Spider-Man had been quickly trailing the huge number of squad cars that had been dispatched, accompanied by three SWAT cruisers and two choppers. He hadn't been able to see what they were going for but he was able to tell that they were going for something big. He effortlessly swung behind the cars, flipping and leaping freely in the air.

"What the hell is going on here right now?" Spider-Man asked, seeing that some kind of barrier had been set up just outside Times Square "Ooh fancy, looks like they've blocked access to advertisements... maybe I'm finally gonna fight the boss of this level in that big open area? I hope they give me a lot of ammo, I tend to spray n pray whenever I panic" Using a single web-line he attached himself to the bottom of one of the choppers and hung underneath it, allowing it to carry him into Times Square.

"So, is my Codex gonna tell me about the boss I'm gonna fight?" he asked mockingly "Or do I have to find four stones representing the four elements of the earth in order to get into the final resting place of the ancient king of the land?" As the chopper hovered over the area Spider-Man was able to see a large amount of SWAT members encircling a glowing blue object in the middle of the square.

"Whoa... I wasn't actually serious about the whole boss fight thing" Spider-Man said quietly "I better get a good look at this" He leaped down from the chopper and web-zipped onto a nearby building where he could see a crowd of people gathering outside the barriers to look at the police officers surrounding the strange object.

"What the hell is that thing?" he asked, leaping down to street level, landing on a street lamp and whistling to a nearby officer "Anybody gonna tell me what's going on?"

"Spider-Man?" the officer exclaimed "Great, if it wasn't a bad enough day dealing with one freak, here comes one who actually thinks he helps people"

"Yeah, try telling that to the rulers of our country that I saved, single-handedly I might add" Spider-Man countered "Now I'll ask again, what's going on?"

"Spider-Man?" a slightly reverberated voice asked.

"Yello?" he asked, looking at the blue object only to realize that it was a person made up of some kind of energy "What the hell? Are you alright?"

"It... it hurts" he whimpered. Spider-Man suddenly flashed back to the first time he encountered someone who looked like this, the electric man he'd fought with the other Avengers.

"Yo Sparkles!" Spider-Man called out to him "What's your name?"

"My name is... my name... Max" he said, holding his head and pressing it to the ground.

"I'm gonna go talk to him, alright, nobody do anything stupid" Spider-Man said, leaping down off the street lamp and walking over to Max.

"I don't take orders from you!" the officer snapped, only to be slapped round the back of the head by the officer next to him.

"I'd do as he says, we don't wanna piss this thing off and have an incident like last time do we?" the other officer asked.

"And why do we trust him?" the first officer asked angrily.

"He saved the princesses, he's earned my trust" he said, turning away from his fellow officer and returning his gaze to Spider-Man and Max. Spider-Man knelt down next to Max who was sobbing weakly, tracing a circle with his finger on the ground.

"You feeling OK buddy?" he asked.

"My... my job" he muttered, his words beginning to slur.

"Your job?" Spider-Man asked "What about your job?"

"Kill..." he whispered "Save Dad"

"Kill? Who do you have to kill?" Spider-Man asked.

"Kill... you!" Max roared, slamming a fist into Spider-Man's jaw. His strength wasn't anything superhuman but the voltage that coursed through Spider-Man caused him to seize up and cry out in pain. Max stood up and booted him in the chest, the muscle seizure making him unable to defend himself. The attack knocked him onto his back as he continued to twitch violently.

"Open fire!" an officer yelled followed by a swarm of assault rifle rounds. They punched through Max, spilling blue solution onto the ground that crackled loudly as his reverberated screams were almost deafening. As soon as his muscles relaxed Spider-Man rolled back onto his feet and threw himself away from Max.

"Stop it!" Max screamed, stamping his foot onto the pavement, the electricity being so hot that it began to dry out the concrete and make it brittle. The more he stamped his feet the closer and closer he came to the power lines under the concrete.

"Stop. Hurting. Max!" he roared, slamming his foot so far down into the ground that it connected with the power line, the lighting in the Square surging and flickering as Max seized violently.

"Max!" Spider-Man yelled, shooting two web-lines at him in order to pull him off the line "He's gonna blow!" The webs fried and brunt away before they even reached Max, leaving the only other option to kick him out of the way of the current.

"Sorry buddy, this is gonna hurt me a lot more than it hurts you!" Spider-Man yelled "Here I come Electro!" Spider-Man sprinted forward and drop-kicked Max in the chest, the rubber soles of his shoes being able to protect him for a brief second, until Max grabbed hold of Spider-Man's ankles, the electricity surging through him making him much more powerful.

"That hurt" he snarled, electrocuting Spider-Man, purposefully this time "Now I'm gonna hurt you!" He threw Spider-Man up into the air, firing a bolt of blue electricity at him. His Spider-Sense warned him about the incoming projectile and he was able to force his screaming muscles to angle him in a certain way to dodge the attack. He fired another web-line at a building and pulled himself over to it, landing softly but aching horribly.

"Max, c'mon man don't do this!" Spider-Man yelled.

"Don't you dare tell me what to do!" he roared "I'm sick of being told what to fucking do!" Spider-Man sprinted across the wall, barely dodging the bolts from Max as he fired them like a machine gun.

"Max please, you can stop this before somebody gets hurt!" Spider-Man grunted, throwing himself off the wall and attempting to get behind Max only to have the electric being simply adjust his features in order to look at him without turning around.

"What the hell man?" Spider-Man asked "Who did this to you?"

"Wouldn't you like to know" he laughed, charging a large bolt of electricity between his hands and firing it at Spider-Man. He threw himself to the side in a rapid and successful dodge and landed on his feet.

"This isn't working... I can't touch him without him zapping me" Spider-Man said, looking around "I need a plan"

"Where are you running to Spider-Man?!" Max bellowed "Max Dillon wants to finish what he started!"

"Max Dillon?" Spider-Man asked in a mocking laugh "That has got to be the shittest super-villain name I've ever heard!"

"Shut the fuck up!" Max hissed, firing another set of bolts at Spider-Man.

"Can you not come up with anything better?" Spider-Man jeered "Come on, not even something like the Electrifying Dillonator? The Statically Stupid Super-Villain?" Spider-Man dodged another bolt and kicked a table, still topped with food and drinks at Max. Max growled angrily, blasting the metal table but neglecting the food and drink, with a large coke hitting him in the face and spilling all over him. He growled angrily, his glow dimming slightly as the drink spilled down him and the electricity surging through the puddle it made.

"Of course... liquid, he's a living conductor" Spider-Man noted "If I can get enough water on him the electricity should all discharge into the water and drain him... or short him out at least" Spider-Man fired another web at Max, the burnt webbing hitting him in the face and angering him.

"Hey Sparkles, I bet you can't hit me with a bolt from there!" Spider-Man mocked.

"Oh yeah?" Max growled "Just stay right there!" Spider-Man flipped, cart-wheeled and skidded out of the way of each bolt until he was moving too far away for Max to hit him.

"Jesus man, you suck at this!" Spider-Man laughed "Did they not give you a crash course in 'How to not completely suck at shooting 101' before they turned out on your super-villain daily chores?"

"The Big Man may not have taught me how to use this, but I can still fry you anyway!" Max yelled furiously.

"The Big Man?" Spider-Man asked "You're working for the Big Man?"

"I don't work for anyone... Max Dillon doesn't work for anyone any more!" Max hissed.

"Ha! Max Dillon!" Spider-Man laughed "I still can't get over that"

"Shut the fuck up you prick!" Max said, throwing a large ball of energy that missed Spider-Man and stuck to a car, exploding brightly and sending the car flying. Spider-Man quickly used his webbing to catch the car and prevent it from crushing anyone before baiting Max to come closer to him, closer to the fire hydrant he was standing in front of. Max charged forward and swung a punch for Spider-Man only to have him lean to the side and kick the top off a fire hydrant, sending the spraying water straight into Max's face.

"In your face Electro, that's what you get for messing with the one and only Amazing Spider-Man!" he said, cheering himself loudly. Max growled loudly as the water was blasted into him, his electric energy being drained by the conductive nature of the water.

"No!" he yelled "This isn't going to beat me!" His eyes lit up a bright yellow colour, contrasting greatly to the blue, and he suddenly broke down into a bolt of electricity, surging through the air and into the exposed power line beneath the street and disappearing completely, leaving Spider-Man standing there sore, stressed and soaking.

"Well..." he said slowly "Does that mean I win, cause if no one disputes that then I'm totally counting this as a win" Next Chapter: Clashing Forces Estimated time remaining: 9 Hours, 55 Minutes