Scarlet Spider Issue 14

Okay guys! Now that the chaos of my co-conspirator has ended, I can finally write these things on my own!

-I'm not entirely sure of that! 

The hell?! WILSON?!

-Damn straight! I'm Ghost Wilson now!

Son of a---

-HEY! Censors!

GAAH!!!

-That's just about right... Please enjoy our latest issue faithful readers!!!

-Co-creators Tim Ruppenthal and Ghost Richard Wilson III

Spider-Man and ALL related characters are owned by Marvel Comics and Disney respectively

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.

Batman and ALL related characters are owned by DC Comics and Warner Bros. respectively
All original characters were created for the purposes of fan fiction. This is in NO WAY connected to DC Comics or the ongoing Batman titles produced by DC.

Scarlet Spider
Issue 14
A Thing to Fear
Part 1

Gotham Harbor, the DC Universe , 8:45 PM

(A ferry makes its way towards the Wayne/Stark Interdimensional Portal)
Captain: Making final approach to MU NYC Portal; please fasten seat belts for the transition
(Cut to the cargo hold, with crew members screaming bloody murder)
Crew: AUGH! GET THEM OFF ME! GET THEM OFF ME!
(The boat crosses through the portal, as a mist makes its way into the ventilation shafts)
Queens, the Marvel Universe 8:45 PM
(Ben swings through the streets, his first solo patrol in quite a row)
Ben: (internal) Feels good to have a night to myself again. Love Connor to death. But that kid is crazy.
(Ben lands atop a lamp post)
Ben: (internal) Quiet night, not even any gangs prowling around. Thats pretty odd...
(In an alley a block away)
Random Guy: AUGH! MY GOD!!!
Ben: (internal) There we go...
(Ben leaps into the air and swings fast to the alley, spinning out of the swing and landing on the wall)
Ben: Hey! Sir! You in there?
Random Guy: Augh! AH! AHHHHHHHH!
(The man drops to the ground clutching his chest)
(Ben's eyes widen and he jumps to the mans side)
Ben: Holy shit! Do you need the hospital?! Deep breaths okay? You're gonna be okay!
Ben: What the hell did you do?!
Shadowed Figure (Stepping from the shadows): I showed him the truth; much like I'm doing to you
(Seeing a living Scarecrow, Ben's taken aback as he's hit in the face with a cloud of gas)
(Ben coughs hard)
Ben: What the hell was that for?
(Getting kicked in the head by the Scarecrow)
Scarecrow: TRUTH!
(Ben flies back and feels his nose)
Ben: Ow..
(Ben looks up, the freak is gone.)
Ben: The guy!
(Ben turns to see...nothing)
Ben: The hell...?
(Ben pulls the hood low and pulls his mask up, checking his nose)
Ben: So the perp and the victim disappear...and I get the silver lining of having my nose not broken. I miss the quiet night
(Ben pulls the mask down and jumps back into the air, swinging away)
(From the nearby sewer grate)
Scarecrow: Hehehe....

Our Lady of Saints Church, 8:57 PM
(Ben is sitting atop Our lady of Saints, his mask off.)
Ben: What the hell did that guy get all over my mask? It smells disgusting.
Ben(Cont.): Ah well, there's nothing I can do about it now, and I can't be swinging around without it!
(Ben pulls the mask on.)
Ben: Huh...this place is actually kinda peaceful.
(Ben swings out over the city, hoping to continue his patrol)
Ben: Well, in the eerie church way
Ben breathes through his mouth, trying not to smell the rancid mask as he lands on a light pole outside a hospital)
Woman's Voice: Benjy...
Ben: Huh? What the hell?
(Lands on the rooftop)
Ben: Someone up here?
Woman's Voice: Benjy, why couldn't you save me?
Ben: Mom...?
Man's Voice: I thought you promised me you would keep her safe?
Ben: I..What?
Man's voice: So much for making your old man proud...
Ben: Dad? Mom!?
Voices Together: You let us die.

Rooftops of Queens, 8:57 PM
(Connor goes off swinging through the night, looking for Ben)
Connor: School and homework both suck! I almost completely missed patrol! Now I have to look for him!
(Connor swings past our lady of saints, looking for any sign of ben)
Connor: Man where is he? He didn't answer his phone...
(See's a body in an alley)
Connor: Holy crap!
(Connor swings down into the alley, and checks the man's pulse)
Connor: Oh crap!
(Connor picks the man up and carries him to a familiar hospital, dropping him off in the ER before swinging away)
Connor: Jeez! What a way to start patrol!
Connor(cont.): I've gotta see of there was anything in that alley...
(Connor swings back to the alley where he found the man's body, and begins searching)
Connor: Lets see what we can find here... Beer cans, a yellow stain on the wall... What have we here?
(Connor's Spider Sense goes off as a gloved hand reaches from the shadows and grabs Connor by the neck)
Batman: Where is she!?


To Be Continued...

Scarlet Spider One Shot: Valentine's Day

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

Spider-Man and ALL related characters are owned by Marvel Comics and Stan Lee respectively

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!

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...

Scarlet Spider Issue 12

Hello everyone! It's been quite a while since I wrote one of these... and I must apologize for these transgressions. Things have gotten out of hand with the time amount of time that's spent between the issues. Hopefully this won't happen again as we-- Wait, Tim's dead so... I have another issue to put out! Enjoy the conclusion to MY Hulk story as I call my people to get rid of this body!!

-Co-creator Richard Wilson III

Scarlet Spider
Issue 12
A Smashing Incident
Part 2
So He’s a Stereotype?


By: Richard Wilson III


Ben’s Dwelling, 1:44 PM

Ben: Banner! Get down!
(Ben grabs Banner and his bag of belongings and jumps out the boarded back window as the drone flies in and explodes)
Banner: OOF! Well, that puts a damper on things...
Ben (Looking at the smoldering remains of his home) I am going to kill him...
(Connor leaps into the alleyway)
Connor: Ben, I’m so sorry; Did you get everything you needed?
Ben (Pulling his two backpacks from the ground): Yeah, the one in my left hand is my school bag, and the one in my right has all my clothes and personal things, while my foot is about to go up your--
Banner: OKAY fellas! The point is to keep the excitement down and feet outside of rectums
Ben: Fine! We should keep moving in case more of those things show up
Banner (Looking up at the sky): I think it’s a bit late for that...
(Both Ben and Connor lookup to see 5 more drones of the same type that blew up in Ben’s apartment)
Ben: Lovely; Can’t I just once have a nice day!?
Banner: Comes with the territory kid
Connor: This is gonna suck!
Ben: Really!? You don’t say!?
Banner: Boys, focus; we need to leave now!
Ben (Throwing his bags in a nearby dumpster): Connor, grab Banner and start swinging
Connor: What about you?
Ben: I’ve got robots to destroy
(Connor grabs Banner and swings ahead as Ben leaps onto the rooftop and snags the first drone and sends it into one of the others)
Ben: That was for my house you asses!
Drone 5: HOSTILE ACTION DETECTED. ACTION: ELIMINATE THE AGGRESSOR
Ben: Aggressor? I’ll show you an aggressor!
(Ben leaps into the air as the drones shift into combat mode and begin shooting him with lasers)
Ben: Lasers!? Will you ever cease to amaze me!?
(Ben webs one of them, pulls and gets the drone other to shoot it’s compatriot, leaving 2 left)
Drone 4: SELF TERMINATION PROTOCOL ACTIVATED. REMAINING UNIT TO TRACK TARGET
Ben: ‘Self Termination’!? Not right here!
(He jumps to the rooftop and swings the drone higher into the sky where it explodes while the other transforms back and chases after Banner and Connor)
Ben: Oh that’s not good

Several Blocks Away, 1:48 PM

Connor (Seeing the explosion): That seems closer than it should be...
Banner: I’m sure we’ll be fine, except I think that tranq your friend used is wearing off
Connor: Hearing the Hulk?
Banner: Kinda; he seems less angry now, kinda confused I guess
Connor: He’s not trying to get out?
Banner: No, he’s trying to... talk!?
Connor: That’s surprising?
Banner: He’s not known for his long conversations
(SHWOOSH! The drone comes in and enters combat mode)
Drone 6: TARGET ACQUIRED. CAPTURING TARGET
Connor: No no no, no Transformers allowed!
(Connor leaps into the air, webs the nearest dumpster and drops it on top of the drone, crushing it as Ben swings in)
Ben: Fancy
Banner: Very eloquent; now we can find out who’s looking for me...
(Ben and Connor move the dumpster as Banner stoops down and inspects the remains)
Banner: Oh, this isn’t good...  
Ben: What is it?
Banner: Latverian
Connor: Latverian? Like Latveria?
Banner: The one and the same, which means there’s only one guy’s involved: Doctor Doom
Ben: Doctor Doom? Could he be more generic?
Banner: You laugh, but he’s bad news
A Mechanical Voice: That is correct Dr. Banner!
(The trio turn to see Dr. Doom standing before them)
Ben: What the hell!? Why didn’t my--
Dr. Doom: Spider sense? The moment my drones sent back data of Spider powered beings I utilized my armors sensor scrambling capabilities to jam it
Connor: Does he ever stop monologuing?
Banner: I wish I could say yes, but--
Doom: SILENCE! NONE SHALL INTERRUPT DOOM!
Ben: It just happened twice so you’re kinda off a b--
(Ben’s sent flying back by Doom’s force bolt)
Ben: OOOF!!
Connor (Leaping at Doom): Listen you! You can’t just--
(Connor’s pushed into the adjacent alley wall and held there by a containment field)
Doom: You should have taught your companions how to hold their tongue in my presence
Banner: You want the Hulk don’t you?
Doom: I merely require a substantial amount of his blood
Banner: It’s always about him isn’t it?
Doom: Yes
Banner: Okay, so what do you want? An army of him? His strength? His reflexes? Which is it?
Doom: His immortality and healing
Banner: The Hulk’s not immortal!
Doom: Isn’t he? He can survive tremendous amounts of damage and harm, as well as adapting to his surroundings
Banner (Looking as Connor struggles with his bondings and Ben begins to pull himself up): Well so can Wolverine, so I can’t--
Doom: The Wolverine cannot adapt to his environment, and he ages, while you still look the same as you did 15 years ago
Banner: So you’re saying that the Hulk, and by extension me, can live forever?
Doom: Further study is needed, though my primary analysis is sound
Ben (Finally standing): Lovely, an ego and an immortality plot... Why does this sound comic book?
Banner: Webs, don’t. I’ll handle this; I’m not going to change, so you can’t have the Hulk
Doom: I needn’t you to be willing, for like several days ago, the subsonic pulse will do it for you
Banner: A subsonic--
(Doom presses a button on his gauntlet, causing Banner to fall down, holding his head in pain)
Banner: AAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHHH!
Connor: Banner!
Ben: DAMN IT!
(Ben leaps into the air as Banner’s arm flies up, grabs Ben’s leg and flings him at Connor)
Ben and Connor: OOMPH!
(The containment field fails and they both fall to the ground as the Hulk rises from where Banner was)
Doom: Yes, my conquest is at hand (looking at Ben and Connor), unfortunately the two of you cannot be allowed to live
Connor: Now he wants to murder us? How much more stereotyped can he get?
Doom (Deploying more drones): Hulk, dispose of them, then follow the signal
(Doom leaves, with the Hulk advancing towards them and the drones going to combat mode)
Ben: I should’ve ignored that phone call...

To Be Continued... After the Break!?

Hey, writer and co-creator Richard Wilson III here, taking a minute to thank you for reading this story. Though it might be a single credit, my co-conspirator Tim Ruppenthal feels the same and we wish to thank you for following our past stories and the others to come (and hope to expect at least 88 more of these).

And now, back to our regularly scheduled conclusion

Same Alleyway as Before, 1:56 PM

(Doom leaves, with the Hulk advancing towards them and the drones going to combat mode)
Ben: I should’ve ignored that phone call...
Connor: That’s reassuring, leave me to die!
Ben (Dodging a Hulk punch and kicking a drone out of the sky): I said “should’ve” not that was going to! It’s a hindsight thing!
Connor (Leaping onto the wall and webbing a drone): You seem to be as much of a bitch as hindsight is at the moment!
Ben: Connor, I swear to God!
Connor: Aren’t you an atheist?
Ben: Damn it!
Connor: What!? I thought it was a legitimate question!
Ben: ANYWAY, we need a way to stop the Hulk!
Connor (Dropping to the ground and diving past the Hulk's legs to avoid his punch): Where's the signal coming from?
Ben: I'd say the robots that are trying to kill us!
Connor: Is Doom really that cliche?
Ben: I dunno, but he’s been pretty obvious before!
(Ben and Connor proceed to get the drones to shoot at each other as the Hulk begins to resist and help with the destruction)
Hulk: RAAAH! Bugman and Red Bugman help Hulk! Hulk help fight Doom!
Ben: Uh, okay?
Connor: AWESOME! Team-up with the Hulk to fight Dr. Doom! How much better can this get!?
Ben: Focus... Hulk, where’s Doom?
Hulk: Doom at top of Latverian Embassy! Doom no villain there!
Ben: Well crap...
Connor: Can’t we lure him out?
Ben: … Hulk I have a plan...

Latverian Embassy, 2:18 PM

(Dr. Doom stands atop his embassy, gazing out into the streets of Manhattan as the Hulk appears, carrying the bodies of Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider. Seeing a lack of drones, Doom activates his gauntlet and descends into the streets)
Doom: So now, the mindless Hulk is under my control! Allowing me to dissect him down to his base elements, to discover the secrets to his immortality!!
Connor (leaping out of the Hulk's arm and kicking Doom in the face): My God! He's worse than that guy on the TV!
Ben (Doing the same and punching Doom in the abdomen): Which one?
Connor (Tripping Doom to the ground): That car commercial guy from Jersey
Ben (Webbing him to the ground): He's still alive!?
Connor (Both stand over Doom): Surprisingly
Doom: How is this possible!?
Ben: Would you believe webbing in the Hulk's ears?
(Hulk reaches into his ears and pulls out wads of webbing. He then crouches above Doom and roars in his face)
Hulk: RAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
Doom (Unphased): It seems I was bested by two teenagers and a buffoon... No matter the next two mile radius should feel my wrath...
(Doom’s arms explode off along with his chest cavity, revealing a Doombot with a high explosive device)
Connor: Holy crap!
(Ben reacts immediately, making a web slingshot as the Hulk grabs the Doombot, puts it in the web strands, pulls back and launches it into the sky)
Connor (Signaling the civilians in the streets): Everybody get down!
(The Doombot explodes, raining down a cascade of metal and singed fabric)
Ben: Damn, that was a buzz kill
Connor: A robot... How more cliche could he have gotten?
Ben: He’s a stereotype
Hulk: Metal man gone, Hulk have friends
Ben: Yeah Hulk; Hulk has friends
Hulk: Hulk go, take Banner home
Connor: Bye Hulk! See you soon!
(Hulk leaps into the air and across the rooftops and out of sight)
Ben (Cracking his back): AUGH! Well, that sucked!
Connor: Yeah... Sorry about your place
Ben: It’s fine, I’ll find someplace to go for the night
Connor: Well, my family’s apartment has a spare room that you can crash in
Ben: I couldn’t do that to your folks...
Connor: They’re always talking about doing something with it, and now they have a viable opportunity to do something with it
Ben: Okay, okay lets go get my stuff from the dumpster
Connor (Leaping into the air): Race you there!
Ben: You're on!
(Ben and Connor swing off towards towards the remains of Ben’s dwelling, never noticing the cloaked figure watching them from a rooftop)
Cloaked figure: Soon Mr. Reilly... Soon...

To Be Continued...

Scarlet Spider Issue 11

Hey there everyone! It's me, Richard again (not that its a surprise to anyone), bringing you the eleventh issue of our online fan publication. Though this is hailed as a team effort, I hardly see how this could be true, since I had to write this one so--

hold the f up. what is this nonsense? 

Tim!? Is that you!?

YES ASSHAT. WHATS THIS MARTYR NONSENSE?

I'm just surprised is all, as I this is the first time you've EVER contributed to the pre-issue slate!

Kiss my ass..  You dont let me NEAR them half the time. 

Alright, point taken... You may have this one

Oh sure give me the issue i wasnt a part of

You asked to be a part of it!

Yes! For one i had a part in! like 13, (which will be awesome by the way)

Just take what you're given, and describe what you know about the issue I wrote

Blah blah blah. So anyway, This issue has Ben and Connor meeting the-- 

(BAM! Body hits the floor)

WHOO! That was a close one! He almost spoiled the best part!

(Looks over at Focus Character of the Issue)

GAH! FOILED ANYWAY!!!

Just read on to find out who they meet in the first issue with a solo credit !!

-Richard Wilson III and Tim Ruppenthal

Spider-Man and ALL related characters are owned by Marvel Comics and Stan Lee respectively

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

           Issue 11

        A Smashing Incident

  

By: Richard Wilson III

A Non-Descript Sidewalk in Midtown, 1:14 PM

Ben: Isn’t the fall supposed to be, I don’t know, less cold?

Wilson: I always pegged you more as a winter than a summer person there Ben!

Ben: I like the people more, not the weather and temperature drop--

Wilson: Riiight…

Ben: Don’t give me that crap!

Wilson: Too late!

Ben: You’re happier than usual, find a check for $20,000 in your pants from yesterday?

Wilson: HA! But no, what happened is—

Random Homeless Person: Could you spare some cash? 

Wilson: I can do better than that  

(He takes off his coat and hands it to the homeless person)

Wilson: There’s a couple hundred dollars in the inside pocket; stay warm, I heard this could last the rest of the week

RHP: Thank you sir! Thank you!

(The homeless person runs off as Ben looks at Wilson in awe)

Wilson: What?

Ben: You just handed out your $5000 dollar coat and a couple hundred dollars? What happened to the REAL Wilson Stark!?

Wilson: Relax Ben, I’m still here. It was just a coat; I have dozens more at home. That guy needed it more than I did… (Thinking for a moment) Ben, do you like who I am?

Ben: If that’s a pick up line, I have somewhere else I need to be…

Wilson: Funny, but not where I was going. Yesterday was the anniversary of my mother’s death, and that got me thinking: What have I done with my life? She was a superhero, and my father was, and still kind of is, Iron Man. They’ve done so much and I haven’t really done anything except sit there and react to things! So, I’m going to do more for this city. One random act of kindness at a time…

Ben: You stole that last bit from Evan Almighty…

Wilson: I know, I needed some levity

Ben: Well, breaching copyrights or not, I’ll support you on this. What’re you gonna do first?

Wilson: I was thinking a Free Clinic adjacent to the Stark building, but with all the bells and whistles, not just some beds and used IVs 

Ben: That’s hefty. How’re you gonna manage that?

Wilson: I dunno yet, but that’ll be my project after high school. You doing anything later? We could go to the arcade and see if we can beat all the high scores.

Ben: Well—

(Ben’s cell phone <A gift from Wilson> rings almost on cue, and he see’s Connor calling)

Ben: Hold on a sec Wilson… Connor; What have I told you about calling me?

Connor (from phone): Ben, I think this warrants a phone call! The Hulk’s in Manhattan!

Ben: I’m sorry, but what?

Connor: JUST GET HERE! OH SH—

Ben: Damn it… Sorry Wilson, something important just came up. I’ll let you know if anything changes

Wilson: No worries my lad, just go easy on them!

Ben (Running away towards the bridge): I’m not your ‘lad’ Stark!

Wilson: Sure you’re not…

Somewhere in Manhattan, 1:28 PM

(Ben swings and runs across the rooftops as he looks for Connor in his vague location)

Ben (internal): I swear, if Connor’s only screwing with me, I will kill him…

(Ben’s Spider Sense goes off as he sees Connor’s costumed form ram into him)

Ben and Connor in unison: AAHH!!

(Both land on a rooftop as a large green form lands before them)

Hulk: BUG MAN GET PUNY BANNER OUT OF HULK’S HEAD!! GRAAAHHHH!!!

Ben: OH SHIT!! THE HULK!?

Connor: I TOLD YOU! NOW MOVE!

(Ben and Connor slide out of the way as Hulk punches the roof where they were while holding his head)

Hulk: Hulk don’t want to go back! Hulk want to be left alone!

(Hulk collapses off of the rooftop and into the alleyway below)

Ben: What the hell was that?

Connor: The Hulk has a migraine?

(They both perch in the ledge to see a man laying where the Hulk fell)

Ben: Where’d he go!? Who’s that guy?

Connor: I think he IS the Hulk!

Ben: Not only does that sound stupid, but where’s your evidence that that’s even a remote possibility?

Guy: Uhhhhh……

Connor: Let’s go and ask him

Ben: Do you WANT to get squashed like a real spider!?

(Connor leaps down and near the fallen man as Ben clings to the wall)

Ben: If you die, I want it made clear that it wasn’t my fault!

Connor: I’ll add that to my will jackass!

(Connor turns to the man)

Connor: Hey? Mr. Hulk guy—

Man: Gah! I’m not the Hulk! I am NOT the HULK!

Connor: Okay, sorry, it’s just the Hulk fell down here and all we can find is you…

Man: My name is Bruce! I’m Bruce Banner! Damn it, it’s getting worse! 

Connor: Woah! Calm down man! It was only a mistake!

Banner: No! I mean I can’t remember what he did!

(Ben crawls closer to the two, in case anything goes wrong)

Connor: He who?

Banner: The Hulk! Danny PROMISED me that this would be a better way to control him… That there’d be no side effects like this!

Connor: Uh, sir, I know you’re a bit confused at the moment, but we should leave before the cops or SHIELD get here

Banner (holding his head): That would be a real problem, especially the way things seem to be going… 

Connor: You okay? I think we should get you to the hospital or something—

Banner: NO! Hospitals mean cops, cops mean SHIELD, and SHIELD means- AARG!!!

(Banner falls over about to change back into the Hulk when Ben leaps down from the wall and shoots him with his stingers)

Banner: GRAAA—

(Banner falls over unconscious)

Connor (Picking up one of the fallen stingers): What did you do!? What the hell are these!?

Ben: They’re stingers dipped in a paralyzing solution (Apparently enough of those’ll knock you out), and as for what I did, I think I just stopped a Hulk rampage

Connor: Okay, what do we do now?

Ben: We call your dad and get SHIELD to pick him up

Connor: What!? You saw how he was! He’s not going to hurt anyone!

Ben: You’re right; He’s not going to hurt anyone NOW. He’s too dangerous to be left out here!

Connor: You know, he sounded a lot like you did at dinner the other night

Ben: What?

Connor: He wants to be left alone. He doesn’t want SHIELD to be in his business, just like you don’t

Ben: UGH! Fine! What’re we going to do with him?

Connor: We can’t leave him here… You have any secret hideouts?

Ben: Yeah, I know a place…

Ben’s Dwelling, 1:36 PM

Connor: You live here?

Ben: Yeah, I’m not too proud of it either

Connor: You live HERE?

Ben: Didn’t I just answer that?

Connor: How do you live here?

Ben: Years of practice

Banner: <Groan> So that’s what a hangover feels like… 

Ben: Great. You’re up… Please don’t smash the futon

Banner: What you hit me with?

Ben: A homemade paralyzing solution

Banner: I’m going to have to get some of that; It’s actually keeping the Hulk down

Ben: I have no idea what they could do in the long term, so I wouldn’t recommend it

Banner: I know that, and you’re right… I guess I got addicted to being the only voice in my head…

Ben: Connor, go be a look out, and DON’T be seen

Connor: I’m going, I’ll be back in a few

(Connor leaves as Banner looks around, taking in his surroundings)

Banner: Nothing like the sweet smell of Meth chemicals in the morning eh?

Ben: How do you figure?

Banner: I’ve slept and lived in hovels like this a plenty. You get used to it after a while

Ben: Yeah, but it still sucks

Banner: Oh, I know exactly what that’s like, except I couldn’t stay anywhere for too long, and each one of those abandoned Meth Labs varied in abandonment: Once I got there within a day it was abandoned, that shit was strong there

Ben: I imagine

Banner: I’m surprised you’re not asking about him

Ben: Who?

Banner: The Hulk

Ben: You mean you’re separate people?

Banner: Mostly. We each have our own personalities and feelings, but we share memories, obviously, my body

Ben: Where is he?

Banner: In my head… Gamma radiation has the unique trait of enhancing whatever you are on the inside. I’m intelligent, scrawny and angry on the inside. The Hulk is less intelligent, huge and always angry-

Connor (Slipping into the room): No one’s looking or anything like that, so if you don’t mind I want to be learned!

Ben: Ignore him; he’s a rookie

Connor: I resent that!

Banner: Boys, I need you to stop and I’ll answer any questions you may have

Connor: I’ll go: What happened to you?

Banner: Ah, the pressing question… The quick answer: Danny Rand, the Iron Fist, taught me how to use my chi to suppress the Hulk. Before that I needed to stay angry and always be on the edge of transforming to stay, well, me. I managed to keep Hulk at bay for 15 years, and I was able to build myself a proper life. Unfortunately for me, the Hulk was festering in his anger and pounding at the cage so to speak. He got out. I made my way to New York where I was hoping to find any one of my old colleagues and found you two instead

Connor: Have you ever tried coexisting with him?

Banner: The last time I did that I brought an alien invasion to New York and almost got it sent into the Negative Zone

Connor: Right

Ben: Did you try talking to him?

Banner (smirking): We’re not really the most civil of people, especially right now…

Connor (Looking between the boards on the windows): Ben, I need to talk to you

(Ben and Connor slide off into the corner to converse)

Ben: What?

Connor: I didn’t want to say anything in front of Bruce…

Ben: What?

Connor: There was a drone, robot thing floating outside a few blocks away

Ben: GOD DAMN IT! THAT’S SOMETHING YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE IT!

Banner: What?

Ben: There’s a drone or something looking for you, and we need to leave

Banner: <Sigh> Just like the good old days

Ben: We don’t have time for the ‘good old days’! This is my HOME!

Connor: It’s making its way here…

Banner: Okay, get anything you feel exceptionally sentimental about and get it out of here. Connor, I need you to get closer to that thing and tell me what it’s about

Connor: Alright

(Connor slips outside as Ben goes to the corner to get his school books)

Ben: PLEASE tell me you’re not going to Hulk out in here!

Banner: If that paralytic you hit me with is still working I won’t be

Ben: I definitely gotta give my dad that; He was good with chemistry…

Outside, 1:43 PM

Connor: I can’t believe I’m going to be talking to a robot! I just hope it doesn’t kill me first…

(Connor approaches the drone from the rooftop beneath it)

Connor: Uh, I come in peace?

Drone: Scanning. Identify

Connor: Uh, Spider-Man?

Drone: Scanning. Ambient Gamma Radiation Detected

Connor: Gamma Radiation? What has Gam—Oh!

Drone: Scanning. Located. Proceeding to Target

Connor (Shooting a web onto the drone): Oh no no no! No Gamma Rays over there! Just a meth lab! A very dusty and abandoned meth lab!

Drone: Proceeding to Target

(Connor loses grip on the drone as it makes its way to the window)

Connor: Oh, Ben’s gonna kill me…

Inside Ben’s Hovel, 1:44 PM

Banner: That drone thing’s coming right towards us…

Ben: I’m going to kill him after all of this…

To Be Continued…