//------------------------------// // Answers // Story: Spiderman Equestria's Hero: Rise of the Insidious Six. // by Adamverse //------------------------------// The fire raged on the buildings top, the entire top floor apartments were on fire; the fire department had arrived and evacuated the building, the people were safe. However, Adam was on his knees, still on top of the building across the street; his knuckle was bleeding, his eyes were full of tears and his mind was raging as much as the fire. Right now, the only lead he had was the location of Trixie, she has to know something about where the Master Planner is. Adam wiped the blood of his hand, he couldn’t put his mask on because it was destroyed in the fire; he needed to find an alternative. Using his webs, Adam created a bandana to wear so no one could see his face; he then swung to the HQ, he needed to get his other suit and break the bad news to his friends. While he swung he thought to himself, “Why, is this what that old bat meant?” he stopped on a rooftop and repeated, “Is this what Madam Web meant when she would say, ‘one will die’?” Suddenly, Spidey was surrounded by purple smoke, he look around and was choking a little on the smoke; when the smoke cleared, the woman of the hour appeared in front of Adam. “You know, Spiderman; you really can come up with some interesting names to call me.” Madam web said. Adam ripped the web mask of his face and started giving out to the space witch, “Is this what you meant?! Did you know this would happen?” “Oh I knew this would happen, I tried to warn you Spiderman. You should have left that girl alone, now she is gone. But no, this is not what I meant when I said one will die, Spiderman.” Adam fell to his knees and punched the ground again, “Stop calling me that! My name is Adam, Spiderman isn’t an honour, it’s a curse. I didn’t ask for that spider to bite me, I didn’t ask to put my life on the line over and over again, for people I don’t even know.” ‘Web used her magic to hold him still, Adam was frozen in her spell, “Now that you’ve stopped whining like a child, you can listen to me.” Madam Web put Spiderman down and he could move again. “This city still needs Spiderman, you still have two super-villains loose in your city; and this Master Planner has taken the one thing you love, you must find him.” Adam found wisdom in her words, if he was going to have any chance at finding the Master Planner, he would have to find Mysterio and get some answers out of her. Spidey was about to start swinging away, until Madam Web did him a favour; she used her magic to teleport him to the HQ. When Adam fell through the smoke and landed in the lounge, he saw Rarity and Applejack eating; they had just seen him land in front of them. Spidey turned to them and said, “Hi.” He got up and left the room, he was heading to where they keep the suits. Applejack muttered, “Uh, we’ve seen weirder.” “Agreed.” Rarity said. They both returned to eating their food. It was day by the time he arrived, while Adam walked down the halls, he had to think about how he could tell the other about Fluttershy; she was one of their best friends, part of the group, the band. She was family, how could he tell the girls that she was gone and it was his fault. Spidey entered the room full of suits, he found Rainbow Dash and Twilight; they were talking about the suit that Rarity requested. “So she wants her suit be based of the design of a superhero that Adam worked with years ago?” Rainbow asked. Twilight replied, “Yeah, but with modern day technology, we can improve the design. All she wants to do is help, and this’ll give her a chance to.” They then noticed Adam walk into the room, Rainbow greeted with, “Hey, here he is, the Spectacular Spiderman.” “Not now, Rainbow.” The boy muttered. He pushed past her and opened the container that had his black and green suit. Twilight asked, “What’s wrong, Adam; is it about you and Fluttershy?” “Did she break up with you?” Dashy questioned. Adam turned to the two girls and said, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t save her.” The moment Adam said those words, the girls didn’t want to believe it. “She’s gone, I let it happen; I couldn’t save her in time.” Twilight’s eyes were filled with tears; however, Rainbow took it differently. In a burst of rage, she swung her fist and punched Adam right in the face, knocking him to the floor. The boy recovered from the blow and stood back up; but Rainbow grabbed his shirt and threw him across the room. Adam hit the wall, Twilight then stopped her from doing any more damage; “Rainbow, stop.” “Why, he let our friend get killed; he should have saved her.” Rainbow Dash tries to attack Spiderman again but Twilight holds her back. Adam gets up and explains, “When I got home tonight, I was talking to Fluttershy about our relationship; I heard some kind of beeping, but before I could do anything about it. An explosion happened and threw me across the street; I turned back to the apartment and it was in a blaze.” Adam looked down in agony, “She couldn’t have survived.” All Rainbow Dash could say was, “I was right, we should never have trusted this guy.” Twilight was actually starting to agree with her. “Adam, you said you needed your other suit.” Twilight stated. “Take it and go.” The boy wasn’t going to argue, he took his suit from the stand and left the room; Rainbow Dash began to calm down, and Twilight let go of her. Once they were sure Adam had left the building, they were going to have to tell their other friends about this. Spiderman was no on the roof of the HQ, he had his green and black suit on and was ready to head to the location of his next villain he needed to take down; and this one, he was going to beat some answers out of him. However, before he could swing over to the location of Mysterio, Adam got a call on his mask’s headset. When he answered it, Captain Shining Armour was on the line; “Spiderman, it the captain; I need you to check something for me. Another one of those weird block boxes has appeared on a rooftop down town; I would send an officer, but it could be a bomb, and you’re known for getting out of jams like that.” Adam was hesitant, he wanted to find Mysterio and then the Master Planner; but he also wasn’t going to pass the opportunity to put Taskmaster behind bars. Spiderman replied, “Understood, captain; I’ll check it out.” When the call ended, Spiderman shot his web-line and swung to the box’s location. Spidey arrived at the rooftop, the black military box was an exact copy to the other one; defiantly Taskmaster’s work. “Time to find out what you’re up to, Taskmaster.” Adam pushed a button on the box and a computer screen was reveal; on the screen, the man himself appeared. “Hello Spiderman, I see you found another one of my tasks. What are you going to do, once you find me?” Adam replied, “The only answer to that question, is putting you in hand cuffs and getting San… I mean that boy you framed out of jail.” Before the hero could say anything else, the screen switched to a mirrored view; Adam could see himself in the screen. Which also meant, the screen and his spider-sense warned him about the threat from behind; Spidey leaped out of the way just in time. When Adam got a clear view of the culprit, it was Taskmaster; hopefully the real one. “Time to see if all my training has paid off, hero.” The mercenary stated; the roof was an open space, so plenty of room for the two of them to fight in. The villain started the fight by leaping at the hero and trying to strike him with his laser sword, Adam dodged the strikes and wondered to himself, ‘where do they get those things?’.” While Taskmaster was swinging his sword, Spidey was moving quickly; while trying to get some punches in. However, his opponent was able to counter all of his moves; Adam was eventually kicked into an air vent. Like before, Spiderman had to play this game differently; this guy knew Adam’s entire move list, so the hero had to add something new. The next time Taskmaster charged at Adam, he was able to leap out of the way and trip the villain up, causing him to fall into the vent. When Spidey saw the opening, he jumped towards Taskmaster and delivered some punches; the mercenary was dazed, giving the hero a chance to lift the villain and throw him across the roof. When the villain was down, Adam walked over and was prepared to unmask this guy; who was the one behind the mask and the tasks. Spiderman reached down and removed the mask; his shock signified the identity of the culprit. “Flash?...” Flash Sentry, Canterlot high’s dream boy; he was behind this. When the culprit woke up, he had the same confused look on his face the Sandalwood had; like he had no memory of what just happened. “Spiderman, what happened; where am I.” Adam looked inside the mask Flash was wearing, it had the same kind of tech in it as the first one. Flash continued, “What’s going on, why am I tied in your webs?” Adam couldn’t just let him, like Sandalwood, he would have to be taken in. So Spiderman did something he was alright doing; he picked up Flash and webbed him to a lamppost on the pavement, once he was sure Flash couldn’t go anywhere, he leaped into the air and swung away. “Spiderman, where’re you going? Don’t leave me here!” Flash cried. Spidey called Shining Armour, told him to go pick up the latest Taskmaster. Night once again fell over Canterlot City, at the HQ, the girls were all meeting in the control room; they each were expressing their own feelings about the loss of one of their own. “Fluttershy…gone.” Pinkie Pie wimped, her hair deflated like a balloon and he stretchy arms drooped to the ground like rubber bands. “I can’t believe it, I don’t want to believe it.” Sunset placed her hand on her friends shoulder, she was just as upset as the rest of them; “What do we do now?” Applejack stated, “I can’t believe you told Adam to leave.” “What do you mean, we don’t need that guy.” Rainbow replied. Rarity gasped at her statement, she was shocked that she would even consider that; “How can you think such a thing after all he’s done for us, Rainbow Dash?!” the fashion girl said. Dashy replied, “Our lives were completely normal before Spider-Adam came into them.” Sunset Shimmer thought about her words and replied, “Define normal, Rainbow; we’ve battled sirens, demonic friends and a couple of jealous magic users. How can you say that’s normal?” “Well, it’s normal for our standards.” The rainbow haired girl said. “The point is, Adam is our friend; he loved Fluttershy, he would never let anything happen to her without trying to save her. We have to go find him before he does something he’ll regret.” Sunset explained. Pinkie Pie said, “Remember when Fluttershy was shot by Tombstone and went into a coma, Adam almost killed a man over that.” Twilight finished, “Oh, gosh; what do you think he’ll do now that she really gone.” “We have to find him, and stop him before he throws away all he’s worked for.” Sunset said. Any member of the Rainbooms with powers, grabbed their suits and went out into the city; the rest of them stayed at the HQ and started scanning the city for Spiderman. Adam was swinging towards the location, he was ready to take on Mysterio; however, on his way, he got a bit of a surprise. He saw in the distance, someone was shooting off fireworks; one big one was shot into the air, the bang and sparks shaped themselves into a familiar shape. “Mysterio.” Adam stated. The sparks had shaped into Mysterio’s helmet and collar, Spidey knew that if he followed the source of the fireworks, he’d find the culprit. The fireworks were originating from an old warehouse; abandoned, of course. Spiderman crawled through a window and landed on the floor; he waited for something to happen. The ware house seemed like it once belonged to a zoo or a circus; old boxes and animal cages were around the room. The wait wasn’t for long, a spotlight appeared in the middle of the room; the light revealed a small console with a button on it. Adam saw the only option was to push the button, so that’s what he did; the hero pushed the small button, and something happen. Some kind of energy was generated from the console, like the console was absorbing particles and energy; there was a flash of light and all was dark. Adam was lost in the darkness, until he walked into a door; “Ouch, where did that come from?” Spidey opened the door and walked into a room; the room was in black and white, and now, so was he. “Welcome, Spiderman.” A voice could be heard in Trixie’s voice, she was here. Adam asked, “Welcome to where.” Spiderman was standing in the same warehouse, but it was really different from before; Adam could still hear Trixie’s voice, “The future, it’s a nightmare.” Adam web-zipped to the hole that was now in the roof, he saw the entire city, it ruins. As the hero looked around, he could see Mysterio hovering in the air; she muttered, “If you want answers, Spiderman; come and get me.” Trixie then flew away, Adam had to catch her. Spiderman swung on his webs, chasing down the sorceress, she was moving faster than expected. During the chase, Adam had to dodge blast that the villain was shooting at him; he tried to shoot back her with his webs. The chase ended when he found Mysterio in the town centre, she hovered in the centre of the grounds; “Now Spiderman, let us end this; once and for all.” She said. “Trust me Trixie, with the mood I’m in, I am not holding back.” Mysterio flew a little higher, then quickly flew back to the ground; the road cracked open, like rifts in time. Suddenly, shadow people began climbing out of the cracks and running towards Spiderman; Trixie stated, “Behold, Spiderman; the souls of those you couldn’t save.” Adam had no choice but to fight back, the moment Adam kicked one, it disappeared into dust; he began punching and kicking the shadows, they were ‘one hit knock-outs’ as they say. After he had pushed through the shadows, he ran towards Mysterio and they began fighting; Trixie’s hands glowed with her magic, she began punching back at him. Even though Mysterio was a girl, Adam still punched her helmet; attempting to crack it. After a powerful punch, a crack formed in the glass of the helmet; Mysterio blasted Adam away, back into the arms of the shadows. Spidey tried his best to fend them off, but they did start to over whelm him; Trixie watched from afar, she was thinking that she had finally defeat the hero. Until Adam jumped into the air and kicked the shadows away; he leaped in front of Mysterio and shot a web at her helmet. He pulled on the web-line and ripped the glass helmet off; the moment Trixie lost her helmet, she lost her powers. The illusion began to fall apart, when the hologram came down, Adam saw that they we still in the warehouse; only it was fine, no hole in the roof or anything. Also, the shadows disappeared; all that fighting, it was all in his head. “Now that I have your attention.” Spiderman walked over to Trixie and picked her up by the collar, he was finally going to get his answers. “Put the great and power Trixie down, you swine.” Adam tightened his grip on her collar, “Down make me more anger than I already am; where’s your boss?!” “Pardon, the Great Trixie doesn’t work for anyone.” “Don’t play games with me, Trixie; I know about the Master Planner. Where is he?!” Spiderman was actually starting to scare Trixie now, she didn’t want to anger her anymore; she gave him what he wanted, “Okay, okay; he’s stationed at an old Sable Base outside the city.” She squeaked a little when he brought her to eye level, “If you’re lying, jail will be the least of your worries.” Spiderman put her down but then grabbed her by her arm. Adam dragged her over to one of the animal cages, he opened one and ordered, “Get in.” Trixie crawled into the cage, Adam then locked her in. After that, he turned around and left her there; he had to remember to call Shining Armour to pick her up. Spiderman crawled to the roof of a building, he now had the location of the Master Planner; he muttered to himself, “I’m coming for you, you monster.” With that said, he leaped off building and swung towards the outside of the city; what he didn’t know, was that someone was following him. Twilight came out of her hiding spot, she radioed back to HQ, “Girls, I found Adam; he knows where this ‘Master Planner’ is. I’m going after him.” While Adam swung, he received a call from the captain; “Spiderman, thanks for the tip; we have Trixie at CCPD. Where are you right now?” “I’m chasing a lead at an old Sable Base outside the city; whatever happens, this ends tonight.” Spidey explained. What those people didn’t know, was at that very Sable base, the Master Planner was finally ready to put his plan into action. The Tinkerer walked into her master’s control room, this was the first time she had actually been in the same room as him. “Master, your specimen is ready, should we begin?” However, she couldn’t see his face; he was sitting in the dark and staring at an illuminated screen; he was sitting in a chair with a back rest taller than him. He replied, “No, we must wait; Spiderman is on his way here.” “He is, shall I tell Blizzard to be ready?” The Master Planner replied, “Yes, tell him to keep Spiderman at bay until I say so.” The super-villain flipped a switch, his specimen appeared on his screen; it was Fluttershy, she was alive. The Master Planner turned to Jupiter Montage, she had a clear view of him now; his pale white skin, his black hair and jacket. He muttered, “I took this girl away from Spiderman, just like he took her away from me.”