Chapter 67: Framed.

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"You can put me down now! You can put me down now!" I excalaimed.

The two of us landed in the middle of New York City.

"You okay?" Peter asked, slightly concerned, something he had been doing a lot more since London.

I stumbled back, lightly disoriented.

"Yeah, I'm okay. You'd think that after all this time I'd be use to that." I chuckled.

"Okay. Well, I should probably get out of here."

"I'd be embarrassed to be seen with me too." I joked.

The red and blue hero obviously rolled his eyes as he let out a sigh.

"See you later."

Spider-Man jumped onto a nearby lamp post.

"This is breaking news."

I looked towards an enormous television screen, showing a news broadcast.

"We come to you now with revelations about last week's attack in London. An anonymous source provided this video, it shows Quentin Beck, aka, Mysterio, moments before his death. A warning, you may find this video disturbing."

Altered footage of the Tower Bridge battle showed. 

"I managed to send the Elemental back into the dimensional rift, but I don't think I'm gonna make it off this bridge alive. Spider-Man attacked me for some reason. He has an army of weaponized drones, Stark technology. He's saying he's the only one who's gonna be the new Iron Man, no one else." Mysterio's voice echoed across the city.

We were shown Quentin's death, but his superhero costume had been digitally added. The audio was different, too.

"Are you sure you want to commence the drone attack? There will be significant casualties." E.D.I.T.H. asked.

"Do it! Execute them all!" Spider-Man ordered.

We heard the sound of drones firing and people screaming. While Peter and I watched, the newscaster came back on screen.

"This shocking video was released earlier today on the controversial news website, 'TheDailyBugle.net.'"

J. Jonah Jameson was on the news screen.

"There you have it, folks. Conclusive proof that Spider-Man was responsible for the brutal murder of Mysterio! An inter-dimensional warrior who gave his life to protect our planet, and who will no doubt go down in history as the greatest superhero of all time. But that's not all, folks. Here's the real blockbuster. Brace yourselves, you might wanna sit down."

It cut back to altered footage of the Tower Bridge battle.

"Spider-Man's real... Spider-Man's real name is... Spider-Man's name is Peter Parker!"

Peter's school picture filled the screen. Wide eyes, horrified, I looked to Peter, who clasped his head in his hands, a similar reaction to my own.

"WHAT THE F-"

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