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“There is no way, no way!” Jonathan and Peter were about to enter their physics class, Peter mentioned the test they’ll have in 10 minutes which had Jon in shock. “I completely forgot about it man” “How can you possibly forget something when a teacher reminds you about it 5 times during 60 minutes of class” Said Peter and smiled softly. “Don’t worry, jut sit with me!” It was a warm morning, the smell of the mowed grass filled the streets and the school, the sky is clear and the wind blowing softly. Such a perfect day to spend in school.Peter and Jon were leaving after the last class, it was such a relief for both of them to finally finish all the tests of the week and they are free now. “Let’s celebrate! There is an amazing movie coming out today, I’ve been waiting for it for a long time… well you know all about it” Said Peter with excitement “Of course, after this hell of a week, we deserve some fun” Jon answered. “See you in front of the cinema at 7 P.M, dont be late or you’ll be paying for both of us” Peter laughed, they said goodbye and went towards their houses. Aunt May was waiting for Peter to come while Jon had his uncle James at home. (6:30 p.m)Jon’s house Jon is getting ready in his room when James enters, they have very close relationships, Jon doesn’t remember his parents, he doesn’t have any memory of them, not a single photo to look at. When he was 4 years old, they had a car accident, he is the only one who survived. James says that he spent about 3 months in a coma and when he finally woke up Peter was there. “They loved you more than anything, Jon, you were their life, all they did - they did for you.” He used to say when Jon was young. James is the closest person to him, and he loves him, but his curiosity about his parents sometimes take over. He used to ask a lot of questions about them but there weren’t many answers, and with the time he stopped… But even James didn’t know about his powers… no one knew. “And where are we going now?” “WE, me and Peter, are gonna see a movie. Finally!” “Without me? No, don't worry I get it, you are a grown-up boy that has no interest in spending time with his old uncle” “Being sarcastic huh? You are barely 33 James” “What am I supposed to be doing here alone all this time?” “Well, as far as I know, May is gonna be alone as well, so make her a company, we all know you like her” Jon noticed a little smile on his uncle’s face, he was blasting now. “Very funny! K buddy, don't be late, come home when the movie ends and be in touch!” “I’d love to but you know how my phone reacts, I sometimes can’t even call anyone, it's broken… maybe its time for a new one” Jon hinted “Let me see your marks first” James smiled “Love you!” “Love you too” __________________ Jon is on his way to the cinema, it’s getting dark. The city full of people minding their own business, running somewhere, trying to keep up fills up with the filling of life. Everyone has their own problems about which others never know. These thoughts are usual for Jon, he always finds himself floating in his own mind thinking about everything, but most usually he thinks about what he is capable of. Where did he get his powers from? What is their limit if they even have one? These thoughts pass his mind every day. His phone is still bugging, he can't even contact his best friend, a nerd, Peter. He was putting it back in his bag when he heard people scream from the other block. Men, women with children running in panic towards him and passing him in shock.
Gun shoots.
Men laughing
People screaming
“Why is it always when I have plans, some creeps come out of nowhere to ruin my life” Jon is running to the closest corner - “I’m sorry Pet, I’ll explain this somehow” - he thought and is blaming himself for a million time for still keeping his powers a secret from Pet, the closest person to you, a family, he would never… Being mad at the world, he tried to hide in the darkest place of the corner so no one sees him putting on the suit. “As if they will pay attention to anything when there is an armed robbery or whatever the hell it is”He pulled out his suit: nothing special, a simple homemade black suit with purple lines over it that forme an image of a purple energetic sphere on his chest. And, of course, a mas covering his eyes and his nose. A mixed feeling of excitement and fear began to flow in Jon’s blood, every time he is about to help people he proves to himself that he is needed, that he can make difference, maybe not much but at least something. But also the fear… he still can’t fight it completely, it is a bit of fear for himself but more for the people. He is scared to death to lose someone, to let someone die, he has powers he can make a change and if something happens to someone on his watch he won’t be able to let it go. He hid his bag behind a trash can and went running to the epicenter. Jon saw the building where everything is happening, it was some kind of a laboratory, not very big, about 8 - 10 floors. Gun shoots, the police flasher, screams filled the whole street. “We repeat: Free the hostages and come out with your arms up, NOW!” - the microphone was loud enough. “Or we-“ - they couldn’t finish “If you try to enter the laboratory I swear I’m gonna kill them all!” - the voice came out of the third or the fourth floor. Jon went towards the officer who was trying to find the solution. But was stopped by the red line forming a fence and a policeman standing there “Who are you? Where you think you going?” “I need to talk to the officer, I can help!” Jon looked at him and at the officer “Yeah kid, just go home it’s dangerous here, you are not allowed to even stand here now.”- The policemen started to push him away. Jon knew he can’t waste the time, not now, and it one second, but concentrating his mind and his powers, he disappeared for everyone’s eyes. “Invisibility is a useful tool huh?” He said to himself, smiled, and passed through the policemen and got to the officer. “Officer!” He appeared now, right in front of the man in the suit. “What the- how the hell you passed here” He shouted “Wait I heard about you, you are that guy from the papers, F.. Foster.. No… Foxer yeah!” “I’m pretty flattered, but now we are pressed, if you heard about me you probably heard what I am capable of.” Jon was pretty serious and tried to play it cool. “Come here” - They went a bit away from others so no one can hear them talk. “Officially I am not allowed to let you do anything here, and I wouldn’t. But we don’t know for now what to do and there are hostages inside. So… if I was allowed to let you participate, I’d ask you for help, but I am not.” - he blinked. “I understand, but I need more information if I didn’t need it I, no offense, wouldn’t even come to talk to you. So, who are the men inside? Why for you this situation is so different? how many innocent people are inside? And what do the men want?” “If I was able to discuss the details with you, I’d say that the men are a band, a group of 5 people, also that the situation is particular because they are using unknown, very dangerous weapons. The reason for the robbery is unknown to us as well but we can suppose that they want something from the laboratory. I’d also say that there are 3 hostages inside, but I am not allowed to discuss this with you.” - He looked very concerned about this, Jon could see how unhappy he is to ask for help. “Got it, I’ll have to enter the laboratory.” - Jon said “But you can’t destroy the door with your powers! The hostages can be killed by the men if you do!” “ I know, see, I can become invisible again, but not for a long time, it takes too much energy and concentration, but I will be able to enter the building quietly if you distract the others.” Jon closed his eyes, concentrated on what he wants to do, the noise, the scream got quiet for a second. He opens his eyes, he is invisible. “Thank you, officer.” - Jon said before leaving. “Take them out of there, the hostages, please.” - The last words of the officer passed to Jon by doubling the pressure he already felt. He runs to the glass door, which was already broken by the bullets, and he entered the dark hall, he went farther, with each step the noise from the outside was getting quieter and quieter until Jon was completely alone in this dark hall. He thought he was. While trying to find the stairs, he was thinking about his plan, what is he gonna be doing? How to release all 3 hostages and stop the men, he can’t even become invisible again, it takes too much. “Oh hey there!” - From the quietest place, the unexpected voice passed through the whole hall and made Jon jump, the adrenaline kicked in, he turned back, put his hands towards the source of the voice and was ready to blast. “Who’s there?” - Jon said carefully “Wow relax mate, I doubt you are the bad guy here” - slowly a black shape started to go down from the ceiling, head down on a web, it got to the floor and stood up for its full height. The person started moving closer to Jon, who was still holding his hands towards him. When the man came close enough, Jon understood who it was and put his hands down with relief. “Spider-man himself huh? You a bit late.” - Said Jon. “I’ve heard about you, you are Foxer, a “hero” like me. This is our first work together huh, nice to finally meet you.” - Spider-man extends his hand, he felt confident and was actually happy to not do this alone. “Nice to meet you too Spidey, I actually think we can do this better and faster together” - Jon staked his hand “And I wasn’t late, I was nearby and saw you talking to the officer, I sneaked in by then. Ok let’s get to this, what are the details?” - Asked Peter, the feeling of not being alone gave him more confidence, and Jon felt the same way, two superheroes are better than one. “Wait, you don't know anything yet?” - Jon asked surprisingly “Well you know, I saw you talking to the officer as I said, and decided to ask you about the information and nor him, you know, I’m kind of tired of this ‘if I was allowed… but I’m not allowed’ nonsense” - He answered mockingly, and they both laughed slightly. “Ok, all you need to know is that there are 5 bad guys, 3 innocent people, unknown, “very dangerous” weapons and unknown reason, as far as I know: the action takes place on the third floor” - Jon explained to Peter “On the forth. So we just need to take the bad guys down and release the hostages?” - Peter tried to clarify. “That’s it, and, if we are working together, teamwork! We need to know what we are doing and plan everything.” They both nodded, Peter pointed his finger at the other side of the hall, “I can see the stairs there”, and they both moved to the second floor. All the room was completely destroyed, the only source of light is the big window on the other side, no sun, just the red and blue coming from 5 police cars. The smell of different chemical liquids filled the room, the liquids themselves were mixed on the ground, the glass everywhere, the room was definitely searched. The toxic smell fills Peter’s and Jon’s lungs, they tried to cover their noses while observing the room. They, however, didn’t waste their time there, they both knew all they need to do now is to find and fight the men and release the hostages, they went up the stairs, and finally started to hear the talk of the men. “We have to go, let’s just kill them and leave, otherwise they’ll come up with the idea how to smoke us out of here!” - one man whispered to the other “Listen to me, you coward, if we leave without it we are as good as dead. HE won’t be kind enough to forgive us for the second time. So you can try leaving but just to inform you, this weapon will kill you faster than you take a step” - Answered the other man, who supposedly is in charge here. 2 men were looking out the window, some kind of guardians. The other two, the ones who had the dialogue, were sitting on a table, the last one was trying to finish searching this room. “Ok… what’s the plan” - Jon asked Peter. Now when they finally see what they have to do, they felt a bit better, but seeing these men sitting there made them feel a bit nervous. The noise of glass breaking and the smell of the chemicals couldn’t let Peter think normally, he looked at them all from the stairs, looked at the other side of the room and then back to Jon. “First part of the plan is done, we found the ‘bad guys’ here” - Peter whispered to Jon. - “See that door over there? I think that’s where they are keeping the hostages! So we need to stop these guys before they try to use their weapons against us or, worse, against the police or hostages… Now, as this is the first time we both met and didn’t have the opportunity to talk, I think I’ll need to know what you are capable of. What are your powers Foxer?” Jon tried to relax and breath quietly, he looked at Peter “Well, simply saying, my powers are based on pure energy… coming from me… and-” - He couldn’t finish the sentence. “Hey!! Who’s that over there” - a man who’s in charge shouted and pointed at the dark door that leads to the stairs where Spidey and Foxer were hiding. The other men, all four, stood up, picked their weapons and pointed at the spot. “OK, new plan - improvisation!” - screamed Peter, he felt the adrenaline passing throughout his vines, he was scared, but he knew he can’t be, not now. “Do what you can to distract them, I’m gonna try to free the hostages! Now!” - he shouted at Foxer “The men started to come closer, Jon ran out of the place to fix the target on himself so Peter could do his part, as soon as he ran to the other corner of the room, all 4 men started shooting. From the guns made of steel as it looked like, came out a green beam, Jon raised his hands towards the beam and released his own.A dark-purple beam met the green one in the middle of the room. The Officer was right, the weapons are very dangerous, Jon felt the pain in his arms because of the power he is standing up against, It was hard to keep it that way but he knew he needed to. “Spidey your turn, GO” - He said, that was a struggle, it was getting harder and harder to keep them this way, he felt the enemies’ beam getting closer. Peter almost got to the room when the fifth man blocked the way. “Where are you going, insect?” - the man pulled a knife and ran to him. Peter briefly raised his hand and shot the web from his webshooters right into the man’s face, which made him drop the knife, Peter quickly went to him, punched him towards the closest wall and covered him with his web. Meanwhile, Jon was still trying to hold the others, he had to concentrate, he stepped forward while still holding the beam, he stepped again, he closed his eyes, the noise got a bit quiet. A second passed and he pressed himself more, the energy coming from his hands doubled, got to the men and launched them into the air, they all fell unconscious. He went to Peter who already opened the door and was trying to free all 3 hostages. A sound of electricity cracking crossed the room where Jon just had the fight. Both heroes looked at each other with curiosity. “Go, I’ll release the last one” - Said Jon while trying to destroy the last steel cuffs Peter saw the source of the scary noise, it was the guns, they were shaking on the ground and sparkling.“You freaks!!! This place is gonna explode and we are with it thanks to both of you.” “FOXER!!!” - Peter shouted, he didn’t know what to do, nor how much time is left. Jon came out with three hostages, one of them was a young girl, about the same age as Peter is. “What’s happening?” - He asked “The guns, they are about to explode, I think the contact with your blast affected their magnetic field!” - Peter tried to observe the room, trying to find the solution. “Jon” - he finally said - “Break the window!” - he pointed at the big as the whole wall window. Jon blasted the window and the glass broke into million pieces, the noise of the police cars became louder. Peter ran to the window and shouted: “Get back all of you, this place is going to explode!!!” “Maybe not!” - Jon said, looking at Peter. “What do you mean?” - Peter went to him “If my powers triggered the guns, maybe the other source can stable them?!” - Jon looked at the gun of the fifth man that wasn’t touched yet. “To change back the magnetic field and reverse the process…” - Peter picked up “…by blasting them again, with the power of the same nature” - Excitedly finished Jon “This could actually work!” Peter took the gun that was on the other corner of the big room. “No! We can’t risk, even if there is a bit of a chance this won’t work we have to save them all first.” - Jon pointed at hostages and the 5 men “Right, I’ll bring the bad ones to the police, and you get the hostages downstairs and make them run away, we can’t waste the time!” - said Peter. He handed the gun to Jon. Took first two men who were still unconscious shot the web and jumped from the window. He dropped them two blocks away from the building where the police stayed. When all of them were safe, some with the police and the others with the ambulance, Spidey and Foxer were the only ones left in the building with the guns that were about to explode. “Spidey, you better fix them to the ground so they stop shaking.” -said Jon, his voice cracked a bit. He was too nervous and scared, as was Peter. “Now blast the gun at them, and keep the beam until you see them get stable.” - Said Jon. Peter pulled the trigger and the green light faced the other guns covered with the web. Seconds passed, but nothing was changing. “It’s not going to work” - screamed Peter because of the noise the gun makes. “Why” - Jon was standing beside him Peter stopped the fire: “ Because it needs more time, the time that we don't have.” “It’s happening” - Jon looked at the guns that started to shake stronger. “We gotta leave!” - Peter put some web on the gun he had in his hands and placed it on his back, they both went to the window, Peter took Jon and released the web, as soon as they jumped the place exploded, the were swinging away when Jon saw the fire getting bigger and closer to them, the web torn! Jon made an energetic field around them both so the fire won't hurt them, and it helped. The sphere with both of them hit the ground and they both landed on their backs. “That was… epic… I’d say” - Peter hardly pronounced, he felt like all the bones in his buddy were broken into million pieces. “That’s…. the word!” - straggly answered Jon and they both tried to laugh while laying on the ground. After the explosion the police started to get closer, the sirens were too loud for both Jon and Peter, they had a headache and they weren’t sure is it because of the fall or the smell of chemicals they had inside the building. “We better leave, I don’t want them to ask us questions, not now.” - said Peter while trying to stand up; He extended his hand to Jon and helped him stand up. They both left the place together. ____________________________________ Spider-man and Foxer, on the roof of one of the biggest buildings in the city. They both were tired and the pain in their bodies wouldn’t stop. They were just sitting there, with the beautiful view of the night city. And talking, a usual talk between two superheroes who just 30 minutes ago managed to do something that the police struggled to do. “How long have you been doing this anyway?” - Foxer asked Spidey. “About a year and a half, it’s a crazy story, but I’d want to hear yours first, what you did there, in the laboratory, it was very impressive!” “Well, thank you, to be honest in many of this you inspired me, I saw you on the TV and the newspapers and you are actually trying to make difference, trying to help. I found out about my powers not that long time ago, almost a year maybe, and here I am, trying to help people for 6 months now” “A year, we are not that different, did anyone bite you?” - Peter tried to make it sound serious but he didn’t manage to “What? Oh god, no!” - Foxer slightly laughed - “I don’t know where they came from, I didn't even try to find out yet… one day I just woke up and almost everything in my room was levitating… I was terrified at first, then I found a lonely place where I could use whatever I have, there I found out that I can make the energetic blasts. I also can get invisible, but not for a long time. I can make energetic fields around myself or something else, that’s what I did when we were falling. I was trying to make something levitate, or levitate myself, but for now, I didn’t manage to.” - Foxer finished and looked at Peter, he didn’t see his face of course but he knew that he was shocked. “That’s so cool! I mean… all I do is just my webshooters, I am strong too, I also see better in the dark, that was pretty useful today, I made the web myself and it helps me fly and fight the others.” “You are very smart Spidey, I mean making the web yourself… My best friend, from my ‘normal life’, loves everything about physics and chemistry, he is a nerd” - Jon smiled while talking about him, then he felt sad a bit, he still wanted Peter to know who he is, he didn’t feel right to hide anything from him. “I have a best friend too! We are going to the same class, he is so funny and smart, even tho he doesn't believe he is. He is the closest I have, as a brother” - Peter had the same feelings, he is thinking about telling Jon who he is, for a long time now… But he is scared that it will only hurt him in the future, he would just put him in danger. “Anyway, what are we gonna be doing with this” - Foxer pointed at the gun Spidey took. “Oh, see, when we were listening to them talking, we found out they needed something for someone, we don’t know what yet, but I think thanks to this gun we can trace the nanowaves and find the source if them, where the mane amount of the energy comes from. And we’ll find who makes them…” - Peter explained to Foxer while observing carefully the gun “And you think the one who makes them is the one who ordered the robbery? And if we find him or her, we’ll find the reason!” - Foxer said to Peter and to himself “I think that’s a good start of our journey Foxie” - Spidey said “Don’t call me that” - Jon smiled. To be continued…