Scarlet Spider Issue 13

Well! Good news is we have another issue out here! The bad news is, the body disposal unit I called hasn't shown up yet, and this thing (kicks corpse) is getting pretty rank
-PHOENIX DOWN MOTHERFUCKERS
GAH! TIM! You're back!
-Damn straight ASSHOLE.
Woah! Slow your roll there! You might drop again!
-DROP THIS! KAIO KEN!
WOAH! THIS IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE!!
(PUNCH, body hits the floor)
-Take that BITCH
OH MY RIBS!
(Kick to the head)
-Shut it! This is MY issue
Bring out your dead!
-right here buddy!
(Picks up. Body)
-Thank ya sir
(Leaves)
-Alright kids! You've had the hulk! But now you'll have something a bit more...classical. In this issue, we follow Ben on his first solo go against a villain, Shocker! And we introduce a couple new characters! Enjoy!
-Co-creators Tim Ruppenthal and Richard Wilson III

Scarlet Spider
Issue 13
SHAKING THE FOUNDATIONS

By: Tim Ruppenthal

Midtown High: Chem AP classroom; 12:45 PM
(Ben is staring out the window, bored. No notes taken.)
Teacher: Ben...Benjamin...Mr. Reilly!
Ben:(Snapping out of his daydream) Huh? What?
Teacher: "I asked you, what is the molecular formula. Since you seem to understand the subject so well, you constantly drift off while I am lecturing!"
Ben: (internal)...whoops.
Ben: (running his eyes quickly over the problems on the board) "One is C6H6O, two is C4H10O2, three is M9CO3x5HCO3, and four is LiClO4x 3H2O."
(The teacher looks between Ben and the board, outraged.)
Teacher: "I...but...that is...correct."
(Ben stands.)
Ben: "Yeah. I know."
(Ben walks out of the class, turning towards the lunch room.)
Cheerleader: "...Oh my God! Kelly, did you hear?! Some crazy guy in a costume is attacking ESU!"
Kelly: "What! Is it that Scarlet Spider guy?"
Nikki: "No! This guy is like, causing earthquakes with his hands!"
(Ben looks down as his stomach growls hungrily)
Ben: (internal)...Dammit.
(Ben runs into the bathroom, slipping off his bag)
ESU Campus: 1:07 PM
(Ben is jumping around the ESU Campus, trying to find the attacker while talking to Wilson.)
Ben: "I know I said I'd help you break up with the captain of the football teams girlfriend Wilson, but you know how Mr. Warren gets when I prove him wrong...Oh come on, you beat the shit out of him right? See? No worries at all! *sigh* Yeah I'll see you Carli and Fred at that pizza place on 7th... See ya man."
(Ben slides the phone back into his backpack, stopping atop the lecture hall.)
Ben: "Where the hell *is* this guy?!"
(Suddenly, screams and the crunch of metal sets off Ben's spider-sense)
Ben: (internal) "The football field!"
ESU Football field: 1:11 PM
(Ben swings onto the field goal, as a man in a red and yellow suit is terrorizing the people in the stands)
Shocker: "AW YEAH! Take that assholes!"
(He puts out his fists and sends a wave of sound at the stands, destroying them and sending the crowd into even more chaos.)
Ben: "Hey! Tumblethumbs! Chill yourself out!"
(Shocker turns around at the sound of Ben's voice)
Shocker: "Get out of here bug boy! This doesn't concern you!"
(Shocker points his fists at Ben as he flips away from the field goal, the goal is ripped from its foundations by the blast)
(Ben lands on the opposite field goal)
Ben: "Whoa, hold up buddy. I'm a superhero, remember? And you're putting people in danger, remember? This is kind of my job."
Shocker: "Whatever! Just get out of here! I'm here to destroy ESUs football team! NYU for the win!"
Ben: "You're here... because of a college feud? Nothing else? At all?"
Shocker: "What else would I be here for?!"
(Ben sits down on the goals cross pipe, shaking his head.)
Ben: "I...wow. Do you really not have anything better to do?"
Shocker: "Studying for midterms, but this is much better!"
Ben: "Uh huh. So, just for completeness sake. Where did you get the suit? As you're clearly not smart enough to make it?
Shocker: "I stole it from that old police warehouse!"
Ben: "Of course you did."
(Ben stands)
Ben: "I'm going to kick your ass now."
Shocker: "Good luck with that one ant boy."
Ben: " 1) Wrong hero. 2) I don't need luck when you're this dumb."
Shocker: "Hence why you're leaping at the guy with power gauntlets right?"
Ben: "Hence why you're using power gauntlets to push down a football player and not a bank vault?"
(Shocker sends another blast at Ben, which he dodges again, bouncing on Shockers back as he does so.)
Shocker: "Gah! I don't need money! This is for fun! And pride! Now stand still!
(Ben webs shocker's chest and lobs him into the destroyed stands.)
Ben: "Ah...rich, dumb, and violent. My three favorite adjectives..."
(Shocker comes from the wreckage.)
Ben: "I mean...dude. Do SOMETHING villainous. I feel like I'm grounding a four year old here...a dumb four year old."
Shocker: "I'm dumb? This coming from a skinny freak in a torn up hoodie?"
Ben: (internal) This guy is ridiculous. I seriously need to stop being a better villain than my villains-
(Shocker leaps from the wreckage, hitting Ben in the chest with a shock wave.)
"Gah! Dammit!"
(Shocker hits him again, sending him into the field goal. Bringing it down on top of Ben.)
Shocker: "Haha! Some super hero you are! Sound beats bug!
(Ben hits him in the face with a webline, pulling him hard to the ground.)
MMPH!"
(Ben leaps forward, landing on shockers back.)
Ben: "I'm sorry, what was that last bit?"
(Ben back flips over Shockers body, landing behind him.)
(Shocker starts struggling to his feet.)
Shocker: "Ugh. You suck!"
Ben: "I'm not the one eating dirt here buddy."
(Shocker wheels around wildly, shooting off waves blindly, taking out the rest of the stands and the announcers building.)
Ben: "Goddammit! What the hell are you doing!?"
Shocker:"I'm taking this whole place out! And you aren't going to stop me!"
(As he fires at Ben, Ben fires two weblines at Shockers chest, pulling him with him. Clear across the street and through the wall of a sports store.)
Shocker: "What the-!"
Ben: "I have had enough fooling around!"
(Ben fires two stingers into Shockers chest to no effect.)
Shocker: "What were those supposed to do?"
Ben: "Goddammit.."
(Shocker sends Ben through several aisles and into the display for Thompson basketballs.)
Ben: "...Son of a-"
(Shocker picks Ben up by the throat, aiming his other gauntlet directly at his face.)
Shocker: "I'm gonna squash you bug boy!"
Ben: "Go-Good one. Quilted N-Northern..."
(Shockers eyes flash with anger, charging the gauntlets as Ben knees him in the chest, making Shocker drop him.)
Shocker: "ARGH!"
Ben: "I'll take those back!"
(Ben grabs the stingers from Shockers chest, throwing them into his hoodies pocket.)
(Shocker begins fighting blindly, throwing random punches while sending blasts with each punch, which Ben dodges easily.)
Ben: "Aw, someone's getting pissy!"
Shocker: "Shut. UP!"
(Ben grabs Shockers wrist, and punches down on his shoulder.)
Shocker: "ARGH!"
(Ben picks him up over his head and tosses him into the glass case of sports watches.)
Ben: "If you're going to throw a tantrum, you should know I'm not a big fan of kids!"
(Shocker stands up, shards of glass sticking out of his suit, charging his gauntlets.)
Ben: "Okay, I'm done."
(Ben hits Shockers wrists with two weblines,  whipping  them back quickly and ramming the two gauntlets together, shattering them and engulfing Shockers in a wave of force, leaving him out cold.)
Ben: "About damn time. Rage monsters and a vibrator. Can this week just end."
Random Rooftop on 7th: 1:37 PM
(Ben is stretching, cracking his back.)
Ben: (internal) Well whatdya know? I went through two whole fights without sustaining serious injury!
(Ben quickly changes into his civies and meets Carli the pizza place.)
Ben: "Oh hey, you must be Carli, I'm Ben."
Carli: (internal) Oh, wow...
(She gives a sly grin.)
"I know who you are, you're the one keeping me from being valedictorian." (Internal) And I've had a crush on you since sophomore year..
Ben: "Oh jeez. I am?"
Carli: "By a full four points. How do you keep that up while you're off saving sophomores?"
(Ben laughs.)
Ben: "Lots of work and no sleep, haha."
(Internal) And not having a very distracting living place.
Carli: (internal) Just ask him stupid!
"So...are you going to the winter formal?"
(Ben opens his mouth as Fred Grant walks up.)
Fred: "Hi, you must be Ben and Carli, my names Fred."
Ben: "Hey Fred, nice to meet you!"
Fred: "We had bio AP together last year."
Ben: "Oh. My bad man. I never notice anything!"
Carli: (internal) No kidding...
(At that moment, Wilson pulls up in his limousine, he gets out and crosses to Ben.)
Wilson: "Well well well, if it isn't Mr. Fred Grant and the lovely miss Carli Boros, how are you two doing?"
Carli: "I'm quite fine Wilson."
Fred: "Yeah, me too."
Ben: *Ahem.*
(Wilson smiles and sends a jokingly reproachful look Bens way.)
Wilson: "And of course, Mr. Best friend of the year."
Ben: "Oh shut up Wilson, you're perfectly fine!"
Wilson: "Of course I am! But that doesn't get you off the hook! What am I without my attack dog?"
Ben: "*Sigh* Whatever Wilson, lets get inside, I'm starving."
(Five minutes later, the group is sitting much more comfortably, seeming to enjoy each others company.)
(Ben slips a piece of paper from his bag.)
Ben: "Okay, so lets check out this project. "Attention Sociology AP students, your final project for the winter semester is being involved in an observational study of High School social tiers, polling what students have voted to be "High" "Middle" and "Low" tiers to see how well or poorly they interact."
Wilson: "Leave it to Dr. Rildin to make us do his work for him."
Ben: "No joke, who cares about social tiers?"
(Carli looks skeptical)
Carli: "Really? I mean, you two are some of the most popular people in the school!"
(Ben looks at Wilson confused.)
Ben: "We are? But I don't talk to anyone and you're a huge douchebag."
Carli: "Ben it's because you're hot and angsty and Wilson's dad is richer than most of the world."
Wilson: "Well that is true, I am very rich and you are pretty "smexy" Ben."
(Ben looks even more confused.)
Ben: "What the hell does smexy even mean?"
(Fred, who is looking down at his book, speaks.)
Fred: "Smart and sexy."
Ben: "Oh. That's dumb."
(Fred. Not looking up.)
Fred: "Yes. Yes it is."
(Wilson smiles conspiratorially.)
Wilson: "I'm liking this group project already, I think this is the start of a beautiful fake friendship!"

To Be Continued...