Spider Man: Friendship Student
Chapter 6: "A Spreading Virus of Evil"
Previous ChapterHastily changing into his Spider Man suit, Peter flew swung as fast as he could to the American Embassy with Rachel following close behind.
"Spider Man!" she called, trying to not say Peter's name the presence of other ponies. "Spider-Man! Wait!"
With Rachel hot on his trail, Peter raced to the American Embassy, bypassing the security guards at the gate. However, Rachel didn't get very far past the guards.
"Where do you think you're going?" asked a pony guard.
"I'm following him!" cried Rachel. "Let me through!"
"Yeah right," sneered a human guard. "Go home, young lady."
Being pushed back, Rachel tried desperately to find a way into the Embassy, but little did she know at that very moment that a pair of large wings were casting their shadow over her.
"Huh?" she gasped, hastily turning around to see that the shadows were gone. "Who…who's there?"
But, there was no response. Realizing that something wasn't right, Rachel tried to take cover in an outhouse behind the embassy. Before she could get inside, the shadow of the wings appeared again and Rachel turned around to see a human figure with large wings flying down in front of her. Frightened, Rachel stood frozen in fear as the figure landed in front of her.
"Who…who are you?" she whimpered.
"Someone who wants revenge against Spider-Man!"
And the figure punched Rachel in the face, knocking her out cold before carrying her off into the night.
…
Meanwhile, in the Embassy, Peter arrived at the Embassy and joined Tony, Julia and Jim.
"What's up?" Peter gasped, exhausted from his extensive flights across Canterlot. "What's going on with Toomes?"
"Well, for starters," remarked Tony. "You can take your mask off."
"Oh, yeah."
Removing his mask, Peter gasped for air and at that moment, Celestia and Luna also arrived at the Embassy through one of the Embassy's windows, much to Peter's surprise.
"Nice of you to join us, ladies," said Tony.
"We came as soon as we got your message, Ambassador," replied Celestia, folding her wings back. "What is the situation?"
Taking the autopsy report in his hands, the Ambassador relayed what was on it.
"According to the autopsy performed at S.M.I.L.E. on the deceased," he said. "There was a reported case of a strange discoloration of the deceased's brain, almost as if the brain itself was corrupted or poisoned."
"Poisoned? Almost as if like mind control?" asked Julia. "Could it maybe be related to something, I don't know, like Satan?"
"Well, it couldn't be Satan, Chuckles," remarked Jim, snatching the report from the ambassador. "Religion isn't big in Equestria, isn't it?"
"Well, not that we have learned anything about it," said Luna, looking over at her sister. "Although we are no strangers to mind control, thanks to Discord."
But Luna should have chosen her words carefully, for at that moment, a mismatched creature appeared before them sitting in a throne in his likeliness eating a bucket of popcorn.
"This isn't regarding me, isn't it?" said the creature as he ate the popcorn. "The master of chaos? For I have been known to create mind control spells from time to time."
"No, Discord," groaned Celestia, placing her hoof in her face. "This isn't concerning you in the slightest, but we all think that you could help us with finding the one responsible."
Snapping his lion paw fingers, Discord produced a desk drawer and began rummaging through files on some of Equestria's most notorious including Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra and even Lord Tirek.
"The usual suspects, Mr. Ambassador?" he asked, handing the files to the ambassador. "I can assure you that I have removed myself and…"
"DISCORD!" shouted Luna, irritation clear in her face. "PLEASE! You are not accused of any crime. We know you are a creature of chaos, however we don't think you are capable of harnessing such magic."
"In that case," he replied, about to snap his fingers. "I'll just see myself out."
"Wait!" called Celestia, stopping Discord from leaving. "We could use your help in finding the source of the contamination!"
"Uh, excuse me?" asked Discord, getting in Celestia's face. "Didn't you just say that I have no responsibility in this little farce?"
"Personally," whispered Jim to Tony. "I would use him because doesn't this guy have powers to warp reality or something?"
"Either way, we need all hands, hooves, claws, anything on deck at this point," remarked the Ambassador. "Because whoever is causing this is a danger to not just ponies, but of all races if we don't do something. Tony, is it possible to reunite the Avengers?"
All Tony could do was sigh at this, knowing that it was next to impossible to reunite all of the Avengers, especially after the events with Thanos.
"Mr. Ambassador," sighed Tony, scratching the back of his neck. "I…I can't guarantee if all of the Avengers can be reunited. I feel that this going to be one case that we must work with what we got."
However, despite the situation at hand, there was only one question on Peter's mind and that was finding Adrian Toomes. Just then, the doors of the Embassy burst wide open when the pony and human guards came rushing in.
"Mr. Ambassador!" the pony guard panted, startling everyone. "A human girl…she's…she's been kidnapped."
Right away, both Peter and Julia felt their hearts sink for they realized that the girl that they were talking about was someone they knew very well.
"Rachel?!" cried Julia, grabbing the pony guard with her hands and throwing him against the wall with her spider strength. "TELL ME YOU'RE LYING! MY DAUGHTER WAS KIDNAPPED?! DID YOU SEE WHO TOOK HER?!"
"Julia, calm down!" cried Tony, trying to restrain his girlfriend as he talked to the guard in a calm voice. "Did you see who took her?"
"Some weird guy in a wingsuit," replied the human guard.
"And you didn't try to stop him?!" cried Peter.
"Pete, what's going on here?" asked Tony, folding his arms in front of Peter. "Don't tell me that this isn't going to be another episode of 'Peter Screws the Pooch'?"
"She was following me here when you called," answered Peter. "She might have been stopped from entering the Embassy by those two guards."
Angered by this, Julia once again grabbed the pony guard and threw him against the wall in fury.
"I swear that if anything happens to my daughter," she snarled, glaring at the pony guard with angry eyes. "I will hold you and Wilbur, here, personally responsible for this."
"Julia!" cried Tony, once again restraining his girlfriend. "We'll get her back somehow."
"I'll go and find her," said Peter, donning his Spider-Man mask. "If anything, Adrian wants me and is using Rachel as bait."
"I'm going with you," added Julia. "She's my daughter!"
"Hold on, please!" cried Tony. "You will more than likely need support, Pete. We'll go with you for back up."
But, Julia didn't listen and darted out of the embassy.
"There is a reason to why she has red hair," remarked Jim. "Chuckles can be quite a hothead."
Pressing the buttons on their chests, Jim and Tony donned their Iron Man and War Machine armors and immediately flew out of the Embassy through its front doors while Discord, Celestia, Luna and the Ambassador watched.
"Adrian," Peter thought to himself as he swung himself out of the embassy. "I swear if you hurt Rachel, I won't be so easy on you this time!"
…
"Well, what do we do now?" asked Discord.
"We begin to find the source of the brain poisonings," answered Celestia as she and Luna flew out of the Embassy and Discord teleported away, leaving the Ambassador alone…
