a second chance | gwen stacy (wlw!)

24: Inching Closer

Gwen lands next to a plant on the stairs of the Oscorp building. She peeks around the large bush, seeing employees with lab coats coming down the stairs with the large building above them in a sort of concave design. People were going in and going out of the automated sliding doors. She narrows her eyes. "Bunch of wackjobs." Her voice muttered under her beathe. Gwen then spotted a lone worker, waiting for their ride near the side of the building.

They nervously glanced at their watch, carrying a brown suitcase and holding an umbrella. Gwen smiled underneath her mask, she found the perfect target. She aimed her wrist, making sure no one was looking as she shot her web. Gwen pulled them towards her, knocking them clean out. She glances at the unconscious man's glasses and lab coat uniform, taking it for herself.

Her mask is slipped off as she replaced it with the glasses, popping out the lenses first with her thumbs. She adjusts the collar on her lab coat. The man was pretty short, so the lab coat was up to her waist. She tied her hair into a short ponytail. Gwen then took his briefcase as well, revealing herself from the hiding place she was in as she stepped into the light. She was holding his umbrella at the bottom of the handle in her other hand.

She tilted her glasses slightly, clearing her throat as she walked through the crowd of people leaving the building. Gwen took a deep breathe, entering the building as she was met with metal gates and pulling in her umbrella. They require badge ID as a scanner was located to the right, glowing a bright blue. She glances towards the ID located near her front pocket, putting it towards the scanner as she walks through unscathed.

Gwen then spots a kiosk with a map in front of it, tapping it to reveal an outline of the Oscorp building. A particular area at the top floor labeled "Special Projects". She stays focused, concentrating on finding the elevators. She sees a crowd of people waiting near them. Gwen slips through some people around her, entering a packed elevator as the doors slide open. She stands in the middle of different men and women, wearing the same uniform as her. Her spider sense tingles as one of the women glance towards her with a suspicious look.

Gwen stares back, furrowing her eyebrows slightly. She grips her briefcase and umbrella a little tighter, her body tensing. Why did she feel everyone's eyes on her all of a sudden?

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The straps of my chair are clamped open as I stand free, ripping the tape off of my mouth as I'm suddenly held captive in Octavius' tentacles. The chair is thrown across the room as I hover in the air, grunting at the uncomfortable touch and grip of the metal around my body. "I'm not telling you anything!" I shout as Octavius' tentacles stomp on the ground.

We travel through another sliding door with face identification, the entrance filled with boxes and crates. Octavius ducks under the door as I stop trying to break free, my eyes widening as I look upon a large machine. It was opened up, revealing the wires connecting to it from the ceiling and the parts and bits of it on the inside. A long, pointed beam hung in front of it, facing us. The room was enlargened to contain it.

There was a glass wall separating us from the machine as we looked onto it. The room painted with a dark blue color. "This.. is everything." Octavius says with almost an entranced voice. My mouth gapes open at how big the machine has gotten since I last saw it. What did they intend to use this on? The whole city?

I tilt my head slightly, my eyebrows furrowing as Octvaius sighs in relief. "Isn't it beautiful?" She smiles, admiring it. I glance down at the control panel, seeing colored buttons as well as a few chairs. Empty rows of desks and chairs lay behind the control panel. There were boards with scribbles and drawings of the machine. Blueprints are laid out as well on these tables.