Book One of the Ultimate Spider Chronicles
"Misery, misery, misery... that's what you've chosen the moment you put that mask on Spider-Man... or should I say, Stiles Stilinski."
The Cross Species Research Project was a project Norman Osborn held...
"My name is Claudia Stilinski, maiden name Gajos. I have worked for years at Oscorp Industries under the visage of Oscorp founder Norman Osborn. Today marks the third week following the incident with a test subject, and so far there have been no side effects, but that doesn't matter anymore; for so long I have worked in the pursuit of making the world a better place for the sake of my superiors, and the hopes of making the future brighter for my son." her voice was shaking as she steadied the camera, trying to hide her face from direct light, her eyes tearing up uncontrollably.
For months she had been fighting this sickness, not that it truly mattered now, she was beyond the point of saving. Her mind was no longer her own to control; she saw things that weren't even real. Each time she lost herself, it took a little longer for her to come back. She was afraid that the next time she lost control, Claudia would never come back. She needed to get this done, because if she could get this done, perhaps her life's work was no longer going to be for nothing.
"Norman Osborn has had a team that I led work on Cross Species Genetics. We have had some remarkable progress with a group of spiders which we have labeled as the X-series. Subject X-94 escaped containment after an accident that left the lid to its container jarred open. The subject ended up biting me, and following intensive tests and investigations into the matter, the research has been disbanded for now."
She wasn't trying to tell her life story, that was somewhere, somewhere safe that she knew one day following her inevitable end her son would find it and uncover the truth about the kind of man Norman Osborn really was. Oscorp's big theme was that it was working to produce a better tomorrow, yet, the only reason that the Cross Species Genetics research had taken place was on orders from Norman to find a way to reverse his degenerative disease known as retroviral hypodysplasia. This was a disease that was host dependant on how quickly the body would break down. Norman was one of the lucky ones, having been able to stand with the disease for over twenty years now in his system, and it was now beginning to appear.
Retroviral hypodysplasia was debilitating by nature following the degeneration of the body's muscles and tissues; Norman hadn't had any issues getting around for the most part, but he was showing signs of illness. Claudia knew that within the next few years, perhaps five, he would start to have trouble getting around unless a cure was found, or a way to hold the disease back at the least.
Claudia kept talking for a few minutes about what her work entailed and how she had something called Frontotemporal Dementia. Her brain was shrinking, and now there was no point in hiding it as today was her last day working for Oscorp Industries. She had to leave because she was a threat to not only herself but also the other workers.
She was heartbroken when she had received the news; Claudia had always been in love with science, and now to know she was being separated from it? This was the moment she had known that there was no coming back to her old life with her dementia affecting her now.
There was no cure for Frontotemporal Dementia, and now she had only one thing left to do, and that was to get the truth out, and to protect her son from the possibility of being brought into Norman Osborn's schemes.
"Hello, Stiles... if you are seeing this, then you have been brought into something that I wish you hadn't. If you found them, you know about the X-95. I don't know if its still alive by the time you find this or how far the research into the Cross Species Genetics has come along, but whatever you do... don't let Norman Osborn find out about the truth about the research. He believes my research has been destroyed, but it's not, as you are aware. You have found my research, and somehow you found your way here, and found this... and I hope to god he doesn't find out about you being involved with my research. If he finds out, you will be in more danger than you can ever possibly realize. I love you Stiles, please know that. Your father told me what I'm like when I... you're my son, I love you. Please be safe, be the man I know you can become, I need you to be better than I ever could be... please. If Norman finds out about my secret, what I've kept here at Oscorp, all that I have worked will be for nothing. You can find it, because you and I are more alike than you realize. We think the same, you can understand how I work, and you can find it... you can find..."
Claudia's mind became fuzzy, as she suddenly was unable to speak, and she looked at the camera, her eyes showing nothing but an empty shell of the woman was left. Claudia Stilinski had lost control again, and by the time the camera stopped rolling, the damage she had done was already too great, and she was nowhere to be found.
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