The Spook Origins

A night in the life

Honestly the late nights out as the spook haven't really bothered me. Always been more of a night owl than a morning person. Also like the night life rather than the day. At night it's like a whole other world, especially in New York. Kind of reflects who I am too in a way.

It's been a couple of weeks since I talked to Logan and thankfully nothing much has happened. It's been pretty calm so far in New York city. Except for the occasional burglary or heist gone wrong thanks to your truly. On top of this I've been gaining more attention because of the bugle. The main editor J. Jonah Jameson has been really selling that I'm some kind of menace. Though he's not wrong but not in the way he sees it.

His main feud with me is my brutal tactics along with taking the law into my hands. If he doesn't like my methods he can talk to someone who cares. I already said I'll save people my way and if people will demonize me for it I can live with it. I've grown numb to disappointing people but at the same time breaking someone's arm or some other bones so I can stop them from hurting someone else is what it takes. I'll do it in a heartbeat. Not going to lie that it does bother me a bit but I push it down.

Landing on top of a water tower I knelt down overlooking the city waiting for something to happen. Which brings up another thing I need to do, get a police scanner. Running around waiting for something to happen isn't a bad thing but having a police scanner will make things much easier. Closing my eyes I let the sounds of the city flood through my ears just listening. While doing this I heard the sound of glass breaking in the distance. Sounds like a break in.

Jumping through the air I took off toward the noise. Getting close I saw three men breaking into an apartment through a window. Little crowded on the fire escape so I'll wait until they make it to the roof or the alley way. They all came crawling out the broken window wearing your typical ski mask. Honestly I feel like wearing a ski mask just makes you more noticeable. Thankfully they decided to head to the roof for their escape.

Once they got into the roof I jumped across the gap kicking one to the ground. Turning onto his back he saw me making him scurry back to his friends in fear. His buddies were just as freaked out. Honestly I get a kick out of when thugs get afraid when they see me. It also leads them to making mistakes.

"One choice, one chance. Drop what you stole and walk away. I'm feeling merciful tonight", I said glaring at them. They all looked at each other before rushing me. Wrong choice.

The first came at me with a weak right hook which I caught with my hand and threw to the side making him hit his friend instead. He started apologizing to his friend before I kicked him in his chest making him lose his breath. At this point their first friend I knocked down was back up and came at me with another weak punch that I dodged just by simply moving my head to the side before sending a punch to his gut that brought him to the ground. Looking around they were all sprawling on the ground in pain. These guys are amateurs from what I've seen. Grabbing one I pulled off his mask to see it was a kid about my age.

"You've got to be shitting me", I said, dropping him. Usually I would call the police but this time would be stupid and actually embarrassing. Behind them were the duffle bags they used in their shitty heist. Can't even call it that really. Picking the guy I just dropped up again I stared at him in his eyes holding him close.

"Listen good and listen well because I ain't going to repeat this shit. I'm going to let you go but if I ever..EVER see you kids do this shit again. You'll be in a hospital, got it?", I said, holding him closer. He was shaking but he gave a nod. Dropping him onto the ground he took his friends and ran using the fire escape.

After they were gone I grabbed the bags heading back to return them. Stepping inside the apartment I saw the broken glass. Hopefully they have insurance but I can't leave the window open like this. Putting the bags in a pile in a safe place I left a note saying I got their stuff back with "the spook" written on it. On my way out I grabbed a garbage bag and some tape to cover up the window until they get home which hopefully is soon.