Spider-Man Beyond

Great Power

Morning came by in Gotham, and Nick was sleeping soundly in his room. Unlike last night though, he seemed to be sleeping much better. Whatever pain he felt yesterday seemed to be completely gone as if it was never there to begin with. He was interrupted from his sleep when his alarm clock started beeping to wake him up.

Groaning in discomfort from waking up, he lifted his hand and tried to find the alarm clock so he could turn it off. He felt around and finally knew where it was and slammed his hand on the snooze button...problem was the moment he did that it broke into pieces.

"Whoa!" Nick exclaimed in surprised. He sat up and saw the state of his alarm clock. "Geez, I knew it was old, but I didn't think it was that old."

Nick got out of bed and couldn't help but marvel at how better he felt compared to last night. 'I feel better than ever. I guess I just needed some rest after all.' Nick started putting on his regular clothes, but paused to look himself in the mirror. He saw that his muscles have seemed to increase in size and bulky, but only by a small margin.

"What the..." Nick muttered in confusion.

"Nick! Are you okay?! You're going to be late for school!"

Nick jumped in surprised at his mothers voice and scrambled to get his clothes on. After finally getting ready he raced down the stairs with newfound energy. He entered the shop and saw his parents working.

His father noticed him and looked in concern. "Whoa son, you sure you're okay going to school." Billy asked.

"Actually, for some reason, I feel better than ever." Nick said with a smile as he hugged both parents.

"That's great." Pam said with happiness. "I was starting to worry about you."

"Make sure you still take it easy." Billy said as he ruffled his son's hair.

"Stop worrying dad." Nick said as he picked up his lunch. "Well, I'll be seeing you guys."

Nick raced out of the shop and hopped on his scooter. Feeling safely secured, Nick raced down the street to get to school and to not be late. As he was riding his scooter and halfway to school, he overheard something not that far from here.

He looked back and spotted a few of those infamous Jokerz riding down one of the upper bridges behind him. He's heard of those clowns before, and even witnessed some of their spray paint graffiti art that they spread all over the city.

'They're driving pretty close to home.' Nick thought with worry. 'Maybe I should...wait, that bridge takes them all the way to uptown. It's all okay.'

No longer feeling worried, Nick made his way to school.

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Terry and Dana walked by the front entrance of the school to prepare for another school day. Terry just got through telling Dana about how Nick wasn't feeling well at the end of the school trip.

"I hope he's okay." Dana said.

"Me too. He seemed like he was about to pass out on the way back from the trip." Terry said.

They were both surprised when they felt Nick wrap an arm around their shoulders. "What's up guys?" Nick said.

Dana became a little confused. "Wait...I thought Terry said that you were sick."

"Yeah man, you looked like the living dead yesterday." Terry said with just as much confusion.

"Not sure what happened, but I feel even better then ever." Nick said happily as he unlatched his arms from his friends.