The Bomber laughed loudly, as he flew up in his glider
"Don't worry little Spider, I'll just join you!"
He tossed an explosive at Spiderman, which the latter dodged with ease.
——spider sense——
Caldeus frowned. It was happening again. Everything began moving slow, and a sense of dread etched in.
He turned to his right and saw an old lady running with a bag of groceries. And near her leg was a bomb!
Spiderman shot his web towards the bomb, and swung it into the sky, temporarily illuminating the area.
"How did you do that?" Bomber asked, still throwing another one.
Spiderman caught it with his web and threw it upwards.
And so the cycle continued.
Bomber tossed explosives left, right, corner and centre, while Spiderman caught them and threw them into the sky, creating a semi firework display.
The Bomber cursed in frustration, knowing he couldn't harm Spiderman. But then, an idea came, as he eyes slowly moved to Gwen, who for no reason was standing in a corner watching, instead of getting her ass home.
Spiderman noticed his gaze, and ran towards Gwen.
" Run!"
But it was too late. The Bomber got to her first, due to his really fast glider. He grabbed her and flew up, laughing loudly.
"Since you're so good at catch, why don't I change the rules, eh, little Spider? Let's play a game of catch the civilian!"
"Uhh, Hell no! Why don't we play a game of LEAVE THE CIVILIANS OUT OF THIS!" Spiderman yelled, shooting web towards the Bomber, who dodged it.
"Ha! You missed me!" Bomber taunted flying away with Gwen who was screaming her lungs out.
Spiderman swung after them trying his best to catch up. But his few weeks experience wasn't enough to match the speed of a military grade glider.
He swung to the top of a building and stood there, looking round for any sign of the Bomber.
Suddenly, the Bomber appeared, tossing Gwen towards Spiderman.
——spider sense——
Spiderman caught Gwen and tried to swing away, but the Bomber flew towards him hitting his head with the glider.
Next thing Spiderman knew, he was falling down with Gwen, slowly loosing consciousness.
In his half conscious state, he saw someone look at him.
——spider sense——
His eyes shot open, as a chill ran down his spine.
The person disappeared, and Spiderman caught Gwen, landing safely.
Ghe Bomber scoffed and laughed screaming as he flew away.
"This isn't the end little Spider! I'll be bac—ouch my head!
Who the hell owns this flag!?"
Spiderman sighed in relief as the cold night wind blew, as if trying to ease his pains.
Gwen ran home after thanking Spiderman.
"Spiderman, can you hear me?" He suddenly heard a voice.
"Huh? Mr Osborn? How can I hear you in my head?"
"There's a communication device in you mask. Head to Oscorp now, there's something you should know."
**OSCORP**
Spiderman swung to the window of Norman's office, and entered from there.
"Ah, Spiderman, welcome. You might need to sit down." Norman said, adjusting his chair.
Spiderman sat down, taking off his mask, revealing his bleeding head.
"Look, I know you just finished your first battle against a vilian, but I need to tell you this. Prepare for worse. Bomber is the weakest pawn working for Dexter—"
"Bruh! That dude whooped my black ass, and you're telling me his the weakest!"
"Calm down Caldeus. He is the only vilian who doesn't have powers. That glider he rides, it's like a mini company."
"A what now?"
" Listen, the glider builds the bomb rapidly. That's why it seems like he has an infinite amount of explosives."
"Wait a minute. You're saying, if I take down his glider-"
"You take down the Bomber."
Caldeus sighed, feeling hopeful.
"His glider has two holes where the bombs pops up from. If you can web those holes, the glider will overheat, causing the bombs to explode inside the glider."
"Thanks Mr Osborn - yeah I just remembered. I saw someone, after my head got hit by the glider. He wore a black trench coat. I couldn't see his face, but everything about him spelt bad news. Any clues?"
Norman frowned as he thought.
"No. But I'll definitely look into it."
****
Caldeus walked home. It had been two days since he had fought the Bomber. For some reason Gwen hadn't been coming to work. He planned on checking on her, but he had webbing practice to do.
He got home and inhaled, something wasn't right. He didn't recognise that fragrance. He cautiously walked into the kitchen, where he saw the lights on. He jumped into the kitchen and grabbed the invader by his throat.
"Woah! Caldeus wait! It's me, Clyde!"
Caldeus let go of the invader,who he slowly recognised.
"Yo bro! Look at you dude! You changed! You ain't that weak white boy I used to protect no more!"
Clyde laughed loudly, as he looked at his biceps.
"After high school, I decided to hit the gym, you know, get myself some muscle." He said observing Caldeus' body.
"How did you get in?" Caldeus asked.
"Oh um I still have that spare key you have me."
"Bro! That was three years ago!"
" Guess I'm good at keeping things then."
They walked to his living room, chatting heartily.
"So, what have you been up to?" Clyde asked.
"Well, you know, just busy with stuff. What about you?"
"I plan on getting married."
*Pffffft*
Caldeus spat out his coffee.
Married?
"Clyde, did you just say -"
"Yes, I said that. I haven't proposed yet, so I need your help, since you're good with girls and all that stuff."
"Oh no. I've changed man, I don't do those things no more."
"No way! You literally stole the heart of every girl in the school, how did you lose your rizz?"
Caldeus sighed as he looked at the ceiling sadly.
"You remember Evelyn?" Caldeus asked.
"Your girlfriend?"
"Yeah. She died. Suicide."
"Bro, that's really bad. What happened?"
"Her parents were always arguing. Every day was a new battle. And it was really affecting her. They were also really abusive, everyday they beat her up. I didn't even have a clue because she was always so cheerful and bright. One day she couldn't take it anymore. She killed herself. Since then I've been really depressed."
********
Gwen stood in her room, sweating. Her hair disheveled.
"Caldeus disappears, Spiderman appears."
********
Clyde and Caldeus watched a movie, after which the former dropped his address and left.
Caldeus received a phone as soon as he left. It was Gwen. He was about to pick it up when —
——spider sense ——
"The Bomber."
Bomber laughed as he saw the civilians running like scattered sheep. A building erupted into flames, resulting in screams from its occupants.
" Look it's Spiderman!"
Spiderman swung into the scene, his white and golden costume a symbol of hope for the people.
"Look who cared to join us, the little Spider!"
"We don't have to do this Mr Bomber!" Spiderman yelled, swinging into the burning building. He rescued three of its occupants, remaining four.
He was about to rescue the fourth, when -
——spider sense——
He turned quickly to his left, as the glider passed him, sharp blade protruding forward, the latter escaping by the skin of his teeth.
"Woah! Bomber what the flying f*ck! You tryna kill me or something?"
" I think that's the whole point his vilian career." Norman said over the comms " Remember the plan, blow up the glider."
" I know! But I have to save these people first!'
Remaining two occupants now, and the building looked impatient, as it collapsed slowly.
"My babies!" A woman outside screamed.
Spiderman swung inside, dodging bombs, and saw the children in a corner crying.
" Hey kids, it's gonna be ok— uhh!"
The glider slammed him away, causing the wall crawling hero to smash into the wall. The children screamed in fear, as they saw their only hope display some ragdoll movement.
"Spiderman," Norman called, "stand up."
But Spiderman wasn't responding. The latter was confused.
'Why didn't the Spider sense warn me?' he thought, standing up. The Bomber appeared next to him and grabbed his neck, slamming him into the wall.
" Weak little Spider!"
Spiderman frowned.
" Oh, you wanna throw hands?" Spiderman asked, as he hit Bomber's hand, breaking it in the process.
The Bomber screamed in pain as he staggered back.
Spiderman swung the children outside, and came back to meet the squirming Bomber.
"In all of our encounters, I've been holding back." Spiderman said, a dark aura enveloping the environment.
" I'll ask again, you really wanna throw hands?"
The burning building roared.