//------------------------------// // Through the Skies // Story: Spiderman Equestria's Hero: Rise of the Insidious Six. // by Adamverse //------------------------------// It was looking to be a good day in Canterlot City; the only bad part about it, is that not five, but six super-villains are loose in the city. Spider-Girl took back some control last night, when she saved the two police stations, but the real battle has only just begun. Spiderman stood on top of a tall building, looking over his city. As he stared down at the streets, a call came through on his communicator. "Adam? What are you doing out in the field?" Twilight's voice asked. She was calling him from HQ; she'd seen he had gone. "Your supposed to be resting, you still have a few broken bones." "Sorry, Twilight. But I'm needed in the city." he then remembered the report he saw early. "By the way, nice job with the police stations." Adam then leaped off the roof top and plunged towards the ground, before impact, he shot a web-line swung through the buildings. The hero still had his super-hero partner talking in his ear, she explained something she heard from the police radio. "A mysterious box was reported on top of a building down town. The police don't want to worry themselves, in case it turns out to be nothing. Do me and my brother a favour, and check it out." "I'm on it." Adam replied. He got the coordinates and swung to the location. ============================================== When Spiderman landed on the roof, he saw the box; it looked like a military grade, portable computer. When he approached it, it opened into it's computer form; a logo appeared on the screen. It was a logo that Adam recognised from those thugs that tried to rob the warehouse two days ago. Spidey pushed a button on the keyboard, "I don't have time for your games, Taskmaster." he explained, knowing that the creepy, stalker guy was listening. The console was silent until, two words were muttered through the speakers. "Look up." Adam's spider-sense went off, he leaped out of the way; a figure in a white cloak crashed into the console, holding a laser sword. The figure turned around and looked at the wall-crawler. He muttered, "So, at last we meet." Spiderman replied, "I don't know much, buddy. I always thought you'd be taller." "After two long years, I can finally put what I've learnt to good use. Prepare to meet your maker." With that, Taskmaster pounced at Adam; slashing at his with his sword. Spidey dodged the blow, and tried to punch him; but the villain dodged that attack and kicked Adam into the wall. When Adam got up, Taskmaster was gone. Spiderman ran towards what remained of the console, but his spider-sense went off again; he turned to see the villain leaping towards him again. It was no use trying to dodge, cause this villain knew all his moves; but he tried anyway, then failed, Taskmaster tackled Spidey over and they both fell off the building. While they were falling, Adam tried to fight back. He web-zipped to the villain and tried punching & kicking him, but Taskmaster was able to dodged the blows and push Adam down to the ground first. When he impacted, Taskmaster leaped off him and held the tip of his sword to Adam's throat. The villain stated, "Do you yield?" While his head was down, Spiderman thought about this. Taskmaster knew all his moves, so the only way to beat him is to use moves he doesn't know; so that's what Adam did. Adam backflipped and fired a Taser-Web at Taskmaster; like the hero expected, he dodged it. But what the villain didn't know, was that Spidey webbed an object from around the area and kicked towards the villain. The object hit Taskmaster and knocked him over; Adam jumped at the chance and pounced at his enemy. Spidey rapidly punched and kicked him in the face and stomach, until with one final upper-cut, Taskmaster went down. Spiderman rapidly fired web-shots at him, to stick him to the road. Once he was subdued, the hero answered a question he's been asking for these last two years; who's behind that mask? The moment of truth arrived, Adam reached down and pulled the villain's mask off. He got a real shock when he saw who it was... "Sandalwood?!" The environmentalist at Canterlot High School, he was behind this the whole time. Adam didn't believe it, he didn't want to believe this was the guy who's been terrorising him for two years. When the police arrived, the cut Sandalwood free from the webs. As they took him to the police car, he started to come around. "What? Where am I? How'd I get here, and into this costume?" he noticed he was in handcuffs and was being taken to a police car. "Wait, what's going on? Why are you arresting me?" He noticed Spiderman behind him, "Spiderman, help! I'm clearly being framed." Spidey thought for a sec, then looked down at the mask he was holding. While inspecting it, he noticed a mouth piece that opened; inside was a small microphone. All of a sudden, the microphone started to project a voice. "I see you captured my little scout. Don't worry, Spiderman; our game not finished yet. Sandalwood was just the recon scout, once me and you face each other for real, I'll have all I need to take you down." When Adam looked inside the mask, he found a small device that looked like it would press against the forehead of whoever wore the mask; 'Mind-Control' he thought. He didn't want to say anything, in case he was wrong; so he let the police take Sandalwood to the police station to be questioned, Adam will get some answers . He gave the mask to the police, to let them try and figure out what it meant; meanwhile, he still had the Insidious Six to worry about. So he jumped high and swung off into the city, looking for any member of this new criminal gang. ================================================ At HQ, Fluttershy was walking through the halls, thinking about things on her mind. As she walked, she didn't notice Rainbow Dash approaching her; the speedster stopped her in the hall way to talk. "Fluttershy, can I ask you something?" Rainbow asked. The shy girl replied, "Of course, Dashy. What is it?" Rainbow never asked this question because it never really came up, but she's always wanted to know. "How did you find out Adam was Spiderman? Because we found out when Sunset used her mind powers on him, but how did you find out?" Fluttershy remembered that night, she was there to witness the first villain Adam destroyed. She took Rainbow Dash the lounge, so they could talk about this. When they sat down, Fluttershy began the explanation. "The night I found out Adam was Spiderman, was the night after you were attacked by someone. You thought that someone was Adam, but it was actually a creature; a vampire, named Morbius." Fluttershy could remember the evil in that monsters blood red eyes, the length of his teeth and claws. "He had kidnapped me, cause he wanted me to be his vampire bride. When Adam came to rescue me, Morbius out matched him; when he defeated Adam, he dragged him towards me and pulled of Adam's mask in front of me." Rainbow interjected with, "So wait, there was a villain that was more powerful that Adam?" Although, now that she thought about it, there have been a few villains that were stronger than Spiderman. "Yes, Morbius was a true evil man. He pretended to be my friend just to get close to me." Fluttershy then remembered how foolish she was when she fell for his boyish charms, at that point, she had no idea about his evil intentions. "Thinking back on it, I feel silly. Silly that I let him trick me like that." Rainbow Dash placed her hand on her friend's shoulder, "Don't worry, Fluttershy. That guy can't hurt you anymore." The speedster then thought of another question. "Speaking of which, what ever happened to that guy? I mean, there was no report of his arrest." Fluttershy then thought about the scariest part about that night, watching Morbius' destruction by the sunlight. "He was destroyed, the sunlight got him. Me and Adam both watched him turn into a cloud of ash." "Then that means he's gone for good, no vampire is going to get you. Not as long as Quick-Silver's on the job." The rainbow haired girl said, referring to herself. The two of them stood up and made their way to the control room, waiting for them there, were the rest of the Rainbooms. Sunset Shimmer was looking at the monitors to try and find any trace of the Insidious Six; however, no one had seen anyone of them since last night. As they worked, the report about Taskmaster's supposed arrest came onto the TV. The reporter explained, "The person in handcuffs has been identified as Sandalwood. The police are assuming he is the mercenary who refers to him as Taskmaster. With another villain off the streets, the people still wonder; what are the police doing about those five escaped villains, and the new one who seems to have joined their rain of terror?" "Sandalwood can't be Taskmaster." Applejack stated. "He's too nice, he's too much like Fluttershy; caring and all that. He must have been set up." Rarity interjected, "All people can change. Just look at Micro Chips, or should I say that brute, Zzzax." The girls didn't know what to think, the whole city was going crazy. All they could do was find away to help Spiderman, by looking through the city for the 'Six. =============================================== Adam kept swing for the rest of the day, he only had two more hours before the sun goes down. So he stopped on a roof top to rest. While he perched on the edge of the roof, he looked down at the street; nothing was going on with the city. Maybe the 'Six decided to skip town, or decided to go into hiding out fear of going back to prison. All the hero could do was wait for a villain to show them self. On cue, Adam's spider-sense went off; he could sense something. Some one inside the building he was on, was up to no good. He crawled down the side of the building, looking in through the windows, until he noticed someone who stood out. "Work Hard, or should I say Dragon Man? What's he doing in there? What ever it is, I'll bet my webbing, it's no good." Spidey explained. Spiderman watched Work Hard get into a lift, one that would take him to the basement levers of the building. So Adam climbed back to the top of the building, found the vent that would let him enter the elevator shaft. Spidey used his strength to pry the hatch off the vent, he then crawled through the building to get into the lift. When Spiderman reached the lift shaft, he crawled down it. Until he found the elevator itself; he opened the emergency hatch and dropped into the lift. Once again using his strength, he pried the lift doors open, then made his way down the hall to fine Dragon Man. ============================================== Spiderman sneaked through the basement, he turned around a corner and saw Word Hard. He was now in his dragon costume, but with no wings. Adam noticed that there were large purple blades, placed in spaces built into the floor; Spidey wanted answers, so he confronted Dragon Man. "You know, Work Hard. You've actually gone down as the weakest villain I've faced. I mean I caught you in less than one day." Spiderman mocked. The dragon villain turned around to face his foe. "You know something, I think it's time I shut that mouth of yours, once and for all." Dragon Man then pushed a button on his belt; the blades that were scattered around the room started to shiver. They then flew into the air and positioned themselves behind Word Hard, in the shape of dragon wings. The wings started flapping, lifting Dragon Man into the air. Before Spiderman could move out of the way, the villain swooped down and grabbed him; they both flew up through the building, crashing through all the floors. When the reached the roof, the dragon threw Adam to the roof top. "Now, Spiderman. Shall we see if you can slay a true dragon?" Dragon Man stated. Spidey got back on his feet, and started the fight with Dragon Man. A blade from each of the dragon's wings disconnected and latched themselves onto Dragon Man's wings, with his two blades, he swipes at Spiderman. Adam dodges the attack and web-zips to the villain, punching and kicking him to the roof. When they both crashed, Word Hard bashed Spidey away; then flapped his wings to get back into the air. "What am I paying you fools for? Get him!" Dragon Man cried. Suddenly, Rykers convicts, wearing Sable jet-packs and holding Sable blasters; they flew to the scene. The convicts fired at Spiderman, he did his best to dodge the bullets; unfortunately, one shot struck his arm. "Ah!" he cried. Dragon Man leaped at the opportunity to strike, show he charged at the hero, tackling him to the ground. Adam's arm was hurt, he had a dragon trying to claw his eyes out; the hero was in trouble. Until he slapped Dragon Man's claws away and backflip kicked him off. With the dragon dazed, Adam plunged forward and punched and kicked him over and over. Work Hard bashed him away with his wings, and tried to throw the blades at him. Spiderman dodged the incoming threat, web-grabbed one of the blades and threw it back at him. The impact of the blade knocked him off the roof, Spidey jumped down and saved him with a web-net. The convicts tried to help their boss, but Spiderman shot each of them wit Taser-Webs, the landed on the ground and were knocked out cold. Adam brought them all together and tied them in webs, he then went to check on Work Hard. "You think your so tough, don't you, Spiderman?" Dragon Man was hanging upside down. "You think just because you got me, you'll have an advantage. Ha, that's laughable." Spiderman grabbed the dragon by the nose and pushed him back, it made him swing back and forth. "One down." Adam muttered. "Five to go." With that said, and leaped into the air and swung away. The police soon arrived to find the dragon hanging by his heals and his men tied in a web. ================================================= Adam arrived at HQ, to find the girls waiting for him. Fluttershy saw him and ran her loved one; they wrapped their arms around each other, the girl said, "You're okay." "I'm fine." he lied. Fluttershy then noticed the bullet wound on his arm, she took a look at it, then gasped. "It's fine." Adam tried to explain. "It's just a scratch." Twilight took him to the medical bay, to tend to his wound. The rest of the girls got back to work on finding the rest of the villains, they still had a lot of work to do. In the med-bay, Twilight looked at the scratch, something from the scan caught her eye. "Adam, there was something in those bullets." she explained. Adam sat up and looked at the scan. "Is it bad? Cause I feel...." he then started to feel dizzy. "I feel....fine." Adam passed out and fell to the floor. Fluttershy rushed to his side, trying to wake him up. "Adam? Please, speak to me." she patted his face and spoke as loud as she could. "Please don't leave me. Adam?"