like something inside her was changing.
…Yes, cross species genetics…
…With something like this, we can not only create new animals, but genetically modify humans with animal dna! Imagine it…
…humans having the strength of a gorilla, the speed of a cheetah, the ability to breathe underwater!…
Within her genetic code the spider DNA had perfectly merged with Theresa's
Giving her radical results…
The sound of an alarm filled the room and Theresa had awoken to shut it up… only for her to fall out of her bed with her large desk about to hit her, but when she was about to get up and catch it… she suddenly felt the desk become… light! She looked upwards to see that she was carrying it with one hand! Not to mention that it felt like her hand was made of superglue! How is this possible? People who hit puberty don't just gain the strength of Hercules!
Unless…
She turned to her wall and placed her hand on it, she noticed that it was sticking to her hand like the drawer, Theresa then got a little hypothesis, she put her other hand on the wall, it sticking as well, then her foot, Focusing on herself, she was able to remove her left hand without the wall sticking to it, she used it to crawl onto the ceiling! She giggled in excitement feeling amazing and lightheaded before lifting her arms down but accidentally fell down to the floor… "this is gonna take some getting used to…" still though things in Norrisville are about to get a lot more interesting….