Incredible Spider

Chapter 52: Woodworks

I've been thinking a lot about what Mr. Parr told me. Although...I can't get any solid leads about anything that could clue me in about what's going on here. Right now, we're all going to a meeting involving...other supers?

"Uh....who are these people?" I asked, pointing over to the group of 9 people waiting for us.

"These are wannabe heroes. With you and Elastigirl doing what you're doing, it's inspiring other people with powers to come out of the woodworks and wanting to make their names known," Evelyn said as we both approached the group. Six of them went up to Elastigirl with excitement, leaving the other three to me. There was a guy that looked like....a demon. He was blue all over, had a tail and his eyes were yellow. There was an eleven year old girl that had a tear in the front of her boots. Finally, was someone who had....an eerily similar costume to mine. It was white and black, with pink detailing around the costume. She not only has a mask, but also had a hoodie. She was the only one chilling in a chair, seemingly uninterested in me being there.

"Uh...ok who are you three?" I asked semi shyly, because no matter how confident I am when kicking butt. I am still a nerdy teenager, so I am still not good by talking to new people. The demon guy spoke first.

"I'm Kurt Wagner. I have the ability to teleport," He said, with a distinctly German accent. The eleven year old then spoke up.

"I'm Laura Kinney. I have an altered version of my dad's powers," she said as two metallic claws popped out of each of her knuckles, with a third claw coming out from the tear in her boots.

"Oh! I guess you're related to Wolverine, right?" I said in surprise. Laura nodded simply as the claws retracted. Then the third one stood up from her chair, walked past the others and walked right up to me.

"Hey Pete. It's been a while," She said, addressing me by my actual name. Kurt and Laura looked at her with a confused look on her face. Meanwhile, I could tell that Elastigirl was giving me a concerned look. I was being stared at from all angles.

"I uh...don't know...who you're talking about. I don't-"

"Your name is Peter Benjamin Parker. You were bitten by a genetically modified spider on the back of your neck when we went on a trip with Harry to Oscorp for bring your child to work day. You used to wear glasses, but don't need them anymore because your powers fixed your eyesight. You lost your parents, so you lived with your uncle Ben. Then you lost your uncle, and you left to live with your aunt," She prattled off, basically outting my identity to everyone in the room. I was shocked that this person knew so much about me.

"How do you know so much...about me...?" I asked in shock and confusion. She pulled the hood off, and lifted her mask off. In front of me, wearing a near dead ringer for my costume...was my old friend....Gwen Stacy.

"Gwen?! How did you-"

"Get spider powers? That spider that bit you didn't die once you smacked it off. I went to visit Harry a month ago and it bit me too," Gwen said

"So you've had my powers for a month?!" I asked in shock.

"Yeah. I even raided Ben's old apartment to figure out how you built your web shooters," Gwen admitted.

"Uh...Spider-Man? You know who this is?" Elastigirl asked me.

"I'll explain later," I said simply. She put her mask and hood back on.

"So...what have you all been calling yourselves?" I asked.

"Ghost Spider," Gwen said.

"Nightcrawler," Kurt said.

"X23," Laura said with a shrug. I looked over at the group of six that were with Elastigirl. There was a woman with neon blue hair wearing a bright green outfit.

"Hi! I'm Voyd! I can make little portals. I can only do two at a time though," She said rapidly, I could tell that she was nervous.

"Ok. I know you're nervous. Trust me, I would know nervous. So instead of telling us what you can do," I said as I grabbed a coffee mug with a web line. I yanked it to me and tossed it to Voyd.

"Show us," I said. She nodded a started juggling the mug using her portals.

"Whoa. That's really interesting," Elastigirl said as she gave a little applause. The rest of them introduced themselves to us. He-lectrix who has the ability to produce shocking currents of electricity. He seems to lack control of these electrical currents though, as he accidentally shocked Winston. There's Krushauer, who can crush things with his mind. There's Brick, who's extremely strong to the point of being like hitting a brick wall. Screech is man that basically can do what an Owl can. Along with a loud screech that can break glass. Then Reflux, an elderly man that is able to throw up molten lava....that seems painful. Like...very painful...ouch...that must be murder on his esophagus.

After the introduction, Gwen was eager to get to know the people I met. She saw me fighting the Omnidroid on television, so she wanted to meet the family.

"Uh....that doesn't....well....I mean....I guess...maybe?" I stammered, looking at Elastigirl for help.

"I don't see why not. If she's your friend then she can be trusted," Elastigirl said. We were driven to the house...quite an awkward car ride. We got to the house, and walked into the house. Aunt May was the first one to greet us.

"Welcome back you t....who's that?" May asked, pointing at Gwen.

"You wouldn't believe who it is," I said as Gwen revealed herself. May looked like she had seen a ghost again.

"...is that Gwen?"