Chapter 3: Spider-Man
As soon as he saw the guns pointing at him Mark hurriedly hid behind the car that got him here.
The next moment they began firing at the car. The driver didn't have the time to move and was shot in an instant.
Mark panicked at first, but his training kicked in and he calmed himself. Mark got his two swords out, one appearing in each hand, and waited for them to stop firing.
Soon the four had to reload and Mark jumped out of his hiding to one of the men. His swords flashed and he had cut their guns before they could even react.
But Mark could only reach those two as the two remaining were five meters away. Mark turned just in time to see the fire come out of the muzzle.
All the Chi in Mark's body boiled and time seemed to slow down around Mark. Mark slashed his swords left and right and began cutting the bullets sent at him.
Mark wasn't very fast, everyone could see his movements, but his swords were moving around like flowing water, unhindered and with fluidity.
Each time his swords would touch a bullet a spark would be created, but only Mark could see them.
In the middle of Mark's dance, he was surprised to see a figure jumping on the two firing at him. It relieved him from the bullets and he could breath as he looked at what was happening in front of him.
The two men were getting beaten up by one guy in funny clothes. He had a blue and red costume that stuck to his body, and black web like lines on them.
Finally a white spider symbol was drawn on his back. Yeah, a funny costume.
Mark knew he would do fine so he turned and looked at the two men who were frozen in shock due to seeing him cutting bullets.
They got back their senses from seeing him approach and they took steps back, but Mark accelerated in an instant and appeared before them, his swords flashing.
The two swords landed on the same person, on each side of his head. However Mark had used the blunt side of his swords, to make him go unconscious.
The dude fell down like a rock, only leaving the last guy. Mark made his swords sheaths appear on his sides and sheathed his weapons before punching the man hard.
The man stumbled before falling to the ground, shaken by the punch. Mark hadn't used his Chi this time but he still had a lot of strength thanks to his training.
Mark looked down on him and said "Who are you? Why did you fire at me?" But the man didn't speak and only looked at Mark in the eyes.
Mark sighed and kicked the guy, knocking him out. Mark turned and looked at the guy in red and blue who finished fighting.
He was currently using a white web like material shooting from his hands to stick the men to walls. When he was finished he walked toward Mark and said "Are you alright?"
Mark replied "I am. But who are you? And why did you try to help? It wasn't your business, you could have walked away."
Mark couldn't see his face but he could still see him freeze for less than a second before asking "You don't know who I am?" While doing so he turned around and showed his spider symbol.
Mark shrugged and said "Sorry but I just arrived in the city, so I don't know much. You are famous?" The guy replied in a cocky tone "You have the amazing Spider Man in front of you! I'm a super hero?"
But Mark didn't have the reaction Spider Man expected as he tilted his head and asked unsure "Super Hero? What is it?"
Once again Spider Man froze before saying "Wow, I don't know where you lived but it must have been rough. Super heroes are people who fight the crime and protect the people because they have the capacity. With great powers comes great responsibility."
Mark did not expect him to say that, and after a few seconds of pondering he asked "Then must I become a hero? I can fight like nobody can…"
Spider Man shook his head and said "You mustn't become a hero because you thought you were forced. Although your sword's dance was impressive and beautiful to look at, it doesn't mean you have to become one."
Mark nodded and said "Why are you dressed like that?" Spider Man looked at himself and said "I'm cool right? I put on a mask because I have people dear to me and I don't want them to be hurt by the ones I caught. Some of them are very dangerous."
Mark asked "Then what do I do if there already are people searching for me? I don't even who tried to kill me nor why, but it still happened."
Spider Man nodded and said "If you really do become a hero, you are free to choose whether to put on the mask or not. But I think you should avoid the swords. They are super cool but you can't kill people."
Mark nodded and said with seriousness "My swords aren't made for killing humans." Spider Man ignored the weird way to say it and said "Well it was definitely a special encounter, but I need to go and help other people. The police is already on its way."
Mark nodded and the hero jumped away. Mark looked around and sat on the stairs leading to his door. He hadn't the occasion the even open it before he was taken as a target.
Mark didn't even know who attacked him, why, and how. He had just left the mountain and already people were after his skin…
In less than a minutes Mark could hear sirens nearing and lights approach. The police cars stopped next to the assassins cars and officers got out. Mark had already taken his swords and their sheaths back in the ring, waiting for them.
They quickly arrested the four targets as a blond man walked to Mark before asking "Hi, I'm Captain Stacy, are you alright?"
Mark nodded and said "A guy who calls himself Spider Man helped me." The police captain nodded and asked "Can you tell me what happened exactly? And can I see your ID?"
Mark shook his head and said "I don't have any ID. Before I lived on top of a mountain with my grandpa and recently I moved out because he died. I was driven here by this car in front of the house. This is supposed to be my house, I didn't even get in."
Captain Stacy raised an eyebrow hearing the story and asked "You didn't know who brought you here?" Mark shook his head and said "No, my grandpa only told me to call a number. I called it and a man told me that I would be given this house, an ID and I would be enrolled in Empire State University."
Captain Stacy looked at Mark's clothes and said "With your grandpa, were you living in some kind of temple?"
Mark looked ta him in surprise and asked "How could you tell?" Stacy smiled and said "Your clothes, no one uses robes nowadays. You never came to the city before?"
Mark shook his head and said "I never left my mountain before, I was training with grandpa. It's only when he died that he told me to go to the city."
Stacy sighed hearing the story and said "Okay, thank you for your cooperation. But I think you will have to come with us to make you an ID. And I fear you won't be able to get in the house, the one you called is a suspect, there could be people in the house."
Mark looked at Stacy in the eyes and asked "Then where do I go?" Stacy blinked and asked "You have no relative?" Mark shook his head and said "I know no one except my grandpa. I never talked to anyone except him until today."
Stacy frowned hearing this, and said "Were you mistreated?" Mark laughed and said "No, I know it sounds confusing, he told me it would. But no, I was training. Grandpa never forced me."
But Stacy did not stop frowning. Eventually he said "I'll will take you to the station and …" But Stacy was cut off.
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