Web of Deception: The Webbed Avenger

Chapter Twenty-six: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

The smile on Stiles' face was unlike any other smile he had ever mustered as he walked into the house, carrying his book bag which held his wrestling outfit, and in his hand was the ten grand he had won rightfully.  Whoever that guy was that robbed that scumbag manager, Stiles had to thank him.  In all honesty he could have just taken all that money by himself but for whatever reason, the guy didn't, and gave Stiles what should have been his.  Sure... one could argue that Stiles cheated via usage of his super powers, but they didn't know that.

So, for all intents and purposes Stiles couldn't help but admit that without that robber, he wouldn't have gotten the money he needed.  He entered his room, still holding that ten grand in his hand. Stiles had never had this much money before, and holding it in his hand made him realize just how much it actually was.

He reached into the box of his mother's notebooks to take a look at the notes, from the very beginning.  The journals he had found originally seemed to be written differently, as if they were meant to be found at different time.

This notebook was a lot neater than what Stiles expected, and in bold letters was the official name of the Cross Species project.

Project Panacea.

Stiles knew the word well, Panacea... it meant the cure to all diseases.  He had done a lot of studies into virology and other things after his Mom died, and one of the first words he learned were associated with the topics was in fact Panacea.

1993

Log One.

It came as a surprise today when Mr. Osborn gave the green light to Project Panacea, in which previous attempts at green lighting the project was turned down due to it being, well... how do I put it?  In Mr. Osborn's words, he stated it was "Impossible."  After all these years of trying to get it green lit, it was odd to finally hear that we were finally going to work on it.  I've heard the rumors about Mr. Osborn being sick, and some are saying that's why he's starting the project now is due to his illness, if he really has one.  I don't know much about what this illness is or what the symptoms are, but the rumor is that it's a degenerative disease.  He must be getting desperate.  Even if Mr. Osborn's reasoning for giving the green light is selfish in its origins, at least in the long run we could save millions of lives.

Log Two.

After turning over every rock we could to figure a path to go on for the project, we finally found it and testing has started... the main testing is focusing on three main branches of animals.  Reptiles, Wolves, and Spiders.  Dr. Morbius is focusing on the wolves to his dismay since he couldn't use bats since he has a strange fascination about the creatures.  Dr. Connors is the main focus for Reptiles, while I work on the Spiders.  I already have a possible theory for the process, but it is a dangerous one... Cross Species Genetics.

Log Three.

Nothing yet in terms of progress.  We're missing a catalyst to ensure the bonding process is successful.  The test subjects we've used previously have not reacted to our expectations.  Subjects three and five of the Spider research have died in the past few hours, and Subjects Two and four in the reptile section are beginning to succumb to a mysterious illness that seems for the moment able to grant the bonding process to work, but the subject dies before any real progress can be made.  Connors is becoming more irritable about the process, considering Mr. Osborn is breathing down our necks, constantly asking about our progress.  To be honest, we aren't making that much progress.