Chapter 2: Preparation

My plans were going very well so far. The memory, lightning calculator, and speed reading courses I had already mastered in my previous life coupled with Peter's inhumanly high intelligence allowed me to learn a whole lot of skills in record time. It got to the point that I was constantly amazed at how superhumanly fast my learning curve had become.

As soon as I had learned as much as I thought I was going to learn in Japan including a lot of flashy new technology and other intellectual skills in addition to the martial arts I had learned, I "graduated" high school with flying colors and prepared to leave the country.

While I was still in Japan in my Japanese disguise, I heard about a science expo to which I decided to attend.

I had started thinking about how I didn't need to have superpowers with everything I knew. Maybe I would be a federal agent or an agent of SHIELD.

Then I began to wonder whether or not I was in the MCU or the world of Marvel Comics. However, when I saw Tony Stark's picture as I walked through the expo, I noticed that he resembled Robert Downey Jr. Thus the answer to my unspoken question had become apparent. After that, I wondered whether or not the Fantastic Four or the X-Men were in this universe as well.

After intense study and research I had found out there was a Reed Richards. Reed Richards was simply a genius scientist that had not become a superhero yet. He hadn't even married Sue Storm, and her brother wasn't a black guy that looked like Michael B. Jordan either. In fact, after looking at Reed Richards' picture, he resembled a man with a beard. I had never seen Reed Richards with a beard.

There was also a Professor Xavier in charge of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. I was surprised that the X-Men were in the same movie universe as the Avengers until I had remembered the rumors that Disney was trying to acquire Fox who had the rights to the X-Men. They had obviously gotten those rights.

In addition to making sure someone couldn't find out my secret ID with X-ray vision, I was going to have to figure out some way of being immune to Wolverine's tracking abilities. I was also going to have to find a way of masking myself against Daredevil's powers as well.

As I walked through the science expo, I noticed a nine by nine feet glass container in which a glowing black cat resided. The glass was practically shatterproof since the cat inside it was a lot stronger than most cats despite being a little bigger than most household cats. It also seemed to move around at super-speed before being stopped by the impenetrable glass.

For a couple of minutes, I stared fearlessly at the scary feline who stared back and hissed at me. However, when I glared back at the creature with steely eyes, the cat backed down.

"Why have you placed radiation in this container?" I asked the scientist behind the large container and in charge of the exhibit.

The scientist was short, round of body and face with black hair and coke bottle glasses. He also wore a white lab coat with a few pens in the pockets.

"How did you know we placed radiation in the cat?" the scientist answered back in Japanese.

"I've dealt with tigers and panthers in the past, and this one is way more powerful. Placing radiation in it has increased its abilities."

"That's the whole point of the experiment," the scientist answered.

"There's probably more radiation in this container than the radiation from one of the bombs the Americans dropped on us."

At this, the man laughed. "There's not that much radiation in there. But you'll notice that the cat has super speed."

"It has super strength too. Aren't you worried about what might happen if this cat breaks free?" I asked the scientist.

"The glass is impenetrable. That cat's not going anywhere."

"All right. For a moment, I thought maybe you were going to place this cat in a plane and drop it on a city in the US for revenge."

The man stared at me wide-eyed for a moment until he got the joke.

"Oh, that's not what we were planning. That's not a bad idea though," the man laughed, prompting me to join in.

At that point, an older, more slender, and harsher-looking man in a lab coat showed up, glaring at me. Then he turned towards the first scientist.

"What are you doing?! We're not being paid to socialize!"

"Hey, I just had some questions about the experiment you're doing here," I said in the first guy's defense.

"We're not here to answer your questions either. We're closing now anyhow. Good day, sir!"

With raised eyebrows, I did an about-face and left. As I walked away I didn't notice the small spider that had crawled on my arm until…

"Ow!"

Before rubbing my bitten hand, I noticed the spider leap off of me, the bite making me too stunned to do anything else but watch the spider crawl away. Then I noticed a silver-haired woman several yards away from me. However, as my hand glowed, I started to feel a little dizzy and nauseous. So I left the expo and made my way to my hotel room as soon as possible. Then I passed out on my bed falling asleep before I hit the mattress.

Upon waking up a few hours later, I felt better, better than I had in my entire life.

XXX

A few weeks later, I arrived in America, moving to Las Vegas since the rents were cheaper there. By this time, I was sixteen years old. To make things simpler, I got myself a G.E.D. so I could go straight to college. I didn't have to go to a big university. Any kind of school would do for me. So to save money I enrolled in a junior college.

To have a lot of money for school and other needs, I had gotten involved in underground fighting while in disguise since I didn't want anyone associating a competent martial artist with Peter Parker. I had also gotten involved in betting at various casinos, my ability to count cards being very useful while I made my home in Summerlin near Las Vegas, Nevada.

After having looked at my reflection in a full-length mirror, I noticed that I resembled Nicholas Hammond who played Spider-Man in the late '70s except for the fact that I was more muscular, sharper looking, and had a more imposing appearance. I also didn't have the 70's hairstyle, having closer cropped golden brown hair. I also had blue eyes on a handsome face.

However, upon further scrutiny, as I regarded myself in the mirror, I realized I had attained a height of six feet while weighing 200 pounds

"Hmm," I said as I leaped up and clung to the wall with ease. To make certain I didn't accidentally injure or kill anyone, I was going to have to train in all my martial arts skills while learning how to pull my punches and kicks while using the ability to easily knock people out that I had learned from boxing.

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Two years later after graduating from a junior college with straight A's, I was figuring out how I would get a place to live in New York City.

Surprisingly, however, a hefty man in a dark suit and tie with dark brown hair wearing glasses found me as I was taking a jog through the Green Valley High School running track in Henderson City near Las Vegas which was normally vacant at this time of the day except for a few other joggers.

"Hello, there! Might you be Peter Parker?"

"Who wants to know?" I asked with a bit of suspicion even though none of my senses had gone off at the appearance of this guy.

"I'm Oliver Bishop with NYU. I'm here to offer you a scholarship. Your work in biology and chemistry is astounding. And your records show that you were born in New York City, having traveled all over the world with your parents until they died several years ago. You practically vanished into thin air. What did you do all that time?" the man asked.

"I just walked around living here and there. I made it back here to the U.S. That's all that matters," I answered, ending the topic quickly.

"Well, at any rate. We'd like to be the first to offer a scholarship that will finish your collegiate education," the man explained.

"All right," I said. Living in New York would be expensive so I had to figure out a way to make a load of money. Then there was the need to create a base under where I would live.

"Oh, by the way, have you gotten that inheritance and life insurance from your parents?" Oliver Bishop asked.

"Inheritance? Life insurance?" I had no idea what this guy was talking about, but I decided to play along.

"Yes, there's a guy named Bill Moken who's been searching for you ever since your parents died and you vanished off the face of the earth several years ago. I'm surprised I was able to find you here. Here's Bill Moken's card. You should call him before all your money goes to the state."

After getting all that money for my parents' insurance and inheriting all that money, I now had 250,000 dollars in my bank account which I increased by shrewd gambling which consisted of me counting cards and playing the numbers much like in that movie, 21 with Kevin Spacey. Fortunately, this was before anyone knew too much about counting cards or they didn't know much about counting cards in this universe. At the same time, I made certain I didn't win too much money at one time. Thus I spread my victories all over the casinos in Las Vegas, so I didn't break the bank in any of them.

It was also fortunate for me that the stocks in my universe were pretty much the same as in my previous life except for the presence of Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Being a stock geek, I had memorized all the stock prices from before, allowing an inhuman amount of accuracy. Thus I had made a lot of money in the stock market as well.

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Two years later I graduated from NYU with a major in computer programming and a minor in business law. During this time, I had learned more about applied sciences, chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, mathematics, and mechanics. I had accumulated a lot of sciences, technological skills, and other talents in my previous life. Some of these I had more hands-on training than others, but my knowledge was intensive. However, as a young man with an inhumanly high learning curve, I was able to learn how to apply these skills at a much faster rate.

"How is it you're able to take so many classes, Peter?" a professor asked me as I was about to exit his class after everybody else had left.

This professor was a black-haired, fair-skinned, middle-aged man who was tall, slender, and lanky with larger, protruding limbs. He had a narrow face and a hawk-like nose with ice blue eyes.

I didn't want to tell him that I had learned how to get eight hours of sleep out of an hour or less of real-time from intensive control over my body due to all the martial arts training, zen, and tai chi I had undergone so I simply said, "I know how to manage my time well."

"Your ability to manage your time is very impressive, Peter, but how much time have you spent socializing?"

I regarded the professor for a moment, practically freezing in my tracks. This is the same problem I had had in my previous life when all my time was spent learning sciences, technology, and other skills. Despite my dedication, I didn't want to make the same mistake in this life.

"Peter?"

"Oh, yes. I'll have to do something about that," I said with an embarrassed smile.

"Well, my niece would probably like you. Would you like to meet her?"

"I might talk to her later. I have another class so I need to get going!" I called out as I grabbed my papers and scurried out of the classroom.

XXX

Later on, I bought some real estate right by the ocean near the Bronx just in case I needed to get out to the Atlantic Ocean. I also bought an estate in Midtown Manhattan. This would be where I would have my Spider-Cave with the place at the Bronx being my secondary base.

I had also used my knowledge of satellites to make sure I wouldn't be seen coming and going from my bases in my hero ID. I had even created a few satellites of my own and sent them into outer space inside rockets using rocket fuel of my own creation that had a little bit of antimatter, solar and nuclear energy in them allowing more speed and launch power similar to the way Star Trek ships fly. In addition to that, I used a cloaking device that was invisible to the naked eye. Much of what I would have would be invisible as well due to my intensive reading of the Romulan cloaking devices from Star Trek. Thus the ability to make things of such nature happen in this universe also allowed me to make spaceworthy aircraft.

At the same time, I had learned everything I could about law, criminal law, and law enforcement since I wanted to know everything about what I could and couldn't do legally.

I had already learned Asian healing arts from my martial arts training and I had been a doctor in my previous life thus my ability to heal others and myself was set.

My powers enabled me to move a whole lot faster than I would have otherwise, allowing me to clean and maintain my whole estate by myself. I didn't plan for this to be like that always though.

I also was able to sit in a lotus position with my legs crossed while sitting on the ground, using my imagination and mind over matter training to increase and maintain my skills especially beyond what was normally possible. This also put me in what seemed like a timewarp, allowing me to maintain myself in less real-time while having seemed to train for hours, days, months, years, and so on.

XXX

As I was sitting in the main room of my estate in Midtown, Preparing for my career as a new superhero, I heard a knock at the door.

When I had opened it I saw…

"Good evening, Peter. I hope you haven't forgotten about me already."

XXX

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Any guesses as to who showed up? Leave me a review to let me know who you think this should be. It could be an OC. Anyway, here are the stats for this version of Spider-Man via the classic Marvel RPG

SPIDER-MAN

FIGHTING: UNEARTHLY (100) This means superhuman fighting ability backed up by intensive training.

AGILITY: UNEARTHLY (100) This means superhuman agility with the ability to perform movements and reactions in a flash, being able to dodge lasers with minimal effort.

STRENGTH: AMAZING (50) For Peter, this means 100+ tons of lifting strength.

ENDURANCE: AMAZING (50) This means metahuman stamina.

REASON: MONSTROUS (75) This means superhuman intelligence with the ability to improve and modify advanced alien technology and even create artificial life.

INTUITION: MONSTROUS (75) This means the ability to sense things no normal person can with the ability to sense emotions.

PSYCHE: UNEARTHLY (100) This means a mind practically closed to outside forces.

HEALTH: 300

KARMA: 250

RESOURCES: AMAZING: This is the financial equal of a large corporation or a small country

POPULARITY: 10

POWERS:

Body Control: Due to his mastery of ki and chi training, Spidey can deaden pain, resist toxins, and slow down his bleeding. He can also defy polygraph tests. With concentration, he can speedily heal damage including poison and diseases. He can heal others in this fashion as well.

Martial Power: Unearthly (100) Spidey can also use ki and chi to increase the power and damage of his martial arts by hundreds of times.

Danger Sense/Spatial Awareness: Peter's awareness of his environment to the point where he has 360-degree awareness that allows him to "see" from every direction. He cannot be blindsided. He's also alerted if danger appears out of nowhere.

Enhanced Senses: Amazing (50)

Balance: Peter's balance allows him to walk or even run on a tightrope at full speed. His sense of balance helps him fall up to 10 stories (100 feet) without receiving damage, provided he successfully lands on his feet or tumbles on the ground. He can prevent damage from a long fall by grabbing and swinging off protrusions in the fall's path every 3 stories (flagpole, lampposts, etc.) or using his Web-Shooters.

STEALTH: Unearthly (This is more of a skill than a power)

INVISIBILITY: Unearthly This ability is less effective in broad daylight or out in the open.

HYPER SPEED: Peter can move up to 750 miles an hour.

TELEPORTATION: Spidey has the Unearthly ability to teleport with no chance of accidentally appearing within an obstacle or wall etc for an undetermined distance.

Body Resistance: Peter's physiology and training give him EXCELLENT protection from killing attacks(This means he can take 1,000 pounds worth of damage whether physical or energy) Against blunted attacks his resistance is INCREDIBLE(dozens of tons worth of force)

PSI SCREEN: Unearthly

PSIONIC DETECTION: Amazing

GLIDING: Feeble.

MISSILE DEFLECTION: Peter can deflect energy blasts, bullets, and such with an agility roll. He "missile deflects" such attacks so that they seem to pass right through him or miss him together.

HYPER LEAPING: two hundred feet up, four hundred feet across

REGENERATION: Good.

RECOVERY: Good.

LIFE SUPPORT: Peter can hold his breath for an hour and survive harsh environments.

EQUIPMENT:

Unstable Molecule Suit: Spider-Man's suit adapts to his body and defenses, allowing Peter to switch from Hero ID to civilian ID instantly. It provides Excellent protection otherwise. He can also do the following:

Utility Belt: Spider-Man wears a Utility Belt with his suit, carrying an assortment of tools and gadgets including Omni-gadgets.

Peter's uniform is such that he can use his cape to glide at Excellent speeds depending on the wind currents and other factors. If necessary he can fly at Typical speeds.

Everything else about his equipment is the same as the canon Peter except the technology of it is a little better.

TALENTS: All Fighting Skills, Oriental Weapons, Common Melee Weapons, Quick-Striking, Ninja Training, Ambidexterity, Built-in compass(always knows his ups or downs, his east or west and so on), Defense Maneuver(ability to take on multiple opponents), Acrobatics, Tumbling, Climbing, Dodging, Aerial Combat, Underwater Combat, Scuba Diving, All Crime and Law Skills, Disguise/Actor, Shadowing, Resist Domination, Thief, Sleight of Hand, Architecture, Business/Finance+3, Paranormal Phenomena, Parapsychology, Anatomy, Concealment, History, Marksman, Weapons Master, Guns, Weapon Specialist: Spider-Weapons, High Pain Threshold, Security Systems, Espionage, Streetwise, Tactics, Leadership, Ventriloquism, Vehicle-Design, Battle-Suit Design, All Computer Skills, Forensics, Psychology, Physiology, Kit-bashing, Pilot: All vehicles, Persuasion, Pickpocketing, Tracking, Sports Medicine, Medicine, First-Aid, Mathematics, Criminology, Survival, Applied Science, Astronomy, Navigation, All Engineering Skills, Mechanics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Electronics, Geography, Oceanography, Eidetic(Photographic) Memory, Speed Reading, Lightning Calculator Skills, Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese,

Escape Artist: If grabbed by an opponent, Peter can substitute his agility for his strength to escape a hold and add the appropriate martial arts to it. He can also use this to escape out of entangles of any kind.

SPECIAL: Peter is a master of shiatsu and attacking pressure points, allowing him to take on tougher opponents bypassing their defenses.

CONTACTS: His contacts will be revealed as time goes on.