Spider-Man: Web of Reality

S1, Ep.02: Lizard Battle

I was just sitting on the ground trying to inch away from him since I knew I couldn't take him on in a fight of any sort, even with my newfound powers. As I crawled away he walked closer and closer as the alien symbiote retracted into him, revealing his civilian clothes underneath.

Me *scared*: "Wh-- what the hell do you want from me!?"

Eddie: "Your help."

Me *confused*: "Huh?"

Eddie: "You know someone named Dr. Anthony Rodriguez?"

I nodded my head and he kneeled down to me.

Eddie: "He's been murdered. Not even an hour ago. In his own home."

Me *shocked*: "No way. You're kidding, right?"

He shook his head in disagreement.

Eddie: "You know how I got here?"

I tried to think. Maybe the Spot had something to do with this. But why send the spider to bite me? The only other option was, the device.

Me: "Dr. Rodriguez developed a device. He called it the Rift Generator. Maybe something went wrong during the demonstration, which would explain why that spider bit me, and how you're standing in front of me right now."

He nodded and helped me to my feet.

Eddie: "You told anyone about your powers?"

Me: "Just my best friend, Thad. We agreed to keep it a secret and-"

Eddie: "Then he could be a target too. Listen kid, I need your help. To save this New York."

Me *puzzled*: "Why? The only things that came here this far are the spider that bit me and yourself. If anything, you can handle this."

Eddie: "If only you were right. But unfortunately, there are some real bad folks from my reality, and possibly other variants of it, that landed here too."

This made my blood freeze. There were others? Why? How?

Me *worried*: "Tell me. Who else?"

Eddie: "I don't know who else arrived here if anyone at all, but if there were others, that only spells one thing."

Me: "Trouble."

Eddie: "Right."

Me: "I see. So if these bad guys are indeed here then our only chance of sending all you guys home is dead and all these super criminals are running rampant with nobody to stop them? As much as I wanna help. I'm not a theoretical physicist. You'd have better luck getting help from Albert Einstein."

Eddie: "At this point in time, yes. But not if we can train you to use your powers. And on top of that, use them effectively both in and out of combat."

Me *confused*: "Wait, what?"

He walked over to the table where I had placed my sketch of my final Spider-Man costume and seemed to almost admire it.

Me: "Actually, better question: if all these bad guys are here, then why haven't they acted up yet?"

Eddie: "I dunno. But at a guess, they're afraid. They don't wanna deal with Spider-Man again. Especially one that knows all their strengths and weaknesses."

Me: "Guess that makes sense. I mean, I can pretty much solo all of them with the right tactics in play."

He set down the sketchbook and grabbed a rubix cube and fiddled with it.

Eddie: "What about if you come up against say, Carnage?"

Me: "I'll just hafta make some sonic grenades to destabilize the symbiote. Then again I'd also need to make a device that bounces the sound waves away before it could hurt you. Not to mention I'd need to find a good place to burn the thing."