The Amazing Spider-Man 3

Chapter 10

Peter fired another web, grabbing onto it and stretching his legs forward as he enjoyed the rush of the wind against his costume created by his descent. Since he'd woken up a bit too late today to manage getting to the Bugle on time via the bus, he'd opted for his own personal faster method. He didn't want to make a habit of swinging to work, because it would allow him to procrastinate his arrival without realizing; plus, having to change so close to work always had the potential to cause complications. Still, it just felt particularly nice out today. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, and the city just seemed particularly alive this morning for some reason. Everything just made it seem like it was going to be a perfect day.

That is, until Peter's spider sense went off.

Releasing his web, Peter tucked his legs, performing a backflip through the air, narrowly avoiding a lunging attacker. His momentum carried him forward, and he eventually landed on the side of a nearby building. He looked up to see Scorpion, who had landed on the building adjacent to his.

"Seriously, Gargan?" Peter quipped. "It's too early for this; it's not even nine o'clock yet!"

"It's always a good time to kill a spider!" Gargan growled menacingly, raising his tail and blasting acid from it. Peter shifted to the side, noticing the acid melted clean through a section of the wall, revealing the bystanders inside. He needed to take this fight to the roof, should Gargan turn his sights on one of these individuals, so he turned and raced up the wall, leaping over the top, with Scorpion coming in hot right behind him. The green suited man landed just across from him, instantly going on the attack. Working to clear some degree of distance between them, Peter kept jumping back, looking for an opening.

"Mac, have I ever told you that you might be the most cliché villain I've ever faced?" Peter taunted as he jumped back, avoiding a sweeping attack by his opponent's long tail. "I mean, seriously, you don't even have any real goals or ambitions other than maybe to get rich and kill me, and NONE of your jokes land, like, ever."

His opponent only growled back in anger. The plan was working; Scorpion's attacks were getting a little more careless and sloppier as he got angrier. They were still lightning fast and undoubtedly powerful though, and they weren't giving Peter much of an opening to strike back with yet, so he kept biding his time, leading his enemy along from rooftop to rooftop.

Unfortunately, one of Scorpion's acid blasts connected with the line holding up the lift a construction worker was standing on at a building across the street. With a life on the line, Peter ignored his opponent, lunging forward and snagging the worker just as the rope tore completely and the lift descended towards the ground.

Scorpion hadn't forgotten about Peter, however, and despite his spider sense warning him of the incoming threat, he couldn't move fast enough while holding the worker. This resulted in him getting pinned by Gargan, smashing his body against the building. His enemy gripped hard and fast against his arms, squeezing without remorse. Peter could feel the pressure threatening to snap the humerus bones in both is upper arms already. Of course, all Gargan was doing was smiling, the sadistic monster clearly enjoying every second of this.

"Uh oh," the man said, his nastily gleeful tone of pseudo concern really starting to grate against Peter's nerves, "you better not let go. Can't have an innocent die on your watch now, can you?"

Indeed, Peter was struggling to maintain his grip on the construction worker as Scorpion squeezed his arms all the tighter. Any effort he attempted to free his other arm was useless, as it couldn't even budge against the vice-like grip holding it in place, putting a pressure against it that could crush concrete.

Again, Peter's eyes fell on Gargan's hideously maniacal grin. He couldn't let this monster win, so, with all the strength he could summon in his lower body, he shot his knee up, bringing it with devastating force straight into Scorpion's chin, hitting him so hard that he knocked out one of the man's teeth. His grip on Peter's arms was released completely as he began his descent towards the ground below.