Months ago, Spidermen and Spiderwomen from across the multiverse banded together to stop the mutual threat of Morlun and the Inheritors. Spider UK [an alt universe Capt. Britain who took over for his Spiderman] was tasked with bringing a team of Spidermen together to take down the Inheritors, given a spider talisman to travel the multiverse by his superiors. After several dozen Spidermen of the multiverse were killed, the Inheritors were defeated and things would go back to the way they had seemed before with each of the Spidermen having knowledge of how big and complex the multiverse truly was. The talisman once given to Spider UK was then passed on to another, Spider Fist [an amalgam of Spiderman and Iron Fist], in case another situation threatening Spidermen and/or the multiverse arose.

I'm treating this game like a direct sequel to the Spiderverse series currently running through all the Spiderman books. You can create your own Spiderman/woman, or put your own spin on an existing Spiderman like Spiderman Noir, a Spidergirl, or even a Scarlet Spider. I've created the Spider Fist NPC to act as the guide to all of the Spidermen. The above greeting from Spider Fist will work into your CS as you'll respond to this in-character so I can make sure we don't all have the same voice. Did I mention your Spiderman doesn't have to be Peter Parker? Spider Fist will go on to take the group to our base of operations. Located in the Negative Zone [because in all the multiverse there is still only one Negative Zone] will be the Spiders' Web created by the alternate Earth Spiderman who's still a member of the Future Foundation with Mr. Fantastic in his universe. Your basic run of the mill teched out HQ, just floating somewhere in the Negative Zone. It should be noted the Negative Zone prison of Earth 616 is also floating around in there somewhere. I smell a sequel to this game already LOL

I'm looking for a post a week from each player! If you go silent for over a week in both the OOC and IC after the IC is posted your character may be killed off.

Spiderverse Titanpad Link

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Rules:
1.) No back-to-back posting.
2.) PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SET-UPS!!
3.) Make sense. If we can't make heads or tails of your posts they're likely to get skipped over.
4.) Get permission before using another player's character in your posts if it involves changing the scene or making actions. Everybody will take beatings in this game in battle however, so don't get pissed if you get punched or blasted into a wall by the bad guys!
5.) Problems with the game or players should be sent directly to me through PM's. I don't want a bunch of bickering in the OOC.
6.) Abandoned characters will be used as NPC's or killed off within the context of the story.
7.) “I was waiting for [insert player/character] to make a move” is not an excuse to not post.
8.) There is no rule #8.
9.) My word is law.
10.) Obey the law.
11.) In the event that I'm offline for any period of time, the deputy GM (Exodus and Endrance) will take control and THEIR word will then be law.

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The Negative Zone...

The FF Spiderman paced back and forth at the entrance to the Council of Spiders meeting room. His white mask was in his hand revealing his identity to be that of Peter Parker from another alternate universe. In the week that the Spider's Web HQ had been finished over three dozen Spidermen have been brought in. Scientists and Spidermen from differet timelines were brought in to make the Council, some of the smartest Spidermen in the multiverse including Max Borne [from 2211, true believers!], Aaron Aikman, a young female named Peni Parker, Miguel O'Hara from the year 2099, as well as the FF Spiderman who remained a member of his universe's Future Foundation and only got exponentially smarter hanging around with Reed Richards all day. Finally, the Spiderman Peter was waiting on walked up... Aaron Aikman.

"I was starting to wonder if everyone in the Council was occupied..." the FF Spidey commented as Aikman removed his helmet before entering the Council's chamber.

Elsewhere in the Spider's Web HQ...

In what seemed like thirty minutes or so Spider Fist bounced in and out of portals gathering Spidermen for the mission against the Green Goblin Army of Earth 12814. The six armed black clad Tarantula was the first to be placed in the lounge like area of the HQ followed by a red and black costumed Spider. To make things less awkward Tarantula absorbed his extra arms as Spider Fist continued bouncing in and out of portals with more Spidermen and one black clad Spidergirl who asked to be called Silk by her peers. A younger black and red clad Spiderman soon arrived calling himself Spider Rogue, then later removing his mask as others had began doing and reintroduced himself as Emery. Another Spiderman showed up with two symbiotes clearly attached to him, as well as a more ninja looking Spiderman soon after as Spider Fist was really putting a team together. Another Spiderman with a busy costume called himself Neo, and lastly Spider Fist brought in another guy with not just four robotic arms... the guy had six.

"Hmmph, I could have more arms but there's no more room on my rib cage..." Tarantula muttered under his breath.

"Now that I have you all gathered here, if everyone would remove your masks... I know there may be some hesitation in some of you but trust me when I say that you are among friends here." Spider Fist said removing his own mask and revealing himself to be an alternate Danny Rand.

Only a couple of the Spidermen looked like the standard Peter Parker, including Parker Peterson. Based on the expression on the face of one of the guys closer resembling Peter Parker, it was obvious he was blind with some kind of sixth sense like Daredevil. Peni will probably love this guy as much as the Daredevil from her alternate universe. Tarantula was also one of the Spidermen who hesitated but remembered his universe's Dr. Strange mentioning something about a multiverse and there being more Spidermen as well as Dr. Stranges and other heroes and villains as well. Parker removed his black mask and said...

"You said we were gathered to take down a Goblin Army, I've already taken down a Goblin Gang in my universe. What's the big deal with this 'Earth 12814', their Spiderman a punk or something?" Tarantula questioned.

"The Green Goblin of this parallel world mutates into the Goblin the same way as somebody like the Hulk. Using his scientific mind, this Norman Osborne cracked the genetic mutation of Multiple Man's DNA and didn't just duplicate himself. He created serums to give him three different types of Goblin..." Spider Fist began to answer before FF Spidey and Aaron Aikman entered the room silencing everyone save for the voices in the Symbiote's head maybe.

"We'll take it from here..." Aikman mentioned to Spider Fist.

"There are three different types of Goblins you should all be aware of..." FF Spidey began, "..a small sentry like Goblin who rides the bat glider like some of you have probably dealt with. Slightly enhanced strength, speed, refelxes as well as standard Goblin tech like pumpkin bombs and bat blades. The next Goblin is what we've just started calling the Goblin Brutes and they're basically mindless muscle that wreck everything they see. About a dozen or so brutes helped Norman defeat Earth 12814's Avengers..."

"Which brings us to the third and final Goblin... the Goblin King. Upon defeating the Avengers he acquired Thor's hammer and through science and/or magic he wields it every bit as efficiently as the Asgardian. It's believed he can't duplicate in this form as only one Goblin King has ever been seen." Aikman concluded.

"Osborn's fortress is the old Oscorp tower in Manhattan, mostly the same layout as any NYC in the multiverse. Hundreds of Goblins patrol the city and hundreds more have extended his influence in the rest of the north American continent. Last we heard from 12814's Spiderman he was hiding out in an abandoned lair of the Lizard's in the sewers about three blocks away from what remains of the Daily Bugle building. A few Goblin Sentries nearly killed him..." FF Spiderman said, trying to give these Spidermen a better idea of what they're up against.

"Any questions?" Aikman asked the group.

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NYC, Earth 12814...

"Come out come out wherever you aaaare!" taunted one of about a dozen sentry Goblins roaming the sewers looking for Spiderman.

The Spiderman of this world was still bloody and bruised but could hear their noisy gliders a few blocks away. It wouldn't be hard keeping distance between them, unless he got back against a wall somehow.

~KL~

Neo looked around all the other spiderman's in the room once he entered, it felt pretty weird to stand between so many of the real deals.
He guessed he kinda felt the same as the spiderman actor showed in the 90's animated tv show that he watched on fox kids when he was little, taken from a world where spidy is nothing but an tv show and meeting real spiderman's.
He was likely the last of the spiderman's to take his mask off, though he already noticed Fist was being honest when he said they were all among friends he still felt reluctant to trust all of them, he can sense when someone is honest but he cant sense if people are evil or not and since non of them had said anything about them being trustworthy he could not really trust them, besides most were real parkers, he felt like he was the odd one out, again...

Still as most trusted Fist his words about being between friends he decided to just do as they were asked and took of his mask, though he moved to the back of the group.
As he listened to Fist, he was the first to look to the door where he felt two new aura's were about to enter though the door.

Goblins... It was ironic but from all the canon like enemies, they were the only ones that he has never seen, maybe Mutate was the closest but then again she was also the furthest from any real canon villain, still he had played the games, read the comics and watched the tv shows, his biggest issue was, which of the many incarnations where they dealing with, the scouts sounded a lot like the 90's show at least...

Then it became time for questions and he had some, and a remark he would smartly put as a question.
He lifted his hand and once they said he could speak he started.
"I got a couple, but first I want to throw an idea in the party, this King; Could it be that due to the Hammers abilities its impossible to make duplicates of it? Even in Asgard its the only one and they made it so if more could exist they would have been able to do so in case Thor lost the damned thing, regardless I guess the King would as the name suggest be the leader and likely the original Norman, most times with Duplicate-man, once you knock out the original, all the clones get canceled and forced back, so yeah maybe that is an possibility"
he let that sink in for a second before continuing, he would get his answers afterwards.
"for my questions, I Know there are a lot of different Goblin incarnations, different powers of tricks and all, so I would like some list of known powers and stuff for each of the 3 types, if we know more about what were dealing with the better we can handle it, plus who knows I may remember the tricks of each incarnation if Ive seen that one before" the next bit he whispered to himself "though I never met one in real live"
Then he spoke out loud "second off, can I get a map or something cause I dont live in New york so.... yeah..."

Like the others, Spider-Rogue removed his mask, a wide grin on his face as he looked around. He swiveled left, then right, then left again. He was really surrounded by other Spidermen, other beings just like him. It had always been a dream or perhaps something even less tangible than that. More like a frivolous, hopeful, prayer. He chuckled before walking near the front of the group to see.

It seemed like all of the other Spidermen was older and taller than him. It was a bit annoying but he'd taken down bigger opponents before, it was nice to have tall allies for once.

Hearing the explanation of the situation sent a cold fear up his spine. The Goblin in his universe was no picnic in the park, in fact, the kid had taken out three blocks before he could take him down. Another Spiderman's comments and questions however had replaced that fear with worry. Though it was not for the danger they would all be putting themselves in but the danger that a fellow Spiderman was in instead.

He stepped out from the others, his hazel eyes staring a furrow gaze out towards the others. Glancing at everyone with seriousness, he rubbed the back of his head then swept it casually to his side. "Hold on, shouldn't we be discussing saving our ally? I mean... he's one of us and he's trapped out there. What's the plan for saving Spiderman? W-Well this Earth's Spiderman."

After the comment about having to save an this world spiderman Patrick finally walked to the front, the kid was really worried about this worlds spidy, he could feel it.

"your right, that should be our first aim, but chances to save him will rise if we at least know more about what were going to be facing, the scouts seem to be pretty basic but what if we run into one of the other 2 types" Reason and duty, yeah they were pretty conflicting at this point go and save a fellow spidy first and know more about what were up against...
"well that I my opinion at least, but yeah its a touch call"

When Petey was told to take off his mask his ussual smile diminished. It wasn't only that he had to take off the barrier between Steel and Petey Parker but it was also a hassle to get off considering the head piece was mounted to just about everything else. Steel extended the legs on his arms and decoupled himself from the device allowing him to fall out of the harness.

As Petey looked around the room he gave way to a smile imagining that if not for a few diffrent things in his past he could have been one of the spidermen he saw before him. When the group was open to questions, Petey put his hand up but quickly brought it down as another spider-man began asking away. Petey waited for the other to finish their chat before posing his question "I think I speak for a lot of us here when I ask, what is this earth's spiderman like as opposed to us?" He asked curiously.

"We do believe the reason Goblin King can't duplicate in his current form is due to the magical elements and nature of Thor's hammer. However, knocking out the original Norman doesn't take out the duplicates. That only worked on Multiple Man in that horrible X-Men cartoon that lasted one season..." Aikman responded to the first Spiderman also called Neo.

"That crappy show must've been popular around the multiverse, we had one as well on my Earth..." FF Spidey also commented.

The same Spiderman then asked about more info about the different types of Goblins.

"We've given you as much information as we have. Nobody other than the Spiderman of Earth 12814 knows exactly what we're up against..." Aikman added.

"As far as a map of NYC, it's an alternate universe's NYC so it could always vary. Just look for the skyscraper labeled 'Oscorp'." FF Spidey continued to the next question about rescuing the Spiderman of this parallel world, "We're going to split the group into two teams. The first group will portal into the sewers to locate the Spiderman and intercept any Goblin sentries. Team two will cause a distraction topside though you will have to stay on your toes and lookout for the Goblin Brutes..."

"Do NOT get put into a corner by multiple Brutes, they won't hold back and are responsible for the deaths of many of this Earth's heroes." Aaron Aikman continued right along. It was good that this group was asking questions.

Neo nodded and then put his hand up again "I can sense aura's, perhaps it would be helpful to locate Spidey in the sewers and I should be able to sense any goblin sentries as well.."

Another Spiderman with a tech'ed out suit asked about what the Spiderman of 12814 was like...

"The Spiderman of Earth 12814 is another version of me..." began the FF Spidey, "Another Peter Parker who is an older member of the Avengers personally trained by his universe's Captain America. He's got at least an extra fifty to sixty pounds of muscle on him and would normally be the Captain's second in command... if not for the Avengers already being beaten by the Goblin King..."

"He's barely managing to survive at this point. He's been fighting against the Goblins alone now for weeks on his world." Aiman then added.

~KL~

This whole meeting took on more of a freakish nature than the hazel-eyed Silk had anticipated. Spidermen (and well women) gathered and listened in respectful silence as the calm-toned FF spoke first about the removal of masks and then the impending danger. As reluctant to pull off her mask Silk felt in the beginning, she decided was it really worth causing a commotion over as all these spidermen/women were from different universes anyway and wouldn't really be able to out her secret identity anyway. Silk slowly removed her mask and smiled a half smirk as she too, moved towards the back. Staring down the spider-guy who had moved towards the rear before her, her resting bitch face could be enough to unnerve even the dalai lama.

As more of the debriefing went on, Silk found herself yawning quite loudly when the spiderman next to her decided to ask more questions. Which meant drawn out talking. It was quite rude of her but that was her personality. After getting the basics, she was ready for the action already. The Thor goblin though, the idea of that seemed particularly grandeur and was an idea maybe she'd try to get one of these guys or someone back home to start thinking about. She imagined herself with the hammer -- goddess in her own right laying down the law and especially on the peter parker in her own realm. Idiot guy.

She snapped out of it and tuned back in for something about captain america. Okay... "So then let's quit the idle chatter and let's go save him." She smirked again as her hair fell back in front of her face.

Seeing how the conversation had become rather short and sweet, Spider-Rogue folded his arms and with a satisfied smile returned to his place. Now that the emotion had come to the forefront, it was near impossible to push it back. For the first time since being brought in by Spider-Fist, he felt a real urge for action.

With a mindless nod, he agreed with the unknown, female voice behind him. "Yeah, let's go. He could be cornered right now. The quicker the better... I think," he tacked on at the end with a unsure smirk, worried about inexperience.

The multi-verse was an astoundingly massive place, if all of them were brought in to fight this terror of Goblins, then it was probably best for him not to underestimate them. Even still, he worried for his life. Telling himself those things were pointless. He had a knack for putting himself in unnecessary danger. The only difference being, in his world he could afford to take the risks. In this one, it wasn't so much a choice and most likely fatal.

Three heartbeats. Ba-bump. I tune my own out. Ba-bump. Two heartbeats. Ba-bump. I've memorized one already- it's Spider-Fist's. Ba-bump. One other person in the room. Ba-bump. It's beating faster than a normal heart. Ba-bump. I hear Spider-Fist walk away, and suddenly we're alone. Me and the other one, presumably another version of me. Or is it another version of 'Spider-Man?' I'll save the philosophical questions for later. I can sense the extra mass around their torso. Extra arms. More arms to pump blood to. Faster heart. Makes sense.

I simply nod to them, and almost as a response, the mass is gone and the heartbeat slows. Their arms are gone. Soon, Spider-Fist returns with more Spider-Men, one by one, until there are seven others, plus Spider-Fist.

"Hmmph, I could have more arms but there's no more room on my rib cage..."

The voice came from Tarantula, the one who was already here when I arrived. It was under his breath, probably inaudible to everyone else in the room, but I heard it clearly. I now know his name, shape, heartbeat, smell, and voice... Another voice speaks up.

"Now that I have you all gathered here, if everyone would remove your masks... I know there may be some hesitation in some of you but trust me when I say that you are among friends here."

Spider-Fist. I hear the faint swishing of the other Spider-Men removing their masks. Hesitating, I'm last to remove my own. I figure at least one of them is staring at me, but it doesn't bother me. The exercise was probably supposed to build some trust between the group immediately, but it does nothing for me. Oh well. I run a hand through my hair, setting it back down after removing my mask stood it up. It felt funny that way.

Spider-Fist starts dispensing information on the enemy before he's interrupted by two more Spider-Men. Before they finish their speech, I have a good grasp on their identities, (except their names, having not introduced themselves) as well as everyone else's in the room. The other "me's" start asking questions, one called Neo requesting more information on the goblins and commenting under his breath that he hasn't actually faced one before. A rookie? Spider-Fist must have a good reason to call somebody with no experience in. A Spider-Woman, Silk, calls the ones asking questions out on their time-wasting. Thank God. Spider-Rogue agrees with her, as do I. We need to move soon. Finally, I speak up.

"So what are we waiting for? Let's go."

San had an oddity to all of this, but as a ninja he was exponentially better as part of a team. To bad he was nearly the last of his clan, he recognized similarities to most of the others and took stock in their differences. he removed his mask with the others to reveal perfectly smooth head and no eyebrows or facial hair, he kept himself as spotless as possible to leave no trace behind.

"We have a flaw, for those going above or below, they are many unified and used to working together. We are a collection of oddities who do not know each others strengths and weaknesses. As much as it pains me to slow us, I say we need to take a moment and collect out bearing of each other. Surely not all seven of use can all be so different and still all possess identical skills and powers. One should list off the prime spidermans powers and each of us hold up a hand if we possess that as well, when it is all over we quicky take a moment to speak of our emphasis or what we bring to the table that prime does not. It should only take a minute."

Neo nodded, the man was right.
Though at first he figured he wont have to be in contact these people for long which allowed him to get out of his shell initially, it seemed they may have to fight for a long while so for the next he pulled on his mask as he felt better when no one knew who he was under it.
"He's right, besides it helps deciding who should go on what mission, though I do think those that wish to just fight should go above ground and those that are more stealthy or less experienced should go on the rescue mission so we have two ways of going at this, anyway, Allow me to start this"

he ignored the annoyed aura's from some impatient individuals of there were any.
"these will all be based on organic powers and not techno added as technology tends to have its own weaknesses such as a battery, so yeah explain those when your up" he added.
"Web shooting, Wall climbing, enhanced strength, speed, agility, Spider sense, slight enhanced healing, more durable body, While not a power Ill list it as well, Physic's nerd" Between each power he gave a chance for everyone to put their hands up, he did so himself when he had the power, then he waited till it was clear everyone had seen it before he continued.
"Good, I am Neo-Spiderman, call me Neo seeing were allies, I dont know about enhanced durability and hope never to learn this, I am more oriented on speed and agility then strength, I dont have the enhanced healing but I do have a rapid clotting of wounds, even if my aorta is cut so I never bleed out, I can extend my nails into an ivory like substance claw, they can break, I am not a physics geek but I do have an small insight into making tech like spider tracers and a radio flare to alert cops where I have some dealers or robbers hanging, My main difference is likely instead of spider sense I have Aura sense, its an ability to let me sense others their aura, or live energy, I can pick up various stuff like Killing intent, annoyed people" he looked straight to those fitting that one "Emotions, if someone is lying and other stuff, it allows me to know when someone is going to attack me and the general body part used and of course just where people are, allowing me to move unnoticed from area to area, which makes me think I am fitted for the rescue mission, able to sense the Spidy when he gets in my range, a single aura which is likely scared or has an other emotion that fits should be easy to pick up in the sewers, plus I can sense when the Goblin scouts are coming"
With that Neo stepped down, he was finished.

"I'm sorry gentlemen but we don't have time for proper introductions. You were scanned the moment you portaled into the building using the most advanced modern tech available thanks to my FF teammate Reed Richards. The Council knows what you are capable of and can send you forward strategically..." the white clad FF Spiderman commented, "Every minute we waste those Goblins are getting closer to that world's Spiderman, and he's already injured and on the defensive...."

"If anyone needs them, if your web shooters were damaged before portaling to this HQ, we have several made for just this instance..." Aikman began saying before Tarantula stopped paying attention to the front and locked eyes on the other black costumed Spider-person... Silk.

He began stepping back to the back of the room, where the girl was located near a water fountain. That was his in, though Parker was never too great at talking to girls. That's when he tripped over his own foot and fell into the fountain interrupting whatever it was the Council was talking about at that point. Picking himself up, he spoke in a somewhat embarrassed monotone voice and tried making the best out of a bad scene.

"I'm sorry, I just really needed a drink..." Parker Peterson responded with all eyes on him only for a few seconds.

"Neo, Spider Fist will port you, Murdock, Silk, and the ninja Spiderman into the sewers to locate and rescue Earth 12814's Spiderman. Our primary goal is saving him and learning everything else we can about the situation. Everyone else will be top side making a distraction and taking down as many brutes and sentries as you can. Hopefully the Goblin King doesn't make an appearance. Most of the citizens in this New York have already been evacuated but there may be some remaining civilians..." Aikman continued on.

"Let's go save the multiverse..." Parker thought putting on his Tarantula mask and jumping into the portal with the other Spidermen.

Earth 12814, New York City

It looked like a war zone. Damaged buildings, debris everywhere, flipped cars, and the stench of dead bodies plagued the once spectacular American city. There were plenty of Goblin sentries flying around, however Tarantula was always told to take down the biggest threats first and leaped down towards a surprised goblin brute.

"You look shocked to see another Spiderman.." Tarantula taunted in his eerie monotone like voice flipping over the behemoth striking him a few times and webbing one arm to the top of the building they were fighting on, "..I got something for ya!" he continued pummeling the brute extending his extra arms and delivering a flurry of punches, flip kicks, etc.

When the first brute was taken down Tarantula flipped into the air and made several web lines with his added arms and created a net that ensnared a couple unsuspecting sentries riding goblin gliders.

~KL~

Neo was one of the first to step out of the portal.
He looked at the area, underground a small walkway and off course dirty greenish(?) water.
The smell was the worst of it, but it was surprisingly intact at first sight, seemed like all the fights took place above the ground and the sewers was spared of it mostly, at least in this area....
At the current moment there were no aura's to be felt in his range, which was both lucky as bad, lucky as in, no goblins, bad as in no spidy either...

He looked at the others "So, what you guys say, divide and conquer, clear more ground to find our comrade faster, though we kinda have to deal with goblins single handed as well"

Petey was one of the last Spider-men to get topside as he had to put his suit back on with quite a bit of difficulty. Once the Spider-man was suited up he quickly headed for the portal with a fury in his heart and the capabilities to exact his fury upon the goblins at large.

Steel began banging his mechanical legs together making a loud clanging sound which attracted the attention of a few sentries who came barreling at him. He didn't like his odds against a brute but his extra arms would definaty come I'm handy when fighting the multiple weaker goblins. As the sentries came close they began tossing pumpkin bombs his way to which he responded with the smacking of his mechanical legs. He used the legs to deflect a brunt of the explosives and used his normal legs to run from the others but once they had gone off Steel used his spider legs to catapult himself at the sentries who we're headed in his direction. In a flurry of spider leg swipes the sentries were sent flying from their crafts and as some tried to escape, Petey used his web shooters to yank them back in his direction in order to release his carnage upon them.

"We don't have time fo-" Spider-Rogue shouted but was interrupted by a white clad Spiderman.

It was a good thing too, he honestly felt a argument would have sparked from his disagreement. While the other Spidermen spoke, he fell into the drone-like state of half-listening and half bracing himself for the battle. He could feel his hands tightening, clenching onto his skin as his heart thundered forth.

This is it. No mistakes and no clanking up. All I have to do is take down as many of the enemy as I can. And perhaps save a couple people in the process. I was chosen for a reason, I'm sure someone out there must believe in me. Spider-Rogue smirked before pulling his mask over his face, the usual temper and sarcasm falling on his face as he ran and leaped into the portal.



A sweltering heat passed his face on the other side. He looked on with horror at large and dark columns of smoke. The screams of citizens, the buzz of Goblin Gliders, and shaking of the mess going on below all became a despairing soundtrack to him. His spider-sense guided his hands as he flung a string of web and himself onto the wrecked surface of a skyscraper. He instinctively avoided the broken window pane and held tight to the surface a cracked on.

"I know they said the party had started without us but..." He gazed down on a oblivious Brute below as it flipped a car over and stomped down the single street. Enraged a bit, he prepared to attack but his spider-sense ticked him off to an assault from above. Just before the knife hit him, he flipped over to the next pane and shot a string at the Goblin Glider above.

Using it as a anchor, he swung around the building and up onto its roof. Then with a yank, he sent the Goblin down towards the brute. The explosion rocked the building and sent another, dark, column of smoke into the air. Spider-Rogue walked to the edge of the building and crouched down onto it, leaning over the ledge.

"No more Mr. Bad Goblins. Its time to put the kiddies to bed," he barked before swinging off towards his next target.

"Please, 'clan' is better than 'ninja', 'spider-clan' if we have to be specific."

On came the mask and he fell into his training, taking the extra web shooters just in case he entered the portal to the sewers. Dropping into the muck, he started to smear some slime onto his backpack to start hiding his scent as he took out his ninja tools for combat.

"So, what you guys say, divide and conquer, clear more ground to find our comrade faster, though we kinda have to deal with goblins single handed as well."

"Two by two, Neo and Silk, Murdock and me. We keep teams and double ground coverage. I assume for scanner purposes, we were not given radios to communicate with." This suggestion should be met with less opposition as he was not placing himself with the only woman, it should assuage any testosterone or territorial claims.

I replace my mask before I enter the portal. I drop in, onto the concrete sidewalk next to the sludge. The sewers smell disgusting. Not that I expected anything different from a sewer. After a minute or two, while we're still milling around the portal, I'm able to block it out mentally.

I'm left with the scents of my allies, though Clan is trying to cover his up with the muck. It would be enough to fool a dog, but I'm unsure of the tracking capabilities of these goblins. I decide to say nothing.

"So what do you guys say? Divide and conquer, clear more ground to find our comrade faster? Though, we kind of have to deal with the goblins single-handed as well."

Neo suggests on how to proceed, followed by Clan's idea.

"Two by two, Neo and Silk, Murdock and me. We keep teams and double ground coverage. I assume for scanner purposes, we were not given radios to communicate with."

"Wait."

I say, and then I start to listen, and focus on what I hear. The sludge is shifting back and forth. A bug is scrabbling up the wall behind me. Six legs. No Spider-Man or Goblin within a few blocks. Anyone could have figured at least that, these sewers echo well. A blessing and a curse. I wouldn't be able to hear from this far away if they didn't, but the Goblins will be able to hear us as we approach. I focus further. I hear the engine and jets from a glider, and cackling voices.

"The itsy-bitsy spiIiIIder..."
"Come out and plaaAaaAYYyy..."
"HAhahaHAHAHahAHaHaH!"

Their echoed taunts are nothing if not unnerving. I feel safer knowing that the Goblin of my world is no threat, having been dead now for about a year. He was too dangerous for me to allow otherwise.

From the same direction I can faintly make out footsteps and the triggering of a web shooter. He's on the edge of my range, I'll lose him soon. If we go now, we can probably catch our target before we run into any Goblins, though they'll hear us coming and will find us shortly after. If we waste any more time, I'll lose him and have no more of a clue than any of the others.

"No need to split up," I say. A response to the previous idea, only a minute or so passed while I listened. "He's that way." I point. "We can catch him first if we hurry." With a little more urgency, I add, "Now!"

His spider-sense warned him of danger at every turn as he swung around the city. He flipped nimbly out the way of a airborne semi, the large truck blew it horn and told him someone was inside. Thinking was unnecessary. In his own verse, he was conditioned to reacting quickly to special situations. He stuck to the windshield and knocked on the glass to alert the frightened man to cover his face.

Spider-Rogue punched through the glass and tore it off, grabbing the heavy-set man with easy and swinging off the semi. The explosion behind him pushed him a bit further than he expected, sending him spiraling into a ruined shop. His back burst through and crashed into a counter, but his sturdy body simply shattered the material.

The heavyset man shuddered in his arm before being dropped to the dusty floor. A coppery smell was in the air and irritated his nose.

"Thank you, thank you!" the man said gratefully.

Spider-Rogue rubbed his head and underneath the mask smiled. "No problem man, just your local... Well, just a Spiderman doing what a Spiderman does."

With effort, he stepped forwards and swung out of the shop quickly. He had more important things to do, like distract the goblins as much as possible. Maybe even help a few of the others.

Silk did take a silently sweet delight in other spider-men agreeing with her deciding to be hasty. However, when Neo and Ninja interrupted with plans of introductions she couldn't help but cross her arms and look away. Why bother with that when it was a given that not all of them would survive with how extreme the situation was. She licked her lips and felt her heart begin race in excitement. Although it didn't last long with a nice plop into the fountain, she noticed a whimsical spiderman play off falling into the fountain... typical.

With a smirk, she tuned back into the conversation. No crowd control for her if she was to be ported directly into the sewers. This made her happy that they already knew she wasn't much for crowd control and wanted a piece of the main action. She pulled her mask on and as she was ported, flipped her hand up and waved her fingers, slyly towards one silly spider-man in particular.

Here in the murky, and grunge-filled sewers, already Neo and the hairless ninja spiderman decide to bark orders. Dividing and conquering, finally something spoken she could agree with. Heading two by two? "No thanks." Silk said with her arms crossed. Indeed, she already had plans to ditch them the moment she got there and although the pairs were probably randomized, she couldn't help but take an added insult being told to go two by two with Neo, the one who had objected to her haste earlier. As she began to slip away, she heard Murdock say wait. Something about his voice commanded an authority she would obey this time.

"No need to split up. He's that way. We can catch him first if we hurry."

Silk darted off towards the way he pointed. Maybe that would give them incentive to stop standing around and do something. If not, it wasn't like she wouldn't attempt to handle this alone. Again the adrenaline pumped through her veins and a rush that she hadn't felt since she began to develop her powers came through. Each slap against the hard water left an echo that bounded off in each direction. If she could concentrate, she'd be able to make each stride a little less booming but with the footsteps trailing behind, she could see it was unnecessary. The sewers became more dimly lit with a fork of six trails this time. Coming to a slower pace, She listened closely, ignoring the footsteps behind her and now she too, could hear a faint voice from the left most. Without so much as a word she went in the direction, as if calling her, daring her to bare witness to the scene.

She smiled, they'd be there soon.

Steel took off running towards a now alerted brute. He wasn't sure if his arms could actually take the beating of one of these hulking creatures but he figured he would give it a try. As the two took off towards one another, Steel stopped running with his fleshy legs and began using his more nimble spider-legs. As the two came close the brute took a swing at him but wasn't fast enough as Steel had already hurled himself into the air and was inbound towards the brute. With one swift movement he snapped the legs down on top of the creature, sending it toppling into the stone beneath and knocking it out cold. "And they said you guys were-" Steel began but was cut off as he noticed four out of his six spider-legs. "Shoot, well this is going to be a lot more difficult now won't it." He said as he began to run towards some of the more light weight sentries.