Scarlet Spider: Sin

P2A - Chapter #7: Discovery

After nearly two hours of sleep, Peter rose up from his bed and yawned a bit. He rubbed his still heavy eyes and blinked a few times. Seconds later, it occurred to him that the painful and shivering sensations had disappeared and he wasn't sweating anymore. When the heaviness disappeared, his vision was clear, much to the brunet's confusion. He placed his hands on his cheeks to check if he was wearing glasses. He wasn't, as it was on a desk nearby.

While processing what happened, the hairs on his hands and legs quickly stood up, accompanied with a vibrating, tingly sensation inside his head. As if it was pointing Peter toward something. But as it was new to him, he instinctively turned to the direction - which was his ceiling's corner - in a flash and shot five web lines from his fingertips as a reflex. He widened his eyes and immediately shut his mouth, stopping himself from screaming. Slowly, he took a few deep breaths and opened his mouth.

Peter's eyes followed the direction of his vibrating sensation, which showed him a house spider hanging upside down from his room's ceiling. It eventually eased down.

His weblines were still attached to his fingertips, like he was a puppeteer controlling his puppet. Due to shock, the tip of his fingers were stiff, as hard as a rock. So, Peter relaxed them and detached the web lines at his will easily.

"Geez... Gotta clean these.."

The teenager then inspected his fingertips, showing him the "holes" on them, along with small hairs he had never seen before. His eyes lit up, as he was familiar with spider anatomy. This caused him to recall to an earlier moment at Oscorp's lab, when he and Kaine yelped painfully. They were both bitten by super spiders.

"Spinnerets... So that explains everything!" he exclaimed as he snapped his fingers when reaching to a conclusion. But he silenced himself when he remembered that his parents were sleeping at the moment.

"Note to self: Try not to exclaim when you have an eureka moment," he sighed, wanting to slap himself.

The brunet couldn't help but continue inspecting his spinnerets, while giggling to himself. It was so unreal, like fiction coming to life. He thought of showing his discoveries to his cousin. Before that however, he better take a quick shower first.

While getting out of his bed, his phone vibrated a few times, catching his attention. Peter walked toward his desk and retrieved it. A notification appeared on the phone's screen, showing two messages from Annabelle on a group chat between the three.

Hey guys. Are you feeling alright now?

Just wanted to check up on you two since you were shivering a lot earlier...

He couldn't help but smile as he typed a reply.

Yuppp. Thx for the concern XD Idk about coz though

I'm doing alright. But... I had a weird dream earlier. A nightmare, idk.. And now there is this voice talking inside my head (Kaine)

I'm glad to hear y'all are alright. And K, do you wanna talk about it? (Anna)

I guess... (K)

Everyone waited as he typed, which took a few minutes.

I'll just give the gist. So I was in an empty cinema, sorta. I was chained to a seat, while I had to watch a montage of my childhood memories, both good and bad.

It sent chills to Peter's spines when he read it.

Then, you know what's worse..? I saw someone watching dead bodies being hanged up. Bodies of my father and those who bully me, with Peter slowly dying. This someone is like...a part of me. He said that all my pent up negative feelings will be unleashed soon. And everyone will feel what I feel... At first thought he wasn't real, but he is. And right now, I feel like this the end of the world for me.