The "Ultimate Marvel" RPG Season III

[Venom160]

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"Regardin' Rogue," I start, fully willin' to explain myself, "I was scared, and I called da only person who's been dere for me...even when I was jus' a lost, little Cajun boy."

I look back and Rogue and she smiles at me.

"An' buddy, last I checked, your little team was gettin' deir rear ends kicked 'til we showed up," I snap, defendin' ourselves. "If you wan', Jean can let dese two go, and dey can continue to beat you."

"It's 'bout time that we realized dat we're on da same side here."

"Us and the Brotherhood?! On the same side?! Please! Last time the Brotherhood was here I almost got clipped by your nutjob leader!

 

[Cyrusbales]

"Us and the Brotherhood?! On the same side?! Please! Last time the Brotherhood was here I almost got clipped by your nutjob leader!

[BLACKOUT]LONGSHOT[/BLACKOUT]

"You girls finished? We either gonna get the **** out of here or put a stop to their annoying habits of breathing?"

 

[Eddie Brock]

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"Us and the Brotherhood?! On the same side?! Please! Last time the Brotherhood was here I almost got clipped by your nutjob leader!

"You're not listenin', bird-brain," I sigh. "My allegiances don' lie with Magneto. My allegiances lie with me."

I ignore Longshot's comment.

"Look, I've seen what Magneto's doin', and he's 10 steps ahead of you. Now, either you can accept my help, or you can go into battle blindly against Magneto."

I put my cards away.

"Lord knows I've picked da wrong side before, and you guys have a dozen reasons not ta trust me. But I'm sick 'a pretending that it's not my problem. As long as Magneto is free, no one is safe."

 

[Venom160]

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"You're not listenin', bird-brain," I sigh. "My allegiances don' lie with Magneto. My allegiances lie with me."

I ignore Longshot's comment.

"Look, I've seen what Magneto's doin', and he's 10 steps ahead of you. Now, either you can accept my help, or you can go into battle blindly against Magneto."

I put my cards away.

"Lord knows I've picked da wrong side before, and you guys have a dozen reasons not ta trust me. But I'm sick 'a pretending that it's not my problem. As long as Magneto is free, no one is safe."

I remain silent as I think Gambit's words over. Can I trust him?

"Fine! If you really wanna help us use those cards and knock these two out. The blue bi*ch is headed fo a cell at the Triskelion for what she did to the Professor as soon as we can contact Fury."

 

[Venom160]

As I swing closer to the Oscorp factory that feeling gets stronger, almost as if I can sense something in the factory. I land on one of the smokestacks and slowly crawl through a hole in the roof, every muscle in my body ready to react at the slightest twing of my spider sense.

The feeling continues to gather in strength as I explore the inside the factory. I stop as I enter a room lined with glass tubes, each of them broken except for one.

"Whoa major deja vu!"

I look up and see that the over head skylight in open.

"Oh my god."

The past few weeks com back to me like a punch in the stomach.

"What was going on here!"

Im shaken from my thoughts by the sound of gunfire.

"That definatly doesnt sound good."

 

[Eddie Brock]

THE CLONE SAGA
Part 20 - Daddy Dearest?

Ok, the facility keeps shaking. That's usually a sign that something's going on, am I correct? Wait, why am I asking you when my Spider-Sense is screaming at me right now?

Well, Kaine was here...that seems to suggest that this is Miles' brilliant hide-out. Yeah, real original, "Daddy." Hiding out at OsCorp...what give you that genius idea? Anyway, I digress.

Hmm...open elevator shaft? Sounds like a perfect invitation.

"Will the owner of a yellow Chevrolet Camaro please go out into the parking lot? Your lights are on," I announce as I drop down the elevator shaft, hitting the ground with a soft 'thud.' That's just great. There's no one around to hear my crappy joke.

Is it just me, or is this place getting creepier the further down I go? No, it's definitely not just me. There must have been a sale on 'creepy scientist equipment' at Ikea or something.

Wait...gunshots? Last I checked, none of us humble clones carry or use a gun, so that leaves...

"Miles!"

I dash down the hallway, ignoring the rooms full of naked clones. Yes, I'm that focused on finding Miles. I cannot stop for an instant, lest I...wait...is that Kitty? Ok, focus Jessica...what was I saying? Oh yeah...I cannot stop for an instant, lest I let Miles ruin one more life.

"Dad? I thought I was your favorite child," I state when I see Miles backing Spider-Man into a corner.

"Oh, thank the Lord...I've been waiting to get my hands back on that nanobot suit!" Miles responds when he sees me. He presses a button on his forearm, and the nanobots peel away from my skin.

Luckily, I always wear a tank top and shorts underneath...just to be safe.

"You shouldn't steal, my daughter. I thought I raised you better than that!"

Ok, so if it wasn't bad enough that I was half-naked in front of my 'dad' and 'brothers', now my Spider-Sense is tingling. Uh-oh, gun!

I gracefully move out of the bullets' paths. I fire a web, and it covers the gun's barrel.

"Ha!"
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Scorpion swings to a building close to Oscorp. He sees Tarantula swing closer to Oscorp, until he eventunally lands on the roof. As he jumps onto a smokestack, Scorpion picks up the pace, and gets closer to Oscorp. He webswings to the front, and lands on the first floor roof, on a lower level.

"Finally, I'm rid of that six armed annoyance. Time to find the clone. Time to find, Parker." Scorpion walks up to a cracked window, and rubs the glass, wiping away the filfth and grime. He looks inside, and sees a dark room with many cylindrical tubes filled with water.

"What is this, now?"

Scorpion punches the glass, and breaks in. He jumps through the window, and hops down to the floor. As he begins to inspect the room, he notices there is something inside the tubes. He gets closer, and looks at them. Trying to distiguish the object inside. As he looks closer, he sees an outline of a human body. He squints, and tries to make out who is inside. As he looks closer, he sees a face that is familiar. He soon realizes who is inside, and for the first time, Scorpion feels pain, and panic.

"MJ!" He begins to punch as hard as he can at the glass. It cracks with every blow, until it finally breaks, and all the water begins to spill out. He pulls her out of the tube, and holds her in his arms.

"MJ! MJ! Can you hear me? MJ? Wake up! Please! What have they done to you?"

Scorpion shakes her, but she stays unconscious. He sees she is breathing, but yet she still stays in her coma. Scorpion holds her close, and begins to cry. As he holds her, he looks around the room. He sees there are more people inside the tubes. He looks closer, getting a hold of himself and his violent emotion. As he looks, he distiguishes the identity of the people. He gets up, and carries MJ, still holding her close. He looks inside the other tubes, and soon his pain turns to rage and confusion once again.

"MJ? MJ? MJ! Why are they all MJ! Why are there copies? Clones? Yes, more evil clones! What is going on!? Why are there clones! Who did this? Who did this? I'll kill him!"

Scorpion holds MJ, and begins to yell in a fit of rage. His tail whips around violently, and he begins to fire acid from his tail. It lands on the tubes, and burns through the glass and the metal. Soon all of the tubes are destroyed, and the clones inside with them. Scorpion gains control, and begins to breath heavily, exhausted from his fit of rage. He looks around the room, then he looks down at MJ in his arms.

"I don't know who did this to us, MJ. Who hurt us. But I promise you, I will find him. And when I do, I'll make sure he never hurts anyone else."

Scorpion runs down the hallways holding MJ close. As he goes as fast as he can down the corridors, he sees a room with a light on.
"Yes!"

He runs in, only to find more clones. Clones of himself.

"What the-" Scorpion stares in awe. Soon, the rage boils inside him, and he whips his tail around violently as it spews more of the acidic liquid. It hits the tubes and the controls, and eats away at the equipment. Soon, the tubes shatter, and the controls spark and set fire to the room. Scorpion stops and calms down. He looks around at the room as the fire gets larger and consumes the tubes. He looks down at MJ, and then smiles.

"One step closer to setting things right MJ. Don't worry. I won't let you die."

Scorpion runs out the door, as the fire bursts into a blaze. He closes the door, and nods almost as if he is approving his own actions. He quickly takes off down the hallway until he hears gunshots in the distance.

"What the hell? Its him! Them! The evil clone!"

Scorpion begins to take off down the hallway from which he heard the noise. He sees through the window of the room at the end of the hallway. He watches as flashes and smoke clouds show through the glass. He smiles and runs as fast as he can. As he runs, he braces for impact, holding MJ close to him to protect her. He breaks through the door, and they go flying across the room. He looks around the room in shock as he sees more people dressed like him, like Spider-man. He turns, and sees a man in a technological suit, the gattling guns on the arms smoking. Everyone stares at him, as he stares at them. He looks down at MJ in his arms, and sees she is undamaged, but still unconscious. He smiles, and looks up at the other clones.

"I have no ****ing clue who you all are! But you're all going to pay for what you did to me and MJ! I'll kill you all!"

His tail whips around in the air, and the red laser sights turn on and begin pointing on various targets around the room.

"You're all going to pay."

 

[Eddie Brock]

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Scorpion runs down the hallways holding MJ close. As he goes as fast as he can down the corridors, he sees a room with a light on.
"Yes!"

He runs in, only to find more clones. Clones of himself.

"What the-" Scorpion stares in awe. Soon, the rage boils inside him, and he whips his tail around violently as it spews more of the acidic liquid. It hits the tubes and the controls, and eats away at the equipment. Soon, the tubes shatter, and the controls spark and set fire to the room. Scorpion stops and calms down. He looks around at the room as the fire gets larger and consumes the tubes. He looks down at MJ, and then smiles.

"One step closer to setting things right MJ. Don't worry. I won't let you die."

Scorpion runs out the door, as the fire bursts into a blaze. He closes the door, and nods almost as if he is approving his own actions. He quickly takes off down the hallway until he hears gunshots in the distance.

"What the hell? Its him! Them! The evil clone!"

Scorpion begins to take off down the hallway from which he heard the noise. He sees through the window of the room at the end of the hallway. He watches as flashes and smoke clouds show through the glass. He smiles and runs as fast as he can. As he runs, he braces for impact, holding MJ close to him to protect her. He breaks through the door, and they go flying across the room. He looks around the room in shock as he sees more people dressed like him, like Spider-man. He turns, and sees a man in a technological suit, the gattling guns on the arms smoking. Everyone stares at him, as he stares at them. He looks down at MJ in his arms, and sees she is undamaged, but still unconscious. He smiles, and looks up at the other clones.

"I have no ****ing clue who you all are! But you're all going to pay for what you did to me and MJ! I'll kill you all!"

His tail whips around in the air, and the red laser sights turn on and begin pointing on various targets around the room.

"You're all going to pay."

"Oh, can it, Tinman," I tell my son. I'm growing tired of these pestersome children. "I much preferred you when you were sane."

I slowly make my way over to a console. Time to take him out. "You're forgetting that I created you. Did you think I'd make you without a failsafe?" I reach for a lever, but suddenly the console is coated in webbing.

"He may be crazy, but he's still...family. And I won't let you hurt him!"

Now I remember why I never wanted a daughter in the first place.

"You would die for him? How sweet!"

 

[Venom160]

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"Oh, can it, Tinman," I tell my son. I'm growing tired of these pestersome children. "I much preferred you when you were sane."

I slowly make my way over to a console. Time to take him out. "You're forgetting that I created you. Did you think I'd make you without a failsafe?" I reach for a lever, but suddenly the console is coated in webbing.

"He may be crazy, but he's still...family. And I won't let you hurt him!"

Now I remember why I never wanted a daughter in the first place.

"You would die for him? How sweet!"

As I follow the gunfire I come across an elevator going down.

"Ah the classic creepy underground lab."

I jump into the shaft and grab the cable with my three left hands.

"Going down, lingerie, souvenirs, and creepy mad scientists!"

I soon as I touch down and jump onto a wall and hide in the shadows and watch the event thats occuring below.

"You would die for him? How sweet!"

Before I know it im already sliding down a webline.

"No bodys' hurting anyone!"

The light hits me and I slide down the web.

"Especially a Iron Man rip off whos obviously compensating for somthin! I...."

I stop in mid sentence as I notice a woman standing in a tank top and shorts.

"Whoa hey there spider lady."

I quickly scan the room.

"Hey'a Pete."

I eyes fall onto a figure wearing a blue sweater.

"Uh Spider-Man light."

I and finally look over to Scorpion.

"Scorpy hey man hows it hangin, I mean your tail not your......nevermind."

 

[Eddie Brock]

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As I follow the gunfire I come across an elevator going down.

"Ah the classic creepy underground lab."

I jump into the shaft and grab the cable with my three left hands.

"Going down, lingerie, souvenirs, and creepy mad scientists!"

I soon as I touch down and jump onto a wall and hide in the shadows and watch the event thats occuring below.

"You would die for him? How sweet!"

Before I know it im already sliding down a webline.

"No bodys' hurting anyone!"

The light hits me and I slide down the web.

"Especially a Iron Man rip off whos obviously compensating for somthin! I...."

I stop in mid sentence as I notice a woman standing in a tank top and shorts.

"Whoa hey there spider lady."

I quickly scan the room.

"Hey'a Pete."

I eyes fall onto a figure wearing a blue sweater.

"Uh Spider-Man light."

I and finally look over to Scorpion.

"Scorpy hey man hows it hangin, I mean your tail not your......nevermind."

THE CLONE SAGA
Part 21 - Mistaken Identity

"Whoa...easy there, sparky," I say to the new guy. Y'know, normally I'd be freaked out by a guy with six arms, but if there's one thing this whole...saga taught me, it's that nothing is as it seems.

"Before you start drooling, allow me to inform you that I'm one chromosome away from being that guy," I explain while pointing at Spider-Man.

"In fact, we're all Peter Parker...except for the crazy guy in the metal suit...wait, the GREEN crazy guy...wait...ok, Miles...and the naked MJ."
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[Venom160]

THE CLONE SAGA
Part 21 - Mistaken Identity

"Whoa...easy there, sparky," I say to the new guy. Y'know, normally I'd be freaked out by a guy with six arms, but if there's one thing this whole...saga taught me, it's that nothing is as it seems.

"Before you start drooling, allow me to inform you that I'm one chromosome away from being that guy," I explain while pointing at Spider-Man.

"In fact, we're all Peter Parker...except for the crazy guy in the metal suit...wait, the GREEN crazy guy...wait...ok, Miles...and the naked MJ."
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I hang there for a minute and stare off into space.

"Wow I feel really ashamed of myself now."

I look over at the unconsious MJ.

"Now I feel alittle bit better."

I look back over to She-Peter.

"What were you say about clones?"

 

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[Eddie Brock]

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I hang there for a minute and stare off into space.

"Wow I feel really ashamed of myself now."

I look over at the unconsious MJ.

"Now I feel alittle bit better."

I look back over to She-Peter.

"What were you say about clones?"

THE CLONE SAGA
Part 22 - Go Team!

"Well, what I'm trying to say is...it's pointless to continue to fight each other," I explain. I shoot a glance at Peter. Our fight earlier was stupid and unnecessary. I just hope that he realizes it.

"I mean, Miles ruined ALL of our lives. He's the one we should be after!"

"I grow tired of your incessant rambling," Miles butts in. "I've put up with all of you for far too long. Fortunately, I come prepared." He presses a button on his fancy suit, and my Spider-Sense goes out of control.

"You see, you have to know your enemy. You Spider...People are only dangerous because of your quick reflexes. Take away that 'Spider-Sense' and you can be defeated. That is why I designed this weapon," Miles explains. "It broadcasts on a frequency that only your 'Spider-Sense' can detect. All I have to do is increase the magnitude, and VOILA! I have officially overloaded your 'Spider-Sense', thus rendering it useless."

He's right. Goddamn it, he's right. I can't sense a thing right now...my senses are being flooded. I look at my 'brothers' and they seem to be feeling the effect too.

I look back at Miles just in time to see a gun barrel. He's scratched the webbing off with his 'claws.' In an instant, he fires the gun. I'm so used to being warned by my Spider-Sense that I don't move. The bullet goes right through my collarbone.

"Oh God..."
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[Venom160]

THE CLONE SAGA
Part 22 - Go Team!

"Well, what I'm trying to say is...it's pointless to continue to fight each other," I explain. I shoot a glance at Peter. Our fight earlier was stupid and unnecessary. I just hope that he realizes it.

"I mean, Miles ruined ALL of our lives. He's the one we should be after!"

"I grow tired of your incessant rambling," Miles butts in. "I've put up with all of you for far too long. Fortunately, I come prepared." He presses a button on his fancy suit, and my Spider-Sense goes out of control.

"You see, you have to know your enemy. You Spider...People are only dangerous because of your quick reflexes. Take away that 'Spider-Sense' and you can be defeated. That is why I designed this weapon," Miles explains. "It broadcasts on a frequency that only your 'Spider-Sense' can detect. All I have to do is increase the magnitude, and VOILA! I have officially overloaded your 'Spider-Sense', thus rendering it useless."

He's right. Goddamn it, he's right. I can't sense a thing right now...my senses are being flooded. I look at my 'brothers' and they seem to be feeling the effect too.

I look back at Miles just in time to see a gun barrel. He's scratched the webbing off with his 'claws.' In an instant, he fires the gun. I'm so used to being warned by my Spider-Sense that I don't move. The bullet goes right through my collarbone.

"Oh God..."
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"Argh!"

My spider sense screams in my head so load to the point the my vision starts to blur. When it gets to the point that my head is about to burst it suddenly stops.

"Whoa did anyone else feel that?"

A gunshot echos in the room as I jerk my head over intime to see she-spidey collapse, blood pouring from her collarbone.

"No!"

For the first time in my two weeks of life I feel rage. I lunge off my web, catching this Miles off gaurd, and slam him into the ground. I use my arms to deliver punches to his face, chest, and stomach.

"You shouldnt have done that daddy, time to be comically bi*ch slap by a six-armed arachnid!"

 

[Matt Murdock]

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"Well, what I'm trying to say is...it's pointless to continue to fight each other," I explain. I shoot a glance at Peter. Our fight earlier was stupid and unnecessary. I just hope that he realizes it.​

"I mean, Miles ruined ALL of our lives. He's the one we should be after!"​

"I grow tired of your incessant rambling," Miles butts in. "I've put up with all of you for far too long. Fortunately, I come prepared." He presses a button on his fancy suit, and my Spider-Sense goes out of control.​

"You see, you have to know your enemy. You Spider...People are only dangerous because of your quick reflexes. Take away that 'Spider-Sense' and you can be defeated. That is why I designed this weapon," Miles explains. "It broadcasts on a frequency that only your 'Spider-Sense' can detect. All I have to do is increase the magnitude, and VOILA! I have officially overloaded your 'Spider-Sense', thus rendering it useless."​

He's right. Goddamn it, he's right. I can't sense a thing right now...my senses are being flooded. I look at my 'brothers' and they seem to be feeling the effect too.​

I look back at Miles just in time to see a gun barrel. He's scratched the webbing off with his 'claws.' In an instant, he fires the gun. I'm so used to being warned by my Spider-Sense that I don't move. The bullet goes right through my collarbone.​

"Oh God..."​

Suddenly, something happens. Scorpion's mind goes blank for a minute, and he feels different. He looks around the room at the other clones. He watches as they fall to the floor and quicklly become disoriented. That man in the green suit, Scorpion thinks. He did something by hitting that button. Who is he? Wait. What was it the girl said?

" Miles ruined ALL of our lives. He's the one we should be after!"​

Yes. Miles. He's the one who ruined my life. He looks at MJ. Who ruined our life. No more. Today, I make it right, and fix everything he has broken.

Scorpion looks around the room. He sees Miles laughing, and the other clones still disoriented and distracted. Scorpion wonders for a second why he isn't disoriented as well. But he soon chalks it up as more proof he is the original. He runs behind a metal desk at the far end of the room. He puts MJ under the desk, and looks at her for a moment.

"Don't worry, MJ. You'll be safe. Everything will be ok when you wake up. I'll fix everything. Great power, great responsibility."

He leans in to kiss her, but realizes he can't because of his metal mask. He touches her cheek with his hand, and a tear falls from his eye. He walks away from the desk, and stands up. He stares at Miles, and his attitude suddenly changes. His hands become fists, and his eyes are filled with rage and hate. He slowly begins to walk toward Miles. His tail no longer flails randomly. Now, it is fixed on one man, and one man alone. Suddenly, Scorpion shout out to Miles, as the two lasers on his tail aim at his chest.

"Miles! Today you pay! You pay for what you did to me, what you did to MJ...what you did to everyone. You've hurt many people, but it all ends today. You've been playing God to long, and now its time to repent. Say your prayers Miles, today I set things right. After today, there will only be one Peter Parker, and one alone. After today you will never hurt anyone or anything ever again."

Scorpion suddenly lunges at Miles, and shoots the dangerous acid from his tail.

"Today you die!"

 

[Eddie Brock]

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"Argh!"

My spider sense screams in my head so load to the point the my vision starts to blur. When it gets to the point that my head is about to burst it suddenly stops.

"Whoa did anyone else feel that?"

A gunshot echos in the room as I jerk my head over intime to see she-spidey collapse, blood pouring from her collarbone.

"No!"

For the first time in my two weeks of life I feel rage. I lunge off my web, catching this Miles off gaurd, and slam him into the ground. I use my arms to deliver punches to his face, chest, and stomach.

"You shouldnt have done that daddy, time to be comically bi*ch slap by a six-armed arachnid!"

"Well, isn't that sweet? You actually care for the girl," I say as he swings wildly. "You make me sick!"

I dig my claws into his shoulder. He screams in pain as I pull him off me.

"Disgusting little insect!"

I toss him violently across the room.

Suddenly, something happens. Scorpion's mind goes blank for a minute, and he feels different. He looks around the room at the other clones. He watches as they fall to the floor and quicklly become disoriented. That man in the green suit, Scorpion thinks. He did something by hitting that console. Who is he? Wait. What was it the girl said?



Yes. Miles. He's the one who ruined my life. He looks at MJ. Who ruined our life. No more. Today, I make it right, and fix everything he has broken.

Scorpion looks around the room. He sees Miles laughing, and the other clones still disoriented and distracted. Scorpion wonders for a second why he isn't disoriented as well. But he soon chalks it up as more proof he is the original. He runs behind a metal desk at the far end of the room. He puts MJ under the desk, and looks at her for a moment.

"Don't worry, MJ. You'll be safe. Everything will be ok when you wake up. I'll fix everything. Great power, great responsibility."

He leans in to kiss her, but realizes he can't because of his metal mask. He touches her cheek with his hand, and a tear falls from his eye. He walks away from the desk, and stands up. He stares at Miles, and his attitude suddenly changes. His hands become fists, and his eyes are filled with rage and hate. He slowly begins to walk toward Miles. His tail no longer flails randomly. Now, it is fixed on one man, and one man alone. Suddenly, Scorpion shout out to Miles, as the two lasers on his tail aim at his chest.

"Miles! Today you pay! You pay for what you did to me, what you did to MJ...what you did to everyone. You've hurt many people, but it all ends today. You've been playing God to long, and now its time to repent. Say your prayers Miles, today I set things right. After today, there will only be one Peter Parker, and one alone. After today you will never hurt anyone or anything ever again."

Scorpion suddenly lunges at Miles, and shoots the dangerous acid from his tail.

"Today you die!"

I can't help but laugh at this one's foolishness.

"Do you really think your acid is going to harm me? Don't you realize that I'm completely prepared for anything? I designed this suit to be resistant to your acid and lasers," I explain. Then, the acid touches the controls for the Spider-Sense jammer. A couple of sparks later, I realize that the device has been destroyed. Not good.

"You all are forgetting one thing: only I know where the REAL Mary Jane is! Kill me if you like, but then you'll never find her! And you, son," I say, turning my attention to 'Scorpion', "You're just a deranged fool. That girl you were carrying...she's merely a clone, just like you. A genetic aberration!"

I fire several rockets at the metal desk. Each one explodes more powerfully than the last. Nothing could've survived it. The clone MJ is completely destroyed.

I begin to laugh uncontrollably. Even through that stupid metal mask, I can see the pain in 'Scorpion's' face. Any second now, he'll lose all control.

An angry enemy is an enemy easily defeated.

 

[Matt Murdock]

The Scarlet Spider chapter 49

The Clone Saga
Part IX
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My spider-sense finally stops screaming in my ear and has been lowered to the proverbial whisper. I steady my breathing and run my hand through my hair. I glance down at my palm and see that it's covered with blood.

"Damn it..." I mutter. I close my eyes and throw my head back. The echo of my skull colliding with the air duct rings through the abandoned steel airways like the toll of a bell. I sigh, finally allowing myself to relax slightly. In my dread of Jackal's onslaught, I climbed up at least two floors of air duct, ensuring my escape from Warren's psychotic transformation into a gunslinger from the ol' west.

I haven't been to OsCorp in months. I was created by Miles Warren, and we worked on creating more of... well... me. But it seems to me that the good doctor has learned how to both work out the kinks in the process and to expedite it. He's made hundreds of clones, rooms full of copies of me, Deadpool, members of the X-Men, and even some rapidly degenerating Ultimates.

I roll onto my stomach and pull myself forward along the metal floor of the the ducts. I pull myself arm over arm through the burnt out and rickety ducts. I drop my head forward, letting it rest on the metal. I'm so tired. Too tired, as a matter of fact. I can't stop, though. Peter needs a hand with the Jackal and I'm his best bet.

I keep crawling forward and find a downward duct. I follow it and I'm met with a vertical crossroads. I look left, a giant fan. And when I look right, there's the path I followed when I came this way. I go right and continue following the nearly destroyed airducts. I heave myself through the twisted metal. I duck my head under a steel spear, hanging from the top of the duct. I pull myself forward slowly, so as to avoid it gouging my shoulder blade out. Once my head is halfway across the steel plating beneath me, the bolts rattle. I keep pulling myself forward. The bolts rattle more, unable to compensate for my weight a second time. My heads passes the steel hanging down and the bolts shake even more. The steel plate gives way and I slide downward. My descent is cut short by the steel spear impaling my shoulder. I cry in agony and stick to the stable sides of the duct. Blood seeps down my shoulder as I pull myself from the blade. It fights with me, determined to remain lodged in my arm, but I tear through my skin, freeing myself.

I sprint backwards, unable to stop the tears that stream down my face. I touch my shoulder, gently. I cover my shoulder in webbing. I roll onto my side and decide to take a nap. Forget Peter Parker, forget Miles Warren, and forget all those clones; I need some sleep.

I close my eyes slowly and hear a "whirr" sound. I assume that I'm just drifting into a dream, but then I feel a breeze on my face. My eyes slide open and I see that the fan to my right has jumped to life. It's slow at first, ominous. But it quickly gains speed. It's then that I realize, this fan isn't blowing air out, it's drawing air in. It's an intake fan, it's pulling me towards it.

I plant my hands on the wall as the fan pulls me closer. The metal sheets rattle and rip off of the wall, flying towards the fan. The thin metal is no match for the industrial-powered fan. The duct-lining is quickly shred up in a shower of sparks. I roll onto my stomach, the fan looming ever closer. I roll onto my stomach and hear the squealing of my bare chest sliding backwards along the metal. I fire a webline at the blood-covered metal spear in an effort to stop my backwards trip. The fan keeps gaining speed and I feel myself lifting up off of the metal until I'm in mid air, strictly kept alive by a thinning webline.

I try to pull myself along the webline but hear its individual strands snapping. I nearly reach the metal spear but my webline snaps.

"No..." I whisper, hopeless.

I crash onto the floor of the duct and slide along until I'm inches away from the massive fan. I look backwards, for any means of survival, but can't see one.

I feel the blade tear into my leg just below my knee. I wince in pain as I watch the slowing fan tear through my flesh, muscle, and bone slowly. Blood flies through the pair of the air that the fan is blowing and my I feel my bone chipping away.

I tear the bloody stump that was once my leg out from beneath the fan and pant, amazed that I haven't lost consciousness. I sob as I watch the fan stop its rotations. I look at my leg, watching the blood seeping out of it. The blood is laced with ribbons of black.

I stare at the red and black substance oozing from my leg.

"Oh my god..." I mutter, under my breath.

The red and black gel slowly takes the shape of the bones of a human foot, and is covered by more gel shaped like muscle, then more shaped like veins, and a final layer that is the color of flesh.

Finally, I'm staring at my own foot, as if nothing had happened. The pain is gone, so is the blood that was seeping from my leg. I tear the webbing off my shoulder and see that it is covered in the red and black gel.

"I'm... I'm just another CRE." I say, closing my eyes.

"I thought I was real... this... this all seemed so... real." I whisper in disbelief.

The fan starts again, faster than before, and I dive straight through it willingly. The last thing I see before I'm sliced to ribbons by the fan is the blood from my hands being washed against the duct on the other side of the fan's ominous blades.

 

[Saved]

"You all are forgetting one thing: only I know where the REAL Mary Jane is! Kill me if you like, but then you'll never find her! And you, son," I say, turning my attention to 'Scorpion', "You're just a deranged fool. That girl you were carrying...she's merely a clone, just like you. A genetic aberration!"

Scorpion delivers a few blows to Miles who blocks them quickly with his hands.

"You would say that! I'm not falling for your games, Miles! Not anymore! I know where the real Mary Jane is, and I know she's safe! Unlike you will be!"

Scorpion goes for a left hook, and Miles grabs his fist. He quickly tries with the right arm, and Miles quickly grabs Scorpion's fist just as fast.

"I told you I was prepared for anything."

Miles fires rockets at the desk where Scorpion had put MJ. The rockes hit the desk and explode as the fire engulfes the area, and debris flies everywhere.

"MJ! You bastard!"

Scorpion quickly knee's Miles in the stomache, and he falls to the ground.

"Were you ready for that one you ****er?"

Scorpion runs over to the desk, rumaging through the ruble to find any signs of life. As he looks, he throws bits of debris across the room, and begins to cry.

"MJ! No! MJ!"

 

[Venom160]

​

"Well, isn't that sweet? You actually care for the girl," I say as he swings wildly. "You make me sick!"

I dig my claws into his shoulder. He screams in pain as I pull him off me.

"Disgusting little insect!"

I toss him violently across the room.

Im distracted by the searing pain in my shoulder that I don't try and land on my feet.

"Oh this is gonna hurt."

I slam against the wall and slide down it.

"Ow."

 

[Eddie Brock]

​

Scorpion delivers a few blows to Miles who blocks them quickly with his hands.

"You would say that! I'm not falling for your games, Miles! Not anymore! I know where the real Mary Jane is, and I know she's safe! Unlike you will be!"

Scorpion goes for a left hook, and Miles grabs his fist. He quickly tries with the right arm, and Miles quickly grabs Scorpion's fist just as fast.

"I told you I was prepared for anything."

Miles fires rockets at the desk where Scorpion had put MJ. The rockes hit the desk and explode as the fire engulfes the area, and debris flies everywhere.

"MJ! You bastard!"

Scorpion quickly knee's Miles in the stomache, and he falls to the ground.

"Were you ready for that one you ****er?"

Scorpion runs over to the desk, rumaging through the ruble to find any signs of life. As he looks, he throws bits of debris across the room, and begins to cry.

"MJ! No! MJ!"

I continue to laugh while I'm on the ground.

"You could've all been obedient, little children...and Miles would've taken care of you...but you betrayed Daddy...and Daddy's PISSED OFF!"

My laughter instantly changes to anger.

I re-aim my gatling gun at Scorpion. Let's see if I can't pierce that armor. Rounds and rounds of bullets ring out in a hailstorm of flying metal. I'm not even looking at where I'm shooting anymore. I'm just shooting wildly.

"No force on Earth can stop me! Once I'm done with you, I'll take on the Ultimates, and then...the WORLD!!"

 

[Saved]

I continue to laugh while I'm on the ground.

"You could've all been obedient, little children...and Miles would've taken care of you...but you betrayed Daddy...and Daddy's PISSED OFF!"

My laughter instantly changes to anger.

I re-aim my gatling gun at Scorpion. Let's see if I can't pierce that armor. Rounds and rounds of bullets ring out in a hailstorm of flying metal. I'm not even looking at where I'm shooting anymore. I'm just shooting wildly.

"No force on Earth can stop me! Once I'm done with you, I'll take on the Ultimates, and then...the WORLD!!"

Soon, the smoke clears. Miles looks around as he breathes heavily. Suddenly, Scorpion drops down from the ceiling, holding the bloddy remains of the MJ clone. Scorpion walks slowly towards Miles. Scorpion's suit has a few bullet, holes, and many sear marks. As he walks, the blood from the clone drips on the ground. Scorpion's suit is covered in the red liquid, but it is not his own. As he walks, his head is down, and poised to attack. Suddenly, he stops. Miles watches intently, ready to fire another round. Scorpion looks at the bloody body, and stares.

"I failed. I promised her she'd be fine. I told her I'd set it right."

He gets to his knees, and places the body on the ground. He gets back to his feet, and looks at the body, as it digenerates, and turns to dust.


"The real Parker wouldn't have failed, but I did. But you know what Miles? The real Parker doesn't kill either."

Scorpion lifts his head. A smile comes across his face.

"I'll be with her soon. And you? You'll be burning in hell!"

Scorpion runs at Miles as fast as he can. Miles panics, and jams his gun. As he smacks it frantically to fix the calibration, Scorpion's tail whips him across the face, and into the back wall.

"Killing her...that didn't make me mad. It made me focus."

 

[Eddie Brock]

​

Im distracted by the searing pain in my shoulder that I don't try and land on my feet.

"Oh this is gonna hurt."

I slam against the wall and slide down it.

"Ow."

THE CLONE SAGA
Part 23 - Brothers in Arms

I drag myself over to the six-arm guy.

"That was pretty brave...standing up to Miles like that..."

I look over at my gunshot wound...it's not getting any better.

"Look, if we die here...no one is even going to realize. I had no friends or family...until now."

I smile at him, but then I wince in pain. My collarbone really hurts.

"If...if I go first...royally kick his ass for me."
​

 

[Eddie Brock]

​

Soon, the smoke clears. Miles looks around as he breathes heavily. Suddenly, Scorpion drops down from the ceiling, holding the bloddy remains of the MJ clone. Scorpion walks slowly towards Miles. Scorpion's suit has a few bullet, holes, and many sear marks. As he walks, the blood from the clone drips on the ground. Scorpion's suit is covered in the red liquid, but it is not his own. As he walks, his head is down, and poised to attack. Suddenly, he stops. Miles watches intently, ready to fire another round. Scorpion looks at the bloody body, and stares.

"I failed. I promised her she'd be fine. I told her I'd set it right."

He gets to his knees, and places the body on the ground. He gets back to his feet, and looks at the body, as it digenerates, and turns to dust.


"The real Parker wouldn't have failed, but I did. But you know what Miles? The real Parker doesn't kill either."

Scorpion lifts his head. A smile comes across his face.

"I'll be with her soon. And you? You'll be burning in hell!"

Scorpion runs at Miles as fast as he can. Miles panics, and jams his gun. As he smacks it frantically to fix the calibration, Scorpion's tail whips him across the face, and into the back wall.

"Killing her...that didn't make me mad. It made me focus."

I grab Scorpion's tail. I've had enough of this.

"Your childish games are over, son."

I snap the point off his tail. I toss the now useless piece of metal aside. I pull out a small device. After flipping open a cap, a red button is revealed.

"There's still time to save MJ, son."

I press the button.

"See that? As we speak, toxic gas is slowly pouring into the holding cell with your little girlfriend. She has a few minutes before all the oxygen is gone. Go out the door on my right. Take the elevator down one floor. After exiting the elevator, make a left. Follow that hallway, and it's the fourth door on your left."

I stand up and brush myself off.

"Way I see it...you can stay here and try to kill me, or you could save the girl you supposedly care about. Now, you may think I'm bluffing, but ask yourself: is that a risk worth taking?"

 

[Saved]

I grab Scorpion's tail. I've had enough of this.

"Your childish games are over, son."

I snap the point off his tail. I toss the now useless piece of metal aside. I pull out a small device. After flipping open a cap, a red button is revealed.

"There's still time to save MJ, son."

I press the button.

"See that? As we speak, toxic gas is slowly pouring into the holding cell with your little girlfriend. She has a few minutes before all the oxygen is gone. Go out the door on my right. Take the elevator down one floor. After exiting the elevator, make a left. Follow that hallway, and it's the fourth door on your left."

I stand up and brush myself off.

"Way I see it...you can stay here and try to kill me, or you could save the girl you supposedly care about. Now, you may think I'm bluffing, but ask yourself: is that a risk worth taking?"

As Jackal gets to his feet, Scorpion rushes him and grabs him around the neck, slamming him up against the wall.

"That was the real MJ you killed."

"No it wasn't you idiot! It was a clone. An..."evil" clone."

"My tail may not have a point, but I can still beat the **** out of you. How do I know you aren't lying, killer?"