Greetings all! Here we are a week after Valentine's Day, and I'm finally getting this thing out! I hope you all enjoy this special issue with some surprise characters!!
-Co-creator Richard Wilson III
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All original characters were created for the purposes of fan fiction. This is in NO WAY connected to Marvel Comics or the ongoing Scarlet Spider title produced by Marvel.
Scarlet Spider
One Shot
Happy Valentine’s Day
By: Richard Wilson III
Hi everyone! It’s me, Co-creator Richard Wilson III bring a special Valentine’s Day issue for all those people out there with that special someone. This one’s for my Co-creator Tim Ruppenthal and his magnificent girlfriend!
Twenty-Five Years Earlier, in Denver, Colorado...
Random Rooftop, 2:14 PM
(Benjamin Reilly Sr. swings across the rooftops of Denver, Colorado, mulling things over to himself)
Ben: <Sigh> Yet another boring day in Denver, Colorado... Maybe I should just leave and find somewhere else to go... Maybe I could be the Scarlet Spider of Canada....
(Emergency vehicles fly down the street below him)
Ben: Spoke too soon! Now’s where the fun begins!
(The Scarlet Spider swings after the emergency vehicles as they come up to a large building fire)
Ben: Woah! That’s bigger than I thought it would be... <If Peter was here he would go“That’s what she said”...>
(Ben swings into the building just as a Cloaked Figure slips within the flames)
Ben: Yo! Anyone in here! The building kinda caught fire and I’m going to personally escort you out!
(The Cloaked Figure slips out and takes a swing at Ben, but misses and knocks out the column, dropping the ceiling on top of Ben)
Ben: AUGH! Sonofabitch!!
(The Cloaked Figure leaps from the building as Ben struggles against the rubble and flames)
Ben: THE HELL?! THIS IS SO WRONG!
(An EMT appears around the corner and starts to help Ben from the rubble)
Ben: Lady! The building’s going to come down! Get yourself out of here!
EMT: Nope! I’m going to get you out of here!
Ben: I can handle this!
(Ben lifts the ceiling and slips out as more is about to crush the EMT)
Ben: SHIT!
(Ben grabs the EMT and they leap out of the building onto the adjoining rooftop)
Ben: There! You can now say you’ve been saved by--
(He looks down and see’s that the EMT’s unconscious)
Ben: Aw dammit! Don’t die on me now!
(He pulls off his mask and starts to give CPR when she wakes up coughing)
EMT: <COUGH> <COUGH>
Ben: Whew! That was a close one...
EMT: I never thought you were a blonde...
Ben: Huh? (Sees his mask on the ground where he dropped it) DAMN IT!
EMT: Well, since you just saved my life, I guess I should introduce myself; I’m Anna, Anna O’Connor
Ben: I’m the Scarlet Spider!
Anna: I’ve seen your face... I don’t think it matters that you use that name with me...
Ben: <Sigh> Since you’re a pretty one, I’ll tell you my name... I’m Ben. Ben Reilly
Anna: Well, Mr. Scarlet Spider-Ben Reilly, thank you for saving me from that building... On Valentine’s Day no less!
Ben: That’s what today is!? Damn it... How about this: Are you doing anything later today?
Anna: Are you asking me out?
Ben: Well, if you wouldn’t mind going out with a guy whose primary costume choice is the color of love of course
Anna: Ha! That’s good... I’ll happily go out with you today Ben
Ben: That’s great! How about your place at 8?
Anna: That’s a bit direct don’t you think?
Ben: Not remotely what I meant!
Anna: Kidding! Sure, I live at the corner of 1st and 4th downtown; the only apartment building on the block
Ben: Okay! I’ll meet you on the rooftop
Anna: The rooftop?
Ben: That’s all for now! Lets get you back to your unit
Only Apartment Building on 1st and 4th’s Rooftop: 8 PM
(Anna stands on the rooftop as the Scarlet Spider lands behind her)
Ben: Greetings to you my dear!
Anna: Aren’t you the poster boy for punctuality?
Ben: I make good on my plans
Anna: Speaking of plans, what are ours for the night?
Ben: Well, I have a surprise set up across town if you wouldn’t mind the trip
Anna: Sure, I’ll meet you there?
Ben: Ha! That’s good!
Anna: What?
Ben: I’m going to take you myself!
Anna: Wha--
(Ben grabs Anna by the waist and leaps off the roof)
Anna: AAAAAAA!
(Ben shoots a webline and the two begin to swing over the streets of Denver)
Anna: WOAH!
Ben: Enjoying yourself?
Anna: Surprisingly!
(Ben and Anna land on a high rise terrace where a nice candlelight dinner waits)
Ben: Welcome to my humble abode...
Anna: You live here?
Ben: Part time; My roommate’s out of town and said I could have some friends over
Anna: Well that was certainly nice of him
Ben: Haha, yeah, he’s a generous guy
Anna: You gonna eat in that?
Ben: No, just give me the minute to get changed
(Ben returns and the two begin to have a magnificent evening which cultivated in cuddling on the couch with a movie on the television)
Anna: Well, I must say that this was quite the night
Ben: Yeah, it went off without a hitch
Anna: You say that now, but things might go wrong later
Ben: Trust me, I’m great under pressure
Anna: I bet, but I do think that I should be getting home now
Ben: You’re probably right; I guess we both have to be ready to save people tomorrow
(Anna and Ben swing off to Anna’s apartment where they bid each other a good night)
Ben: Are you doing anything tomorrow?
Anna: I don’t know; I’m sure you could always stop by and check
Ben: You sure?
Anna (Smiling): Very. Good night Ben
Ben: Good night Anna...
(Ben leaps out into the night laughing along the way as Anna watches on in glee)
Anna: This’ll be quite the interesting relationship...
Ben<Internal>: This’ll be quite the interesting relationship...
To Be Continued... In another time!!
Well, maybe, since we’ve already seen the end result of this relationship!
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