Shadow // Peter Parker (Book 1)

Part 4

Song: 'Walking the Wire' by Imagine Dragons
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Ellie POV:

"I'll take one, you take the other" the spider guy says. I roll my eyes at him. One of the men charges at me but I dodge him. I press a button on my left wrist and I shoot a tranquilizer aiming at his neck. It hits him and he collapses onto the ground.

I turn to the woman who's cowering in fear. "Are you okay? Did they hurt you?" I ask her, examining her for cuts and bruises.

"I'm......I'm fine but......your friend......" she stutters.

"He's not my friend" I sigh.

"No.....but....he.." she says pointing behind me.

I turn around and I see the spider guy on the ground trying to shoot his webs, but he seems to have run out. The man is pointing a gun at him. He then looks at me. "Back down now or this clown gets a bullet in his skull" he shouts.

I raise my hands to distract him while I think of something. "Hey Terence what's the best way to get rid of this guy without injuring myself or spidey over there?" I whisper to my personal tech system.

"Probably the tranquilizer or the metal fist release Miss Florez" he says.

"Maybe we can do both. Have you got any sassy comebacks to go with it?" I say quietly.

"I'll leave that up to you miss" he replies.

"Hey dude! First of all, I wouldn't be using that type of gun for shooting someone in the head!" I yell. I press a button on my right wrist and aim at the guys face and the fist of my suit is released and hits the smack in the middle, right on his nose. He drops the gun to put his hands on his nose.

"And second, he's MY clown!" I shout as press the button and shoot the tranquilizer into his leg. He lands on the ground with a thud.

I turn back to the woman. "Are you sure you're okay?" I say, making sure.

She nods. "Thank you" she says, taking a breath of relief.

"No problem" I smile. She hurried away back onto the main street.

I turn back to the spider guy. He's up on his feet now and is kinda frozen in shock. "Hey! Earth to Spider Clown!" I say waving my hand at him. He snaps out of his trance.

"Hey, that was awesome! Thanks" he says, walking towards me.

"You're welcome" I nod.

"So what do we do now?" He asks me.

I stare at him. "We?".

"Oh.....uh.....sorry....I meant......" he stammers.

Suddenly Terence says "Your father is calling Ellie". Crap. I gotta get home.

"Can I say two things?" I say to him. He nods enthusiastically. "Okay. First, you really need to get that outfit upgraded. And second, what did you say you were called?".

He laughs awkwardly. "Yeah I'll get onto that. And I'm Spider-Man" he replies, holding out his hand. I reluctantly shake it.

"Well I better go" I say before I leap onto the wall.

"Wait!" He yells.

"What?" I say, slightly annoyed.

"When will I see you again?" He says. I can see him crossing his fingers behind his back.

"If you see me, you see me. And if you don't, you don't" I reply before turning on my invisibility cover and climbing up the wall.

Today has been a super stressful day. Peter actually came to my house, met my dad and I saved two people at gunpoint. "Ellie, your father is calling again" Terence says.