Amazing Comics: Spider-Man
Chapter 20: Complications
Previous Chapter Next ChapterTwilight sat next to a pile of empty spray paint cans with a book between her legs, eagerly reading one of her favourite fantasy novels, Brisingr. Behind her was an enormous spray tagging of Spider-Man's spider symbol, the one on his back more specifically, a large, angular and long legged arachnid with thin and sharp legs. She'd been sat there for just over an hour and had thought out her plan rather well in her opinion. She only needed the big piece to come together which was Spider-Man showing up to begin with. She hoped that she didn't have to wait much longer as it was starting to get very late and her thermos had already run out of the hot chocolate she'd prepared earlier.
"Come on man, where are you?" she asked aloud, looking out into the dark sky as the wind whipped her back-length hair around wildly "I've got things I need to be doing"
"And you think I don't?" a voice asked from behind her. Twilight whipped around to see Spider-Man sticking to the wall above her and looking down at her "Shouldn't you be at home in bed?" Twilight smiled sweetly as she stood up and dusted off the seat of her pants.
"Yeah, but you should be as well right?" she asked him, walking towards the wall.
"I would've been if you didn't call me out here" Spider-Man said, leaping down in front of her. Twilight looked him over quickly and checked off the points on the list she had made.
"Height: check, build: check, speech patterns: check, attitude: check and damn near identical voice: double check" she thought to herself "Come on Peter, are you even trying at this point?"
"Sorry, but I really wanted to see you" Twilight said, twirling her hair around her finger and looking at him with a sheepish-yet-seductive smile.
"Why?" Spider-Man asked.
"At Cadance's party, you saved us all and..." Twilight said, stepping forward and placing the tips of her fingers against his chest "I never got to thank you properly"
"You don't have to thank me" Spider-Man said, thought a chink in his armour had been shown at a shift in pitch and speaking pattern.
"This is going to be much easier than I thought" she thought to herself "But, I feel like I need to" Twilight, beforehand, had applied lip gloss and a small amount of eye shadow, using it to make her feminine attraction level increase dramatically. She moved her hand from his chest to his face, stroking his cheek with her thumb as she gave him a very sultry look.
"What are you-" he began to say before she placed a finger on his face where his mouth was under the mask.
"Don't worry, I'm just saying thank you" she giggled, licking her lips as she pulled his mask up to his nose "Now hold still" Twilight stood to her full height and leaned forwards, puckering her shiny lips as she moved her mouth closer to his.
"Twilight..." Spider-Man mumbled.
"Peter" she stated smugly, moving her hand up to the top of his head and yanking the mask off before he could react. She quickly spun away from him and stuffed it down her shirt under her jacket to make sure he wasn't getting the mask back any time soon.
"Twilight!" Peter snapped, attempting to cover his face with his hands only to have Twilight laugh at him.
"I knew it!" she laughed "And wow was that easier than I thought it was gonna be, for a second there I thought you actually wanted to..." Twilight trailed off before finishing the sentence, realizing that she had just pulled an extremely dirty trick on Peter, but also at the fact Peter seemed quite eager to kiss her.
"Peter... did you want... to kiss me?" Twilight asked. Peter dropped his hands down to his sides and shrugged with a sigh.
"I don't know... I was just hoping that..." Peter mumbled. Twilight stepped closer towards him, this time sincerely.
"Hoping what Peter?" she asked, her heart rate increasing dramatically as butterflies formed in her stomach "That I would kiss you?" Peter was silent and unmoving, refusing to meet Twilight's eyes until she put a hand to his face.
"I'm sorry Peter... I didn't mean to, ugh what am I saying?" she asked herself, dropping her hand and turning away from him "I thought this was just a one time thing"
"Thought what was?" Peter asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I thought that when I kissed you in that changing room that it was just something hormonal... something suppressible" Twilight sighed, taking Peter's hand from her shoulder and holding it "But... I-I... I can't help it" She used her grip on him to pull him closer to her, placing both of her hands on his chest and smiling weakly at him.
"I just..." she muttered before her voice failed her "Peter, please try to tell me what I want to say" Peter quickly wrapped his arms around her waist and leaned down, locking lips with her for a long moment. Twilight's cheeks flushed red as she pushed her tongue into his mouth, wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly. Twilight's heart began to pound with such ferocity she would be surprised if Peter couldn't feel it through his own. But despite her immense joy at this situation she couldn't help a tear rolling down her cheek. The two broke away from each other and Peter noticed the tear lines on Twilight's cheeks.
"What's wrong?" he asked in a worried tone.
"Harry" was all she said. It then suddenly dawned in Peter that he had just kissed his best friend's girlfriend. He put a hand to his face and sighed angrily before looking at Twilight.
"Shit, Twi, I'm really sorry" Peter said "I completely forgot-"
"You need to help him!" Twilight blurted out, catching Peter off guard.
"What do you mean?" Peter asked "Help him with what?"
"He... he made me promise not to tell you but he's been... been drinking something he stole from Oscorp" Twilight answered.
"What?!" Peter snapped, grabbing hold of her shoulders "Why haven't you told anyone about this!?" Twilight winced in pain from the strength of Peter's grasp and upon realizing this he released her.
"Sorry... I forgot sometimes hos strong I am, especially when I'm mad" Peter sighed.
"It's alright" Twilight nodded, closing her eyes and exhaling slowly. Her emotions returned to their usual state and she got her rational attitude back "What we need to do is talk to him, he made me promise not to tell anyone but since I've already broken that promise I might as well just give up the ghost and get help"
"You talk to his mom and I'll talk to him" Peter nodded "She should still be working at her I.T firm now, she always works late"
"Right" Twilight said decisively "We'll meet at the stairs in Times Square tomorrow and see how well this goes" Twilight turned to walk away before Peter called her back.
"Yes?" she asked impatiently.
"You've still got my mask" Peter said with a point of his finger. Twilight looked down at her chest and smirked awkwardly.
"Oh right, yeah" she said, pulling it out and throwing it to him "Sorry"
"It's alright... but, how did you figure out it was me?" Peter asked.
"Easily, your voice is a dead give away, you don't try to hide or disguise your voice or anything" Twilight said "I've noticed in psychology that even slight changes or adjustments can easily throw people off as to who you are so try a different voice or something, maybe even a thicker accent"
"Right, I'll go for a thick New York one, making it sound much cockier might help to" Peter nodded.
"Another thing was that you act the same way in and out of your costume, you should do what Superman does when he's Clark Kent, act less hot-headed and try to keep the jokes down to a minimum and you should be fine" Twilight said "And finally, use block capitals when you leave your notes, my biggest hint was the letters you sent me and through them I matched your handwriting"
"OK, thanks Twi" Peter said, pulling the mask over his face and nodding "I'll give you a ride to Mrs Osborn's place"
"Good idea, that'll be much quicker than walking" Twilight said with a smile "Thanks Pete"
"No problem, now get on, we've got work to do" Next Chapter: Clarification Estimated time remaining: 12 Hours, 45 Minutes