Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman

Glass burst inward as Spider-Man crashed through the third-floor window of an office building. He hit a desk, rolled across the floor, and knocked over a chair.

People screamed. Papers flew everywhere.

Spidey groaned and pushed himself up.

"Don't mind me! Sorry for the mess!"

A cup of coffee flew through the air. He shot a quick web, caught it mid-flight, and handed it to a frozen office worker still sitting in his chair.

"Here's your coffee," Spider-Man said.

"Sorry guys raincheck"

Before anyone could say a word, he ran and jumped straight back out the broken window.

*Down on the Street*

Scorpion was already waiting for him, stomping across the street. His long mechanical tail swung behind him.

"Why won't you just DIE already?!" Scorpion said.

He used his tail to grab a parked car and threw it straight at Spider-Man.

Spidey zipped through the air, webbed to a building, "Seriously? A car?"

Spider-Man spotted the car flying straight toward a building.

"You've gotta be kidding me."

He launched himself into the air, firing webs in rapid bursts - left, right, above, below - forming a tight web-net between two buildings.

The car slammed into the net, stretching it almost to the breaking point, but it held. Just barely.

The car swung in the air, trapped and hanging like a caught fly.

"Nice catch," Spidey muttered.

He swung over to the web-net and crawled across it until he reached the driver's side.

Inside was a terrified woman, frozen in her seat.

"Hey. You're okay now," he said calmly. "Just hang on a sec."

He shot a few support webs around the car, anchoring it better, then carefully opened the door and pulled her out.

He carried her down to the ground, landing softly near the sidewalk.

"You're safe," he said, setting her down.

She nodded, speechless.

"No pressure, but that car's probably totaled."

said Spiderman

Where'd He Go?

Spidey looked around.

No sign of Scorpion.

"Big guy with a metal tail. Not exactly easy to lose."

Then - BOOM.

An explosion lit up the sky just a few blocks away. Black smoke rolled upward. Sirens started wailing.

"Well... I think I found him."

Spider-Man swung to the source of the blast and landed on a streetlight.

The front of a bank was blown open. Police had taken cover. Smoke poured from the vault.

And standing right in the middle of it was Shocker, charging up his gauntlets with a low, vibrating hum.

"Seriously?" Spidey said. "Is this National Villains Day or something?"

Smoke was still rising from the blown-out bank when another figure stomped through the rubble.

Heavy. Loud. Built like a tank.

Rhino.

Chunks of concrete fell off his armored shoulder as he stepped through the broken wall. His eyes locked onto Spider-Man.

"Today is your last day, Spider!"

"The chitchat is over!"

(thick Russian accent)

Spider-Man blinked.

"Great. Guess National Villains Day just went international."

Rhino charged through the smoke, head down.

Spider-Man flipped into the air just in time, the massive beast crashing past under him.

"Whoa-easy, Big Guy. I'm not on the menu today."

Rhino skidded to a stop, ripped a car off the street

Spider-Man fired a web, grabbed the car mid-air, spun with it, and flung it right back.

"Seriously-what is with you people and throwing cars?!"

The car slammed into Rhino, knocking him off his feet and straight through a bus stop.

Before Spidey could catch his breath, Shocker stepped out of the bank, a heavy duffel bag of cash slung over his shoulder. Behind him, Scorpion followed, tail swaying lazily.

Shocker glanced at Scorpion.

"Good job keeping him busy."

Spider-Man landed on the hood of a wrecked cab, looking down at them.

"Wait. That was your master plan? Just distract me?"

He looked between the three of them and shook his head.

"Wow. No vault lasers? No blueprints? No underground tunnels?

Movies really oversell this stuff."

The villains spread out. Rhino was already getting back up.

Spider-Man raised a hand.

"Alright, hands up. I don't carry cuffs, but trust me-these webs?

Way more comfortable."

Scorpion chuckled.

"Huh. Not today, Spider-Man.

You might wanna catch him first."

Spidey's eyes narrowed behind the mask. He turned-

Rhino was charging straight toward a crowded school bus.

"Nope. Not happening."

Spider-Man bolted forward, firing a web to gain speed. He leapt onto Rhino's back, holding tight and firing webs at nearby poles and signs to pull Rhino's charge off-course.

The two of them skidded sideways. Just inches before Rhino could hit the bus, Spider-Man yanked hard, shifting his direction.

They smashed into an empty newsstand instead.

"Phew," Spidey muttered. "That was way too close."

Then his spider-sense flared. Sharp. Loud. Wrong.

He turned his head-just in time to see a nearby gas station.

"Oh no-"

BOOM.

The explosion ripped through the air. The shockwave sent Spider-Man flying, crashing hard into the side of a parked truck.

Everything went white.

*Moments Later...*

Spider-Man blinked awake, groaning as he sat up.

Across the street, the gas station was still burning. Sirens in the distance. People yelling. He could see flashing lights blocks away but none close.

Rhino was gone. So were the others.

Spiderman clenched his fist.

"This wasn't supposed to happen..."

To be continued...