….
Annoyed and restless, Peter storms off into the night.
A convenience store.
Harsh fluorescent lights hum, Peter slaps a few dollars on the counter for a bottle of chocolate milk, only for the cashier to shortchange him with a shrug.
"Come on, I gave you a twenty." Peter protests.
The cashier doesn't even look up. "Take it or leave it, kid. Next."
Peter's jaw tightens, he snatches the bottle and walks off, muttering.
The doors slam open - a thief bursts in, mask pulled low, gun raised.
Shouts fill the shop as the man yanks the register clean and bolts out.
"Stop him!" the cashier yells, desperate, pointing at Peter near the exit. "Kid - stop him!"
Peter steps aside deliberately, letting the thief slip past. He shoots the cashier a cold, smug look.
"Not my problem."
The audience reacts with uneasy satisfaction, he deserved it, right?
But that thought curdles quickly.
Moments later—
Sirens scream, tires screech and then - a gunshot.
Peter freezes, his stomach drops. He runs, feet pounding the pavement, weaving through the crowd toward the chaos.
And then - he sees him.
Uncle Ben.
Lying on the cold street, blood seeping into his shirt, his breaths ragged.
Peter drops to his knees, hands trembling as he tries to hold him together.
"Uncle Ben - no, no, no - stay with me - please—"
Ben's eyes find his.
Weak, fading, but steady.
"You… you were meant… for more, Peter." His hand grips Peter's wrist, shaking. "Listen to me… With great power…" He coughs, gasps. "…comes great responsibility."
The words hang in the air as his hand slips, his chest falls still.
Peter's scream rips through the night.
The theater goes silent.
With no music, and just the raw sound of grief.
Sniffles echo in the crowd.
Cut—
Rage.
Peter, masked only in scraps of fabric, chases the thief through alleys, his movements are frantic, fueled by fury.
Webs crack like whips, pulling him faster, higher.
He corners the thief, pinning him against a wall with brutal force.
The man turns - the same thief he let walk free.
Peter's breath stutters, his face twists in horror.
He webs the man to the wall, but instead of triumph, he collapses, sobbing.
The camera lingers, his tear-streaked face half-hidden by shadow, the violin score swelling, mournful and sharp.
Montage follows, quick cuts:
Peter stitches red-and-blue fabric late into the night.
Calibrating web shooters with precise hands, determination and burning.
Swinging across skyscrapers, awkward at first, then smoother, stronger, almost graceful.
Stopping muggers, saving a child from traffic, pulling a cat from a fire escape. Small victories that matter.
Voice-over: Uncle Ben's words echo, overlapping with Peter's own.
Peter: "I used to think I was nobody, just a kid with a camera, but now… I know who I am. I am Spider-Man, and this city… is my responsibility."
The montage slams to black.
The theater erupts - cheers, whistles, clapping.
One man stands, pumping his fist: "That's it, baby!"
Spider-Man is born.
….
OSCORP LAB - was hanging on the board.
The lab is chaotic.
Otto's experiment spirals out of control, the glowing core threatening to consume everything.
His assistants scream.
Alarms blare.
Otto tries to shut it down, his mechanical arms thrashing wildly as the neural link overrides his control.
Sparks erupt, glass shatters, the camera spins with dizzying intensity.
A horrific close-up: the metal arms fuse permanently into his body.
His scream echoes as the screen cuts to black smoke.
Silence in the theater.
Then, a nervous shuffling - the audience knows they have just witnessed a villain's birth.
….
The weeks dissolved into fragments of exhaustion.
Morning light found Peter Parker hunched over half-finished essays, eyelids heavy.
By afternoon, he was dashing across campus halls, barely making it to class, still clutching his camera.
Evening, scrambling to deliver pizza or take photos for the Bugle. And when the city lights blinked on, he was already pulling the mask over his bruised face, answering cries for help.
Sleep became a luxury.
Meals, a passing thought.
His life was split into jagged pieces, and the glue was breaking.
It wasn't villains that crushed him - it was time.
A clock that never slowed, always ticking, always reminding him he couldn't be everywhere at once.
Harry looked at him one day and said. "You're slipping, Pete."
Aunt May looked at him another and asked. "Are you alright, dear?"
He lied both times, because Spider-Man couldn't afford the truth.
He broke promises, friends called him unreliable, teachers scolded him. Aunt May noticed the exhaustion in his eyes.
But the city kept calling. And Spider-Man always answered.
….
The final battle.
The city shuddered.
Oscorp's failed experiment unleashed chaos.
At the center, Spider-Man and Doctor Otto Octavius.
Once, Peter looked at Otto and saw brilliance, a mentor who carried wisdom, compassion, and a heart large enough to inspire. Now, he saw a man driven mad by power, steel arms thrashing like serpents, eyes consumed by fury.
The fight was ugly.
Peter's punches lacked rhythm, more survival than skill.
Every swing of Octavius's mechanical arms slammed him into walls, cracking the pavement beneath him.
His ribs burned, his mask tore.
But Peter stood, because if he fell - New York would fall with him.
….
The train.
Octavius hurled him onto a runaway train, sparks flying as wheels screeched.
Dozens of faces stared back at Peter, mothers, children, workers, helpless.
He scrambled to the front, bracing himself, web after web shot out, sticking to nearby buildings.
His arms stretched, muscles tearing, veins bulging.
The strain was unbearable - his body screamed, vision blurred.
"Come on, come on…" he whispered through clenched teeth.
The train fought against him, a beast of metal refusing to be tamed, he screamed - not in anger, but in desperate willpower - as the webs snapped taut.
And then, slowly, impossibly, the train screeched to a halt.
Silence.
Dust swirled in the air.
The passengers looked at him, mask half gone, blood trickling down his cheek, he collapsed backward into their arms.
And they saw the truth.
He wasn't a god, or was he untouchable.
He was just a boy.
And yet, he saved them all.
….
Hours later, battered and staggering, Peter prepared for the final strike.
Octavius had fled deeper into the city, and Peter chased him, every breath sharp, every limb trembling.
He couldn't go on much longer.
Then, above him, a miracle.
One by one, construction cranes rotated, operators guiding them to align like stepping stones across the skyline.
"Let's give him a hand!" a worker shouted from his cab.
New Yorkers craned their necks, pointing, cheering.
The city itself rose to push Spider-Man forward.
Peter looked up, chest heaving, he didn't have strength left, but he had something greater: the people believing in him.
He launched forward, swinging from crane to crane.
Faster, higher.
The city carried him.
….
The final clash with Octavius was brutal, primal, Peter fighting on nothing but persistence.
He was bloodied, torn, exhausted, but he didn't stop.
He couldn't.
And finally - finally - the villain fell, the threat ended, the city safe.
Peter stood amid the wreckage, mask dangling, chest heaving.
A boy and a hero, inseparable now.
….
The battle was over.
The city skyline, once lit by chaos, now glowed in quiet normalcy.
Sirens had faded, and smoke thinned into the night air.
And Spider-Man, no, Peter Parker, limped home with nothing but his thoughts.
Just the creak of his bedroom window as he climbed back in, peeling off the tattered mask, staring at the boy in the mirror who looked far too tired to be called a hero.
His hands shook, his ribs screamed, but more than anything, his mind weighed heavy.
Uncle Ben's words still echoed: With great power comes great responsibility.
….
The days after felt almost cruel.
Midtown High was the same.
Homework deadlines loomed.
Professors still scolded him for showing up late.
Harry still shot him with suspicious looks.
Gwen still smiled, though sometimes it felt like she could see through him.
But Peter wasn't the same.
On the subway, when a thief tried to snatch a purse, Peter's hand moved faster than thought, webbing the bag back to its owner before anyone noticed.
In a quiet alley, he stopped two men from roughing up a homeless kid and disappeared before the kid could even say thank you.
At night, he sat on rooftops, listening to the city breathe, waiting for the faintest cry for help.
And every time he answered, whether it was pulling someone from a wrecked car, stopping a mugging, or just walking an old woman across a busy street, he felt the weight and gift of who he was.
Cut to black.
The audience sat stunned, hearts racing, eyes wet.
They hadn't just seen a superhero origin.
They had lived through it.
It felt whole, and complete.
The most human story of a hero ever told.
.
….
[To be continued…]
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