My shameful act of picking up Abby from school left her grumpy all night, even at dinner. Well, I had a fun, lovely dinner, and I slept like a baby and woke up in the morning and ran right up to the warehouse...
Frank is getting beat up today! Well, no, but maybe! Yeah, don't get your hopes down. I have a counter for everything Frank beats me up with because of Gray Matter! As I enter the warehouse, I notice Frank is already doing some pull-ups, so I keep the young stupid boy acting up and speak in a smug tone: "What? Warming up now, Unc? Hope you don't pull your back! Ha, today I win!" And Frank just looks at Leo like he was not even shocked. Frank at this point was used to Leo acting like this...
Frank says, "Ok, kid, get in the ring. Keep your hands up and eyes open, and also don't run your mouth too much," and Frank starts to train Leo by pretty much beating him up, but today there was something off because Leo dodges more—way more. It's almost like Leo had learned Frank's fighting style, and seeing this, Frank was just so confused that he did not have his mind on the spar, and just as Frank was throwing a punch right on Leo's jaw, at a split second, Leo slaps Frank's punch to the side. It was more like changing the direction of his punch...
And Leo does not move away; no, he leans closer on Frank, and then Leo grabs Frank's shoulder and Frank's shirt collar, and Leo right now thinks, "Got your ass!" and then I push my knee fast, aiming at Frank's abdomen, and land the knee, and for a second Frank lets out a gasp, but then Frank grabs my hand on his shoulder, and Frank twists my hand, and then judo throws me on the ground, and before I could even move, Frank already had me in a neck hold, and I try my best to get out!
While Leo was fighting for his life, Frank, on the other hand, was thinking, 'What the fuck? Is this kid? Only after a few days did he get the hang of my fighting style? 'No, this is different. It's not like he has a hang of my fighting style; it's more like he has memorized it fully... which is even more insane. If this kid really did memorize my fighting style, then he might be a genius at fighting, at least... no wonder he was acting so smug,' Frank thinks casually while choking Leo out, and after a second, Frank lets go of Leo, who was trying to breathe air...
Frank spoke. "Nice tricks, kid, but it won't work in front of someone like me. You know I have fought more people than you have seen in your life, and that's not something you can memorize." I take a second to calm my breathing before I speak. "Ugh, sure, sure, I'll catch up to you, just you wait!" and Frank smiles and says, "I am waiting..."
After that Leo got more beat up, but at least this time he landed a hit. Also, Frank had started to make Leo train with different machines now to train most of the body parts of Leo's... It was hell for Leo, at least, but he was growing fast, improving at an inhuman speed through Frank's teaching and Gray Matters' mind and his past life's experience and memories in MMA. Leo himself did not realize, but he was already getting better than a well-trained army officer...
After what feels like the worst workout I have ever done, I come back to the apartment, and the first thing I do is take a bath... After that, I eat a lot, and then, only then, I walk to my room, and Abby did not go to school today because it was a Friday. And Abby whined about how they don't teach anything on the weekends and also because, well, Abby was still grumpy about the little act I did last day, so I let Abby have a day off. I knew the brat was studying hard anyway...
I walk insidemy room, which was a mix of messy and clean, and sit down on the metal sofa. Just as I sit down, Ava speaks, "Hello, sir, you're back from your training? I hope it all went well. I have found out about the woman you were looking for, sir...
May Parker, age 47, Relationships = single, job = office worker, and also works night shifts at a shop near her house...
Total description—May Parker right now is a 47-year-old woman who is single; her husband, Ben Parker, passed away a year ago, and May is also taking care of her nephew, Peter Parker, who does not have any other family other than May, and Peter is only 4 years old, and because of Peter, May does part-time jobs plus her office job, and May also writes blogs on the internet about life and other topics..."
And I just watched all the data on the screen, the photos and everything, and I smile because May looks even younger than in the movie! For a second I could not believe my eyes but then blinked and thought, 'Yeah, Gray Matters' calculations and hypothesis were all right, huh?' And also no wonder Peter did not tell his aunt about being Spider-Man. May was pretty much carrying everything on her back and never showed a hint of weakness even in the movies... what a strong woman...
Yeah, I understand now why Gray Matter thought of May Parker for this... Getting an account is not a big deal; the real thing is profit. I wanted the maximum profit by doing this, and May Parker is how I get maximum profit. Not only will I be connected to Spiderman from a young age, but if I play my cards right, I could learn how Peter got his powers and maybe even replicate them...
I have already thought about replicating the super soldier serum... but what if I could do better? Why not the spider serum? but that's all thoughts. Unless I go to Antarctica and dig Captain America out of the ice, I can't replicate anything without Steve's blood... which is something I might be doing, but again, that's maybe in the future, and also, if I can replicate Spider-Man's super powers, I won't need to dig Captain America out... The story and plot will also not be changed much; this is truly the right action...'
And right as I was going to start the plan, there was a knock at my room door, and I stood up and muttered, "Ava mute," and then I casually opened the door, and it was Abby with a smug, almost evil smile on her face, and Abby spoke, "Here, this is your letter; you got accepted atBrooklyn College..." and Abby threw the letter on my face, and I caught it, and I was truly stunned. Letter? college? I did not go to any college!!
"Hey Abby, what is this? I think something is wrong. I did not send any letter to the Brooklyn college! How did I even get IN?!" and Abby speaks in a smug tone: "Well, I sent the letter on behalf of you, you know. Since I am studying, you should study more too, Big Brother. You should set a good example for me, right??" and I was too stunned to speak, and I opened up the letter and read it fast, and yeah, I did get into college... and for a second I wanted to cry, but then I realized, 'Wait, this is a good cover-up. Yeah, now Abby can't question me about where I was all day. I could always say I was doing college stuff...'
Oh, what a nice sister; she truly is a sweetheart. I make sure she does at least 2 PhDs... and with a smile on my face, I walk out of my room, and I sit down on the couch and speak in a warm tone, "Thank you. You know, you really look out for me, huh? Even though you act like you hate me, you got a soft spot for me, right!!?" and I spoke in a teasing tone as I poked Abby's shoulder, and Abby was truly weirded out; she thought Leo would be mad and angry, not whatever this was...
And Abby says, "No, shut up! I don't care about you, idiot. I, uh, just wanted to make sure you were not thinking about skipping college! nothing else!" And with a pout, Abby looks away, and it was kind of funny because I knew even though Abby is acting like this was a big payback, really I knew Abby had done this to make me study more...
"By the way, dummy, who is going to pay for my college fees? Did you even think about that?" Abby looks down and mutters, "It's fine; I start working, and also if that's not enough, we could put our apartment on a student loan... just don't think about it, ok? I do something..." And for a second the room got quiet.
Without thinking, I push my hand out and gently pat Abby's head. Abby tries to shake my hand off, but I keep patting her head, and I smile and speak. "Hey, stupid, no need to do anything like that, ok? You keep studying, ok? No working, ok? I do everything, ok? You just sit here and act grumpy..." And after hearing my soft voice for a second, Abby leans into my touch, and then she pushes my hand away with a huff...
And Abby says, "Don't get sappy, you weirdo!" and I just laugh for some reason. Right now Leo felt so much lighter. Maybe it was just the information that someone cared about him, or maybe it was the selfless, stupid words from Abby. Whatever it was, it made Leo laugh just a little more...
"Ok, fine. I will stop being nice..." I say with a hint of teasing in my words...