Alright, I admit, I'm the one who told Angus to scram. I mean, how is he supposed to live this life if he doesn't know why he's living it? And if all hell breaks loose while he's gone... too bad for me.

"Too bad indeed." I thought, as I dodged another blast from Electro. All my friends were out. All of them. Rhino, Electro, Sandman, Mysterio, Puma, the works... Kingpin's gone all out this time. He knows I'll show.

"At least Ock is still in the Vault." I thought as Puma let out a snarl and threw a roundhouse kick at me. I ducked, popped a stinger and jabbed him with it. One down. Spidersense.

I jumped straight up, and Rhino charged under me. Mysterio threw himself out of the way. "Watch it you moron!

Sandman sent an all-out sandblast, which I dodged. Mysterio, back on his feet, began using some of his wierd equipment to throw huge rocks at me. The good thing is, his equipent is fragile, so the barrage soon stopped.

"Would somebody put the TV on Comedy Central?" I asked, "I'm bored of playing already."

This time, nearly all of the badguys had to jump sideways when Rhino charged me. I threw ahuge glob of webbing at one of his feet, and he tripped. He slid forward toward me, and I jumped on his back. I busted open the compartment on his back, and snatched the power cell.

Two down. "Hey, catch!" I yelled to Electro, and threw the power cell at him. True to his inherent genius , he zapped it instead of catching it. The reslting explosion took him down, and Mysterio as well.

Sandman was injured, but still had enough energy to turn hismelf into a whirling sandstorm. Doing this, he began to hold me down, and cut off my air supply. I shot out a webline, and zipped over to the nearest wall. I ran down the street to the nearest fire hidrant.

I don't know how many times I've pulled this trick, but it works every time. He came flying after me, and I busted the fire hydrant. I guided the water toward him, and he went down easy. After that, it was just a bunch of easy goons.

******

I left all the villians in front of the Vault with notes attached. I changed my clother and dropped my pictures off at the Bugle.

Jonah was sitting at his desk, chuckling softly. "This can't be good." I thought.

Jonah looked up and pointed at a poster on the wall. "Best news ever, kid. Just like Christmas."



Damn.