Batman and Spider-man

Chapter 7

"I'm surprised you've been superheroes for so long," Otto said. "Why it only took me..."

The first superhero to break out was Spider-Man. Otto expected as much.

"Maybe don't put those eggs in your basket just yet," Spider-Man said. Otto lashed at him with his other arm, but Spider-Man rolled over it in mid-air and launched a web on his face. It was at that moment an electric shock loosened his top-right arm's grip on Batman, an electric shock that caused him to keel over, only being supported by his bottom arms.

"There's a neural chip connected to his spinal cord," Batman said. "If we disable that, we disable his arms."

Spider-Man leapt at Otto's left flank, only to be knocked aside by an arm that moved faster than he could react, slamming him against the wall.

"Easier said that done," Spider-Man said, groaning.

Otto ripped the webs off his face. "As I was saying, it only took me five minutes to capture..."

Spider-Man launched a web at his mouth that Otto swatted aside. "Shut up."

Otto sighed. "Imbeciles, the whole lot of you."

Spider-Man leapt at Otto again, this time Otto swatted him aside again. Using that as a distraction, Batman launched another electric shot directly at him, but Otto swerved to the side, narrowly avoiding the shot. Batman took out his electric gun and fired again, Spider-Man used this as an opportunity to leap at him.

"My neuro-chip immediately responds to my thoughts," Otto said. "I can react faster than any normal human."

Otto ducked; the electric ball hit one of his lights causing it to explode in a burst of sparks. Spider-Man dodged the first lunge of his tentacles. He couldn't dodge the second. Otto grabbed a hold of Spider-Man and before he could break free, tossed him against his computer causing a loud crashing noise.

"Faster than a meta-human too, it seems," Otto said.

Batman took this opportunity to roll at him, he pulled out his electric gun to fire but before he could he collapsed on to the floor, his prosthetic leg letting out a hiss as it fell on the ground as if it were a rubber toy.

Otto sighed. "Didn't my men mention I know all my inventions?"

Spider-Man broke free of the rubble ready to launch another attack. He decided to do something smart and web up one of his arms. The other arm lashed at him but after flicking his wrist twice and using what seemed like sensor technology, Otto's second arm soon found itself attached to a wall. Spider-Man landed on a wall and using his momentum, launched himself from the wall directly at him. It seemed all was lost if not for...

Spider-Man reacted just in a nick of time. If it wasn't for whatever form of precognition he had, he would've been impaled by the arm he webbed up. It would've been such an unfortunate end for such a fascinating specimen.

The sticky webs were soaked red as Spider-Man webbed up the wound on his side, breathing heavily. Metallic spikes protruded out of the centre of Otto's arms, almost indistinguishable from the claws surrounding it.

Otto smirked. "I hope you're ready for round two."

...

Spider-Man could feel his heart battering against his rib cage, feel the blood pounding in his head.

For so long, he'd relied on his Spider Sense to get him out of a tough situation but now that precognitive sense, the sense that had carried him out of life-threatening situations time and time again was proving to be unreliable against the threat he was facing currently.