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Spider-Man: Power and Responsibility 2

Chapter One: Powerless
Part One

Off the Coast of Manhattan, on a private manmade island sat Oscorp Biogenetic, a division of Oscorp solely dedicated to creating a better you. As teams of scientists scurried to and fro like rats one particular lab drew stares and excitement from all in the building, the company's founder Norman Osborne was there personally overseeing his project, a hush-hush off book project called Oz. Osborne hovered around a bank of glistening chrome machines, a rather sinister smirk spread across his freckled face, his ginger hair slicked back. His assistant Justin Sumner standing in his towering shadow.

Osborne pulled on a thick work glove and picked up his most genius work, a tiny black spider, two golden zero's on her back.

"You a fan of Greek Myth, Justin?" Osborne asked gently cradling the creature.

"No really sir." Justin said

"Ever hear the myth of Arachine?" Osborne added.

"Can't say I have Mr. Osborne." Justin said

Osborne looked deeply into the creatures eyes, gently cradling her head with his fingers. "The story goes that Athena...you've heard of her at least?" Osborne asked.

Justin nodded, but only to look away from Osborne's gaze. "Anyway as the story says Athena heard that a mortal woman existed who was a better Spinstress than she was."

"A Spinstress sir?" Justin asked.

"A weaver Justin, you know on a loom!"

"Oh!" Justin mouthed nodding his head.

"Athena was crazy with jelousy and left Olympus and destroyed Arachine's creations."

"Sounds like something a woman would do." Justin chuckled.

"When this young woman saw what had happened, that she had angered her god and that her life's work was gone she killed herself."

Justin gulped hard and asked "Then what happened, sir?"

"Ahh well let's see, Athena took pitty on the young woman and blessed her back to life. Not as a human mind you but as something else."

"A spider sir, Arachne became a spider." Justin said grinning.

"Very good Justin, yes that is how we get the word Arachnid, from her name Arachne."

Justin felt a small vibration in his pocket. "Sir it's your lawyer." Justin handed Osborne the cell and flinched as he was handed the spider. Paniced Justin tossed it into it's open containment jar.
"I said never disturb me in my Lab Harvey!" Osborne shouted.

"No tell him there is no room to negotiate!" Osborne added.

"Let ME tell you what "OZ" is. OZ is a wonder drug and my most significant invention and it'll be a boon to the economy as well." Osborne shouted.

"We are in the middle of Alpha testing at this very moment, using mammals and insects... infact the Double Zero spider is showing promise."

"Humans, believe my Harvey if I could trick the FDA into allowing human trials I would but that'll have to wait for Beta tests." Osborne added.

Far across the city, in the Westwood Mall foodcourt in Queens, a young boy sits alone, his nose stuck deep in a book.

"Sodium Carbonide...that is such an odd choice!" he said outloud.
"I wonder if that is a bold compound?" as he reads two objects streak past his field of vision, they are french fries coated with ketchup.

"what the hell?" he says looking around

This is Peter Parker, the designated punching bag of Midtown high. He looks around the court and focuses on one table. "Oh so close!" Flash Thompson shouted, snapping his fingers. "If only he stayed put!" Kenny "King Kong" Macfarline shouted.

Peter sighed and returned to his book and caught a glimpse of Mary Jane Watson staring at him. "What?" he mouthed at her.

MJ gabbed her books and ws about to walk over when another potato missle clunked on Peter's glasses. "Yes five points!" Flash shouted.

"Naw dude more like four!" Kenny said.

"Four, can I get a ruling?" Flash asked a nearby table of girls.

"Hey MJ I'm gonna try on tops you wanna come?" Liz Allen asked.

"What, oh no thanks Liz I'm gonna..."

"Study what else is new in the world of brainy Janey...I'm gone."
As Liz left MJ looked over at peter, his sad eyes cleaning sticky red goop off his book.

MJ stood up and immediatly ducked as a taco sailed past her.
She winced at his struck his tray, sending seasoned beef, lettuce and cheese all over him.

"That's a Goooaal!" Kenny shouted imitating a soccer announcer. "Grow up losers!" Deborah Whitman shouted.

As Peter wiped the taco/missle off of himself a gentle hand grabbed his shoulder. "Hey kiddo!" he said

"Uncle Ben you're still here, I thought you were just dropping me off?" Peter asked.

"Isn't that Mary Jane over there?" Ben asked.

"Oh yeah, so why are you here?" Peter asked again, sidestepping the question.

"I needed some new pants Peter...why isn't she sitting over here?" Ben asked.

"Mary Jane Watson, get over here girl!" Ben shouted.

MJ stood up and walked over. "You look like a million bucks, doesn't she look fab Peter?" Ben asked.

"Yeah sure of...of course." Peter said stammering.

As Pete shuffled awkwardly Ben shot daggers at Flash and Kenny, they just cocked their heads to the side and looked away.

"So Mary how'd that science project gizmo you and Pete were working on go?" Ben asked.

"Peter didn't tell you?" MJ asked.

"I didn't want to bore him." Peter said.

"Bore him, I think we did good." MJ said.

"Good, try great you two always did great!" Ben said.

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