This world is not gentle with the heroes
New York, 2000, earth 1610
At oscorp industries someone sneaks in through a crack in the roof, inside the guards who see the cameras have a normal night, when a small gas infiltrates the room and makes everyone start yawning and they instantly fall asleep
In the laboratories, the same person who released the gas descends on him, he begins to take various things such as serums and grabs a spider with the number 42, he puts it in his bag and leaves there
Hours later, in Brooklyn, in a building in Brooklyn, a young man is sitting on his bed, listening to music on his headphones while reading a book. "Miles! Have you already packed everything to go to school?" says a woman from outside the room
"Yes! I just need to put my clothes on, mom!" Miles says as he puts his book away. Moments later Miles sits at the table with his family, when everything is silent his father asks "and where did you say your school was going today, Miles?"
"Oscorp Industries, they will take us to see the laboratories and some specimens" Miles answers
"oscorp... why does that name sound familiar to me?" Miles' father asks
"oh well, because... norman osborn was the owner... you know, the green goblin" Miles answers to which his parents look worried
"And the school agrees to take them there? That place is a breeding ground for super criminals, like that green goblin, or his little group of the sinister 6" Jeff says while eating "I think they should have taken them to, I don't know, The police station, could be your guide"
"Jeff, we don't talk about work at the table" Rio tells Jeff to which he just raises his hands and answers
"Well, well, I'm just saying that I don't think it's good that that place is still operating, since thanks to those people like... like Doc ock, Electro, Sandman, Daredevil or the worst of all, Spider-man" Miles He sees it confused and says
"Dad, first of all, Daredevil, he didn't even come out of an Oscorp experiment, I think I once read that he had echolocation powers, whatever, he didn't come out of it, and two, I honestly think Spider-Man is the one who does the most good in new york, plus you sound like that guy jameson" Miles says
"well Miles, honestly he's the only sane person in this city, unlike others who call him a hero..." Rio interrupts him and announces "hero or not, you better keep eating because if not it will be late for the 3 of us, So you better move"
Moments later, at the entrance to the school, visions academy Rio says goodbye to Miles, leaving kisses on his face, "mom quickly, people are waiting"
"In a minute" Rio releases him and closes the door of the patrol car in which he is with Jeff "don't forget to call me, we'll see you at the end of the week"
"off course Ma, bye"
"So, mommy is done saying goodbye to you?" Miles turns around and sees his friend Gwen Stacy standing in front of him with her own luggage
"Very funny Gwen" he tells her while giving her a hug and they both start walking inside the school, already inside, Gwen says
"aaaannd how was your weekend?"
"Oh you know, the typical thing, just studying and helping mom with some things, how about yours?" Miles asks
"mehh, nothing new, I guess also studying and making dinner, in fact I was doing a little research about the place we're going to" they both arrive at their room to which Gwen continues talking
"It seems that you are unaware that Spider-Man will reveal that Norman Osborn is the Green Goblin and all his... Well, illegal activities, as our parents would say, someone took the opportunity and bought the company"
"Really? Who?" Miles asks, unpacking his things
"Apparently the owner is now Miles Warren JR, another Miles, just a little uglier"
"auch" Miles says, pretending to be offended
"I'm not saying this because you're ugly, in fact you're prettier than him" she blushes and looks away from Miles "Whatever this Warren is, he now runs the company testing things in genetics and a little on the subject of diseases and things So"
Someone knocks on the door, interrupting Gwen, "come in," Miles says
"Hey, I'm not interrupting you, am I?" asks a boy with black hair entering the room
"nah, don't worry brent, we were just chatting, whatever, is the bus leaving yet?" Gwen asks, brent enters the room and answers
"Yes, you better hurry up, because those who stay are going to clean the bathrooms. So finish your little kissing session and get out!" He slams the door while leaving them both inside the room, blushing
"hehe, that brent... right?"
"yes..." they both remain silent until Gwen says "we better get out of here"
"yeah, good idea"
A few hours later Miles' group finally arrives at Oscorp, Gwen and Miles look fascinated at the laboratories until a man arrives calling everyone's attention "good morning young people, first of all, I want to introduce myself, my name is Miles Warren Jr. Thanks to the visions academy today you will have the opportunity to take a look at the renovated oscorp laboratories" he guides you through the facilities as he continues "in this part we are working on spiders, since we recently discovered forms in them that could help us cure several diseases , like cancer or Alzheimer's"
"In this part here we have 12 specimens that we are working on..." Miles w. He is interrupted by Brent who says "ehh, Mr. Warren, not to contradict you or anything like that, but... There are only 11 spiders here."
"what...? What are you...?" Warren sees the spider enclosure and after counting them says "no, this... This is not possible." Miles and Gwen look confused by this so Warren adjusts his clothes and says
"uhmm sorry kids, but for now we are going to have to finish the tour, we will reimburse your school for the travel expenses, so... I will ask you to please leave" Warren takes his phone and says "dc ohn "We have to talk.
At the Oscorp exit some students complain because they feel cheated while Miles says "well, that was the shortest tour I've ever had"
"Totally" says Brent
At the top of Oscorp, Warren talks to his security staff while they watch the cameras, "And why didn't anyone tell me about any of this?" he says pointing to an image of the Prowler entering that same day at night
"Excuse me sir, just at that point in the morning this guy, Prowler, as I have seen many call him, came in here and released a gas that made the security guards fall asleep, then" he says "he left a kind of device, and blocked the cameras, it was only this morning that we were able to fix it"
The cameras show images of the Prowler extracting the spider and some other objects "it was only when he notified us that the specimen. It had disappeared when we decided to check the cameras" reports the security guy
"Well, well, see if you can locate him, and as soon as you have a clue as to who he is or what he did with the spider, you will come here immediately" Warren orders to which everyone nods
When everyone leaves Warren starts coughing, the dc. Ohn tries to approach him but he raises his hand rejecting it
After it passes, he puts his hand on his forehead and says "we have to find that Dc ohn spider, that spider could be my last chance to survive"
In visions academy Miles and Gwen arrive at their room "well, since that "tour", if you can call it that, was really boring, how about playing something? Maybe we could go..." she sees Miles packing up. his things in the suitcase and asks "where are you going?"
"Oh.... Uh well, since there was no field trip and no homework, I wanted to go visit my Uncle Aaron" Miles answers
Gwen looks at him bewildered and asks, "Your Uncle Aaron? Didn't your dad tell you to stop seeing him?"
"Yes, well, he doesn't have to know, does he?" Miles sees her
"Wait, aren't you asking me to cover you while you do who knows what with your uncle?"
"Please Gwen, I'll just go see him and come back, I'll be back before eight"
Gwen sees him and says "okay, you win, but if you don't show up before eight, I won't be able to back you up"
"Well, thanks just come and go, and before eight, you're the best" Miles says closing the door
Gwen looks at the door worried "something is going to go wrong, I'm sure"
In an apartment in Brooklyn someone knocks on the door and opens it Aaron Davis "Miles! What are you doing here nephew?"
"Well, we had an excursion today but they ended up canceling it, so I thought I'd come see you, if you're not busy"
"nahh, relax, I have time to spend some time with my nephew" Miles walks in but before Aaron closes the door he makes sure no one is around. "And tell me, how has it been for you at that new school of yours? Have you made some friends yet? Are there any girls?" Aaron asks, giving Miles a Coke
"Well, pretty good, he made a new friend a few months ago, his name is Brent, and not yet... there's no girl around, and... What about you? I haven't seen you in a while"
"not much, just... I work, I have a small business with some friends"
"mhm, small business..." Miles says, looking away while taking a sip of his drink
"what was that?" Aaron asks, noting the somber tone Miles used
"It's nothing, man, it's just... Dad said that... Well, you know, you're not on the right track and stuff..." Aaron interrupts him
"Wow, calm down nephew, don't listen to what your dad says about me, he's a good person, it's just that... We never understood each other well, and well, after he became a police officer, we never agreed on anything again"
"I know, it's just... I would like you two to talk to each other again, be a family again"
"Me too, Miles," Aaron answers, looking down. "Anyway, don't worry about me, I'm not in any kind of shady business or anything, I'm just taking the easy way"
"The easy way? I honestly don't think anything is that easy."
"You see, Miles" Aaron walks up to him and says "I'm going to tell you something, this world may seem very nice and all, but this planet is so damaged to the core, so if anyone tells you that you can change it, or he is a liar or a fool. The only responsibility you have is to yourself, put yourself as number one and don't move from there. Life is not gentle with the heroes. You need to take care of yourself, because no one else will
Aaron gets up towards the kitchen and continues "it's better to go on your own and do what you can to survive, in my case, I take the easy route"
When he gets up a spider comes out of his bag and heads towards the couch "anyway, since you're not going to be here much longer, do you want some ice cream or cake?" The spider climbs onto the couch and goes to Miles' hand
"The ice cream is good... Aghh!" The spider bites his hand and he lifts it up, letting out a cry of pain, he quickly shakes his hand and gets rid of the spider
"Miles!" Aaron stops what he was doing and turns to Miles. “What happened?” He says looking at his hand
"The... The spider, that... She... Uhhh" Miles faints and the last thing he hears before falling asleep is his uncle's voice calling him
Miles begins to wake up when he suddenly hears his father's voice "and what the hell happened?"
"Jeff, I'm telling you, I went for ice cream and he suddenly screamed and I saw that it was because of the spider, I didn't do this." Miles stands up and says
"Dad? What are you doing...?" Hearing his voice, Jeff heads towards him
"Miles, thank God you're okay" he hugs him and says "how do you feel? Does anything hurt?"
"Yeah, don't worry, dad, I just... I feel a little dizzy"
"Okay, now come on, you have to go back to school" Jeff gets up with Miles and they both head to the door
"Goodbye Uncle Aaron" says Miles
"goodbye Miles, take care"
When they leave, Aaron moves and takes out a jar in which the spider was, he sees it and remains thoughtful
later....
Jeff finally arrives in Brooklyn visions "thanks dad see you on..." Jeff interrupts him before he leaves the patrol car "wait Miles, I want to talk to you about something"
"Dad, it's because I ran away to Uncle Aaron's house..." Jeff interrupts him and says
"No, I don't know why Miles, it's because they ran away from school, you have a commitment here, you can't just go out whenever you feel like it." Jeff touches the bridge of his nose. "Listen, You're a good boy, and you have a great future with this school. I know your uncle and I don't have the best of relationships, but... It's better that you stay away from him" Miles' eyes widen at this.
"Your uncle... He's not a bad person but he only thinks about himself, he believes that all you have to do to survive is look out for yourself, but I know you're not like that Miles, whenever you can you look for a way to help Others, I know that one day you will do great things for people, just don't listen to what your uncle says"/p>
"Okay, okay," Miles says, nodding
"Okay, now go," Jeff says as Miles gets out of the car, "and don't forget your homework"
"I don't have homework" Miles shouts
"Okay, then go and lie down"
later...
Miles walks into his room and Gwen sees him and says "so did daddy scold you?"
"You weren't the one who told him, were you?"
"No, he just called me and asked if I knew where you were, I lied, but he thanked me anyway and hung up, he sounded worried, did something happen?" She asks worriedly, "Don't tell me your uncle sent you to sell drugs here"
"For the third time, no, my uncle is not a criminal, he just... makes bad decisions" Gwen says "aannd, criminals don't make bad decisions?"
"Yes, but... I know my uncle isn't like that, relax. And no, nothing bad happened, I just got bitten by a spider and I fainted," he says without giving it any importance
"Wait, a spider bit you? And you fainted? How do you feel?" Gwen asks
"Okay, just a little tired" he says, climbing onto his bunk "*yawn* call me when there are 5 minutes left before class starts..." moments later Miles falls fast asleep
to next day....
Miles and Gwen walk through the hallways of their school, both ready to head to their respective classes. "Hey, are you sure you're okay enough to go to class?" I mean, you got bitten by a spider, and something tells me that Maybe you should have gone to the hospital"
Miles answers "nah, don't worry Gwen, I feel good, in fact, I feel incredible, last night I felt like I was going to faint or vomit, or both at the same time, but now I feel like I could walk around New York 5 times without effort" says Miles
"Yes, well, well, okay, Captain America. Although you'd probably run out halfway through the first lap"
"je yeah, of course"
"Well, see you later Miles" Gwen says saying goodbye to him raising her hand "bye Gwen"
Miles is walking through the uninhabited hallways of Visions Academy, when he accidentally collides with a girl, "Oh, sorry, I didn't see you," says Miles
"What? Who said that?" The girl said looking directly at Miles
"ehhh, Well, I'm right in front of you" Miles says as if it were obvious
"Oh my god, oh my god, I knew it! This school is haunted!" the girl runs away scared
"Haunted? But I'm telling you it's me, I'm right in front of you, what? Did I disappear or something... like that?" Miles tries to see his hand, but can't find anything, "but what...? Where is my hand?" He looks at himself completely and exclaims "where is the rest of my body?!"
To be continued....