//------------------------------// // Equestria's Heroes: Part 1 // Story: Spiderman Equestria's Hero season 4 // by Adamverse //------------------------------// Hi, it’s me, Adam; you’re friendly neighbourhood…. you know. I’ve come a long way from being just a normal loser who bit by a common house spider; a spider that might have been radioactive. The city is at last at peace; I think I had something to do with that. Lately, things have been coming up ‘Spidey’; I’ve got the girl, the most beautiful girl in the multiverse, is my wife, how many people get to say that? Not that there aren’t problems; like my brother-in-law, Zephyr Breeze, lost another job that me and Fluttershy got for him. He’s really starting to get on my nerves; it’s like he’s trying to fail at these things. On top of that, new gangs have moved in and they’re dividing up the city; still, it’s nothing me and my friends can’t handle. Another weird thing, there haven’t been any ‘new’ super-villains around since Plant Man or Ghost; and I have this weird feeling, like the sky is gonna fall or something. And soon…. Falling from a tall building in the middle of the city, Adam could feel the wind blowing onto him; just before he could hit the ground, the masked hero fired a web at another building. The web latched on and Adam began swing through the city. “Woohoo!” he cheered. Adam kept swinging and firing webs left and right; he muttered to himself, “What have you got for me today Canterlot?” The communicator in his mask tuned into the police radio, the hero listened to the police report. “Attention all units, a Roxxon truck, carrying vials of energon, has been hijacked. Officers already in pursuit.” The hero said to himself, “Alright, lets wrap this up before lunch.” He then let go of his web and fell towards the streets; he landed on the trailer of a truck that was going in the direction he needed to go, he’d caught a free lift. Police cars were in pursuit of the stolen Roxxon truck, the one driving the truck was crashing into everything that was unfortunate to be in front of him. “Say hello to Forest Hiker!” the crook laughed while shouting his name. This guy wasn’t a pretty sight, a stubble beard on his face, a little overweight and he was kind of dressed like a lumberjack. On the roof of the truck, two other thugs were cutting their way inside; the back was locked up tight, they had to cut through the metal. Two police cars managed to get in front of the truck, but Forest’ revved the engine and drove faster, pushing and smashing them out of the way. Adam could see the destruction from above, when he saw what a mess this guy was making, he muttered, “Alrighty then.” He swung closer to the ground to get a piece of the action. While swinging lower, he heard a person on the ground shout up to him, “Spiderman!” the guy cheered. Spidey replied to the people, “Hello pedestrians.” Spiderman then swung faster after the stolen truck. The two crooks on the roof of the truck had finally cut into the truck, they both dropped inside to steal the goods. Meanwhile, Spiderman had jumped to the front of the truck; he knocked on the window of the driver’s seat, Forest’ rolled down the window. Spiderman offered his hand to shake, “Hi, I’m Spiderman; you can call me web-head, you can call me amazing. Just don’t call me later for dinner.” He joked. All Forest Hiker did in response was raise his fist and punched at Adam. But Spidey dodged the attack and tried something else, “What’s the matter, you not a shaker? Ooh, are you a hugger?” “I’m a shooter!” Forest’ shouted. He then pulled out the shotgun he had on the other seat, he fired a shot at the hero, and Adam only just dodged it. Adam’s spider-sense went off, he remembered that there were two bad guys in the back. That’s when the hero had an idea, he jumped away from the truck began swinging in front of it; when they reached a clear road, Spidey jumped behind the truck and prided the back doors off with his webs, exposing the two crooks. Using two webs lines, Spiderman grabbed them and pulled them out of the truck; he then webbed them both to a nearby lamppost. Once they were dealt with, Spidey kept chasing the truck. A police officer walked up to the lamppost and pointed his gun at the crooks, “Hands up.” He ordered. But the two thugs arms were webbed down, one of them said back, “We can’t.” With the door of the truck open, the energon was exposed; the truck hit a speed bump and the vials fell from their stands. “Oh no you don’t.” Spiderman pulled himself forward with his webs and caught all the vials in a web-net, he stuck them to the wall. “Whoa, that was close.” He stated. However, he didn’t notice one vial still in the truck, “Oh come on.” Adam moaned. The vial then fell from the truck and onto the street; Spidey let go of the web and grabbed it. But what he didn’t notice, was the police car driving up behind him; before he could sense it coming, the car hit him. “Ah!” Luckily, he wasn’t hurt; his sticky fingers latched him onto the front of the moving car, the chase continued. While held onto the police vehicle, he received a call on the phone system in his mask; he answered the call, his wife was on the line. “Hi honey, I’m sorry, I’m running a little late.” Adam said. Fluttershy responded with, “Where are you Adam, we started already. Rainbow Dash wanted us all to be here for her and Soarin’s wedding rehearsal.” Spidey replied, “I know, I’m on my way there, blocks away.” “Are those sirens I can hear?” “No.” “Adam…” Spiderman didn’t want to hang up on her, but he needed to stop this guy before someone got hurt. “Fluttershy, I love you, and if you’re not mad at me I’ll be there in five minutes. Ten tops.” Before Fluttershy could say anything else, Adam hanged up the call; Spidey then jumped off the police car and back onto the truck, he crawled to the front to stop the crook. Adam landed on the front of the truck and knocked on the windscreen, “Look, I am running late; my wife is going to kill me.” Spidey then sprayed the window with webs, blocking Forest Hiker’s view of his road. The truck then crashed into a bus, pushing the bus towards a group of people; Adam saw these events unfold and quickly said to himself, “It’s not even midday.” Spiderman had to work really fast; he jumped off the truck and webbed the energon vial to a lamppost, he then jumped over the bus and landed behind it. He used all his strength to push the bus to a halt; right up until it stopped in its tracks. When all the people were safe, Adam took a minute get his breath back. Forest Hiker jumped out of the truck with his gun, he grabbed the energon vial from the lamp; Spidey saw him running away and said, “Oh right, the bad guy.” Adam jumped into the air and began swinging after him. The criminal began shooting his gun at Spiderman, but the hero was able to dodge all the shots; he landed in front of Forest’ and kicked the gun out of his hand, it went up into the air. Adam then snatched the vial from his hand and strayed him with webs, tying him up. While Spiderman was walking away from a job well done, he whistled some music to himself. As he walked away, he could hear Forest’ shouting, “This isn’t over, Spiderman!” only for his gun to fall from the sky and land on his head, knocking him out. Meanwhile, across town, in the same church where Adam and Fluttershy were ‘meant to be’ married; Rainbow Dash and Soarin were rehearsing for their wedding day, which was in just a few days. All of the Mane 7 were here, Twilight, Applejack and Sunset standing in place as the brides maids; Rarity was sitting next to Pinkie Pie, sketching ideas for the wedding dress. And Fluttershy was standing behind Rainbow Dash, waiting for ‘her’ husband to show up. The vicar said to the couple, “Okay, after you two have said your vows, I’ll ask the best man for the ring.” He then turned to the side, only to find Adam wasn’t there. “Where is the best man?” Spiderman had arrived at the church, he was hiding in the church’s toilet, changing out of his suit; when he left the cubical, he looked in the mirror and still had his mask on. He took of his mask and hid it in his pocket; once he was ready he walked out into the main room. “I’m here.” Adam announced has he walked up to the alter. Rainbow Dash turned to him and said, “You’re late.” “Sorry, traffic.” Adam replied. He then reached into his back pocket and pulled out the wedding rings he was carrying. Once the rings were in sight, things could get back on track; the vicar continued, “So you to will say the ‘I do’s before putting the rings on each other’s fingers.” Soarin turned to the vicar and said, “Thank for this, sir.” The holy man just nodded his head before walking off. He said back to them, “I’ll see you all next week for the big day.” Once he was gone, and the rest of the room was empty; the group of friends were allowed to speak freely, about their secret stuff. Rainbow then turned to Adam and said, “Alright, spill it; what the heck took you so long?” Just before the webbed-hero could answer, Sunset pulled out her phone and checked the news app; she said to her friends, “I can answer that question.” She tapped the audio button so they could all here the news report. “What an amazing takedown, Spiderman single handily stopped the robbers and saved the energon vials; however, damaged was caused to the local area. In any case, all Forest Hiker will do now, is have playmates with his cell buddies in Rykers.” The reporter explained. Twilight Sparkle watched the news footage, she then turned to Adam and said, “Why didn’t you call us?” “You guys were busy.” Adam replied. Applejack then stepped forward and said, “Yeah, but we’re an official super-hero team now; you can’t keep going out there by yourself.” Adam sighed before replying, “No offence girls, but I think I’ve been doing this job a little longer than you guys.” Rainbow Dash took what she just heard to heart, “Oh my gosh, this is an ego thing.” “What?” Adam questioned. Twilight then agreed with what she was saying, “Yeah, you don’t want us stealing your thunder. And since me and Applejack can pretty much do everything you can do, you’re worried we might be better superheroes then you.” Spidey was gobsmacked, “Okay, now I know you guys are crazy.” Pinkie Pie joined in with the argument, “What about when your magic doctor friend came from your world and recruited you to go fight that alien robot that loves stones so much. We all would have gone with you in a heartbeat.” “You guys didn’t have superpowers at that point, plus, I don’t think magic crystals would have helped you against alien robots.” Adam replied. “How about that time you fought the Master Planner; you left us in the HQ, hardly any information, except that he had killed Fluttershy. Then you went and fought him all by yourself.” Applejack explained. Adam countered that with, “I’ll have you know, Twilight was there for that, and I was going through something, because I thought he had killed my wife.” Twilight then said, “Yeah, but for most of that, I was locked up in a room with….” She then truly remembered that day. “Nevermind.” Sunset put her arm around her girlfriend, comforting her. “I do agree with Twilight, darling.” Rarity stated. “So do I.” Soarin said. Sunset Shimmer finished what they were saying, “Look, the point is Adam, we’ve spent the last three and a half years trying to make you understand, that you’re not alone in this fight anymore.” She gestured to her friends, “We’re a team, and we fight together.” Adam thought for just two seconds before replying, “You guys are right, I can’t keep doing this to you.” He raised his arm and allowed Fluttershy to walk over to him, she hugged her arms around her love. “I promise, from now on, I will keep you guys in the loop about everything.” “That’s all we ask, darling.” Rarity said. Pinkie Pie then jumped into the middle of the group and said, “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m in the mood for some Sugar Cube Corner treats.” The group all agreed with the party girl’s statement, so they all left the church to get some lunch. The very next day, Adam was sitting his apartment, sat on his laptop; on the screen was something he’d been putting off for a while, the bills. And from his point of view, they weren’t looking good; money was what they needed and money was they didn’t have right now. While her husband was mashing buttons on his computer, Fluttershy walked over to him and placed something on the coffee table; a piece of art she had just bought. “Well, what do you think?” she asked. Adam looked at it and replied, “Looks…. Expensive.” Fluttershy sat down next to Adam and said back, “Well, too late now; it’s kind of our wedding present to Rainbow and Soarin.” She then looked at what Adam was doing, “I haven’t seen you do math like that since Canterlot High.” “Monthly expenses.” Adam replied. “If I can sell three lots of footage to Diamond Tiara and her news show, plus what you’re getting from the animal shelter; I think we can afford, half of the rent.” The kind girl stroked Adam’s arm and explained, “Don’t worry, honey; I’m sure we can think of something. I mean, after Rainbow Dash and Soarin get back from their honeymoon, me and the girls will be a part time band; we can earn money doing shows.” Adam then said, “That is great, sweetheart, and you know I believe in you; but we need money by the end of the month.” At that point, Fluttershy decided to try something new; she stood up and face Adam, she then took his hands and looked him in the eye. “You need to loosen up; chill out, do you own thing.” She explained to him. “It’s like you feel like you have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.” “I would love to do my own thing; but that involves catching criminals and swinging from building to building.” He said back. “Which isn’t really going to earn us much.” After Adam said that, Fluttershy picked up her bag and walked towards the door; Adam asked, “Where are you going?” “Pinkie Pie’s house; she needs some help with the wedding cake.” Fluttershy replied. “As for the rent, maybe I can get you a job back at the animal shelter; then you can stop selling footage to a news show that depicts my husband as some kind of criminal.” With that said, Fluttershy left; even though he was now the only one in the room, Adam said aloud, “But I like taking news footage.” He then mumbled the last piece to himself, “Besides, not everyone hates Spiderman.” Suddenly, without warning, the apartment started to shake; Adam’s papers fell off the table, the piece of art was about to fall as well. Luckily, Adam was wearing his web-shooters; he sprayed a web-net just underneath it as it fell. The spider-hero then looked out the window, a mini helicopter was seen flying past his apartment; with the machine guns on it, the chopper was shooting at a car on the street below. Adam pulled out his phone, to call the girls; but then he stopped and thought for a sec. Adam said to himself, “They’re busy, plus it’s not that big of a deal.” He then left his phone of the couch and went to change into his suit. When the chopper came back around, Spiderman swung into action. The car it was chasing drove into an old warehouse; there was a ramp inside so the driver could get up to the roof. Once it was in sight, the helicopter began firing at it again. But then, out of nowhere, Spiderman landed on the front of the chopper; he joked to the pilot and passenger, “Hi, are you guys showing a movie on this flight? I’d love to see Snakes on a Plane.” Spidey then sprayed webs on the windscreen, forcing the helicopter to land on the roof of the warehouse. When the propellers stopped, Adam leaped off the chopper and watching the passenger step out. The man took of his sunglasses and said to the hero, “You passed with flying colours, Spiderman; no pun intended with the word ‘flying’.” The guy then took out a batch from his pocket, “Special agent, Tumbler, F.B.I.” the driver then got out of car, Tumbler introduced him, “That’s Wild Card.” “All this was a test, and here’s me without a number two pencil.” Adam replied. Agent Tumbler explained, “You’re hard man to find, Spiderman.” Spidey said back, “I’m not bullet proof either.” “Blanks.” Tumbler said, pointing at the chopper’s guns. “We needed a way to draw you out. I’m here because you’re country needs you Spiderman.” “My country?” Adam asked. “You mean the whole country?” Tumbler placed his hand on Spiderman’s shoulder and replied, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here.” All Adam could say in response was, “Well, would you look at that.”