Spider-Man: Born Again

Chapter 3: Two Spiders

Previously, on Spider-Man: Born Again...

As soon as Miles began to move, the spider had suddenly dug its fangs deep into his skin, biting him suddenly and harshly. It sent sharp spikes of pain up his entire arm. "Aagh!"

He looked from the bite, down at the spider's body, then back at his hand.

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"You clearly have a scientist's mind and drive. I could see the passion in your eyes when we talked. So, given your current unemployment, I offer you a position here at Alchemax when we open, appointed directly under me."

"Well... y-yes! Of course! When would I start?" Peter asked.

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Miles grabbed Ganke by the arms and launched himself forward, moving with the speed and power he didn't think possible for him. The rocks crashed down behind the two of them. They were completely in the clear, not even a scrape on them.

"How... how did you do that?" Ganke asked.

"I-I'm not sure."

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"I... am sticking... to the wall... I... I have powers like Spider-Man..." he spoke his thoughts aloud.

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Chapter 3: Two Spiders

As the morning sun rose over the city that never sleeps, its bottom still stuck below the horizon, casting a golden hue into the sky, Miles found himself before a tombstone, one he didn't visit as often as he'd like. The headstone read:

Aaron Davis. Beloved Brother and Uncle.

Miles crouched down before the headstone, re-reading the engravement again before composing himself.

"Hey, Unc. I know it's been a minute. Things have gotten busy, and... very complicated lately. School's been going good, passing in all my classes. Ganke and Kamala are doing great too. .." He trails off, losing his thoughts. The only sound was the wind for a few moments, bringing the cool Fall chill through.

"I've, uh... I've got something real big dropped on me. Something that could really change my life... and I gotta make a choice. The thing is, I don't know if I'm strong enough to deal with the consequences of either choice I make. I could pretend that everything is still normal, that I can go about my life like it never happened, that I'm still normal good old Miles Morales and..." He looks down at his hand. The spider-bite had healed completely, almost no sign that he had been bit at all left. But he could feel them, the new abilities he possessed given to him from the spider. "... and not someone else now."

Miles let his hand drop back to his side and looked back up at his uncle's headstone. "I could ignore all of it, but then... I have this voice in the back of my head telling me to go out there, make a difference with what I can do. I can't just ignore people who need help, especially now that I can actually do something about it. And I can't talk to Mom and Dad about this, Dad hates Spider-Man! What's he gonna think when he finds out I have the same powers? Or worse, what if someone else finds out and thinks I'm a mutant? I could be jumped by those Purifier guys! They've been attacking mutants left and right! And if I do go out there, try and do something, what's to say I don't do more harm than good?" He lets out a strained sigh. "It feels like no matter what I choose to do, there's no right answer. If I just shut it out, I'll feel tied down. I'll be hiding something for the rest of my life. But if I go out there and do what I want to do, then I put so much at risk, and I don't know how to deal with that.