Chapter 17: Gangs & Riots I: Maggia Grunts
"Now, who's the king of these rude, ludicrous, lucrative lyrics?" Peter nodded his head to the beat as was walking towards the class. He was so absorbed into the music that he didn't notice the sea of students parting to make way for him like he was Moses. They looked at Peter and whispered to each other as Peter just navigated to the classroom. "Who could inherit the title, put the youth in hysterics-"
"Goodmorning, Peter!" Gwen came rushing and almost gobbled him from the side as she hugged his arm.
"Well, hello there, Ms Stacy." Peter grinned as he removed the headphones with his other arm. "Hi, Mary Jane."
(A/N: In case you are wondering. The song Peter is listening to is Renegade by Jay-Z (from Blueprint 2, I think) featuring Eminem. The song is a bop with condensed, multi-syllable rhyme patterns and schemes, especially in Eminem's verse. The white boy went ham on the track. Should check it out if you haven't. Also, drop your fav rap/hip-hop songs if you listen to rap.)
"Hey, Peter." Mary Jane waved politely as she approached the two teens.
"How are you feeling after a day's rest?" Peter asked in curiosity as he let himself get dragged to class by Gwen.
"I'm feeling better now." Mary Jane said catching up to him and walking beside him. She looked at him and flashed him a beautiful smile as she showed him her knuckles. "Thanks to your help, I think they'll heal much quicker."
"It's quite alright." Peter nodded. After giving Harry an Ass-Whopping he and the girl's hand decided to ditch the school for the next day. Mary Jane needed time to recover from the mental exhaustion but sadly she couldn't extend her absence since graduation was near. This was the first time they came to school after the stunt at the arcade.
"Guys, I think guys are famous now." Gwen said with a. teasing smile as she got Peter and Mary Jane's attention. "Everybody is staring and talking about you two."
"Meh." That was Peter's reply as he shrugged making Mary Jane and Gwen giggle as they entered the classroom. Harry's whole gang was there except for Harry.
"I wonder that happened to him." Gwen whispered to Mary Jane who shrugged.
"I don't know. Nor do I care." She gave her two cents. "He could get fucked by an icepick and I wouldn't give a shit."
"Easy there Mary Jane, you are scaring the ladies." Peter said with a grin as he pointed to Flash and his friends who flinched and tried to get as far away as they could from the trio. "I really woke something sinister in you, didn't I? How careless of me."
Mary Jane just stuck her tongue out as she made her way to her seat. Mary Jane sat by the window in front of Peter losing herself to her thoughts which left Peter and Gwen to chat and flirt as they waited for the teacher to come.
The teacher came after some moments and the classes began. The classes were painfully uneventful and bland for him as he had gotten used to the hectic life he had mostly which he attributed to the Parker luck.
Jotting upgrade ideas or studying the magic guide book, 'Magic for dummies' wasn't helping him either. History was boring, especially since he knew this stuff from the back of his mind since Peter had gotten passively curious in the past, which meant he geeked out and consumed all the material he found.
'History is fascinatingly stupid and hilariously depressing.' Peter summed it up in a single sentence. He had tried paying attention to the class but found it incredibly hard every time he had to look into the dead, fish-like eyes of the short, pudgy professor. 'It's disturbing...'
"Please God. Get me out of this class." Peter groaned nearly slamming his head on the desk which made Gwen look at him in amusement. "You are enjoying my misery way too much."
"I am."
"Please... Give me anything. Just end my misery."
Peter groaned as he prayed to God once again and as they say... Be careful what you wish for because as soon as he said that-
*Boom!*
(AN: A Nuke Dropped! The End!)
An explosion was heard in the distance. The students in the class jolted in surprise and shock as they rushed to the window to see what was happening.
Peter narrowed his eyes as he looked outside the window and saw some rising from a tall building.
'Isn't that the Fisk tower?' Peter thought as grabbed his books and shoved him into the bag before dashing out of the class.
"Peter?!" He heard Gwen call out and he stopped in his track. "Where are you going?!"
"I... I have to make sure, May is okay!" Peter said coming up with a viable excuse. "You guys should also contact your parents! Don't leave the school premises until you know what's happening, okay?!"
"What about you?!"
"I'll be fine!" Peter yelled as ran. "I will call you once I know what's happening!"
"Peter! Peter wait! Ugh! You stupid idiot!-"
"Calm down, Gwen." Mary Jane said as she tried to calm her friend even though she herself was worried. "Peter will be okay."
"I really hope so." Gwen said in a worried tone before sighing and pulling out her phone. "I'll ask my dad what's happening."
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"A group of forty to fifty men wearing masks stormed Fisk tower. They came in black vans without licence plates. Fifteen of them have opened fire in public trying to keep the police at bay, while the rest have repeatedly stormed the tower. Three civilians I believe are dead and at least thirteen have been injured out of the Fisk tower." Eryl reported as Peter changed into his costume in an alley. "I would need to hack into Fisk tower's network to get visuals on the situation inside."
"Do it." Peter said wearing his mask. His vision glowed as the HUD booted up. "Once you get into the network create a map of the building layout and I want all the terrorist's positioning on the map in real-time along with whatever weapons they may have on them."
"Roger that." Eryl replied as Spider-Man powered up his web-shooters and swung towards the Fisk tower.
"Who would be foolish enough try to barge into the Kingpin's castle in broad daylight and why would someone do that?" Spider-Man asked out loud as Eryl displayed the information who the person that seemed to be the leader of this group which made him sigh. "Of course, he'd be the fool to risk igniting a gang war."
"Joseph Martello, a Russian crime lord who became one the leaders of Maggia not long ago, he's also infamously known as hammerhead." Eryl explained. "I've created the map construct. Aside from Joseph who has an advanced plasma rifle rest of the terrorist's have normal weaponry. No real threat."
"Got it." Spider-Man nodded twisting his body mid-air as he headed for a goon who had retrieved an RPG launcher and was about to fire the police. "Alley-oop!"
The man looked above from where the voice came from. His eyes shot wide open but he was too late to react as Spider-Man's feet landed on his face only a second later.
Dropkicking the man in the face, Peter flipped back and grabbed two men by the gun and pulled them towards him and slammed them on top of the van they came in.
Landing on ground, he ripped a cars door and used it as a shield to block the bullets and rushed towards them. He waited until they ran out of rounds, as soon as he heard the sound of the empty magazine. Spider-Man spun and threw the shield which hit a good right in the throat. Blood sprayed out of his ears even through the full face monkey mask as he slowly fell backwards, most likely dead.
Spider-Man punched a good in the gut and stomped his head to the ground before flipped and kicking another in the face sending him flying a good fifteen feet away. The force of the kick most likely killed the man but Spider-Man wasn't going to check on him.
He blocked a kick aimed at his face before grabbing the offending leg and of the man and swinging him to smack away another man that was approaching him. "This is how you use a motherfucker to smack another motherfucker!"
Looking at the man he grinned evilly as he slammed him into the ground. He grabbed both of the man's legs and raised his leg.
The man's eyes widened in horror as he began to shake his in denial rapidly. "Nonono! Anything but that-"
"You have lost penis privilege." Spider-Man stated. "Your bloodline ends with you!"
"Nooooo-ack!"
*Crack*
Spider-Man dusted his hand as he looked at the frothing man. His Sense's blared as he cartwheeled to the side avoiding a hail of bullets.
He chained more acrobatic moves avoiding the spray from the assault rifles as he took cover behind a wasted car. He was forming plans to counter them before his eyes landed on the gun near his feet.
The HUD scanned the gun and gave him all the details he needed to know. He grabbed the gun as he waited for the window of opportunity. He saw an officer doing gestures at him and he nodded.
"Only neutralize, huh?" Spider-Man said in a bitter tone as it left a bad taste in his mouth, but it was his only way least he wanted to become, public enemy #1 this early. He didn't give a fuck about what the people thought about him but he'd like to have more power to protect himself and his family once his anti-hero feats become public. "...hah. Let's get this done."
Peter nodded as he leaned out from and two rounds hitting the guy in the knees. The first bullet lodged into his leg and the second one tore his knee cap.
"Ahhhh!" The man screamed as he fell to the ground screaming like a bitch in pain which distracted the other six guys which provided Spider-Man with a window of opportunity.
He shot six rounds in succession. Two each for three-man. Screams followed the gunshot as they lost their kneecaps one by one.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" This is getting ugly! I'll have to tell boss-Ahh!" The man trying to pull a fast one of Spider-Man dropped his phone as he fell to the ground clutching his knee.
Spider-Man jumped over the car as he threw the gun as a projectile hitting other goon the face knocking him out. He spun in the air and webbed the only remaining guy's gun along with his hand to the Van he was standing near.
The man began to shake in terror as Spider-Man landed in front of him. Spider-Man looked up as his visor glowed menacingly.
"You have been a naughty boy, haven't you?" Spider-Man asked as he pulled his hand back. "And for that, you are going get your insides ruptured."
"Noooooo-ack!"
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Alternative Titles:
-Be Careful What You Wish For
-The Action You Needed
-It's Kneecaps This Time
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