The Whispering Allies

Chapter 4 - mental problems

"Well what happened was, I think someone lit the house on fire and I don't see your parents anywhere around here," Tobis's friend said "Eh, haha you joking right" Tobi laughed thinking he was just doing a dumb joke again "No I'm not joking" his friend said "I got to go, I'll call you back" Tobi hung up and ran to Parker Industries

"Oh hey Tobi what's up, need something for" Peter tried asking but Tobi cut him off "Got no Time to speak, Got to use Your map right now," Tobi said "Excuse me, who said you could do that?" Peter asked "Your mom," Tobi said as he ran to the map room, Tobi was now in the map room when Peter appeared behind him "1. You don't say anything about my mother and 2. I asked you who permitted you to be using the map..." Tobi was not scared "MY OLD HOUSE IS ON FIRE AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY MOM OR DAD ARE ALIVE!" Peter realized "Oh, I get It now" he pushed Tobi to the side "Where did you live?" Peter asked "Back in Washington state" Peter moved the map to the spot and clicked "Hello we live in Everett, Washington, where this house was lit by a mysterious person, detectives have not found the person behind the crime, but are still looking to make sure. There was nobody inside the house but we are also still looking for the Miller family, payment will be given to the Miller family for their loss and please, If you have any news or information about the subject or the situation please contact us or your local police station"

Tobis perspective

Why...just why, It could have been me...I would have been fine with possibly dying if it meant they could still see the life of this world, "Look, I don't know if they are or are not dead, but all I know is this may be hard for you and-"peter was saying before *buzz* I got a text message and It read "Tobi, I don't know what's going on but I think you need to work on yourself a bit so Im sorry but I had to fire you for being late and leaving early" No...why was all of this happening? "Pete, I got to go clear my head I'll be back" he nodded and I left heading to a nearby gas station, but as heading to the gas station, I got another text, I was late on rent and I did not have close to enough, even if my work paid me one last time it would maybe get me one more month and there was no jobs open. This was it, the end of everything, it was snowing and it was now night

"Hey, you got any spare change?" A homeless man asked me "Yeah...here..." I gave him most of the money that I had but saved some to buy a pack of cigarettes...I had never smoked but wanted to and now...what do I have to lose "Sir don't you need all that money...for food and other things?" I laughed "I've already lost a lot...so what do I have left to lose, it helps you" The man looked at me with shock in his eyes "But sir..." he said, "it's fine...just take it, your only looking at the new terrible spider man..." I walked to the light so he could see my suit. Before I left the hospital, I put on my suit and then left trying to forget it all "But sir...just because bad things happen doesn't mean that you have to give up everything you have...you saved my life today...With those criminals" I looked at him with shock, but it quickly turned into a look of sadness, the man couldn't see my face because I was wearing my mask but he could still see and feel my sadness It looked like "But...did not some people die..?" I asked, the man shook his head "Nobody died because of you, new Spider-Man" I found a bit of happiness 'forget about it, you need to find and kill the person that killed your mom' the voice inside my head said "Thanks for the talk..." The man noticed that he had not introduced himself  "Oh it's Carlton, Carlton Aspin Farman" I nodded "I have not thought about my name Mr. Carlton..." Carlton stood up and put a hand on my shoulder "Try Tealno It's like Tell no, so it's like you're saying Tell no one" I nodded before heading into the store, grabbing a pack of cigarettes and going to pay for them "ID please" I looked at the man for a bit "what...what are you looking at I said ID please" I still stared at him and said "If I showed you my ID I would be showing you my face and I'm not doing that" The worker looked up from his phone and at me with a look of anger "sir I need your ID to see if you're at the right age to-" before he could finish I grabbed the worker by the shirt "look I'm not going to show you my face that's my secret identity stupid, and do I look like I'm a kid to you?" The worker still held by the shirt said "If you don't let go of me, I'll have to call the cops" I still held him there for a second before letting go "And I don't know how old you are man that's what your IDs for, so stop pretending to be Spider-Man and give me your ID" Carlton had seen something was going on "I'm not pretending to be Spider-Man, and I'm not giving you my ID" The worker started to laugh "well if you don't give me your ID you can't buy them" that was the last straw for me, I grabbed the man by the shirt and raised my fist to punch the worker "Tealno wait! Don't do this, be a Hero" I looked at him then at the worker, and realized what I was doing. I put the worker down "So your Hero's name is Tealno, So much for being a Hero" The worker said "Sir, I'll buy the cigarettes for him" Carlton said "Whatever, I don't get paid enough for this" Carlton handed me the cigarettes, and signaled me to follow him "where are we going" I asked, I tried to find my lighter but couldn't find it "here" Carlton threw me a lighter, I lit my cigarette "we are going somewhere"  I still didn't know what was happening but like I usually do, I just kept my mouth shut.

We arrived at a weird-looking place and Carlton moved a rock that looked too heavy for an ordinary human to move. Behind the rock was a door "I'm in my 50s but I feel I have found the right person to take over" Take over..? What did he mean by Take over? Who? What was this? "You Tobi, are now the leader of this base" I took a step back "Uhh how do you know my name?" I asked "I have been watching you for a while and you have proven that you are worthy of this" Worthy!?! I almost just punched a guy, and watched me!? Who was this guy? "Yes, you may have almost punched a person but do you remember what you did and felt?" When I was going to punch him even before Carlton ran in I felt like I was doing the wrong thing but how did this mean anything, how long has he been watching me? "Ever since Zrax possessed you" What? who was Zrax?  "Ο άνθρωπος της σκιάς is his real name, he possessed you at birth, only now your powers have started to bloom like a flower" How was it that I was thinking about something and he knew what it was? "Because I can read your mind Tobi" Carlton said "WHAT, how?" Tobi asked "Just like I am," Carlton said "You see, I have many talents, and so do you" he smiled, but then his face turned serious "Your house was burnt down by a man named Anthrax," I immediately looked him dead in the eye "Your joking-" before I could finish, Carlton cut me off "No I'm m not joking, and you have to stop him before he destroys this universe and more" I wanted to ask why me, what was going on, a thousand things yet the only thing that came out of my mouth was "where..."

No one perspective

James was at his dorm, doing whatever he was doing. He then decided to turn on the TV and went to the news "Breaking News, we just got word of a Spider-Man-like person swinging through the city destroying everything around him, this is the clearest photo we can get of them" shows a photo that looks to be Tobi "if you have seen or know anything about the subject, please contact 911 or any local News stations right away. I'm your host for today and this is Manhattan News" James tried rewinding it but it would not rewind so he looked for the photo and the News more and then hit the photo, it looked just like Tobi "Tobi what are you doing man..?"

Tobi was swinging to the place, not realizing that he was so mad right now that he was destroying everything around him, he was breaking the glass walls that he ran on, and that glass was destroying the stuff on the ground and around it. *Buzz...Buzz...Buzz* someone was calling him, but he didn't answer, he was focused on getting the person who burnt his house down, and he wasn't thinking straight

Tobi was swinging but then he got rammed into the glass wall breaking it and falling onto the floor, everyone around was scared "Hey buddy, whatcha doing" James said "Why did you ram me into this room" Tobi asked "Well you doing some stupid crap man, if you keep doing this bud, ill have no choice but to give you a bad time" James said with a smirk "You wouldn't dare try to be sans!" Tobi said "Oh but I can be sans my friendly friend, friend pal friend buddy chum pally friend chum buddy" he pushed a button to make one of his eyes blue and played Megalovania "Jam- Spider-X stop that right now, you not sans!" He turns it up so it is louder "NOOOO" James starts laughing "Uh are you guys just here to joke around" a worker says, James looks at the worker "Oh right" he turns to Tobi with a serious face "Why are you just destorying everything around you?" Tobi looked back at the now broken window wall, looking down to see a destroyed path where only he went "Look...Someone burnt my house down and  that may have killed my mom and dad, someone named Carlton Aspin Farman Told me that h the person is over there" Tobi points to the place Carlton told Tobi about "TOBI YOU IDIOT, DON'T JUST TRUST RANDOM PEOPLE, IF THAT MAN BURNT YOUR HOUSE DOWN THEN THERE IS NO WAY HE IS HERE!" Tobi thought about it, maybe he was right. Just then Someone came flying in and landed on top of James "TOBI GO, THE HOPE OF THIS WORLD IS IN YOU HANDS, GO GET ANTHRAX AND KILL HIM" Carlton said "NO, he wouldn't be here if he-" Tobi tried to say back "NO, ANTHRAX CAN TELEPORT WHERE EVER HE WISHES AND IF YOU DON'T STOP HIM, HE WILL-" James had enough he kicked Carlton off and said "Tobi don't listen to him, come on" Zrax was taking control of Tobi, feeding off his anger. Zrax is now in control of Tobi, he jumped out the window and ran in the direction of Anthrax